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Missing woman’s body found
near Fallon
By
Jamie Ausk Crisafulli
Ranger-Review Staff Writer
The
body of missing Glendive woman Susan Casey was found
Tuesday in the Yellowstone River near Fallon in Prairie
County.
According
to Dawson County Sheriff Craig Anderson, the body
was immediately turned over to the Dawson County coroner
and transported to Billings for an autopsy. As a result
of the the autopsy, the body was identified as that
of Casey, who had been missing since mid-April, stated
Anderson Wednesday morning.
Dawson
County law enforcement authorities have been searching
for Casey, 34, since April 12 when she was last seen
in downtown Glendive.
The
initial search for Casey included hundreds of volunteers
and officers, covering about 1,700 square miles in
Dawson County alone. Although the official search
was suspended April 17, law enforcement agencies have
continued their efforts, and the search focus has
been on the Interstate and Yellowstone River corridors
between Glendive and Billings. The Dawson County Sheriff’s
Office enlisted the assistance of the Department of
Homeland Security Black Hawk helicopter on several
occasions during the search, the most recent being
last week. Search and Rescue boats have been conducting
searches on the river over the past weeks as well.
One
arrest related to the case was made two days following
Casey’s disappearance when Casey’s ex-husband
Walter “Marty” Martin Larson, 37, was booked
in to the Yellowstone County jail on a Dawson County
warrant.
Casey
had a permanent order of protection against Larson,
her ex-husband. A complaint filed by Dawson County
Sheriff Craig Anderson resulting in the warrant stated,
“During the course of a missing person case your
affiant discovered numerous and repeated attempts
made by the defendant to the cell phone of the petitioner,
Susan Casey. The defendant’s Verizon cell phone
call detail history showed 44 attempts from April
10, 2008 to April 12, 2008 that he made to the cell
phone of the petitioner, Susan Casey.”
Larson
posted a $5,000 bond and was released. He later appeared
in Dawson County Justice Court and pleaded not guilty
to a misdemeanor charge of violating an order of protection.
He is being represented by a public defender. A pre-trial
hearing has been scheduled for June 11.
Glendive
school mill levies fail
By
Kim Wiseman
Ranger-Review Staff Writer
Glendive
schools mill levy requests failed for the second year
in a row.
Not
only did the 2007 $43,000 mill levy request in the
Glendive High School District fail, but Tuesday’s
requests for Dawson County voters to pass the Glendive
Elementary School District $96,429 mill levy and the
Glendive High School District $46,889 mill levy also
failed.
The
election results, unofficial at this time, weighed
in at 630 for and 717 against the Glendive Elementary
School District mill levy, and 619 for and 710 against
the Dawson County High School District mill levy.
Glendive
and area schools have faced budget constraints due
to dropping enrollment and increased costs.
“It
is unfortunate that the levies didn’t pass. I
realize that the faltering economy had much to do
with it and that inadequate state funding is going
to have to be addressed in the next legislative session.
We will continue the process of making spending cuts,
and because so much of the budget is salaries, we’ll
have to look at personnel and class sizes over the
next few years,” said Glendive Superintendent
Jim Germann.
Other
school mill levies in the county passed Tuesday.
The
Lindsay District 367 $3,660 mill levy passed with
42 votes for and 32 votes against.
Also
passing was the Richey District #2 78J mill levy request
of $4,525 with 88 votes for and 26 votes against.
Savage
District 7J passed its mill levy, with 97 votes for
and 24 votes against.
The
Tuesday election ballots also gave voters the chance
to vote for area school board candidates.
Contested
races were that of Bloomfield District 30 and Savage
District 7J while the position representing Deer Creek
District 3 on the Glendive Unified School Board had
no candidates.
In
Bloomfield, Shawn Walker was re-elected to the school
board with 24 votes, while Linda Borntrager had 20.
The board position is a three-year term.
Kylee
Lange, with 86 votes, and Mark Tombre, with 67 votes,
were elected to three-year terms on the Savage School
Board. Jim Miller received 64 votes.
Several
other board trustees were elected by acclamation to
the Lindsay, Deer Creek, Richey and Glendive school
boards.
In
Lindsay District 367, Jim Durbin was elected to a
three-year term. Carlena Quinn was re-elected to a
two-year term and Ben Rahr to a three-year term in
Deer Creek District 3. In Richey, Marlin Johnston
was re-elected and Mary Zimdars elected to three-year
terms. Jeanne Seifert was also re-elected by acclamation
to a three-year term on the Glendive Unified School
District #1 board.
