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Eagles in winterHumane Groundbreaking held ‘backs for medical Bitter Root Association Stevi community the center blue’ Three Mile Community Center open celebrates new shelter, 50th anniversary speech, occupa-
by Victoria by John Victoria Howell by Howell Dowd
shelter. $140,000. a levy, so this won’t have any cook-off. He hoped this tional and physical According The park additional impactdoonatpeople’s year therapy would least services –as It’s been a long to Colleen board made property After months of time prep well taxes. as last. including therapy coming, the new Three Schmiedeke, the decision In addition thea loan, the Bitterroot Health work, lastbut Saturday’s Amongtochanges Mile Community Center is up who serves on to take out a project was paid for by the pool – plus imaging held a groundbreakby Michael Howell and cut the ribbon at last week’s Stevensville Police that were made, Kruse and running. Located at 4433 both the park loan to finish Three Mile Community and labthat services. ceremony, said concerning thelastSenior Department Annual mentioned year ing last Wednesday Sunnyside Cemetery Road, board and the the project. Center (the official name) Bishop said Chili Cook-Off was by they ran out of food, so organization’s 50 years of service, “It An open house celebration was for new is medical theits center on the east side community She said they which raised over $80,000 all accounts a success. this year they got more they hope to have held last week at the Bitter Root was started by a bunch of little old complex that will beThe build- center board, of Lone Rock Park. worked with through community picnics, Drawing nearly 100 put out 1972 drinks, and the it’s still runmore by a Humane Association’s (BRHA) new facility open ing contains a large meeting they started Farmersladies State in rummage sales, bingo nights built just north of people, and making overon Fairgrounds toppings and asked for animal shelter located bunch of little old ladies.” room, a warming kitchen, a working on Bank to keep and donations fromof commuby spring 2023, Stevensville at the $10,536, minus $1,000 some people of to the bring Butts, President Road in Hamilton. The event served state-of-the-art audio visual this ain 2012 their loan Kathienity members. Other major and that they plan corner of Kootenai for expenses, the event extraorganization if possible. With double purpose. It included Board, said, “This has system, and a gorgeous view a ribbon and incorpopayments contributors were the Three on continuing to brought a great theseDistrict, and other changes, Creek andvariety of the Road Bitterroot Mountains totherated reasonable. Mile Fire Lone cutting ceremony in honor of new in 2014. come such a long way sincethe it was of chili to the StevensKruse said the event ran expand Hwy 93. including tours of the whole the west. She said the Those payRock 50 Park andago. theservices. Rapp started about years I feel aFamfacility, ville masses, and for much smoother. “We’re bringing the The building isarray now of home total cost is ments come ily of Foundation. John Bishop, building, andWhen anBitfood and huge sense responsibility to honor ato good cause. One oftothe other care the patients, ” the senior center and the approximateout of park Schmiedeke said there terroot Health those who have comethey before and drink honor of the organization’s all wasin said andCEO, done, issues ran us into at Weekend Backpack Program ly $500,000. taxes that are were many volunteers who he said. make it as good as it canevent be aswas we set 50ththat birthday. said Marcus Kristin Kruse, secretary last that serves Lone Rock School. When already being helped onyear’s theLois project, and HedgeThe privatehad non-profi t organization the course forthat the next 50 years.” of the Stevensville Police they only put out a Daly Hospital The surrounding park conSchmiedeke assessed, TMCSC received reduced peth, chair of McCormack said that the was fi rst organized in 1972. In 1984, Department, explained few tables. According to tains soccer and baseball “got really Schmiedeke prices from contractors.the The Three Mile Community Senior Center board members, l to r, Col“I feel like people are Sosa, they were not sure organization conducted a successful Countess Margarite Bessenyey, the hospital board, fields, tennis and volleyball involved,” the is proud that general contractor donated lajust happy to getofout anda