Area Briefs

Benefit aids woman

who needs kidney

A benefit drawing for a 25-year-old Libby woman in need of a kidney transplant will offer a variety of prizes, including a DirecTV system with service up to four rooms.

The drawing, entitled a Kidney 4 Alyssa, offers the DirecTV system as the top prize with the second prize being a custom handmade knife from Steve Schnetter. The third-place prize is a two-hour horse trail ride for two with lunch included at The Lochsa Lodge located west of Missoula.

The fourth-place prize  is a custom handmade stained-glass lamp.

The drawing benefits Alyssa Lehnert and will be conducted Saturday, Feb. 15. Tickets may be purchased at CarQuest or Shear D’zine.

Donations are tax-deductible. For more information, call 291-9472.

Rare carnivores is

SAF meeting topic

The Libby Chapter of the Society of American Foresters is sponsoring a presentation by Phil Hough, executive director of the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, who will address the wolverine and rare carnivore study.

The presentation is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the Venture Inn’s Fireside Room. The presentation will follow after a 5:30 p.m. social time with dinner about 6 p.m.

For more information, contact Russ at 293-3108.

Marion shooting

leaves man dead

KALISPELL — Flathead County authorities say a Sunday morning shooting in Marion left one man dead and that another has been taken into custody.

The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office tells the Flathead Beacon that Mark Ames has been taken into custody and is being held at the Flathead County Detention Center on suspicion of deliberate homicide.

Police say the shooting took place about 1:45 a.m. outside a duplex owned by one of the men.

Police say Ames’ wife rented one of the apartments and the victim lived in the other apartment.

Police say an altercation took place outside the duplex and that Ames fired multiple rounds into the victim’s apartment.

Police say the two men then confronted each other outside the apartments, where Ames fatally shot the other man. Police say both men were armed.

Lost snowmobilers

found on mountain

WEST YELLOWSTONE — The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office says rescuers guided to safety five snowmobilers lost on Two Top Mountain along the Idaho-Montana border.

Authorities say the snowmobilers called Idaho officials for help about 4:15 p.m. Saturday saying they were lost due to white-out conditions.

Rescuers located them using GPS coordinates from the caller’s cellphone, and the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office in Montana launched a search.

Authorities say rescuers found the snowmobilers and escorted them to West Yellowstone.

The five Montana snowmobilers included a couple from Helena and three people from Bozeman. One was checked by medical personnel and released. The others didn’t need medical attention.