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Covering the Bitterroot Valley – “Where Montana Begins!”
Volume XXXV, Number 1
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Two Stevensville council members resign By Michael Howell
DEQ has trained over 30 Bitterroot River Health Check volunteers in the practices and protocols involved in collecting water quality samples in the last two years. Last month this group of “citizen scientists” received instructions from Monitoring and Assessment Specialist Elizabeth McWilliams.
DEQ adopts 20-year plan for monitoring nutrients in river
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has initiated the implementation of a 20-yearlong water quality monitoring project on the mainstem of the Bitterroot River. The agency is taking samples for nutrient testing from five sites on the river’s mainstem including sites at the USGS gauge south of Darby and at the bridges at Main Street in Hamilton, Bell Crossing, Florence and Buckhouse. The sampling design and primary objective of this monitoring effort is to detect longterm trends in nutrient and benthic algae chlorophyll concentrations in the Bitterroot River. According to the plan, sampling results will be published annually with a trend analysis produced every five years. The
impetus behind establishing a long-term nutrient monitoring program on the Bitterroot River is supported by the agency’s Monitoring and Assessment (MAS) Program’s and Nonpoint Source (NPS) Program’s strategic longterm plans. One of MAS’s stated strategic plan objectives are to track water quality change over time, particularly in watersheds where multiple DEQ program priorities align. Over the next 2-3 years, a majority of the NPS Program’s financial and technical resources will be focused in the watershed, thereby increasing momentum for education and outreach and voluntary restoration implementation. A major goal of the Bitterroot Mainstem Longterm Nutrient Trends Monitoring
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Project is to help demonstrate the success of this effort. DEQ has been doing similar monitoring in the mainstem of the Clark Fork River since 1993 and continues to monitor that river with help from the Clark Fork Coalition, Avista and the University of Montana Watershed Health Clinic. In 2016, the Bitterroot River Protection Association (BRPA) expressed an interest in extending that monitoring effort up the Bitterroot. While the laboratory personnel at the Missoula wastewater treatment laboratory continued to monitor at Maclay and Buckhouse bridges, BRPA volunteers undertook monitoring at the Darby gage site, Main Street
Stevensville Town Council President Bob Michalson and newly appointed council member Jim Crews both submitted brief and somewhat similar letters of resignation last Tuesday, July 16, at 1:55 p.m. “Consider this my formal resignation as a member of the Stevensville Town Council Ward 2, effective immediately. “I cannot remain a member of a local government organization where truthfulness, compliance with local resolutions, ordinances, state and federal law are not a cherished attribute,” wrote Crews. Michalson wrote, “I am submitting my resignation as Town Council President/ Town Council Ward 2, effective immediately. “I can no longer sit idle and watch the Criminal Activity being carried on within the Town Hall of Stevensville, Mt.” Michalson said in a telephone interview that he didn’t want to go over all the problems that he had with the mayor over his illegal activities, but he did comment on a couple of issues. For one, he called the
“Those interviews should be open to the public,” said Michalson. “Nothing’s going to come of that, I know,” he said. “It’s water under the bridge now. I think it’s just time to walk away.” Mayor Dewey said that the
check for the fireworks was on the agenda for approval at a council meeting that was cancelled by Michalson. As a result, he said, the check was written out of cycle. He said it wasn’t illegal. He said the expenditure had been budgeted for and the money was available in the general fund. He said Michalson even signed the check. “I guess he had second thoughts about it, I don’t know,” said Dewey. Dewey said regarding the closed interviews that he had discussed it with the town’s attorney and that if a legislative body was conducting interviews they would necessarily be open to the public, but a public meeting was not required for an executive officer to interview an employee or prospective employee. According to Dewey, the two vacant seats in Ward 2 have been advertised. By law candidates are given 10 days to apply, meaning applications are due by July 31. At that point, he said, the two remaining council members constitute a quorum and will appoint two new members at a properly noticed public meeting.
New fires start over weekend
DEQ Monitoring Project Director Randy Apfelback and Monitoring and Assessment Specialist Elizabeth McWilliams watch as Bitterroot River Health Check volunteers Liz Hibala and Kelsey Milner collect a filtered water sample from the Bitterroot River. The officials were in the valley auditing the volunteer sampling practices which must follow strict protocols to ensure the integrity of the testing results.
Firefighters are working on two new wildfires caused by lightning and discovered Saturday on the forest. As of Sunday, both fires were burning in remote locations in the Bitterroot Mountains and there were no structures threatened or closures as of press time. The Little Rock Creek Fire was 1/10th of an acre and was staffed with four firefighters who were flown into the area Saturday night and rappelled to the fire from a hovering helicopter. The fire is burning in the Little Rock Creek drainage on the Darby/Sula Ranger District southwest of Lake Como. It is currently contained and was expected to be out later on Sunday. The Canyon Fire was estimated at 3/10th of an acre and is located west of Hamilton at the top of Blodgett Canyon between Blodgett Lake and Blodgett Pass. As of Sunday, there were eight firefighters on scene who were flown in by helicopter and were working to suppress the fire which was 0% contained at press time. The fire is located approximately nine miles west of the Blodgett Canyon Trailhead. In addition to the eight firefighters assigned to the Canyon Fire there is also one helicopter assisting with bucket work to
A male grizzly bear with a GPS tracking collar was detected in a remote area of Montana’s Bitterroot National Forest about 15 miles west of Stevensville before moving back into Idaho early this week. Although the bear has remained in mostly remote areas, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) and Bitterroot National Forest officials say that its movement into the Bitterroot offers a good reminder that people should expect grizzly bears on the landscape across western Montana. “Collared bears provide insights into the movement pat-
population of black bears in the Bitterroot, and the addition of these confirmed grizzly bears means that it is extra important to keep the area around your home free from bear attractants,” FWP’s Jonkel said. Be sure to keep garbage indoors until the day of collection; consider using electric fencing around chickens, garden areas and compost piles; and move other attractants such as pet food, dirty barbecue grills and ripe fruit indoors or into a secure building. “If bears are able to find these things easily, then they tend to stay in the areas around where
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mayor’s payment for a fireworks display on the 4th of July without council approval “a blatant misappropriation of funds.” He said he had to put a stop on the check and then the mayor went around him and pushed the check through. “Then he went behind us on that and tried to get donations to cover it but failed,” said Michalson. “I’ve just had enough. It’s just not worth it anymore.” He said nothing was getting done by either the mayor or the council “except a revolving door for employees.” But he did add one more complaint, saying, that when Crews was being sworn in as a council member it had to be done on the street because the mayor was holding illegally closed meetings at the time. He said that Mayor Brandon Dewey was interviewing a clerk candidate behind a closed door that said ‘do not disturb, interview in process.’
help control the fire’s spread. The helicopter will also be flying in additional resources for the crew so residents living near the area and anyone hiking the popular Blodgett Canyon Trail #19 should expect helicopter traffic throughout the day. Both fires were burning in remote and rugged locations. The Canyon Fire is located in extremely steep and rocky terrain. Firefighters are working to control both fires, which are being actively suppressed, under a full suppression strategy. A helicopter using buckets to drop water in key locations will check the fire’s growth and aviation will continue to be utilized as needed.
Fire behavior was characterized as creeping and smoldering with some single tree torching and spotting, aided by winds. The fires are burning in timber and brush. The immediate forecast was for hot and dry weather with low relative humidity and gusty winds late in the day The warmest temperatures of the year so far are expected this week, with highs reaching into the mid-90s and a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Firefighter safety remains a top priority as the fires are burning in remote, rugged, and steep terrain. Fire managers would like to remind visitors and recreationalist to be extremely careful while visiting the forest. Pay attention to those items that may cause a spark, such as chains on a trailer. Ensure that all campfires are dead out by adding water and stirring dirt into hot coals until cold. Remember, if it is too hot to touch, it is too hot to leave! One spark is all it takes to start a wildfire. 2019 Fire Season: Firefighters have responded to 30 lightning wildfires and 10 human caused fires this summer on the Bitterroot National Forest. Due to the quick response of crews, all fires were kept under one acre is size.
we live, instead of moving on to natural food sources,” Jonkel said. “This grizzly bear also serves as a good reminder for people to keep clean camps and practice bear aware tactics like carrying bear spray when out on the forest,” said Tod McKay, spokesman for the Bitterroot National Forest. The Forest Service recommends that campers never store food or scented products like toothpaste or sunscreen in tents or outside at a campsite, unsecured. Instead, store food in a hardsided vehicle or camper or in an
approved bear resistant storage container when available. When horse riding or backpacking, the agency recommends hanging food at least 10 feet off the ground and five feet from tree trunks and at least 100 yards from campsites. Dishes and cooking utensils should be cleaned promptly after use and away from campsites. “We are used to having black bears around us, and the recent grizzly bear just emphasizes the need to expect the possibility of seeing either type of bear when recreating and to be prepared,” McKay said.
Canyon Fire on July 20th.
