Extra patrols during Kyi-Yo pow wow weekend
Pablo – The corridor of US-93 through parts of Lake County and from Arlee to Missoula has one of the highest records of crashes among roads in Montana. Law enforcement will be on the alert to keep motorists safe during travel to and from Missoula for the 41st annual Kyi-Yo Celebration April 17th and 18th. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Police will add extra patrols on US-93 for the weekend.
The Kyi-Yo at the Adams Center on the University of Montana campus is one of the oldest and largest student-sponsored pow wows in the nation.
Overtime and additional law enforcement patrols are part of the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) funded by the Montana Department of Transportation. STEP is designed to give law enforcement additional resources to focus on traffic safety, especially deterring impaired drivers and encouraging the use of seat belts.
Each participating STEP agency determines the high risk times and locations when they will place additional patrols. Almost 60 different law enforcement agencies across the state are taking part in the added enforcement program.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Two tea parties
The Riverside Park in Polson will be "hosting" two tea parties. The first will be heleld at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 11, for all those "working stiffs" who wont't be able to g get away for the event planned for tax day. This party will be held from 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15.
Nationally, the trend seems to be to have the teas party on April 15
Both announcements invite anyone frustrated with the "recklaess" spending of taxpayers money to bring a tea bag, appropriate sign and chair and show the representatives "we are teaaxed enough already."
A quick search of "national tea party" brings up this site, and the headline : "On April 15, be part of the Taxed Enough Already (TEA) party rally in your communityy" It says 1,902 cities across the country have scheduled tea parties.
This is a nonpartisan event, the site says.
The weather forecast for Saturday says it's going to be overcast and mdmid-50s. .
Nationally, the trend seems to be to have the teas party on April 15
Both announcements invite anyone frustrated with the "recklaess" spending of taxpayers money to bring a tea bag, appropriate sign and chair and show the representatives "we are teaaxed enough already."
A quick search of "national tea party" brings up this site, and the headline : "On April 15, be part of the Taxed Enough Already (TEA) party rally in your communityy" It says 1,902 cities across the country have scheduled tea parties.
This is a nonpartisan event, the site says.
The weather forecast for Saturday says it's going to be overcast and mdmid-50s. .
More stimulus funds coming our way
The press release below outlines more than $6.44 million dollars coming to Montana from the federal govberment as a part of the recorvery pacakge. The money will goo to mainly health and human services agencies. This website is a good resource to see more specifically how the money is allotted.
We receive announcements, through e-mails, like this from the White House Media Affaairs office all the time. Nine times out of ten, they're not specific to the state or our area, but this one does show where some of those billions of dollars are going.
Biden Announces Montana to Receive More Than $6.4 Million in Recovery Act Funds to Help Care for Children, Prevent Disease
Child Care and Vaccination Programs to Benefit from Recovery Act
Vice President Joe Biden announced today that the Obama Administration will make $6,422,783 available to Montana for crucial health and human services programs that help to provide care for children and prevent disease. Montana will receive $5,747,006 in Recovery Act funding to support child care for working families. The Administration also plans to make $675,777 in vaccines and grants available to Montana to ensure more underserved Americans receive the vaccines they need.
Nationwide, $2 billion in Recovery Act funds for the Child Care and Development Fund will allow states across the country to support child care services for more families whose children require care while they are working, seeking employment or receiving job training or education. The funds will be used by states to provide vouchers to families for child care or to provide access to care through contracts with child care centers or invest in quality improvements. Recovery Act dollars will support a wide range of child care providers, including child care centers and home-based programs.
“Parents are worried about finding a job or keeping the job they have and they shouldn’t have to worry about affording quality child care,” said Vice President Biden. “Safe, affordable, high-quality child care gives working parents the peace of mind they need to be stable, dependable employees.”
In addition to funding for child care programs, an additional $300 million in Recovery Act funding and grants will help to ensure more underserved Americans receive the vaccines they need. The Vice President’s announcement came as Americans mark National Public Health Week.
Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the majority of these new resources will be used to purchase vaccines, which will be distributed through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Section 317 immunization program to all 50 states, several large cities, and U.S. territories. Funding will also be used to support national public information campaigns regarding vaccines and support grants to states that demonstrate innovative new ways to ensure more Americans receive the vaccines they need.
