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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Youth Conservation Expo offers numerous perks

The local blacksmith

High water comes just before summer here in the Bitterroot. And just before high water comes the Youth Conservation & Education Expo. It’s an event sponsored by over 45 conservation organizations and state and federal agencies working together to develop and fund opportunities which will engage local youth in the great outdoors and all it has to offer. It takes place each year at

the Red Slack Barn on the Teller Wildlife Refuge north of Corvallis.

The event is designed to introduce the youth to a variety of outdoor experiences and takes place rain or shine. It is also aligned with a much bigger system of summer camps designed to extend and amplify those experiences and opportunities for learning. Every young person who

attends the May 12 event at Teller Refuge could earn a chance to go to one of several summer camps that are scheduled later in the year, simply by visiting a certain number of educational stations at the event. It is hoped that the things learned at this event and later at the summer camps will help the young people understand

The Bitterroot National Forest is in the process of finalizing the Lake Como Master Plan following a scoping process conducted last winter. The Lake Como Recreation Area is a high-use area that provides for multiple use recreation opportunities. According to the agency, visitor use continues to increase and the types of recreation activities people are participating in is also changing. While the majority of use is concentrated in the developed recreation sites, use is expanding to the north and south

of the lake and visitors are seeking more recreation opportunities. The Master Plan will help guide future management actions, projects, prohibitions, and opportunities within the planning area. The overall goal is to maintain and enhance the quality and variety of sustainable recreation opportunities provided, while protecting the natural resources.

Sixty-three comments on the plan were received and reviewed and some common themes related to non-motorized water activities, biking, hiking, horse-back riding,

cross-country skiing, roads and parking areas, non-commercial activities, and concerns about noise.

Some projects planned for the near future include purchasing and installing an additional segment of dock to help ease congestion at the boat launch and provide more room for loading/unloading; removing rocks on the west side of the boat launch; providing more passenger vehicle parking spots at the boat launch to accommodate

By Michael Howell

Monday, April 23.

Councilor Ray Smith raised the question as to whether the ordinance would apply along walking pathways and on the bike trail to the river and questioned the enforceability of the ordinance.

Councilor Robin Holcomb questioned how it would be enforced during Creamery Picnic. She said vendors would not be able to leave their booths unattended to go have a smoke.

Smith did move to adopt the ordinance, but said that he would like to add a waiver to it to cover events like the Creamery Picnic.

See YOUTH EXPO, page 16

Como Master Plan in works Bill Snedigar, a Stevensville blacksmith who ran his own smithing and welding shop for nearly 60 years, is resting his hand on the wholly restored racing buggy that once belonged to Margit Segray Bessenyey. Using it as a model, he built her a replica that she used in her own racing ventures. The red wagon parked behind the racing rig is a replica of a town delivery wagon, used to deliver groceries in Stevensville, that Snedigar built from scratch. It incorporates over $1,800 worth of oak wood. It was hauled from the shop to where it sits in the barn and has been parked there since. It has zero miles on it. Michael Howell photo.

End of an era: Snedigar hangs up the tongs

By Michael Howell

The upcoming auction at Bill Snedigar’s place north of Stevensville, scheduled for this Saturday, May 5th, marks the end of an era in blacksmithing in the Bitterroot Valley. Snedigar will be turning 90 years old in October and figures he will not be pounding out any horseshoes or building any more wagons, in his remaining years,

so he’s selling off all his stuff. His stuff includes everything from an old set of harness rigs to a completely restored racing buggy that once belonged to Countess Margit Sigray Bessenyey. It promises to be an interesting auction.

Bill was born in eastern Montana on October, 26, 1928. He said his father was a “pretty big farmer” at the time, “then the thirties came and he went broke.” In 1932, when Bill was four years of

The anvil’s already gone and the rest is going at Bill Snedigar’s Welding & Blacksmith Shop, north of Stevensville.

Approaching the age of ninety (in October) Snedigar is finally hanging up the tongs and auctioning off everything in the shop including his custom built wagons and buggies. Michael Howell photo.

age, they moved to the Bitterroot Valley and got a home on Lolo Creek. He went to Lolo School through the eighth grade. The original two-room building still stands there along the highway on the west side of the road, surrounded by the current Lolo School.

Bill attended high school in St. Ignatius and worked on a dude ranch where he lived in a bunkhouse for five years on the 7-Up Ranch. He came back to the Bitterroot in the fall of 1949 when his dad bought the place they currently live in on Porter Hill Road. He went to work in the woods felling timber and mostly stayed in lumber camps.

In 1953, he married and moved into a trailer house in southern Oregon where he continued to cut timber in the woods for a couple of years before moving to Portland and working as a welder in a truck body shop.

Welding and blacksmithing was in his blood. His grandfather and his father were both blacksmiths.

Welding was already second nature to him.

“My dad was an exceptional forge welder,” he said, “but he couldn’t weld with a welder.”

After two years in Portland he and his wife hauled their trailer house back to the Bitterroot and one night he got a call from Intermountain Lumber in Darby because they needed a welder in the sawmill. They put in a log chute, a de-barker, a chipper, and a car loader. After that he served as night millwright for a year. Then the mill closed See SNEDIGAR, page 15

See COMO, page 3

Stevi flipflops on smoking ban After welcoming a request from local Girl Scouts at a previous council meeting to establish a no smoking zone in the Town’s Lewis and Clark Park, Town Council President Bob Michalson said it was “long past time” for such action and, with the Council’s consent, the Mayor proceeded to draft an ordinance prohibiting the use of tobacco products in town parks and recreation facilities. The proposed ordinance was then rejected unanimously on first reading at the Council meeting on

A couple of people spoke against the ordinance. Scott Miller said that it would be impossible to enforce and that it would bring “hardship and criminality” on someone who has done nothing to harm anyone else. He said the Girl Scouts were attempting “to use majority rule to bludgeon a minority.”

The Council then voted unanimously to defeat the ordinance.

The Council also voted to deny a request from the owners of See STEVI, page 15

‘The thigh bone’s connected to...’

What’s the largest bone in the human body? What’s the smallest? Which bone gets broken more than any other bone in the body? How do you fix a broken bone? These and many other questions were answered recently for a group of Hamilton grade schoolers by Dr. Michael Dolecki, an orthopedic surgeon with Bitterroot Orthopedics and Sports Medicine at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital. The hospital regularly hosts educational presentations by staff for local school children. Michael Howell photo.

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‘That’s entertainment!’

Trapper Creek Job Corps’ Traveling Variety Show was a success at The Living Centre in Stevensville on April 19. Pictured from (l to r) Karena Snider (Roundup): Cecilia Bodily (Washington, UT): Morgan Bowden (Eureka, MT); Lake Holmquist (Kalispell); and Lavender McGee from (Tucson, AZ). According to Recreation Supervisor Clarence Ferguson, highlights of the show were the girls singing the Lollipop Song (lollipops in their hands/mouth) musical chairs, and McGee closing the program by singing ‘’Amazing Grace”.

Glitch in Florence area mail election ballots corrected Due to an administrative error, certain Missoula County voters who also live in the Florence School and Fire voting districts were inadvertently omitted from the initial mailing of school and fire election ballots, according to Dayna Causby, Missoula County elections administrator, and Regina Plettenberg, Ravalli County elections administrator.

The error was discovered Tuesday, April 24, and ballots

were mailed out April 25 to the omitted voters.

Ballots are due by 8 p.m.

Tuesday, May 8. Mailed ballots must be received by that date.

Since ballots postmarked on that date cannot be accepted, voters are encouraged to allow enough time for them to reach the election office.

Voters also can deliver ballots before and on Election Day to the Ravalli County Election Office, located at 215 S. 4th

Street in Hamilton. As an added convenience for Florence-area voters, a second ballot drop-off site will be available on Election Day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Florence Carlton School District Conference Room, located at 5602 Old Highway 93.

Voters or others with questions about this or any election issue can call the Ravalli County Election Office at 375-6550.

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Bitterroot School of Music to hold annual fundraiser The Bitterroot School of Music will be having its annual fundraiser on Saturday, May 5 from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at the Community Room of Hamilton City Hall. The school operates as a non-profit, with the goal of providing high quality music instruction and performance opportunities for students of all ages and interests – regardless of artistic ability or economic circumstances.

Jenn Adams directs the school, which has rented space and built studios at 100 Skeels Avenue in Hamilton, where instructors can teach voice and instrumental music lessons in soundproofed rooms. They offer scholarships to kids who can’t afford the lessons, and they have loaner instruments for those who can’t afford to purchase or rent,

Como continued

multiple people meeting up to go boating; working with the Bitterroot Back Country Cyclists in constructing a 3-mile non-motorized trail south of Lake Como near the 550 road and evaluating a series of connector trails and a trailhead for those trails on the south side of Lake Como; and installing new entrance signs and directional signs at Rock Creek Horse Camp/ Trailhead to help direct nonboating traffic to use the trailhead instead of parking at the boat launch.

Some projects identified for future evaluation and consideration (but not yet prioritized) include constructing a non-motor-

even at their low rental rates.

“We have the opportunity to take over another space in our building and build two more studios, which we need desperately,” Adams said. “We are currently serving as many students as we can, but there’s a demand for more.”

The school is hoping to build two new studios, one for drums and percussion, the other to accommodate guitar and violin students. Adams estimates that fitting out each studio will cost approximately $5,000. The fundraiser is intended to help out with those construction costs. Attendees can also direct their contributions to the school’s scholarship fund to help students with the cost of music instruction.

The Bitterroot School of Music will produce a summer

ized watercraft launch on the north side of Lake Como; determining a carrying capacity for the lake and restricting vehicles to designated parking areas as a way to keep the use from drastically exceeding the capacity; constructing a series of non-motorized trails and trailhead for those trails on the north side of Lake Como; improving on the education and interpretation of the area; working with interest groups and partners in forming a “Friends of Como” group to help with maintenance, advocacy, and education; maintaining the area south of Lake Como as a winter recreation area and work with local clubs interested in grooming the area for cross-country skiing; coordinating with the Darby Parks and Recreation Department in

Shakey Trio – Cove Jasmin, Emmet Ore, and Jordan Smith – will be performing at a benefit for the Bitterroot School of Music this Saturday in Hamilton.

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Anyone with questions or comments on the status of the Master Plan can contact Erica Strayer at (406) 821-4252 or email estrayer@fs.fed.us.

A petition is being circulated by some concerned citizens advocating for more noise control in the plan. Gary Milner, one of the petition drive organizers, said that many people using the lake area for many different purposes are interested in creating and preserving more “quiet time” in which use of loud motors may be prohibited. For more information about the “Quiet Como” movement you may contact Milner at 363-8617.

music camp for kids, where they not only work on improving their musicianship, but also learn songwriting and performance skills. The Missoula-based band, Shakewell, is “in residence” for the week-long camp, providing students with invaluable face-toface time with musicians who are working and performing.

The school’s mission is to teach students in an environment that honors achievement, creativity and personal growth through music.

The May 5 event is by donation, and runs from 6 to 9:30 p.m. The program includes student recitals, a Cinco de Mayo Mexican food bar, beer from the Bitterroot Brewery, silent auctions, and a banjo raffle. As a bonus, the “Shakey Trio” will perform, featuring three members of the popular and talented band, Shakewell – Cove Jasmin, Emmet Ore, and Jordan Smith.

For more information, call Adams at 363-5491.

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Bitterroot Star Editorial Board Michael Howell Victoria Howell

Opinion

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Guest Comment

Releasing WSAs will improve access for sportsmen

By Keith Kubista, Stevensville

It’s a simple fact: Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) have resulted in less access for Montana sportsmen and sportswomen. In a literal sense, these public lands are essentially locked up. With hunting and fishing access becoming more precious each year, it only makes sense to review the WSAs in Montana, and release those that are not suitable to become full-blown Wilderness.

Senator Daines and Congressman Gianforte have proposed just that—and surprisingly, they’ve caught hell for it from groups that normally support increasing public access.

There has been so much misinformation spread about WSAs recently, a good place to start is to review the facts.

First of all, public land that is currently in a WSA remains public land if that WSA is released. It’s not sold or transferred to any other entity. It’s public land today, and under the bills by Daines and Gianforte it stays public.

Releasing that public land from a WSA designation would allow land management agencies (BLM and Forest Service) to actually manage it. Today, their hands are tied—they cannot build roads for the public to use, they can’t adequately maintain trails, and they’re extremely limited in their authority to fight wildfires in those WSA areas.

Releasing WSAs will help advance forest management projects such as fuel treatments that provide significant advantages for firefighting, enhancing forest health, and providing habitat improvement for wildlife.

Second, releasing these WSAs follows the science. These areas were identified as potential candidates for Wilderness designations, some as far back as 40 years ago. Then they were studied by professional scientists to determine whether they were a good fit to become permanent Wilderness.

The legislation by Daines and Gianforte would release five WSAs. In all five examples, the scientists determined the areas involved should

not be designated as Wilderness.

What’s interesting, however, is that a mere WSA designation carries with it all the restrictions—for instance, no roads—that would be applied to a full-blown Wilderness area. They’re treated as Wilderness even though the science says they should be actively managed.

Continuing to keep these areas as WSAs has a negative impact on the public, particularly those of us who’d like to hunt, fish, trap, and enjoy other outdoor recreation opportunities in those areas. Today, with access extremely restricted in WSAs, those areas might as well be off limits to many of us.

It’s time for special interests and anti-multiple use groups to stop alleging more wilderness has been created where none exists.

