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Five of the participants in the Weissman retreat, left to right: Laughing Bear Torrez Dulgeroff (Stanford), Michal Caspi Tal (Stanford), Lara Myers (RML), Irving Weissman (Stanford) and Kim Hasenkrug (RML), outside Weissman’s ranch home. Photo courtesy of NIAID.
Montana setting sparks remarkable research for Stanford, RML scientists NIAID News Service NIAID immunologist Kim Hasenkrug says there’s more to being a productive scientist than being smart and having vast knowledge. “People don’t understand that a lot of creativity is needed to do great science,” he says. Hasenkrug’s research colleague, Irving Weissman of Stanford University, understands. For 27 consecutive years Weissman has used his Montana ranch and NIAID’s nearby Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) as an ideal setting to foster collaborations between Stanford research groups and NIAID scientists. The “Weissman Retreat” is a multi-day gathering where budding, mid-career and senior scientists share ideas and plan projects, sometimes while fishing on the Bitterroot River adjacent to Weissman’s ranch, sometimes while hiking the miles of nearby canyon trails, or sometimes during casual discussions at the laboratory campus or the ranch dinner table. Prior to starting the retreat, Weissman, who has been at Stanford since 1960, noticed that his lab group “wasn’t working together well enough. And they had no idea what Montana was like. So, I decided to bring them out” to try and spark their creativity. The setting makes a huge difference: “They hike together, they fish together … they talk all the afternoon, they plan experiments,” Weissman says. During the 2019 retreat at the end of August, 35 scientists representing 10 research groups discussed projects ranging from cancer therapies to brain regeneration. Hasenkrug, a senior investigator
at RML, adds, “We sit down, eat, drink – and talk science for hours. Some of those conversations have led to important experiments.” Hasenkrug said he has initiated four new translational research projects since the latest retreat ended. The seed for the retreat was planted in the mid-1980s during a meeting held at a guest ranch on the Sun River at the eastern edge of the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana. At the time, Hasenkrug worked for what now is the McLaughlin Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences in nearby Great Falls. Weissman had also worked there; both were raised in Great Falls, Montana. Weissman recalls Harold Varmus, a future Nobel laureate and National Institutes of Health director, and David Baltimore, also a Nobel laureate, being present at the Sun River meeting. Weissman felt that the relaxed outdoor setting fostered creativity and openness, and a decade later when Weissman and some of his research friends bought a ranch south of Hamilton, Montana – about a 15-minute drive from RML – he decided to try to rekindle that atmosphere with scientists at RML. Weissman knew of RML’s excellence from his interest in science in high school, and in the late 1980s he was invited to speak to RML staff about his research at Stanford. Weissman quickly realized the value his Stanford students would have by interacting with RML scientists and using the ranch as a home base. Part of Weissman’s research has focused on how the immune system develops and functions, and he saw that his work meshed well with RML scientists who specialize in infectious disease research – he
knew the two fields could greatly benefit through collaboration. NIH and NIAID leaders agreed to provide Weissman’s group access to RML, and in 1992, with the help of RML scientist Gerald Spangrude, the first retreat was held. Spangrude, a Montana native who had worked for Weissman at Stanford, left RML in 1994, and Hasenkrug – then an RML postdoctoral fellow – took over hosting the retreats. Since its start, Weissman has invited about 50 Stanford guests each year, at his expense, to stay at his ranch and meet with scientists from RML. Hasenkrug and his group coordinate the planning and participation by RML staff. Since the retreat began, collaborations between NIAID and the Weissman group have led to development of a new mouse model to study HIV that resulted in six peer-reviewed publications, as well as three published studies using the mice to study Ebola virus. Together, the Weissman and Hasenkrug labs now are investigating possible new therapeutics for infectious diseases based on CD47, an immune system protein that the Weissman group pioneered for cancer therapeutics that are in phase 1b and phase 2 clinical trials. Smiling over coffee at his dining table as the latest retreat wound down, recalling the people and projects the retreat has influenced, and his continued appreciation for NIH and NIAID support, Weissman simply said, “It worked out. “… it’s a good example of scientific collaboration and cooperation. We all have a will to talk to each other and over the years to develop relationships.”
Initiative aims to help transition to renewable energy economy Ravalli County volunteers are coordinating with statewide grassroots teams gathering signatures to put Initiatve187 on the ballot in November of 2020. I-187 is a proposal to stimulate the transition to renewable energy sources while also addressing inevitable impacts on fossil fuel workers and on Montana’s energy economy. In October, public one-
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hour information Q&A sessions on I-187 will be offered at the three Ravalli County public library conference rooms: Tuesday, October 15 at 12:30 p.m. in Hamilton or Stevensville at 5:30 p.m.; and Wednesday, October 16 at 5:30 p.m. in Darby. Author of I-187, attorney Russ Doty of the nonprofit MTCARES (Montana Community Affordable Renew-
able Energy Saves), will be present as part of his statewide tour for I-187. Doty states, “Initiative sponsor Rev. Ken Crouch of Billings trusts this comprehensive renewable energy policy act will enable Montanans to join with 196 nations and almost every religion See I-187, page 3
County Floodplain Administrator Brian Wilkinson was told to turn in his office keys last Friday after the County Commissioners voted unanimously to terminate his employment effective immediately. The decision came after a few hours of open discussion about a recent complaint lodged against Wilkinson by another employee and the subsequent investigation by the commissioners. Wilkinson waived his right to privacy and the discussion was held in public. Commissioner Jeff Burrows began by noting that the Commissioners had received a complaint from an employee that Wilkinson was angry, aggressive, interruptive, and was creating an “intolerably hostile” work environment. The complaint alleged instances of the use of vulgar
language by Wilkinson in the workplace when he interrupted two of them in the course of their work seeming angry and using expletives when referring to the commissioners and again in a conversation about wages and salaries. Burrows said that based on the people and departments mentioned in the original complaint, he interviewed five other employees, one of whom confirmed hearing the vulgar remarks. He said they all found Wilkinson’s behavior in the workplace “very unprofessional,” “rude,” “crude” and “aggressive.” According to Burrows, the commissioners sent Wilkinson a letter on August 28, enumerating the allegations against him and the potential violations of county policy that were being considered as well as the potential actions that could be taken if the allegations
were found to be credible and asked for a response to the claims by September 5. Not receiving a response, they sent out a notice on September 6 that they would be considering the issue on Friday, September 13.
At Friday’s meeting, Commissioner Greg Chilcott asked Wilkinson point blank if he wanted to respond to any of the claims. Wilkinson said it was hard to respond because they were just showing him some “cuss words without any context.” He said that the commissioners were looking for a specific answer to a general allegation. He said he didn’t recall any specific event but might if they would tell him who he was supposedly talking to at the time and the whole context of the conSee COUNTY, page 8
Stevi council approves grant for airport improvements
By Michael Howell
If no significant changes are made to the draft of an airport improvement grant, the mayor will be able to sign off on it and get moving on the project. The $1.56 million project grant requires a 10% match from the local government. The town plans on seeking half those matching funds through a separate grant from Montana Aeronautics. The project includes runway re-construction, and construction of two aprons and some taxiway. In related business, the
Council approved a contract with Morrison-Maierle for construction oversight and pre-construction management of the project. The contract for doing the runway re-construction was awarded to low bidder Knife River for $1.52 million. In other business, the council rescinded Mayor Brandon Dewey’s salary and then approved a slight raise for the new fiscal year. The Mayor was currently being paid a monthly stipend of $833.33 and $25 per hour for up to 20 hours of work each week. Councilor Robin Holcomb said
that she brought the issue up because the extra pay was granted back when “the mayor threatened to shut the town down.” She said the pay was to compensate him for doing the jobs of the Clerk and Finance Officer when those positions were vacant and to hire and train replacements and was only meant to last a couple of weeks. “We now have a full staff and don’t need the $25 per hour,” she said. “I move to rescind the mayor’s pay effective immediately.” The vote to rescind the pay See STEVI, page 9
Steve Brown to serve as Stevensville District Ranger Steve Brown, currently the Northern Region’s Geospatial Program Manager, has been named acting Stevensville District Ranger on the Bitterroot National Forest following Tami Sabol’s recent hiring as National Forest Service Liaison to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Prior to his current position as the Regional Program Manager, Steve served as the Remote Sensing Program Lead and as a geospatial analyst for the Northern Region’s Geospatial Group. Brown, who first moved to the Bitterroot in 1998 and has lived here continuously since 2003, has worked for the Forest Service for 16 years. His career has allowed him to work across Montana and Idaho conducting vegetation surveys in support of the Regional existing vegetation mapping program. He has worked extensively in support of project planning and analysis, helping resource specialists incorporate new data and technologies into their workflows. He also served as the Incident Commander for the 2017 Regional Post-Fire Incident Management Team charged with coordinating the Regional postfire response to the historic fire season of 2017. Steve graduated from the University of Montana with a Bachelor’s Degree in Resource
Steve Brown, Acting Stevensville District Ranger. Conservation and Master’s Degree in Forestry. He has already started the temporary position at the Stevensville Ranger District and is looking forward to the next four months. “I’ve had the opportunity to see a lot of really beautiful country in my career,” said Brown, “but nowhere that I’ve been compares to the Bitterroot. I’m proud of the chance that I have to continue
in the long-standing heritage of the Bitterroot National Forest in wise stewardship of the land and service to the local community. I am looking forward to the next few months and the chance to get to know both the employees of the District and the members of the community, who are all passionate about our natural resources and the management of our public lands.”
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Welcomes Dr. Paul Shingledecker!
Stevensville Youth Soccer held a Field Dedication Ceremony on Saturday, September 7th for the completion of Field #2. The celebration included a ribbon cutting ceremony, food and games. After the ribbon cutting, each board member kicked the first goals on the new field. The field was completed with grants that were awarded by the Treacy Foundation, the U.S. Soccer Foundation and the Rapp Family Foundation, and contributions and donations that were made by community members and organizations. With the completion of the new field, Stevensville Youth Soccer is now able to have all of their games played at the complex and practices are held at the parks in town. The soccer complex is located on ALC Way just east of the Youth Baseball complex. Board members pictured from left to right are Liesl Uskoski, Dianna Chaplin, Buck Rodolph, Cathi Cook, Jamie Nobi, Lindsay Gross & Dave Gross.
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MAPS students on a film set. Photo courtesy of MAPS. that mission, it’s no surprise that the organization is experiencing a significant growth year. For the past few years, MAPS has been intentionally expanding its geographic reach across Montana. In addition to the Ravalli County afterschool and summer programs, MAPS also facilitates workshops on a number of rural and Reservation communities, including the Flathead, Blackfeet, and Fort Belknap
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continued in meeting our obligations to steward our earth home. It’ll reduce CO2 levels that are over-heating Montana’s cropland, forests, and trout streams. “The initiative requires investor-owned utilities gradually to supply 52% of their electricity from renewable energy by 2027, 80% by 2034. Even higher standards may be negotiated locally. Electric Cooperative compliance is voluntary subject to member vote.”
stories matter and that people, near and far, are listening and paying attention. says Clare Ann Harff, MAPS Executive Director. 2019 marks MAPS’ 16th year of serving Bitterroot students, but it also marks the launch of MAPS - Lewis and Clark County, a year round afterschool and summer media arts program for students in the Helena area. MAPS was recently awarded a five-year, U.S. Department of Education Local volunteer organizer Pamela Morris of Corvallis says that I-187 is a “game-changer” promoting economical, renewable electricity while providing retraining, enhanced unemployment benefits, and pension support for displaced fossil fuel workers. I-187 will help communities and tribes in coal-dependent areas that are affected by our transition away from coal as it replaces revenue lost from coal taxes and royalties that our state and local governments and some tribes are experiencing,” said Morris. “A Government Accounting Office Report r recently concluded
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students in Ravalli County, that means continued access to professional instruction and equipment at no charge. MAPS after school media arts classes begin on September 23, 2019. Filmmaking and Technology classes will run on Mondays and Tuesdays from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., while Design and Music classes are scheduled for the same time on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The 32-week courses are broken down into four 8-week segments, and students have the flexibility to accommodate other after-school activities as needed. Students can enroll at any time throughout the school year and all skill levels are welcome. “MAPS is powered by the support of many engines: students, families, artists, public schools, government agencies, individual donors, corporate sponsors, private foundations and the communities we serve. At the heart of this unified and generous effort is the belief that investing in Montana’s youth is key to a successful future for all of us,” Harff concluded. “As MAPS is welcomed into other communities across Montana, we are always proud to say that MAPS was born in the Bitterroot.” Online registration is available at mapsmediainstitute.com, and more information can be found on the website, or by calling (406) 381-7230.
if we don’t act now to reduce CO2, taxpayers will be on the hook for $12-$35 billion more weather-related costs each year by the middle of the century,” said Doty. “I-187 will help curb that problem while, too, offering us customers more cost stability,” says Morris. “To facilitate career transfers for those who will need to retrain as coal use diminishes, I-187 creates more than $359 million in financial help for 1,900 Montana fossil fuel workers and approximately 5,100 other citizens in coal dependent communities and tribal areas,” said Doty. “Also, I-187 helps keep Montana
products competitive by shielding the 36,000 Montana farm, ranch, ski, sport fishing and tourism jobs that are projected to be lost if we let over-use of fossil fuel continue unabated. To address additional labor issues, I-187 requires safe grid interconnection of renewable projects with construction and operation to be completed by Montana labor earning prevailing wages.” Go to www.mtcares.org for detailed information on I-187 or to volunteer to gather signatures. Ravalli County citizens interested in signing I-187 or helping can contact Pamela Morris at pamelamorris0602@gmail.com, phone 406-961-8880.
