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Dr. Jane Mangold has presented at nearly 400 MSU Extension programs in all 56 Montana counties, and also serves on the Montana Invasive Species Council. PHOTO COURTESY JANE MANGOLD

Outstanding in her field

Montana State University Professor and Invasive Plant Specialist Jane Mangold has spent more than two decades studying and educating Montana communities about noxious weeds. Her work locally has included outreach classes for ranchers, herbicide trials and articles in The Madisonian.

All entrants into The Prospects competition pictured here, overlayed on an image of the state of Montana. PHOTO COURTESY OF JODY SANDRU

Madison County cleaned up

A person can get stuck in the mentality that if you grow up in a small area, you won’t have the same opportunities as others living in cities or metropolitan places. It can feel like the success of whatever it is you are trying to succeed in is based on location, not ability or passion.

It doesn’t get much fresher than this, folks. FACEBOOK PHOTO

New name, new digs

In an effort to better reflect their garden’s relationship with the Ennis area, community gardeners in Jeffers have renamed their prized plot and market to the Community Garden and Market for Greater Ennis.

William and Katherine Ennis. PHOTO COURTESY MADISON VALLEY HISTORY ASSOCIATION

Son of Ireland

The month of March is an especially appropriate time to consider the life of one of Madison County’s early residents and founding fathers, William Ennis. William was the sixth of eleven children born to John and Mary Ennis; who had emigrated to Ireland from Scotland. William was born on St.

Joanne’s mother was a resident at Tobacco Roots for three years. Here, the mother and daughter couple dance during the facility’s prom for residents. PHOTO COURTESY OF JOANNE GALIGER

Her calling

Joanne Galiger has been married to her husband, Mike, for 47 years. Each of those 47 years, the couple has lived in Sheridan.

There’s nothing like filling up a bag with a fresh load of veggies from the garden.

What makes your garden grow?

The death of my first Roma tomato plant nearly a decade ago haunts me to this day. The beautiful specimen, carefully planted in a large pot for easy relocation from indoors to outdoors, was doing swimmingly. Green tomatoes were just ripening red when I left it on the porch on a lovely July day in Big Sky.

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