By Michael Howell The idea of having a park in the town of Victor was born just after the Victor Garden Club was formed. The Club was formed in 1947 and in 1948, “the idea of establishing a public park as a means of improving the community of Victor was born in the minds…
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County invites Chief of Forest Service to discuss water right applications
By Michael Howell The County Commissioners last week decided to invite the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service Tom Tidwell to come and discuss the applications that the agency has made for instream flow water rights on Laird and Blodgett Creeks. The County Commissioners filed an objection to the water right applications that was…
Stevensville veteran awarded pending Bronze Star
By Michael Howell Ninety-four year old Jim Campbell, who served in both WWII and the Korean War, was awarded a boxful of medals that he earned during five years, three months, and twenty-three days in the service last Sunday. Campbell enlisted in the 69th Engineering Topographic Company in 1940 and was quickly promoted to…
Trespassing charges dropped against Mitchell Slough angler
By Michael Howell Trespassing charges filed against a fisherman on Mitchell Slough for leaving the water and walking on the bank to get around a bridge were dropped last week. George Thompson, of Missoula, was cited by Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Albright for trespassing last March following a complaint by Ed Hebner, a landowner along…
Horse found strangled NE of Stevensville
A horse was found strangled to death in a field near Stevensville last Saturday. According to the horse’s owner, Pat Cregan, she found the horse Saturday morning lying dead in the pasture with a rope wrapped around its neck so tightly that it had cut into the flesh. The rope was severed, leaving a…
Stevi grants variance for Genesis House garage
By Michael Howell At a hearing on Thursday, May 16, the Stevensville Board of Adjustments granted a variance to Genesis House, located at 116 College Street, to allow the reconstruction of the garage within 17 feet of the property line instead of the 20-foot set-back required by the regulations. The current structure is already…
Bitterroot siblings are Coast Guard ‘brothers in arms’
Photo: Brothers Trevor (left) and Travis (right) Capp, residents of Stevensville, and members of U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Unit 313 based in Everett, WA, participate in the Combined Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (CJLOTS) exercise as part of Operation Foal Eagle 2013 in Pohang, South Korea. By Daniel King, U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer…
Painted Rocks Reservoir back in action after spillway shutoffs
By Michael Howell Irrigators and recreationists are all happy that water is once again spilling over the dam at Painted Rocks Reservoir. Flows from the dam were incrementally reduced and then shut down for repairs at the end of April. As a result, a stretch of the West Fork of the Bitterroot just below…
Economic future looks good, but different, say experts
By Victoria Howell The prognosis for the still ailing U.S. and Montana economies is fairly good, according to two economists who spoke to about 250 businesspeople at this year’s annual Business Success Symposium sponsored last week by Farmers State Bank. Dr. Christopher Thornberg, founding partner of Beacon Economics, LLC and an expert in economic forecasting,…
SAFE celebrates 25th anniversary
By Michael Howell The non-profit organization called Supporters of Abuse Free Environments (SAFE) which provides shelter and other services to victims of sexual and domestic violence is celebrating its 25th anniversary this week. Despite the recent setback suffered when a fire damaged a portion of its building on Fairgrounds Road, the organization is fully…