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Community memorial service set for those lost during ‘20-’21 The public is invited to come together for a community memorial service that is open to all, to commemorate and celebrate the lives of loved ones who’ve passed. The event will be held Thursday, July 22 at 7 p.m. on the lawn of Sapphire Lutheran Homes, 501 N. 10th St, Hamilton. “Many in our community haven’t been able to mourn the loss of a loved one due to the stress and strife of COVID-19 restrictions, and that’s made their loss difficult and lonely,” explained Michelle Meyer, Licensed Hospice Social Worker at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital (MDMH). “It can be difficult to handle grief and loss when someone hasn’t been able to mourn and celebrate the life of their loved one. So we wanted to offer
the community an event where they can come together to honor someone they’ve lost, and see they’re not alone,” said Meyer. “I would like to welcome the community to join us on our campus to remember the loved ones we lost in 2020 and 2021. I feel it will be a very healing event and a chance for us to come together as a community,” said Dominic Farrenkopf, Director of Community Life at Sapphire Lutheran Homes. Science has shown that an act of a traditional memorial or ritual is important when going through grief.
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“Pandemic restrictions left many without closure. We appreciate Sapphire Lutheran Homes for joining with us to host this community event to help families remember and begin the healing process,” said Dunn. Attendees will have the opportunity to sign a guest book and have their loved one’s name read during the service, enjoy an invocation, special readings, music, and refreshments. Those joining are asked to bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on during the service if able. There will be minimal chairs available.
...we wanted to offer the community an event where they can come together to honor someone they’ve lost, and see they’re not alone.” -- Michelle Meyer, MDMH Hospice Social Worker
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is a normal step in the grieving process and can help bring comfort and peace,” said Jennifer Dunn, Director of Hospice at MDMH.
Sapphire Lutheran Homes is a Christian oriented, non-profit retirement center, whose mission is to provide compassionate, innovative services and amenities, enabling seniors to maintain and enhance their quality of life. Marcus Daly Hospice embraces the philosophy to affirm life, not hasten or postpone death. Hospice provides education, support and medical care while seeking to preserve and promote quality of life for individuals and families during this last phase of life. For more information about this event, contact Dominic Farrenkopf at Sapphire Lutheran Homes by calling (406) 363-2800, or MDMH Hospice Director Jennifer Dunn via email, JDunn@mdmh.org or by calling (406) 375-4749.
Hamilton wants volunteers to ‘Perk up the Parks’ by Nathan Boddy
There can be little doubt that residents of Hamilton are lucky to have a wide selection of top notch municipal parks. It is also true that those parks have endured an ever greater usage since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Over the last year and a half, the open space, river access, playgrounds and sporting facilities owned by Hamilton have seen a marked increase in use, due to many other recreational options being limited. From the new access lot and trails within Skalkaho Bend Park on the south, all the way to Hieronymus Park in the north, residents have increasingly been stretching their legs in their collective backyard. This increase of use and pressure upon the parks has not been without impact, and the Healthy Hamilton Subcommittee of the Hamilton City Council has taken notice. Amongst its many efforts, the Healthy Hamilton Subcommittee aims to foster those activities which translate to healthy activities and economy for Hamilton and its residents. Committee Chair, Robin Pruitt, Public bench overlooking Skalkaho Bend Park. Photo by Nathan Boddy. expressed what many people Subcommittee recently gained the go-ahead who make daily usage of their favorite parks from the Hamilton City Council to sponsor a could plainly see, “The parks (have been) vital community clean-up day for the city’s parks, to all of our mental health and they are going to called ‘Perking up the Parks.’ According to be vital in building the community back.” Pruitt, sponsoring a project like Perking up the To this end, the Healthy Hamilton
Parks made sense in light of so much increased usage in the past year. “We love our parks and are continuing to use them,” said Pruitt, while also pointing out that, “our town is growing, our town is having more tourism, and it is
incumbent upon us as citizens to take care of our parks.” Perking up the Parks is set to take place on Monday, July 26th, and will be a coordinated effort for citizen volunteers and city staff to work together for the improvement and repair of a variety of needed projects within several of Hamilton’s municipal parks. Projects will include staining benches and signs at Steve Powell Park, moving mulch within the playground at Claudia Driscoll Park, painting shaders and benches at the Dog Park, and even generalized weeding and clean up. But the aim of the Healthy Hamilton Subcommittee is not just the improvement of the parks themselves, but also as a community building project, and to bring people together to celebrate shared/valued public spaces, especially as a growing population makes the parks even more important for citizens. People interested in volunteering for ‘perking up the parks’ will be asked to complete a liability form, but that requirement needn’t preclude people from lending a hand when they see a need. “Even if people could pick up a piece of litter on that day,” says Pruitt, the event could be a great success. “I think the larger community effort is that all of us pitch in.” For more information, the City Clerk’s office can be reached at 363-2101.
Stevensville Creamery Picnic is scheduled by Victoria Howell The Stevensville Creamery Picnic, one of the valley’s oldest and biggest festivals, is scheduled to take place this year on August 6th & 7th. The executive board of the Stevensville Civic Club, which hosts the picnic, has been working on the details of this major event after it was cancelled last year due to the pandemic. This will be the 108th annual picnic in 110 years. It has only been cancelled twice since it first began, once during World War I and once for the Covid-19 pandemic. The Creamery Picnic is the oldest annual community celebration in Montana. The first Creamery Picnic was in 1911 after a fire devastated the Bitterroot Cooperative Creamery on June 20th of that year. The creamery, under the management of John Howe, was a major economic driver of Stevensville and the fire threatened the community’s
economic base, according to “Montana Genesis,” a history of Stevensville. The creamery provided employment for quite a number of people and it was an important market for farmers raising dairy cattle and depending on a monthly “milk check.” Howe put out the word that if his crew and volunteers from the community could rebuild the creamery by August 1st of that year, he would throw the biggest picnic Stevensville had ever seen – complete with free butter, buttermilk and ice cream. The job was done on time and the Creamery Picnic started its legendary trek through the following 100-year-plus history of the town. The Creamery Picnic has been held at Lewis & Clark Park for many years, but many locals remember when it was held on Main Street and some have been vocal
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about wanting it back there again. Two years ago, in 2019, an effort was made to bring some events back to Main Street and this year there will once again be some activity on Main. According to Liz Cook, Civic Club
putting the bulk of its energy into raising money to build a splash pad at Lewis & Clark Park. The splash pad is projected to be completed later this year. The theme of this year’s picnic is “Stevensville’s Making a Splash!” The Creamery Picnic will begin on Friday at 4 p.m. at the park with an arts and craft market, kids’ bouncy houses, and live music. The beer & wine garden will be open until 10 p.m. The Kiddie Parade takes place at 6:30 p.m. with Montana Bob’s parking lot at Main & Ravalli Streets as the starting point and the park as the ending point. Kids can win ribbons and prizes and free ice cream will be served to all the participants. Saturday kicks off with the annual pancake breakfast at the Masonic Lodge on 3rd & Church starting at 7 a.m. The
Stevensville’s Making a Splash!” - the Creamery Picnic theme president, this year the board decided not to hold a Garden Party, an event that honors Stevensville’s special citizens for what they accomplished in the past year. “Instead, because the pandemic put many activities on hold, the Creamery Picnic will serve as a general ‘congratulations’ to everyone for persevering through a long, tough year,” said Cook. The club is also
Grand Parade is at 11 a.m. After the parade, the block of Main Street between 2nd & 3rd Streets will remain closed for the rest of the day. Later on, there will be live music and firefighters’ games in that area. After the parade, free ice cream will be served at Lewis & Clark Park until gone. All of Friday’s events will continue, with the addition of free pony rides for the kids, and the wildly popular greased pig races in the afternoon. Tickets for the Pot of Gold raffle will be on sale throughout the event, and on Saturday evening, some lucky person will win $2021 in cash! Information about parade entries and about food and arts & crafts vendors can be found online at www. creamerypicnic.com. For more information about the Civic Club contact Liz Cook, President, at 8802007 or 777-3928.
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Program aims to help keep the Bitterroot, the Bitterroot by Michael Howell
People aren’t just coming to the Bitterroot Valley to enjoy the hiking, biking, climbing, fishing and hunting and then heading back to where they came from anymore. They are coming to stay, it seems, and they are coming in droves. It seems like every old subdivision in the valley is suddenly filling in and, if you look around, stand-alone new homes are springing up all over like mushrooms in a cow pasture. In the midst of this deluge of construction and skyrocketing property values the Bitter Root Land Trust (BRLT), a local non-profit that has helped place conservation easements on lands in the Bitterroot for the last 23 years, is now racing to meet increased demand for their services before the surge in population, the surge in development and the surging property values serve to gobble up the last of the valley’s open lands. As Bryan Dufresne, Darby Middle and High School teacher and a BRLT Next Generation Committee member, notes, although much of this growth shapes our community in positive ways, it may also threaten the very values that draw people here, the sprawling open lands, the working farms and ranches, the free flowing Bitterroot River, the diverse wildlife, and the vibrant small-town feel of the communities, that is, the very essence of the Bitterroot. Through the placement of easements that limit development through the purchase of development rights the organization has, since its inception in 1993, protected 9,190 acres from future development, including iconic family farms and ranches and public parks and river access sites, like Skalkaho Bend Park. “Keep It Bitterroot means protecting our natural environment, but also our small town Montana lifestyle,” said Dufresne. “We want to continue to enjoy the very reason we live here for years to come. According to BRLT Executive Director Gavin Ricklefs, there has been an upsurge of conservation interest from local landowners and the need and opportunity for conservation is stretching his organization’s capacity to the limit. It is this growing need in the face of unprecedented growth in development that led the BRLT to launch the Keep It Bitterroot campaign. The group set a goal of $600,000
and is looking to raise the final $150,000 with this campaign. Ricklefs said the funds will help increase the number of landowners the land trust can partner with, while creating funds to compete in the significantly inflated local real estate market. BRLT has partnered with over 50 families over the last 23 years conserving over 9,000 acres. but now has over 10,000 acres waiting to be conserved over the next five years. BRLT Communications and Development Coordinator Stephanie Sipe said that community engagement was a key success factor in the organization’s campaign. She said local businesses all over the valley have already started to step up to show their support for the cause, from offering roundups at the checkout register to brewery pint nights and special coffee batches named in honor of the campaign. “There are many opportunities for community members to support Keep It Bitterroot, big or small,” said Sipe. “It’s important to us to maintain our valley’s land and agriculture,” says Kari Trexler, a conservation easement landowner. “We’re trying to keep a small part of that piece of the Bitterroot viable to leave it for our children, and even our great-grandchildren someday.” She and her husband Reed are carrying on the family ranching business on a conservation easement protected ranch. The elder Trexlers, Larry and Peggy, came to the Bitterroot Valley in 1958 and began raising Angus cattle and horses. “It’s nice to see Reed and his family keeping it going,” said Peggy, “but without the Bitter Root Land Trust I don’t think it would have happened.” The Friends of the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge has issued a challenge grant of $10,000 to the Keep It Bitterroot campaign. If the campaign can gather $10,000 in donations the organization will match it with another $10,000. The Friends have donated generously to the Bitter Root Land Trust over the years, focusing their donations on development of easements within the Burnt Fork watershed, which they consider a wildlife corridor for birds traveling from the Sapphire range to the Refuge along the river and back. For more information, and to learn how you can support the Keep It Bitterroot campaign, visit www.bitterrootlandtrust.org or call (406) 375-0956.