playwhatsaid to expect, and leen Schmiedeke, Joyce Pando and Wendy Audiss in front of the fundraising campaign to fund theso new granddaughter Marcus Daly, gave this project courts, a walking path, group had they didn’t be with the communithey wanted it to look See CENTER, page 3 new community center at Lone Rock Park. Photo by V. Howell. construction but then the Covid-19 the BRHA on Fairgrounds Road ground andland a covered picnic raised Bitterroot about have to run has been four years Chamber of Commerce Director Al Mitchell holds the group spell-bound as Bitfull. construction However, they were ty.” Ste- Six years later, withAccording a 99-yeartolease. pandemic hit and in the surprised works, costs but ter Root Humane Association Board Member Sue McCormack prepares to cut the ribbon pleasantly vensville Police DepartAs a result, the group in 1990, the Bessenyey estate deeded there wereso some John Bishop, pictured from left, leads a gathering peopleskyrocketed. involved in the celebrating the opening of the new animalfifth shelter in Hamilton. Photo by Michaelof Howell. atathe turnout, this ment Chief, Macorganization Sosa, had to take out mortgage to finish the land to the where year they put out all “It’s just great to see the delays due to the Bitterroot project in a ceremonial groundbreaking. The facility on the property that hadHealth housedbuilding the Sue McCormack, who serves on the current shelter is located. The the tables. As Sosa community support.” See SHELTER, page pandemic. Shesaid said2 theat organization’s of directors will be built on land located the corner ofboard Kootenai Creek Road and Hwy 93during new building replaces an old building shelter since 1984. an interview at Chief Sosa talked their vision isthe that just north of the Stevensville Junction. by Nathan Boddy cumstances, having adds that the She event, “and you can about the challenge of theturnout,” Stevensville encountered people important see most the mofunding for a small deBilly Warner sits with his son Oscar enjoying some chili during the cook-off. Saylor Wiediger Christine Staub, a driving falling victim to mail way to combat facility will besuch more Darby, Victor and Corvallis, as well as tioning to the crowded partment like his. Curbeen providing “quality, sneaks into the picture at the bottom right. Photo by John Dowd. force at the Boxxe Shoppe at fraud in the past. abuse is for people of a “medical center” rather than just a hall, where table space rently, the Stevensville Hamilton. accessible, personalized 901 S. 1st Street, was recently As a certified shiptoatask questions was a premium. “All Department employs been with Stevensville he spoke excitedly about which they were able to another. Sosa has been clinic. She also said that Marcus Daly The new 12-acre campus will health care” fordepot 90 years. with a Certificate for FedEx, andtables start conMurphy. Shethe led the of our were filled, him and two other offiforoftwo. ping Anything they a vehicle Helena donatoutfit with some of the which in presented law enforcement for Hospital, is a critical access provide primary, care, urgent care and In recent years, they Appreciation by Mayor Domithe Boxxe Shoppe versation with those commissioners through cers, with an opening for over 30 years, and has get helps, he said, and ed to the department, funds from last year’s Seeknow CHILI, page hospital, was recently rated #4byin the 2 nic Farrenkopf and Hamilton legallysteps justified you love. have beenistaking to tospecialty a lengthy fundand fund by Victoria Howell me likeservices. a ton of Two physicians have Police Chief Stephen Snavely. open package which doesn’t by Staub the national rataccounting that, to sum already been hired, along with a nurse nation for quality invest in all theacommubricks.” In his presentation to the City bears its shipping know the details it up, shows the county, ing agency, out of 351 similar facilities. practitioner, and two more doctors Numerous Bald Eagles have been congregating in the Burnt area lately to feed onOverstreet carcasses. was Photos nities of Fork the Bitterroot, When it comes Council on March 15th, Chief label. After following of what potential overall, doing very well by Michael Victoria Howell are being recruited. There willby also be he said, with clinics in to Covid, Greg Howell. sent home from Snavely said that he wants the protocol, and doing victims are told, but on its tax collections and The Bitterroot Overstreet has a NaHamilton