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Terry native included in Chronicle’s 20 under 40 feature
Terry native Kerri Strasheim was included in the Bozeman Chronicle’s inaugural '20 under 40' feature, which highlighted 20 people under the the age 40 from southwest Montana who have positively impacted their community.
Miles City pastor shares cowboy insight in new devotional book
Eldon Toews of Miles City, author and pastor of Living Way Fellowship Church, recently published his first book. “Great Value: Life Lessons from a Montana Cowboy.”
Cantata will be held Dec. 30
The sounds of the season will be heard Sunday, Dec. 30, at 2:30 p.m. at the Community Presbyterian Church, as the Christmas Cantata continues its preparations. Performers include 26 participants presenting “Hope Has Hands” — a musical written and arranged by Russell Mauldin.
Student drama club will perform Saturday
With the energy and passion of 18 students spanning third through seventh grades, the newly formed Drama Club has been an entertaining venture, according to organizer Tammi Prete. Spearheading the club, Prete said the idea to form the group came from her students.
Thirty teams gather for coyote hunt
Over 80 people packed Roy Rogers Sunday evening for the finale to the Prairie County Sportsmen Association’s weekend coyote calling contest. The popular annual hunt drew in 30 teams, harvesting 51 coyotes, 15 porcupines and 1 fox.
Lindsay Stickel named FCCLA president
Lindsay Stickel, daughter of Elton and Lynn Stickel, has been moved to the position of state FCCLA president. She was elected as 1st vice president at the March 2012 state conference in Billings this past spring.
Residents will have chance to comment on proposed zoning regs
A public hearing allowing residents to comment on the proposed 59-page zoning regulations for the Town of Terry will be held Dec. 20 at 7 p.m. at Terry Town Hall. It will be the first in a series of public meetings that will be held addressing the proposed zoning regulations and growth use policy, according to Town Clerk Lynn Strasheim.
Giving tree among ways to help during the Christmas season
Pat and Jane Schilling added Christmas cards to the Christmas
giving tree last week. Cards are numbered on the front and include
a brief description of items needed on the back. The small artificial
tree sits on a table in the foyer of the Terry Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
High school choir students perform in Billings at the Messiah Festival
Eight Terry High School choir students participated in the Messiah Festival over the weekend. Accompanying the students were Barb Rittal and music instructor JoDee Hess. The singers rehearsed on Saturday, Dec. 1 with a large mass choir that sings 7 of the choruses from Handel’s Messiah. The choir sings with a small orchestra, which would have resembled the size of orchestra that George Fredrick Handel would have had available when he wrote the oratorio.
Area families team together to run relay in honor of loved ones
By Jamie Ausk Crisafulli
Yellowstone Newspapers
When twin sisters Bekki Franks and Brandi Ollerman decided to take on the grueling Hood to Coast Relay it was for one reason only, to honor their mother, Connie Balcer, who lost her battle with cancer in 2010. The Dawson County High School alumnae are part of Soul to Sole, a team of individuals dedicating their efforts in the 2013 Hood to Coast Relay to two family members they lost to cancer recently.