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Scientists seek improved quality of life One of the horse scenes that Jane Lambert painted on tiles that now grace the wall of her kitchen. Victoria Howell photo.
Agriculture and craftsmanship lands valley local on French TV by Victoria Howell Jane Lambert of Stevensville has always loved horses. And she’s always loved art, especially the work of famous Western artist Charlie Russell. But she never could have imagined that those two loves would wind up with her being featured on a French television show. Jane, 77, was raised on the place her family homesteaded in Lake County, California in 1850. She got her first horse at the age of 6. She’s skilled in all the aspects of ranching life, and is also an accomplished artist, starting with leatherwork at age 7, and adding stained glass, jewelry making, sculpture, cinch weaving, basketry and china painting, among others. 1981 found her as a single mom teaching home economics and vocational-agricultural education. She was wanting to move her daughter out of California which was becoming rampant with drugs. She visited friends in Victor, Montana and fell in love with the Bitterroot. So, Jane took an early retirement and “took a chance on an eagle wing.” Locating in the Bitterroot Valley, Jane had trouble finding a teaching job. Her first job was picking apples for Swanson’s Orchards in Corvallis. From picking apples she moved on to cider making, cleaning, driving tractor, feeding cattle. “My ag background kept me alive,” she says, but barely. She milked cows for a while before landing a job as Vo-
Ag teacher at Big Sky High School for a year, filling in for a teacher on leave. In 1982, she met her future husband, Eric, at a St. Mary’s Saddle Club luncheon. Their first date was a breakfast ride. Together they opened a business called The Feed Bag, selling livestock feed. After selling that business, she became the manager of Feed & Fuel, a local feed and supply store, becoming known locally for her unique window displays. But eventually her allergies got the better of her and she had to leave that job. She did what so many others do to make a living here; she became a real estate agent. One of her ads pictured her on her white mule with the caption, “I don’t just sit on my ass, I sell real estate too.” Jane and Eric had a ranch on Sunset Bench and it was while running the ranch that Jane turned to freelance writing, starting out with “poison pen letters to the editor.” (Jane laughed when reminded that when the Bitterroot Star began publishing in 1985, she sent the paper a copy of the front page with the dozens of mistakes marked in red.) Jane always enjoyed the art of Charlie Russell and kept some of it around. “His depictions always rang true to me,” says Jane. “You look at a Charlie Russell picture and everything about it is right.” And, she notes, so much of what happens on ranches is still being done the same way. See Lambert, page 6
Author Jane Lambert in the “Charlie Russell corner” of her Stevensville house, holding two of the books she wrote. Victoria Howell photo.
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Dr. Cathryn Haigh at Rocky Mountain Laboratory holds aloft a flask containing human cerebral organoids, a kind of ‘mini-brain’ that scientists are using to test potential treatments for brain destroying neurological diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Photo by Michael Howell
NIH scientists use human cerebral organoid to test drug for deadly brain disease by Michael Howell It was about two years ago that National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases researcher Dr. Cathryn Haigh at Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton held aloft a flask containing cerebral organoids, a laboratory produced “minibrain,” that she and her team of scientists used to demonstrate that a prion disease, in this case sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), could be transmitted to human brain cells and studied in vitro in the laboratory. CJD is a fatal neurodegenerative brain disease of humans believed to be caused by infectious prion protein. It can arise spontaneously, result from a hereditary mutation within the prion gene, or arise due to infection, for example, from eating contaminated meat products. A notable example of this occurred in the United Kingdom in the mid-1990s following an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle. There are no preventive or therapeutic treatments for CJD. Human cerebral organoids are small balls of human brain cells ranging in size from a poppy seed to a small pea. Their organization, structure, and electrical signaling are similar to brain tissue. Because these cerebral organoids can survive in a controlled environment for months, nervous system diseases, like CJD, can be studied over time. The lack of a completely human CJD model has been a considerable barrier hindering the discovery of potential therapies. Studies in mice have failed to identify treatments that were then effective when tried in patients. By using human cerebral organoid CJD they are getting one step closer to identifying potential treatments for the disease. Haigh and her team didn’t invent
the technique of growing cultured brain tissue. Their contribution was in creating this prion infection model by demonstrating that a prion disease can be transmitted to human brain cells. One part of the process that Haigh appreciates is that you don’t need to start with any human brain cells. You make them. All the participating patient has to contribute is a small sample of skin. These skin cells are then “genetically engineered,” reducing them to stem cells and then stimulating the development of brain cells out of that stem component by administering certain hormones. In their latest article published in Scientific Reports [Human cerebral organoids as a therapeutic drug screening model for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Scientific Reports DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84689-6 (2021)], authors B. Groveman and NC Ferreira et al, describe the laboratory work which involved testing pentosan polysulfate (PPS) to determine its potential preventive and therapeutic benefits. PPS is a benchmark anti-prion compound in laboratory experiments. Haigh calls it the “gold standard.” It is rarely used clinically because it requires direct administration into the brain. Haigh said that, despite its effectiveness at stopping the disease, it would never be a proper therapy because it has to be delivered by pumping directly into the brain and, while it may extend a patient’s life, PPS has not been shown to improve quality of life. “We don’t just want to stop the disease,” said Haigh, “we want recovery. We want to help the neurons recover normal functioning.” By using the anti-prion properties of PPS with the new human organoid CJD model, the researchers were able to assess the value of this model system for drug discovery. According to Haigh, the tests showed that the
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human organoid model can be used to screen compounds that may be useful for preventive treatment. According to Haigh, two different methods were used in the study. In the first, the brain organoids were infected but at the same time given the PPS treatment to see if it would work as a prophylactic. The second method involved testing the treatment after the infection had fully set in to see if the treatment had therapeutic value. “Both paradigms showed a really significant reduction in infection,” said Haigh. Such treatment could be used for people carrying genetic mutations that cause the disease, but who have not yet developed symptoms, or for people who may have been exposed to infectious prion proteins that might cause CJD. The model further proved useful for screening drugs against established CJD after a patient is diagnosed and starts showing symptoms of disease. Haigh said scientists around the world are working to expand the organoid model for screening larger numbers of novel drug candidates. Their goal is to find treatment options for people who are susceptible to CJD because of their genetics or who accidentally are exposed, as well as for those who develop sporadic disease. They are optimistic that with their fully human model of disease, they can now identify compounds with promise for benefitting patients with CJD. Cerebral organoids are also being used as models to study Zika virus infection, Alzheimer’s disease, and Down syndrome. According to Haigh, finding a treatment that can cross the blood/ brain barrier and diffuse into the brain without having to be pumped directly into the brain is critical to developing a successful therapeutic treatment for the disease. “There is so much going on and each little step takes us closer to the summit,” said Haigh.
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Hamilton amends municipal codes By Michael Howell
The City of Hamilton has agreed to submit a joint application with Ravalli County to the Montana Department of Commerce for a Community Development Block GrantEconomic Development Program (CDBG-ED) grant. According to Julie Foster, Executive Director of the Ravalli County Economic Development Authority, the CDBG-ED program is a federally funded program for communities of less than 50,000 people to take action on the community’s economic development priorities. The projects must benefit low and moderate income persons. In 1982 the Montana Department of Commerce took on administration of the funding for communities of less than 50,000 for housing, public facilities and economic development. She said the money can be used for infrastructure such as sewer, water, roads and sidewalks in support of businesses. The program requirements include having a business plan for each business that will benefit from the improvements and for the jobs being created The jobs created must be maintained and are aggregated and tracked for one year. When cost of jobs is $10,000 or more, the jobs have to meet a national objective and be tracked for longer time. “To be eligible it must be demonstrated that 51% of the jobs created will be filled by low to moderate income people,” said Foster. In Hamilton the moderate income level is $40,000 per person. The City council also approved on second reading two ordinances in its ongoing efforts at updating the Hamilton Municipal Code. The Council approved an ordinance amending several sections of the code related to city permits and business license requirements. According to Public Works Director Donny Ramer, the primary purpose of the changes was to remove fees from the ordinance and add language allowing fees to be adopted by resolution. Currently it can take up to two months to change fees by ordinance due to public hearing requirements associated with passing an ordinance versus simply making changes by resolution of the Council. Changes were also made clarifying insurance requirements for business licenses and excavation permits. Ramer said that the permitting process had been consolidated, reducing the number of permits required for building and construction from six different permits down to one all-inclusive permit with check boxes for the various actions being permitted.
A second ordinance was passed updating and amending multiple sections of Title 15 of the Hamilton Municipal Code to update adopted building codes and clarify inspection and fee process. The new ordinance revises the primary rules under which the Building Department operates adding the International Pool & Spa Code, the International Mechanical Code and the International Fuel and Gas Code to the city’s rules. According to Ramer, the city’s current building inspector is certified to inspect all those codes as well as the National Electrical Code, which was also added to the City regulations. Ramer said that this allows contractors to get all the permits from the City in one inspection rather than trying to coordinate with state inspectors. Changes in the code were also made clarifying that if no new codes were proposed, that old codes could be updated through adoption by resolution rather than by ordinance. It was also clarified that city fees will match the state fees. A change was also made in the violation section establishing that a double fee will be collected if construction has begun without a permit. In other business, Lea Guthrie was appointed to a three-year term on the city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment. City Planner Matthew Rohrbach endorsed Guthrie’s appointment, noting that the position requires knowledge of the review process and is not simply an advisory board, but was a decision-making body. He said her experience working as Director of the Ravalli County Environmental Health Department and for the Bitter Root Land Trust would make her a valuable addition to the board. City Attorney Karen Mahar, based on her own experience working with Guthrie in her previous work with the county and the land trust, gave Guthrie two thumbs up. The City Council also: • approved contracts for the 2021 season with Bitterroot Red Sox American Legion Baseball and Hamilton Babe Ruth Baseball “with no significant changes.” • approved contract with TischlerBise Inc. to conduct an Impact Fee Study in an amount not to exceed $49,630. • approved parking cars on the grass at Hieronymous Park during the Heroes and Hotrods Car Show scheduled for May 31, 2021. Michael Howell can be contacted at michaelonburntfork@gmail.com or (406)239-4838.
