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Lake County District Court news for Mar. 28, 2012

Judge C.B. McNeil dealt with the following cases Wednesday, March 21: Sean Calahan , 34, Polson, had his 2009 deferred sentence for sexual assault, a felony, revoked and was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for 20 years, 10 suspended. Calahan is also to complete Phase I of the sex offender treat...

Lake County Justice Court news for Mar. 28, 2012

Justice of the Peace Chuck Wall dealt with the following cases March 16-22: Amanda C. Gullotta , 32, pleaded not guilty to failure to carry proof or exhibit insurance in vehicle, first offense. She was found guilty and fined $115 plus $35 in court costs. Lance Lyle Evans , 29, pleaded not guilty to th...

Rodney Lawrence McCollum Sr.

DIXON – Rodney Lawrence McCollum Sr., “Big Rod,” 77,of Dixon, passed away March 21, 2012. Rodney was born March 15, 1935, in Missoula to Eurcle and Mary (Majewski) McCollum and was raised in St. Ignatius. At a young age, he helped support his siblings by driving a team of horses for the ...

Harriett Jane Sherman

ST. IGNATIUS – Harriett Jane Sherman, 60, passed away March 21. She was born to Paul Finley and Josephine LaMoose on May 23, 1952 in Hamilton. Her grandparents Louie and Felicity Cullooyah raised her. After their passing she was raised by Kenneth and Alice Old Person and Dave and Sophie Haynes. She ...

Peggy Sue Antoine

RAVALLI — Peggy Sue Antoine entered into eternity on March 18, 2012. Peggy was born to Alice (Antoine) and Edward “Slim” Deardorff on Sept. 30, 1959. Larry and Mary Keele adopted her at the age of 10. Peggy is survived by seven children, Nicole Hammond, Nathan Evans, Michael King, Adri A...

Misty Dawn Boushie

PABLO — Misty Dawn Boushie, 26, passed away Wednesday, March 21. She was born in Browning March 19, 1986, to Cecile Wagner and Bill Boushie. She married Travis Couture and they had four children, Billy, Dallan, Joseph and Tayler Couture. She is preceded in death by her child Tayler, a brother Tyl...

John Stanislaw

CAMAS PRAIRIE — John Stanislaw, 79, a member of the Salish and Kootenai Tribe, passed away at his home. He was a true mountain man, born in a huckleberry patch in the mountains near Clarks Fork, Idaho, to Joseph Stanislaw and Annie Paul Curley. A jack of all trades and fluent speaker of his language...

Plenty of people want to adopt

Editor, I am writing in response to a letter written in last week’s Journal titled “Pro-Life, or pro-death?” After reading the letter, I was saddened to my deepest core. After seven years of trying to conceive and praying for a baby, my husband and I, by the grace of God, are finally pre...

WhiteWater and O’Connor

POLSON — Evelyn WhiteWater and Robert and Deborah O’Connor are proud to announce the engagement of their children Molly WhiteWater of Polson and Joshua-Luke O’Connor of Polson. The date of the wedding is yet to be determined.

‘Tyranny of the majority’ at work

Editor, The “public survey” has become a way of life here in Lake County. It’s a tool used by various organizations, foundations, community development corporations, or NGOs (non-governmental private corporations), to establish value sets and demographics county-wide. The results are then...


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