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Click here to comment on our front page stories on the new Bitterroot Star blog! Record setting high water predicted at VictorAgencies and residents prepare for possibility of flooding By Michael Howell Predicting exactly when and how high the Bitterroot River may crest in the spring is a notoriously tricky affair. It depends on a complex constellation of many variables. But officials at the National Weather Service, based on an analysis of snow pack in the area combined with current and forecast weather conditions, are predicting record setting high flows at the Victor measuring gauge by the end of the month. More... 
Food bank breaks groundBy Michael Howell
Stevensville Town CouncilCouncil meeting minutes cause concern By Michael Howell At the May 9 Stevensville Town Council meeting, Councilor Desera Towle asked that the minutes of the previous meeting be amended to show that she refused to participate in a closed session that was held for reasons that at the time were unclear. She noted that the minutes did not even reflect that a closed meeting was held. More... Bitterroot flower tour scheduledBy Michael Howell
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Close to fifty people turned out on a windy Saturday morning on May 14, 2011 to witness the groundbreaking ceremony for the new building that will house Pantry Partners, the local food bank, the Clothes Closet, a free clothes outlet, and Acts of Kindness, a local charity that sponsors, you guessed it, acts of kindness.
Stevensville resident John Stroud, aka “Johnny Bitterroot Seed,” is a homegrown, self educated expert on the Bitterroot Flower (Latin name: Lewisia rediviva), the valley’s namesake blossom, and he wants to see it survive and prosper for the benefit of future generations. He wants to spread the seeds. He’s even made a business of it. He just picked about 100 seeds and will be selling them on the sidewalk outside of Valley Drug in Stevensville this week, whenever he feels like going down there, he said. He has planted Bitterroots on the grounds of the St. Mary’s Mission and elsewhere around the valley.
