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Two $55,000 levies that would have been used to hire additional teachers at the Three Forks Schools were defeated by voters Tuesday, both falling by a slim margin. The Three Forks Elementary General Fund Levy fell by a vote of 472 to 440. The high school levy fell by a vote of 485 to 438. Local voters also selected a new member to the Three Forks School Board of Trustees. Stephene Kamerman defeated Robert Buchholz by a vote of 471 to 299. Willow Creek voters defeated a $32,132 Elementary by a...
The Three Forks Baseball League is hosting a Golf Scramble and Auction Fundraiser Saturday, May 11 at the Headwaters Golf Course. The golf portion of the event is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. and the auction will start at 7 p.m. According to Cody Iddings, they are starting to get a lot of kids in the program and the money raised will be used to help upgrade the fields as well as building a new field. Iddings added the money will also help with insurance for the league so that players will not...
Each year the Three Forks Masonic Lodge #73 encourages local students to read with their Bikes for Books program. This year a total of 12 students were chosen as winners at the annual Bikes for Books assembly. Mel Hamilton of the Masonic Lodge said the program started small several years with two or three students receiving bikes and has grown to the point that this year they were able to choose six students to win bikes and six to win Amazon Fire Kindles. Hamilton discussed the importance of...
It was great scene last Saturday at Imery's Field in Three Forks as members of the Gallatin Valley Outlaws and Posse baseball teams hosted a clinic for younger players. This was a job well done by the players and coaches to pass on their knowledge and love of the game to a younger generation. It says a lot that they took time out to help promote the sport. The American Legion team that calls Three Forks home has great area players and their level of play and impressive stadium really shows just...
The Three Forks High School Track team will open the postseason Thursday when they traval up the road to compete at the 5B District Track meet in Belgrade. The Wolves stayed busy last week competing at the John Cheek Top 8 event in Anaconda and last Saturday's Stillwater "Al Walker" Memorial Meet in Laurel. On the boy's side, Three Forks was led by a monster day Saturday from senior standout Payden Lynn who finished first the triple jump, long jump, and javelin. He was also second place in the...
As I type this article, I'm still in the process of moving which as I have said before in my weekly column is one thing, I do not enjoy doing at all. Later this afternoon will be the absolute worst part because it is time to move all the big stuff like couches and beds, but I'm trying my hardest to stay positive and realize that it will soon be done. One of the things I like best about the new house is that the kitchen is about twice the size of the last one and that brings a huge smile to my...
After an erratic winter brought a little bit of everything weather-wise to the Treasure State, spring followed suit with another change-up. In stark contrast to March, which yielded record low precipitation in some parts of the state, April precipitation was above average at many mountain and valley locations in western Montana, except along the southwest Idaho border. An active storm pattern delivered most of this month’s precipitation during the first three weeks of April, falling as both rain and snow in mountain and valley locations. ...