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Treat Mom to the gift that keeps on blooming! Eagles in winter Groundbreaking held for medical Bitter Root Association Three MileHumane Community Centercenter open Gift Certificates Available Est. 1996. Annuals, Vegetables, Perennials.
celebrates new shelter, 50th anniversary
by Victoria by Victoria Howell Howell
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shelter. $140,000. a levy, so this won’t any 177 Golf Course Rd • Hamilton • 406-363-0212 tional andhave physical According The park additional impact on people’s therapy services – It’s been a long time to Colleen board made property taxes. including therapy coming, but the new Three Schmiedeke, the decision In addition to thea loan, the Bitterroot Health Mile Community Center is up who serves on to take out a project was paid for by pool – plus imaging held a groundbreakby Michael Howell and cut the ribbon at last week’sthe and running. Located at 4433 both the park loan to finish Three Community and lab services. ceremony, saidMile concerning the Senior ing last Wednesday Sunnyside Cemetery Road, board and the the project. Center (the official name) Bishop said “It organization’s 50 years of service, An new openmedical house celebration was for theits center is on the east side community She said they which raised over $80,000 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, by Nathan Boddy of Hamilton Heights Road, while the measured by the planning department which case theand board might consider ladies in 1972 it’s still run by a a Humane Association’s (BRHA) new the facility open ing contains a large they started Farmers State rummage sales, bingo nights built just north of meeting remaining two would lie to the south. included seven points as outlined in continuation. animalashelter located on Fairgrounds ofand littledonations old ladies.” room, warming kitchen, a workingThe on Bank to bunch keep fromof commuby comment spring 2023, Stevensville at the TheinRavalli County Planning Board the Montana Subdivision and Platting During the public period, Kathie Butts, President of the Road Hamilton. The event served ain 2012 10 lots on the north side of Hamstate-of-the-art audio visual this their loan nity members. Other major and that they plan had a full room on Wednesday, May ilton Heights Road would require the Act (MSPA), which included consider- over a dozen people took to the micorner of Kootenai double purpose. It included Board, said, “This organization has system, and a gorgeous view a ribbon and incorpopayments contributors were the Three on continuing to 3rd during their regular meeting. The creation of a new access road directly ation of impact upon agriculture, local crophone to express their opposition Creek and Mountains of the Road Bitterroot totherated 2014. reasonable. Mile Fireway District, Lone cutting ceremony inagenda honor of new inopposite come such a long sincethe it was board’s number one item was Charley Gulch Road, as well services, the natural environment, to the subdivision proposal. Concerns expand Hwy 93. including tours of the whole the west. She said the Those payRock 50 Park andago. theservices. Rapp started from about years Ielk feel aFamfacility, the consideration of a proposed new as two spur roads to serve all 10 lots. and habitat, as well as others. The ranged traffic safety to hab“We’re bringing the The building is now home total cost is ments come ily Foundation. John Bishop, Bitbuilding, and an array of food and huge sense of responsibility to honor major subdivision called Sapphire The remaining two southern lots recommendation of the Ravalli County itat, with many adjacent landowners care to the patients, to the senior center and the approximateout of park Schmiedeke said there terroot those whothe have come on before usavailand ” drink inHealth honorCEO, of the see organization’s Heights, which would the creation would each derive access directly onto Planning Department was that the doubting findings water Weekend Backpack Program ly $500,000. taxes that are were many volunteers who he said. make itasaspresented good as itby can be as we set 50th birthday. said Marcus of 12 that new lots at the far eastern end of Hamilton Heights Road. 12-lot subdivision be “conditionally ability WGM. that serves Lone Rock School. When already being helped on theLois project, and HedgeThe private non-profi theAndy course for the next 50 years.” Hamilton Heights Road. t organization Jacob Cummings, the case planapproved,” based on the findings of Maki, a nearby resident, Daly Hospital had The surrounding park conSchmiedeke assessed, TMCSC received reduced The proposal, which was submitner for the Ravalli County Planning fact in the staff report. spoke at length about thechair history of peth, of the McCormack said that the was fisoccer rst organized in 1972. In 1984, tains and baseball “got really Schmiedeke prices from contractors. The