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Guest speaker Duane Waber gives Joan Sewell a suspenseful moment at the chamber banquet.
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Awards and fun at
Chamber Banquet
by Michael Stafford
The annual Chamber Awards Banquet on November 9 was filled with much laughter and enjoyment as not only were members and contributors to the community recognized, but an entertaining presentation was given by guest speaker Duane Waber.
A good crowd came to the event which was held at the Broken Arrow and included various raffle drawings and door prizes. The traditional Heads or Tails game was back again.
When it came time for the awards, the first one to be given was the Community Enhancement Award which was presented to Terry Jennings. Joe Gray presented the award to him and kept the attendees in stitches as he shared stories and jokes with twist of humor to them.
Gray said that Chamber Director Julie Schroder had called him the day before to ask him to give the award to Jennings and asked that he tell a couple stories and was very entertaining as he spoke. He said Jennings was born and raised in Deer Lodge and was raised in a Catholic family with many siblings.
Gray was fluent with various situational jokes that he told which made everyone laugh good naturedly. He said that he has been friends with Jennings for a long time and that everyone loved him and he was a bit of a politician in his own way.
“I think to say growing up it was a lot of fun being friends with Terry,” said Gray.
The presenter continued that Jennings returned back to town, ran for the city council, was surprised he won and that everyone is more at a loss that he no longer is part of that governing body. He also said that the Cookin’ on The Clark Fork BBQ and Brewfest was the brainchild of Jennings.
see Honors page 14
The annual Chamber Awards Banquet on November 9 was filled with much laughter and enjoyment as not only were members and contributors to the community recognized, but an entertaining presentation was given by guest speaker Duane Waber.
A good crowd came to the event which was held at the Broken Arrow and included various raffle drawings and door prizes. The traditional Heads or Tails game was back again.
When it came time for the awards, the first one to be given was the Community Enhancement Award which was presented to Terry Jennings. Joe Gray presented the award to him and kept the attendees in stitches as he shared stories and jokes with twist of humor to them.
Gray said that Chamber Director Julie Schroder had called him the day before to ask him to give the award to Jennings and asked that he tell a couple stories and was very entertaining as he spoke. He said Jennings was born and raised in Deer Lodge and was raised in a Catholic family with many siblings.
Gray was fluent with various situational jokes that he told which made everyone laugh good naturedly. He said that he has been friends with Jennings for a long time and that everyone loved him and he was a bit of a politician in his own way.
“I think to say growing up it was a lot of fun being friends with Terry,” said Gray.
The presenter continued that Jennings returned back to town, ran for the city council, was surprised he won and that everyone is more at a loss that he no longer is part of that governing body. He also said that the Cookin’ on The Clark Fork BBQ and Brewfest was the brainchild of Jennings.
see Honors page 14
Veterans honoredby Michael Stafford
Sunday evening, members of the community and especially those who served in the armed forces gathered at the Elks Lodge in Deer Lodge where they commemorated Veteran’s Day. This was a special year for the occasion as it marked 100 years since the Armistice which ended World War I and ultimately gave rise to the nationally observed day of recognition. The program at the Elks was filled with that recognition as well as remembrance of those who did not return through the Missing Man Table. Dinner was also served to all those who came. The ceremony started out with a welcome from The Exalted Ruler of the local Elks, Gerald Bender who thanked people for coming and noted the table arrangements and decorations that were prepared specially for the day. “I think it’s very patriotic,” he said. Pastor Rob Nedbalek gave the invocation after which veteran Tom Wang spoke to the crowd. An annual part of the ceremony, the Missing Man Table was explained by veteran Kirk Sandquist and a procession of veterans brought one hat from every branch of the service to be placed at the table. Going through each of the items placed on the table, Sandquist explained the significance of each. Wang spoke again giving a brief history of Veteran’s Day and then called upon the veterans of different service branches and different wars and conflicts to stand and be recognized. “Thank you for all your service,” he said. see Many page 10 & 11 |
Election results for Powell Countyby Michael Stafford
There is a new County Superintendent of Schools, the current Justice of the Peace has earned a new term and the ambulance levy has passed. Those are a few of the results of the local contested races and ballot questions that were decided by voters in the November 6 general election. Those who went to the polls or voted by absentee ballot also cast their opinions of other issues and candidates in additional local, state and federal elections. In Powell County there were only two contested races - that for the County Superintendent of Schools and that for the Justice of the Peace. In the superintendent race republican Lewis Cozby won with 1,532 votes versus the 1,083 votes gathered by democrat Cindy Noland. In the Justice of the Peace race incumbent Melissa Gallagher took the lead with 1,853 votes against candidate Paul O. Bean who came up with 562 votes. In the ballot measure for a 14 mill permanent ambulance levy, it was approved with 1,596 votes for and 1,066 votes against. see Results page 13 |
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