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Bozeman High students celebrate homecoming

Bozeman High School is celebrating Homecoming Week Sept. 12-17.

Lunchtime activities feature water games on Tuesday; Disney Trivia/Dash for $Cash$, Wednesday, stick horse rodeo, Thursday; and Lunch on the Lawn/Pack the Car, Friday.

Tuesday's "Dress-up Day" is a pirate theme; Wednesday, superhero/comic; Thursday, cowboy; Friday, red and black

Athletic events during the week include volleyball at home on Thursday and Saturday, soccer on Saturday, golf Thursday and Friday in Helena, and cross country in Great Falls on Friday.

Bozeman's homecoming football game against Missoula Hellgate is at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16. The parade will be at 2 p.m. Friday down Bozeman's Main Street.

Homecoming dance is Saturday, Sept. 17, from 9 p.m. to midnight in the Bozeman High School gymnasium.

County to meet with CBU on roadless plan

Citizens for Balanced Use has scheduled a public meeting about the Gallatin National Forest's roadless plan to be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, in front of the Gallatin County commissioners.

The meeting will be on the third floor of the Gallatin County Courthouse, corner of Main Street and Third Avenue, Bozeman.

Approximately 704,000 acres of the Gallatin National Forest was designated roadless land in the last days of the Clinton administration. A federal judge has deemed this designation as being unconstitutional, and the Bush administration has sent the issue back to the states, to be decided by local citizens and county governments.

The public is encouraged to attend the meeting.

For information contact Kerry White, member of the CBU executive board, at 587-3653.

Pronghorn topic of electronic field trip

Yellowstone National Park will offer "Speed Goats in Court: The Strange Case of the Appealing Pronghorn" Sept. 14-16, on its Windows into Wonderland electronic field trip Web site, www.windowsintowonderland.org.

In this electronic adventure, students will join dueling attorneys as they debate the Yellowstone pronghorn's appeal and learn about ongoing research, natural threats, and management activities in Yellowstone National Park. Viewers will participate in interactive quizzes and games; at the conclusion of the trip, they will be asked to submit their own verdict as to whether or not the Yellowstone pronghorn population is currently in danger.

Designed for a middle school audience, the eTrip lasts approximately 50 minutes and includes lesson plans.

Subject matter experts will answer questions posted on a message board that will open at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, and will close at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16.

Participation in the park's electronic field trip is free. For information, contact Sally Plumb at (307) 344-2318.

Instrument swap at CJMS Saturday

Bozeman Friends of Music will offer the annual musical instrument swap on Saturday, Sept. 17 at a new location: the Chief Joseph Middle School cafeteria.

The instrument swap is designed for those buying an instrument for the first time, purchasing a more advanced instrument, or selling that old guitar or saxophone that is no longer used.

Instruments of all types are welcome, as are instrument stands, metronomes and other accessories.

Check-in time for instruments will be from 8 to 10 a.m. The sale will be open to Friends of Music members from 10 to 11 a.m., with memberships available at the door. The sale for the general public will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For information, contact the Bozeman Public Schools music department at 522-6017.

Fire restrictions still in place in some areas

Stage One fire restrictions will remain in effect on private, state and federal lands throughout Lewis & Clark, Meagher, Broadwater and Jefferson counties until further notice.

The restrictions are in place to help reduce potential for human-caused fires.

Stage One restrictions mean that campfires are allowed only in developed public recreation sites within metal fire rings. Smoking in the four counties is only allowed in buildings, in vehicles, in developed recreation sites, and elsewhere only in an area three feet in diameter that's cleared of burnable plants and debris. Cooking with gas stoves using liquid fuel or compressed gas is permitted outside of developed recreation sites, as are wood stoves with spark arrestors.

Comments sought on fuel reduction project

Michael Cole, Townsend district ranger, is seeking comments on the proposed Edith Holloway Boundary Fuels Project.

A project proposed in this area last year has been redesigned to focus on the need to reduce fuels in areas designated as wildland urban interface. The redesigned project would reduce fuels on approximately 457 acres within the Ray Creek and North Fork Deep Creek drainages.

Copies of the letter and map describing the proposal are available at the Townsend Ranger District, 415 S. Front, Townsend, MT 59644.

Deadline to comment is Friday, Sept. 16.

For information, contact David Nunn, fuels coordinator, or Dea Nelson, NEPA coordinator, at (406) 266-3425.

Bowlers wanted for Bowl for Kids' Sake

Big Brothers Big Sisters has begun its annual Bowl For Kids' Sake campaign, which is a major source of income for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Gallatin County.

All of the funds raised by local teams stays here to serve Gallatin County children.

For information about becoming a team captain, call 587-1216, log on to bigbrotherssisters.org, or stop by the agency's office at 15 S. Eighth Ave.

Grandparents raising grandkids invited

Grandparents raising grandchildren are invited to attend free eight-week support groups starting Sept. 26, offered by Montana State University Extension and the MSU Department of Health and Human Development.

The groups will be offered in Bozeman, Butte and

Helena and offer education, resources and opportunities to discuss family dynamics and other issues shared by grandparents who are raising children a second time around.

Sandra Bailey, MSU Extension family and human development specialist, leads the Montana Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Project.

Grandparents raising grandchildren in Montana range in age from their late 30s to their 80s and serve in the parental role over an average of seven years. Grandparents often don't know where to turn to get information on strategies for raising a child in today's society, working with schools, obtaining health insurance, or other resources. More than 6,000 grandparents in Montana have the sole responsibility of raising their grandchildren.

For more information or to register for one of the support groups, call 994-3395. Visit http://www.montana.edu.publications to download the free Grandparents Raising Grandchildren publication.

Wrap Shack wins big in Big Sky chili contest

The Wrap Shack was named Best in Show at the Big Sky Association for the Arts chili cook off.

Winner of the traditional chili contest was the Half Moon Saloon, followed by Chet's Bar & Grill, second; Moonlight Basin, honorable mention.

In the non-traditional chili category, The Wrap Shack won both first and second places; Big Sky Resort received honorable mention.

State Rep. Roger Koopman won the title of Best Dressed.

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