Jackie Newman Memorial Raffle

Volume 7
Melstone Monthly Staff
Connie Hjelvik – Advisor
Rebecca Turley-Editor
Gracey Adams
Carrera Harmon
Abby Hansen
Nora Mynttinen
Renee Parsons
Sofia Uruena
Inside This Issue
Page 2: BPA, Bob Eike
Page 3: FFA, Activities
Banquet
Page 4: Graduation, Nevada,
Learning Links
Page 5: BPA Dance
Page 6: New Students, Recipe
Page 7: Track
Page 8: Piano Recital, Festival
Page 9: BBall Tourneys
Page 10: Jungle Book
April 2016
Jackie Newman Memorial Raffle
By Rebecca Turley
This fall the Melstone community tragically lost beloved school secretary and community member Jackie Newman. Jackie was also a member of the Melstone EMT’s
and was dedicated to helping others. The proceeds from this memorial raffle will go
toward the construction of an EMS/Fire Department Building with a classroom
which will be dedicated to Jackie. The tickets are $5 each or 3 for $10. To purchase
tickets, contact Hester Jacobs at 358-2279, Pam Zaharko at 358-2370, Helen Hougen at
358-2204, or the Melstone Bar and Café at 358-2355. The drawing will be during the
Ingomar Rodeo on July 30th. You do not have to be present to win! Thank you for
helping us honor an amazing woman.
Jackie Newman
Memorial Raffle
Saddle donated by Western Ranch Supply
DeWalt 6-piece tool set
1/2 processed beef
$250 Town Pump gift card
$250 Target gift card
Page 11: Easter Egg Hunt
Plus Other Prizes!
Page 12: Prom
$5 for 1 ticket
Page 13: Bryce, Yearbooks,
Drivers’ Ed
Page 14: Calendar
$10 for 3 tickets
You do not have to be present to win!
Drawing will be at the Ingomar Rodeo July 3Oth
We are online at
melstone.schoolwires
Call Hester 358-2279
Blasting to Boston
Submitted by Megan Brewer
National
BPA
After countless hours of fundraising, bus rides, and
practicing for contests, our hard work is
paying off. On May 5th-9th, seven of our
members will be going to Boston, Massachusetts, for the National BPA convention.
We recently finished selling Butter Braids,
which was a great success. We also decided to try a
new fundraiser this year: a “Get Your Glow On” dance,
on April 16th. It was a lot of fun, and we want to thank
everyone who came and supported our chapter. On
May 13th, we’ll hold our annual Talent Night, and we
will gladly take any performers. Contact Mrs. Wacker
if you’d like to sign up. We’ll have a lot of great talent
as well as some delicious desserts. We will have a
barbeque before the Spring Concert on May 16th as
well. One of our favorite fundraisers is Cow Pie BINGO! It will cost $20 for one ticket, and the money
earned will go to the national qualifiers. The winner
will receive $500! We’ll be selling tickets soon. Cow Pie
BINGO will be on May 23rd in conjunction with the
activities banquet. It’s definitely been a great year, and
we have much more to come.
Massachusetts
May 4 -9
th
BPA Cow Pie Bingo
Date: May 23rd
$20 per Ticket
$500 Winner
Ticket Sales Starting Soon!
th
th
BPA Talent + Dessert
Night
Friday, May 13
st
April 28 — May 1
High School Boys: 4 Teams
Men’s: 12 Teams
Women’s: 8 Teams
7:00 p.m.
$6—Adults
$5—Students 7-12
$5—Senior Citizens
1/2 page: $50
Full page: $100
$4—Students K-6
There will be a 3 point
contest on Sunday afternoon /
Calcutta on Saturday evening.
Please contact Jason Grebe for any
other information.
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Springing into FFA
FFA State Convention
Results
Submitted By Shayla Hough
The FFA chapter
recently traveled to
Bozeman to attend
State FFA Convention.
The teams
and
individuals
competed and did very well. Megan Brewer got 2 ndplace
in Star Green Hand, also she took 2 nd in Creed Speaking.
The horse judging team took 11th. Kaylee, Rebecca, and
Xavier all received state degrees. We had two people run
for a state office; Rebecca and Xavier had a lot of fun but
were not rewarded with a state office.
The end of the school year will bring new officers for the
FFA chapter for next year. The interviews will be held
Monday, May 2nd. The new officers will be installed at the
activities banquet which will be held on May 23 rd. The
year end awards will also be given that night. Thank you
for the year round support of the FFA.
