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Rep. Zinke supports ending forced organ harvesting and human rights atrocities in China
I would like to commend Rep. Ryan Zinke for his remarks made on Feb. 1 after a Congressional Executive Commission on China (CECC) hearing to assess the recent U.N. review of China’s human rights record. Mr. Zinke who sits on the CECC said the Party’s forced organ harvesting is “extraordinarily concerning. The entire world ought to be horrified at such practices,” he told The Epoch Times, adding that Congress should “push the State Department to bring it up in person and have answers.” “We have a relationship with China. I think China should know that’s one of our key concerns.” The...
Stop trying to manage climate change
Climate change has become a major issue. Joe Biden’s solution for us is a 50% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2030. He is also mandating that we make our electricity production carbon-free by 2035.The term “greenhouse gas” came about because atmospheric gases keep the earth warm enabling us to grow food. Greenhouse gas warms the lower atmosphere and is made up of carbon dioxide (CO2), 87 %, methane and water 13%. Carbon dioxide is a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon such as coal and other organic compounds. It is naturally present in the air (.04 %) and is...
Happenings: Community Events Feb. 21
Join Columbia Falls NHS for a chili cook off and bingo night fundraiser from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28 at the Columbia Falls High School cafeteria, winner of the chili cook off will receive a night stay at the Whitefish Lodge and dinner for two! It is $5 per person to eat or $10 per family, bingo cards are $1 each, we hope to see you there!Columbia Falls Community Kitchen will be serving free, delicious meals in the basement of St. Richard’s Catholic Church at 6:00 p.m. on February 28 & 29 in the basement of St....
Yesterdays: 30 years ago, avalanche at Marion Lake
70 years agoFeb. 19, 1954About 200 elk were killed by members of the Blackfeet tribe as the animals drifted out of Glacier National Park. Native people were permitted to hunt year-round, and sold the elk’s meat for $60 a carcass. One man was reported to have harvested 20. At the time, Glacier had an estimated 3,140 elk with room for 2,400. 60 years agoFeb. 21, 1964Columbia Falls City Council ordered a “dog quarantine” for two weeks that March, with the aim of allowing animal control to round up the strays. A new dog pound was being arranged for the impounded. 50 years...
Bad Rock Canyon icicle wall becomes frozen canvas
At the darkest times of the year, Bad Rock Canyon lights up with rainbow colors from a large wall of icicles that are ritualistically sprayed with food coloring. Anyone who drives by would be inclined to ask: Who does this? And why? The truth of the matter after a lot of asking around is that various people do it because it has been done for a long time, and some other people who do it have no connection to the area. They are taken by spontaneous inspiration. The stretch of U.S. 2 joining Columbia Falls and Hungry Horse is tight with bends...
Junior High Writers
This fall, Jennifer Robbins’ seventh grade English Language Arts students at Columbia Falls Junior High practiced imitating strong writing from mentor texts. Then, they chose their favorite piece in their Writer’s Notebooks and chose a writing goal such as figurative language or sensory details. Here are a few strong examples!Bryson Brittan By BRYSON BRITTSANIt’s a boring November day, but not for long. At 1:30, the announcements pierce my ears, and I realize it’s Mr Andrew’s basketball team’s time to go. Knowing I’m on his basketball team, I hustle to the locker room to grab my smelly uniform. At that moment, I...
Tickets go on sale for FVCC’s Festival of Flavors spring event
The Flathead Valley Community College Foundation’s Festival of Flavors spring event tickets go on sale March 8 at 9 a.m. Themed “Golden Gate Gala,” the event takes place Thursday, April 11 at 6 p.m. in the Arts and Technology building on campus in Kalispell. FVCC’s Culinary Institute of Montana will provide an array of courses featuring the unique flavors and cultures of San Francisco neighborhoods including Chinatown, Fisherman’s Wharf, and Little Italy. Wine pairings by event sponsor Summit Beverage will complement each tasting. The program will feature music and remarks by student scholarship recipients. “We are excited for our guests to have the...
Flathead Classic sled dog races this weekend in Olney
Dog power will be featured this weekend when the annual Flathead Classic sled dog race takes place at Dog Creek Lodge and Nordic Center near Onley. The unique event that includes sled races, skijor races and bikejor races runs Feb. 24 and Feb. 25. The event begins at 9 a.m. on both days.Competitions include a six-dog class, four-dog class, one- and two-dog skijoring and one- and two-dog bikejoring, and pee wee races. Six-dog sled teams will race about 18 miles, while the four-dog teams will race 5 and a half miles. Skijoring teams will race between 2 and a half and 5...
PHOTOS: 56 racers take on Sugar Hill for Cabin Fever Days
While the total had yet to be tallied — over beer and pizza, of course — Badrock Council President Ben Shafer bet that the weekend’s Cabin Fever Days event brought in at least $10,000 for the first responders of Bad Rock Canyon on Monday. “The projection is we’ll do about as good as we have done,” he said. Between 5,000 and 6,000 people visited Martin City on Saturday, a big feat for a town with a normal population under 400. Fifty-six racers competed in the famous bar stool ski races. Bar stool ski racers make their way down Sugar Hill...
Wildkats drop matchup to Browning, defeat Polson
Columbia Falls fell to Browning 49-36 on Friday, Feb. 9 in a Northwest A conference matchup.“The Browning game was a bit of a setback,” Columbia Falls Head Coach Cary Finberg said. “Beyond that though, it feels like we are playing a lot better. In the Browning game, we just had too many turnovers and got outrebounded in the first half 30-20 against a good team.”Columbia Falls is all but guaranteed third place in Northwest A. They played a weather makeup game against Libby on Tuesday before turning their focus to the Western A tournament Feb. 22-24 in Butte.“It’s probably beneficial...
