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Melstone Monthly Staff

Connie Hjelvik – Advisor

Gracey Adams– Editor

Dwight DeJaegher

Thomas DeJaegher

Will Ecord

Joe Griswold

Wyatt Herrmann

Kimber Korell

Garrett Severe

Inside This Issue

Page 2: Honor Roll, New Students, Cleanup Day Page 3: Foreign Exchange Students, 4-H Fair Results , State Dirt Bike, Field Day Page 4: Volleyball, Football Page 5: Recipe, FFA Page 6: BPA, Testing Page 7: Yearbook Sponsors, Picture Day Page 8: Musselshell Dinner Theater, Class Officers, Learning Links Page 9: Cross Country, Kindergarten Page 10: Yearbook, Homecoming Page 11: Splashbash Page 12: Calendar

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melstone.schoolwires

Volume 1 September 2016

No School :

Monday,

Sept. 19th PIR Day

School Day:

Friday, Sept. 23rd

Flu Shots October 4th

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Cool at the Pool

Submitted by Kathy Eike

This year was a great swimming season for

the Melstone Community Swimming Pool.

The pool opened the middle of July with a

brand new liner along with an automatic

vacuum thanks to the remaining money

from the Coal Board grant.

Leah Brence and Linsey Eike spent two days

in Billings getting their lifeguard certification.

Now they join BreElle as lifeguards for the

Community Swimming Pool.

The Splash Bash, the major fundraiser, was August 28th this

year. About fifty-five people enjoyed free swimming, and ap-

proximately one hundred and forty-five people were served

at the dinner, the largest crowd ever. The profit form the

Splash Bash was $1650. Before the

pool season was over, it was being

used for cross country as well as for

P.E. classes. Thank you to everyone

who helps in any way to keep the

pool open. It’s a great place to cool

off on hot days, but more importantly,

it is where our children learn how to

swim.

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4th Quarter Honor Roll

Seniors Kaylee Adams 3.82

Rebecca Turley 3.64

Ty Vohs 3.60

Travis Hofer 3.47

Xavier Simmons 3.27

Juniors Nora Mynttinen 3.95

Carrera Harmon 3.92

BreElle Wacker 3.91

Valeriia Khomenets 3.80

Riley Pinkerton 3.44

Sophomores Sofia Uruena 3.86

Gillian Severe 3.81

Shayla Hough 3.81

Joe Griswold 3.62

Garrett Severe 3.36

Freshmen Megan Brewer 4.00

Brody Grebe 3.88

Thomas DeJaegher 3.52

TyRaa Manuel 3.42

Abigayle Hansen 3.38

8th Grade Ty Meredith 3.33

5th & 6th Grade Draya Wacker 3.90

Paul Bergin 3.86

Tegan Schiffer 3.86

Noel Kelstrup 3.84

Koye Rindal 3.62

Melstone Newcomers

By Kimber Korell

The first of our three new stu-

dents is Deva Bascom. She

came with her younger broth-

er, Ty. Her former school was

Weber High School, in Pleas-

ant View, Utah. She is a senior

this year and her favorite sub-

jects are English, Government,

P.E, and Choir. Sports that she

plays are soccer and swim-

ming. She played 1 year on

varsity for soccer and 2 years on varsity for swimming.

Her favorite hobbies are sleeping, spending time with

friends and family, riding horses, and traveling. Deva

thinks Melstone is really small compared to her old

school; she also thinks the town is cute, and she loves

the four day school week, but she does think it’s weird

having three kids in her class. A fun fact about her is

that she’s originally from Lewistown, MT, but she’s lived

in three different states since.

Our next new student is Deva’s brother, Ty Bascom,

who is a sophomore. His favorite hobbies include, bronc

and bull riding, hunting, and trucks. His thinks Melstone

is a very small town. Ty’s old school is Snowcrest; he

says it was only 300 kids, which he thinks is very small.

A fun fact about Ty is that he was born cross-eyed but

corrected it with sur-

gery. His favorite sub-

ject is P.E., and his

favorite sport is rodeo.

Our third student and

final newcomer is Wy-

att Herrmann from

Shillington, Pennsylva-

nia. His old school is

called Governor Mifflin

Middle School, and he is a freshman this year. His fa-

vorite subjects are yearbook and

Computers 1. Wyatt’s thoughts

on Melstone is that it’s a small

town with a good school. One

of his favorite hobbies is shoot-

ing handguns. Wyatt’s fun fact

is that he collects knives.