Police Department so in the presence of the hospital with she knows that over they showing revenues tional Forest (BNF) will The Cowboy Ball at the 50% Ravalli Countycoached message for you: to “become more vocal about a witness, Staub was an oxygen tank. are, “often of projections in host a public meeting Fairgrounds will be held February is don’t fool around! the good things that happen able to uncover the He was home for to departments say12th. they This are shipmost while thisOverstreet, Wednesday, March the tenth annual event and the way it’s shaping within the community.” Sharunfortunate contents two or three days. ping legal by Michael Howell expenses havepapers only or 30th from 6 to 8 p.m. ing his department’s experiof the package: nearlyDuring that time, paperwork.” Other up, it’s going to be an event worthy oftoa23% jubilee an attorney in amounted of to share information ence with Ms. Staub was one $16,000 in cash, common tactics for and former council member, the public at the next meeting Halfway through celebration. projections due in large private practice in his oxygen level by Victoria Howell regarding the developsuch opportunity. which the customer scammers include the budget year, the part to job vacancies Rod Freeman is the chair of this year’s appears to continuing when considers Stevensville, was went downBoddy to 51, by John of be some other hurdles such as the en- councilby Nathan dle School Auditorium, but also has ment of aDowd draft forest In early March, a customwas unwittingly send-from a normal of claiming county’s performance have yetto torepbe filled. event. Freeman is alsosubstantial thethat chair of the Rodeo diagnosed with his efforts to teach the new the appointment of two addirollment. Thennis thinks that by this provided information on Climbing Management At the second regular er came to the Boxxe Shoppe ing to a scammer in resent the IRS or in is looking pretty good, One big savings was Committee, and the vice chair of the Fair Board, colon cancer in 99. jokingly say Stevensville Public Schoolscouncil and timemayor next year, “we will know what The“IHamilton School District host- their website: https://www.hsd3.org/ Plan (CMP). The virtual how local tional council members. meeting of the two-member intending to send a package Chicago, Illinois. Security according tobeen Ravalli the Social budgeted funds for which he’s onby forNa12 years. A real estate announced they on will not be government our enrollment a” Town on Tuesday, March page/2023-hsd3-bond-and-levy. February ofthat 2021. that 51 isHall brain Christine Staub of the Boxxe Shoppe. Photo meeting will be held should run. is, Hewe will know “We’llour do our ed job, said via FedEx. Administration. County CFO Klarryse the county’s share in Stevensville Town Council, on running an operational general funds,” and they hope to be District agent for 18 years here in the Bitterroot, and also He wentSee through damage material.” Zoom. below for levy. The than Boddy. Thewas customer Sometimes they a frequent commenter Gibson January 27, town clerk Jenelle school system isand one of the only ones able to come to the community with Superinin the Army for 21 years, his organizational and instructions and a link chemotherapy But COVID-19 Seewill COUNTY, seemed con- meetings during tell theirpage 10 at council Joanpeople Mell, an attorney with the profile of the in making suchand a decision. that information first. “I think tendent Berthoud the council to the joincounty thetold meeting. Five fundraising skills, and discipline, haveone been put to in late August he was wasthe no joke.familiar “It fused and unOver victims that a loved has last administration. In to support from Hamilton, wasgot recpotential victims, butuse wishes According to cancer Stevensville Schoolsthe Suwill be more likely that.” Tom Korst similar meetings audience that she was having good as chair of the Cowboy Ball committee. told thatpublic the so bad I felt familiar with course of her landed in jail, or that a prize that others withinFreeman the commuperintendent, Dave Thennis, OnCrews the next May 2, for stepping said during comment, toldballot,ognized in (virtual) were heldthe in said the committee trouble streaming meet- during the public process, decade with has been won,hopes but a to feeraise needs had been eradicated. like I couldn’t nity would help her look out the last board meeting it was and decided the community will see the trustee Tuesday’s 2021. the council that those makto handle the the prosecution this year, to forbethe expansion of the rodeo Staub Boxxe paid for release of the had She said breathe, likefor I their safety.