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Eagles in winterHumane Groundbreaking held Association for medical center Ravalli County Fair & Rodeo Bitter Root Three Mile Community Center open
celebrates new shelter, 50th anniversary Valley invited to Rumble in the Root! by Victoria by Victoria Howell Howell
speech, occupa-
Wednesday, Aug. 30 - Saturday, Sept. 2 • Hamilton
shelter. $140,000. a levy, so this won’t any 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, ladies in 1972 and it’s still run by a Humane Association’s (BRHA) new by Sean Malcom the facility open ing contains a large they started Farmers State rummage sales, bingo nights built just north of meeting animal shelter located on Fairgrounds bunch of little old ladies.” room, a warming working on Bank to keep and donations fromof commuby spring 2023, Stevensville at the kitchen, a The BitterRodders Car Club Butts, President of the 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 ofand Kootenai be“This hosting the annual Rumdouble purpose. It included Board,will said, organization has system, a gorgeous view a ribbon and incorpopayments contributors were the Three on poker continuing to Creek and Mountains bleMile inathe Root run on of the Road Bitterroot totherated reasonable. Fire District, Lone cutting ceremony in honor of new in 2014. come such long way sincethe it was expand September 9, 2023. Hwy 93. including tours of the whole the west. She said the Those payRock 50 Park andago. theservices. Rapp startedSaturday, about years I feel aFamfacility, The run is open to the public “We’re bringing the The building is now home total cost is ments come ily Foundation. John Bishop, building, and anBitarray of food and huge sense of responsibility to honor and benefits localtocharities. care the patients, to the senior center and the approximateout of park Schmiedeke said there terroot those who have come before us and ” drink inHealth honorCEO, of the organization’s Organizers welcome club Weekend Backpack Program ly $500,000. taxes that are it were many who said.bethe make as good as he itvolunteers can as we set 50ththat birthday. said Marcus the public toproject, a scenic drive that serves Lone Rock School. When already being and helped on the and Lois HedgeThe privatehad non-profit organization the course for the next 50 years.” Daly Hospital through thereceived Bitterroot Valley, The surrounding park conSchmiedeke assessed, TMCSC reduced peth, chair of the McCormack said that the fun. was fisoccer rst organized in 1972. In 1984, good food, games and tains and baseball “got really Schmiedeke prices from contractors. The Three Mile Community Senior Center board members, l to r, Colorganization conducted a successful Countess Margarite Bessenyey, the hospital board, This year the BitterRodders fields, tennis and volleyball involved,” the is proud that general contractor donated laleen Schmiedeke, Joyce Pando and Wendy Audiss in front of the fundraising campaign fund the new granddaughter ofpath, Marcus Daly, gave hope to drawsaid in ato big crowd and this project courts, a walking a playgroup had they didn’t See CENTER, page 3 new community center at Lone Rock Park. Photo by V. Howell. construction but the then the Covid-19 the BRHA on Fairgrounds Road are asking public to particground 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 Bitipate. or motorwith a 99-year lease. Six years later, pandemic hitAny andcar, construction costs in truck the works, but ter Root Humane Association Board Member Sue McCormack prepares to cut the ribbon cycle; new old, isthe welcome skyrocketed. As aor result, group to in 1990, the Bessenyey estate deeded there were some John Bishop, pictured from left, leads a gathering people involved in the celebrating the opening of the new animalfifth shelter in Hamilton. Photo by Michaelof Howell. onathe fun (no to hotfinish rod had tojoin takeinout mortgage the land to the organization where delays due to the Bitterroot Health building project in a ceremonial groundbreaking. The facility necessary). Everyone is welcome on the property that had housed the Sue McCormack, who serves on the current shelter is located. The See SHELTER, page to participate. pandemic. She said2 theat organization’s of directors will be built on land located the corner ofboard Kootenai Creek Road and and Hwyencouraged 93 new building replaces an old building shelter since 1984. There will betheir activities at each vision isthe that of just north of the Stevensville Junction. by Nathan Boddy cumstances, having She adds that the stops for all ages. The club the Stevensville encountered people most important hopes to make this year’s run Christine Staub, a driving falling victim to mail way to facility will besuch more Darby, Victor and Corvallis, as well as been providing “quality, the biggest yet. combat force at the Boxxe Shoppe at fraud in the past. Hamilton. abuse is for people of a “medical The center” Rumblerather in thethan Rootjust is aa accessible, personalized 901 S. 1st Street, was recently As a certified shipto ask questions clinic. She also said that Marcus Daly long-standing tradition for the The new 12-acre campus will health fordepot 90 years. presented with a Certificate of care” ping for FedEx, and start the conMurphy. Sheyear led the BitterRodders. This