Grizzly bear detected on Montana side of the Bitterroots terns of other uncollared bears that we can expect to be out there,” said Jamie Jonkel, FWP Bear Management Specialist. Biologists said that this three-year-old male grizzly made its way south after emerging from its den in the Cabinet Mountains this spring and has spent most of its time recently on the Idaho side of the divide, passing briefly into Montana late last week. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) biologist Wayne Kasworm said wildlife officials plan to continue to monitor the bear and its movements. The remote areas where this bear has
spent most of its time this spring and summer are considered prime grizzly habitat where bears, like this one, are expected to move on their own over time. Grizzly bears in the Bitterroot remain relatively uncommon, compared to other parts of western Montana. Still, through the years, several grizzly bears have been confirmed in the Sapphire Mountains on the east side of the valley, in the Lolo Creek drainage, and as far south as the Big Hole Valley. Last October, a young grizzly bear was captured at the Whitetail Golf Course near Stevensville. “We know we have a strong
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Changes at Ravalli Draft decision released for Gold Butterfly County Recycling Project, comment deadline approaching The Ravalli County Recycling (RCR) board of directors voted to make changes to their current practices as a result of falling prices for recyclables. Prices for cardboard and other recycled paper have dropped and may not improve until new recycled paper mills are opened in the U.S. RCR is losing money on most material it accepts at present and cannot sustain operating at a loss. The board made two difficult decisions on June 25th to begin restructuring in order to find a way to remain open. Ravalli County Recycling will no longer buy aluminum cans on Saturdays. Recyclers may still donate them. Aluminum cans are profitable but paying clients for the cans narrows the margin. Modern Recycling, just down the road from RCR, will still buy aluminum cans Tuesday-Saturday. RCR’s mission includes encouraging recycling in the valley and keeping recyclable material out of the landfill. The board feels that both of those conditions will still be met even with this change. On October 1, 2019, Ravalli County Recycling will suspend residential pickup of recyclables. Curbside pickup has not been profitable for some time but RCR has continued the service because Bitterroot residents really want to recycle. It has been a public service. However, the cost of residential pickup is larger than fees collected. Customers will receive notification
in their quarterly bills. A current board member who pays for this service at her home said, “I don’t think raising fees will solve the problem. Current fee levels are already high.” Employee wages, gas prices, insurance costs, and vehicle upkeep and repairs all contributed to the board’s decision to suspend curbside service. The board is considering other changes in the future. Ravalli County Recycling is currently located at 759 Highway 93, north of Hamilton. This property is for sale. When it sells RCR will have just 60 days to move. The board decided in May that they needed to be proactive and relocate. So far, no alternative sites have been found. The move, when it happens, will likely include further shrinking of services at a smaller location. This restructuring could mean less time worrying about the financial business of recycling and more time devoted to educational outreach. Ravalli County Recycling has been offering recycling opportunities for nine years. These are hard decisions for a group dedicated to the issue of how to responsibly deal with human generated waste in the beautiful Bitterroot Valley. The board will continue to keep the public informed about changes. If you want to comment or have ideas, you may contact Janice Lee, RCR board president, at janice.lee@ravallirecycling.org or visit RCR’s Facebook page.
The Bitterroot National Forest has released its Draft Record of Decision (ROD) and Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Gold Butterfly Project, a proposed vegetation management and fuels reduction project in the Sapphire Mountains east of Corvallis. The project is located on the Stevensville and Darby Ranger Districts between St. Clair Creek to the south and Burnt Fork Creek to the north. Forest Supervisor Matt Anderson has selected Alternative 2, modified. The selected alternative would: • Improve forest resilience to natural disturbances (fire, insects, and diseases). • Reduce chronic sediment sources in Willow Creek watershed to improve water quality and bull trout habitat. • Restore or improve key habitats including meadows, aspen, and whitebark pine. • Manage timber to provide forest products, jobs, income to
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Hamilton. The draft decision is subject to public objection under Code of Federal Regulations §218. Objections may only be filed by those who previously submitted comments on the project. All objections must be submitted to the Forest Service by August 2, 2019. Objections may be delivered or mailed to: USDA Forest Service, Northern Region, ATTN: Objection Reviewing Officer, 26 Fort Missoula Road, Missoula, MT 59804. Electronic objections may be submitted to: appealsnorthern-regional-office@fs.fed. us. Faxed objections may be submitted to (406) 329-3411. Specify “Gold Butterfly Project Objection” in the subject line. Hand delivered objections must be delivered between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays, excluding holidays. All objections are open to public inspection and will be posted to the Forest Service website. For additional information,
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Bitterroot Star Editorial Board Michael Howell Victoria Howell
Opinion
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Stoners
Guest Comment
Our huddled masses: E Pluribus unum, one from many By Elliott B. Oppenheim, MD, JD, LLM Health Law, Florence
I am terrified. In the upcoming 2020 election, I predict that there will be extensive bloodshed and deaths. Take heed! America is in an incendiary state. The American government has collapsed and we, as a nation, are in a racial civil war analogous to 1861. There will be blood. I really should be doing something else, tending chickens perhaps or writing my novel, but I was distracted, profoundly so, by the Bitterroot Star letter to the editor by Ms. Dee Gibney of Hamilton, noted to be *unedited (p. 4, Bitterroot Star, 17 July 2019). First, I applaud Victoria Howell, the editor, whose decision it was to publish this. That decision took editorial courage and restraint. Her admirable restraint came in not tossing Gibney’s letter into a summer campfire. Most publications would have not published that. I think that all points of view are hearable, even ones which I find abhorrent and repulsive, as I did this letter. As a Jew and as a community activist and leader, I have to speak out. I think the President was very wrong in not stopping the rally rant and in not calling a national news conference to decry this hate-filled speech. The Gibney letter to the editor was an ignorant, racist and bigoted rant concerning immigration and immigrants. I am not going to repeat what she said. You know what it is if you have been following the news or even existing in modern America. It is impossible to avoid. This hate is like poisonous gas over the nation. Here, however, is my story. In the Spring of 1905, in the village of Piotrków, Gubernia, Sosnowice, Poland, near Krakow, Mancha and Frandla (Openchejm) Zacharjasz, these two Ger Hasidim, Lubavitchers as we are known, my grandparents, created Lippman (later Leopold, later Leon) Zacharjasz, my father, born on 17 December of that year. At Ellis Island, giving into pressures, when the family immigrated to America, they westernized my grandmother’s last name, so far as one can secularize and remove Jewishness from Openchejm to Oppenheim. My dad was one of six other siblings. The eldest was Miriam, who, in 1913, on the eve of WWI, escaped the murdering and pillaging of their shtetl and came to America, through Ellis Island. Miriam worked very hard sewing uniforms for the US Army in the garment district of New York City and, in 1921, she brought the entire family to America. Miriam saved my family. All of these children, our parents, have died but those of my generation, my cousins, and there are many, became productive Americans. Our children, and now our grandchildren, have worked hard to make America great. In the 1950’s and 60’s my sister and I assimilated, leaving our Jewish roots, flourishing in Levittown, Pennsylvania, a development dependent upon America’s melting pot of immigrant labor for US Steel and various chemical conglomerates like Thiokol and Strick Trailer, makers of trucks. Christians threw rocks at us when we walked to Friday night services and yelled “Dirty Jews,” as we went to pray. I recall the feeling of the stones hitting us. They taunted us over wearing “beanies,” our yarmulkas, in Yiddish, or kepa, in Hebrew. We were ridiculed about speaking in languages other than English. I tell this so that the reader will understand how close what is now happening in America is to what happened not long ago in America. I heard “go back to Poland” from schoolyard taunters who did not know that I was born in the Bronx. I know what “send her back” feels like. As I grew up, I noticed treasured family pictures in Christian homes that went back generations, and bibles dating into the times when their ancestors came to America. It is not uncommon for these families to trace their honored roots back hundreds of years. “Where is our family?” I asked my parents. They never answered but eventually I found out. Over the years, I have been told that various positions I sought were closed to Jews, that I could not buy property in a certain area because Jews were prohibited by local rules, and that the Jewish quota was filled. I experienced that nose wrinkle with a comment, “You’re Jewish?” then nothing more. Overcoming all obstacles, I practiced medicine and graduated from law school and took a big and productive bite from America’s apple. I raised my family and the social scene changed so that Jews seemed to gain acceptance. Antisemitism is, sadly, far from sentiments of the past. I was gratified recently when US Magistrate Judge Jeremiah Lynch called The Daily Stormer publisher Andrew Anglin’s behavior reprehensible and atrocious in telling his internet followers to unleash a “troll storm” on Jewish Tanya Gersh, her husband and her 12-yearold son in 2016. The judge awarded $14,000,000. I felt as if I were the Gershs’ twelve-year-old son. That was me when I was that age, when we were stoned on the way to synagogue. I remember the ridicule I endured when I missed school for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. I was ashamed to tell my teacher and fellow students my reason for absence and my mother lied in my parental
