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If you’ve been by the library in the last week you may have noticed a bit of construction going on out front. The Mariellen Lee memorial is finally underway! Mariellen Lee was a longtime supporter of Rosebud County Library. Her community support of the library by serving on the Forsyth Woman’s Club and the Rosebud County Library Board helped to construct the library building we are still using today. This memorial project was started by former Director, Heather Johnstone after receiving multiple donations to our library in Mariellen Lee’s memory after her death in October 2019. There have been various uncontrollable delays to this project, but I have been happy to see it through to completion. If you would like to serve your community in the same way as Mariellen Lee, there will be an opening on the Library Board in January 2022. Library Board membership requires the commitment of monthly board meetings which can be attended in-person or via zoom. If you are interested in serving on the Library Board, please contact me at 406-346-7561 or Bicentennial Library Director, Mary Kay Bullard at 406-748-3040.

For several decades, the Milk River Project has been chronically underfunded and in need of essential repairs. Politicians of every stripe have failed to deliver the dollars needed to forge a long-term solution.

"For every dollar Americans spend on Thanksgiving meals this year, farmers and ranchers will earn approximately 14.3 cents," says the National Farmers Union.