Melstone Monthly Staff

Connie Hjelvik – Advisor

Rebecca Turley-Editor

Gracey Adams

Megan Brewer

Carrera Harmon

Abby Hansen

Nora Mynttinen

Sofia Uruena

Inside This Issue

Page 2: Boys BBall

Page 3: Polar Express

Page 4: National Guard

Page 5: Girls BBall

Page 6: Senior/Staff Survey

Page 7: BPA

Page 8: Honor Roll, BPA

Regional Results

Page 9: New Year’s, Heroic

Kids

Page 10: FFA

Page 11: Concert, Science Fair

Page12: Recipe, Spelling Bees,

Missoula C. Theater

Page13: Calendar

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Volume 4 January 2016

‘Twas the Season By Abby Hansen

In the season of giving, Melstone School did their part to spread some cheer. The Melstone BPA organized the annual Toys for Tots drive

at the Christmas Concert December 10th. The U.S. Marine Corps Re-serve is in charge of the Toys for Tots organization. The Melstone BPA Chapter decided to get involved with the Toys for Tots cam-paign when the Montana Region 6 decided to hold a drive in con-junction with the Region 6 BPA Conference approximately four years ago. Although it was a good experience for the kids (each one brought a toy to do-nate), our chapter decided it would be better to donate locally as many families are in need. Consequently, we decided to place our toys in the Toys for Tots box placed in Melstone. This year, BPA decided to sponsor the box at the Christmas concert and actually advertised a little. It proved to be a huge success. Roger Mack has been working with Toys for Tots for five years. He is one of many members of the Walt Pfister League 903 based in Roundup with former Marines from the area meeting in Roundup on a regular basis. The toys are distributed primarily to families in Musselshell County but have also helped families in Golden Valley and Petroleum counties. Toys for Tots is a wonderful program. It is often a little misunderstood, however. The focus of the campaign seems primarily to be on toys for toddlers. The organization also needs gifts for teens and infants, too. They are typically forgotten. “I am really glad that our chapter has decided to become more involved. It is a great lesson for the BPA members to learn the importance of giving back. It is a wonderful opportunity to help those who are less fortunate. We encourage everyone to be ready to donate again next year and would like to thank those who supported the Toys for Tots drive this year.”- Mrs. Wacker Tami Singh also decided to spread a little Christmas cheer by setting up a service project with the third and fourth grade classes. At the beginning of the year, they were reading a story about two kids liv-ing in a tent. They started talking about less fortunate kids and how they could help them out. Then Mrs. Teini mentioned the Montana Rescue Mission. They placed boxes in the entry way to make collections. Overall, they did pretty well, but more can always be done. The kids really enjoyed helping other kids, and a few of them really understood the need to help those less fortunate. Ms. Singh and Mrs. Teini were really impressed with that. They were also impressed with how well the community got involved by donating quite a few items.

“The only thing that I would like to say is thank you so very much to all of those who helped by donating, and thank you to Helen Hougan who helped us organize it and took everything in for us, and to those kids who didn’t let me forget about doing this service project.”-Tami Singh “It was nice to see the kids so excited to help others.”- Mrs. Teini The student council also decided to spread some Christmas cheer by

putting together cookie plates. These cookie plates were given to almost 70 senior citizen families and staff members. The student council delivered the cookie plates on Wednesday, December 23rd. Thank you to all of the people who helped with this act of giving; it was much appreciated. The student council would also like to thank the FFA chapter for the fruit that was supplied for the plates.

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New Season, New Beginnings By Rebecca Turley