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excuses to teachers in order to save me the torments. Why did I have to hate who I was? Why did I have to hate being a Jew? Why did we have to lie? Decades have passed and I am an old man and finally understand whattheheckhappened. I have now spent over a decade and a half reconstructing my family. The reason we had no inter-generational family pictures on our walls or family generational records, as did the Christians, was that everyone who remained in Poland or Hungary was murdered by the Nazis. Sosnowice was near Auschwitz where my Polish and Hungarian ancestors were taken in cattle cars, poisoned by Zyklon B gas, hydrogen cyanide, killed like vermin, and incinerated. The Nazis exterminated two-thirds of the Jews in Hungary and millions were killed in Auschwitz, the majority were Jews. My family was gone. To me, this remains, and will forever remain, modern history. The hate Ms. Gibney displays in her letter will digest her soul like Drāno in her internal sewer disguised as a human being. Hate, I have heard, is like taking poison, hoping that it will kill someone else. Her editorial was hate-filled and racist and must be condemned. Bigotry is “obstinate or intolerant devotion to one’s own opinions and prejudices.” In her editorial, nothing she said is based in fact… none of it. I encourage her to engage in education and discover what is truthful and accurate. Immigrants are the suffering masses yearning only to be free. I encourage the Bitterroot Valley to condemn these views. Unfortunately, one characteristic of racism and bigotry is that nothing anyone will do or say will alter the speaker’s opinion… and Ms. Gibney has a right to her opinion, no matter how untruthful or malignant it is. She has an absolute right to be ignorant and stupid. I am glad to see her ideas in print. I know her thoughts and here she can know mine. What holds the world together, the glue that binds us, is love and tolerance and compassion, not animosity and hate and fear against what we do not know or understand. How could our Hanukah menorah offend Christians? In those years, it did. In the past few years in the Bitterroot folks have come together to celebrate the eight days of Hanukah and to experience the warmth from the lighted candles. America has a long and shameful tradition of not accepting different people; different thoughts. Slavery is a start. Look, too, at what happened during the McCarthy Era where the government took a terribly wrong turn… or the Korematsu decision, Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944), looked upon now as ““an odious and discredited artifact of popular bigotry” and as “a stain on American jurisprudence.” We have made this mistake before. Dare we repeat it? How often have we heard that “it can’t happen here?” At one time, that may have been true, but our legal system has crumbled, and the rule of law is being replaced by mob rule, by populism: what “the people want.” I hear “Jews will not replace us” in my dreams and listen for the pounding sounds of stormtrooper jackboots coming for us. “Send her back” is reminiscent of Arbeit Macht Frei, the slogan at Auschwitz. That fact is, that we are all at risk. Where does the division begin and end? Either this is one country under G-d, of the people, for the people, by the people, with everyone enjoying inalienable rights, or it is not. Either The New Colossus Poem on the Statute of Liberty applies to all of us, or it does not. It cannot apply only to some: “Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Gibney’s stones hit me hard, bruised me, battered my soul in disappointment. In her letter to the editor, Gibney befouls what is America, the essence of America. Ms. Gibney’s illogical paranoid rant and tantrum is similar to what I have heard and experienced as a physician when I admitted patients from the Emergency Room to locked wards in the mental hospital. What she wrote was impulsive and out of control, poorly thought out. Rabbinical teachings advise us to combat darkness with light … education. “Be kind to strangers. You never know when you will be one,” is good biblical advice. How important it is to “love one another.” None of us should be so distracted by these troubling matters. It is time to get back to the serious work, to tending our chickens, to writing our novels, to creating an America of which we can all be proud. What kind of America do you want? Celebrate our differences and values and consider the 1776, Great Seal of the United States of America which states E Pluribus unum, one from many. This motto means more now than ever. I quake at what I feel is about to happen in 2020 America, land that I love.
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Dear Editor, Dee Gibney is a stoner. No, not in the way you are thinking. Even though her periodic rants are muddled and mostly incoherent, they can easily be explained by natural causes such as a lack of intellectual acuity and basic reasoning skills. I am referring to the stoners found in the following classic example of humans behaving badly: Two thousand years ago along the Via Dolorosa, a throng of people were casting stones at a dark skinned man wearing a crown of thorns and carrying a cross on his way to certain death. The crowd stoned, cursed and reviled this man who was on his way to shed blood for the well-being of others. He was both literally and figuratively a “bleeding heart.” He was not on his way to sacrifice for only his friends and neighbors and all the “right” people. Rather, he was ready to suffer and die for everyone. With no exceptions for “beggars,” the “diseased” or anyone else. If this kind, compassionate young man were alive today (some might say he is alive in today’s “bleeding hearts”) he would surely be advocating for the well-being of the desperate Central American refugees at our country’s southern border. And just as surely, he would be a target for Dee’s venom. Because Dee Gibney is well and truly a stoner. David Welch Hamilton
Equality or paranoia?
Dear Editor, What part of “all men are created equal” do we not understand? Today, because of changing word usage, it clearly means “all human beings are created equal” -not just Americans, not just white people, not just educated people, not just rich people. Are we blocked by fear? Fear that “they” will take what we have or what we think we deserve? Then there’s that other quotation: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” (Matthew 7:12), aka “Treat others the way you want to be treated.” If we don’t, why should they? The ball is always in our court -- that is, it is always right to do the right thing first and set a quiet example for our children, our friends, everyone. I will not be governed by fear. Mary Fahnestock-Thomas Hamilton
Response to Gibney
Dear Editor, This is a response to Dee Gibney (Star Letters, 7-17-19). Dee, I just read your LTE from last week. My first thought
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Hamilton Senior Center activities
Monday: Lunch 11:45 a.m.12:30 p.m., Toenail Care with Theresa by apt.; Bingo 1st & 3rd weeks, 5:30-9 p.m. Tuesday: Toastmasters 6:457:45 a.m.; Line Dancing 10-11 a.m.; Clogging 1-4 p.m. Wednesday: Lunch 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Bridge for Fun 10 a.m.; Bridge 1-5 p.m. Thursday: Stretch Exercise 9-10 a.m.; HSC Board meeting 3rd week Friday: Line dancing 10-11:30 a.m.; Lunch 11:45 a.m.12:30 p.m.; Pinochle 1st & 3rd weeks 1 p.m. Saturday: Special Bingo 1st week 12 p.m.; Flea market 8 a.m.2:30 p.m. Sunday: Bridge 1-5 p.m. For info: 363-5181.
Stevi Senior Center activities
Monday-Friday: Free coffee, 8-11 a.m., Lunch, 11:30 a.m. Monday: Bridge, 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday: Exercise class, 10-11 a.m. Tuesday: Quilters, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday: Paint with Sue, 1-3 p.m. (1:30 on 3rd Wednesday) Every Other Wednesday: Fiddlers at Lunch 3rd Wednesday: Special Birthday Lunch, 12 noon, with music. Blood pressures taken. 1st & 3rd Friday: Cribbage, 3-5 p.m. Friday: Pinochle, 12:15; Monday & Saturday, 7 p.m. For more information call the Center at 777-5681.
Victor Senior Center activities
Monday-Friday - Men’s Coffee, 8 a.m. Monday-Friday - Lunch, 11:30 a.m. Includes main course, salad bar, dessert, beverage. Donation 60 and over $3.50, under 60 $6 (RSVP 642-3320) Tuesdays: Bingo, 6 p.m. Wednesdays: Pinochle with snacks, 7 p.m. Fridays - Ladies’ Coffee, 10 a.m. Everyone welcome. Victor Senior Center is located at 246 5th Avenue.
Florence senior lunches
Lunch is available through the Council on Aging for senior citizens and others in the Florence area on Mondays at the Florence Fire Hall. Serving begins at 11:30 a.m. Prices are: 60 and over $3.50, under 60 - $6.00. For more information, call the Council on Aging at 363-5690.
Lolo senior lunches
Lolo senior lunch group (60+) meets Thursday at 11 a.m. at local restaurants for food, friendship and fun. There is a $4 voluntary contribution but no one is turned away. Congregate lunches
through MAS and CBS. Call 9262135 to schedule your lunch.
Golden Agers
The Golden Age Club is located at 727 S. 5th in Hamilton. The club’s business meeting is held on the first Wednesday of every month at 1 p.m. All members are asked to attend to review activities and plan new ones. Cake and ice cream is served. Card games (pinochle, multibid racehorse) are played on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday and 1st and 3rd Monday of the month at 1 p.m. There is a $2 charge per person. Exercise classes are held every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9 a.m. Blood pressure is checked every third Wednesday of the month at 9 a.m. Guests are welcome. The hall is also available for members to use for personal activities. A monetary donation to cover hall expenses is expected. For more information call 363-0142.
AA meetings
Alcoholics Anonymous meets at the following times and places: Monday: 7 p.m., Spirit of Christ Catholic Church, 5475 Farm Land Road, Lolo Tuesday: 7 p.m., St. Mary’s Parish basement, 333 Charlo Street, Stevensville Wednesday: Big Book Study Meeting, 7 p.m., St. Joseph Mission, 224 Linder Street, Florence Thursday: 7 p.m., St. Mary’s Parish basement, 333 Charlo Street, Stevensville Friday: Discussion Meeting, 7:30 p.m., St. Joseph Mission, 224 Linder Street, Florence 3rd Saturday: Women’s Group, 9:30 a.m., St. Joseph Catholic Church, 224 Linder Street, Florence Sunday: Big Book Study Meeting, 5:30 p.m., Victor Senior Center, 243 5th Ave. Check for local meetings by calling the hotline 1-888-607-2000 or by visiting www.aa-montana. org.
Al-Anon
Stevensville Al-Anon Group meets each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the small dining room at the Living Centre, 57 Main Street. Anyone who is affected by the compulsive drinking of a relative or friend is invited. For more information call 239-0878.
