Time Capsule: From the weekly archives
BERL TISKUS | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 4 months AGO
Reporter Berl Tiskus joined the Lake County Leader team in early March 2023, and covers Ronan City Council, schools, ag and business. Berl grew up on a ranch in Wyoming and earned a degree in English education from MSU-Billings and a degree in elementary education from the University of Montana. Since moving to Polson three decades ago, she’s worked as a substitute teacher, a reporter for the Valley Journal and a secretary for Lake County Extension. Contact her at [email protected] or 406-883-4343. | January 31, 2024 11:00 PM
The Ronan Pioneer, Jan. 17, 1974
1973 weather is summarized
The total yearly precipitation was 11.90 inches, which is 3.72 inches below the 65-year mean. Snowfall was 39.0 inches.
The yearly mean temperature was 46.7 degrees which is 1.3 degrees above the 65-year mean.
The maximum temperature for the year was 102 degrees and the minimum temperature for the year was minus 20 degrees.
Equalization payments made to county schools
Glennadene Ferrell, Lake County Superintendent of Schools, announced last week the distribution of $653,492.54 in county equalization funds to the schools of Lake County.
This accounted for payments of $253,015.25 to the high school districts, and the elementary schools received $400,477.29
Guest Editorial
We hear much about retirement these days, for most it may be a forced circumstance, for others it is a welcome relief, for a very few it is a planned goal, a measure of good fortune and success.
We owe much to these people, our parents, friends, neighbors, and fellow Americans. I wish it were possible to glean all the information and successes from all of these people and place them in a memory bank that could be tapped for answers to our daily problems.
Now if we are to succeed in anything worthwhile we cannot continually remind ourselves of failures or look back to them, but we should be looking forward. If we are prone to find fault with ourselves and others, let us examine our thinking and see what our motives are. We must continually strive for the betterment of all people.
I for one am an advocate of a “Retirement Home” in this community that we could all be proud of!
– Norman E. Stedje, Mayor of Ronan
ARTICLES BY BERL TISKUS
Ronan Council hears police funding request, renews lease
At their meeting last Wednesday night, the Ronan City Council discussed a proposal from Ronan Police Chief Rob Jacobson to add two more full-time police officers to achieve 24-7 patrol coverage for Ronan, thereby minimizing the city’s reliance on county officers.
Chainsaw virtuosos return to Ronan for annual Rendezvous
Big pickups dragging trailers pulled into the parking lot of the Ronan fairgrounds and started unloading people, kids, and then toolboxes, an array of chainsaws, pop-up canopies, and a cooler or two. The chainsaw carvers were back in Ronan last week.
Polson High grads advised to "brave the waves"
Polson seniors marched in from all corners of Linderman Gym Saturday and took their seats. The “National Anthem” and an honor song by the Badger Tail Drum set the tone for commencement.