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POLSON — Forty years ago last month, local marine veteran Denny Ray Newby received a Bronze Star and Combat “V” for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War, one of the military’s highest honors. Newby served from 1966 to 1969 and was a member of the first all-Montanan platoon. Per the article written at the time in The Ronan Pioneer, “Vet Wins Bronze Star,” Newby didn’t receive his award for 12 years after his discharge due to a metal shortage. “I didn’t stick around for it when I got my discharge,” Newby laughed. “I just told them to give it to somebody else.” The text of the award details that on June...
News from the office of the Bureau of Indian Education WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Indian Education marks a significant milestone by unveiling its official logo on Jan. 6. This is the first logo for BIE since becoming a bureau in 2006. The initial logo design was created by Kayla Jackson, a member ...
ST. IGNATIUS — Saturday, January 15, there will be bingo played at the St. Ignatius Seniors Center at 2 p.m. We are inviting all community members to try their luck. Our meals are served on Tuesdays and Fridays of each week at noon and on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 5:30 p.m. All...
RONAN — Good day from the Mission Valley Senior Center in Ronan. Hope all of you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Right now there isn’t much going on at the center. We will start having taxes done by AARP representatives around the first of February. We will let you know out the exact ...
POLSON — We are located at 504 Third Ave. E, and open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays. Lunch is available from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. weekdays for $5. Dine-in, take-out, and delivery to a shut- in are available. Individuals and small groups are always welcome to lounge, work puzzles, read, play card o...
DIXON — Dixon Senior Center continues to serve our community and hopes everyone is staying happy and healthy. All are invited to come enjoy dinner. Meals will be served Monday and Thursday evenings at 5 p.m. Meals are $4 per serving and are deliverable to Dixon residents upon request. We are also accep...
In August of 2020, we wrote an opinion opposing Modern Monetary Theory (or MMT, the “too good to be true” idea that the federal government can spend unlimited amounts of money, regardless of revenue, in order to benefit the country and the economy). We disagreed with MMT on the strongest terms. S...
I went to Polson Bay out in front of Kwatuknuk (4-7 inches of ice) and caught two 14-pound mackinaws. Lake Mary Ronan (sloppy on the ice; 250 yards out and be careful, ice thickness at a guess is 4-6 inches) is giving up perch. East Bay is frozen over solid with 3-4 inches, lots of snow on the ic...
POLSON — Nearly 70 runners took full advantage of the unseasonably mild 30-degree-temperatures and competed in the Sorry ‘Bout That half marathon on Saturday, Jan. 8. The roughly 13-mile-long clockwise loop started at the Mission Valley Aquatics Center with runners trekking through the slipper...
“I swim every day the pool is open,” says Mike Case as he takes a breather between laps at the Mission Valley Aquatics and Fitness Center in Polson. A retiree who recently moved to Polson, Case says swimming is a lifelong passion of his. He became a certified lifeguard at 12 and took swi...
