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Each quilter holds up one of their many completed pillowcases. They are:
back row, from left: Jane Wolff, Shelby Sterchi, Sheila Smith, Vickie Breen,
Rita Teske, Patty Trask, Joanne Roos; front row: Jan Keltner, Norma Grist,
Janet Loomis and Yvonne Moos.

By Kay Braddock 

         All three incumbents currently holding county seats have filed  for re-election, with no other candidates opposing their bids.

  Members of the Prairie County Chamber of Commerce will meet Wednesday, March 14 at noon at the Stockman Bank Community Room. 

By Marla Prell
Yellowstone Newspapers

  The sole survivor of a car accident in Rosebud County that claimed the lives of three local men last year has been charged with three counts of negligent homicide.

        Miles Community College is hosting an Energy Summit on Thursday, March 15-16 titled “Solutions for Eastern, MT.”  The summit will be on the MCC campus and includes discussion on topics such as community change, economic forecast, legislation, workforce training, and industry impacts. 

  A Preschool (Child Find) Screening will be conducted at Terry Schools on Tuesday, March 27, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. This screening is for children ages birth through 5 years of age and will include upcoming kindergarten students to be enrolled in the 2012-13 school year.

        Local historian Wynona Breen, who began organizing volunteers in 2008 to transcribe the 1893 to 1928 Evelyn Cameron diaries for the public to enjoy, was presented the ServeMontana award from the Governor’s Office of Community Service at the ServeMontana Symposium held at the Red Lion Colonial Hotel in Helena on Thursday, February 23, 2012.   

  A tour team, made up of actors and directors, from the Missoula Children’s Theater will be visiting Terry Public Schools next week. Their visit will culminate in the student performance of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, presented Friday, March 9 in the Ray Frank Gymnasium. Performance times are 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Ticket prices are $5 for adults, $3 for students, with free admission for preschool children.

 
An upgrade project to the interior of the Prairie County Courthouse is nearly completed. The remodeling work included new carpeting throughout the building and new paint, wallpaper and a chair-rail inside the courtroom. The carpeting work was completed by Jean Mosser of Fallon and Paxons Flooring in Miles City. Floor trim along the east side of the building is all that remains.

  Since Margie Feickert retired the county commissioners suggested that her position on the Prairie County Food Bank Board be filled with local pastors. Leon Rathbun and Jacob Hanneman have agreed to be on the board and will serve along with Prairie County Sheriff Bill Klunder and Public Health Nurse Janet Fredrickson.