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Amanda Bohrer, Phinehas Dickson (left) and Leevi Bohrer show off one of the six benches that have been placed around town in the last three weeks. The benches were paid for with funds from Southwest Montana Prevention. Photo by Peggy Kerr |
Benches possible by many players
by Peggy Kerr
Amanda Bohrer is a planter of seeds, a gift she has used more than once in getting tasks accomplished in both the City of Deer Lodge and Powell County.
One of her more recent accomplishments is figuring how to come up with grant money for the purchase of six park benches that are sitting along the west side of Main Street and in two other locations.
Bohrer said she had heard more than once that benches were needed. The last time it came up was at the Powell County Parks Board Trails Sub-Committee.
“I heard them talk about it several times at county parks and at their trails meetings,” Bohrer said. “I also heard it was in our Main Street Master Plan. I remember hearing it, so when they brought it up again, I thought, that’s the third time hearing that - I wonder if there is a way to get Prevention to collaborate.”
Bohrer who is a city council member, also works for Southwest Montana Prevention, although she calls her area “Powell Prevention.”
“I reached out to the other prevention specialists in my region, and I said has anybody ever done anything with park benches, like bus station-type benches or memorial benches.”
She had previously worked with the Arrowstone Park Board to find funding that paid for the Folf Course, an Eagle Scout project located on the east side of Arrowstone Park.
“We used a media budget to help get those goals paid for, and so I was thinking along those same lines; that if you went with the seating that allowed for media to be in it, then the media portions of our budget could probably pay for the bench itself,” Bohrer explained. “I knew I had a fairly large budget for Parenting Montana, which is all media.”
So started a process that brought six park benches to Deer Lodge for approximately $4,650 paid for by Southwest Montana Prevention funds.
When she approached the
See Benches, page 5
Amanda Bohrer is a planter of seeds, a gift she has used more than once in getting tasks accomplished in both the City of Deer Lodge and Powell County.
One of her more recent accomplishments is figuring how to come up with grant money for the purchase of six park benches that are sitting along the west side of Main Street and in two other locations.
Bohrer said she had heard more than once that benches were needed. The last time it came up was at the Powell County Parks Board Trails Sub-Committee.
“I heard them talk about it several times at county parks and at their trails meetings,” Bohrer said. “I also heard it was in our Main Street Master Plan. I remember hearing it, so when they brought it up again, I thought, that’s the third time hearing that - I wonder if there is a way to get Prevention to collaborate.”
Bohrer who is a city council member, also works for Southwest Montana Prevention, although she calls her area “Powell Prevention.”
“I reached out to the other prevention specialists in my region, and I said has anybody ever done anything with park benches, like bus station-type benches or memorial benches.”
She had previously worked with the Arrowstone Park Board to find funding that paid for the Folf Course, an Eagle Scout project located on the east side of Arrowstone Park.
“We used a media budget to help get those goals paid for, and so I was thinking along those same lines; that if you went with the seating that allowed for media to be in it, then the media portions of our budget could probably pay for the bench itself,” Bohrer explained. “I knew I had a fairly large budget for Parenting Montana, which is all media.”
So started a process that brought six park benches to Deer Lodge for approximately $4,650 paid for by Southwest Montana Prevention funds.
When she approached the
See Benches, page 5
City, county planners came from Kansas; fall in love with new home
Jordan Green, left, and Scott Hazelton are two new assets to be found working as planners. Green is the new Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Deer Lodge, and Hazelton is the Powell County Planner. Photo by Peggy Kerr
by Kirk Boxleitner
A college friendship led two men from the Midwest to move all the way to Montana to work on behalf of the local community they both came to love.
Scott Hazelton began working as the planning director and floodplain administrator for Powell County in December of 2020, while Jordan Green began working as the chief administrative officer for personnel, zoning, planning, flood plain and grant administration, and business license review for the city of Deer Lodge.
Hazelton and Green also both earned their master’s degrees in regional and community planning at Kansas State University, but it was Hazelton’s internship in Powell County, from January through April of 2019, that not only sparked his interest in moving to the area, but also led him to recommend to Green that he should follow.
“I loved it,” Hazelton said. “I grew up on a rural farm, so it reminds me a lot of home.”
At the same time, Hazelton appreciated the novelty of being nestled in the towering Rocky Mountains.
By contrast, Deer Lodge is one of the smaller towns Green has lived in, but “I’d heard good things about the community from Scott,” which he’s been able to confirm for himself as he’s
See Home, page 16
A college friendship led two men from the Midwest to move all the way to Montana to work on behalf of the local community they both came to love.
Scott Hazelton began working as the planning director and floodplain administrator for Powell County in December of 2020, while Jordan Green began working as the chief administrative officer for personnel, zoning, planning, flood plain and grant administration, and business license review for the city of Deer Lodge.
Hazelton and Green also both earned their master’s degrees in regional and community planning at Kansas State University, but it was Hazelton’s internship in Powell County, from January through April of 2019, that not only sparked his interest in moving to the area, but also led him to recommend to Green that he should follow.
“I loved it,” Hazelton said. “I grew up on a rural farm, so it reminds me a lot of home.”
At the same time, Hazelton appreciated the novelty of being nestled in the towering Rocky Mountains.
By contrast, Deer Lodge is one of the smaller towns Green has lived in, but “I’d heard good things about the community from Scott,” which he’s been able to confirm for himself as he’s
See Home, page 16
School District #1 sets candidate forum
by Peggy Kerr
A candidate forum for Deer Lodge Elementary School District #1 has been set for 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 15, in the Central Park Center (CPC), 444 Montana Ave., in Deer Lodge. The event will also be available via Zoom, online at us02web.zoom.us.
John Thompson, current chairman of the board, and Sean Herrick’s seats are open on the five-seat Board of Trustees. Four people are running for the open seats with candidates listed as Jessie Fischer, James Waite, Jody Walker and Cash Yount.
See Forum, page 16
A candidate forum for Deer Lodge Elementary School District #1 has been set for 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 15, in the Central Park Center (CPC), 444 Montana Ave., in Deer Lodge. The event will also be available via Zoom, online at us02web.zoom.us.
John Thompson, current chairman of the board, and Sean Herrick’s seats are open on the five-seat Board of Trustees. Four people are running for the open seats with candidates listed as Jessie Fischer, James Waite, Jody Walker and Cash Yount.
See Forum, page 16
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