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Editor, Many viewpoints have been offered regarding the voting record of Sen. Carmine Mowbray, particularly her vote on HB 456 in the 2011 legislative session. The following is the introductory language regarding HB 456 because your letter policy will not provide for the entire bill’s language: &...
Editor, My wife’s family has owned West Shore property on Flathead Lake since the 1920s. Over the years, that has been parleyed down to less desirable property to maintain ownership. Our dream has been to preserve it for future generations. So the children can play in the water, row the boat, watch ...
Editor, I am writing to urge voters to support Janna Taylor for Senate District 6. Janna has been our elected representative for eight years and knows how things work over in Helena. My wife and Janna were some of the founding members of the Lake County Republican Women’s Club. For co...
Editor, It is a privilege and honor to have an opportunity to offer this letter to the electors of Lake and Sanders counties recommending that they re-elect Deborah Kim Christopher to the office of District Judge in the 2012 election. During the 16 years that I served as Chief Justice of the Montana Su...
Editor, The Lake County Spay/Neuter Task Force would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all the wonderful volunteers, donators and sponsors at the recent two-day clinic. We have said before that it truly “takes a village” to make this event successful. Our village answered the c...
Editor, On a trip to the Columbia Falls Veterans’ Home, Sen. Mowbray took the time to go along with our group of veterans to see how the veterans at the home were being taken care of. We want to thank her for taking the time to do this and for listening to them and us about the proposal of privatizi...
Editor, Saturday, May 12, was the fourth annual Starving Artist’s Show and Sale at Willard’s Bar. Every year, we choose a charity and then, with the help of this awesome community, work to make it bigger and better than the previous year. We would like to thank all those who donated and bid in...
Editor, Most Christians know all our battles are spiritual, and we try to do what Jesus would do and say what Jesus would say, except in politics. We judge and blame and get mad at men and parties; is that of God? No. “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” (Matthew 7:1) Obama, according to the...
Editor, My recent mailbox brought a letter from Jana Taylor requesting participation in a survey. Maybe Taylor thinks we are all Republicans. The contents were so skewed that the first thing that came to mind was - is this is an audition for a comic strip? Upon further perusal it turned out not to be...
Editor, Sometimes people enter your life and it is forever changed for the better. Carmine Mowbray is one of those people. Carmine was my boss for many years at the Lake County Leader/Advertiser. In those eight-plus years, I worked with Carmine we had almost no employee turnover. Her goal was to make...
