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Kircher Flume to Be Repaired MONTANA SPORTS Billings ‘castle’ owned MCC men top Rocky by man convicted in Mountain JV. Page 7 scam is for sale. Page 3 Miles City Monday, February 15, 2021 STARMiles City, Montana $1.00 Kircher Flume to be repaired By HANNA KAMBICH There are spots in the tin Star Staff Writer where eight-inch to 10-inch pipe sized amounts of water The Kircher Flume was on leaks out of the flume. Water display during the Tongue and traveling past the flume Yellowstone River Irrigation serves 3,573.1 acres. If this District (TYRID) meeting on structure were to fail, the Wednesday. whole ditch would have to be The Kircher Flume is east shut down to fix it. of Miles City and is used to The ditch provides water to measure the flow of water in irrigate 9,700 acres in total. open channels. Not only does the flume need Chad Raisland of Pioneer to be addressed, but also in Technical Services (PTI) pre- PTI’s presentation it was rec- sented a report on recommen- ommended to replace the dations to address the state of county road bridge near the Kircher Flume. The current flume in the process of structure is 100-years-old and replacing the flume. Replac- is constructed of timber and ing this bridge would mean tin lining that is beyond widening the road from a sin- repair. The only known repair gle lane bridge to a double done was the re-tinning that lane. was done in 1957. Construction is scheduled Raisland compared the tim- to start this fall after the con- ber structure of the flume to a clusion of irrigation season. bonfire if it were to ever (Contact Hanna Kambich catch on fire. at mcreporter@midrivers. According to Raisland, com or 406-234-0450.) Basketball Fun STAR PHOTOS/Sharon Moore MCC Head Women’s Basketball Coach Taylor Harris, above, gives some advice to player Rebekah Dallinger while she is on the bench during the game against Rocky Mountain College on Saturday afternoon. Tinlee Witcher, 6, took advantage of the music during half-time of the Pioneers women’s basketball game to go out in the middle of the court and create her own dance rou- tine to entertain the crowd. Tinlee is daughter of MCC Rodeo Coach Chris Witcher and several of the women from the MCC rodeo team were cheering her on along with the rest of the crowd. SUBMITTED PHOTO The Kircher Flume is set for some desperately needed con- struction once the irrigation season is over. US agency cancels Trump policy on conservation purchases BILLINGS (AP) — U.S. tion program would buy up Interior Department officials private property inside the on Thursday canceled a boundaries of places including Trump administration direc- Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Who’ll pay to clean up Colstrip? tive that gave local and state Park, Kentucky’s Green River officials power to block pur- National Wildlife Refuge and chases of land and water for Florida’s Everglades region. Bill takes on conservation under a long- Besides giving local offi- standing federal program. cials veto power, Bernhardt’s remediation, Acting Interior Secretary order also limited land acqui- Scott de la Vega rescinded a sitions to property inside the transmission November order from former existing boundaries of parks Secretary David Bernhardt and refuges, rather than line ownership that had been criticized by expanding their footprint. Republicans and Democrats, Trump administration offi- and stranded who said the Trump adminis- cials had said the order would tration ignored their wishes have allowed the government costs. when it changed a program to fulfill goals that were set that’s paid for billions of dol- when conservation areas were By AMANDA EGGERT lars in conservation work over created, by filling in missing Montana Free Press more than five decades. pieces of them. “Interior’s actions today Notable among the critics Depending who you ask, the affirm our support for one of of the order was Republican bill associated with cleaning America’s most successful Sen. Steve Daines of Montana, and plugging Colstrip’s seep- and popular conservation pro- a Trump loyalist who helped ing ash ponds will cost any- grams,” said Principal Deputy barter a bipartisan agreement where from $400 million to Assistant Interior Secretary that authorized the conserva- $700 million, and it’s not yet Shannon Estenoz in a state- tion fund purchases under the clear who will pay it. It’s also SUBMITTED PHOTO/MTFP The Colstrip ash pond is shown above. A bill associated with cleaning and plugging the leak- ment. “We look forward to Great American Outdoors unclear who will pay hundreds ing ash ponds will cost between $400 million to $700 million. further strengthening this Act. The measure was signed of millions of dollars of strand- successful