Finally, it’s been amazing how many times I’ve seen these WSA releases characterized as an “assault” or “attack” on public lands. That narrative is intended to deceive the public. These lands are public and we, the public, deserve to be able to access them, especially those of us with limited capabilities and assets.

The public land currently in WSA designations would be managed and protected by our very capable public land management agencies.

Under the legislation by Daines and Gianforte, the public would have multiple opportunities to engage in the planning process for these areas, a fact the opponents ignore.

The bottom line is sportsmen and sportswomen will benefit immensely from the legislation that Daines and Gianforte are backing.

In total, about 700,000 acres of public land would be opened up for increased access. Those lands are just part of the inventory currently locked up with a WSA designation, and are a great place to start to enhance our access opportunities.

Still waiting

Bizarre flyer

Dear Editor, In response to Jim Crews’ letter to the editor last week asking for me to explain further my letter of thanks recently to Myla Yahraus, I would be happy to, Jim! It was just a simple thank you for a most gracious offer of land use at the Stevensville bridge that until recently has been used and enjoyed by many. But on the front page of last week’s Star, we learned this gift became even greater, in that Ms. Yahraus plans on donating the seven acres along the river to FWP for management and development. Individuals and groups have worked tirelessly for some time to maintain public access here in Stevensville to one of the most valuable and beautiful rivers in the country. Ms. Yahraus’ gift is beyond generous and we, along with generations after us, will be blessed because of this generosity. Again, my most sincere thanks.

I hope this answers your question, Jim. Sharon Greef Florence

New Stevi FAS will be our legacy

Dear Editor, Thank you, Myla Yarhaus, for offering a piece of your recently purchased property to develop legal public access to the Bitterroot River for the new Stevensville Bridge Fishing Access Site (FAS). And thank you to Fish Wildlife and Parks (FWP) for listening to me and others over the

last two years. Providing us a new chance to talk about how the site should be developed, before plans are drawn up, is a huge step in the right direction working together for the benefit of the whole community. We now have a wonderful opportunity to make decisions about how the site will be developed with the future in mind. Just as we are living with the old dump site between the River Park and the FAS, what we build today will lay the foundation for what we pass on to our heirs. Considering the fact that there is very little public property along the Bitterroot River where people can do more than just launch a boat, the use of this site and the value to Stevensville and the residents of the county will only increase.

It also provides us with a chance to use a professional recreation planning approach to help us decide what facilities should be built, how big, and where. Although it is tempting to assume we will never get the kind of money it takes to develop it the way it could be, at least one alternative should capture the potential to integrate the River Park with the FAS. We should also explore ways to operate and maintain it differently with innovative public/ private partnerships and potential private sector help. It’s amazing how powerful a community is when we are all behind something we want! So now is the time for everyone who uses the site to let FWP know your ideas! Your children will thank you for it.

Margaret Gorski Stevensville

Keith Kubista serves on the board of directors of Montana Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife. He lives in Stevensville.

Letters

Dear Editor, Another Earth Day has come and gone and still no one has done anything to find the cause of the multiple high prevalence birth defects on newborns, including human newborns. The conservation organizations have done nothing, the health departments have done nothing, the medical professionals have done nothing and the people whose pets, livestock and most of all children have been affected have done nothing.

Birth defects such as underdeveloped facial bones are easy to see and heart defects are declared the #1 birth defect on human newborns nearly every day on television (heart defects are #3 on wildlife). Often, newborn babies with facial malformations also have heart defects.

Can someone please explain why there is so little concern for newborns? I have always been under the impression that viable young are quite important to the continuation of life on Earth.

Judy Hoy Stevensville

Incredible omission

Response to Crews

Dear Editor, I have a ballot in front of me with names and school improvements to vote for. The ballot is

informative on the bond information, but gives nothing more than names for the trustee candidates.

I called the Bitterroot Star asking for information on the candidates. The only information that was given to me was who the incumbents are, and there is NOTHING published in this paper regarding those candidates’ viewpoints. I was told perhaps the Ravalli Republic has info on them.

This paper is OUR paper, and should have this important information. Why hasn’t information been put out for this important decision? I’m quite disappointed by this incredible omission.

If you go the Ravalli Republic website and type in the candidate’s names, you’ll find info on them pertaining to this.

I urge everyone to do this; this is a critical decision regarding our education system. Further, if you’re one of the people who complain about schools not having enough money to do the job correctly, but vote against these bonds, I urge you to strongly reconsider your vote intent. For a few pennies a day, this is your chance to help make schools better. I will gladly do without a $5 fancy coffee once in a while to help our children have a better educational experience.

Thank you, and please be an educated and smart voter. Please.

Mike Miller Stevensville

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Dear Editor, The campaign flyer says Pat Connnell is a liberal politician.

When I recovered from my laughing fit, I realized this b.s. is home grown and has to be challenged as not normal. Connell has spent his life working in the timber industry.

The last rumored liberal logger got backed over by his crew boss’s skidder in the 70’s.

And “enough is enough” the flyer continues because Connell voted for an increase to the gas tax. This tax helps maintain state roads and had remained unchanged since 1994. The conservative Republicans voted against the tax increase yet take credit for increasing infrastructure spending funded by the gas tax they voted against. But wait, this all makes perfect sense. Our state government must be run like a business. What kind of monkey business (state or otherwise) can keep its doors open providing the same services without increasing its retail prices (taxes) since 1994?

“Here’s a bright idea: Elect someone who will actually listen to and represent you.” and “Jason Ellsworth will stand up to special interest groups.” In addition, these printed mailers show Ellsworth standing with Senator Daines in the only captured shot of the senator in Hamilton; while the senator avoided contact with the general public trying to speak with him.

He appears to be standing with – rather than up to – the special interest group which was in on the secret meeting time used to shut out the general public.

Whose bright idea was this flyer to shed light on how to avoid public input and pander to special interests? Is this meeting style representative of how he would limit to whom and when he listens?

These flyers are not normal

or unique and nothing but political chaff adopted from the national scene, bringing no light to real issues in this local race. If there is such a thing as a liberal logger, I’d vote for the logger over a me too national want-to-be, over funded conservative attorney any day.

Archie L Thomas Corvallis

Tester must go

Dear Editor, I learned some of the damaging info President Trump has on Sen. Jon Tester and its quite upsetting. Here goes: • Jon Tester’s too cheap to get his hair cut by a stylist like Trump uses. It’s believed his wife cuts it at home and it shows.

He needs a duck tail cut like the POTUS showcases. Remember the movie “Grease?”

• The President knows all about public urination and he has evidence that when Tester is astride his tractor working at home he doesn’t always visit appropriate places when he feels the “Call of Nature” so to speak. GROSS! • Jon Tester has been known to buy and cook Socialist Hutterite chickens from colonies near his Big Sandy home rather than All-American fowl that is deepfat fried in Kentucky and sold in convenient paper buckets for dissemination. SAD! • Senator Tester is not a real musician. He just likes to toot his own horn on a trumpet he purchased at a Ft. Benton pawn shop.

You can see Tester pretending to play the horn while perched on a tractor in a Troy Downing campaign video. REALLY SAD! So there you have it. Dump Tester now . . . please!!

Jim Hamilton Florence

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Calendar

Hamilton Senior Center activities

Monday: Lunch 11:45 a.m.12:30 p.m.

Saturday: Bingo 1st week 12-5 p.m.; Flea care 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Bingo 1st & 3rd weeks 5:30-9 p.m.

Tuesday: Line dancing 10-11:30 a.m.; lunch 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; Toastmasters 12:30 p.m.; Clogging 2-4:30 p.m.

Wednesday: Lunch 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Bridge 1-5 p.m.

Thursday - Exercise 9-10 a.m.; Steppin Out dance class 7-9 p.m.; Pinochle 2nd & 3rd weeks 1-5 pm.

Friday – Line dancing 10-11:30 a.m.; Lunch 11:45 market 2nd week 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Sunday - Bridge 1-5 p.m.; 2nd week Church of Christ Potluck 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Stevi Senior Center activities

Monday-Friday: Free coffee, 8-11 a.m., Lunch, 11:30 a.m.

Monday: Bridge, 12:15 p.m.

Tuesday, Thursday: Exercise class, 10-11 a.m.

Tuesday: Quilters, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Wednesday: Paint with Sue, 1-3 p.m. (1:30 on 3rd Wednesday) Every Other Wednesday: Fiddlers at Lunch 3rd Wednesday: Special Birthday Lunch, 12 noon, with music. Blood pressures taken.

1st & 3rd Friday: Cribbage, 3-5 p.m.

Friday: Pinochle, 12:15; Monday & Saturday, 7 p.m.

For more information call the Center at 777-5681.

Victor Senior Center activities

Monday-Friday - Men’s Coffee, 8 a.m.

Monday-Friday - Lunch, 11:30 a.m. Includes main course, salad bar, dessert, beverage. Donation 60 and over $3.50, under 60 $6 (RSVP 642-3320) Tuesdays: Bingo, 6 p.m.

Wednesdays: Pinochle with snacks, 7 p.m.

Fridays - Ladies’ Coffee, 10 a.m.

Everyone welcome.

Victor Senior Center is located at 246 5th Avenue.

Florence senior lunches

Lunch is available through the Council on Aging for senior citizens and others in the Florence area on Mondays at the Florence Fire Hall. Serving begins at 11:30 a.m. Prices are: 60 and over $3.50, under 60 - $6.00. For more information, call the Council on Aging at 363-5690.

Lolo senior lunches

Lolo senior lunch group (60+) meets Thursday at 11 a.m. at local restaurants for food, friendship and fun. There is a $4 voluntary contribution but no one is

turned away. Congregate lunches through MAS and CBS. Call 9262135 to schedule your lunch.

Golden Agers

The Golden Age Club is located at 727 S. 5th in Hamilton.

The club’s business meeting is held on the first Wednesday of every month at 1 p.m. All members are asked to attend to review activities and plan new ones.

Cake and ice cream is served.

Card games (pinochle, multi-bid racehorse) are played on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Wednesday and 3rd Monday of the month at 1 p.m.

There is a $2 charge per person.

Exercise classes are held every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9 a.m. Blood pressure is checked every third Wednesday of the month at 9 a.m. Guests are welcome. The hall is also available for members to use for personal activities. A monetary donation to cover hall expenses is expected.

For more information call 3630142.

AA meetings

Alcoholics Anonymous meets at the following times and places: Tuesday: 7 p.m., St. Mary’s Parish basement, 333 Charlo Street, Stevensville Wednesday: Big Book Study Meeting, 7 p.m., St. Joseph Mission, 224 Linder Street, Florence Thursday: 7 p.m., St. Mary’s Parish basement, 333 Charlo Street, Stevensville Friday: Discussion Meeting, 7:30 p.m., St. Joseph Mission, 224 Linder Street, Florence

Al-Anon

Stevensville Al-Anon Group will meet each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at The Living Centre, 57 Main Street, effective January 1.

Note change of meeting place.

Anyone who is affected by the compulsive drinking of a relative or friend is invited. For more information call 239-0878.

Narcotics Anon

Narcotics Anonymous meets every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at St. Francis Parish Center, 411 S. 5th, Hamilton (north entrance).

Free Indeed

Free Indeed, a faith-based addiction support group, meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church, 230 3rd Avenue in Victor. Contact Donald Layman at 203-8579 or Pastor Jim Landis at 642-9849.

Gamblers Anon

Gamblers Anonymous meets Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. at St. Francis Catholic Church, 411 S. 5th Street in Hamilton.

Overeaters Anon

Overeaters Anonymous meets every Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Presbyterian Church (west door), 1220 W. Main, Hamilton.

For more information call 3632512.

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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Morning TOPS

Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), a weight loss support group, meets in Stevensville every Thursday at the Community Baptist Church, 409 Buck Street.

Weigh-in starts at 8 a.m. and meetings start at 9:30 a.m. Meetings are fun while learning to eat healthier and lose some pounds.

Guests are always welcome. Call Becky at 642-6368 or Margie at 375-5439 for more information.

Check out the website at www. tops.org.

Evening TOPS

The evening TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter meets every Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Kootenai Creek Village Clubhouse. For information call Judy Burke at 777-2743.

WIC clinics

A WIC clinic is offered in Hamilton Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. at 205 Bedford St, Suite P, District Courthouse building in Hamilton.

The Stevensville clinic is open on Wednesdays at the United Methodist Church, 216 College St. in Stevensville. The Victor clinic is open the second Monday of the month at the Victor Nazarene Church. The Darby clinic is open every other month, the third Monday of the month at the Darby Library. Income guidelines are: 1 $22,311; 2 - $30,044; 3 -$37,777; 4 - $45,510; 5 - $53,243. For each additional family member add $7,733. Pregnant women count as 2 family members.

For more information call 375-6685.

Hamilton American Legion

Hamilton American Legion Post 47 invites all veterans and family members of veterans to the monthly meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the American Legion Post at 322 S. 2nd Street.

Stevensville American Legion

The Stevensville American Legion Post 94 meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Post Home on Middle Burnt Fork Road. A veterans’ breakfast is held every Wednesday at 9 a.m. at C.J.’s Den in Stevensville. For more information contact Jerry Esmay, 777-5517.

American Legion Auxiliary

Fort Owen Post 94, Stevensville, American Legion Auxiliary meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. Call Cheryl at 531-4132 for more information.

Stevi VFW

The Stevensville VFW 1507 meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Frontier Café.

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United Methodist Church E. 3rd St/College Street (406) 777-5443

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Sunday Worship 12 p.m. noon Worship at 12:00 In this Church there In this Church thereshall shall be no outcasts. be outcasts.

