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Eagles in winterHumane Groundbreaking held Association for medical Bitter Root Three Mile Community Centercenter open

celebrates new shelter, 50th anniversary Fate of Bitterroot college still in limbo speech, occupa-

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shelter. $140,000. a levy, so this won’t any tional andhave physical According The park additional impact on people’s therapy services – It’s been a long time to Colleen board made property taxes. including therapy coming, but the new Three Schmiedeke, the decision In addition to thea loan, the Bitterroot Health Mile Community Center is up who serves on to take out a project was paid for by pool – plus imaging held a groundbreakby Michael Howell and cut the ribbon at last week’sthe and running. Located at 4433 both the park loan to finish Three Community and lab services. ceremony, saidMile concerning the Senior ing last Wednesday Sunnyside Cemetery Road, board and the the project. Center (the official name) Bishop said “It organization’s 50 years of service, An new openmedical house celebration was for theits center is on the east side community She said they which raised over $80,000 they hope to have held last week at the Bitter Root was started by a bunch of little old complex thatHowell will beThe build- center board, of Lone Rock Park. community by Michael that levy request was soundly defeated Pigman, Don Gardner, Sue Smith,worked and with however,through the district has beenpicnics, thrown ladies in 1972 and it’s still run by a Humane Association’s (BRHA) new the facility open ing contains a large they started Farmersinto State rummage sales, bingo nights in a May 3, 2022 election by a vote Janet Woodburn. a quandary about how to proceed. built just north of meeting animal shelter located on Fairgrounds bunch of little old ladies.” room, warming kitchen, a workingofon7,427 (58.62%) to 5,243 (41.38%). Bank to keep andstill donations from commuspring 2023, TheaBitterroot Community When the first attempt to estabThe district hasbysome leftof over Stevensville at the Valley Kathie Butts, President of the Road inDistrict Hamilton. The event served ain 2012 state-of-the-art audio visual this their loan nity members. Other major College Board of Trustees is The proposed levy did not take the lish a community college district funds and a new BVCC Foundation and that they plan corner ofand Kootenai double purpose. It included a ribbon Board, said, “This organization has system, a gorgeous view and incorpopayments contributors were thealready Three desperate to have a face to face workmajority in any voting precinct in the was defeated over a decade ago, the has been established that has on continuing to Creek Road and of the Bitterroot to rated 2014. Hamilton precinct (which reasonable. Mile Fire District, the Lone cutting ceremony in honor of new incounty. a long way since it was ing dialogue withMountains University ofthe MonUniversity of Montana established the come raisedsuch around $350,000 for the effort. expand services. Hwy 93. including the west. She the Those payRock Park and the Rapp started 50 years ago. I feel to aFamfacility, toursthe of future the whole But thatabout is nowhere near enough tana officials to discuss of saidcoincides with the Hamilton School Bitterroot College UM. It is a program “We’re bringing the The building is now home total cost is ments come ily Foundation. John Bishop, guarantee proposed district budget the college but an isBithaving doDistrict) was the closest race, where of the university that offers basic entry huge building, and array ofdifficulty food and sensethe of responsibility to honor care to the patients, to the senior center and the approximateout of park Schmiedeke said there in the who long have run. come before us and ” ing so. in Although County voters the levy lost by 18 votes. Board Chair level courses in which credits can be terroot Health those drink honorCEO, ofRavalli the organization’s Weekend Backpack Program ly $500,000. taxes that are were many who applied to a full degree at the UM. FolLast week, UM Director approved establishment of the District Marci Smith took the majority of said.beof make it as good as he itvolunteers can asStrawe set 50ththat birthday. said Marcus that serves Lone Rock School. When votes in every precinct for her trustee already being helped on theLois project, and lowing the approval of the Bitterroot tegic Communications Dave Kuntz in March 2021 and the Legislature HedgeThe privatehad non-profit organization the course for the next 50 years.” Daly Hospital The surrounding park conSchmiedeke assessed,told themTMCSC received reduced Valley Community College, University the future of the then created it (Senate Joint In Resoluposition with 5,454 (36.97%) of the chair of the McCormack saidpeth, that theBitterroot was fi rst organized in 1972. 