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Bipartisan support for public lands
In my family there is a wide swath of political views and when you are in the same room as we were for the holidays, the juvenile name calling stops and thoughtful discussions can occur. What these discussions revealed was that while we have many differences, there is also agreement. Well, if I’m being honest, there was some juvenile name calling too, we are family after all. But back to my point, I wonder then, why don’t we at least have the things we all agree on? For example, we all agree that we want more public land; we want that...
PHOTOS: Night at the Movies raises $6,000 for NYC trip
At the Night at the Movies concert Tuesday, Jan. 30, audience members were invited to listen to music from popular movies and participate in a silent auction, the proceeds of which will go toward the choir’s trip to New York City in March. Choir director Emily Hackethorn estimated the concert earned over $6,000. “I am still working through all the proceeds but it was a very successful event with tons of generous businesses and individuals pitching in,” Hackethorn said. Emery "Ren" Duran sings “She Used to be Mine” from Waitress at the Little Theater Tuesday, Jan. 30. (Avery Howe photo) Lucas Counts Audrey Hanley sing “Suddenly Seymour” from “Little Shop of Horrors” at the Little Theater Tuesday, Jan. 30. (Avery Howe photo) Quinn Clark sings “Agony” from “Into the Woods” at the Night at the Movies concert, Tuesday, Jan. 30. (Avery Howe photo) Ryan Mee sings and dances as Willy Wonka at the Little Theater Tuesday, Jan. 30. Amanda Fitch sings “God Help the Outcasts” from Disney’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” at the Little Theater Tuesday, Jan. 30. (Avery Howe photo)
Swimmers set for state
An update on Columbia Falls High School’s swim team, headed to state Feb. 8-10 in Great Falls.Sophomore Teagan Bates is seeded fifth in the 200 Freestyle.Junior Connor Keith is seeded first in the 200 Individual Medley and second in the 100 breaststroke. Senior Jolie Friar is seeded eighth and seventh respectively in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Fly, looking to make her first ever finals. Senior Quinn Clark is seeded third in the 100 Fly and fifth in the 500 Freestyle. Junior Sadie Cheff is seeded third in the 100 freestyle and third in the 100 Breaststroke Freshman Kensley Cheff is seeded seventh in the 500 Freestyle. Senior Thane Borgen is seeded seventh in the 100 Freestyle and second in the 100 backstroke The state team includes Molly Bagley, Maya Badger, Sadie Cheff, Friar, Lucy Hiner, Elanie Martindale, Kensley Cheff, Jackson Schubert, Bates, Zachary Pierce, Borgen, Clark, Keith and Tristan Victor. “Our boys relays, 200 Medley, 200 Freestyle and 400 Freestyle relay are slated to place within the top three, coach Amy Caudill said. “Our girls relays will have to fight hard for a third place finish.”
Wildcats wallop Whitefish twice in one week
Columbia Falls is firmly in first place of the Northwest A Conference after their Cat-Dog victory over Whitefish by a score of 58-48 on Friday, Feb. 2. The Wildcats — winners of eight straight — improved to 8-1 in conference play and 10-5 overall.“During our winning streak, we’ve been getting healthy and getting our basketball legs under us,” Columbia Falls Head Coach Chris Finberg said. “A lot of our guys played football that made that run to the state championship game. Some guys we’re banged up from that season, so we’re now getting healthy and playing good basketball.”Jace Hill scored...
Can Trump return to power post-insurrection?
The Constitution (Section 3, 14th Amendment) explicitly prohibits anyone who has taken the oath of office as an officer of government, and then participated in an insurrection, “may not hold any office thereafter.”There have been several arguments debating this. For one: It is not the Constitution, it is the Democrats trying to keep Trump off the ballot. Naturally, Trump and supporters are incensed believing Democrats are playing dirty tricks by trying to prevent his election to a second term, or it’s the corrupt “Deep State.” Other arguments include: The President is not an officer of the United States, Trump is...
Sign the CFAC petition
Some may and have been asking, “What’s the big deal about the CFAC clean up?” I am hoping to give just some bullet points on the importance of this issue before us as a community and Valley. 1. CFAC site is on 960 acres below the Cedar Flats well site. 2. There are numerous toxic well sites on the CFAC site that have extremely high levels of toxins, far above safe drinking water levels, some dump sites identified some not. 3. There is an estimated 1.2 million cubic yards of toxic contaminated soils, equivalent to 5 football fields 50 yards deep.4. Cyanide,...
Restoration over ‘clean up’
Like many residents of Columbia Falls and the Flathead Valley, I am deeply opposed to the EPA’s preferred plan to clean up toxic waste at the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (CFAC) site. In fact, it shouldn’t be considered a clean-up at all. Rather than remove the waste and restore the site, the EPA plans to simply bury 1.2 million cubic yards of dangerous contaminants like cyanide, fluoride, and arsenic, on site. This would effectively render the 960-acre site off-limits from most human uses forever, as well as pose a continuous threat to local water wells and to the health of...
CFAC concerns from C-Falls citizens
The proposed cleanup plan for the CFAC Superfund site is unacceptable.The CFAC property is a beautiful 960 acres of land along the Flathead River and below Teakettle Mountain – it’s the true Gateway to Glacier. Our community should be dreaming big about how that land will be used in the future – open space, light manufacturing, community gathering place, commercial use, wildlife corridor, affordable housing, trail network, concert venue – there are countless possibilities to consider. We can look to the successful cleanup and redevelopment of the Milltown Superfund site near Missoula as an inspiring example of what is possible. For...
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