Green Hand—Megan Brewer 2nd
Creed Speaking—Megan Brewer 2nd
Horse Judging Team—11th
State Degree Recipients—
Kaylee Adams, Rebecca
Turley, and Xavier Simmons
Activities &
Athletic
Banquet
Our Trip to Bozeman
Submitted by Gillian Severe, Shayla Hough, and Renee
Parsons
The Vet Science class recently traveled to
Bozeman, MT for a tour of the College of
Agriculture. They started the day by visiting the research labs. Professor Phillips
showed the class the items they research
and the processes of being involved with student researchers. The class then learned about an arthritic horse
skeleton and saw it assembled. After that, the class went
to the Bozeman Agricultural Research and Teaching
(BART) Farm to study a cannulated cow. Each one of
them got the opportunity to stick a hand into the hole in
the side of the cow to feel what is in the rumen. The hole
in the side of the cow benefits researchers, enabling them
to study the contents of the rumen. Next our Vet Science
class toured a part of a research lab where they learned
new ways to boil a skeleton. They also saw the vet students working on dissecting half of a horse head. We
thanked all the professors for the time they took out of
their day to teach us the importance of a college education.
Monday,
May 23rd
6 p.m.
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GRADUATION
Nevada
Newman
Night at the
Melstone
Café
Class of 2016
Kaylee Adams
Travis Hofer
Xavier Simmons
Rebecca Turley
Ty Vohs
When: May 21st, 2016
Where: Melstone High School
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Speaker: Tamaira Wacker
Reception at the Community
Center
Rich & Silvia
hosted a BBQ in
honor of Nevada
on Thursday,
April 21st. The
Community is
very proud of
our PBR Bull
Rider.
Learning Links
End of Year Extravaganza!
May 10th
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Community
Ice Cream
Social and
Art Exhibit
“Life’s not the breaths you
take but the moments that
take your breath away.”
~George Strait
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Carter’s Plumbing
and Heating
Fried Green Tomatoes
P.O. BOX 201
ROUNDUP, MT
59072
Ingredients
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup all-purpose flour, divided
1/2 cup cornmeal
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
3 medium-size green tomatoes, cut
into 1/3-inch slices
Vegetable oil
Salt to taste
New Students
By Sofia Uruena
On Monday April 11th, twins TyLee and TyRaa Manuel,
who are fourteen, joined us. They came from Billings West
to Melstone due to personal reasons, and they are planning on staying with us next year. Right now, TyLee and
TyRaa are living with their aunt and uncle, Art and
Yvonne Kincheloe. They have more siblings, but they
came alone. They are currently the high school track managers. The sports they are interested in are basketball, volleyball and track. So far, they love their new lives here in
Melstone, and they really appreciate its supportive community. Thanks to all who gave them a warm welcome.
Hope you will enjoy your time here !
Preparation
Combine egg and buttermilk; set aside.
Combine 1/4 cup all-purpose flour, cornmeal, 1 teaspoon salt, and pepper in a shallow bowl or pan.
Dredge tomato slices on remaining 1/4 cup
flour; dip in egg mixture, and dredge in
cornmeal mixture.
Pour oil to a depth of 1/4 to 1/2 inch in a
large cast-iron skillet; heat to 375 degrees.
Drop tomatoes, in batches, into hot oil,
and cook 2 minutes on each side or until
golden. Drain on paper towels or a rack.
Sprinkle hot tomatoes with salt.
TyLee Left and TyRaa Right
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Running Again
By Sofia Uruena
High School
On their first track meet of the year, the Snowflake in Columbus, the high school track team did pretty well. After
practicing for two weeks and coming from Bozeman from
participating in the FFA State Convention, we were really
excited to demonstrate our talent to everybody. Some of
us did not get to go because they had to compete in some
contests. Even with that, we had a lot of fun. BreElle and
Sofia are running long distance. Nora is competing in
jumping and sprinting events. Xavier, Rebecca and Lera
are involved in throwing events. Riley and Harry are
sprinters, and Brody does hurdles, long jump, triple jump
and some throwing events.
The second track meet was held in Billings West on the
same day as prom. All of us competed but Brody, who
had a rodeo. Some of us set some Personal Records. BreElle could not do better finishing 1st in 800m, 1 mile and 2
mile. Sofia also placed in two events and Xavier got 5 th
place in shot put and javelin.
