Teen wins national contest

BUTTE (AP) -- Recent Butte High graduate Jake Richards won the Skills USA national championship for carpentry.

The contest, held June 24 in Kansas City, Mo., included a 50-question written evaluation and several building projects.

He won thousands of dollars worth of tools, a medal and a scholarship.

Richards plans to major in civil engineering at Montana Tech with an emphasis on construction and welding.

Richards won the state Skills USA carpentry championship all four years in high school and finished fourth in the national competition as a junior.

NEA to honor Mortenson

BILLINGS (AP) -- Greg Mortenson of Bozeman was honored by the National Education Association for his work building schools and promoting education for girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Mortenson received the Mary Hatwood Futrell Award, named in honor of a former NEA president, in San Diego, Calif., on Thursday.

Mortenson, 51, founded the Central Asia Institute, a nonprofit organization that has established more than 90 schools since 1993. He is also the co-author of "Three Cups of Tea," the best-selling account of how promoting education became his life's work.

Mortenson's humanitarian work grew out of his gratitude to members of Pakistan's Korphe village, who nursed him back to health after he nearly died during a 1993 attempt to climb K2, the world's second-highest mountain.

Montana City ticket nets Powerball cash

Wednesday's results:

Jackpots won: A ticket sold at the Express Lane convenience store in Butte won the $30,000 Montana Cash jackpot.

Major prizes won in state: A ticket sold at the Montana City Store in Montana City won a $200,000 prize in Powerball.

The winning numbers drawn:

Montana Cash: 01, 04, 12, 15, 25

Wild Card: 05, 06, 10, 23, 26. Wild Card Jack of Diamonds.

Hot Lotto: 15, 17, 19, 22, 34. Hot Ball 07. Hot Lotto Sizzler Three

Powerball: 09, 32, 38, 52, 53. Powerball 15. Power Play 02.

Estimated jackpots for next drawings:

Montana Cash: $20,000

Wild Card: $460,000

Hot Lotto: $10.88 million

Powerball: $25 million.