Melstone Monthly Staff

Connie Hjelvik – Advisor

Rebecca Turley-Editor

Gracey Adams

Carrera Harmon

Abby Hansen

Nora Mynttinen

Renee Parsons

Sofia Uruena

Inside This Issue

Page 2: Spelling Bees, MCT

Page 3: FFA, Good Behavior

Page 4: Basketball

Page 5: Senior/Staff Survey

Page 6: BPA, P/T Conf.

Page 7: Cat in the Hat, Skiing

Page 8: Recipe, Track

Page 9: Senior Night

Page 10: Calendar

Page 11: Girls’ Bracket

Page12: Boys’ Bracket

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Volume 5 February 2016

Struck By Love By Abby Hansen

Valentine’s Day, also known as Saint Valentine’s Day, is the holiday of love that is observed on February 14th of each year. Valentine’s Day is celebrated in several coun-tries around the world even though it is not a public holiday in most of them. More than sixty-two percent of Americans celebrate by sending greeting cards and flowers, giving candy and/or other gifts, enjoying romantic dinners, or all three. Valentine’s Day started from Lupercalia, a Pagan festival of love. Later the Christian church chose mid-February for Valentine’s Day. No one truly knows the whole story of how Valentine’s Day came to be a holiday, but there are various theories. There were three Christian men called Saint Valentine. One of those men was sentenced to death for per-forming marriage ceremonies in secret after Claudius II banned mar-riage for young men thinking single men made better soldiers. He was beaten and beheaded on February 14, 278 A.D. Before his execution, St. Valen-tine fell in love with the jailer’s daughter, who became very sick. After his death, a letter was found from St. Valentine to the jailer’s daughter. It was signed “From your Valentine.” At the end of the fifth century, Pope Gelasius declared February four-teenth as the day for your honoring your Valentine with love and romance. Valentine’s Day is now a major consumer holiday. Today an estimated one billion Valentine cards are sent each year, more than any other holiday, except for Christ-mas. More than thirty-five million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate are sold. Forty

thousand Americans are employed at chocolate factories to make this possible. More than two hundred million roses are produced for the holiday in a typical year. Altogether Ameri-cans spend almost twenty billion dollars on Valentine’s Day or an average of thirty dollars per person per year. Four billion dollars is spent on jewelry for the six million couples who will be getting engaged on Valentine’s Day.

District

Tournament Ticket

Info

All Session Adult= $35 Student= $20

All Day Adult= $10 Student= $6

School will be dismissed at

12:00 on Weds.

No School on Thurs.

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Spelling Bee Results By Carrera Harmon

The Melstone School Spelling Bee was held on Tuesday February 2nd. The winner of the Spelling Bee was 6th grader, Draya Wacker who correctly spelled the words kangaroo and announcer to move on to the County Spelling Bee. The runner-up for Melstone was Paul Bergin, after misspelling the word atrium. Others who moved on to competing in the County Bee were 5th and 6th graders Kevin White, Koye Rindal, Kaleb DeJaegher and Gus Adams as the alternate. The Junior High stu-dents who also qualified were John Main, Montana Reynolds, Kaigen Roskelley, Davon Meredith, and Ty Meredith with Theo Sopko as the alternate. The judges were Kathy Eike, Kimberly Rindal, and Jody Haaland with Connie Hjelvik as the pronouncer. The County Spelling Bee was held on February 11th in the Melstone gym. Kids came from Roundup to join the Mel-stone qualifiers to compete. The judges were Helen Hougen, Kimberly Rindal, and Jody Haaland. The pro-nouncer was Kathy Eike, and the Bee Coordinator was Connie Hjelvik. The Bee went six rounds until it was down to just two participants. The winner was Elizabeth Donahue with runner-up Draya Wacker. The winning words were toucan and ramen, with the eliminating word being borax. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all the participants who competed in the Spelling Bee. The State Bee will be held on Saturday March 19th in Billings.

Tuesday’s Spirit Day :

Super Hero Day or

Favorite Sports Team Day

Pep rally on Wednesday

11:30 AM to send the

teams off to tournaments!

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Links of Love

All the money raised goes to

the Montana Special Olympics

to help them pay for the

national

competition!

