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Members of the Plains High School band and choir returned last week a bit more upbeat after getting high marks at the District Music Festival in Missoula. The high school band, led by Nicole Burrows, received a superior rating by adjudicators with “Whither Must I Wander” by James Swearingen and “Aztec Fire” by Jay Bocook at Sentinel High School on April 14. The Swearingen piece is about four minutes long and the Bocook number is about two and a half minutes. They were both pieces that the band prepared and rehearsed in advance, said Burrows...
The Wildhorse Sports Association hopes to erect its first new permanent structure at the Amundson Sports Complex with a combination concession stand, restrooms and changing rooms. Erika Lawyer, president of WSA, and her husband, Nick, put up a large sign at the sports complex Saturday, thanking its supporters for their help. The nonprofit organization has been collecting money for the last year and has raised around $100,000, starting with $5,000 from an anonymous donor, said Lawyer, who's been...
Eleven more people will be eligible to hit the woods dressed like bushes this coming autumn. Two men and five boys from 11-14 years old received their Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks certificate after completing a week-long course in Plains Friday. "It was an excellent class," said Kim Earhart, lead instructor for the Bowhunter Education Course. Earhart and four other instructors held a two-hour field day class on a site at the Pilgeram Ranch about five miles north of Plains, where the group was...
Volunteers and board members of the Paradise Center hold their ceremonial tools for a mini roundhouse groundbreaking ceremony. From left is Benita Jo Hanson, Dave Colyer, Kathleen Hubka, Shanna Miller, Jackie Colyer, Karen Thorson, Susan Lepore, Carol Brooker, Mac Hall, John Thorson and Gin Weber. The ceremony was held on Monday at the site of the future mini roundhouse at the Paradise Center. Details on the building will be published in next week's Ledger....
The Clark Fork Soccer Alliance got their first victory of the season in front of hometown folks Saturday, but they also received their first stomping on the same day. They were the first and only home games for Nick Lawyer's U17 girls, which now have one win, one loss and one tie. In Saturday's first game, the Clark Fork Soccer Alliance faced the Polson FC girls, which went into the game at Plains with one loss and one tie. Keeper Ava Lawyer chalked up eight saves in the first half and the first...
Plains Trotter Gracelyn Larsen watches closely and gets a double against the Ronan Wild Horse 8U softball team at Amundson Sports Complex. The Trotters won the Saturday afternoon game 7-0. In an earlier game, the Trotters beat another Ronan team 8-6, but on Friday, they lost to Arlee 5-4. Coaches for the team include: Marcie Halden, Christina Larsen, and Zach and Sara Halotta. The Trotters next game is April 20 at Polson. The next home game is May 4 against Polson....
The Plains Hot Springs Savage Horsemen split their games last week with one win and one loss. The Savage Horsemen clobbered the Browning Indians in five innings 19-7 last Monday at the Amundson Sports Complex at Plains, but then got hammered themselves on Thursday by the Polson Pirates 11-0. The Indians had lost all three of their games this year, but the Pirates had five wins and only one loss before facing off against Plains-Hot Springs. Against Browning, Garth Parker collected four runs...
They might be major league ball players someday, but last Wednesday they were just learning which way to run and having fun with no ambition to smack a home run or thrash the opposing team. And watching tball players can be more comical than competitive for players and spectators alike at Amundson Sports Complex. It was opening day for the Kitty Bears, sponsored by Blackfoot Communications and Team Speed, sponsored by Clark Fork Valley Hospital. Both teams were from Plains, which meant both...
It's been almost 10 years since the Hot Springs Junior High has been able to host a track meet, but on Friday six teams gathered to test their running, jumping and throwing skills at Hot Springs. One hundred and thirteen boys and girls from fifth to eighth grade for four and a half hours braved a cold, windy and snowy day to participate in the 15 events. Tammy McAllister, head coach for the Savage Heat Junior High team, said they haven't hosted a meet since 2014 because of the lack of equipment...
For the first time the Plains Lions Club and the Assembly of God Church moved their annual Easter Egg Hunt up one day and it was a big success, according to organizers. "I really like doing it on Saturday," said Jessica Peterson, the primary coordinator with the church. Peterson and several other members of the Church on the Move have missed Easter Sunday services for the last six years because they were setting up the Easter egg hunt, which had been held at 1 p.m. on Easter Sunday. The Plains...
Montana Rail Link continues to work on cleanup operations along the tracks at the site of a derailment from a week earlier, but they continue to refuse to answer some of the simple questions concerning the work. It had been reported that they removed the derailed car loaded with propane, but MRL spokesman Andy Garland refuses to confirm or deny that it was moved. Several derailed cars are still alongside the railroad tracks on the east side of the tunnel. Garland said that train traffic resumed...
Thirty-two people showed up for a Hot Springs community meeting last Wednesday put on by School District 14-J in an effort to educate the public about a proposed levy that the school needs in order to avoid program and teacher cuts. Hot Springs Superintendent Gerald Chouinard led the meeting, backed by Principal Byron Woods and school board members Dirk Roosma, Cam Ulvick, Julie White, Jen Christensen and Chairman Ricky DePoe. The school is asking voters to approve a $150,000 levy for the...
