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Editor, I am proud to live in a community such as ours. When people are hungry, we feed them. When people are cold, we warm them. When fire takes everything a family owns, we give generously. When people are seriously ill, we come to their aid like one huge family. But one thing that angers me is how c...
Editor, We were eating at the Polson Senior Citizens Center this past week and chatting with an elderly man; in the course of the conversation I encouraged him to read his Bible. His response was both startling and disappointing. He said, “I have never read the Bible, nor have I ever owned a Bible&r...
Editor, Montana’s office of tourism does a lot of good things. Tourism has consistently grown, benefitting Montana, which captures a 4 percent “bed tax” to promote tourism. Next time you suffer from cabin fever, go to visitmt.com for an appealing look at the exciting places in our bea...
Forage quality analysis, as discussed in the first part of this article last week, is one of the most effective forage management tools. It is important to understand forage quality terminology to interpret forage nutrient analysis reports effectively. Following are more definitions of and typical ranges for...
Editor, It has been several weeks since Ronan’s Haunted House and Zombie Prom. That’s about enough recovery time so we can finally express our thanks to the generous volunteers. With about as much exuberance, hard work and enthusiasm as one could muster, Sharla Talsma, Shelly Cordis, their f...
Editor, I would just like to respond to the article about Ricciardi’s restaurant on Highway 35 that the “very young” high school student wrote about his dining experience in the high school paper The Salishian. First of all, what a way to ruin a small business that has worked for years...
As part of National Shelter Week, we at the Mission Valley Animal Shelter want to thank the community for all of its support over the past 20 years. Yes, we have been around that long, but there are still misconceptions about what we can and cannot do. First and foremost, we find new homes for abandoned a...
This is the sixth year for the free Community Thanksgiving Dinner, Thursday, Nov. 24, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., sponsored by the Polson Ministerial Association's Helping Hands Fund in conjunction with Polson Senior Citizens Center at 504 Third Ave. E. What a wonderful story I heard from Tracy Plaiss, this year...
Editor, I want to thank Cynthia Preston for putting the spotlight on the Federal Reserve in last week’s opinion piece. This institution was conceived in secrecy and passed by Congress with deception by a near–deserted Congress just before Christmas 1913. The Federal Reserve Act was signed into ...
Editor, On Oct. 29, Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, 17 pounds of prescription drugs were turned in at the Community Center in Mission and Pablo Law and Order. Bravo, people. The U.S. Center for Disease Control has demonstrated a relationship between increased opioid overdose death rates, increased addi...
