Just like most parts of the country, the economy and slow down in construction is impacting the tax base and school levies. Last week it appeared Kalispell would lose 7 firefighters. I am happy to say that the union and the city worked hard together to re-structure man hours and it looks like this number of lost jobs is not going to happen. Kalispell Dist. 5 schools: the activity directors of both Flathead and Glacier High have gotten together and squeezed out another $100k in cuts to their budget.
The season of 5K runs has begun. The Summit Health Club is hosting one on Sunday and there is a fun run at Foys to Blacktail on Saturday.
We attended the Flathead bee club meeting in Columbia Falls on Wednesday. We lost 2 of our 3 hives this winter. Always learn something from some very seasoned beekeepers in the valley.There is a huge movement here to increase the bee population and go towards natural bee keeping in hopes of developing strains that can survive our climate. Lots of talk of having the bees stay smaller in size to resist disease so no medications would be necessary.
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