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Sevalstad fails to have charges dismissed An effort by Beaverhead County Commis sioner Donna Sevalstad to have two of the four charges facing her dismissed, or severed from her previously schedule trial in May, have been denied by the presiding judge, Douglas Harkiti of Missoula. Charges were filed against Sevalstad last year for felony possession of dangerous drugs and a misdemeanor criminal possession of drug para phernalia. The charges stemmed from her daughter and • a friend finding a box in her home with contents that later proved to have methamphetamine resi due. Two additional charges, both felonies, were filed against her for tampering with witnesses and informants. Sevalstad had sought to have both charges dismissed, or at least severed from the two drug charges, contending the state did establish prob able cause because it \has not produced evidence that she attempted to get persons to testify or inform falsely.\ Harkin ruled that there was probable cause, citing the incidents that led to Beaverhead County Undersheriff conducting a search and seizure of the box and its contents, and that the two cases, the drug possession charges and the tampering charges, were properly joined and that the affi davit in the case \showed a probability\ that Seval stad had tried to induce her daughter to change her story. A jury trial on all four charges is set for May 16. Chief says officers' conduct appropriate Dillon Police Chief John Gutcheck said Tues day that an incident involving two of his officers making a forcible arrest was properly handled by the two men. Gutcheck said early Sunday morning two of his officers, Butch Girard and Ed Jones, were involved in processing two juveniles, being charged with minor in possession, in the alley between the Moose Bar and the Office Bar in Dillon. They were interrupted, Gutcheck said, by Claryl C. Haggard, who advanced toward the officers, with a knife in his hand. Girard, Gutcheck said, saw Haggard with the knife approaching, and it became a question of intent, whether or not Haggard was assaulting the officers or attempting to cut the tire of the police car. The officers disarmed Haggard, taking him to the ground. In the melee a previous injury on Haggard, a growth near his ear, split open. Hag gard was taken for medical treatment, then jailed on charges of obstructing police, disorderly con duct and criminal mischief. He later bonded out, Gutcheck said. ' Gutcheck said both officers had conducted tjiemselves appropriately, and dealt with the situ ation with as little force as possible. Commission meets The Dillon City Study Commission, which vot ers approved last year, meets the last Monday of every month at City Hall, at 7 p.m. It has planned first and second public hearings on March 23 and April 27. A tentative report is set to be completed by December 30. The first public hearing for the report will be March 22, 2006 and a second hear ing on May 10, 2006. The final report will be completed August 15. TROOPS ON THE MOVE Two die Signing in First Lt. Trent Gibson of Dillon signs papers during the mobilization of the Montana Army National Guard's 3669th General Support Maintenance Company Monday in Helena. Gibson, a math teacher for the Montana National Guard's Youth ChalleNGe Program at the University of Montana Western in Dillon is Platoon Leader for the company, which has been molblized for duty in Iraq. The unit, which inlcudes soldiers from Dillon, Anaconda and Helena, departed Tuesday from Helena for Fort Bliss, Texas, their mobizlization site, for training before assignment. Photo by Mai. Scott Smith, m n g Area Guardsmen head for Texas, Iraq Dillon's National Guard unit is among those affected by the most re cent call up to federal active duty. Members of the 3669th General Support Maintenance Company, which includes units in Dillon, Missoula, Culbertson, assembled in Helena this week to get ready for a flight to Fort Bliss, Texas, where they will be mobi lized. The group, which includes 70 mem bers of the 3669th, is headquartered in Helena, and assembled there at the Helena Armed Forces Reserve Cen- ter. The soldiers checked gear, signed papers and said their good-byes to fam ily before leaving Tuesday morning from the Helena Regional Airport. The call up, Montana National Guard Public Affairs Officer Major Scott Smith said, includes two mainte nance teams, one for wheeled vehicles and the other for tracked vehicles. The ( luardsmen are being mobilized in support of Operations Enduring Freedom/!raqi Freedom. Ix’ite last month another 100 soldiers of the 1 - 190th Field Artillery Battalion from Billings began Military Police training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mis souri. The two call ups bring to 1,500 the total number of Montana National Guardsmen, from both the Army and Air components, alerted or deployed. That means slightly less than half of the combined Army and Air Guards 3,500 soldiers have been affected in a series of mobilizations. The local armory will remain open and staffed during the call up. in Lima accident A one-vehicle accident near Lima resulted in two deaths and one injured victim Saturday night. According to Montana Highway Patrol Officer Mitch Voss, the acci dent occurred around 5:30 p.m. at mile marker 15 on Interstate 15. The 2005 Chevy Blazer was headed southbound, drifted left towards the median and the driver overcorrected, with the vehiqle rolling in the ditch on the right hand side of the interstate. All three passengers were ejected from the vehicle. A 36 year old male died at the scene. A 13-year old male died en route to Barrett Hospital The third passen ger, 17, was life-flighted to the hospi tal in Missoula and is listed in critical condition. They were from Sand Point, Idaho and headed to Phoenix, Arizona. Names have not been released, said Voss, due to the continuing investiga tion into the accident to determine who was driving. Voss noted excessive speed