1984, tains soccer and baseball “got really Schmiedeke prices from contractors. The of Montana officialsl agreed to conCollege would be decided by the Unition 15) in May, on the same ballot the total votes. Other trustee positions Three Mile Community Senior Center board members, to r, Colorganization conducted a successful Countess Margarite Bessenyey, the hospital board, fields, refused tennis and volleyball involved,” the that ofgeneral contractor donated tinue operating the program whileisitproudversity Montana, the Office of the lavoters to fund it. The District that were open went to Carrie Guarileen Schmiedeke, Joyce Pando and Wendy Audiss in front of the fundraising campaign fund the new granddaughter ofpath, MarcusplayDaly, gave saidto this project courts, areturned walking group they didn’t Commissioner of Higher Education, recently to theavoters with a had no, 4,429 (30.02%) and Paul Ashcraft, transitioned into an actual two-year See the CENTER, new community center at Lone Rock Park. Photo by V. Howell. construction but then Covid-19 the BRHA land on Fairgrounds Road ground and a covered picnic raised about have to run has been four page years3 community Following the as Bitplan and a preliminary budget seeking Bitterroot 3,771 (42.04%). members of theAl Mitchell ChamberOther of Commerce Director holdscollege. the group spell-bound Six years but later, pandemic hit and construction costs failure of the levy request on May 3, awith levyato99-year supportlease. the operation BVCC of Association Trustees include Ran See COLLEGE, page in the works, but23 ter Root Board Humane Board Member Sue McCormack prepares to cut the ribbon skyrocketed. As a result, the group in 1990, the Bessenyey estate deeded John Bishop, pictured from left, leads a gathering people involved in the there were some celebrating the opening of the new animalfifth shelter in Hamilton. Photo by Michaelof Howell. had to take out a mortgage to finish the land to the organization where delays due to the Bitterroot project in a ceremonial groundbreaking. The facility Mario’s still got whatisitlocated. The on the property that hadHealth housedbuilding the Sue McCormack, who serves on the current shelter See SHELTER, page pandemic. She said2 takes! Noted author and an old building shelter since 1984. theat organization’s of directors will be built on land located the corner ofboard Kootenai Creek Road and Hwy 93 new building replaces mountaineer Mario Locatel- by Nathan Boddy their vision that just north of the Stevensville Junction. cumstances, having She adds thatisthe li, aka The Mountain Goat, the Stevensville encountered people most important age 89, quickly scaled the Christine Staub, a driving falling “quality, victim to mail way to combat facility will besuch more Darby, Victor and Corvallis, as well as been providing Climbing Wall at the Youth force at the Boxxe Shoppe at fraud in the past. Hamilton. abuse is for people of a “medical center” rather than just a accessible, personalized Conservation Expo on May 901 S. 1st Street, was recently As a certified shipto ask clinic. alsoofsaid thatquestions Marcus Daly TheShe Town Stevensville is one The new 12-acre campus will health fordepot 90 years. presented with a Certificate of care” ping for FedEx, and start the con7th at the Teller Refuge. Murphy. She led the of four communities that will share Hospital, which is a critical access In recent the years, theyShoppe provide primary, care, urgent care and Appreciation by Mayor DomiBoxxe versation with those Tom Powers, with the Ravcommissioners through $97,500 inwas funding from the#4 Montana hospital, recently rated in the specialty services. Two physicians have nic Farrenkopf and Hamilton is legally justified to you know and love. have been taking steps to a lengthy fund by fund alli Fish & Wildlife by County Victoria Howell me like a ton of Department of Commerce through the open package which doesn’tsum nation for quality by Staub the national rataccounting that, already been hired, along with a nurse Community invest in all theacommuAssociation, main organizer Police Chief Stephen Snavely. bricks.” Development BlocktoGrant In his presentation to the City bears its shipping know the details it up, shows the county, ing agency, out of 351 similar facilities. practitioner, and two more doctors Numerous Bald Eagles Burnt area lately to feed onOverstreet carcasses. was Photos nities of Fork the Bitterroot, of the event, said there was have been congregating in the program (CDBG). of These grants support When it comes Council on March 15th, Chief label. After following what potential overall, doing very well by Michael by Victoria Howell the planning of critical infrastructure are being recruited. There will also be atorecord number of attendhe said, with clinics in Covid, Greg Howell. sent home from Snavely said that he wants the protocol, and doing victims are told, but its tax collections and and communityondevelopment projects The Bitterroot ees this year, perhaps Overstreet has a Na-as Hamilton Police Department so in the presence of the hospital with she knows that they showing revenues over in Montana. tionalas