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Archives for June 2022

Stevensville Western Heritage Days scheduled

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Stevensville Western Heritage Days, the first major Bitterroot festival of the season, is scheduled for June 24th and 25th in downtown Stevensville. The festival is set to be the usual […]

Cook wins ‘Spark Plug’ award

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by Nathan Boddy Liz Cook had to laugh when asked her official title at A2Z Personnel. “That’s a good question!” she responded. While Cook has been with A2Z since the […]

HEARTism Center re-certified

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HEARTism Community Center in Corvallis recently renewed its Certified Autism Center (CAC) designation by completing autism-specific training and certification through the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES). […]

Paxton wins top teacher award

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Amy Paxton, Stevensville Consumer Sciences teacher, was named the 2022 Teacher of the Year by the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, Montana Affiliate. Paxton has been teaching Family […]

Hamilton American Legion Post 47 hands out awards

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On Saturday, April 30th, Ravalli Post 47 American Legion of Hamilton hosted a longevity and special awards luncheon. Five-year membership increment pins and certificates were presented to Post members with […]

Glass recycling event scheduled

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Ravalli County Recycling is sponsoring a Glass Recycling event on Saturday, June 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ravalli County Fairgrounds. Use the north entrance, not the […]

Florence is state softball champion

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by Scott Sacry The Florence-Carlton girl’s softball team, last year’s state champions, continued their dominance, taking the state title for the 12th time. In Lewistown on Saturday, May 28th, they […]

Hamilton’s Foss state tennis champion

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by Scott Sacry Hamilton’s Eliana Foss is the 2022 Class A State Tennis Champion in girl’s singles, and the Hamilton girls earned 2nd place as a team. The Class A […]

Class B/C State Track results

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by Scott Sacry Athletes from Victor, Darby, Florence traveled to Great Falls on May 26th – 28th for the Class B & Class C State track meets. Darby’s William Martin […]

Re: Stranahan on Bitterroot Front

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by Jeff Lonn, Hamilton In Chuck Stranahan’s May 18th column on the Bitterroot Front project, he quotes the Forest Service as saying: “The majority of comments received come from large organizations […]

Grateful for our Bitterroot National Forest

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by Skip Kowalski, Stevensville The first opportunity for the public to comment and become involved in decisions regarding the “Bitterroot Front Project” recently closed. The 144,000 acre analysis area covers a […]

Reprehensible Republicans

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by Claire L. Kelly, Stevensville The first sentence of the 2nd Amendment begins; “A well regulated militia…” REPUBLICANS ignore the words “WELL REGULATED”, hoping their followers don’t know the 2nd Amendment […]

Who are the evil?

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by David Welch, Hamilton Texas governor Greg Abbot characterized the killer in Uvalde as ‘evil’. Every speaker at this week’s NRA convention used the word ‘evil’ in describing him. They are […]

Saving the college

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by Charles E. Wissenbach, Pinesdale How can we save our college? The levy failed, what’s next? Three divisions suggested: 1. Prep (great – exactly like now); 2. Rigorous (accreditable anywhere); 3. […]

Poor performance by county attorney

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by Joan Mell, candidate for County Attorney, Hamilton The Ravalli County Sheriff was just ordered to uphold a promise to pay $50,000 to an arrestee in a case of no liability. […]