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GEORGE CRABTREE, Plains – “Not too much. It’s hard trying to figure out what they are trying to pull now. With so many running, I think there is not much difference between the two parties.” MARY JORGENSEN, Thompson Falls and California –“I think there is cause for concern and slim pickings for good candidates.” LORI DALKE, Plains –“I think it is ridiculous! Picking a candidate among so many is just a guessing game. If they would worry more about how to serve the people than themselves or slinging mud about others, I would respect them more...
TEENA MALETOR, Trout Creek – “Easter bunny hunt in the morning. Then we go to church, come home to a ham, potatoes and veggie dinner.” TONY OVERHOLT, Bonners – “We go to church early and afterward our church has a brunch. I really enjoy this, getting to talk and eat with friends. I look forward to it every year.” HOPE DEFAICO, Naples, Idaho –“We go to Sandpoint to celebrate Easter with my nana.” WILMA WUEBKES, Plains – “We did an Easter egg hunt and made up Easter baskets. My mom did everything. Then everyone came over to dinner.” LARRY WARNER...
DONNA JONES, Kalispell – “No because, not just here but everywhere, the prices are way out of reach. I’m on Social Security and it takes my whole check. I have two people living with us because they can’t afford anything.” JAMES ARNOLD, Trout Creek – “No, it is too darn expensive anymore. It depends on where you live. I grew up in Sacramento and it’s so expensive there, we couldn’t find anything. We are living here in my mother-in-law’s house.” TOM TRUAX, Thompson Falls – “I have a small 160-acre ranch. When we bought it, people had 1,000-acre...
JERRY TRUELOCK, Nevada – “I’d use a gunny sack or burlap or cloth flour bags — anything that is recyclable. “ RITA HUEBSCHMAN, Trout Creek – “I use paper because it is biodegradable. I always have. If you cut down forests for the paper, they are renewable. Montana could grow hemp and make bags out of it.” NORA GOFORTH, Trout Creek – “Paper. That’s what I use anyway. I use heavy paper plates. I’m glad to have them, especially when you have a lot of kids and grandkids. It cuts down on dishes.” CARMEN WOOD, Trout Creek – “I use paper bags or br...
BETTY KENNEY, Thompson Falls – “I always enjoy putting in a garden. This Easter, I’m looking forward to going to Texas to where my son just moved.” BONNIE BUTCHER, Thompson Falls – “Working in the garden and digging in the ground. I’m anxiously looking forward to doing that.” ROB MANDEVILLE, Trout Creek – “I’m going to get electricity from a generator. I’m living in a camp trailer and wish I had done that years ago.” PAUL POSEY, Thompson Falls – “I’m going fishing. Any kind of fish. The waters are coming up and there’s lots of food for the fi...
DON HOPPE, Noxon – “Someone from Chattahoochee, like an Alan Jackson song.” SANDY DAVIS, Noxon – “Nice downtown people … pretty happy people.” JUDY AUGUSTINE, Noxon – “A good, solid country boy. The kind you can rely on.” JAEDYN MURRAY, Noxon –“Someone who is hard working and crazy.” JAKE MICKELSON, Thompson Falls –“I consider myself off the grid. I consider myself redneck.” (He blacked out his tooth for fun.) DONALD LORD, Plains –“It’s more like a rancher. Someone who was raised on a ranch....
TIM NELSON, Thompson Falls – “We should do it!” ZITA KENNEDY, Trout Creek – “YES! I wish they would leave Trump alone and let him do his job. They keep him running from one problem to another.” BILL BROWN, Trout Creek – “Yes I do believe it is a national security issue and it’s their job to protect our borders.” ROSALEA CONTRERAS, Costa Rica – “I’m not a U.S citizen, but I agree they should do it.” TROY FRYXELL, Plains – “Yah. Let’s all protect it. Trump’s right. It is an emergency. I’m originally from Arizona but have lived here for 20 ye...
WILLIAM BUTTE, Thompson Falls – “Little Bitterroot Services in Thompson Falls. It helps people with special needs. They do good work down there.” RICK SORENSON, Trout Creek – “The Little Bitterroot store in Thompson Falls. My mom shops there. But I also give to St. Jude’s Hospital for Children and Wounded Warriors.” BECKY FREEMAN, Thompson Falls –“If I were going to pick, I would donate to all of them.” CINDY KEPPNER, Thompson Falls – “I pick the food bank. We’ve used them before and they have saved my bacon. The volunteers are awesome. W...
