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The Over The Hill Gang gathered for a round of play Monday at River's Bend, with Dave Garr shooting the low gross men's score of 46 and Tom Holleran the low net of 35. Kristy Beaty had the low net score for the women with a 46. Dave Petteys and Al Luckow had the right aim as they both chipped in during Monday's round and both added a birdie. Luckow also sank the long putt on No. 11 and was closes to the pin on No. 14, Petteys had the long putt on No. 13, Garr had the long drive on No. 18 and also shot the long putt on No. 15. Rn Beaty put in...
Community members gathered last week as Sanders County Community Development held a meeting to identify community needs and projects. About two dozen people attended the meeting last Wednesday at the Sanders County Courthouse. Information gathered will help SCCD and its partner, Mission West Community Development Partners identify new projects for the county, establish priorities and identify community needs. Steve Clairmont is the Mission West Community Focused Economic Development Center Director and led the presentation. He said the...
Winners for local school board and special district races were determined this week as ballots were counted Tuesday. Election results are considered unofficial until certified. Noxon School District had four positions up for election, two representing Noxon Elementary/Noxon High School and two representing Noxon/Trout Creek. Rachel Peterson and James Christensen received 325 and 213 votes, respectively to win the Noxon/Noxon positions on the Noxon School Board. Other candidates included Nick Posselt (185 votes), Tamra Weltz (133 votes) and Jen...
Hot Springs School District closed Tuesday after a possible threat to the school was found on social media. Superintendent Gerald Chouinard released a statement early Tuesday morning that the Sanders County Sheriff’s Office and Hot Springs Police Department were investigating the legitimacy of the possible threat. “In an abundance of caution, school will be closed Tuesday, 5/3/2022, and will remain closed until the threat is mitigated,” Chouinard wrote, instructing students and employees not to report to school and adding that activities were...
Blackfoot Communications held its first annual meeting in three years over the weekend, and employees and members of the local cooperative were happy to be back in-person. As Blackfoot continues to work to replace copper wiring with fiber cabling in rural areas, board president Tom Eggensperger of Thompson Falls compared the advances in Internet speed to that of the automobile in the 20th century. In his invocation, Tony Incashola of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes also talked about...
Whitefish Credit Union kicked off the Wednesday men’s league at River’s Bend with a solid four-point first-place lead. Mountain Plains, LLC, golfers Paul Flemmer, Ron Beaty, Rick Hagedorn and Bernie Groshong combined for the low gross of 177 last week, and Highlead’s Chadd Laws, Jesse Mosher, John Mosher and Steve Fairbank shot the low team net of 151. Hagedorn turned in the low individual gross of 40 and Bruce Sterling had the low net of 34. In hole prizes, Mike Normandin had the longest drive on No. 18, Mike Baxter was closes to the pin i...
The Tuesday men’s league at River’s Bend got down to business in the first week of competitive play for the season. Custom Ventures (Kade Pardee, Scott Pardee, Ty Pardee and Craig LeCoure) rallied for the low team gross of 180, and Big Sky Pantry’s Bill Nolen, Howard Morkert, Mike Tessier and Mike Lilly combined for the low team net of 141. Individual low honors went to Kade Pardee’s low gross of 41 and Doug Czerwinski’s low net of 33. Kade Pardee also sank the long putt on No. 6, while Dave Garr won that honor on No. 3. Rick Hagedorn...
The Over the Hill gang dusted off their clubs for the first week of the season at River's Bend Golf Course on Monday. Chipping in as they got back in the swing of things were Bruce Sterling on No. 4, Bary Moore on Nos. 4 and 8, and Dan Whittenburg on No. 4. Mike Normandin scored the low gross for the men with a 40, and Darrell "Torgy" Torgrimson had the low net of 31. For the women, Jan Thompson's 49 was good enough for low gross and Chris Gross had the low net of 29. In hole play, Sterling was the closest to the pin in two on No. 1, Rusty...
The Sanders County Board of Health continue its search for a new Public Health Officer. Eight county residents applied for the job and the Board of Health will choose three candidates to interview. The board also formed a committee to review the Board of Health bylaws. Commissioner Glen Magera and boar members Pepper Dorscher and Bina Eggensperger volunteered for that committee and will meet with the county attorney to review the bylaws. Karren McKinzie notified the board that her title has changed to Tobacco Education Specialist. “The c...
A Thompson Falls woman pleaded not guilty to two charges resulting from a disturbance at her home. Debora Fratzke pleaded not guilty Tuesday before Judge John Larson, who was filling in for Judge Deborah “Kim” Christopher, to felony assault with a weapon and a misdemeanor charge of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant. According to charging documents, the Sanders County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a home on Harlow Road in Thompson Falls in February for reports of a disturbance. Fratzke told deputies that she had a gun,...
Community leaders and timber representatives met last week to review projects in the Thompson Falls area. The tour was led by the Eastern Sanders County Collaborative (ESCC), formerly the Sanders County Collaborative. The collaborative recently changed their structure to focus on public lands in Eastern Sanders County. District Ranger Dave Wrobleski of the Plains/Thompson Falls Ranger District said the ESCC has a diverse group of interests who come up with projects and meet the needs of the publ...
Four people have submitted applications to fill the district court judge vacancy in the 20th Judicial District, which includes Lake and Sanders counties. Applications were submitted by Benjamin Anciaux, Kathryn McEnery, Molly Owen and Alisha Rapkoch. Judge James Manley announced earlier this year that he will be retiring June 1. Gov. Greg Gianforte has formed an advisory council to assist in reviewing qualified candidates. The advisory council is comprised of 12 individuals, including former Sanders County Justice of the Pease Don Strine as...
