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Archives for March 2012

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Sales/Auctions Estate Sale 417 Mission, Stevi, Mar. 16th 8-4, 17th 9-3, 18th 10-2 (l/2 price). Complete living estate of Ozma Morrall. Everything must be sold, including the house! All household […]

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Bounty on predators proposed

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  By Michael Howell A loosely organized group of livestock owners is currently gathering signatures on a petition that would place a bounty on predators in Ravalli County. The petition […]

Enzler signs with Midland University

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James Enzler has signed a letter of intent to play tennis at Midland University. Enzler, a 6’3” senior at Stevensville has earned all-state honors twice in his high school career. […]

Bitterroot and Bakken linked

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  By Michael Howell One alternative to the very difficult enterprise of creating jobs in the Bitterroot Valley is to take Bitterrooters to where the jobs are…and bring them back […]

Beavers taking toll on refuge

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By Michael Howell It’s not only the river that is eating away at the banks of the river on the south end of the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge, there […]

County sign ordinance being revised

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  By Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners are currently considering changes to the county’s “Off-Premise Outdoor Advertising Ordinance” which was adopted in June of 2000 following a series of […]

Improvements scheduled for Fairgrounds Road

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  By Michael Howell Fairgrounds Road has the highest use of any road in the City of Hamilton except Highway 93 and sometimes Marcus Street. Traffic volumes measure about 7,300 […]

Ten reasons to vote for Obama

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In Jerry Haslip’s letter to the Star on 2/22/12 he listed 10 reasons NOT to vote for President Obama this November. After reading his “Top 10,” I believe he made […]

In defense of anti-gay position

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Calling sin, sin is not evil. If it is Jesus was the greatest evil. Throughout the ages leaders who call sin what it is generate a lot of hate and […]

Thanks from Boy Scouts

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  Boys Scouts of America is celebrating its 102nd birthday this month. In honor of this celebration, our Hamilton Troop #1976 wants to thank everybody in our community for their […]

Heed the lesson of the Lorax!

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  Here are some of the inane lies people have told me and apparently tell themselves. Humans are not animals. Animals can’t think, reason or feel pain. Trapping is a […]

Commission negatively impacting county

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In the decades of time since my wife and I retired to this beautiful valley I have never experienced the uneasy impression the political leaders of our local county government […]

Time to end corporate subsidies

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  Reduced spending, less regulations, and the free market are mainstays of many politicians. Eliminating programs that aren’t beneficial is logical. Unfortunately, many politicians are limited in their agenda for […]

Great wolverine presentation

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  I recently attended the presentation on wolverines by Doug Chadwick in Hamilton. It was a standing room only crowd. I learned about wolverine biology, the rigors of scientific studies, […]

Economic plan for Montana shortsighted

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  Recently, the Leadership Institute at MSU Bozeman brought General Wesley Clark (Ret.) to speak and participate in a student panel discussion. General Clark’s focus was on economic growth and […]

Let’s reduce expenditures

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Ravalli County like all of levels of government is looking for ways to reduce expenditures. There is one way the commissioners could contribute to reducing expenditures. They could give up […]

More on Biblical law

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  In a previous letter I established the bible as the only reliable source of law. Now I am taking up the topic of the basis of punishment for the […]