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Great Falls Tribune ON THE RECORD Tuesday, March 9, 1993 Blaine HARLEM Donna Graham has been elected president of the Harlem Jaycees. Other officers are Carletta Benson, James Leo, Brian Reynolds, Rich Snell, Bill Chambers, Judy Eller and Jolynn Golie. Chouteau FORT BENTON The Chouteau County chapter of Pheasants Forever, which held a fund-raising dinner recently, has four ongoing projects to improve upland bird habitat in the area. It will plant trees and shrubs on extensive acreages near Carter and Geraldine, will rehabilitate an old water hole near Carter and has agreed to help with improvements at a "Watchable Wildlife" site near Loma. Fergus LEWISTOWN Ernie Hruska, who grew up in Lewistown and worked for 32 years with the community's cable television service, retired at the end of February with TCI Cable.

He served as office manager since 1972. Taking over is Bonnie Hansen, who is stationed in Havre and will divide her time between the two towns. Glacier CUT BANK The Glacier Conservation District will host its annual dinner and awards ceremony tonight, starting at 6:30 p.m. at St. Margaret's Catholic Church.

Guest speaker will be Clint Peck, editor of the Montana Farmer-Stockman. Hill HAVRE The Havre Middle School is one of 228 across the nation designated Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. Principal Jeff Pratt said the award came after an exhaustive national competition. Local teachers and administrators spent four months preparing the entry.

Three representatives of the school will travel to Washington D.C. this spring to receive the award. Judith Basin HOBSON The Judith Basin Legion Auxiliary at Hobson has received awards for three projects entered in state Obituaries Lyle Edward Taylor Local Lyle Edward Taylor, 50, a former Great Falls resident, died Feb. 28 at Pullman, of an abdominal hemorrhage. Funeral services were Wednesday at Pullman, and burial was Friday at Harlowton.

Memorials may be sent to Mooseheart, Ind." He was born Aug. 23, 1942, in Grand Forks, N.D. The family moved to Great Falls when he was a young child. He graduated from Great Falls High School in 1962. He joined the Naval reserve while a junior in high school.

Following graduation he attended the College of Great Falls for a year and was on active duty with the U.S. Navy from 1963 to 1965. In 1966 he worked at the Anaconda refinery. He married Sharon C. Lichtenbarger in 1966 at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

They moved to Spokane, where he was associated with Rosauer's Food Store. In 1968 they moved to Pullman, where he was produce manager at the Rosauer's store until its sale in 1961. He then worked at Jeff's Foods at Moscow, Idaho. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose-Pullman Lodge No. 943 and United Food Workers Union.

He enjoyed hunting and fishing. Survivors include his wife, and son, Brian Taylor, both of Pullman; daughter, Melanie Taylor, his parents, and a brother, Allen F. Taylor, all of Spokane; and sister Louise Lehman, Benbrook, Texas. Grady L. Powell Grady L.

Powell, 68, 621 2 Ave. S.W., died Sunday at his home of natural causes. Funeral services will be held in Thomasville, Georgia. Chapel of Chimes is in charge of arrangements. Gustav Leonard Helm Gustav Leonard Helm, 94, died Sunday at a local nursing home of natural causes.

Funeral services will be announced at a later date. Croxford and sons Mortuary is in charge. State Thomas E. Guardipee BROWNING Thomas E. "Jack" Guardipee, 86, died Saturday at Galen after an extended illness resulting from a automobile accident at age 22, in Ritzville, Wash.

Rosary will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Eagle Shield Center. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Church of the Little Flower in Browning. Burial will be at the Holy Family Cemetery.

KT Riddle Funeral Home in Anaconda and Riddle Family Funeral Home in Browning are in charge. Guardipee was born Aug. 12, 1906, at the George Pipion Ranch on Whitetail Creek, south of Browning. He graduated from high school at Gonzaga Prep in Spokane. He was attending Gonzaga University at the time of his auto accident.