Area
receives inches of much needed rain
By
Amanda Breitbach
Ranger-Review Staff Writer
The
rain which began falling Wednesday night and continued
through Thursday more than quadrupled the total precipitation
for the year in Dawson County.
“I
have to tell you, Dawson County was the big winner,”
said meteorologist Tanja Fransen with the National
Weather Service in Glasgow. She noted that precipitation
totals from six weather stations in the area ranged
from 1.89 to 3.17 inches. Dawson Community Airport
received 2.16 inches of precipitation, while a station
in West Glendive received 2.51 and the Water Treatment
Plant station received 3.17 inches.
“You
got your monthly normal in one day ... That is impressive,”
Fransen said. Average precipitation for the area during
the entire month of May is 2.08 inches.
The
rain came just in time for local farmers who are nearly
through with seeding spring crops. Until this storm,
year-to-date precipitation in the county sat at just
.94 inches.
In
fact, just before the rainfall, the Dawson County
Commissioners drafted a letter to Montana Lt. Governor
John Bohlinger, Chairman of the Montana Drought Advisory
Committee, asking that the county’s designation
be changed from “moderately dry” to “severely
dry.”
Based
on low precipitation totals and the increased number
of wildland fires, the commissioners asked the committee
to review the data and make adjustments to the county’s
drought status.
Disaster
and Emergency Services Coordinator Pam Crisafulli
said the letter will still be submitted, noting that
a single rain does not reverse drought conditions.
Crisafulli said the county was trying to be proactive,
to make sure that the drought committee had accurate
precipitation numbers in case the drought persists.
Obituaries
The
following obituaries appeared in The Ranger-Review
the week of May 4, 2008.
Francis J. Carrigan died
April 27, 2008, in Seattle.
Walter
E. Kaiser, 81,
died May 2, 2008 at the Glendive Medical Center in
Glendive.
SPORTS
DCC Bucs will play in Region championship
By
Kevin Miller
Ranger-Review Staff Writer
The
Dawson Community College Baseball team attended the
Mon-Dak Conference tournament in Bottineau, N.D. The
team’s first game was against Williston State.
CC
started out with a one run inning in the 1st inning
and scored three more in the 4th. The Bucs held Williston
scoreless until the 5th, when they scored one.
Dawson
went into the top of the 9th leading 4-1. Williston
scored four in the inning and the Bucs did not answer
back.
Shelby
Lindley pitched all nine innings. His record is now
6-1. Lindley went 2-4 with 2 RBIs. Kevin BeBeau was
1-3 and had an RBI. David Doerr went 1-4 and also
had an RBI. The Bucs only had one error, but it was
costly.
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Dawson
would then face MSU-Bottineau in its second game.
The Bucs had 19 hits in this game to take a 13-10
victory. Zach Griffith was the winning pitcher. Jeff
Allen went 2-4 with 3 RBIs. Doerr was 3-4, Brady Zimmerman
was 4-6 and had 2 runs batted in. Chad Berg went 2-5
with 2RBI. Griffith helped his own cause by hitting
2-4 and hit in a run. Lindley also went 3-6 with 3
RBIs.
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DCC 111 142 03x - 13 19 2
The
Buccaneers moved on to their final opponent of the
tournament, Bismarck State. Bismarck started with
four runs in the first. They held the lead through
out the game.
The
Bucs were able to put some runs on the board with
the help of Griffith going 1-5 with 2 RBIs, Danny
Bennett going 1-4 with 2RBIs and Doerr going 2-3.
Robbie Radakovich started the game and pitched four
innings. Chad Berg pitched five.
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DCC 011 001 002 - 5 8 2
DCC
now with a record of 22-18 goes to Miles City to play
MCC for the Region IX Championship, Saturday, May
10 at 3 and 5 p.m. An “if necessary game”
is scheduled for Sunday. This is a best out of three
series, with the winner advancing to the sub-regional
in Iowa, May 17 and 18.
Track
teams place fifth
By
Kevin Miller
Ranger-Review Staff Writer
The
DCHS track athletes participated in the Cowboy and
Cowgirl invitational meet in Miles City on Monday.
Both the girls‚ and boys‚ teams finished
in 5th place out of nine teams that competed.
On
the boys‚ side of the meet Derek Ohs and Ty Meiers
claimed 1st place finishes for the Red Devils. Ohs
continues to excel in the long jump as he took home
the 1st place award with a jump of 20-11. Meiers has
yet to be beat this season in the high jump and Monday
was no exception as he cleared 6-3 to win in Miles
City. Ohs also finished 2nd in the 100m and 400m.