The 2015-2016 Boys Basketball season is in full swing! The season began on November 19th. Returning for his 16th year coaching high school basketball, Jason Grebe takes on the challenge of Head Coach yet again. Assisting him this year is Assistant Coach J.R. Pierce. Jason said, “I think the season is going really well. We are 5-2 and things are going as planned. With Xavier being injured it is kind of a setback, but we are working on getting him healed. We are looking forward to tournaments.” Returning for their final year are the super Seniors (Travis Hofer and Xavier Simmons); the mighty Junior, (Riley Pinkerton); the sizzlin’ Sophomores, (Dwight DeJaegher, Joe Griswold, and Cody Cameron); the fantastic Fresh-man, (Harry Griswold, Holden Roskelley, and Brody Grebe); last but certainly not least we have the excellent 8th Graders: (Davon Meredith, Ty Meredith, Chance Ad-ams, and Jack Ecord). Then we have the ones who keep the coaches sane, keep the boys in line, and keep every-thing tidy; they are Managers Kimber Korrell and Bryce Grebe. Jason’s, wife Ricki, might have the hardest job of them all: keeping stats and keeping everything organized. It truly does take a family to run a basketball team. After all the preparation the boys had been doing, they knew what they faced up ahead was going to be tough. On Saturday, December 5th, the boys faced Broadus. After a long fight, the Bronc’s walked out of the gym victorious, winning 53-49. That was just the beginning for the Broncs. The next weekend they attended in tip-off tournament in Broadview/Lavina. They were champions there as well, defeating both Bridger and Fromberg. When the Broncs faced the Tri-City Titans the next Friday, Xavier, suffered an injury to his foot. He then proceeded to wrap his foot, finish the game, and aid in the Broncs win over the Ti-tians. Unfortunately, the next day, being unable to walk, he was taken to the hospital where the doctor delivered the bad news. His foot was broken, and Xavier would be out of the season for four weeks. The same day one play-er short the Broncs took on the Ekalaka Bulldogs. After a hard fought game, the Broncs suffered their first loss of the season. On the Monday after Ekalaka the boy’s next matchup was with the Billings Christian Warriors. The boys played a great game leading the score for a majority of the game. Unfortunately, the boys fell short when the final buzzer sounded. In their last game before Christmas, the Broncs faced the challenger Wibaux. They finished the Christmas season with a huge win 45-19. That win was Coach Grebe’s 250th win of his career. Congrats on such an extraordinary coaching milestone! The boy’s face up against Northern Cheyenne and Jordan this weekend, Jan-uary 8th and 9th. These games are their first games of the New Year! Good Luck!

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Josh Jorgenson

Owner/Operator

P.O. Box 887

Roundup, MT 59072

Office (406)-323-4724

Mechanics Contest

February 8th

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Welcome

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Starts at 8:00 a.m.

Military Milestone By Rebecca Turley

On November 23rd, Senior, Kaylee Adams, made the decision to enlist in the National Guard. She is fol-lowing in her dad’s footsteps, Sid Adams; he also served in the mili-tary. It took months of hard work,

but she got all paper work done, and with the support of her family and her recruiter, she was excited to take anoth-er step into adulthood. Final-ly, the day arrived. She, along with a couple other teens, drove with their recruiter to Butte to take the MEPS physi-cal. She passed with flying colors. Kaylee enlisted for six years with her MOS (her job) as Military Police. Kaylee says, “I leave for Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, on July 19th

to attend Basic Training. I’m excited to start this new part of my life.” Kaylee joins the long list of military men and women from the Melstone community. Congrats Kaylee!

Girl Scout Cookies Selling in February

Contact

Morgan or Teigan Schiffer

Carter’s Plumbing

and Heating

P.O. BOX 201

ROUNDUP, MT

59072

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February 9 Following the

Billings Christian

games in the

lunch room.

Melstone Drill Team

This year the Melstone Drill

Team will be performing with a

patriotic theme. There are 27

kids participating. There is also

going to be a little Bronc fan club

at the home basketball games,

and they would like the adult fans

to cheer with them.

Girls Basketball By Sofia Urueña

Finally the expected basketball season started and with it a lot of games as well. In our first game we lost against Broadus at home. As coach Eike said: “Those girls were tall, athletic and strong. However, it was our first game, and we had some difficulties with fouls (BreElle had 3 fouls during the 2nd quarter, and Shayla fouled out by the end of the game), so if we play them again in the middle of the season, we can beat them”. After that game, the girls did a great job beating Fromberg and Bridger on the weekend of December 11th -12th. We also won against Moore and Ekalaka on Dec.18th and 19th. In the case of Moore, the game was rather exciting because it was tied all the time, and we beat them in overtime. Right before Christmas, we played two games at home; those were Billings Christian and Wibaux, and they were really dif-ferent. Against the first one, we won by a wide margin, but the next day, against Wibaux, it was a really close game that was hard fought, but in the end we lost by 5 even though we really hustled and played our best. We know we have to continue working hard, especially be-cause now we have 1 less player (Gillian tore her ACL, and she is done for the rest of season). The upcoming games are this Friday the 8th of January against Busby and on Saturday against Jordan. Both are at home, so you are welcome to come and cheer for us! Our girls need your support.

