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Archives for February 2023

Daly Ditches meeting

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LEGAL NOTICE The Daly Ditches Irrigation District will be holding its regular meeting on Tuesday, February, 14th,2023, starting at 6:00 p.m. at the District office, 566 Tammany Lane, Hamilton.  BS 2-8-23.

Collaboratives— democracy subverted?

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by Jeff Lonn, Hamilton Margaret Gorski’s letter (2-1-2023) stated “Collaboratives are democracy in action,” but there are many people who would argue the opposite–that collaboratives are democracy subverted. The 1969 National […]

Hateful bill

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by Will Walker, Hamilton On January 1st, 2023, State Senator John Fuller sponsored Senate Bill 99, a self described “Youth Protection Act” designed to insulate Montana Youth from a perceived campaign […]

Thank you

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by Leon and Linda Powell, Stevensville Let me please reiterate Mary and Harvey Hackett’s thank you to our wonderfully patient First Responders Rich Liddle, Dan Jones, John Pfarr, Bob Rohbock, Grant […]

Don’t fall

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by Terri Lackey, Stevensville The North Valley Pachyderms are supposed to be the “educational arm of the Republican Party.” They did some maneuvers last month to make sure the RINO’s are […]

A balanced budget

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by Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, Hamilton In her letter in the Star for 1/25/23, Terri Lackey stated that the Constitution calls for a balanced budget. This is true of the Montana State Constitution […]

How soon we forget

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by Ed Sperry, Col USAF (ret), Stevensville Cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I am). This was the wonderful motto of an Air Force unit to which I once was privileged […]

Western A wrestlers advance to state

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by Scott Sacry The boys and girls wrestling teams from Corvallis, Hamilton, and Stevensville competed in the Western A Divisionals on February 3rd & 4th in Polson. In the team […]

Tessa Nye Bradt

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VICTOR – Tessa Nye Bradt passed away peacefully at home in Victor, Montana, on February 3, 2023. She was born on June 12, 1944, in Seattle, Washington, to the late […]

UM President visits Bitterroot College campus

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Last week University of Montana President Seth Bodnar and Associate Vice-Provost for two-year education and workforce development Tom Gallagher visited the Bitterroot College primarily to recognize the importance of the […]

Farm to School taking off in Hamilton

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The Hamilton community is serious about the connection between locally sourced food and community health. Grace Nichols, manager of the Specialty Crop Business Development program at Ravalli County Economic Development […]

Downtown Hamilton advocates add foundation

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by Nathan Boddy Hamilton Downtown Association (HDA) Director, Robin Pruitt, knows that growth within the community can be seen from a lot of different viewpoints, but whatever someone’s outlook on […]

Lone Rock School to run mill levy

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The Lone Rock School over the last three school years has grown with new families moving into the school district. Three years ago the district had 170 students in grades […]

Eagles Lodge makes donation to Emma’s House

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by Nathan Boddy Athena Lande, Administrative Assistant for Emma’s House Child Advocacy Center in Hamilton, says that the CAC is, “very, very fortunate to be where we are and to […]