Narcotics Anon
Narcotics Anonymous meets every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at St. Francis Parish Center, 411 S. 5th, Hamilton (north entrance).
Free Indeed
Free Indeed, a faith-based addiction support group, meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church, 230 3rd Avenue in Victor. Contact Donald Layman at 203-8579 or Pastor Jim Landis at 642-9849.
Gamblers Anon
Gamblers Anonymous meets Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. at St. Francis Catholic Church, 411 S.
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Hamilton American Legion
Hamilton American Legion Post 47 invites all veterans and family members of veterans to the monthly meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the American Legion Post at 322 S. 2nd Street.
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Overeaters Anon
Overeaters Anonymous meets every Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Presbyterian Church (west door), 1220 W. Main, Hamilton. For more information call 3632512.
Morning TOPS
Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), a weight loss support group, meets in Stevensville every Thursday at the Community Baptist Church, 409 Buck Street. Weigh-in starts at 8 a.m. and meetings start at 9:30 a.m. Meetings are fun while learning to eat healthier and lose some pounds. Guests are always welcome. Call Becky at 642-6368 or Margie at 375-5439 for more information. Check out the website at www. tops.org.
Evening TOPS
The evening TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter meets every Thursday at 4 p.m. at the Kootenai Creek Village Clubhouse. For information call Judy Burke at 777-2743.
Exercise classes
The following sessions, all by donation, are held at St. Francis Pastoral Center, 411 S. 5th: Mondays: Zumba Gold & Chair Zumba, 12:15 p.m. Tuesdays: Chair Yoga, 10:45 a.m. Wednesdays: Zumba Gold, 1st, 3rd, 4th Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. Thursdays: Tai Chi, 4 p.m. Fridays: Tai Chi, 1 p.m. Indoor Walking: Mon-Thurs 9 a.m.-3 p.m., and Fridays 9 a.m.12 noon. Please log in, 16 laps is a mile!
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. Income guidelines are 1-$23,107; 2- $31,284; 3-$39,461; 4-$47,638; 5-$55,815. For each additional family member add $8,177. Call 406-802-7180 for more information or see on Facebook; www. facebook.com/Ravalli-CountyWIC.
Florence American Legion
Florence American Legion Post 134 meets the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Florence Rural Fire Station. Call Terry Wahl, Commander, at 274-4589 for more information.
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The Stevensville American Legion Post 94 meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Post Home on Middle Burnt Fork Road. A veterans’ breakfast is held every Wednesday at 9 a.m. at C.J.’s Den in Stevensville. For more information, contact Chuck at 253-380-7016.
Fort Owen Unit 94, Stevensville, American Legion Auxiliary meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. Call Cheryl at 531-4132 for more information.
Stevi VFW
The Stevensville VFW 1507 meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Frontier CafĂŠ.
Marine Corps League
The Marine Corps League welcomes all Marines from all eras, along with Corpsmen and Chaplains who have served with the FMF. The League is a national veterans’ organization that include members of all ranks, all MOS, active duty, reserves, honorably discharged veterans and retirees. It carries on the traditions of the Corps, support Marines still serving, and assist those who have left the service when needed. Meetings are on the 4th Thursday of every month, January to October at 7:30 p.m. for general meetings at the Eagles Lodge, 125 N. 2nd Street, Hamilton. Activities include Toys for Tots, Honor Guards for veteran funerals and Color Guards for parade events, rifle and pistol matches, and support of Marines and the community, and a Marine Birthday celebration in November. An SOS Breakfast and informal get-together for members, spouses, family and friends is held every first Saturday at 9:30 a.m. from January to December at the Hangar Cafe, Ravalli County Airport, Hamilton. It’s an opportunity to get acquainted, exchange ideas, and share sea stories from the past. For more information contact Meade Phillips at 520-9916386 or at USMCmeadeMCL@ aol.com or visit www.mclnational. org or www.montanamcl.org .
VA rides
The DAV Transportation System has a hub in the Bitterroot with rides available Monday through Friday. To book a ride to your VA Medical appointments, call Dena at 363-8396. Give at least 72 hours notice. The hub is always looking for volunteer drivers. For information call Dena at 363-8396.
Soroptomist
Soroptomist International of Hamilton invites you to join them at their meetings the first and second Thursday of every month, at noon, at BJ’s Restaurant in Hamilton. Soroptomist is an organization dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls. For more information, contact Dixie Dies at 961-4812.
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The Hamilton Lions Club welcomes you to attend its meetings the 1st and 2nd Tuesday of each month at 12 noon at BJ’s Restaurant in Hamilton. The club strength – besides being low key and getting a lot done – is helping provide assistance for glasses and hearing aids in Ravalli County. Contact Dixie Dies, 406-3810922, for more information.
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The Stevensville Masonic Lodge #28 meets on the first and third Thursdays of the month at 300 Church Street, Stevensville. Stated meetings are on the first Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and special dinners are on the third Thursday at 6:30 p.m. For information or membership email: stevilodge28@ gmail.com.
Victor Masonic Lodge #43 meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. The Lodge is located on Main above Farmers State Bank. For information on membership, email plycoupe1936@msn.com.
Eastern Star
Naomi Chapter #19, Order of the Eastern Star, meets the first and third Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. in the Victor Lodge building located on Main Street above Farmers State Bank, Victor. Leona Chapter #31, Order of the Eastern Star, meets the first and third Thursdays at 7 p.m. in the Masonic Lodge building, 115 S. 3rd Street (next to the Fire Station), Hamilton. For inquiries contact, email: teslrudd@gmail.com.
Volunteer opp
Pantry Partners Food Bank in Stevensville needs volunteers. For more information contact Dawn Richard at 360-4637 (leave message).
BPL storytime
It’s never too early to introduce your baby or toddler to the wonderful world of books and reading. Together you will discover the joy of songs, finger plays, simple books and bouncing rhymes. The toddler storytime for babies through age 2 meets every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in the downstairs meeting room of the Bitterroot Public Library. Toddler storytime lasts approximately 45 minutes. For more information, call 363-1670.
DCPL storytime
Learning to read begins before children start school. Your public library promotes early literacy and social development with weekly programming for children. The Darby Community Public Library offers a weekly Children’s Story Time every Tuesday at 11 a.m. for all children under five years old with a caregiver. Come talk, sing, read, write, and play at your library, 101-1/2 S. Marshall St. Call 821-4771 or email: staff@ darbylibrary.net for information.
NVPL storytime
Story Time is an enriching early learning program for toddlers and preschoolers that takes place on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. in the North Valley Public
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Sunday Worship AM Worship at 12:0011p.m. In this Church there shall In this Church there shall be no no outcasts. be outcasts. Library’s Community Room. Each week has a different theme, and children can listen to entertaining stories, participate in fun songs and learning activities, and create a cool craft! Each Story Time includes a healthy snack and some time to play with new friends. Older and younger siblings are always welcome. North Valley Public Library is located at 208 Main Street, Stevensville. For more information, call 406-7775061 or visit northvalleylibrary. org. All library programs are free and open to the public.
Sapphire Quilters The Sapphire Quilt Club meets monthly on the second Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Stevensville Senior Center, 100 Mission Street. Join this fun group of people to learn about quilting. Beginner to expert quilters welcome. For more information call Charlie Kirk at 361-1146.
Fiber Arts Guild
Big Sky Fiber Arts Guild meets the last Saturday of every month. If you are a wool spinner or work with fibers, contact Marty at 777-2421 for location or information.
Knitters Guild
The Knotty Knitters Guild of the Bitterroot meets every 4th Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. at the Yarn Center, 110 Pinckney Street, Hamilton. This knitters guild is friendly, fun, and includes knitters of all levels, from beginners to master knitters. All are welcome.
Doll Club
The Bitterroot Blizzard Doll Club meets monthly, usually the second Thursday of the month, to share a passion for dolls, bears, toys, miniatures and paper dolls. Members rotate hosting the meeting so call or email for the time and location of the next meeting. Contact Kay Schrader, 406-3607214, schrader1501@blackfoot. net.
Model train club
The Bitterroot Valley Model Railroaders (BVMRR) run their trains in the basement of the Kohl Building, downtown Stevensville on the First Friday of each month from 5 to 8 p.m., or by special request. The club has added two new displays to its layout site: a new roller coaster and a new carnival ride. These additions should be particularly enjoyed by smaller children. If interested in joining the club, contact Tony Oberting at 273-0006.
Radio Club
The Bitterroot Amateur Radio Club meets on the third Monday of every month at BJ’s Restaurant in Hamilton starting at 7 p.m. Come early and enjoy a continued on next page
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Draft Horse and Mule Club
The Bitterroot Draft Horse and Mule Club meets every second Monday of every other month at 7 p.m. at Community Baptist Church, 409 Buck Street, Stevensville. Members drive everything from mini, to mule, to draft horse. Haven’t driven but would like to learn? This is the club for you! Don’t have a horse but would like to get involved? There is always welcome help and there is always a spot on a wagon somewhere. Members do rides as well and have events scheduled throughout the year. For more information call Claudia at 406642-3477.
Three Mile bingo
Bingo is held every first and third Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Three Mile Community/Senior Center, 1064 Three Mile Creek Road. Proceeds go to build a new center. For information call 7773710.