will which isversation a critical access In recent the years, theyShoppe provide primary, care, urgent care and Hospital, Appreciation by Mayor DomiBoxxe with those commissioners through mark the 20th anniversary of hospital, was recently rated #4 in the specialty services. Two physicians have nic Farrenkopf and Hamilton is legally justified to you know and love. have been taking steps to a lengthy fund by fund by Victoria Howell me like a ton of the Rod Run. Police Chief Stephen Snavely. open package which doesn’t quality by Staub the national rataccounting that, toClub sum already been hired, along with a nurse nation forThe invest in all theacommubricks.” BitterRodders Car 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, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organiWhen it comes Council on March 15th, Chief label. After following of what potential overall, very well zation that has adoing long history of by Michael by Victoria Howell are being recruited. There will 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 giving back to the valley. OrigiThe Bitterroot Overstreet has a Nathe hospital with Hamilton Police Department so in the presence of she knows that over they showing revenues formed in“often 1998, they have tional Forest (BNF) will The Cowboy Ballnally at the Ravalli County message for you: to “become more vocal about a witness, Staub was an oxygen tank. are, coached 50% of projections in been raising money for local host a public meeting Fairgrounds will be held February 12th. This is don’t fool around! the good things that happen able to uncover the He was home for to departments say they are shipmost while charities through fundraisers, thisOverstreet, Wednesday, March 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 and Shine events, BBQs, 30th from 6 to 8 p.m. ing his department’s experiof the package: nearlyDuring that time, paperwork.” Other up, it’s going to beShow an event worthy oftoa23% jubilee an attorney in amounted of brunches and much more. All 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 Halfway through celebration. projections due inRumlarge private practice in hismeeting oxygen level by Victoria proceeds from this year’s regarding theHowell 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 be continuing when the council considers Stevensville, was went down to 51, ble in the Root will go directly to ment of a draft forest In early March, a customwas unwittingly send-from a normal of claiming county’s performance have yetto torepbe filled. event. Freeman is also thethat chair of the Rodeo diagnosed with his efforts to teach the new the appointment of two addiPhoto from a previous year’s run. Photo courtesy of Terri Curtis. Climbing Management At the second regular er came to the Boxxe Shoppe ing to a scammer in resent the IRS or in10 is looking pretty good, One big savings was Committee, and the vice chair of the Fair Board, See RUMBLE, page colon cancer in 99. “I jokingly say Plan (CMP). virtual counciltoand mayor how local Chicago, tional council meeting of theThe two-member intending send a package Illinois.members. Social Security according to Ravalli the budgeted funds which he’s been onby forNa12 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 via government FedEx. County CFO Klarryse the Administration. county’s share Stevensville Town Council, on agent for 18 years here in the Bitterroot, andin also He wentSee through damage material.” Zoom. below for than Boddy. Thewas customer Sometimes they a frequent commenter Gibson January 27, town clerk Jenelle in the Army for 21 years, his organizational and instructions and a link chemotherapy and But COVID-19 Seewill COUNTY, seemed con- meetings during tell theirpage 10 at council 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 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 with course of her landed in jail, 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 won,hopes but a to feeraise needs had been eradicated. like I couldn’t nity would help her look out 2021. the council that those makto handle the prosecution $50,000 this year, for the expansion of the rodeo and Staub the Boxxe to be paid for release of the Overstreet had breathe, like I ings on the internet. She said by John Dowdto the Previous to Myers, any serious friends during for “what is very possibly their safety. At least oneoming. His services mean that locals, In addition became susShoppe, Staub funds. The scammers will ing public comment should caseload of Town Attorney bucking chutes. “They’re just getting old,” he surgery on October was being water and difficult to treat injuries, such as the worst day of life.” According in the former YouTube oftheir the potential victims she especially those near Missoula andsaid. opportunity to learn chanpicious when haswhile now commonly use legitimate “They need to replaced. They’re getting banged address the mayor, not the Greg Overstreet he was 23, 2021 for ostomy boarded, or what There is a new orthopedic trauma severe pelvic and multiple severe injury to Myers, “We really want to become thebeBitterroot, can get asurgery within aided was a resident at a local nel they had was no longer about and participate in considering recovered address, buton will ready to up.facility Bucking stockown can