$50,000 ingsOverstreet onaddition the internet. At least one that the schools next sus-elections only, and no voted levy. meeting In tocan themake it to became Shoppe, Staub funds. The scammers will ing public comment should caseload of Town Attorney bucking chutes. “They’re just getting old,” he said. surgery on October was being water the former YouTube chanof the potential victims she year without the extra funds. picious when The school will, however, be going has now that the opportunity to learn commonly use a getting legitimate “They need to be replaced. They’re banged address the mayor, not the Greg Overstreet while he was 23, 2021 for ostomy boarded, or what aided was a resident at a local nel they had was to noThennis, longer According with the ahead with several non-voted levies. recovered goal attothat about and participate in considering address, buton will be ready up.facility Bucking stock can be hard metal.” removal, theof fidevelopnalhadand I imagine He also said, “This be hospitalized, and then recov- water extended nursing and leftover Elementary Those will ultimately asking for far time was the process working but they set Secondary up the audience. customapproximately the package from a porch The 10th annualgrab cowboy ball – which actually in the boarding to had be to be provided with a ride School Emergency Relief (ESSER) less than the operational levy would to, “inform is not a question and answer” ering, from Covid-19. Mell ing a climbing plan, this atreatment new Facebook page. Hower’s age and $60,000 in front door when it arrives. started 11the years agoorbut couldn’t be held last year to the bank as well as to colon cancer journey. like,” recalls funds the school entail, andcomment. are meant” to did combat the public week’spost-pandemic, meeting will cov“It’s public the work at no charge the session. particular cash, all of to “They always direct the ever, members of the public Boxxe Shoppe. due to the pandemic – has been upgraded this The day after that Overstreet. “This board believes they can hold out for inflation and other district changes, about both er the following agenda the had said previouswhich was to victim to send it, ‘no signature The of mayor the town. “I just wanted who had he tried toschool accessyear. the Atdetails “It’s common sense to me,” year. topics: the 2023-2024 that according to Thennis. These non-votthe bond surgery, was is when I realized transaction. required,’” she adds. ly that heedwould answering publicly thankbeing Joan fraudufor help- she The Town of Stevensville recognized attorney Joan out that red Facebook page said it was not • Review overall point, Thennis explained, theUnfortunateschool leviesbe will include ones for transand levy, is the first year we’ve ever done aMell, fully diagnosed with that I was not says, pointing“This lently deThe Bank Secrecy Act questions from the public. ing me and helping the town, ” flags abound when seniors are center, for filling in while town attorney Greg Overstreet objectives and desired will need to have a good discussion portation, tuition, building reserve and accessible. catered dinner,” said Freeman. Thebanks University COVID-19.Berthoud asked ly, it was not taking Covid manded from of 1970 requires toseek being scammed. “If a person also said that they said Overstreet. outcomes ofas the public with the about what others. input ofPictured Montana Catering Service provide theand had Covid-19. with Mell are, l towill Overstreet, for patience she worked “I wascommunity obviously Staub’sCrews firstand seniorseriously citizen enough. keep track ofr, withdrawals of is 80 years old, and all of a conversations resources they would like to maintain “I just appreciate the engageanswer any should be prepared for some dinner. Desserts are provided by 4H members. time having members of $10,000 or more in order very weakened,” said through the issues. Mayor Steve Gibson, council members Cindy Brown and sudden they’re coming into the The Boxxe Shoppe’s newand location • Provide update in the district,anand what it will cost. ment with the community, I questions encountered the commuSee STEVI, page 2 “interesting comments” from Greg Overstreet talks about his recent brush with death due to Overstreet. “It hit Crews, mayor bank to5withdraw $15,000, it schoolHowell. Stacie