BPA & FFA

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH

Watch for details!

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Welcoming New Faces By Gracey Adams

This year Melstone was lucky enough to get three for-

eign exchange students.

The first student is Vinicius Machado. He is from Rio de

Janeiro, Brazil. Vinicius is six-

teen years old. He is living

with the Bergins. His favorite

home cooked meal is steak

with rice and beans. He is an

only child. Vinicius’ favorite

thing about Montana so far is

the wonderful views.

The second student is Franka Johne.

She is from Berlin, Germany. She is

sixteen years old. She is living with

the Wackers. One of her favorite

home cooked meals is meatballs with

a special sauce and potatoes. She

has one brother; he is 18 years old.

She says she really doesn’t have one

favorite thing about Montana. She likes the people, the

food, the sky (with the stars), rodeos, and generally the

differences from Germany.

The final student is Vitor Gabriel.

He is from Juiz De Fora, Brazil.

Vitor is 15 years old. He is stay-

ing with the Merediths. His fa-

vorite home cooked meal is

beans, rice, spaghetti, and meat.

He does have a younger brother;

he is 4 years old. His favorite

part of Montana so far is the beautiful forests.

Thursday,

Sept. 29th

Events start at 12:15

Prices Single Hamburger $3.50 Double Hamburger $4.50 Single Cheeseburger $4.00 Double Cheeseburger $5.00 Hotdog $2.00

Keggie Koulee Fair Champions Koye Rindall *Reserve Champion Jr. Small Animal Round Robin Megan Brewer *Champion Breeding Sheep *Champion Sr. Swine Showmanship *Reserve Champion Sr. Large Animal Round Robin *Champion Mutton Ewe Lamb Paul Bergin *Champion Jr. Cook *Outstanding Food Exhibitor Rebecca Turley *Champion Sr. Photography Shayla Hough *Champion Sr. Lethercraft *Champion Sr. Rabbit Showman Teigan Schiffer *Champion Dairy Cow Thomas DeJaegher *Champion Bull *Champion Sr. Livestock Skillathon Keggie Koulee *Champion Sheep Herdsman Thomas, Kaleb, Paul *Reserve Champion Club Pen of Three Market Hogs Shayla, Teigan, Megan *Reserve Champion Club Pen of Three Market Lambs Megan, Thomas, Kaleb

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Date Event Time

9/17 HS VB @ Huntley Invite 8 AM

9/24 HS VB @ Shepherd 8 AM

9/27 HS VB @ Forsyth 4 PM

9/29 HS VB vs. Harlowtown 5:30 PM

10/1 HS VB vs. Shepherd 2 PM

10/6 HS VB @ Red Lodge 4:15 PM

10/8 HS VB vs. Huntley 4:15 PM

10/14 HS VB vs. Wolf Point 2 PM

10/15 HS VB @ Columbus 2 PM

10/20 HS VB @ Malta 3 PM

10/22 HS VB @ Joliet 2 PM

10/28-10/29 Districts @ Red Lodge TBA

11/3-11/5 Divisionals @ Columbus TBA

11/10-11/12 State @ Bozeman TBA

Volleyball! We Dig It!

By Kimber Korell This year we have four very

talented Melstone girls in

the Melstone/Roundup vol-

leyball co-op. TyRaa Ma-

nuel plays a middle hitter

on C-squad and Junior Var-

sity. Kimber Korell plays an

outside hitter on C-squad. Megan Brewer is libero on

Junior Varsity and a defense specialist on Varsity. TyLee

Manuel started the season out rough with a previous

knee injury from May. The season started on August

12th and will go until November 12th. At our Varsity

tournament in Columbus on August 27th, we won silver

in the gold bracket. We hope everyone has a good sea-

son; good luck girls!!

SCHEDULE

Melstone & Roundup Panthers By Wyatt Herrmann

The Melstone football

player’s co-op with

Roundup to make a

dominating team. The

Melstone high school

players travel all the

way to Roundup for

practice, and they are

determined to prac-

tice hard to deliver a

big win. Players Riley

Pinkman and Brody Grebe had their first game recently,

and it ended in a loss for the Panthers. The final score

was Roundup Panthers 6, Huntley Project 45. However,

the loss was just the beginning of a great season for

the Panthers. The following weekend, they were victori-

ous over Rocky Boy (55-6). Brody had two touchdown

runs. The next game the Panthers face is on September

16th against Malta, and it’s home. So get your nickels

and dimes together to and come to see this great

game.

