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JANICE PITTS, Thompson Falls – “Put away your summer furniture, put your garden to bed, make sure you have wood stacked, drain the hoses, buy lots of chocolate and no marshmallows.” TAMERA WALKER, Thompson Falls – "I need brand new snow tires, my tires are way too old. I live on Cherry Creek and years ago I had an accident and I don’t want to do that again.” WOODY RAINEY, Thompson Falls –“I put out my plow and four shovels and got out my winter clothes, got lots of firewood split and stacked.” DENNIS NEWMAN, Thompson Falls – “I go hunting....
GERRI HALE, Hamilton – “We have grown children and they have all moved away. We usually send a card and money, but it is not as personal. They can use it to buy what they want. ” MARTI FULFA, Thompson Falls – “Probably around Thanksgiving time. I have grandkids and trying to figure what they would want and then to find it takes time.” TAMMY SHRINER, Thompson Falls – “We stepped out of Christmas about 10-15 years ago once the kids were grown and gone.” DONNA NORMANDEAU, Thompson Falls – “Pretty soon, we will be in Missoula for a week taking car...
LYNDA BRANSON, Trout Creek – "No. Definitely not. Those Democrats have been after him since he was elected. They are guilty of everything they accuse him of.” SHARON LEVINE, Thompson Falls – “Dems don't have anything to go on. It’s just to stir the pot. It doesn’t matter what he does. Trump knows what he’s doing.” PAUL LANZ, Thompson Falls – “No.” TAMMY RAINES, Thompson Falls – “Yes. I don’t think he’s done very much for the country.” VALERIE TAYLOR, Thompson Falls – "No I don’t. I don’t think the Dems have anything to go on." PETE HABBE, M...
SANDREA COLEMAN ROUSSY, Thompson Falls – “Yes. Last year we had a deer that the liver looked strange, so we didn’t eat it.” BILL CAIN, Thompson Falls – “I never really got into hunting because I was always too busy with sports. I'm sure hunters and experts in this area will do what is necessary to stop the spread of the disease.” SCOTT JOHNSON, Thompson Falls – “I wouldn’t eat any meat of any animal susceptible to the disease. It’s similar to mad cow disease.” DENNY WULFEKUHLE, Thompson Falls – “I’m concerned because it spreads through th...
FRANK LaMOTTE, Trout Creek – “I don’t smoke, but I think we should ban e-cigarettes because it gives you too many physical problems.” KATRINA GOATLEY, Thompson Falls – “They should be banned because they cause more problems than they are worth. A 16-year-old kid in Spokane had an e-cigarette blow up in his face and he had to have surgery.” BOB OLSON, Thompson Falls – “They should be banned. They should ban the sale of e-cigarettes. They actually should ban all cigarettes.” MAVIS SCOTT, Thompson Falls – “They are no good for anybody. They are c...
BETTY CAMULETTA, Plains –”Yes because they have been playing all these years. Kids need to get tougher. We are making babies out of them.” OSCAR READ, Thompson Falls – “Just teach them not to collide with their heads.” DARIN McELMURRY, Thompson Falls — “My son plays football. I didn’t have a chance to play because Noxon didn’t have a team. I hurt my head when I crashed my bike. A person has to live. You just can’t worry about everything.” EILEEN TURK, Thompson Falls – “If my son wanted to play football, I’d let him. I know there are more sa...
PAUL WOOD, Trout Creek – “Running lawn mowers over the grass. I was paid $5 a lawn.” CY HENTGES, Thompson Falls – “At age 8 I was shining shoes on the street in Grand Forks, South Dakota. My father made me a shoe box.” JOYCE BYBEE, Thompson Falls – “I mopped floors in the bank in Plains with my sister.” BILL BECKNER, Hot Springs – “When I was 7, I worked with my dad on a tractor. My dad said if I could work like a man, I would get paid like a man.” RICHARD SMITH, Trout Creek – “I worked in a food market unloading trucks. I was 14.” JESSICA...
CORY TROYER, Thompson Falls — "I go because I like to go to the rodeo.” CENA BEENE Thompson Falls – “We have been going to the Fair for 22-24 years. We sell hats. We like the family atmosphere." PATRICK WALT, Thompson Falls – “I go to participate with my church. And in the bingo. I read the Ledger every week.” JENNIFER THOMPSON, Thompson Falls – “I have five kids ages 13, 6, 4 and 3. They all love anything that goes fast and makes you dizzy.” GERRY GREEN, Noxon – “We like to see the livestock and like eating elephant ears.” LAURA WALTON, Pl...
