Letters to the Editor
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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,…
A man's intent
Yes, intent does matter. My goodness folks, he misspoke. A man sitting with him at the scorer’s bench said he was immediately sorry and upset with himself and wanted to apologize, but not wanting to interrupt the …
Blackfeet member's thoughts on PA announcer controversy
I appreciate the words of Columbia Falls Principal, Scott Gaiser in recognizing, “that there is a great deal of work to be done to reestablish your trust and continue a positive relationship with students and staff…
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It was interesting to read the article about the Columbia Falls trustees interviewing an “in-house” candidate for the superintendent’s position. Was I the only who thought the statement, “We’re underfunded. It’s st…
Concerned about projects
Two Forest Service timber sales are getting a lot of publicity lately because they have trail construction associated with them. These projects are located in urban interface areas. It’s not sensible to increase pu…
Opposes trail route
I have read numerous articles and listened to several local and national radio broadcasts over the past few months regarding the portion of the Pacific Northwest Trail that traverses the Yaak Valley in northwestern…
Izaak Walton story brought back memories
The Nov. 6th Hungry Horse News’ story about the Izaak Walton Inn brought back memories. Whenever I visit the Inn I am taken back to a winter weekend in 1965 when 30 Methodist youth and two pastors from Columbia Fal…
Why TIF monies should be used for monument
Last week I brought to our city council’s attention the need for TIF (Tax Increment Financing) funds to finally close the 44 year gap of no signage/no arch at the corner of Highway 2 and Nucleus Avenue. Some concer…
We need to love each other
October is national anti-bullying prevention month. White House First Lady Melania Trump supports anti-bullying through her Be Best initiative. Governments, churches, schools and businesses have all stepped up to o…
Bond appreciation
On behalf of the teachers in Columbia Falls District 6, I want to express our sincere appreciation for the voters who supported our recent building levy. We take our part of providing a quality education to our kid…
Opposes subdivision
In the last several weeks, news of a major subdivision in Columbia Falls hit local papers. Called the Benches, it would be located just east of the Flathead River Bridge and south of U.S. 2, and would include 48 si…
Teachers say thanks
First-grade teachers at Ruder Elementary School would like to thank Scott and Tiffany Wehrmann, parents of a first grader, and Applied Materials for their generous contributions towards flexible seating in our clas…
Thoughts about school bond
For those of you that are new to this area in the last 5-8 years, we have a nice school in Hungry Horse that we moved students from and into Columbia Falls due to low numbers in the Columbia Falls schools. Now we a…
Dundas fundraiser a big success
Sometimes bad things happen to good people, real bad things to real good people. This summer we learned that our friend, Mark Dundas, was going to face a battle with leukemia. We were all as shocked as he was, sinc…
Opposes subdivision
On Sept. 10, 2019 the Columbia Falls City-County Planning Board approved a request for a Planned Unit Development and Major Subdivision, known as The Benches. This subdivision would create 48 single family resident…