6 November 19 - December 2, 2021
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Montana ballot access law ruled unconstitutional
LPHS athletes receive All Conference honors
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HELENA – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a section of a Montana election law is unconstitutional.
BIG SKY – After Montaan fall high school sports seasons wrap, the coaches of every team in the district meet to rank and vote for the top players. This year, district coaches honored nine athletes from the Lone Peak High School volleyball and soccer teams.
In 2018, The Montana Green Party challenged the rules that require minor parties to gather signatures equal to at least 5 percent of the total votes cast for the winner in the most recent governor election in at least 34 of 100 state House districts. On Nov. 15, a three-judge panel ruled that basing signature requirements upon the number of people in each House district who voted for the winning governor leads to districts with similar populations being valued unevenly. “Because the distribution requirement is tied to the votes cast in each House district for the winner of the gubernatorial race, the required number depends on the political orientation of a district, and varies substantially from one district to another,” the panel wrote.
Below are the athletes and their respective honors: Tony Brester – All State / 1st Team All Conf. Soccer Max Romney – All State / 1st Team All Conf. Soccer Maddie Cone – All State / 1st Team All Conf. Volleyball Cash Beattie – 2nd Team All Conf. Soccer Kyan Smit – 2nd Team All Conf. Soccer Campbell Johnson – 2nd Team All Conf. Soccer Jessie Bough - 2nd Team All Conf. Volleyball Beckett Johnson – Honorable Mention Soccer Colter Marino – Honorable Mention Soccer
Water and sewer board considers adjusting criteria for affordable housing
Wilson Hotel hosts Third Annual Friendsgiving
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BIG SKY – The Big Sky County Water and Sewer board at a Nov. 16 meeting put the ball in motion to establish specific service criteria for employee housing.
BIG SKY – In a small community like Big Sky, family sometimes takes on a broader meeting. Celebrate the holiday early feasting with your friends at the community’s Third Annual Friendsgiving.
Under the employee housing category in its wastewater use ordinance, a quarter single family equivalents were previously allocated to “dormitory types” per bed. The board passed the first reading of an amendment to the ordinance that would change the SFEs allocated to employee housing apartments, ADUs and condos to 1.2 per 1,000 square feet.
Hosted by the Wilson Hotel in the Big Sky Town Center, the dinner is presented in partnership with Sweet Buns Catering. Friensgiving will take place on Nov. 24 from 4-7 p.m. or until the food runs out.
The board will vote on the second reading of this amendment, potentially passing it if there are no changes, at its December board meeting.
The dinner is free to anyone in the Big Sky community. All food will be provided by local businesses.
Bozeman Doc Series to relaunch with ‘Rescue’ EBS STAFF
BOZEMAN – After a long year off, the Bozeman Doc Series will return for a seventh season on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. at the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture. The first premiere will be the critically acclaimed new documentary “The Rescue,” from the Oscar-winning directors of “Free Solo,” Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai-Vasarhelyi. “The Rescue” follows the against-all-odds rescue that captured attention around the world when the Royal Thai Navy SEALS and U.S. Special Forces rescued
12 boys and their soccer coach from deep inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand in 2018. “A stunning documentary of bone-deep moral resonance and cinematic mastery that deserves to be experienced on the big screen,” stated Variety in a review of the film. “The Rescue” world-premiered at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival to widespread critical acclaim and was recently awarded the Grand Prize at the Banff Mountain Film Festival.