TOM MASON, Thompson Falls – “They have done so well with all the roads that I have no complaints.” ROBIN GILE, Trout Creek – “Trout Creek Bridge and the Thompson Falls bridge both need to be finished.” GRACE KAST, Noxon – ”I just wonder how they pick the different sections of the highways to be renewed.” DICK MOSHER, Thompson Falls – “Maybe Grove Street in Thompson Falls. The rain has washed out both sides of the road.” KADE PARDEE, Thompson Falls – “Probably when you get to the stretch after you can go fast on Highway 200.” ROMAN SPARKS,...
MINDY PACKER, Thompson Falls –“I love huckleberries, especially in pancakes and smoothies.” CHARLIE LICO, Tennessee – “Love them in pancakes. I like all the people in the community and all the handmade stuff in the booths at the festival.” JESSE MACK, Thompson Falls – “I like watching the bears eat them. I pick enough for a pie. I’ll be in the wilderness during Huckleberry Festival to get away from the crowd.” ZACH TAYLOR, Trout Creek –“I just moved up here and have never had a huckleberry.” JOHN PEARSON, Stevensville –“I moved up here to go f...
SUE APODACA, Plains – “My best fishing story is that when we first moved here, I actually caught a once-in-a- lifetime really big fish.” ALEX WHITE, Thompson Falls — “Fishing to me is a mood thing. I went fishing under the high bridge and slid all the way down cutting my leg. I never went fishing again.” ALLISON BUESE, visiting from California – "My husband is coming up to Thompson Falls with friends and when they get here, they will all go fishing.” KIM SUTHERLAND, Thompson Falls – “I have a lot of fishing stories. I used to live in Californ...
What can be better than camping out and doing good for others? That's what a church group of teenagers have been doing all week in Noxon as they have every year for the past decade. The Wabash Presbyterian Church of Auburn, Washington, arrived in Noxon and joined with other members of the Noxon Baptist Church for a week of helping out people in Noxon. The group repaired a roof for a senior citizen, painted the local church and recreational equipment at Pilgrim Creek Park, split wood, washed...
LIAM MCPHERSON Trout Creek – “Probably the river. Jump in, get cooled off, continue until you feel good. “ ADRIAN WALKER, – Trout Creek – "Jump into the lake. Come into a store where it’s cool.” FIONA WALKER, Thompson Falls – “I work in an air- conditioned office. Have fun and dress in layers and don’t get stressed out.” SUE HARDING, Whitefish – “I get up early and go inside during the middle of the day. I am staying at Quinn’s so I go shopping and go to air-conditioned stores.” MELISSA HERSCHLER, Trout Creek – “I use a lot of fans and neck c...
JOEL WHITE, Trout Creek — “Of course! It’s our census. Not the world census.” SUE MARSH, Thompson Falls — “Yes. I think it‘s important to know just who is living here.” KEN DRAHOS, Thompson Falls — “Absolutely! Because people should be or become citizens.” TRACY VANICEK, Thompson Falls — “Yes, because there are just too many issues on that particular subject right now. And, who is to say they are going to answer honestly?” STEVE VINCENT, Trout Creek — “Yes. It has always been that way forever. They should have left it alone.” KATHY HASSAN...
LONA COLLINS, Thompson Falls – “Gardening. I’m mostly home bound. I like everything. I have flowers this year. I’m right by the dog trail and do hike and enjoy the evening.” LENA NICHOLSON, Thompson Falls – “I swim in the pool at our house and in the river. I play on the swing set and go to the beach.” TRISTAN KELLY, Thompson Falls – “We go swimming and are going to the water park. We go camping and fishing and go for bass, sunfish and brook trout.” SANDY FALLON, Thompson Falls – “We live on the Clark Fork river and have fun with our grandki...
It was July 4th with all the trappings of a big parade, and people dressed in their reds, whites and blues. Everyone waving their American flags. The aroma of hot dogs, hamburgers and frying curly potatoes. It was the holiday all right, but it was more like a homecoming. Multiple generations of families came from across the states to join with those they had not seen for ages. You could see it and feel the love all around. White and grey-haired grandparents hugged and kissed their children and...
JIM ALEXANDER, Whitepine – “No, I have not. I have seen them around, but I haven’t had to deal with them.” ANNA CURRY, Thompson Falls – “Yes, we have to deal with bears all the time. I have lots of grapevines. The bears broke all the fences. The mother bears send their babies up the trees who throw down the fruit for her to eat. When they are not doing it fast enough, she scolds them.” CHRIS QUERFUERTH, Thompson Falls – “Oh yes. We live less than a quarter-mile from where they turn barrels over. If they come close to our place, my kids sh...