Local wildlife officials briefed the Sanders County Commissioners last week on several topics, from bears and hunting harvests to According to Kim Annis with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP), bears are beginning to wake up in Northwest Montana, but there have been no conflicts reported yet this year. She stated that new legislation restricts FWP from relocating grizzlies that are caught outside of recovery zones. FWP can still move bears caught within recovery areas such as the Cabinet-Yaak Recovery Zone, which encompasses more than 2,600...
Two people were killed in a vehicle accident in Lonepine Monday morning. According to Montana Highway Patrol, an SUV failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of Lonepine Road and Highway 28 as it was traveling westbound on Lonepine Road and approaching the highway. A semi was headed northbound on Highway 28 and T-boned the SUV. The crash occurred at 9:20 a.m. Monday. The occupants of the SUV, a 31-year-old female and a female child from Lonepine, were confirmed deceased at the scene, according to MHP. The driver of the semi, a...
The Heron Rural Fire District Board met last week to continue discussions regarding a potential quick response unit (QRU) within the department. More than 40 residents attended the meeting, but there were few comments regarding the QRU. Almost 50 residents had attended the March board meeting and shared comments for and against forming a QRU. After the March meeting, the board came up with a list of more than 30 stipulations that would need to be met before they would consider moving forward with a QRU. Board president Paul Overman said the...
A group of residents approached the Sanders County Commissioners last week regarding the county's communicable disease surveillance protocol. The document is reviewed each year and is a tool to assist the county in the event of a public health emergency. The meeting last Wednesday was requested by resident Kate Hardman, who stated that the protocol includes violations of constitutional rights and state law. "We're asking for you to take action," she told the commissioners. Resident Bruce Hunn...
Trout Creek Community Improvement Association (TCCIA) held their eighth annual Easter Eggstravaganza Saturday afternoon at the Trout Creek Community Park. Nearly 200 children registered for this year's event. "We had an amazing turnout for such cold weather," said Liz Stender with TCCIA. This year more than 6,000 eggs were filled with over 7,200 pieces of candy. "We had close to 12 individuals that helped stuff the Easter eggs and about 12 volunteers for the day of the event," Stender said. The...
A Thompson Falls woman wanted to do something to bring some light into the world. That light came in the form of 720 boxes of Girl Scout cookies shipped to Montanans deployed with the National Guard. Averie Boon gathered donations online for two weeks earlier this year. The $3,400 raised purchased 720 boxes of Girl Scout cookies, which Boon packaged for shipment this past Sunday with the help of her daughter Ainsley, her mother Jodie Bittinger, friend Colleen Knutson and Colleen's mother Karen....
Thompson Falls Schools recognized a longtime staff member last week with a very special award. Last Wednesday was Paraprofessional Appreciation Day. The elementary had an assembly to recognize paraprofessional at the school. Principal Len Dorscher surprised Shawni Vaught with a Paraprofessional of the Year award, not just for the school, but for the region. "Miss Shawni," as Vaught is known to students and staff, was nominated by her peers for the award, which is given by the Council for...
SOFEY FREED, Thompson Falls - "Biotech bcause we laugh a lot and it's entertaining. I love Mr. Nygaard." BEN CROFT, Thompson Falls - "Pre-Calculus because of Mrs. Nygaard. She makes learning fun." NOAH VOLD, Thompson Falls - "Math because Mr. Laws teaches it and I've always liked numbers. I like that he changes his teaching to each student." MAKAYLA DAVIS, Thompson Falls - "Computer apps because it's right after lunch and because Mrs. Beckman is the best." WILL HYATT, Thompson Falls - "Patti P's online periods because it's just very chill in...
Projects for the City of Thompson Falls are moving forward, Mayor Mark Sheets explained at Monday's City Council meeting. Sheets detailed logging projects in the city aimed at removing hazard trees on city property. He said the city is being proactive and reviewing the tree study completed by the Department of Natural Resources. Many of the trees on the removal list in the tree study are among those being removed at locations including near the community center and city pool, as well ad near the old pump house. Phases three and four of the...
Ballots for special district and school board elections are being mailed in Sanders County this week. The elections for school board members and special district board members are being held by mail. The Sanders County Elections staff notes that ballots must be received by the office by 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3. Ballots can be dropped off in person at the Sanders County Courthouse, or the elections staff recommends if mailing ballots, that they be mailed no later than Monday, April 25, to allow sufficient time for the mailing process. County...
Stuck in a church basement during a storm, five women learned a lot about life and each other last weekend. The church basement was the stage at The Paradise Center in Paradise and the women were five actors displaying their talents in The Paradise Players' presentation of "The Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Victory Church." The play is set in the 1970s and portrays a minister's wife who always knows just what the gorup needs to do, a mother of nine, a former nurse, a private...
The filing deadline for local school board elections closed last week. Candidates had until 5 p.m. Thursday to file for positions in Dixon, Hot Springs, Noxon, Plains, Thompson Falls and Trout Creek school districts. In Dixon School District, three candidates have filed for two open three-year positions. Dixon candidates include Marsha Hettick, Kadilyn Roragen and Janita Vonheeder. Hot Springs schools has one three-year position up for election this May, with Jennifer Christensen and Julie White filing. Noxon School District has four positions...
Water Service, Inc., the non-profit corporation that manages the water system in Trout Creek, has been planning for improvements to the system for years. With the help of funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), those plans are being put into action. Doug Cooper is the president of the water board. “We never thought we’d ever have the funds,” Cooper said of the project. He said the funding will improve the existing water system in Trout Creek and make it solvent for years to come. “If we get these improvements done now, it’s going to...
