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The Town of Plains has a new mayor as of Friday - Joel Banham - and he's anxious to get to work. One of Chris Allen's final acts as mayor was to swear in Banham at City Hall on Friday morning. Banham's first official role as mayor will be to head the town council meeting on Monday, Jan 8. More than a dozen people showed up at City Hall to witness Banham's swearing in, including council members John Sheridan and John Roesler, along with Judge Tom Collins and clerks Cathy Emmett and Jonalie...
Quinn's Hot Springs Resort once again rang in the New Year at midnight Sunday with a brilliant show of light and color. Rocketman Pyros of Spokane, Washington, fired off an estimated 1,300 rockets ranging from 100 feet high to around 400. For the last 22 years, the resort has put on a New Year's Eve party with drinks, special goodies, music and a fireworks display. "It was awesome," said Diane Gilliland of Moiese. "It was fabulous. We've been to a lot of different fireworks and this was one of...
by Ed Moreth The Christmas spirit usually comes from the heart and doesn't involve a lot of thinking, reasoning or competitive activity, even with participants with names like "Rudolf," "Grinch," "Elf" and "Nutcracker." The last day of school at Plains on Friday was only a half day, but it came with fun with brain power and athletic prowess for the annual Brain Bash contest to signal the coming of the school's Christmas vacation. It was especially fulfilling for team "Elf," which chalked up...
Santa Claus, who dabbles in law enforcement in his spare time, took time to make inquiries about the naughtiness and nicety qualities of numerous children in downtown Plains Saturday. Father Christmas was part of the Winter Stroll and Scavenger Hunt in Plains, where more than a dozen businesses participated in the special annual holiday event. The winners of the scavenger hunt in the adult category were Janet Brandon, Amy Hill and her sister, Ashley Hill. For the children's class, it was...
More than 100 people attended the 3rd Annual Community Christmas Concert at the Plains Bible Chapel Saturday night. The 20 member choir included men, women and children, some from the Plains Bible Chapel, some from other churches, and some individual residents who wanted to be part of the holiday musical performance, gathered for an hour and a half and sang a variety of tunes from "Jingle Bells" to "O Come All Ye Faithful." The annual concert is the brainchild of Plains Bible Chapel member...
by Ed Moreth It was dark and cold with the only illumination coming from a lone street light in Fred Young Park, but that didn't stop nearly 70 people from spending time Thursday evening listening to the Plains High School Choir sing Christmas songs in the park. The five girls of the choir - senior Abigail Wessley, sophomore Maddie Carter, junior Kaylynn Boes, junior Kennedy Starika, and sophomore Randie Kilgore - sang 11 Christmas songs, a cappella style, for the "Carols in the Park"...
It was a clean sweep for both the Plains Horsemen and Trotters basketball teams last week in the non- conference game against Hot Springs at Plains, although the final game of the night was real touch and go to the end. The Trotters varsity team kept the fans at the edge of their bleacher seats throughout the game. The Hot Springs Lady Savage Heat were undefeated going into the game with three straight wins. The Trotters had three wins with their only loss at Darby the previous Saturday. The...
All was quiet as a procession of military veterans said goodbye and farewell to an old comrade as part of a solemn ceremony to properly retire a batch of American flags last Thursday in the back parking lot of VFW Post 3596. Beginning the post's ceremony was the large canton of blue field and stars carefully placed in the fire by Heather Allen, the post quartermaster and a veteran of the Air Force, followed by Army veterans Jim Gillibrand and Don Kunzer with additional portions of the 19- by 36-...
If a person wanted to see a dysfunctional Christmas filled with argument, jealousy, accusations, troublesome relationships, but spunky women that will definitely be entertaining, "The Charitable Sisterhood Christmas Spectacular" was a must. Four cast members of the Paradise Players put on three performances of the play, which was set at Christmas of 1977. A group of ladies called the Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Church situated in the South are preparing for their annual...
The Christmas train has returned to Plains School again, but officials can't decide on who will be the conductor. Plains resident Bill Beck and Plains Elementary School Principal Kevin Meredith set up the Polar Express last week in the school library. It took the two about an hour to get the train, track, structures, trees, and figurines set up on the four-foot wide, eight-foot long piece of plywood that Beck made. The school has featured the Polar Express train and village for five years,...
Superior High School was a busy place on Saturday with hundreds of people filling the bleachers and nearly 150 wrestlers competing in the Bob Kinney Classic Tournament all day. The Florence Falcons and its 18 wrestlers nabbed first place with 180 points, followed by the Libby Loggers at 165 points and the Superior Bobcats and its eight wrestlers in third with 121 points. The tournament is named after Superior's first wrestling coach, Bob Kinney. His son, Scott, recently retired as the school's s...
As children, Kevin Meredith and his identical twin brother, Keith, loved playing tricks on people. Now as adults they were at it again last week. Keith donned an “Elf on the Shelf” costume Friday morning and positioned himself on the roof just outside the Plains School cafeteria, waving to kids and teachers as they arrived at school. “I wanted the kids to see Keith and they’d all think it’s me and then I’d come out and then they’d say who’s that?” said Kevin, the elementary school principal. Most of the passing kids immediately notic...