ted to the Ravalli County Planning Department, gave a presentation Following a presentation by Jeff agricultural lands in the area, and Three Mile Community Senior Center board members, l to r, Colorganization conducted a successful Countess Margarite Bessenyey, the hospital board, fields, tennis and volleyball involved,” the is proud that general contractor donated laDepartment by Robert James andgave Ste- had on the proposal which outlined of WGM, Planning the importance of the of leen Schmiedeke, Joycethe Pando andStandaert Wendy Audiss in front of the Board fundraising campaign to fund the new granddaughter ofpath, Marcus Daly, saidconnectivity this project courts, a walking a playgroup they didn’t phen Foley, was represented by WGM criterion used to measure a proposal’s member Penny Howe-Canton opened many of the remaining agricultural See CENTER, page new community center at Lone Rock Park. Photo by V. Howell. construction but then the BRHA on Fairgrounds Road ground andland a covered picnic raised Bitterroot about have run has the beenCovid-19 four years3 Chamber of Commerce Director Al Mitchell holds to thepublic groupcomment. spell-bound as Bit-to parcels. Group, Inc. of Missoula. Under that suitability. Compliance with a variety the meeting Due with a 99-year lease. Six years later, pandemic hit and construction costs in works, but Humane Association Board Member Sue McCormack preparesshe to cut the ribbon proposal, the Bessenyey 12 new lotsestate woulddeeded range ter ofRoot county prerequisites, including to the large gathering, also ac“If you’re going to the protect anything skyrocketed. As a result, the group in 1990, the there Johnand Bishop, pictured from left, leads a gathering ofHowell. peopleininvolved in the the opening ofaccess the new shelter in Hamilton. by Michael in size from 5.19 acres to 18.83 acres. celebrating easements, access, toanimal waterfifth knowledged thatPhoto the meeting was the valley, I think you were need some to prohad to take out a mortgage to finish the land to the organization where Ten of the new lots would be north rights, considered. criteria likely run thewho allotted time, delays due to the Bitterroot Health building project in aover ceremonial groundbreaking. The See facility on the were property that hadOther housed the SuetoMcCormack, serves on in the current shelter is located. The SUBDIVISION, page 21 See SHELTER, page pandemic. She said2 theat organization’s of directors will be built on land located the corner ofboard Kootenai Creek Road and Hwy 93 new building replaces an old building shelter since 1984. their vision that just north of the Stevensville Junction. by Nathan Boddy cumstances, having She adds thatisthe the Stevensville encountered people most important Christine Staub, a driving falling “quality, victim to mail way to combat facility will besuch more Darby, Victor and Corvallis, as well as been providing force at the Boxxe Shoppe at fraud in the past. Hamilton. abuse is for people of a “medical center” rather than just a accessible, personalized 901 S. 1st Street, was recently As a certified shipto ask clinic. She also said thatquestions Marcus Daly The new 12-acre campus will health fordepot 90 years. presented with a Certificate of care” ping for FedEx, and start conMurphy. Shethe led the Hospital, which is a critical access bycare John andDowd In recent the years, theyShoppe provide primary, care, urgent Appreciation by Mayor DomiBoxxe versation with those commissioners through hospital, was recently rated #4byinlove. the specialty services. Two physicians have nic Farrenkopf and Hamilton is legally justified to you know and have been taking steps to a lengthy fund fund by Victoria Howell me like a ton of For 31 years, under the stewardship of the Meyer 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.” Family, fourth graders have ithad the opportunity In his presentation to the City bears its shipping know the details 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 to learn about where their food comes from. The Council on March 15th, Chief label. After following of what potential overall, doing very well by Michael by Victoria Howell are being recruited. There will also be he said, with clinics in to Covid, Greg Howell. sent home from Fourth Grade Farm Fair now county-wide, Snavely said that he wants the protocol, and doing victims are told, but onreaches its tax collections and The Bitterroot Overstreet has a Nato all the schools in the Ravalli County. This year, Hamilton Police Department so in the presence of the hospital with she knows that they showing revenues over tional Forest (BNF) will at chaperones the 50% Ravalli County message for you: overThe 500Cowboy kids andBall their came out tointhe to “become more vocal about a witness, Staub was an oxygen tank. are, “often coached of projections host a public meeting Fairgrounds be held February This is Ravalli Countywill Fairgrounds in