Forest (BNF) will The Cowboy Ball at the 50% Ravalli Countycoached many 500-600 people. message for you: to “become more vocal about a witness, Staub was an oxygen tank. are, “often ofgrants projections in “These planning host a public meeting Fairgrounds will be held February This is Photo by Tom Powers. don’t fool around! the good things that happen able to uncover the He was home for to departments say12th. theywill arehelp shipmost while Montana communities frame future thisOverstreet, Wednesday, March the tenth annual event and the way it’s shaping within the community.” Sharunfortunate contents two or three days. ping legal papers or by Michael Howell expenses have only plans, and training develop 30th from 6 to 8 p.m. ing his department’s experiof the package: nearlyDuring that time, paperwork.” Other up, it’s going to bestudies, an event worthy oftoato jubilee an attorney in amounted 23% of crucial infrastructure and community to share information ence with Ms. Staub was one $16,000 in cash, common tactics for and former council member, the public at the next Halfway through celebration. projections due in large private practice in hismeeting oxygen level by Victoria development projects while creating regarding theHowell developsuch opportunity. which the customer scammers include the budget year, the part to job vacancies Rod Freeman is the chair of this year’s appears to be continuing when the council considers Stevensville, was went down to 51, and retaining goodclaiming paying jobs for local ment of a draft forest In early March, a customwas unwittingly send-from a normal of county’s performance have yetto torepbe filled. event. Freeman is alsosaid thethat chair of the Rodeo diagnosed with his efforts to teach the new the appointment of two addiClimbing Management workers,” Montana Department At the second regular er came to the Boxxe Shoppe ing to a scammer in resent the IRS or inof is looking pretty good, One of bigthe savings was Committee,Commerce and the vice chair Fair Board, colon cancer in 99. “I jokingly say Plan (CMP). The virtual council and mayor how local tional council members. Director Scott Osterman. meeting of the two-member intending to send a package Chicago, Illinois. Security according tobeen Ravalli the Social budgeted funds for which he’s onby for 12 of years. A real estate February of 2021. that 51 is brain Staub of the Boxxe Shoppe. Photo Nameeting will be held on The Town Stevensville will should run. He “We’ll do our job, ” Christine said via government FedEx. Administration. County CFO Klarryse the county’s share in Stevensville Town Council, on agent for 18receive years here in the Bitterroot, andADA also He wentSee through damage material.” Zoom. below for than Boddy. $7,500 to assist with the The customer Sometimes they was a frequent commenter Gibson January 27, town clerk Jenelle in the Army for 21 years, his organizational and instructions and a link compliance components of a Prelimichemotherapy and But COVID-19 Seewill COUNTY, seemed con- meetings during tell theirpage 10 at council Joan Mell, an attorney with the profile of nary the Berthoud the council to late join August thetold meeting. Five andfused fundraising skills, and discipline, havefor been put to Architectural Report a renin he was wasthe no joke.familiar “It and unOver victims that a loved one has the last administration. In from Hamilton, wasgot recpotential victims, butuse wishes similar meetings ovated or new building for the North audience that she was having good as chair of the Cowboy Ball committee. told thatpublic the cancer so bad I felt Last week’s story on familiar with course of her landed in jail, or that a prize that others withinFreeman the commucomment, Crews told ognized for stepping in (virtual) were held in meet- the public Valley Public Library. said the committee election results incorrectly trouble streaming the process, decade with has been won,hopes but a to feeraise needs had been eradicated. like I couldn’t nity would help her look out Other towns that receive grants 2021. that 34,415 council that those makto handle the the prosecution stated this year, to forbethe expansion of the rodeo andthe Staub Boxxe paid for release of the had people breathe, likefor I their safety.$50,000 ingsOverstreet on the internet. She said At least onewere Fairfield, Malta and White SulIn addition toMay the 3rd had voted in the became susShoppe, Staub funds. The scammers will ing public comment should caseload of Town Attorney bucking chutes. “They’re just getting old,” he said. surgery on October was being water the former YouTube chanof the potential victims shephur Springs. opportunity to learn election. 