The 3rd meet was in Lewistown on Tuesday April 12 th.
Brody did well in his first meet placing in three different
events.
Our second time in Columbus, despite the bad weather
(really windy and even snowing at times), we did well.
Harry placed for his first time in 400m dash, and BreElle
only ran one race because she was supposed to run the
next day at the West meet. However, because of an unstoppable cough, she was not able to.
Furthermore, we were supposed to have a track meet on
April 19th in Billings, but that same day it was postponed
because of the weather conditions.
Junior High has had two meets so far: one in Columbus
and the other one in Harlo. Several placed and set some
PR’s.
Furthermore, TyLee and Tyraa have become our managers.
Congrats! Keep it up guys! Doing great! (See pictures,
next page).
Snowflake (Columbus), April 1st
BreElle 2 miles 12:14 1st, 800m 2:36 2nd , 400m 1:05 3rd
Sofia 2 miles 13:40 3rd
West High Track (Billings), April 9th
BreElle 2 miles 12:38 1st, 1 mile 5:38 1st, 800m 2:34 1st
Sofia 2 miles 13:37 3rd, 1 mile 6:16 4th
Xavier Shot put 35-09.50 ft 5th , Javelin 127-04 ft 5th
Golden Eagle Stadium (Lewistown)
April 12th
BreElle 2 miles 12:05 1st, 1 mile 5:30 1st , 400m 1:05 3rd
Sofia 2 miles 13:17 3rd , 1 mile 6:07 5th
Brody 300m hurdles 44.92 4th, Long Jump 18-04.50 ft
3rd ,Triple Jump 39-07.00 2nd
Xavier Javelin 140-10 ft
Absarokee (Columbus), April 15th
BreElle 800m 2:33 1st
Sofia 2 miles 13:27 1st, 1 mile 6:22 1st
Harry 400m 1:01 2nd
Brody 300m hurdles 45.00 2nd , Javelin 122-00 ft 6th,
Long Jump 18-09.50 ft 4th , Triple Jump 39-07.50 2nd
Xavier Shot put 33-01.25 6th ,Javelin 142-10 ft 2nd
Junior High
Columbus Middle School Meet, April 7th
Chelsea 6th Long Jump, 6th Triple Jump
Bryce 2nd 200m hurdles
Harlowton Meet, April 16th
Kimber
400m
Draya 5th High Jump, 1st Triple Jump, 2nd 1 Mile,
6th Long Jump
Chelsea 4th Triple Jump, 6th 200m, 6th 100, 4th Long
HS Track Schedule
Location
4th
Theo 6th 1 Mile, 6th 200m, 3rd 800m
Date
Boys Relay (Theo, Ty, Owen, Colby) 4th 800m Relay
Park City (Laurel)
Saturday, April 30th
Top Ten (Laurel)
Tuesday, May 3rd
JH Track Schedule
Location
Date
th
Stillwater (Laurel)
Saturday, May 7
District in Baker
Thursday, May 12th
Divisional in Laurel
Thursday, May 19th
State C & AA (Missoula) Fri. & Sat. May 27th & 28th
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Columbus
Thursday, April 28th
Harlowton
Friday, April 29th
Lewistown
Saturday, May 14th
Piano Recital
MELSTONE
BAR & CAFÉ
featuring Katie Keeney’s students
Tuesday, May 24th
Have BBQ, will
travel for your
catering needs.
@ Gym 7: 00 p.m.
The season for
brandings, family &
class reunions,
graduation,
weddings is here.
CALL RICH or
SILVIA
358-2355
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Senior Classic
Highline Invitational Tournament
This year we had one senior compete at the Senior Classic
sponsored by the Billings Hotel and Convention Center,
Xavier Simmons. It was held at Billings Senior High
School March 17th, 18th, and 19th. Xavier said, “I had a
great time being a part of the Southern C team.” On his
team were Ty Stanton, Kelly Murnion, Josh Wilson, Tucker Wilson, Kenton Stradinger, Scott Bymaster, Lane Stickel, Lando Stewart, and Zac Gierke. The first game they
won against South A with a score of 61 to 70. The second
game was lost to North B, 56 to 101. The third game was
lost to Central A with the score of 102 to 94. Even though
they won only one game, Xavier said, “It was a great experience playing basketball with seniors from different
schools.”
This year one student, Brody Grebe, competed at the
Highline Invitational Tournament in Havre. Brody said,
“I had a great time playing in the HIT Tournament.”