$1 Per Link Make checks out to

The Melstone BPA

Due March 9th

Mechanics Contest Results Senior Mechanics

Team 1st – Joliet 2nd—Melstone 3rd—Big Timber Individuals Brody Grebe—2nd Xavier Simmons—3rd Kaylee Adams—36th Dwight DeJaegher—52nd

Junior Mechanics

Team 1st—Huntley 2nd—Joliet 3rd— Shepherd 7th—Melstone Individuals Holden Roskelley—20th Corbin Cook—27th Senior Livestock Judging

1st—Colstrip 2nd—Shepherd 3rd—Big Timber Junior Livestock Judging

1st—Plevna 2nd—Joliet 3rd—Grass Range Senior Ag Sales

1st—Shepherd 2nd—Colstrip 3rd—Columbus

Encouraging Elementary Good Behavior

By Nora Mynttinen

At the beginning of January grades Kindergarten through 6th started the Bulletin Board in the Elementary Hallway. The ring chains on the Bul-letin Board are a way to encourage the students to behave and to follow the rules. There is one ring chain for every class. The grades compete against each other. When all the students in the class fol-low the rules in hallway, lunchroom, classroom, play-ground and even the bathroom, the class gets one ring on their chain. But when a teacher sees that a students breaks the rules, the teacher writes the name of the student in “the book.” As soon as one student from a class has his/her name in the book, the class doesn’t get a ring. For the first two weeks, the 3rd and 6th grade were in a tie. In the next two weeks the 3rd grade had the most rings. For now the 2nd and 3rd grade are in a tie. Congratulations to the 3rd grade! They didn’t lose any of their rings yet. After two weeks the class with the most rings gets a small prize. And a the end of the 3rd quarter the class that wins the most weeks gets a bigger prize, like a pizza lunch, a coffee drink or a movie. Another thing that the teachers do to encourage our stu-dents to work hard and do something above what is ex-pected are the “Good Work & Good Behavior Tickets”. The teachers write Tickets students who do something exceptional. Then at the end of the quarter, they draw one name, and the students whose name it drawn gets a little gift. Good News

Submitted By Shayla Hough

The FFA chapter had its annual mechanics contest on Feb-ruary 8th. At this contest, there were three hundred and twenty students that competed in various contest such as Mechanics, Livestock Judging, and Sales and Services. All events ran smoothly. Thank you to all the community members for your help. On January 27th our FFA chapter went to Lodge Grass and competed at District FFA. The members competed in Extemporane-ous Speaking, Star Green Hand competition, Creed Speak-ing, FBM, and Agronomy. Megan won Star Green Hand; the FBM team qualified for state, and Kaylee had a suc-cessful extemporaneous. speech. Congrats to all member in their achievements. The Chapter will be traveling to Bozeman at the end of March to compete at State FFA. The members are diligent-ly working on their various competitions. We also have two seniors running for a State Office: Xavier Simmons and Rebecca Turley. Good Luck to all members.

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Lady Broncs Basketball By Sofia Uruena

Our Lady Broncs did a great job against Northern Cheyenne on January 8th winning in the over-time. The next day, against Jor-dan, we hustled and gave the best of ourselves, but we finished, los-ing in our second overtime game this season. We had to improve our rebounding to beat the rest of the teams and gain a good posi-tion for tournaments. That’s ex-actly what we did the next week, and it worked really well. In our next games we won against Terry and Winnett. We were so happy because the girls haven’t beaten Winnett in many years. BreElle said: “I remember in my 8-grader year we lost 82-3,” and now the score was really different! (28-26). The next weekend, we played against Tri Cities and Ekalaka. Unfortunately, we lost both games. Then, the following two weekends were real-ly bad. We had four losses. After that, we beat Terry and lost against Winnett. The most exciting thing happened on February 9th against Billings Christian when we didn’t only add a win, but we also had a school record broken

by BreElle Wacker (47 points) and, more importantly, a state and school record (12-three pointers in 1 game). Obviously, she appeared in the Gazette and on the radio. She said: “I just came up hot. It just happened naturally.” Coach Eike said: “I knew she could do it (the record) halfway through the sec-ond quarter,” (when she already had 6 three-pointers); we had a comfortable lead, so I wanted to give her a chance.”