34,415 was the picious when haswhile now commonly use a getting legitimate “They need to be replaced. They’re banged address the mayor, not the Greg Overstreet he was 23, 2021 for ostomy boarded, or what aided was a resident at a local CDBG planning grants are available nel they had was no longer about and participate in total number of eligible considering recovered address, buton will be ready to up.facility Bucking stock can be hard metal.” removal, theof fidevelopnal I imagine audience. He also said, “This hospitalized, and then recov- water extended nursing and the process working but they had set up to eligible counties, cities,from towns, and the customapproximately grab the package a porch voters. A total of 14,427 The 10th annual cowboy ball – which actually treatment in the boarding to had be to be provided with a ride is not a question and answer” ering, from Covid-19. Mell ing a climbing plan, this local governments. Local governments a new Facebook page. Hower’s age and $60,000 in orbut front door when it arrives. votes were cast for a voter started 11the years bespecial held last year to the bank as well as to colon journey. like,” recalls week’scancer meeting willThe covmay ago apply oncouldn’t behalf of purpose “It’s public comment.” did the work at no charge particular cash, all of to “They always direct the turnout of 41.92%. Star the session. ever, members of the public Boxxe Shoppe. due to the pandemic – has been upgraded this The day after that Overstreet. “This er the following agenda districts, unincorporated areas, or on the had said previouswhich was to victim to send it, ‘no signature The of mayor the town. “I just wanted regrets that thistoerror re-the details who had tried “It’s common sense to me,” year. topics: surgery, he was access isfrauduwhen I realized behalf of non-profit organizations. transaction. being required,’” she adds. sulted in numerous phone ly that he would be answering publicly thank Joan for helpThesays, Town of Stevensville recognized attorney Joan aMell, she pointing out that red Facebook page said it was not Unfortunate•to Review overall “This is the fiFor rst year we’ve ever done diagnosed with I was not more information about CDBG lentlythat de- town, The Bank Secrecy Actfully calls the county election questions from the public. ing me and helping the ” flags abound when seniors are center, for filling in while town attorney Greg Overstreet objectives and desired accessible. catered dinner,” said Freeman. The University Planning visit COMDEV. COVID-19.Berthoud asked ly, it was not taking Covid manded from of Grants, 1970 requires banks to department. being scammed. “If a person said Overstreet. outcomes ofas the public MT.GOV. ofPictured Montana Catering Service provide theof had Covid-19. with Mell are, l towill Overstreet, for patience she worked Staub’sCrews “I was obviously first also said that they seniorseriously citizen enough. keep track ofr, withdrawals is 80 years old, and all of a conversations should be prepared for some dinner. Desserts are provided by 4H members. time having members of $10,000 or more in order very weakened,” said through the issues. Mayor Steve Gibson, council members Cindy Brown and they’re coming into the The Boxxe Shoppe’s new location • Provide an update encountered See page 2 sudden “interesting comments” Greg Overstreet talks about his recentfrom brush with death dueSTEVI, tothe commuOverstreet. “Itformer hit Jim Crews, mayor bank to5withdraw $15,000, it Stacie Barker. by Victoria at 901 S. 1st Street in Hamilton. nity.See See COWBOY BALL page 4 SURVIVING, page by Photo Michael Howell Howell. such cirStaub is Covid. Photo by Victoria Howell. See SCAMMERS, page 2 makes my ‘spidy’ sense tingle.” See PLAN, page 2 Photo by Nathan Boddy. Last week the Ravalli County Commissioners approved adoption of a memorandum of understandby Michael Howell it is insufficient to protect the water 30, 2021, the new and revised rative criteria. At issue this action ingWQS with the Ravalli County DUI TaskinForce and quality. are not effective for Clean Water are water quality criteria for nutrients Protection Agency. letter the commissioners stated National Forest 1987 Forest aspen and whitebark pine; MAPS Media Institute to produce a video The designed by The Michael Howell Environmental ProtectionPlan. The Clean Water Act requires Act (CWA) purposes, including for (i.e., nitrogen and phosphorus) and to help parents keep tabs on their children’s behavthat “Ravalli County objects contains recommendations manage timber to provide Agency (EPA) told the Montana Destates to submit new or revised Water implementation in the National Polantidegradation requirements for high ior. impacts concerning the Draft SEIS for forest products and jobs; and to unmitigated to A new record of decision The deadline closed on Quality partment of Environmental Standards to EPA for review. lutant Discharge Elimination System quality waters. TheinEPA makes itof clear Victoria Howell if it would beQuality possible The DUI Task approved the year, theForce facility tookButterfly. justcreation under bybyVictoria Howell the Gold Concerncounty owned/maintained was issued on December 17, retain old growth status in all (DEQ) by on May 10 that the envelopes EPA is required to review ap(NPDES) permitting program, absent Room that the May new rulesthe cannot be land usedwas to put