Both Ohs and Meiers ran legs of the 4 x 100 relay
and 4 x 400 relay for DCHS, which placed 6th and 4th
respectively.
For
the Lady Red Devils Nocona Frame and Ashley Skillestad
led the way. Frame and Skillestad, along with Sadie
Sampson and Lillian Temple won the girls‚ 4 x
400 relay in a time of 4:16.20. Frame placed 2nd in
both the 800m and the 1600m, while Skillestad picked
up a 2nd in the 100m. Mackenzie Clayton finished 3rd
in the 100m hurdles and Sampson finished 3rd in the
300m hurdles.
Next
up for the teams is the Jock Stop night meet at Perham
Field on Friday. This will be the last competition
for the track and field teams before their Eastern
A divisional meet in Miles City.
Boys
Results
100–Derek
Ohs, 11.14, Second Place; Shay Bender, 11.66, Sixth
Place; Cody Miller, 12.20; Darien Saeman, 12.49; Eli
Bachmeier, 13.21
200–Cole Muller, 23.86; Bender, 24.09; Saeman,
25.35; Ty Meiers, 25.54; Cody Miller, 25.81; Russell
Howard, 25.98; Jamie Iwaniak, 26.16
400–Ohs, 52.05, Second Place; Cole Muller, 54.19;
Shay Bender, 54.76; Howard, 57.63; Miller, 59.23
1600–Kyle Fife, 5:01.30; Iwaniak, 5:33.00
3200–Fife, 11:13.90, Fourth Place
300 Hurdles–Howard, 48.89; Iwaniak, 52.12
4x100 (45.86, Sixth Place)–Muller; Ty Meiers;
Bender; Ohs
4x400 (3:39.60, Fourth Place)–Bender (55.0);
Muller (53.6); Meiers (57.1); Ohs (54.3)
Long Jump–Derek Ohs, 20-11, First Place; Saeman,
19-5, Sixth Place
Triple Jump–Saeman, 38-8
High Jump–Ty Meiers, 6-3, First Place
Shot Put–Garrett Goroski, 39-9; Justin Schaaf,
39-4; Bryce Benson, 38-11 1/2;
Javelin–Bryan Benson, 123-8; Bryce Benson, 124-4;
Eli Bachmeier, 93-5
Girls
Results
100–Ashley
Skillestad, 13.01, Second Place; Erin Jones, 14.49
200–Ashley Schwartz, 32.8
400–Skillestad, 651.76, Fourth Place; Jessica
Berg, 65.20; Tori Shoopman, 65.95
800–Nocona Frame, 2:32.38, Second Place; Shoopman,
2:36.28, Fifth Place; Berg, 2:42.00
1600–Frame, 5:33.70, Second Place; Sabrina Temple,
6:55.00
3200–Caitlin Taggert, 13:14.90, Fifth Place;
Sabrina Temple, 14:52.00
100/110 Hurdles–Mackenzie Clayton, 17.05, Third
Place; Karissa Linn, 17.06, Fourth Place; Sadie Sampson,
17.59; Schwartz, 21.16
300–Sampson, 50.00, Third Place; Linn, 51.02,
Sixth Place; Mackenzie Clayton, 52.29; Schwartz, 60.16
4x100 (53.87)–Karissa Linn; Lillian Temple; Sampson;
Skillestad
4x400 (4:16.20, First Place)–Sampson (65.7);
Frame (62.4); Lillian Temple (66.1); Skillestad (62.3)
4x400 (4:29.50)–Clayton (67.5); Shoopman (66.8);
Linn (66.1); Berg (69.0)
Long Jump–Erin Jones, 14-11 1/4, Sixth; Clayton,
14-8 3/4; Skillestad, 14-0;
Triple Jump–Temple, 32-5 1/2, Fourth Place; Linn,
32-1 1/4, Sixth Place; Jones, 31-0
High Jump–Temple, 5-0
Pole Vault–Sampson, 8-6; Alex Burman, 7-6
Shot Put–Megan Armstrong, 22-8
Discus–Armstrong, 82-4;
Javelin–Lacey Olson, 76-0; Alex Burman, 54-0
Tennis
teams continue improving
The
Dawson County High School tennis teams competed at
the Mayfair Tennis Tournament in Billings over the
weekend.