He is survived by three sisters, Violet Cobell of Browning, Gladys Kimball of Chehalis, and Eva Billedeaux of Browning; and a brother, George Guardipee of Browning. GLACIER TOOLE LIBERTY Cut Bank Shelby Havre Chinook HILL Chester CONDEMA Conrad BLAINE TETON Fort Benton Choteau CHOUTEAU Great Compiled by the Tribune CASCADE: Community Desk from wire services, correspondents and other sources. Items may be submitted to: "Across the Big Sky," Community Desk, Box 5468, Great Falls MT 59403. Or call the newsroom al 791-1472 or 1-800-438-6600. Fax: 791-1431.

competition. District president Lorraine Boeck presented the certificates to the unit for its work on historical, education and community service projects. Liberty CHESTER Four candidates are running for two positions on the Chester School Board. Incumbent Leonard Streit is seeking re-election, but longtime school trustee Harriet Marble is not. Other candidates for the three-year school board seats are Carl Mattson, Glen Hilton and Jack Jacobson.

School levies have been tentatively set at $96,281 for the elementary district and $237,112 for the high school district. The election will be April 6. Meagher WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS Russell J. Decelles of Great Falls has been charged with felony burglary and theft for allegedly breaking into a cabin near Kings Hill last fall. A motorcycle, oven, car battery, VCR and other items were stolen in the break-in.

District Judge Roy Rodeghiero has scheduled an April 13 trial date. Rosella S. Brattain CASCADE 90, of Cascade, Great Falls hospital illness. Funeral services Wednesday at Rose Room at Great Falls with burial at Cascade Hillside Cemetery. She was born June 4, 1902, in Great Falls.

Her family homesteaded across the river at the mouth of Span- Rosella S. Brattain, died Sunday at a after a short will be at 2 p.m. Croxford and Sons Brittain ish Coulee. When she was 4, the family purchased the James Evans place across the river. She attended the old Orr School and graduated from Great Falls High School in 1919.

She attended Western Montana College at Dillon. She went to work for the Woodard Clark Drug Store at Portland, Ore. In 1923 she married William H. Brattain at Portland. They returned to Montana in 1926 to ranch with her parents.

They moved to the Harper in 1928. She was a charter member of Smith River Extension Homemakers Club and of the Smith River Recreational Association. She is survived by a daughter, Patsy Brattain of Great Falls; and a son, Bill Brattain, East of Cascade; two grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. preceded in death by her husband, two brothers and two sis- Mary E. Boutsen Boniface LEWISTOWN Mary E.

Boutsen Boniface, 94, a cook and housekeeper, died Sunday at a Lewistown hospital after a lengthy illness. Vigil service will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Creel-MorrisonRetz Chapel. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St.

Leo's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Judith Gap Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Alzheimer's Association. She was born May 22, 1898, at Marshall, Minn. She moved with her family in 1910 to the Judith Gap area, where she attended school.

In 1920 she married M.J. Siebenaler at Judith Gap. He died in 1952. She cooked at several ranches and restaurants, and the Buffalo School. In 1959 she married W.C.

"Babe" Boniface and they moved to Lewistown. She was employed as a cook and housekeeper at St. Leo's Rectory for several years. She enjoyed cooking and entertaining. She is survived by her husband of Lewistown; a son, Michael Siebenaler of Judith Gap; a stepdaughter, Joyce Murphy of Laguna Niguel, a sister, Christine Mauws of Harlowton; 13 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Frances Siebenaler. Lester C. Johnson PLENTYWOOD Lester C. Johnson, 86, a farmer and cemetery groundskeeper, died Saturday at a Plentywood nursing home. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m.

Wednesday at the Memorial Chapel in Plentywood. Burial will be inDookey Cemetery. He was born in Mohall, N.D. April 22, 1906, according to his birth certificate, which was issued years School aides underpaid, education researcher says Malia Glasgow PHILLIPS VALLEY Regional Report Across Big Sky with several other competitors for fifth place in the state bee and says she is aiming higher this year. Toole KEVIN Sheriff's officers are investigating the poisoning of a dog with hamburger that apparently had strychnine in it.

Bonnie Harrison told officers the family dog ate hamburger that had been placed in a hedge outside her mother's home. She got him to a veterinarian in time to save the dog's life. A piece of meat was found and was turned over to law officers for analysis. Valley GLASGOW The Montana Department of Livestock will conduct a hearing Wednesday on transfer of a permit that will allow the Glasgow Livestock Auction to re-open. The company, which was in bankruptcy most of last year, has been sold to local owners who hope to begin operations later this month.