“Vaccines help keep children healthy, prevent costly stays in hospitals, and fight diseases that can lead to serious illness or death” added Biden. “The Recovery Act will help to vaccinate more Americans, cut health care costs, improve public health, and save lives.”
More information regarding the child care and vaccine programs is included below. To see a list of state by state funding for child care programs, visit: http://transparency.cit.nih.gov/RecoveryGrants/grant.cfm?grant=childcare. To see a list of state by state funding for vaccine programs, visit: http://transparency.cit.nih.gov/RecoveryGrants/grant.cfm?grant=vaccines.
We receive announcements, through e-mails, like this from the White House Media Affaairs office all the time. Nine times out of ten, they're not specific to the state or our area, but this one does show where some of those billions of dollars are going.
Biden Announces Montana to Receive More Than $6.4 Million in Recovery Act Funds to Help Care for Children, Prevent Disease
Child Care and Vaccination Programs to Benefit from Recovery Act
Vice President Joe Biden announced today that the Obama Administration will make $6,422,783 available to Montana for crucial health and human services programs that help to provide care for children and prevent disease. Montana will receive $5,747,006 in Recovery Act funding to support child care for working families. The Administration also plans to make $675,777 in vaccines and grants available to Montana to ensure more underserved Americans receive the vaccines they need.
Nationwide, $2 billion in Recovery Act funds for the Child Care and Development Fund will allow states across the country to support child care services for more families whose children require care while they are working, seeking employment or receiving job training or education. The funds will be used by states to provide vouchers to families for child care or to provide access to care through contracts with child care centers or invest in quality improvements. Recovery Act dollars will support a wide range of child care providers, including child care centers and home-based programs.
“Parents are worried about finding a job or keeping the job they have and they shouldn’t have to worry about affording quality child care,” said Vice President Biden. “Safe, affordable, high-quality child care gives working parents the peace of mind they need to be stable, dependable employees.”
In addition to funding for child care programs, an additional $300 million in Recovery Act funding and grants will help to ensure more underserved Americans receive the vaccines they need. The Vice President’s announcement came as Americans mark National Public Health Week.
Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the majority of these new resources will be used to purchase vaccines, which will be distributed through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Section 317 immunization program to all 50 states, several large cities, and U.S. territories. Funding will also be used to support national public information campaigns regarding vaccines and support grants to states that demonstrate innovative new ways to ensure more Americans receive the vaccines they need.
“Vaccines help keep children healthy, prevent costly stays in hospitals, and fight diseases that can lead to serious illness or death” added Biden. “The Recovery Act will help to vaccinate more Americans, cut health care costs, improve public health, and save lives.”
More information regarding the child care and vaccine programs is included below. To see a list of state by state funding for child care programs, visit: http://transparency.cit.nih.gov/RecoveryGrants/grant.cfm?grant=childcare. To see a list of state by state funding for vaccine programs, visit: http://transparency.cit.nih.gov/RecoveryGrants/grant.cfm?grant=vaccines.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Ronan & Pablo school libraries to receive 17 new books
Books are always good news. This release came to us on Friday afternoon.
Read on!
25 Montana schools and libraries will receive ‘American classics’
Schools in Ronan and Pablo will each receive 17 new books—all American classics—thanks to a project announced today by Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester.
The schools are among 25 schools and libraries in Montana receiving the new books from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The new books are part of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ We the People Bookshelf, an initiative that has delivered new books to more than 13,000 schools and libraries since 2003.
“Access to books like this encourages healthy learning and effective teaching,” Baucus said. “Good books open up new opportunities for students, and these books will improve their understanding of American history and culture.”
“As a former teacher, I know a good book has the ability to convey American history in a way children of all ages can appreciate and understand,” Tester said. “This project will inspire and engage students through its stories of Americans who have come before us.”