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Sapphire Lutheran Homes will host Montana Shakespeare in the Parks this summer with a twist.
Hamilton is a double feature city, meaning Hamilton will get to see both MSIP performances in a two night event! Tuesday, July 27, at 6:00 pm “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare in 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens and features many subplots revolving around the marriage of Hippolyta and Theseus. One of the subplots explores a conflict between four Athenian lovers. Another surrounds a group of six amateur actors rehearsing the play they are going to perform before the aforementioned wedding. Both groups of characters wind up in a forest inhabited by fairies who manipulate the humans and frolic in their own mischievous subplot. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is performed far and wide and is one of Shakespeare’s most famous and popular plays.
Wednesday, July 28 at 6:00 pm “Cymbeline” Cymbeline, also known as The Tragedie of Cymbeline or Cymbeline, King of Britain, is a play set in Ancient Britain and written by William Shakespeare. The plot is based on legends that make up part of the Matter of Britain that concerns the early Celtic British King Cunobeline. The play was written as early as 1611, even though the exact date is unknown. The play is declared a tragedy in the First Folio but some modern critics have declared Cymbeline as a comedy or even a romance. The play explores jealousy, innocence, romance and murder in a plot featuring the king, his children, their lovers, and enemies.
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Corvallis ex-lawyer admits to wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion A former lawyer who also was a licensed realtor and ran a construction company has admitted to charges in which he defrauded investors, losing more than $1 million in the futures market, and filed false income tax returns, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said. Ronald Dean Lords, of Corvallis, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, money laundering and filing false tax returns. Lords faces a maximum 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release on the wire fraud charge; 10 years in prison, a $250,00 fine and three years of supervised release on the money laundering charge and three years in prison, a $100,000 fine and one year of supervised release on the false tax returns charge. U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen L. DeSoto presided. A sentencing date was set for Nov. 10 before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy. Lords was released pending further proceedings. The government alleged in court documents that Lords was a lawyer, who operated Eagles Landing Legal Services, PC, as well as a licensed realtor and general contractor, who operated Eagles Landing Construction, Inc. The
construction company purported to develop real property and build homes. From June 2011 to September 2018, in Ravalli County, Lords defrauded several victims by convincing them to invest money in his construction company. Lords told them he would make monthly interest payments, use the money to build homes and repay the money after the homes were sold. Lords said he would return the victims’ money within 30 days of any request. The government further alleged that instead of using the money to fund construction projects as promised, Lords used a portion of the new money to make interest payments to prior investors and lost the majority of the funds in the futures market. When some victims demanded their principal back, Lords admitted he lost more than $1 million in the futures market and did not have their money. The government also alleged that Lords failed to declare $432,608 he received from several victims in 2015 as “other income” on his taxes, resulting in unpaid taxes of $152,734 for that year. Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Racicot is prosecuting the case, which was investigated by IRS - Criminal Investigation and the FBI.
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Stevensville launches portal for online complaints Stevensville’s engaged citizenry now has one more avenue for getting their voice heard. The Town has implemented a digital complaint system, available through its website. Anyone can go online using a computer or smartphone and submit a ticket. That ticket is then sent directly to the appropriate Town department for staff to address the issue. “We’ve never offered this before, and we’re thrilled to provide this new level of customer service to our residents and visitors,” said Mayor Brandon Dewey. Previously, citizen complaints came in to individual town departments, which all had their own system for tracking comments and the status of the complaint. Some were still using paper logs. With the new portal, online at www. townofstevensville.com.com, citizens can quickly report issues and will receive a follow-up call or email regarding the issue they report. “This new portal meets a previously unfulfilled need for streamlined management, tracking, response, and reporting,” said Dewey. “With this form, staff will have more readily available
information about the status and disposition of a citizen’s request and will be better equipped to address it quickly.” The website makes it clear that the new portal is not an emergency service. As the complaints come in, the Town will be able to use the data to analyze problem areas such as recurring potholes or identifying a zone where neighbors frequently defy parking rules. The Town can also turn to the data for budgeting decisions or performance reviews. The new complaint portal was an initiative Mayor Dewey says the administration developed to address the concerns of an individual citizen who had submitted nearly 30 complaints over a period of just six months. The issues ranged from hedge heights to posters on street poles. Staff developed a simple portal so that they could more easily track the complaints, which would come through multiple channels and departments, making it difficult to track progress and determine who was going to handle the issue. “We recognized a special accommodation was necessary in order
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Bitterroot Baroque to host special ‘pandemic’ concert Ravalli Head Start to receive ARPA funds It has been a long time since Bitterroot Baroque had a concert although the local orchestra is back to rehearsing. Three musician friends have created a pandemicthemed concert which they will be performing in Hamilton on Sunday, July 25t at 2 p.m. It will feature songs by the 17th century composer Henry Purcell who lived at the time of the Great Plague of London, and is entitled “From My Pandemic To Yours.” The performing musicians all live here in the West: Anne Kania, contralto, travels from Shepherd MT, Martha Rowe, keyboards, lives in Billings and Mark Bergman, bass and viola da gamba, comes to us from Sheridan WY. In addition, the wonderful congregation of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church which donates their sanctuary for the use of Bitterroot Baroque, is hosting a reception and silent auction immediately after the concert on Sunday, July 25th, featuring Turner Vinson’s painting, “Early Fall on the Bitterroot.” A variety of items are already available for viewing and bidding in the church basement. Final bidding will happen after the concert. Admission to the concert is voluntary. All concert donations go to the musicians. Funds raised by the church’s silent auction benefit emergency housing and restoration of St. Paul’s Guildhouse. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is located at 600 S. 3rd Street, Hamilton. For more information contact Alex Shaffer, (314) 852-5099.
U.S. Senator Jon Tester has announced that Head Start programs across Montana will receive a total of $5,302,892 in grant funding to help support in-person, comprehensive services this fall. Ravalli Head Start, Inc. in Hamilton will receive $300,322. “Montana Head Start programs are critical to helping ensure our kids are all on even footing, and that everyone in our state has an equal opportunity to thrive,” said Tester. “These American Rescue Plan funds will go far to make sure Montana kids and their families will have the resources they need to succeed well into the future.” This funding was made available by the American Rescue Plan and is distributed through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Senator Tester was the only member of the Montana delegation to vote in favor of the American Rescue Plan. Montana’s Head Start programs offers preschool and infant care options for parents in need of daycare for their children, information and education resources for young families, and school readiness programing to ensure Montana kids are prepared for kindergarten. As a former elementary school teacher and school board member, and as a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Tester has been a longtime champion for Head Start programs in Montana. He recently secured more than $3 million for Ravalli Head Start.
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Estate is requesting all offers by Wednesday, July 28th at 5:00pm, for response by Thursday, July 29th at 5:00pm. LionWood Law, PLLC • 406-625-2682 • jmasar@lionwoodlaw.com
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Calendar Wednesday, July 21, 2021
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Gamblers Anon
Gamblers Anonymous meets Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. at St. Francis Catholic Church, 411 S. 5th Street in Hamilton.
WIC clinics
Ravalli County WIC is a nutrition education program that serves pregnant, post-partum, and breastfeeding women, children from birth to age 5 and women whose pregnancies have ended early. WIC also welcomes dads, grandparents, and foster families. The WIC program is offered In Hamilton Monday through Thursday 8:30-4:30 at 205 Bedford Street, Suite P, District Courthouse Building in Hamilton. The Stevensville clinic is open on Wednesdays at the United Methodist Church, 216 College Street in Stevensville. The Victor Clinic is the second Tuesday of the month at the Victor Nazarene Church. The Darby clinic is open every month on the third Monday of the month at the Darby Library.Call 406-802-7180 for more information.
Family Shelter
The Family Shelter of the Bitterroot is dedicated to helping homeless and needy families in the Bitterroot Valley. If you are interested in helping or need help, call Gary Locke for more information, 239-8833.
Stevensville Al-Anon
Stevensville Al-Anon will meet on Monday, July 5 at 7:30 in the library of the Stevensville United Methodist Church, 216 College. Meetings will continue on the first Monday of the month until further notice. Anyone who has been affected by the disease of alcoholism in a family member or friend is welcome. For more info call Hazel at 239-0878.
Three Mile Coffee
Three Mile Coffee Club meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at 1064 Three Mile Creek Road. Everyone is welcome. Good coffee, conversation and get to know your neighbors. All ages welcome. For information call Colleen at 777-3710.
BitterRodders Cars
BitterRodders Car Club meets the first Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at BJ’s Restaurant, 900 N. 1st in Hamilton. Everyone welcome. For more information call 961-3136.