The Wednesday hearing is set for 11 a.m. at the Cottonwood Inn. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Creel-Morrison-Retz Chapel with burial at Lewistown City Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Assembly of God Church.

Kennison was born Sept. 17, 1900, at Edgewood, Iowa, where she was educated. In 1920 she married Nelson Kennison at Milwaukee, Wis. They lived in Washington and moved to Denton, where they operated a grocery store. They moved to Lewistown in the late 1940s and operated Kennison's 5th Avenue North Grocery Store.

They retired and moved to Phoenix in the mid-1950s and she moved back to Lewistown in 1967. Her husband died in 1959. She enjoyed crocheting and playcards. She is survived by a nephew, Herb Coolidge and niece, Mary Jo Crook, both of Lewistown. Gwen E.

Olson Mills CHOTEAU Gwen E. Olson Mills, 79, a rancher housewife and teacher at the Hutterite Colonies, died Sunday at a Choteau nursing home of natural causes. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Choteau Trinity Lutheran Church with burial in Choteau Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Wheel of Life at Teton Medical Center or the Choteau Ambulance.

Gorder Funeral Home of Choteau is in charge. Mills was born March 20, 1913, at Fort Shaw where she graduated from High School. In 1936 she married Gordon E. Mills. She worked on their ranch and taught at the Hutterite Colonies.

She enjoyed gardening, crocheting and knitting, and was an avid reader. She was a member of the Augusta Eastern Star. She is survived by two sons, Ray Mills of Choteau and Ron Mills of Augusta; two sisters, Bernice Weter of Medford, and Leona Tarpley of Golden, a brother, Dick Olson of Seattle; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband, a son, Gary; a sister, two brothers and a grandson. Josephine A.

Severson BRADY Memorial services for Josephine Armstrong Severson, 82, of Brady, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Brady Community Hall. O'Connor Funeral Home is in charge. Severson died Dec. 13, 1992, in Seattle of natural causes.

Cremation has taken place. Laura-Jane Taft CUT BANK Laura-Jane Taft, 81, former Glacier County schools superintendent, died March 4 in Sun Lakes, Ariz. Memorial services were held in the Sun Lakes Chapel Saturday. Cremation has taken place. Later this summer, there will be services in Cut Bank, and her ashes will be buried near the grave of her daughter, Gail, who died in 1950.

She was born March 20, 1911, Funeral Services WEDNESDAY Holler, Mary Services for Mary Holler, 71, 1405 13th St. will be held Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Chapel with Rev. Jim Birkmaier officiating. Cremation has taken place.

Croxford Sons Mortuary. By WILLIAM E. BROCK Tribune Staff Writer More than 120 library and teachers aides in the Great Falls School District aren't being paid what they're worth because of a job evaluation system that's "antiquated and charged at Monday's School Board of education advocates meeting. School trustees responded that the complaints may be valid, but there's not much latitude to make improvement during the current financial crunch. In any given year, some 30 to 50 of the school district's 120-130 aides will be new to the job, said Tom Bilodeau, research director for the Montana Education Association in Helena.

"A turnover rate of such magnitude seriously undermines the quality of education," he said, noting that aides often have a variety of duties to perform. With so many new aides on the job, too much time is spent on training "and that's a non-productive use of resources," he said. Specifically, the high percentage of first-year aides is due to high turnover, he said, adding that high turnover stems from low pay and low morale. Library and teachers aides earn from $4.49 to $4.69 per hour in Great Falls, only slightly more than the minimum wage set by law, Bilodeau said. The average aide works 727 hours in a typical year, thus netting around $3,264 per year, he added.

In a larger context, Bilodeau noted that 43 percent of the school district's 687 classified employees near Toston to Della and Lawrence Osborne. She attended schools in Square Butte, Lewistown, Rimini, Hamilton, Dillon and other towns. She also attended Western Montana College in Dillon and Northern Montana College in Havre. She was a teacher on the Marias River School and in Twin Bridges, Cut Bank and Browning. She enjoyed hiking, camping and handicrafts.

