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Irene Carter Olson

CHARLO – Irene Carter Olson passed away peacefully Dec. 6 with her family at her bedside. Please join us for a celebration of Irene’s life Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011 at 2 p.m. in Charlo at the Leon Community Clubhouse.

Constitutional Convention isn’t a good idea

Editor, Art Wittich (R-MT) state senator of District 35, Bozeman, is the proud primary sponsor of two bills for this coming legislative session. SJ 4 calls for a resolution to Congress for a Constitutional Convention on a balanced budget amendment while SJ 5 proposes a resolution to Congress for a Constit...

MVA appreciates support, input

Editor, Mission Valley Aquatics has received a large amount of input regarding the Ridgewater and Kerr Dam Fields sites and would like to thank the community for that. The board has processed this input and has done some preliminary investigating that is causing them to lean away from the Kerr Dam Fields ...

Rescued kittens will find good homes

Editor, Are you lonesome for the seven little grey kittens that you played with and trained to use the litter box? This letter is for you. It was by chance that my daughter missed her turn off and proceeded farther than she normally travels down Pow-Wow Road at about 10 o’clock in the morning on Chr...

Thanks for tournament help

Editor, Ronan recently hosted 18 teams for the Western Montana Duals wrestling tournament. We are fortunate to have a wonderful community who wholeheartedly supported this tournament. We would like to thank all the businesses that donated food and drinks to the hospitality room. A special thanks goes out...

National change starts with citizenry

Editor, Three trillion here, three trillion there, pretty soon we're talking real money. The Iraq mistake cost us that first three trillion and Afghanistan is probably exceeding that. But aside from our wars, just think of all the money in bailouts and prop-ups that our government has given out to help cove...

Thanks to Kettle Drive volunteers

Editor, We would like to recognize and thank the churches, organizations and individuals in the Polson community who stood in front of Super One Foods and Walmart and rang the bell during the holiday season. From the Friday after Thanksgiving to the day before Christmas, volunteers braved the cold and so...

Crash response fees unreasonable

Editor, At the recent Polson Rural Fire District board meeting, the board voted to impose the following fees for traffic accident response: 1) If firefighters are called to a crash and spend less than an hour at the scene: $500 if special tools are not required or $750 if special tools are required to extri...

January is National Mentoring Month

Editor, This month, we celebrate National Mentoring Month. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lake County and the Flathead Reservation would like to thank our community for all their continued support through the year. This month we urge other adults to start something to help kids succeed in and out of school...

Polson Rural Fire Board addresses perceived myths regarding wreck response fee

(Editor's note: The Polson Rural Fire Board has addressed several "myths" listed below that the group feels is the basis of public discontent regarding the new motor vehicle response fees the department will charge when responding to wrecks.) It should be noted that the trustees see their responsibility a...


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