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RONAN — Samuel Joseph Broughton was born May 23, 2012 at St. Luke Community Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces. Parents are Robert and Jennifer Broughton of Ronan. Paternal grandmother is the late Ruth Solomom of Havre. Maternal grandparents are Candy and Doug Drader of Missoula and great-grand...
RONAN — Lorinzo Bennett Pierre was born May 22, 2012 at St. Luke Community Hospital in Ronan. He weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces. His mother is Laura Bennett of Polson. Maternal grandmother is the late Lori Bennett of Helena and great-grandparents are Jack and the late Patty Bennett of Helena.
POLSON — Caiden Pierre is proud to announce the arrival of his little sister Hunter Roberta Christine Grinsell who was born on May 12, at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces. Parents are Sierra Pierre and Collen Grinsell. Paternal grandparents are Edward VI and Jennif...
Justice of the Peace Chuck Wall dealt with the following cases May 25-31: Robert James Steele , 29, pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle while privilege to do so is suspended or revoked. He was found guilty, sentenced to 10 days in jail, five suspended, and fined $450 plus $35 in court costs. If Ste...
Editor, I am writing this letter in frustration and disappointment with how the Salish Kootenai Tribes let Ahoy Leasing treat its tribal members. Tribal members who were referred to Ahoy Leasing by Tribal Social Services, Indian Health Services and the Department of Human Resource and Development for obta...
Editor, In my opinion, James Raymond has served long enough (14 years) as part-time Polson city attorney. The following impact fee issue illustrates several reasons to hire a new city attorney. James wrote the impact fee ordinance 624 in 2007. At the time, the commission passed a motion to exempt from imp...
Editor, On a recent Sunday afternoon, we decided to drive to Mission Reservoir east of St. Ignatius to let our 5-year-old try out a new fishing pole he had received for Christmas. Upon arriving, we had the whole place to ourselves, except for some people fishing on the other side of the reservoir. A short...
Editor, I want to apologize to Senator Mowbray and her supporters for my May 23rd letter regarding the Senate District 6 race and an agreement I thought she had worked out with Representative Taylor, which turned out to be something that they talked about but never completed. Why the Lake County commis...
Editor, I awoke suddenly at 4 a.m. May 27 from a dream and am typing away at 4:30. When I awoke, I took the dream right into my awake state and started completing the thoughts. When asleep, I was looking at the world and life as a huge tree, which I called the “Tree of Life.” Last evening I...
Editor, Are we paying attention to what’s happening in our community? NGOs (non-government organizations) are rapidly springing up and assuming government roles. They are many and intertwined. They are “global” and pay no attention to the wisdom of our Constitution and are not concern...
