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Two sides to every story: vote yes for kids
In order to repair our track, it would cost upwards of 1 million dollars, regardless of whether this bond passes. …
Caboose update
In response to those who are concerned about the Red Caboose diner, the city's architectural review committee has told me the caboose is in substantial compliance with the design plans the city approved.
More important issues than music
Talk about the ultimate "tempest in a teapot." I just returned from Europe, where the conversation is Israel, Iraq, Darfur and the probable next terrorist attack on Great Britain. Also, lest I forget, Italy's victo…
Habitat works for Flathead families
While the beautiful Big Sky country draws more and more middle and upper class individuals into Montana every year, the low-income population and the need for affordable housing is also rising. In October 1989, Mon…
Belize volunteer in need of support
My name is Monica Senin, and apart from the past four years I spent at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., I have lived all of my life in Whitefish.
The real property tax reduction
We have come to expect half-truths and spins early in a national campaign, but Mike Jopek is starting pretty early for a Montana legislator. The Republican Handshake with Montana promised a property tax decrease mo…
Headphones the answer to music dilemma?
Recent issues at The Wave remind us that tastes have varied since before the Romans (de gustibus non disputandem).
'Making waves'
I am a member of The Wave in Whitefish and had been a faithful attendee of Bob Bouillon's 5:30 a.m. cycling class. By nature, I prefer to avoid conflict, but The Wave board's recent decision to ban Christian music …
Don't let the Chinese beat us
An important lesson I learned while in China recently is that while the Chinese have not embraced freedom, they have certainly wrapped their arms around free enterprise. Their economy is booming, and they are betti…
Scars on the Western landscape
Thousands of acres of abandoned mines, tens of thousands of miles of rutted timber roads, antiquated century-old dams, tainted soils and waters — these and other legacies of our resource-extractive past offer us ec…
Muldown thanks
Every year, Muldown Elementary students benefit from tremendous community support for our Health Enhancement program. This winter, the Big Mountain Ski Club again made a large donation to cover the transportation c…
Meehan for sheriff
Well, it's that time again, so remember to vote on June 6. I am going to vote for Mike Meehan.
O'Neil for Justice
This letter is to encourage the good citizens of Flathead County to vote for Jerry O'Neil for Justice of the Peace.
Arts in April a big success
Students at Muldown Elementary just finished a four-week section of Arts in April. Artists from both the community and school provided the opportunity for all second, third and fourth graders to choose from 28 art …
Skier's thank you
To my family, my friends, old and new, and to the community of Whitefish, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Snyder's work will be missed
I am writting to publically thank Paul Syder for all that he did for Whitefish over the past few years.