As the final seconds of a 30-hour fast approach at 11:30 p.m. on March 27, Libby teens raising money to help the hungry might just break into an animated countdown to the moment when they can stuff food into their mouths.
After all, their tummies will definitely be grumbling after a strict diet of juice and water.
Troy city councilmembers agreed at Tuesday’s work meeting that the food pantry housed in city hall is not a burden to the city and should not be forced to move.
“This facility helps a lot of people out and it looks to me like you don’t have anywhere else to go,” Councilmember Gary Rose said to volunteers. “I don’t have a problem with you staying where you’re at.”
The Libby Archery Club’s indoor league at Lincoln Lanes wrapped up recently with season champions announced.
Finishing atop the standings in the eight-week league was the threesome of Trever Larson, Logan O’Neil and Austin Keiper. The team compiled a record of 27-5 to beat out runners-up Ken Drake, Eric Drake and Josh Flack, who had a 25-7 mark. Leroy Thom, Mark Thom and Ben Thom finished third with a record of 24.5-7.5.
This winter a small tragedy took place on a ridge above the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana near where I live. I was nearly home when two neighbors out for a walk frantically flagged my truck down.
They’d found a deer silently struggling, hanging upside down by one back leg, gripped in a loop of the woven wire fence surrounding a yard at a house where nobody seemed to be home. Did I have a pair of pliers to cut the fence and free the animal?