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Opinion
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Bitterroot Star Editorial Board Michael Howell Victoria Howell
Guest Comment
Church preservation supporters share their perspective By Southside Historic Preservation Committee: Nansu Roddy, Joan and Dave Bryan, Alex Shaffer, Ty Stotz-Capelle, Alene and Thomas Tunny, Deidre and Jack Engelman
Tricie Callaghan-Stover’s recent commentary published here is unfortunate, both for its distortions of the facts and for the surprisingly divisive comments it makes about those who oppose the demolition of historical St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Hamilton. So let us offer some corrections: — Half of us on the Southside Historical Preservation Committee — which is fighting to save the church — are Catholic and some of us are parishioners of this very church. None of us have any bias against Christianity or religion in general. It is a very unfortunate accusation to suggest that our vision for St. Francis and for our neighborhood is rooted in malice toward this parish. We fervently hope that discussion about the future of St. Francis can be refocused on facts. — A fact that Ms. Callaghan-Stover ignored is how divisive the church’s building plans are within its own congregation. Many members oppose the plans to raze and rebuild but have felt pressure not to speak out. Quite a few have told us they express their opposition by refusing to contribute to the building fund. But some actually have left the church over this issue. Meanwhile, demolition was a choice made by approximately 14 individuals, several with ties to the building industry. The entire parish was not given a genuine opportunity to speak out. When there was a parish meeting to discuss the project, valid concerns against the demolition were disregarded, even ridiculed. The decision was not made, as Ms. Callaghan-Stover insists, “very prayerfully and very carefullyâ€?, but pushed hard by some, if not many, church members. And it certainly did not involve outreach to neighbors and the community until after the decision to demolish was made. —Ms. Callaghan-Stover also chooses to trivialize the concern about the church’s value as a historical structure and pretends that value pales in comparison to its worth to the church community as a sacred space. As one long-time church member points out: “While the leadership insists the new building will be indistinguishable from the original, the true essence of the church will be lost. No ‘reproduction’ can evoke the same sense of continuity as St. Francis‌ Prior generations have taken outstanding care of this church. It has been faithfully maintained for over 120 years. It would be a great disservice to our ancestors to so readily destroy that which they have created.â€? — Many in the parish and the wider community have been led to believe that the building is beyond repair, yet an engineering study, led by the church itself, found the church to be “structurally sound.â€? Says one parishioner, “All of the so-called inadequate conditions of the church can be dealt with by renovation versus razing. Loft safety issues
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can be addressed by adding a railing, relocating the stairwell to the north side, thus enabling the current stairwell area for a handicap bathroom. Just to clear the air,â€? the parishioner adds, “the Southside Historic Preservation Committee offered possible pro-bono contractors if the church’s building committee would share their assessment of problems and quotes for repair. No response was ever forthcomingâ€? — Many also have been told about the need for a significantly larger church. Growth statistics and repeated observations of the number of attendees at Sunday Mass do not support this. Much of the stated justification for a larger church is based on speculation that the church in Stevensville will close due to a lack of priests and that those parishioners will then come to Hamilton. The Catholic Church’s well known difficulties have led to the current shortage of priests. This amounts to a selfimposed hardship which is not the responsibility of the City of Hamilton to accommodate. If the church does want to build a much larger structure, then it could purchase property outside of Hamilton’s quiet and proud, tree-lined neighborhoods, as some other churches have done, where zoning regulations would be congruent with their plan. Or, as one church member says, “adding a Mass to handle any perceived increase of the congregation‌ seems to be a solution used by many churches that are dealing with a growing congregation.â€? This is a PRIEST problem, not a facility problem. — As for property rights, the church has acted as though their property rights are the only rights to have value. Neighbors have property rights, too, and those include rights to a safe, peaceful and uncongested neighborhood environment. The rights of the church (which pays no taxes, and most of whose members don’t even reside in Hamilton) certainly do not trump those of the residents. As one parishioner says, a larger, replacement church “would have the added problem of additional parking spaces, should attendance grow. The parishioners do not make use now of the parking area behind the church, with almost 50 spaces. Attendees park on the street around the church with diagonal parking. Studies show that this is the most dangerous form of parking. In a recent study, the Federal Highway Administration University course on Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation discourages the use of diagonal parking as dangerous to other drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians and states that requests for ‘new angle-parking installations is to be refused’.â€? Perhaps church leadership will learn to appreciate the extraordinary gift they have been given, instead of so brashly condemning it. Once it is lost, it is gone forever. In preserving this building, we will give future generations an opportuniity to connect to their past.
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Dear Editor, I was taught in forestry school to analyze problems and opportunities by gathering all the data available and find a solution or make a decision after doing a rational analysis of the information and removing as much emotion as possible. Emotion can and often does cloud or confuse a sound analysis. During my 33-year career, I was a line officer for 14 years and was able to put this training into practice many times and in fact I continuously
improved my skills. One of the most frustrating aspects of my job was dealing with people that used emotion as their preferred method of reaching a conclusion and once they settled on a position no amount of factual data would change their mind. If the data did not support their position they would discount it or just ignore its existence and continue on with their emotion based position. You are probably asking why I am setting this stage with a look back at my experience—please be patient, as it is important to what I am experiencing now, here in Hamilton.
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I am a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Community and have been a member of the Building Committee for over three years. The opinions I am expressing in this letter are mine and mine alone. No one on the Committee has seen this letter. We started our analysis process with the condition of the present structure requiring substantial investment of funds and having problems with adequate access for people with mobility issues. We analyzed two alternatives that were remodels, saving as much of the present building as possible, and not much was saved. This analysis was being done for our parishioners and the Diocese of Helena as the Bishop is the decision maker. It was not done for anyone outside the Catholic Community. Our parishioners told us we needed to develop an alternative that replaced the building with a new modern structure that looked just like the 122-year-old building. We proposed that to our architect and the result became the obvious choice of all 14 diverse
Building Committee members. I am simplifying a long and intense process that involved facts, figures and some well thought out projections. For example: the building was constructed 122 years ago for a membership of 50 families. It would seat a total of 260 people with 40 in the choir loft and 220 on the main floor. Remember, people were much smaller in those days. Today we have an enrollment of 539 families and we have lost the use of the choir loft. This is basic math and it is one of many factors that led us to our unanimous conclusion. I am only telling you all this to let you know that we reached a conclusion based on the sound principles of analytical decision making with little to no emotional interference. I am sorry to say that our neighbors and a few others. including the State Historic Preservation Office in Helena, are not using sound principles of decision making but are allowing emotion to dictate their actions. I am very familiar with the behavior and it is quite evident. For example, we
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held an evening meeting with a group of the folks opposing our project, and we explained in detail what we were facing and included a tour showing the signs of deterioration and access issues such as the bathroom. There was pretty much rejection of the facts and statements like—all you have to do is enlarge the bathroom and add new wide stairs to the choir loft and not alter the appearance of the building. They also thought we could convince the Bishop in Helena to ensure we did not have a shortage of priests. These are all classic behaviors of people driven by emotion. And the behaviors continue with efforts to change the parking formula from four people per vehicle to two per vehicle. This would have a disastrous effect on our project, which is intended, but would also raise havoc with all of the City. For example: the following do not meet the requirement of on-site parking based on four per vehicle; the City Bedford Building, the County Courthouse and Annex, the Downtown Business Complex, the Western Montana Mental Health buildings, Hamilton Junior High, Bitterroot College, quite a few churches and banks—just to name a few. Now having laid this groundwork of personal opinion, let’s get to the meat of the issue, and that’s the legal framework for our project. When Congress passed the Historic Preservation Act they included a provision that the owner of a historic structure has the legal right to modify OR REPLACE the structure, period. The State of Montana is quite proud to be considered a strong Private Property Rights State and it seems like every legislative session deals with more laws relating to private property rights. This means that our property rights begin and end at our property boundary as do the rights of all our neighbors and all property owners in Montana. If we were proposing a nonconforming use, I could understand their concerns, but we are NOT doing that. It has been a church for 122 years, built when no one lived in the area, and it will continue to be a church for at least another 100 plus years. So, what is the issue? My belief is they are so wrapped up in the historic nature of the building, they cannot or will not accept our needs for our future and they have NO legal right to stop us, so they are going after the City Zoning Board of Adjustments for granting us variances. Some have even made the outlandish suggestion that we move out of the neighborhood, that is like moving next to an airport and then complaining about the noise. The parking variance is their focus and they are more than willing to force us to demolish the old Parish Center, to build another parking lot, and kick the MAPS program out, and it serves about 100 young people. This is more proof of the emotion-based behavior I described earlier. So, readers of this letter, do you think a small selfish group should dictate the future of a much larger group when that large group is continuing the use of their property within their legal rights? There will be a hearing in the next couple of months convened by the City Zoning Board of Adjustments. If you have any strongly held beliefs regarding private property rights, you might want to follow the progress. Our goal is quite easy to understand, we want to replicate the existing building with one that meets our present and future needs, and sends a clear message that “All are Welcome in this Place.� Sonny LaSalle Hamilton
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Dear Editor, “On August 8, 2019, President Trump authorized the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to arrest 680 undocumented workers in Mississippi. A more efficient strategy is to focus federal resources on improving conditions at the southern border, processing legal immigration claims more quickly, and address-
ing the root causes of immigration from Central America. That’s why I recently partnered with my colleagues to pass legislation that provides much-needed humanitarian aid at our southern border. This legislation will improve living conditions for migrant children and families, provide them with increased food and medical treatment, and increase the number of immigration judges.� From Senator Jon Tester’s reply to me about the immigration issue. I have seen numerous letters to the editor about the immigration issue. Some writers contend that the immigrants are ‘illegal.’ This is incorrect in most cases, as the vast majority of the people in the immigration ‘camps’ entered the country through the open crossing points and legally applied for asylum. (By the way, almost all of the 680 workers removed from their workplace were found to be in the U.S. legally.) There are not enough immigration judges at the border to process the applications in a reasonable time. We need more immigration judges, not more prison guards, not more troops, not more ICE agents. Many of the immigrants are coming from Central American countries that are experiencing severe drought and thus have food and potable water insufficient for the population. These people are ‘climate refugees.’ They came to find food and water and were basically put in jail. This is not the compassionate person’s approach to helping our neighbors. People asked for America’s help and the government responded by taking their children and putting them in crowded facilities that were extremely stressful and lacked basic sanitation items like soap and toothpaste. This is not an opinion. It is a well-documented fact. Apparently another 100 climate refugees that were trying to flee Hurricane Dorian were taken off the ferry because they lacked a visa, which never used to be required for Bahamian visitors. We have lost our moral compass. On a similar point, it is often hard for me to read the letters to the editor because of the amount of nasty language spat out at readers. This happens on both extremes of any issue. I generally believe that people who resort to referring to their opponents by calling them stupid or ignorant or idiots might as well be talking to the mirror because it suggests your argument is weak so you have to resort to name-calling. If we could just communicate respectfully, without calling each other names, we might actually get the point of the writer’s letter instead of getting angry. Toddy Perryman Corvallis
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Dear Editor, Is the city of Hamilton overlooking a substantial monetary windfall ? I am not talking about a few hundred dollars in fines for violating the cell phone laws while driving in the city. Although that could add up. No, I am suggesting that by simply enforcing the current Municipal Codes with regards to conditional use permits (CUPs) the city could be taking in up to $1000 per day. That money could be used to improve so many things in our community that seem to get postponed due to “budget shortfalls.� Want to know more about this $1000 a day windfall? Ask your city council members, your mayor, your department heads, your neighbors. Go to a council meeting and inquire. After all, it’s your community. Ty Capelle Hamilton
River Clean Up thanks
Dear Editor, It’s both humbling and gratifying to see the community come together for the River. On August 10th, the Bitter Root Water Forum hosted our annual River Clean Up. From Sula and Painted Rocks to Missoula, volunteers headed to the River to float or walk sections and pick up trash they found. See LETTERS, page 15
Calendar
Hamilton Senior Center activities
Monday: Lunch 11:45 a.m.12:30 p.m., Toenail Care by appt. 1st & last week; Bingo 1st & 3rd week, 5:30-9 p.m. Tuesday: Toastmasters 6:30-8 a.m.; Western 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. Friday: Line dancing 10-11:30 a.m.; Lunch 11:45 a.m.12:30 p.m.; Pinochle 1st, 3rd & 5th weeks, 1 p.m. Saturday: Flea market, 2nd week, Sept-May 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Special Bingo 1st week, Oct-May, 12 noon; 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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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.