Hamilton don’t fool around! the good things that happen able to uncover the He was home for to departments say12th. theyand arevisited shipmost while thisOverstreet, Wednesday, March 16 stations. Each station needed two set-ups in the tenth annual event and the way it’s shaping within the community.” Sharunfortunate contents two or three days. ping legal or by Michael Howell expenses havepapers only order 30th from 6 to 8 p.m. to serve two groups of 12 to 16 kids at a time, for ing his department’s experiof the package: nearly paperwork.” Other up, it’s going to be an event worthy of a jubilee an attorney in During that time, amounted to 23% of 15 to share information minutes each. This meant the event needed over 150 ence with Ms. Staub was one $16,000 in cash, common tactics for and former council member, the public at the next Halfway through celebration. projections due in large private practice in hismeeting oxygen level by Victoria regarding theHowell developvolunteers, many of whom have been with the event such 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 be continuing when the council considers Stevensville, was went down to 51, ment of a draft forest for manyFreeman years. is also thethat In early March, a customwas unwittingly send-from a normal of claiming county’s performance have yetto torepbe filled. event. chair of the Rodeo diagnosed with his efforts to teach the new the appointment of two addiClimbing Management At the second regular Each station taught the chair students about aBoard, particer 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 of the Fair colon cancer in 99. “I jokingly say Plan (CMP). virtual counciltoand mayor how local Chicago, tional council ular aspectto ofRavalli agriculture, from beef production to meeting of theThe two-member intending send a package Illinois.members. Social Security according the budgeted funds which he’s been onby for 12 years. A real estate for February of 2021. that 51 is brain Staub of the Boxxe Shoppe. Photo meeting will be held on should run. He “We’ll do our job, ” Christine said where from.NaEach station included a fun via government FedEx. Administration. Countymilk CFOcomes Klarryse the county’s share in Stevensville Town Council, on agent for 18 herethe in the Bitterroot, and also He wentSee through damage material.” Zoom. below for than Boddy. interactive wayyears to teach lessons. Some of these Thewas customer Sometimes they a frequent commenter Gibson January 27, town in the Army for 21 years, his organizational and instructions and aclerk link Jenelle seemed conchemotherapy and But COVID-19 Seewill COUNTY, page 10 lessons included ice cream making, ropetheir walking tell at council meetings during Joan Mell, an attorney with the profile of the Berthoud the council to late join August thetold meeting. Five andfused fundraising skills, and discipline, haveone been put to in he was wasthe no joke.familiar “It (making), puzzles and much more. and unOver victims that a loved has the last administration. In from Hamilton, wasgot recpotential victims, butuse wishes similar meetings audience thatcancer she was having familiar good as chair of the Cowboy Ball committee. told thatpublic the so bad I felt One of the presenters who participating with course of her landed in has jail,been or that a prize that others withinFreeman the commucomment, Crews told ognized for stepping in (virtual) were heldthe in meet- the public said the committee trouble streaming process, decade with has been but a to feeraise needs had been eradicated. like I couldn’t with the fair for over 20 yearswon, washopes Michael ‘Bosco’ nity would help her look out 2021. council that those makto handle the the prosecution $50,000 this year,up forabethe expansion of the rodeo Staub Boxxe to paid for release ofthemed the Cembalski. He sets Johnny Appleseed had She said andthe breathe, likefor I their safety. ingsOverstreet on the internet. At least one In addition to the became susShoppe, Staub funds. The scammers will station, complete with a small apple orchard. There, 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 of the potential victims she opportunity to learn chanpicious when haswhile now commonly use a getting legitimate he talks about the history and importance of the “They need to be replaced. They’re banged address the mayor, not the Greg Overstreet he was 23, 2021 for ostomy boarded, or what aided was a resident at a local nel they had was no longer about and participate in recovered address, but will be ready to apple in agriculture. From Silk Road to America, up.facility Bucking stock can be the hard on metal.” removal, theof fidevelopnalhad set up considering I imagine audience. He also said, “This hospitalized, and then recov- water extended nursing and the process working but they the customapproximately grab the package from a porch apples, according to Cembalski, are a founding part The 10th annual cowboy ball – which actually in the boarding to had be to be provided with a ride notand a question and answer” ering, from Covid-19. ing a climbing plan, atreatment new Facebook page.this How- er’sisage $60,000Mell in or front door when it arrives. of the history of the county. He spoke a little on the started 11the years ago but couldn’t be held last year to the bank as well as to colon journey. like,” recalls week’scancer meeting will cov“It’s public comment.” did the work at no charge the session. particular cash, all of to “They settlers always direct the apple plots that even brought to the Bitterever, members of the public Boxxe Shoppe. due to the pandemic – has been upgraded this The day after that Overstreet. “This er the following agenda the had said previouswhich was to victim send it, ‘noprocess signature The of mayor the town. “I just wanted rootsense area. to Heme,” also spoke onto the grafting and who had he tried to access the details “It’s common year. topics: surgery, was is when I realized transaction. being fraudurequired,’” she adds. farming in general. “You should know where your ly that he would be answering publicly thank Joan for helpThesays, Town of Stevensville recognized attorney Joan aMell, she pointing out that red Facebook page said it was not Unfortunate• Review overall is from,” the first we’ve ever done diagnosed with I was not lentlythat de- town, The Bank Secrecy Actfully food“This comes heyear explained, telling participating questions from the public. ing me and helping the ” flags abound when seniors are center, for filling in while town attorney Greg Overstreet objectives and desired accessible. catered dinner,” said Freeman. The University COVID-19.Berthoud asked ly, it was not taking Covid manded from of 1970 requires banks to youth the importance of learning about agriculture. being scammed. “If a person said Overstreet. outcomes ofas the public ofPictured Montana Catering Service provide the had Covid-19. with Mell are, l towill r, withdrawals Overstreet, for patience she worked Staub’sCrews “I was obviously first also said that they seniorseriously citizen enough. keep track of of Another to be involved with the event for many is 80 years old, and all of a conversations 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. years was Scott Hackett, who helps organize the Mayor Steve Gibson, council members Cindy Brown and sudden they’re coming into the TheConner Boxxe Case, Shoppe’s new location • Providefourth an update Stevensville students Cedar Durrett, Jaxwith Fuller and Trinity place2simulation encountered commuSee STEVI, page “interesting comments” from Greg Overstreet talks about his recent brush death due tothe Dutton hayPhoto ride station. is put on by the county Overstreet. “Itformer hit grade Jim Crews, mayor bank to5withdraw $15,000, it The stationSee Stacie Barker. by Victoria at 901 S. 1st Street in Hamilton. COWBOY BALL page 4 See SURVIVING, page vegetation along the edges of the scaled down riverbanks. Photo by John Dowd. nity. Staub is by Michael Howell Howell. such cirCovid. Photo by Victoria Howell. See SCAMMERS, page 2 makes my ‘spidy’ sense tingle.” See PLAN, page 2 Photo by Nathan Boddy. See FAIR, page 3 Last week the Ravalli County Commissioners approved adoption of a memorandum of understanding with the Ravalli County DUI Task Force and letter the commissioners statedInstituteProtection National Forest 1987 Forest aspen and whitebark pine; MAPS Media to produceAgency. a video The designed by Michael Howell to help parents keep tabs on their children’s behavthat “Ravalli County objects contains recommendations manage timber to provide Plan. ior. impacts to concerning the Draft SEIS for forest products and jobs; and to unmitigated A new record of decision The deadlineHowell closed on if it would be possible Victoria The DUI Task approved of year, theForce facility tookButterfly. inthe justcreation under bybyVictoria Howell thewhen Gold Concerncounty owned/maintained was issued on December 17, retain old growth status in all on January 18, forHowell filing objec- to put envelopes by Victoria his property which would in effect with the highway, which is aastate 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 John timing out, schools across the atwas Sapphire them. Farrenkopf cil split onLutheran whether to accept just toreally the north of the private piece oftheby boats, andDowd you’vebut just come out to, of the vate piece now belongs thecounstate compartments where someone could stash some root Forest Plan’s Forest-wide not limited the impacts cific forest plan amendment about 90% of proposed (Draft SEIS) for the Gold tyaand and the country are reaching outwas A Time Horse it costs about $200 per month toaim feed by Sean Malcom Corvallis Primary School before tranHomes inDraft Hamilton, isRescue liked the idea. He asked aAtsmall piece of park land near the property. Crews the county Stevi Wyean at 45 miles per hour - there