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Letters Shocked by Missoula
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As a citizen of Ravalli County, I was shocked upon entering Missoula County. It became obvious that I had entered a forigen territory. I am speaking of the forced mask mandates imposed by the unelected Missoula County health board. The highest recommended N-95 mask carries a warning stating “Not suitable for protection against viruses” with a filtration capability of 0.3 microns. The virus currently sighted to justify the mandatory mask mandates is scientifically documented at 0.003 microns. This obviously flawed ideology is currently being enforced as if law. The County/City of Missoula attempted to impose similar unconstitutional mandates disguised as laws on our 2nd amendment rights recently. Fortunately, the people of Montana, (not necessarily of Missoula) proved in court that these mandates were unconstitutional, forcing Missoula to relinquish these rights back to the citizens where they belong. I cite this instance of government overreach to highlight the nature of government. It has been repeatedly proven that those rights not exercised are lost. To quote our former Senator Baucus from a conversation he had with me in the early ‘90’s “Don’t ever expect the government to give you back anything they already have without a fight.” Upon visiting a newly opened Food Store in Missoula we learned just how dictatorial the government of Missoula has become. Even more disturbing is how indoctrinated my fellow citizens had become, taking pride in their Brownshirt like tactics. It is evident that the governments of Missoula refuse to learn a lesson. Just to be clear: Government forcing private businesses to impose restrictions on citizens under the color of law, that itself does not have the right to impose, is by definition facism. This form of government can not be allowed to stand in America! Doug Bohn Victor
I have one question for Montanans - Why do we decry the actions of Hitler, Mau and Stalin without applying the same standard of outrage to our own Congress and President? And even worse, our own military who turn their weapons on USA citizens? Are we as citizens who want our government to produce for us first, now Domestic Terrorists of which congress is so fearful? Why aren’t you calling the federal government and our own representatives in Congress and demanding that they take down the fences? Open the Capital? Why aren’t you bothering to express your outrage at what is going on in Washington D.C.? Why aren’t you demanding from your doctors and hospitals alternative palliatives like Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin that work exactly the same if not better than the so called vaccines in alleviating the effects of COVID without the side effects of the so called vaccines? Are you also going to sit by and let Biden ruin our health and safety by dumping covid and other disease ridden illegals plus possibly some MS13 gang members or members of other gangs from other countries in our state? Biden is spending 86 million dollars on hotels for illegals to house them. Why? We have our own homeless lining the streets of many major cities - why not house them instead? We are limited on Montana medical care facilities now, much less when a bunch of illegals come into the state with diseases that have been eradicated in the USA and they seek free medical care (at our expense) for whatever ails them? And needless to say, our overwhelmed Sheriff and police department don’t have enough officers to respond to the 700 calls for help they receive almost daily much less when criminal illegals start robbing, raping and murdering our citizens? Our health and safety are at risk. Are you willing to pay for illegals to come into this state? Are you willing to speak out? Do you really want thousands of illegals flooding our schools demanding free education when they do not get it in their own countries and actually have to pay for it starting in grades seven and up? Guatemala for example will provide education to sixth grade for free. After that, if Guatemalans want more education they have to move to the cities to get it and pay for private schooling. Out of a population of 18 million (roughly) there are about 88,000 students in the Universities there. What does that tell you? In many states, illegals often get free college tuition whereas residents of the states get to PAY for their education. Nice huh? Do you really want illegals flooding the job market taking jobs away from our young people and adults because they will work at a lower wage? If you do not speak out, you are part of the problem and the causes of disease spreading, of an increase in crime, an increase in taxation, and in the devastation of the American culture and life. Shame on you! Helen Sabin Corvallis
‘Woke’ or not The focus of this letter is on “Woke” or Cancel Culture, censorship and gun control. Again, these are my opinions based upon 82 years of experience living in this great country. What started out as “political correctness” many years ago has now morphed into what is called ‘Woke’ or Cancel Culture and/or gender identity. The arguments being used to project this societal re-orientation are many but include the following: 1. Any historical object be it statues, written history or patriotic concepts must be destroyed if there is any remote connection to slavery or racial prejudice. 2.Biol ogical gender can no
longer be used to refer to persons in speech or writing. This has further evolved into school courses from kindergarten to college-level promoting non biological gender identity. My reaction is, what in the hell are we talking about? Have we lost our collective minds? We are being told that if we don’t go along with this B.S. we are racist. I beg to differ. I contend those pushing this nonsense are the racist ones. The censorship being levied on our society should scare every citizen. In case you have been asleep, several of the so-called social platforms have implemented their own censorship criteria and will kick you off if you violate their criteria. A cursory analysis of this trend will quickly show you that their criteria is oriented toward controlling conservative thought. Similar censorship has been implemented by the so called main-stream news media both TV and printed news. Let me give one example of slanted or false news being promulgated on our society – the death of George Floyd. How many of our readers have paid attention to what happened to Mr. Floyd prior to the neck-kneeling footage which has generated so much societal unrest and so many riots. Granted, you do have to dig for information but I have seen footage which shows Mr. Floyd crying out that he can’t breathe while the officers are trying to load him into a police vehicle well before he was taken to the ground. Additionally, the official autopsy shows that Mr. Floyd had a “fatal amount of fentanyl in his blood.” Mr. Floyd was a career criminal and drug addict not the innocent family man portrayed by his family and lawyers. Mr. Floyd was the primary cause of his own death.
On to gun control. The Democrats have already put forth at least two gun control bills: one to expand background checks and a second to prohibit the sale of “assault rifles.” In my opinion, both of these are a waste of time and money. If you take a quick look at crimes involving the use of guns, you will see that the vast majority are stolen or no longer belong to the original purchaser. If we want to reduce the criminal use of guns, we need to figure out how to solve the broken family problem we have in this society. As to assault rifles, you can use historical perspectives to claim that all guns were “assault” guns at one time or another in history. The obvious long term intent of the Democrats is to ultimately outlaw all guns. Think about a couple of historical examples of what might very well happen then: 1. Germany established gun control in 1938. From 1939 to 1945, 13 million Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, mentally ill people and other mongrelized people unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated. 2. China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated. Final thoughts. I see many similarities between the rise of the Nazi party prior to World War II in Germany and what is presently happening in this country. 1. Civil unrest was spread through misinformation and racial accusations. Protests evolved into riots. We have nightly riots still occurring in Portland, Oregon. 2. Censorship was implemented to include the burning of books. Dr. Suess books are being taken off the shelfs as I write this.
3. Certain religions and groups of people were charged with being racist or a threat to the country. Currently, anyone of the white race in our country who is or has been successful is now accused of being a member of the “white supremacy.” 4. Hitler was the Time magazine “Man of the Year” in 1938. Biden & Harris are the “Persons of the Year” for 2020. Jerry Esmay Stevensville
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, There is an excellent article in the February 3, 2021 issue of World Politics Review (WPR) entitled The U.S. Military Must Be Nonpartisan, but Not Apolitical by Jared Taylor. The bottom line according to the author, who is an Army veteran, is that it should be incumbent on the military to avoid partisanship while affirming crucial political obligations during a crisis. Such as occurred January 6 in Washington, DC. I believe this also applies to military retirees as well. If a retired soldier wants to write a letter to a local newspaper in order to advocate his or her personal political opinion(s), that’s fine. But don’t try to embellish it by signing off as retired military. Your writing should stand alone on its content, not anything else. If the letter is to the Army or Air Force Times, that’s different and those publications enjoy hearing from retired military. Jim Hamilton Florence
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Driving Montana’s broadband development with SB 297 by Jason Ellsworth Right now the legislature is working to appropriate the federal funding that Montana is receiving as part of the Covid stimulus package. These funds are for one-time use and cannot be used to backfill the state budget in the future. Therefore, we must make the best of these funds, and Republicans are working to do just that. The legislature maintains the power of the purse, and we will target the money toward supporting our communities that need it most and preparing our state’s economy to thrive throughout the 21st Century. Part of the package specifically sets aside funds for broadband Internet projects. I have been working hard to pass multiple bills that will develop our broadband infrastructure, and this stimulus money offers a unique chance to continue advancing Montana’s Internet capabilities.
Rural broadband is a category in which we rank near the bottom of the country. We can and must do better. According to the Federal Communications Commission, about 1 in 3 Montanans do not have access to broadband, three times the national average. The digital divide is even greater in our rural communities where 3 in 5 Montanans do not have access to broadband. Especially with teleworking and telehealth becoming more popular than ever, modernizing our Internet infrastructure is essential to fulfill the Montana Comeback Plan and ensure prosperity for decades to come. Getting more reliable Internet access in every corner of the state will help rural businesses grow and create jobs, prop up local economies that are struggling, and bring in more businesses that create highpaying jobs. Thankfully, Republicans in the legislature are making significant
progress in expanding and enhancing high-speed Internet in Montana. In a Joint Committee hearing on HB 632, the bill that determines how the federal funding will be spent, the Gianforte Administration supported spending $350 million over the next four years on broadband infrastructure. I also voiced my support for this plan at the committee. The Governor and I share this priority and we’re working together to deliver broadband infrastructure that will last long into the future. In order to actually put these funds to use, the state must have an account to receive the money. My bill, SB 297, sets up the account necessary to both receive and use these federal funds. Senate Bill 297 will help expedite the process of delivering rural Montana access to the same opportunities as the rest of the state and nation and allow Montana’s economy to prosper in the 21st Century.
Wildlife professionals concerned We are Montana residents and professional wildlife biologists and managers with a total of 1,561 years of experience in wildlife management and wildlife habitat management. Among us are 16 retired employees of Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks with 469 years with the agency, and 3 former Commissioners from the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission. We stand in opposition to the bills listed below being considered by the Montana Legislature in 2021. We find these bills to be based on misinformation about wildlife, misinformation about the effects of predators on prey species, and a lack of understanding about the complexity of natural environments in Montana. Detailed wildlife policy should be science-based and set by the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission with the input of the public not by the legislature. These bills will harm the image of hunters and hunting in Montana. For decades Montana has been a leader in science-based wildlife management in the US. These bills are not based on science and are harmful to wildlife and the hunting heritage of Montana. We strongly oppose the following bills: HB 224 and HB 225 – Allows neck snaring of wolves and extends the season for wolf trapping – Neck snares set for wolves will result in the capture of many non-target wildlife. The extension of the wolf trapping and snaring season will overlap with the times that grizzly and black bears are out of their dens resulting in bears being caught in wolf snares and traps. SB 267 – Allows paying a bounty to people to kill wolves – Paying people to kill Montana wildlife will harm the image of hunters and hunting in Montana. This is completely unnecessary since each year more than 35% of Montana’s wolf population is killed by wolf hunters and trappers. SB 337 - Revising laws on relocation of grizzly bears. Will prevent FWP from relocating any grizzly bears captured outside recovery zones. - This bill is contrary to 40 years of policy and cooperative grizzly management in Montana, it is contrary to the Interagency Grizzly Bear Guidelines, which Montana FWP has been a party to, and it will result in the unnecessary death of many grizzly bears. We are especially appalled that this bill is being promoted by the leadership of MT FWP. This bill will prevent grizzly bears from being delisted in Montana. HB 468 – Allows hound hunting of black bears and a recreational chase season for hound hunters. – Hound hunting black bears can result in cub abandonment, chronic stress, heat exhaustion in warm weather, and abandonment of home ranges.
