Armed in Nevada
Jim Lardy with his LR-308 rifle at the Cliven Bundy ranch. Lardy told the Philipsburg Mail that he wanted to help a militia prevent a fight against the federal government.
Photo courtesy Ben Botkin/Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 24-30
Horse maneuver
Jo Radtke made national headlines for her advocacy for “ecosanctuaries” in Drummond.
Through her Rural Sustainability Organization (RSO), Radtke wants to create ecosanctuaries on private land to provide long-term homes for wild horses it can’t sustain on public lands. She has started by issuing a proposal to the Bureau of Land Management that included a request for a facility for up to 325 horses.
It was attention that Radtke did not necessarily welcome. But the 15-year Drummond resident pointed to a few reasons why she believes in pushing for ecosanctuaries, designated areas on private land to provide long-term homes for thousands of horses it can’t sustain on public lands.
FWP: Wolves killing less livestock in Granite County
Seeing more cows? You’re not crazy.
Wolf livestock depredations in Montana declined, dropping 27 percent from 2012 as canine populations remained stable, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP). The decline in wolf depredations continues a general downward trend that began in 2009.
“For FWP, and we hope for others, it reinforces the fact that we not only have more tools for managing wolf populations, but that we’re applying them effectively,” said Jeff Hagener, Director of Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks. “One of our top priorities is to minimize livestock losses and we think we’re continuing to make a positive impact there.”
USDA administrator to Granite County: Keep an open mind
United States Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Arthur “Butch” Blazer asked Granite County residents to “keep an open mind,” telling the Philipsburg Mail that the county needs to “invite diverse thoughts in their decision making.”
Blazer was the keynote speaker April 11 in Missoula at a Montana Society of American Foresters conference, “Building Capacity to Manage to Forests in a Climate Change.”
He has branded himself as an advocate of engaging youth and volunteers in natural resource conservation, fitting within the framework of the USDA’s self-described “vision for diversity and developing young professionals in natural resources and forestry.”
Philipsburg resident at Nevada stand-off
Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer called Cliven Bundy a “grifter.”
“You notice there’s no cattlemen that are standing beside Bundy,” said Schweitzer, a Granite County resident. “Apparently Bundy has organized a group of ne’er-do-wells from all across this country. These are not cattlemen; they’re not people of the land. They are just people that want to stir up trouble.”
But according to Jim Lardy, the militia behind Bundy was not against the government. They did not want to start a fight, but to prevent one.
LEGALS
NOTICE OF CLOSE OF REGISTRATION
13-2-301, MCA
Notice is hereby given that regular* registration for the Primary Election to be held on June 3, 2014, will close at 5:00 p.m., on May 5, 2014.
All active and inactive electors of Granite County are entitled to vote at said election. Persons who wish to register and who are not presently registered may do so by requesting a form for registration by mail or by appearing before the County Election Administrator. Inactive electors may reactivate by appearing at the polling place in order to vote, by requesting an absentee ballot in any election, or by notifying the County Election Administrator in writing of the elector’s current residence in the County.
If you have moved, please have your registration transferred to your present address.*NOTE: If you miss this regular registration deadline, you may still register for the election by showing up at the county election office up to and including on Election Day. Between noon and the close of business on the day before Election Day, you can drop off a late voter registration card, but you will need to return to the local election office on Election Day to pick up and vote a ballot.
DATED this 10th day of April 2014.
Granite County
Blanche McLure, Election Administrator
Published in the Philipsburg Mail, April 10, 17 & 24, 2014. #2377
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Granite County Board of Commissioners has received a petition to abandon and alter portions of the Rock Creek Road in the Idle Ranches Subdivision in Granite County, Montana. The sections of road sought to be abandoned and altered were viewed by the County Commissioners’ appointed road viewers on February 18, 2014. The report of the road viewers has been filed in accordance with 7-14-2603(2) MCA, and is available to the public in the office of the Granite County Clerk & Recorder.
