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THE MONTANA STANDARD TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 A5 00 1 PANA SUE (MITCHELL) SCHAFER, gone 13 years. Missing you on your Birthday, September 21. Scott and Pepper Happy 80th Birthday, ERNIE (dad, papa)! We miss you more every day. Enjoy your day. Love, Shirley, Jen, Trish, Nikki, Gary, Jody, Josh, Garett, Halle, Ryan, Gannon, Abby, Cole, Ty, Cambree, Huck and Holden OBITUARIES OBITUARIES Death records will run free of charge and include name of deceased, date of death, age and lo- cation.

Other obituaries are $11 per column inch Monday Saturday and $13 per column inch on Sunday. Additional charges may apply based on color inclusion and digital services. Photographs should be submitted with the obituary. For details, call 406.496.5553 (daytime), or 406.496.5568 (evenings). The deadline for publication is 3PM for the next newspaper.

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Wil- liam J. Rowe passed away early Sun- day morning at his res- idence. Arrangements are currently pending and will be announced by the Mortuary. DEATH NOTICES Duggan Dolan COLLINS A cel- ebration of the life of Floyd G. Collins will be conducted Saturday morning at 11 in Journey Church, 2255 Florence Avenue with Pastor Randy Lind- gren ciating.

IN lieu of owers, memorials may be made to Journey Church or Compas- sus Hospice. ATTEN- TION: United Veterans Council. All cers and members are requested to attend services for Mr. Collins. Wayrynen-Richards Ramsay From A1 it for anything, he said.

Parks Director J.P. Galla- gher agreed that the county using it and the parks board then recommended it be given to Ramsay Schools. It still has to go through at least one other department for review, public comments will likely be sought and the Council of Commission- ers must ultimately OK any transfer, cials say. But Gallagher and Com- missioner Shawn Fredrick- son, who is also on the parks board, saw no reason to op- pose it. Gallagher suggested the district put in a walking path and some benches as part of its plans for the land, but said Kellogg had shown a need for it and it could be an example of coop- eratively among government Fredrickson agrees.

realize that enrollment was up by 30 students and they have been maintaining it (the parcel) all these Fredrickson told The Mon- tana Standard. see any problem with Cathy Maloney, the coun- school superintendent, said Ramsay started taking kids from Rocker decades ago and also takes them from other outlying areas. But districts can accept students from beyond their boundar- ies, too, based on travel con- venience and other factors. Parents must le formal requests and if districts can accommodate the students, they can accept them. Some kids in district go to Ramsay and vice versa, Ma- loney said.

Kellogg said Ramsay is nitely appealing to some parents. think the small-town feel is a big draw and there are some things we can do as a small he said. They include several eld trips and classes with about 20 students. A proposed expansion to the school could be on the horizon, he said, but the district would try to retain as much of the green space as possible if the county gives it to them. PATRICK REILLY patrick.reilly@missoulian.com MISSOULA Q.J.

Means still remembers the last time he saw his niece, Kaysera Stops Pretty Places. Means had been close to Stops Pretty Places af- ter she was born in 2001, but as the years went by, their meetings became fewer and farther between. Then, one day in late July or early August this year, was watering out here, in the garden boxes just right outside of the Indian Center here, and I hear and I look up and I see She had just happened to ride her bike past the Missoula Urban Indian Health Center, where Means works. was very excited, and so was he remembered. She was exactly the same as I remembered, just a young lady now, still gorgeous as ever, happy and with a joy- ful Means shared that mem- ory with about 50 people in the Indian Health parking lot Monday.

They had gathered, beneath a leaden sky, for a candlelight vigil honoring Stops Pretty Places. The 18-year-old Crow Tribe member was found dead in Hardin last month, and her loved ones congregated there and in Missoula on Monday to demand answers. are imploring the Big Horn County author- ities to do something to nd out what happened to said her grand- mother, Dixie eld, at the Missoula gathering. She echoed description of a vibrant, mature young woman, who had attended high school at Hellgate and in eastern Montana as she lived with various family members, participating in sports and taking an active role in those communities. Through it all, eld said, she was mindful of her safety.

was determined not to put herself into danger- ous situations, and I saw her making wise choices in this eld said. And yet, in late August, she went missing. A body was found Aug. 29 in Har- din, where she was living at the time. The remains were rmed as Stops Pretty on Sept.

