Roundup, MT

Fairgrounds Cleanup

pfist — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:19:51 +0000

In an effort to make the Musselshell County Fairgrounds the jewel of the community to serve as a more welcome user friendly site for functions, a community sponsored clean up was organized and done. The goal for this clean up is to have a facility that will attrack people to use and in turn spend time and money in the community as a whole. Weeds were pulled, garbage was hauled and the Grand Stands were painted with donated material and labor.

Trauma Room - The Golden Hour

pfist — Thu, 22 May 2008 19:43:36 +0000

A trauma room is where one is rushed to when you have suffered a traumatic accident. When the accident happens the clock starts running what is called the Golden Hour. It has been proven that what medical care given to the victim in the first hour after an accident will greatly determine their chances of survival. This means that a team of Emergency Medical Service personnel, a medical staff and a well equipped trauma room is of vital importance.

Roundup Memorial Hospital staff and administration work hard to keep the trauma room at the hospital up to date to provide high quality care during the Golden Hour. Lori Shanks, a member of the grant committee, has written several grants to insure that the trauma room stays well equipped. “When you live in a rural community with activities like horses, chain saws, hunting, oil wells, coal mines, and everyday ag work, accidents happen. Roundup Memorial Hospital needs to be ready when they do” stated Lori Shanks.

Some of the items that have been bought with the grant money are a new probable heart monitor and vital sing recorder. This peace of equipment costs over $9,000. Emergency department stretchers allow the medical staff to move and situate trauma victims to better treat them. These units cost over $11,000. Another piece of equipment is called a Bair Hugger. A victim can be placed in this unit to be warmed up. There is an attachment that allows medical staff to warm fluids that are being given to the patient. Theresa Kirby added, “This is the type of equipment that allows Roundup Memorial Hospital to provide quality care and stabilize trauma victims during the Golden Hour. Then when the victim is stabilized we can transport them safely on for their major medical needs.”

(Partnership) Local Community Youth Center

pfist — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:02:29 +0000

The manager of the Community Teen Center has partnered with the Horizon Program to help develop a growing youth afterschool program. She has participated in the grant program, and Leadership program to help develop healthy youth. The teen center also provides a free lunch program for youth at risk and latch key youth. These are programs that Horizons has helped market through the Share program.

(Partnership) Roundup School

pfist — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:49:08 +0000

The Superintendent of the Roundup School system was a member of the advisory board for the Horizon program. Mr. Slept encouraged his staff to partake in the training, take part in the process, and to become more involved with the community.

(Partnership) Musselshell County

pfist — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:34:29 +0000

The people of Musselshell County where struggling, knowing they needed a vector for community growth and economical development. Community members were asking for program from the County Commissioners to enhance growth and direction of the community. When the Horizon program was presented to them by the local MSU Extension agent, the commissioners bought into the process and helped promote and support the program. Two of the commissioners received the facilitator training and all three served on the advisory board for the Horizon board.

(Partnership) Community Library

pfist — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:21:22 +0000

Do to economical hardship the Roundup community consolidated the school, city and county libraries into the community library. Many of the Library board members, staff and friends of the library have participated in the Horizon program. These people have had roles in the Horizon program as participants, advisory board, and facilitators. This has been a strong partnership that has benefited the Community and Library.

(Partnership) Roundup Hospital

pfist — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:12:16 +0000

Lee Rhodes, administer of the local hospital, joined the Horizon program. As a small community hospital that has economical hardship they where looking for tools to help their facility. A healthy hospital is a vital part of a Healthy Community.

Barb Andreozzi (Outside Help)

pfist — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:03:06 +0000

For processing a Community Strategic Plan, the Extension Office recruited Barb Andreozzi to do a presentation to the Roundup Horizon Group. She successfully walked this large, enthusiastic group of individuals through an huge amount of processing to a group concensus for direction of the Horizon Project.

Mike Vogel (Outside Help)

pfist — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:56:58 +0000

Mike Vogel was a guest in Roundup to present a work shop on grant writing through the fiscal support of Horizons. Again, the city, county, schools, library, hospital and other groups were present to learn how to write effective grant applications.

Paul Lachapelle (Outside Help)

pfist — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:54:59 +0000

Paul taught a class on serving on local government boards, districts and commisions. His day long presentation saw representatives from the the county, schools, city, conservation district, library board and various other groups.