Ronan’s K. William Harvey Elementary School, Pablo Elementary School, Ronan Middle School and Ronan High School will each receive the following books:
1. Walt Whitman: Words for America by Barbara Kerley
2. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull (also in Spanish)
3. The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
4. Sweet Music in Harlem by Debbie Taylor
5. The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
6. American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne
7. On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck
8. Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule by Harriette Gillem Robinet
9. The Captain’s Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe by Roland Smith.
10. The Life and Death of Crazy Horse by Russell Freedman
11. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (also in Spanish)
12. Across America on an Emigrant Train by Jim Murphy
13. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
14. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis
15. Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange by Elizabeth Partridge
16. Travels with Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck (also in Spanish)
17. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville.
Read on!
25 Montana schools and libraries will receive ‘American classics’
Schools in Ronan and Pablo will each receive 17 new books—all American classics—thanks to a project announced today by Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester.
The schools are among 25 schools and libraries in Montana receiving the new books from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The new books are part of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ We the People Bookshelf, an initiative that has delivered new books to more than 13,000 schools and libraries since 2003.
“Access to books like this encourages healthy learning and effective teaching,” Baucus said. “Good books open up new opportunities for students, and these books will improve their understanding of American history and culture.”
“As a former teacher, I know a good book has the ability to convey American history in a way children of all ages can appreciate and understand,” Tester said. “This project will inspire and engage students through its stories of Americans who have come before us.”
Ronan’s K. William Harvey Elementary School, Pablo Elementary School, Ronan Middle School and Ronan High School will each receive the following books:
1. Walt Whitman: Words for America by Barbara Kerley
2. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull (also in Spanish)
3. The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
4. Sweet Music in Harlem by Debbie Taylor
5. The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
6. American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne
7. On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck
8. Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule by Harriette Gillem Robinet
9. The Captain’s Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe by Roland Smith.
10. The Life and Death of Crazy Horse by Russell Freedman
11. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (also in Spanish)
12. Across America on an Emigrant Train by Jim Murphy
13. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
14. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis
15. Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange by Elizabeth Partridge
16. Travels with Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck (also in Spanish)
17. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville.
Lake County branch of "tea party" gaining steam
I've received four e-mails like the one below, and one office visit making sure we knew, and could get out the word on the tea party planned for Polson. Similar events are planned for Missoula and Kalispell. Parties are taking place throuhgout the country at various times to protest twhat organziers are caalling a "national movement to protest the spending of trillions of dollars."
Tea Party Info for immediate release
April 15, 2009 4-6 p.m. Riverside Park, Polson
Citizens in the Polson/Ronan area are organizing a TEA Party rally this April 15th from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Riverside Park (next to the Memorial Armed Forces Bridge) in Polson to let our government representatives know we are Taxed Enough Already. The nonpartisan event will include various speakers and readers presenting patriotic information. This TEA Party is part of a national movement to protest the spending of trillions of dollars which will leave our great-grandchildren a debt they must pay. Over 1,500 cities are hosting TEA parties on this day and we invite the Mission Valley Community to bring a chair, bring a sign and join their voices with others who wish to be heard.
Tea Party Info for immediate release
April 15, 2009 4-6 p.m. Riverside Park, Polson
Citizens in the Polson/Ronan area are organizing a TEA Party rally this April 15th from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Riverside Park (next to the Memorial Armed Forces Bridge) in Polson to let our government representatives know we are Taxed Enough Already. The nonpartisan event will include various speakers and readers presenting patriotic information. This TEA Party is part of a national movement to protest the spending of trillions of dollars which will leave our great-grandchildren a debt they must pay. Over 1,500 cities are hosting TEA parties on this day and we invite the Mission Valley Community to bring a chair, bring a sign and join their voices with others who wish to be heard.
Polson bridge construction is coming
It’s going to be a headache, but it’s got to be done. And last week plans took a large step forward on the resurfacing project planned for the the Armed Forces Memorial Bridge in Polson.
The project was approved last week and the bid was handed to Westway Constrution Inc. out of Medical Lake, Wash. meaning the interuption may begin in mid-April, depending on the contractor’s schedule. This will begin a projected six-week period of slow moving, one-lane traffic across the bridge that is a major outlet for travelers heading north or south.
The notice to proceed from MDOT has an effective date of April 20. But an exact start date will depend on the weather and the Westway’s schedule, MDOT communication director Charity Watt Levis said in an e-mail.
