Wednesday, December 21 BPL story time Preschoolers are invited to meet in the children’s corner of the Bitterroot Public Library on Wednesday, December 21 to enjoy “Let’s Play Again” with storyteller Sally Blevins. Story time begins at 10:30 a.m. and is designed for children 3-5 years of age. You’re all invited to “Stay…
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Inhumane practice must stop
What makes a person incapable of humane thought and feelings? What makes a person blind to the agony and suffering caused by their own doing? Where does empathy and compassion hide while someone calmly sets their indiscriminate traps? Everyone should be appalled and outraged that trapping is still legal in civilized society. The continuation…
Wake-up call
In January 2009 a presumptuous, newly elected head of state issued a series of executive orders: Guantanamo was to be closed within a year. The CIA interrogation program was suspended, et al. The troublesome fact is that this wishy-washy administration disdains military tribunals. (They have been used in our history from the Revolutionary War…
Where does the buck stop?
I often wish I was an economist so I could manage large sums of other people’s money. As it is I only have our handful of pocket change to manage. I don’t need an economist’s degree to keep track of our pennies, nickels and dimes. If you can count to one hundred you…
Most important clarification
Thank you very, very much for your excellent article concerning our recently published study, “Observations of brachygnathia superior in wild ruminants in Western Montana, USA.” Your article stated everything correctly, using the proper words for what our study reported. An article about our study, published in another weekly newspaper, incorrectly called the developmental…
Human rights complaints released
By Michael Howell Deputy County Attorney Geoffrey Mahar’s human rights complaints against County Attorney William “Bill” Fulbright and Ravalli County were released to the public by the Human Rights Bureau last Thursday, December 15. Several entities sought the release of the complaints but were refused based upon an objection by Mahar that it would…
County ordinances under review
By Michael Howell ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE The county’s Animal Control Ordinance is headed for major revisions following the elimination of the Animal Control Officer from the county budget, the resignation of the Animal Control Board and the subsequent collapse of the county’s dog licensing program. The ordinance came into question when the Commissioners’ Administrative…
Wolves are victims of fear and exaggeration
By Marty Essen, Victor “The wolves, they’re going to kill our children!” “The wolves, they’re a giant, aggressive, Canadian subspecies!” “The wolves, they’re devastating our livestock!” “The wolves, they’re killing all our elk!” Perhaps now that Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has extended the wolf hunting season—due to lack of success—we can stop listening…
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