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An eye full of pie

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During the week of Nov. 16-20, students at the Absarokee High School held a food drive. The Student Council sponsored this event to collect food for the Absarokee Food Bank. In an attempt to increase participation, the Student Council came up with the idea to have a competition. A box was placed by each teacher’s classroom. Students and staff donated non-perishable food items into these boxes. The three teachers with the most food in their boxes got the “prize” of being hit in the face with banana cream pies.

Absarokee’s Snowflake Festival this Friday

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Friday is the night to get the holiday season into full swing with the Absarokee Snowflake Festival.

Gianforte announces COVID-19 Task Force

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Governor-elect Greg Gianforte’s COVID-19 Task Force is assembled and is already meeting.

Montana Air National Guard Adjutant Commander General Matthew Quinn is leading the task force in the same capacity he has served in since March on Governor Bullock’s Coronavirus Task Force.

Forrest Mandeville named to governor-elect Administrative Transition team

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Columbus resident and HD 57 state representative Forrest Mandeville has been named to Governor-elect Greg Gianforte’s Administrative Transition team.

Mandeville also chairs the State Administration Committee. The announcement was made late last week.

It is a non-paid position.

Gianforte has named the following people to various task forces and transition advisory teams recently:

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION

-David Bell, president and CEO of ALPS Corporation

-Don Bennett, president and CEO of Freedom Bank

TALKIN’ TURKEY

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STILLWATER STATS

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Young adults driving virus

As has been the case from almost the start, the age groups that are least likely to suffer serious complications from the COVID-19 virus are the people who are driving the virus.

Snowflake Festival set for Dec. 4

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The Christmas season kicks off in Absarokee with the popular Snowflake Festival on Friday, Dec. 4.

Santa will not be available for photos due to an abundance of caution this year, but there is still plenty of fun to be had, including a map contest, the wreath and gingerbread house competitions, an ugly snowboot competition, open houses at the Fishtail Store, the Upper Cut Salon and Paradise Printworks, decorating the town tree, a food truck, a pray for unity and dedication of a tree in memory of Absarokee Area Merchant member Nancy Chase, and of course, a parade.

The next steps in recreational marijuana law

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In the November general election, Montanans voted in two initiatives that set the stage for recreational marijuana in Montana.

I-190, which legalized the possession and use of marijuana, passed with 82,700 votes, or 56.9 percent. CI-118 set the age for legal purchase and consumption to 21 years-old and passed with 57.84 percent of the vote.

Despite the clear win for marijuana, there is a long road ahead before recreational sales are available.

Former Columbus pastor elected General Superintendent of the Evangelical Church

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Former Columbus pastor Jay Forseth has been elected General Superintendent of the Evangelical Church on the first ballot, with 63 percent of votes cast for 105 eligible candidates, according to a press release.

Forseth fills the unexpired term of former General Superintendent Brian Eckhardt until General Conference in the summer of 2022, according to a press release.

Forseth still lives in Columbus, where he served as the lead pastor of Columbus Evangelical Church from 2003 to 2017.