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Opinion: Christman recalls flood
The Great Flood of 1964 had a profound effect upon my life. In fact, in my stories of “Tales of a Misspent Youth,…
North Fork elects board reps
Fire danger remains extreme, but thanks to a strong initial attack on North Fork lightning strikes, the fires up the North Fork are small.
Summer smoke is in the air
It has become an almost annual event. View of the mountains is eliminated by smoke, air quality is poor, and tourists are diverted to alternate recreational areas.
Column is 55 years old
Wrote the first weekly newspaper column for the Hungry Horse News on Feb. 2, 1962. It was actually a letter to the editor, Mel Ruder, from Washington, D.C., giving a mountain boy’s view of the Kennedy New Frontier.…
'Real people' solve local issues
Despite my feeling that the Interlocal Meetings are so filled with extraneous “bring and brag” conversation that discussion of concerns and problems has become limited, I remain a supporter of continuing the meetin…
Hem haw haws of yesterday
Ran some Olympic memories last week and found another old column mentioning the London Olympics of 2012. Just have to revisit that one.
Principal touts school accomplishments
Columbia Falls Heritage Days is a time to celebrate the history of our city. It is also when, as principal, I close the book on the previous school year and focus on the year ahead.
In Memoriam: Liu Xiaobo
On July 13, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, a political prisoner in China and a champion of democracy, died of liver cancer in a Chinese hospital. The world mourned, but in China his death was barely noted.
Interlocal not very exciting
As usual, the Summer Interlocal was preceded by the annual Firewise Education effort to inform locals on fire risk and how to best protect themselves and their property. Also, as usual, it was an excellent presenta…
Who was Burr Martin?
Olympics are making sport news lately as several nations fight for the right to host future games. I vividly recall the first post-war Olympics hosted by Switzerland and then London in 1948, because I was still ser…
Cheers to 'The Dude'
Three cheers for “The Dude” and his encouragement to the governors not “to abide” childhood hunger (‘The Dude talked childhood hunger at Governors’ conference last week’ by Lily Cullen, Hungry Horse News, July 5, 2…
Really old reporting
The Kalispell Weekly News, which I bought in 1974 and built from the smallest of Montana’s 72 weeklies into the largest, was started in the Flathead Valley not long after the Daily Inter Lake.
Fire danger is high in Flathead
When I commented on the woods being drier than normal on July 1, I did not expect a two-week hot spell. Fire danger is already very high and we should act as if it is extreme.
Mayoral candidate wants full-time mayor
I am running for mayor so the people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s can get good, high-paying industrial jobs to stay and raise their families here, not a thousand miles away.
About secret stuff
Can’t remember, but two years ago I either did or did not send in a column about long-ago activity involving what had been a very hush-hush arrangement between the Forest Service Smokejumpers at Missoula and the U.…
Fourth of July in North Fork
Wow! As you could tell by Chris Peterson’s great pictures last week, we had another great parade in downtown Polebridge on the Fourth of July. My favorite floats were the North Fork Outhouses and the Redneck Red Bu…