Grizzly bears can be found throughout western Montana and hounds will chase grizzly bears who will fight and kill hounds. This will result in hound hunters shooting grizzly bears to defend their dogs or themselves when chased grizzly bears are encountered. Hound hunting of bears has been banned since 1921 in Montana. SB 314 – Revises laws related to wolf harvest to allow bait to trap wolves, allows spotlighting of wolves on private lands, allows harvest of an unlimited number of wolves by a license holder. – Use of bait near wolf traps will increase the nontarget capture of many valuable wildlife species like lynx, wolverine, and fisher, among others. Spotlighting wildlife is contrary to fair-chase hunting and will harm the image of hunters and hunting in Montana. Farmers and ranchers don’t want to get up in the night to find out who is spotlighting and shooting on their property. Unlimited killing of wolves is contrary to sound wildlife management policy and is unnecessary since 35% of the Montana wolf population is killed each year already by wolf hunters and trappers. SB 306 – Revises the Fish and Wildlife Commission to require 4 of 7 members to be “engaged in agricultural production”. – The Fish and Game commission is the primary policy setting organization for wildlife and fishery management in Montana. The majority of hunters and anglers in Montana are not engaged in agricultural production. This law will mean that the majority of the Commission will be people who are not representative of the hunters and anglers of Montana. As wildlife biologists and wildlife management professionals, we stand opposed to these bills as being harmful to wildlife, harmful to the image of hunters, contrary to science, and wrong for Montana. Sincerely, Chris Servheen, Richard Mace, Harvey Nyberg, Gayle Joslin, Keith Aune, Bruce Sterling, Diane Boyd, Ron Marcoux, Tim Thier, Bob Wiesner, Wendy Kamm, Graham Taylor, Jerry Brown, Gary Wolfe, Dan Vermillion, Tim Aldrich, Greg Munther, Chuck Schwartz, Sterling Miller, Dan Carney, Gary Moses, Glenn Elison, Joe Fontaine Dave Wesley, Mike Getman, Glenn Plum, Gerald “Skip” Kowalski, Mary Maj, Dale Becker, Jack Stanford, Amanda DelVecchia, Kerry R. Forsman, Dan Pletscher, Jay Gore, Shannon Clairmont, Mike Phillips, Lewis Young, Art Soukkala.
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mark French crew filming at the Schroeder Ranch last summer for a segment on Charlie Russell’s Montana. Victoria Howell photo.
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In 2001, she contacted Western Horseman magazine about doing an article on the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls. The article was published later that year. While doing her research, the person showing her around the museum told her that there was lots of misinformation about the Russell horses, which immediately intrigued Jane. She started looking into the horses and also kept running into Charlie Russell cowboy stories. About 10 years later – and with stacks of research – she started working on a chronology of Charlie Russell’s cowboying years. She mailed her manuscript to two preeminent Russell experts, Elizabeth Dear and Brian Dippie, who told her “the work required further verification.” After pondering that, Jane says, “I thought, you know what, I’m not trying for a masters, this is not a scholarly work, this is about the stories. I’m going to plunge ahead.” She did and her book, “Charlie Russell – The Cowboy Years” was published by Mountain Press Publishing and – along with its second edition – has now sold over 7000 copies. Before the book came out, an article on Jane and her upcoming book was featured in Rural Montana – the magazine of the Rural Electric Cooperatives – which caused pre-sales to soar. “I think maybe it was divine guidance,” says Jane of the book’s success. “The hand of the creator was definitely in all of this. If the trail keeps getting filled with flowers, just follow that baby.”
A particular focus of Jane’s was Charlie Russell’s horses. Russell had only four different horses, but they were often misidentified, in books and even in prestigious art museums. With her horse knowledge a source of pride for Jane, she made sure that she identified Russell’s horses correctly and definitively. “Maybe no one else cares,” says Jane. “But Russell was a horseman. He loved his horses. He would be ticked” to learn they had been misidentified. Jane said she was a little nervous about how the book would be received by the old cowboys and ranching families of north central Montana. If they approved of it, “then I’d know I did good,” said Jane. Apparently, she was needlessly worried, as calls and letters from 80- and 90-year-olds starting pouring in. Many wanted to give Jane more stories about what happened in the old days in Russell Country. Jane collected 60 more pages of information and ended up putting all of it into a second edition of the book. A crew from Montana PBS was filming in Colorado and someone who had read Jane’s book told them about it. So they contacted Jane and she was featured in a PBS special called “C.M. Russell and the American West.” Then, more recently, French television producer Emmanuelle Manage contacted Jane for a cowboy segment on Charlie Russell. The special is sort of “a Montana travelogue,” says Jane. Part of it was filmed on Jim and Sharon Schroeder’s ranch southeast of Stevensville. Other locals featured in it are Scott
Richardson, Tony and Lynette Coller and Betty Hardeman, all on horseback doing a scaled down “cattle drive,” and Jane in her old farm truck. “The French fell in love with my farm truck,” says Jane, “so it was my costar.” (Readers can watch the segment online at https://f. io/UROwGKAO) “It’s amazing the number of doors Charlie Russell opened for me,” says Jane. “I’m really glad I did not listen to the experts. I’m just glad I got the stories out there. It showed more about Charlie Russell, the man. His wife made him the highest paid artist of their time but he never forgot the cowboys he worked with on the range.” Jane went on to publish another book, this time not about Charlie Russell, but about herself and the horses and mules that have figured prominently in her life, a publish-on-demand book titled “Makin’ Tracks With My Horses and Mules.” Both of her books have won national awards. Jane now spends her time on her various art projects. She recently did a series of miniature paintings of horses on clay tiles for the walls of her new kitchen. A couple of weeks ago she taught a class on weaving cinches. Does this accomplished woman have any plans for another book? “I let life guide me anymore,” said Jane, “instead of being overly responsible. I just get up each day and see what unfolds.” Victoria Howell can be contacted at victoriahowell53@gmail.com or (406)207-8793.
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I had a couple of guys come into my fly shop in Hamilton a few days ago and ask for streamers. That’s what they intended to fish. I didn’t have to dampen their excitement and tell them that the good dry fly fishing was not quite here yet. That was a relief. They came with a mindset to do what worked. One of the fellows was fairly new to the sport but could cast. His host was the more experienced angler of the two, and knew where to take his friend fishing. They both knew from fishing they had done in other places that trout do about seventy to eighty percent of their feeding under the surface. That too was a sort of relief for me. I didn’t have to sell the program, so to speak, of why to fish streamers. They agreed, with big grins, when I repeated one of my favorite axioms: “Big fish eat little fish all the time” Their questions went right
to which streamers, where and how they should be fished.
SLOWER WATER, SLOWER RETRIEVE This time of year, I told them, the water temperatures are just beginning to move into the range where trout will be marginally active. The big brown that might chase a minnow across a gravel bar for ten feet in midsummer might move only ten inches now to take it. And the smaller baitfish will be moving slower as well. The slam-thebank and jerk-it-out streamer method that might trigger an attack from that same territorially aggressive big brown trout in the fall might not work right now. If all else fails you might give it a try – but I wouldn’t start there. Start instead, I told them, fishing the insides of the bends and pools, looking for water that is moving at about two
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feet per second or shows a sparkling chop on top. You might find fish at the edge of the fast water but not in it. Place your casts where they won’t spook the fish holding in that calm water – stay out of their range of view, and don’t push a wake when you wade. Comb the water, and if you can, cast quartering upstream and retrieve the fly so it will move broadside to the fish. Let them look at it, and sidle over to where they can chomp it for an easy meal. And as usual, vary your retrieve speed and length of pull according to the water you’re fishing, the type of fly you’re using, and your instinct. Don’t be too analytical about it – just try, a little more with each cast, to get the feel of it; get in touch with it. When you find something that works, dial it in. The guys seemed to have a good handle on that part of it – one from his experience with lures in rivers for other species, and the other with streamers for trout. They both knew that you have to make the fly swim. The best way to teach that part, I found with clients, was to have them stand in water about a foot deep where they could see, and cast toward them and move the fly past their feet. “You know what a minnow or a fish in an aquarium looks like when it swims, right?” I would ask them. “Make your streamer fly do the same thing – make the fly swim. It’s a little fish, not a torpedo.” DON’T OVERLOOK SMALL STREAMERS They asked which flies would work best. Among my recommendations, while we’re waiting for more skwala stoneflies to emerge (and the salmonfly and golden stone nymph that are staging up behind them,) I suggested #10 and #12 Olive-bodied Black Wooly Buggers. Lightly weighted olive or brown Wooly Buggers in #8 on up, or, when you can get them, Seal Buggers in the same colors, are favored by some of the best streamer fishermen that I know. These flies are weighted, but aren’t as heavily as the Conehead Wooly Buggers in the same sizes that are standard fare all year long. “Stonefly nymphs swim,” I told them. “Find one sitting on a rock and poke him in the tail. He’ll swim about eight inches or so, almost as fast as a small fish. Fish the edge water, retrieve back toward shore, and move this little Olive-Black Wooly Bugger about eight inches a pull – The trout are already keyed on the nymphs – you might surprise yourself.”
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Local UV Index
Detailed Local Forecast
0-2: Low, 3-5: Moderate, 6-7: High, 8-10: Very High, 11+: Extreme Exposure
Today we will see mostly cloudy skies with a high temperature of 47°, humidity of 54%. South southwest wind 2 to 6 mph. The record high temperature for today is 71° set in 2007. Expect mostly cloudy skies tonight with a 60% chance of rain and snow, overnight low of 30°. South southwest wind 2 to 6 mph. The record low for tonight is -9° set in 1965. Thursday, skies will be mostly cloudy with a 60% chance of scattered snow, high temperature of 46°, humidity of 63%. Northwest wind 2 to 6 mph.
Weather Trivia
Peak Fishing/Hunting Times This Week
0 - 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11+
How often does lightning strike the ground in the United States?
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Peak Times Day AM PM Wed 9:21-11:21 9:48-11:48 Thu 10:15-12:15 10:41-12:41 Fri -11:07-1:07 Sat 11:33-1:33 11:59-1:59
Answer: Between 25 to 30 million times each year.