Marine Corps League

The Marine Corps League welcomes all Marines from all eras, along with Corpsmen and Chaplains who have served with the FMF. The League is a national veterans’ organization that include members of all ranks, all MOS, active duty, reserves, honorably discharged veterans and retirees.

It carries on the traditions of the Corps, support Marines still serving, and assist those who have left the service when needed.

Meetings are every month, January-October at 7:30 p.m. for general meetings at the Eagles Lodge, 125 N. 2nd Street, Hamilton. Activities include Toys for Tots, Honor Guards for veteran funerals and Color Guards for parade events, rifle and pistol matches, and support of Marines and the community, and a Marine Birthday celebration in November.

An SOS Breakfast and informal get-together for members, spouses, family and friends is held every first Saturday from January to December at the Hangar Cafe, Ravalli County Airport, Hamilton. It’s an opportunity to get acquainted and share sea stories from the past.

For more information contact Meade at USMCmeadeMCL@aol.com or visit www.mclnational.org or www. montanamcl.org .

Soroptomist

Soroptomist International of Hamilton invites you to join them at their meetings the first and second Thursday of every month, at noon, at BJ’s Restaurant in Hamilton. Soroptomist is an organization dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls. For more information, contact Dixie Dies at 961-4812.

Stevi Masons

The Stevensville AF&AM Masons of Montana meet the first Thursday of the month at 300 Church Street, Stevensville.

Dinner is at 6 p.m.; meeting at 7 p.m. Activities night is held the third Thursday of the month with dinner at 6 p.m. and meeting at 7 p.m. All are welcome. Fun for the whole family.

Victor Masons

Victor Masonic Lodge #43 meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. The Lodge is located on Main above Farmers State Bank.

For information on membership, email plycoupe1936@msn.com.

Eastern Star

Naomi Chapter #19, Order of the Eastern Star, meets the first and third Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. in the Victor Lodge building located on Main Street above Farmers State Bank, Victor.

Leona Chapter #31, Order of the Eastern Star, meets the first and third Thursdays at 7 p.m. in the Masonic Lodge building, 115 S. 3rd Street (next to the Fire Station), Hamilton.

For inquiries contact, email: teslrudd@gmail.com.

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Volunteer opportunity

Pantry Partners Food Bank in Stevensville needs volunteers.

For more information contact Dawn Richard at 360-4637 (leave message).

BPL storytime

It’s never too early to introduce your baby or toddler to the wonderful world of books and reading. Together you will discover the joy of songs, finger plays, simple books and bouncing rhymes. The toddler storytime for babies through age 2 meets every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in the downstairs meeting room of the Bitterroot Public Library. Toddler storytime lasts approximately 45 minutes. For more information, call 363-1670.

DCPL storytime

Learning to read begins before children start school. Your public library promotes early literacy and social development with weekly programming for children.

The Darby Community Public Library offers a weekly Children’s Story Time every Tuesday at 11 a.m. for all children under five years old with a caregiver. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play at your library, 101-1/2 S. Marshall St. Call 821-4771 or email: staff@ darbylibrary.net for information.

Sapphire Quilt Club

The Sapphire Quilt Club meets monthly on the second Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Stevensville Senior Center, 100 Mission Street. Join this fun group of people to learn about quilting.

Beginner to expert quilters welcome. For more information call Rebecca at 273-9078.

Fiber Arts Guild

Big Sky Fiber Arts Guild meets the last Saturday of every month. If you are a wool spinner or work with fibers, contact Marty at 777-2421 for location or information.

Knitters Guild

The Knotty Knitters Guild of the Bitterroot meets every 4th Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. at the Yarn Center, 110 Pinckney Street, Hamilton. This knitters guild is friendly, fun, and includes knitters of all levels, from beginners to master knitters. All are welcome.

Doll Club

The Bitterroot Blizzard Doll Club meets monthly, usually the second Thursday of the month, to share a passion for dolls, bears, toys, miniatures and paper dolls.

Members rotate hosting the meeting so call or email for the time and location of the next meeting.

Our Savior Lutheran Church and Preschool

184 Pine Hollow Road Stevi, MT 59870

Worship 9am Sunday School at 10:15 Wed 7pm Service

Preschool 8:45-11:30am 3’s Tue/Thurs 4’s M/W/F

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Saint Augustine Church In the Anglican Tradition

Services Sunday at 10am 206 E Ravalli Hamilton 642-3085

We use 1928 Book of Common Prayer

Contact Kay Schrader, 406-3607214, schrader1501@blackfoot. net.

Men’s Bereavement Breakfast

Marcus Daly Hospice sponsors a Men’s Bereavement Support Breakfast on the second and fourth Friday of each month at 9 a.m. in the Marcus Daly Hospice Dining Room. This breakfast creates a special opportunity for men coping with the death of a spouse or loved one to gather and share their journey of healing. Informal discussions are led by a trained Bereavement Facilitator and address such issues as dealing with grief, loneliness, forming new relationships, single parenting. A donation of $3.00 is appreciated for the meal. For more information call Marcus Daly Bereavement Coordinator at 363-6503.

NAMI family support group

Bitterroot NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) is sponsoring a support group for family members that have a loved one with mental illness on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Marcus Daly Hospital Conference Room B, 1200 Westwood Drive, Hamilton. Facilitated by trained leaders. For more information call Arleen at 239-1708.

County recycling

The Ravalli County Recycling drop-off site, 759 US Hwy 93 (across from Don’s Home Center) is open on Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, and Mondays, 3 to 6 p.m. Cash paid for aluminum on Saturdays only. Call volunteer coordinator Janice Lee at 360-9895 to learn about volunteer opportunities at either site.

Curbside pickup also is available for county residents: call 375-5398 for details.

Model trains

The Bitterroot Valley Model Railroaders (BVMRR) run their trains in the basement of the Kohl Building, downtown Stevensville, during the following times: First Friday of each month, 5 to 7 p.m. and third Saturday of each month, 1 to 4 p.m. If interested in joining the club, contact Tony Oberting at 273-0006. continued on next page

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Three Mile bingo

Bingo is held every first and third Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Three Mile Community/Senior Center, 1064 Three Mile Creek Road. Proceeds go to build a new center. For information call 7773710.

Bitterroot Toastmasters Club

The Bitterroot Toastmasters Club invites everyone to attend a meeting and discover how the Toastmasters program could benefit them. Guests are always welcome. The Bitterroot Toastmasters Club is the local branch of Toastmasters International, a worldwide organization that has over 90 years dedicated to teaching communication and leadership skills. The BTC is a diverse group of people who meet weekly to improve their leadership and public speaking skills. The program is designed to teach members through participation, and offers a supportive and exciting learning environment.

The club meets every Tuesday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the Hamilton Senior Center, 820 N. 4th Street, in Hamilton. For more information visit bitterroot.toastmastersclubs.org or call Jeanine New at 303-929-2430.

VA appointment rides

The DAV Transportation System has a hub in the Bitterroot with rides available Monday through Friday. To book a ride to your VA Medical appointments, call Dena at 363-8396. Give at least 72 hours notice. The hub is always looking for volunteer drivers. For information call Dena at 363-8396.

GIFT

Grafted In Families Together (GIFT), an adoption/foster care support group, meets every third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at Lone Rock Bible Church, 1142 Three Mile Creek Rd, Stevensville. Anyone interested in adoption/foster care or currently in the process of adopting or presently parenting adopted children is welcome to attend for a time of learning, sharing and encouragement. Call Katy Hofman, 360-1485, for more info and to verify meeting time and place, as it sometimes changes during the summer months.

Clothes Closet

The Stevensville Clothes Closet is a non-profit, free store that serves the people of the Bitterroot Valley by accepting donations of children and adult clothing, shoes, linens, small appliances and kitchenware. They then sort, wash and offer the goods free to the community. The Clothes Closet is located at Middle Burnt Fork and ALC way. It is open for shopping and for donations Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 1 to 4 p.m. The Clothes Closet is especially in need of household goods and clothing. For questions about donations or directions call Gail Fisher at 777-5694 or Molly Hackett at 961-4614.

Family Shelter

The Family Shelter of the Bitterroot meets on the first Friday of each month at 2 p.m. at Canyon View Church, 195 Skalkaho Road.

Everyone is welcome.

Church of Christ

You’re invited to attend the Church of Christ located at 1669 Houk Way (one block north of the Stevensville Junction on Highway 93 and one block to the east of Hwy 93). Sunday Bible study is at 10 a.m. and worship services are at 11 a.m. For further information call 777-7310 or 360-2028.

Course in Miracles Study Groups Join one of two weekly ongoing and deepening discussions of A Course in Miracles, a journey of spiritual transformation. The morning class meets Wednesdays from 9:45 a.m. to 12 noon; the evening class meets

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 Thursdays from 5:30 to 7 p.m., both at The Center for Spiritual Living, 328 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton. By donation. New students welcome. For more information visit cslbitterroot.org or call Selma (morning) at 381-6480 or Ken (evening) at 381-2067.

Pregnant/new mom groups

Postpartum Support Circle and Baby Bistro (breastfeeding support) meet on the second Thursday of each month and a Prenatal Support Circle meets on the fourth Thursday of the month.

All meetings are held at 109 N. 4th St. Suite 104 in Hamilton from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. For more information, call Sheehan at 6426527 or email bitterrootbreastfeeding@gmail.com.

Dementia Caregiver Group

Are you a caregiver of someone with Alzheimer’s disease or other type of dementia? You’re invited to join in an informal group on the second Friday each month at 1 p.m. at The Living Center Chapel (second floor), 63 Main, Stevensville to share your concerns and experiences with others in a same or similar situation. If you would like to attend, your loved one is welcome to visit with facility residents with staff supervision during the meeting time. For more information contact Kati Aiken at Ravalli County Council on Aging, 363-5690.

Family History Libraries

The Family History Libraries invite everyone (ages 12 and up) who is interested in researching their family history to stop in and take advantage of their free services. There are specialists available who are happy to assist you in finding records on your ancestors as well as in organizing photos and stories about them.

They also have free access to subscription genealogical sites.

401 N 8th Street, Hamilton Tuesdays & Wednesdays: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Wednesdays: 6 to 8 p.m.

Other times available by appointment. Call 363-5108.

100 Middle Burnt Fork Road, Stevensville East Foyer Door - Ring Marked Bell Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays: 12 to 4 p.m.

Tuesday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Wednesday: 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Other times available by appointment. Call 777-2735.

Drum Circle

African Drum Circle takes place every Monday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The Center for Spiritual Living, 328 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton. Bring your drum, rattles, and other instruments and be part of the fun. No drums? No worries, there are instruments to share. Donations accepted. For information, contact Jerry at 3817220 (jelb229@aol.com) or visit CSLBitterroot.org.

Suicide support group

A support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month at 12 noon at Riverfront Mental Health Center, 209 N. 10th, Suite A (blue building), Hamilton. The group is hosted by Ravalli County Suicide Prevention Alliance. For information email: rwetzel@wmmhc.org or phone 375-4095.

Volunteer opp

The Stevensville Clothes Closet free store is in need of a few volunteers to help sort, wash and hang donated items. The shifts are from 12:30 to 4 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Volunteers can commit to one day per week or all three days. If interested, call manager Gail Fisher at 777-5694. The Clothes Closet is a non-profit free store that accepts donations of clothing, linens and some household items and then

offers them to the community free of charge. The Clothes Closet is located at 3862 ALC Way, off of Middle Burnt Fork Road in Stevensville.

Elks Dinner

The Elks Club at 203 State Street in Hamilton serves dinner to the public every Wednesday at 6 p.m. The $11 complete meal includes dessert and coffee.

Proceeds help to sponsor Elks charities in the Valley. For more information, call 363-3031.

Amateur Radio Club

The Bitterroot Amateur Radio Club meets on the third Monday of every month at BJ’s Restaurant in Hamilton starting at 7 p.m. Come early and enjoy a meal and fellowship.

Adult open swim

Bitterroot Aquatic Center offers Adult Open Swim on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Enjoy the 91-degree water and work out at your own pace. Call 375-8200 for more information or visit the website at bitterrootaquaticcenter. com

Lions Club

The Hamilton Lions Club welcomes you to attend its weekly Tuesday noon meeting at BJs in Hamilton. The club strength – besides being low key and getting a lot done – is helping provide assistance for glasses and hearing aids in Ravalli County. Contact Dixie Dies, 961-4812, for more information.

Chair Yoga

Beat the heat and improve your core strength and flexibility with Chair Yoga every Wednesday at 12 noon (1st, 3rd, 4th Wednesdays) or 1 p.m. on 2nd Wednesdays at the St. Francis Pastoral Life Center, 411 S. 5th, Hamilton.

Cost is by donation only. Call Cynthia at 370-7609 for more info. Great for any fitness level.

Victor garden plots available

The Victor Community Garden is now open for registration. There are forty 20’ by 20’ plots with great sun exposure surrounded by a deer proof fence.

Compost, mulch, tools and an automated watering system that waters every night is included.

Organic methods are required.

The fee for a plot is $35 for the whole season (year). The garden is located on 5th, just west of Victor. To register for a plot (or two), call Jill at 360-1751.

Call for vocalists

Would you like to share your talent with Ravalli County and sing the National Anthem at the 2018 Ravalli County Fair & Rockin’ RC Rodeo? Call the fairgrounds office at 363-3411 to schedule an audition.

