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A Little Off the Top: Avoid close calls this hunting season

We've all had close calls in life — times when we barely escaped serious injury. Some people chalk it up to luck, fate, God, or just being in the right place at the right time.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

I need directions to Beer World

There are beer commercials on at 10 a.m. Yup, football season must be here.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Tough questions generate dialogue

Thank you for your feedback, Ms. Engstrom. (Please see her letter to the editor below). We do indeed try to get all the information before writing a story. Please understand that letters to the editor are one person's opinion, and are often based on information that was not formally presented …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Teachers face a number of challenges

This week we wrap up our series on the county's teachers, which we started last week in recognition of Teacher Appreciation Week. I must say I've learned a lot in interviewing teachers over the past several weeks.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

A special Mother's Day

Mother's Day is this Sunday, and this one will be a little different for me. It will be my first without Mom.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Good grammar is, like, an uphill battle

There was an interesting story from the Livingston Enterprise last week about a middle school teacher who started the Apostrophe Protection Society of Southwest Montana. She contacts local businesses who are misusing apostrophes, either on their signs, mass mailings, advertisements or other forms, and attempts to get the mistake corrected.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

An introduction of sorts

You'll have to forgive me — I've been very rude. This week marks the fourth month of being editor, and I haven't introduced myself.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

District tourneys benefit us all

We hope plenty of folks got to enjoy the divisional basketball tournament last week in Ronan. It was competition and school spirit at its best, and the Ronan Event Center was the perfect spot.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Community support

The news was devastating — more than 150,000 dead after an earthquake and resulting tsunamis struck different Asian countries, India, and parts of Africa. Even to journalists accustomed to dealing with issues of human tragedy, the number is staggering.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

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