Record of decision for CFAC cleanup looms, out of city’s hands
In a rush to halt the oncoming record of decision on the EPA’s proposed cleanup plan at the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company Superfund Site, members of the community approached Columbia Falls City Council during their Feb. 5 meeting. “Once that decision is issued, our opportunity to shape the cleanup and the future of that site is effectively over. Right now the company who wrote the plan is driving this process, and it’s important that we have an opportunity to ensure the EPA is actually listening to the local community,” Coalition for a Clean CFAC representative Peter Metcalf said to the...
Cats swimmer Connor Keith earns state tile in 200 medley
The Columbia Falls High School boy swim team placed third overall at state this weekend, with Connor Keith named state champion in the 200 individual medley. The girls team took sixth.Keith, Thane Borgen, Quinn Clark, and Tristan Victor set a new school record of 1:49.85 in the 200 medley relay, placing second. The 400 freestyle relay team of Teagan Bates, Clark, Borgen and Keith also placed second. Keith was also second in the 100 breast stroke, Clark third in the 100 fly and fourth in the 500 freestyle, Borgen second in the 100 backstroke, and Teagan Bates fifth in the 200...
Boys fall to Browning; romp by Polson
Browning won its seventh straight game, defeating Columbia Falls 67-58 at home in a battle of Northwest A Conference leaders on Friday, February 9.The setback doesn’t remove the Northwest A Conference victory from the Wildcats grasp. A Browning loss to Ronan this week and a Columbia Falls win over Libby would give Columbia Falls the league championship.Browning clawed for a 32-23 halftime lead, but the Wildkats battled back and only trailed 47-44 going into the final stanza. The Indians outscored Columbia Falls by six in the victory.“We didn’t take care of the ball and had 20 turnovers,” Columbia Falls Head...
Michael Scott Gartland, 65
Michael Scott Gartland, beloved son, brother, uncle and friend, passed away at his home in Columbia Falls on February 1, 2024. He was 65.Born in Los Angeles, California to William and Faye Gartland on Sept. 13, 1958, Mike grew up in the L.A. area, graduating from Crespi High School in Encino in 1976. The second of four kids, Mike was always the apple of his mother’s eye, his Grandma’s Golden Boy, and “Crazy Uncle Mikey” to his adoring nieces and nephews. As a teen he loved working on cars – especially VW “bugs” -- and eventually became an accomplished mechanic,...
Richard L. Taylor, 91
Heaven needed him and so we look up into that big, beautiful Montana Sky and say, “I’ll be seeing you” all the while knowing we are left down here missing out on one hell of a good time – “oof dah.” Richard Laurence Taylor was born March 4, 1932, in Stapleton, Nebraska to Annabel and Laurence Taylor during the Great Depression. He was the son of a carpenter who fiercely loved his “mama” and four younger sisters Ann, Louise, Kay and Dana. Richard, “Dick” to his friends and Daddy to his family, was fond of saying the Taylor family moved...
Linda Owens, 63
Linda Mae Owens, age 63, of Martin City, Montana passed away Feb. 1, 2024. She was born April 29, 1960 in San Mateo, California to the late Clifford Albert Davenport and Ella Mable Davenport (Maulfair). Linda moved with her family to Montana in 1971 where she finished out her school years. She met the love of her life, Jim, in 1978 and married shortly after in Coram. They started their family and moved to Oregon, then Washington. With two kids in tow, they moved back to Martin City in 1992 where they made their permanent home.Linda was a homemaker who had...
Railroad Street ballpark-housing decision tabled
The youth baseball field on Railroad Street will stay a baseball field, at least until Columbia Falls City Council can find another place for the kids to play ball. The city has received interest from Northwest Montana Community Land Trust partnering with Habitat for Humanity to turn the 1.3 acre lot into housing. Their current rough draft proposal is an eight-unit development with its own alleyway, so that garages and parking do not outlet to the street. Developers would be required to install sidewalks along Fourth Avenue East North and C Street. Sewer and water access are already available on-site. At...
Glacier National Park virtual field trips hope to inspire connection with nature
Glacier National Park Lead Education Technician Lindsay Brandt is animated on screen. Using exaggerated movements in front of many colorful, interesting photos she creates what feels like watching a live children’s television show for the park’s distance learning program. On a quiet January morning, Brandt appears before a green screen showing off the park virtually to a classroom at Hot Spring Elementary, but the program also reaches students as far away as New Jersey. Brandt said the park’s distance learning program might not only inspire someone to come visit the park one day, but also to seek out nature wherever they...
Opinion: Little love stories
Hungry Horse News asked readers to submit their love stories for the Feb. 14 edition, 100 words or less. Here are some of our favorites. Thanks to all that submitted, and Happy Valentine’s Day!Nick and Ashley Hall at their engagement on Grinnell Glacier Overlook in 2021. (Courtesy photo)Fear of HeightsI knew I loved my husband on our first ever vacation together in 2019, when we stood on the Highline at the bottom of the Grinnell Glacier Overlook trail and I was crying, scared to death of heights and the very narrow path. Without judgement, he encouraged me to do it...
‘A belated but sincere thank you’
It has been at least eight years since Mayor Barnhart and members of the Columbia Falls City Council began the long journey of speaking up for and representing residents of Columbia Falls by calling for the clean-up and the removal of the toxic waste that has been left behind at the now closed Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (CFAC) smelter site. They, alone, rightfully identified the unacceptable risks that leaving this toxic waste in place puts on our water, our health, our community, and our economy for generations to come.Attending extra meetings, reading through multi-hundred-page documents, and providing comments, all about...
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