Secret Garden Tour tickets

Tickets for the 2018 charity Bitterroot Secret Garden Tour are now on sale. The theme this year is “gardens of professionals,” with three garden-center owners, a garden columnist and a garden-totable chef, opening their private spaces to the public. And each $35 ticket to see these gardens also comes complete with a gift bag of magazines, several varieties of seeds, coupons to local stores and other garden gifts. Proceeds from this year’s tour benefit the children’s-advocacy group, Emma’s House. Locations for ticket sales are Chapter One Bookstore, 252 W Main St, Hamilton; Moeller’s Nursery, 946 Eastside Hwy, Corvallis; Bitterroot Nursery, 617 Eastside Hwy, Hamilton; Cooks’ Gardens, 177 Golf Course Rd, Hamilton. For more information, go online to www.facebook.com/ BitterrootSecretGardenTour/.

Wednesday, May 2 Fly fishing clinics

Fly fishing introduction and instruction designed for beginning and intermediate fly fishers will be held on the first four Wednesdays in May (2, 9, 16, 23) from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Corvallis Middle School Cafeteria. Sign up at Freestone Fly Shop or Chuck Stranahan’s Fly Shop. The registration fee is $50 for non-members and $35 for members of Fly Fishers of the Bitterroot or Trout Unlimited.

The clinic is sponsored by Fly Fishers of the Bitterroot and Trout Unlimited. Membership for balance of the year in both organizations included in the registration fee. For further information call Ria Overholt, 369-2213.

Thursday, May 3 Organizing Basics Are you overwhelmed by clutter and chaos? Come to the North Valley Public Library in Stevensville on Thursday, May 3 at 6 p.m. to learn the difference between clutter, chronic disorganization, and hoarding.

Organizing and cleaning are not the same thing. Learn some basic tips on how to organize to help you declutter your home and your life. Being organized saves you time and money and helps reduce your stress. Learn how to organize with Karin Fried, a professional Organizer and Productivity consultant. North Valley Public Library is located at 208 Main Street, Stevensville. For more information, call 406-777-5061 or visit northvalleylibrary.org. All library programs are free and open to the public.

Friday, May 4 North Valley Pachyderm Club

The North Valley Pachyderm Club will meet Friday, May 4 at 12 noon at The Frontier Café, Hwy 93 in Stevensville. Guest speakers will be Kate Menzia from Choice is an Illusion fighting against assisted suicide and Dallas Erickson with Harris Himes who wrote a letter to the editor in defense of Harris whom Erickson claims was treated badly by the media. The North Valley Pachyderm Club is an educational arm of the Republican Party. All are welcome.

Genealogy talk

A seminar on “How to Find Your Roots” will be presented on First Friday, May 4 at 7 p.m. by the Western Montana Genealogical Society. The talk will be held in the St. Stephens Episcopal Church building, 203 Main Street.

You will learn how to research your family history, how to make vital records and how to obtain other historic information that is available. If you have any questions about genealogy, these are the people who can answer your questions. Come learn, then teach others! For information contact Sue at 369-0406.

Stevensville Garden Club Plant Giveaway

The Stevensville Garden Club will be giving away plants at a display in front of the North Valley Public Library on Friday, May 4 starting at 5 p.m. Club members will have plants that have been started in small cups and would love to see people and talk to them about the club and gardening in our area. Stevensville Garden Club is open to any individual with an interest in gardening, and visitors are always welcome at meetings, which are held at 1 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month at the Community Baptist Church at the corner of Ravalli and Buck Streets in Stevensville. The Club’s mission is to advance gardening and the beautification of our community, to encourage neighborhood cooperation and stimulate civic improvement. The library is also hosting a First Friday musical

event, as usual, in the Community Room of the library. Come get a plant and hear the Bittergrass String Band May 4. North Valley Public Library is located at 208 Main Street, Stevensville. For more information call 777-5061.

Saturday, May 5 Superhero 5k Run A Superhero 5K Run will be held Saturday, May 5 on the Bitterroot Trail in the area of the Westside Firehouse near the Stevensville Junction. Registration is $25 in advance or $30 at the door.

Pre-register at https:pruszinskic. wixsite.com/superhero5krun. This is the senior project of Clarysa Prusinski and Casey Lyons. All proceeds will benefit the Stevensville Fire Associations. Come have some fun, eat some food, even dress up and win a prize! For more information contact Clarysa Prusinski at prusinski@stevijackets.net or Casey Lyons at lyonsc@ stevijackets.net.

Saturday Bingo

Hamilton Senior Center will be hosting a Special Saturday Bingo on May 5. Doors open at 12 noon, play starts at 1 p.m. Paper cards will be used. Must be 18 to play. Call Cathy, 375-9276 with questions.

Sunday, May 6 Lone Rock Park Board

The Lone Rock Park Board will meet Sunday, May 6 at 7 p.m. at 1064 Three Mile Creek Road.

The public is welcome. For information call Colleen at 777-3710.

Monday, May 7 Stevi school menu Monday: No school Tuesday: Breakfast - Cinnamon Rolls or Yogurt, fruit, toast or cereal bar, milk; Lunch - Tacos with cheese & lettuce, refried beans, oranges, bread & butter, chocolate or regular milk Wednesday: Breakfast Cereal or Yogurt, fruit, toast or cereal bar, milk; Lunch - Chef’s Salad with turkey & cheese, fresh veggies, peaches, bread & butter, milk Thursday: Breakfast - Pancake on a Stick or Yogurt, fruit, toast or cereal bar, milk; Lunch Sloppy Joes, taters, grapes, bread & butter, milk Friday: Breakfast - Egg Wraps or Yogurt, fruit, toast or cereal bar, milk; Lunch - Fish Sticks, glazed carrots, pineapple, bread & butter, chocolate or regular milk.

Rotary Club

Robbie Wisdom and Mark Snider, members of Bitterroot Toastmasters, will be speaking at the next meeting of the Hamilton Rotary Club on Monday, April 30 at 12 noon at BJ’s Restaurant, 900 N. 1st Street, Hamilton. The meeting is open to the public.

For further Rotary Club information, call 363-2960.

Tuesday, May 8 Mommy & Me Tea

One of the most important days of the year is quickly approaching, Mother’s Day! Enjoy a Mommy & Me Tea on Tuesday, May 8 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Bring your moms, grandmas, or aunts for tea and cookies, do-ityourself mom portrait drawing, and board games. This event is appropriate for all ages. North Valley Public Library is located at 208 Main Street, Stevensville. For more information, call 406-7775061 or visit northvalleylibrary. org. All library programs are free and open to the public.

Stevi school board

The Stevensville School Board of Trustees will hold a regular board meeting on Tuesday, May 8 at 7 p.m. in the Stevensville Music Center Choir Room.

Thursday, May 10 Women’s Newcomers’ Club

Are you new to the Bitterroot Valley? Have you recently retired? Have you been here for a while and would just like to meet new people? If so, the Bitterroot Women’s Newcomers Club welcomes you to its next meeting, Thursday, May 10 from 10 a.m. until 12 noon at the First Christian Church, 328 Fairgrounds Road in Hamilton. The speaker will be Susan Boelman, founder of the RCKN Outdoor Sisterhood. After the meeting there will be a no-host lunch at Fiesta en Jalisco Mexican Restaurant for members who are interested. For more information call Deb Tennant, 503-871-9249.

Back Country Horsemen

Spring is here and and it’s time to hit the trails! Want to ride and make a difference by volunteering to help keep our trails open? If so, come join the SPWBCH, a friendly, hardworking group of volunteers dedicated to preserving the common sense use of horses in the backcountry.

The group will host a smoked pork potluck on Thursday, May 10 at 5:30 p.m. in the Hamilton Forest Service Building followed by a crosscut saw certification classroom course. Discussions will include summer trail work, scouting rides, trail safety tips and the use of the DeLorme In Reach Se emergency device. Guests are always welcome for lots of “trail talk.” Entry to the building is in the rear. For more information call Christy, 361-0767.

Friday, May 11 SAFE benefit

SAFE (Supporters of Abuse Free Environments) will host Boot, Scoot & Boogie on Friday, May 11. The annual dinner and auction will be held at the First Interstate Center in Hamilton. This year SAFE will be celebrating 30 years of creating a future free of violence. Boot, Scoot & Boogie will begin with a Patron Reception at 6 p.m. and general admission is at 6:30. Bid on the many silent auction items and enjoy a beverage from the no host bar. A delicious dinner will be catered

by The Catered Table. The live auction will begin at 8 p.m. To reserve a spot or buy a table call 363-2793 or visit SAFE’s website at www.safeinthebitterroot.org.

SAFE’s mission is to address the fundamental need in our community to decrease domestic and sexual violence and its impact in Ravalli County, Montana through the provision of direct services to survivors and their children and by working to minimize those conditions that support violence against women.

Saturday, May 12 First-time homebuyer class

The Bitter Root Resource Conservation and Development Area, Inc. has announced its April first-time home-buyers class. The Saturday, May 12, class will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Bitterroot Valley Board of Realtors building at the corner of 4th and Cherry streets in Hamilton. Any first-time homebuyers will benefit from taking the class and it is a requirement for most government loans such as FHA and the USDA Rural Development loans.

The Bitter Root RC&D provides the only HUD-approved first-time home-buyers’ pre-purchase classes in Ravalli County.

The cost for the in-person class is $75 and includes the one-onone financial counseling session required prior to taking the group class.

Attendees must attend the entire session on Saturday (8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and participate in a one-on-one intake and financial counseling session to qualify for the certificate. This fulfills the education requirement of govern-

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ment insured or funded loans such as VA, FHA, MBOH, NeighborWorks, USDA Rural Direct and Guarantee, etc. for first-time home-buyers. First-time homebuyers are defined as borrowers who have not owned a home within the past three. Also, if one borrower has owned a home within the past three years and the co-borrower has not, they still qualify as firsttime home buyers. This may also qualify them for down payment and closing cost assistance. The earlier a prospective homeowner takes the class the more beneficial it can be to them during the home buying process.

Participants must be fully registered by Thursday, May 3, at 3 p.m. This includes payment in full and return of all completed paperwork. All counseling sessions must be completed by Monday, May 7 at 7 p.m. Call 406-363-5450 to reserve your space today and have the required paperwork emailed or mailed to you. The one-on-one may be completed with a phone appointment and is included in the cost of the pre-purchase class. If potential attendees are financially challenged, partial scholarships are available for those who qualify.

The Bitter Root RC&D office is located at 1709 North 1st Street in the building adjacent to Mildenberger Motors.

This program is designed to help prospective homeowners navigate the home-buying process.

Included will be discussions on mortgage readiness, credit, budgets, getting a mortgage, new loan products and/or changes to current government insured or funded loan products, and getting the house you want.

Friday, May 18 Smart Driver Course

An all-new Smart Driver Course (formerly ’55 Alive’) will be held Friday, May 18 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Stevensville United Methodist Church, 216 College Street. While this new safe driving strategies class is designed for drivers age 50 and over, all drivers are welcome. This program now features current laws and updates specific to Montana. There are no driving tests or written exams and Montana mandates insurance discounts for qualified drivers. Class fees are $15 for AARP members; $20 for non-members. Pre-registration is advised. To sign up, call the church Tuesday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 777-5443. For more information call Thom Ainsworth, State Coordinator, at 369-0149. mittee meeting on Wednesday, April 25 from 2:15 to 2:55 p.m., and the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Commissioners on Wednesday, April 25 from 3 to 5 p.m. Both meetings will be held at the RCEDA office, 274 Old Corvallis Road, Hamilton. The meetings are open to the public.

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Grants available to benefit Darby

The Montana Community Foundation, Inc. (MCF) announces the opening of a grant cycle to benefit the community and residents of Darby. Grants will be made from the Darby Town Community Endowment Fund, established at MCF by Richard and Barbara Ackerman and enhanced through the generous contributions from community members in 1999.

Applicants must be either a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or an exempt governmental unit. Grants will be up to $5,000. While grants must be used for projects benefiting the Darby community and residents, the grantee organization does not need to be based in Darby. Only one application is allowed per organization.

Eligible projects must provide a direct, ongoing benefit to local residents, be sustainable, and address important, unmet needs.

Ineligible projects include one-time events, conferences, workshops, planning, research, untested projects, and partisan or sectarian activities.

Grant requests are reviewed by the Darby Town Community Endowment Fund Committee. The grant process is competitive; incomplete applications will not be considered. Grant applications will be accepted May 1-June 1, 2018.

To apply for a grant, access the online application at mtcf. org/grants. Only online applications will be accepted. For questions, please contact MCF Director of Operations & Grants Jessica Stewart-Kuntz at (406) 441-4950 or jessica@mtcf.org.

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Rapp Family Foundation grants available

The Rapp Family Foundation is now accepting regular grant applications for the 2nd quarter of 2018.

Completed applications must be received by Friday, June 8, 2018. The Foundation makes grants only to Ravalli County 501(c)(3) non-profits, schools, local agencies and individuals applying through a non-profit organization. Grants are in amounts up to $3,000 and usually exclude salaries and general operating funds. Specific purpose requests with other funding provided are ranked highest.

Application forms are available online only by sending a request to rappffapp2014@gmail. com and are submitted back by email to rappffapp2014@gmail. com. Awards will be made by the end of June, 2018.

If you have questions call Diane at 544-0302.

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Booming research: Melding Human Genetics, Health Care, and Treating Disease

RML brings Dr. Nadia Rosenthal to Hamilton PAC on May 4 at 7 p.m.

Nadia Rosenthal hopes someday genomic medicine can fix a broken heart – the kind with cardiac disease. Rosenthal, a molecular biologist who oversees The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, will discuss “Waiting for Low Tide: Revelations from the Forefront of Genomic Medicine” on Friday, May 4, in Hamilton. Her presentation begins at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center, 327 Fairgrounds Road. The event is free and intended for a general audience.

