With temperatures above 50 degrees, many youngsters were able to have fun at Southside Elementary School’s playground on Sunday, March 7. High temperatures are anticipated to be in the high 40s for most of this week. (Photo by Bill Vander Weele)

Pound Puppies’ Janice Griebel, originally from Glasgow, assisted with a spay-neuter clinic March 6-7. A Pound Puppies fundraiser is set for March 17 at the Catholic hamburger stand in Wolf Point. A walk-in clinic is planned for May 1-2 at 420 Cascade Street in Wolf Point. May 1 will be cat day and May 2 will be a dog day. Organizers are hoping to do some microchipping May 2 but it has not been confirmed.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the TEACH Act into law at Sacajawea Elementary School in Great Falls. The TEACH Act, or Tomorrow’s Educators Are Coming Home Act, provides $2.5 million in incentives to improve starting teacher pay. Currently, Montana has the lowest average starting teacher pay in the country. “This new law will help increase starting teacher pay and make it easier for tomorrow’s