Community Briefs for Aug. 28, 2008

The Superior Bobcats host their annual steak fry Thursday, August 28 at 6 p.m. in the High School Multipurpose Room. Tickets are $12 for adults, $6 for students and children. For more information, call the Superior High School at 822-4851.

Frenchtown Community Church will be holding its annual Clothes Closet on Friday, Aug. 29 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturday, Aug. 30, from 9 a.m. to 12. Clothing for the family, free to anyone in need. Donations of clothing items clean and good repair are also excepted and appreciated and can be dropped off at the church or by calling 626-5558.

Applicants are sought to serve the remainder of Tom Mahlum's term on the Frenchtown Rural Fire District Board of Trustees, through May 2009. Apply by 5 p.m. Sept. 2 by email, regular mail, or fax at 721-4043. Forms are available at the County Commissioners Office or at the county website, www. co. missoula. mt. us, under County Commissioners / Forms. For more, please call 258-4877.

The Plum Creek land agreement will be the subject of a public meeting Wednesday, Sept. 3, at 6 p.m.in the Mineral County Commissioners meeting room in Superior. Presenters from the Trust for Public Lands and the Nature Conservancy will address issues surrounding the sale of 42,000 acres of Plum Creek lands in Mineral County (and 320,000 total acres in Western Montana). They will discuss funding, access, management objectives, and what will change as a result of this agreement. We urge you to attend and invite your friends and neighbors who may be interested in this landmark decision. There may well be tremendous opportunities in this proposal so it behooves us to become well acquainted with the project so we can offer up ideas that will benefit all residents of the county. For more, contact Jim DeBree at 822-3041, email jsdebree@blackfoot.net, or debree.mcedc@blackfoot.net.

The Hospital Guild is having its Annual Book Fair from 11-5 on Sept. 4 at the Mineral Community Hospital. Questions, call 822-4800.

The Disabled American Veterans Volunteer Transportation Network serving veterans in Sanders County, has enlarged its service area. Drivers are needed in the Plains area to answer the increased workload. A valid Montana driver's license and proof of current insurance is all that is required to be a volunteer. Applicants please call 242-0217, before 7:00 PM.

Superior Public Schools offers healthy meals every school day. Breakfast costs $1.30, lunch costs $1.90 (K-6), and $2.00 (7-12). Your children may qualify for free meals or for reduced-price meals. Reduced-price is $.30 for breakfast, $.40 for lunch. To apply for free or reduced-price meals, use a Free and Reduced-Price School Meals Application which will be sent home with your child the first day of school. Return the completed application to the school.

Join folks from the Great Burn Study Group for weekend trips into the Great Burn this summer, monitoring weeds, wildlife, trail conditions, signs, and more, collecting important information for management of this rugged backcountry area. Upcoming trips: Aug. 30-31: Bighorn Weitas, Idaho; Sept. 6-7: Mallard Larkins, Idaho. For more, contact Beverly Dupree, 406-240-9901.

AA Meeting in Alberton every Tuesday at the Alberton Methodist Church. Start at 7 p.m. and open to the public.

TOPS Take Off Pounds Sensibly meets every Monday evening at 5:45 p.m. in the Frenchtown Community Church basement. For more information, call Julie at 626-5355.

The Mineral Community Hospital Board meets the 4th Thursday of each month. For more information, phone: 822-4841. The next meeting is scheduled to be held Aug. 28.

Sierra Club hosts a free presentation and open house on Energy and Climate Change Solutions Aug. 28, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the Missoula Children’s Theater, E. Broadway & Adams. The fastest, cheapest and cleanest way to solve America’s energy challenges is through conservation, efficiency, and clean energy. More drilling is a giveaway to Big Oil that won’t lower gas prices now or in the future. For more information call 549-1142.

Mountain lion hunters must choose to apply by Aug. 29 for a special license drawing or purchase a general license by Aug. 31. Apply for the special license drawing over the counter at any FWP Regional office by 5 p.m. on Aug. 29; online at fwp.mt.gov by 11:45 p.m. MDT, Aug. 31; or by mail to: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, License Section, PO Box 200701, Helena, MT 59620. Applications must be received by Aug. 29. Hunters are urged to check the mountain lion regulations.

The Bitterroot Resource Conservation and Development group usually meets every first Monday from 10 a.m. to noon in the County Commissioner’s Office in Superior. There will be no RC&D meeting for Mineral County in September. Please mark your calendars for the next meeting to be held Oct. 15. All the superintendents from the schools will be invited to give us an update on the schools. By having the meeting on the 15th instead of the usual first Monday, the Superintendents will have time to put their enrollment figures together for the State of Schools report.

The Ninemile Wildlife Workgroup meets the first Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., at the Ninemile Ranger Station's Visitor Center. Residents of Ninemile, Sixmile, Huson and Petty Creek are especially welcome to join us in our efforts to maintain the historic and regionally important Ninemile Wildlife Corridor which overlays these areas. Need volunteers for field projects or community outreach. For more information, call 626-5675. The next meeting will be Sept. 2.

The Alberton town council meets the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Senior Center. For more information, contact PO Box 115, Alberton, Montana 59820. Phone: 722-3404 Email: townofalberton@blackfoot.net. The next meeting will be Sept. 2.

Superior Mountain Lodge #110 meets on the first and third Tuesdays of the month beginning at 7 p.m. The next meeting will be Sept. 2.

Alberton American Legion Post 131 meets at 7:30 p.m. every first Thursday of the month at the Alberton Senior Center. For more information, call Harve Murray, Post Commander at 722-3335, Ken Vick, Vice Commander at 722-0118, or Jim Johnson, Adjutant, at 722-3159. The next meeting will be Sept. 4.

Mineral County Medical Foundation Annual Golf Tournament at Trestle Creek on September 6. Shotguns start at 9 a.m. Again this year, the tournament will feature a $50,000 hole-in-one on a specific hole. There have been 14 hole in ones at Trestle Creek. For more information about teams, fairway sponsorship or carts, contact JoEllen at the Mineral Community Hospital, 822-4841.

The Superior town council meets the second Monday of each month in the conference room at the City Hall offices, 305 W. Main, Superior. Mail: PO Box 729, Superior, Montana 59872. Phone: 822-4672, fax: 822-3594. Email: supertwn@bigsky.net. The next meeting will be Sept. 8.

The Alberton school board meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Math Room. For more information, contact PO Box 330, Alberton, Montana 59820 or phone 722-4413. The next meeting will be Sept. 8.