Early season streamer fishing
Weather History March 24, 1989 - Low pressure off the coast of Virginia brought heavy rain to the mid-Atlantic Coast states and heavy snow to the northern Appalachians. Cape Hatteras, N.C. was soaked with 5.2 inches of rain in 24 hours, and snowfall totals in Vermont ranged up to 12 inches. March 25, 1948 - For the second time in less than a week, airplanes were destroyed by a tornado at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City. A March 20th tornado destroyed 50 planes, and the March 25th tornado destroyed another 35.
Peak Times AM PM 12:24-2:24 12:50-2:50 1:16-3:16 1:42-3:42 2:09-4:09 2:36-4:36
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Sun/Moon Chart This Week Day Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue
Full 3/28
Last 4/4
Sunrise 7:30 a.m. 7:28 a.m. 7:26 a.m. 7:24 a.m. 7:22 a.m. 7:20 a.m. 7:18 a.m.
Sunset 7:55 p.m. 7:56 p.m. 7:57 p.m. 7:59 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 8:02 p.m. 8:03 p.m.
Moonrise 2:54 p.m. 4:09 p.m. 5:28 p.m. 6:48 p.m. 8:09 p.m. 9:31 p.m. 10:55 p.m.
Moonset 5:55 a.m. 6:29 a.m. 6:58 a.m. 7:23 a.m. 7:46 a.m. 8:09 a.m. 8:34 a.m.
New 4/11
First 4/20
Last Week's Almanac & Growing Degree Days Date 3/15 3/16 3/17 3/18 3/19 3/20 3/21
High 57 57 60 65 52 46 45
Low 30 32 27 29 33 26 30
Normals Precip 50/28 0.00" 50/28 0.00" 51/28 0.00" 51/28 0.00" 51/29 0.02" 52/29 0.01" 52/29 0.00"
Farmer's Growing Degree Days Date Degree Days Date Degree Days 3/15 0 3/19 0 3/16 0 3/20 0 3/17 0 3/21 0 3/18 0 Growing degree days are calculated by taking the average temperature for the day and subtracting the base temperature (50 degrees) from the average to assess how many growing days are attained.
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VICTOR SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 7 NOTICE OF INTENT TO INCREASE NONVOTED LEVIES March 18, 2021 As an essential part of its budgeting process, the Victor School Board of the Trustees is authorized by law to impose levies to support its budget. The Victor School Board of Trustees estimates the following increase/decrease in revenues and mills for the funds noted below for the next school fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, using certified taxable valuations from the current school fiscal year as provided to the district: The Board passed this resolution at a Special Board Meeting held on March 18, 2021, in the MSR. Fund
Est. change in Revenues
Est. change in Mills
Adult Education Transportation Tuition Flexibility Building Reserve
$3,209.14 $14,664.53 ($10,000.00) ($5,808.00)
Total
$2,065.67
Est. Tax impact, Home of $100,000
Est. Tax Impact, Home of $200,000______
0 .41 1.88 (1.28) (0.74)
$.56 $2.54 ($1.73) ($1.00)
$1.11 $5.08 ($3.46) ($2.01)
0.27
$0.36
$0.72
The District intends to use the permissive Building Reserve levy listed above for general repairs to address safety and maintain building codes and standards. These estimates are the Districts best estimates at the current time. They are based on the current year’s taxable value, as required by SB307. Please contact the District Business Office at (406) 642-3221 if you have questions or need additional information.
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Ravalli County WIC is a nutrition education program that serves pregnant, post-partum, and breastfeeding women, children from birth to age 5 and women whose pregnancies have ended early. WIC also welcomes dads, grandparents, and foster families. The WIC program is offered In Hamilton Monday through Thursday 8:30-4:30 at 205 Bedford Street, Suite P, District Courthouse Building in Hamilton. The Stevensville clinic is open on Wednesdays at the United Methodist Church, 216 College Street in Stevensville. The Victor Clinic is the second Tuesday of the month at the Victor Nazarene Church. The Darby clinic is open every month on the third Monday of the month at the Darby Library.Call 406-802-7180 for more information.
Family Shelter
The Family Shelter of the Bitterroot is dedicated to helping homeless and needy families in the Bitterroot Valley. If you are interested in helping or need help, call Gary Locke for more information, 2398833. Three Mile Coffee Club meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at 1064 Three Mile Creek Road. Everyone is welcome. Good coffee, conversation and get to know your neighbors. All ages welcome. For information call Colleen at 777-3710.
BitterRodders Cars
BitterRodders Car Club meets the first Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at BJ’s Restaurant, 900 N. 1st in Hamilton. Everyone welcome. For more information call 961-3136.
Child care help
Are you struggling to pay for child care right now due to the added burdens of the pandemic or a reduction of working hours? You may qualify for child care assistance through the Best Beginnings Child Care Scholarship! Contact Child Care Resources today to see if you qualify at 406-728-6446. Or, visit us online at childcareresources.org.
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Divorce Care is a free class/ support group for those needing support, hope, and healing during and after divorce. Divorce Care meets at Hamilton Assembly of God every Wednesday evening at 6:30 starting February 3 through April 29. Anyone can join at any time. Please see Divorcecare.org for more information.
Soul Suppers
Soul Suppers in Stevensville Served Every Wednesday! Free home cooked carry out meals with a message served every Wed.evening at 6 p.m. 101 Church St. Stevensville. For more information, contact Corey at 406) 214-8708.
Audubon
Join Bitterroot Audubon and the Bitterroot Public Library for a Special Zoom Event on March 25th, at 7 p.m. For assistance , email community@bitterrootpubliclibrary. com or call the library at 406-3631670.
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For Women Only - Introduction To Defensive Handguns March 27 & April 10 2021 This 2 day course is for women with little or no experience with handguns, who may be frightened of handguns or who are considering acquiring a handgun. The first day course is designed to assist you in choosing the right handgun – for you. It will also introduce you to the facilities of the Whittecar Range. The class is limited to 10 participants. For an application or further information call Lee at 6423590 or Jim at 360-8392.
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ST. STEPHENS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Worship at 11:00 a.m. In this Church there shall be no outcasts. Friday at 11:30 am. You can still order and pickup meals to go on Monday from 11:00 am to 11:30 am.
Bitterroot Celtic Society
Plans are underway for the 2021 Bitterroot Celtic Games & Gathering to be held at the Daly Mansion on August 21-22. Volunteers are needed for planning and at the event. Meetings (currently virtual) are held every 3rd Thursday at 6 PM, and volunteers and the public are always invited to attend. For more info, please call 406-2748886 or visit www.bcgg.org.
Kindergarten registration
Stevensville Primary School will be having Kindergarten Registration in the elementary gym lobby. Students must be 5 on or before September 10th to register. Bring a copy of their immunization records and birth certificate. Questions 406-777-5613 Victor School’s Kindergarten and Pre-K roundup will be April 8th from 10:00-11:30 am Must be 5 by Sept 10th
Kindergarten Registration
Stevensville Primary School will be having Kindergarten Registration for the 2021-2022 school year in the elementary gym lobby. Tuesday, March 30th from 8:00-12:00. Students must be 5 before September 10th to start kindergarten in the fall. Bring a copy of immunization records and birth certificate. Questions call 406-777-5613
Lone Rock Park Board
Lone Rock Park Board meeting Wednesday 3-24 7 p.m. at 1064 Three Mile Creek road. Public welcome.
Stevensville Garden Club
On Wednesday, April 7, at 1 PM the Stevensville Garden Club will meet at the Kootenai Creek Clubhouse, 43 Clubhouse Way. The program will be “Growing Roses in Zone 4, how to choose the correct rose for your location”. Our presenter is Jim Sadler, a rose horticulturist and arrangement judge. He is also President-elect of the Montana Federation of Garden Clubs and Missoula Garden Club member. Please call Colleen at 273-3973 for more info.
Sons of Norway
Bitterrootdalen Lodge, Sons of Norway, will meet at 5:30 PM, Tuesday, April 6th, at Grace Lutheran Church, 275 Hattie in Hamilton. The Lodge will provide ham, drinks and service. Members and visitors are invited to bring a side dish. The program will celebrate the Lodge’s 20th birthday and each person is encouraged to bring a picture or item relating to their membership in the Lodge.
Victor Senior Center Now serving lunches Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 11:30 a.m. May pick up meals Monday 11:00 -11:30 To order meals, or to volunteer, or for information Leave message at: 642-3320 Pokeno 2nd & 4th Friday at 1:00 p.m.
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Story Time Live Online! – Wednesday, March 24, 10:30 am Tune in to North Valley Public Library’s Facebook Live Wednesday March, 24 at 10:30 am for stories about pond habitats, songs, a quick early literacy activity, and a link to a creative craft! Crafty Friday! – Friday, March 26, 4 pm Each week, come for a low key craft and chill time at the library. Do the craft, your homework, or just read, it’s up to you. Physical distancing will be observed and masks are required.
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Ages 12-18. Registration is strongly suggested, sign up on the Library’s website. Space is limited. Upcoming Events StoryWalk® - March 29-April 12 North Valley Public Library is partnering with the Town of Stevensville to bring you another amazing StoryWalk®! StoryWalk® is an innovative and delightful way for children — and adults! — to enjoy reading and the outdoors at the same time. Pages from a children’s book are displayed along an outdoor path. As you stroll down the trail, you’re directed to the next page in the story. Join in the fun starting on Monday, March 29 starting on the east end of the Stevensville Bike Path (the part closest to town). Please register on the Library’s website so we know you plan to participate! You can visit the walk any time during the day and it will be displayed for two weeks. Our story will be Do Frogs Drink Hot Chocolate?: How Animals Keep Warm by Etta Kaner. Please practice social distancing while you participate. Maker Kits for Kids & Teens – Weeks of April 12 & 26 (and the 2nd & 4th weeks of each month) Register every other week for a different science experiment, art/craft project, or a maker activity. Please register for each week you wish to receive a kit on the Library’s website. Check out some fun Maker Kit demonstration videos on the Library’s YouTube channel, NVPL Youth Programs. Pick up your kits on Mondays or Tuesdays during the Library’s open hours, 10 am-7 pm. Kits will be tailored for age groups ranging from 2-18. Other Ongoing Programs & Happenings Book Bundles Need help deciding what to read next!? Have a library youth specialist custom-curate a selection of items for you! Get a pile of books from our collection that we think you’ll love. Let us know your favorite types of books and our experts will create a bundle just for you. Bundles include up to 5 items and will be ready within two to three days. We will notify you when they are ready for pickup at North Valley Public Library. Register for yours on the Kids’ Zone page of the Library’s website. This service will be offered for the foreseeable future for ages 0-18. 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten What is 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten all about? It is a national program that promotes early literacy and reading together with your child. The concept is simple; read a book (any book) to your newborn, infant, and/or toddler. The goal is to have read 1,000 books (yes, you can repeat books) before your little one starts kindergarten. You can then pick up a packet in the Children’s Room, print sheets from the Library’s website, or download the app (free in your app store). Each time you reach 100 books come in to the Library to turn in your sheet and get another or just show us your app. For every 100 books you read together, you’ll get your name on our digital “Wall of Fame” on the Library’s website. That’s it! Well, except that you and your child will have cuddle time and be building literacy skills and learning new things together. Register on the Kids’ Zone page of the Library’s website. Happy reading! Early Literacy Activity Calendars The Library will be posting Early Literacy Activity Calendars each month on our website, Facebook, and Instagram! Try these daily literacy building activities with your child. This printable calendar includes daily literacy activities and book & song suggestions for you and your child to enjoy! Great for ages 5 & under. Amazon Fire 7 Kids’ Editions The library now has two Amazon Fire 7 Kids’ Edition tablets for adults to check out for your kids! You need an internet connection to use Amazon FreeTime Unlimited. If you don’t have internet, check out one of our hotspots to go along with it. Amazon FreeTime gives your kids access to over 20,000 apps, games, books, videos, audiobooks, and educational content from PBS Kids, Nickelodeon, Disney, and more. They are set up for kids ages 3-12. North Valley Public Library is located at 208 Main Street Stevensville, MT. The library thanks you for keeping all Montanans safe by practicing social distancing, wearing a face covering, and washing your hands. For more information visit northvalleylibrary.org, on Facebook or Instagram, or give us a call at 406.777.5061.