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.
Stevensville American Legion
The Stevensville American Legion Post 94 meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Post Home on Middle Burnt Fork Road. A veterans’ breakfast is held every Wednesday at 9 a.m. at C.J.’s Den in Stevensville. For more information, contact Chuck at 253-380-7016.
Lions Club
The Hamilton Lions Club welcomes you to attend its meetings the 1st and 3rd 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.
Stevi Masons
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.
American Legion Auxiliary
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Eastern Star
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.
The Stevensville VFW 1507 meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Frontier Café.
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.
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.
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 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 wel-
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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. come. For more information call Anna Arntz at 707-481-3233.
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 or visit http://bigskyfiberartsguild.org.
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 meal and fellowship.
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 Club
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 continued on next page
Page 6 -- Bitterroot Star 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 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 Caregiver Group
Are you a caregiver of someone with Alzheimer’s disease or other type of dementia? You’re invited to join in an informal group on the second Friday each month at 1 p.m. at The Living Center Chapel (second floor), 63 Main, Stevensville to share your concerns and experiences with others in a same or similar situation. If you would like to attend, your loved one is welcome to visit with facility residents with staff supervision during the meeting time. For more information contact Kati Aiken at Ravalli County Council on Aging, 363-5690.
Parkinson’s support group
A Parkinson’s support group meets the third Monday of the month at 1 p.m. at Sapphire Lutheran Homes. All are welcome. Contact Susan, 369-0535, for more information.
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.
Family History Libraries
The Family History Center has two locations here in the Bitterroot Valley: Hamilton and Stevensville. Come research your family history with specialists who are happy and ready to assist you in finding your ancestral records. They can also help you organize photos and stories about people in your family tree. The Family History Center has free access to genealogical sites. You are invited to come and have fun discovering your family history at either of the two Family History Center locations. Hamilton Montana Family History Center Located inside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 401 N 8th Street Hamilton, MT 59840. Ring the bell at the WEST entrance for admittance (up high) Tuesday 11am-3pm Wednesday 11am-3pm and 6pm-8pm Thursday 11am-3pm You may call and schedule private or group appointments by calling 406-363-5146 Stevensville Montana Family History Center Located inside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 100 Middle Burnt Fork Road Stevensville, MT 59870. Ring the bell at the EAST entrance for admittance Monday 12pm-4pm Tuesday 9am-4pm Wednesday 6:30pm-9:00pm Thursday 12pm-4pm Friday 12pm-4pm You may call and schedule private or group appointments by calling 406-777-5018.
Volunteer opp
The Stevensville Clothes Closet free store is in need of a few volunteers to help sort, wash and hang donated items. The shifts are from 12:30 to 4 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Volunteers can commit to one day per week or all three days. If interested, call manager Gail Fisher at 777-5694. The Clothes Closet is a non-profit free store that accepts donations of clothing, linens and some household items and then offers them to the community free of charge. The Clothes Closet is located at 3862 ALC Way, off of Middle Burnt Fork Road in Stevensville.
Music 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.
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 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.
Meditation Exploration
Experience various meditation techniques, shared by experienced teachers. Meets 1st & 3rd Tuesdays 6:30-8 p.m. at The Center for Spiritual Life, 328 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton. By donation. For more information like on Facebook: CSLBitterroot, or visit: cslbitterroot.org/. Contact Luanne Cathey, 830-4408, lucathey@gmail.com/.
Three Mile Coffee 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.
Volunteers needed
Volunteers are needed for the Victor Volunteer Fire Department support group. This group provides food for the Wednesday evening meetings of the Victor Fire Department. Support group members are responsible for one week per month only. What you decide to make is up to you, serving about 20 people. Soups, stews, casseroles, etc. and a dessert. Call Sharon at 642-3844 for additional information.
North Valley Library board
The North Valley Public Library Board of Trustees meets the third Wednesday of the month at 3 p.m. at the library at 208 Main Street, Stevensville. Meetings are open to the public and public input is welcomed. The agenda is posted on the front window of the library and on the library’s website at least 48 hours prior to meetings: https://www.northvalleylibrary. org/docs
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.
Center for Spiritual Life
Center for Spiritual Life holds Sunday Services at 328
Fairgrounds Road, across from Hamilton High School. Come hear inspiring ideas and uplifting music. Meditation begins at 9 a.m., service begins at 9:30 a.m., stay for fellowship in the Social Hall at 10:45 a.m. For further information call Dave Schultz at 381-2355, visit CSLBitterroot.org, or on Facebook: CSLBitterroot.
Course in Miracles Study Group
There are now two meeting times for the Course in Miracles study group. Join one of the weekly ongoing and deepening discussions of A Course in Miracles, a journey of spiritual transformation. The morning class meets Wednesdays from 9:45 a.m. to 12 noon; the evening class meets Thursdays from 5:30 to 7 p.m., both at The Center for Spiritual Life, 328 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton. By donation. More information on Facebook at CSLBitterroot, or visit cslbitterroot.org, or call Selma (AM) at 381-6480 or Ken (PM) at 3812067.
Saturday bingo
Special Saturday Bingo is held every third Saturday of the month at Victor Senior Center. Doors open at 12 noon, play at 1 p.m. $1 per card. $1 admission. Must be 18 to play. Snacks and coffee available. Everyone welcome. Call Glenda at 360-3074 for more information.
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 schedule
The courts at the Ravalli County fairgrounds in Hamilton are open Monday and Wednesday from 10-1 and 6-9. Courts at the Daly Mansion in Hamilton are open Sunday through Wednesday from 9 to 5 for members (members can access nets). Courts at Lewis & Clark Park in Stevensville are available sun-up to sundown seven days a week for Bitterroot Pickleball outdoor members (except Wednesdays 7:30-1 for park watering). Email Ricktrauth@gmail.com for more information.
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.
Zumba Gold
Join Alex for Zumba Gold fun on Wednesdays at 12 noon at Groovz Studio of Dance, 801 S. 1st Street, Hamilton. By donation. Come have some toe-tapping fun (and exercise). Sponsored by St. Francis Health & Wellness Ministry.
Audubon Calendar sale
The Bitterroot Audubon 2020 Calendar is here! Bitterroot Audubon has the perfect calendar for your family and a perfect gift for you to send to loved ones. It is lightweight, packs easily and shows off the beauty of the Bitterroot so well with some photos of our stunning avian friends that live here. The photos were taken by talented Bitterroot photographers with drawings of birds by Lone Rock 4th graders. The proceeds from calendar sales stay here in the valley for Bitterroot Audubon’s work on conservation, education and scholarship projects. You can’t find another calendar that does that! Help a local non-profit help the valley’s habitat and wildlife! Make sure to get your calendars at the Stevensville Farmers Market and the Hamilton Farmers Market and at these stores: Florence Ace, Eastside Ace, Valley Drug and Variety; Corvallis Merc, Hamilton Gifts, Chapter One, Bitterroot Drug, and Robbins on Main.
Arts Guild holiday show
The 49thAnnual Bitter Root Arts Guild Holiday Show and Sale will take place November 8 and 9 at the Ravalli County Fairgrounds, First Interstate Building, 100 Old Corvallis Road, Hamilton. Bitter Root Arts Guild is accepting vendor applications to this artisans’ show of handcrafted items. The fee for a 10x10 booth is $75 for non-members and $55 for art guild members. The application deadline is October 1, 2019. Call Trish Becker at 406-381-3240, or Norma Pfaff at 406-360-6670, or email bitterrootartsguild@gmail. com or on Facebook @BitterRootArtsGuild.
Bridge classes
Bridge lessons offered for anyone wanting to learn the game or brush up, having played in the past. Weekly classes start the evening of October 2 and end December 11. Call Pam for more information, 961-3899.
White Ribbon Week volunteers needed October 20 to 25 is White Ribbon Week in Ravalli County.
The White Ribbon Campaign, sponsored by the Ravalli County Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, is a communitywide effort to raise awareness about domestic violence. We all have a role to play in ending violence against women. Wearing a ribbon is a simple way to send the powerful message that we all deserve to live in homes that are safe and free from violence. This year, the Coalition is committed to distributing 10,000 White Ribbons to Ravalli County residents. To meet that goal, your help is needed. Groups of individuals are needed who are willing to fold and pin White Ribbon cards. For more information, to request ribbons, or to help meet the distribution goal, contact Jamie Ogden or Karissa Carmona at coalition@safeinthebitterroot.org.
Wed, September 18 Communications program
Alzheimer’s Association presents “Effective Communication Strategies” on Wednesday, September 18 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Family Center in Stevensville. RSVP at 800-2723900.
RCEDA
Ravalli County Economic Development Authority will hold its regular monthly Finance Committee meeting on Wednesday, September 18 from 2:15 to 2:55 p.m., and the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Commissioners on Wednesday, September 18 from 3 to 5 p.m. Both meetings will be held at the RCEDA office, 274 Old Corvallis Road, Hamilton. The meetings are open to the public.
Thurs, September 19 Musical health education
Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital, in collaboration with the Bitterroot Performing Arts Council, is bringing a fabulous educational outreach class to our community. Come enjoy an evening of musical health education with Kahulanui Hawaiian Swing, as they spread their message promoting overall wellness and the healing power of music. Free to the community - Thursday, September 19th from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital, Blodgett conference room, in Hamilton. For more information visit MDMH. org/events or call 406-363-2211.
Back Country Horsemen
Bitter Root Back Country Horsemen host their monthly meeting on Thursday, September 19th at the Corvallis High School Library. Potluck dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. and the general meeting starts at 7 p.m. (To reach the library go through the main high school doors at the end of Main Street. The library is directly ahead.) Program speakers are Karen Philips and Eva-Maria Maggi. In August, these members traveled to the Bob Marshall Wilderness and the Chinese Wall and will tell the story of their adventure along with a short slide show. BCH is a “boots on the ground” volunteer organization that works hard to keep trails clear and accessible for riders and hikers alike. They welcome guests and new members. For more information call Gene at 208-3106326 or check out the website at www.bchmt.org/bitterroot. Find us on Facebook at: Bitter Root Back Country Horsemen (BR BCH).
Pachyderm Club
The Bitterroot North Valley Pachyderm Club will meet Friday, September 20 at 12 noon at The Frontier Café, Hwy 93 in Stevensville. Guest speaker will be gubernatorial candidate Dr. Al Olszewski. The North Valley Pachyderm Club is an educational arm of the Republican Party. All are welcome.
Sat, September 21 Adventure Series
“Animal Masquerade” is the topic of the free Adventure Series for kids on Saturday, September 21 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the Ravalli County Museum, 205 Bedford, Hamilton. Choose from premade animal masks and color in the features for a fabulous animal parade! Will you choose the zebra, giraffe, glamingo, or snake? Use colored pencils to bring them to life then strap them on your face for hours of enjoyment! For more information call 363-3338.
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
to come early to socialize and shop the ‘Ugli Bin’ for a bargain before the meeting; doors open at 6 pm. This will be the first Guild meeting since the summer hiatus, and the first for the newly elected Board. Membership in the Guild is open to quilters from beginner through advanced; contact Tena Chapman, Membership Chair, at 406-381-4755, or attend Wednesday’s meeting as a guest. For more information, visit the Bitterroot Quilters Guild on Facebook.
Thurs, September 26
Pressure cooking Mon, September 23 class Rotary Club
The “Rocking L Alpaca Farm” in Victor will present at the next meeting of the Hamilton Rotary Club, on Monday, September 23 at 12 noon at BJ’s Restaurant, 900 N. 1st Street, Hamilton. The meeting is open to the public, and visitors are welcome. For further Rotary Club information, call 363-2960.
MakerBot Monday MakerBot Monday will take place Mondays, September 23 & 30 at 4 p.m. at the North Valley Public Library to learn the basics of 3D printing on a MakerBot printer. Discover the importance of 3D printing and gain the chance to design your own threedimensional object. Projects in this workshop vary week by week. Suitable for kids and teens ages 8 & up. Registration is required. Call or stop by the Library to get signed up. 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.
Lone Rock Park Board
The Lone Rock Park Board will meet Monday September 23 at 7 p.m. at the fire hall, 1064 Three Mile Creek Road. The public is welcome.