Toastmasters
Effectively formulate and express your ideas! Bitterroot Toastmasters Club (BTC) meets Tuesdays from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m. at the Hamilton Senior Center, 820 N. 4th Street, to support personal development and empower communication and leadership skills. The words we speak convey a great deal! Do you mean what you say when you communicate during a job interview or with your boss, coworkers, and family? Wouldn’t you like to feel more confident, credible, and concise in your speaking presentation? Bitterroot Toastmasters can help! BCT members are given opportunities to wear different hats and fulfill many roles. Visit the website at bitterroot.toastmastersclubs.org or call Mike Turner at 406-360-7262 or Jeanine New at 303-929-2430 for more information.
Men’s Bereavement Breakfast
Marcus Daly Hospice sponsors a Men’s Bereavement Support Breakfast on the second and fourth Friday of each month at 9 a.m. in the Marcus Daly Hospice Dining Room. This breakfast creates a special opportunity for men coping with the death of a spouse or loved one to gather and share their journey of healing. Informal discussions are led by a trained Bereavement Facilitator and address such issues as dealing with grief, loneliness, forming new relationships, single parenting. A donation of $3.00 is appreciated for the meal. For more information call Marcus Daly Bereavement Coordinator at 363-6503.
NAMI family support group
Bitterroot NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) is sponsoring a support group for family members that have a loved one with mental illness every Monday from 11 a.m. to 12 noon at Cornerstone, 280 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton. If you have a loved experiencing challenging from Mental illness come join us and be a part of solving the problems that you are currently having. Facilitated by trained leaders. For more information call Arlene at 239-1708.
County recycling
The Ravalli County Recycling drop-off site, 759 US Hwy 93 (across from Don’s Home Center) is open on Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, and Mondays, 3 to 6 p.m. Call Janice Lee at 360-9895 to volunteer or for more information.
Clothes Closet
The Stevensville Clothes Closet is a non-profit, free store that serves the people of the Bitterroot Valley by accepting donations of children and adult clothing, shoes, linens, small appliances and kitchenware. They then sort, wash and offer the goods free to the
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 community. The Clothes Closet is located at Middle Burnt Fork and ALC way. It is open for shopping and for donations Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 1 to 4 p.m. The Clothes Closet is especially in need of household goods and clothing. For questions about donations or directions call Gail Fisher at 369-0394 or Molly Hackett at 961-4614.
Family Shelter
The Family Shelter of the Bitterroot meets on the first Friday of each month at 2 p.m. at Canyon View Church, 195 Skalkaho Road. Everyone is welcome.
Breast cancer support group
The Bitterroot Valley breast cancer support group meets the first Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Daly Leach Memorial Community Room, 1010 W. Main, Hamilton. All are welcome. For information contact Judy Rothie, (406) 564-8613.
Pregnant/new mom groups
Postpartum Support Circle and Baby Bistro (breastfeeding support) meet on the second Thursday of each month and a Prenatal Support Circle meets on the fourth Thursday of the month. All meetings are held at 109 N. 4th St. Suite 104 in Hamilton from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. For more information, call Sheehan at 6426527 or email bitterrootbreastfeeding@gmail.com.
Dementia caregivers group
Are you a caregiver of someone with Alzheimer’s disease or other type of dementia? You’re invited to join in an informal group on the second Friday each month at 1 p.m. at The Living Center Chapel (second floor), 63 Main, Stevensville to share your concerns and experiences with others in a same or similar situation. If you would like to attend, your loved one is welcome to visit with facility residents with staff supervision during the meeting time. For more information contact Kati Aiken at Ravalli County Council on Aging, 363-5690.
Family History Libraries
The Family History Libraries invite everyone (ages 12 and up) who is interested in researching their family history to stop in and take advantage of their free services. There are specialists available who are happy to assist you in finding records on your ancestors as well as in organizing photos and stories about them. They also have free access to subscription genealogical sites. 401 N 8th Street, Hamilton Tuesdays & Wednesdays: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays: 6 to 8 p.m. Other times available by appointment. Call 363-5108. 100 Middle Burnt Fork Road, Stevensville East Foyer Door - Ring Marked Bell Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays: 12 to 4 p.m. Tuesday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday: 6:30 to 9 p.m. Other times available by appointment. Call 777-2735.
Suicide support group
A support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month at 12 noon at Riverfront Mental Health Center, 209 N. 10th, Suite A (blue building), Hamilton. The group is hosted by Ravalli County Suicide Prevention Alliance. For information email: rwetzel@wmmhc.org or phone 375-4095.
Acoustic Jam
An acoustic music jam sponsored by the Bitterroot School of Music is held the 4th Tuesday of each month from 6 to 8 p.m. at Rooted Music located at 100
Skeels Street, Suite A in Hamilton. All acoustic instruments are welcome as is anyone who would like to sing or just come and enjoy the music. For info contact Rooted Music at 406-363-5491.
Drum Circle
African Drum Circle takes place on the 2nd and 4th Mondays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The Center for Spiritual Life, 328 Fairground Road, Hamilton. Bring your drum, rattles, and other instruments and be part of the fun. No drums? No worries! There are instruments to share. By donation. For information, contact Jerry at 381-7220 (jelb229@aol.com) or on Facebook at CSLBitterroot or visit the website: CSLBitterroot. org.
Mansion are open Sunday through Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Stevensville courts are available sun-up to sundown 7 days a week for Bitterroot Pickleball outdoor members. Email ricktrauth@ gmail.com for more info.
Community Band
Get that instrument out of the closet and join your local community band! The band has started rehearsing for various concerts this summer. All ages and abilities are welcome. Rehearsals are at 7 p.m. on Tuesday evenings in the Stevensville School band room. The next concert of the season will be Thursday, August 8 at 7 p.m. at the bandshell in Claudia Driscoll Park in Hamilton.
Wednesday Three Mile Coffee Farmers Market A farmers market will be Club 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.
Quantum Group
The Quantum Group of the Bitterroot is a group of ordinary people determined to learn about quantum theory. They study relevant material (no equations), discuss it and teach one another this most important field of science. The group meets every other Wednesday at 7 p.m. at St. Francis Community Center in Hamilton. New members invited and welcomed. Visit the website at www// Quantumgb or e-mail blaise. favara@gmail or call 363-0683 for more information.
MomLife
Bitterroot MomLife is a gathering of moms with kids of all ages, meeting twice a month September-May on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Lone Rock Bible Church, 1142 Three Mile Creek Road, Stevensville. Come join in for “grown-up” conversation, brunch, activities, crafts, speakers, Go Deeper discussions and free childcare. For more info call the church office, 777-2592.
Socrates Cafe
Socrates Café takes place every other Tuesday evening (May 14) from 7 to 9 p.m. in the meeting room of the Bitterroot Public Library. Join in the philosophical discussions. Bring questions to be selected and discussed at the meeting. You are invited to examine, learn and think with others. Learn how others view the world. Together generate community, understanding and change together. Tea, coffee and cookies are provided.
Laundry Love Hamilton
Laundry Love Hamilton, a monthly laundry event for homeless and low-income individuals/ families, takes place the 2nd Thursday of each month from 5 to 8 p.m. at Fast & Fluffy, 115 Pine Street, Hamilton. 3 loads per individual/family. Check in with a Laundry Love Hamilton volunteer to sign in and receive your washer card. All laundry detergent, fabric softener and quarters will be supplied by Laundry Love Hamilton. Laundry guests must remain on site. Laundry Love Hamilton is made possible by donations, business sponsorships, fundraisers and volunteers. For more information or to inquire on how your business/organization can help, contact Laundry Love Hamilton by email: laundrylovehamiltonmt@gmail. com.
Pickleball
Bitterroot Pickleball plays at the Fairgrounds every Monday and Wednesday from 12 to 3 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. through July. There are five courts. Cost is $5.00 for the 3-hour session or a $40 punch card for 10 sessions or 20 sessions for $60. The courts at the Daly
held every Wednesday through September 25th from 4 to 6 p.m. on the lawn of The O’Hara Commons, 111 S. 4th, Hamilton. Local growers, fresh produce, honey, baked goods, ferments, dairy and other local edibles. Each week features a tasting focusing on seasonal produce. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Double SNAP Dollars are welcome. For information: info@theoharacommons.org; website: https://www.theoharacommons.org/
Tuesday at 12
Tuesday at 12, a free community concert, is held every Tuesday through August 20 on the lawn of the Ravalli County Museum, 205 Bedford, Hamilton. The schedule is: July 30 - Susan Gibson Aug. 6 - Frederico Brothers Aug. 13 - Community Band Aug. 20 - John Floridis.
Genealogy help
Ever want to trace your Genealogical History? Jean Jensen will help you with your creation of a Family Tree. Learn how to get started or get help with more advanced research at no cost to you. Pedigree charts and family work sheets available. Stop by the Victor Heritage Museum on Fridays this summer from 1 to 4 p.m. The Museum is located on the corner of Main Street and Blake Street in downtown Victor. For more information call 642-3997 or 363-3165.
