Ravalli Republic from Hamilton, Montana • 1

Monday October 20, 1997 Weather report Sunny High 59 Low 25 Sports inside Cancer support network page 2 Concerned About Grizzlies co-chair steps down nnn cirrmtnrpc nn the eovemor issue. OUT gYOUD WAS 5,000 signatures on the governor issue. Our group was severely let down by the governor of Montana Harold Maus Although he is stepping down Maus still thinks the group shouldnt waver on its stance toward the reintroduction. We ve tried to do what we could do with very meager funds, Maus Said. Im still saying our primary objective is to keep the bears out of the Bitterroots and stay with the course." To ease the transition while the group looks for his replacement, Maus has agreed to stay on until the first of the year as co-chairman.

Concerned About Grizzlies mem- more than petitions opposing the reintroduction. Being co-chair and org'anizing all the group activities hasn been easy Maus said he has reams of correspondence from different individuals and groups regarding the reintroduction. Support for the group has been building, but Maus was disappointed by Gov. Racicots recent announcement that he supports the preferred alternative for grizzly reintroduction. Our group was severely let down by the governor of Montana, Maus said.

I dont know how we can handle terroot Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Backcountry Horsemen. Maus and Karr also implemented a survey, in September 1995, of 688 resident phone numbers that found 59 percent of those surveyed opposed introduction of the grizzly bear. Shirley Bugli, a Concerned About Grizzlies member, was the only local Bitterroot Valley representative testifying at the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health in Washington D.C. about the grizzly bear reintroduction in the Selway-Bitterroot. The group also has accumulated after two years as co-chairman.

After two years as co-chair I think we need someone else, Maus said. Ill still work with the group. Its a super group with lots of good workers." Maus helped form the group with Ray Karr and Ron Gibford in 1995 in response to the governments plan to reintroduce bears into the Bitterroot. Support for the group has grown steadily throughout the process, picking up support from local people as well as organizations like the Montana Stockgrowers Association, Bit Harold Maus says two years is enough By KEN DEY The co-chair for the Bitterroot Valleys opposition group to the grizzly re-introduction has announced his resignation. Harold Maus, who co-chairs Concerned About Grizzlies with Ray Kaar told the organization at a Friday meeting that he would be stepping down ber Jim Freemen told Maus that his announcement was quite a blow, but the group will do all they can to find a credible replacement for him.

Indian summer 5 if ft 3 1 4 4 Mjxifo VJ 4 ar- i t- Farmers Bank forecloses on Valley Mall By RUTH THORNING Ten years ago a 40-store mall was proposed for the Highway 93 strip north of Hamilton. The foot mall was to be anchored by Kmart on the south and Buttrey Food and Drugs on the north. Those two stores were built a foot Kmart, in 1988, and a foot Buttrey Food and Drugs in 1991, but the mall that was to link them never appeared. Nine years after making nearly a half-million dollar loan to the three western Montana businessmen who planned the mall, Fanners State Bank of Victor has foreclosed on the Valley Center Development project in Hamilton. Kmart and Buttrey would continue to lease their stores under the terms of the foreclosure, but their lease payments would transfer to the bank.

The lawsuit filed in Ravalli County District Court on Oct. 1 seeks thrfe judgments totaling $729,853.04 plus interest at the ratcof 1 20.66 per day until the judgment is satisfied. The suit ifc against the three partners in Valley Center Development; Fenwick Warner and James C. York, of Hamilton, and Milton Datsopoulos of Missoula. Warner referred questions about the lawsuit to his Missoulq-based attorney, Ed Shechy.

Sheehy would not comment about the suit and has not yet responded to the banks filing. The suit also names 18 other defendants who have interests in the property through mortgages, liens or judgments against the developers. These include; Mortgage holders WashingtonIdahoMontana Carpentcrs-Employers Retirement Trust and Northwest Iron Workers Retirement Trust (in the original amount of Delores Hieronymus, Steven and Georgia Filcher(in the original amount of Lease holders Kmart and Buttrey Food and Drug. Sheriffs sale interests Michael Turner and Lynn Turner. Judgments against the partnership and individuals American Asphalt (partnership), Collection Bureau Services (York), Citizens State Bank (Warner), 4G Plumbing and Heating, Inc.