Divorce Care
Divorce Care is a free class/support group for those needing support, hope, and healing during and after divorce. Divorce Care meets at Hamilton Assembly of God every Wednesday evening at 6:30 starting February 3 through April
29. Anyone can join at any time. Please see Divorcecare.org for more information.
Soul Suppers
Soul Suppers in Stevensville Served Every Wednesday! Free home cooked carry out meals with a message served every Wed.evening at 6 p.m. 101 Church St. Stevensville. For more information, contact Corey at 406) 214-8708.
Victor Senior Center
Serving meals at the Center Monday Wednesday and Friday at 11:30 a.m. You can still order and pickup meals to go on Monday from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Bridge every Tuesday at 1 p.m. Bingo every Tuesday at 6 p.m. Pokeno 2nd and 4th Friday at 1 p.m. For info or to volunteer call 642-3320.
Hamiton Senior Center
Now open for lunch Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Served from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Canasta (Hand and Foot), 1st & 3rd Mondays, 12:30 Cribbage: Hamilton Senior Center, 2nd and 4th Mondays, 12:30 p.m. Bring your favorite board. Pinochle: Hamilton Senior Center, every Friday, 1:00 p.m. $2 charge.
Hamilton Golden Age Club
Pinochle, 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 1 p.m., $2. No food please. Coffee provided. Light exercise on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9 to 10 a.m. There is $.25 charge per person. The hall is locatedl at 527 South Fifth street in Hamilton from
Stevensville Senior Center
Stevenville Senior Center is now serving meals at the Center Monday thru Friday at 11:30 am. You can still pick up your weekly meals on Monday at 11 am to 11:30 am Coffee Club at 8:00 am M-F Exercise 10:00 am Tuesday and Thursday Quilters the second Tuesday of each month 6:00 pm Pinochle Saturdays at 7 pm Afternoon Pinochle Fridays 12:15 pm Bridge Mondays at 12:15 pm
Sapphire Quilt Club
2nd Tuesday of each month, Senior Citizens Center, Stevensville. Doors open 6 p.m.
Start 6:30 p.m.
Hamilton Parkinson’s Disease Support Group
We are up and running again. New location. We meet 3rd Monday of the month. At 1:00 pm. We will be meeting at the Corvallis United Methodist Church (youth center) to the east of the church. Located on the corner of Corvallis Cemetery Rd. and Eastside Heat. Big white church. Any questions please call me. Ginny Wigen, coordinator HPDSG. 406-544-9186.
St. Mary’s Parish Mass
Join us for Mass every Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. (currently NO Mass scheduled for St. Joseph’s in Florence).
Victor Heritage Museum
The Victor Heritage Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. through Labor Day. The Museum is in downtown Victor on the corner of Main Street and Blake Street. Contact the Musuem at 406-642-3997; victormuseum@cybernet1.com; or Suzanne at 406-363-3165.
Summer Concert Series
Join us for a Summer Concert Series in Stevensville of LIVE professional performances. July 9: A Grand Night for Singing (Outdoors), and August 13: The Joys of Chamber Music with a special performance from UM Music School Faculty (Indoors). Open to everyone, bring your family and friends, and for the outdoor venues, a lawn chair and your snacks. Music begins at 7:00 PM at The United Methodist Church, 216 College Street, Stevensville. The events are free. Any goodwill donations will support the Sapphire Early Learning Center opening in the fall.
Summer Meal Program
A free summer meal program is available for pick up every Monday from 11 a.m. to 12 noon throughout the summer at the Stevensville Masonic Lodge, corner of E. 3rd and Church. Ths is available to any child, ages 0-18. Enrollment in Stevensville schools is not required. Pick up a week’s worth of food for breakfast and lunch, including milk and fresh fruit.
Lutheran Preschool registration .
Our Savior Lutheran Preschool of Stevensville announces classes will begin starting September 7 for three-year-old’s and September 8 for four’s. Parents of children three- or four-yearsold by September 10 may call Joyce Andrade at 369-2536 to register. They may also call the Church at 777-5625 MondayThursday mornings for more information. Our Savior’s early childhood program is designed to develop socialization and basic skills in boys and girls, ages three through five. Games, songs, books, playtime, projects, andJune activities, 14-18 promote 9am -skills, Noon relationships, and a hunger for learning. The children interact with new people and new activities that lead to being ready for kindergarten. Best of all, they will find what they are craving—new experiences, new ideas and new friends. JuneOur 21-26 6pm - 9pm Savior, affiliated with the Lutheran Church––Missouri Synod, is located at 184 Pine 9:00of–Stevens11:30am Hollow Road, south July 12-16 ville off the Eastside 4 yearsHighway. thru K (snacks) Proceeding past Burnt Fork Market and beyond Burnt Fork 1:30pm Veterinary Clinic,9:00am at the –curve turn east onto Pine Grades Hollow 1 toRoad. 6
geons & Dragons (5e), making Hamilton school character sheets, discussing the game in general, and answering board meeting questions about leading your 203 Main St. Stevensville • 777-0028 Regular Board Meeting and own game. Please register on Final Budget Hearing the Library’s Events Calendar, Tuesday – August 10, 2021 via the website. Participants are 6:30 p.m. – Room 13 expected to attend all sessions. Washington Elementary Ages 12-18. The Board will be conductspectrUM Summer of Sci- ing this meeting with live particience at the Library – Thursday, pation. In addition to meeting in August 19, 10:30 am-12:30 pm person, the District will broadWorship at 11:00 a.m. The University of Montana cast the meeting via ZOOM and spectrUM Discovery Area and In this Church there shall LIVE on the HSD#3 Facebook the Bitterroot STEAM Advisory page. be no outcasts. Group have teamed up with Limited space for public libraries and community organiattendance will be provided at Cross the tracks and the canal, zations throughout the Bitterroot the District Office. and Our Savior will be on your to share exhibits and activities Please be prepared to left, marked by three crosses. that explore problem solving all wear face masks and/or social summer long. How can you be a distance as requested. solver? Music IN the Mission problem You are encouraged to Stop by North Valley Public Sunday, July 25, 2021 at 7 join the meeting at:https://www. Library on Thursday, August 19 p.m. facebook.com/HamiltonSchoolDfrom 10:30 am-12:30 pm for free, istrict3 315 Charlos Street – Stehands-on activities and exhibvensville its. Registration is REQUIRED. Enjoy the great local music Sign up on the Library’s events of Sunrise calendar, via the website, stop Addiction in the quaint St. Mary’s by the Library, or give us a call at Chapel. 406-777-5061. We thank you in screenings Apple pie and ice cream advance for also following social If you or a loved one is will be served. distancing guidelines when struggling with substance abuse, Donations are welcome in attending events. All ages. take the first step towards oversupport of Summer Maker Kits for coming addiction. Call today for Historic St. Mary’s Mission Kids – 2nd & 4th weeks of each free screenings or referrals. and Museum. month 1-800-431-1754 Call 777-5734 for more Register every other week For more information visit: information.\ for a different science experihttps://www.narcononnewWestern Agricultural ment, art/craft project, or a liferetreat.org/blog/five-shockingResearch Center Field Day maker activity. Please register for facts-about-xanax.html July 29 @ 4:30 PM - July each week you wish to receive a 29 @ 8:00 PM kit on the Library’s Events Calendar, via the website. Pick up your Bitter Root Water kits on Mondays or Tuesdays Western Ag Forum activities during the Library’s open hours. HIGHERGROUND PINT Kits will be tailored for age Research Center NIGHT groups ranging from 2-11. Thursday, August 12th Field Day Science in the Summer 4-7pm Thursday, July 29th from Maker Kit for Kids and Teens– Raise a pint with the Bitter 4:30-8PM is our 2021 Field Week of Aug 16 Root Water Forum at the HigherDay at Western Agricultural This extra special Sciground Brewery from 4 - 7 pm on Research Center, 580 Quast ence in the Summer Maker Kit Lane in Corvallis. This annual includes four different kits in one! Thursday, August 12th, in supevent will showcase the numerAll the kits focus on how to be an port of the Bitterroot River Clean Up (Saturday, August 14th). ous research projects from dwarf engineer. A portion of the proceeds sour cherries to edible lupines to Brought to you by Specfor each beer sold goes towards using livestock for weed control trUM. working for clean water in the to bitter apples for cider makers. These kits are appropriate Bitterroot! As a leading horticultural for ages 8 and above. Children RUN FOR THE RIVER 5K: research facility in Montana, we under 8 will be given a random Friday, August 13th 6-9 pm thrilled to invite our fellow agriage appropriate kit from SpecJoin the Bitter Root Water cultural growers, legislators and trUM. Please register on the Forum for the family-friendly those that love learning more Library’s Events Calendar, via Run for the River 5K on Friday, about our work. There’ll also be the website. Pick up your kits on August 13th! This run/walk vendors showing different ways Monday or Tuesday during the begins at 7pm and follows a to add value to crops that can be Library’s open hours. scenic trail course beginning grown at home or commercially. Other Ongoing Programs and ending at the River Park in We will provide burgers, bever& Happenings Hamilton. ages & special Big Dipper ice Book Bundles Run registration is $40, cream made with our berries. Need help deciding what to and includes a Bitter Root Water We’ll also provide a farm tour read next!? Have a library youth with opportunities to connect specialist custom-curate a selec- Forum Hydro Flask. More info and registration with our staff and other local tion of items for you! Get a pile at: http://www.brwaterforum.org/ growers to ask questions & share of books from our collection that events ideas. we think you’ll love. Let us know BITTERROOT RIVER For more information, your favorite types of books and CLEAN-UP: Saturday, August please email Kierstin Schmitt at our experts will create a bundle 14th 5-8 pm kierstin.schmitt@montana.edu or just for you. Bundles include Support the health of the call 406-961-3025. up to 5 items and will be ready Bitterroot