October 15, 2009
Kate Haake/Valley Journal
During the homecoming parade, a class of bumblebees threatened to sting opponent Noxon at the Charlo homecoming football game later that night.
Charlo homecoming celebration bright despite weather
By Kate Haake
Valley Journal
CHARLO — On Friday, Charlo carried on with a vibrant celebration of homecoming, despite freshly fallen snow and frigid temperatures.
The town came together to watch the homecoming parade at 1 p.m, filling the streets with anxious spectators, and children ready to grab the candy thrown from the school’s floats.
The beautiful class floats included school children dressed as bumblebees, flowers and cowboys and cowgirls. One float even displayed a dramatic display of the song, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” complete with ‘the devil’ and ‘Johnny.’ All the floats were festive with lively music, dancing and cheering.
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Thomas Trahan, Katie McDonald crowned Mission royalty
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Mission Bulldogs football players show their school spirit atop a fire truck during the homecoming parade Sept. 18.
Valley Journal
ST. IGNATIUS — Thomas Trahan and Katie McDonald were named Mission High School’s
homecoming king and queen at halftime of the Mission Bulldogs’ football game on Sept. 18.
Mission students displayed their school spirit in a wide variety of floats displayed during the homecoming parade on the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 18.
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Warrior pride takes over Arlee
By Melea Burke
Valley Journal
ARLEE — Arlee students, businesses and fans did their best to paint the town Warrior red for homecoming last week, and their work paid off when the Warriors won a ferocious battle against Lincoln High School Friday night on the football field. Beneath the glow of the giant Arlee “A-hill,” the Warriors earned a 36-34 victory over the Lynx and their first trip to the playoffs in eight years.
But the fun started several days earlier with each high school class competing for the best-decorated hallway — the seniors won — and special dress themes like Hawaiian day, pajama day, twins and red and white. Sophomore Hanna Dupuis, also a homecoming queen nominee, earned the distinction of being the most spirited person of the week.
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Debate over qualification, position leads to resignation of Van Hoose
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Mayor Charley Gariepy, left, and St. Ignatius City Council members listen to John Mitchell as he reads a statement claiming that Gariepy misled the town in re-hiring former Police Chief P.D. Van Hoose, who Mitchell says is not qualified to serve in any capacity other than as a reserve officer.
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ST. IGNATIUS — In a standing-room-only city council meeting Oct. 6, St. Ignatius resident John Mitchell sparked a debate over the legality of the town employing P.D. Van Hoose as acting police chief, a position that Mitchell claimed Van Hoose had held since the spring.
Mitchell accused Mayor Charley Gariepy of misleading the council and the public to believe that Van Hoose was qualified to serve as acting police chief, and offered letters from the director of the Montana POST (Public Safety Officer Standards and Training) Council saying that Van Hoose has not met training requirements.
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Mills spreads message of 'dreams' to students
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Olympian Billy Mills speaks to Polson students about perserverance in the face of obstacles.
By Berl Tiskus
Valley Journal
POLSON — “That moment was very special for me; I felt like I had wings on my feet,” Billy Mills said, describing winning Olympic gold for the 10,000 meters in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.
Mills, now 71, visited the Polson schools on Oct. 8 and 9 to speak to the students.
Mills grew up on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, a place rich in tradition but where every three out of four people didn’t have a job, Linderman Principal Steve York said when he introduced Mills.
Mills lost both his parents before he was 12, but he perservered and graduated from the Haskell Indian School in Lawrence, Kan. Mills became interested in distance running while he attended Haskell. Mills went on to the University of Kansas on an athletic scholarship and was a three time NCAA All-American cross country runner.
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DPHHS introduces new health care plan for children
By Kate Haake
Valley Journal
This flu season, parents can rest assured that their children will get the medical care they need.
A new program called Healthy Montana Kids, introduced on Oct. 1, ensures low-income families health insurance for their kids. HMK, developed by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, extends to a more economically diverse group, including families with higher incomes than before.
“There is nothing more we can do for a state than to make sure we have healthy kids,” DPHHS director, Anna Whiting Sorrell said at a press conference Friday at St. Luke Community Hospital in Ronan.
Sorrell went on to state that health and education go hand in hand. Making health a priority keeps kids in school and gives children a better chance at economic success. .
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You don’t have to save them all, just save one
 Berl Tiskus/Valley Journal
Cats, such as this guy at the Cruisin’ By the Bay car show, and dogs are available for adoption from Life Savers Animal Rescue.
By Linda Crawford
for the Valley Journal
Life Savers Animal Rescue is the little group with the big heart. We formed in 2004 with the mission to save dogs and cats from euthanasia and find them loving homes. We accept animals from Polson and Tribal Animal Control, the Mission Valley Animal Shelter, veterinarians and in some cases directly from pet owners.
Once an animal is accepted into our program, it is vaccinated, spayed or neutered and dogs are micro-chipped. Then, because we do not have a physical shelter, the animals go into one of only eight foster homes, and we board a few at local veterinarian clinics.
We then rely on the Internet, posters in town and word of mouth to promote our adoptable dogs and cats. In 2007, we adopted 600 pets. In 2008 the number was 500 and this year it will be closer to 350, not because there are fewer animals to place but because there are fewer people adopting.
Having a pet is a lifetime-of-the-pet commitment, and owners must accept responsibility for their pet’s well-being. At a minimum, pets need to be vaccinated, spayed or neutered, and provided with food, water and shelter.
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