11. Last week, the Billings Gazette reported the matter re- mains under investigation by the Big Horn County Sheri ce, and no charges had been led. Grim stories and gath- erings like these have been a recurrence across Mon- tana this past year. Native American women su er violence at rates far higher than the national average. Families who try to have these cases investigated often recall indi erence from law enforcement, lit- tle time or ort devoted to the search, and confusion over which tribal, federal or local agency should have jurisdiction.

As activists recently have pressed the issue of miss- ing and murdered indige- nous people, they scored some victories. Earlier this year, Montana lawmak- ers passed the Looping In Native Communities Act, which created a task force to identify and break down jurisdictional barriers be- tween law enforcement; House Bill 54, which clari- ed when law enforcement must le a missing-per- sons report; and Act, which created a miss- ing-persons specialist po- sition within the Montana Department of Justice. But for all these new laws, Stops Pretty family had few good things to say about the handling of her case. thought there was a lot of progress said eld. I was Speaking to the vigil par- ticipants, and with report- ers afterward, eld, Q.J.

Means, and Stops Pretty aunt, Anya Means, voiced frustration with the time the Big Horn County Sheri ce took to no- tify them and the public about new developments in the case. The Sheri ce referred the Missou- lian to Big Horn County At- torney Jay Harris, who did not respond to a request for comment Monday. As this investigation moves forward, Stops Pretty family and friends have taken mat- ters into their own hands. They organized events in both Hardin and Missoula, where Stops Pretty Places had lived, and posted a $5,000 reward for infor- mation leading to an arrest and conviction in the case. also collecting do- nations for a private inves- tigator and future rallies on a GoFundMe page, for Kaysera Stops Pretty According to data gath- ered by the Sovereign Bod- ies Institute, or SBI, this is the 27th known case of a missing or murdered indig- enous woman in Big Horn County, and the 134th in Montana, since 1900.

SBI describes itself as home for generating new knowl- edge and for how indigenous people are a ected by gender and sexual violence. Those concerned about this trend just need to resolve this case, the health executive director, Barrett, told the group; they need to keep this tally from growing. message of this movement needs to he said, calling for a greater focus on preven- tion. is is TOM BAUER, MISSOULIAN Anya Means, second from right, lights a candle with her mother Dixie eld during a vigil for their niece and granddaughter Kaysera Stops Pretty Places outside the Missoula Urban Indian Health Center on Monday. Stops Pretty Places, who had attended high school at Hellgate High and in eastern Montana, was found dead in Hardin in August, and her death remains under investigation.

Missoulians hold vigil to remember the life of Stops Pretty Places POLICE REPORTS: Long night on Quartz A Butte woman was arrested early Saturday morning after allegedly knocking on the door of one house, walking into an- other she belong in and not telling police who she was. After that took place in the 600 block of West Quartz Street around 3:15 a.m. Saturday, police say 37-year-old Andrea Flores hit a detention cer in the face. She was highly intoxicated, cers said. Police discovered that just a few hours prior, two blocks down on Quartz, someone threw a chair through a house window and left a purse in the yard.

It had items with name on it. She was still in jail late Monday morning on a fel- ony complaint of assaulting a peace cer and mis- demeanor complaints of criminal mischief, criminal trespass and obstructing a peace cer. Missing a screw A man blamed a screw in the road for causing him to swerve and smash his 1990 GMC Jimmy into a fence and gate at the Orig- inal Mine Yard on Sunday. Police blame drinking and driving. According to cers and witnesses, the SUV driven by 26-year-old Kent Bow- man of Butte was head- ing north on Main Street around 12:30 p.m.

when it swerved, went airborne momentarily and smashed into the east-side gate to the Original. He tried to leave the scene but bystanders cor- ralled him until cers arrived. He told police he was trying to swerve and miss a screw in the road. Regardless, a Breathalyzer determined his blood-al- cohol content was more than twice the legal limit. He was booked on several misdemeanor complaints, including aggravated DUI, hit-and-run involving highway xtures, careless driving and not having li- ability insurance.