River by volunteering within two to three days. We will with the Bitter Root Water Forum notify you when they are ready North Valley Library for the Bitterroot River Clean-Up for pickup at North Valley Public on Saturday, August 14th! VolLibrary. Register for yours on the events unteers can sign-up in advance Kids’ Zone page of the Library’s Teen Workshop, Making for stretches covering all 155 website. This service will be Manga/Zines– Friday, July 23, 2 offered for the foreseeable future miles of the river from Sula and pm-4:30 pm Painted Rocks to the confluence for ages 0-18. Zines are self-published at the Clark Fork in Missoula. Amazon Fire 7 Kids’ Edipamphlets or booklets and Clean up on your schedtions manga (from the Japanese ule and join for trash drop off The library now has two word) are a style of graphic and Riverfest between 5-8pm at Amazon Fire 7 Kids’ Edition novels. In this workshop, you Hamilton’s Kiwanis River Park. tablets for adults to check will choose what you’d like to Live music from Pinegrass and out for your kids! You need an create and we’ll discuss how to local food trucks. Fun prizes will internet connection to download style your zine/manga, writing be awarded at 7:30pm. apps, games, or videos through a storyboard/finding material, More information and to Amazon FreeTime Unlimited, and then work on putting it all sign up at: http://www.brwaterfosome downloaded apps may be together. Register on the Library rum.org/events available to use without internet. Calendar,https://northvalley. If you don’t have internet, check librarycalendar.com/ out one of our hotspots to go Summer Reading ProSt. Mary’s Holiday along with it. Amazon FreeTime grams! gives your kids access to over Bazaar registration It’s not too late to register 20,000 apps, games, books, Saturday November 13th on the Library’s Online Event videos, audiobooks, and edu2021, 9:00am to 4:00pm Calendar,https://northvalley. cational content from PBS Kids, St. Mary’s Mission Parish librarycalendar.com/events/ Nickelodeon, Disney, and more. located in Stevensville hosts summer-reading-challenge-kidsThey are set up for kids ages Theme: Who is Jesus? -– FREE Hamilton Assembly of God to take 3-12. a local bazaar featuring local teens-8, via the website, th artisans crafters very part in the Summer Reading Ages: 3 years to 6 grade -Every child meets in large group toand worship Jesusand and is learn North Valley Public Library 601 W. Main St, Hamilton excited to be back this year. The Challenge or Rubber Duck Read- is located at 208 Main Street Gospel, then picks 2 mini-course small group classeshosts to learn skills. group Bazaar annew eclectic ing Club, May 24-August 7. about Keep theStevensville. The library thanks ofVBS. crafters and artisans with reading all summer and earnNew skillsyou for keeping all Montanans are presented to parents on the last day of amazing prizes! Ages 0-18. safe by practicing social distanc- unique items for everyone. We will bewww.hamiltonag.org cooking up a Bake Sale to Teen Workshop, RPGRegister: Contact Pastor aCraig Carrie Nellis (363-2310) ing, wearing faceorcovering, satisfy your sweet tooth. Lunch Mini Figurines, Fridays, August and washing your hands. For and drinks will be available for 13 & 20, pm-4:30Church pm Seventh Day2 Adventist There: Rocky Railway – Jesus’ Strength Pulls Us Through more information visit northvalpurchase. There will be a raffle During this workshop, leylibrary.org, on Facebook or 119 Rd,figures Hamiltonto print Ages: 4 toInstagram, 12 years Register: Ellenat(303-1991) and a 50/50 drawing. Vendors we Westbridge will find mini or giveContact us a call will be asked to donate 1 item to for use in playing role playing 406.777.5061. Theme: Micah 6:8 “What does God ask of you but to do raffle. justice,This love kindness, and to Faith Lutheran Church the year each 10x10 games. After finding a design space will be $35.00 and you you like, we’ll adjust size, add 171 Lewis Lane, Hamilton walk humbly with your God” -- FREE (Donations appreciated) must supply your own tables. supports, and a standing base. Contact Phyllis Green (916-296Next session, we’ll paint ourAges: 4yrs thru K (9:00-11:30am) Grades 1 thru 6 (9:00am-1:30pm) 3435) application, text mesfigures. This workshop will also Activities, songs, snacks, and bible study (lunch provided forfor Grades 1-6) sage is preferred. include a dialogue about Dun-
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-- Mon - Thur -- Bible lessons pertaining to the Early Church taught in typical 80’s style! Opening session & skit, rotate thru various stations to reinforce Bible story & daily theme -- Friday is family night! BBQ for Parents & Children with games, music, a variety of stations, fun activities & a short message to recap the fun week. Register @ www.rootsfellowship.com beginning on July 2, 2021. Contact Michelle Fullante (381-4314) or email rootscfsundayschool@gmail.com
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Theme: Jungle Safari - FREE Ages: 4-12 years --- Prizes, archery, dance, jumping castles, sno-cones, arts & crafts Registration begins July 1st at h2hm.org (limited) Contact Denise (406-350-2360) Theme: Wilderness Escape: Where God Guides and Provides -- FREE Ages: K – 6th grade -- Sing, make crafts, play games, learn about God’s promises to Moses, have fun! Snacks provided daily + a BBQ lunch party for families on Thursday. Register with the office at 406-777-5443 or steviumc@gmail.com Current as of June 9, 2021
Obituary
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Bitterroot Star -- Page 9
Danny LaVern Stuart Danny LaVern Stuart of Darby passed away June 25, 2021 in Tennessee at his mother’s home. Danny was born in Hemet, California, to Gerald (Jerry) R. Stuart and Darlene (Taylor) (Stuart) Clark on December 23,1960. He went to school in Hemet before joining the Army. He worked for MGM
Industries, Inc., Gaskins Brothers, Inc., drove trucks and was a cook. Danny is survived by his parents, father Gerald Stuart, mother Darlene (Taylor) Clark and step-parents Frank Clark, Orlena Saunders and Vivian Stuart; sisters Tammi Wyatt-King, Kim Clark Ralph, Lorena M. Stuart and Jennifer Wood; brothers Garry R. Stuart
and Ted Morrison; children Danny Jr., Josh and Brandy; and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife Kathy and brother Dennis A. Stuart. Danny moved from Tennessee to Darby and he loved Montana. He loved fishing and cooking.
Charles A. (Chuck) Brooks
Outstanding in his field Merle Unruh
Charles A. (Chuck) Brooks. 85 went to be with the lord on May 15, 2021 at the Hamilton (Assisted Living and Memory Care) where he got incredible care. He was battling Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. He was born to Theodore and Thelma Brooks on November 2nd, 1935 in El Dorado Kansas. The family moved to Wyoming and live in Salt Wells, Baxter and Thayer Junction. Chuck attended all of his school years in Superior Wyoming where he graduated in 1954. He Entered the US Air Force in 1954 and discharged in 1958 as Staff Sergeant. In 1959 he went to work for Hill Air Force in Ogden, Utah where he had a civicl service job as a radar technician. On May 6th, 1961 he married Carol Ann Edwards in Rock Springs, Wyoming and they started their married life in Salt Lake City, Utah. Chuck went to work for IBM in 1965 in San Jose, California as a Systems Test Technician and remained there in various positions until he transferred to Reno, Nevada in 1979 as a Service Manager. In 1984 he transferred to Billings, Montana and in 1988 he went to work for Eastman Kodak Company and then retired in 1991.
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Stevensville - Richard I. “Rick” Wortman, born March 10, 1940 in Bozeman, Montana to Irvin and Rena “Dinks” Wortman, passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at his home in Stevensville. Rick worked construction his entire life, and was proud to retire from International Operating Engineers, Local 400. He is survived by his wife, Susan and three children, Wendie, Brad, and Shellie, along with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers or memorials, please schedule a prostate exam. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.whitesittfuneralhome.com.
Chuck had always served in his home church wherever he lived and loved helping family and friends with their projects around their homes, etc. He and Carol Ann moved to the Bitterroot Valley
Death Notices Iona Mae Roberts Conner - Iona Mae Roberts, 95, passed away peacefully in the morning, Thursday, July 01, 2021, at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital with her family by her side. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at www. brothersmortuary.com Eugene J. ‘Gene’ Rebich Hamilton - Eugene J. “Gene” Rebich, 77, passed away early in the morning, Tuesday, July 06, 2021, at the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital. Memories and Condolences may be shared with the family at www.brothersmortuary.com Judi Petersen Victor - Judi Petersen, 78, passed away in the night, July 04, 2021, at home with her family by her side. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at www.brothersmortuary.com
Stevensville Senior Center is now serving meals at the center Monday through Friday at 11:30 am
You can still pick up your weekly meals on Monday at 11-11:30 am. • Coffee Club at 8 am Mon.-Fri. • Exercise 10 am Tues. & Thurs. • Quilters the 2nd Tues. each month at 6 pm
in 2008 and settled in Corvallis where they could be closer to their daughter Lori and Tom Cousins and family. His hobbies were camping, fishing, hunting, working with wood and making things. Chuck was preceded in death by his parents Theodore and Thelma Brooks, his brother Carrol Brooks, his sister Doris Decora, his sister Delma Guthrie and his brother Clyde Brooks. He is survived by his wife of 60 years Carol Ann Brooks. His two children: Brad (Renee) Brooks and Lori (Tom) Cousins. Seven grandchildren: Caleb (Ashley) Cousins, Cody (Brooke) Cousins, Melissa (Arick) Morrell, Cole (Elli) Brooks, Lane Brooks, Carter (Ashleigh) Brooks, and Nolan Brooks. His sister DeVonne Myers, Basin, Wyoming. Nine great grandchildren: Cyrus Cousins, Estelle Cousins, Everlie Morrell, Cryder Cousins, Casen Cousins, Logan Morrell, Maci Cousins, Stetson Morrell and Colt Cousins. Celebrations of his life will be at 11:00am July 24th, at Crossroads Christian Fellowship, 1297 Meridian Road Victor, Montana. He was laid to rest at the Corvallis Cemetery on May 24th, 2021. Memorials may be sent to the charity of one’s choice.
