FLOAT ON... Stapleton to Visit Madison County
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
FAIR SECTION ON PAGES A8 AND A9 THE LOCAL NEWS OF THE MADISON VALLEY, RUBY VALLEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS Montana’s Oldest Publishing Weekly Newspaper. Established 1873 75¢ | Volume 147, Issue 34 Thursday, August 1, 2019 Secretary FLOAT ON... Stapleton to visit Madison County Submitted by SUSAN AMES Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton will be visiting Madison County on his Things That Matter outreach tour. He will be discussing ways to help commerce thrive and learn about the community. Stapleton will host a public meeting on Thursday August 8, 2019 at the Sportsman Lodge in Ennis for local business owners and residents. He will discuss ways his office can be helpful and will take audience ques- tions. A representative of the Ennis Chamber of Commerce will also give an update on local subjects of interest. A no-host lunch is available. What: Things That Matter Business Roundtable Lunch Where: Sportsman Lodge in Ennis, Montana When: August 8, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. Who: Business owners and the public are welcome to attend RSVP: HTTPS://SOSmt. Montana Secretary of State gov/ttm-rsvp/ Corey Stapleton See more photos of Twin Bridges’ Annual Floating Floatilla on page A2. This image of grizzly movement tracking via Madison County telemetry by airplane is from 2016/ 911-Dispatch Upgrade PHOTO COURTESY OF USGS, PUBLIC DOMAIN Technology advancement for Madison County 911-dispatch in the near future BY HANNAH KEARSE “Minutes count here,” available for all Montana Pub- [email protected] Madison County 911-Dispatch lic Safety Answer Point agen- Communication Manager, cies, which includes 911-dis- Madison County 911-Dis- Lynda Holt, said. “Our pro- patches, law enforcement, fire patch was approved a $270,000 tocol is to dispatch within 90 departments and emergency grant from the State of seconds after the phone call.” medical services. Montana 911 Program in The project is in the bid- Madison County requested May, to update its equipment. ding stage, where contractors $270,000 from the funds for a Plane crash south of Ennis, Madison County’s emergency are providing estimated costs new CAD system and was ap- response and dispatch record and their capabilities of in- proved its full request. keeping will be more efficient stalling the new system. Cur- “Everything starts with both passengers walk away with the installation of a new rently, three companies have CAD,” Holt said. computer-aided dispatch sys- proposed their services. It’s the system that in- tem, which could be operating Holt wants to make sure forms first responders, a legal Observational flight used for monitoring as soon as next summer. that the company chosen will record of a 911-call or a police From the moment 911-dis- be able to transfer the old data dispatch page and a timeline patch receives a civilian’s call to the new system, implement regarding the call or page. grizzly bear activity or an officer’s page, they are the new equipment and train Insurance companies, courts providing information to first the individuals who will oper- and involved individuals can BY KEELY LARSON described this type of plane as who was also the pilot, and a responders and assisting the ate it. request to have access to that [email protected] a, “two-seat, high-wing, utility scientist working for USGS. call in many ways. A major “We’d rather go slow with legal record. Otherwise, the aircraft,” via email correspon- “They’re part of our annual sur- advancement for Madison it and get it right the first system is confidential because On July 17, an Aviat-1A dence. Two people were aboard veys of population monitoring of County 911-Dispatch, working time, than scramble to get it it contains information like Husky crashed into a meadow the plane at the time of the crash, the Greater Yellowstone Grizzly with a new CAD system, is the going and get it wrong,” Holt past criminal8/19-20 convictions, “WAYs35 miles WesT” south of Ennis. Al- including the pilot. Bear. (It is) one piece of data used ability for the 12+ programsWhile to one’ssaid. oWN TWO LEGS WASlicense A FINE plate WAY numbers TO and MAKE ad- ITlen TO Kenitzer, NEVADA with the CITY, Office THERE of TheWERE passengers MANY consisted OTHER of OPTIONS.in annual monitoring,” Suzanna interface with the CAD system About $6.2 million were dresses. Only the sheriff’s de- Communications at the Federal a contractor hired by the United that is communicating with Aviation Administration (FAA), States Geological Survey (USGS), CRASH continued on A2 first responders. UPGRADE continued on A2 LIVING HISTORY AUGUST 3 & 4 “modern mediCine?” LOCATED IN THE NEVADA CITY MUSEUM. From amputations to typhoid the doctors and midwives had much to attend to. How does the town respond to the epidemics that sweep through? Montana Heritage Commission | PO Box 338 | Virginia City, MT 59755 www.virginiacitymt.com | 406-843-5247 TABLE OF CONTENTS LOCAL NEWS ................................................................................ 