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The Pilgeram's Family Ranch in Plains celebrated its 100th anniversary on July 7. Keith and Carol Pilgeram hosted a family reunion to celebrate and share fond memories. There were games of volleyball, cornhole, horseshoes and tetherball spread across the property for everyone to enjoy. The ranch once grew wheat along with raising cattle, but currently just serves as a cattle ranch. The newest addition to the ranch is a calf that was born July 2. The calf was given the name Omega, or Meg for...
The Thompson Falls City Pool offers a nice relief on a hot day. The recreational open swim times are 1 pm to 7 pm, Monday through Friday and noon to 5 pm on Saturdays. If you want to get a little more out of your swim you can join the lap swim session or the water aerobics classes that are offered. Monday through Friday the lap swim is 8:30-9:30 a.m. and the water aerobics classes are 8:30-9:30 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. The Thompson Falls Recreational Director, Sandra Kazmierczak,...
Thompson Falls will be on the silver screen after a film crew spent last week shooting scenes for an independent film. The crew, from Los Angeles, traveled to Montana to shoot a film called Two Yellow Lines. The crew started in Helena, moved over to Wyoming for a couple days and then came back across Montana, ending up in Thompson Falls on June 27. Thompson Falls is one of the last film locations for the crew. "The story is about healing," said Zac Titus, who co-wrote the film and also plays the...
Eagle Scouts Cycling Across America made a pit stop at the Riverfront Motel in Thompson Falls after a day long, 80-mile trip from Sandpoint, Idaho. The bikers started in Seattle and will continue to New York City, from there they will travel south down to Washington D.C. The whole journey will consist of 67 days and around 4,200 miles, across 15 northern states. The distance will vary because the group will also be visiting 17 different Boy Scout camps and to reach them they will have detour of...
Clark Fork Valley Hospital (CFVH) President and CEO Dr. Greg Hanson highlighted updates at the hospital during the June meeting of the Thompson Falls Chamber of Commerce last week. Hanson gave a presentation to the group about the hospital's current services, new providers, financial information, services that are coming to an end and projects and happenings of 2018. Dr. Hanson also went over what CFVH needs that will help to continue its great service to the community. Clark Fork Valley...
The third annual Cowgirls Kickin’ Cancer (CKC) omoksee event took place in Noxon, sponsored by Sanders County Rocky Ridge Saddle Club. The goal of the event was to educate the community and get the message across that “early detection is your greatest protection.” All family-oriented vendors were welcome to set up at the event for the small fee of donating one door prize for the games or raffle. All the money raised by CKC is donated locally. In 2017 they were able to donate $6,000 to Cancer Network of Sanders County and $1,000 to the Clark...
Students from the third through fifth grades showed off their skills at a four-day basketball camp that was held in the high school gym. High school basketball coaches Jake Mickelson and Doree Thilmony coached the players on fundamentals and sharpening their skills with dribbling and shooting drills. The players also had the opportunity to compete against each other in shooting drills and a 3-on-3 tournament. Aubrey Baxter was victorious in the Hot Shot shooting competition and the free-throw...
A local signage project has received attention at the state level. At the June meeting of Women for a Better Sanders County (WBSC), Linda Haywood shared her experience as a Destination Development panel member at the Montana Governor's Conference in April at the Big Sky Resort. "Participating on the Destination Development panel at the Governor's Conference on Tourism & Recreation was amazing. Partly because it was held in Big Sky, a world-class tourist destination, and a place I had never been...
A truck that was hauling cattle overturned pulling off of Highway 200 W just outside of Trout Creek, June 6th. The driver of the truck was in good condition but three of the cows in the load were killed. It was suspected that there would be more cow deaths due to the immense stress of the accident and the effect it has on livestock. The truck was one of three traveling to a field owned by Charlie Gardner that was being rented out. They were a quarter mile away from their destination when the...
David and Sandrea Roussy have opened a new store in Thompson Falls, MontanaFancy Inc. Indoor Outfitters. They are located where CPT Auto Parts was previously, across from the Trading Post. The consignment store is stocked with all the home essentials: home decor, furniture, appliances, tools and antiques. The entire store is items the members of the community have brought in to have the couple sell. The store works on consignment, 25 percent of the sale price when the item sells. The Roussys...
Plains alumni took the field to compete in the first annual flag football game against the current Plains High School players. The game was a 5-on-5 passing game with two, twenty-minute halves. There was a small turnout for alumni at the game with some high school players lending their skills to help them out occasionally. It was a pretty well-matched game with both teams in an eager battle for points. With five minutes left in the second half the score was tied 26-26. The alumni rallied in the...
