Area Briefs

Libby trap league

begins on Jan. 11

The Libby Scatterguns are sponsoring its annual winter trap-shooting leagues beginning Saturday, Jan. 11.

The league is for nine weeks and shooters will shoot on a five-person team.

Shooting begins at 11 a.m., and the day includes lunch in the heated clubhouse.

The league is open to men, women and youth shooters of any skill level. Also, new this year will be a youth-parent category.

To register, stop by the heated clubhouse at the Lincoln County Shooting Complex from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday or Wednesday now through Jan. 11.

For more information, call Mike Cirian at 293-4608, Tom Bailey at 293-7743 or Ed Lewis at 293-8742.

The shooting complex is on Farm to Market Road across from the Libby Airport.

Care Center auction

scheduled for today

The Libby Senior Center, located at 206 E. Second  St., is having its annual Dessert Auction today, Dec. 17, at the center.

The auction will follow the traditional turkey dinner served at 5 p.m. There will be numerous donations of gift items for a silent auction. Donated breads, cookies, candy and other desserts will be auctioned.

All proceeds benefit the center’s Meals on Wheels program.

For more informaton, contact Dedi Coy, project manager, at 293-7222.

Law enforcement

plans server checks

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department, in a collaborative effort with Libby, Troy and Eureka City police departments, will be conducting in the coming weeks continued alcohol-server compliance checks throughout Lincoln County.

 Individuals who sell alcohol to underage buyers will be referred to the appropriate prosecuting attorney for criminal prosecution, and the business will be referred to the Montana Department of Revenue for administrative action.

Local law enforcement just wants the public to know.

Yellowstone magma

larger than thought

HELENA — A new study shows the chamber of hot molten rock below Yellowstone National Park is more than 2-1/2 times larger than previously estimated.

Lead author Jamie Farrell of the University of Utah said Monday the magma chamber is about 55 miles long, 18 miles wide and runs at depths from 3 to 9 miles below the earth.

That means the supervolcano below Yellowstone has the potential to erupt with the force of its largest-ever eruption 2.1 million years ago.

Farrell says that eruption was about 2,000 times the size of Mount St. Helens in 1980, and a similar explosion would be a “global event.”

Farrell says there have been three eruptions of the supervolcano, and scientists don’t know when the next will happen.

Woman’s body

found near Forsyth

BILLINGS — Authorities in Rosebud County say a body was found north of Forsyth during the weekend.

Sheriff Randy Allies released a statement saying a woman’s body had been found.

He said Monday that no more information, including the woman’s name, would be released until after an autopsy, which is scheduled for Tuesday.