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The Clark Fork Chronicle
- Dear Betty for Sept. 7, 2010: Do not give out your Medicare number
Dear Betty,
You hear a lot about Medicare fraud, but I always thought my Dad was too smart to fall for scams. Then on our regular phone call last Sunday he mentioned how glad he was that Medicare was going to give $250 to people who fall in the Part D donut hole, which is where he�s headed. He ... - We the People for Sept. 5, 2010
Inflation, the Cause and the Result
by Sen. Greg Hinkle
There is no end to the attention on fiscal policies these days. This will be especially true when the 62nd Legislative Session begins on January 3, 2011. The feeding frenzy by various state agencies for your tax dollars will begin ... - Meet your Republican candidates Sept. 11
by Bob Mahon
Meet your Mineral County Republican candidates on Saturday Sept. 11 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the home of Brian and Tia Neu Coon, 2014 Deep Creek Road (up Second Creek 2 miles to Deep Creek Road; 1.9 miles to their home).
MARCIA BORIS for County Attorney
MARY YARNALL ... - 'D' is to move forward, 'R' is to go in reverse
by Rep. Mike Jopek
Drivers learn very early on that we put the car into D to move forward and R to go in reverse. It�s a simple driving maneuver, but one that aptly describes our current economic situation. We need to move forward as better days are ahead. Don�t let anyone fool you into beli ... - Former airport lease holder questions authorities
To the editor:
The hangars at the Mineral County Airport are private property; a significant tax base. The ground under the hangars is leased from the county. Prior to building a hangar on the airport, an individual or business, requires a solid commitment from the county; a �ground lease� co ... - Full text of airport lease contract
[Editor's note: The following is the full text of the contract between the Mineral County Airport and Gerald Geske, who leased an aircraft hangar.]
3/6/2007
AIRCRAFT HANGAR AND GROUND LEASE AGREEMENT
MINERAL COUNTY AIRPORT SUPERIOR, MONTANA
This Lease made by and between GERALD GESKE w ... - FWP seeks advisors for Spotted Dog advisory committee
by Vivaca Crowser
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) is seeking applicants to fill volunteer positions on a planning committee for the new Spotted Dog Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in the Deer Lodge valley.
The 12-15 member committee will provide advice and local perspective to FWP ... - Missoula Rural volunteer to be honored at Griz game
by Jennifer Lawson
Volunteer �First Responder� Marvin Hess will be recognized as �Volunteer of the Game� during Saturday�s UM Grizzlies opening home game, the Governor�s Office of Community Service (http://serve.mt.gov) announced.
�Montana has a long trad ... - The Montana example: Run government like a ranch
by Brian Schweitzer
Montana is making national headlines lately, and for a very proud reason: We are one of only two states in America operating without a deficit.
The State of Montana has balanced its checkbook five years in a row with no tax increases, no cuts to education or other ess ... - Historic Morrill Act on display at MSU
by Tracy Ellig
Bozeman - The Museum of the Rockies at Montana State University will play host to a document signed by President Abraham Lincoln and considered a "national treasure" from Sept. 2 through Oct. 2, 2010.
The Morrill Land-Grant College Act of 1862 is considered by the ... - You can help us finish our tennis courts
To the editor:
U Serve Libby, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization, in partnership with Northwest Regional RC&D, has been working to construct six community tennis courts in Libby, Montana. We have been very fortunate to receive several grants which, when added to fundraisers, in-kind services ... - Community Health Centers offer primary care safety net
by John Q. Murray
Community Health Centers are an excellent way to provide health care to the entire community, according to the executive director of such a center in Bellingham, Washington.
