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Tuesday,March 26, was Lily Gladstone Day in Browning.. A full day of events was scheduled at the All Events Center in Browning, starting at 10 a.m. with a Grand Entry and Lily's arrival. Ceremonies also included kindergartners and first graders helping to give the prayer, songs from the high school choir, the honor song, introduction of dignitaries, and the transfer of the headdress. As many as 20,000 people were expected to attend....
Wheels of Harmony, an Indigenous singing group with Intermountain Opera Bozeman, treated Cascade Public Schools last Wednesday with their presentation of opera, classical music and indigenous programming. The group consists of musicians Mark Billy, Cruise Berrey, and Sage DiPalma. Mark Billy is a Choctaw Opera singer,Baritone, Native flute and clarinestist from Oklahoma. Cruise Berry is a Chickasaw composer and pianist, also from Oklahoma. Sage DiPalma is a Cherokee Opera singer, Coloratura sopr...
Terry Curnow put it right at the most recent Town Council meeting. He said that it’s time to quit hating each other and begin to unite as a community. I’ve worked for the Town of Cascade for over 14 years, and hoped to retire from here, as I love this job and this community. Everything I’ve done has been to help make this community one that we can all be proud of. From learning to write grants, to effective budgeting to get projects done, the mayor, council, public works, and office staff have worked together to get things done. I’m proud o...
"FIRE AND ICE" was the theme this year for the 2024 Prom, held at the Wedsworth Hall this past Saturday. After the "COOL" formalities of the Grand Entrance, where the handsome young men posed with their beautiful young ladies, and after the crowning of the Prom's King and Queen, Seth McKamey and Cora Culp, and after most of the parents had "left the building", the couples proceeded to set the dance floor on "FIRE"! (Who knew these guys could dance?!) Catering was provided by "Cascade-Romero"...
The Town Hall meeting was packed to capacity Thursday night, March 14th. When the Mayor opened the meeting up to Public Comments, a couple of individuals had questions as to the status of the Town Clerk. "Can you explain what's going on with the Town Clerk position?"one of the individuals asked. The Mayor explained that Town Clerk, Jodie Campbell, had resigned, and the city had hired the Montana League of Cities and Towns for six-hundred hours for financial advice, as the town needed to train...
It was a beautiful, warm, sunny spring day, and everyone loves a parade! Wolf Creek, Montana was again teeming with people from town and the surrounding area for their annual St. Patrick's Day Parade, out to take in some rays and hang out with friends and neighbors. Established around 1887, according to Wikipedia, Wolf Creek boasted a population of 25 in 2020. Sure looked like more than 25 people out there Sunday at the parade! The same source says that the local newspaper is the CASCADE...
Choteau Grizzly Bear Management Specialist, Chad White, and Ali Marschner, Bear Management Technician, held a Bear Safety and Conflict Prevention talk at the Wedsworth Memorial Library Thusday evening, March 7th. The presentation was interactive, as the presenters shared bear awareness information, as well as some stories of their "close encounter" experiences, and people were free to ask questions about their concerns. Bears, like all wild animals, are potentially dangerous even though they...
Congratulations to Coach Mike Moore! For the second year in a row, Mike Moore has been named District 10C Boys Coach of the Year! He took the Badgers to an undefeated in conference season, culminating in the 10C District Basketball Championship, the first in Cascade history! Players picked for the First Team All-Conference were Tyler Lane, Cascade; Gavin Gilham, Cascade; Aiden Reeve, Duton-Brady; Trenton Sheldon, Simms; Peyton Racine, Heart Butte; Tyson Hemry, Dutton-Brady; and Trey...
His name is Christian Parrish Takes The Gun, professionally known as Supaman. An Apsaalooke who grew up in Crow Agency, Montana, Supaman is also a Native dancer and a rapper who uses his performances to bring a message to his audiences. He brought his unique entertaining style to Cascade Public Schools Tuesday morning to WOW our students with an uplifting message of respect, honor, kindness, and love. Scheduled for two performances, the elementary, coming first, with the junior high and high...
The Cascade Schools Music Department presented its annual Music In Our Schools Month Concert and Turkey Dinner on Thursday (Leap Day), February 29th. The cafeteria was transformed into a fine restaurant, with students waiting on the dinner guests and making sure every table was taken care of, better than in some places. The annual turkey dinner was provided by our Master Chef, Armando Romero and his crew, and featured turkey, stuffing, green beans, mashed potatoes and gravy, and of course, that...
Cascade School held its Science Fair on February 27th. The Science Fair was optional for all students this year. Seven students completed a project and presented to judges at the Local Science Fair. They will all be competing at the Regional Science Fair in Great Falls on March 5th. The Junior High students worked on science projects during class and used the scientific method and different science concepts to complete them. They competed with their classmates and presented their projecs to...
There has been a lot going on in the school. While it has been busy, it has been a good busy with a lot of positive things going on. Students and staff continue to bring energy and enthusiasm to the building. Through February, we celebrated tournament season for both basketball and wrestling with dress up days and an assembly. Valentine’s day landed perfectly on a Wednesday before a break. Last week was FFA week; on Monday we held a school wide assembly. Tuesday, FFA leaders from the high s...