Three
members of the girls’ team - Ashlea Duke, Ashlee
Burman, and Katie Turner – and two members of
the boys’ team – Josh Hill and Amadeo Lamphier
– were undefeated over the weekend.
The
girls’ team record indicates 15 wins and 6 losses
while the boys have improved to 16 and 5 overall.
“The
teams are continuing to improve,” said tennis
coach Rich Lindgren. “The tournament provided
much needed court time to help preparation for the
Divisional Tournament May 15 and 16 in Billings.”
The
JV squads were set to finish their seasons Monday
against Gillette and Thursday against Dickinson, with
all matches being held in Glendive. The Gillette matches
start 10 a.m. Monday and the Dickinson matches will
begin 3:30 on Thursday. Matches will begin in Miles
City 9 a.m.
Girls'
Team Results:
Glendive-4
vs. Lewistown-3; Glendive-3 vs. Livingston-4; Glendive-7
vs. Billings Central II-0; Glendive-4 vs. Dillon-3;
Glendive-6 vs. Cody-1; Glendive-3 vs. Billings Central-4.
Girls
Singles Individual Results
Megan
Geiger, G, defeated Abby Knabb,L, 6-4, 6-0; lost to
Annah Aerosmith,Liv, 6-0, 6-0; defeated Taylor Steubs,
BC #2,6-0, 6-0; defeated Stacia Velasco, D, 6-4, 6-0;
lost to Brigetta Roney, C, 6-4, 2-6, (3).
Ashlea Duke G, defeated Shani Anderson, L, 6-0, 6-0;
defeated Megan Chapman, Liv, 6-3, 6-1; defeated Devon
Beddow, BC #2, 6-0, 6-0; defeated Kelsi Nordahl, D,
6-0, 6-3; defeated Jill Ross, C, 6-2, 6-2; defeated
Whitney Frank, BC # 2, 6-0, 6-1.
Ashlee Burman, G, defeated Taylor Machler, L, 6-0,
6-0; defeated Alexandra Ricketts, Liv, 6-1, 6-1; Katelynn
Hanser, BC #2; 6-0, 6-0; defeated Emily Paffhausen,
D, 7-6 (4), 7-5; defeated Mary Taggart. C. 6-0, 6-1;
defeated Katie Wilmouth, BC, 6-0, 6-0.
Katie Turner, G, defeated Abby Gordon, L, 6-4, 6-2;
defeated Victoria Foster, Liv, 6-4, 5-7 (0); defeated
Maggie Wilmouth, BC #2; 6-1, 6-0; defeated Sara Downey,
D, 0-6, 7-6(4), 7-6 (4); defeated Christa Muriari,
C, 6-4, 6-0; defeated Taylor Steubs, BC, 6-4, 6-0.
Girls
Doubles Individual Results
Blair
Milne-Carly Selvig lost to Diamond Braine-Kylie Jimmerson,
L, 7-6(5), 6-4; lost to Hanna Barney-Mollie Morrow,
Liv, 6-2, 6-1; defeated Kate Stanley-Christine Ray,
BC #2, 6-2, 6-0; lost to Sammi Mitchell-Anna Brammer,
D, 6-1, 6-3; defeated Shaeralyn Jones-Susie George,
C, 6-0, 6-0; lost to Cathy Muskett-Katie Dahlin, BC,
6-2, 6-2.
Kallie Madler-Whitney Ripley lost to Kate Menger-Samantha
Kindred, L, 6-1, 6-1; lost to Kay Hall-Emmie-Handle,
Liv, 6-2, 6-2; lost to Laura Briggs-Jo Wehile, D,
6-2, 7-6(1); defeated Beth Miller- Janelle Scheitlin,
G, 6-1, 6-1; defeated Saraj Gillette-Kylee Leidholt,
BC #2; 6-2, 7-5.
Janelle Scheitlin-Beth Miller lost to Sarah Rice-Dez
Bergstrom, L, 8-7; lost to Katie Condon-Dani Hendrickson,
Liv, 6-2, 6-2; defeated Megan Lewis-Cailin Shipp,
BC#2, 6-4, 7-6 (4); lost to Kallie Madler-Whitney
Ripley, G, 6-1, 6-1; lost to Erin Rose-Alie Stanesitch,
D, 5-7, 7-5, (5).
