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RONAN — Jimmy Ray O’Neill and Lauren Wier of Polson are proud to announce the arrival of their first child, Saoirse Roisin O’Neill, who was born Nov. 27, 2011, at St. Luke Community Hospital. Saoirse weighed 10 pounds 1 ounce and joins sibling Oliver O’Neill. Paternal grandpa...
RONAN — Joshua Ryan Wilson is proud to announce that his little sister, Ashlyn Lee Anne Wilson, was born Nov. 22, 2011, at St. Luke Community Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces. Her parents are Daniel Wilson and Krystal Davis of Polson. Her maternal grandmother is Kim Salomon and great-grandmot...
RONAN — Mrs. LuRea (Luella Rea) Cobb Tanner passed away peacefully in her sleep Monday morning, Dec. 12, 2011, at St. Luke’s Extended Care Facility. She was 90 years old. Shrider-Thompson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. A service and remembrance of her long and happy life will be held ...
Editor, Have you ever donated to UNICEF? Some of us remember collecting money for them as we went trick-or-treating on Halloween. The United Nations Children’s Fund CEO Caryl M. Stern receives a yearly salary of $1.2 million, plus expenses and a car. Less than 5 percent of donated money goes to the ...
Editor, Spur The Cancer out of Montana would like to thank everyone who purchased a ticket and donated to the latest fundraiser. The winner of the rifle gift certificate was Buck Cheff. The drawing was held Dec. 9 at Lake County Bank. Darcy Weider Arlee
Editor, I am presently in Barcelona, Spain. Other than visiting family, I am interested in getting educated on opinions over here about social, political and economic issues. Last week I sent a letter to the editor which was intended to be a prelude to covering a subject of great interest, the “Occu...
Editor, What an interesting sequence of columns the Valley Journal presented with Autumn Parmenter’s Nov. 30 missive, followed by Robert L. Phillips’ Dec. 7 reaction. Both were well-written, and both had points to make. Free market capitalism is still the best economic system, but its exces...
ST. IGNATIUS — The game started better than it ended for the Lady Bulldogs in Deer Lodge on Dec. 15. Despite 12 points from Stephanie Lewandowksi and an early 14-6 lead in the first quarter, the Lady Wardens handcuffed the Lady Bulldogs 51-27 in Deer Lodge. Deer Lodge’s Michele Christnacht sco...
POLSON — Zaeden Eugene Jacobs was born on Dec. 6, 2011 at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center. He weighed 9 pounds 6 ounces. His mother is Savannah Jacobs and his maternal grandparents are Tina Brown and Roy Jacobs. His great-grandparents are Hazel Trusler and Lois Jacobs.
RONAN — Morgan Ryleigh Norby was born Dec. 7, 2011, at St. Luke Community Hospital in Ronan. She weighed 6 pounds, 1ounce. Her parents are Jerry Norby and Karyn Thornton of Rollins. Her paternal grandparents are Ray and Lynn Norby of Kalispell, her great-grandmother is Florence Norby of Kalispell, and ...
