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Editor, Cheerful Heart, Inc. provides free non-medical services to Lake County cancer patients. We have 30 volunteers who help us serve soup and support patients at the Polson Oncology Clinic, drive patients to appointments and treatments, run errands or provide whatever is needed by cancer patients and t...
Editor, Three articles in an area newspaper’s opinion section struck me as ironic. One lauded UM, MSU, and Montana Board of Regents for creating the Institute of Ecosystems and was written by the co-directors of said institute. The second article, written by another environmentalist, lauded the E...
Editor, I believe the Occupy Polson protesters are asking the wrong question. The right question should be, “How can the loss in federal aid be recovered without government assistance, reducing the impact on Polson High School graduates?” Protest, by definition, is a reaction to a statement...
Editor, I have enjoyed reading about the “Occupy Polson” movement, and the letters expressing opinions on the subject. I appreciate Carmine Mowbray’s letter, although I don’t agree with all of it. It is impressive that she took the time to talk with the occupiers and hear their per...
Editor, In 2009, a newspaper recently reported, three city police officers and two deputy sheriffs broke into a Polson residence and arrested the occupant by mistake. The arrested resident now seeks over $300,000 in damages. It seems that citizens appointed to interview applicants for the Polson Police Ch...
Editor, In early December, while at Lakeview Cemetery to make arrangements for a headstone for my husband who had just died, my little 4-year-old granddaughter needed to use the bathroom. My daughter was instructed to take her out to the only facility they have, which is a Porta-Potty between two sheds. I...
Editor, The Polson City Council passed an ordinance on March 19, 2007, that assessed fees on new development. The city website states that after May 2007, each new homebuilder must pay “impact fees” of $7,174. The original Council motion, however, exempted “those with preliminary appr...
Editor, I applaud Representative Janna Taylor and the members of the Children, Families, Health and Human Services Interim Committee for their concerns over the nutritional health of food stamp recipients, as well as costs to taxpayers. I have three points to make regarding the committee’s efforts t...
Editor, Saul Alinsky would be proud of Virgil Hess. With two words, he attempted to neutralize an important message. There was a time when Americans were skeptical and wary of growing government and organizations like the United Nations, but this is no longer true. The only serious threat people now see a...
Fishermen, Pablo Reservoir was great fishing on the day it opened. The fish are running larger than last year with about one out of every three fish being fillet-sized. Folks fishing in front of the outlet did the best in a 20-foot depth. Rance Hertz had success using a 1/8-ounce Double Treble Trilobite b...