developed fishing access drugs or hide small flask of whiskey. The to of Willow Creek Road. Due tois acommunities Management Wildlife Re-site. treatment areas are within defining old-growth stan-contacted “There are a lot factors involved. to their to aid in the Butterfly Project, a Bitterroot these “gentle giants.” Then there are facility in Corvallis, got a nice sitioning to teaching at the high school 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 designated for and and financial limitadards. Some objections toasecuring the I’minsect sure all of us resource would like tohe pay funding of their basic operations. Fisk High School Principal, where she found strongarea connection boost lastForest week when she was veterinary bills, therapy, training, and toCorvallis send his residents athat and daycares to make National project considered at the March 24th council land on the west, potential Mayor Steve Gibson said didn’t west] still a viable piece oftoland for the various ways in which any young person can hide Last year the envelopes. less taxes,” said Todd Fisk, Superinexplained that there is now a disCammie Knapp, was presented with with the older students. sufficient old-growth habitat tions, Ravalli County would new decision were received disease treatment because of little love this Valenspecial envelopes and presented with a check for $7500 other associated costs to rehabilitate meeting. The land ownership will now river access pending the outcome of see what use the land is to the town. “I city to have, whether or not you put their substance use from casual inspections. includes nearly 13,000 acres were so full they The project now tendent for Florence-Carlton parity ininto funding due to the increase the Montana Association of Secondary “Iaccess really like the bond that is you tine’s decorate them for each revert toDay. the county. The 1.52-acre the dispute. only adyliability,” Gibson. money developing it,” said Motnot said be able toDistrict, accommodate on suitable timberland to January 18 deadline dense pockets oflopes deadsee and horses. When they’re finally ready from representatives of JCCS, anby the Glendathese Wiles, Director of the DUI Task Force, of commercial andPrincipal non-comhad to be emptied more really popular, and responding to the recent election costs from inflation, and so schools School Principals of the Year develop with kids at that end of their About four years resident. Then people piece, whichfiis located adjacent tomostly the having Council member Marilyn WolffThey claimMichaelson said he looked upwhat the for ley. “There are so many cars out there, said she tells parents is, “If you don’t look, accounting rm with a branch adoption, most can be driven or support viable populations ing trees. the area the necessary maintenance to do with the mercial treatment than once. growing every year. results. Afterand a county-wide election are stretched thin. According to don’t him, award January and isnorthwest currently in journey,” she asaid. ago, in a vegetative resident came drop off valenBitterroot River on the side said she had real problem with old minutes found that the land I see. think can be used for parking. But then younor don’t If it you don’t see, then you ridden, and some just become “pasture located in Hamilton. Part of could the logging of old-growth dependent during the project, the of old growth, potenis impacted by mountain pine within a 55,000 acre area National ofto the period, whereon nearly every school in schools generally have access topropthree the running forwas the 2023 Following her time as the high to Farrenkopf to see tines to fill the enveof the bridge, offered Town this piece of land. “It’s where two was donated the condition that looking long term, if you have See VALENTINES, page 10 selection for awarding that gift tial impacts to wildlife and to pets.” See DUI, page 10 rehabilitation of the road afterofonmoney species. ” side The letter notes beetle, Douglas-fir bark beetle, the county operational levies, pots that allow them thethat Principal ofRavalli the Year award. school special education forest inby the Sapphire Mounin 2017 for use as a roads converge, the bankteacher, is incrediit would beposited maintained and utilized erty the west ofestablished the river, then was online voting County and according 1 Horse At A Time was there was a similarly county-wide funding to run. These include federal, the Draft limits the scope dwarf mistletoe the project is complete. Ravalli Willow Creek Road. Corvallis High School Knapp transitioned into the role of Ac- and potential river access site.boasts one bly steep… I think there are liability for western recreational purposes within five you have access toSEIS potentially consoltains eastbranch of Corvallis. by state Shinnand in 2018. She’s originally from tothe JCCS manager,rates Andrea down-thumb of those levies. Notto a shifting local funding sources, and of highest