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The Roundup Swim Team travelled to Scobey the weekend of July 27th & 28th to compete in the Eastern Divisional Meet. Roundup is one of the ten teams in our division with 300 plus swimmers. Due to some injuries, our team was down a couple of swimmers, but the spirit was high and the competition was great! Here are the results of the 27 swimmers from Roundup who competed for a state spot. 8 & Under Girls Evelyn Mallo: 25 Free (19th 27.12), 25 Breast (11th 41.81) Taylor Daly: 25 Free (36th 39.52),...
MVCF GRANT DEADLINE SET FOR August 1st, 2019 The deadline to apply for a Musselshell Valley Community Foundation Grant is approaching. Grants will be awarded in August to a charitable project in our region. Applications along with grant guidelines can be picked up at the Roundup City Office or found online at musselshellvalleycommunityfounda-tion.com and are due August 1st 2019. The Musselshell Valley Community Foundation was established in 1997 to create an endowment for the benefit of the people of the Musselshell Valley River Region. Each...
Every year about this time, Big Sky State Games comes to Montana and culminates in Billings. It is an Olympic-style sports festival for people all ages and abilities who reside in Montana. Begun in 1986 with 3,376 athletes competing in 12 sports, it grew last year to 10,000 athletes competing in 35 sports. Pickleball is one of those sports. Last Sunday, two members of the Roundup Pickleball Club competed in pickleball in the State Games which was played at the Elks Club courts in Billings. The...
This past July 4-7th, the Roundup Independence Day’s Extravaganza (RIDE) celebrated it’s 15th annual event, and with the help of our sponsors, volunteers, donors, vendors, and the people who came out to support us, we would like to thank you for making this year our biggest one yet. An estimated crowd of well over 4,000 attended all of the shows and events. RIDE is a labor of love, but without a lot of help from great folks and businesses, it would not be a sustainable endeavor. We sincerely hope that we left no one out. Below is a list of peo...
With all Democratic Party 2020 presidential candidates seemingly embracing socialism we could vote for socialism, Austria did. In the 20th Century at least a fourth of the world became socialist. Austria was the only country that acquired it by ballot rather than revolution. Once fully in place there are never again free elections with options other than socialists. Austria chose it because it promised to end dire economic conditions and died as a free nation for so doing. Kitty Werthmann, whose account is herein summarized, was an eyewitness...
July 15, 2019 Commissioner Minutes The meeting was called to order at 9:00 by Commissioner Borner. Commissioner Berry and Commissioner Carlson were not present. Maintenance Supervisor Jett gave her weekly report to the Commissioners. The leaking in the Courtroom and Judges Spaulding’s chambers was discussed and is being addressed. They are waiting on a bid from Servpro regarding the Extension off interior. And Ms. Jett is going to get bids for windows and door at the County Complex. Kathie Bailey with Snowy Mountain Development Corporation c...
June 6 - Our menu today was baked ham, company potatoes, watermelon, 7 layer salad, and rhubarb dessert. There were twenty-two present and two take-out orders today. Thank you to Bonnie Manuel for the lettuce and thank you to Gary and Linda Gershmel for the rhubarb. There is also some here they are donating to anyone who would like to take some home. Laura from Area II in Roundup was here today. She brought information to seniors and let everyone know that scams are still being emphasized. There are a lot of scammers out there and they seem to...
Roundup Hardware Electric Service Shop Silvertip Propane McCleary’s Distributing Brian Rodegherio, CPA State Farm Insurance, Bonnie Deedmore Valley Credit Union 1st Security Bank Key Insurance First American Title Musselshell Valley Equipment Progressive Woman’s Club VanDykes Supermarket Picconiis IGA Jennifer and Sarah Pisle’s Outdoor Program Aambulance crew for bringing ambulances for the kids to see. All the Volunteers that came each Weds. to help Last, but not least the kids and parents we had 81 kids registered and the program was a big s...
“The Friends of the Historic Adams Hotel is inviting you to an Open House featuring the three historic buildings in Lavina - Adams Hotel, Slayton Mercantile and Lavina State Bank. The Open House will take place on August 31st between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM and on September 1st from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM - Labor Day Weekend. Please come and enjoy the history of Lavina and Golden Valley. This may be the last opportunity to immerse yourself in the beauty and genius of the Raymond Barry collection of Victorian artifact as the restoration of the A...
Melvin “Mel” Arvi Rintala, age 68, of Musselshell, MT passed away suddenly of natural causes at his cabin in Cooke City on Sunday, July 20th, 2019. His wife, Lou Ann, was at his side. Born on August 10, 1950 in Billings, MT to second-generation Finnish immigrants Toivo and Vienna, Mel was raised on a family ranch seven miles north of Red Lodge. Mel graduated from Red Lodge High School in 1968, and turned down several shot-put and football scholarships to four year universities in favor of a life hunting and ranching. In his early life, Mel wor...
Wall Street financial institutions are once again showing that when the going gets tough, they head for the exits. After ramping up lending when times were good, as just reported by Reuters, the nation’s largest banks have shrunk their agricultural lending portfolios amid the current conditions in the farm economy. This exodus of capital not only harms farmers and agricultural enterprises, but also the local businesses, hospitals, schools and rural municipalities that support the agricultural economy. Fortunately for rural America and the c...
One of the most recognizable voices in country music is coming back to Roundup on August 11th at 6pm at the Outdoor Stage in City Park. Lacy J. Dalton has a special fondness for Montana and Roundup in particular. “Every time I have been here, it’s rained, and I’m going to do a whole show this time, that’s for sure”, she told the guys at 99.9 fm in Roundup recently. “I love Roundup. The people have been so good to me and Dale Poune, and we can’t wait to get back”. Lacy J. has had many hits over the years, and recently had a #1 indie album wit...
July 11-16 A caller called 911 asking for the number to the sheriff’s office! A county employee reported fuel was syphoned from one of the county’s road graders. A person called to report someone stole his lawn mower in Lewistown! A person reported a phone scam. A report of a couple boys that were in the park using some racial slurs. A report of a fire came in. Boys playing with matches caught a shed on fire. The fire department responded and put the fire out. Several complaints came in of a white vehicle that would go a ways and then just sto...
State Senator Scott Sales was in Roundup on July 23rd to talk about his political run for the Secretary of State office and discussed the good, bad and ugly of the recently concluded Montana legislative session....
Throughout the Roundup area and Musselshell county, there have been significant effects to cottonwood, aspen, poplar, and willow tree species. The pest responsible for this defoliation is the cottonwood leaf beetle, Chrysomela scripta Fabricius. The adult beetles are characterized by having a black head and thorax with yellow or reddish margins on the thorax. They have yellow and black stripes covering the elytra. You may, also, see the beetle in the larval stage. They are black in color and...
Helena, Mont. – The Montana Department of Agriculture has updated its noxious weed list to include ventenata (Ventenata dubia). The Noxious Weed Listing Workgroup recommended adding ventenata to the Priority 2A list at its meeting on March 21, 2019. The amendment was adopted on June 21st, 2019. Priority 2A weeds are common in isolated areas in the State and require eradication or containment where less abundant. Management can be prioritized by the local weed districts. “Ventenata is inc...