Her presentation is part of

the Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) community outreach series. The Hamilton-based infectious disease research facility is part of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

“As scientists, we have learned how to look below the surface of inquiry, waiting for the moment when we can see clearly what is revealed by the receding ‘tides,’ ” Rosenthal says. “Biomedical research has become a booming area of science, as principles uncovered by recent technological advances in human genetics are being applied to improve health care and treat disease.”

She will help the Hamilton audience consider some of those implications. “Are we ready?”

Rosenthal asks, referring to

some of the new information and opportunities facing researchers.

“Expanding our capacity to interpret and apply these new revelations will have major implications for just about every aspect of medicine and will affect broader aspects of our lives.”

Rosenthal earned her doctorate in biochemistry from Harvard Medical School in 1981. Among her career stops, she spent 12 years at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Rome and nine years as founding director of the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute in Melbourne.

She holds a Chair in Cardiovascular Science at Imperial College London and has been scientific director of The Jackson Laboratory since 2015.

Her research focuses on mammalian molecular genetics, the biology of aging, and regen-

Dr. Nadia Rosenthal erative medicine – especially involving skeletal muscle and heart disease. Some of her group’s recent projects have explored regeneration in salamanders, and – using mice – how the immune system can improve tissue repair,

including in the heart.

“Advances in genetics and our understanding of the human genome have the potential to greatly improve human health and to treat degenerative conditions usually considered incurable,”

said Marshall Bloom, M.D., who oversees research at RML. “Dr. Rosenthal is at the forefront of this work and we are truly fortunate to have her visit our community.”

NIAID conducts and supports research—at NIH, throughout the United States, and worldwide—to study the causes of infectious and immune-mediated diseases, and to develop better means of preventing, diagnosing and treating these illnesses. News releases, fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials are available on the NIAID website.

About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation’s medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases.

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Western Heritage Days set for June 22-23 Bitterroot CASA to The Stevensville Main Street Association has scheculed Western Heritage Days on Friday and Saturday, June 22 and 23.

Friday, June 22 - Fun old West activities and events for kids and adults alike! Old-time chuck wagons, vendors, and kids’ activities are set up by 4pm. From 6-8 pm a campfire social at the Chuck Wagon Camp happens adjacent to Historic St. Mary’s Mission, 4th and Charlos Streets. Downtown, enjoy live music, beer garden, and street dance until 10pm at 3rd and Main.

Saturday, June 23 - The parade at 11 a.m. features cowboys and cowgirls, Salish Indians,

street dance until 10pm.

The organizing committee wants more focus aimed at entertaining children, and is asking for volunteers with the knowledge to teach our young some fast disappearing skills and abilities. Things we could have learned from our parents and grandparents had we been paying more attention.

If you can track, identify scat, if you know the names of the mountains, know the difference between a redwing and a yellow head, and can figure out a way to present your information to 4 years and up, call Terri Larson of the Western Heritage

horses, and floats, all honoring our heritage. The Ned Larson Memorial Chuck Wagon dinner is a treat in every sense, served at 12:30 p.m., reservations required. Salish music, dancing, and children’s activities 1-3:30 p.m. at Historic St Mary’s Mission. Art, crafts, and food vendors on 3rd street; special retail events and open houses throughout the downtown; tours at Historic St. Mary’s Mission. Interpretive horse-drawn wagon tours to Fort Owen State Park, wagon rides to St. Mary’s Mission; beer garden and food court during the afternoon and evening. Downtown Saturday night live music and

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They also are looking for people to teach ice cream cranking, butter churning or any other adaptable culinary skill for the outdoors. A separate cooking competition is limited to 8-15-yearolds.

Bring your own ideas. If you can help out Friday evening or Saturday afternoon of June 22 or 23, please contact the Main Street office! More information is available at info@mainstreetstevensville.com or call 406-777-3773.

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by Bitterroot CASA’s board of directors during lunchtime on May 14, 2018, to the businesses, schools, and homes. To order a lunch contact Bitterroot CASA at (406)961-4535. You can also purchase a lunch through the Bitterroot CASA Missoula Gives campaign at https://www. missoulagives.org/organizations/ bitterroot-casa.

Bitterroot CASA’s goal is to sell 200 lunches throughout Ravalli County.

Bitterroot CASA is seeking sponsors to help offset the cost of making the lunches. To become a sponsor, contact Bitterroot CASA’s Director, Julie Crane at (406)961-4535.

“There has been a significant increase in the number of children entering the foster care system, making the training and equipping CASAs to future these youth a critical priority. Every dollar you donate to CASA of the Bitterroot stays in Ravalli County, and will be used to train volunteers and enhance the lives of the children in our care.” Celeste Pogacher, president, Bitterroot CASA. In 2017, Bitterroot CASA advocated for 66 children in Ravalli County, accounting for over 900 hours. Last year, Bitterroot CASA had 14 volunteers.

The goal of Bitterroot CASA is to prevent abused, neglected and abandoned children from becoming lost in the Court system.

For more information on the CASA program, contact Julie Crane at (406)-961-4535 or email at bttrcasa@msn.com.

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Obituaries Ivan E. Howard

Stevensville - Ivan E. Howard, 89, passed away peacefully at his home near Stevensville on February 12, 2018. A memorial service and celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, May 5 at 11 a.m. at the American Legion Hall Post #94, 754 Middle Burnt Fork Road, Stevensville, with Pastor Dr. Charles Alkula officiating. Lunch will follow the service.

Guests are welcome to contribute salads or desserts. Meat and drinks will be provided.

Ivan, who described himself as a “Depression kid,” was born near Musselshell, Montana on September 29, 1928, to George B. and Marie (Kelham) Howard. He joined two older sisters and one older brother on the family farm.

The family grew to include eight children.

Ivan started school at Musselshell and finished second grade in Eastern Montana. In the summer of 1936, the family moved to Stevensville in the Bitterroot Valley, where they lived at various small farms, and eventually at Kootenai Creek.

Ivan attended elementary and high school at Stevensville. Like many 16-year-olds of that era, he lied about his age in order to work for the Forest Service as a summer firefighter and lookout. He also worked with the packers occasionally, and made several trips into the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness.

Following high school graduation in 1946, with his best friend Al Sampson, he enlisted in the Army and soon found himself in South Korea serving with the 7th Infantry Division. “I’ve never been so damn cold in my life,” he would later tell his friends. He worked with the military police, and was highly respected for his intelligence and common sense.

After he was discharged in 1948, he attended the University of Montana at Missoula, and completed his bachelor’s degree in economics. Ivan worked as a commercial and personal credit coun-

Death Notices Bob Busenbark

Hamilton - Robert R. “Bob” Busenbark, 69, passed away in the morning, Sunday, April 29, 2018, at home with his family by his side. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.brothersmortuary.com

David A. Graham

selor, and assistant manager with Commercial Credit Corporation, Metals Bank and Trust Company, and First State Bank in Missoula, Butte, and Chinook. In 1960, he opened the Missoula office of First Montana Finance Company, where he was responsible for start-up operations for one of four new branches of the Montana Corporation.

In 1960, he married Lois Paulson and they lived in Missoula. Since they had both grown up in Stevensville, they had dated briefly when Ivan returned home from Korea, and had become reacquainted after a chance encounter at Central School while Lois was teaching there. In 1963, they built a new home near Stevensville, and moved there permanently.

In 1965, Ivan entered the world of real estate. He created residential land developments in many neighborhoods including Iron Cap, Bass Creek, and Kootenai Creek, along with several commercial enterprises throughout the valley. Lois, who retired from teaching in 1972, joined him at Red Ranch Realty, as sales associate, and later, as broker. In 1982, Ivan and Lois built “The Wye” convenience store and gas station at the Stevensville junction, which they owned and operated for 13 years. They also owned Red Ranch Mini Storage. In 2000, they sold the storage units and retired

Stephen Spaethe

Darby - Stephen C. Spaethe, 66, passed away Thursday, April 19, 2018, at his home in Darby. He was an avid fisherman.

Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www. brothersmortuary.com

Arnold H. Borgen Janice Richeson Hamilton - Arnold H. Borgen, 79, passed away peacefully in the morning, Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at the St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula with family by his side. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.brothersmortuary. com

Betty R. Cook

Hamilton - Betty R. Cook, 85, passed away in the morning, Friday, April 27, 2018, at the Discovery Care Centre in Hamilton.

Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www. brothersmortuary.com.

Salmon - Janice L. Richeson, 82, passed away in the evening, Saturday, April 21, 2018, at the Marcus Daly Hospice Center in Hamilton. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.brothersmortuary.com.

Mary Vandehey

Stevensville - Mary E. Vandehey, 88, passed away Friday, April 27 at her home in Stevensville. Visitation will be Sunday, May 6 from 4 to 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s Parish in Stevensville. A vigil service will begin at 7 p.m.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, May 7 at

so they could travel and enjoy their home.

Ivan was a member of the United Methodist Church of Stevensville. During the 1960s and 1970s, he supported the Stevensville Volunteer Fire Department. In 1982, he served on the Governor’s Council on Management, working for Governor Ted Schwinden with executives from around the State of Montana to improve efficiencies in State government.

Ivan worked hard, but he also knew how to play. He appreciated “happy hour” with his friends. In the fall, he looked forward to hunting in Eastern Montana. When the snow began to fall, he and Lois headed south to enjoy winter vacations in Arizona.

In 2010 they celebrated their very special 50th anniversary in a private resort in the Southwest. The freedom to travel made him feel as if he had truly found success.

Ivan is survived by his wife, Lois, of the family home; his daughters and their families, Suzanne (Sheldon) Vernon, Condon, Montana; and Kathy (John) Mohar, Troy, Montana; grandchildren, Justin Vernon, Corvallis, Oregon; Sky Bledsoe, Lakewood, Washington; Laura Wambold, Spokane, Washington; Ian Mohar, Troy, Montana; and three great-granddaughters; his special nephews, Steve Rodda of Elko, Nevada, and Don Schaefer, Stevensville; his brother Thomas Howard, of Girard’s Fort, Pennsylvania; sisters Alice Dickinson, Portland, Oregon; Helen Swanson, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Dorothy Hunter, Missoula.

He is predeceased by his parents; his half-brother Astle Howard, half-sister Blanche Campbell, sister Ruth Handke, and nephew, Jeff Rodda.

Cremation has taken place.

Interment of the ashes will take place at a later date at Sunnyside Cemetery. Whitesitt Funeral Home of Stevensville is assisting the family with arrangements.

11 a.m. at the church. A complete obituary will follow. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.whitesittfuneralhome.com.

David Adelbert Graham (Dave) passed away Wednesday, April 4, 2018, in Mesa, Arizona, from complications following surgery. Dave was born March 27, 1930, to Howard and Adella Graham in Belt, Montana. After attending school in Belt and Missoula, he graduated from Missoula County High School in 1948. A few years later, while working in a Forest Service Blister Rust control camp in northern Idaho, he met the love of his life, Geraldine Gould (Gerry). The two were married on September 20, 1953, in Moscow, Idaho. Dave and Gerry resided in Missoula, Montana, while he completed his degree in Forestry at the University of Montana. After graduating in 1954, he served as a Lieutenant in the Air Force in Sioux City, Iowa, for two years.

In 1956, he joined the United States Forest Service in St. Maries, Idaho. For the next 33 years, Dave and his family had the good fortune to travel and live throughout the United States, including Idaho, Montana, Washington, California, Oregon, Washington DC, and Utah. While living in Ogden, UT, he retired as Director of State and Private Forestry in 1989, ending a long and successful career in the US Forest

Dianne J. Russell Missoula - Dianne J. Russell, 69, of Missoula, passed away Saturday, April 21, 2018, at home.

Dianne was born May 9, 1948, in Missoula, Montana, the daughter of the late George G. and Myrtle E. Selleck.

Dianne was raised in Missoula and graduated from Sentinel High School in 1966. After high school, Dianne married and had two sons. In 1991, she then married Mark A. Russell. Dianne then graduated from cosmetology school in Missoula and worked for JC Penney Hair Salon.

Later, due to health reasons, she switched careers and became a florist at Albertsons. Dianne retired from Albertsons in 2013 and due to health issues remained at home as a homemaker.

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Service. His respect for the woods, however, kept him active, and he continued to work part time as a consulting forester. In retirement, Dave and Gerry enjoyed several years of travel with friends and family in both the United States and Europe, until Gerry’s untimely passing from Leukemia in 1995.

Afterwards, Dave divided his time between Victor, Montana and Florence, Arizona.

In his later years, Dave took great pleasure in attending and hosting family get-togethers, traveling to special family occasions (such as grandchildren’s sports events, graduations, and weddings), and attending Forest Ser-

vice reunions with old friends and colleagues. He also enjoyed volunteering with the Victor Public Schools, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, and the National Museum of Forest Service History in Missoula, Montana.

Dave is survived by his children—son John (his wife, Toni) Graham of Boise, Idaho; daughter Nancy (her husband, Bror) Cederström of Greeley, Colorado; and daughter Shawna Wyss of Tigard, Oregon. He is also survived by his seven grandchildren—Dave and Bryan Graham; Marcus, Christopher, and Niklas Cederström; and Kaytlin and Jenna Wyss—and one great grandchild, Clayton Graham. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife, Gerry; his brothers, Robert and William Graham; and his sister, Leida Hanning.

