By Dan Testa, 12-21-09
Good morning; on the Beacon today, the
Polson City Commission will take on a drastic new look after the first of the year, with a new mayor, who held the same position some 20 years ago, and three new commissioners. A feeder program is building a
stronger, more dedicated Kalispell swim team. Kalispell cheerleader
Kimberly Kyger’s aerial acrobatics have landed her in the ABC Christmas Day Parade, which will be broadcast at 9 a.m. Mountain Standard Time on Christmas morning. An official at Glacier National Park says
winter travel restrictions have been put in place and work on Going-to-the-Sun road is finished for the season. And Kitchen Guy Jim Gray suggests an easy French dessert that comes pretty darn
close to giving you "visions of sugarplums."
Senate
Democrats won a crucial test vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, putting them on track for passage before Christmas of the historic legislation to remake the nation's medical system and cover 30 million uninsured. When Montana’s top elected officials meet Monday as the state Land Board, they’ll take one of their most closely watched and heavily lobbied votes in years:
whether to lease 572 million tons of state coal for possible development in the remote Otter Creek Valley. The little town of Libby, Mont., isn't mentioned by name in the Senate's mammoth health care bill, but
its 2,900 citizens are big winners in the legislation, thanks to the influence of Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont. And Lee's Chuck Johnson suggests
two ballot initiatives for Democrats and Republicans.
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