Players and volunteers help get the batting cage ready for the season at Burkie Field. (Photo by Bill Vander Weele)

Maeve Weinberger, 2, enjoys the food at the Wolf Point Lions Club’s pancake breakfast held at the Elks Event Center on Saturday, May 6. (Photo by Bill Vander Weele)

Yoakam To Appear In Matilda McKay Yoakam of Glasgow will play the leading role in Fort Peck Summer Theatre’s Matilda. Winner of nearly 50 international awards and based on the beloved novel by fantastical genius Roald Dahl (Willy Wonka), this captivating modern masterpiece follows young Matilda. Surrounded by largerthan- life characters, her powerful imagination transforms into magical powers and inspirational dreams as she searches for a better life. Yoakam, age 9, is a third grader. She said her favorite subjects are music and math. Her favorite movie is Mamma Mia. She likes basketball, cookie dough ice cream and has a labradoodle named Murphy. She said she’s nervous about talking on a major performing role on stage. Yoakam said her role reminds her to appreciate her Yoakam Glasgow’s McKay Yoakam will star as Matilde at FPST in July. (Submitted photo) off-stage family. “I love to read and sing like Matilda,” said Yoakam, “but my family is a lot nicer.” Don’t miss Yoakam and over two dozen local youth actors in this summer’s production. Matilda runs July 7-23, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m.

Wolf Point High School senior Abby Ponce-Curl demonstrates with her actions how much she cares about children who might be facing challenges. Ponce-Curl, with the guidance of Northside Elementary School psychologist Andrew Vun, made a cooking class available for students. She applied for grants and fundraising was done to make the program possible. “We had several foster kids and food

It was a great display of gratitude when Wolf Point’s tennis players presented a star quilt last week. The recipient was Shawn Boysun, who was the bus driver when the team was involved in a vehicle accident on Saturday, April 1. The players and Coach Dan Horsmon presented Boysun with a star quilt that was made by Jen Purvis of MT Star Quilt of Sidney. “The tennis team and myself wish

Members of the Golden Plains Library Federation discussed a variety of topics during its semi-annual meeting held in Wolf Point on Thursday, April 20. The federation includes library representatives from the eastern Montana counties of Phillips, Sheridan, Valley, Blaine, Daniels and Roosevelt. The Fort Peck Community College is also represented. “They all have great issues,” Perry Lilley,