Wolf Point High School students were fortunate to receive a performance from the Montana Shakespeare in the Schools program on Thursday, Oct. 12. “It’s going well. The first week is exciting,” program member Brett Garrett said. During the opening week, the tour visited schools in Bozeman, Sidney, Plentywood, Scobey and Wolf Point. By the end of the year, the actors will have performed

Public Service Commissioner Randy Pinocci was arrested on two felony charges of witness tampering in Cascade County on Friday, Oct. 13. His lawyer said he denies the charges. Pinocci was previously arrested in September after failing to appear in court for a disputed disorderly conduct charge. Pinocci allegedly got in a physical altercation with the brother of a tenant over a security deposit.

The Wolf Point High School’s music department entertained during its fall concert held on Tuesday, Oct. 10. The high school choir opened the program with three selections. The choir sang The Lighthouse, Big Sky and Carry Me Home. Members of the choir include Phoenix Gendron, Chante Grey Bull, Jeina Reum, Riley Benton, Mylee Villalvazo, Ryelei Bauer, Kauri Dupree, Charlotte Reum- Ricker,

A first took place in Wolf Point on Tuesday, Oct. 10, when the Great Northern Development Corp., hosted a good turnout of interested individuals for the Eastern Montana Rural Child Care Resource Roundtable. Quincy Walter, the regional director of the Small Business Development Center in Wolf Point, said she was thrilled with the attendance and the information covered during the presentations.

Oct. 19-20: No school. Oct. 21: Volleyball at Harlem, 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m. State cross country meet in Kalispell. Oct. 23: School board work session/special meeting, 5 p.m., central office. Oct. 26-28: District volleyball tournament in Glasgow.

Ted Schwinden was a great man. In 1980, I was serving as director of the State Department of Administration under Gov. Tom Judge. I had worked with Lt. Gov. Schwinden on a couple of projects and found him to be very easy to work with because he knew state government inside and out. He had served for many years in the Legislature and then served as director of the State Lands Department before