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Archives for June 2022

Going with the flow

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Lochsa River pulls fans from near and far by Nathan Boddy Two young women heave their raft onto the slide at the Fish Creek put-in on the Lochsa River. One of […]

Circus coming to Stevensville

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The Culpepper & Merriweather Circus is coming to Stevensville on Tuesday, June 14th, with shows at 5 and 7 p.m. C&M Circus has been providing quality family entertainment for 37 […]

School calendars: a tale of two districts

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by Tiffany Williams Ellie Leonard is already planning to let her kids skip a few days of school next spring.  “My husband works for the railroad and being able to […]

Softball players earn accolades

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by Scott Sacry Several Bitterroot Valley softball players earned postseason honors. For Florence-Carlton, the 2022 Class B/C State Champions, Kasidy Yeoman, Kylie Kovatch, Jaidyn Larson, and Kolbi Wood all received […]

Pastor Rick Hixon

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Stevensville – Pastor Rick Hixon went home to be with Jesus on May 17, 2022 at the age of 60. He is survived by his beloved wife of 35 years, […]

Hattie H. Farrell

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Stevensville  –  Hattie H. Farrell, 92, of Stevensville passed away Friday, May 27, 2022 at St. Patrick Hospital. Hattie was born to Roy Q. and Nelita (Eldridge) Hunt on March […]

William (Bill) LaVerne Bourne

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On May 30, 2022, at St Patrick Hospital, Bill earned his angel wings. Bill was born November 3, 1940, in Missoula, MT. He was raised along with his siblings Myrna, […]

Who is the enemy?

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Margaret Gorski, Stevensville Thank you to the American Legion organizers of the Corvallis Memorial Day Parade for your hard work continuing the tradition of honoring our fallen soldiers who paid […]

Disheartening

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by Linda Habeck, Corvallis Memorial Day: A Day of which those who died in active military service are remembered.  At the Corvallis Parade, I was disheartened to see that the true […]

The ‘Big Lie’

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by John Schneeberger, Candidate for Senate District 43, Hamilton Believers in the Big Lie that the 2020 Presidential Election was stolen are part of a nationwide movement of election deniers. State Senator […]

Who are the idiots here?

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by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton Gosh, you people! Are you blind or just scared? Scared I can understand, because everyone is leery of change and change is certainly in the air, […]

‘Signs’ of spring

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by Rick Borden, Hamilton   Ah, the signs of spring: birds chirping, green grass, showers (or perhaps snow showers) more warmth in the sun, and every other year – election years […]

Missed opportunity 

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by Carole Berkoff, Victor Hal Schmid’s opinion piece in the Missoulian May 5th, explained how he was taught from a very young child that gun ownership meant responsibility to safely handle […]

Gun control panic

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by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville Three letters in last week’s Star accused the Republicans of being complicit with murders created with guns by not supporting more gun control. Well, this old cowboy […]

Response to environmental groups

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by Sonny LaSalle, Hamilton These comments are in response to the recent news release by a group of environmental groups opposed to a large fuel reduction project on the  west side […]

If it’s not broke

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by Emmy Jessop and Bill McNulty, Stevensville Let us introduce you to our friend, our coach, our current County Attorney and someone you should know. We have known Bill Fulbright […]