Garfield County High School - Remuda Yearbook (Jordan, MT)

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State John Ryan John Ryan is Garfield County's representative at the state level; he started his first two-year term in 1981, and is currently beginning his second term. Mr. Ryan says the most interesting part of his job has been meeting lots of nice people. He lives in rural Brusett with his wife, Shirley. They are the parents of five adult daugh- ters: Elva (Highland), Margie (Phipps), Nora Lou (Kreitel), Sharon (Nelson), and Shirley Kay (Jo) Ryan. Some of the people who work at the State level in Jordan include Norma Hov- ers on, Assessor, and Muff Engdahl, Deputy Assessor. Clancy Rich is the Class - ifier and Appraiser. Garfield County does not have a Welfare De - partment of its own; however, case workers from Miles City do drive out to Jordan to meet with the County Comm- issioners once a month. Bernie Hildebrandt is a Wildlife Biologist working for the State Fish and Game in Jordan. is our representative A unique event took place in Montana this November; a state animal was voted on in a primary election, with school students of Montana voting. Out of this primary election, the top two ani; mals were voted on in a general election. The two animals on the ballot were the grizzly bear and the elk, with the grizzly win- ning the most votes for state animal. At GCHS four students worked on a campaign for each animal and supervised voting pro- cedures. This project was done in conjunction with Mr. Kloker’s Government class, and the students working were Diane Kibler, Kent Clark, Debbie Graham, and Lori West. Working for the State Dep- artment of Highways are: Gordon Gould, of Cohagen, who is a section man; Jack Coil, also of Cohagen, is a truck driver. Jordan high- way workers include Norman Kerr, section man. Dale Bollinger, and Wes Watson. In the Flowing Well area, highway workers are Glen Bollinger, Dan Hansard, and Terry Mumion. at state level CLOCKWISE FROM BELOW: JOHN RYAN, ASSESSOR NORMA HOVERSON, DPT. ASSESSOR MUFF ENG- DAHL, STUDENTS VOT- ING FOR STATE ANI- MAL 19

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 Nation Ernest Fogle enjoys 27 years as postal employee At. the time of the writing of this article, Ron - aid Reagan is the President of the United States, and George Bush is the Vice - President. Montana’s Con- gressmen in Washington D. C. are Senators John Melcher and Max Baucus, and Repre-- sentatives are Ron Marlenee and Pat Williams. Noteworthy newsbits of the nation include the defeat of the E. R. A. .the crime wave still rising with a deluge of drugs being tampered with while still on the store shelves, resulting in several people being fatally poisoned. The cost of living is still rising, which in combination with the unemployment situation made many Americans wonder just what lay in store for 1983. Closer to home, citizens of eastern Montana were in a turmoil over the possibility of Cuban refugees being moved into a refugee camp in Glasgow. In Jordan, a new post office building was erected at the end of the Main Street, but as of yet, it has not been put to use because of some building standards that have not been met. Ernest Fogle, who has not yet retired, but is planning to, has been a postal employee for close to 27 years. Mr. Fogle says the most interesting part of his job has been meeting and serving the public. He lives here in Jordan with his wife, Almeada. They have nine children: Elaine, Ernie, Judy, Lyle, Rob, Tom, Steve, Keith, and David. Current employees at the. Garfield County Post Office are Laurel O’ Connor and Kathy Montgomery, both Postal Clerlts. Terry Steinert, a Postal Office Administrator, drives out to Jordan from Miles City. Al Ridgeway and Dave Ben nett work on the C. M.R. Game Refuge which covers a fraction over 1 million acres and has five satellites (small refugesjlocated near Billings and Roundup. Some of the wildlife found on the refuge in - elude: elk, bighorn steep, mule and whitetail deer, antelope, pheasants, sage grouse, sharptails, partridges. There are also golden and bald eagles, and prairie falcons, both of which are on the endangered species list. THE NEW A.S.C.S S.C.S. BUILDING Working in the new A. S. C. S. S.C.S. office building are Alan Barnes, County Executive Director for the A. S. C. S., and Evelyn Ritter, who is the A.S.C.S. Clerk. Ken Padgett is the District Conservationist for the S.C.S., and Stewart Greer is the Soil Conservation Technician. Sonja Turner is the District Clerk for the S. C. S. Working in Garfield County for the B.L. M. is Gary Peterson, who is a range technician, with some help coming out from Miles City. THE QUESTIONABLE RESULTS OF VIDEO GAME MANIA!!! ERNEST FOGLE 18

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Garfield County Trumbo, and Ted Schmidt County commissioners are the administrative officials of the county. They administer the • county programs mandated by state law and also the county services desired by the residents. This includes county roads, airports, fairs, welfare, hosp- ital-nursing home, junk ve- hicle, aging services, mental health, county health nurse, alcohol and drug programs, and rural fire control to men- tion a few. As administrators, they are also responsible for setting the budgets of all departments, raising reven- ue, establishing the mill levies, managing the county revenue in- vestments, insurance, county buildings, etc. It is also the responsibility of the commissioners to see that other elected officials of the county complete the work which is delegated to them by state law. I figured that they were pretty busy, so I hurried on to the next room where Betty Stafford was frantically trying to organize herself on her first day in the job November election brings changes in Garfield County Kenneth Coulter, John Rath Almeada Fogle Garfield County was established on February 7, 1919. W. C. Hen- derson started the campaign for a separate county. At the time this area was the western part of Dawson County. Garfield County was named after President James Garfield. Jordan became the county seat. An old dance hall was temporarily used as the courthouse and is still being used today. This reporter toured the court- house January 3, 1983. In the first room bn the left, the com- missioners kindly posed for a picture. They are Kenneth Coul- ter, who has been in office 12 years, Ted Schmidt and John Trumbo, who were both elected this year. Lester Guptill Jr. Dorothy 20