A public hearing on the petition to abandon and alter the Rock Creek Road in the Idle Ranches Subdivision will be held by the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in the County Commissioners’ Office of the Granite County Courthouse, 220 North Sansome, Philipsburg, Montana. All persons interested in the petition are encouraged to attend.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Administrative Assistant Mike Kahoe, PO Box 925, Philipsburg MT 59858, telephone (406) 859-7023, or email mike@co.granite.mt.us
Published in the Philipsburg Mail April 17 & 24, 2014. #2380
IN RE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:
ELAINE KINGSBURY PARKE
Deceased.
Cause No. DP-14-05
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.
Claims must be mailed to Charles P. Parke of 130 East Mullan Trail, Drummond, MT 59832, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.
The undersigned Personal Representative declares, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct.
DATED this 11th day of April, 2014 at Granite County, Montana
Charles P. Parke,
Personal Representative
Blaine C. Bradshaw,
Attorney for Personal Representative
PO Box 445, Drummond, MT 59832
Published in the Philipsburg Mail, April 24, 2014, May 1 & May 8, 2014. #2383
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION
TOWN OF PHILIPSBURG, MONTANA
DISINFECTION IMPROVEMENTS
MARCH 14, 2014
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has reviewed the above-named project. The project consists of the construction of a timber frame building and installation of an ultraviolet light disinfection system and emergency generator. The project is located on property owned by the town and adjacent to the town’s existing chlorination building and 200,000-gallon buried water storage tank.
Pursuant to ARM 17.40.318, the department has concluded that the proposed project meets the categorical exclusion criteria of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Montana Environmental Policy Act (MEPA).
The documentation for this categorical exclusion is available for public review at the following locations:
Department of Environmental Quality
State Revolving Fund Loan Program
1520 East Sixth Avenue
Helena, MT 59601
Philipsburg Town Hall
104 S. Sansome Street
Philipsburg, MT 59858
Sincerely,
Todd Teegarden, Bureau Chief
Technical & Financial Assistance Bureau
Planning Prevention & Assistance Division
Montana Department of Environmental Quality
Published in the Philipsburg Mail April 24, 2014. #2384
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
Tuesday April 29th 7 p.m. at Town Hall to take action on
TOWN OF PHILIPSBURG RESOLUTION NO. 2014-05
Town of Philipsburg’s Resolution Authorizing TSEP Grant Applications and All Other Applicable State and Federal Grant Applications for the Town’s Current Sewer Project.
Published in the Philipsburg Mail April 24, 2014. #2385
PHILIPSBURG TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
May 6, 2014
7:00 p.m.
Philipsburg Town Hall
STANDING REPORTS
Sheriff
Town Clerk-New Deputy Clerks
Director of Public Works
Blaine Bradshaw
Planning Board
Library Board-New Board Member
Fire Department
PUBLIC AGENDA ITEMS
**Minutes of Prior Meeting, Payroll and Bills Payable, Water and Sewer Adjustment Approval, Project Request Payments, Financials
OLD BUSINESS
Sewer and Water Numerous Issues
NEW BUSINESS
NON AGENDA ITEMS
Council
Public Comment on Matters within the Town Council’s Jurisdiction
ADJOURN
Published in the Philipsburg Mail April 24, 2014. #2386
MEETING AGENDA
Granite County Hospital District Board Meeting
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
6:00 p.m.
Hall School, Hall, Montana
Call to Order
Roll Call
Acceptance of Minutes from March 25, 2014 meeting
Standing Items
Administrator’s Report – Dan Boatman
Medical Staff Report – Frank Pawlak
Financial Report – Brenda Peyton
Committee Reports
Quality & Safety – Ramerman
Facilities – Waldbillig
Finance – Burd, Waldbillig
Policy – Burd, Immenschuh
Marketing – Friede
Professional Affairs – Burd, Ra merman, Jones
Credentialing
Foundation Report – Jodi Oberweiser or designate
Approval of Warrants
Old Business
Review of April 22 Community Forum - Board
New Business
Presentation, discussion and action on Interim Administration Agreement from St. Patrick Hospital - Board
Open Comment
Published in the Philipsburg Mail, April 24, 2014. #2387
Jim Lardy with his LR-308 rifle at the Cliven Bundy ranch. Lardy told the Philipsburg Mail that he wanted to help a militia prevent a fight against the federal government.
