by Ed Sperry, Col. USAF, (ret), Stevensville Your school board needs attention. You may be over 60 and have left concerns about schools to those with school age kids. Mistake! You […]
Archives for April 18, 2023
Jefferson, education and common sense!
by Helen Sabin, Corvallis Thomas Jefferson wrote to George Wythe, 13 August 1786: “…I think by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowlege […]
Can the REAL Republican Party be saved?
by Margaret Gorski, Stevensville I want to thank Susan McCreary for her April 5 letter “Destroying the real” where she laments the effect that “ultra-right cults” are having on the […]
Seatbelts & public safety
by Carole Berkoff, Victor Constitutionality of seatbelt laws follow the reasoning of other highway safety issues, regulations are in the interest of public health and welfare. Just this year, four months, […]
Lone Rock Park to get new playground
by Sean Malcom Ground has been broken for a new playground at Lone Rock Park. The new jungle gym will be located on the east side of the Three Mile […]
Bitterroot plant, valley namesake, under threat?
by John Dowd With his health failing him, John Stroud, lifelong Bitterroot Valley resident and champion of the bitterroot flower, is reaching out to the community to give one of […]
Baseball roundup
by Scott Sacry Corvallis Corvallis baseball got in the win column in Florence on Tuesday, April 4th, with a 3-0 victory against the Falcons. Corvallis pitchers Mason Anderson and Nick […]
Softball roundup
by Scott Sacry Corvallis The Corvallis girls opened their season with a 9-6 victory on Thursday, April 6th, in Corvallis against Dillon. Kaitlin McCartney and Emma Cashell both went 3 […]
Right mind
by Terri Lackey, Stevensville Are you out of your mind? What’s on your mind? Would you mind giving me a hand? Have you lost your mind? Nobody in their right mind. […]
Taxation without representation?
by Jim Crews, Stevensville To the Mayor, Town’s Attorney and the Council: I have been reviewing several town documents and one document that needs to be addressed is the Town […]
Thank you, Ravalli County
by Gay Smith, Hamilton Here’s a shout out to the folks who make Ravalli County, Hamilton, such a great place to live. In just the last month Ravalli County residents and […]
Big Brother
by Doug Bohn, Victor Ever lived with a Big Brother? If so, I hope he was a good one, not a controlling one. A “good” one would let you play, fail, […]
Our school board arrogant?
by Ed Sperry, Col. USAF (ret), Stevensville Is there evidence that our Stevensville School Board is a bit above accepting input and scrutiny? What follows is not intended as an attack […]
Concerned
by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville Were you aware of and follow the enormous China balloon that recently crossed our country??? Don’t know how you could have missed it if you ever turned […]
Samantha Huber
Samantha Huber died in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 4, 2020. Samantha was a fiery little redhead, active in 4H, rodeo, and gymkhana with her favorite horse, “Jump Out.” She […]
Loraine Vasil Darlow
Our dear mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Loraine Vasil Darlow, 92, passed away Monday, April 10, 2023. She was born February 18, 1931 to Christos Dionysios and Ida Belle Drogitis in […]
Brian Paul Hoornbeek
Brian Paul Hoornbeek, age 52, of Stevensville MT, passed away peacefully at home on March 9th 2023. Brian was born in Montebello, California on March 24, 1970, and was raised […]
Alfred G. Deschamps Jr.
Frenchtown – Alfred G. Deschamps Jr. ,93, of Frenchtown, MT passed away on Friday, April 7, 2023 at the Mill Creek Ranch. He was born on April 11, 1930 in […]
Willie Dail Lambeth
To my wonderful husband, Willie Dail Lambeth, March 9, 1933 – March 11, 2023, born in Claypool, OK. We met on a blind date in Long Beach, CA in 1954. […]
James A. ‘Jim’ Biddle
Jim Biddle, age 80, passed away on April 5, 2023. Jim was known throughout town as the town greeter. He would walk through town waving at everyone, whenever he talked […]