The idea to catch potential eye problems at an early age is a mission the Plains Lions Club has been doing for over 10 years and this week they finished the last batch of kids in the county at Plains High School. Members of the local club did the vision screenings at Plains Elementary and Junior High last Wednesday. "It is important. If you can detect a vision issue at an early age, it can be corrected with the child not needing glasses later in life," said Steve Spurr, president of the Plains...
Saturday was a gloomy and snowy day, but the two Plains School gymnasiums were filled with brilliant colors of glass mugs, aluminum photos, smooth frosting, and sparkling jewelry. It was the Plains Schools 2nd Annual Winter Bazaar with vendors spread out in the school's two gyms and the event coordinator is looking to make it even bigger next year "It was a success in so many ways," said Debbie Brown, who has put on the event for the past two years. "The community loved coming to look, purchase...
by Ed Moreth The people of Plains probably could have used Rudolph's guiding nose on Saturday to see Santa Claus at the VFW, where he had set up a temporary workshop. Santa - played by Dave Williams of Plains - had set up shop at the one-room log schoolhouse along Railroad Street for the last four years, but this year it was moved to the VFW hall and is co-sponsored by the VFW and Joint Operation Mariposa, a nonprofit organization headed by Williams designed to help veterans in Sanders County....
Plains and Thompson Falls grapplers had their first competition last weekend at the Owen Invitational in Polson. More than 370 wrestlers, including nearly 100 girls, from 18 teams took to the mats Friday and Saturday at the Linderman School gymnasium, including eight from the Plains-Hot Springs Savage Horsemen team and 13 from the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks. The Savage Horsemen tied with Polson for ninth place with 81 points. Superior and Eureka were the two Class B teams that beat Plains-Hot...
Cast members of the Paradise Players rehearse "The Charitable Sisterhood Christmas Spectacular" at the Paradise Center. The play is centered around finding the stolen baby Jesus from the Nativity scene at the church. The play is scheduled for Dec. 8 and 9 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at the First Security Banks in Plains and Thompson Falls, and Garden Gift & Floral in Plains. Cast members from the left: Donna Scheiter as Lucille Orton, Bonnie Firestone as Tina Yates,...
Nearly two dozen military veterans will be getting a taste of home, thanks to a group of VFW Auxiliary members. Six women and one man gathered at VFW Post 3596 at Plains last Monday to prepare care packages as part of the "Goody Boxes For Service Personnel" program, which include nearly 100 items from chap sticks to camouflage NAPA Auto Parts caps. It took the group about two hours to get the packages ready for the post office. Twenty men and women from the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine...
Cancer Network of Sanders County had a successful event with its annual Lantern Launch at downtown Plains for the first time. Shelley Bertrand, president of the nonprofit organization, felt it was a good move to have the event on the greenway along Railroad Street instead of the fairgrounds because it would be more accessible and it was in conjunction with the Plains Lions Club, which held its event next to the launch. The event was normally held at the Sanders County fairgrounds, but Bertrand...
The Sanders County Fair Commission selected a new fair manager at a special board meeting at the pavilion last Monday. "They all had some good qualities and strengths and weaknesses, and after interviewing all five and reviewing everything we came up with our best applicant, Kristy Sheehan," said Randy Woods, the board chairman. Hiring a new manager was the only item on the agenda. Board member Brian Crain made the motion to hire Sheehan for the position. It was quickly seconded by board member...
It was still November, but Santa Claus made an early stop in Plains and he even stuck around to help the Plains Lions Club with its annual tree lighting. Santa might have been the star of the show Saturday evening in downtown Plains, but he wasn't the only attraction. Several businesses joined in on the annual "Kickoff to Christmas" celebration throughout the day with special sales, treats, contests, and at Plains Drug Store, the Grinch. Eli Rinker donned the Grinch outfit for the second time....
ONE AT A TIME – A wild turkey takes crabapples from nearly bare branches one at a time. Even when she drops one, the turkeys on the ground scramble for the bite size treats....
A Plains teenager was selected as the 2023 Montana Youth Female Referee of the Year. The 18-year-old Claire Wrobleski was officially notified that she was the top female youth referee of the year. "I am excited to get this award because it is some recognition for all the refereeing I have done throughout the years. It's also a big encouragement to know that I am a competent referee," said Wrobleski, who's been a referee for the last five years. Although Wrobleski has known about getting the...
For some, talking about their time in the Vietnam War is troublesome, particularly if they lost friends or were wounded, and it's no difference for Marine Corps veteran Denis Munson, who was a guest speaker at Plains Elementary School last week. Sixty-two students from fifth and sixth grade classes heard Munson talk about his combat experiences, much of it in a medevac helicopter designed to retrieve wounded soldiers or Marines from a combat zone. He spent about 50 minutes with each grade,...
The Plains Woman's Club once again gathered to help youngsters have a better holiday by making Christmas stockings for them. Five ladies from the Plains club met at the United Methodist Church in Plains Friday afternoon to work on the stockings for the Sanders County Coalition For Families (SCCFF), which will in turn fill them with goodies and give them to children of families in the SCCFF program. SCCFF is a nonprofit organization based in Thompson Falls that works with victims and survivors...