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John F. Holt Stevensville - John F. Holt, 69, passed away early in the morning, Thursday, July 08, 2021, at his home. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at www.brothersmortuary.com George E. Solander Hamilton - George E. Solander, 87 of Hamilton passed away Saturday, June 17, 2021 at The Hamilton Assisted Living and Memory Care in Hamilton. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel in Hamilton. Justin Z. Dundo Victor - Justin Z. Dundon, 43, passed away Tuesday, July 13 at his home in Victor of natural causes. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.whitesittfuneralhome.com.
Opinion Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Bitterroot Star -- Page 10
Let’s take our country back Time for me to again make a few observations about our current political situation. The WOKE movement continues. As I understand this stupid philosophy, if one or more folks find something offensive, we must get rid of that “thing”. “Thing” has ranged from statues, books, political party, religion and history. This week I read that the city of Charlottesville, VA, has not only removed statues of Civil War generals but decided that the statue of Lewis & Clark with Sacagawea must be removed as well since some folks thought it showed Sacagawea placed in a subservient stance. You got to be kidding me! This crap has to cease! I say we stand up and state that we find these left-wing radicals offensive and they are the ones that must be REMOVED! And then there is this CRITICAL RACE THEORY movement. As I understand this equally stupid philosophy, you are automatically racist if your skin is white, and you need to admit it and agree that we need to not only re-educate everyone but we need to change most of our laws and rewrite our Constitution since it was written by white men. I heard this week that they even want our flag replaced since it is a sign of racism. Again, I say this crap has to cease! This nation has been a beacon for the rest of the world since it was formed and has saved the world at least once. If we are so bad, why are so many from around the world trying to get here. To me, this is Communist propaganda being spread by radicals who want this country to fail. Since I have sworn several oaths over my life time “to protect and defend this country against foreign and domestic enemies”, I want these folks who are buying into this movement to know that I consider them a domestic enemy. How about our “street people” problem??? Am I the only person that thinks we need a new approach on how to handle the increasing numbers of folks who are living on the streets of our towns and cities? These folks have been referred to with a number of different labels in my lifetime. My parents referred to them as “bums” and felt very little sympathy for them. However, the makeup of this group was very different from today – most mentally unstable folks were being housed in mental institutions, drugs other than alcohol were not readily available and there was generally a very strong work ethic. Around the 1960s or 1970s our society decided that those in mental institutions should be allowed to live on their own and many mental institutions were closed. Then over the last 50 years or so, Marijuana and other hard drugs became more widespread and available. And, along with these trends, generous welfare programs were developed to help the poor (who then became dependent upon these programs) and the work ethic started declining. Along with these changes came a changing of the description of these folks – no longer “bums” but “street people” then “transients” then more recently “homeless”, and just this week I heard they are now referred to as “illegal campers” in Missoula. I suggest that our society HAS TO STOP giving into these folks and feeling sorry for them. We need to take an in-depth analysis of what’s happening and develop new approaches on how to handle these folks. You can’t convince me that allowing mentally unstable individuals to live on the street is in their best interest nor society’s best interest. These folks are living like animals. Similarly, we must re-think how we deal with drug addiction. Continuing to allow them to contaminate our entire society by pushing drugs and steeling anything they can their hands on HAS TO STOP! I also think it’s necessary to review our liberal welfare programs – people need to get back to work!
Allowing folks to live indefinitely on “free stuff” HAS TO STOP! Finally, I just must address the “DEFUND THE POLICE” movement. As I have stated many times before, I believe this is probably the stupidest proposal I’ve ever heard. The left-wing folks seem to think that the police are the ones who commit the crimes and if we do away with them, eutopia will occur and we can all get along and do away with prisons. I would like to borrow an old phrase, “what planet were these folks born on?” It doesn’t take an Einstein to predict what will happen when you defund the police – crime will go UP! Coupled with this stupid concept, some cities/states have also reduced punishment for criminal offenses, enacted “no bail”, and closed prisons. As anyone with any understanding of crime and criminals should have been able to predict, CRIME HAS GONE UP! Politicians in these liberal locations don’t seem to understand, though, and have recently blamed the Republicans for their problems. HELLO! Folks we have to take our country back before the lunatics/communists take it away from us! Jerry Esmay Stevensville
Radical-Right Rosendale
Nearly 6 months after Trump supporters rioted & assaulted the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 egged on by the former president’s false claims, Congress in May strove to form a bipartisan commission to investigate indepth what happened. Similar to the 9/11 Commission, with Republican input, each party’s Congressional leadership were to select five to the commission of 10 nongovernment members. The House approved the commission with a bipartisan vote. Spokesman for Matt Rosendale, Harry Fones, said Rosendale opposed the commission because he didn’t think it was about the riot at all: “Rep. Rosendale voted against it because this commission was a political diversion and politically controlled by the other party who are attempting to divert attention away from the failures of the Biden administration.” In June, a bipartisan bill was passed in the House to award police officers who helped defend the Capitol against the violence on Jan. 6 one of the highest civilian honors, the Congressional Gold Medal, for their heroism. It was overwhelmingly supported, 406-21, with opposition only from some conservative Republicans, Matt Rosendale among them. The following day, a day after the Senate voted unanimously in favor of establishing Juneteenth a federal holiday to commemorate the end of chattel slavery in the U.S., 14 House members — all Republicans — voted against the bill, many citing concerns over the name of the holiday and whether it confuses/conflicts with the 4th of July holiday. Montana’s Rosendale among them, issued the following statement: “Let’s call an ace an ace. This is an effort by the Left to create a day out of whole cloth to celebrate identity politics as part of its larger efforts to make Critical Race Theory the reigning ideology of our country. Since I believe in treating everyone equally, regardless of race, and that we should be focused on what unites us rather than our differences, I will vote no.” On July 12, Rosendale sent a letter to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committees addressing his perceived concern about American athletes using the games “to perpetuate divisive, hateful, and anti-American ideologies.” Another conspiracy of ‘the Left’? In addition to Representative Rosendale, the letter was only signed by a small minority of US Representatives, less than 10%. Among them were Marjorie Taylor Greene, Chip Roy, Paul A. Gosar – that lot. Now, according to his letter in our most
recent Bitterroot Star - “Rosendale decries ‘left wing’ extremism in the military”. He is planning a long-pressure campaign against socalled Leftists at the Department of Defense, teaching of ‘Critical Race Theory’ there, and what he views as anti-American teaching with their plan ending in an inability to “fight & win wars”. However, again, the letter was signed by only a small minority of US Representatives, far less than 10%. These are just a few recent examples of Rosendale’s radical-right position(s) where he is primarily focused on what he thinks is “fighting the Pelosi/Biden agenda” & ‘the Left’, rather than improving the lives of Americans & Montanans. He is out of touch. He is indeed fringe, conspiratorial, and I’d say rather paranoid. As the lone representative, he is not good for Montana; not good for America. Matt Rosendale needs to be voted out of Congress at first opportunity. Certainly, we deserve, and can do, better. Scott Weaver Hamilton
Rosendale is right
Representative Rosendale is entirely correct in his analysis of political correctness in the military. Subsequent to my tour in Vietnam as an advisor on a VN Swift boat, I returned to the Land of UM, Md. U. at College Park, where immature adolescents were marching up and down campus protesting the war. I had an excellent class entitled Military Sociology from retired Col. Coates. It it we learned that, in the end, the military is a reflection of society. A few years back a friend of mine, a retired Special Forces senior NCO wrote that the last hope for America would be a military heirarchy that understood its oath to the Constitution and would wrest control of the government and return it to the republic that it should be. All the other levers of power having come under control of those who own and operate The Fed. He also wrote that the Dept. of Defense and the Pentagon were specifically created to micromanage political correctness down the military’s throat using a monstrous civilian bureaucracy. Prior to that the flag officers of the military received the tasking from the president and decided how to carry it out. But alas, this is merely another step in the decline of an empire. The military is now infested with people who fail to understand that a feminized military will not win wars. And, the prime criteria for flag rank is the ability to say, “Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.” to their political masters. Frank Novotny Captain, U.S. Army, retired Victor
Ban RoundUp!
