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Chancellor welcomes students for new academic year

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Welcome, everyone, to the start of a new academic year at th University of Montana Western, one of the most innovative universities in the nation.

IN THE MAIL

Claim jumper

Kamala Harris’s problem isn’t her identity. It’s her character.

As you no doubt know by now, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has chosen U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) as his running mate.

SD#10 fan

How did you spend your Thursday night? I spent my evening (and I do mean my WHOLE evening) witnessing first hand the dedication and commitment of the administration and school board of Dillon Elementary School District #10. I stepped out of the meeting after 4.5 hours, but the administrators and board members were still actively engaged in making decisions about how to best serve the children and families of our community.

Fairy tales and puppy dog tails

To the editor,

EXPRESS YOURSELF IN THE DILLON TRIBUNE

Let other people know how you feel and what you think with a letter to the editor. Letters are subject to editing for libel and good taste, and should be limited to 400 words or less.

DO YOU KNOW A DILLONAIRE?

We’re looking for the “Dillonaire of the Year.” The qualifications – A Dillonaire must love Dillon and do something to make it a better place to live. For instance, a Dillonaire would hold a door for a stranger or make a contribution or coach a team or go through life with a positive attitude. The possibilities are endless but we need you, the community of Dillon, to submit nominations for consideration. To submit a nomination, you can E-mail the nominee’s name and a brief description of their good deed(s) or positive contributions to editor@dillontribune.com, mail to The Dillon Tribune at P.O. Box 911, or drop off the nomination at our office at 22 S. Montana St.

America doesn’t have presidential debates, but it should

On Aug. 6, the Commission on Presidential Debates denied U.S. President Donald Trump’s request to increase the number of debates between himself and Democratic nominee Joe Biden from three to four.

Trump’s case: The expansion of voting by mail means that many ballots will have been cast before the first scheduled fake debate on Sept. 29.

The CPD’s response: “[T]he debate schedule has been and will be highly publicized. Any voter who wishes to watch one or more debates before voting will be well aware of that opportunity.”

IN THE MAIL

Thoughts & prayers

To the editor,

Boy, you NRA guys better get your dues in. It looks like Wacky Wayne is going to stop spending them on Bahama vacations and put them toward lawyer’s fees. But hey, that’s what “freedom” and “liberty” are all about, right? Before this, my alltime favorite news story in the Hypocrisy Division, was when Pastor Haggard, the gay-bashing Evangelical preacher, got caught hiring a male prostitute. That’s been hard to beat. But I think the “dissolving” of the NRA just made the top of my list.

The source of the decline of western civilization

Certain cultures have unique rites of passages to become a man. For instance, the Vanuatu tribe of the South Pacific like to jump headfirst off a wooden tower up to a 100 feet with vines around their ankles onto solid ground. To become a man in the Satere-Mawe tribe of the Brazilian Amazon all you must do is put your hand in a glove full of the excruciating stings of bullet ants for 10 minutes without making a noise. To become a man in the African Maasai tribe, you get to go fight a lion after mutilation of your “uume.” Do your own translation.