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In response to the Feb. 16 article, “Seven students caught on campus with prescription drugs” — wow, my first guess would be a painkiller such as Hydrocodone, Oxycotine, Oxycodone or Methadone (opioid/opiate). If this was the case, I am very concerned. Are you? Prescription drugs a...
Editor, Prior to the Polson School Board meeting on Feb. 14, a school board trustee stated that superintendent David Whitesell and principal Rob Hankins had already offered the position of assistant principal at Polson High School to Marlin Lewis, a math teacher at the high school. This deal was made befo...
Editor, This letter is to the person or persons who broke into Mission General Store on Wednesday night (Feb. 23) and stole some money from them. The owners work hard for what they make; they trust their customers; and then somebody goes and breaks into the store at night and takes what’s not even y...
Editor, After reading the CharKoosta article about the “Polson High School vice-principal’s contract non-renewed without cause,” my first thought was, “some things never change.” Just when you think a reservation school district is making progress to address age-old issues...
Editor, The Prayer/Support Group for the Guinea Bissau project wishes to thank the community for supporting our rifle raffle. The winning ticket drawn for the rifle, scope and tripod belonged to Paul Haines of Ronan. Congratulations to Paul and a big thank you to all who participated in the raffle. Your h...
Editor, The Polson School District should be ashamed of how it handled the recent delayed opening on Thursday, Feb. 24. A large sum of money was spent on the telephone alert system for the district. Yet somehow, the automated phone calls didn’t come until after 8 a.m., which is more than 20 minutes ...
Editor, I am writing this letter to show my support for Shawn Hendrickson, against the non-renewal of his contract as vice principal of Polson High School. I am a PHS alum (Class of 1992) and have known Shawn since 1987. He and my brother have been great friends for over 23 years. It’s been exciting...
Editor, Parents. What were you thinking? When I drove to work this morning I found two little girls standing on the side of Rocky Point Road by the Stone Quarry subdivision. No cars in sight. I knew Polson Schools and their buses were delayed two hours due to the weather, so I stopped to tell the littl...
Editor, Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but everyone is not entitled to their own facts. Facts are the way the world is. When scientists come to a consensus, and we deny it, it is like declaring that the world is not round, but flat. An overwhelming consensus of the world’s climate sc...
Editor, In 2009 I was a trustee on the Polson Rural Fire District Board. At that time, we were given an informational booklet from a billing company named Fire Recovery USA. Included was a press release from the International Association of Fire Chiefs which announced their partnership with this compan...