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Sports Wednesday, March 24, 2021
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Stevi batters take the field by Ashley Jones
With spring sports starting, the Yellowjackets are excited to be back playing this season. Head coach Chris Newman stated, “last year, the season was cut short. Missing a season was hard on the girls.” Newman later stated, “The girls who played summer ball were able to come back easier
than the girls who didn’t.” The team has a good balance of players. A great group of freshmen through senior players fill the roster. Newman included, “we have a very talented and hard working group of girls.” A typical day or week for Newman’s players includes practices a couple hours a day when there isn’t a game.
He added that monitoring the physical health of his players is very important. “Injuries pop up,” included Newman. A delicate balance is needed throughout the season. Players work hard and are able to have breaks when needed. Their very first practice was on March 15th and their first game is a home game against Ronan on April
Florence finished season with loss to Lodge Grass by Ashley Jones The 2021 class A boys basketball quarterfinals took place in Billings Montana. Game 3 was played by Florence-Carlton and Lodge Grass. The first quarter began with the Falcons in control after winning over the tip off. Lodge grass converted the first two points in the game after an early turnover. Falcons (14) Beau Neal added the first 3 points for his team. Shortly after, (5) Blake Shoupe put on an additional 2 points with a reverse layup. The Falcons started the game playing really well offensively with an early 3 point lead about a minute and a half into the first quarter. After some contributed points by both teams, Lodge Grass had a 8-7 lead about half way through the first quarter. Lodge Grass’ (34) played strong and contributed a good amount of points for his team. For the Falcons, Blake Shoupe had a good chunk of points for his team. He added an additional 2 points after a left lane drive foul. The drive was no good, but was able to put on contact which gave him free throw opportunities. Both free throw attempts were good. He had 6 points by the end of the first quarter. The final score of the first quarter was 14-12 after a buzzer beater by Lodge Grass. The Falcons took the lead. Lodge Grass added the first two points of the second quarter. Both teams were tied 14-14 early in the quarter. Falcons (13) Possey converted a 3 point play to push the lead back up 17-14.
Falcons were finding good looks and were able to get good passes in. Lodge Grass was playing in a 2-3 zone. They were staying strong and hustling to get the ball. Throughout the first half, both teams were converting points and were back and force on who had the lead. At the end of quarter two, Falcons had a 3 point lead 29-26. Both teams were playing with intensity. A great way to end the first half. Both teams were playing with intensity to start the second half. Lodge Grass converted the first 2 points of the game with a spin move. Lodge Grass trailed by 1 29-28 early in the 3rd quarter. Falcons Beau Neal’s drive was no good, but drew contact. He was 1 of 2 after his free throw attempts. (13) Possey added a 2 pointer. With a couple points added from the Falcons, Lodge Grass trailed by 4 in the middle of the third quarter. Lodge Grass contributed a good amount of points. By the end of the third quarter Lodge Grass led with 41-40 lead. To end this tough matchup, Lodge Grass was able to convert 21 points in the 4th quarter to win the class B quarterfinals while the Falcons converted 10 points. Strong game play done by Lodge Grass put them on top. Lodge Grass’ lead caused some frustration by the Falcons during the 4th quarter. Throughout this game, both teams played with intensity and were vying to win the quarterfinals game. Lodge Grass was putting up many shots throughout the 4th quarter. Both teams played well.
3rd. This season the Yellowjackets are hoping to play in the state tournament. Newman stated, “Frenchtown, Hamilton, and Butte Central should be up there. Corvallis should be very strong this season.” Overall, the Stevensville softball program is eager to be back playing. “It is a blessing to be playing this
season,” Newman stated. The Yellowjackets season runs from their first game, April 3rd, up until their final season game on May 22nd. The team is hoping to make an appearance in the state tournaments. With the talent and physical grind that this team has, the Yellowjackets will be an exciting team to watch this season.
Painted Rocks State Park will offer some reservable campsites this season Beginning April 1, Painted Rocks State Park outside of Darby will open six of its campsites to advanced reservations. The state park’s 23 campsites have traditionally all operated on a first-come, first-served basis, but after an increase in visitation and public interest in reservation options, park managers decided to move six sites to the reservation system for this season. Painted Rocks State Parks Manager, Maci MacPherson, says that this means visitors can reserve one of the six sites for stays from Thursday, May 27 through Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. The sites
are open for reservations on Thursday through Sunday nights only and remain available to walkin campers the other nights of the week. All of the six campsites can accommodate tents. Three of the campsites can fit RVs up to 25 feet, and three campsites have room for RVs up to 30 feet. To reserve a site starting April 1 at 12 a.m. MST, go online to montanastateparks.reserveamerica. com or call Reserve America at 1-855-922-6768. For questions regarding Painted Rocks State Park, please call MacPherson at 406-2734253.
Valley students make Iowa dean’s list The following students were named to the fall 2020 trimester Dean’s List at Palmer College of Chiropractic’s Main campus in Davenport, Iowa: Elizabeth Grussling of Stevensville, MT
Elizabeth Roberts of Hamilton, MT Palmer College of Chiropractic, the first and largest college in the chiropractic profession, has campuses in Davenport, Iowa; San Jose, Calif.; and Port Orange, Fla.
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Budget bill advances on party lines The Republican majority in the Montana House advanced the main state budget bill Monday after fending off Democrats’ push for additional funds for social service programs. by Eric Dietrich Montana Free Press HELENA — The state’s two-year budget bill passed its initial vote in the Montana House along party lines Monday, advancing with support from a unified Republican majority and opposition from Democrats frustrated by health and human services spending cuts. House Bill 2, which totals approximately $12.6 billion, still faces a final vote in the House before being sent to the Senate for another round of review. “This is a very solid and well-thought-out bill for this point in time,” said House Appropriations Committee Chair Llew Jones, R-Conrad. “It needs to continue on its journey.” “Unfortunately, it wasn’t in the shape we needed it to be able to support it today,” said
House Minority Leader Kim Abbott, D-Helena. As it stands, the legislative budget comes in slightly thinner than the spending proposal released by Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte in January. The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services specifically is facing a budget that’s approximately $150 million below the governor’s initial request — essentially the same funding level it received in the last two-year cycle without adjustment for inflation or the state’s growing population. During the chamber’s day-long debate, Democrats brought a series of amendments looking to pull the DPHHS budget closer to the governor’s proposal, all of which were rebuffed by Republicans on nearly party-line votes. If successful, the amendments would
Montana Free Press photo have restored funding for school-based mental health counselors, a federally funded refugee resettlement initiative, and a suicide prevention effort, among other social service programs. Democratic aides said their amendments totaled about $23 million in General Fund spending. Rep. Matt Regier of Kalispell, the Republican lead on the health section of the budget, said lawmakers are working on finding an alternative funding source for the school counseling program, which previously
saw a greater share of its cost covered by federal dollars. Republicans did add some additional spending of their own, including approximately $150,000 a year to fund a natural resources attorney in the state Department of Justice. That position, said Rep. Brad Tschida, R-Missoula, would help the state pursue litigation with the Biden administration over the Keystone XL pipeline and other natural resource issues. Republicans also passed a budget amendment to give
the state university system $1 million to respond to the constitutional carry bill Gianforte signed into law in February, which restricts higher education officials’ ability to limit firearms on campuses. That money could be spent on offering firearms training on campuses, adding gun safes to campus dorms and installing metal detectors for athletic events where guns can still be barred. However, the budget amendment included language that would have the university system forfeit the
allocation if the state Board of Regents chooses to challenge the law in court. Speaker of the House Wylie Galt, R-Martinsdale, applauded the budget bill’s passage Monday. “I am proud of the Montana House’s work to create a conservative state budget,” he said in a statement. “House Bill 2 provides the state with a responsible budget that adequately funds state services and gives Gov. Gianforte the tools he needs to continue making state government more efficient.