on January 18,letter forHowell filing objecby Victoria his property which would and in effect with the highway, which is aastate addressed when private Mischief last and commissioners $240,000 and spent every penny. roads heavy theowner scope ofthe the analysis to 2021 accompanied by a to Draft agency has determined that prove, oraccess disapprove, thetreatment submitted EPA’s approval,” wrote EPAsigned Director fortopermitting purposes of the all the the doors and Dominic Farrenshutthen off Stevensville Riverunits. According highway, because nowfrom you’re goingequipment to on it. sold aing new and Fish, Wildlife off The project involved creation tions to the Draft SupplemenJasmin Shinn, founder and There are Water no paid employees; it’saffect an all-of law passed by thedirector Legislature revising inpark thison case, Montana of therelease Water Division, Darcyatrucks, O’conClean Act. This would kopf, activities put valentine cards The Stevensville Town CounPark, ain 20-acre the east bank have two accesses forlogging trucks pulling and Parks got involved. The once-pritheitems letter quotes the Bittera Forest Service press and mostly, SEIS thatstandards. provides aBut site-speset of easily accessible that had secret hiding tal Environmental Statement volunteer organization. Butto Shinn saidreexecutive director of (Senate 1 Horse Montana’s water law Bill cific 358) did not submit SBof358 EPA for “The is but disapproving Montana municipalities which are atwas Sapphire them. Farrenkopf cil split onLutheran whether to accept just toreally the north the to private piece ofthener. boats, andEPA you’ve just come outofto, ofthe the vate piece now belongs thesome state compartments where someone could stash root Forest Plan’s Forest-wide not limited the impacts forest plan amendment about 90% of proposed (Draft SEIS) for the Gold A Time Horse it costs about $200 per month toaim feed by removing all criteria review. removal of at numeric nutrient criteria quired todeveloped obtain these permits before Homes inDraft Hamilton, isRescue liked the idea. He askedCrews contacted the county aAtsmall piece of numerical park land near the property. Stevi Wye per hour - there fishing access drugs or hide aand small of whiskey. The was to Willow Creek Road. Due tois aflask Management Wildlife Re-site. treatment areas are within an 45 miles defining old-growth stanButterfly Project, a Bitterroot these “gentle giants.” Then there are facility in Corvallis, got a nice asking the bridge, community students does not meet the legal requirements the statutory changes (NNC) from law and solely relying parents“But Stevensville an item that was at schools and“Although negotiated the donation of the are going to the be accidents there.” I think opportunity it’s [the piecetoon to provide a learning seethe the source Objective toland “Maintain area designated for and resource and financial limitadards. Some objections to state the law EPA to DEQ, page 2 boost last week when she was veterinary bills, therapy, training, and to send his aAct and daycares to make National project that under theForest Clean Water because took effect on April on insect aMayor general description based on narconsidered atresidents the March 24th council land on theunder west, securing potential Steve Gibson said he didn’t west] still aSee viable piece of for the various ways in which any young person can hide Last year the envelopes. the disease sufficient old-growth habitat tions, Ravalli County would new decision were received treatment because of little love this Valenspecial envelopes and presented with a check for $7500 other associated costs to rehabilitate meeting. The land ownership will now river access pending outcome of see what use the land is to the town. “I city to have, whether or not you put their substance use from casual inspections. includes nearly 13,000 acres were so full they The project is now tine’s decorate them foraccess each revert toDay. the county. The 1.52-acre the dispute. only liability,” Gibson. money into developing it,” said Motnot said be able to accommodate onWhen suitable timberland to January 18 deadline dense pockets oflopes deadsee andadyhorses. they’re finally ready from representatives of JCCS, anby the Glendathese Wiles, Director of the DUI Task Force, of commercial and non-comhad to be emptied more really popular, and About four years resident. Then people piece, whichfiis located adjacent tomostly the having Council member Marilyn WolffThey claimMichaelson said he looked up the for ley. “There are so many cars out there, said what she tells parents is, “If you don’t look, SHE IS THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR accounting rm with a branch adoption, most can be driven or support viable populations ing trees. the area the necessary maintenance to do with the mercial treatment than once. growing every year. ago, a vegetative resident came drop offsaid valenBitterroot River on the northwest side she had apotenreal problem with old minutes andduring found that