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Celebrate the true reason for the season

Editor, Very soon Christmas will be here. My wife, Audrey, and I are now in our mid-80s, and we will soon come to the finish line. A long time ago we have put behind us thoughts of fairies and Santa Claus and are looking forward to celebrating the real reason for Christmas — the glorious incarnat...

Do they need the money?

Editor, In a previous letter, I wanted to alert people that the Polson Fire Department may start directly billing you and me for responding to traffic “incidents.” A question arises: do they need the money? After all, none of us want to deny adequate funding for our fire and police men and wom...

Front lines - Afghanistan

Raised in the Mission Valley, Lieutenant Colonel Ted Adams serves in the United States Marine Corps. Adams is the son of Dee and C.W. Adams of Polson and is serving his second tour of Afghanistan in the 9th Engineer Support Battalion of 3rd Marine Logistics. A 1983 graduate of Polson High School, Adams at...

Lake County District Court news for Dec. 16, 2010

Judge C.B. McNeil dealt with the following cases Wednesday, Dec. 8: Letitia Jolene Colon , 21, Polson, was advised of her rights and she waived formal extradition proceedings and freely and voluntarily agreed to return to the State of Idaho, accompanied by a peace officer, for the purpose of answering cr...

Warriors place 4th in Superior

SUPERIOR — The Arlee Warriors competed in the 13 Team Superior Invitational Saturday and placed six wrestlers. The Warriors finished in fourth place overall and wrestled tough in every weight class. Cameron Dominick led the Warrior pack at 130 pounds placing second in the tournament. Cameron defe...

Polson speech places in sweeps

POLSON — Polson High School’s Speech Debate and Drama team traveled to Whitefish for a meet on Dec. 11. The PHS drama competitors placed third, and the speech students earned second place in sweepstakes, or team scores.  Policy Debaters Kelsey Koberg and Logan Nutzman first place finish h...

Ronan finishes 2nd at Corvallis

CORVALLIS — The Ronan High School Speech and Drama team finished second place in drama with 49 points, three points behind Corvallis and one point ahead of divisional rival, Libby, at the Dec. 3 and 4 Corvallis Invitational. Elsie Bold finished in first place in Pantomime for the third time this sea...

Ronan speech and drama takes 1st at Whitefish Invitational

RONAN – The Ronan High School speech and drama team earned 87 points and a first place team finish at the Whitefish Invitational tournament on Saturday. The team outpaced division rivals Libby, in second place with 60 points, and Polson, in third place with 45 points.  “This was truly a t...

Lake County Justice Court news for Dec. 16, 2010

Justice of the Peace Chuck Wall dealt with the following cases from Nov. 26 - Dec. 9: Monica Ann Vanderburg , 25, pleaded not guilty to an amended offense of criminal possession of a toxic substance. She was found guilty and sentenced to 180 days in jail with 155 suspended and credited for 25 days served...

Cooperative solutions needed now to save our native fish

Montanans have long cherished native bull trout and westslope cutthroat as important sport fish, cultural symbols, indicators of good water quality, and drivers of our recreation economy. Many Montanans grew up learning how to fish by catching these two species. Future Montana kids deserve the same opportuni...


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