PAUL PERKINS, Thompson Falls – “My wife died in 2001, so I show my love to my two dogs – a Corgi and a Shelty – by taking them for a walk every day.” KATHY IKOLA, Trout Creek – "I try to make a special roast beef dinner and dessert for my husband. He really likes roast beef.” DAVID HAASE, Thompson Falls – “I give my wife money. You can’t go wrong with money. But we usually go out to dinner at the Elks Lodge and I give them the money.” LEVI KILLGORE, Plains (6, a first-grader) – “Kisses. I throw them kisses. That shows them I love them.” SOPHIE...
FRANK RIBERTS, Thompson Falls – “The ‘haves and have nots’ in this depressed economy. I moved here from Spokane and would like them to promote economies in line with people’s philosophy of life.” LARRY LACK, Thompson Falls – “I’m the chairman of the aquatic species committee and we need new helicopters and parts. We have three helicopters. The cost of one rotor is $100,000. They are not cheap.” DONNELL SIRUCEK, Paradise – “I wish they would change the law so the issues can be voted on separately instead of lumping so many together.” MICHAEL...
JAMES STENERSON, Thompson Falls – “By keeping on getting the firewood. Yesterday was wood day.” KEN MONTOURE, Thompson Falls – “I try to find guys who have a joke to tell. You can usually find somebody who does.” STEVEN HUFF, Thompson Falls – “I keep busy on home improvement projects. Right now, I’m painting. I just got paint today for interior jobs.” TERRY JACKSON, Trout Creek – “I don’t. I got it at the beginning of Winter, and this is the first time I’ve been out in two weeks.” TERESA JACKSON, Trout Creek – “I work. I’m the bartender and...
ANSON ROWNDY, Idaho Falls –“I pay my income taxes by March.” MIKE MARICH, Thompson Falls – “I pay my property taxes as soon as I get the bill. Income taxes, the latter part of February.” KENDRA HELVEY, Thompson Falls – “I pay my property taxes in November for the full year. I pay my income taxes quarterly as soon as the accountant is done.” SCOTT RYDER, Trout Creek – “I don’t own property so I don’t pay taxes. I pay income taxes in April if there are any due.” JERRY SANDERS, Thompson Falls – “Property taxes the first of the year. I’m on Socia...
TOM KEITH, Noxon – “I don’t think the wall will help keep the illegals out. They will just tunnel under it. I don’t think this shutting down the government will solve the problem either.” BOBBIE JO SPAHN, Noxon – “I think everybody should get out of Trump’s way and build the wall.” SHERRY SUTHERLAND, Noxon – “I think the senators and representatives should stop fighting with each other and move on. They need to put the people first and let the people go back to work.” JUDY AUGUSTINE, Noxon – “My advice to the senators is to get together...
KATIE MOODY, Thompson Falls – “I am a planner. I make lists. I have to before I leave the house. My boyfriend says I’m more organized than he is.” DENISE IKOLA, Trout Creek – “I’m probably a little of both. It seems to work for me.” WILLIAM TUCKER, Trout Creek, – “I try to be a planner. If you don’t plan ahead, you don’t have the money to do what you have to or want to.” MAUREEN KOLODZIEJ, Thompson Falls – “Oh yes I am. I’m really organized about how I want things to be. I want them just so. I make a list starting with the first item an...
KENDA BRESTER, Trout Creek – “I’ve probably read five or six. I read mostly novels my mom hands down to me.” ELLEN BROWN, Thompson Falls – “At least 10. I like mysteries and animal-oriented.” GAYLE BORREGA, Thompson Falls – “I read a lot. Probably 120. I like history and mystery and nature, especially John Muir’s writings. I moved here three years ago and still haven’t unpacked boxes of books.” KATRINA GOATLEY, Thompson Falls – “Over 100. I like sci-fi and mysteries. I have no special favorites. There are too many books. My youngest reads at...
JANICE STERNS, Thompson Falls – "Yes. It is called, June’s Journey. It’s a mystery. You find clues to find out who dunnit. It’s a little bit different.” CHANTEL ELDER, Thompson Falls – “Yes, I do. I play all four of the Candy Crush games. I play pretty much every day. It occupies my mind and makes me think.” TOM NORRIS, Thompson Falls – “My grandson, Cooper, does play Minions and Marco. When I’m traveling by plane, I play waste basket.” DYLAN ROSS, Paradise – “Yes, I do. I play Candy Crush and Runescape.” JOSEPH ALTMAN, Thompson Falls – “Yes...
ASPEN WEBSTER, Noxon – “We buy a turkey from Wal-Mart, stuff it with carrots because I really like them. Put it in the oven until it is really done. I don’t know how hot it needs to be or how long. You just open the oven and see.” MADDISON THOMPSON, Noxon – "First you get the turkey from the store. Then you cut up bread, onions, carrots, blueberries and grapes, put it in the turkey and bake it. I don’t know how long or how hot. I like chicken the best.” BRIELLE MacARTHUR, Noxon – “My dad shoots the turkey. We put it in a bucket of hot soa...
