Sheridan Doctor Appointed President of MMA
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SPORTS A5 & A6 THE LOCAL NEWS OF THE MADISON VALLEY, RUBY VALLEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS Montana’s Oldest Publishing Weekly Newspaper. Established 1873 75¢ | Volume 143, Issue 51 www.madisoniannews.com October 15, 2015 Sheridan doctor appointed president of MMA Caitlin Avey of health care in Montana, and release from the MMA, Hen- stint where you move up through ily Practice Residency. He on behalf of physicians in the T M the meeting this past September drickson will take over for executive slots, starting with has been in Montana for 18 state and advocate for patients, [email protected] focused on the ongoing move- president, Carter Beck, M.D., of secretary-treasurer and on up to years; 13 of those have been which Hendrickson said is ment to use health care data to Missoula. Hendrickson is cur- presidency,” Hendrickson said. spent in Sheridan. Prior to his his primary responsibility. Roman Hendrickson, M.D., drive the rently a physician at the Ruby “You’re active for several years time in Sheridan, Hendrick- Hendrickson said the MMA of Sheridan was named the delivery Valley Hospital in Sheridan. before you take on a leadership son worked with the Indian has recently been involved in new president of the Montana of patient Hendrickson is a family role, which is important to learn Health Service out of Poplar. promoting education on pre- Medical Association during care, as practice physician and has been how the committee works.” “Working in frontier medi- scriptions of controlled sub- the annual MMA membership stated in a member of the MMA for 14 Hendrickson attended cine has allowed me to be an stances and issues with chronic and board of trustees meet- a press years. He has been a member medical school at the Col- advocate for healthcare issues pain, as well as looking to ing this past September. release. on the executive commit- lege of Medicine University of that occur in rural areas and expand access to telemedicine. The MMA is a statewide Ac- tee since 2009, when he was South Florida and completed to speak from a position of Hendrickson will as- physician membership organiza- Roman cording chosen to serve on the board. his residency with Halifax experience,” Hendrickson said. sume the role as president tion that discusses the delivery Hendrickson, M.D. to the “It’s basically a fi ve year Hospital Medical Center Fam- As president, he will speak of the MMA for one year. FALSE ALARMS Madison County Abibail Dennis/The Madisonian Hebgen Dam approves alarm system ordinance Caitlin Avey from the sheriff’s offi ce. T M The purpose of the resolu- [email protected] tion is to reduce the number of false alarms within Madison Last week, the Madison County. Sheriff Roger Thomp- County Commissioners passed son said that almost 99 percent a countywide ordinance, effec- of all triggered alarms result in tive Jan. 1, 2016, that requires false alarms and that he hopes alarm owners to register alarms the resolution will help to see a in Madison County, with the reduced number of false alarms. exemption of medical alarms, according to a press release Turn to ALARMS on pg. 2 Construction complete, NorthWestern prepares to release water Abigail Dennis rehabilitation. “When that take is located at the same “We’re not pulling di- SOURCE WATER T M gets to a point where it’s elevation as the original rectly from the bottom (of [email protected] safe, we will release water gates on the old intake. the reservoir) so we won’t through the new intake.” “The depth from where have any lake sediment,” he Virginia City slated Five years ago, NorthWest- A cofferdam is a tempo- it pulls water will be almost said. “No floating debris.” ern Energy began recon- rary enclosure that diverts the exactly the same,” he said. After the first few hours for groundwater struction on the intake of the water from where construc- “But that depth is deeper than of releasing water from the Hebgen Dam, which controls tion is happening. Divers are where we have been discharg- new intake, Cope said there investigation project the flow of the Madison used to demolish the cof- ing water for the last five will not be any noticeable River – that construction was ferdam, according to Cope, years (during construction).” changes to the Madison River. Abigail Dennis tor. “I wrote the proposal, completed this summer. which is why it would be un- That means the wa- “Aside from the short T M requesting they would con- “We’re still working on safe to open the intake before ter in the river will ini- term, the first few hours [email protected] sider (Virginia City) because demolishing the cofferdam, the