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Last year, the Blaine County undersheriff pulled over a vehicle because he suspected that the driver was intoxicated. Indeed, the driver was charged with driving under the influence. And the officer decided to do a check on the records of the passengers in the vehicle. The five people in the car had a total of 17 DUI convictions under their belts. "I was blown away by that," said Blaine County Attorney Don Ranstrom. "It is astounding." Ranstrom said that incident shows how pervasive drunken driving is in parts of our...
Pictures of young people serving in Iraq adorn a wall of the Senior Center at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, where the community gathered Wednesday to pay tribute to three returning soldiers. Legionnaires, tribal leaders — many of them veterans — and relatives of the returning soldiers talked about the reservation's long commitment to the military. "We have 267 people at Rocky Boy who have served in the military," said Robert "Sonny" Belcourt, American Legion Post 67 commander. "And we have many fallen veterans." Luanne Bel...
In her role as child support director for the Chippewa Cree Tribe, Brenda Gardipee sees more than 250 cases a year of child support and custodial disputes on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. The cases go through tribal courts in adversary proceedings. She was looking for a new way to handle such cases, suspecting that many times mediation would work to the betterment of both parents and especially for the children. Instead of a new way to accomplish this goal, she is resurrecting an old way. For almost two years, she has been...
"I'm just here to get checked out for my bone density and my cholesterol," said Galen Bitz. "And I want to get a flu shot." He was sitting in a chair at the Holiday Village Mall. A bevy of health professionals and volunteers were sitting at tables at the front of the mall's community center .The professionals were conducting tests for people to see if their blood sugar, cholesterol, balance ability and bone density were in good shape. "I talked to some people about health issues," Bitz said. "That is always important." A row...
