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Archives for May 2017

Support for Quist

May 16, 2017 by Guest Post

With this year being the 28th Congressional election in which I’ve had the privilege to vote in Montana, I’m struck by the fact that this “Special Election 2017” has put […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Support for Quist

May 16, 2017 by Guest Post

My mailbox is choking on large, slick mailers from the Gianforte campaign that rip Rob Quist limb from limb with lies. This type of campaign flogging is so poisonous. So […]

Filed Under: Opinion

What to do now

May 16, 2017 by Guest Post

Now is the time for all Montanans to come to the aid of our democracy. Our three political parties are disabled. Only a tiny percentage of thousands of precinct committee […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Educate yourself

May 16, 2017 by Guest Post

In response to ‘who can we trust’, you must be an atheist. Yes the earth is only 6,000 years old and there is plenty of proof to confirm that. Don’t […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Support for Quist

May 16, 2017 by Guest Post

For eighteen months now in an effort to buy an office, any office, Greg Gianforte and his monied friends in DC have flooded our airwaves and mailboxes with a barrage […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Stevensville softball gaining ground

May 16, 2017 by Editor

Four years ago, when Callie Lendman, Makayla Davids and Sam Hambrick first donned the uniform of the Yellowjacket softball team, the program hadn’t seen much success. Coach Joey Wark was […]

Filed Under: Sports

Softball roundup

May 16, 2017 by Editor

The valley teams had games early in the week and then traveled to Butte for Butte’s Laverne Combo tournament. Hamilton defeated Loyola on Tuesday, 13-4. Stevensville topped Corvallis, 17-7. In […]

Filed Under: Sports

Corvallis’ Hunt signs with Lakeland for baseball

May 16, 2017 by Editor

Garrett Hunt of Corvallis has signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Lakeland University in Plymouth, Wisconsin. Hunt is the son of Jani Summers and Russ Hunt. He […]

Filed Under: Sports

Darby’s Wall is No. 1 seed

May 16, 2017 by Editor

Darby’s Kyle Wall will have the No. 1 seed going into the State Class B/C tennis tournament this weekend in Missoula. He will play the winner of the match between […]

Filed Under: Sports

Corvallis wins big at ABC Invitational at Polson

May 16, 2017 by Editor

The Corvallis Blue Devils won both the girls’ and boys’ team scoring at the Polson ABC Invitational on Saturday with seven other teams competing. Calla Haldorson set a new state […]

Filed Under: Sports

District track meets held at Frenchtown

May 16, 2017 by Editor

Frenchtown was the site of the District 13C and 6B track meets on Friday and Saturday. The top six finishers in each event will advance to the divisional track meet […]

Filed Under: Sports

Loretta ‘Babe’ Ruffatto

May 16, 2017 by Editor

Stevensville – The matriarch of our family, Loretta “Babe” Ruffatto, of Stevensville passed peacefully on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, while surrounded by family, at her Bass Creek home of 92 […]

Filed Under: Obituaries

Anthony Gonzales

May 16, 2017 by Editor

Hamilton – Anthony Gonzales, 29, was taken from us on Saturday, May 6, 2017. He was the victim of a tragic trucking accident in Newtown, ND. Anthony James Gonzales was […]

Filed Under: Obituaries

Kaylin Verna Kesler Ray

May 16, 2017 by Editor

Corvallis – Kaylin Verna Kesler Ray, age 69, passed away May 5, 2017 at her home. She was born February 8, 1948 in Fillmore, Utah, the first of three children […]

Filed Under: Obituaries

May 16, 2017 by Editor

MONTANA 21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY In the Matter of the Name Change of Kyle Willice Gehlen, Petitioner Cause No. DV-17-139/3 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED […]

https://bitterrootstar.com/2017/05/14878/

Filed Under: Legal Notices

May 16, 2017 by Editor

Sales/Auctions   VENDOR OPP – Western Heritage Days, downtown Stevensville, Saturday, June 17, 10 AM-6 PM, $50. Application at www.stevensvillemainstreet.com or inquire at: info@mainstreetstevensville.com or call 777-3773. Axmen Propane in […]

https://bitterrootstar.com/2017/05/14876/

Filed Under: Classifieds

May 16, 2017 by Editor

  Wednesday, May 17   Course in Miracles Study Group A weekly ongoing and deepening discussion of A Course in Miracles, a journey of spiritual transformation will continue on Wednesday, […]

https://bitterrootstar.com/2017/05/14872/

Filed Under: Calendar

Stevi Stop & Go opens on Hwy 93

May 11, 2017 by Editor

Greg Lanoue, a partner in the long time family business Stevi Café in downtown Stevensville, has stepped out to the highway (and the associated bike path) to open up a […]

Filed Under: News

Focus is on moving state forward

May 11, 2017 by Guest Post

By Montana Governor Steve Bullock   Montana currently has one of the fastest growing economies in the nation, with historic low unemployment and new businesses being created at record speed. […]

Filed Under: Opinion

Outraged

May 11, 2017 by Guest Post

I am outraged. How is it that law enforcement can yell at and bully me, and I cannot yell at and bully them? How is it that the court bureaucrats […]

Filed Under: Opinion

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