There will be a graveside service at the Victor Cemetery on July 5, 2018, at 2 p.m., followed by a gathering to celebrate his life at his Victor home. Donations in his name can be made to the National Museum of Forest Service History PO Box 2772, Missoula, MT 59806, or the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Donor Services PO Box 98018, Washington DC 20090.

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garden and especially loved working with her flowers. Most of all, Dianne enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren.

Dianne is preceded in death by her parents, George and Myrtle Selleck, and her sister, Bonnie

Selleck.

Dianne is survived by her husband Mark A. Russell of Missoula; two sons, Todd and wife Amy Price of Missoula and Jason Price and girlfriend Cindy Johnson; grandchildren, Jacob Price, Matthew and wife Emma Price, one brother, Gary Selleck and his wife Renee; two sisters- in- law, Becky Hannaway and Pamela Russell, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Dianne will be dearly missed by all and will be laid to rest at a later date.

Memorials can be sent to Alzheimer’s Association Montana, 3010 11th Ave N, Billings MT 59101 or to Mark Russell, 1609 Clements Road, Missoula MT 59804. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.whitesittfuneralhome. com.

Sports

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Section B

By Jean Schurman Sports Editor

Florence, Hamilton upset by Belgrade

The defending Class B state champions, Florence, met up against the defending Class A champions, Belgrade, on Saturday in Frenchtown at the Frenchtown Invitational. Each team had two hits but Belgrade scored twice on fielding errors to take the 2-1 win.

Florence’s pitcher, Brianna Hoffman, struck out 12 Panthers but the Falcons couldn’t get their bats going. Natalie Dulac had a double and the only RBI for the Falcons.

Earlier in the day, Belgrade handed Hamilton their first loss of the season with a 19-3 win in four innings. Hamilton scored twice in the first inning and once more in the top of the third but they couldn’t stop the Panthers’ bats.

Jorden Taggart was in the circle for the Lady Broncs and took the loss. Tessa Della Silva had two hits and drove in all three runs.

Sophia Doyle and Hayley Hudgins also had hits.

Hamilton topped Lewistown, 11-6, with Sky Lopez pitching. Hamilton had 11 hits and two errors in the game. Caitlin Dillon had three hits including a home run and an RBI. Kelsie Meis also had a home run and an RBI. Della Silva had two hits and two RBIs. Jacey Hinson also had two hits with an RBI. Mikayln Brickley had a triple and an RBI. Mallory McGill had an RBI and a hit.

On Friday, Hamilton topped Polson, 6-4, on Friday. Jorden Taggart took the win and had four strike outs in the game. Caitlin Dillon went 2-for-4 at bat and had a double. Abby Johnson also went 2-for-4 at bat with a double and an RBI. Maggie Ringer had a double and an RBI in the game which featured 10 stolen bases by the Broncs.

Hamilton slammed Columbia Falls, 11-2 in their second

Bitterroot Star -- Page 11 double and knocked in four runners. Haley Kampka had a triple with an RBI. Hannah Wasik and Trangmoe also had RBIs. On Friday, Ronan defeated Stevensville in a close game, 12-9.

Jessie Newman took the4 loss for the Yellowjackets. Syd Paul had two hits including a double and an RBI. Freshman Maddie Sims had a double and two RBIs. Haley Kampka had three RBIs. Stevensville lost to Lewistown, 5-4, in another close game on Friday. Sarah Morrison was the losing pitcher. Kampka had a triple and an RBI. Dani Trangmoe had two RBIs. Kaylee Berning had two hits and Claire Montague had one.

Jethro Thorne of Florence ran the 800 meter race for the first time and crossed the finish line first. Jean Schurman photo.

Florence’s ace pitcher, Brianna Hoffman, struck out 12 batters against Belgrade. Star file photo.

‘Battle of the Bitterroot’ held

The annual Bob Reed Ravalli County track meet was held Saturday in Corvallis with the six high schools from the valley competing. As expected, Corvallis dominated both the boys and girls team scoring with Hamilton following.

Hamilton’s Cariann Kunkel won two events and her marks were good enough to put her in the top 10 in the state in each event.

Kunkel cleared the high jump bar at 5-4 which is the top mark in the state for Class A right now and fifth in all classes. Her javelin throw of 129-6 won the event and is seventh in the state and second in Class A. She also was third in the long jump and sixth in the triple jump. Hamilton’s Lyric Devries won both the 1,600 and the 3,200.

Corvallis’ Calla Haldorson already holds the best mark in the state in the discus with a throw of 153-05. On Saturday she won that event again with a throw of 145-7.

Haldorson won the shot put event with a throw 37-3 which qualifies her for state in that event and is the fifth best put in the state right now. To win the high jump and qualify for state. Albright also won the 300 hurdles by just over fourseconds.

Ridge Albright of Corvallis was also a double winner. He cleared 6-4 Casey Ehmann of Darby won the 300 hurdles and qualified for state in that event with a time of 48.39. Ehmann was third in the 100 hurdles. Gracie Lang finished second in the 3,200.

Florence’s Brooklyn Newbary won both the 100 and 200 meter races. Teammate Jethro Thorne stepped out of his comfort zone of the 400 and ran the 800 with a winning time of 2:06.74.

game of the day in Frenchtown.

The Broncs had 10 hits in the game including a triple by Della Silva who had two hits. McGill had a double and two RBIs and Meis had two RBIs. Sky Lopez was the winning pitcher.

Stevensville split their games on Saturday at Frenchtown. Libby took a one run win over the ‘Jackets, 8-7. Sarah Morrison was the pitcher and took the loss for Stevensville. Syd Paul had two hits including a double and three RBIs. Dani Trangmoe had three RBIs. The Yellowjackets defeated Anaconda, 13-10, in their second game of the day. Morrison was the winning pitcher. Taylor Springer had two hits including a

3:42.58; 3. Hamilton, 3:50.31; 4.

Stevensville, 4:19.86; 5. Darby, 4:30.02.

High jump - 1. Ridge Albright, C, 6-4*; 2. Tyler Chouinard, H, 6-0*; 3. Logan Lewis, C, 5-6; 4. Logan Roth, S, 5-8; 5. Justin Saxon, S, 5-6; 6. Jeff Stoker, C, 5-8.

Pole vault - 1. Dante Venema, C, 12-0; 2. John Reynoso, C, 12-0; 3. Bridger Williams, H, 11-6; 4. Jonathan Crane, C, 8-0; 4. Dallan Koerner, C, 8-0.

GIRLS Team results: Corvallis 246, Hamilton 134,Stevensville 134, Darby 32, Florence-Carlton 25.

100 -1. Brooklyn Newbary, F, 13.49; 2. Ashton Lewis, S, 13.72; 3. Jessica Mosbrucker, C,

The 100 meter hurdles was a close race with Corvallis’s Maureen Jessop (left) winning the race. Megan Pendergast of Stevensville was second, and Casey Ehmann of Darby finished third. Jean Schurman photo.

Bob Reed RCIA results BOYS Team results: Corvallis 281, Hamilton 125, Stevensville 56, Florence-Carlton 43, Victor 8, Darby 8.

100 - 1. Andrew Andra, C 11.45; 2. Mason Murray, C, 11.85; 3. Liang Liedle, C, 11.98; 4. Wyatt Ballman, C, 12.23; 5. Logan Roth, F, 12.30; 6. Jaren Lue, F, 12.35.

200 - 1. Mason Murray, C, 24.20; 2. Logan Roth, S, 24.49; 3. Rory Jessop, C, 25.02; 4. Seth Stoker, C, 25.07; 5. Jaren Lue, F, 25.27; 6. Wyatt Ballman, C, 25.44.

400 - 1. Jakob Dalbey, C, 53.57; 2. Julean Hamilton, C, 54.28; 3. Justin Saxon, S, 54.63; 4. Seth Stoker, C, 55.37; 5. Taylor

Jones, H, 57.72; 6. Tyler Burrows, H, 59.44.

800 - 1. Jethro Thorne, F, 2:06.74; 2. Caden Brown, H, 2:08.11; 3. David Thurman,C, 2:11.84; 4. Tristan Schmalz, H, 2:14.14; 5. Landen Conner, C, 2:16.81.

1,600: -1. Anders Watt, C, 4:40.48; 2. Jake Jessop, C, 4:46.63; 3. Matt Wilson, H, 4:50.90; 4. Cole Henry, C, 5:01.51; 5. Wes Brown, S, 5:02.61; 6. Connor Yetter, D, 5:04.23.

3,200 - 1. Grant Martin, C, 10:10.50*; 2. Matt Wilson, H, 10:33.73; 3. Will Flowers,C, 10:48.52; 4. Brian Healy, C, 11:04.32; 5. Donavan Chaffin,

D, 11;09.15; 6. Ben Carrasco, C, 11:21.29.

110 hurdles - 1. Hayden Pease, C, 18.01; 2. Sawyer Haas, F, 18.03; 3. Jonathan Crane, C, 20.37; 4. Dallan Koerner, C, 20.43.

300 hurdles - 1. Ridge Albright, C, 43.24; 2. Sawyer Haas, F, 47.31; 3. Hayden Pease, C, 47.53; 4. Ethan Shobe, S, 51.95; 5. Dallan Koerner, C, 53.20; 6. Jonathan Crane, C, 54.12.

400 relay - 1. Corvallis, 45.42; 2. Hamilton, 47.86; 3. Stevensville, 47.94; 4. Darby, 49.75; 5. Florence-Carlton, 52.05.

1,600 relay - 1. Corvallis, 3:36.08; 2. Florence-Carlton,

13.74; 4. Hadli Lords, C, 13.89; 5. Helen Vanosdel, S, 13.94; 6.

Amelia Jessop, C, 14.27.

200 - 1. Brooklyn Newbary, F, 27.49; 2. Lauren Criddle, C, 27.64; 3. Casey Ehmann, D, 28.15; 4. Ashton Lewis, S, 28.32; 5. Megan Pendergast, S, 28.72; 6.

Amelia Jessop, C, 29.02.

400 - 1. Helen Vanosdell, S, 1:03.56; 2. Alyssa King, C, 1:05.34; 3. Kailen Herbstritt, C, 1:05.36; 4. Marie Davenport, H, 1:07.63; 5. Aubrey Prezzullo, S, 1:07.93; 6. Katlyn Potter, S, 1:10.50.

800 - 1. Kailee McCready, C, 2:29.83; 2. Bree Lewis, C, 2:34.04; 3. Ani Mason, H, 2:45.95; 4. Haley Lords, C, 2:52.04; 5.

Bella Campbell, D, 2:59.06; 6.

Megan Yockey, H, 3:00.95.

1,600 - 1. Lyric Devries, H, 5:33.68; 2. Brynnli Poulsen, H, 5:39.00; 3. Hannah Martin, C, 5:44.06; 4. Lilli Day, C, 5:48.36; 5. Katie Gleason, C, 5:48.91; 6.

Sarah Passey, H, 5:49.73.

3,200 - 1. Lyric Devries, H, 12:21.47; 2. Gracie Lang, D, 12:52.56; 3. Brynnli Poulsen, H, 13:00.00; 4. Sarah Passey, H, 13:03.02; 5. Kara Wissenbach, C, 13:12.24; 6. Albany Jessop, C, 13:16.31.

100 hurdles - 1. Maureen Jessop, C, 16.73; 2. Megan Pendergast, S, 16.85; 3. Casey Ehmann, D, 17.00; 4. Nyssa Schairer, C, 19.25; 5. Savannah Jessop, C, 21.02; 6. Hayley Bender, H, 22.65.

300 hurdles - 1. Casey Ehmann, D, 48.39*; 2. Megan Pendergast S, 48.53*; 3. Kylie Pease, C, 52.93; 4. Maureen Jessop, C, 53.40; 5. Hadli Lords, C, 53.82; 6. Nyssa Schairer, C, 55.38.

400 relay - 1. Corvallis, 52.60; 2. Hamilton, 57.14.

1,600 relay - 1. Corvallis, 4:18.80; 2. Hamilton, 4:52.60.

High jump - 1. Cariann Kunkel, H, 5-4*; 2. Hannah Hutchison, C, 5-2*; 3. Maureen Jessop, C, 5-0*; 4. Megan Pendergast, S, 4-8; 5. Jenna Jordan, C, 4-6. 6. Ashton Lewis, S, 4-4.

Pole vault - 1. Hennessy Meyer, H, 9-0; 2. Kailen Herbstritt, C, 8-6; 3. Becca Parker, H, 8-6; 4. Stephanie Weber, C, 8-0; 5.

Nyssa Schairer, C, 7-0; 6. Taylor Williamson, C, 6-6.

Long jump - 1. Ashton Lewis, S, 15-6; 2. Lainie Albright, C, 14-10; 3. Cariann Kunkel, H, 14-9; 4. Anna Stiegler, F, 14-8; 5.

Brooke Powell, C, 14-5; 6. Kylie Rhoades, S, 13-1.

Triple jump - 1. Lainie Albright, C, 32-3; 2. McKenzie Haye, H, 30-6.5; 3. Ceara Chavez, C, 30-5; 4. Hadli Lords, C, 30-3; 5. Becca Parker, H, 30-0.5; 6.

Cariann Kunkel, H, 30-0.

Shot put - 1. Calla Haldorson, C, 37-3*; 2. Denali Smith, C, 36-0*; 3. Katelyn Dickemore, H, 33-4; 4. Molly Craig, H, 33-4; 5.

Tayler Wright, C, 32-9.5; 6. Cheyanna Jordan, S, 31-4.5.

