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Fire crews with the Evergreen Fire Department found Poier’s body inside the house after extinguishing the fire. Curry said the cause of Poier’s death is still pending, and the cause and origin of the are still under investigation.
Curry noted that as of July 19, there was no indication of foul play so far in the investigation.
EAST GLACIER
5. Firm Objects to Delay in Drilling on Land Sacred to Blackfeet
A Louisiana company seeking to drill for natural gas on Montana land held sacred by some American Indi- ans objected to a 75-day review period sought by a federal panel considering the proposal.
After decades of bureaucratic delays, Solenex LLC of Baton Rouge hoped to begin drilling this summer on its more than 9-square-mile federal energy lease in the Badger-Two Medicine area next to Glacier National Park.
That timetable appears increasingly unlikely.
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation has said it needs until Sept. 21 to issue its recommendations on whether drilling would degrade the area’s significance to the Blackfoot tribes of Canada and Montana. Also pending is a decision in a 2013 lawsuit from Solenex that seeks to lift the suspension.
“For goodness’ sakes, the facts are well-known,” said William Perry Pend- ley with Mountain States Legal Foun- dation, a Lakewood, Colorado law firm representing Solenex. “We know where everybody is on this and what the facts are. I think they could come up with a conclusion over a long weekend.”
Solenex obtained the lease in 1982. It was suspended in 1993 and remains undeveloped.
Leaders from the Blackfeet Tribe recently terminated formal negotiations over the lease, saying the only accept- able outcome was for Solenex not to drill in the area.
POLSON
6. Student Honored for Quick Action in School Bus Crash
A Polson teen was honored for help- ing a drunken driver who crashed into a school bus and then getting 10 kids off the bus when he noticed a fuel leak.
Montana Highway Patrol gave 15-year-old Shayne Pierre, a student at Polson High School, the Colonel’s Award for Meritorious Service on July 13 at the Lake County Courthouse. Montana U.S. Sen. Steve Daines also recognized Pierre on the Senate floor, submitting a state- ment of recognition in the official Con- gressional Record.
Troopers say 19-year-old Daniel Fel- lows was driving 78 miles per hour when he crashed into the bus. He pleaded guilty to charges related to the accident and will be sentenced July 22.
Montana Highway Patrol Maj. Steve Lavin said Pierre is one of the few
citizens to get a commendation from the department.
“Shayne’s quick actions and selfless- ness deserve many thanks and for that, I want to recognize him,” Daines said. “Through this incident, Shayne acted as a role model not only to the students on the bus, but to his classmates, peers and community. I am proud that he is a citi- zen of the great state of Montana and an example to all.”
MISSOULA
7. Tennessee Shooting Victim Attended University of Montana
A U.S. Marine killed in a shooting attack in Tennessee briefly attended the University of Montana and met his wife while living in Missoula.
University spokeswoman Peggy Kuhr said July 17 that David Wyatt attended the school for one semester in 2002. She says school records did not reveal why he left.
Resident Kevin Squires tells the Mis- soulian that Wyatt met his wife Lorri, a native of Stevensville, while he was living in Missoula. They married in 2004.
Wyatt is one of four Marines shot and killed in Chattanooga by a gunman who fired on two military facilities.
Wyatt was a Boy Scout as a teenager in Arkansas and enlisted in 2004. He and his wife have four children.
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8. Montana Officials Deny Wedding License for Polygamous Man
Montana officials have denied a mar- riage license to a man who sought to be legally married to both of his wives after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of gay couples to wed.
Deputy Yellowstone County Attor- ney Kevin Gillen wrote in his letter last week to Nathan Collier that the Supreme Court’s ruling last month did not expand the number of people in a marriage and Montana’s anti-bigamy laws still apply.
“There is nothing in that ruling that describes the arrangement you seek to establish,” Gillen wrote.
Collier, 46, legally wed his first wife, Victoria, in 2000. He and his second wife, Christine, held a religious wed- ding ceremony in 2007 but did not sign a marriage license.
Nathan and Christine Collier applied for a marriage license after the Supreme Court ruling. They were initially denied, but county clerk officials said they would consult with the county attorney’s office before giving a final answer.
“They want to lock us in cages because we wish to marry,” Collier said last week. “I could sleep with my wife and procreate out of wedlock and that would be just fine, but if I want to marry her, I’m a criminal.”
Collier is a former Mormon who was excommunicated for polygamy and now belongs to no religious organization. He said he and his wives hid their relation- ship for years but became tired of hiding and went public by appearing on the re- alitycabletelevisionshow“SisterWives.”
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