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Archives for April 2023

Hamilton tennis dominates Loyola

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by Scott Sacry The Hamilton tennis team dominated Missoula Loyola on Thursday, April 13th. The girls won 5 games to 2, while the boys also won 5 games to 2. […]

Corvallis defeats Stevi in baseball

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by Scott Sacry The Corvallis baseball team hosted Stevensville on Wednesday, April 12th. Corvallis scored 15 total runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings to build their lead and won […]

Geezers gotta vote!

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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 […]

Jefferson, education and common sense!

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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?

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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

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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

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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 […]

Baseball roundup

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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 […]