graduation in ademic Dean before ultimately being of its environmental consespruce budworm damage. County objects 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 Simmerman, 1 Horse A Time Germany whereofshe grew around single one Motley, passedfinancial and lowest perwith neither the priorup two cutting it the state. InCrews, fact, according toof the as the high school principal in in general mayor Jim the At owner land channel and thethe deepest partAlthough of the Vickie parkthe board memof Stevensville. Ianalysis think It’s burden of the project quences tosomething vegetation, officials hired have stated that withdrawn in August of 2020 horses. She’s always been a horse fan, was one of the top four vote centage of any was 60% against. Fisk, anymore, the last is the one they need Montana Office of Public Instruction, 2018. at the river on the northeast side project had you were to develop thatwith the ber,proposed said that nothing had County been done RDO Equipment Co. the pileated woodpecker and ischannel. designedIfto improve agreement to Ravalli and believe after Friends of the Bitterroot getters. especially passionate about expressed his had disapaskisfor. for the pastto five years Corvallis High School currently attempted shut off river access on forCorvallis fishing, IHigh would also see a problem among becauseothers, the access problem been buttoshe See STEVI, page 16 8571 Running W. Road pine marten. project, the Ravalli County it is contrary to current law forest resilience to natural pointment. “It’s evident that things draft horses. As inflation occurs, need check followed in theinwake She and her schools husband, a andThat Alliance for the Wild School has consistently been the has 480 students as well as 39 staff agreements. ” keep “We realize these old growth disturbances like fire, insects expressed Missoula, MT 59808 are tight,” addedand Fisk,existing speaking to the military to up with raises for staff, which retiree, and their two children of a $25,000 gift claiming in November high 90th percentile when it to members. Knapp said sheCommissioners takes great Rockies filed suit thecomes apparent situation of Ravalli will be to hitindicator the406-549-4171 mostspecies by the failure to in student graduation. Thebest state average responsibility in preparing students are listed and disease; reduce sediconcern over impacts to financial Forest officials also received from Tractor Supply. relocated Montana and bought a 20agency failed to use the County residents, and the nation as a pass the levies. According to Fisk, currently sits at 86 percent. for their transition from high school to farm which ShinnPlan, said but canitsupport That sounds like a lot of the Forest is not county andShinn maintained comments from Philipacre Strobel mentPresenting sources ina the Willow available science in managing check forShe $7500 from JCCSowned tothe Jasmin whole. (second from left) of 1 Horse At about “Unfortunately, wecurrently are a people-drivOriginally born and to raised in Creek post-secondary. said fostering RDOequipment.com money but, according Shinn, 20 horses. She roads, especially Willow Creek Director of the NEPA Branch clear whether there are other watershed; improve Draftof Horse Rescue l to r: Levi Andrea Simmerman, JCCS Branch elk habitatKnapp and didn’t comWith funding from programs en entity.” He explained that there Missoula, came to Corvallis in A Time growth her staff bywere, giving them asClark, CPA, taking care of draft horses is Office of the Regional Adminbull trout habitat; restore Road. Manager, Will Ramsey, CPA.can Alsotopictured the non-profi t’s mascot and the the enacted to aid schools during are things they cannot switch off, like ply with the definition of old 2001 following her graduation muchand opportunity as she allow is Tiny, an expensive proposition. Lastfrom RESCUE, page 65 See See GOLD, page •FREE INTime. THE BITTERROOT VALLEY• OUR HOME IMPROVEMENT CO.COM istrator of theand Environmental In a At letter to the Forest meadows, firstincluding horseto that wasand rescued byESTIMATES 1 professionHorse A Photo by Victoria Howell. COVID-19 pandemic waning the University of the Montana. For sixhabitat them grow develop growth foundYin Bitterroot See LEVY, page 18 years, she taught special education at See CORVALIS, page 2
Proposed subdivision draws opposition
Public Scammers thwarted, vigilance recognized County budget meeting 31 years and still sowing, 2023 farm fair on track on BNF Cowboy Ball Halfway Climbing through fiscal scheduled year, county Plan
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Hearts full love Stevi toofrevisit refinancing bonds
DUI Task Force, MAPS to partner on special video
Gold Butterfly project draws some objections
Spreading love Local draft horse rescue Principal in running Stevi to return park land thriving to county for national award No levies pass
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