Good morning; on this date in 1972 the Bloody Sunday Massacre occurred in Northern Ireland.
On the Beacon today, local hospitals and clinics in need of nurses are looking to the Flathead Valley Community College Licensed Practical Nursing program. A Bitterroot lawmaker has introduced a bill to revise term limits for legislators. Flathead High boys basketball is playing extraordinarily well despite losing most of their top senior players. The new Straight Blast Gym in Kalispell teaches jiu-jitsu, yoga and mixed martial arts.
Trevor J. Johnson of Rosebud County, who was killed on patrol in Afghanistan Tuesday was described by his friends and family as “the perfect Marine.” Gov. Brian Schweitzer is now defending his proposed surtax on oil production to increase teacher wages, saying it’s not a flip-flop despite a statement one month ago that he would not raise taxes. The U.S. State Department is seeking public comment on a proposed oil pipeline between Canada and the U.S. that would pass through Montana. And the Air Force has dropped a plan to construct a coal-to-liquid fuel plant at Malmstrom.
And finally, a Cody, Wyoming man has been cited for drunkenly riding his white horse down the street in the middle of a snowstorm. Have a great weekend.