Painting the past
Artist Stoney Burk, with the Front Range Art Association, is pictured painting the chuckwagon at the Grant-Kohrs Ranch last Thursday. Burk and his fellow artists donated their finished works for an auction that took place during Ranch Days last Saturday and a portion of the proceeds were donated to the ranch foundation. See more photos on page 6. SSP photo by Mark Eisenbeil.
Artist Stoney Burk, with the Front Range Art Association, is pictured painting the chuckwagon at the Grant-Kohrs Ranch last Thursday. Burk and his fellow artists donated their finished works for an auction that took place during Ranch Days last Saturday and a portion of the proceeds were donated to the ranch foundation. See more photos on page 6. SSP photo by Mark Eisenbeil.
What's new this week
New fee increase for landfill
Americans produce an astronomical amount of garbage each and every day.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, between 1960 and 2008, the amount of waste each person creates has almost doubled from 2.7 to 4.5 pounds per day; which calculates to 31.5 pounds per week, or 1638 pounds per year.
All of this garbage has to go somewhere, and for the most part, the trash ends up in a landfill if it’s not recycled. Whether its trash or recyclables, there are costs involved with both and residents in the Deer Lodge Rural Disposal District will be faced with a fee increase in the near future.
The landfill for southern Powell County is located east of Deer Lodge on Boulder Road and serves the Deer Lodge Rural Disposal District, which is comprised of the City of Deer Lodge and some adjacent communities.
“It’s basically the town of Deer Lodge, from everything south of Beck’s Hill to Racetrack,” said Powell County Commissioner Cele Pohle.
Pohle also acts as liaison and sits on the Board of the Deer Lodge Rural Disposal District.
The landfill fee should not to be confused with the monthly city garbage fee that city residents pay every month. That fee is for garbage pickup provided by...
If you would like to read more, see this week's issue of the Silver State Post. Interested in a subscription? Try here.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, between 1960 and 2008, the amount of waste each person creates has almost doubled from 2.7 to 4.5 pounds per day; which calculates to 31.5 pounds per week, or 1638 pounds per year.
All of this garbage has to go somewhere, and for the most part, the trash ends up in a landfill if it’s not recycled. Whether its trash or recyclables, there are costs involved with both and residents in the Deer Lodge Rural Disposal District will be faced with a fee increase in the near future.
The landfill for southern Powell County is located east of Deer Lodge on Boulder Road and serves the Deer Lodge Rural Disposal District, which is comprised of the City of Deer Lodge and some adjacent communities.
“It’s basically the town of Deer Lodge, from everything south of Beck’s Hill to Racetrack,” said Powell County Commissioner Cele Pohle.
Pohle also acts as liaison and sits on the Board of the Deer Lodge Rural Disposal District.
The landfill fee should not to be confused with the monthly city garbage fee that city residents pay every month. That fee is for garbage pickup provided by...
If you would like to read more, see this week's issue of the Silver State Post. Interested in a subscription? Try here.
Caboose finds new home
Thanks to funding from a Montana Department of Commerce Tourism Infrastructure Investment Program (TIIP) grant, restoration was done on an antique caboose (Caboose No. 178) that had been parked at Sun Mountain Lumber for over 14 years. The caboose is owned by the Powell County Museum and Arts Foundation and Sherm Anderson, owner of Sun Mountain Lumber, allowed it to be parked on site since its arrival in town.
According to Old Prison Museum curator KC Sackman, the foundation applied for a TIIP grant of $34,000 and received $32,500. The foundation had to match the grant with an additional $21,513. The overall cost of restoring the caboose was estimated at $55,613.
Sackman said since its arrival at Sun Mountain Lumber almost a decade and a half ago, Caboose No. 178 sat untouched for the most part, until this past year when...
According to Old Prison Museum curator KC Sackman, the foundation applied for a TIIP grant of $34,000 and received $32,500. The foundation had to match the grant with an additional $21,513. The overall cost of restoring the caboose was estimated at $55,613.
Sackman said since its arrival at Sun Mountain Lumber almost a decade and a half ago, Caboose No. 178 sat untouched for the most part, until this past year when...
Obituaries
- Richard Von Bergen
Births
- Zane Scott Starford, born April 21, 2010. Parents are Brian Scott and Brenda Marie Starford.
Weddings/Engagements
Coroner’s inquest scheduled over infant’s death
A coroner’s inquest will be held on Aug. 5 to determine if criminal action was involved in the early 2010 death of a 13-month-old child from Deer Lodge.
The boy died at the Seattle Children’s Hospital on Jan. 6 and a subsequent autopsy conducted in Washington state pronounced the cause of death as ingestion from anti-freeze.
According to Powell County Attorney Lewis Smith, the inquest will be conducted in front of a coroner’s jury made up of public citizens.
“State statute provides that...
The boy died at the Seattle Children’s Hospital on Jan. 6 and a subsequent autopsy conducted in Washington state pronounced the cause of death as ingestion from anti-freeze.
According to Powell County Attorney Lewis Smith, the inquest will be conducted in front of a coroner’s jury made up of public citizens.
“State statute provides that...