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Wednesday: Merchant Marines, Hauck to UNLV, Butte Robberies

By Beacon Staff

Good morning; on the Beacon today, Robert Cavanaugh is seeking equal compensation from the federal government for Merchant Mariners who served in World War II. Pam Kennedy’s last city council meeting as Kalispell’s mayor neatly encapsulated the pitfalls and pleasures of holding the office. Organizers of local arts and crafts shows have orchestrated a temporary gift shop in the old Books West location on Main featuring only local artists and artisans. The Flathead National Forest has awarded contracts to two timber companies to salvage beetle-infested and hazard trees. Gray wolf hunting and killings in response to livestock attacks have pushed the number of dead wolves to a record of more than 500 this year in the Northern Rockies — just months after their removal from the endangered species list.

Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith’s surprise switch of parties on Tuesday shows how quickly electoral dynamics are shifting under the weight of massive social and economic policy gambits in Washington. Several online media sources have reported that seventh-year Montana Grizzlies’ coach Bobby Hauck is the new head football coach at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Now that Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. no longer needs Montana’s waste wood to keep its linerboard plant going, the time is ripe for the state to lead the development of biomass and other green energy opportunities, Governor Brian Schweitzer said in Missoula yesterday. Schweitzer on Tuesday announced the state would halt the planned renovation of the receiving hospital on the Montana State Hospital campus at Warm Springs, a move that will save $4.5 million. Robberies in Butte this year have doubled from those reported in 2008, from five to at least 10. Montana’s Democratic U.S. senators defended the sweeping health care bill as needed medicine, even as Republicans made one last push to keep it from passing.