Mineral Community Hospital recently announced its intention to organize a Community Health Center. ... - Baucus presses for state control over wolves
by Kathy Weber
Montana�s senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus yesterday called on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to move to allow all Montana ranchers to actively protect their livestock. Baucus pressed the Service to make the change now as he crafts legislation to put Montana wolves back under ... - 'The Big Read' coming to library
by Joyce Doyle
The Big Read is coming to Missoula. Missoula Public Library is orchestrating a community-wide reading of Dashiell Hammett�s classic detective novel �The Maltese Falcon.� The library will be giving out more than 2,200 copies of the book thanks to a grant from the National Endowm ... - Kade Parkin wins Superior's Crazy Cabbage contest
by Penny Henderson
Each year Bonnie Plants sponsor The Crazy Cabbage contest throughout the United States. They provide giant cabbage plants to all third graders interested in competing. They award a $1,000 college savings bond to the winner from each state. In 2006 John Holecz, from Super ... - MSU wins $3.85 million grant to study fire, climate change
by Melynda Harrison
BOZEMAN � Faculty at Montana State University, the University of Colorado, the University of Idaho and collaborators at the USDA Forest Service received a $3.85 million grant to study fire and climate change in sensitive forests in the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand.
... - Court Appointed Special Advocate program to serve Mineral County
Volunteers needed; informational meeting Sept. 14 in Missoula
by Megan Fochs
CASA of Missoula has recently received a $23,420 grant allowing us to expand our program to Mineral County, and we are looking for dedicated and caring individuals who might be interested in volunteering for the C ... - Sen. Tester pledges support for Montana biomass projects
by John Q. Murray
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Montana) expressed his strong support for biomass energy production and pledged to support Montana-based projects, such as the Mineral Community Hospital woody biomass project.
The senator made his statements in response to the Clark Fork Chronicle dur ... - Congressional delegation statements on end of combat operations in Iraq
Senators, Representative say as long as Montanans are in Iraq, �we�re not done'
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) and Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT) Tuesday released statements in response to the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq.
Sen. Baucus said: �Bringing our combat troops ... - More information, not less voting
To the editor:
I recently read that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O�Connor gave a speech in Billings that criticized the Montana way of electing justices for our Supreme Court. While her answer for improving our system was to take away our right to vote, I believe that increased and ... - Hospital projects could drive county's economic future
by Richard Werst and John Q. Murray
Mineral Community Hospital this month announced a set of related projects that could achieve many of the area's long-held economic development goals.
CEO Steve Carty and Board President Maureen "Muffy" Bullock unveiled the often breathtaking sc ... - Alder Creek team starts demobilizing crews
by Boyd Hartwig
Missoula, Saturday, 12:00 p.m. � Fire managers expect to begin downsizing from four crews to two crews on the Alder Creek Fire on Sunday due to current fire activity. The fire perimeter did not increase despite strong winds Thursday evening and Friday and the fire area has exp ... - Tester to hold forum Monday in Missoula
Residents encouraged to attend public meeting on jobs, economy
by Andrea Helling
Senator Jon Tester will hold a forum in Missoula this Monday, August 30, to hear Montanans� ideas and concerns on jobs and the economy.
All interested Montanans are invited to attend Monday�s hour-long meet ... - Comment sought on proposal to bury power lines near Lolo Creek
by Boyd Hartwig
The Lolo National Forest is seeking public comment on an application to bury overhead lines and replace a utility pole on National Forest System Lands near U.S. Highway 12 in the Lolo Creek Drainage.
The request to bury existing overhead utility lines was submitted by t ... - Meet Mineral County GOP candidates this Saturday
by Bob Mahon
Meet the Republican candidates for Mineral County offices this Saturday August 28 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The location is the home of Al & Nancy Acheson, 73 Robin Nest Lane - just off Diamond Match Road before the bridge. Hot dogs, soft drinks, punch and cookies will be ser ... - Butte to showcase art from national gallery during summit
by Kathy Weber
Montana�s senior U.S. Senator, Max Baucus, today applauded the community efforts that laid the groundwork for one of the world�s most treasured art collections to be housed in Butte for his upcoming Montana Economic Development Summit.