was not a factor. None of the passengers were wearing a seatbelt. Police warn against scam Dillon Police Chief John Gutcheck has issued a warning to local resi dents not to give any information re lating to their bank accounts to indi viduals requesting such information unless they have initiated the call themselves. State Bank and Trust has informed the police department that several of its customers have reported receiv ing telephone calls in which the caller requested personal information, in cluding their bank account numbers in the past two days. Gutcheck urges customers of any bank to be sure of the identity of anyone requesting such information. He advises those needing to complete banking transactions or to obtain in formation on their bank account sta tus do so in person. UMW's Upward Bound program threatened by Bush's budget By John Barrows This week President Bush revealed a long laundry list of domestic style programs that will be on the chopping block in his new budget. One of the programs on the hit list to be eliminated is Upward Bound, a program for high school students from low income or first-generation college families, to help prepare them for col lege study and life. That program is one of several be ing targeted by President Bush and is part of the curriculum at the Univer sity of Montana Western in Dillon. Anneliese Ripley, Dean of Out reach at Western, said the program is a major part of the summer program at the school and accounts for nearly $250,000 every year for the school. \What I learned was irreplace able; it taught me who I really am and what / want to accom plish in life. \ Through it, approximately 50 students a year get a chance to come on campus during the summer and take part in a free series of programs to help them be better prepared for college. The program is part of what is known as TRiO, a total of eight pro grams funded through the F S. De partment of Education. On the block to be entirely elimi nated from the budget are Upward Bound, Upward Bound Math Science, Education Talent Search, Gear Up and Veterans Upward Buund. Statewide, they amount to several million dollars a year. Ripley said, and provide opportunities for hun- K m w M ichael , S cobey H igh S chool See UPWARD on page A-3 Museum meets The Beaverhead County Museum Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Febru ary 10, at the Old Depot. The board will review procedures for hiring a new director and set directions for its interview committee, which will also meet at the same time. New board members will also be introduced and oriented at the meet ing. They include Gordon Knorr and Otis Ander son, who were appointed this week by the county commissioners, expanding the board to seven members. A fter H o urs .......................................... B-3 ; A lmanac N ews of R ecord ............... A-10 j C lassified ................................................. B-9 j L ifestyle .................................................. A-5 ! L iving A rea F eature .............................. B-1 j S ports ............................................... A-14 Council says \no\ to By John Barrow s Compared to several previous meetings where tempers ran warm and distress was the rule, Wednesday's meeting was quiet and calm as the Dillon City Council quickly disposed of a nagging question on the minds of many local business people. The proposed business license. Originally proposed by the BERT committee that had met earlier work ing on economic development ques tions, as a way to help raise money for business area improvements, the or dinance drew heated arguments over the past few months. The judiciary committee, now headed by Councilman Mike Klakken. had heard arguments on the proposal, and had voted the week before to not pass the business license, in the face of opposition and questions about the ordinance itself. One of the councilman. Swede Troedsson, noted that no proponents, who had originally proposed the ord nance. came forth to speak in favor of the law. The vote was quick, and totally negative as a the business license, the second attempt in about 15 years, failed unanimously The council also approved the no smoking ordinance for city hall, but with two \no\ votes... Frank Mastandrea and Mike Klakken. After a 25’ no smok ing zone around entrances was amended to just 10 feet and eliminated a dedicated smoking area was elimi nated, the vote was unanimous. The council approved the appoint ment of Mike Ryan to the City Library Board. city business license The city council also discussed re districting to be sure each ward has a equal representation, something, coun cilman Klakken said, should be done after every census City attorney W G. Gilbert said the redistricting should be completed by the primary election later this year. The city council also approved the Library Board moving ahead with a proposed capital expenditure program, that includes paving of the parking lot. No general fund money will beused. Mayor Marty Malesich said, but all funding will come from the library board alone. Funding is available, at least par tially, for replacing bridges over Reeder and Railroad Streets, through the FEMA, or federal emergency agency, through a joint project with the county. Malesich urged the use of the money, which would require a 25 percent match throtigh the county and city, to forestall possible flooding in the future .something that has oc curred in the past. Klakken said he believes FEMA money for the bridges would be a proper use of the funds. Gilbert will research the issue. The council also approved the clo sure of the Zugal Ditch in the north part of Dillon The ditch was essen tially closed last summer when a house was built over the site of the ditch, which had not been ”sed for some time. The only user of t. •• ditch is the city, which is planning wnative sources for park water The issue passed, with only Klakken dissenting, maintaining the right of way should go back to property owners
