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Sanders County employees were recognized for years of service at a ceremony last week in the courthouse. Employees honored for five years of service included Richard Tenison and Destry Torgerson, each having worked for the road department for five years, and Corey Wheeldon with the sheriff's office. The three were unable to attend the ceremony. Gregory Davis was also recognized for five years with the county coroner's office. "I appreciate all that he does," said County Coroner Patrick Barber....
Freezing temperatures didn't stop a group of people from having a parade in Hot Springs Saturday. Even though it lasted less than 20 minutes, it was filled with color, character and enthusiasm. Led by a 30-foot dragon, it was the annual Lunar New Year Parade in Hot Springs based on the Chinese zodiac new year with an assortment of animated creatures. This was the Year of the Rabbit, said Laura Lanfear, who dressed as a monkey leading a marching band and one of the main coordinators of the event....
The Thompson Falls Public Library went wild Saturday with a presentation by Animal Wonders. The nonprofit is located in Potomac, just outside of Missoula. Jessi and Augusto Castaneda started the animal rescue operation in 2008. Animal Wonders came to the library to show off some of their rescue animals. Twenty-two children and their parents came to the two-hour presentation, where they met and learned all about Seraphina the red fox, Hara the Harris's Hawk (left), Harvey the African Pygmy...
I always love going to the years of service celebration at the courthouse. It’s amazing to see how long people have been at their jobs, and definitely an accomplishment worth recognizing. With my parents’ generation, it seems like most everyone stayed in the same job for decades. It wasn’t unusual to have the same job for 30 or 40 years. I remember hearing a statistic in college that the average person would have seven jobs in their working career. A 2021 study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that people born between 1957 and 1964...
I watch people driving down the highways in $80,000 pickups towing $200,000 campers (which are bigger than a lot of people’s homes, but then, so are some of the pickups) and then a boat is being towed behind the camper, and not to forget the miscellaneous means of propulsion strapped here and there. And attached to this caravan of maybe a half a million bucks of toys is a license plate that reads “Don’t Tread On Me.” Which I like as a statement but from all appearances these folks don’t s...
6 YEARS AGO • JANUARY 3, 1918 SMALL STREAMS GO ON RAMPAGE Creeks Overflow Banks and Take Out Many Bridges RAILROAD SERVICE PARALIZED Power Company’s Transmission Line Also Suffers Damage From High Water The unprecedented rains which fell almost continuously during the past three weeks culminated Saturday night in the highest water in all the creeks in this vicinity that has ever been known. The steady drizzle that had been going on before, turned into a hard rainfall Saturday evening and before morning the already swollen streams ove...
Montana Highway Patrol Christopher Galloway, 58, reckless driving, 1st offense, $285, deferred imposition of sentence. Ernest Anderson, 68, speeding in a restricted zone, $95. John Bauscher, 37, night speeding, $20. Danny Mathis, 59, night speeding, $70. Clinton Vonheeder, 80, seatbelt violation, $20. Jimmie Allison, 63, seatbelt violation, $20. Baltimore Carper, 41, speeding in a restricted zone, $105. Leiann Cross, 63, speeding in a restricted zone, $105. David Fremouw, 42, speeding in a restricted zone, $85. Bryan Jones, 52, speeding in a...
Ambulance: T. Falls, 10; Plains, 8; Trout Creek, 3; Dixon, 1; Hot Springs, 1. Monday, January 23 Assault, Plains. Juvenile runaway, T. Falls. Motor vehicle crash, Plains. Child welfare/abuse, Heron. Motor vehicle crash, Plains. Motor vehicle crash, Plains. Automated alarm call, Trout Creek. Assist motorist/citizen, T. Falls. Business contact, Plains. Business contact, Trout Creek. Tuesday, January 24 Other law violations, T. Falls. Theft, Plains. Suspicious activity, Plains. Motor vehicle crash, Dixon. Assist motorist/citizen, Plains. Automated...
Another two weeks has gone by quickly here in Helena. The State of the State address summed up much of the recent activities. We still do not have bills passing out of both chambers yet to make final decisions become law but bills are starting to cross from one chamber to the other. The appropriations committee is trying to put together a bundle of bills dealing with the state budget. The final dollar amounts are still in negotiation but the important topics of discussion include HB 212, business equipment tax; HB 192, income tax refund; HB...
Kathy Sparks, Thompson Falls - “Being here, I have everything I need.” Mike Brumbuagh, Trout Creek - “Mars.” Elizabeth Runkle, Thompson Falls - “On an Israel tour with Moody Bible Institute.” Martha Petty, Thompson Falls - “Visit the ocean.” Cheryl Blakney, Thompson Falls - “Costa Rica.” Hannah Buzzell, Thompson Falls - “A lake resort in Minnesota....
Kathleen Hubka had double duty in her last directing detail when she directed "Play On" and "Murder Most Foul" at the same time. The Paradise Players put on three performances of "Play On" at the Paradise Center last weekend. The play is about a play about a play centering around a playwright who constantly makes changes to the script, even up to the last rehearsal. It was the Paradise Players first play of the year, and it was well received. "I laughed till I had tears going down my face,"...
by Mikiah Cook Members and leaders of the Sanders County 4-H program helped to host the Biennial 4-H Legislative Breakfast and Citizenship Seminar in Helena on January 15-17. Members that attended were from the Plains South Side Sparks 4-H club including Melodie Cook, Mikiah Cook, John McNamara and Hannah Warnes. McNamara, age 10, was chosen to be one of the guest speakers for the breakfast and he talked about how 4-H has opportunities for all and was given a standing ovation from the room. Miki...