1-6 COMICS/GAMES ........................................................................... B4 OPINIONS ..........................................................................................4 CLASSIFIEDS ................................................................................. B5 Visit us online @ PANORAMA .................................................................................... B1 PUBLIC NOTICES .......................................................................... B6 HEALTH & WELLNESS .................................................................. B2 OUTPOST .....................................................................................B10 www.madisoniannews.com COLUMNS ...................................................................................... B3 THE MADISONIAN A2 August 1, 2019 UPGRADE continued FROM A1 partment, detention adminis- system to alert and inform all go to the responders’ cell and send out ‘I am Respond- trators and dispatch services first responders. It sometimes phones, but this program isn’t ing” information. can access this information. freezes and some fields have part of the current CAD sys- The current CAD system Madison County’s 911-Dis- character limitation that are tem. The information has to is from 2004. At the time, patch services has three problematic. be entered into both. It’s time it was the most technologi- Custom Building Design responding stations, each with The map illuminated on consuming, especially when cally advanced system of its & six screens of information the screen above the CAD is multiple things are going on. kind on the market, but so towering over the operators a program called Rapid SOS, ‘I am Responding’ is con- was the Motorola Razr for sitting in rolling desk chairs. it accurately uses cell phones’ sidered a secondary resource cellphones and the iPod for Multiple programs operate on GPS to locate a 911-call. The ‘I because when the current Apple Inc. Technology dates most of the screens, except for Am Responding’ and Text 911 CAD system was installed, itself quickly, an aspect that a the screen sitting front and programs also use that screen depending on cell phones for new CAD system can adjust to center, the CAD. but only one window can be immediate information wasn’t with updatable software. Currently, with the Swift opened at the same time. a reliable option. According to “CAD is set up to grow Justice CAD system, the The ‘I am Responding’ pro- Holt, the program is a primary with us,” Holt said. “We’ve • Conventional Frame Homes 911- dispatch operator has to gram updates first responders resource in today’s culture and just outgrown the current type information from the with incoming information as technology. The new CAD sys- one.” • Commercial Remodels & Additions other programs into the CAD units are in route. The updates tem will automatically update • Hand-crafted Log Homes All phases of construction, design and consulting e-mail: [email protected] | www.bandeconstruction.com brad bullock 581-4117 | ken evans 490-2758 | office 682-7942 Madison County p.o. box 1444 Ennis, MT 59729 911-Dispatch Communication Manager, Lynda Holt, using the current computer- aided dispatch system, Swift Justice, at the Madison County Dispatch office on July 26. PHOTO BY HANNAH KEARSE CANCELED CRASH continued FROM A1 Soileau, outreach coordinator after 8:00 a.m., Joe Brummell, spond to injuries. Once the plane took the passengers to Bozeman with USGS, stated. Deputy Director of Emergency crashed, it was engulfed in flame, Deaconess and arrived after 11 Annual reports from these Management in Madison County but the passengers were luck- a.m. Since the meadow was on Lisa Brubaker, LCSW, LLC observational flights are added explained. “Essentially they were ily able to get out. The scientist federal land, the Beaverhead/ to the USGS website by the doing observations, looking for on board attended the Aviation Deer Lodge fire crew from the Licensed Clinical Social Worker Interagency Grizzly Bear Com- grizzly bears, and they were tak- Accident Report in Bozeman on Madison District responded to mittee (IGBC), which provides ing a turn to look back because Tuesday. the scene. “(It was a) good learn- It’s never too late to find balance. reproductive rates of grizzlies, they saw a sow and three cubs, Response time was speedy ing curve, unfortunately. Actions PO Box 602 data that estimates survival and some of the winds com- and efficient. The scientist with happen like that and kind of test Ennis, Montana 59729 and annual mortality levels