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POST CREEK – Don Owen passed away at his home on Post Creek hill on February 26. He was born September 20, 1938 in Malta, Mont. to Oswell Kenneth and Mary Johnson Owen. Don moved to the Mission Valley with his family in 1942, settling on the family ranch at the rim of Post Creek hill, overlooking th...
There is a lot to report and I’ll start with the good news. The revenue estimates are up as of March 15. The Legislative Fiscal Division estimate for 2011, 2012 and 2013 has improved by $63.5 million over last December’s numbers. This is not as high as the February projection. A federal change...
Happy spring to everyone. Hopefully this means we will start seeing some green in the fields. Here in Helena the House of Representatives voted last Monday on the state budget, HB2. The budget we sent on to the Senate is balanced and contains a 6 percent decrease from the previous sessions. The revenue e...
Editor, I would like to thank Soroptimist International of Polson and all those who support their organization for the Violet Richardson Award scholarship that I received at their recent awards banquet. As part of this scholarship, which is based on volunteerism, soroptimists also made a donation to a chari...
Editor, What many people are failing to realize about this whole issue is that the school board's "no tell" policy is there for the dismissed party's benefit. Let's say, for example, that the person in question had told native students they wouldn't amount to anything because they were native, or had told s...
Editor, As the world reaches out to help those suffering in Japan, we would like to make you aware of an opportunity to assist Japanese students at The University of Montana. Sixty-five Japanese students are part of our community at UM in Missoula. All have been profoundly affected by the natural disaster i...
Tort Reform begins – I carried HB 531 which passed in the Senate. It’s the first of seven tort reform bills coming our way from the House. These bills will improve general civil liability parameters to reduce legal defense costs. You’ll quickly grasp its positive effect on the medical profe...
Editor, I had recently read an article in one of the local newspapers about child development centers in Montana and knew instantly that I wanted to learn more; and not just because this is the perfect topic for my activism project for my English class. I truly am interested due to the fact that my field of...
Flathead area legislators received a letter from Kevin Jump, owner of John Jump Trucking of Kalispell, asking what this session is doing to create good-paying jobs for Montanans. We are proud of the jobs bills that are progressing this session. We have more work to do, but we expect the bills summarized b...
Here we are only a couple of days before the official first day of spring. How sweet it is. March roared in like a lion, now let’s hope the rest of the axiom plays out. Many times I am asked by interested parties the process we use to hire a police officer. There are several methods, so today we wil...