Meals in Minutes: Instant Pot Pressure Cooker and More! Three classes in Corvallis and Stevensville to help meet the demand for this popular class on September 26 and 27. Electric pressure cookers can make your dinner plans super easy. Katelyn Andersen, MSU/Ravalli Extension Agent, will share the benefits of using a pressure cooker and using it to its potential. Make dinners in a snap that will save your family money and increase the nutritional value of your meals. Come hungry—this class gives participants the opportunity to make several dishes in a pressure cooker! Register online at https:// www.heartofthevalleyadulted.org/ fall-class-schedule.
Fermenting class
Join Daniel Ray at the North Valley Public Library for an introductory course on fermentation, Thursday, September 26 at 6 p.m. This presentation will cover tools and supplies, costs, and method of fermenting just about anything! Check out some of the fermentation books available at the Library and explore the available online resources that will help you in your home fermenting adventures. Participants will gain hands on experience making sauerkraut and kombucha during this class. 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.
Fish & Wildlife Association
The Ravalli County Fish & Wildlife Association will hold its September general meeting on Monday, September 23 at 7 p.m. at the Daly Leach Community Room. Along with general business, guest speaker will be biologist Craig Jourdonnais. His topic will be “Why is a 1/3rd acre so important to sparring bull elk?” Craig has video showing bull elk using the same small area time after time for sparring. Call Tony at 381-0587 for more information.
Tues, September 24 Republican Women’s Club
Ravalli County Republican Women’s Club will hold its monthly meeting and lunch on Tuesday, September 24 at 11:30 a.m. at BJ’s Restaurant in Hamilton. Guest speaker will be Dr. Kellan Clark, Urologist.
Bike Walk Bitterroot community Sat, September 28 conversation Bike Walk Bitterroot will Fort Owen State be hosting a community conversation on bicycle and pedestrian Park Work Day safety in the Hamilton area on limited. Call (406) 777-5061.
Thursday, September 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Bedford Building, 223 S. 2nd, Hamilton. The purpose of this meeting is to hear from community members on what they see as being priority issues surrounding bicycle and pedestrian safety whether that be infrastructure, policy, education, or just a problematic intersection or street that is unsafe for biking and walking. The group hopes to work with meeting participants to identify problem areas, discuss locations in the community that need safe non-motorized connections, and discuss potential solutions to improve the safe mobility of pedestrians and cyclists. “Our goal is to hear from the community where we can concentrate our efforts in working towards a community where everyone feels safe and comfortable riding or walking to school, work, the grocery store or just out and about exercising,” says Bike Walk Bitterroot board member Amy Fox. Bike Walk Bitterroot will use the information they gather to work with local city, county and school officials to improve bicycle and pedestrian safety in and around Hamilton. Bike Walk Bitterroot is a local chapter of Bike Walk Montana and advocates for safe non-motorized transport across the valley and infrastructure for improving pedestrian and cyclist access to both rural and urban destinations. For questions or additional information email bikewalkbitterroot@gmail.com.
Fri, September 27 Science Friday
Science Friday will take place Friday, September 27 at 4 p.m. at the North Valley Public Library, 208 Main, Stevensville. Come discover the incredible, destructive 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Learn about what causes a volcano to go off and different types of volcanoes! This program is suitable for children ages 5 & up. Registration is required for this program! Space is
Join the Friends of Fort Owen for a project work day at Fort Owen State Park on Saturday, September 28, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Your help is needed to protect and preserve one of Montana’s important historic places! Celebrate this National Public Lands Day by staining, painting and cleaning Fort Owen State Park. Volunteers will get handson experience preserving historic structures on public lands and learn how much effort it takes to maintain our history. This event starts at 10 a.m. sharp and will include a short orientation; various light maintenance tasks and will end with a provided lunch. Volunteer spots are limited so folks are asked to register by contacting Montana State Parks AmeriCorps member, Josh Parken, at JoshParken@mt.gov or call 406-273-4253. Wear clothing appropriate for staining and painting. Gloves, tools and refreshments will be provided. Because parking is limited, volunteers will gather at the NW corner of the Super 1 Foods parking lot and shuttle into the park. For more information contact Josh Parken at (406) 273-4253 or Margaret Gorski at 406-552-2072.
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This year, guest speaker Alex Nsengimana – a Rwandan genocide survivor – will share his story of how receiving a shoebox in Rwanda changed his life. His story is a full-circle story of how receiving a shoebox changed his life. For more information call 719-200-3549. “Pack a shoebox, change a life.”
Sun, September 29 Community bingo Bingo takes place every Sunday starting September 29 at the Lolo Community Center. Doors open at 12 noon, games begin at 1 p.m.
Friday, October 4 Musical performance
The Bitterroot String Quartet will perform on First Friday, October 4 from 6 to 7 p.m. at the North Valley Public Library in Stevensville. The Bitterroot String Quartet will play, featuring bluegrass virtuoso “Banjo Jack” Mauer and his Clawhammer aco-
Operation Christmas Child Countdown Event The Area Team for Operation Christmas Child is excited to host its Countdown Event as they gear up for National Collection Week in November. The Countdown Event for the entire Missoula Area for Operation Christmas Child is Saturday, September 28 at 11 a.m. at Crossroads Christian Fellowship in Victor.
lyte Marshall “Dr. Trout” Bloom. The musicians will regale the audience with a little banjo history, traditional fiddle tunes, folk songs, Celtic renderings and the odd “Fats Waller” number. 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.
Monday, October 14 Canning class
Canning your Garden Bounty: Safely Preserve Veggies in a Pressure Canner. Monday, October 14, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Stevensville. Come update your canning methods for safely preserving high acid and low acid food preservation methods. Katelyn Andersen, MSU/Ravalli Extension Agent, will teach the difference between a hot water bath and a pressure canner, top canning mistakes and how to prevent economic loss and botulism. Hands-on experience with afternoon workshop focused on tomatoes. Register online athttps:// www.heartofthevalleyadulted.org/ fall-class-schedule.
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Saturdays • 8am - 1pm
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Stevi Civic Club
The Stevensville Civic Club will meet Tuesday, September 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Stevensville Main Street office, 102B Main. Anyone interested in helping to preserve and enhance the greater Stevenvsille community is invited to attend. For more information contact Joan Prather, president, at 531-8401.
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Wed, September 25 Bitterroot Quilters Guild
The Bitterroot Quilters Guild will meet Wednesday, September 25 at 6:30 p.m. in the Daly Leach Community Room, 1010 W. Main, Hamilton. Anyone with an interest in quilting is encouraged
Join us for our Kick-Off Party & Celebration Dinner An Exclusive Fly Fishing Event on the Legendary Bitterroot River to Benefit Women with Breast Cancer. For more information visit: castoneforhope.org Photo Credit: Jessica Haydahl Richardson
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versation. Burrows insisted that the context of the statements was not that important. So, he asked if Wilkinson could remember ever using that language in the workplace during working hours in any conversation. Wilkinson said he couldn’t recall. He also said that he believed the county was trying to get rid of him. “I haven’t heard you deny that these events happened,” said Chilcott to Wilkinson. Asked again if he ever called the commissioners a profanity in the workplace, Wilkinson said once again that he couldn’t recall. Chilcott asked Wilkinson to read something out of the code and asked, “Do you deny that you use abrasive language?”
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 “It depends on what you consider abrasive,” Wilkinson said. “I think this is being used to come after me.” “This is the second time that somebody is trying to go after me,” he said. Chilcott said that they had five separate employees with a similar story and no problem recalling it. “‘I don’t recall’ is an inadequate response to these accusations. It doesn’t wash. We need more than that,” he said. Wilkinson said that he hadn’t been consulting an attorney, “but I am talking some to an attorney.” “I can’t recall generalities,” he reiterated. “I don’t know why this is all happening,” he said. Commissioner Chris Hoffman said that it wasn’t generalities, “it’s specific words that you said to an employee,” he said.
Wilkinson said once again that he could not remember generalities. “Maybe if you laid out who said what and what conversation maybe I would remember.” He suggested that they compare seven good years of work to making general accusations. “I deny saying that to the public,” he said. “I deny saying anything like that to you guys.” He went on to say that he saw one of the commissioners once “flip off” one of the other commissioners at a meeting. Chilcott said that it was probably him that Wilkinson was referring to, but that the meeting today was not about him, but about Wilkinson and his behavior and that he needed to address the commission’s concerns. Hoffman said, “What we are left with is what each one of us has seen for ourselves.” He said he was approached by Wilkinson
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more times than he can count and had to listen to his opinion. “You say you don’t keep a log or try to chronicle what you say to people, but maybe you should. Fact is, I don’t care what you call me.” He said it was about others sharing the workplace with Wilkinson that he was concerned. “That you can’t speak to this, surprises me a little bit,” said Hoffman. “If you ask me, I believe everything in here,” he said about the complaint. “You take no ownership for your comments,” said Chilcott. He said Wilkinson has just been blaming others, or deflecting the questions, or pointing to other people’s “bad” behavior as justifying his own. “Your comments and actions have offended not only one, but six employees and you’ve taken no personal responsibility,” he said. “If that’s your response, then we do have a problem.”
“I’m sorry if I said something that offended someone,” said Wilkinson. It’s too late now,” said Burrows. “It’s not sincere.” Wilkinson then complained about the process and said that he didn’t think the investigation was conducted properly, but refused to elaborate. Chilcott asked Wilkinson what he thought an appropriate disciplinary action might be. Wilkinson said, “To tell me to be careful about what I say.” “Counseling?” asked Chilcott. “I didn’t say counseling,” said Wilkinson. “I’m not saying I deserve that. I’m saying I think it’s an appropriate response.” “So you don’t think that you really need counseling, the most basic of the disciplinary actions?” said Chilcott. “I’m fine if someone wants to talk to me about it,” said Wilkinson. “If we can change the atmosphere around here. I hope we’ve got somebody who’ll do the same thing for anyone when anything else comes up, because there are a lot of things that pop up on my computer every day that offend me. Like those things where I have to tell people how to go to it. It offends me. There are a lot of things that are offensive around here. This is learning for me. I will definitely watch what I say and I will make an effort to look around and make sure I’m not offending anybody. Or try not to. I don’t know what offends everybody.” Wilkinson said that he was offended when he saw a picture of a famous ballerina with the face of Commissioner Burrows on the county website. He called it very unprofessional. He was also bothered by the names of some county web locations that he always had to apologize for like “groovyonlineimages.” The commissioners considered potential discipline ranging from counseling to a verbal warning or written warning, a performance improvement plan, suspension with pay and suspen-
sion without pay, demotion or transfer, or finally termination. Hoffman expressed concern for the people in the workplace. “We have a responsibility, and no one has the right to create a hostile work environment.” Chilcott said, “It seems that in your mind you have done nothing wrong, that everybody does these kinds of things.” “I’m sorry if anyone was offended,” said Wilkinson, “I don’t remember any specifics.” Chilcott said that if a person doesn’t recognize there is a problem that they need to correct, then you can’t correct it. “But at the same time, I want to give you a chance,” he said. He said they were looking at a potential lawsuit for allowing a hostile work environment and that Wilkinson had not given them any response. “I don’t remember is a response,” said Wilkinson. “I’m looking for a response that protects our employees,” said Chilcott. “But I’m going to give you a last chance.” He moved to impose two weeks of suspension without pay, followed by a threemonth performance improvement plan with the proviso that another infraction would lead to termination. “I have a hard time seconding that motion,” said Commissioner Hoffman. “As I recall my own experience and what I’ve seen here today, I haven’t heard anything to change my mind. I’ve seen nothing today that you care about any of the other employees.” The motion died due to lack of a second. “I move to terminate,” said Hoffman. Chilcott seconded the motion. “If I had any indication that he understood and realized that it was inappropriate,” said Hoffman. “I said I’ll watch everything I say,” said Wilkinson. “I don’t think I was out of bounds that much given the atmosphere. I’ll modify my behavior.” The commissioners voted unanimously to terminate.
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continued was unanimous. In later business, the council took up the issue of the mayor’s salary again during some budget discussion. The mayor’s preliminary budget boosted salary for the mayor’s position to $39,000 annually. Councilor Steve Gibson said he was opposed to any salary based on hours and proposed a stipend of $1,000 a month with 80% coming out of the General Fund. Holcomb said that she was against that high of a salary when it was adopted and she still was. She said that all the mayors she has met are either retired or work
at another full-time job. “This is not a job,” said Holcomb. She said that the position was never meant to be a full-time job and she thought $833 a month was “very reasonable.” “You’ve got a full staff. We approve policies. You just supervise employees,” she said. Councilor Patrick Shourd talked about the workload and made a motion to set the stipend at $1,666.67 per month. That proposal met resistance so he rescinded it and moved to set it at $1,400. That, too, met resistance. Gibson then moved to set the stipend at $1,000 per month with 80% coming from the general fund and it was approved on a 3 to 1 vote with Holcomb dissenting. The council also passed a
motion to conduct a Special Audit covering the time since April Vantassel quit as finance officer to the time that Robert Underwood was hired. The Mayor wrote all checks and kept the books during that intervening time. “Not to accuse anyone,” said Holcomb, “just for checks and balances. In that time, the mayor should not have been writing checks. I’m not accusing anyone of anything. We just need to know.” According to Underwood, such a special audit could cost anywhere from $3,000 to $10,000 or $20,000, depending on the scope. Conducting a special audit was approved unanimously. Budget discussions are set to continue on Wednesday, September 18 at 6 p.m.