Barker. by Victoria at 901 S. Street in Hamilton. See COWBOY pageHe 4 “WeJim didn’t feelformer we could get there appreciate the1stdialogue,” said Ten- nity. we can.” See SURVIVING, page Hamilton has been deemed by officials to have BALL by Photo Michael Howell such cirStaub isMiddle School Covid. Photo by Victoria Howell. See SCAMMERS, page 2 makes my ‘spidy’ sense tingle.” Seesaid PLAN, page 2The board this year,” Thennis. nis. Photo “Public better when then went byschools Nathan run Boddy. outlived its original purpose. Photo by Nathan Boddy. also “didn’t feel like we should ask everybody is involved.” He and the on to ex-apLast week the Ravalli County Commissioners for more money on top of everything board believe that several “course plain both proved adoption of a memorandum of understandelse,” added Thennis. corrections” they have made will 14th in order to share information the bond and the and provide ing with the Ravalli County DUIlevy Task Force and an The school is planning to exhelp the district maintain operaabout an upcoming bond and levy outline for why the district feels as Protection Agency. The letter the commissioners stated National Forest 1987 Forest aspen and whitebark pine; MAPS Media Institute to produce a video designed by Michael Howell haust those funds and operate with tions. When looking towards the next package that will come before voters though they are needed. The meeting to help parents keep tabs on their children’s behavthat “Ravalli County objects contains recommendations manage timber to provide Plan. the general fund money that they school year, Thennis said he hopes in mid-April. The school district plans was live cast on the District’s Faceior. impacts concerning the Draft SEIS for forest products and jobs; and to unmitigated to A new record of decision The deadlineHowell closed on if Victoria would bethat possible have. According to Thennis, byitthen “the general/ESSER funds will to host another informational meeting The DUI Task approved creation of 3 year, theForce facility tookButterfly. inthe just under bybyVictoria Howell See BOND, page thewhen Gold Concerncounty owned/maintained was issued on December 17, retain old growth status in all put envelopes onbridgewhich January 18, will forHowell filing objecthe district be able to gettoahead be to get would us there.” on April at 5 p.m. at the by Victoria histhe property in effect with the 4th highway, which is aaMidstate addressed private land was Mischief$240,000 Room lastand May and the commissioners spent every penny. roads heavy theowner scopeand ofthe the analysis treatment to 2021 accompanied by a to Draft all the doors and Dominic Farrenshutthen off access Stevensville Riverunits. According highway, because nowfrom you’re goingequipment to on it. sold toproject aing new Fish, Wildlife signed off creation tions to theShinn, Draft SupplemenJasmin founder and There The are no paid involved employees; it’s an all-of kopf, activities director put valentine cards in The Stevensville Town Coun- SEIS thatPark, a 20-acre park on the east bank have release two accesses forlogging trucksatrucks, pulling and Parks got involved. once-pritheitems letter quotes the Bittera Forest Service press and mostly, provides a site-speset of easily accessible that hadThe secret hiding tal Environmental Statement volunteer organization. ButtoShinn said executive director of 1 Horse atwas Sapphire them. Farrenkopf cil split onLutheran whether to accept just toreally the north of the private piece ofthe boats, and you’vebut just come out to, of the vate piece now belongs thesome state compartments where someone could stash root Forest Plan’s Forest-wide not limited the impacts cific forest plan amendment about 90% of proposed (Draft SEIS) for the Gold A Time Horse it costs about $200 perfishing month toaim feed Homes inDraft Hamilton, isRescue liked the idea.property. He askedCrews contacted the county aAtsmall piece of park land near the Stevi Wyean at 45 miles per hour - there developed access drugs or hide aand small of whiskey. The was to Willow Creek Road. Due tois aflask Management Wildlife Re-site. treatment areas are within defining old-growth stanButterfly Project, a Bitterroot these “gentle giants.” Then there are facility in Corvallis, got a nice asking the bridge, community students Stevensville an item that was at schools and negotiated the donation of the are going to be accidents there.” I think opportunity it’s [the piecetoon to