Volunteer opportunity
Historic St. Mary’s Mission and Museum at 315 Charlos Street in Stevensville is seeking volunteers to serve as tour guides, gift shop clerks and flower bed gardeners. You will meet interesting people from around the world. You may volunteer as often or as little as you like. St. Mary’s Mission is open mid-April through mid-October. Call Colleen at 406777-5734 if interested.
Wednesday Farmers Market
A farmers market is held every Wednesday through September 25th from 4 to 6 p.m. on the lawn of The O’Hara Commons, 111 S. 4th, Hamilton. Local growers, fresh produce, honey, baked goods, ferments, dairy and other local edibles. Each week features a tasting focusing on seasonal produce. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Double SNAP Dollars are welcome. For information: info@ theoharacommons.org; website: https://www.theoharacommons. org/
Lutheran preschool registration The congregation of Our Savior Lutheran Church and Preschool provide the Stevensville community with the opportunity for an excellent preschool program at an affordable price. While the past school year is ended, the teachers and staff are already preparing for another year full of fun while learning. Registration
for the 2019/2020 school year is in full swing. If you have a child who is three or four before September 10, for more details, contact Joyce Andrade at 406-369-2536, or call the church at 406-777-5625, between 9 a.m. and 12 noon, Mondays-Thursdays. Be sure not to miss out on giving your child the chance to make friends, learn new things and get a head start on school readiness, all while having a great time at school. Our Savior is affiliated with the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, and is located at 184 Pine Hollow Road. To find the church, head south from Stevensville on the Eastside Highway. Turn east on Pine Hollow. Cross the tracks and the canal, and the church will be on your left, marked by three crosses.
Saturday, July 27
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Adventure Series
Free breakfast and lunch will be served to children 18 years and younger at St. Mary’s Parish Family Center between June 10 and August 16. Breakfast will be served between 10:15 and 11:15 a.m. and lunch will be served between 11:15 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Adults are welcome to join their children for meals. Prices of adult meals are $2.30 for breakfast and $4.25 for lunch.
“Make Your Own Ice Cream” is the topic of the free kids’ adventure series on Saturday, July 27 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the Ravalli County Museum, 205 Bedford Street, Hamilton. A sweet science experiment resulting in a cool treat for a hot summer day! Learn the basics of chemical reactions as you shake, shake, shake a small bag of sweetened cream inside a larger bag of ice and salt! For more information call Lane at 363-3338.
Lone Rock kids’ meal program
Monday, July 29
Lone Rock School summer meal program is in full swing. Breakfast and lunch are served Monday-Thursday until August 15th. Breakfast is from 8 to 9 a.m.; lunch is served from 12 to 1 p.m. All children up through age 18 are can eat at no charge. Adult breakfasts are $2.35 and lunches are $4.00.
Zumba Gold
Join Alex for Zumba Gold fun on Wednesdays at 12 noon at Groovz Studio of Dance, 801 S. 1st St. (in the Sundance Café strip), Hamilton. By donation. Come have some toe-tapping fun (and exercise). Sponsored by St. Francis Health & Wellness Ministry.
Thursday, July 25 Author Fromm presentation
North Valley Public Library hosts five-time winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, Pete Fromm, on Thursday, July 25 at 6 p.m. Hear Pete Fromm discuss his new novel, “A Job You Mostly Won’t Know How to Do,” a story of love, dedication, and new fatherhood. Fromm is the author of eleven books, hundreds of magazine publications, and has had several of his publications made into film. Do not miss this opportunity to meet with one of the most powerful writers in the West. North Valley Public Library is located at 208 Main Street, Stevensville. For more information, call 406-777-5061 or visit northvalleylibrary.org. All library programs are free and open to the public.
Friday, July 26 Driver safety class
An AARP Driver Safety Class will be presented at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital, located at 1200 Westwood Drive in Hamilton on Friday, July 26. The class will begin at 9 a.m. and lasts approximately four hours. While this safe driving strategies class is designed for drivers age 50 and over, all drivers are welcome. The class fee is $15.00 for AARP members and $20.00 for non-members. There are no written exams or driving tests, and Montana mandates an insurance discount for qualified graduates. Pre-registration is advised. To sign up, contact Jones-Korman Insurance at 363-6583 or, for further information, call Thom Ainsworth, Montana State Coordinator at 406-369-0149, or Meade Phillips, Instructor at 520-991-6386.
Art in the Park
The Bitter Root Arts Guild will have its 2019 annual Art in the Park on Saturday, July 27 at Legion Park at 2nd and Bedford Street in Hamilton, Montana. The hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The show features unique crafts, one of a kind art, and jewelry. This is the 49thannual Art in the Park and there will be something for everyone. The event is free and coincides with Hamilton Farmers Market, Daly Days and the 25thannual Bitter Root Brew Fest. For more information email bitterrootartsguild@gmail.com or visit Facebook @Bitter Root Arts Guild.
Youth Theater Workshop
Attention, young artists! Stevensville Playhouse is hosting its annual Youth Summer Theatre Workshop from July 29th through August 11th. To sign up or get more info, email info@stevensvilleplayhouse.org or call 406 -7772722. Get signed up quick, you don’t want to miss out!”
Lutheran VBS
Miraculous Missions Vacation Bible School will be held July 29 through August 2 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at Grace Lutheran Church, 275 Hattie Lane, Hamilton. Kids can enjoy a fun morning learning about Miraculous Missions, playing games, making crafts, singing and eating a tasty snack. For more information contact Teresa Stricklin at 363-1924 or email gracelutheranhamilton@ gmail.com.
Rotary Club
Mike Massa, owner of Massa Home Center in Hamilton, will be speaking at the next meeting of the Hamilton Rotary Club, on Monday, July 29 at 12 noon at BJ’s Restaurant, 900 N. 1st Street, Hamilton. Mike will be discussing his recent trip to Egypt. The meeting is open to the public, and visitors are welcome. For further Rotary Club information call 3632960.
Wednesday, July 31 Creamery Picnic Garden Party
The Creamery Picnic Garden Party will take place Wednesday, July 31 at 6 p.m. on the lawn of Bransby Law Firm, 515 Main, Stevensville. This year’s selections for Stevensville’s top citizens will be honored. Everyone is invited. Refreshments will be served. The event is the kick off for the 107th annual Creamery Picnic which is sponsored by the Stevensville Civic Club.
Thursday, August 1 Space Telescopes & Rockets – the Big Ones
Learn about an array of Space Telescopes and Rockets on Thursday, August 1 at 5:30 p.m. at the North Valley Public Library. Dean Spieth presents an overview of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), large launch vehicles (Saturn-Apollo moon rockets, Falcon), and space telescopes. Space telescopes, like DSP
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and SBIRS, provide early warning of rocket launches all over the Earth. Other space telescopes are used to monitor the Earth environment (weather satellites, ozone, fire, etc) or view into deep space like the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Dean worked with rockets, satellites, and space telescopes for forty years, first at the Rocket Propulsion Lab on Edwards AFB (today part of AFRL), then in the Denver area primarily at Martin Marietta (today part of LockheedMartin) and Ball Aerospace. All content is unclassified approved for public release. This presentation is suitable for teenagers and adults. North Valley Public Library is located at 208 Main Street, Stevensville. For more information, call 406-777-5061 or visit northvalleylibrary.org. All library programs are free and open to the public.
Sports Physical Program
All male and female valley athletes in middle and high school are invited to the Marcus Daly Rehabilitation Center on Thursday, August 1st, or Wednesday, August 7th from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and to the Bitterroot Physicians Clinic South on Monday, August 5th from 5 to 7 p.m. for the annual sports physical program. Hosting the sports physical clinics in both Hamilton and Darby helps to increase the number of students participating, resulting in the school districts receiving more in donations. Over the past 11 years, the Sports Physical program sponsored by Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital and Medical Providers has raised a total of $97,500 for the valley’s school athletic programs. At all locations, the cost is $25 per student and 100% of the proceeds will be donated back to the students’ school athletic program. Cash or check only, payment is due at the time of visit, no refunds. All participants must have a sports physical form. They are available at medical clinics or through your coach; or online at
www.mdmh.org/events. Parents must fill out and sign the sports physical form and accompany their child at the examination. The physical includes height, weight, blood pressure, pulse, vision, evaluations for posture, joints, strength, flexibility, heart, lungs, abdomen, ears, nose, and throat. Marcus Daly Medical Staff members donate their time to make this program possible. For more information, call 363-2211 or visit www.mdmh.org.
Saturday, August 3 Pancake breakfast The public is invited to the Creamery Picnic Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, August 3, prior to the Parade. The Stevensville Masonic Lodge is offering its annual Pancake Breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. at the Lodge on 3rd and Church Streets (one block off Main Street at the stop sign.) Breakfast includes pancakes, eggs, bacon, juice, coffee and milk for $8/Adult and $4/Kids 12 and under. Proceeds support “Kindles for Books” and other reading programs in local elementary schools. For more information, email stevilodge28@gmail.com.
Sat, August 10
Silk painting class The 3rd annual Silk Painting Class with Lisa Archer Silks is being held Saturday, August 10 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Victor Heritage Museum. Come and participate. You will leave having enjoyed yourself and be able to take with you your own silk creation. The Museum is on the corner of Main Street and Blake Street in downtown Victor. Call for a reservation: 642-3997 or 363-3165. The cost for attending is $5.00 to help cover expenses. Donations are welcomed. The museum is a non-profit all volunteer organization.