the land I see. think can be used for parking. But then you don’t If it you don’t see, then you don’t ridden, and some just become “pasture located in Hamilton. Part of could the logging RAVALLI COUNTY ATTORNEY of old-growth dependent the project, nor the of old growth, is impacted by mountain pine within a 55,000was acre area ofto the to Farrenkopf to see tines to fill the enveof the bridge, offered Town this piece of land. “It’s where two was donated on the condition that looking long term, if you have propSee VALENTINES, page 10 selection for awarding that gift tial impacts to wildlife and to pets.” See DUI, page 10 rehabilitation of the road afteron the species. ” side The letter Douglas-fir bark beetle, forest inby theRavalli Sapphire Mounin 2017 for use as a roads converge, the bankbeetle, is incrediit would be maintained and utilized erty west ofestablished thenotes river,that then was online voting County and according 1 Horse At A Time was DrafttoSEIS limits the scope dwarf mistletoe and the project is complete. Ravalli Willow Creek Road.I think there are SHE IS purposes HE IS potential river access site. bly steep… liability for western recreational within five you havethe access potentially consoltains eastbranch of Corvallis. by Shinn in 2018. She’s originally from to JCCS manager, Andrea of its environmental consespruce budworm damage. County objects to shifting Bitterroot National Forest During the tenure of former issues… It is the fastest part of the years. idate highway property into the Town From Montana From California The original proposal was Simmerman, 1 Horse A Time Germany where sheI grew around mayor Jim Crews, the At owner of land channel and thethe deepest partAlthough of the- Restored Vickie Motley, park memof Stevensville. thinkup It’s Successful Business Owner MT Properties Notboard Successful in Business -quences Bankrupt analysis financial burden ofPrivate the project tosomething vegetation, officials have stated that in general withdrawn in August of 2020 horses. She’s always been a horse fan, was one of the top four vote at the river on the northeast side project had channel. If you were to develop that ber, said that nothing had been done RDO Equipment Co. Lawyer in Good Standing MT and WA Not Eligible to Practice Law CA the pileated woodpecker and is designed to improve agreement with the proposed to Ravalli County andbut believe after Friends theoff Bitterroot getters. she is especially passionate about attempted to of shut river access on for fishing, I would also see a problem because the access problem had been See STEVI, page 16 Zero Malpractice Liabilities $305,370.00 Personal Malpractice Liabilities 8571 Running W. Road pine marten. project, the Ravalli County it is contrary to current law forest resilience to natural checkfor followed in the wake draft horses. She and her husband, a andThat Alliance the Wild Notable 9th Circuit and District Court Wins and No Notableagreements. 9th Circuit or ”District Court Wins existing “We realize these old growth Commissioners expressed Missoula, MT 59808 military retiree, and their two children of a $25,000 gift claiming in November Rockies filed suit the disturbances like fire, insects Multiple State Appellate Court Victories More Key Verdicts Reversed Than Sustained on Appeal species are listed in and disease; reduce sediconcern over impacts to Forest officials also received from Tractor Supply. relocated toindicator Montana and bought a 20406-549-4171 agency failed to use the best Repeated Victories for Vulnerable Adults Zero Prosecutions for Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults acre farm which Shinn said can support That sounds like a lot of the Forest Plan, but it is not county owned and maintained comments from Philip Strobel ment sources in the Willow available science in managing Presenting a check for $7500 from JCCS to Jasmin ShinnOutcomes (second from left) ofLosses 1 Horse At Wins, 366 Victims’ Cases still “Under Review” Millions in Successful More Than RDOequipment.com money but, according to Shinn, Creek watershed; improve 20 horses. She currently roads, Willow Creek DirectorJCCS of the NEPAabout Branch clear whether there are other A Time Draft HorseFor Rescue were, l to r: especially Levi Clark, Andrea Simmerman, elk habitat and didn’t comGovernment Accountability & CPA, Law Enforcement ThousandsBranch in Civil Liabilities - More Pending taking care of draft horses is Office of the Regional Adminbull trout habitat; restore Road. Manager, and Will Ramsey, CPA.$4,005.00 Also pictured is Tiny,tothe non-profit’s mascot and theContributions to Republicans ply with the definition of old Contributed Republicans Zero Reported an expensiveYproposition. Last CO.COM including meadows, RESCUE, page 65 See See GOLD, page •FREEbyESTIMATES INTime. THE BITTERROOT VALLEY• OURH OMEIMPROVEMENThabitat istrator In a At letter to the Forest first horse that was rescued 1 Horse A Photo by Victoria Howell. of the Environmental

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