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As surplus licenses go on sale on Monday, Aug. 12, hunters should remember that, according to the 2019 regulations, they are allowed only one Elk B License, despite legislation passed during the recent Montana Legislature.

In the 2019 legislative session, House Bill 497 was passed providing hunters the opportunity to harvest up to three elk. However, this legislation doesn’t change the regulations for this year, which state: “Each hunter may possess only one Elk B License per year in addition to a General Elk License.”

The Board of Trustees for District #5 meet on the evening of Aug. 12 in the High School Science room.

After tidying the house with approvals of minutes, claims, account activities, etc and no public comment, Kathy Meidinger brought to the table the policies for review. Three policies were the second reading with changes, three policies were in the first reading stage, and one only reviewed and accepted.

Cindy Tusler, tabled strategic planning for the school year to allow Joe Krause, new superintendent, to get into the school year.

Recently, Sheriff Lewis and K9 Tomi, a 2 ½ year old Belgian Malinois, attended the annual North American Police Working Dog Association (NAPWDA) training and certification in Polson. There were many teams for all agencies and all disciplines from all over the state. This type of training allows handlers to spend time with each other and learn from many years of combined experience.

From the Dawson Co. Health Dept.

We have all been made aware of the danger of cigarette smoke for years now. We are told the products are horribly addictive and have multiple cancer-causing substances in them at a young age. If we broke a cigarette into the compounds that make up the product we would come up with over 4,800 compounds! Some of the compounds we would find are similar to toilet cleaner, nail polish remover, even rocket fuel just to name a few. But now we have a new concern.