Speech and debate team finishes third

Bozeman High School's speech and debate team won third place last weekend in the AA Sweepstakes of the Helena City of Gold Speech & Debate Tournament.

First- and second-place winners in the AA Sweepstakes were Flathead High and Helena High. Among smaller schools, Havre placed first and the Helena High School junior varsity placed second.

Here are the results for the Bozeman High competitors:

* The Anne Sullivan Excellence in Debate Award was won by Nik Griffith of CM Russell in Great Falls. Shay Larson of Bozeman was sixth.

* Varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate -- Jessica Orr won third and Shay Larson placed fifth.

* Novice Lincoln-Douglas debate -- Maggie Massey won third.

* Varsity Policy Debate -- Nick Brooke and Kristina Capulong placed sixth.

* Novice Policy Debate -- Morgan Klaas and Becky Dry placed fifth. Melissa Hanson and Eeresh Ramman placed eighth.

* Extemporaneous -- Chase Stefani placed eighth.

* Impromptu -- Cael Anacker placed eighth.

* Original Oratory -- Mary Anne Aidter placed sixth.

* Duo Interpretation -- Jess Manning and Ben Trotter won second. David Swedman and Sam Burrows placed fifth.

* Serious Oral Interpretation -- Erika Epple placed fourth and Laura Notess placed eighth.

* Humorous Oral Interpretation -- Dan LaDue won third.

MSU receives $71,600 grant

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service has awarded a $71,600 conservation innovation grant to Montana State University to research cropping systems that will give farmers more opportunities to improve soil quality.

“These grants offer seed money to look at innovative technologies and approaches to environmental solutions on working agricultural lands,” said Dave White, NRCS state conservationist for Montana.

From this research, NRCS will gain a better understanding of the nature of changes in soil organic-carbon contents due to varying tillage systems and cropping intensity combinations.

“Our goal is to provide NRCS and Montana farmers with results from on-farm carbon sequestration research," said Ross Bricklemyer, carbon sequestration research associate. "Our research focuses on management practices that improve soil quality, promote carbon sequestration, and help mitigate long-term drought risk by increasing production options.

"This information has short and long-term benefits for Montana farmers in light of recent drought conditions and a growing interest in marketing carbon credits.”

Montana Wilderness Association hosting lecture Nov. 9

The Madison-Gallatin Chapter of the Montana Wilderness Association is sponsoring a lecture on “Wilderness and Homeschooling” on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m at the Emerson Center's Weaver Room in Bozeman.

Heleen Bloethe, Kevin Cox and their three children will present stories and a slide show about their family's adventures in homeschooling using wilderness as a teaching tool. The family has been home schooling for 11 years and are avid backpackers and hikers.

This program is free and open to the public. For more information, call 582-8600.

Alcohol sales laws spelled out in class

Gallatin County Safe Kids Safe Communities will hold a class on responsible alcohol service on Thursday, Nov. 10, from 3:30 to 6 p.m. at the Salvation Army, 32 South Rouse.

The class is specific to off-sale establishments, such as grocery, liquor and convenience stores.

The class is designed to clarify laws regarding sales of alcohol and the fines and liability associated with non-compliance, ID validation, dealing with intoxicated individuals and other issues.

Call Stacy Wesen at 587-7786 to pre-register.

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