Congrats BreElle; we are so proud of you. Those sores the next day were sweet, huh? Now, with a 10-8 record, we are ready for tournaments next week in Miles City. The girls will play on Thursday at 11:00 a.m. We don’t know our opponent, but it is between Ekalaka and Northern Cheyenne. Come and cheer for us!

Date Home Opponents

1/8 58 Northern 57 Cheyenne

1/9 41 Jordan 45

1/15 52 Terry 34

1/16 23 Winnett 21

1/22 28 Tri-Cities 33

1/23 37 Ekalaka 38

1/29 31 Wibaux 34

1/30 21 Jordan 37

2/5 50 Terry 34

2/6 20 Winnett 45

2/9 45 Billings Christian 65

Basketball Fever By Rebecca Turley

After the Broncs big win over Wibaux before Christmas break, they suffered three devastating losses in their home gym to Northern Cheyenne, Jordan, and Terry. Fortunately, when the Broncs faced Winnett/ Grass Range, they walked out of the Melstone Gym victorious! Their victory over Winnett was their first win of the year. On January 22nd the Broncs faced the Tri-City Titans. Having beaten them before in Moore, the Broncs were determined to get a “W” again. They were again reward-ed for all of their hard work defeating the Titians in Mel-stone! Hungry for another win, the Broncs faced the Eka-laka Bulldogs on January 23rd! The boys suffered a loss in Ekalaka earlier this season. They fought a hard game, but this time the story was a little different: the Broncs won over Ekalaka in a tough fought game. The next weekend the boys made the long trek to Wibaux. Having beaten them before earlier this season, the Broncs were search-ing for a win. This would be their first game away since the Christmas holiday. I was a tough game with both teams battling for the top spot most of the game. With the final buzzer, the boys, once again, left the Wibaux gym with another win under their belts. That night the team stayed in Miles City. Waking up refreshed the next day, the team traveled to Jordan. The game against Jor-dan was defiantly an interesting one. The boys fought a hard game but fell short and lost to the Mustangs. On February 5th the boys faced one of the biggest challenges of the season, the Terry Terriers. The Terriers are ranked number one in our conference. The boys gave it their all and their effort could clearly be seen, but it wasn’t enough to edge out Terry. Unfortunately, the boys suf-fered a loss in Terry. The next day the boys traveled to Grass Range to face the Winnett/Grass Range Rams. Af-ter suffering two back to back losses, the boys won by one in a thrilling game. On Tuesday, February 9th Billings Christian came to Melstone once again. Losing to them earlier in the season, it was refreshing for the Broncs to win on senior night. Heading into Districts fresh on a win, the boys will play on Wednesday, February 17th. Good Luck! We are proud of you!

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How would you get to the top of a mountain: cycling or hiking? T: Hiking P: Hiking

If you couldn’t be American, which country would you like to be from? Why? T: Japan because their culture interests me P: Brazil—warm temperatures all through the year

What couldn't you live without? T: Electricity P: Sunshine

Would you like to marry a famous person? T: Sure. Why not? P: Of course

Who is your favorite singer/band? T: No idea; it changes daily. P: Don’t have one!

What are you best at dancing or singing? T: That’s a double negative for me. P: Neither

What can’t you stand? T: Moochers P: Winter

Would you be willing to do the worst job ever or would you prefer to beg? T: Worst job ever P: I would beg.

If you were able to hunt any animal, which one would you hunt? T: Elephant P: A mouse because I hate them

If you could have the opportunity to go to another planet to live, but there was no way back, would you do it? T: Yeah P: Are you kidding!! No!

What is your favorite day of the year? Why? T: Any Sunday because it is a lazy day for me P: 1st day of summer; I love the sun!

What do you prefer in birthdays : to receive the pre-sents or give them? T: To receive P: To receive

Where would you like to spent your summer holi-days and with who? T: In my basement… alone P: Somewhere warm with friends & family

Would you prefer to live in the Artic or in the desert? T: Artic P: Desert

Would you like to become the President? If yes, what would you do to make your country a better place? T: Nope. Too much responsibility P: No!

