It was 15 years ago this spring that I began my tenure here at the Bitterroot Star. The paper was advertising for a sports reporter and one of my […]
Archives for April 10, 2012
Boot Camp Anyone?
The term boot camp conjures up visions of a drill sergeant barking orders as camo-clad infantry drop to the ground for push-ups. Although there is a boot camp in Stevensville […]
Daly Hospital at forefront on electronic records
By Michael Howell Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital has received what hospital staff sees as a very prestigious award from the Healthcare Information Management System Society (HIMSS) for the high […]
MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY In the Matter of the Name Change of Lena Ann Wiediger, Lena Ann Wiediger, Petitioner Cause No. DV-12-125/3 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE OF […]
SALES/AUCTIONS BIG MOVE IN YARD SALE! Friday & Saturday, April 13 & 14, 8-3 both days. Guns, ammo, fishing, tools, books, dishes, toys, much more. Mount Zion Loop, Darby (follow […]
Bitterroot rail spur will run for another year
By Michael Howell Following a meeting with Montana Rail Link President Tom Walsh, a deal was finally struck between MRL and Ravalli County that will keep the railroad operating […]
Lone Rock hosts bluegrass fest
By Jean Schurman This Saturday, April 14, there will be lots of toes tapping, strings plucked and most of all, a lot of grinning going on at the Lone […]
Historic St. Mary’s Mission celebrates season opening
By Michael Howell The Historic St. Mary’s Mission and Museum is holding an Opening Day Celebration at the Mission grounds and visitor center on Tuesday, April 17. The activities begin […]
Stevi gets Graduation Matters grant
State Superintendent Denise Juneau announced the award of 21 grants to 22 Montana schools to increase the number of Montana students who graduate from high school prepared for college and […]
No Obama for me!
The claim from Van Keele that Obama has created about 3.5 million private sector jobs in less than two years is complete fiction. All of this stimulus money has […]
Christian first
Wow! Remember when the Pilgrims came to America?? Let’s see… Oh yeah, it was so that the freedom of Christians could be practiced. Strange, there wasn’t an Atheist, Moslem, […]
Too little, too late
To Royce Engstrom, President of The University of Montana: I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your press release on March 22nd wherein you announced closure […]
Choo choo, boo hoo
I’ve been working on the railroad So are the Co. Commissioners, I’m told The Commissioners, Republican all, Want to make a winning call They want to do a railroad […]
Re: Obamacare and taxes
Obamacare may or may not still be the law in 2013, depending on how the Supreme Court rules. There are many myths about Obamacare. One untruth relates to taxes. John […]
Conservation is non-partisan
The latest nonsense from the Tea Party about protection of the environment and all god’s creatures that Noah saved being a communist conspiracy confirms my suspicion that they have […]
Setting Tea Party record straight
The article published on April 3 regarding six questionable candidates running for Democratic Precinct Captains perpetuated some confusion that continues to exist in Ravalli County regarding the Tea Party. […]
Foiled again!
Dang it! As a socialist “environmentalist,” I was most upset to see that our local planning board has discovered our plot for world domination. (Agenda 21 one world plan […]
Obama has communist support
Obama has been endorsed yet again by the Communist Party USA. FYI, the Democratic Party stole the entire CPUSA platform during Bill and Hillary Clinton’s ascendancy and re-branded it […]
Response to Keele
First, I would like to express my gratitude to Van P. Keele for giving me such an excellent opportunity to expose his fallacious, delusional, rambling distortion of political reality in […]
(Not) Affordable Care Act
The discussion by Insurance Commissioner, Monica Lindeen, in the guest column of the March 23 Missoulian supporting the Affordable Care Act caught my attention. As a subscriber to an […]