The time of year is approaching again for Cascade School’s annual election. The 2024 annual election has two propositions that will appear on the ballot this year for the voters of our districts to vote on. The first is the trustee election. There will be two (2) seats open for election representing the Elementary District 3 & High School District B for a 3-year term. Individuals may file for election until March 23, 2024 at 5:00 pm. To file, the 2024 Declaration of Intent and Oath of Candidacy must be completed and turned in to the election a...
The week of February 17 - 24, 2024 brought about National FFA week. This was a week of celebration, recognition, and advocating for FFA and Agriculture. According to FFA.org, there are 946,000 student FFA members nationwide! Of those members, 6,684 reside in Montana (montanaffa.org) and 116 registered FFA members here in Cascade! Monday, February 17th, grades PreK - 12 at Cascade Schools celebrated National FFA week with a great assembly put on by the Cascade FFA officer team, under the...
A public hearing on short-term rentals was held at the Cascade Public Schools cafeteria Thursday evening with about 25 citizens in attendance. The Zoning Committee was proposing changes to the current ordinance on short-term rentals. Currently, short-term rentals are limited to business areas, to existing airbnbs and those grandfathered in. There are currently 3-5 airbnbs in the town of Cascade. Mayor Moore said that the Zoning Committee was proposing to remove all restrictions to anybody who...
HELENA – Superintendent Arntzen will host the ninth monthly virtual community discussion focusing on the implementation of HB 549, Authorizing establishment of public charter schools by Representative Fred Anderson. This discussion will be held on February 28, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM via Zoom and will be moderated by the Office of Public Instruction’s Chief Legal Counsel, Rob Stutz. These are open opportunities for parents, families, teachers, school leaders, and legislators to participate. The theme is Local Accountability: How Rec...
On January 10th, the Cascade Leadership High School group and I attended the Great Falls Leadership High School "Education" day to examine the education system in Great Falls. We started at a local preschool, meeting with our groupmates to discuss our final projects. Once the preschoolers arrived, we split into different classrooms to read to the kids. I was in the special education classroom, so we helped the kids with their breakfasts and played with them in their play area. After this, we...
The Cascade Government Class was able to have Former Governor Brian Schweitzer zoom call on 2/20/24. One of the class assignments is to write to Montana, U.S., or World government representatives and one of the senior students wrote to Mr. Schweitzer to ask him questions about while he was the governor. Instead of writing back he asked if he could zoom in and talk to the class. He talked about his life as a governor and gave the students great advice for their futures. It was a fantastic...
The library is offering some bear education. Are we educating the bears?? Well, as that might be a good course of action, it might be more productive not to try and educate the bears, as they seem to do their own thing and keep on learning how to open those doors. So let us offer some education to us humans who also like to ignore common sense and do our own thing which often leads into interesting situations. Bears are fuzzy, adorable, but can be crazy terrifying. Bears of course, have been seen right here in our own backyards. And while your...
We would like to remind owners of real and personal property about the important deadlines approaching soon. Business & Industrial Equipment Owners - March 1, 2024 Business and industrial equipment owners need to report their personal property online with the department’s TransAction Portal (TAP) at https://tap.dor.mt.gov. Businesses have a statutory reporting requirement if their total statewide aggregate market value of equipment is over $1 million. Those businesses whose statewide aggregate market value is $1,000,000 or less are exempt f...
Jeramiah Creveling has been approved for admission to Carroll College for the Fall, 2024, and has been awarded the Bishop Carroll Scholarship in the annual amount of $25,000, renewable for an additional three years if he continues with Carroll, for a four-year total of $100,000! CONGRATULATIONS!...
Over the past two weeks, the Husky basketball teams finished out the regular season of conference play against the DGSG Bearcats, Hobson-Moore Titans, Roy-Winifred Outlaws, and Winnett Grass-Range Rams, and now look towards the District 8C Tournament. The Lady Huskies competed last night against the Hobson-Moore Lady Titans in the first round of play, and managed a victory. The boys play tonight at 6:00 p.m. against the Highwood Mountaineers at the venue, which is Great Falls High School. Against DGSG, both teams were pretty middle of the road...
The students of the Belt DECA chapter returned from competition at the state career development conference (SCDC) in Missoula last Tuesday. The state event ran the course of three full days of competitions and fun events including performances by the likes of magician Michael Kent and country singer Stephanie Quayle. The Belt chapter had great successes within their competitions over the weekend and will be sending a dozen students to the national convention in Anaheim, California. There are two general categories of competitions within DECA....
Many things shaped Montana during its early years. The sheep came, then the cattlemen. This helped shape the state in a variety of ways. Whether it was barbed wire or the brutal winter of 1886/188,7 which Russel immortalized in his drawings/sketches. The discovery of copper in Butte in 1882, the growth of the timber industry (thanks to the railroads and the Butte mines) or just the rapid growth of population all helped to form early Montana Life. These are well noted in the annals of history. However, many don’t realize that the Civil War a...