9/16 Malta

(Away)

7:00

9/30 Red Lodge

(Home)

7:00

10/7 Big Timber

(Away)

7:00

10/14 Wolf Point

(Home )

7:00

10/21 Columbus

(Away)

7:00

Football Schedule

Date Location Time

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Soft Glazed Pumpkin Sugar Cookies

1/2 cup softened butter

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup pumpkin puree {canned pumpkin}

1 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

2 large eggs

4 cups all purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice For the glaze-

3 cups powdered sugar

4 tablespoons water

1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

· Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat and set aside. In a large bowl, stir butter, oil, pumpkin, sugars, vanilla and eggs together until incorporated and smooth. Slowly mix in all dry ingredients until com-pletely incorporated. Scoop onto prepared baking sheet using 1 1/2 tablespoon scoop and flatten to 1/2 inch thick using the bottom of a glass. If the dough is sticking to the glass, press the bottom of the glass in granulated sugar before flattening. Bake 8-9 minutes. While cookies bake, stir all ingredients together for glaze until smooth. Once cookies are finished baking, cool 3 minutes on baking sheet before transferring to cooling rack. Spread 1 1/2 teaspoons glaze over each warm cookie. Let glaze harden 2-3 hours before serving.

Fired Up for FFA Submitted by Abby Hansen

On the morning of Monday, August 8th, seven out of

the eight FFA officers and advisor Mr. Pierce, headed to

the western part of the state. First, we took a tour of the

Charles M. Bair Museum. We then had the opportunity

to tour the old Bair home itself. Then, we headed to

Polson, a city located on the Flathead Indian Reserva-

tion. The next day we took a tour of The Orchard at

Flathead Lake. Next, we headed to Lake Seed, Inc., and

toured the plant genetics lab. There we learned that

McDonalds is the only fast food chain that doesn’t coat

their fries. This is because the people at Lake Seed, Inc.,

mix two types of potatoes to get one big strong potato.

After that we toured the H.E. Robinson Vo Ag Center.

There we met Mr. Hankinson, one of the advisors for

Kalispell’s FFA Chapter and some of his officers. While in

Polson, we officers got the chance to become closer

and more engaged with our chapter. We set goals to

work harder and more efficiently this year. We got the

chance to explore downtown Polson and the shops

there. The FFA Officer team is as follows: President-

BreElle Wacker, Vice President:-Gillian Severe, 2nd Vice

President- Shayla Hough, Treasurer- Thomas DeJaegher,

Secretary- Megan Brewer, Reporter/Historian- Abby

Hansen, Sentinel- Riley Pinkerton, and last but not least,

Parliamentarian- Renee Parsons. Mr. Pierce hosted a

lunch time BBQ at his house on September 1st. Most of

the high school students were treated to cheese burg-

ers. Chapter officers and new members attended Dis-

trict Leadership School in Hysham on September 8th.

On behalf of the whole Melstone FFA Chapter, we look

forward to a great year and to the community’s help

and support.

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All grades start testing 9/19

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BPA officers

President- BreElle Wacker

1st Vice President- Brody Grebe

2nd Vice President- Megan Brewer

Secretary- Deva Bascom

Treasurer- Franka Johne

Reporter- Gracey Adams

Historian- Kimber Korell

New Year of BPA

Submitted by Gracey Adams

It’s that that time of the year again… BPA! This year we

are going to have a strong officer team. Fall conference

this year is in Fairmont Hot Springs the 2nd and 3rd of

October and is for officers only. We are looking forward

to a pretty big chapter this year with approximately 15

to 17 students. We plan to have many fundraisers and

a very fun carnival. This year national conference will be

in Orlando, Florida. We are looking forward to a suc-

cessful year!

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SCHOOL PICTURES

September 28th

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Seniors

Pres.– BreElle Wacker Sect./Treas.- Riley Pinkerton

Rep.- Deva Bascom Juniors

Pres.– Shayla Hough V.P.– Garrett Severe Sect.- Gillian Severe

Treas.- Gracey Adams Rep.- Will Roen Sophomores

Pres.– Harry Griswold V.P.– Ty Bascom

Sect.– Vini Machado Treas.- Brody Grebe

Rep.- Holden Roskelley Freshman

Pres.– Shayden Cooke V.P.- Ty Meridith

Sect./Treas.- Kaigen Roskelley Rep.- Kimber Korell

8th Grade Pres.- Chelsea Vohs V.P.- Owen Coslow

Sect./Treas.- Theo Sopko Rep.– Brayden DeJaegher

7th Grade Pres.- Draya Wacker

V.P.– Gus Adams Sect./Treas.- Kaleb DeJaegher

Rep.- Kevin White

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Production Dates

Dinner theater—September 16th & 17th

doors open @ 5:30

$25.00 per person reservations required

Call 406-947-5200

Sunday matinee— September 18th @ 2:00

$10.00 per person no reservation required

Sponsored by Friends of Musselshell school, Inc.