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The community college question As Montana looks to tradebased education to aid economic recovery, a suite of bills in the Legislature aims to bolster funding for those programs and potentially settle a lingering question over the Bitterroot’s ability to grow its own workforce. by Alex Sakariassen Montana Free Press Last fall, Montana’s agricultural community was humming with anticipation over a new educational program set to debut at the community college in Miles City. The Montana Farm Bureau Federation painted it as the local piece in the larger puzzle of improving the nation’s food system. Meat processors licked their lips at the prospect of a skilled, homegrown labor force. Now, a cohort of students at Miles Community College are pursuing their meatprocessing certificates. Getting to this point wasn’t easy, and Miles Community College President Ron Slinger doesn’t hesitate to credit off-campus backers. The Montana Department of Agriculture ponied up a $117,000 Meat Processing Infrastructure Grant last August to help establish the program, part of an effort by then-Gov. Steve Bullock to steer CARES Act funds toward the state’s meatprocessing needs. Northwest Farm Credit Services threw another $25,000 in the pot in December. If MCC is celebrating a victory, Slinger chalks it up largely to that financial support. “If we wouldn’t have had those types of investments, we couldn’t have done it,” Slinger said. “We don’t have that type of flexibility with our general fund budget. We don’t have that much capital sitting there.” The financial challenges that necessitated that outside support are hardly restricted to new programs. Montana’s three community colleges — MCC, Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell and Dawson Community College in Glendive — have for decades operated on a knife’s edge. Class sizes on the trade side, commonly referred to as career and technical education, are often limited due to accreditation requirements set by professional associations. Purchasing the equipment necessary for some programs can cut deeply into shallow budgets. Slinger said some of MCC’s core offerings, such as its automotive tech and heavy equipment programs, still aren’t profitable. But those workforce programs are exactly where Gov. Greg Gianforte and the Legislature have pinned much of their hopes for economic recovery in a post-pandemic Montana. The state is slowly clawing its way back, with unemployment dropping from 5.4% last September to 4% this January, but Gianforte still stressed this month a pressing need to “get Montanans back to work in good-paying jobs.” Career and technical education (CTE) encompasses a broad swath of the labor market, from nurses to computer programmers to commercial truck drivers, and state officials in 2021 want it all. The push dovetails with a proposal this session from Rep. Llew Jones, R-Conrad,
to change how the state calculates its financial contributions to community colleges. House Bill 67 seeks to incentivize CTE programs by giving them more weight in that calculation. Currently, CTE offerings draw the same amount of funding as classroom-based non-CTE courses — roughly $6,000 per year, Jones estimates, for each student enrolled in 15 credits. Jones’ bill would increase that CTE allocation by half — to a per-student total of $9,000 — in part to reflect the higher cost typically associated with such programs. “What we know about career tech ed when we look at it is the [CTE] classroom is more expensive,” Jones said. “Obviously there’s more cost to setting up a classroom that has a bunch of welders in it or a bunch of engines in it.” According to a fiscal note compiled by the governor’s Office of Budget and Program Planning, the formula changes proposed in HB 67 would result in a $304,572 budget increase in state aid to community colleges in 2024, and a $566,889 increase in 2025. Slinger said that commitment would go a long way toward making some of Miles Community College’s standard CTE courses more profitable. Slinger is further relieved that the funding increase didn’t have to come at the cost of non-CTE offerings designed to provide local students a pathway to degrees at four-year institutions. “It was important to us to make sure that if we’re going to incentivize CTE that we don’t de-incentivize general transfer pathways,” Slinger said. HB 67 passed the House with strong bipartisan support last month, and is now waiting for attention in the Senate. Flathead Valley Community College President Jane Karas stressed the importance of a well-funded catalog of CTE programs in responding to the needs of Montana communities. She called it a “symbiotic relationship,” with the college beefing up the local workforce and area businesses serving that contribution back with investment, input, equipment and experienced instruction. Several years ago, FVCC worked alongside 21 Flathead Valley businesses to establish curricula for and launch an advanced manufacturing program. Karas said similar efforts have helped ensure the region is keeping up with the needs of new tech companies. The college even set up a gaming program — not gaming as in gambling, Karas noted, but gaming as in the development of video games. “Seventy percent of our career and technical education graduates obtain local jobs and the rest, most of them stay in the state,” Karas said. “So that is one of the advantages to our career and technical education programs. We really are training and educating Montanans to stay here and give back to the local
economy.” FVCC also worked with Blackfeet Community College in recent years to offer and eventually transfer control of a practical nursing program in Browning, and is now charting the same course with paramedicine and EMT training. Health care and higher-education advocates have been voicing concern for nearly a decade about Montana’s health care workforce shortage, citing an aging population and increasing retirement rates among Baby Boomers. Community colleges continue to factor heavily in that conversation. Slinger said he’s gathering information from more than 30 providers across MCC’s 16-county region in eastern Montana regarding their current staffing levels and their short- and long-term growth plans. The results will inform what health-based CTE programs need to be started or improved, as well as what programs MCC can potentially eliminate. Another key piece of higher-ed legislation this session focuses not on Montana’s three existing community colleges, but on the funding structure available to any future campuses. Montana hasn’t seen a new community college established since 1970, and the current campuses in Kalispell, Miles City and Glendive derive roughly a quarter of their funding from a series of separate local levies, some voted and some not. House Bill 179 proposes to condense the process, consolidating local funding for a newly established community college into a single operating levy that must be approved by the voters. Rep. David Bedey, R-Hamilton, said he proposed the change to offer voters more transparency when they’re deciding whether to support a new college. “The bottom line is, if I want to make this simple, in the ballot language it will say that if you approve this, there may be a tax levy, a voted tax levy, that you subsequently will have to approve,” Bedey said. “Particularly given the concern about property tax rate in a state and that sort of thing, I think most people are comfortable with knowing up front that they’re going to have a chance to vote on something. Let’s create this thing and then let our trustees make the case for what the right funding formula is.” Bedey’s bill, which made it through the House despite strong opposition from the more conservative side of the Republican caucus, would also alter the approval process for a new college, placing greater emphasis on the educational and workforce needs of the community. The Board of Regents would still review the proposal, and the Legislature would maintain final say in whether the school is established. Deputy Commissioner Brock Tessman at the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education said his office is “happier to see a clearer process” being considered. The changes under HB 179 wouldn’t impact existing campuses, but could positively impact the renewed push to create a community college district in the Bitterroot Valley. Twelve years ago, that notion died in the Senate Education and Cultural Resources Committee without so much as a vote. Starting in 2007, residents in Ravalli County had spent two years arguing their case for a community college, passing a ballot initiative and electing
a board of trustees before running into opposition from the Board of Regents. Now the push has been taken up again. On May 5, 2020, 59% of registered voters in the proposed district approved the idea and the selection of seven trustees, and the Board of Regents voted unanimously in December in favor of establishing Bitterroot Valley Community College. In its recommendation to the Legislature, the board noted that the proposal has “significant educational merits,” but recognized that questions remain about where the funding will come from to launch and sustain the college. Ultimately, Tessman told Montana Free Press, those questions can only be answered by Bitterrooters themselves. “If it were up to us, we’d have a college or university on every corner, but that’s not reality,” Tessman said. “Resources are scarce and taxpayer dollars are scarce. The regents all along have had some questions about how best to fund a Bitterroot Valley Community College, but those are questions that the regents don’t answer themselves.” Bitterroot Valley Community College Trustee Janet Woodburn said establishing an independent district would be a critical step for a region of Montana that’s experiencing considerable growth. Sure, she said, the University of Montana is currently operating Bitterroot College in Hamilton. But she argues that most of the programming decisions made there have reflected needs in Missoula County, not Ravalli, and the satellite college isn’t putting a dent in the Bitterroot’s need for electricians, cabinetmakers, licensed addiction counselors and scores of other trained professionals. Any courses that require travel to UM’s Missoula locations for inperson instruction present a major hurdle for prospective students. That’s not an issue Woodburn believes remote instruction options could alleviate. “Would you want to be in a room with a nurse who never actually saw, never actually had hands-on training, but it was online?” she asked. “Same with an electrician or professional drivers, truck drivers. All these things require in-person training.” With the table set by last year’s support from voters and the regents, Sen. Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton, introduced a joint resolution this session that would finally establish the Bitterroot’s own long-sought community college. It passed the Senate with strong support and received a unanimous yes vote from the House Education Committee on March 15. Woodburn is hopeful that momentum will continue, paving the way for the Bitterroot to begin serving its own needs, just as the Kalispell, Miles City and Glendive areas have for decades. “We are growing at such a rapid pace,” Woodburn said. “We don’t have the professionals, we don’t have carpenters and plumbers and nurses and health care providers, cabinetmakers, electricians. We don’t have the basic element that is necessary for a community to grow.” Disclosure: Brock Tessman, deputy commissioner of academic, research and student affairs with the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education, is married to MTFP director of development and operations Kristin Tessman. MTFP business staff do not have input into editorial coverage.