be hard surgeon at Missoula Bone, Joint and to be flown to Seattle and the site.nursing We want to their state and in metal.” a be timely manner. removal, the fidevelopnalhad I primary imagine water audience.patients, He alsoneeded said, “This hospitalized, then recov- referral extended and the process of working but they set up the customapproximately grab the package from a porch The 10th annual cowboy ball – skill which Surgery Center that changes the game for surgery. meant added keep Montanans Montana!” Myers has a broad setactually that in the boarding to had beinto be provided with a ride notand a question andThis answer” ering,hours from Covid-19. Mell ing a climbing plan, atreatment new Facebook page.this How- er’sis age $60,000 in already has a line out orbut front door when it arrives. for trauma in Montana, for between accident and treatment that Myers the includes complex joint replacement, started 11 years ago couldn’t be held last year to the bank as well as to the colon cancer journey. like,” recalls week’s meeting will cov-including session. “It’s public comment.” did the work at no charge to particular all of of patients “They always direct the ever, members of the the Bitterroot public the communities Valley. patients may not have had. It also, ac- cash, door and isShoppe. exciteddue to get limb salvage, infection treatment, Boxxe to the pandemic – hasbone been upgraded this The day afterlike that Overstreet. “This er the following agenda details the which was to to send it, ‘no signature The of mayor had said previousthe patient town. “Ibejust wanted who had he tried to access theseeing Dr. Richard Myers started cording to Myers, meant the started. HisI hopes are that they will getto me,” tendonvictim repairs/reconstruction and a lot “It’s common sense year. topics: surgery, was isfrauduwhen realized transaction. being required,’” shecomes adds. ly that he would be answering publicly thank Joan for helpThe Town of Stevensville recognized attorney Joan Mell, patients in Missoula on Monday, and ing sent hundreds of miles away from more referrals from across the state, of fracture work. He to Missoushe says, pointing out that red Facebook page said it was not • Review overall “This is the first year we’ve ever doneAct a fully diagnosed with that I was not Unfortunatelently deThe Bank Secrecy questionstheir from the public. ing meand and helping town, ” as brings withand himdesired yearsasked of experience. support network of family andthe even from farabound as Idaho and seniors Wywhen are center, for filling in while town Greg objectives See TRAUMA, accessible. Berthoud catered dinner,” said Freeman. TheOverstreet University COVID-19. taking Covidflags ly, it was not manded from ofattorney 1970 requires banks topage 4 being scammed. “If a person Crews also said that they said Overstreet. outcomes of the public Montanawith Catering Service provide theof had Covid-19.ofPictured Mell are, l towill Overstreet, for“I patience as she worked Staub’s first was obviously seniorseriously citizen enough. keep track ofr, withdrawals 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. Mayor Steve Gibson, council members Cindy Brown and they’re coming into the The Boxxe Shoppe’s new location • Provide an update encountered See page 2 sudden “interesting comments” Greg Overstreet talks about his recentfrom brush with death dueSTEVI, tothe commuOverstreet. “Itformer hit Jim Crews, mayor bank to5withdraw $15,000, it Stacie Barker. by Victoria at 901 S. 1st Street in Hamilton. nity.See See COWBOY BALL page 4 SURVIVING, page by Photo Michael Howell Howell. such cirStaub is Covid. Photo by Victoria Howell. See SCAMMERS, page 2 makes my ‘spidy’ sense tingle.” See PLAN, page 2 Photo by Nathan Boddy. Last week the Ravalli County Commissioners apIn the back of his mind, Richmond Champion, a seven-time NFR qualifier proved adoption of a memorandum of understandChampion knew there was something from Stevensville, Montana. “I finally ing with the Ravalli County DUI Task Force and wrong. His arms were numb; his finto 1987 sportsForest med and had them letter the commissioners statedInstituteProtection Nationalwent Forest aspen andrun whitebark pine; MAPS Media to produceAgency. a video The designed by Michael Howell gers tingled. some strength tests that showed nerve to help parents keep tabs on their children’s behavthat “Ravalli County objects recommendations timber byprovide Nathan Boddy buildingcontains where the owners plan to It was likely the signs of a manPlan. issues, and I failed almostmanage every one of to ior. impacts to concerning theand Draft SEIS for forest products and jobs; and to unmitigated A new record of decision install awnings, repair seal brick, who’d been involved in a few crashthem. The deadlineHowell closed on if it would be possible Victoria The DUI Task approved creation of year, theForce facility tookButterfly. inthe just under byby Victoria Howell The owners of Chapter One and see the creation of a mural on the Gold Concerncounty owned/maintained was issued on December 17, retain old growth status in all es over his lifetime. He is, after “I got home from The American on January 18, forHowell filing objec- to put envelopes by Victoria his property which would in effect with the highway, which is aastate addressed when private