Glyphosate, known commercially as RoundUp, obviously kills weeds. Have you ever wondered what else it kills? Well, it is slowly killing us humans! We must demand an all-out BAN ON GLYPHOSATE. We must tell the stores in our valley to stop selling it, we must stop using it on our lawns, we must help our farmers to find other solutions to treat weeds, and we must insist that it not be used this growing season as a desiccant to drydown crops for an easier harvest. Glyphosate is a toxic danger- like a wolf dressed in sheep’s skin- that has been allowed to invade our human flock and is wreaking havoc that we have not been taking proper notice of. New research into the toxic nature of Glyphosate by Professor Stephanie Seneff, a senior researcher at MIT, has revealed that it harms our bodies in many many unique and scary ways. The massive rise in Autism, Alzheimer’s Disease, Celiac Disease, Autoimmune disorders, and Vascular disorders can all be linked back to the use of chemicals containing Glyphosate, like RoundUp. The good news is, we can make this stop Now by banning
the use of Glyphosate immediately. Glyphosate disrupts the Shikimate Pathway, the basic way that plants and microbes make the essential amino acids that we as humans have to consume in order to survive. The Shikimate Pathway is part of the most basic biological functions that all life is built upon, and Glyphosate shuts it off! Glyphosate binds heavy metals, especially aluminum, carrying them deep into our tissues and even depositing them in our brains! High levels of aluminum in the brain are a marker in Alzheimer’s disease. Glyphosate is not fatsoluble, yet it cleverly integrates itself into commonly used fats like canola oil. At the molecular level, it has a phosphonate unit that mimics the phospholipid unit of the fats and oils we use in our everyday cooking, making it impossible to ‘wash off’ or remove from our foods. Glyphosate kills the microbes in the soil and kills the gut microbiome in our bodies. Some of the worst sources of Glyphosate contamination in our foods include Beer! The barley used in beer in routinely sprayed with Glyphosate near harvest time to dry it down and make it more efficient to harvest. Unfortunately, the chemical easily makes its way through the brewing process and comes out the beer tap, intact and ready to wreak havoc on your gut. All non-organic breads, pastas, and cereals are full of this insidious chemical. Nonorganic Hummus, a healthy, delicious, and easy food is full of Glyphosate residue! The effects of Glyphosate are not immediate and obvious- we don’t get a chemical burn from eating bread whose wheat was sprayed with Roundup. We don’t see the inside of our intestines being wiped clean of gut bacteria. We also don’t see a bunch of weeds in the field when Glyphosate has been applied, which seems like a good thing, apparently. Under that Sheep’s skin though, Glyphosate is slowing killing us. We can stop this. We do not have to allow our bodies, our soils, and our farmers to face such scary odds. We can and we must BAN ROUNDUP NOW! Please, have a conversation with the manager of your local hardware or ranch store and ask them to stop selling RoundUp, ask a farmer how you can help them implement other ways to control weeds or dry down crops, and tell your local brewery to please only source unsprayed barley. Buy and eat certified organic breads, cereals, pastas, and hummus. Donate certified organic foods to your local Food Bank. Research Glyphosate- educate and inform yourself and share that knowledge. Please, Do something now, or we all will face the slow debilitation and death that toxic Glyphosate is imposing on our entire society and all our soils. Laura Gerber Hamilton
Logging without laws lives again In 1995, Congress passed the now infamous “Salvage Rider,” which effectively suspended environmental safeguards for three years allowing the U.S. Forest Service to ramp up industrial logging and road building across the American West, including in previously protected ancient, old-growth forests. The rider was an unprecedented power grab by the timber industry, giving the U.S. Department of Agriculture secretary sole discretion as to whether or not the Forest Service should conduct any environmental analysis of logging impacts and it completely did away with any administrative appeals while also severely limiting the ability of the federal courts to stop the damaging timber sales. Perhaps one of the most egregious provisions in the rider was the “sufficiency clauses” that said any “salvage” timber sale would automatically be considered as meeting the
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Sports Wednesday, July 21, 2021
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Teams win state titles, heading to regionals by Mikalyn Brickley The 11U and 13U Bitterroot All-Stars will be heading to Regionals at the end of this month. After winning the championship in State, both teams will go to represent Montana in their age bracket. The 13U team is heading to Ferndale, Washington, and the 11U will be playing in West Linn, Oregon. Ed Brenneman, head coach of the 13U team, said, “It was so fun to coach the kids this year and see them all get better. Their engagement in the games towards the end of the season was amazing.” Travelling to a different state for an entire week of baseball is no small task. These two teams are giving it their all to raise as much money as possible before they leave town. The 11U team is selling raffle tickets, and the 13U is hosting a pint night at Finn’s Tap House in Corvallis. “Getting the chance to play again with the same team as last year has been the highlight,” said Larry Lockhart, head coach of the 11U. After an amazing season for both teams, the coaches are excited to see what this Regional tournament will bring. Taking first place at Regionals would mean a trip to the Little League World Series. Wish these young athletes luck as they go represent our state of Montana in Oregon and Washington. 13U State Champions
More Letters continued from page 10 requirements of the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, along with several other bedrock conservation laws. And just to be sure no other barriers stood in the way to this massive timber grab, the law exempted any timber sales conducted under the rider from “all other applicable federal environmental or natural resource laws.” Thus, it rightfully earned the moniker “Logging Without Laws.” As they say, those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it, and Congress is on track to do just that. During the July 14 Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) was able to attach two amendments onto the bipartisan infrastructure deal working its way through the Senate. One would let the Agriculture Secretary declare an “emergency situation” allowing the Forest Service to immediately authorize the logging of dead or dying trees, trees damaged by wind or ice, and “sanitation harvests” (i.e. clear cuts) to control insects and disease. The “emergency situation” is so broadly defined that it could include any area on national forests. Like the 1995 Salvage Rider, the Daines amendment would exempt logging from the National Environmental Policy Act or “any other applicable law.” It also precludes the resulting timber sales from administrative review, and it curtails the courts from stopping damaging timber sales. The Daines amendment has no expiration date, would authorize logging of up to 10,000 acres— nearly 16 square miles—at a time, and makes any environmental analysis of those timber sales completely optional. The second Daines amendment creates yet another categorical exclusion, which are actions exempt from detailed environmental analysis. This one would allow the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to log and clear up to 3,000 acres at a time to establish “fuel breaks,” a completely unnecessary provision given both agencies already have numerous categorical exclusion provisions in its regulations under the guise of reducing wildfires. Additionally, Congress expanded the 2003 Healthy Forest Restoration Act several times adding more categorical exclusion allowances, one of which authorizes logging across 3,000 acres. Not only is Daines’ new provision unnecessary, it further erodes environmental safeguards meant to protect public lands and nearby communities. Years of wildfire rhetoric, frightening images, and claims that we can control wind-driven, climate-exacerbated fires have led to a collective amnesia, paving the way for these terrible amendments. Instead of playing politics and stoking public fear to suspend environmental safeguards for more resource exploitation, lawmakers must tackle the main driver of wildfires—the climate crisis. No amount of logging, thinning or other “forest management” is going to stop the unprecedented drought and extreme temperatures gripping the American West. As the bipartisan infrastructure deal works its way through Congress, lawmakers must act to strip the dangerous Daines amendments from the package and carefully guard against similar measures from reaching President Biden’s desk. Adam Rissien, Rewilding Advocate, WildEarth Guardians Missoula
Biden and Tester plan to reign in the corporate monopolies
President Biden signed 72 directives in a series of Executive orders to try to reign in corporate abuse and to create a more competitive marketplace. These directives are instructing agencies to investigate anticompetitive practices and to create a more level playing field. One of the directives instructs the Federal Trade Commission to force equipment manufacturers to
11U State Champions allow us the right to repair our own equipment. Another directive instructs the USDA to stop corporate monopolies from labeling imported meat with a Product of USA label. Senator Tester has also introduced the Special Meat Investigator Act that empowers an investigator with subpoena powers to use the authority of the Packers and Stockyard act to stop meat packers from price gouging consumers and producers. He has also sponsored bills that will create more transparency in the marketplace. The corporate monopolies were unleashed in the 1980’s and have been expanding and taking advantage of the American consumers at an unbridled pace. For example, prior to 1980 the largest four packers only processed about 25% of the beef and pork and now they process over 84%. Since President Reagan turned them loose Congress and five different Presidents have done nothing to corral them until now. It has been allowed to happen because of a cheap food policy that is more about corporate control of our food dollar than about providing cheap food. They were turned loose to expand under the guise of efficiency but during the covid pandemic we found out it came at the expense of resiliency. Consumers were being rationed meat, dairy and produce while farmers were euthanizing livestock, dumping milk and plowing in vegetables this is a broken system. Thank you, President Biden and Senator Tester for finally standing up to these corporate monopolies, forcing them to play
fairly and stop taking advantage of consumers and family farms. Walter Schweitzer, President Montana Farmers Union
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Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Bitterroot Star -- Page 12 Chuck Stranahan’s
Flyfishing Journal
A flyfishing AR-15 wedding
Column for July 21, 2021, wedding, © Chuck Troy looks, sounds, and acts more like a Montanan than most natives, and it’s not an act - it’s Troy, through and through. If you met Rebecca on the streets of Darby, Deer Lodge, or Phillipsburg you’d swear she was a home-town girl, one you hadn’t met before. Her easygoing manner and ready smile (with a touch of mischief behind it) blend right in. These two run a farming business in Arizona and have been coming to the Bitterroot for vacations for six or seven years. I met them at my fly shop in Hamilton in those early days and have welcomed their visits since. You might say they’ve become good friends that I only see once a year. This year, long before their arrival, I got a letter from Troy - inviting me to their wedding. “After this whirlwind courtship,” I kidded Troy, “are you sure you’re not rushing things?” In many ways they might appear as opposites – but where hearts meet, they match. They reserved their favorite campground months in advance. About forty guests began arriving several days before the wedding and some stayed a couple of days after. Everyone enjoyed the campground and some of them –
including Troy and Rebecca – came to fish. They came from miles away – and I mean miles: Some from Arizona, others from New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, California, Alaska, and even North Carolina. Most of them brought camp trailers. That’s quite an undertaking. I’ve flown to family weddings just to be there, and even that isn’t always easy. Hauling a camp trailer across the continent is a huge commitment. But Troy and Rebecca are the kind of people who are easy to love, and for whom making that kind of effort, times forty, seemed like no big deal if you were in the midst of it. There was nothing but love, joy, and laughter, and good times in that campground. For me, it was a privilege just to be there. The celebration lasted for days. Families from both sides were reunited and had plenty of time to get acquainted with the family they were joining. Troy’s old friends fished with him every day, although they agreed to skip the evening hatch on his wedding. You expect good food at a wedding. The food at this one was over the top, with a
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Friends of Fort Owen on the hunt for wild clay in Stevensville area We know he had two “tables” where they dug the clay and mixed in manure and other binders to form and dry the bricks. The East Barracks is the only remaining structure from that era and needs repair. Montana State Parks is planning to make the repairs, and Friends of Fort Owen is helping by studying the adobe and researching the best material and technique needed to repair the historic adobe. If we can find the original clay pits, then we can determine the right formula for the adobe. Finding another native clay source nearby is a good alternative. So Friends of Fort Owen are asking the community of Stevensville and surrounding area if you know of or have a deposit of clay or sticky silt on your property and would be willing to allow us to harvest a few buckets of it for testing. If so, please let us know! Contact Philip Maechling at 406-529-4873.
The Friends of Fort Owen State Park recently received a grant from the Montana History Foundation to work in partnership with Montana State Parks on restoration of the East Barracks at Fort Owen State Park. The East Barracks contains the oldest remnants of pioneer settlement in Montana and is the most historically significant structure in the park. To establish his trading post, John Owen began to replace the wooden structures he had purchased from the St Mary’s Mission with adobe beginning in the mid-1850s. His journals are filled with references to “making adobe”, “hauling dirt and adobe” “building the bastions” and “making progress on barracks”. Some days it was too wet for them to dry, other days no bricks were made due to other work priorities. Thousands of bricks where made and hauled to the fort to build two barracks and the 14-foot-high and two-foot-thick wall that once enclosed the hacienda-style courtyard.