DANIEL DEPREZ, Heron – “I’d go back in time and do it all again the right way.” STACY JACK, Thompson Falls – “I would go back to the past and ask my grandparents the questions I never got to ask them." MARY FISHER, Thompson Falls – “I think I’d go back and see my loved ones who are gone.” MONA LU GOULD, Thompson Falls – “I would go back. I like the way they lived back then.” SCOTT JOHNSON, Thompson Falls – “I’d go forward to the future. By looking back you can understand what was done wrong. Going forward, you can always fail, but you can co...
KEVIN VAUGHT, Thompson Falls – “Probably Life. That was our favorite game.” TAMRA RAICHE, Thompson Falls – “Chutes and Ladders. That was so fun.” MICHAEL GROSS, Thompson Falls – “Checkers probably. I’m old and not smart enough to play Chess.” JOYCE HILT, Noxon – “Probably Monopoly. I haven’t played in a long time and the game has changed several times. I play a lot of card games now.” JENNIFER FIELDER, Thompson Falls – “The game of Life because it had a lot of different things. You had a mother and a father and a boat load of kids.” JOYCE BYB...
CHERYL TRIPLETT, Silverton, Idaho – “Pop. ‘Go get me a pop,’ I say. So it’s pop. We come to Thompson Falls all the time. We like it here.” NEPO JENNINGS, Butte – “In Butte, we always say pop.” VALERIE ROMERO TOWNSEND, Thompson Falls – “Hands down, soda! And that means Coke.” BRITTANY BRAY, Thompson Falls – ”It’s soda!” KAREN EHLI, Trout Creek – “When I drink, it’s ‘soda.’ I drink Diet Pepsi. I like the fizz of Diet Barq’s. It has no calories.” BILL EHLI, Trout Creek – “I just plain call it soda pop or just plain pop....
BOB MARTIN, Thompson Falls – “I didn’t have any toys when I was little. My ‘toy’ was a Remington Model 12. My wife, however, has a Roy Rogers doll and his horse Trigger with a saddle and everything.” TOM HARRIS, Thompson Falls – “My first ‘toy’ was a Steven’s 22 rifle. That was my favorite.” JASON ARNOLD, Trout Creek – “Legos. I usually built houses or buildings with them. They are a fun toy for kids. I played with them for four years and kept them for 10. Then we donated them to others.” JEANNE COLLIER, Plains – “I had a hula hoop. I didn...
DAN PUGH, Trout Creek – “Chicken tortilla. We used to have salad and a roll with it. My wife makes a wonderful tortilla soup in the fall. That’s the time of the year for soup.” SAM REYNOLDS, Butte – “I have to go with cream of tomato soup, and sometimes with a grilled cheese sandwich.” KYLE SHAFFER, Butte – “Chicken noodle soup – a homemade chicken and noodle. My girlfriend also makes a 4B’s tomato soup and it’s real good.” HAROLD HUDSON, Trout Creek – “Fish heads and rice with a side of kimchi. I’ve eaten it all over the far east in China,...
MARIAH CHAVEZ, Thompson Falls –“My dog. Mom brings him in and he gets all over me, licking my face.” CLARK LUNDGREN, Thompson Falls – “I just automatically wake up to do my chores. I let the dogs out (six of them) and feed the horses.” JEFF REMMEL, Whitefish – “I get up at 6:30 a.m. on the dot. It must be an old age accurate time clock that makes me do that. But for some reason, for the last couple of weeks, I’ve been getting up at 6:31 a.m. to make a cup of coffee.” TERRY SIZEMORE, Wellington, Kansas – “My dogs, a Jack Russell and Chihuahua....
DOMINIC ELLISON, Thompson Falls – “About once a week. We have five dogs, long hair and short hair, old dogs and puppies, so we have to clean often.” DON NORD, Kalispell – “I’m just visiting this week. I am a helicopter pilot. When I first flew over this country, I was so impressed with its beauty that I had to come back. When I’m home, I clean my whole house twice a month.” JENNIFER KEITH, Thompson Falls – “Every day. I do a quick clean, a deep clean and whenever it needs it.” MONIECK BEASLEY, Thompson Falls – “Pretty much every day. I have to...
CHARLES OXFORD, Thompson Falls – “Several things. I like the turning of the trees and brush. The summer heat is gone and the cool nights begin so I can sleep. Baseball season ends and football begins.” JERRIE REICHERT, Thompson Falls – “The number one thing is that football season begins. I’m a Green Bay Packer fan even though I moved away from Wisconsin when I was 3.” MARTHA OLSON, Thompson Falls –“I love the Fall colors and fresh air. Whenever it gets cool enough, the leaves turn colors. I can’t handle extreme cold or extreme heat.” MAGG...