She is survived by her husband, Al, of Sun Lakes, sons Keith Taft of Elk Grove, and Ted Taft of Lake Havasu City, eight grandchildren and 14 greatgrandchildren. Roy Amous Hall LINCOLN Roy Amous Hall, 76, a smelter worker and Great Falls businessman, died Sunday at his home in Lincoln. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Lincoln Community United Methodist Church. Cremation has taken place.

He was born Jan. 15, 1917, in Sedalia, Mo. He moved to Montana in 1923 with his family. He attended school in Great Falls. He married Leora Mae Bullard on Feb.

25, 1940, in Helena. He worked for the Anaconda Copper Mining smelter in Great Falls for nine years. Then he and his wife moved to Seattle, where he worked in the shipyards for four years. They returned to Great Falls in the early 1940s. They owned and operated the Union 76 service station at 10th Avenue South and 9th Street in Great Falls.

Then he entered the wrought iron business and moved in 1969 to Lincoln, where he owned and operated the and wrought iron company. He was preceded in death by a brother, Joseph Hall. He is survived by his wife of Lincoln, two sons, Virgil of Mammoth, and Gary of Hillsboro, a brother, Ervin of Hemet, a sister, Virginia Hall Motari, Havre, and five grandchildren and one great-grandson. Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association. Retz Funeral Home of Helena is in charge of arrangements.

Other state deaths This list of deaths of Montanans is drawn from other newspapers. Butte- Father John Cronin, 85. Helena- Thomas Nangle, 60; James Edwin Smigaj, 62; Desiree M. Synness, infant. Wise River- Charlotte Stallman, 69.

MAYTAG TO OWN RENT FULL SIZE WASHER DRYER $4300 PER MONTH O.A.C. 24 MONTHS EKLUNDS 1007 CENTRAL AVE. W. Schools welcome public's suggestions Anyone with questions, con- Falls Stanlord FERGUS CUDITH White BASIN Sulphur Springs MEACHER the Phillips SACO MSU Extension specialist Roy Linn will be the speaker at a farm safety seminar Thursday at 7 p.m. at Saco High School.

He will discuss safety problems including proper handling of machinery, the potential for grain bin accidents and other hazards. Pondera CONRAD- Seven candidates are seeking the two positions on the Conrad School Board that will be filled in the April 6 election. Incumbent Sharon Eisenberg has filed, along with Jim Hoffman, Barbara Deschamps, Lauriena Yarger, Pam Skogen, Stacey O'Tremba and Pam Irvin. Teton CHOTEAU Fairfield eighth-grader Dana Forseth edged fifth-grader Nolan Eyestone to win Teton County Spelling Bee for the second year in a row. Forseth, 14, will advance to the State Spelling Bee April 3 at Sentinel High School in Missoula.

Last year she tied later. But family members believe the correct year of his birth was 1905. The family homesteaded in the Dooley community in 1906 and 1907. He grew up there, helping on the family farm and attended rural schools, spending all his free time hunting, fishing, and trapping. He lost his right arm in a hunting accident when he was 14, but still enjoyed all his outdoor activities.

He took on a body-building program as a young man, and for a time had a traveling strong-arm show with another man with one arm. He played the concertina, farmed, did his own rock-picking and machinery overhaul, and even became a skilled pool player. Johnson finished high schooling through a General Equivalent Degree program and attended the Great Falls Commercial College for a year. He farmed in the Dooley community. He also mined and hauled coal, both for himself and for others.

He retired and moved to Plentywood in 1980, but still maintained the Dooley cemetery grounds until he entered the nursing home. He is survived by a brother, Harry Johnson of Westby, and a sister, Ethel Iverson of Plentywood. James Allen Red Dog POPLAR James Allen Red Dog, 38, who was raised in the Fort Kipp, Poplar and Brockton areas, died Wednesday at Smyrna, Del. A wake will be held Wednesday evening at the Poplar Agricultural Center with wake services at 7 p.m. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m.

Thursday at the Culutral center with burial at the Box Elder Cemetery. Clayton memorial Chapel is in charge. He was born Feb. 1, 1955, in Poplar. He grew up and went to school at the Fort Kipp, Poplar, and Brockton areas.