The Thompson Falls Public Library began their Summer Reading Program on June 2. The program is each Saturday at 11 a.m. until the end of July at the library. There will be a presentation by the weekly guest followed by a kid’s craft. There will also be opportunities to win prizes at the end of the program based on individual reading goals. The theme of this year’s program is “Libraries Rock!” and a lot of the activities will focus around music. For more information, you can pick up a flyer at the Thompson Falls library or call 827-354...
Renowned pianist, George Winston, performed a benefit concert Monday at the Paradise Center in Paradise. Winston is best known for his folk music style that crosses with R&B, soul, Americana, country, and show tunes. He has recorded a total of 14 solo albums in his career. Currently, Winston is touring the country performing benefit concerts for local food banks, disaster relief and other causes that are dear to him. The concert in Paradise benefitted three local performing arts interests: the...
Members from the Free Cycles bike shop in Missoula met with children in Hot Springs to teach bike safety and the mechanics of what it takes to build and maintain your own bike. There was a total of six classes during the school day Monday for children in Kindergarten through sixth grade. Several bikes that were brought in for donation but Free Cycles members took this opportunity to demonstrate how to repair the bikes and they were able to be returned in working order. Eric Leutzinger, who has...
The Thompson Falls Trap Club and members of the Elks Lodge helped kids learn about trap shooting at an event April 28. The event began at 11 a.m. and was open to all who were interested, from beginners to those who have previous experience. Don Manning, with the Elks, gave the introduction on the safety and protocol of the event, as well as educating the participants on the different types and styles of the firearms that were going to be used. Manning then covered lessons including, handling...
Members of the Clark Fork Valley Elks Lodge held a free bowling day for children and teens ages 7-18 on April 21. This is the second year that the Elks Lodge has hosted bowling for the youth of the community. In previous years, only golf instruction was offered. The three-hour event included lunch from the Rimrock and a chance to bowl three games while learning the fundamentals, with hands-on guidance from Elks members. The Elks Lodge is also hosting a trap shoot that will be held at the Trap Cl...
Anna Pallister, a seventh-grader, hosted the "Fight Childhood Hunger" Fun Day at Thompson Falls Dog Park Saturday, April 21. The event was open to the community to bring their dogs. Each dog was given a number so others could vote for them in six different categories. There were various prizes to win for each of the categories that included "Waggiest Tail," "Most Pawpular" or "Best Trick." Owners and their dogs who have had some experience with agility got to show off their talents and...
Students from Thompson Falls Elementary and Junior High competed in a Geography Bee. There were 10 contestants competing from grades fifth through eighth. The competition was made up of two rounds, the final round and the championship round. The final round consisted of questions with double elimination, meaning once a student has answered two questions wrong they are out of the competition. Questions were asked until there were only two students remaining who moved to the championship round to...
Noxon school board members, teachers, and members of the community met Jan. 16 to discuss a strategic plan for their schools. The meeting was hosted by Debra Silk from the Montana School Boards Association in Helena. Silk wishes to hold three strategic planning meetings to get the best idea for the direction and future of Noxon Public Schools. In Silk’s presentation, she outlined that strategic planning is necessary because it helps establish clarity and consensus regarding the direction of the Noxon Public Schools. Planning, she said, also hel...
Students at Thompson Falls Elementary and Junior High School gathered for the second Olweus assembly, highlighting ways to prevent bullying. Four assemblies are planned throughout the school year, one for each quarter of the academic year. This program, developed by Dr. Dan Olweus, a professor of psychology from Norway, has been based on the greatest amount of research on bullying, and happens to be the foremost bullying prevention program in the world. The assembly started with an Empathy...
Proposed hunting season changes were discussed last week as Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks (FWP) met with community members on Jan. 9 at the Lakeside in Trout Creek to discuss FWP the 2018 and 2019 hunting season regulations. More than 30 people attended the meeting to discuss the 19 proposals presented for Region 1. Dillon Tabish, FWP Information/Education Program Manager, began with an introduction and outlined the meeting itinerary. Community members that wished to comment on any of the proposals could come to the podium and express their...
When you enter the Sunflower Gallery on Main Street in Thompson Falls, you are met with a variety of intriguing sights and smells. The handcrafted products are displayed in the various rooms of the two-story building. You can find just about anything from the 18 different vendors that supply the gallery. Wendy Blanks, who has been a vender for two and a half years, enjoys being able to display her products where people are able to pick them up and experience the scents of her soaps, perfumes and...