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Darryl R. Taulman, 1935-2021 October 4, 1935 – March 1, 2021 Darryl peacefully passed on March 1st, 2021, at the age of 85. Better known by his friends as DT, he was born in Hamilton to Frank and Minnie Taulman. He grew up in the beautiful Bitterroot Valley attending school in Hamilton and graduating from Hamilton High school. On Christmas Eve in 1958, he married his high school sweetheart and the love of his life, Carol Howell. Their life together was nothing but adventurous to say the least. They loved to ski, hunt, fish, and explore by motorcycle, boat, and plane. He sold newspapers for The Western News as a young boy, pulling them around town in his wagon. He built boats with his dad…
They designed and built the TaulCraft boat. He worked for the City of Hamilton plowing snow while he was in high school. He worked for Mc Vicar Trucking, driving chip trucks to Horner Waldorf paper mill. He played his trumpet with other family members in orchestras for many dances throughout the valley. He went into the National Guard after he graduated and became the Commanding Officer of the Hamilton National Guard unit. He owned and operated the Honda dealership, in Hamilton, for many years. He owned and operated Taulman Inc. He was an amazing architect and builder, drawing all his plans by hand, the old-fashioned way, never a mistake. People sought
him out if they wanted something extraordinary. Darryl’s works were a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. He loved telling long funny jokes when he saw you uptown, he was never in a hurry. He was always late to appointments and parties. He loved his family and friends and was always game for a new adventure or just having a good time. He was a very talented man in so many ways. He is survived by his sister Bonnie Zacha, his niece Edel Howard (Pat), and nephew Alan Zacha (Stacey). Also, many great nephews and his dog Duke, whom he said was the best dog he ever had. He is survived by many wonderful life-long friends that
he loved and appreciated! Also, long-time employee Jeff (Diane) Hoffman. A special thank you to his wonderful caretakers, who were always there for him. He was proceeded in death by his loving wife, Carol; and his mom and dad. Please make any donations on his behalf to Bitterroot Valley Humane society. Please join us for a CELEBRATION of his life on March 20th at 11:00 a.m. at Daly Leach Chapel. Back Door Deli will be catering a nice lunch to be served after the celebration. Please be ready to share your memories of DT. Condolences may be left for the family at www.dalyleachchapel.com
in the Navy serving two years on the U.S.S. Saidor a flight carrier. He returned home to the Bitterroot Valley and went to work hauling milk from 1946 to 1975. He watched the industry change over the years from milk cans to bulk tanks. He then took up his carpentry passion until he retired. Gerald enjoyed his retired years working on antique machinery. He was a charter member of the Tired Iron Club. His passion was John Deere antique tractors and adding to his
collection. He was always excited to show his collection to interested parties. He also restored his Fathers 1928 Fordson farm on Birch Creek east of Corvallis. He enjoyed watching his grandchildren rodeo and playing sports. He married Louise Lindquist 1950 in Hamilton Montana. They raised three boys, Geary, Larry and Barry. Gerald was preceded in death by his wife Louise of 51 years. Gerald is survived by his sons Geary, Larry and Barry
(Tammy). Gerald was blessed with 5 grandchildren Sara, Cody, Cassie (Ben), Jesse, Kelsey (Justin) as well as four great grandchildren. Jaxon, Tenley, Kaidlyn and Rylee. A Graveside service Saturday March 20 at Corvallis Cemetery at 2:00 P.M. with Pastor Vern Sanderfeld officiating. Military honors will be presented by the U.S. Navy and the Corvallis American Legion. Condolences may be left for the family at www.dalyleachchapel. com
Idaho, and was even invited to perform and call at the World’s Fair
in Spokane for hundreds of dancers. She was the first woman to ever do so. She and Ray met many lifelong friends, and it was a joy of her life. Norma was a woman of many talents and interests. She had a natural curiosity and a keen appreciation of life. She was a formidable domino opponent, a superb knitter and seamstress, and an extraordinary cook, as those who were fortunate enough to taste her homemade noodles or fried chicken can attest! Her recipes certainly happily live on through her children and grandchildren. Norma had a strong Christian
faith from the time of her childhood. She was a member of the Nazarene church of Victor. She always felt blessed and loved by her church family, as well as a wide circle of friends. Norma is survived by her three daughters, Marva Johnson, Sandra Sims, and Joni Schmidt, grandsons Mark and Brien Wilson, Zachary and Lucian Dahy, as well as four great grandchildren, Spencer,Shane, Seth, and Elisa Wilson. Due to Covid concerns, a private graveside service will take place at Riverview Cemetery. Condolences may be left for the family at www. dalyleachchapel.com
Gerald Lemon, 1926-2021 Corvallis - Gerald Lemon, 94, of Corvallis passed away at his home on Mill Creek on Saturday March 13, 2021. He was born in Eden Prairie Minnesota on December 28, 1926, the son of William and Alice Lemon. They moved to the Bitterroot Valley in 1930. He attended Corvallis school and graduated in 1944 from high school. He was active in high school playing football for four years. After high school he enlisted
Norma Jean Dudney, 1925-2021 Norma Jean Dudney, a long time resident of Hamilton, MT, went to meet her Heavenly Father on March 15, 2021, at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital. She was a feisty and independent 95 years old. Norma was born on Sept 5, 1925, in Holton, Kansas, to parents James and Florence. She lived in Topeka with her parents and older siblings Scott and Eva Mae. The family relocated to Los Angeles in 1940, where Norma worked in the music department of a large department store. In 1947, on a visit back to Kansas, Norma met a cowboy named Ray Dudney. They married soon after and spent the next 50
years together until Ray’s passing in 1997. Together they raised three strong daughters. Norma had a lifelong love of music and a beautiful voice. She sang in choirs and as a soloist for 50 years. In 1957 she and Ray learned to Square Dance and enjoyed it so much that Norma became a Square Dance Caller. She became in demand and came a busy professional, calling all over California. In 1972, the family moved to Hamilton, where she helped start a new square dance club called Belles and Beaus. She called for another 16years, traveling all over western Montana, northern
Death Notices Hamilton - Colette F. Keen, 90, passed away in the afternoon, Monday, March 15, 2021, at her home with family by her side. Brothers Mortuary and Crematory are honored to care for the family. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at www.brothersmortuary.com. Hamilton - Marie Bolen, 82, passed away early in the morning, Friday, March 19, 2021, at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital. Brothers Mortuary and Crematory are honored to care for the family. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at www.brothersmortuary. com Lemhi, Idaho - Christy Jo Shina, 51, passed away early in the morning, Sunday, March 21, 2021, at her home in Idaho. Brothers Mortuary and Crematory are honored to care for the family. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at www.brothersmortuary.com
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Lawmakers scrambled this week to begin drafting a plan for spending the nearly $3 billion heading to the state under the new round of federal COVID-19 stimulus, even as legislative work on hot-button social policy, election administration and other issues continued. FISCAL POLICY Legislators assigned to fiscal committees spent much of the week collecting ideas for the stimulus money heading to the state under the American Rescue Plan Act, signed into law by President Joe Biden last week. While that work was hampered by uncertainty about the specific rules federal agencies will ultimately adopt for large portions of that money, early contenders for stimulus dollars include state investments in water and sewer infrastructure, as well as a $350 million broadband connectivity program. Lawmakers plan to amend allocations for the stimulus money into House Bill 632. Another $461 million in spending from an earlier round of federal stimulus, allocated by House Bill 630, cleared an initial vote in the House Friday.
ELECTION ADMINISTRATION After several days of work sessions, the House State Administration Committee unanimously endorsed House Bill 613, the Native American Voting Rights Act, on Friday. The measure would in essence expand a 2014 lawsuit settlement between the state, counties and tribes to improve voter access on three Montana reservations statewide. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Sharon Stewart Peregoy, brought it in response to Republican-backed proposals she and others say would make it more difficult for Indigenous people to vote. As passed by the committee, the bill would require tribes and counties to agree on at least one on-reservation alternative or satellite voting office. Counties and tribal governments could also work to place ballot dropboxes in tribal communities and allow tribal IDs issued under less restrictive requirements than drivers’ licenses as proof of identity for voter registration.
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT Several bills that make it easier to hunt wolves advanced this week. House Bill 224, which allows for wolf snaring in Montana, and House Bill 225, which writes a wolf trapping season into law, both cleared the Senate, setting them on track toward the governor’s desk. Additionally, Senate Bill 314, which would remove bag limits, authorize hunting with bait and legalize nighttime wolf hunting, or spotlighting, on private land, passed the House Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee Thursday. TAX POLICY A third effort by the Legislature’s Democratic minority to pitch Republicans on progressive tax policy was struck down in its initial committee. House Bill 631 would have bumped up the state Earned Income Tax Credit for working families at a cost of about $12 million a year, but was tabled Friday by the House Taxation Committee on a party-line vote. A prior Democratic bill that would have created an income tax credit to help lower-income Montanans pay property taxes, and another that would have bumped up income taxes on high earners to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit, suffered similar fates.
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Lone Rock School’s Kindergarten Registration is scheduled to take place from 8:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on April 23, at the new gym. The district asks parents and guardians to schedule their student’s registration appointment by calling 777-3314, ext. 200. Guardians should bring a birth certificate and immunization records. The schools will not consider registration complete without the birth certificate and immunization records. Students must be age five or older by September 10, 2021 in order to enroll.
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SOCIAL ISSUES Three hotly contested social issue bills have cleared committee review in their second legislative chamber, meaning only one round of floor debate separates them from the governor’s desk. House Bill 112, which bans transgender women and girls from competing on women’s school sports teams, and House Bill 427, which bars medical providers from conducting gender-affirming surgeries for minors and prohibits medical providers from referring youth for treatment elsewhere, both passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee this week on party-line 7-4 votes. On the other side of the Legislature, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Senate Bill 215, also passed out of the House Judiciary Committee. Proponents say the bill would strengthen protections for religious expression by increasing the burden on
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Both bills come on top of the state’s routine two-year budget bill, House Bill 2, which passed out of the House Appropriations committee last week. Clocking in at $12.6 billion in proposed spending in its current form, HB 2 is expected to head to the House Floor Monday.
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North Valley Public Library in Stevensville is hiring a Library Assistant for 9.5 hours. Great opportunity for the right local candidate if you love HELPING PEOPLE and have EXCELLENT COMPUTER SKILLS. Please visit the careers page on our website for complete details and how to apply. BS 3/24 Help Wanted Lumber yard forman and truss assembler $12-$15 hour Inquire Mon-Fri at 4434 Eastside Hwy Stevensville BS 3/24, 31 Small retail store in downtown Stevensville needs cashier and light cleaning person. 24 - 32 hours per week, may work into full time. 777-2266 or bitterrootthriftstore@gmail.com. BS 3/24
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STATEWIDE STATEWIDE CLASS CLASS ONLINE Teacher Certification offered through Montana Western. Programs designed for teachers seeking advancement and individuals interested in becoming a teacher. Accessible wherever you are. Call (406) 683-7537 or go to www.umwestern.edu/online for more information. PRIVATE TREATY HEREFORD BULLS. MC brand MCMURRY CATTLE BILLING. EBSITE: mcmurrycattle. com REASONABLY PRICED. PROVEN BALANCED TRAIT GENETICS. Delivery available. HP (406) 254 1247 CELL. (406) 697 4040 Email mcmurrycattle@gmail. com Northwest Community Health Center is looking for a motivated and team oriented Full Time Certified Pharmacy Technician to join our pharmacy team. The successful candidate will be able to work in a fast paced environment, display competencies in performing detail-oriented work with accuracy, interact with staff and patients in a positive way, and be able to make critical decisions as necessary. Job requires high school diploma and State of Montana Pharmacy Technician License. Experience with pharmacy computer systems, and/or one or more years’ experience in a healthcare environment preferred. Position is eligible for comprehensive benefits, and Wage will be determined on experience
and qualifications. To apply please submit resume to: Northwest Community Health Center 320 E 2nd Street, Libby, MT 59923 or via email to maria.clemons@northwestchc. org Association Executive Director: The Montana Newspaper Association (MNA), a non-profit organization representing 85 member newspapers and 44 associate members, seeks an Executive Director. This position will work closely with and report to a volunteer board representing a cross-section of our membership. Our new executive director will carry forward the strategic plan and transformative vision of the organization established by the board. They will direct operations of the 135-year-old MNA, its for-profit advertising sales subsidiary and the Montana Newspaper Foundation. Responsibilities include financial planning and operations, legislative work, marketing/advertising, seminars and conventions, contests, office and personnel management, publications. Successful candidate will understand community newspapers, web-based news and advertising, use of social media and exhibit strong communications and interpersonal skills. Send letter of application, resume, salary history and salary expectations to Montana Newspaper Association, 825 Great Northern Blvd., Ste. 202, Helena, MT 59601 or email eleonard@ madisoniannews.com. Deadline for applications is April 30, 2021.