Montana joins 49 other states in Google antitrust investigation
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced last week that he is one of 50 state attorneys general that are launching an investigation of technology giant Google’s business practices in accordance with state and federal antitrust laws. The bipartisan coalition will investigate Google’s overarching control of online advertising markets and search traffic that may have led to anticompetitive behavior harming consumers. Legal experts from each state, including the Montana Attorney General’s Office of Consumer Protection, will work in cooperation with federal authorities to assess competitive conditions for online services and ensure that Americans have access to free digital markets. “I and other state attorneys general are investigating because we have seen evidence that Google’s business practices may have undermined consumer choice, stifled innovation, compromised privacy, and put Google in control of the flow and dissemination of online information,” Fox said. “We are concerned that Google has achieved and
maintained this power through business practices designed to thwart competition and suppress alternatives to their products. We will investigate in an objective and fair-minded manner, with a focus on ensuring Americans have access to free markets in which companies compete on the merits of their products. If we identify illegal activities, we will take appropriate action.” Past investigations of Google uncovered violations ranging from advertising illegal
drugs in the United States to now three antitrust actions brought by the European Commission. None of these previous investigations, however, fully address the source of Google’s sustained market power and the ability to engage in serial and repeated business practices with the intention to protect and maintain that power. For more information got to: https://dojmt.gov/50-stateattorneys-general-launch-antitrustinvestigation-of-google/
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Obituaries Jack E. Eden Jack E. Eden died Sunday, September 8, 2019, at his home near Hamilton. Born on February 5, 1929, to George and Delma Eden in Gooding, Idaho, Jack developed his animal husbandry skills on the family farm. An uncle, Roy Rose, taught Jack the art of packing cargo mules in the mid-1940s at Rose’s hunting camp in the (now) Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness of central Idaho. A died-in-the-wool cowboy (who would have been much happier if he had been born a century earlier), Jack worked as a packer for more than 30 years. Outfitters he worked for included Harry Twogood, Ray Kelly, Ray Stanhope, Gerald Richie, and the U.S. Forest Service in the Selway; Norm and Bill Guth on the Salmon River; and Del Cameron in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Off-seasons were spent working on cattle and sheep ranches in southern Idaho. Jack and his packing adventures in the Selway were featured in an article by nationally-acclaimed outdoor writer Clyde Ormond. “Packing Ain’t for Pantywaists” appeared in the October 1950 issue of “Field and Stream.” Jack married Helen Ahlgren on October 22, 1970. After “cowboying” on the Matador Ranch (Dillon, MT), and the Mahaffey Ranch (Salmon, ID), Jack and Helen moved to Hamilton, where he trained Hungarian horses to ride and drive for Countess Margit Sigray Bessenyey. Although Jack never met an equine that he didn’t like, his special talent lay in his ability to train mules to ride, pack, and drive. In later years, he focused on training horses, mules, and donkeys to drive and was often seen training them on the roads or mowing hay with them near Hamilton. In the early 1970s, Jack and friend Fritz Thorning partnered to raise three mules out of a sire named “Montana Jack” and a Thorning draft mare. The result was three mules that Jack trained not only to pack, but also to drive
Patrick Isbell Victor - Patrick “Pat” Isbell, 62, of Victor, MT, unexpectedly passed away Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, MT. He was born June 14, 1957 in Worland, WY to Dallas and Irene (Byram) Isbell. After attending high school he joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1977, where
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and ride – novelties in the equine world at the time. One of these mules, Molly, won five high-point all-around titles at Montana Mule Days. Jack and Helen campaigned a 6-mule hitch of Eden-trained mules at Montana Mule Days (Condon, MT), the North Idaho Draft Horse International (Sandpoint, ID), and the Big Sky Draft Horse Expo (Deer Lodge, MT) for about 25 years. The Eden hitch also appeared in the Sun Valley (ID) Horse Parade, the Montana State Fair (Great Falls), the Eastern Idaho State Fair, and Western Montana Fair (Missoula), as well as local parades. Jack was a crowd favorite at equine events, waking up the crowd with his verbal driving commands and his cherished mule hame bells. Jack and Helen were inducted into the Montana Teamster Hall of Fame in 2007. Jack was a kind person with a gentle smile. He genuinely loved all animals, often carrying on both sides of a conversation with his charges. Jack delighted in mentoring sons Jack and Patrick with their 4-H projects – dairy cows, hogs, horses, chickens, goats, sheep and rabbits. Son Patrick’s rabbit project evolved into a “seri-
he was stationed in Hawaii until 1979. After serving, Pat worked in the construction business which eventually brought him to Montana. For the last 17 years, he was employed with Knife River. Pat enjoyed riding his motorcycle, working on puzzles, helping others and spending time with his friends and family.
ous” hobby for father and son, with Jack caring for Pat’s sizeable herd of French Lop rabbits during Pat’s college and early-career years. In his later years, Jack enjoyed drinking coffee with his friends at McDonald’s, watching rodeos and football (especially the Green Bay Packers), and making road trips to visit friends, relatives and old haunts. Jack was preceded in death by siblings Merl Eden, Dale Eden, Ruth Ricks, and Beth Cooper and brother-in-law Floyd Ricks. Survivors include Jack’s wife Helen; sons Jack Eden (Beckie), Gillette, WY, and Patrick (Lynn), Sterling, IL; grandchildren Ross Eden and Jared and Anna Pratt; and great-grandchildren Prudence and Lenore Pratt. Also, brother- and sisters-in-law Joe Cooper (Beth), Boise, ID; Vaughan Ahlgren, Gillette, WY; Alicia (Dale) Eden, Gooding, ID, and Marsha Eden (Merl), Kimberly, ID; and numerous nephews and nieces. At Jack’s request, no services will be held. Friends are asked to remember Jack by conducting a random act of kindness. Condolences may be left at www. dalyleachchapel.com.
He was preceded in death by his mother, father and a niece. Pat is survived by his three daughters and their spouses, five grandchildren, nine siblings and many nieces and nephews. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.whitesittfuneralhome.com.
Walter ‘Skeet’ Lyon Missoula - Walter “Skeet” Lyon was born June 15, 1924 in Smith Center, KS and passed away at The Living Centre in Stevensville on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at the age of 95, with his son at his side. Skeet, as he was known, was raised on a Kansas farm near Reamsville, KS in Smith County, KS. He went to school in Athol, KS. He worked at Standard Oil Company in Smith Center at the time of his induction into the U.S. Navy. He trained at NTC Farragut, ID. He arrived at the training base in Athol, ID. He served with distinction on the U.S.S. Karnes (APA 175). He was a gunnery mate on the ship. He also worked the cranes to help load and unload supplies. He was awarded the Victory Medal, American Area Campaign Medal and the Asiatic Pacific Area Campaign Medal. He was honorably discharged from the Navy in May 1946. After the service, he returned home to Reamsville where his dad showed him that they had finally gotten electricity on the farm. He moved to Goodland, KS shortly thereafter and worked as a truck driver for different outfits, then learned that the railroad was hiring and signed up. While doing his training in Limon, CO, he met his wife Doris at a truck stop in Limon. They got married on September 12, 1952 and had one son, Charles. Skeet would work for the Rock Island Railroad for 30 years until it went bankrupt in the early
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brother, William Lyon of Smith Center, KS. A service with military honors will be held on Friday, September 20, 2019 at 1 p.m. at the Western Montana State Veterans Cemetery. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.whitesittfuneralhome.com.
1980’s. Skeet and Doris had bought property south of Stevensville, MT and moved there. He worked as a truck driver again and worked at Great Western Sugar Factory for a few seasons in Goodman, KS. Later, he did mowing around Stevensville and for the Town of Stevensville also. Skeet and Doris moved to Missoula in 2000. He did some work for Meals on Wheels with Missoula Aging Services. He was a member of the American Legion Post #27 in Missoula. He enjoyed their Monday breakfast. He was also a member of VFW Post #209 in Missoula and a life member of the VFW Post #1133 in Goodland, KS. He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Ethel Lyon of Smith Center and his wife, Doris Lyon of Missoula. He is survived by his son, Charles Lyon of Missoula and his younger
Hamilton - Evelyn (Evie) DeLee Bates-Keogh, 66, Hamilton native, passed away on September 8, 2019 of a brain tumor that was diagnosed in late June. Evelyn peacefully moved on while at Marcus Daly Hospice Services Center in Hamilton. She was born in Hamilton on July 1, 1953. Evelyn was raised in Hamilton and graduated from HHS in 1971. Shortly after her graduation she married Jerry E. Steele and four years later they were blessed with their daughter Shanna Steele-Herrick. Evelyn later married Bill Nipps who would become “Dad #2” to Shanna. On May 8, 1993, Evelyn married Larry Keogh who has been by her side ever since. Evelyn decided to pursue her education later in life. She attended the University of Montana, studying for a degree in English. Stage III breast cancer brought Ev’s formal education to an early stop in 1997. However, she never gave up learning, and continued to try new things and would often step out of her comfort zone, whether it was talking to a panel of people about her experience overcoming breast cancer, or participating in her first rally with her daughter and family. Firmly grounded in her moral beliefs, she stood up for what was important to her and shared her experience with others. Evelyn’s life would bring her to scattered places across Montana and Sheridan WY. When she returned nearer to home, she would pursue a career in the medical field, working at Community
her wish when Corey joined the family, becoming her “favorite” (only) son-in-law. Ev often would drive over to Tacoma, WA and later Billings to help out with the grandkids for a long weekend or a month at a time. She was always greeted with the kids running to the front door yelling “grandma” and was smothered in hugs. Evelyn was an avid bookworm and enjoyed flowers and gardening. The planning of and planting of her gardens continue to enhance the entrance to our home. Planning would start sometimes years in advance of placement of particular vines, bushes and trees. Seasonal changes of color were always factored into her choices of what would fit and where the plants would thrive. Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents, Nellie and Dex Bates, her brother Charles “Mugs” Bates and sisters-in-law, Angela, Fran and Diane. She is survived by her husband Larry Keogh, daughter Shanna Herrick and her husband Corey, grandchildren Kael and Hanorah, brother Curtis Bates and wife Jeanne of San Jose CA. Celebration of Life took place at Daly Leach Chapel in Hamilton on Saturday September 14th, 2019 at 2 p.m. A reception followed the service. The family suggests that memorials be made to the Marcus Daly Hospice Endowment Fund, 1200 Westwood Drive, Hamilton MT 59840. Condolences may be left for the family at www. dalyleachchapel.com.
Medical Center and Marcus Daly Hospital with interim stops at Artcraft Printers, The Messenger, State of Montana, bank teller in Hamilton and eventually retiring in 2014. Working for a time as “the Church Lady” at Corvallis United Methodist Church, Evelyn continued to assist people and organizations. Retired and still active, Evelyn spent much of her time with grandchildren and volunteering for causes that had taken her heart. Evelyn’s abilities to organize and execute an event were used for high school reunions, Breast Cancer’s Relay for Life, Habitat for Humanity, Daly Mansion, Family Support Groups (US Army) and other “do good” organizations. Evelyn had a very giving heart and enjoyed helping people she loved and cared about. She was very involved with her grandchildren. She had to wait a while for the grandkids to arrive, often pestering her daughter with, “When are you going to give me grandkids?” She finally got
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Kathleen Gayle Lewis (Kathy Lamberson), 68, formerly of Stevensville, Montana, passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at her home in Cedar City, Utah. Kathy was born May 19, 1951, in Polson. Montana. She graduated from Hawthorne Grade School in 1965, from Missoula Hellgate High School in 1969, and from the University of Montana in 1974. She also attended graduate school at the U of M in 1979 and 1984. Kathy lived a full life, with many varied interests and activities. She worked on a trail crew in the Bitterroot valley, as a bartender, and as a swimming instructor. She taught school in Libby and Stevensville and worked in local
Robert F. Allen Stevensville - Robert “Bob” F. Allen of Stevensville went to his heavenly home on September 9, 2019 at the age of 75. He was born December 13, 1943 to Robert T. and Catherine “Pat” H. Allen in Butte, MT. The family lived in the Townsend area until 1949 when they moved to Victor where he met and fell in love with Jane Speake. They got married April 19, 1969 and spent 50 years together. Bob and Jane were blessed to adopt two beautiful baby girls, Tawny in March of 1974 and Tresa in November of 1975. Bob worked in various sawmills until he went to work
grocery stores. With her former husband, Bob Lamberson, she built and remodeled several homes and created Circle KBL Outfitters, which the couple operated from 1980 to 1998. Kathy is survived by her two dogs and best friends, Ambrose
and Scruffy, brother Mike Lewis and wife Becky of North Carolina, sister Mary Lewis of Missoula, sister-in-law Nancy Lewis and husband Bob of Great Falls, nieces Gena Prinster and husband Rich of Colorado, Kate Robertson and husband James of Virginia, Sarah Brogan Lewis of Virginia, nephew Max Lewis of Montana, and cousin Leo Giacometto and wife Mercy of Stevensville. Kathy was preceded in death by her parents, Gale and Helen Lewis of Trout Creek and brother Gene Lewis. Arrangements are under the direction of Southern Utah Mortuary. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
for Evans Product which became Louisiana Pacific and later, Roseburg Forest Products until his retirement after almost 40 years. Bob was known as a strong, hardworking man. Bob had a love for the
outdoors, fishing and all animals. His daughters considered him the animal whisperer and his brothers’ best memories always included some activity outdoors. He is survived by his wife Jane; two daughters, Tawny (Randy) Waga and Tresa Allen; three grandchildren, William (Jamie) Allen, Caitlin Allen and Devlin Bolis; three greatgrandchildren; three brothers, Wayne (Ellen) Allen, Gerald Allen and Rick (Brenda) Allen. He will be missed by all that knew him. Instead of flowers, please donate to: Stevensville Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 667, Stevensville MT 59870. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www. whitesittfuneralhome.com.