The Clark Fork Valley Soccer Alliance U12 team had one win and one loss Saturday at the Amundson Sports Complex at Plains. The U11 Flathead Soccer Club defeated the Plains team 5-1 on Saturday morning, but Clark Fork Valley Soccer Alliance bounced back Saturday afternoon and whipped the Thompson Falls U12/U11 team 9-1. The Blue Hawks were also defeated earlier in the day by the Flathead Soccer Club. Blue Hawk Assistant Coach Zac Jensen said the score "was something like 0 to ouch!" The Blue...
The American Legion in Thompson Falls is starting a new program in an effort to get more kids involved with the U.S. government and maybe spread a little patriotism. Representatives from American Legion Post 52 met with seniors of Thompson Falls High School's American Government class Friday morning to promote the Legion's new American Legion Essay Contest, which could lead to cash prizes. Bill Beck, the Legion's new post commander, Ken Matthiesen, a past post commander, and Morris "Mac"...
Guests at Quinn's Hot Springs Resort woke up Sunday morning to what they thought was thunder, but with clear skies. That rumble turned out to be a train derailment directly across the Clark Fork River. The Burlington Northern Santa Fe train was westbound and just exiting a tunnel when the derailment occurred shortly before 9 a.m. "There are no injuries, no risks to public safety, and no Hazmat release," said Andy Garland, the director of communications for Montana Rail Link in Missoula. He...
A Plains woman was honored for her work at a major art show in Great Falls on March 19. Ilene Paulsen was selected out of hundreds of other artists at the Great Falls Western Art Week March 15-19 with the Most Distinguished Body of Work by the editors of the Portfolio, Magazine of the Fine Arts. Her award was based on overall booth presentation, the artwork itself, and professionalism of the artists. Paulsen said this might have been the most prestigious award she has ever won and she was...
Students from Plains and Thompson Falls traveled to Helena last week to demonstrate their wits, technical skills and artistic talents for the SkillsUSA Montana competition. Eleven Plains High School students and three Thompson Falls students from sophomore to senior took part in the two-day competition, which involved more than a dozen categories and some 500 students. Many will move on to compete at the national level at Atlanta, Georgia, in June, including one from Plains and one from...
Nearly a dozen people gathered at the Plains Community Food Bank in order to brighten up the place and make it a more welcoming place. "We're taking this from a not-so inviting place to an inviting place," said Carl Shaver, who heads the food bank and is in the process of having the inside of the food bank painted. Seven women and one man spent last week painting the walls a sea breeze light blue. Shaver said he and his wife, Sharon, will paint the ceiling white. The volunteers, from 13 years ol...
The Plains-Hot Springs Savage Horsemen team lost its first baseball game to the Frenchtown Broncos 16-2 at the Amundson Sports Complex at Plains Thursday, but Coach Rick Powers is optimistic that his boys will turn things around for next game. Frenchtown already played its first game, which they lost to Hamilton 10-0. On Thursday, Savage Horseman Joe Pullen took the mound first and held the Broncos to a 1-0 lead in the first inning, but the Savage Horsemen couldn't get on the board at the...
Photo by Ed Moreth MOVING IN Clark Fork Alliance player Cord Greer takes the ball from Missoula Striker Anderson Schager in a game at Amundson Sports Complex. Missoula won the Saturday game 5-3....
Nearly 40 people took home a variety of goodies for their new or upcoming family addition, thanks to the volunteers of the Clark Fork Valley Elks Lodge. It was the fourth annual "Community Baby Shower" in Thompson Falls Saturday at the Elks Lodge, where hundreds of baby items were given to families that signed up for the event, which ran from 11 a.m. to shortly after 1 p.m. Hundreds of baby items from strollers and walkers to toys and video baby monitors were on hand for expectant mothers and...
The Paradise Center started its spring art classes last week with new ones and an old favorite and with more to come. The carving class finished last Wednesday, but the photography and glass fusing classes are four-part series and continue into the month of April. This was the first time for Tom Collins of Plains to give a wood carving class at the Paradise Center with three women and one man forming a head from basswood, a relatively soft wood common with carvers. "I carved a bar of soap when...
The Cancer Network of Sanders County continues its first fundraiser of the year with a raffle of cash, beef, a quilt and a gun. Ticket sales began in February and are going strong and they have some nice items, said Shelley Bertrand, president of the nonprofit organization. First prize is $5,000 cash. Second is half a beef, cut and wrapped, followed by a Savage Axis XP 22-250 rifle for a third place prize, and a homemade cancer quilt for the fourth place drawing. Bertrand said this is the first time the organization has had a cash prize....
The Wild Horse Little Guy Wrestling Club in Plains recognized several of its members at an awards ceremony at the Plains new gymnasium Friday evening. Nearly 90 people, including 41 of the 58 members of the Plains team, attended the 40-minute ceremony, led by Lisa Brown, president of the wrestling club board, and Jesse Jermyn, the team's head coach. Jermyn thanked the board members, the five coaches, the parents, and the wrestlers for their hard work. The individual coaches - Kyle Brown,...
You didn’t have to believe in the “Luck of the Irish” to get a free meal at the St. Patrick’s Day celebration at the VFW Post 3596 Saturday evening. An estimated 60 people attended the event, which included a unique assortment of specialties embracing the Emerald Isle — “Guinness meatballs,” “Irish nachos,” “Reuben dip,” and green frosted cookies. The meal was put together by Shannon Craney, the club’s assistant bar manager, who also was decked out in the St. Patty’s attire. The dinner ran fr...
