Letters to the editor June 4

The “Bob” is the locals last place we can go to get away from the crowds and enjoy nature in the purest form. It is a very special place to hike and horse ride, and to enjoy the great fishing and hunting with all its beauty.

I hope you ensure the people who landed their helicopter in the Bob Marshal Wilderness, and blatantly disregarded the rules, are made an example of and shown this will not be tolerated. If not, the people with means will just keep flying in and paying the fines as part of the expense for a great fishing experience. I think Ms. Schwerin should have her helicopter confiscited, have her pilot license taken away and pay a huge fine.

This can not be allowed, and we need to set and example of these people that this will never be acceptable Save the Bob!

—Donna Davis, Whitefish

As we see the recent tragic events of George Floyd’s death, what are rural towns like Kalispell doing to spread awareness about people of color being welcome in our towns? As we see more people moving in from surrounding states, I think we need to set the tone that we are with our fellow African Americans and Americans of other races.

As much as Montanans love to defend the Second Amendment we need to defend our fellow Americans who are experiencing police brutality. This is the exact event where all of our gun-loving citizens SHOULD ACT with anger and storm our Congress halls. When actual rights to freedom and right to LIVE is being infringed upon. This should NOT be out of sight, out of mind because we are in rural Montana. Police brutality is real. Educate our police officers. Do more, Kalispell, because we are becoming more and more diverse, and we will have encounters like this and hard conversations will have to be brought up.

This is not a left or right issue. This is Americans vs Tyranny. Reach out to someone that looks different than you. Let’s be educated. Let’s not fit the stereotype of being a tone-deaf rural town.

—Alison Moore, Kila

This is my opinion. I may not speak for anyone else.

I am a lifelong baseball fan. Some of my earliest memories is of watching my uncle play semi-pro baseball when I was very young. I collected baseball cards fanatically as a kid. I grew up watching Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek broadcast major-league baseball games on Saturdays. I played baseball. I’ve coached baseball. I love baseball.

During this crisis of health and economic chaos in our country Major League Baseball is is having a labor dispute over finances. I find this both comical and disgusting.

People are dying, unemployment is out of control and small businesses are bankrupting.

Many people are stepping up and sacrificing to help others. Some are literally putting their lives on the line every day. But not Major League Baseball. Major League Baseball is in a public war over money. MLB-both management and players- look greedy, selfish and out of touch.

When this season was suspended, like almost everyone else I was shocked and disappointed. I thought I would really miss major-league baseball. I have not.

I am golfing, fishing, hiking, learning to cook and working on home projects. I’m reading a lot. I literally never think about Major League Baseball.

Honestly, I don’t care if Major League Baseball comes back this season or not. This is not an angry response to the billionaires and millionaires squabbling over money. I am just not missing it.

I’m not saying I will not watch baseball if the season is resumed this year. But not like before. In addition, I assume if this season is cancelled due to money differences, not health concerns then I will have even less enthusiasm for major league baseball next year.

So play or don’t play. I don’t care.

—Randal Ursery, Whitefish

Once again we owe a great deal of thanks to those dedicated employees of Flathead Electric Co-op who respond to huge difficult and dangerous weather situations to restore our electric power which we tend to take for granted until we are setting in the dark or are unable to use all of our electronic devices. Thanks for risking your health and welfare during these unexpected weather interruptions.

—Keith Armstrong, Columbia Falls

The Board of Trustees for the Swan River Community Hall would like to thank the Bigfork Eagle and Daily Inter Lake for bringing our plight and plea to the attention of the public and also to those wonderful people who so generously donated to help save and restore the Hall. We are still in the process of restoring this Bigfork community icon and still need more donations to complete this project.

Thank you again to all who have donated and those who may wish to donate.

—Swan River Community Hall Board of Trustees