land was Mischief$240,000 Room lastand May and the commissioners spent every penny. Bookstore in Hamilton the west side of the building. The trio all, a bareback rider, and his body and anby MRI. ItStevensville usually takes 24units. According roads heavy equipment the scope ofthe the analysis treatment to downtown 2021 accompanied a to Draft all the doors and then Dominic Farrenshuthad off access River highway, because nowfrom you’re goingare to on it. sold toproject aing new owner and Fish, Wildlife signed off The involved creation tions to the Draft SupplemenJasmin Shinn, founder and There areto nouse paid employees; it’s an all-of making full use of their membership plans the Facade Improvement takes a beating. Wearing specially to 48 hours to hear anything about 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. But said executive director ofbinds, 1 Horse the Hamilton Downtown AssociGrant (FIG) Program through the designed gloves with barean MRI, butnorth I gotof a call in underpiece fourof with atwas Sapphire them. Farrenkopf cil split onLutheran whether to accept just toreally the the private boats, and you’vebut just come out of the vate piece now belongs toShinn thesome state compartments where someone could stash root Forest Plan’s Forest-wide not limited to, the impacts cific forest plan amendment about 90% of the proposed (Draft SEIS) for the Gold ation (HDA) to make imHDA toamake theper changes, and sees A riders Time Horse Rescue it costs about $200 month toaim feed back wedge their into a idea. hours.” Homes inDraft Hamilton, ishands liked the He askedCrews contacted the county aAtsmall piece of park land near the property. Stevi Wyean at in 45order miles per hour - there developed fishing access site. drugs or hide aand small flask of whiskey. The was to Willow Creek Road. Due toisthe Management Wildlife Re-of areas are within defining old-growth stan-end was treatment provements to their historic building. all of improvements as a part leather-and-wooden rigging, which On the other Shawn Scott, Butterfly 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 insect resource and financial limitadards. Some objections to securing the Co-owners, Katrina Mendrey, Marissa community is strapped tightly to a she bronc’s back. aland chiropractor with the Justin Sports- for boost lastForest week when was veterinary bills, therapy, training, and to send his athat and daycares to make National project considered atresidents the March 24th council on the west, potential Mayorand Steve Gibson said he didn’t west] still a improvement. viable oftoland for the various ways in which any youngpiece person can hide Last year the envelopes. Neyenhuis Mara have used Hamilton Downtown Association They are virtually locked onto every medicine team. Champion’s disc treatment sufficient habitat tions, Ravalli County would new decision were received because ofand little love this special envelopes presented with aValencheck for $7500 associated costsold-growth to rehabilitate meeting. The land ownership will now river and access pending the disease outcome of see what use the landLuther is to the town. “Iother city tofrom have, whether or not you put their substance use casual inspections. includes nearly 13,000 acres lopes were so full they The project is now a matching grant from the HDA to indirector, Robin Pruitt, was at Chapter horse they ride. between his C3 and C4 vertebras was 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, of commercial and non-comhad to be emptied more really popular, and stallMichaelson a Norton 5845 operator onup their One Bookstore the open Arms arefour hands are manbulging compressing his trees. spinal About years resident. people piece, which is tomostly the Then Council Wolff said he looked the for ley. are so many carshouse out said what sheadoption, tells“There parents is,for “If you don’t look, accounting fijerked, rmlocated with aadjacent branch most can be driven or there, support viable populations ing They claim the areawhich the necessary maintenance having toand do member with the Marilyn mercial vegetative treatment than once. growing every year. front door, makes thethen entrance and viewing of the ADA door, and gled, elbows and shoulders feel the cord. That was causing all the issues. ago, a resident came could drop off valenBitterroot River on the northwest side said she had a real problem with old minutes and found that the land I think it can be used for parking. But younor don’t see.and If you don’t then you don’t ridden, some justsee, become “pasture located in Hamilton. Part of the logging of old growth, potenof old-growth dependent during the project, the is impacted by mountain pine ADA compliant. The device, which expressed herterm, enthusiasm for Chapter within a 55,000 acre area ofto the pressure on every ride. Groins are “Ipiece would just wake up withtwo bothSee my VALENTINES, to Farrenkopf to see tines to fill the enveof the bridge, was offered Town this of land. “It’s where was donated on the condition that looking long if you have proppage 10 selection for awarding that gift tial impacts to wildlife and to pets.” See DUI, page 10 rehabilitation of and the road afteron species. ” side The letter notes that beetle, Douglas-fir bark beetle, was installed by On the Fly One’s involvement in