Sat, August 17 Three Mile Community Picnic
The Three Mile Community/ Senior Center Inc. is holding their annual fundraiser picnic on Saturday, August 17 from 12 noon to 4 p.m. at Ambrose Creek Park, 4433 Sunnyside Cemetery Road. Everyone is invited to enjoy a free BBQ
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(donations accepted), bingo, silent auction, raffles, games for the kids, music, and friendly folks! All proceeds go towards funding the building of a community center at the park. for more information call 360-3385.
Sat, August 24 Women’s handgun class
“For Women Only Introduction to Defensive Handguns” will take place August 24 & September 7. This 2-day course is for women with little or no experience with handguns, who may be frightened of handguns or who are considering acquiring a handgun. The first day course is designed to assist you in choosing the right handgun – for you. It will also introduce you to the facilities of the Whittecar Range. There will be discussions on handgun safety, basic operation of revolvers, semi-automatic handguns, and the cartridges used in each type of handgun. The legal aspects of the use of force will be presented and discussed. Handguns will be provided so that you may handle the different types and models. Ammunition will also
Wed, August 7 The Stevensville Garden Club will meet on Wednesday, August 7 at 12 noon for a brown bag lunch and tour of the Western Ag Research Center near Corvallis. Call Susan for more info at 815-482-3734.
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Thursday, August 8 The Bitterroot Community Band, under the direction of Jeremy Ruff, will give a free concert on Thursday, August 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the bandshell in Claudia Driscoll Park in Hamilton. All are welcome.
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be provided for a live fire session on the range. A self-defense book, specifically for women, will also be provided. The second day course will teach basic defensive shooting using the students own equipment. Safe gun handling will be taught and stressed. There will be a discussion of various types of ammunition and the performance of each type. The class will be held at the Whittecar Range on Blodgett View Road, Hamilton. The class is limited to 10 participants. For an application or further information call Lee at 642-3590 or Jim at 777-5779. Successful
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New downtown business opens Shed Horn Cellars Wine Bar and Tasting Room is now open at 335 W. Main in Hamilton. The bar serves a variety of wines that will have you coming back for more. The tasting room also has many gourmet salts, olive oils, and vinegars to add great flavor to your meals at home. Or check out the cold case to create the perfect picnic basket with cold drinks, a selection of meats and cheeses, or a chilled bottle of Sauvignon Blanc or Chardonnay. Stop in, grab a seat, or pick out a few items for a gift! Their first Wine Club Pick Up party will be Sunday, July 28 from 2 to 5 p.m. The event is free to wine club members and open to the public for a $10 fee. Featuring live music by Bill Giltner, food, gifts, and so much more. The tasting room is open Wednesdays through Saturdays from 12 to 8 p.m. and Sundays from 12 to 4 p.m.
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Take More Summer Trout So far we’ve been lucky. Daytime temperatures have been especially pleasant and June-like to this point in mid-July. We’ve been able to fish lazy, as it were, and catch trout through the middle of the day. With the arrival of 90-degree-plus temperatures, that’ll change. You can still change your approach and make the weather work for you. The trout still have to eat – so be
Flyfishing with Chuck Stranahan there when they want to eat and feed them what they’re eating. Get out early – avoid the crowds An axiom I learned from Doug Swisher applies here: fish during the most pleasant part of the day. Early summer mornings, before the day heats up and the fish begin to sulk, are usually pleasant. Get out while the sun is still well below the horizon. If you’re floating, this will put you on good water before the armada arrives. If you’re wading, you can plan to have a good spot all to yourself for a while. Fish upstream from a launch site, and fish until the afternoon takeout boats begin to show up. By then, if you’re among the early morning wade fishers, you’ll have already had the best of the day’s fishing to yourself and left anyway. Go hunting for big fish One of the best times nail a big brown trout is early in the morning. Big brown trout come chase down smaller fish in the shallows during the early morning hours. When the sun hits the water, they’ll retreat to the shade and deep water. Plan in advance. This is a hunting expedition. Choose a spot that has a long, shallow gravel bar next to a run that holds big trout. Stalk that shallow water. Don’t cast a shadow where you’ll be fishing. Move very, very slowly – don’t push a wake or you’ll spoil everything. Fish it from top to bottom, moving carefully, casting across-and-up with a streamer
pattern that isn’t full of lead. You want the fly to swim in that shallow, slow-moving water. Make the fly dart from the edge of the drop-off to the shallowest edge of the water. Then move down a bit and do it again. Inject a note of mild panic into your retrieve. If you see a veemark closing in on your fly, brace yourself. The trout will come one at a time if you fish this way. The commotion of catching just one will move the others off.But just one of them can be a peak experience. It doesn’t always work, but if you hunt for them while they’re hunting, your chances are better than you think. Fish the whole cycle of a hatch OK: You know that pale morning duns will hatch like clockwork every summer morning. They might be on the water from eleven to three, then ten to one, or nine to noon as the summer progresses. Get there early, and start by drifting a pheasant tail nymph near the bottom. Use an indicator or a dry fly above, use extra weight or no; rig up according to the conditions. When you see a few boils toward the surface, get rid of the indicator and weight. Cast acrossand-down to the area you want to fish (possibly a few feet above that boil) and let the fly sink about a foot as it drifts on a slack line that you feed and mend into the drift. Don’t swing it. When the fly enters the strike zone, make a slow draw of a few inches, then pause. Say to yourself: slow-draw, pause… slow-draw, pause. The motion of a living insect attracts the trout, and they hit on the pause. You’ll have no problem detecting the take. When the fish stop taking the nymph, switch to a pale morning dun dry. If the day is hot, or the hatch is sparse, try a cripple pattern that looks like a fly half-in and half-out of its nymphal shuck. Copper Cripples and Quill-bodied Klinkhammers in #14 and #16 are unique patterns that will bring extra takes when hatching mayflies are on the water. Any time from mid-morning to dusk, be ready with a #18 Brown Quill Spinner. This egglaying stage of the hatch, what we call spinners because of their flight pattern, are too often ignored. They’re hard to see, but fish eat them. Lots of them. Tie one below a pink-winged #16 Spectral and raise the rod at any sip that you see within range of the spinner. You’ll eventually connect on fish you wouldn’t take otherwise. And you might get some takes on
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the Spectral. Carry all these types of flies and fish the whole cycle. You’ll catch more trout. Head for the hills As the day heats up, get off the river and head for a small stream. The Bitterroot’s feeder streams, at their higher elevations, can be pleasantly warm while the valley floor is sweltering. Their beautiful native trout
are plentiful and some can be surprisingly large. They take dry flies readily. The surroundings on any of their home streams can be idyllic and spectacular. What more does an angler want? Stay late If I’ve planned my day for a long mid-day break, I’ll head for the river a couple of hours before dusk. I’ll come armed with my favorite caddis nymphs for this time of year, the #12 Olive and #14 Lime Twitch-Pause nymphs, some Tan and Light Caddis Variants in #12 and possibly #14, some late evening mayfly patterns including the Purple Spectral or Purple Haze and Brindle ’Chute in #14 and #16 and a #18 Rusty Spinner. I’ll also have a handful of small #18 Lime Sallies. When the fish are on them I’ll need them, and wish I had them if I don’t. Same with #20 cream-colored midges. If conditions hold, I’ll expect to see some frenzied activity and plenty of fish to the net by pitch-dark. And after that, I can switch back to the streamer. Those big browns will be coming back into the shallows about the time the caddis grab ends. There’s more to trout fishing on hot summer days than being on the river under a bright sun and wondering where the fish are. Fish early, fish late, fish where and how the fish are feeding and you’ll catch more trout. Author and flytyer Chuck Stranahan can be reached at chuck@chuck-stranahan.com or visit his fly shop at 109 E. Main in Hamilton.
