Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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ARIES Mar 21/Apr 20 Some things are entirely out of your control, Aries. You may come up against some such obstacles this week. Focus your energy on the things you can control. TAURUS Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, if you’re seeking new horizons, establish a game plan and then do your homework. This will help determine if it is practical to make a move. GEMINI May 22/Jun 21 Your expressiveness and affections are drawn out this week, Gemini. It could put you in the mood to push some limits socially or creatively. Chances are things will work out well. C...
My editorial this week is in response to the letter below, commenting on my previous editorial from two weeks ago “Holy Cow, Slow Down!” As the author of the letter to the Editor did not sign their note, I can only address it here, in public. We all know what they say about assuming, and there are many assumptions in her letter. I also made my own assumptions in my previous editorial. She assumed I was talking about ALL semi drivers; I assumed readers would understand I was talking about vehicles speeding who need to slow down. If her hus...
Dear Editor, This letter is in response to an article written by you in your newspaper regarding “all the big trucks speeding down past your office.” I am a wife of a truck driver. You have no idea how many hours and miles a truck driver drives so that you can have a lot of the necessities that you require in life. They are some of the ones that worked non-stop during the COVID pandemic so that everyone had what they needed to live. They were not working from home, they were out in the public working every day and night to deliver products to...
Dear Editor, After a trip up to Ringing Rocks with my three small children and some friends last Saturday, we decided to drive into Whitehall for a frosty treat from the KFC/A&W. After getting our treats in the drive-through, we made our way over to the town skate park and gazebo to let the kids eat their ice cream and run off their wiggles before our trip home to Dillon. I was shocked to see how much trash was laying on the ground in the park! There were pieces of push brooms, a broom head on the roof of the gazebo, innumerable bottles, cans,...
Dear Jo, Can you please advise me on a family situation? I recently moved to Montana in order to be closer to my aunt. She is a remarkable woman whom I love and respect. Her son, my cousin, recently moved back to Montana also. I enjoy time together with both. However, every time I go out to eat with them, he hits on the waitress. Now this may not seem like such a bad thing, but seriously, it is so bad that certain restaurants send men to the table to take our order his reputation is so bad. It is not funny, but is embarrassing and makes the...
ARIES Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, if you feel like every day is the same thing, then figure out a way to add some spark to the week. Invite friends for an adventure or embrace a new hobby. TAURUS Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, find ways to entertain your family and yourself without breaking the bank. Recreational centers and parks are often free and have many possibilities. GEMINI May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, explore more creative pursuits in the days to come. You can find many great ideas and starter kits for arts and crafts projects at your local craft store. CANCE...
Dear Editor, The subject of gun control seems to be everywhere these days. Even my hometown newspaper. Guns are evil. We must choose between guns and our children’s safety. Really? Here is another man’s opinion. The anti-gun argument often fails to recognize any benefits of “civilian” ownership of firearms. In our daily lives we routinely make decisions using a cost /benefit analysis. If I want to drive to Bozeman for a day of shopping, I understand there is some risk associated with a hundred mile round trip in a car. So I weigh that against...
Dear Editor, This is from a horseman: I am really glad to see fourty-four farms in Texas have partnered with Walmart to procure Angus based cattle for Walmart to process and package their own line of meat in their black plastic tray. So they don’t have to rely on four major packing houses - some issues in the beef business are self inflicted. And some are totally not fair. But consumers get to vote on whether they like beef every single day. Cattlemen should jump in and try to figure out how to cooperate with the complete supply chain in o...
Dear Editor, Mr. Johnson, you are to be commended for your concern of deaths of children by guns. The abortion industry has killed millions of babies in the womb and without guns. Those babies need defending. They have had their lives taken with funding from the U.S. government. Murder with a gun is illegal and comes with an arrest, etc. Not so, with all of those baby deaths. Guns are not ‘treasures’, they are one of our freedoms. Arcylle Shaw Cardwell, Montana...
This past weekend while working on the Whitehall Chamber’s Easter Egg and Scavenger Hunt, I had many people ask how they can get more involved. Such a great question! The need for volunteers gets greater and greater each year with new events added. The Chamber of Commerce is a huge source of events in the area and always in need to volunteers for events such as the Easter Egg & Scavenger Hunt, Frontier Days, Fall Festival and Christmas Stroll. You don’t have to be a Chamber member, or even a business owner, to volunteer your time or res...
Dear Editor, If passed by the voters, HB 325 would amend MCA 3-2-101 to do away with state at large elections for supreme court justices, and provide for elections in newly created separate districts. In my opinion, the bill is severely flawed. The current state at large elections grants citizens the right to vote for all seats on the court. HB 325 significantly erodes voting rights, by restricting individuals to vote for only one seat on the court for the district in which they reside. For this reason alone, this bill should be rejected....
Dear Editor, All the outright lies pursuant to the alleged COVID “vaccines” need to be exposed to the public and stopped immediately. Drug companies have been working on a vaccine for Coronavirus since 2002 and could never bring it to the market due to the fact they could not prove “safety.” The Pfizer and Moderna “vaccines” are not vaccines but merely shots which are injected with small pieces of genetic material, which has never been done before. The Johnson & Johnson shot actually uses aborted fetal tissue from either the retinal or...
Dear Editor, When or if your readers read “Protect Children, Not Guns – An Initiative” in today’s Ledger, everyone should understand that it is not an Op-Ed by me. It is not an opinion. It is a fact and a reality faced by all of America’s children every day. It is my hope that many of you will “download” the entire publication of the Children’s Defense Fund’s “Protect the Children, Not Guns” and ask yourself, do I “treasure” my child/children - warm, loving, creations of God; or do I “treasure” my gun/guns – cold, hard, tools of Satan? “Fo...