Katy Peterson-Kelsey Tweit lost to Kylee Snapp-Marian
Ferry, L, 6-4, 6-4; lost to Mariah Gersack-Lainey
Harriman, Liv, 6-1, 3-6, (5); defeated Megan Rothstien-Naomi
Yakavich, BC #2, 6-2, 6-1; lost to Alyse Baker-Nadine
Dietrich,D, 6-2, 6-4; defeated Savannah Bailey-Kaelin
Roach, C, 6-0, 6-0, lost to Jessie Robinson-Lindsay
Sebastian, BC, 6-1, 6-1.
Boys'
Team Results
Glendive-4
vs. Livingston-3; Glendive-6 vs. Cody-1; Glendive-5
vs. Billings Central-2; Glendive-3 vs. Lewistown-4;
Glendive-7 vs. Hardin-0; Glendive-5 vs. Miles City-5;
Boys'
Singles Individual Results
Blake
Anderson, G, lost to Rex Allen, Liv, 7-6 (3), 1-6,
(5); defeated Don Brockus, C, 7-6 (3), 6-2; lost to
Ben Nearpass, BC, 6-3, 2-1; lost to Justin Hartford,
L, 6-1, 6-1; defeated Chance Johnson, H, 6-1, 6-2.
Brook Murphy, G, defeated Chaz Goodwine, Liv, 6-2,
6-4; defeated Jake Dunn, C, 3-6, 6-2, (3); defeated
Tomay O'Leary, BC, 6-2, 6-3;
Jesse Orcutt, G, defeated John Sweeney , Liv, 4-6,
6-3, (2); defeated Nick Mainini, C, 6-4, 6-1.
Caleb Zody,G, defeated Tyler Nelson, BC, 6-1, 6-4;
lost to Shane Parker, L, 6-2, 6-2; defeated Jordan
Couch, H, 6-2, 7-6(4).
Amadeo Lamphier, G, defeated Leith Wilson, L, 7-5,
6-3; defeated Keith Francis, H, 6-1, 6-3; defeated
Michael Muggli, MC, 6-2, 6-0.
Josh Hill, G, defeated John Pankartz, C, 6-0, 6-1.
Christian Hannesson, G, defeated Isaac, Rost, MC,
6-2, 6-3.
Jeremy Orcutt, G, defeated John Sweeney, Liv, 4-6,
6-3, (2); defeated Nick Mainini, C, 6-4, 6-1; defeated
Logan Daines, BC, 4-6, 6-2, (4); defeated Seth Maly,
L, 6-4, 6-1; defeated Patrick Doyle, H, 7-5, 6-1;
defeated Joao Pinheiro, MC, 7-6(1), 6-2.
Deric Holden, G, defeated Chaz Goodwine, L, 8-6; lost
to Cameron McCleery, L, 6-2, 6-4.
Boy's
Doubles Individual Results
Jesse
Orcutt-Brett Patterson, G, lost to Isaac Boelman-Bryce
Burke, BC, 6-2, 6-4; lost to DJ Kamp-Derek Bartel,
L, 6-4, 6-1; defeated Brian Stenerson-Steven Kunz,
H, 6-2, 6-0; defeated Jase Sanderson-Daniel Nelson,
MC, 6-2, 6-3, (2).
Scott Athas-Christian Hannesson, G, lost to Josh Chavez-Gabe
Pritchett, Liv, 7-6 (4), 6-1; defeated Wiley Newsome-Taylor
Skiffington, C, 3-6, 6-2, (3); defeated Ryan Toner-Ryan
Hodges, BC, 6-1, 6-3; defeated Morgan Redfield, L,
6-1, 6-4; defeated Kemuel Bull Show-Tyler Chavez,
H, 6-3, 6-3.
Deric Holden-Josh Hill, G, defeated Steven Sheehy-Jesse
Robins, BC, 5-7, 7-6 (5) (5), defeated Andrew Scheiner-Hayden
Hooker, H, 6-1, 6-3.
Aaron Ladd-Jeremy Orcutt, G, lost to Travis Patengale-Calvin
Anderson, Liv, 6-4, 7-6 (6); defeated Ryan Toner-Tyler
Nelson, C, 6-1, 6-1.
Cody Carman-Amadeo Lamphier, G, defeated Will Potenberg-Micah
Price, 8-4; defeated James Sweeney-Charles-Buckner,
Liv, 8-1.
Caleb Zody-Deric Holden, G, defeated lost to Tyler
Weeden-Luke Kolar, L, 2-6, 6-4, (4.
Josh Hill-Amadeo Lamphier, G, defeated Ethan Bent-Dylan
Kelly, Lew, 6-2, 6-1.
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