By Jean Schurman With angels to help shoppers and elves in the back wrapping presents, you would have thought the Clothes Closet in Stevensville had been transformed to the North Pole on Saturday. The event was the second annual Kids Shopping Day. With more than 50 youngsters going through the store in the first…
By Michael Howell Director of the Salish-Pend d’Oreille Cultural Committee Tony Incashola spoke to a small gathering of people in Stevensville recently about his tribe’s struggle for spiritual survival in the modern world and the importance of the Bitterroot Valley in that regard. “The tracks of my ancestors are all over this valley,” said…
By Carlotta Grandstaff In the family of common viruses known as Coronaviridae, a new coronavirus, recently emerged in Saudi Arabia, is positioned somewhere between the common cold and the decidedly more dangerous and potentially deadly SARS. Where this new coronavirus sits in the pantheon of viruses – whether it causes largely asymptomatic infections, whether…
MONTANA TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, RAVALLI COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JEANINE IONE ROCHON, Deceased. Probate No. DP 12-84 Dept. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present…
Sales/Auctions OUTFITTERS, TOUR GUIDES, and Recreational Vehicle Dealers: Be a part of the Northern Plains Outdoor Expo Feb. 8-10, Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City. www.NPoutdoorExpo.com, Jim Glines 605-390-9001. Habitat for Humanity ReSale. New & used building materials & much more. Fridays & Saturdays, 9 – 4. 131 Old Corvallis Rd, Hamilton. Farm and Garden…
I will acknowledge that this letter is late in coming, and I will assure Mr. Fred Thomas that I meant no disrespect in waiting this long to congratulate him on his victory in our race for State Senate District 45. I know that he will hold dear the needs of all of his constituents in…
I see corporatism as capitalism run amok. It has overtaken government. It feeds on the concept of “profit” which, if uncontrolled and lacking in moral values, expands into greedy accumulation of wealth and increasing power. These eventually over-ride compassion and accommodation of those societal needs conceptually and inadequately provided for through the profit motivated system….
‘Tis the season for Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, hum… So many folks are caught on the merry-go-round of life, continuing to hope that they don’ t weaken, falter, or fail, and if they can just hang on awhile longer, things will get better. Well, how about today? Are you warm, are you full? No,…
Happiness abounds, I grin from ear to ear We’re at the end of the 2012 year. Now, at the end of December I think back how fast the year went bye-bye Almost as if I were watching a passerby. Strangely, as we count every year Some hope to accomplish goals while still here….
Christian reasons for LGBT inclusion
By Terry Moran, PFLAG Hamilton-Bitterroot Chapter President This fall a successful Pacific Northwest Regional PFLAG (Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) Conference was hosted in Hamilton. I continue to be haunted by a troubling statement from a gay conference attendee. In the context of a presentation on religious issues he remarked: “I…
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