Dear Editor, I have recently become aware of a disturbing event that happened the other day. The Ice Cream Lady, who is a good friend of mine, was just finishing up her route for the day, when her vehicle was blocked in & she was verbally accosted by a very upset man, who, for whatever reason, was obviously having a bad day. While this man, who remains anonymous, had quite a few complaints against my friend, none of which were grounded, he was apparently grasping for straws, so to speak. My friend, who showed herself to be a real lady,...
Dear Jo, Manners, I want to talk about manners. Does anyone have manners anymore? I find that I don’t even practice the kind of manners I was raised with. I see people have less reverence for our elderly, less respect for their parents, less understanding and care for those around them. I know that I am not alone in this belief. What can I do to make a change? Signed, Make a Change Dear Change, “Be the change you want to see in the world”. I can’t find the initial source of the saying, but have seen it several times. It always hits home. W...
ARIES Mar 21/Apr 20 Now may be a great time to reevaluate your finances, Aries. Investments could be the right path for now, but you may want to seek some professional advice. TAURUS Apr 21/May 21 A message from a business partner could bring welcome news, Taurus. This might be the break you are waiting for at this juncture in your life. Career changes could be in store. GEMINI May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, expect to engage in a very interesting conversation this week. This person has not crossed your path in a while, and the reconnection sparks new...
Something has got to be done about the speeding on Legion Avenue. There has got to be some creative ideas out there that will make the semis slow down and still appease the Montana DOT by keeping Legion Ave a functional part of the highway system. Two days in the past week I came into my office, which sits on Legion Ave, and found my frames, which hung on the back wall of my office, shattered to pieces. I laughed it off the first time – wow! The K-Bar got crazy last night and must’ve had a humdinger of a bar brawl. But then it happened again. I...
Dear Editor, As a sibling and friend of the community’s beloved rock lady, I wanted to add a little more to the profile that came out recently! The profile touched on Pam being a nature lover, and oh boy is she. As children, I remember her going out after a fresh rain to save the worms that had crawled out of the Earth. She’d pluck them off the sidewalks and put them back into the grass where they could safely return underground. Nowadays, you can find her helping calve in the spring, floating the river in the summer, rock hounding in the fal...
Dear Editor, Why are our county election administrator Bonnie Ramey and state representative Marta Bertoglio supporting voter suppression bill HB176, which eliminates same day voter registration on Election Day? 60,000 Montanans registered and voted on Election Day over the past 15 years. Montanans have shown their support for this same day registration law when they voted to keep this law in place several years ago. Now, our elected officials support taking away this voting right from thousands of Montanans for every future election. This is...
Dear Editor, This is in response to Gerald Johnson’s comments on gun control. Guns don’t kill people. People kill people. They use knives, their hands, etc., etc. According to Jeremiah 17:9, “The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked.” Another Scripture from the mouth of Jesus: “For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts murders, adulteries, fornications, (immoral behavior) thefts, false witness (lies) and blasphemies.” Matthew 15:19. It’s man’s heart that is the issue. Arcylle Shaw Cardwell, MT...
Dear Editor, Usually more than half of all gun deaths that occur in this country are due to suicide or accident. Therefore of the 715,000 gun deaths that occurred in the US in the last 20 years, as mentioned in last week’s letter to the Editor, around 300,000 were homicides. All gun death is tragic, especially gun homicide. While I do not believe gun control is the answer to this problem I do believe it is imperative that we as a country address what is causing people to kill others. Guns are a tool to kill but they are not the cause. While w...
Dear Editor, This is in regards to last weeks letter to the editor from Mr. Gerald Johnson. After reading the above-mentioned letter last week, I felt the need to write a bit of a correctional rebuttal. I will try to be as positive as I can, so here goes. First, let me say that I’m not writing as a pro-gun advocate, although I will not condemn those who own them for protection or to provide meat for their families. I do not own a gun (likely never will again) and though I used to own several guns, I never used them for anything but target p...
Dear Jo, I am a bit chubby. I guess how chubby depends on how you view weight. I am also single. I am writing because I get mixed messages about the dating scene. Some say that losing weight and getting fit is important before I venture into dating. Others stress that I will only be happy with someone who can accept and care about me as I am now. Do you have any advice, an opinion? Thanks! Signed, Waiting Dear Waiting, First, don’t wait for ANYTHING in your life! Go ahead and date, do anything you are interested in, no waiting. Dating can be o...
ARIES Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, you have a unique perspective, and sometimes you appear uninterested in the opinions of others. But this week it is best to be humble and accept other thoughts. TAURUS Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, you routinely put caring for others ahead of caring for yourself. This compassion is commendable, but you can’t offer help if you aren’t in top form. GEMINI May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, let others bring up issues with you rather than prying. Your willingness to lend an ear is well-known, and others will come to you on their own. CAN...
Dear Jo, Have you ever heard of the 80/20 happiness rule? My sister has told our family over the years (again and again), that everything you do should fit the 80/20 happiness rule. If you are not happy at least 80 percent of the time, change whatever it is you are not happy with or in. This can be applied to your relationship, your job, your body….anything. What do you think? Signed, Percentage Overwhelmed Dear Percentage, That’s a new one for me. When I really thought about it, it made a lot of sense, for most things. If you stick with the ru...