Learning Links First day of Learning Links was Sept. 12th

from 3:30 to 5:15

For registration forms, contact Jody Haaland

Participating Date Host-City

HS/JH 9/16 Lewistown

HS/JH 9/24 Big Timber

Grades 4-6 104 BSSG/Billings

HS/JH 10/1 Joliet

HS/JH 10/6 Shepherd/Billings

HS/JH 10/15 Roundup

HS 10/22 State/Kalispell

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Runners, at Your Mark

By Joe Griswold

The school year has started, and so has Cross Country.

The Junior High runners are as follows: Trey Meredith,

Koye Rindal, Draya Wacker, Teigan Schiffer, Theo Sopko,

Gage Smith, Gavin Smith, and Kierra Hougen. The High

School team runners are the following: Joe Griswold,

Harry Griswold, BreElle Wacker, Franka Johne, Shayden

Cooke, Vitor Gabriel, Vinne Machado, and Ty Meredith.

We are coached by Mrs. Tamaira Wacker, and the high

school runners will once again be co-oping with the

Winnett Rams.

At the Billings meet on September 2nd, there were 36

teams-- 394 boys and 350 girls competing. The Mel-

stone/Winnet girls’ team received 7th out of 36 teams.

BreElle ran a 19:16 time which earned her 5th place,

while Franka ran a 21:52 time, 35th place. The Boys’

team ran the following: Vitor-20:46, Ty M.-21:27, Harry-

22:48, and Joe-24:02.

At the Huntley meet, BreElle placed 1st with a time of

19:15. Frank placed 9th (21:34). The boys’ times are as

follows: Vitor-21:09, Ty-22:31, Harry-22:01, and Joe-

26:17. Draya got 2nd place overall.

Our Smallest Additions

By Joe Griswold

Our new kindergarteners are Quinn Herron, Rayelynn

Tuttle, Jacob Jorgenson, Siggen Newman, and Brooke

Seamster. They are being taught by Mrs. Kathy Eike.

They responded to three questions.

Quinn-Q, Rayelynn-R, Jacob-J Siggen-S, and Brooke-B.

What is your favorite class? Q: Music and Lunch R: Coloring and Science J: Science S: Reading B: Recess What is your favorite food? Q: Strawberries and candy R: Strawberries J: Apples with peanut butter S: Chicken B: Grapes What is your favorite game? Q: Minecraft R: Playing with Barbies J: Playing with toy combines or his

dogs S: Playing with his trucks B: Tag

From the Left to the Right: Jacob Jorgenson, Siggen

Newman, Quinn Herron, Rayelynn Tuttle, and Brooke

Seamster

When asked how she likes teaching Kindergarten

again, Mrs. Eike replied, “I love teaching kindergarten.

It’s exhausting for eight hours, but I don’t have two

hours of correcting every night. I have five great stu-

dents this year, and I’m really excited to come to

school every day.” She also misses her 5th and 6th

graders’ independence and the fact that she had to

give directions only once. Mrs. Eike thinks that the

most rewarding part of teaching kindergarten is

watching them learn to read. “I don’t have to wonder

if they’re learning. I can see the improvements on a

daily basis,” she replied when asked what she is look-

ing forward to this year. See Schedule, Previous Page.

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YEARBOOKS

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2015-2016=$40

2014-2015=$30

2013-2014=$25

2012-2013=$20

2011-2012=$15

2010-2011=$10

Other years=$5

Looking for the following years to

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library:

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HOME COMING

WEEK

October 3rd-6th

“OUR SPIRIT ROCKS”

DRESS UP DAYS

Monday– Mismatch Day

Tuesday-Senior Citizen Day

Wednesday-Dress Up Day

Thursday-Red, White, and Blue EVENTS

Class Meeting-Wednesday (9/28) @

8:00 to nominate king /queen candi-

dates, plan poster & song

King /Queen

Class Lip Sync Battle ( song must be

approved)

Class poster contest (the poster can

relate to the theme or to the lip sync

song)

Pep Rally on Thursday Oct. 6th @

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