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By Jean Schurman Sports Editor
Broncs too much for Stevensville
The Hamilton Broncs are off to a roaring start this season, topping Butte Central, Corvallis, and now Stevensville. The Broncs defeated Butte Central, 49-26, in their first game. Last week, Corvallis fell to Hamilton, 47-7. This week, Stevensville fell, 55-0. “We talk about how we want to get better every week,” said coach Bryce Carver. “This is just another chance to come out and do what we do, work on getting better on our details.” Junior Jaiden Klemundt set the tone of the game when he returned the opening kickoff 92 yards for the score. Tyson Rostad kicked the PAT and the Broncs were off. Just three minutes later, Carson Rostad hit Mason Murray from 30 yards out for another touchdown after Hamilton intercepted a Yellowjacket pass. The Broncs went on to score twice more in the quarter; once when Tucker Jones caught a 44 yard pass from Carson Rostad, and later, when Carson Rostad hit his brother, Tyson, from 19 yards out. Tyson ran for two points on the Jones touchdown, and then kicked the PAT on the second TD. In the second quarter, Landon Duce caught a 72 yard pass from Carson Rostad for the score. Tyson’s PAT was good. And then it was another brother to brother connection when Carson hit Tyson from 60 yards out for the TD. Tyson’s PAT was good. The Broncs went to a hurryup offense. Carver said, “We try to go fast. We want to practice like that. That way if something doesn’t look good, we’ve still got time to maybe call a different play.” He went on to say, “We want to try and out condition people. That’s kind of our goal. We want to run plays and catch them out of a defense that they are not ready to play. I thought the
Valley runners fare well at Kalispell
Corvallis and Hamilton placed fourth and fifth respectively in the boys race at the Flathead Invite Cross Country Meet on Saturday in Kalispell.Sentinel won the race with Columbia Falls and Glacier coming in second and third. Stevensville finished in the pack in the 18 team race. Hamilton’s Colter Kirkland was fourth with a time of 16:52.81. Tanner Klumph of Sentinel won with a time of 16:30.51. Will Flowers of Corvallis was fifth with a time of 16:54.38. Also placing in the top 25 for Corvallis were Brinson Wyche in 18th with a time of 16:54.20; and Connor Yetter in 21st with a time of 18:00.47. Corvallis finished in third place behind Sentinel and Flathead who what 46 points each, and Glacier who had 68 points. Corvallis finished with 79 points. Katie Gleason was fifth with a time of 20:11.26. Olivia Buoy was 13th with 20:31.76, and Rose Day was 19th with 21:11.41. Hamilton did not have a full team competing but Brynnli Poulsen finished in second place with a time of 19:16.37. Sentinel’s Brooke Stayner won with 19:07.32. Sarah Passey finished in 23rd place with a time of 21:31.88.
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Hamilton’s defense: Tucker Jones (2), Kale Wanner (76), Tyson Rostad (11) and a slew of others put a stop on Stevensville’s Quincey Larson. Jean Schurman photo. kids did a good job the first couple quarters doing that. “ The second half saw the younger Broncs come in and take over. Coach Carver said he likes to be able to play the younger players and build their confidence. He said with the senior leadership instilling their hard work in the younger team members, the younger players practice hard and jump at the chance to play when they can. “They did a great job today coming out and showing that. I was really proud of those young guys,” Carver concluded. With Tristan Lewis playing quarterback in the final two quarters, the Broncs scored twice more. Lewis hit Rory Jessop from
33 yards out in the third quarter. In the fourth, Cole Anson had a six yard scoring run. Tyson Rostad kicked the PAT for both touchdowns. Hamilton will take on perennial powerhouse Beaverhead County in Dillon on Friday. Carver said he grew up in that program and knows the tradition of winning they have. “It will be a very tough game for us down there.” Corvallis took on another tough team in the Southwest A conference, Frenchtown. The Broncs scored first in the first quarter on a 30 yard pass to Jace Klucewich from Cade Baker. But then, in the second quarter, Cor-
vallis scored when Emil Bohnet kicked a 30 yard field goal. That would be the only score of the game for the Blue Devils. Frenchtown went on to score three more touchdowns and a field goal to win, 31-3. Darby topped Plains, 41-26. Although Darby trailed by one point at the end of the half, the Tigers rallied in the fourth quarter to take the win. Nelson Smith had three touchdowns including two receiving TDs from Jordan Anderson. Tyler Davis also had two scoring runs. Florence defeated Anaconda, 45-0. No other details were available. Victor lost to St. Regis, 52-6.
Writing Coaches of Montana seeks community members in the Bitterroot to help local students develop better writing skills during the 2019-20 school year. The program helps students become better critical thinkers, as well as more confident, competent writers. Coaches come from all backgrounds and do not need to have a formal writing background. The most important qualifications are a belief in the value of good writing and the ability to relate to young people. Professional training is offered to new coaches, with on-going support throughout the school year. Beyond help with writing, coaching connects students with outside community members who bring fresh perspectives and valuable life experience to the classroom. Writing coaches work one-on-one with students during the regular class period, coaching them through first and second drafts of writing assignments. Coaching schedules are flexible— volunteers sign up on line and only when it fits their schedules. The Bitterroot writing coach program began in 2016 with a pilot program in Stevensville. Over the past three years, more than 35 community volunteers
have contributed over 1700 coaching sessions to students in six Ravalli County schools, grades 8-12. This year, Writing Coaches of Montana will coach students in the Florence-Carlton, Corvallis and Hamilton school districts. Annette Thomas of Stevensville, a writing coach for the past three years, has been hired to serve as the Ravalli County Writing Coach Director. She can be reached at annette@writingcoachesofmontana.org. Writing Coaches of Montana has coaching programs in schools in Missoula, Whitefish and Columbia Falls. In the past 23 years, the program has expanded from fewer than 100 coaching sessions a year to more than 4,000 individual student conferences in multiple schools across western Montana. Professional training will be offered to new coaches on Wednesday, September 18 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Florence-Carlton High School library, and on Monday, September 30 from 6 to 9 p.m. on the UM campus in Missoula, LA 235. Community members interested in becoming writing coaches can register for a training at www.writingcoachesofmontana. org, or contact Annette Thomas at annette@writingcoachesofmontana.org.
Young Hamilton volleyball team learning the ropes The Hamilton Lady Broncs only has two seniors on the team and neither one of them saw a lot of action last year. But they have stepped up and are providing good leadership for their younger teammates. “We’re really young,” said first year coach Jordan Carver. “We’re working to build up our program and have been fighting to win some tough matches.” The match on Saturday was one of those tough matches. The Lady Broncs were host to the Dillon Beavs, a senior laden team. Although Dillon won in three games, each game was very close. In the first game, Katelyn Dickemore laid down an ace just inside the lines to pull Hamilton to within one point but they were unable to capitalize on that and went on to lose, 25-21. In the second game, Hamilton played point-for-point with Dillon. With each rally, the young Lady Broncs played stronger and stronger but ultimately an out of bounds shot turned the game around. Hamilton lost, 25-22, in this game. Carver said the team spent the first month or so focussing on building up their skills. “Once we get into our games, we can run our offense and play tough defense then.” Dillon got off to a strong start in the third game and built up a five point lead before Hamilton clawed their way back to take an 11-10. It was Dickemore again who was strong on the left side and kept the ball in play. The two teams battled for every point then. Hamilton took the lead when Camas Cratty had a block. Freshman Taryn Searle served up two points including a kill by Dickemore to give the Lady Broncs
Lingo 5). Digs: 26 (Haliegh Golden 7). Blocks: 4 (Libby Schlapman 3) Seeley-Swan def. Victor 25-16, 25-13, 25-14 Seeley-Swan: Kills:28 (Sariah Maughan 10). Assists: 22 (Aspen Conley 10). Aces: 10 (Taylor Dillree 4). Digs: 21 (Taylor Dillree 4, Sariah Maughan 4). Blocks: 1 (Sariah Maughan) Victor: Kills:10 (Madi Bahr 4). Assists: 9 (Madi Barta 4). Aces: 5 (Madi Bahr 2). Digs: 38 (Haylea Wemple 9). Blocks: 0
Hamilton’s Katelyn Dickemore returns a ball as Dillon puts up blocks. Jean Schurman photo. a three point lead. But Dillon crawled back into the game with a couple of short sets and a net call. Dillon went on to win, 26-24. “They all just work really good together as a team,” said Carver. “That was nice to see every body step up and work together to get kills. Now we just have to work to finish though games.” Dillon def. Hamilton 25-21, 25-22, 26-24
Hamilton: Kills:32 (Emma Ellis 11). Assists: 30 (Taryn Searle 18). Aces: 8 (Layne Kearns 2, Maggie Ringer 2, Katelyn Dickemore 2). Digs: 86 (Emma Ellis 24). Blocks: 5 (Camas Cratty 2) Dillon: Kills:22 (Evey Hansen 7). Assists: 20 (Madi Ruegsegger 19). Aces: 8 (Madi Ruegsegger 3). Digs: 70 (Josey Jones 15). Blocks: 3 (Ainsley Shipman 2). Columbia Falls def. Ste-
vensville 19-25, 25-14, 25-12, 25-21 Columbia Falls: Kills:40 (Madysen Hoerner 17). Assists: 33 (Hannah Schweikert 32). Aces: 12 (Hannah Schweikert 5). Digs: 35 (Dillen Hoerner 9). Blocks: 5 (Grace Gedlaman 4) Stevensville: Kills:30 (Aliyah Anderson 10). Assists: 28 (Madison Weber 28). Aces: 11 (Daphne Engel 6). Digs: 30 (Madison Weber 10). Blocks: 3
(Maddalena Margini, Kennedy Praast 1) Seeley-Swan def. Darby 25-17, 25-17, 16-25, 25-23 Seeley-Swan: Kills:26 (Klaire Kovatch 9). Assists: 14 (Aspen Conley 7). Aces: 13 (Taylor Dillree 5). Digs: 55 (Taylor Dillree 13). Blocks: 14 (Klaire Kovatch 7) Darby: Kills:24 (Haliegh Golden 11). Assists: 18 (Annie Rennaker 5). Aces: 14 (Mariah
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Mahoganies, anyone? Like most of our major hatches this year, mahogany duns are running a little sparse. My sense is that’s the product of a prolonged high water runoff. Look at the way the river has remodeled itself this year: When the water came down, we found pools with new deltas formed at their heads, channels that had deepened, and old familiar gravel bars with a new look.
Flyfishing with Chuck Stranahan When heavy current picks up streambed rocks and bounces them along the bottom, the bugs that live under them are in for an adventure. The lucky ones get dislodged and drift in the current, and eventually get washed into a spot where they can again regain a foothold. Others get eaten by trout. That works out well for the trout - if not the bugs. Look at it this way: the trout themselves are being dislodged, moved into new trout houses, as it were. The biomass of bugs that gets washed loose while the trout themselves are seeking new shelter keeps them fed. Other bugs, as the rocks tumble and roll downstream for weeks on end, get squished. That means fewer bugs make it to the surface, months after runoff, to provide anglers with the luxury of heavy hatches and easy dry fly fishing. Good thing, for both the trout and the bugs, that there are enough bugs left over to keep the process going from year to year. More bugs in some years, fewer bugs in others. Fewer mahoganies? No worries Here’s how it works for the hatch we call mahogany duns: The nymphs tend to live in the deep water toward the heads of pools – that kind of place where prolonged runoff would likely, over time, dump a load of gravel to form a new delta at the pool’s upper end. Move just one rock per minute, and you’re looking at 1,440 rocks per day. That’s not much – maybe a couple of bushel baskets full. Do that for a few weeks during a typical runoff and in
the process the river bottom gets stirred up and cleansed. It’s all good. The bugs and fish, or let’s say the entire ecosystem, gets revitalized. Keep that process going for a few extra weeks and the changes pile up along with the displace gravel. In the long run, that’s all for the good, too. (For as long as we don’t mess things up with bulldozers or chainsaws in the streambed, where the damage they can cause is of greater magnitude than the perceived benefit, this dynamic mosaic of natural changes is good for the river. That’s a subject I’ll get back to later. For now, something to keep in mind.) Nature works of a system of surpluses and remnants, in an ever-changing dynamic series of interrelated events. The so-called balance of nature, most of the time, isn’t. It is better thought of as a shifting series of imbalances which, by design and over time, work themselves out. For now, the steady and heavy hatches we’d prefer are, on most days, sporadic and localized. And like the bugs and the trout, we can adapt.