THAIS REED, Thompson Falls – “I don’t have a secret. Just being patient. I like pike.” BARB ROGERS, Plains – “I can’ tell you my secret. I just use big, juicy worms. The biggest fish I ever caught was a 36-inch bass.” KATHLEEN SHAW, Perma – “I have heard they are catching fish now that the water has gone down a little. My husband Harvey, who owns the Perma Store, gets his information from the men who come into the store.” DIANE KAUFMAN, Spokane (here visiting friends) – “I never caught a fish here because I fish for salmon on the ocean.” JAN...
MARK VANHUSS, Thompson Falls – “When my kids were born. We have three biological kids ages 39, 38, and 36…three adopted kids ages 17, 15, and 13 and one foster child who just turned three.” STAN HOEKEMA, Thompson Falls – “When I came home from the Army after serving in Korea.” BILL LANDRY, a full-time RVer who lives with his wife at Birdland Bay for the summer – “I guess going to the Red Sox ballgame in Boston.” DENNIS HAUSIE, Thompson Falls – "The one that’s coming on its way. I’m looking forward to it.” LARRY WARNER, Thompson Falls – “W...
MARY FISHER, Trout Creek – “There’s a difference between a city dog and a country dog. In the country you need a dog for protection. You bring in a dog to let you know who or what’s out there. If your dog stays silent and it’s a bear in your yard, you want him to bark.” ELIZABETH MANNING, Trout Creek — "They are animals. You want them to bark. People just like to complain. They want you to put the dog down and we don’t want to do that.” JEAN MANNING, Trout Creek – “Me, I don’t have a problem. I own two dogs. I think it depends where you liv...
ROB JOHNSON, Plains – “Get a good job and go to college. I went to college for three years but chose to be a skilled sheet metal worker.” TANYA KERN, Trout Creek – “Make sure the thing you choose in life is what you want to do in your life in the future. Don’t just goof off.” TED SONJU, Southern California and Thompson Falls — “Get a job ASAP. Don’t take the summer off and take a vacation in Switzerland.” BOBBI HALLE, Trout Creek – “Because we live in difficult times, set goals high. Let the Lord determine your goals.” KARL WHORTLEY, Th...
LARRY McBRIDE, Thompson Falls – “I think eleven or twelve before they get one. That’s the age they understand the dangers out there.” KYLE SIEVERTSEN. Thompson Falls – “When they can afford to buy their own.” SHIRLEY WINDLE, Trout Creek – “At least 18 years old. There is nothing more irritating when you are wanting to have a conversation with them and they are talking on their phones. Their folks give them a phone when they are younger and that’s all they want to do.” BRITTANY GALLOWAY, Thompson Falls –“They can have a smart phone when they c...
About 350 Northern Lights, Inc. (NLI) members gathered at the Panida Theatre in Sandpoint last Saturday to celebrate the 84th annual meeting of the cooperative, which was the first rural electric cooperative west of the Mississippi. It turned out to be a hand-clapping, foot stomping trip down memory lane. The Sandpoint High School singers put on a show with songs from the ‘50s, which kept the audience engaged, laughing and singing along with the high schoolers as they remembered their own high school days. The Albeni Falls Pipe and Drum S...
CHERYL CRAIK, Thompson Falls – “My mother passed away at the age of 101. She didn’t smoke or drink, and was a vegetarian for 55 years. She was a Christian and people lover. She was small and people called her ‘tiny.’” COLIN DYKSTRA, Miles City –“I was adopted at birth so I don’t know my birth mother, but my folks are great. They were loving and being a Dykstra, I was held to a high standard. I love my mom and dad who taught me how to work by taking me to work with them.” SANDRA FRIESZ, Thompson Falls – “My mother was wonderful. You could as...
PAT INGRAHAM, Thompson Falls – “The minimum wage was never intended to be anything more than for an entry level job, like for high school graduates’ first job. It is for unskilled workers. By public petition, the legislators voted to change the minimum wage every year.” ZETA MILES, Thompson Falls – “I think $8.50 is pretty good for a starting wage.” KATHY HUTCHINGS, Thompson Falls – “No. minimum wage started to help young people. I think it was not meant for them to stay in that job forever. It was for them to learn skills and experience an...
