New Director Digs Into History At Ravalli County Museum
With less than a month on the job, Michelle Nowling is already deep into the local history that is expertly preserved and presented at the Ravalli County Museum. The former Ravalli County Courthouse has been a museum since the construction of the current courthouse just to the east of the building. And the collections have grown substantially since the days of the first director Erma Owings.
Nowling is Montana native, growing up in Philipsburg and attending Montana State University in Bozeman. She picked up a graduate degree in Museum Studies in Virginia, where she also dug deep into Civil War history. Upon arriving in Hamilton, she started an intense study of the valley s history. When we talked this week, she was looking at Nez Perce history, getting ready for a Native American exhibit that will be coming this year.
Obituary - Loretta C. Loftus
Loretta Loftus
Loretta C. Loftus, 82, passed away due to natural causes at Benefis Medical Center Monday, April 26, 2021. A visitation will be held from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. Friday, April 30, 2021, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Funeral services will begin at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 1, 2021, at the Community Alliance Church. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Loretta s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com . Loretta was born May 4, 1939 in Temvik, ND, to Ludwig and Bertha (Pfaff) Schoepp. She was raised and educated in North Dakota until the family moved to Anaconda, MT. where she graduated from Anaconda High School in 1957. Loretta attended Montana State University in Bozeman for one year and then transferred to Northern Montana College in Havre, where she graduated with a degree in nursing.
Registered nurses (RNs) are one of the nation’s top in-demand occupations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics expects the field to grow from 3 million in 2019 to 3.3 million in 2029, an increase of 7%. New registered nurses are also needed to replace the 175,900 who are projected to retire over the next seven years. For Native communities, the demand for RNs is particularly important. Often located in rural areas where there are already shortages of medical facilities and healthcare personnel, Native Americans suffer from chronic conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure at disproportionate rates. Native RNs are the key to providing patients with culturally competent and vital care such as wellness check-ups, vaccines, and inoculations, ensuring their communities’ overall health.
PENDLETON â Born 10 weeks premature in Eugene, Kristen Gregg has been thriving ever since.
A junior at Montana State University in Bozeman, the 2018 Pendleton High School graduate is majoring in chemistry. Gregg was recently notified that sheâs one of 28 students from across the country to be chosen for the 13th annual NASA Student Airborne Science Program (SARP).
Coordinated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the nine-week internship is designed to provide students with hands-on research experience â from detailed planning on how to achieve mission objectives to formal presentation of results and conclusions to peers and others.
Gregg is excited about the opportunity to participate in the program. She said the hands-on research and activities will expose her to different areas of science. The experience, Gregg said, will assist her in making a decision regarding what she ultimately wants to focus on.
Local skier competes at US National Freestyle Moguls Championships
Adam Stiefel, 19, of Peterborough, recently returned from US National Freestyle Moguls Championships which were held in Snowbird, Utah. He is a post-graduate student at Killington Mountain School in Killington, Vermont, where he attended high school for three and a half years, after doing fall and spring terms at ConVal in his freshman year. At US Nationals, Adam placed a very impressive 12th in the Qualification Rounds for Singles, which earned him a spot in the Finals; he ended up in 13th place after the Finals runs. He finished 14th in the Duals Event. Courtesy photo