Lady Broncs Opponents Date

26 Broadus 44 12/5

47 Fromberg 20 12/11

28 Bridger 11 12/12

31 Tri-Cities 26 12/18

33 Ekalaka 27 12/19

50 Billings Christian 20 12/21

24 Wibaux 28 12/22

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Senior/ Staff Survey

What’s your favorite movie? R: Failure to Launch S: Man From Snowy River Who’s your favorite Disney Princess? R: Cinderella S: Aurora If you were a super hero what would your power be? R: To fly…because who wouldn't want to fly? S: Pausing time If you could be any animal, what would you be? R: Cheetah, so I could run fast! S: Horse…a fast one What would you do if you won the lottery? R: Buy a car, pay for college, buy a house and in-vest the rest. S: Invest it Where would you like to travel? R: Europe S: Everywhere! Right now I’m on a Europe back-packing kick. Favorite type of food? R: Steak S: Mexican If someone handed you a book and you started reading it but then realized that it was about your entire life, would you read until the end? R: No, I like unpredictability S: No, I think I would stop reading What’s your favorite football team? R: MSU Bobcats S: Bobcats Who’s your hero/idol? R: My dad S: Hero: Mom Idol: God Favorite TV show? R: Anything on TLC S: New Girl Describe your perfect day. R: That’s a tough one. I’d have say April 25th be-cause it’s not too hot, not too cold, and all you need is a light jacket. S: Riding in the mountains on a warm day Favorite pastime? R: Reading and listening to music S: Riding

What are three words that you think describe you best? R: Funny, determined and energetic S: Organized, hyper, competitive What’s your biggest fear? R: Snakes or papercuts S: Failing What’s a life long dream of yours? R: Become successful and have a family S: Helping others What is something you are obsessed with? R: Traveling the world S: ...horses Would you rather always have to say everything on your mind or never be able to speak again? R: Never be able to speak again S: Say everything on your mind Favorite kind of pizza? R: Hawaiian S: Canadian bacon pineapple Do you prefer books or movies? R: Either S: Both, but I always read the book first Do you have a favorite type of music? R: Country S: Old country Do you have any secret talents? R: I can put my feet behind my head... S: I like to paint

By Carrera Harmon In every Melstone Monthly, a student and a staff member are interviewed so we can get to know them better. This

month is senior, Rebecca Turley, and our staff member is math teacher, Sara Allen. Rebecca will be indicated with

an R and Sara will be indicated with a S.

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Home: 358-5020

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Melstone, MT

Sweetheart Dance February 13th

8 p.m.– 11:30 p.m.

Melstone Community Center

Pizza & Pop Available

Couples: $8

Singles: $5

(7th grade– Adult)

Students: $3

(K– 6th grade)

Items Available

Good News for BPA Submitted by Megan Brewer

BPA Members have been getting down to business. Re-gional competitions were on December 21st and 22nd. We left Melstone at 5:30, and competed all day. By the time we were done, we were more than ready to come home to play basketball. We all did really well in our competitions, and it proved to be very successful for the chapter. Nine of our twelve members qualified in multiple events for the State Conference in March. The chapter has just begun selling Little Caesar’s Pizza Kits, which is one of our largest fundraisers. They will come in right in time for Super Bowl and would be great for parties! We are also making 2016 phone sheets soon. For Valentine’s Day, we will be selling Crush Grams, Can-dy Grams, Cookie Grams, Cotton Candy, Balloon Bou-quets, Chocolates, Flower Bouquets, and Stuffed Animals. All orders for flowers must be turned into Mrs. Wacker by February 4th. In addition, we will be holding the annual Community Sweetheart Dance on February 13th. We are hoping for a great turnout!