Tomorrow, the Butte Silver Bow Archiv ... - Road closure extended as high winds expected at Alder Creek
by Boyd Hartwig
Missoula, Aug. 26, 2 p.m. � In preparation for strong winds expected to arrive Thursday associated with a weather front firefighters will use aviation resources to contain spot fires along the southwest/north perimeter of the Alder Creek Fire and assess options for extending h ... - Bowhunters, gun clubs, Wildlife Federation join coalition to delist wolf
by Larry Copenhaver
The Montana Bowhunters Association, ten Montana rod and gun clubs, and Montana Wildlife Federation joined the effort led the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks to achieve a successful delisting of wolves in the Northern Rockies and to seek immediate relief for chronic ... - Alder Creek crews battle spot fires
by Boyd Hartwig
Missoula, Aug. 25, 3 p.m. � Firefighters were able to build handline and contain several spot fires along the southwest perimeter of the Alder Creek Fire yesterday evening with the help of helicopter bucket drops and they are using aircraft support again today to contain a spo ... - Rehberg sends followup letter to Sebelius after Montana visit
by Jed Link
Rep. Denny Rehberg on Wednesday sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius following her visit to Montana to discuss the health care legislation that was signed into law earlier this year. Polls at the time of passage indicated that Montanans strongly ... - Tuesday burnout successful on Alder Creek fire
by Boyd Hartwig
Missoula MT. 8/23 6:00 p.m. � Firefighters today completed a burnout on the north perimeter of the Alder Creek Fire to establish a secure line on that end of the fire. The operation was supported by heavy helicopter water drops prior to the burnout to prevent fire spread beyon ... - Warren Buffett to attend Baucus economic development summit in Butte
by Kathy Weber
(Washington, D.C.) � Montana�s senior U.S. Senator, Max Baucus announces investor, famed industrialist and philanthropist, Warren Buffett, has accepted his invitation to attend the Montana Economic Development Summit in Butte September 13th � 14th.
�I�m so thrilled Montanan ... - Hunter education class planned for Lolo
by Vivaca Crowser
A Hunter Education class is planned for Lolo beginning Sept. 9 at 7p.m. Interested students must register on the first night of class at the Lolo Middle School cafeteria. A parent or legal guardian must accompany students under 18 to register.
Classes are held on Tuesda ... - Firefighters hold Alder Creek to 400 acres
by Boyd Hartwig
August 23, 6:15 p.m. � Approximately 50 firefighters and three helicopters kept the Alder Creek Fire at 400 acres today as they constructed fireline to the north and west. Fire managers expect fireline construction on the north perimeter of the fire to be completed this evenin ... - More crews engage Alder Creek fire
by Boyd Hartwig
Missoula MT. 8/23 12:00 p.m.� Four crews and three helicopters are now aiding in the suppression of the Alder Creek Fire about 12 miles southeast of Stevensville on the Lolo National Forest. Those resources are assisting about a dozen Missoula Smokejumpers who jumped the fire ... - Lori Cotter is IC trainee on 250-acre Alder Creek fire
by Ann RysSikora
On Sunday afternoon August 22, 2010 approximately 12:00 noon a fire was discovered in Alder Gulch. As of 3:30 p.m. it is estimated to be 250 acres.
It is experiencing heavy winds and is burning in heavy timber. It burned to the ridge that divides the Bitterroot and Lolo ... - New website to assist hunters goes live
by Jennie Stapp
The Montana State Library and Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks announced the launch of a new website designed to assist hunters find the basic information they need for a successful hunting season. The "Hunting Companion" can be found at ... - First half of 2010 reveals little good news for Montana wood products industry
The first half of 2010 brought Montana�s wood products industry a mixture of employment and wage declines but some production increases, according to a University of Montana researcher.
Todd Morgan, director of forestry industry research at UM�s Bureau of Business and Economic Research, said ... - Tester posts latest ethics review
by Aaron Murphy and Andrea Helling
Senator Jon Tester on Friday posted online a new ethics review of his office.
Tester, the first member of Congress to post his daily public schedule online, is also the only member to voluntarily request regular ethics reviews of himself and his staff.
... - Native seed collecting workshop Aug. 26
by Leah Grunzke
Get hands-on experience collecting native grass and wildflower seeds at this month's Community Garden Event. We'll learn the tricks and techniques of gathering wild seeds with Bryce Christians of Native Ideals Seed Company, and practice propagating native shrubs by root cuttin ... - To the low-life bum who stole my new game camera
by Glenn Ferren
This is the sign posted in the Lolo NF for a Thief:
So you stole my new game camera�
I expected hunters in this area, but I didn�t expect a hunter hunting something to steal � a Thief!