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Montana 21st Judicial District Court, Ravalli County In the Matter of the Name Change of Teri Lynn Lorimor: Petitioner Cause No.: DV-21-83/5 Dept. No.: 2
is on file the Clerk of District Court and is open to public inspection. Respectfully submitted this 8th day of March, 2021. Paige Trautwein Clerk of Court BS 3/17, 3/24
Notice of Hearing on Name Change
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This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Teri Lynn Lorimor to Teri Lynn Clark. The hearing will be on 4/8/2021 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Ravalli County. Date: February 24, 2021. PAIGE TRAUTWEIN Clerk of District Court By: Janenne Sorenson Deputy Clerk of Court BS 3/10, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31
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–––––––––––––––––––––– Montana 21st Judicial District Court, Ravalli County In the Matter of the Name Change of Blaize Edge: Petitioner Cause No.: DV-21-85/3 Dept. No.: 1 Notice of Hearing on Name Change This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Blaize Adrian Edge to Blaize Jeffrey Geneav. The hearing will be on March 7, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Ravalli County. Date: February 23, 2021. PAIGE TRAUTWEIN Clerk of District Court By: Mary Fliss Deputy Clerk of Court BS 3/10, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31 –––––––––––––––––––––– MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN RE: THE PETITION FOR INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION OF LANDS IN THE DALY DITCHES IRRIGATION DISTRICT IN RAVALLI COUNTY, MONTANA B-BITTERROOT HOLDINGS, LLC, Petitioner. Cause No. DV-82-95/736 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing has been set in the courtroom of the above-entitled Court at the Ravalli County Courthouse, Courtroom No. 2, 205 Bedford, Hamilton, Montana, Ravalli County, Montana, for the inclusion of land in the Daly Ditches Irrigation District, the 22nd day of April, 2021 at 1:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, at which time and place all persons interested in the Petition of B-Bitterroot Holdings LLC to add certain lands described in the Petition to the Daly Ditches Irrigation District in Ravalli County, Montana, may appear to be heard. Said Petition
Town of Stevensville Separate sealed bids for the construction of 3rd Street East Improvements will be received by the Town of Stevensville at 206 Buck Street, Stevensville, Montana 59870 until 3:00 p.m. local time on Thursday April 1, 2021. The project generally consists of: Resurfacing of 3rd St. E. from Main St. to Park Ave., sidewalk replacement from Pine St. to Spring St., four (4) sewer service replacements and nine (9) water service replacements. Complete digital project bidding documents are available at https:// www.townofstevensville.com/rfps. You may download the digital plan documents. The plans and specifications may be examined through this site for no charge. There will be a non-mandatory PreBid Conference for all bidders that will be held on March 24, 2021 at 1:00 P.M., local time on-site at the Town of Stevensville Town Hall. Interested CONTRACTORS are encouraged to attend. Representatives of the Public Works Department and HDR Engineering, Inc. will be present to describe the project and answer questions. A limited number of people at a time will be allowed into buildings. Please limit personnel to one person per entity. If your firm is interested, please submit a proposal as described on our website at https://www. townofstevensville.com/rfps. BS 3-17-2021, 3-24-2021 –––––––––––––––––––––– PUBLIC NOTICE Town of Stevensville Separate sealed bids for the construction of 5th Street Improvements will be received by the Town of Stevensville at 206 Buck Street, Stevensville, Montana 59870 until 3:00 p.m. local time on Thursday April 1, 2021. The project generally consists of: Resurfacing/paving of 5th Street from Park Ave. to the west about 160 feet, a pedestrian bulb-out concrete curb and gutter, and signing/ striping. Complete digital project bidding documents are available at https:// www.townofstevensville.com/rfps. You may download the digital plan documents. The plans and specifications may be examined through this site for no charge. There will be a non-mandatory PreBid Conference for all bidders that will be held on March 24, 2021 at 3:00 P.M., local time on-site at the Town of Stevensville Town Hall. Interested CONTRACTORS are encouraged to attend. Representatives of the Public Works Department and HDR Engineering, Inc.
will be present to describe the project and answer questions. A limited number of people at a time will be allowed into buildings. Please limit personnel to one person per entity. If your firm is interested, please submit a proposal as described on our website at https://www. townofstevensville.com/rfps. BS 3-17-2021, 3-24-2021 –––––––––––––––––––––– PUBLIC NOTICE Town of Stevensville The Town of Stevensville is accepting Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from consulting firms interested in the preparation of Global Permit Application and Mitigation Change Application for the Twin Creeks Well Field and Well 1. One firm will be selected to perform the work specified in the Request For Qualifications (RFQ). Teams may be established as necessary; however, it is expected that the prime consultant will be capable of completing the vast majority of the work, and the SOQ must clearly identify the prime for this contract. As a rule, the prime consultant must complete at least 50% of the work for a specific project or assignment unless written exception is given. Montana professional engineering licensure is required for this work and must be in-hand at the time your proposal is submitted. If this requirement is not met and clearly identified in the proposal, your proposal will be considered nonresponsive. If your firm is interested, please submit a proposal as described on our website at https://www. townofstevensville.com/rfps. BS 3-17-2021, 3-24-2021 –––––––––––––––––––––– NOTICE OF MEETING & PUBLIC HEARING Stevensville Planning & Zoning Board NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town of Stevensville is in receipt of an application for the rezoning of future phases of the TWIN CREEKS SUBDIVISION. The application seeks to rezone a portion of Phase 2 and Phase 3 from R-1 Low Density Residential to R-2 Medium Density Residential. Additional information, including the application for rezoning, can be found on the Town’s website: https://www.townofstevensville. com/comm-development/page/ projects-proposals NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town of Stevensville is in receipt of an application for two parcels having the legal description of LOTS 1 TO 4 LOTS 17 TO 20 BLOCK 10 STEVENSVILLE FIRST STREET CLOSED ADJ LOTS 1 & 20 PF #8043 ALSO ALLEY CLOSURE #542621 and MAY ADD (STEVENSVILLE), S26, T09 N, R20 W, BLOCK 005, Lot 002, LESS E 150’ OF N 60.2’ OF LOT 2 BLOCK 5 MAY ADDN. The application seeks to rezone the parcels from R-1 Low Density Residential to R-2 Medium Density Residential. Additional in-
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formation, including the application for rezoning, can be found on the Town’s website: https://www. townofstevensville.com/commdevelopment/page/projects-proposals The Town of Stevensville Planning and Zoning Board will hold a public hearing on the applications on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. prior to making a recommendation to the Town Council. Due to the risks associated with the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, the public hearing and board meeting will be held by electronic means, and live-streamed on the Town’s website and Facebook page. Written comments may be mailed to the Clerk of the Town of Stevensville, 206 Buck Street, P.O. Box 30, Stevensville, MT 59870, or emailed to clerk@townofstevensville.com. Written public comment must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 31, 2021. Citizens may consult the Town’s website for further information about how to virtually participate in this meeting. Questions may be asked or more information may be obtained by contacting Town Hall at 406-7775271. ATTEST: Jenelle Berthoud, Town Clerk BS 3-17-2021, 3-24-2021 –––––––––––––––––––––– MONTANA TWENTY FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: DOROTHY C. SIMPSON, Deceased. Probate No.: DP-21-32 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to SUSAN R. WORTMAN, LionWood Law, PLLC, 115 W. 3rd Street, Suite 103, Stevensville, Montana 59870, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 10 day of March, 2021. SUSAN R. WORTMAN c/o LionWood Law, PLLC 115 W. 3rd Street, Suite 103 Stevensville, Montana 59870 LIONWOOD LAW, PLLC Attorney for Personal Representative John S. Masar BS 3/17, 3/24, 3/31 –––––––––––––––––––––– Notice to Mainstem Bitterroot River and East Side Subbasin (76HA) – Bitterroot River Water Users MOTION TO AMEND STATEMENTS OF CLAIMS
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(Pursuant to Section 85-2-233(6), MCA) A Motion to Amend Statements of Claims 76H 163005-00 and 76H 214440-00 has been filed with the Montana Water Court by Claimant City of Hamilton, seeking to increase the flow rate for each claim from 1.34 cubic feet per second (600 gallons per minute) to 2.23 cubic feet per second (1000 gallons per minute). The Motion also seeks to increase the volume for each claim from 968.00 acre feet to 1,610.00 acre feet. By filing this Motion, Claimant is asserting that these amendments are necessary to accurately reflect the historical use of these water rights. The entirety of Claimant’s Motion may be viewed on the Montana Water Court webpage at: https:// courts.mt.gov/Courts/Water/ Notices-and-Information/publicnotices-and-information. OBJECTION DEADLINE Any response or objection to the Motion to Amend must be filed with the Montana Water Court, P.O. Box 1389, Bozeman, MT 59718, 1-406586-4364, within 45 days of the date of the last newspaper publication of this notice, by May 24, 2021, in accordance with Section 85-2-233(6), MCA. Please indicate “CASE 76HA-6001-A-2021” on any response, objection, or other correspondence related to this Motion to Amend. BS 3/24, 3/31, 4/7 –––––––––––––––––––––– MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, RAVALLI COUNTY In Re the Estate of: BRUCE JAMES WHITE; Deceased. Case No.: DP-21- 21 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Joann C. Hosko, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at the Law Offices of Richard A.Weber, 345 West Main, Hamilton, Montana 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. Dated this 24 day of February, 2021. Joann C. Hosko Personal Representative of The Estate of Bruce James White BS 3/24, 3/31, 4/7 –––––––––––––––––––––––– The Stevensville School Board of Trustees will hold a special board meeting on Monday March 29, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the Stevensville Music Center Choir Room.
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BS 3/24 –––––––––––––––––––––––– NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Stevensville Town Council Thursday, March 25, 2021 - 7:00 p.m. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Stevensville Town Council will hold a public hearing on Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. at the North Valley Public Library Community Room, 208 Main Street for the purpose of receiving public comment on an application for a major subdivision known as Burnt Fork Estates. The proposed development is adjacent to and located immediately south of the existing Creekside Meadows Subdivision. Additional information, including the application for subdivision, can be found on the Town’s website: https://www.townofstevensville. com/planning/ Comments may be given orally at the hearings or mailed to the Clerk of the Town of Stevensville, 206 Buck Street, P.O. Box 30, Stevensville, MT 59870, on or before 12:00 p.m. on the day of the hearing or may be emailed to clerk@townofstevensville.com Questions may be asked or more information may be obtained by contacting Town Hall at 406-777-5271. ATTEST: JENELLE S. BERTHOUD, Town Clerk BS 3-24-2021 –––––––––––––––––––––––– MONTANA TWENTY FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: JANET I. PARK, Deceased. Probate No.: DP-21-37 Dept. No.: 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to DIANNE MADSEN, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Lion Wood Law, PLLC, 115 W. 3rd St., Ste. 103, Stevensville, Montana 59870, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 18th day of March, 2021. DIANNE MADSEN c/o LionWood Law, PLLC 115 w. 3rd St., Ste. 103 Stevensville, MT 59870 LIONWOOD LAW, PLLC Attorney for Personal Representative John S. Masar BS 3/24, 3/31, 4/7
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