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M elstone School 2nd Quarter Honor Roll

5th & 6th Grade Draya Wacker 4.00 Teigan Schiffer 3.81 Paul Bergin 3.71 Koye Rindal 3.62 Noel Kelstrup 3.59 Emily Coles 3.43 8th Grade Ty Meredith 3.45 9th Grade Megan Brewer 4.00 Brody Grebe 4.00 Thomas DeJaegher 3.63 Abigayle Hansen 3.60 10th Grade Sofia Uruena 3.95 Gillian Severe 3.92 Shayla Hough 3.79 Joe Griswold 3.63 Garrett Severe 3.54 Will Ecord 3.42 Gracey Adams 3.26 11th Grade Nora Mynttinen 3.97 Valeriia Khomenets 3.90 BreElle Wacker 3.89 Carrera Harmon 3.61 12th Grade Rebecca Turley 3.54

BreElle Wacker

2nd–Advanced Word

2nd–Integrated Office Applications

2nd–Parli Pro Team

Rebecca Turley

2nd–Parli Pro Team

4th–Advanced Office Systems

10th–Personal Financial Management

Ty Vohs

2nd–Parli Pro Team

4th–Administrative Support Team

7th–Parli Pro Concepts

Nora Mynttinen

2nd–Legal Office Procedures

6th–Fundamental Word

6th–Fundamental Spreadsheets

7th–Banking & Finance

Sofia Uruena

8th–Fundamental Desktop Publishing

9th–Fundamental Word

Lera Khomenets

4th–Administrative Support Team

5th–Fundamental Spreadsheets

Megan Brewer

2nd–Fundamental Word

3rd–Parli Pro Concepts

4th–Administrative Support Team

9th–Fundamental Spreadsheets

Abby Hansen

5th–Fundamental Word

10th–Parli Pro Concepts

Brody Grebe

4th–Fundamental Word

4th–Administrative Support Team

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New Year, New Start, And Way To Go! By Nora Mynttinen

For over 4000 years, millions of people have celebrated New Year in different countries. The concept of New Year was first developed in Mesopotamia 2000 B.C. Over the centuries different traditions developed in all the different countries in the world. Also the date of New Year has changed. Now in most countries New Year starts on the first of January. However, in some

countries like China, the New Year isn’t on the first of January. This year three exchange student joined our little town of Melstone. We asked them how they celebrate New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Sofia (Spain): “On New Years Eve we always go to my grandparents’ house and have a big dinner. We eat a lot of seafood, expensive fish, pork ribs, and different deserts. Then 36 seconds before the New Year, we start to eat grapes. Every three seconds, a clock strikes twelve times, and we have to eat one grape on every strike. So we eat twelve grapes. At midnight we start with fireworks and stay up late. Most years we stay up until 2 in the morning and watch fireworks. Lera (Ukraine):

”New Year in Ukraine is quite different from New Year in the United States. Our New Year is more like Christmas in the United States. Santa Claus in Ukraine comes on New Year’s Eve and not in the night between the 24th and 25th of December. Therefore, we also have a Christmas tree on New Year’s Eve and get presents. Furthermore, we have a big dinner with family, go to con-certs, and watch the fireworks.” Nora (Germany): “For my family New Years Eve isn’t as important as some

other holidays. On New Year’s Eve almost every year we eat Raclette, a dish with grilled cheese, potatoes and other vegetables grilled on a special Raclette Grill. Eve-rybody can choose what to put together. We also play games with our family and in some years with friends. Then when it is time, we leave our house to go on a mountain near my city to watch the fireworks. At midnight we drink a glass of champagne or cider, wish everyone a “Happy New Year,” and hug each other. Then we go back home and play some more games or go to bed.”