What do you think is your best talent? T: How do I talent? P: Yard work

What is your favorite food? And sport? T: I don’t know. It’s all sport ball to me. For food it would be anything I am able to nuke. P: Crab

Would you prefer to go parachuting or bungee jump-ing? T: Parachuting P: Bungee jumping

Would you prefer to live in a Civil War or in prison? T: A Civil War P: Prison

What do you think is the best job in the world? (Based on the time you work and money you receive) T: What is job? P: Ice cream taster

Senior/ Staff Survey By Sofia Uruena

In every Melstone Monthly, a student and a staff member are interviewed so we can get to know them better. This month is senior, Ty Vohs, and our staff member is Clerk Patti Wilson. Ty will be indicated with an T and Patti will

be indicated with a P.

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Parent-Teacher

Conference

March 16th

3:00-6:00

March 17th

At the 2:00-5:30

Refreshments will be served to donors.

Contact a to donate!

Gearing Up for State

Submitted by Megan Brewer & Mrs. Wacker

The State BPA Conference will be here before we know it, March 13-15. Members will not only compete but also at-tend fun workshops, and com-munity service projects. We are keeping ourselves busy by

practicing for state and fundraising. We just finished up the Valentine’s Day fundraisers, which turned out to be the best one ever. We sold over 300 items!! Thank you to the community for being so supportive. A very special thank you to Katie Keeney for managing the flower ar-rangement. We also held a Sweetheart Dance on Friday, February 12, which was a real success. Thank you to the community for coming out to support us and have an en-tertaining evening. We are currently raising money to support the Montana

Special Olympics. It is a great community service project

for us. If you would like to buy a Link of Love for $1.00 or

more, contact Mrs. Wacker before March 9th. At the state

convention, all of the links sold will be connected to create

a huge chain to support the Special Olympics. The money

will be used to help the athletes travel to the Special

Olympics at the National level and compete. Mrs. Wacker

has also updated the Melstone Community phone sheets

if you need one.

Will be Sold-

March 16-29

Delivery- April 6

Phone Sheets 2016 Contact Mrs. Wacker

or a BPA member 1- $2 3- $5

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District FFA Results January 27th in Lodge Grass

Megan Brewer 2nd Creed Speaking

Star Green Hand Winner

Abby Hansen 4th Creed Speaking

Kaylee Adams 4th Extemp. Speaking

FBM Team—3rd Place (Xavier Simmons, Rebecca Turley,

BreElle Wacker, Brody Grebe)

Agronomy Team—5th Place (Will Roen, Dwight DeJaegher,

Thomas DeJaegher, Holden Roskelley)

By Dr Seuss

“From the moment his tall, red-and-

white-striped hat appears at their

door, Sally and her brother know

that the Cat in the Hat is the most

mischievous cat they will ever meet.”

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Practice for Boys and Girls starts on Monday

March 14th

Athletes need

physicals!

You

are invited to

come and join!

Ingredients: 2 pounds fresh strawberries, washed and

patted dry 3 3/4 cups heavy cream, divided 1/3 cup powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 teaspoon rosewater, optional 4 sleeves (about 19 ounces, or 24 to 28 whole crackers) graham crackers 2 ounces dark chocolate, finely chopped Directions: Take out a few of the best-looking straw-

berries and set them aside for the garnish. Hull the remainder of the strawberries and cut each berry into thin slices.

With a hand mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer, whip 3 1/2 cups of cream until it just holds stiff peaks. Add the confectioners sug-ar, vanilla, and rosewater (if using) and whip to combine.

Spread a small spoonful of whipped cream on the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking pan, or a similarly sized platter. Lay down 6 gra-ham crackers. Lightly cover the top of the graham crackers with more whipped cream, and then a single layer of strawberries. Re-peat 3 times, until you have 4 layers of gra-ham crackers. Spread the last of the whipped cream over the top and swirl it lightly with a spoon. Add a few more straw-berries.

To make the ganache, heat the remaining 1/4 cup cream until bubbles form around the edges, then pour over the chopped choco-late. Let it stand for a few minutes, then whisk until the mixture is thick and glossy. Drizzle this over the layered dessert with a spoon, or transfer to a squeeze bottle and use that to drizzle.

Refrigerate for at least 4 hours, or until the crackers have softened completely. Garnish with additional berries.

Please support the

Keggie Koulee 4-H

Club. All funds raised

will support 4-H ac-

tivities and communi-

ty projects. By placing your regular order

through Schwan’s, 20% of product sales and

40% if eGift Card sales will come back to our

organization starting

February 5th.

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