program to ensure into law by then-President ed costs: infrastructure invest- the burden of those costs: Mon- is seeking to override recent decreasing the bond they that all communities – from Donald Trump in August, and ments that will ultimately lose tana’s energy consumers. He agreements between Colstrip would pay for remediation, hikers and sportsmen to urban Republicans were able to money once the coal plant said Colstrip owners, past and owners dealing with the plant’s and in order to undo those pre- and underserved communities point to it to blunt Democratic ceases operation entirely, present, should cover the full remediation. Molnar calls miums, he’s added language to – have access to nature and attacks against Daines and which could happen before the amount they’ve promised for these agreements “sweet- SB 176 dictating that bond the great outdoors.” other lawmakers over their decade ends. remediation, and that stranded heart” and “backroom” deals amounts “may not include a In November, officials record on environmental But in a hearing on Senate costs should be covered by that could leave Montanans on discount rate and must announced that $125 million in issues during the 2020 elec- Bill 176 this week Sen. Brad company shareholders, not the hook for up to $50 million. account for the total cost of congressionally authorized tion. Molnar, R-Laurel, indicated ratepayers. He says a premium has been remediation.” spending under the conserva- See “Policy,” page 5 who he thinks shouldn’t bear Among other things, Molnar offered to Colstrip owners See “Colstrip,” page 5 Visit our Website at www.milescitystar.com 2 – Monday, February 15, 2021 LOCAL / MONTANA Miles City Star Dear Abby Obituary Calendar Esther Irene Neibauer Student has trouble getting MONDAY nBridge (with 4 table Esther Irene Neibauer, and loved being a part of nPresidents’ Day members), 1 p.m., Drop-In longtime resident of Miles that community and serving nSession, 6 p.m., First Center. homework help from mom City, MT, passed away wherever she could. Presbyterian Church. nMiles City Public Li- DEAR ABBY: My mom is DEAR ABBY: A couple of peacefully at Holy Esther loved country nKircher School Board brary Board of Trustees mad at me. I have been a lit- our family members habitu- Rosary Residential western music and meeting, 7 p.m., Kircher meeting, 4 p.m., Miles City tle bad, but I always do the ally come late to gatherings, on February 11, the house was School. Public Library Meeting dishes, sweep, clear the table making the grand entrance. 2021. She was 93 often filled with nKnights of Columbus, 7 Room. and take out the trash. Every They attended a wedding years old. the sounds of p.m., Parish Hall, 520 N. nMiles City Soup Kitchen day when school is finished, I shower several years ago. Esther was the oldies or Montana Ave. Board, 5:15 p.m., First wait for Mom to get off work They arrived late, ate the born on May the latest and TUESDAY United Methodist Church, so she can help me with my food and socialized minimal- 4, 1927 in greatest stars nMardi Gras. 24 N. 11th St. homework, but when I do, ly. Just as the gifts were Hazelton, ND blasting from nArthritis Foundation Ex- nLadies trap shooting, 6 she gets upset, mad and frus- being opened, the two of then youngest the stereo or ercise Program, 8:30-9:30 p.m., Spotted Eagle Trap trated and stops talking to them got up, smiled at child of nine radio. She loved a.m., virtually. For informa- Range. Youth encouraged me. She tells me to do it everyone and walked out. children born to entertain and tion call 874-3370. to attend. myself, but I don’t know how The rest of us were shocked. to William & serve her baked nCuster County Food Bank nCity of Miles City Finance to do some. She says I’m Fifteen months later, the Christiana Wahl goods & amazing distribution, 9 a.m.-1:30 Committee meeting, 6 p.m., smart, but I don’t know if I two attended a baby shower who had immigrated holiday meals, and p.m., 15 N. 8th St. (across Miles City Hall Conference am. Please help me because I for the same relative. Again, to the United States from even at an older age, looked from the Park Place Ban- Room and Zoom. want my mom happy. — they arrived late and barely Russia. She grew up on forward to her weekly “coffee quet Facility). nMiles City Unified Board STUCK STUDENT IN interacted with anyone. their farm working in the with the girls” that she would nMiles City Soup Kitchen, of Trustees Review of NORTH CAROLINA When the meal was served, fields, loving and caring for invite friends from church in 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., First Health and Safety Reopen- DEAR STUDENT: O f they ate and, just as the pres- the animals and learning to sit and visit awhile.
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