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Plains Mayor Greg Eitelberg hoped his final town council meeting would go quickly and smoothly – he was wrong. "I thought it was going to be a quick 10-minuter. I only had one item on the agenda," said Eitelberg, who turns the reins over to Dan Rowan in January. That one agenda item, "Gate Blocking Alley on Scott Lane," turned into a heated discussion between the council and three Scott Lane residents. At one point, Eitelberg had to remind them to stop interrupting council members and raise their hands when they wanted to speak. Scott Lane i...
Santa Claus is known for giving presents, but last week he stopped in at Quinn's Hot Springs Resort to show a 7-week-old puppy at a "Plains Family Benefit." "To have all those people come out to help me was just truly amazing," said Clint Weedeman, who spent 11 days at St. Patrick Hospital after falling almost 20 feet from a roof during a job west of Plains in early November. Weedeman sustained several injuries, including broken and cracked ribs, a broken collarbone and scapula, a collapsed...
Plains High School art teacher Kristen Cole sent her students out last week to "paint the town." But they didn't go out for a day of drinking and dancing, they spread out around the community to help deliver Christmas spirit by painting windows. The Plains students spent last Thursday painting Christmas themes in the windows of more than 20 businesses from one end of town to the other, including the Clark Fork Valley Hospital Clinic and Plains City Hall. "Our students are amazing. I feel...
The Sanders County Arts Council is one step closer to its goal of having a fully operational art center at the Paradise Center thanks to the generosity at the "Do Your Bidding Over a Baked Potato Dinner" fundraiser Saturday evening. "I think it went really well," said Noxon resident Cinda Gazaway, the chief coordinator and one of the artists who donated artwork to the fundraiser, which included a live auction of 32 donations from local businesses and individuals, and 54 pieces of art for the...
Installing an air conditioning unit on a gingerbread house is a bit unusual, unless the builder is 11-year-old Teagan Saner, who nabbed the Outstanding Use of Decorations Award at the Second Annual Gingerbread House Class at the Dog Hill Bistro. Nine children from 3-11 years old took part in the competition Saturday from 3:30-5 p.m. when they put their creative talents to build their grandest gingerbread house, even though most were eating their construction materials as they worked. "The...
Now that Thanksgiving has passed the Plains Lions Club is helping residents get into the Christmas spirit by decorating the main street of downtown Plains. With the help of NorthWestern Energy's Lloyd Rice, the Lions Club spent about an hour and a half Sunday afternoon putting up Christmas decorations for a mile along Railroad Street from one end of town to the other. "It's a way for us to give back to the community for the holidays," said Duane Highcrane, president of the club. Highcrane was...
CHECKING IN – The first visitor at the Thompson Falls check station on Sunday, the last day of the season, was this buck. FWP reported 75 bucks at the check station this season....
The Sanders County Arts Council will be hosting a fundraiser in an effort to get money for Paradise Center art equipment. The event, called “Do Your Bidding Over a Baked Potato Dinner,” will take place on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 6 p.m. in the old school’s former gymnasium. The event will include a dinner and live and silent auctions, said coordinator Cinda Gazaway, one of the numerous artists who have donated their artwork to the fundraiser. Karen Thorson, president of the Sanders County Arts Council, said the nonprofit organization has access to...
Three churches joined forces earlier this week to make Thanksgiving a bit better for families of Plains. Nearly a dozen men and women gathered at the United Methodist Church in Plains Tuesday afternoon to assemble this year's Thanksgiving Baskets for 15 families – 67 people – in the Plains area. The baskets were made possible by the United Methodist Church in Plains and Paradise, the First Lutheran Church in Plains, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Plains. Members of the...
REACH FOR IT – A wild turkey stretches for a crabapple in a tree west of Plains. With Thanksgiving right around the corner, hunters will be looking for wild turkeys to put in the oven. The fall turkey season began Sept. 1 and goes until Jan. 1. Fish, Wildlife and Parks issued 1,360 turkey permits in the Region 1 area, which covers Sanders County....
Members of the VFW in Plains might be too old to lay down their lives for their country these days, but they're still finding a way to help their community. Nine members of VFW Post 3596 opened up the club banquet room for a free dinner and to treat them to five hours of entertainment as part of the VFW Veterans Day Party. "There weren't as many people as last year, but it was still a big success," said Joe Eisenbrandt, the club's quartermaster and one of the coordinators of the annual event....
What better way to start a marriage than in an enchanted forest. Surrounded by leprechauns and fairies, that's where Samantha Zenahlik and Andrew Phythian recited their vows on Halloween night at Quinn's Hot Springs Resort. "I've wanted to get married on Halloween for years, even before I met Andrew," said Sam, who was given away by her father, Jim Zenahlik, dressed as a wizard, as was her brother, Caleb, who played the music as she walked down the aisle. Her other brother, J.J., also donned in...
Plains School and Town of Plains leaders got together to officially transfer a small parcel of land with an old schoolhouse on top of it at the corner of Railroad Street and Clayton Street. Plains School Superintendent Thom Chisholm signed over about a quarter of an acre to Plains Mayor Greg Eitelberg last week at the courthouse in Thompson Falls. It's the only piece of land the town owns along Railroad Street, although the log schoolhouse on it is owned by the Plains Woman's Club. It was that...
It was a puking pumpkin that swayed the judges to pick it for first place in the Jack o'lantern contest of the Plains After School Program last week. Alexis Coe, 11, was one of two girls that designed Jack o'lanterns with the vomit spewing scheme and one of 10 contestants in the fifth grade category – Maddy Blood, 10, also had a pumpkin with puke coming out its mouth. However, Coe added one more element. Her Jack o'lantern had tears coming from its eye. "I like that one because it was crying. I...
The VFW in Plains put principle above money when they voted to cancel their subscription to the National Football League (NFL) sports package, even though they’ve already paid for it. “No one should kneel when the anthem is played. Too many people died for that flag,” reads the notice put up on the front door of VFW Post 3596, adding that effective Oct. 18, the club will no longer be televising NFL games. The notice continues, “People are free to protest but not then. We are free to not watch, or pay to watch them play if they do that. The NFL...
Residents of the Clark Fork Valley Long Term Care started the holiday season by making Jack O Lanterns. Although only a handful of residents took part in the event, the day room showed the signs of Halloween with pumpkins and their insides piled on the tables. “He’s going to be a handsome fella,” said Mary Ann Thompson, who celebrated her 91st birthday last week. Thompson was making an owl cutout on her pumpkin, although she had help from Cindy Leandro, the assistant activities director. Most of the residents utilized pre-drawn sketches that th...
