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Articles from the January 30, 2019 edition


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  • Wolves finish 2nd

    Jack H. Smith, Three Forks Voice|Jan 30, 2019
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    It was an amazing weekend at the Class B/C State Tournament for the Three Forks High School speech and drama team. The host Wolves finished second place as a team in both speech and drama and had three state champions. John Jennings won the state championship in Lincoln-Douglas Debate and Kilah Pfadt and Dean Bucholz won the title in Policy Debate. Head coach Greg Overman said the goal is always to place in the top three in both speech and drama. "By placing 12 students in the top 8 of their...

  • Great year at rodeo arena

    Jack H. Smith, Three Forks Voice|Jan 30, 2019

    11 was a great year for rodeo in Three Forks. Rodeo Board Chairman Chuck Wambeke discussed the year during his yearly report to the Three Forks City Council. Wambeke told Council members there were a total of 22 events, the grounds were occupied 37 days, and they brought in $181,000. Their expenses for the year were $116,000. Using 2001 as an example of the growth at the grounds, he said they brought in a little under $20,000, had 10 events, and the grounds were occupied 20 days. Wambeke spoke highly of the 2018 Three Forks Rodeo , adding...

  • Lawmakers debate infrastructure funding

    Shaylee Ragar and Tim Pierce, UM Legislative News Service University of Montana School of Journalism|Jan 30, 2019

    Lawmakers in Helena are beginning discussions on how to build and maintain the state's infrastructure, including roads, bridges, wastewater systems and state buildings. Again, the debate will come down to which projects get funding and whether that funding comes by way of cash or borrowing. In 2017, legislators voted to end the session without funding public works projects. Some legislators thought Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock bill did not allocate enough to rural infrastructure while putting...

  • Column: 5 Minutes

    Jack H. Smith, Voice Editor|Jan 30, 2019

    A few years ago, my mother Janet retired after working many years at a coal fired power plant in Wyoming. While it was a great job with outstanding benefits, she was very eager to move on with her life. While many people have an elaborate list of things, they want to accomplish during retirement she kept it pretty simple. There would be a little bit of traveling, organizing her 40 year's worth of recipes, spending time with family and her dog Bella Mia and wine. After seeing her make the daily c...

  • Wolves impressive in two wins

    Jack H. Smith, Three Forks Voice|Jan 30, 2019

    Going into last Thursday's conference matchup against Whitehall, Three Forks High School boys basketball coach Terry Hauser felt his team had a great week of practice. The hard work in the gym paid off for the Wolves and they came out of the gates firing on all cylinders outscoring the visiting Trojans 17-4 in the opening quarter on their way to a 52-35 victory. The strong play by Three Forks (10-4, 6-2 5B District) continued Friday with a 79-40 win over host Jefferson. Hauser said the game...

  • Lady Wolves pickup road win in Boulder

    Jack H. Smith, Three Forks Voice|Jan 30, 2019

    Throughout her career with the Three Forks High School girls basketball team, senior Kyle Olson has excelled with numerous huge games for the Lady Wolves. Faced with a two-game losing streak, Olson once again shined Friday night for Three Forks with a monster game scoring 30 points in the 45-34 road victory over host Jefferson High School. The Lady Wolves (7-7, 3-5 5B) started strong in the win outscoring the Panthers 12-4 in the opening quarter and would take a 25-13 lead into the break....

  • Wrestlers heading to Divisionals

    Jack H. Smith, Three Forks Voice|Jan 30, 2019

    After a long and grueling season, the Three Forks High School wrestling team is hoping to get several injured athletes back in time for this Saturday's B/C Divisional Tournament in Townsend. Head Coach Nye Howey said wrestlers Domanic LaBonte, Carsten Manring, and Byron Hay are all dealing with injuries and it will be day-to-day to see if they will be able to compete at the Tournament. The team currently has four wrestlers who are good to go for a the tournament and Howey said they are going to...