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"Well, I guess the sewer project is dead," said Commissioner Tony Cox after Cody Lampman was voted in 3-1 at the Sanders County Sewer District at Paradise Board. Cox said the majority rules and that the majority of the board "appears to be hindering not helping" to get the project going. However, all five members said they are for the project, but some with stipulations. Member Don Stamm has backed the project from the start, but didn't want to comment about his hope that it would continue. Lamp...
The Town of Plains held a ground breaking ceremony at the site of its new sewer lagoon last Thursday morning, yet the positive occasion cast a shadow of unfinished business for Nick and Erika Lawyer, who sold the property to the town for the future sewage treatment plant, but feel the town has not lived up to ita end of the bargain. "I'm looking forward to the day I don't have to worry about the sewer treatment facility washing down the Clark Fork River," said Plains Mayor Dan Rowan, who stood...
The Plains Town Council passed only four motions last Monday evening, but they passed on information amongst the group and to the dozen community members present at the hour-long meeting at City Hall, including the announcement that Police Chief Shawn Emmett plans to retire this summer. "We wish him well in retirement. He's served the town of Plains for 20 years and we will miss him," said Mayor Dan Rowan, who added that they'll start advertising for his replacement in the near future. Another...
The Paradise Center is getting closer to bringing its 112-year-old building up to a more modern structure while maintaining its historic appearance. Workers began removing the old school's boiler system, which is believed to be from the 1930s and took specialized training to operate, last Monday. "It's a dinosaur and they weren't very efficient," said Brian Betts of Abatement Contractors of Montana, the Missoula company hired to remove the boiler system at a fee of $10,650. It took Betts, the...
Three people from New York City gave locals a taste of Hollywood at the Paradise Center Sunday afternoon. The last time the "Empire Trio" performed in Paradise, they brought a taste of home with Broadway songs. John Clark of Plains was at Sunday's performance and he was at the one three years ago, and though he felt both were excellent, he liked this one better. "They are fantastic," said Clark of Adam Cannedy, David Shenton and his wife, Erin Shields. The group had performed at the Paradise Cen...
Prospect Construction, Inc. of Washington started operations last week on the construction of the Town of Plains new sewage treatment plant. Workers created a staging area for equipment, built a 3,000-foot dirt road, and are in the midst of removing some 47,000 cubic yards of dirt from the place where the three sewage cells will be positioned at the site just north of Helterline Lane about an eighth of a mile northeast of the present sewer treatment site at the end of Helterline. Ed Schepp, the...
Saturday was the final bow for the members of the Plains High School Drama Club for the year, but it was the very last curtsy for the four seniors in the troupe. Director Terri Henry recognized Plains High School seniors Dawson Brown, Aubrey Tulloch, Hailee Steinebach, and home school senior Anna Hafner after the last performance of "Adam's Eve" in the school's new gymnasium. The seniors and the other four actors - Gregg Tatum, Alexander Horodyski, Mackenzie Tulloch, and home schooler Susannah...
Time is whittling down for the Plains Wood Carving Club to get pieces done for the big show in May, especially since the club leader is coordinating the carving gala once again. Tom Collins, who has directed the Plains club for six years, is one of a dozen locals putting knives, chisels and gouges to wood in an effort to woo the crowds at the 2022 Montana State Wood Carvers Show May 7-8. Club members meet nearly every Tuesday evening at 6:30 in the VFW conference hall to work on their projects...
The Sanders County Sewer District at Paradise Board conducted a special meeting last Tuesday to discuss the buy/sell agreement for its proposed sewer system, but no progress was made and the only development was the resignation of Janice Barber, the board chair. Much of the hour and a half long meeting was mixed with interruptions and conversations going on in the background by many of the 20 people in attendance while the board was trying to conduct business. Barber had told the board the...
The leprechaun's "gold" coins on bingo spots might not have brought any more luck, but the contestants had fun, said Heather Allen, who coordinated the St. Patrick's Day Dinner and Bingo night at the VFW in Plains last Thursday night. Twenty-two kids and adults participated in the club's first St. Patrick's Day Dinner and Bingo celebration from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the VFW hall. The VFW Auxiliary ran the dinner with corned beef and cabbage tacos and the club conducted the bingo session after...
Snakes were definitely the biggest attraction at the Sanders County 4-H Communication Days finals at Plains School on Sunday. The classroom filled with 20 people when John McNamara of Plains displayed his two snakes "Gray Corn," a 30-inch corn snake, and "Panner," also a corn snake of just over four feet in length, for his demonstration on the feeding of snakes. Some visibly cringed when he picked up the mice with tongs and placed them in the snake containers. His presentation lasted only three...
Plains High School is letting an adult join its physics class and he doesn't even have to study or take tests, but he gets to play in the annual rocketry project. Maybe he's getting special treatment because he's the school superintendent. Thom Chisholm started making his rocket on Thursday, though he admitted he got a lot of glue on his hands and maybe too much on the rocket parts. At one point, he glued part of the rocket to the directions. "I have so much glue on this guy, it might not leave...