(partnership, Warner, York and Datsopoulos), Stevens, Stuckey Company (partnership and Warner), and Thomas Vacura (Warner and York). Construction lien Springer Group Architects (partnership). see Mall, page 10 ft, (51 Bitterroot Veliev reside, have benefited from an extended Indian summer this fall, with vistas painted in golds and teds. These cows a field off Old Darby Road dont seem to mind the unseasonably warm temperatures. (Rob Breeding photo) Temporary closure on Tin Gup Dam The helicopter along with a pack string will be used to haul the equipment needed for the repairs, including a Bobcat backhoe.

a core dnil, a grout mixer and pump, a generator, an air compressor and hammer, a rock drill, chain saws and two water pumps. The following are exempt from See Closure, page 10 the entire outlet will be sleeved with 1 1 0 feet of 1 8-inch high density polyethylene plastic pipe. The repairs will also include lowering the reservoir level, excavating around the outlet pipe entrance, drilling core samples along the face of the dam and removing shrubs and log debris from both sides of the dam. the least amount of impact to the wilderness trail and surrounding areas The prtmary task is the repair of the water transmission pipe that goes through the dam. Currently, the pipe is a mortar and rock composition, with a 28-foot long corrugated metal arch pipe extension on the downstream side of the dam.

The metal pipe along with restricted use period. Signs will be posted at the trailhead and along the trail for intermittent trail closures. The closure was necessary to ensure the safety of trail users while helicopter flights over the area are in progress. The use of the helicopter is necessary to haul equipment needed to make the dam repairs providing for The Tin Cup Dam and the area ound the dam within a quarter of a ile has been closed to all users while dam reconstruction work is in ogress. The closure began Wednes-iy, Oct.

1 5 and will continue through iturday. Nov. 8, 1 997. The Tin Cup ul 96. ill be closed intermittently short periods of time during the Correction Car theft spree ends in arrest Hamilton Ci'y Councilwoman audia Williams recently said she igreed uh a pay raise for Hamilton Zity Council members because of he "lac of interest that been shown sitting on the council "A Ravalli Republic story incorrectly said she supported the raise because there was i lack of interest in public service." The Republic regrets the error ind any inconvenience it may have tunnel in the park.

Stroud is accused of pointing the nfleat Roche when he rcahred he was trapped According to police accounts, the officer took cover and StrcuJ ran from the tu-ncl toward Cu.M n. who ordered Stroud to d.n d'e Instead. Stroud a. j'g'ei onto a rock and os crG- cL then d'; -I the a -d Tve recovered 22 rer ht ft, pact 13 Stroud ami two companions, a man and a woman, were reported leaving a vehicle in a parking lot at a Jehovah Witness Kingdom Hall in Anaconda about 3 pm. Thursday.

A neghbor reported the trio after seeirg one of the two men hide a gun in his pants. Anaconda POhce Chief Joe Guiberson and AFD OUicer Carta Roche pane I d-e on fvt thnugh an da cNU 20 minutes More tr.gr "2 dr in a Stroud is believed to have stolen several vehicles in Ravalli County the past several weeks. He was spotted in Butte early Thursday momirg in a pickup allegedly stolen from a Crackerville ranch earlier that day. Stroud eluded police after ah gh-speed chase by abandoning the truck and fleeirg on foot A vehicle was stolen from a Fut'C hospital parking kit a short time later Thursday morning By RUTH THORNING A Victor-area man was arrested in Butte on Friday after a week-long cross-county spree of car thefts and eluding law officers. John Stroud.

19, is faarg two felony assault charges for allegedly aiming a rifle at two Anaconda po-lneofficersonThursday llewillbe charged multiple co-n's cf ve-hde theft tn Butte-Sdver Bow and Ravali counties.