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While the boys were battling it out at the Ted Kato Memorial Tournament in Thompson Falls Saturday, the girl grapplers were hitting the mat at Plains, where eight teams from Montana and Idaho wrestled for some three hours. The Thompson Falls Lady Hawks had five girls from eighth grade to senior competing in the meet. The Lady Hawks had five wins and six losses for the day. There were nearly 40 wrestlers, including Thompson Falls, along with the Arlee Scarlets, Darby Lady Tigers, Whitefish Lady...
The Plains-Hot Springs Savage Horsemen had a prosperous night at their wrestling mixer at Plains Friday night with 11 victories and only four losses. The Plains-Hot Springs team was joined by wrestlers from Arlee, Whitefish, Darby, and Powell County (Deer Lodge) for three rounds of matches, including just over a dozen girls, though Plains-Hot Springs has no girls on its team this year. It was also "Senior Night" for the Plains grapplers, who were presented to the crowd with their parents before...
The new Sanders County Fair manager gave a surprise during her first board meeting last week. Manager Kristy Sheehan was able to find a new carnival company for the Sanders County Fair, something the board felt would be almost impossible to do. The owner of the last carnival, Paradise Amusements of Post Falls, Idaho, said they would not be returning to the Sanders County Fair because of all the complaints. Sheehan told the fair board at last Wednesday's meeting that she's waiting for a bid from...
Mayor Joel Banham has spent the last week going through files and familiarizing himself with his newly appointed duties. He's no stranger to the workings of council, since he'd been a council member of Ward 2 for seven years, but he said he was nervous with his first council meeting in the executive position. "But that comes with any new responsibility. Just taking things one day at a time and learning as I go," he said later. Nearly 20 people attended the council meeting, including former...
Plains School showed its gratitude to local law enforcement last week by inviting them to the school teacher's lounge for treats and to thank them for what they do for the community As part of Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, January 9, the school staff and students showed their support for law enforcement with drawings, messages, cookies, and coffee. The school sent an invite to all law enforcement entities in the county, but Josephson was the only one who was able to be there at the school. "...
The Hawks were flying high at Plains Thursday night as they trounced the Horsemen and Trotters in their own home corral. The Horsemen junior varsity boys claimed a 30-27 victory in overtime, but that was the only win for Plains. The Lady Hawks JV team defeated the Trotters 45-21. The varsity Lady Hawks claimed a 47-35 win over the Trotters and the Horsemen lost to the Blue Hawks 55-46. Horsemen head coach Brooks Sanford had eight wins with only one loss. He saw no reason why his girls couldn't c...
Still a bit on edge from hunting season, a whitetail buck takes his time going between houses west of Plains....
It was the first square dance of the year for the Montana Mavericks at the Plains Paradise Senior Center Saturday and the floor was filled with colorful twirls, precise moves and graceful swaying. The traditional square dance apparel is normally western wear of colorful petticoats, circular skirts, denim jeans, and long sleeve plaid shirts, but the Montana Mavericks dance this night wasn't the typical square dance style - it was the Roaring 20s theme - and the dance floor was filled with the...
The Plains boys and girls basketball teams had a clean sweep in games against Noxon Friday evening at Plains. The Horsemen junior varsity boys first dispatched the Red Devils 44-24, followed by the varsity Horsemen, which claimed a 74-39 finish, and then the Plains Trotters defeated the Lady Red Devils 36-25. Lady Red Devil varsity head coach Cory Brodmerkle was confident her girls would break their losing streak and get their first win of the season, but the Trotters had a different idea and...
The owner of the newest fitness center in Plains is really pumped to open up its establishment and feels it'll provide a needed activity in the community. Rebecca and Matt Fields of Plains opened up their Warrior Fitness gym this week and even though they had some minor painting and touch up work to do, members were utilizing the facility and exercise classes were already taking place. "I have always had a passion to help others reach their goals to be healthier and move better," said Rebecca...
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....