Photo courtesy Ben Botkin/Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 24-30
Horse maneuver
Jo Radtke made national headlines for her advocacy for “ecosanctuaries” in Drummond.
Through her Rural Sustainability Organization (RSO), Radtke wants to create ecosanctuaries on private land to provide long-term homes for wild horses it can’t sustain on public lands. She has started by issuing a proposal to the Bureau of Land Management that included a request for a facility for up to 325 horses.
It was attention that Radtke did not necessarily welcome. But the 15-year Drummond resident pointed to a few reasons why she believes in pushing for ecosanctuaries, designated areas on private land to provide long-term homes for thousands of horses it can’t sustain on public lands.
FWP: Wolves killing less livestock in Granite County
Seeing more cows? You’re not crazy.
Wolf livestock depredations in Montana declined, dropping 27 percent from 2012 as canine populations remained stable, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP). The decline in wolf depredations continues a general downward trend that began in 2009.
“For FWP, and we hope for others, it reinforces the fact that we not only have more tools for managing wolf populations, but that we’re applying them effectively,” said Jeff Hagener, Director of Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks. “One of our top priorities is to minimize livestock losses and we think we’re continuing to make a positive impact there.”
USDA administrator to Granite County: Keep an open mind
United States Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Arthur “Butch” Blazer asked Granite County residents to “keep an open mind,” telling the Philipsburg Mail that the county needs to “invite diverse thoughts in their decision making.”
Blazer was the keynote speaker April 11 in Missoula at a Montana Society of American Foresters conference, “Building Capacity to Manage to Forests in a Climate Change.”
He has branded himself as an advocate of engaging youth and volunteers in natural resource conservation, fitting within the framework of the USDA’s self-described “vision for diversity and developing young professionals in natural resources and forestry.”
Philipsburg resident at Nevada stand-off
Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer called Cliven Bundy a “grifter.”
“You notice there’s no cattlemen that are standing beside Bundy,” said Schweitzer, a Granite County resident. “Apparently Bundy has organized a group of ne’er-do-wells from all across this country. These are not cattlemen; they’re not people of the land. They are just people that want to stir up trouble.”
But according to Jim Lardy, the militia behind Bundy was not against the government. They did not want to start a fight, but to prevent one.
LEGALS
NOTICE OF CLOSE OF REGISTRATION
13-2-301, MCA
Notice is hereby given that regular* registration for the Primary Election to be held on June 3, 2014, will close at 5:00 p.m., on May 5, 2014.
All active and inactive electors of Granite County are entitled to vote at said election. Persons who wish to register and who are not presently registered may do so by requesting a form for registration by mail or by appearing before the County Election Administrator. Inactive electors may reactivate by appearing at the polling place in order to vote, by requesting an absentee ballot in any election, or by notifying the County Election Administrator in writing of the elector’s current residence in the County.
If you have moved, please have your registration transferred to your present address.*NOTE: If you miss this regular registration deadline, you may still register for the election by showing up at the county election office up to and including on Election Day. Between noon and the close of business on the day before Election Day, you can drop off a late voter registration card, but you will need to return to the local election office on Election Day to pick up and vote a ballot.
DATED this 10th day of April 2014.
Granite County
Blanche McLure, Election Administrator
Published in the Philipsburg Mail, April 10, 17 & 24, 2014. #2377
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Granite County Board of Commissioners has received a petition to abandon and alter portions of the Rock Creek Road in the Idle Ranches Subdivision in Granite County, Montana. The sections of road sought to be abandoned and altered were viewed by the County Commissioners’ appointed road viewers on February 18, 2014. The report of the road viewers has been filed in accordance with 7-14-2603(2) MCA, and is available to the public in the office of the Granite County Clerk & Recorder.