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and Veterans bridges in Hamilton and at the Florence bridge. When funding for the project lapsed in 2018, BRPA continued the monitoring at its own expense. “We thought it was important to keep the data coming in,” said BRPA executive director Michael Howell. “We really believed that the river should be monitored annually in perpetuity, but we also realized what a daunting task that would be, especially if we were paying for it ourselves.” What happened was serendipitous, according to Howell. The Bitterroot College sponsored its first community Water Symposium and BRPA was invited to attend and make a presentation at the symposium. “We presented our vision of a locally funded water quality monitoring program that would monitor the nutrient levels in the Bitterroot River in perpetuity and the response from the college, from local businesses, and from other organizations was immediate,” said Howell. The result was the formation of the Bitterroot River Health Check cooperative that includes BRPA, Bitterroot Trout Unlimited, Bitterrooters for Planning and the Bitterroot College as well as contributions from local businesses and individuals. Howell said the response from the community at large to their efforts was also tremendous. He said they had no trouble getting volunteers and about 15 people received training from DEQ in water sampling protocols that year. “I also had several people approach me about monitoring the streams that run by their homes,” said Howell. “With such intense interest being expressed, we decided to expand our operation and designed a plan for monitoring six streams spanning the west side of the valley. Each stream has a dedicated ‘Creekkeeper’ who lives along the stream and super-
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vises the collection of samples at two sites on the stream, one near the Forest Service boundary and another near the stream’s mouth where it flows into the river.” Howell said he was told by DEQ at the time, that if BRPA could keep the monitoring going on the mainstem for a year, the agency was considering resuming the project. “So we did keep it going,” said Howell, “but what they came back with was completely unexpected. It may not be a commitment to monitor in perpetuity, but a twenty-year plan with a ten-year renewable budget is a very big deal.” Under DEQ’s current plan, Bitterroot River Health Check volunteers will be taking samples at five bridges along the river at the Darby gage site, Hamilton Main Street, Bell Crossing, Florence bridge and Buckhouse bridge. Bitterroot River Health Check program has added an additional sampling site along the river at the Veteran’s bridge at its
own expense. The organization will also continue the monitoring at 11 sites on the tributaries, which includes Three Mile Creek, North Burnt Fork Creek, Willow Creek, Skalkaho Creek, Rye Creek and North Rye Creek. Rye Creek and Three Mile Creek were identified as top tier priorities in the Bitterroot Recovery Plan. North Burnt Fork and Skalkaho Creeks are identified in the Tier 2 priorities for recovery efforts. Willow Creek is the only creek being sampled that is not currently designated as impaired for nutrients. “What we are doing, the data we are gathering, will not only be used to help guide future recovery efforts,” said Howell, “but it can also be used to assess the results. With DEQ backing us for a few years under their focused funding strategy we have a very good chance of establishing a water quality monitoring program that really can keep on keeping on forever perhaps. That’s our dream anyway.”
Following a newly adopted strategic plan, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Water Quality Division is focusing a large portion of its non-point source pollution program funding into the Bitterroot River watershed over the next three years. This year, the Clean Water Action Section 319 Grant Program is distributing nearly $300,000 to the Bitterroot Watershed. That’s nearly 50% of the 319 funds distributed in the last 12 years. The Nonpoint Source (NPS) Program works with federal, state, and local government and nonprofit groups to implement voluntary actions that protect and restore water quality from NPS pollution. These pollution sources are widely dispersed, and their impacts are cumulative. It is Montana’s largest source of water quality impairment. According to DEQ, nonpoint source pollution can impact water quality, wildlife, land management, and social factors such as economics and aesthetic resources. Unlike pollution from industrial and sewage treatment plants (point sources), nonpoint sources of pollution are widespread and can be generated by most land-use activities. This type of pollution occurs when rainfall or snowmelt creates run off that carries dirt, oil, fertilizers, and other chemicals into streams, rivers, lakes, and groundwater. Often, simple best management practices, such as establishing and maintaining riparian vegetation, can buffer waterways from nonpoint source pollution. Given the widespread nature and collective impacts of nonpoint source pollution, generating momentum in water quality improvement is an essential component to documenting reduced nonpoint source pollution
impacts. to focus a majority of its resources into select watersheds for up to three years. The first watershed selected, beginning in 2019, was the Bitterroot. The Bitterroot Watershed includes all of Ravalli County and a portion of Missoula County to where the river flows into the Clark Fork. On July 9, DEQ hosted a Bitterroot Stakeholders Symposium that included representatives from the Bitterroot Water Forum, Bitterroot Conservation District, Bitterroot National Forest, Bitterroot River Protection Association, Clark Fork Coalition, Lee Metcalf Refuge USFWS, Lolo National Forest, Lolo Watershed Group, Missoula Conservation District, Missoula Valley Water Quality Advisory Council, NRCS staff, including District Conservationists, Ravalli County Environmental Health, and Trout Unlimited. According to DEQ’s Focus Watershed Project Coordinator, Hannah Riedl, “A major reason the Bitterroot was selected as the first focus watershed is because of the multiple stakeholder groups working to improve water quality.” Other criteria considered in selecting the Bitterroot as the focus watershed included the presence of ongoing actions on the ground that DEQ-provided resources could enhance, and the fact that local citizens, stakeholders, and visitors are interested in, support, and value the natural resources provided by water quality. They also found organizations here with the ability to track changes in water quality and key water quality indicators through time. The extent to which DEQsupplied resources could provide increased momentum for water quality monitoring was also a factor. There is also a significant extent of nonpoint source pollution issues and related impairment conditions that can be addressed
via traditional BMPs with the potential to reduce the community’s point source treatment costs by reducing upstream nonpoint sources of pollution. The Bitterroot River watershed has over a dozen streams identified as being impaired, according to DEQ Total Daily Maximum Load (TMDL) analyses issued in 2014. A Restoration Plan has also been developed and is being implemented. In that plan, recovery efforts in the drainages were prioritized into two tiers. The top most tier included the East Fork, Rye Creek, Cameron Creek, and Three-Mile Creek. Tier Two includes Sleeping Child Creek, Burnt Fork Creek, and Skalkaho Creek. Various restoration projects have taken place in some of these drainages over the last few years. According to Robert Ray of the DEQ Watershed Protection Section, the agency is currently in the process of conducting a formal evaluation of the progress being made or not made by these restoration efforts. Ray said that 2019 project plans were currently being developed and are likely to focus on Reimel Creek, Laird Creek, Gilbert Creek, Buck Creek, Ditch Creek, Overwhich Creek and Hughes Creek with most emphasis on Buck, Ditch and Reimel Creeks. He said the evaluation would be available for review sometime in December.
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Obituary Raymond K. Chandler Stevensville – Raymond K. Chandler, 97, of Stevensville had his home going on Sunday evening at Welcome Home Valley Care while his family, friends and Pastor sang hymns and read Scripture. He was born on October 12, 1921 in Springfield, Massachusetts, the son of the late James and Anna Chandler. Raymond grew up in Massachusetts and when he was 14 left home. A neighbor farmer took him in. He gave him room and board but couldn’t pay him wages – instead he gave him a heifer calf. As the heifer grew and required more feed, the farmer couldn’t afford to feed it as this was during the Depression. Ray spoke with another neighbor, and this man said he could provide the feed and give Ray room and board for his labor on the farm. He stayed with this family until he graduated from high school. Ray took jobs working in tobacco fields and in a paper mill. Ray enlisted in the Army and was wounded in Normandy, France during WWII. For his actions in the service Ray received the Purple Heart, European African Middle Eastern Theater Campaign Ribbon with 1 service star and the Good Conduct Medal. While on leave with a buddy he met the love of his life, Ann. They were wed in 1944. After the war, the couple bought a dairy farm and a truck to haul milk cans to the milk processing plant. They farmed for several years eventually selling and moving to the small community of Blooming Valley, PA. Raymond worked during this time for Westinghouse in a factory, delivered milk door to door for Rhoa’s Dairy, hauled fuel for GLF and built six houses in Bloom-
ing Valley, but his real desire was to work as a rural mail carrier. He wrote a letter to President Kennedy reminding him of his promise to not involve politics in government jobs since he had scored very well on the postal exam. He received a reply from the White House, a letter that remains in the family scrapbook today. Raymond got his job working for the Post Office and delivered the US Mail for the next 30 years until his retirement in 1985. Ray and Ann were married for 62 years when his beloved wife passed away in 2006. In 2007, Ray moved to Montana to be close to his family. Ray enjoyed doing crossword puzzles, watching game shows and reading. His real passion was his love of Jesus. He was a dedicated member of Galilee Baptist Church where he served as an usher and regularly helped clean the church. His heart’s desire was for everyone he met to accept Jesus Christ as their own Lord and Savior. He had a genuine soul winner’s heart and led many family members and neighbors to Christ. Ray started going to the
Stevensville Senior Center in 2007 and quickly became a “regular” there. He enjoyed the fellowship of the people and soon started stocking shelves and washing pans. He delivered Meals On Wheels for several years to those in his community. He had a regular table that he sat at there and enjoyed the opportunity to reminiscence with his friends. Ray was an independent gentleman who drove a car and maintained his own home right up until December of 2018 when his health declined. Ray moved to Welcome Home Valley Care. The love and care he received from these friends brought a huge comfort to Ray and his family. Ray was now enjoying spending his days with the other folks there swapping stories, bantering back and forth, enjoying home cooked meals and receiving lots of love and attention. Ray lived a long and prosperous life. He was greatly loved and will be missed by his family and all those that knew him. Ray is survived by a daughter Brenda Chandler of Corvallis, Montana, one granddaughter Bonnie (Randy) Jones of Stevensville, Montana, four great grandchildren and 11 great, great grandchildren. His family rejoices in knowing that he is now in heaven with his precious Jesus and the knowledge that they will see him again one day and so will all those who call upon the name of the Lord. Romans 10:9-10 The family suggests any memorials be sent to Galilee Baptist Church or the Stevensville Senior Center designated for Meals. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.whitesittfuneralhome.com.
The theme of the 107th annual Stevensville Creamery Picnic, sponsored by the Stevensville Civic Club, is “The power of community - celebrating our heart and soul.” The Creamery Picnic will take place on Friday
and Saturday, August 2nd and 3rd, with activities at Lewis & Clark Park and on Main Street between 2nd and 4th. The annual Garden Party, which kicks off the Picnic, will be held Wednesday, July 31 at 6
p.m. on the lawn of Bransby Law Firm, 515 Main, where this year’s special citizens will be honored. Parade and vendor registration information can be found online at creamerypicnic.com.
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