NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY FARMER’S STATE BANK VS. DONN J. MCAFEE, JANICE J. KURTH, RAVALLI COUNTY TREASURER; INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND DOE OCCUPANTS 1-10 OF 348 BLAIR LANE, VICTOR, MT, and all other persons, unknown, claiming or who might claim any right, title, estate, or interest in or lien or encumbrance upon […]
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Wednesday, June 29 Adventure day camp Outdoorsmen Church/Bitterroot will hold a free Adventure Day Camp June 27-29 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. for boys and girls age 5-12 at 3919 Stevi River Road in Stevensville. Activities include 3-D archery, air rifle, wildlife indentification, game calling clinic, fishing clinic, survival skills, crafts and much more. Parents […]
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Sales/Auctions GARAGE SALE – Saturday, June 24, 8 AM to 4 PM, 154 Mid. Burnt Fork Road, Stevensville. SANDERS COUNTY YARD SALEING EVENT! MT Highway 200, Dixon to Heron. 80+ Yard Sales, treasure hunt to your hearts content! June 24th & 25th. www.SandersSaleing.com Business Opportunities LOOMIX FEED SUPPLEMENTS is seeking Dealers. Motivated individuals with cattle […]
Circus coming to town
The Culpepper & Merriweather Circus is coming to Stevensville on Friday, June 24, and Skeeter the Clown made an early appearance at the Bitterroot Valley Living Center Monday. While there, she ‘clowned’ around with some of the residents. Pictured are Esther Morton, Harriet Coats, Cora Cochran, Skeeter, Dale Speake and Grace Schara. The circus will […]
Stevi struggles with utility bill collections
By Michael Howell – The Town of Stevensville got the word at its June 13 council meeting that, if bill collections for water and sewer services don’t improve, its massive wastewater system improvement project may come to a screeching halt. The Town needs to pass a Bond Resolution to fund the sewer system improvements that […]
Hamilton clarifies City Attorney job description
by Michael Howell – Hamilton City Attorney Ken Bell, 66, is ready to ease out of his position as city attorney. Bell plans to continue working part time for the city for a few months as a new attorney is recruited and gets his or her feet on the ground. “When I started as City […]
Stevensville School’s building project on track
The old fourth- to sixth-grade school building on the Stevensville School District campus was reduced to rubble last week, giving way to a new era and a new set of buildings. Demolition of the 4-6 Grade Building, constructed in 1936, did not draw the same large crowd that turned out for demolition of the junior […]
Board of Realtors releases housing stats
An increase in home affordability throughout most of Montana’s major real estate markets was the main highlight of the annual report on Housing Affordability and Montana’s Real Estate Markets, which was released by the Montana Association of Realtors (MAR). The 2011 study marks the fourth consecutive year that MAR has partnered with the University of […]
Florence Civic Club to sponsor music group
Attention, amateur musicians, all skill levels: The Florence community is considering starting a music group for community members, any instruments (including your voice), just for fun, beginning this summer. If you’d like to get together with other music-lovers, or would like more information, contact Bruce Wareing at 546-5541. This activity is sponsored by the Florence […]
Compromise needed
Dear Editor, The national debt, now above $14 trillion, is equal to about 95% of our GDP. That’s up from 51% in 1988. Now, every man, woman and child living in the United State owes nearly $50,000. The debt keeps accelerating as the federal government borrows about forty cents of every dollar it spends. Only […]
Support for physician-assisted suicide
Dear Editor, I am undergoing my second round of cancer. I feel that only I can decide how much pain and loss of ‘quality of life’ I can endure. No one else should have the right to decide for me that I must suffer until I die an excruciating natural death. By taking away my […]
Council should focus on real issues
Dear Editor, I offer my personal observations from the June 13, 2011 Town Council Meeting of Stevensville. The primary reason for my attendance was Item B under Unfinished Business – Waste Water Project Bond Discussion. Mr. Dan Johnson from Rural Development (Federal/State Program) and Mr. Dan Semmons (Dorsey Whitney Bond Counsel) were on the agenda […]