A public hearing on the petition to abandon and alter the Rock Creek Road in the Idle Ranches Subdivision will be held by the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in the County Commissioners’ Office of the Granite County Courthouse, 220 North Sansome, Philipsburg, Montana. All persons interested in the petition are encouraged to attend.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Administrative Assistant Mike Kahoe, PO Box 925, Philipsburg MT 59858, telephone (406) 859-7023, or email mike@co.granite.mt.us
Published in the Philipsburg Mail April 17 & 24, 2014. #2380
IN RE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:
ELAINE KINGSBURY PARKE
Deceased.
Cause No. DP-14-05
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.
Claims must be mailed to Charles P. Parke of 130 East Mullan Trail, Drummond, MT 59832, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.
The undersigned Personal Representative declares, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct.
DATED this 11th day of April, 2014 at Granite County, Montana
Charles P. Parke,
Personal Representative
Blaine C. Bradshaw,
Attorney for Personal Representative
PO Box 445, Drummond, MT 59832
Published in the Philipsburg Mail, April 24, 2014, May 1 & May 8, 2014. #2383
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION
TOWN OF PHILIPSBURG, MONTANA
DISINFECTION IMPROVEMENTS
MARCH 14, 2014
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has reviewed the above-named project. The project consists of the construction of a timber frame building and installation of an ultraviolet light disinfection system and emergency generator. The project is located on property owned by the town and adjacent to the town’s existing chlorination building and 200,000-gallon buried water storage tank.
Pursuant to ARM 17.40.318, the department has concluded that the proposed project meets the categorical exclusion criteria of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Montana Environmental Policy Act (MEPA).
The documentation for this categorical exclusion is available for public review at the following locations:
Department of Environmental Quality
State Revolving Fund Loan Program
1520 East Sixth Avenue
Helena, MT 59601
Philipsburg Town Hall
104 S. Sansome Street
Philipsburg, MT 59858
Sincerely,
Todd Teegarden, Bureau Chief
Technical & Financial Assistance Bureau
Planning Prevention & Assistance Division
Montana Department of Environmental Quality
Published in the Philipsburg Mail April 24, 2014. #2384
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
Tuesday April 29th 7 p.m. at Town Hall to take action on
TOWN OF PHILIPSBURG RESOLUTION NO. 2014-05
Town of Philipsburg’s Resolution Authorizing TSEP Grant Applications and All Other Applicable State and Federal Grant Applications for the Town’s Current Sewer Project.
Published in the Philipsburg Mail April 24, 2014. #2385
PHILIPSBURG TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
May 6, 2014
7:00 p.m.
Philipsburg Town Hall
STANDING REPORTS
Sheriff
Town Clerk-New Deputy Clerks
Director of Public Works
Blaine Bradshaw
Planning Board
Library Board-New Board Member
Fire Department
PUBLIC AGENDA ITEMS
**Minutes of Prior Meeting, Payroll and Bills Payable, Water and Sewer Adjustment Approval, Project Request Payments, Financials
OLD BUSINESS
Sewer and Water Numerous Issues
NEW BUSINESS
NON AGENDA ITEMS
Council
Public Comment on Matters within the Town Council’s Jurisdiction
ADJOURN
Published in the Philipsburg Mail April 24, 2014. #2386
MEETING AGENDA
Granite County Hospital District Board Meeting
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
6:00 p.m.
Hall School, Hall, Montana
Call to Order
Roll Call
Acceptance of Minutes from March 25, 2014 meeting
Standing Items
Administrator’s Report – Dan Boatman
Medical Staff Report – Frank Pawlak
Financial Report – Brenda Peyton
Committee Reports
Quality & Safety – Ramerman
Facilities – Waldbillig
Finance – Burd, Waldbillig
Policy – Burd, Immenschuh
Marketing – Friede
Professional Affairs – Burd, Ra merman, Jones
Credentialing
Foundation Report – Jodi Oberweiser or designate
Approval of Warrants
Old Business
Review of April 22 Community Forum - Board
New Business
Presentation, discussion and action on Interim Administration Agreement from St. Patrick Hospital - Board
Open Comment
Published in the Philipsburg Mail, April 24, 2014. #2387
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