He re- mained jailed late Monday morning. These nicely Police say a homeless man took the tag some athletic shoes, put them on and took several addi- tional items before trying to leave Walmart without paying for them early Sat- urday night. Ramelle Sloan Wanstall, 42, got past the checkout stands but was stopped by a loss-prevention em- ployee. He had two cans of malt liquor, the shoes, batteries and some shirts, collectively valued at $45.42. Police say he also had a small baggie of marijuana.

He was arrested on mis- demeanor complaints of shoplifting and possessing dangerous drugs and was still behind bars late Mon- day morning. Alleged assault A woman told police her boyfriend hit her in the arm during a Sunday night disturbance at his house in the 1000 block of Utah Street and also hit her friend. Both women had bruises on their arms and cers found the man 54-year- old Terry Joe Fussell in a nearby alley. He had an alcoholic beverage in his hand he told police he was throwing it as well as a plastic container of marijuana. on probation and have either.

He said the women came to his house, caused the disturbance and he was just defending himself, but police booked him for a felony parole violation and misdemeanor complaints of possessing dangerous drugs, simple assault, and partner-family member assault. He remained jailed Monday morning. POLICE BLOTTER classes begin Wednesday The city-wide Catho- lic rmation classes for Butte High and Butte Central grade 9-12 will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25.

Registration and the rst session will be held in the Butte Central High School Auditorium. At least one parent must attend with the student. Each Wednes- day, classes are held from 6:30 to 7:30 at Butte Cen- tral High School. Cost of the program is $30. To pre-register, call 406- 723-5407.

If registering on Wednesday, come between 6 and 6:30 pm. The rmation team will lead all the sessions and the team consists of Father Patrick Beretta, Fa- ther Craig Hanley, and Fa- ther Kirby Longo, Deacon Bernie McCarthy, Deacon Doug Cameron, Deacon John Uggetti, Pat and Se- aneen Prendergast, and Lynn McMillan. For more details, call Se- aneen at 406-723-5407. Free suicide prevention presentation DILLON A free com- munity presentation on suicide prevention and the importance of active listening skills will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.

2, in the Dillon Mid- dle School gym. Featured speaker is of the Golden Gate Kevin Briggs, who as a California Highway Patrol cer persuaded more than 200 individuals not to jump to their a from the California bridge. In his 17 years patrolling the bridge, Briggs en- countered hundreds of troubled people who had lost hope and were ready to end their lives by sui- cide. Briggs successfully combined his trained ne- gotiation skills with com- passion, a gentle voice, eye contact, and his to abilities to prevent numerous in- dividuals from making a fatal decision. He now speaks internationally on mental health awareness and suicide prevention and recently trained Air Force One personnel.

He is the keynote speaker at the Big Sky Behavioral Health Conference on Thursday, Oct. 3, on the UMW cam- pus. Briggs is sponsored by the Big Sky Summit and the Beaverhead County Mental Health Local Ad- visory Council. AREA SNAPSHOTS Briggs TOM KUGLIN tom.kuglin@helenair.com HELENA A 32-year-old Helena woman was arrested in connection with the sus- pected homicide of Shane White, whose body was dis- covered near Canyon Ferry Reservoir last week. Serena Lee Kilseimer was arrested Friday and appeared in Lewis and Clark County Justice Court Monday on a charge of deliberate homi- cide, or in the alternative, accountability to deliberate homicide.

Dewayne William Johnson, 41, of Helena, is ed as her co-defen- dant in the case. White, of Helena, was re- ported missing Sept. 16 by a family member, who told au- thorities that White was last seen at his residence with Kilseimer and Johnson. The three were captured on security camera footage on Sept. 8 on Canyon Ferry Road and Johnson, who wears a GPS monitor re- lated to other charges, was tracked to the area of Cave Gulch near Canyon Ferry Reservoir, according to court documents.

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