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Cascade High School held its Prom this past Saturday at the Great Falls International Airport. PROM is short for a promenade dance, a dance party for high school students. Held toward the end of the school year, "kids" that one normally sees in shorts, t-shirts and sneakers throughout the year, suddenly transform into handsome young men in suits, and beautiful women in gowns. And just like that, one begins to believe that there really is hope for the future! What happened to those once goofy,...
The Cascade Schools Spring Concert last Thursday included performances by the 5th-8th grade bands, the JH Choir, and the Concert Band. The audience was also treated to beautiful classical solos performed by Kylee Fynn on the flute, and Zoe Mazaira on the clarinet, both accompanied at the piano by Pedro Diaz-Masa. Another special was Mozart's, The Posthorn, performed by The Unadults - Kylee Fynn, Mady Faldzinski, Zoe Mazaira, and Kaydence Waters....
● Paint the State 2023 art contest to award 45 total prizes at regional and statewide levels. ● Three $10,000 grand prizes to be awarded to teen, adult and popular vote winners. One winner could win up to $20,000. ● A $508,000 grant from the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation expands major drug prevention initiative. ● Registration at PaintTheState.org open to all Montanans 13 and older through May 31. May 10, 2023, Missoula, Mont. — Cascade County residents entering the Montana Meth Project’s Paint the State 2023 art contest now have the...
Thanks to members of the Lions Club and the Dearborn Garden Club this shelter at Joe's Trail trailhead park got a new " chapeau". Also many thanks to Earl Sukut and the garden club the area is getting a much needed sprucing up....
The Montana University System has awarded the prestigious Montana University System Honor Scholarship to students in the local area (see students below that have provided permission to publish their names). The MUS Honor Scholarship is a renewable scholarship offered by the Montana Board of Regents that waives undergraduate tuition for up to eight semesters at any campus of the Montana University System or Dawson, Flathead Valley or Miles community colleges. The scholarship’s average value is $20,000. It is the most prestigious scholarship o...
After a winter that seemed to last forever, who isn't ready for some plants and color for their homes?! Cascade High School's Greenhouse Management class (Destiny Turan, Madi Ward, Zoe Mazaira, Jeremiah Creveling, Colby Crowell and Gavin Gilham) is ready to offer you some amazing flowers and veggies for your yard. With a huge, generous donation of flower plugs this spring from Barb Byrne, we are able to offer you Petunias, Verbanias, Impatiens, Potato Vine and Calibrachoas! We also will have...
"Cowboy poems come in many shapes and forms, but all have a few unifying features: storytelling, a feeling of nostalgia, and an appreciation of the natural world." -Poem Analysis Cowboy poets have been around for a long time, even though the genre is considered to be contemporary. Lance H. DuBois continues this tradition, using his poetry to share humorous anecdotes of memories of times and people that have shaped his world. Mr. DuBois was hosted by the Wedsworth Memorial Library on April 25....
Cascade Public School is pleased to announce a very special event coming up on May 11, 2023. The Annual Spring Music Concert and Art Gala will be that evening, with the concert beginning at 7:00 pm in the north gym, This concert is the last one of this school year and will feature all the bands and choir in grades 5-12. Band/choir awards will also be presented at this concert, including The John Phillip Sousa award as well as certificates from the recent District and State Music Festivals. All the groups have learned a lot this year and it...
Helena, Mont. – Wild Montana will offer 68 Wilderness Walks across Montana this summer, starting on May 14. These free educational outings include a number of family-friendly adventures and educational opportunities, including how to identify plants, flowers, birds, and stars, as well as how to write about and draw nature. "Wilderness Walks provide the opportunity to connect with nature and meet new people, all while learning a bit along the way,” says Sonny Mazzullo, Wild Montana’s education manager. "Whether you’re learning the name of a wi...
The Town of Cascade had a tree planting celebration at the Little Lambs Day Care on April 25th to celebrate Arbor Day. Joe Voss and Glen Howendobler planted a Hackberry tree, while Kendra McEwen, Assistant Utility Clerk, brought goodies for the kids and read to them about Arbor Day as they watched the tree being planted. Later, the kids were invited to participate by shoveling some dirt in....
Did you hear about the knife thrower who started using volunteers as a part of his show? Yea, they're a part of his target audience. Volunteers are the lifeblood of a community. It can be said that volunteers keep the lights on in a community. They enable organizations to deliver vital programs and services to help keep all doors open. They lend their expertise to fundraising campaigns and special events. They cement the community together. Volunteering for a good cause changes lives and doesn’t just benefit the people you’re helping. Bey...
This story was updated May 2, 2023, to correct the percentage of marijuana tax revenue proposed for Habitat Montana distribution according to the text of Initiative 190. After passing its final legislative vote 49-1, a bill seeking to adjust how $50 million of recreational marijuana taxes are distributed is headed to Gov. Greg Gianforte’s desk for his consideration. Senate Bill 442 began as a “kind of controversial bill,” according to its sponsor, Sen. Mike Lang, R-Malta. But during a press conference Monday afternoon at the Capitol, Lang...