provide parents“But a learning seethe the source Objective “Maintain area designated for insect and financial limitadards. Some objections to securing the boost lastForest week when she was veterinary bills, therapy, training, and to send his athat and daycares to make National project considered atresidents the March 24th council land on the west, potential Mayorand Steve resource Gibson said he didn’t west] still a viable oftoland for the various ways in which any youngpiece person can hide Last year lopes. the disease sufficient old-growth habitat tions, Ravalli County would new decision were received because of the little love this special envelopes presented with aValencheck for $7500 associated costs to rehabilitate meeting. The land ownership will(NEPA) now river and access outcometreatment ofrock chip see what use theenveland228 is toSubpart the town. “Iother city tofrom have, whether or not put their substance use casual inspections. includes nearly 13,000 acres by Michael Howell process. Thepending NEPA sampling, sampling, CFR A including a NEPA process.” Heyou said lopes were so full they The project is now tine’s Day. decorate them for each revert to the county. The 1.52-acre the access dispute. only see a liability,” said Gibson. money into developing it,” said Motnot be able to accommodate on suitable timberland to by the January 18 deadline dense pockets of dead and dythese horses. When they’re fi nally ready from representatives of JCCS, an Glenda Wiles, Director of the DUI Task Force, process would include really the op-popular, and mapping of had historic to submit a plan that process includes public of commercial and non-comto bemine emptiedrequirements more and About four years resident. people piece, which to the Then Council member Wolff Michaelson he looked upwhat the ley. are many cars out there, said she tells“There parents is,so “If you don’t look, accounting fiis rmlocated with aadjacent branch adoption, most can beand driven orlead support viable populations ing trees. claim the area said theoperations necessary maintenance mostly having to do notificawith the Marilyn Last Wednesday, March portunity for public adits and They geophysical surveyof and postfor a reclaparticipation could mercial vegetative treatment than once. growing every year. ago, aBitterroot resident came drop offsaid valenBitterroot River on the northwest side she had apotenreal problem with old minutes andmation found that thePrior land I see. think can be used for parking. But then younor don’t If it you don’t see, then you don’t ridden, and some just become “pasture located in Hamilton. Part of could the tion 15, the National and comment and ensure ing. The NOI was approved bond. to conto a Categorical Exclusion, or of old-growth dependent during the project, the logging of old growth, is impacted by mountain pine within a 55,000was acre area ofto the to Farrenkopf to see tines to fill the enveof the bridge, offered Town this piece of land. “It’s where two was donated on the condition that looking long term, if you have propSee VALENTINES, page 10 selection for awarding thatregift compliance pets.” See DUI, page 10 Forest responded to media with applicable for the 2022 field season and ducting any exploratory drillan Environmental Analysis, rehabilitation of the road erty afteron the species. ” The letter tial to converge, wildlife and beetle, Douglas-fir bark beetle, forest inby theRavalli Sapphire Mounin 2017 County for useenvironmental as aimpacts roads thetobankto isdate, incrediwould be maintained utilized west thenotes river,that then ports on mineral laws and reguthe Forestit Service ing, theand companies would also At orAup to aside fullof Environmental was online votingexplorations and according 1 Horse Time was established DrafttoSEIS limits the scope dwarf mistletoe and the project is complete. Ravalli Willow Creek Road.I think there are potential river access site. bly steep… liability for western recreational purposes within you havethe access potentially consoltains eastbranch of Corvallis. on Sheep Creek in a press need to obtain anfive Exploration Statement. by Shinn in Impact 2018. She’s originally from to JCCS manager, Andrealations before moving forward has not received a proposal to of its environmental consespruce budworm damage. County objects to shifting Bitterroot National Forest During the tenure of former issues… It is the fastest part of the years. idate highway property into the Town The original