The Noxon School art club is hosting a potluck fundraiser next week. This is the first year for the school to have an art club, and they have 25 members. The fundraiser will be 5-7 p.m. on Friday, February 10, in the school's multi purpose room. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for kids 12 and under. The art club is raising money for special art supplies, as well as for their spring travel to Montana Arts Interscholastic. The weekend art conference is set for March 31 - April 1 in Great Falls and is open to high school students. At the...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) will be conducting helicopter captures this month to deploy elk and wolf GPS collars as part of a research project. FWP will be flying withing Hunting District 121 west of the Clark Fork River on public land and on private property for which FWP has obtained permission in the areas around Heron, Noxon, Trout Creek, Whitepine and Belknap. FWP will be flying those areas February 3-7, weather permitting, and stated that there will be helicopters flying low throughout the day. FWP said this week that they will...
The Blue Hawks hosted the Troy Trojans last Friday, and while the Lady Hawks made winning look easy, the boys had to fight for their win in an aggressive, exciting matchup. In the first game among the girls, Troy and Thompson Falls were tied before the Hawks pushed it into high gear, kicked off with a three-point shot from Chesney Lowe. The Hawks ended the quarter up 29-2. Thompson Falls strengthened their lead in the second quarter, but didn't get a running clock going until the start of the...
Eleven Plains-Hot Springs wrestlers competed in the Mission Mountain classic last Saturday and all 11 placed. Five wrestlers traveled to Arlee on Tuesday to match up with wrestlers from Darby, Arlee and Mission. For the rest it was recovery week. The competition strategies were geared toward the divisional meet coming up this weekend, explained Coach Jesse Jermyn. Wrestlers competed in the weight they will compete in for divisional. It was a slow journey through heavy snowfall for the team to Mi...
A tapestry of folks dressed in Hawaiian shirts, sheltered from the heavy snowfall, filled the stands last Friday evening in Hot Springs, where the Savage Heat was ready to battle the Tigers. Although the girls and boys were both defeated by St. Regis, they didn't pull out any stops and forged through to the end. Josie Uski hooped Hot Springs' first points to make it a two-point game at 8-6. St. Regis then broke ahead, but with the girls fast-breaking down the court and a free throw from Lily...
The Noxon boys got a 53-44 win last Tuesday at home against rival Clark Fork, Idaho. The Red Devil girls lost in a close 50-41 game against the Wampus Cats. The boys started the first quarter off with 13 points and amped out in the fourth with 22 points. Brian Risch was the high scorer with 13, Ricky Williams shot 12 and both Justice Kayser and Shane Murray launched 11 each. Sam Christensen banked four and Aiden Curry two points. The team made 53% of their free throws. The Noxon girls started out straggling in the first quarter with five...
Wrestlers, family and community members gathered last Thursday evening in Thompson Falls to honor senior athletes while taking in an evening of high-spirited wrestling. The seniors honored were Westin Brown, Veronica Bewick and Elijah Ratliff. Brown said that after high school he plans to go to work for the rest of his days, "hopefully something to do with a combination of good pay and running equipment." "After high school, I plan to go to the Army and become a nurse," shared Bewick. Ratliff...
Plains headed west on Saturday to take on the Trojans in Troy. The Trotters came home with a 47-30 point win while the boys fell short, defeated 60-47. Carlie Wagoner shined, shooting 16 points and garnering 14 rebounds. Lexie Deming ended the game with 12 rebounds. Both Izzy Crabb and Jaelyn Carr powered forth with three-pointers. The Horsemen scored 14 points in the first half. Coach Tyrel Allen said that they just played a flat half. The second half Plains came back with a vengeance, scoring 33 points and out-scoring the Trojans. But it...
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. WEEP 5. SARDA 10. ATHENA 12. ENCODE 14. PROLETARIAT 16. MT 18. PEA 19. TAI 20. FACIA 22. URN 23. CERES 25. LARI 26. LYS 27. TAD 28. SAT 30. PAW 31. MEAT 33. CAPITA 35. KAIAK 37. PATEN 38. AMTRAK 40. TATU 41. BET 42. SOW 44. SIS 45. LAC 48. OREO 50. BANTU 52. ACE 53. BARFS 55. TAU 56. TIE 57. SD 58. FILET MIGNON 63. AVATAR 65. PRIORI 66. SLEDS 67. YANG SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. WHO 2. EEL 3. ENE 4. PATTED 5. SERIES 6. ANI 7. RCAF 8. DOTAL 9. AD 10. APERY 11. TRANSMITTER 13. EMIRATE 15. AAR 17. TAIWAN 18. PUL 21. CAPITULATOR 23. CAT... Full story
The wintertime blues are real. The holiday spirit has up and gone and springtide is just out of reach. I’ve always found February in Montana to be the toughest. You know there’s going to be more snow, you know there’s going to be more temperature drops and you know there’s nothing you can do about it. All you can really do to get through the next few months, besides binge Netflix, is to just dream about Spring. I’ve spent the last few days out in my greenhouse working to get 700 tulip bulbs into pots. Now, 700 doesn’t sound like a lot, but tr...