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Today we will see partly cloudy skies with areas of smoke, high temperature of 92°, humidity of 40%. South southwest wind 1 to 6 mph. The record high temperature for today is 102° set in 1960. Expect mostly clear skies tonight with areas of smoke, overnight low of 53°. West southwest wind 1 to 5 mph. The record low for tonight is 38° set in 1914. Thursday, skies will be sunny with areas of smoke, high temperature of 90°, humidity of 37%. West southwest wind 1 to 19 mph.
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planned brunch and dinner every day and help yourself for lunch. It was more and better than I’d expect at any wedding, much less one conducted in a campground and lasting for several days. Before starting her farm business Rebecca was a caterer, and it showed. She took charge of all the meal planning, and worked half-day shifts for every meal before delegating tasks to her friends so she could join the celebration. She bought all of the food and beverages locally - and even picked the huckleberries for a wedding cake that she baked and decorated herself in the camp trailer. And that was a lot of huckleberries. The cake lasted forty people for two days. The wedding itself centered around fly fishing as an important part of their lives. It was held on the bank of their favorite trout stream, not far from the camp. Rebecca and her father arrived in a raft rowed by a fivegeneration West Fork Bitterrooter that they now think of as family. They were met by the groom, Troy, who helped pull the boat up on the gravel bar. He
was dressed for the occasion in his waders, his favorite well-worn fishing hat, a fishing shirt, and his concession to formality, a clip-on bow tie. After the ceremony Troy and Rebecca passed under crossed fly rods held by some male members of the party, and got back in the raft to float down the river and into their future. Back in camp, the wedding feast that followed was something else: there were sides of exotically prepared vegetables and chili to go with – get this - hot dogs. But we’re talking the finest sausages and brats from Hamilton Pack for the hot dogs, followed by that huckleberry cake. The gift exchange that followed, like the hot dog wedding dinner, was not your usual wedding fare. The bride let out a loud shriek of surprise and pure joy when she opened hers: A matched pair of Ruger 9 mm pistols and an AR-15 from Troy. If you didn’t know it beforehand, you could tell then that these two are Montanans at heart.
What’s the story,
Story?
By Jim Story, Bitterroot Audubon
Question: How do the incubation periods compare among common Montana birds? Answer: Nearly all small birds whose young are born helpless (altricial) (i.e., hummingbirds, woodpeckers, flycatchers, swallows, chickadees, thrushes, warblers, blackbirds, sparrows, etc.) have an incubation period of about 12-14 days. Larger birds like crows and magpies have 18-day incubation periods. Red-tailed Hawks require 28-34, Ospreys 35, and Bald Eagles 35 days. Birds whose young leave the nest immediately upon hatching (precocial) have lengthy incubation periods: Killdeers 24-26, Sandhill Cranes 28-31, Ruffed Grouse 24-25, and Mallards 26-30 days. So, in general, incubation times range from about two weeks for small altricial birds to about four weeks for precocial and larger birds.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
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Gas prices just keep rising Bulls, Broncs & Honky Tonks July 31st Montana gas prices have risen 2.5 cents week with a mixed bag of decreases per gallon in the past week, averaging and increases, but overall, the national $3.20/g today, according to GasBuddy’s average hasn’t seen much meaningful daily survey of 615 stations in Montana. direction as oil prices remain under their Gas prices in Montana are 18.4 cents per early-July levels thus far thanks to OPEC gallon higher than a month ago and stand coming to an agreement on production 99.6 cents per gallon higher than a year over the weekend,” said Patrick De Haan, ago. head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy. According to GasBuddy price reports, “OPEC’s plan is to raise oil production by the cheapest station in Montana is priced 400,000 bpd each month until 2022, at at $2.99/g today while the most expensive which time OPEC’s oil production will be is $3.55/g, a difference of 56.0 cents per back at pre-Covid levels. It’s a positive gallon. The lowest price in the state today development in light of U.S. gasoline is $2.99/g while the highest is $3.55/g, a demand which last week rose nearly 2%, difference of 56.0 cents per gallon. which should act as a loose ceiling on the The national average price of gasoline price of oil, and could mean we’re even has risen 1.3 cents per gallon in the closer to seeing a peak in the national last week, averaging $3.16/g today. The average if we haven’t already.” national average is up 10.2 cents per GasBuddy is the authoritative voice gallon from a month ago and stands 98.0 for gas prices and the only source for cents per gallon higher than a year ago. station-level data spanning nearly two Historical gasoline prices in Montana decades. Unlike AAA’s once daily survey and the national average going back ten covering credit card transactions at years: 100,000 stations and the Lundberg July 19, 2020: $2.21/g (U.S. Average: Survey, updated once every two weeks $2.18/g) based on 7,000 gas stations, GasBuddy’s July 19, 2019: $2.81/g (U.S. Average: survey updates 288 times every day from $2.77/g) the most diverse list of sources covering July 19, 2018: $2.93/g (U.S. Average: nearly 150,000 stations nationwide, the $2.85/g) most comprehensive and up-to-date in the July 19, 2017: $2.30/g (U.S. Average: country. GasBuddy data is accessible at $2.27/g) http://FuelInsights.GasBuddy.com. July 19, 2016: $2.33/g (U.S. Average: $2.19/g) July 19, 2015: $2.81/g (U.S. Average: $2.76/g) July 19, 2014: $3.61/g (U.S. Average: $3.58/g) July 19, 2013: $3.65/g (U.S. Average: $3.67/g) July 19, 2012: $3.45/g (U.S. Average: $3.43/g) July 19, 2011: $3.69/g (U.S. Average: $3.67/g) Neighboring areas and their current gas prices: Idaho- $3.61/g, up 6.3 cents per gallon from last week’s $3.54/g. • FULL TIME • BENEFITS • Billings- $3.09/g, up 0.8 • COMPETITIVE PAY • cents per gallon from last week’s $3.09/g. Stop by Energy Partners to pick up an Wyoming- $3.40/g, up application or visit 4.2 cents per gallon from last week’s $3.36/g. energypartnerspropane.com “Gas prices across the country have been a 1114 US HWY 93 N, Victor, MT 59878 • 363-1001 bit sideways in the last
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A majority of these reviews are triggered by request of the owner, request of potential buyer of a property,a complaint received on a property, if the property is advertised for sale, tax assessor’s office shows changes made to a property, notice that the property has been sold, information sent to new owner. For specific property questions (have property address & tax ID ready) - Ravalli County Department of Environmental Health rech@rc.mt. gov. Regulations - https://ravalli.us/DocumentCenter/ View/6275/RCSWR-Revisions-BOHSECONDREADING-3-3-2021-acceptedchangesand-formatted?bidId= John Palacio, Director Environmental Health Specialist 406-375-6565
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Community Involvement = Improved Community Community is defined as a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. We know living in the Bitterroot Valley how important “community” is. We have beautiful views, clean water and opportunities to enjoy the things that are important to us like the outdoors and family. The relationship between individuals and business can impact communities. At C&C Real Estate Services and EXIT Realty Montana we take our relationship with the community very seriously. Over the years we have contributed to where we live by being involved in the activities and programs that make this such a special place to live. Bill and Charline Siphers set the standard for us going back to the 60’s. In the early 80’s, the community honored them by dedicating the athletic complex to the Siphers. Bill was also very involved in building the greens for Whitetail Golf Course in Stevensville.
Today, The C&C Real Estate Team and EXIT Realty Bitterroot Valley are extremely involved in the communities it serves. Everything from Habitat for Humanity to the Bitterroot Land Trust, you will find C&C team members and EXIT agents giving and lending a hand in a variety of community projects and organizations. As we say,
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When it comes to your real estate needs think of the years that C&C team members and EXIT agents have spent giving their time and talents to make the Bitterroot Valley a little better place. Not only do they get involved in Bill Siphers, Gary Geer and Fred Thomas Building Greens at Whitetail Golf Course
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RICHARD A. WEBER, P.C. 345 West Main Street Hamilton, Montana 59840 Telephone: 406/363-6888 Fax: 406/363-2972 Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, RAVALLI COUNTY In Re the Estate of: MARGARET M. LUBKE; Deceased Case No.: DP-21-73 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Richard J. Lubke, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at the Law Offices of Richard A.Weber, 345 West Main, Hamilton, Montana 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. Dated this 29 day of June, 2021. Richard J. Lubke Personal Representative BS 7/7, 7/14, 7/21
2. This Notice is being sent to persons who have or may have some interest in the estate being administered. 3.Tara D. Wehrly whose address is 255 Chads Road, Hamilton, MT 59840 was appointed Personal Representative of said estate on 2021, without bond. 4.Papers and information relating to the estate are on file in the District Court of the Twenty-First Judicial District in and for the County of Ravalli, State of Montana, at Hamilton, Montana. DATED: June 3, 2021. Tara D. Wehrly, Personal Representative Address: 255 Chads Road, Hamilton MT CERTIFICATE OF MAILING The undersigned certifies that I served the attached NOTICE AND INFORMATION TO HEIRS ANO DEV/SEES upon: Joy McClure 249 Chads Rd, Hamilton, MT 59840 Tara D. Wehrly 255 Chads Rd, Hamilton, MT 59840 by depositing a copy thereof in the United States mail at Hamilton, Montana, on July 2, 2021, enclosed in an envelope addressed to the persons listed above with postage prepaid by first class mail. DATED: July 7, 2021 BS 7/14, 7/21, 7/28
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RICHARD A. WEBER, P.C. 345 West Main Street Hamilton, Montana 59840 Telephone: 406/363-6888 Fax: 406/363-2972 Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, RAVALLI COUNTY In Re the Estate of: BERNADINE BOYD MOGENSEN; Deceased. Case No.: DP-21-78 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Barrie K. Smith, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at the Law Offices of Richard A.Weber, 345 West Main, Hamilton, Montana 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. Dated this 7th day of July, 2021 Barrie K. Smith Personal Representative BS 7/14, 7/21, 7/28
Naomi J. Cheeney Cheeney Law, PLLC PO Box 212 Hamilton, MT 59840 Phone: (406) 363-9060 Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES R. BELL, Deceased. Case No.: DP-21-74 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives 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 Deborah Ann Bell and James Leonard Bell, Co-Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, at Cheeney Law, PLLC, PO Box 212, Hamilton, MT 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 30th day of June 2021. /s/ Deborah Ann Bell, Co-Personal Representative /s/ James Leonard Bell, Co-Personal Representative BS 7/7, 7/14, 7/21 ________________________ Lawrence D. Johnson 345 West Main Street P.O. Box 500 Hamilton, Montana 59840 phone:406-363-1655 Attorney for Estate MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Gary R. Hettrick also known as Gary Hettrick Deceased Cause No. DP-21-65 Dept. 1 NOTICE AND INFORMATION TO HEIRS AND DEVISEES To the heirs and devisees of the above-entitled estate: The decedent, Gary R. 1. Hettrick, died on or about December 15, 2020.
