As a direct result of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.,secured $500,000 in Corridor Identification and Development funds for the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority to develop a comprehensive passenger rail plan to reinstate the historic North Coast Hiawatha Amtrak route through southern Montana. Selection for Corridor ID funds designates the North

The Montana Pulse Crop Committee invites proposals to fund market development and educational projects designed to promote and enhance Montana’s pulse industry. The Montana Pulse Crop Research & Marketing Program aims to stimulate and expand Montana’s pulse crop industry through research, promotion, and market development of pulse crops grown in Montana. For the complete Request for

Lustre’s fifth and sixth grade band per- formed recently. Jeannie Hathaway, the EMB pastor’s wife, was the speaker at the Lustre MB Church ladies’ Christmas party on Dec. 4. Emcee Lisa Neufeld welcomed the 50 women who enjoyed a salad supper and dessert. The high school girls were special guests and LCHS alumni Kaitlyn Brown and Emily Eggar sang O Come, O Come Emmanuel. Jennifer Zerbe