There were nine people on his team with Brody being the
only one from our district. It was 3-0 pool play, and they
lost in the championship to AA. Brody also said, “It was a
great turn out, and you have to play the best to be the
best!”
By Renee Parsons
By Renee Parsons
Spring Concert
May 16th 6:30 p.m.
BPA Dinner 5:30 p.m.
Adults $7
Senior Citizens $6
Students 7-12 $6
Students K-6 $5
Preschool $4
Concert Featuring
Concert Band
Community Ensemble
5th and 6th Grade Band
3rd and 4th Recorders
Choral Performances
K-6th Musical:
“We the People”
Easter Classic
By Rebecca Turley
The high school girls’ basketball team made the long journey to Reedpoint on March 25th for the Easter Classic basketball tournament. This year’s team consisted of junior
BreElle Wacker, sophomores Shayla Hough, Gracey Adams, and Gillian Severe, and freshman Megan Brewer and
Abby Hansen. The girls also brought two girls from Winnett:: Piper Johnson and Sydney Browning. The girls had a
blast playing! After playing three games, they walked out
of the gym victorious! They are the 2016 Easter Classic
Champions! Congrats Girls!
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Awards
Assembly
Easter Egg Hunt Thank You
Submitted By Silvia Metzger
The 24th Annual Easter Egg hunt was another great success!!! We had almost 40 kids come out in cold weather
and pick up eggs and get some prizes and candy. We
filled 750 eggs for the hunt this year and had over 55 prizes per age group.
This event would not be possible if it was not for the following people that helped and donated to it.
Rich and I would like to give Great Big THANK YOU to
them!
We hope everyone had a nice Easter/vacation and we
look forward to next year!!!
Wednesday, May 25th
Grades K-6 11:45 a.m.
Grades 7-12 12:35 p.m.
Rich & Silvia
Melstone Bar & Cafe
Easter Egg Hunt
Sponsors
Josh Jorgenson
Owner/ Operator
P.O. Box 887
Roundup, MT 59072
Office (406)-358-2387

Connie Roussan
 Melstone Student Council
 Judy Metzger
 Art & Yvonne Kincheloe
 Melstone School PTO
 Larry & Pam Zaharko
 Tom & Helen Hougen
 Shear Shack—Linsey Eike
 Will & Cori Collins
 Jenny Cambell
 Carol Wendling
 Barb Hillman
 Mary Ellen Ryan
 Bonnie Kenney
 Nate & Becky Roskelley
 Anne & Wendy
Coles— Lazy JC
Jake’s Garage
Serving the Melstone area since 1951
Larry & Pam Zaharko
Mechanic - Tim DeJaegher
Conoco Products
General Repair
Melstone, MT 59054
406 358 3288
Hours of operation
Mon– Sat
7 A.M.—Noon 1 P.M.—6 P.M.
Come down!
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Salon De Cori
ORDER
Manicures & Pedicures
YOUR
Work: 358-2444
2015 - 2016
Home: 358-5020
Yearbooks!
517 1st St. West
Melstone, MT
$40
Sponsors are $45
with a free yearbook
Bryce Grebe
included
Glendive YRA Rodeo
Drivers’ Education
2016 All Around Jr Cowboy
Starts June 1st
Instructor : Spike Tuss
Must be 14 1/2 to enroll
Mandatory Meeting
Tuesday May 31th 5-7 p.m.
Official birth certificate &
social security card required
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Activities Banquet
@ 6:00 p.m.
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16
Spring Concert @
6:30 p.m.
15
Mother’s Day
30
Memorial Day
Kindergarten
Graduation @ 2:30
9
8
National BPA
Bob Eike
Tournament
Mon
Sun
31
Semester Tests
24
17
Outdoor Class
Room for 5th-6th
9:00-2:30 p.m.
10
Learning Links Art
Show / Ice Cream
Social @ 3:30 -4:30
3
HS Top Ten Track
Meet @ Laurel
3:30 p.m.
Tue
Last Day of School
Awards Assembly
25
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3rd-4th Field Trip
11
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National BPA
Wed
26
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Divisional Track @
Laurel
12
District Track @
Laurel
5
Thu
May
27
State Track @
Missoula
20
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BPA Talent Night
6
State Music
Festival
Fri
28
21
Graduation @
7:00 p.m.
14
7
HS Track Meet
Laurel
Sat