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Editor, Dayton Proctor Park and The Christmas Give-A-Way Program would like to thank all the community members, Rosauer’s patrons and anyone else who donated or bought raffle tickets for the Christmas tree this year. The raffle included all ornaments, the tree, tree skirt and two stockings. &...
Editor, There is a darkness looming before us. There is a “fly in the ointment” as the saying goes. There is a form of brainwashing heaped upon “we the people” which the recent WikiLeaks event is exposing. In a Reuters interview on Dec. 12, John Pilger, highly respected Australi...
Editor, Good fortune exists in a community that has reliable sources of communication like newspapers, radio and TV stations. Hopefully these institutions are appreciated as a forum to solving problems and finding answers to questions. Over the past year and especially in recent days we have received t...
Editor, Some 68 years ago, Lake County superintendant of schools, Mary Louise Graves, penned these lines to show support for those fighting for freedom and to testify of the true meaning of Christmas. Today, this is still worth reading through several times, emphasizing her punctuation. There Sha...
Editor, Isn’t it a little disingenuous to say we don’t pay for the “wreck response” now? What have the taxes been paying for all these years? Also the fire chief indicates the fees are expected to be between $435 and $2,200 but fails to report the fee is by the hour. The chief a...
Editor, In many years of observing politicians, I have been annoyed when they twist themselves into a pretzel trying to convince taxpayers that “someone else” will pay for some new service. A current example is the Polson Fire Department’s plan to bill you and me directly for responding ...
This legislative session will be very different. The House in the last three sessions was divided evenly between Republicans and Democrats. Now there are 68 Republicans and only 32 Democrats. And 32 of the Republicans are new legislators. Like most Montanans, I voted for term limits, but your representati...
Editor, I just returned from visiting the Polson Loaves and Fish Food Pantry. I feel very compelled to write on how your dollars, small and large, make a difference in peoples’ lives on both sides of the equation —the one giving and the one receiving. You must take a tour of the new facility. ...
Editor, What happened to Christmas spirit? This past Sunday morning I drove by the Visitor’s Center in Ronan and realized there was only one Christmas tree on the porch. Did the other fall over? No, it was gone. Stolen. These trees were a fundraising project sponsored by our high school Stu...
Editor, I have been following the Polson Rural Fire District on its effort to collect hourly fees on district residents if they are involved in an auto “accident.” These calls can be billed anywhere from $400 to $2,200 per hour as deemed by the fire chief. This bill would go to the car owner/i...