Adapt to the hatch In most years we can depend on decent hatches of mahogany duns to last through the middle of the afternoon into evening. We see the sailboat-like dark gray wings of the naturals as the pop out of a current lane, and watch them drift downstream toward the middle of the run or pool. We put our #14 Mahogany Dun Parachute or Comparadun in line with the parade, and wait for the rise of a good trout right where we saw that fish take a natural. This year we’ll still see that phenomena, and when we do, it’s exhilarating. But we may not see it as often as we’d like. What to do in the meantime? Here are some things you can try when the mahogany hatch is slow, and why they might work: Deep nymph and new indicator Fish about a #14 Beadhead Flashback Pheasant Tail Nymph as deep as you can, toward the heads of pools and runs, from late morning on – until it doesn’t work and you have to switch flies or methods. Reason: mahogany mayfly nymphs don’t come to the surface and hatch, the way most mayflies do. They hatch underwater. They leave their nymphal shuck on the bottom and literally fly-swim toward the surface. Prior to hatching, they’re stuck in their nymphal shuck underwater. The shiny bead and flash on the back of the Beadhead Flashback Pheasant Tail Nymph simulates the swollen nymphal wingcase, stretched shiny and
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bright, ready to pop open and release the adult bug underwater. Trout see these struggling prehatch nymphs and eat them. Try that bug by itself under the new Drift-Rite Indicator, a new piece of terminal tackle will refine your nymph fishing. It is designed to tell you when you’re getting a good drift and when to mend. Come by the shop and I’ll show you how it works. You’ll
pick up more fish than you would by deep-drifting with a conventional indicator. Soft hackle dropper When the first few mahogs appear on the surface, or just before if you can anticipate them, you might want to switch to a #14 soft hackle, maybe fished below a #14 Mahogany Dun or Spectral, a bigger Brindle ‘Chute, or even a hopper. The movement of soft hackle in the current suggests the wing movement of the natural coming to the surface. The swimming nymph One of my favorite flies to fish is one I’ve called the Mahogany Swimming Nymph, or Paraleptophlebia Ascending, Swimming Emerger, or several other things. None of the names have stuck but the fly is always in my box this time of year. The reason I came up with the fly is to mimic the underwater movement of hatching mahoganies. Trout nail these bugs in an unseen frenzy below the surface. The action can be exhilarating if you get in on it. Fish it the way it’s designed, and it will produce when trout are feasting on mahoganies coming to the surface: Slow draw, pause – slow draw, pause. You’ll have no difficulty detecting the strike. Believe me - it can make for an exciting afternoon when mahogany dries aren’t producing much on the surface. All you need to do is adapt.
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ALDINE MORRIS, ℅ Bransby Law Firm, P.C., 515 Main Street, Stevensville, Montana 59870, return receipt requested, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court . DATED this 28th day of August, 2019. /s/ Geraldine Morris STATE OF WASHINGTON :ss COUNTY OF SPOKANE SIGNED AND SWORN (OR AFFIRMED) to before me on Aug. 28, 2019, by GERALDINE MORRIS. /s/ Christina Whitehouse Notary Public BS 9-11, 9-18, 9-25-19. MNAXLP Michael Thomas Waite 5859 Canyon Vista Drive Florence MT 59833 Petitioner appearing without a lawyer MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY In Re the Marriage of Michael Thomas Waite, Petitioner and Cassandra Jo McKnight, Respondent Cause No. DR-19-135 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION NOTICE TO: Respondent Cassandra Jo McKinght You are named in a petition to dissolve your marriage. Unless you respond in 21 days, the court may decide against you without you being heard and give Petitioner everything asked for in the petition. You must submit your written response within 21 calendar days. The 21 day period starts the day after the last date of publication of this notice. If the final day falls on a weekend or court holiday, you may file your response on the next business day. You must file your written response with the Clerk of District Court at 205 Bedford Street, Suite D, Hamilton, MT 59840 and serve a copy of your answer on the Petitioner. The following real property is part of this case: 5859 Canyon Vista Drive, Florence, MT 59833. Dated this 10th day of September, 2019. /s/ Paige Trautwein, Clerk of the District Court By: Janenne Sorenson, Deputy Clerk BS 9-18, 9-25, 10-2-19. MNAXLP. REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES Ravalli County is soliciting proposals for engineering services to assist with the Como Dam Water Resource Enhancement Project. Ravalli County may, at its option, utilize the selected engineering consultant for grant administration, final design, and construction services. Payment terms will be negoti-
ated with the selected engineering consultant. Where state or federal grant and/ or loan funds are to be used, plans and specifications and construction administration are to be in strict compliance with all applicable requirements under the respective funding programs. The services to be provided will include, but are not limited to: • Preparation and administration of grant application including but not limited to FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grants and DNRC Renewable Resources Grant; • Conducting hydraulic analysis; • Preparing state or federal grant and/or loan applications to fund the construction of improvements recommended; • Designing recommended improvements including preparing plans and specifications and assembling a bid package in conformance with applicable requirements; • Providing bid evaluation services such as preparing the advertisements for bid solicitation, conducting the bid opening, and evaluating the bids received; • Providing construction engineering services such as conducting the preconstruction conference, field staking, on-site inspection of construction work, compaction density testing, preparing inspection reports, and reviewing contractor requests for payment; • Conducting final inspection and preparing project certification; and • Submitting certified record drawings upon project completion. Responses should include: 1. The engineering firm’s legal name, address, and telephone number; 2. The experience, qualifications, and location of the key staff to be assigned to the project; 3. Project approach and understanding of subject project scope and schedule; 4. A description of prior experience with irrigation projects, size of community served, location of project, total project cost, grants obtained, and name of a local official knowledgeable regarding the firm’s performance; 5. List, including contact names and information, of the five recent projects involving irrigation facilities and grants. Preference will be granted to irrigation projects located in the Bitterroot Valley; and 6. A description of the firm’s current work activities and how these would be coordinated with the project, as well as the firm’s anticipated availability during the term of the project. Respondents will be evaluated on following criteria: 1. Qualifications of the professional personnel to be assigned to the project 25% 2. Project approach and understanding 25% 3. Firm experience 25% 4. Consultant’s capability to meet time and project budget requirements 10% 5. Location 10% 6. Present and projected workloads 5% Limit Statement of Qualifications to 20 pages, plus cover letter, cover page, table of contents and appendices with employee resumes and a list of references. One page shall be interpreted as one side of single‐spaced, typed, 8½” x 11” sheet of paper. A recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners may be made for final selection of the Engineer by a designated selection committee based only on an evaluation of the written responses, or Ravalli County and the designated selection committee may decide to interview firms and may select offerors to interview based upon an evaluation of the written responses. The award may be made to the most qualified offeror whose proposal is deemed most advantageous to Ravalli County, all factors considered. Unsuccessful offerors will be notified as soon as possible. Ravalli County has the
right to retain engineering services for a term of 5 years. Submittal of Proposals: All responses must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time on Friday, September 27, 2019. Responses shall be labeled: “Engineering Services Statement of Qualifications” on the outside of the response package. Include six copies of the Statement of Qualifications. The Proposal shall be addressed to: Ravalli County Board of County Commissioners c/o Ravalli County Clerk & Recorders Office Ravalli County Administrative Center 215 South Fourth Street, Suite C Hamilton, Montana 59840 Questions and responses should be directed to John Crowley by phone at 406-961-1182 or by emailing bigditchone@gmail.com. This solicitation is being offered in accordance with federal and state governing procurement of professional services. Accordingly, Ravalli County 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. BS 9-11, 9-18-19. MNAXLP NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING FY2019-20 Preliminary Budget Monday, September 24th, 2019 6:30 p.m. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Council of the Town of Stevensville will hold a public hearing on September 24, 2019 at 6:30 pm at the Town Council Chambers at 206 Buck Street, Stevensville, Montana, 59870 for the purpose of obtaining public comments regarding the Preliminary FY2019-20. The Town Council has its preliminary budget for FY2019-20. A copy of the preliminary budget is available for review on the Town’s website, townofstevensville.com. Final Budget Approval will be considered at the September 24th, Town Council Meeting . All interested persons will be given the opportunity to ask questions and to express their opinions regarding the preliminary budget. Comments may be given orally at the hearing or submitted in writing via email to clerk@townofstevensville.com or US mail to Town Clerk, P.O. Box 30, Stevensville, MT 59870 before 3:00 pm September 24, 2019. Questions, comments or more information may be obtained by contacting Town Hall at 406-777-5271. Attest: Monica Hoffman, Town Clerk BS 9-11, 9-18-19. MNAXLP LEGAL NOTICE The Ravalli County Planning Department is inviting public comment on a floodplain permit application for work proposed within the floodplain of the Bitterroot River on Parcel #1234400, located at 1529 Old Darby Road, Hamilton, MT. The project will install a replacement culvert in a wet area located within the floodplain of the Bitterroot River. The project is located on Old Darby Road on the east side of the river, approximately 1 mile south of Sleeping Child Road, in the NE ¼ Section 36, Township 5 North, Range 21 West, Ravalli County. The applicant is Charlene Schaefer. Information regarding this application is available at the Ravalli County Planning Department at 215 S 4th St, Suite F in Hamilton. Written comments may be mailed, hand-delivered or emailed (planning@ rc.mt.gov) and must be received by Thursday October 3, 2019 at 5:00 pm. (Reference Application #FA-19-11) BS 9-18-19. MNAXLP LEGAL NOTICE The Ravalli County Planning Department is inviting public comment
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on a floodplain permit application for work performed within the floodplain of the East Fork of the Bitterroot River at 5517 US Hwy 93 South in Conner, MT. The permit will cover the construction of a deck that extends over a lawn towards the river. The project site is located on the southwest side of the river about ½ mile upstream (southeast) of Dickson Creek Road, in the SW¼, Section 22, Township 2 North, Range 20 West, Ravalli County, on tax parcel number 1205400. The applicant is Priscilla Toliver. Information regarding this application is available at the Ravalli County Planning Department at 215 S 4th St, Suite F in Hamilton. Written comments may be mailed, hand-delivered or emailed (planning@ rc.mt.gov) and must be received by Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 5:00 pm. (Reference Application #FA-19-12). BS 9-18-19. MNAXLP
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I heard time and time again from volunteers that they didn’t find as much trash this year. What a great thing to hear! To me that means that people are being more aware of their trash, taking the time to pick up trash they find throughout the year, and hopefully utilizing the Water Forum’s Clean Up All Year reusable bag program. We started the Clean Up All Year program in 2018 and have distributed over 4000 reusable mesh clean up bags over the 2 years of the program so far. Thank you to all the volunteers who gave their time to clean up the Bitterroot, the folks who helped make the event happen, and our many local sponsors. Katie Vennie Program Coordinator, Bitter Root Water Forum
‘Things fall apart; the center cannot hold…’
Dear Editor, I’ll start with another quote. It’s from Google and expresses the meaning intended by Yeats way back in 1919. “it means chaos is descending upon the world; the forces that should bring order are failing to do so… and if it doesn’t make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, you may in fact be dead.” I am not dead, but I am 91 years old and have an awareness of the past bloody century that most of you do not share. It was
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the bloodiest century in the history of man; but unless we profit from past experiences they unfortunately may even be exceeded in century 21. Let me first suggest you forget for the moment the popular use of right and left to describe political thought. It really conceals a rather frightful fact. A circle is far more descriptive and as you go around in either direction you will encounter the extremes of left and right and find they are equally the total denial of the rights of man as described in our Constitution. The best examples being the Nazi Party (full name The National Socialist German Workers Party) and Soviet Union communist party (creators of The USSR - full name Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). They were both brutal dictatorships and you may notice that each used the word socialist. We fought a bloody WW2 against one and a long cold war against the other. Maybe it would be worthwhile to take a quick journey through some of their wonderful contributions to mankind. As you accompany me on this abbreviated set of events please remember I was aware, I observed, and served our country through most of the last century. Some events occurred when I was very young but they appeared on Pathe News when I paid a nickel to watch a movie. Maybe an example or two would help establish my bona fides. I remember when Haile Selassie left the League of Nations after they failed to help him resist Mussolini, when the Japanese bombed Shanghai, the sinking of the USS Panay, communist firing squads shooting Russian Kulaks (land owning famers) that were resisting being sent to communes. These instances
and many others have affected my entire life. Let’s proceed. For starters let’s mention a few events courtesy of the far right. The Holocaust is paramount; the murder of over 6 million Jews and others deemed undesirable (perhaps deplorable). First to unleash total war waged with indiscriminate aerial assaults. They also treated Slavs as subhuman. At the same time the Japanese committed gross brutalities such as the rape of Nanking and the employment of thought police. Skipping on to the era of the McCarthy Hearings. My wife and I attended some of these in the old Senate chambers while on leave visiting Washington DC. At that time America was reacting to the theft of atomic secrets and growing recognition of the threat posed by the Soviets. I think the far right was in full swing but the rule of law, through due process, finally carried the day to the sanity of our Constitution and the middle way. I think the far right has been reasonably controlled since then. The skinheads, KKK and militia and their ilk have never posed a significant threat. Make no mistake, the elements of far right extremism are out there waiting for a chance. They are part of all populations as power is always being sought. Today’s concern is more focused upon elements of the extreme left. It’s their day to instigate and agitate as they seek power. There is a long history of extreme socialism. Let’s just mention a few. Chairman Mao was a real master at remaking a society. For starters consider the program of “let a Thousand Blossoms Bloom.” Once they were identified by blooming they were eradicated.
