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School grounds look great

Editor, The ladies of the Ronan-Pablo Coffee Clutch would like to give a big “thank you” to the groundskeeper for the Ronan School District. What a fantastic job you’re doing in keeping the school grounds looking like they have been “parked out.” It has been a pleasure dri...

Decker deserves district’s consideration

Editor, I am writing this letter because as I read Gale Decker’s letter to the editor of the Valley Journal, I became very angry. I just need to tell you that I know my brother pretty well, and I know that he is a person of integrity and honesty. He would not bring any allegations against the school...

Weigh in on water rights while there’s still time

Editor, The Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes, and non-Indian water users in Wyoming have been in court since the 1980s fighting over water rights on the Wind River Reservation. Untold millions and millions of dollars have been spent, and though some issues have been resolved, many are still to...

Birth announcements for August 1, 2012 Birth announcements for August 1, 2012

Aubrie Jean Beauchman RONAN — Ronee Smith and Kegan Beauchman of Ronan are proud to announce the arrival of their first child, Aubrie Jean Beauchman, who was born July 20, 2012, at St. Luke Community Hospital. Aubrie weighed 5 pounds, 13 ounces. Paternal grandparents are Brenda and Keith Heggie of...

Lake County Justice Court news for Aug. 1, 2012

Justice of the Peace Chuck Wall dealt with the following cases July 20-26: Rochelle Dawn Nelson, 26, pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle while privilege to do so is suspended or revoked. She was found guilty, sentenced to two days in jail and fined $250 plus $35 in court costs.  Dan L. Wa...

Lake County District Court news for Aug. 1, 2012

Judge Deborah Kim Christopher dealt with the following cases Thursday, July 19: Joseph Cahoon , 52, Pablo, had his 2011 suspended sentence for criminal endangerment, a felony, revoked and was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for three years. According to court documents, Cahoon violated his ...

Legislator focuses on planning

This has been a busy season for most of us. It’s hard to believe that our primary election was held nearly two months ago. Time flies. Since the primary I’ve worked on education issues, water rights concerns, the Republican platform convention and the retirement systems, among other things. He...

Winners repeat at Buffalo Run Winners repeat at Buffalo Run

ST. IGNATIUS – For 30 years, the annual Good Old Days Buffalo Run has drawn runners from all over the country. However, for the first time in anyone’s recollection, the run sponsored by St. Luke Community Healthcare had a runner from Waterloo, Belgium, entered in the 4-mile race. He was Ben Kestn...

Crenshaw sees promotion while deployed

At a July 21 ceremony in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Charleen Crenshaw of Ronan was officially pinned as a senior leader moving from staff sergeant to sergeant first class as of July 1. This was the second promotion to a senior leadership position that the platoon would receive during its deployment.  Cre...

What happened to ‘innocent until proven guilty?’

Editor, My dad used to tell us, “Believe nothing you hear and only half of what you see.” That sounds about right with all news stories and court documents that have covered the situation concerning Jared Hendrickson on May 6 at 1:53 a.m. in Charlo. Every story has at least two sides. ...


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