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________________________ Angela K. Hasquet State Bar No. 12409 Craig Mungas State Bar No. 6746 Bjornson Jones Mungas, PLLC 2809 Great Northern Loop, Ste 100 Missoula, Montana 59808 Telephone: 406-721-8896 Telefax: 406-541-8037 Attorneys for Catherine Eileen Peterson, Personal Representative M O N TANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: JOHN ANTHONY PETERS, JR., Deceased. Dept. No.: 1 Cause No.: DP-21-75 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
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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 Catherine Eileen Peterson, 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. DATED this 6th day of July, 2021. Catherine Eileen Peterson, Personal Representative Bjornson Jones Mungas, PLLC By: Angela K. Hasquet Attorneys for Catherine Eileen Peterson, Personal Representative BS 7/14, 7/21, 7/28 ________________________ Montana 21st Judicial District Court, Ravalli County In the Matter of the Name Change of Cash Morrison Vern Boyer Candice Davis, Petitioner Cause No.: DV-21-233/6 Dept. No.: 2 Notice of Hearing on Name Change of Minor Child This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court to change a child’s name from Cash Morrison Vern Boyer to Cash Morrison Vern Davis. The hearing will be on 08/12/21 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Ravalli County. Date: 6-29-21 Paige Trautwein Clerk of District Court Janenne Sorenson Deputy Clerk of Court BS 7/14, 7/21, 7/28, 8/4 ________________________ Montana 21st Judicial District Court, Ravalli County In the Matter of the Name Change of Corabella Gonzalo Candice Davis, Petitioner Cause No.: DV-21-234/7 Dept. No.: 1 Notice of Hearing on Name Change of Minor Child This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court to change a child’s name from Corabella Alexandra Lynn Gonzalo to Corabella Alexandra Lynn Davis. The hearing will be on 08/12/21 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Ravalli County. Date: 6-29-21 Paige Trautwein Clerk of District Court Janenne Sorenson Deputy Clerk of Court BS 7/14, 7/21, 7/28, 8/4 ________________________ Naomi J. Cheeney Cheeney Law, PLLC PO Box 212 Hamilton, MT 59840 Phone: (406) 363-9060 Attorney for Special Administrator MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES C. COUCHMAN, Deceased. Case No.: DP-21-79 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Special Administrator of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the Decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Susan Hendrickson, the Special Administrator, return receipt requested, at Cheeney Law, PLLC, PO Box 212, Hamilton, MT 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the aboveentitled Court. DATED this 15th day of July 2021. /s/ Susan Hendrickson, Special
Administrator BS 7/21, 7/28, 8/4 ________________________ REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) FOR ENGINEERING and GRANT ADMINISTRATION SERVICES The Bitterroot Conservation District (BCD) is soliciting a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) for an engineering firm to prepare a water resource master plan for the Bitterroot River, from Painted Rocks Dam to Bell Crossing. The project is funded by a DNRC Renewable Resource Grant and involves assessing the condition of irrigation headgates and associated flow measurement devices on the Bitterroot River, and providing recommendations to improve the control and flow measurement at each headgate. The specific tasks are 1. Information Collection and Review; 2. Survey; 3. System Assessment and Inventory; 4. Hydraulic Calculations; 5. Capital Improvements and Management Plan; 6. Conceptual Designs and Cost Estimates; and 7. Final Report. Further information regarding this project can be found in the Preliminary Engineering Report for this RRGL grant (available on request). The total budget for this master plan project is $125,000. Responses to this RFQ should include: 1. the engineering firm’s legal name, address, and telephone number; 2. the experience, qualifications and location of the staff to be assigned to the project; 3. a description of the firm’s prior experience, including any similar irrigation or water resource master planning projects, and the locations of any such projects; and 4. the names and contact information of three (3) references familiar with the firm’s performance on similar irrigation projects. Respondents will be evaluated according to the following factors: Overall quality of the SOQ (30%); Staff qualifications and experience, including reference checks (40%); Prior experience with related projects (20%); and Location of firm (10%). At its discretion, the BCD may also elect to interview some or all of the candidate firms. After considering all factors, the BCD will select the most qualified firm whose Statement of Qualifications is deemed most advantageous. Unsuccessful respondents will be notified as soon as possible. Questions and responses should be directed to the BCD by phone at 406-361-6181. All SOQs must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. (local time) on Tuesday, September 1, 2021. Mail or hand-deliver to the Bitterroot Conservation District, 1709 North First Street, Hamilton, MT. 59840. Proposals should provide assurance that the firm has the professional capabilities to satisfactorily complete all tasks outlined in the detailed RFQ. Please state “Engineering Services Statement of Qualifications” on the outside of the response package. Include four copies of the Statement of Qualifications. The SOQ may not exceed a total of 10 (ten) one-sided pages, excluding a one-page cover letter and resumes. Minimum font size for all text is 11 pt. This solicitation is being offered in accordance with federal and state governing procurement of professional services. Accordingly, the BCD reserves the right to negotiate an agreement based on fair and reasonable compensation for the scope of work and services proposed, as well as the right to reject any and all responses deemed unqualified, unsatisfactory, or inappropriate. To be published in the Missoulian, Ravalli Republic, and Bitterroot Star on July 21, 2021 & August 11, 2021. ________________________
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Montana 21st Judicial District Court, Ravalli County In the Matter of the Name Change of Steven Frederick Trautwein Cause No.: DV-41-2021-0000253NC Dept. No.: 2 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Steven Frederick Trautwein to Steven Andrew Allen. The hearing will be on August 26, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Ravalli County. Date: July 15, 2021 Paige Trautwein Clerk of District Court Gary Fliss Deputy Clerk of Court BS 7/21, 7/28, 8/4, 8/11 ________________________ NOTICE OF FINAL BUDGET MEETING At the final budget meeting to be held on or before August 20, 2021, the Stevensville School District Board of Trustees will be meeting on August 10, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the Stevensville Music Center Choir Room for the purpose of considering and adopting the final budget of the District for fiscal year 20212022. The meeting of the individual District Trustees may be continued from day to day until the final adoption of the District’s budget. Any taxpayer in the District may appear at the meeting and be heard for or against any part of the budget. For further information please contact: Bill Schiele, Business Manager, 300 Park Street, Stevensville, MT 59870 or call 777-5481 ext. 139. Sincerely, William F. Schiele Business Manager/ Clerk BS 7/21 ________________________ The Stevensville School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs, activities and employment practices. Career and technical education opportunities will be offered without regard to participants’ gender, color, race, national origin, disability or age. Title IX Coordinators: Eric Larson Stevensville School District 777-5481 300 Park Street, Stevensville, MT 59870 Section 504 Coordinators: Brian Gum Stevensville School District 777-5533 300 Park Street, Stevensville, MT 59870 BS 7/21 ________________________ Megan S. Winderl MARKETTE & CHOUINARD, P.C. 601 South First Street P.O. Box 515 Hamilton, MT 59840 ( 406) 363-1110 Megan W@mcpcattomeys.com Attorneys for Petitioner MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY, STATE OF MONTANA RUSSELL ALAN ZACHA, Petitioner, vs. JOSHA B. ZACHA, Respondent. Cause No.: DR-21-33 Dept. No.: 2 SUMMONS AND TEMPORARY ECONOMIC RESTRAINING ORDER BY CLERK OF COURT THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: YOU, THE RESONDENT, ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Petition in this action which is filed in the office of the Clerk of
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the above-named Court, a copy of which is served upon you with this Summons, and to file your answer and serve a copy of your answer upon the Petitioner within twentyone (21) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Petition. TO PETITIONER AND RESPONDENT: Pursuant to Mont. Code Ann. §404-121(3), the Petitioner and Respondent are hereby restrained from transferring, encumbering, pawning, pledging, hiding, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether jointly or separately held, without either the consent of the other party, or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life. Each party must notify the other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days before incurring the expenditures and must account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after service of the summons. This restraining order does not prevent either party from using any property to pay reasonable attorney fees in order to retain counsel in the proceeding. Petitioner and Respondent are further restrained from cashing, borrowing against, cancelling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability coverage held for the benefit of a party or a child of a party for whom support may be ordered. This temporary restraining order shall continue another order of the Court is issued either amending or vacating this temporary restraining order. VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE UNDER MCA §§ 45-5-220 OR 455-626. DATED this 22nd day of February, 2021. PAIGE TRAUTWEIN Clerk of Court BS 7/21, 7/28, 8/4 ________________________ RICHARD A. WEBER, P.C. 345 West Main Street Hamilton, Montana 59840 Telephone: 406/363-6888 Fax: 406/363-2972 Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, RAVALLI COUNTY In Re the Estate of: ROSEMARIE GHERSETTI; Deceased. Case No.: DP-21- 80 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Anthony Ghersetti, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at the Law Offices of Richard A.Weber, 345 West Main, Hamilton, Montana 59840, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. Dated this 12 day of July, 2021. Anthony Ghersetti Personal Representative BS 7/21, 7/28, 8/4
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