So you are not really a hunter, just a low-life bum that steals stuff when no one i ... - Baucus, Sebelius in Missoula Aug. 23 to discuss rural health care
by Kathy Weber
(Washington, D.C.) - Montana�s senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus is bringing the nation�s top health care official, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, to Missoula on Monday for a rural health care discussion with health care providers, patients and parents t ... - Today is the 100th anniversary of the Big Burn
by Tod McKay
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the �Big Blowup� which occurred August 20-21, 1910, when a cold front with gale-force winds blew dozens, if not hundreds, of lightning fires across rivers and mountains burning nearly 3 million acres of national forest in Idaho and western Mon ... - Wool growers join wolf management coalition
by Jim Brown
On August 20, 2010, the Montana Wool Growers Association participated in the meeting called and organized by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks in Helena on forming a wolf management coalition.
Given the damage done by reintroduction of the gray wolf to the sheep industry, MWG ... - Workers removing ballast boxes from Dominion Creek trestle
by Boyd Hartwig
West End, Mineral County � Work to ready the Dominion Creek Trestle and Tunnel for public use as part of the Route of the Olympian has continued over the last several weeks, with workers removing ballast boxes from the old railroad grade to prepare it for new decking. The ball ... - Rehberg: 'Worst case no longer hypothetical'
by Jed Link
Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT) on Tuesday released the following statement following the release of 14 additional pages pertaining to the Department of Interior�s clandestine plans to declare millions of acres in Montana to be National Monuments.
�While I�m glad the Department of ... - Big Burn centennial events coming up in Montana and Idaho
by Rose Davis
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) in cooperation with state and local partners and several Montana and Idaho communities are presenting a weekend of events to commemorate 100 years since the Fires of 1910 and that year�s August 21st and 22nd firestorm called the �Big Burn�.
T ... - I-90 Alberton interchange project underway
MDT advises travelers to be prepared for minimal delays and reduced speeds
by Lori Ryan
The Montana Department of Transportation would like to inform motorists that Frontier West of Missoula will begin working on the I-90, Alberton Interchange project Wednesday, August 18th. Construction ... - Tester releases Interior 'Treasured Landscapes' memo
by Andrea Helling
In the name of transparency, Senator Jon Tester has posted to his website all pages of the U.S. Interior Department�s draft �Treasured Landscapes� document, part of which was leaked earlier this year.
The entire 21-page draft memo, released Friday, is available online at ... - Frenchtown parks planning workshop August 18
by Betty Oleson
What are our needs locally for parks and pedestrian or bike trails in the future? How should the county prioritize new projects and sustain existing park and trail resources?
The West Valley Community Council is pleased to host a community workshop related to a Missoula C ...
AG.org News & Information
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Minister, missions visionary Dan Sheaffer dies
Dr. Dan Sheaffer, the former pastor of Crossroads Cathedral (AG) in Oklahoma City, known for effectively raising millions for AG missions and AG higher education, passed away Thursday.
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Fisherman back on feet, thanks to Convoy, MAPS
Jimmy Morgan, an oyster fisherman from Louisiana, had his house and boat destroyed by Katrina in 2005. Hundreds of church groups, MAPS teams, Convoy of Hope teams and volunteers headed to the region to help families like the Morgans get back on their feet.
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India -- becoming the church's greatest opportunity
Experts are predicting that India will become the most populous country in the world as soon as 2020 — the India Assemblies of God plans to have 25,000 new churches planted by the same date.
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Dick Gruber honored for work by "Children's Ministry Magazine"
Dick Gruber, Valley Forge professor and former Children's Ministries consultant for the Assemblies of God, was recognized as one of the top 20 influencers in children's ministry in the September/October issue of Children's Ministry Magazine.
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Three-time AG college president passes
Klaude Kendrick, who served as president of three different Assemblies of God institutions of higher education, passed away Saturday. He was 93.