Kids Are Heroes Too! By Carrera Harmon

An organization called Kids Are Heroes Too visited Mel-stone School to present Christmas cards to some special kids. This is a Billings-based organization in which ele-mentary students participate in making holiday cards to send to soldiers and their families. This is just a thought-ful way of letting others know that they are being thought of around the holidays. The Kids Are Heroes Too pro-gram first started six years ago and has since grown and taken a strong hold on the minds and hearts of those who send and receive the caring holiday cards. It is a great way to spread holiday cheer and make someone’s day brighter by letting them know they are in our hearts. Children en-joy making the cards and sending them, just as much as the families enjoy receiving them. In our community, the Grebe boys have a loved one stationed overseas. Students Bryce and Brody, whose mother was deployed in October, were given their holiday cards presented by Sergeant Musfeldt. The kids were recognized for their sacrifice and service, while being reminded that they are appreciated and being thought of around the holidays.

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Larry & Pam Zaharko

Mechanic - Tim DeJaegher

Conoco Products

General Repair

Melstone, MT 59054

406 358 3288

Hours of operation

Mon– Sat

7 A.M.—Noon 1 P.M.—6 P.M.

Come down!

Coyote Derby Results Largest Coyote (34 lbs.)

Boe Meredith, Steve McIntosh, &

Wade Keller

Smallest Coyote (18 lbs.)

Tyler Wittenberg & Mathew Cool

Most Jack Rabbits

Mark and Brad Robinson

Most Porcupines and Raccoons

Boe Meredith, Steve McIntosh, &

Wade Keller

Team Winners

1st Place

Boe Meredith, Steve McIntosh, &

Wade Keller (11 coyotes, Largest

coyote broke tie)

2nd Place

Ty Neal and Jace Barret (11 coyotes)

3rd Place

Ryan Heminger, Matt McAndrews &

Tyler Chrisman (8 coyotes)

Rifle Raffle Winners

Colton Allen— Savage .17 w/scope

Clyde Brewer— .223 w/scope

Jace Barrett from Three Forks

2nd place with Ty Neal

2015 Success Submitted by Shayla Hough

The Melstone FFA Chapter rounded out 2015 with the conclusion of fruit sales. The fundraiser was a huge suc-cess for all members. In other news, the Melstone FFA Alumni Coyote Derby Fundraiser was a success as well! We had teams from around the state along with two fur buyers. The chili dinner was a hit with the hunt-

ers, community members, and kids. Thank you to the alumni for their continued support of our chapter! On February 8th, the FFA Chapter will be holding their annual Mechanics and Sales competitions. The chapter is working hard in preparation for this big event! If you would like to volunteer to help, please don’t hesitate to call Mr. Peirce at 358-2352. January 27th are District competitions for our chapter! Our members are working, hard rushing to get ready to com-pete in this busy time of year! Good Luck to all members and thank you to the community for your support!

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Science Fair Awards

Decided by a Panel of 3 Judges

Most Artistic Most Creative Most Scientific

Megan Brewer (2 votes) Shayla Hough Abby Hansen

Rebecca Turley Carerra Harmon Ty Meredith

Megan Brewer Nora Mynttinen

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School Bee

(Students Grade 5-8)

Tuesday, February 2 @ 2 P.M.

County Bee

Thursday, February 11

7 P.M. @ Melstone School

Kaiserschmarrn (German Dish) by NoraMynttinen

Ingredients: 3 T. raisins, soaked in 3 T. rum (or more if you

like raisins) 4 eggs Pinch of salt 2 T. regular sugar and 1 T. vanilla sugar (or 3

T. regular sugar and 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract) 1 5/8 c. milk 1 c. flour (cake flour or regular flour) Butter Powdered sugar Apple sauce, jam, cherries or other fruit ac-

companiment Directions: Pour rum over the raisins and microwave

them for 15-30 seconds Let them soak until the rum is absorbed (20

min.) Separate egg yolks from egg whites Beat egg whites to soft peaks Beat egg yolks and sugar until light yellow Add milk and flour, a little at a time to avoid

lumps, to the egg yolk Fold in the egg whites Let it rest for about ten minutes Warm up a large frying pan and melt 1 to 2

tablespoons butter in it Stir the batter again and pour into hot pan Sprinkle the raisins evenly over the top of the

batter Cover the pan and let pancake cook for 10

minutes over medium heat Flip pancake over and cut or pull the pancake

while it continues to cook When it is browned a bit, it is ready to serve Sprinkle pancake with powdered sugar and

serve with apple sauce or other fruit accom-paniment

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