He married Karlene "Bonnie" Johnson in 1977. He was a very talented artist. He is survived by his wife; his parents, Lawrence and Almena Red Dog of Poplar; two brothers, Richard Hawk of El Reno, and Maynard Hawk of Poplar; eight sisters, Bonita Youpee, Carole, Rhea, and Kara Red Dog, all Poplar; Doris Lambert of Wolf Point, Verlene Johnson and Lauren Red Feather, both of Medicine Lake, and Estelle Bear Cub, Minneapolis, his adopted mother, Lenore Red Elk and adopted family, the White Hawks. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Reha Lynn Elizabeth Red Dog, and a sister, Pamela Rose Red Dog. He was executed for murder in Delaware Wednesday.

Jasmine Welch WOLF POINT Jasmine Welch, infant daughter of Johnathan Ledeau and Memorie Welch, died Saturday at a Billings hospital. Family services will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Clayton Memorial Chapel in Wolf Point. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Chapel with Burial in Greenwood Cemetery.

She was born Thursday in Wolf Point and is survived by her parents. Madge Coolidge Kennison LEWISTOWN Madge Coolidge Kennison, 92, died Sunday at a Lewistown hospital after a lengthy illness. cerns or ideas public education in Great Falls is encouraged to call the School District Office at 791-2363 before March 23. The call-in campaign, known as "Don't Be the Last to Know," began this week. Callers do not have to identify themselves, but personal attacks or offensive questions may go unanswered.

Brief answers will be given over the phone and fuller explanations will be published in The Tribune on April 1. All ideas for improvements will be given to the School Board for consideration. most of them women earn less than $5.50 per hour. Years of service are not rewarded with higher salaries, he added, because opportunities for advancement are minimal. "There's a high correlation between female status and low pay" in the Great Falls school system, he charged.

Bilodeau and other MEA leaders asked the school board to work with them to eliminate the salary imbalance. Trustee Keith Strong bristled at Bilodeau's plea and asked where the additional salary money should come from. "Teachers' salaries? Fewer programs for the kids?" he asked. "It's a fixed budget and it (new money) has got to come from somewhere." Statistics BIRTHS HEPPNER Son to Angela and Kevin Heppner of Great Falls. MURPHEY Son to Debra and Russell Murphey of Great Falls.

REECE Son to Tamara and Mark Reece of Great Falls. MARRIAGE-LICENSE APPLICATIONS MALTBY-NELSON Gregory Talmadge Maltby, 31, and LaVonne Renee Nelson, 28, both of Great Falls. HADLEY-LINIE- Robert Earl Hadley, 20, and Susan Marie Linie, 23, both of Great Falls. WOOD-STAUB Jeffrey Steven Wood, 20, of Great Falls, and Joy Marie Staub, 19, of Rochester, N.Y. TUCKER-DAVIS Todd Nolan Tucker, 32, and Deborah Sue Davis, 32, both of Ulm.

WEBER-HORACK William Joseph Webert, 21, and Bobie Jo Horack, 22, both of Great Falls. Fire calls Monday, 5:48 a.m. Fire alarm, 1200 10th Ave. S. 4:55 p.m.

Injury accident, 8th Avenue N. and 26th Street. Courts JUSTICE COURT Robert Maryland Lester IV, 25, of Great Falls, made an initial appearance on felony forgery and felony theft. He's accused of stealing a purse belonging to Barbara Schlosser in January from a bar and forging a check to rent a stereo. Bail was set at $10,000.

Hawk M. Lindberg, 43, of 701 26th Ave. was fined $395 and sentenced to three days in jail for DUI second offense, violation of restrictions on a driver license, faliure to drive to the right of roadway. Larry Robert Swan, 28, of 6 6th Ave. was fined $315 an sentenced to seven days in jail for DUI.

Kelvin Eugene Walker, 26, of Malmstrom Air Force Base, made an initial appearance on domestic abuse and felony assault. He's accused of injuring his wife with a knife and trying to choke and hit her Sunday night. DECA meeting here The state Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) convention' is meeting at the Sheraton in Great Falls Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The three-day meeting has attracted hundreds of participants from 16 DECA chapters around the state. ROSE ON REAL ESTATE 761-1011 ROSE HEDRICK CRS, GRI Q.

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