proposal was release. West Fork District with the project. conduct mineral exploration License from the Montana how up long that might Simmerman, 1 Horse A Time Germany whereAsked sheI grew around mayor Jim Crews, the At owner of land channel and thethe deepest in part of the in general Vickie Motley, park board memof Stevensville. think It’s something financial burden of the project quences analysis to vegetation, officials have stated that Although Ranger Dan Pliley was quoted Pliley told the Bitterroot 2023. Department of Environmental take, Pliley said, “Until we withdrawn in August of 2020 horses. She’s always been a horse fan, was one of the topnortheast four vote side had at the river on the channel. If you were to develop that ber, said that nothing had been done RDO Equipment Co. as saying, “The Bitterroot NaStar that U.S. Critical MateBy law, processing locatQuality (DEQ). know more it’s hard to say the pileated woodpecker and project is designed to improve agreement with the proposed to Ravalli County and believe after Friends of theoff Bitterroot getters. she is especially passionate about attempted tohas shut river accessrials on and for fishing, I would also see a minerals problem plans because the access problem had been but See STEVI, page 16 tional Forest not received U.S. Critical Metals able is nondisPliley emphasized that how long the process might 8571 Running W. Road pine marten. project, the Ravalli County it is contrary to current law forest resilience to natural checkfor followed in the wake draft horses. She and her husband, a andThat Alliance the Wild a draft Plan of Operations for Corp. submitted Notice cretionary for theexpressed Forest Ser“any exploratory drilling,” take. It depends on exactly and existing agreements. “We and realize these old growth disturbances likeafire, insects Commissioners Missoula, MT 59808 military retiree, their two children of a $25,000 gift claiming in November Rockies filed suit the any exploration drilling or a of Intent (NOI) to conduct vice. Miners have possessory which is different from actual what they want to do and how indicator species aresaid listed in and disease;activities reduce sediconcern over impacts Forest officials received from Tractor Supply. relocated Montana ato 20406-549-4171 agency failed to use athe best proposal to develop mine exploration within rights associated with to mining mining, would also require a Plan toextensive itand is.”bought He acre farm which Shinn said can support That sounds like a lot of the Forest Plan, but it is not county owned and maintained comments from Philip Strobel ment sources in the Willow in the Sheep Creek Area. If their Sheep Creek registered claims which authorizes the of Operation, laying out date no notice of intent to do available science in managing Presenting a check for $7500 from JCCS to Jasmin Shinn (second from left) of 1 Horse At RDOequipment.com money but, according to Shinn, lode about 20 horses. She has currently roads, especially Willow Directorwhat of the NEPA Branch clear whether therereceived are otherin Creek watershed; improve the Forest Service receives claims usingHorse hand tools were, miner useAndrea theCreek exactly type of methods, anything been A Time Draft Rescue l to r:the Leviright Clark,toCPA, Simmerman, JCCS Branch elk habitat and didn’t com- a taking care of draft horses is plan, we will review the plan, for sampling and geologic surface for mining purposes what type of equipment and relation to the Sheep Creek Office of the Regional Adminbull trout habitat; restore Road. Manager, and Will Ramsey, CPA. Also pictured is Tiny, the non-profit’s mascot and the ply with the definition of old an expensive proposition. Last mapping. and if warranted, will the He said exploration including use and occupanwe would look at the potential area. Company officials have65 See RESCUE, page See GOLD, page •FREE ESTIMATES IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY• Y OURH OMEtake I MPROVEMENT C O . COM In a At letter to the Forest habitat firstincluding horse thatmeadows, was rescued by 1 Horse A Time. Photo by Victoria istrator Howell. of the Environmental growth found in the proposal through theBitterroot Nationactivities in 2022 included soil cy necessary for processing. effects and environmental See MINERALS, page 4 al Environmental Policy Act sampling, stream sediment All miners are subject to 36 impacts and that could trigger
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