For the fourth consecutive year, the Plains Community Clothing Bank is loaning prom apparel to kids planning to attend school proms. Jessica Peterson wants to make sure kids don't miss the school prom because they don't have the right clothes to wear, which is why she set up a temporary clothing outlet of just prom apparel in the basement of the Assembly of God Church on the Move in Plains last weekend. Calling it "Prom It Forward," Peterson helped more than a dozen kids from Noxon to Plains...
To bee or not to bee was the question for a group of people who took a beekeeping class at the Sanders County Fairgrounds pavilion Saturday morning. Thirty-nine people showed up to listen to Rick Molenda pass on information about the caring of honey bees. The near three-hour class was sponsored by the Montana State University Sanders County Extension Office in Thompson Falls. The class was $10 a person, which went to pay for the rental of the pavilion. Attendees ranged from people thinking about...
The Sanders County Sewer District at Paradise Board is getting one step closer to securing land for the proposed sewer system. The five board members discussed a proposal presented to them by Bridger Bischoff, something the board has been waiting for and a crucial step to showing the five funding agencies that they are making progress. Board member Don Stamm read Bischoff's proposal. He would like $276,375 for the 6.03-acre plot located on the northeast corner of Paradise just below the...
The Plains High School softball team will be able to play this season, thanks to the generosity of the community, said Kati Mitchell, the team's head coach. The team raised about $13,000 at its "Fast Pitch Fiesta" fundraiser at the school Saturday evening. More than 200 people attended the dinner and auction in the school gymnasium, where they were treated to street tacos, beans, rice, chips and coleslaw. Donning sombreros, the Trotters served the food, which was prepared by them and their...
The Cancer Network of Sanders County held its big fundraiser drawing, along with an open house for its new office space at Paws Here Pet Styling, in Plains last week. CNSC raised $20,447 with the drawing of three items. Eight-year-old Xander Mathis of Plains plucked the raffle winning tickets Saturday afternoon. Craig Fowler of Plains was the winner of the biggest item, a custom bolt action Remington Model 700 rifle chambered in a 340 Weatherby magnum with a muzzle break and scope. It also came...
A new quilt shop opened last week with a better-than-expected number of grand opening customers. The Fabric Pixie opened for business last Tuesday on the corner of McGowan and Farmer streets in Plains with a flood of customers there when the doors opened at 11 a.m. and dozens of people stopping by throughout the day, according to owner and operator Melissa Compton. "I was so excited to open the doors today," said Compton, who decided last December that she wanted to pursue the dream of having he...
The Town of Plains doesn't plan to use the old jail on McGowan Street for "guests" anymore, but they don't want it to crumble to the ground either, which is why they hired a mason to replace the old mortar between the stones. "I didn't want to go over there one day and see it collapsed," said Mayor Dan Rowan, who said the town council allocated $12,000 for the building to be repaired, which at this point calls for all the mortar to be removed and new mortar inserted. Rowan said that even though...
Clark Fork Valley Hospital now has two new doctors and a new physical therapist on its staff. Dr. Richard M. Ingle, Dr. Darren Herzog and Physical Therapist Laurie Endres all arrived at Clark Fork Valley Hospital within the last few weeks and are already fitting in to the hospital family. The 66-year-old Ingle reported for duty January 17 and will be one of six obstetricians at the hospital working in Family Medicine and who will also be offering primary care services in Plains. Ingle has been...
The Sanders County Sewer District at Paradise Board had a productive meeting last Tuesday, planning for the next step in obtaining property for the proposed sewer project and passing several motions. Board Chair Janice Barber and member Terry Caldwell met with property owner Bridger Bischoff last Wednesday to discuss land acquisition. The two parties looked over four six-acre sites, one near Sixth Street on the west side of Paradise; the other three were on the north side of North Street. Bischo...
Sanders County Sewer District at Paradise Board’s first meeting of February was calmer than the last one in January, although it came with the familiar get-a-vote-from-the-people tune. This time, however, it was voiced from Paradise resident Danny Risland, who steamed out of the meeting after being told by two board members to hold off on speaking until the public comment period. Risland believes the vote taken 11 years ago is invalid and that the majority of the residents today do not want t...
It's basically a little training to build little train buildings and the Paradise Center Railroad Club's two newest members are jumping right in to help with the center's railroad display. Plains residents Laura (McClenahan) Wood and Andy Gonzalez recently joined the club to help construct the assortment of model buildings that made up the town of Paradise and the railroad station. "I knew they needed all the help they could get and since I'm on the board I thought I should help," said Wood,...
At a special meeting at City Hall Thursday, Plains Town Council members unanimously selected Prospect Construction as the company to build the new sewage treatment plant just north of Plains. Prospect Construction Inc., which has offices in Puyallup, Wash., and in Missoula, was one of three companies to bid for the job of creating the lagoon. The company won with a bid of $6,152,752. The other bidders were S&L Underground, Inc. of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, with a bid of $6,697,053, and Dick Anderson Construction of Missoula at $6,803,710. Plains...
The Paradise Players plan to show their acting flair once again with performances in February and March at the Paradise Center. Kathleen Hubka of Plains is in the process of writing three radio plays that will be performed on the last Sunday of the month, Feb. 27, at 2 p.m. at the Paradise Center, but she and the Paradise Players are already rehearsing for their March production of “The Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Victory Church,” written by Bo Wilson, which will be performed March 25, 26, and 27. The 30-minute long radio pla...
