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Happiness is a choice and people live longer with it

Recently I read a study suggesting happy people have healthier hearts. Happy people also tend to have stronger immune systems, are better able to handle negative stress, experience less pain and live higher quality, longer lives.

What does it mean to be happy? According Merriam- Webster the definition of happiness is, “a state of well-being and contentment.” President Abraham Lincoln once said “folks are usually about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” And there is a good body of research that agrees with him.

Local student named to second semester Dean’s Honor List at Concordia

Dr. Susan Larson, dean of Concordia College, has announced the names of students whose superior academic achievement during the first semester of the 2019-20 academic year placed them on the Dean’s Honor List at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn. “We offer our congratulations to these students on their academic accomplishments and are grateful for the many ways they have enriched our cam pus community,” said Larson.

Valerie Kolstad from Lewistown is a sophomore at Concordia and has earned this honor.

At the Head of the Class

Winifred Junior High and High School 2019-20 High Honor Roll first Semester

12th Grade: Dyauni Boyce, Rebecca DeMars, Olivia Geer

11th Grade: Matthew Slivka

10th Grade: Madeline Heggem, Cadence Tillman

8th Grade: Lily Fordyce, Isabelle Heggem, Joel Warneke

7th Grade: Johanna DeMars, Isabella Edwards

Winifred Junior High and High School 2019-20 A Honor Roll 1st Semester

12th Grade: Cassandra Smith, Tyler Urion

11th Grade: Trinity Edwards

10th Grade: Anthony DeMars, Brody Geer

Boy and Girls Club recognizes Miss Jenny at Sip and Paint

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In recognition of Miss Jenny, STEM Youth Development professional, the Club is having a contest in relation to the Big and Littles Sip and Paint family engagement scheduled for next Thursday night. The family engagement night is open to the public, with a taco dinner starting at 5:15 p.m. and a Big and Little Sip and Paint opportunity. The kiddos are supposed to bring their favorite adult- it doesn’t have to be a parent- and eat and paint alongside them for some quality one-on-one time.

Alyssa Yaeger, Dylan Kelly

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ENGAGED

– Brad and Tina Yaeger of Lewistown proudly announce the engagement of Alyssa Yaeger and Dylan Kelly, son of Steve and Marlaina Kelly of Lewistown.

Vivian Southerland

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Vivian Southerland, 78, passed away peacefully on Jan. 16, 2020. She was born near White Plains, Georgia, on July 19, 1941, the daughter of William Hoke and Faye Copelan (Hulsey) Cantrell.

FHS Speech, Debate & Drama team

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The members of the Fergus High School Speech, Debate and Drama team (from left) are Catherine DeGuzman, June LePage, Gracie Howells, Sean Kunau, Jo Zapata-Brown, Jane Rooney, Brand Chavis, William Brown, Jasper Fairchild, Tommy Brandon, and Katie Gaines.

Honoring marriage vows:

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What is the secret to staying married for decades? Well, if you were to ask couples in Judith Basin who have been married for over 60 years, you might find there is no exact recipe, other than sticking by one another through thick and thin. You might also find these individuals truly honor the wedding vows they made in the 1950s. One undeniable key to a long marriage is a long life in general. Another is mutual respect.

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we reached out to community members to learn from the wisdom of those married 60-plus years.

Registration opens for Montana Region II Science and Engineering Fair

Registration for the Montana Region II Science and Engineering Fair is now open. Great Falls College Montana State University is hosting the Elementary Fair for grades K-5 on Tuesday, March 10, and for middle school and high school students grades 6-12 on Thursday, March 12.

To register, go to www.gfcmsu.edu/sciencefair.

More than 300 students from all around north-central Montana will bring their projects to Great Falls College on those dates.

These two know their p’s and q’s

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Good spellers are a rare breed, but Lewistown has two of the best. Owen Day (left), an eighth grader at Lewistown Junior High, won the 2020 Fergus County Spelling Bee by correctly spelling the word “syllabus.” Talon King, a fifth grader at Lewis and Clark Elementary School, took second. There were 28 participants, and the bee lasted nine rounds.

Poll

Do you think the worst of the winter weather is behind us or ahead of us?