A well-deserved Honor for our vets

Every day, more and more World War II veterans are lost to history, as time and age take their toll.

Such was the case last week with Donald Buska, a U.S. Navy veteran who enlisted after high school graduation in 1945. Buska died within hours after returning to Billings from a trip to Washington, D.C., to visit the National World War II Memorial thanks to the Big Sky Honor Flight of Montana.

The Honor Flight program gives veterans the opportunity to visit some of the inspiring war memorials in D.C., as well as Arlington Cemetery, where many of their fellows are buried.

It is a program that deserves all of our support, as we continue to pay tribute to “the greatest generation” and all of our military veterans.

Expo is forestry tradition

Another week of a Flathead Valley tradition concludes on Saturday.

The Family Forestry Expo is open to the public Saturday after a week of hosting students from area schools.

This is the 25th year the Expo has been staged to give people hands-on exposure to the role forests play in our everyday lives.

Saturday’s attractions include demonstrations of logging         equipment and a Forest Service mule-packing team. In addition, visitors to the Trumbull Creek Educational Forest can take a half-mile walking tour with exhibits on wildlife, birds, trapping, fisheries, hunter safety and forestry.

The Expo, which is free, is a great way for families to learn about the value of the forests that surround us.

For more information, go to www.familyforestryexpo.org.

FHS students rev it up!

When it comes to auto skills, a couple of Flathead High School seniors have proven they know what it takes to repair a vehicle. Chance Borden and Colten Wiley beat every auto skills team in Montana to earn the state title and will be among 49 teams competing at the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills national finals in Dearborn, Mich., next month.

As the boys’ industrial arts teacher Rob Hunter pointed out, the increasing complexity of modern cars and their interconnected computer systems make diagnostics a challenge. Flathead’s auto skills program has a long history of doing well in the state competition and these two students are continuing the legacy.

We wish them all the best at nationals.

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