Discus - 1. Calla Haldorson,C, 145-7*; 2. Brooke Wiltbank, C, 123-1*; 3. Charlotte Powell, C, 109-6*; 4. Katelyn Dickemore, H, 108-11*; 5.

Brooke Powell, C, 96-5; 6. Alis Auch, C, 96-0.

Javelin - 1. Cariann Kunkel, H, 129-6*; 2. Tayler Wright, C, 117-9*; 3. Denali Smith, C, 106-4; 4. Lainie Albright, C, 104-6; 5.

Cheyanna Jordan, S, 100-8.

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Page 12 -- Bitterroot Star

High Water Chronicles, #1

This year’s High Water Chronicles kick off earlier than they have in the past. We usually make it into the last half of May. As-is, this year, I’m writing this while it is still April.

With the High Water Chronicles I clean up on themes that need to be reviewed before we hit the river in earnest after runoff; things like river safety, checking through last year’s gear and updating it, and the like.

At other times I try to give you something else by touching

Flyfishing with Chuck Stranahan on things that are both personal and a part of our shared experience; the intangibles that are the heart of our sport.

Dana Lamb got his finger on it with the title of his book, The Fishing’s Only Part of It. It’s the other parts of fly fishing that ultimately draw us to it; if we were only interested in capturing fish out of a stream we’d use trot lines or explosives and make short work of it.

But that wouldn’t be as satisfying as what I once discovered to my wonderment when I first looked into a box of flies that my Godfather had tied. I was a boy living on the edge of a desert and any kind of fishing seemed like a far-off dream.

I was fascinated with those flies: the colors, the shapes, the materials they were made from, the fact that a man I admired had made them and told me they were for fishing for trout in the rivers of far-off Montana.

Trout. Montana. Flies.

Given how it has turned out since, that was a moment my life changed.

Then there’s the appeal of watching a fly line unfurl back and forth over the water in a rhythmic visual poem before it lands – and seeing a fish flash on the water’s surface as the rod arcs and throbs against it; over the years I’ve talked to many onlookers who saw it for the first time and said, “I want to learn how to do that.”

That’s how my best fishing buddy, my wife Jan, first got into the sport. And that’s another story – one I might tell in this year’s edition of the Chronicles before the water comes down.

That’s what draws us in: this is fishing of a different sort. It’s a gentler, quieter, more contemplative sport than chasing billfish off the Kona Coast with lures the size of a big trout skipping the water like flying fish behind a luxurious purpose-built yacht. The lures are attached to 200-pound test monofilament spooled on five gold-plated big game reels all mounted on rods worth far more than my pickup truck. When a fish is hooked you get strapped into the fighting chair with the big game rod in a socket below the seat and pump and reel for all you’re worth.

I’ve done that, once, and it was exhilarating, exciting. I’ll likely never do it again and I treasure the experience. But if I had only one last day to fish and had to make the choice, I’d rather take a favorite old seven-foot fiberglass rod and a handful of Caddis Variants and hike up into the canyon and fish Boulder Creek.

Why? Because that’s where my heart is. It’s not in Boulder Creek, per se, any more than a number of other creeks, or the West Fork, the Lochsa, the Blackfoot or the Bitterroot. Put simply, it’s about how I connect with fly fishing for trout– at every level.

Fly fishing is not “better” than deep-sea big game fishing, pulling panfish out of a gravel pit pond in Indiana with a cane pole, or shooting carp with a bow and arrow in Texas. It’s just different.

And fly fishing for trout is what we have here, and we have an abundance of it just outside our doorstep. There is the intimacy and grandeur of the wilderness, where streams flow like crystalline liquid jewels from the crown of the Bitterroot Range. And there are beautiful native trout in those streams.

The canyons of the East and West Forks, where little rivers speak in the language of moving water rushing and gurgling around rocks and where wild and native trout, some of them surprisingly large, offer a unique kind of experience that is well worth safeguarding.

And several other kinds of experiences can be found on the main stem of the Bitterroot from the junction of the forks on down to its mouth on the Clark Fork in Missoula.

You have to do more than

glance at the river as you cross it on a bridge to get the idea: You have to get out of the car at one of those bridges, and take a walk. Walk until you can’t see the bridge any more.

I won’t try to describe here what it’s like to see one particular peak or another of the Bitterroot Range from the perspective of the river, where the breezes through the pines and cottonwoods sing a sweeter song than the drone of traffic on 93, and where the presence of the flowing river itself is

soothing to the soul.

You don’t need to take a fly rod with you – but with the fly rod, you have a purpose for being there. You engage with the river, the canyon, or the creek. You’re no longer just a self-conscious spectator. Your attention drifts outside of your “self” to an activity that connects you with the essence of the place.

The quality of the experience, if you want to put it in those terms, is something that people will pay dearly for.

And they have: the last figures I saw documented that fly fishers spend more than $22 million annually to fish the Bitterroot River. That was a few years ago.

The current figure, I’m guessing, has to be upwards from $25 million. Live here? Work here?

Some of that money enriches you.

We all need to understand this: the river produces more than a gold mine would for the area’s economy.

And it will keep producing that money, again and again and again, for as many years as we take care of it.

Let that sink in for a while.

I’ll come back to it later, before the river goes down.

First-time homebuyer class The Bitter Root Resource Conservation and Development Area, Inc. has announced its April first-time home-buyers class. The Saturday, May 12, class will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Bitterroot Valley Board of Realtors building at the corner of 4th and Cherry streets in Hamilton. Any first-time homebuyers will benefit from taking the class and it is a requirement for most government loans such as FHA and the USDA Rural Development loans.

The Bitter Root RC&D provides the only HUD-approved first-time home-buyers’ pre-purchase classes in Ravalli County.

The cost for the in-person class is $75 and includes the one-onone financial counseling session required prior to taking the group class.

Attendees must attend the entire session on Saturday (8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and participate in

a one-on-one intake and financial counseling session to qualify for the certificate. This fulfills the education requirement of government insured or funded loans such as VA, FHA, MBOH, NeighborWorks, USDA Rural Direct and Guarantee, etc. for first-time home-buyers. First-time homebuyers are defined as borrowers who have not owned a home within the past three. Also, if one borrower has owned a home within the past three years and the co-borrower has not, they still qualify as firsttime home buyers. This may also qualify them for down payment and closing cost assistance. The earlier a prospective homeowner takes the class the more beneficial it can be to them during the home buying process.

Participants must be fully registered by Thursday, May 3, at 3 p.m. This includes payment in full and return of all completed paperwork. All counseling

sessions must be completed by Monday, May 7 at 7 p.m. Call 406-363-5450 to reserve your space today and have the required paperwork emailed or mailed to you. The one-on-one may be completed with a phone appointment and is included in the cost of the pre-purchase class. If potential attendees are financially challenged, partial scholarships are available for those who qualify.

The Bitter Root RC&D office is located at 1709 North 1st Street in the building adjacent to Mildenberger Motors.

This program is designed to help prospective homeowners navigate the home-buying process.

Included will be discussions on mortgage readiness, credit, budgets, getting a mortgage, new loan products and/or changes to current government insured or funded loan products, and getting the house you want.

MDT proposed resurfacing project for Hwy 93 near Sula

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) would like to notify the public and seek comments on a proposal to resurface about 8.9 miles of U.S. Highway 93 south of Sula in Ravalli County. The project begins at the Montana/Idaho border at reference post 0.0 and extends north for 8.9 miles, ending 3.9 miles south of Sula at reference post 8.9.

Proposed work includes milling the existing surface, applying a new asphalt overlay, and finishing with a seal and cover (chip seal) and fog seal. The pavement markings, two sections of guardrail, and signage will also be replaced.

The purpose of the project

is to take a cost-effective action to prolong and preserve the existing pavement.

The project is tentatively scheduled for construction in 2019, depending on completion of all project development activities and availability of funding.

No property acquisition or utility relocations are anticipated.

For more information, contact Missoula District Administrator Ed Toavs at (406) 523-5802 or Project Design Engineer Nathaniel Walters at (406) 523 5833. Members of the public may submit written comments to the Montana Department of Transportation Missoula office at P.O. Box 7039, Missoula MT 59807-7039, or

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ESTATE OF: CALVIN D. TOLIVER, a/k/a Calvin Dale Toliver, Deceased.

Dept. No.: 1 Cause No.: DP-18-37 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 PEGGY G. TOLIVER, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Bjornson Jones, Mungas, PLLC, 2809 Great Northern Loop, Suite 100, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.

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MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: CARLA ANN MCCALL, Deceased.

Case No.: DP-18-39 Department No. 1 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 James Natchez, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in c/o John D. Greef, P.O. Box 212, Hamilton, MT 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 11th day of April, 2018. /s/ James Natchez Personal Representative BS 4-18, 4-25, 5-2-18. MNAXLP

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MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARVIN HENRY BOOTH, Deceased.

Case No.: DP-18-38 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed 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 Alma L. Hinrichs, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at Boatwright Law Office, 1091 S. First Street, Hamilton, MT 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 10th day of April, 2018. /s/ Alma L. Hinrichs, Personal Representative BS 4-18, 4-25, 5-2-18. MNAXLP

Jennifer B. Lint Boatwright Law Office, P.C. 1091 South First Street Hamilton, MT 59840 (406) 375-1385 Attorney for Personal Representa-

MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GARY LEE TITECA, Deceased.

Case No.: DP-18-36 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed 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 Carren Williams, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at Boatwright Law Office, 1091 S. First Street, Hamilton, MT 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 9th day of April, 2018. /s/ Carren Williams, Personal Representative BS 4-18, 4-25, 5-2-18. MNAXLP

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MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ERIC M. REESE, Deceased.

Probate No.: DP-18-41 Department 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 JOSHUA S. REESE, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Bell & Bell, 210 South 3rd Street, P.O. Box 210, Hamilton, Montana 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 1st day of April, 2018. /s/ Joshua S. Reese, Personal Representative BS 4-18, 4-25, 5-2-18. MNAXLP

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Cause No. DP-2018-40 Dept. No. 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 the Personal Representative, Jamie Mavros, return receipt requested, c/o Nelson Law Office, PLLC, 217 N. Third Street, Suite J, Hamilton, MT 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court .

DATED this 10th day of April, 2018 .

217 N. 3rd Street, Ste J Hamilton, MT 59840 /s/ James Mavros Personal Representative /s/ William Nelson Attorney for P.R. 217 N. 3rd Street, Suite J Hamilton MT 59840.

BS 4-25, 5-2, 5-9-18. MNAXLP NOTICE TO CREDITORS Probate No. DP-18-32 Dept. 1 MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF TIMOTHY NEAL SCHMERTZ, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovereferenced estate. All persons having claims against said decedent are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Colleen Schmertz, c/o Kathryn Kay, Attorney, P.O. Box 1154, Lolo, MT 59847; or filed with the Clerk of the above Court .

DATED this 19th day of April, 2018 . /s/ Colleen Schmertz Kathryn M. Kay Attorney at Law P.O. Box 1154 Lolo, MT 59847 (406) 273-6816 email: kathrynkayesq@gmail.com Attorney for Personal Representative BS 4-25, 5-2, 5-9-18. MNAXLP NOTICE TO CREDITORS Probate No. DP-18-105 Dept. 3 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ELOISE J. GINN, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovereferenced estate. All persons having claims against said decedent are

required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to James O. Ginn, c/o Kathryn Kay, Attorney, P.O. Box 1154, Lolo, MT 59847; or filed with the Clerk of the above Court .

DATED this 20th day of April, 2018 . /s/ James O. Ginn Kathryn M. Kay Attorney at Law P.O. Box 1154 Lolo, MT 59847 (406) 273-6816 email: kathrynkayesq@gmail.com Attorney for Personal Representative BS 4-25, 5-2, 5-9-18. MNAXLP

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MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF STEPHEN CRAIG SPAETHE, Deceased.

Case No.: DP-18-48 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed 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 Debra Lynne Fau, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at Boatwright Law Office, 1091 S. First Street, Hamilton, MT 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 26th day of April, 2018. /s/ Debra Lynne Fau, Personal Representative BS 5-2, 5-9, 5-16-18. MNAXLP MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE GREGORY A. HICKS, Deceased.

Probate No.: DP-18-46 Department No. 1 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 Natalie Naidl, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Royce A. McCarty, Jr., P.O. Box 210, Hamilton, MT 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 20th day of April, 2018. /s/ Natalie Nail BS 5-2, 5-9, 5-16-18. MNAXLP

NOTICE OF CLOSE OF REGULAR VOTER REGISTRATION AND OPTION FOR LATE REGISTRATION Notice is hereby given that regular* voter registration for the Federal Primary Election to be held on June 5, 2018, will close at 5:00 PM on May 7, 2018. *NOTE: If you miss this regular registration deadline, you may still register for the election by showing up at the Ravalli County Election Office up to and including on Election Day. Between noon and the close of business on the day before Election Day, you can complete and submit a voter registration card, but you will need to return to the Ravalli County Election Office on Election Day to pick up and vote a ballot.

All active and inactive electors of the County of Ravalli are entitled to vote at said election.

Inactive electors may reactivate by appearing at the polling place in order to vote, by requesting an absentee ballot in any election, or by notifying the County Election Administrator in writing of the elector’s current address in the county.

Persons who wish to register and who are not presently registered may do so by requesting a form for registration by mail or by appearing at the Ravalli County Election Office, 215 South 4th Street, Suite C, Hamilton, Montana. If you have moved, please update your registration information by filling out a new voter registration card and submitting it to the Ravalli County Election Office.

