Loaves and Fishes, the emergency food program in Powell, is seeing a tremendous influx of people at its food pantry in the Park County Annex building.
“In the first 10 days of December, we had about 45 families with 140 people come to the pantry for help,” said Cindy Balderas, director of Loaves and Fishes.
The Powell Panther wrestlers opened 2010 with a day of dual meets against four Montana schools in Bozeman.
The Panthers opened with Bozeman, and lost a close 36-30 match, which, according to Coach Nate Urbach, could easily have been won, as most of his wrestlers were in a position to win their matches.
Hundreds of Powellites gather downtown on May 25, 2009 to mark the community’s 100 years. Tribune file photo by Kara Bacon
Powell: 1909 to 2009 and counting.
This year, the Powell Centennial Committee organized events celebrating the town’s centennial year.
Held on Memorial Day, many committee members believed Founders’ Day was their crowning achievement. Gov. Dave Freudenthal was here as were other esteemed leaders.
Fears of Y2K faded like fireworks as the new century began without the worldwide technological breakdown officials had prepared for over the previous several years.
In Powell and Park County, officials gathered in emergency operations centers on Dec. 31, 1999, to see whether computers would be able to operate correctly in the year 2000.
For years, fears had circulated that computers programmed to operate using two-digit numbers for years would not transition to a year numbered “00.”
The Northwest College Trappers captured the Region IX North championship and posted a 1-2 performance at the NJCAA national championships in 2009. The team was just one of many Powell teams and individuals to make a national splash over the past year. Courtesy photo/ Cindy Christensen, Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil
Achievements extend beyond community
[Note: This is the second in a two-article series recapping the past year in Powell sports. This installment covers July through December 2009. The first half of the year appeared in the Tuesday, Dec. 29 issue of the Powell Tribune.]
Not all diamonds are forever, but baseball diamonds throughout Powell held onto their shine for as long as they could during the summer of 2009. The year may well have set the modern-day standard by which future summers will be judged.
As the calendar rolled over to July, the Powell Pioneers were riding high atop a 13-game winning streak. After a hiccup against Brigham City, Utah, the team returned to its winning ways to reel off another seven consecutive Ws. Suddenly, a team that struggled to top the .500 mark in the season’s first month was more than 20 games over .500 and resembling a regional power.
