Medical marijuana order troubling Dear Editor, Normally I believe that legislators should not comment on a pending lawsuit, and the suit challenging Senate Bill (SB) 423 (the revision the 2011 […]
Opinion
Rebuttal of LaCroix letter Dear Editor, Your newspaper recently published a lengthy diatribe authored by Bill La Croix, Coordinator for the Bitterroot Human Rights Alliance (an oxymoron if I ever […]
How to reduce the national debt
By Floyd Wood, Corvallis Here’s how we can reduce the national debt that’s on everyone’s mind these days. Bring home all of our troops and war material from Japan, Philippines, […]
Re: physician-assisted suicide Dear Editor, This letter is in response to Paulette Kimball’s letter (June 22, 2011) supporting physician-assisted suicide. I make two points. First, to clarify: Physician-assisted suicide is […]
Thanks from Refuge
Dear Editor, The 7th Annual Wildlife Weed Roundup on 6/25 was a huge success! Forty people pulled about 2,200 pounds of houndstongue at Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. This is […]
Response to Manzella
Dear Editor, I almost did not want to even give any further thought to the guest opinion by Theresa Manzella. I now have concerns about a “animal helping” organization with people […]
Darby Sell-a-rama a success
Dear Editor, A very successful Sell-a-rama was held in Darby on June 11, the second Saturday. A special thanks goes out to Jeri Austin, Realty 2000 and Creative Memories Consultant, […]
Biased article
Dear Editor, I am writing to comment on the front page article in your June 29th edition titled “Elk Foundation moves to protect appellate rights in wolf decision.” After reading […]
Wolf hysteria
Dear Editor, Ravalli County commissioners want to hear about wolf encounters. In fact, Commissioner Suzy Foss, in particular, wants to hear from any county resident who has had a wolf […]
The deciders
Dear Editor, In a democratic republic, who “decides?” In a democratic republic, with a representative government “of, by, and for the people,” what weight should elected officials give to public […]
Students must rally against global warming
By Marty Essen, Victor As a professional speaker, I’ve spent much of the past four years performing at colleges across the country. While the subject of my show is rare […]
Someday
Someday, one day, any day that comes along I’ll promise to finish that task, providing nothing goes wrong. I made that promise a long time past It didn’t get done […]
Commissioners’ real agenda
Dear Editor, On June 9, our commissioners wasted half an hour of taxpayers’ time and money giving a regrettably inadequate presentation on “coordination”, their far-right scheme to use truncated, Civil […]
The Flat Iron show
Dear Editor, The Flat Iron show is back in town. 450 acres, 389 houses, plus condos for another 162 residents, plus 4 commercial developments. These are “plans,” one can only […]
What’s not behind animal rights agenda
by Kathleen Stachowski, Other Nations, Lolo Animal rights (AR) supporters were recently demonized in a guest column by Theresa Manzella of Willing Servants Christian horse rescue group. Willing Servants has […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
What’s behind the animal rights agenda
by Theresa Manzella, Willing Servants Any time we send out a mailing concerning the horse harvesting situation, we always get several responses. Fortunately, most of them are positive and supportive […]
Thank you for Labenske benefit
Dear Editor, I would like to thank the Stevensville Super 1 Foods – Barry, Rich, Maryann, John, Shawna and James – and the girls at Ridgeway Pharmacy and the Coca-Cola […]