cofferdam is taken down. tially be colder than it after it’s open, it will be we don’t know where our Earlier this month, the which is out in front of the “It’s looking like it will has been, Cope added. normal,” he said. “There source water is coming from.” Montana Bureau of Mines and intake,” said Benjamin Cope, be within a month or a As for any issues with will be no more sediment Knowing where the Geology selected Virginia City NorthWestern Energy’s month and a half,” he said. sediment, Cope said those town’s source water origi- Turn to HEBGEN on pg. 2 for a groundwater investigation. project manager for the dam Cope said the new in- should be nonexistent. nates is important, accord- “Every few years, the ing to Justin Gatewood, Bureau of Mines and Geology Virginia City councilman. puts out a call for proposals for “Right now we’ve been dic- doing groundwater investiga- tating our growth policy and a tions,” said Rebecca Ramsey, Traffi c blocked by semis, two separate incidents cause traveler delays Ruby Watershed Coordina- Turn to SOURCE H20 on pg. 2 Caitlin Avey the truck and T M reroute traffic. ANTELOPE IN THE RUBY [email protected] Highway 84 In a sepa- FWP releases data from Last Thursday, Oct. 8, a rate accident, semi trying to make a left a semi truck pronghorn survey hand turn onto Hwy 287 and trailer out headed into Ennis got stuck of Texas was Abigail Dennis Waltee recently released for nearly two hours, block- hauling a load T M antelope survey data he collected ing traffic near the Madison of crushed gar- [email protected] in Aug. 2015, for hunting districts Ranger District office. net and took 320, 321 and 330. According to “The driver tried to a corner too One of Fish, Wildlife and Waltee, generally defi ned, hunting take a sharp turn that re- fast, shifting Parks biologist Dean Waltee’s district 320 is the west side of the sulted in his truck getting the load and jobs is surveying many of Tobacco Root Mountains, hunting high centered,” said Sheriff overturning Montana’s animals, includ- district 321 is the Sweetwater Roger Thompson. “It took the truck on its ing antelope. Waltee’s survey and the Upper Ruby and hunt- us another semi to get in side, according area encompasses the western ing district 330 is the Centennial there and get it unstuck.” to Thompson. Caitlin Avey/The Madisonian portion of Madison County, the Valley and Sage Creek watershed. The Ennis fire department The accident Sgt. McCarthy, left, with the MHP was on Ruby Valley – for information scene after the semi rollover. The crash blocked “We have a hunting sea- along with city and county occurred about antelope populations in son on antelope,” Waltee said, deputies responded on traffi c for three and half hours before operat- Turn to SEMIS on pg. 2 ing a one-lane road through the accident site. the Madison Valley, check The scene to help remove Madisonian’s Aug. 20 edition. Turn to ANTELOPE on pg. 2 PLEASE PARTICIPATE!! TABLE OF CONTENTS The Madison County MENTAL HEALTH Needs Local News-----------------A3 Columns-------------------B3 Assessment Survey is online through Opinion, Obits ------A4&A6 Comics/Games-----------B4 November 22, at https://goo.gl/RmLru6. Sports-----------------------A5 Classifi eds---------------- B5 Hard copies are available at all local libraries. Lifestyle---------------------B1 Public Notices------------B8 Member Health & Wellness --------B2 Calendar------------------B10 FDIC Your input will be used to develop and improve mental health services in the County. P.O. Box 417 • Twin Bridges, MT P.O. Box 587 • Sheridan, MT 59754 59749 THANK YOU in advance for participating! Visit us online at (406) 684-5678 (406) 842-5411 Madison County Mental Health Local Advisory Council. www.madisoniannews.com A2 Thursday, October 15, 2015 HEBGEN from pg. 1 the intake began in 2009. The spillway to a NorthWestern Energy than what we usually see.” The dam needs to be able Following the intake reha- press release. “The spill- Conforming Mortgage Fixed Rates to withstand an earthquake bilitation project, NorthWest- way cofferdam is needed because the area is prone to ern Energy plans to begin to isolate the spillway from 30 Years - .000% Points Project history In 2005, an analysis of the seismic activity. In 1959, a 7.5 replacing the dam’s spillway. the reservoir for 2016.” 3.750% Rate 3.851% APR dam indicated the need for magnitude earthquake caused A new cofferdam will be con- According to Cope, a huge landslide that blocked structed in front of the spill- the new cofferdam for the 15 Years - .000% Points a new intake, one that could survive a maximum earth- the flow of the Madison River way, which is at the end of the spillway will be constructed Rate APR 2.875% 3.051% quake.