Bitterroot Star -- Page 15 That was only the start. He wanted to create Chinese industry so they made the Great Leap Forward. Everyone had to make steel in backyard furnaces. Hey, I’m serious here. The steel was useless but was created by stopping farming and millions starved! Next, the Cultural Revolution. It resulted in utter chaos, imprisonment, death, and all the usual results of some nutty program which was really only instituted to maintain control over the rank and file citizenry. One cannot forget 1989 and the Tiananmen Square massacre. Currently his successors have imprisoned the entire Islamic Uyghur population of the Xinjiang Region. Over a million are in real concentration camps getting “reeducated.” I guess they are considered deplorable. Currently China is encroaching upon the liberties enjoyed by Hong Kong. I’ll spare you Cuba and Venezuela. Most everyone is aware of their great accomplishments. Here is what I think. We are throwing rocks and insults at one another to no avail. The hard core opinions, be they liberal or conservative, will not be changed by any argument. It’s up to the Center to hold to our Constitution and resist the drastic programs being espoused. Do you really think we can implement the green revolution without creating our own version of a Great Leap Forward? Can health care for all, a la the Federal government, be instituted without a version of the Cultural Revolution? Can’t you see the blood on the street when all fossil fuel and even cows are outlawed? Join me. Get and always carry a copy of the Bill of Rights. Use it to evaluate grand schemes and extreme
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proposals. Bring it out during civil discussions with friends and neighbors. As an example, ask how one can support sanctuary cities and also believe in the rule of law. Finally, let me outline the history of one great urgent source of fear. It started in the 70s with fear of the coming ice age. Then that became global warming. After major advocates got frozen in place on a boat in the Antarctic, global warming became climate change. All this is to induce fear so citizens will accept government control to their detriment. The political extremes are always merely a means of gaining power. In every instance the little man, Mr. and Mrs. Middle Class, will get screwed! Our Constitution divides power. It recognizes the greed commonly found in mankind throughout the ages and provides a way for you and I to enjoy rights given by our Lord; not some damned politician. Set your personal compass on true north which is our Constitution and its Bill of Rights. Some folks think it’s a nuisance and would make drastic changes or ignore it. We must not let this happen; our republic is at risk! In some eyes, I may be a senile white toxic male, a deplorable person, a racist, a homophobe and whatever, but I love and believe in my God, and my Country and will defend the Constitution ‘til my dying day. We are the Center; we must hold! Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret) Stevensville
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2019 4H & FFA LIVESTOCK SALE Ravalli County Fair Held on August 31 - 194 Animals and the “Gold Poke” sold!
Grand Champion Market Lamb
Owned by Savannah Kostecki Purchased by Wimps @ $5.00/lb
Reserve Champion Market Lamb
Owned by Sydney Kostecki Purchased by Surgical Arts Centre @ $5.25/lb
14Meat Goats Averaged $3.96/lb 44 Market Steers Averaged $2.60/lb Bred Dairy Heifer Averaged $3500.00 44 Market Lambs Averaged $5.60/lb 91 Hogs Averaged $4.26/lb Grand Champion Market Steer
Owned by T.J. Brown Purchased by Valley Irrigation @ $3.75/lb
Reserve Champion Market Steer
“Gold Poke Award” Willow Mountain Veterinnary Clinic
Grand Champion Bred Dairy Heifer
Owned by Tavyn Griffin Purchased by Corvallis Physical Therapy
Grand Champion Market Hog
Owned by Kamryn Jones Purchased by Montana Livestock @$4.50/lb
Reserve Champion Market Hog Owned by Hunter Thompson Purchased by Kevin Cline @ $4.50/lb
Grand Champion Market Goat
Owned by Alexa Sunderland Purchased by Two Creek Ranch @$3.75/lb
Owned by Karli Jackson Purchased by Valley Irrigation @$5.25/lb
Thank You!! The Livestock Exhibitors, FFA Chapters & 4-H Council give a “hearty Thank you” to the following supporters of the Livestock Sale: Auctioneers: Rick Peverley Kurt Coates Cody Lee Ring Men: Larry Trexler Jeff Younkin Clerking: First Interstate Bank Kim Auch, Darlene Harris Andrea Burdett, Tami Van Kirk Carol Leese, Tara Petz
Buyer’s Registration Table: Joy McClure, Peg Andersen Donna Weber Photos & Certificates: Photographers: James Banister, Mary Ann Severson, Arlon Bennett, Crystal Schurman Photo Assemblers: Teri Chisholm, Holly Shupert, 4-H Volunteers
Sale Breakfast and Lunch Coordinator Terry Lacky
A Special Thank You to:
Ravalli County Farm Bureau Federation & the Darnall-Czmowski Family donation in memory of John King , Jr. for with sale expenses Dr. Shawn Gleason, DVM for checking the dairy heifers Jody & Robin Hood, & Helen Eden for providing the Brand Inspections Valley Drug & Variety for providing the buyer’s packet Mountain West Co-op & Energy Partners of Hamilton for providing the “Entry Day” BBQ; 4-H Volunteers Livestock Buyers Breakfast/lunch: Terri Lackey, Dan & Debbie Severson, Stevensville Main Street Association, Wayne & Renita Rhoades, Stevensville Fire Dept., Marty & Kim Auch, Hamilton Pack, Super 1 Foods, Lakeland Feed & Supply, Frontier Cafe, Lifeline Farms, Alan Lackey, Wheat Montana, Frito Lay and the many 4-H Clubs.
Many THANKS } Support/Resale Gary & Carol Leese; School House Meats; Riverbottom Cattle, Inc, Hamilton Pack; Lifeline Farm And to all those behind the scenes people who make all of this happen!
Our Honor Roll of buyers and Supporters:
Thank you all so very, very much!!! *Those buyers/supporters in dark letters bought more than one animal. Massa Home Center Mountain Peak Dental Murdoch’s Ranch & Home Papa Murphy’s Ravalli County FCU S & S Autobody Super One Foods TrailWest Bank Wimps Body Works Lolo Sport Land Inc. R & L Lite Excavation Missoula Allergy & Asthma Care Five Valleys Livestock Auction Linehaul Logistics Clinic Midway Rental Darby Montana Rail Link CB Ranch Quality Construction Randy Maxwell RDO Equipment Florence Spartan Tuning Edward Pagan Surgical Arts Centre Hamilton UPI Custom AG Kristina Adkins Western Montana New Holland Barcus Ranch Ovando Beard Livestock Two Creek Ranch Donaldson Brothers Ready Mix Ramsey Done Right Foundation Montana Livestock Auction Emergency Medicine Stevensville Physicians Group Ambrose Veterinary Clinic Flying Hawkes Realty Bitterroot Stockgrowers Hamilton Pack Burnt Fork Veterinary Clinic Hamilton Physical Therapy Grayhorse Creek Ranch Jackie Berenji Gunderson Harper’s Bitterroot Valley Jerry Wessels Tire Center Tire Center John Scott Germann Kevin Cline Mike Hodson Severson Farms Sue Ann Iman Sleeping Willow Ranch Larry’s Tractors & More Weber & Vanorio CPAs P.C. Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital Victor Bozeman Montana State University Culinary Services Corvallis Corvallis Physical Therapy Cowpoke Ranch Supply Lisa & Doug Johnson Brent Race Ravalli Electric Cooperative Sweet Pea Sewer Septic Tammany Veterinary Hospital Tim’s Cleaner Carpets & Restoration Valley Irrigation Willow Creek Physical Therapy Willow Mountain Veterinary
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Pete & Jen Dunn Alpine Granite Accents Kathy Ehlers Axmen Propane Lee & Lorena Erickson Farmers State Bank Exit Realty Bitterroot Valley/ Gerhard Contracting Nicole Jones Harris Sand & Gravel Farmers State Bank Field of Screams Veteran’s Contracting Group File Savers Data Recovery Out of State First American Title of Montana, Inc John & Greta French - CA First American Title Company Two Dot Ranch - ID First Montana Title Dr. Russell Mayes - ID First Security Bank Five Valleys Livestock Auction C & T Roadside Repair - ND Fort Owen Ranch Country Store - WA Jeff & Natalie Czmowkski Family - WA John & Greta French Sheila & Dan Gager CDA Metals - WA Steven Gamble
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Don & Deborah Gardner Gem Aviation Nick & Michelle Gerhard Gertner Family Abigail Gertner Amy & Jim Grassey Dan Hall Donald Hall Hamilton Physical Therapy Harper’s Les Schwab, Stevi Harris Sand & Gravel Dick Hirschey Cattle, Inc Dan Huls Dave Huls Jeff Huls Marjorie Huls Spencer Huls Robert Jackson Jim’s Dozing Lisa & Doug Johnson JQ Dirtworks/Paul Kruzich Craig & Holly Jones Jerriann Jones Weston Jones Family Karl Tyler Express Lube Hamilton Jeffrey J Karvandi DMD PLLC Hailey Kay Kelly Auch Construction Kesel Insurance - Daisy Kesel Anita Kirschten Chris Koerner
- Kurt & Kelly Solari Lakeland Feed & Supply Surgical Arts Centre/ Landis Painting, Inc. John Holtzen Rich List Sutherlin Farms Lone Pine Conoco Tammany Veterinary Hospital Joshua & Tara Loveless Two Feathers Ranch/Paul & M &M Trans & Auto Pat Shirley Dan Mahn Chris Thorson Markette & Chouinard PC 3C Cattle, LLC Massa Home Center Cassy Tintzman Mark & Kathy McFadgen Meadowlark Conseling/Melissa Clater TrailWest Bank Van Kirk Family Farm Meigs Family Farm Weber & Vanorio CPAs, PC Stanley Meigs Construction Walt Willey Ben & Michelle Meyer Willow Creek Physical Therapy Jay & Colleen Meyer Willow Mountain Lumber LLC Mountian Peak Dental Dan & Karen Wolsky Mucdoch Ranch & Home Hamilton Paul & Yvonne Yorgenson Nentwig Enterprises North West Feed #64 Peak Electrical Contracting Matt & Theresa Pendergast Post Law Firm RDO Equipment Red Eye Rodeo-Kaehl & Sarai Berg Meat Donated: Rhoades Family Mandy Richards • Czmowski Family Riverside Conoco donated 1 lamb and 1 hog R & L Lite Excavation to Pantry Partners RLP Auctions • Donaldson Brothers Ruffato Land & Cattle Co. donated 1 hog to Rocky Mountain Bank Jean Schurman Haven House Seth & Kristen Sciacca • Done Right Foundations Bill Scullion donated 1 hog to Sara & Jeremy Searle Haven House and 1 hog Brody Severson to Darby Bread Box SS Staffing Charles Scripps • Scott Germann donated 1 Severson Flying E Ranch hog to Darby Bread Box Ed & Robyn Smart • Flying Hawkes Realty Sport Land, Inc. donated 1 hog to Linda Claudia Starr Massa Youth Homes and Steinhatchee Steinhatchee Construcition 1 hog to Darby Bread Box Stevensville FFA Alumni • Sleeping Willow Ranch Stevensville Physical Therapy donated 6 hogs to Walt & Vicki Stewart Pantry Partners Summitt Equine Chiropractic
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We appreciate each and every one of you! Again, our sincere THANKS!