It’s contracted to be a short job - with the spring phase mandated to be finished by May 31, before disencentives kick in. The second phase is contraated to begin on Sept. 8., lasting 55 days.
Details on the traffic imiplecations, stops and more on the traffica management plan oaare forthcoming.
The project was approved last week and the bid was handed to Westway Constrution Inc. out of Medical Lake, Wash. meaning the interuption may begin in mid-April, depending on the contractor’s schedule. This will begin a projected six-week period of slow moving, one-lane traffic across the bridge that is a major outlet for travelers heading north or south.
The notice to proceed from MDOT has an effective date of April 20. But an exact start date will depend on the weather and the Westway’s schedule, MDOT communication director Charity Watt Levis said in an e-mail.
It’s contracted to be a short job - with the spring phase mandated to be finished by May 31, before disencentives kick in. The second phase is contraated to begin on Sept. 8., lasting 55 days.
Details on the traffic imiplecations, stops and more on the traffica management plan oaare forthcoming.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Rehberg, House Vote to Protect Journalists in Federal Courts
Not exactly local news, it's only a resolution and it's not through the Senate yet, but it's exciting for journalists. This particular resolution was writtne to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.
Here's a press release from Rep. Rehberg's office about his stance on the resolution:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Montana’s Congressman, Denny Rehberg, joined U.S. House colleagues from both parties this week in supporting legislation to protect reporters from being compelled to reveal confidential news sources in most cases. The Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 (H.R. 985) establishes new federal protections for journalists including specific criteria that federal entities must meet in order to compel a journalist to reveal the source of information obtained in the course of their jobs. Rehberg is a cosponsor of the bill.
“Investigative journalism is the flashlight of accountability that a democracy needs,” said Rehberg a member of the House Appropriations Committee. “The freedom of the press is guaranteed in the 1st Amendment to the Constitution and any lingering threat by the judicial branch to compel a journalist to reveal a secret source is not only unconstitutional, it's un-American. I’m proud to work across party lines to help get this important bill passed.”
Although 49 States and the District of Columbia have adopted a judicial privilege for journalists in some form, journalists currently have no privilege in Federal Court. The Free Flow of Information Act establishes strict criteria that must be met for a source to be divulged from a journalist. If a federal entity is unable meet all of the criteria, it cannot compel the journalist to provide testimony or any documents obtained or created by that journalist as part of engaging in journalism.
“This bill will protect journalists in federal cases and federal investigations, which frequently involve important issues, from unnecessarily having to reveal their sources, notes or recordings,” said University of Montana School of Journalism Professor Clem Work. “It will help encourage vigorous reporting, which is a vital function of our democratic society.”
Here's a press release from Rep. Rehberg's office about his stance on the resolution:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Montana’s Congressman, Denny Rehberg, joined U.S. House colleagues from both parties this week in supporting legislation to protect reporters from being compelled to reveal confidential news sources in most cases. The Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 (H.R. 985) establishes new federal protections for journalists including specific criteria that federal entities must meet in order to compel a journalist to reveal the source of information obtained in the course of their jobs. Rehberg is a cosponsor of the bill.
“Investigative journalism is the flashlight of accountability that a democracy needs,” said Rehberg a member of the House Appropriations Committee. “The freedom of the press is guaranteed in the 1st Amendment to the Constitution and any lingering threat by the judicial branch to compel a journalist to reveal a secret source is not only unconstitutional, it's un-American. I’m proud to work across party lines to help get this important bill passed.”
Although 49 States and the District of Columbia have adopted a judicial privilege for journalists in some form, journalists currently have no privilege in Federal Court. The Free Flow of Information Act establishes strict criteria that must be met for a source to be divulged from a journalist. If a federal entity is unable meet all of the criteria, it cannot compel the journalist to provide testimony or any documents obtained or created by that journalist as part of engaging in journalism.
“This bill will protect journalists in federal cases and federal investigations, which frequently involve important issues, from unnecessarily having to reveal their sources, notes or recordings,” said University of Montana School of Journalism Professor Clem Work. “It will help encourage vigorous reporting, which is a vital function of our democratic society.”
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