thethe FIG prosore, hips ache andCounty their spine canasbea arms a lot,” Cinch cowboy forest inby the Sapphire Mounin 2017 Ravalli for use roadsasleep converge, thethe bank is incrediit would be maintained andLock utilized erty the west of river, then was online voting and according 1 Horse At A Time was established Key, collects power each manual gram. DrafttoSEIS limits the scope dwarf mistletoe and thefrom project is complete. Ravalli Willow Creek Road. contorted onCorvallis. every jump. said. “My body wasthere actually compenpotential river access site. bly steep… I think are liability for western recreational purposes within five you havethe access potentially consoltains eastbranch of by Shinn in 2018. She’s originally from to JCCS manager, Andrea actuation of the door, allowing itto toshifting “We’re very excited about ChapIn the summer of 2021, ChampionBitterroot sating really well, but it was just time of its environmental consespruce budworm damage. County objects 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 sheI right grew up around be opened with thepark pushboard of a button ter Onewhere jumping and being a recognized significant symptoms we did something about it.” mayor Jim some Crews, the At owner of land channel and thethe deepest partAlthough of the in general Vickie Motley, memof Stevensville. thinkin It’s financial burden of the project quences analysis tosomething vegetation, officials that have stated that withdrawn in August of 2020 horses. She’s always been a horse fan, was one of the top four vote when needed. great example and great model to all to a neck injury. He qualified for the Surgeons fused his vertebrae toat the river on the northeast side project had channel. If you were to develop thatwith the ber,proposed said that nothing had County been done RDO Equipment Co. the pileated woodpecker and isgether designed improve agreement toon Ravalli and believe after Friends the Bitterroot getters. sheother is especially passionate “This the has access been our list of things businesses thatSTEVI, areabout going National Finals Rodeo and competAprilto and Champion took the attempted to of shut off river access on for fishing, I1,would also see a problem because problem had been but the See page 16 8571 Running W. Road pine marten. project, the Ravalli County it is contrary to current law forest resilience to natural to do for a long time,” said Katrina to come after,” said Pruitt. She added That check followed the wake draft horses. She and her husband, a ed the rugged 10inDecember remainder of the 2022 regular season andthrough Alliance for the Wild Mendrey about the ADA agreements. door. military are and all very excited togrowth kick off andnew existing ”that they “We realize these old disturbances like fire, insects Commissioners expressed Missoula, MT 59808 nights offiled ProRodeo’s premier off. He didn’t return to riding buckretiree, their two children of a $25,000 gift claiming in November Rockies suit theevent. The owners had assembled a list of the FIG program. He took a few weeks away but reing horses until November and didn’t species are listed in and disease; reduce sediconcern over impacts to Forest officials also received from Tractor Supply. relocated toindicator Montana and bought a 20406-549-4171 agency failed to use the best things they’d likecomments to accomplish with Thewhich FIG program is available to sumed his schedule early the nextment sources compete again until mid-December. acre farm Shinn said can support That sounds like a lot of the Forest Plan, but it is not county owned and maintained from Philip Strobel in the Willow available year. science managing Presenting a check JCCS to Jasminthe Shinn (second from left)building, of 1 Horse At over-100-year-old and businesses and building owners within calendar Byin March, knew Over that span,forhe$7500 kept from himself busy RDOequipment.com money but, according to he Shinn, 20 horses. She currently roads, especially Willow Creek Director of the NEPAabout Branch clear whether are other Creek watershed; improve A Time Draft Horse Rescue were, l to r:hanLevi Clark, jumped CPA, Andrea Simmerman, Branch elk habitat had and to didn’t comat the chance to JCCS accomplish the Hamilton Historic there Downtown something be done. by guiding fishing adventures, taking care of draft horses is Office of the Regional Adminbull trout habitat; restore Road. Will Ramsey, CPA. Also pictured is Tiny, non-profi t’s with mascot the one the of those items theand assistance Area, and covers a wide variety of ply with the definition of old early winter of 2022,Manager, dling and the business around his Monan “Through expensiveYthe proposition. Last RESCUE, page 65 GOLD, page •FREEbyESTIMATES IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY• OURH OME IMPROVEMENT CO.COM istrator of the Environmental Inwith a At letter to the Forest of grant Other improvements improvements See suchSee as rehabilitation firstincluding horsehome thatmeadows, was 1time Horse A Time. Photo byfunds. Victoria Howell. my shoulders relax, habitat tana andrescued spending the growth found would in the never Bitterroot will take place on the outside of the and my traps were really tight,” said See CHAMPION, page 14 See BOOKSTORE, page 2
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