HELENA, Mont.— The Montana State Senate adjourned today, wrapping up a legislative session that featured the largest tax in state history, major prohousing reforms, significant education, health care, and civil liberties policy, and much more. Senate President Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton, thanked senators for their hard work. “This session was one for the record books,” Ellsworth said. “We considered the most bills of any Legislature in 50 years, delivered the largest package of tax relief in Montana history, and passed perhaps the most si...
New York, NY (May 2, 2023): Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the world, but there is good news: It’s also the cancer you can see on your body. By learning to recognize the warning signs of the disease, you can identify suspicious spots before they become dangerous. Most skin cancers are highly treatable when diagnosed at an early stage, but if left to grow, they can become disfiguring or even deadly. This is why the early detection of skin cancer is so important — it can save your life or the life of a loved one. “I’ve had many patient...
If only we could step back in time to talk to some of our favorite historical figures that we've loved reading so much about in school Last Thursday, the North Gym at Cascade Public Schools became a portal to history, a time machine if you will, full of characters from days gone by. It was the Second Annual Historical Wax Figure Museum, featuring Kourtney Holten's 4th grade class, and Amanda Brown's World History class. The students selected a character they wished to portray, did their...
The District Music Festival was a successful event this year! The Cascade High School Band students travelled to Great Falls last Thursday and Friday to participate in the annual District Music Festival. The Thursday events were made up of bands and choirs from our district. Our band performed 2 numbers for adjudication and one for sight reading. The students played very well and earned an excellent rating for their prepared pieces and a superior rating for sight reading. The adjudicators were...
HELENA – This year’s Montana paddlefish seasons kicks off on May 1 with the opening of the Upper Missouri River section from Fort Benton downstream to Fort Peck Dam. Anglers must have a White Harvest Tag to participate in catching and keeping a paddlefish from this section of the river. These tags are issued through a lottery system. FWP mails these tags to successful applicants. Unsuccessful paddlefish drawing applicants will be issued a snag-and-release only license for the Upper Missouri Riv...
HELENA – The deadline to apply for moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat and bison is Monday, May 1; the deadline to apply for elk B, deer B, and antelope is Thursday, June 1. All applications must be completed online or at an FWP office. Most FWP offices with license sales are open Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m....
It was a full house at Wedsworth Hall Friday night as the community came out to support youth baseball and softball at the "Bingo for Baseball Night" fundraiser. Friends and neighbors came out of hibernation for a good time and a good cause, and no one went away disappointed, as there was never a dull moment. Fun times in little ole Cascade!...
HELENA – Hunters in Montana, along with Fish, Wildlife & Parks, are concerned about declining mule deer populations in much of the state. In response to this concern, FWP is embarking on research efforts to look into the declines and engage hunters about their attitudes on mule deer management and hunting. Mule deer numbers have typically been tracked over large areas using aerial surveys and declines can be attributed to several different things including winterkill, short-term habitat c...
HELENA – Superintendent Arntzen is encouraging schools to apply for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) Stronger Connections Grant Program through Montana’s digital Egrants system. The application window opened on March 27, 2023 and will close on May 1, 2023. The federal congressional BSCA awarded the Office of Public Instruction (OPI) $4.8 million in additional funding for Title IV, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). This one-time funding is in addition to the federal Title IV, Part A funding already allocated to the Mon...
Yep it’s often been a bit breezy, but according to John Melrude of Alma, Montana you ain’t seen nothing yet. John’s ‘Tale of A Windy Day.’ “Sure it’s windy today. Not too bad at that. Say, back in twenty-four there really as wind. Not a breeze just like now. I remember, spring of twenty-four it blowed so hard it started to lift rocks up off the ground. I was breakin’ a forty of prairie that was rocky, and I had a tough time. Had to keep my arm in front of my face. At that, I had black eyes from them danged rocks all spring.” Thomas Polly of B...
The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and the Cascade Farmer Rancher City Volunteer Fire Department invites the community to join them in honoring and remembering the sacrifice of Cascade's own fallen hero, Kenneth M. Lemanski, Jr. Ken died of complications from COVID, which he contracted while answering a call in 2021. Kenneth Lemanski, Jr. was born at Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, Michigan, to Cynthia and Kenneth Lemanski Sr. on March 13, 1984. At just a few weeks old, Ken moved...
Chances are that a family member or a friend of a friend are currently battling an addiction that no one knew was closer than we could imagine. Yes, even here in rural Cascade, Montana, we are not immune to a vastly growing poison that is taking the lives of our loved ones, and even the ones that prescribe the very pills that take away our physical pain. Cascade County Substance Abuse Prevention Alliance, along with The Sober Life, hosted a free community event held at Wedsworth Hall that...
Montana Child Care Business Connect (MCCBC), a program of Zero to Five Montana, has selected communities from a pool of applicants to move forward with the Community Capacity Building Cohort. The goal of this program is to engage communities in identifying solutions to increase the supply of high quality affordable licensed/ registered child care. This will be done through mobilizing community members and empowering the creation of community-based solutions (by preserving existing child care businesses and adding new child care slots)....