If you are not sure of your current voter registration status, please visit www.myvoterpage.mt.gov or call 375-6550.

Dated this 12th day of April, 2018 Regina Plettenberg, Ravalli County Election Administrator 215 South 4th Street, Suite C; Hamilton, MT 59840 (406) 375-6550

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MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM E. NEAVES, Deceased.

Probate No.: DP-18-47 Department No. 1 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 DIANA L. NEAVES, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Bell & Bell, 210 South 3rd Street, P.O. Box 210, Hamilton, Montana 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 20th day of April, 2018. /s/Diana L. Neaves, Personal Representative BS 5-2, 59, 5-16–18. MNAXLP MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN RE THE NAME CHANGE OF: CYNTHIA MARIE STOLZ, Petitioner.

Case No.: DV-18-110/3 Department No. 1 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Cynthia Marie Stolz to Bella Marie.

The hearing will be on May 23, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Ravalli County.

Dated this April 4th, 2018.

Paige Trautwein, Clerk of the Court By: /s/ Mary Sawyer Deputy Clerk of Court BS 4-18, 4-25, 5-2, 5-9-18.

MNAXLP RlCHARD A. WEBER, P.C. 345 West Main Street Hamilton, Montana 59840 Telephone: 406/363-6888 Fax: 406/363-2972 Attorney for Petitioner MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRlCT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF: PATRICIA CLOVER QUINN, PETITIONER. Case No.: DV-18-134 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE OF HEARING Notice is hereby given that Patricia Clover Quinn has filed a Petition for Change ofName which may be examined in the office of the Clerk of the above Court.

Hearing has been set at the Courthouse of the above-entitled Court in Ravalli County, Montana on the 24th day of May 2018 at 1:30 p.m., at which

time and place all interested persons may appear and object.

DATED this 18th day of April, 2018.

RlCHARD A. WEBER, P.C. /s/ Richard A.Weber BS 4-25, 5-2, 5-9, 5-16-18.

MNAXLP MONTANA 21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY In the Matter of the Name Change of Sydnee Leigh McClendon, Sydnee Leigh McClendon, Petitioner Cause No. DV-18-136/4 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 Sydnee Leigh McClendon to Sydnee Leigh Skelton. The hearing will be on May 7, 2018 at 1:30 PM. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Ravalli County.

Dated this 20th day of April, 2018. /s/Paige Trautwein, Clerk of Court By: Amber Miles, Deputy Clerk of Court BS 5-2, 5-9, 5-16-18. MNAXLP LEGAL NOTICE Olivia Anacleto and Stephanie Mundschenk, last known address of 63 Sugar Mtn. Road, Apt. A, Hamilton MT 59840, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

by XTRA SPACE RV & MINI STORAGE, that pursuant to the provisions of M.C.A. 70-6-605 and the provisions of the contract you signed, the contents of the storage unit you leased are now subject to an operators lien. Unless the accruing balance is paid in full, the contents of the storage unit will be removed and sold at Xtra Space RV & Mini Storage, 350 Old Corvallis Road, Hamilton MT 59840, at 10 A.M. on Friday, June 22nd, 2018.

BS 4-18, 4-25, 5-2-18. MNAXLPLAWRENCE D. JOHNSON, Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 500, Hamilton, Montana 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

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business of hearing appeals of property valuations set by the Montana Department of Revenue. Any taxpayer who disagrees with the appraised value of his or her property may file an appeal with the Ravalli County Tax Appeal Board on or before the first Monday in June or within 30 days of receipt of a Notice of Classification and Appraisal, or Notice to Change Valuation (property assessment notice), whichever is later. All taxpayers may appeal their property valuation once per appraisal cycle. Appeal forms are available from Ravalli County Clerk and Recorder, 215 S 4th St, Hamilton.

BS 5-2-18. MNAXLP NOTICE OF INTENT TO ESTABLISH A NEW BANKING BRANCH First Security Bank of Missoula, a division of Glacier Banks with its headquarters located at 49 Commons Loop, Kalispell, MT 59901 has submitted an application to establish a new branch at the following location: 316 Main St., Stevensville, MT 59870.

The new branch will function under the name of First Security Bank of Missoula, a division of Glacier Bank.

Any person wishing to comment on this application may file his or her comments in writing with the Regional Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 25 Jessie Street at Ecker Square Suite 2300, San Francisco, CA 94104, or to the Commissioner of Banking and Financial Institutions, Department of Administration, P.O. Box 200546, Helena, MT 59620-0546 within 15 days after the date of publication of this notice. The application may be reviewed, during the comment period, at the above address by calling the commissioner’s office at (406)841-2920 and requesting an appointment. The non-confidential portions of the application are on file at the appropriate FDIC office and are available for public inspection during regular business hours. Photocopies of the non-confidential portion of the

application will be made available upon request.

Published pursuant to Sections 303.7 and 303.44 of the rules and regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

BS 5-2-18. MNAXLP LEGAL NOTICE The Ravalli County Board of Health (BOH) will conduct a Public Meeting to receive citizen comment on an appeal requested by John MacGillivray, for the Property known as 383 North Gold Creek Loop, Hamilton, MT 59840, Parcel # 1217000. The request is to appeal the decision of the Ravalli County Environmental Health Department to deny the issuance of a replacement septic system for the Property.

Located in SESENE Index 6, Section 22, Township 5 North, Range 20 West.

Information describing the appeal is available for inspection at the Ravalli County Environmental Health Department, in the Administrative Center, 215 S. 4th Street, Suite D, Hamilton, MT 59840. The public meeting will be held Thursday, May 17th, at 3:00 p.m., in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room at the Administrative Center. The public may comment verbally, or in writing, at the meeting. Comments and information submitted at the public meeting will be considered in the decision on said Appeal.

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His next step in 1960 was to open up his own shop in Stevensville where he repaired almost anything that anybody could break. His motto was “if you can’t fix it, then don’t break it.”

At one point he started pumping out horseshoes and got his boys to help him out. But when they got out of high school, he said, they went to Missoula and bought chainsaws and headed for the woods.

He ran his business in town for 40 years before selling the building in 2000. It is now home to Blacksmith Brewing. He took the proceeds and, “came home and built a good shop,” he said. He has worked out of his home shop until now, repairing most anything that anyone could break and building and restoring some unusual wagons.

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“It was the only bill I ever sent her that she questioned,” he said. She showed him a picture from a magazine and said the English Air Force builds this type of racing buggy because Prince Phillip drives them. They cost $74,000 and were built with all aluminum pieces. She asked him what he thought about using aluminum. He explained to her that it makes the buggy lighter but that in this race the buggies are required to weigh in at 1500 lbs. and if your buggy weighs less you have to put lead weights in the bottom to bring it up to the required weight. Without using aluminum, Bill had built his buggy to weigh in at exactly 1500 lbs.

Not anybody could be in these races, according to Bill, you couldn’t just enter the race.

“You’ve got to be invited with a gold-edged card,” said Bill.

He said he didn’t remember what the prize was, but he did remember it was a “winner takes all” contest. It was also a tough race.

It was 27 miles long through mud, stumps and rocks. He said it takes four head of horses and you were

allowed a groom for each team and it was “mostly young ladies.”

“She didn’t tell me she won the race,” said Bill. “She said she showed them how to run a race.”

Leaning on the old, but now restored buggy that she left him with, he said, “I had to build new wheels for this because they were all rotted out in the hub.” The wheels are made out of oak.

He recalled that “Mrs. B” owned a mansion just a thirtyminute drive from the Capitol in Washington D.C. along the Potomac River with a mile of river frontage.

“I did a lot of work for her,” he said.

And now, forty years of blacksmithing on concrete floors has taken its toll. He got his knees replaced about 17 years ago and pushed on. Now, he says, they are telling him nothing more can be done.

So, it’s over and he’s auctioning off everything in the shop.

He simply said, “There comes a time when you have to look at the hold cards.”

He’s still getting around, but with a cane. And he can still give good advice, even if he won’t be pounding on that old anvil anymore.

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the historic home at 100 College known as the Bass Mansion to establish a Bed & Breakfast in the four-bedroom house.

Mark Bateman, owner of the Stevensville Hotel, located in a commercial zone on Third Street, said that it was not fair to allow competition to his business to be developed in a residential zone.

A neighbor to the proposed B&B said that she had lived there for 20 years and wanted the area to remain residential. She expressed concerns about parking and noise.

John Kellogg, president of the Planning and Zoning Board, which recommended approval of the B&B, said that after consideration of an alternative request for a conditional use permit to allow the house to be used as an event location for marriages, bar mitzvas and other celebrations, decided that the conditional use permit was problematic while the B&B proposal itself was acceptable since the Town’s zoning rules allow the development of B&Bs in residential zones. The Board recommended approval of the B&B under the condition that the permit be non-transferable, and that all applicable town permits be obtained, such as for parking, and that the B&B be licensed with the state.

But when Councilor Michalson moved to approve the permit he got no second. Councilor Stacie Barker said that she wanted to see a complete application first because the application stated “see attachments” but she did not think the attachments supplied adequate answers.

Bitterroot Star -- Page B5 Craig Siphers noted that the house was used as a bed-andbreakfast in the past for a few years and generated no serious complaints.

Fire Chief Jeff Motley said that he reviewed the application and saw the “see attachments” in the application and said when he examined the attachments they appeared to provide the necessary information.

Councilor Holcomb said that she would like to see a parking plan.

Kellogg said that he believed the Council was confusing the idea of a conditional use permit for events with the request to operate a B&B. He said the Morgenthals were not looking to hold special events at the house at this time, they were only looking for approval of the B&B operation. They agreed that more research would be needed to determine the acceptability of its use as an event location.

Smith said it would mean approving something when they didn’t know what was really being planned.

The Council defeated the motion to approve the B&B on a 3 to 1 vote with Michalson voting in favor of it.

The Council also unanimously defeated a motion to apply

for a CDBG grant to produce a Downtown Master Plan, including a plan for the parks and a site plan for River Park, and a preliminary engineering report on the installing water and sewer to the Airport.

Councilor Smith and Craig Thomas from the Airport Board expressed concern that the airport board had placed taxiway and other improvements ahead of water and sewer considerations and did not want to see money spent on studying installation of water and sewer when they have different priorities.

Main Street Director Lorraine Roach said that the grant money being sought was from Housing and Urban Development funds and could only be used for planning. She said approval of the grant would not take any money away from other airport improvement projects, because the money is only available for planning.

The Council voted unanimously to deny the request to apply for the grant.

In other business, the Council approved a resolution establishing fees for the municipal swimming pool; consented to the Mayor’s re-appointment of Maureen O’Conner as Municipal Court Judge; and the cancellation of the next Town. Council meeting that was scheduled on Memorial Day.

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land ethics, sportsmanship, proper hunting ethics, and ultimately become responsible land stewards, hunters and fishers in their respective communities.

At the Teller, each youth participant is given a report card to document interaction with the various work stations. The report card is required to be completed for drawings held at the end of the day to select youths who will receive scholarships to attend outdoor summer camps throughout Montana.

The kids get a chance to scale a climbing wall, shoot BB and pellet guns, and shoot with bow and arrows. They could get an introduction to fly casting and fly tying, duck, goose and turkey calling. They could win gobs of prizes donated by participating organizations, including elk, deer, goose and turkey hunts. They could win one of 100 slots to an outdoor summer camp.

The expenses associated with the event and the tuition for the summer camps are funded by the participating partners and financial sponsors. A local camp that was recently added is the McGruder Ranger Station Camp where kids learn about the Wilderness Act from local journalist and publisher Dale Burk and wilderness ethics like “leave no trace” from renowned packer Smoke Elser. A one-night pack trip is provided by the Back Country Horsemen. Some shooting is done with shotguns provided by Mon-

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 tana FWP and ammo provided by Darren Newsom, owner of Ammo and More. There is also some great fishing.

Another new camp is being added this year up the West Fork of the Bitterroot on property owned by Charles Scripps. Other camps included in the program include the Glacier Institute, the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch Camp, Full Draw Camp, Jack Creek Camp, Montana Natural Resources Camp at Lubrecht Forest, Bear Camp, the MPG Ranch Camp and the Two Feathers Ranch Camp.

Last year 80 kids put in on a chance for 20 slots to attend shooting practice at Whittecar Shooting Range in Hamilton. This year they are able to provide 36 slots. The best pistol shooter and the best rifle shooter of the day win a rifle.

Volunteer organizer Tom Powers said that this six-year-old organization is growing rapidly.

“Our first year we had scholarships for 20 kids to Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch Camp.

Last year we paid for 120 kids to go to camps all over the state,” said Powers.

Powers said that the success of the program was due to the support of the partners and sponsors.

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Provides moisture retention and good drainage. Feeds up to 6 months.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

You’re invited!

OPEN HOUSE CELEBRATION

Making a difference through community collaboration.

at our new shared space 217 N. 3rd, Suite F, Hamilton Saturday, April 28th • 1 to 5 pm

• Book Reading & Signing with Dale Burk, author of “A Brush With a Wild Thing or Two in Montana” • Music • Beer & Wine • Appetizers Come learn about volunteer opportunities: • Administrative/office help • Webpage & Facebook Administration • River patrols (calling all boaters!)

• Water quality sampling (training provided)

Bitterroot River Health Check volunteers are working with DEQ on a five-year project (2017-2022) to monitor longterm trends in the Bitterroot River. Here, DEQ provides training in water sampling techniques at the Hamilton Bridge.

Whatever your talent, we can use your help!

Bitterroot River Health Check program partners:

www.bitterrootriver.org