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The Sanders County Sewer District at Paradise held another Zoom meeting Friday evening, and though a portion of the four and a half hours were public comments addressing the faults of the board president, according to Sunny Chase, who heads the board, it managed to get some agenda items passed. Chase and board member Rick McCollum are on the verge of being recalled after a petition was recently filed by Paradise resident Cody Lampman. Signatures have been collected and are in the process of being verified. The county had 30 days to complete...
Despite many gatherings being canceled due to COVID-19, including last Easter’s Eggstravaganza, Trout Creek Community Improvement Association (TCCIA) is eager and willing to present the sixth Eggstravaganza this spring. “We decided that we can safely host this event because it is outdoors,” said Liz Stender, TCCIA chairperson. At noon on Saturday, April 3, the Trout Creek Community Park will be adorned with 6,000 eggs filled with candy and goodies awaiting collection, a scavenger hunt for teenagers, and the Easter Bunny will make an appea...
Going into Saturday's highly-anticipated 132-pound State B-C title match with heated rival Gunnar Smith, Trae Thilmony didn't think he could win the match. He knew he could win the match. "I was confident," Thilmony said. "Gunnar had beat me on my feet when we had wrestled earlier this year, so I knew had to make some adjustments, and I guess they worked out pretty well." Indeed, an uncommon student of the sport, Thilmony knew exactly what he had to do facing an all-time great wrestler seeking the fourth State B-C title of his storied career,...
"Top 3 in Division! Top 3 in State!" The Thompson Falls-Noxon wrestling team had their team goals plastered on a poster hanging in their wrestling room this winter. That poster provided a tangible goal, one that each and every Blue Hawk grappler believed in and was working towards. Fighting to achieve those goals to the final whistle in each and every match they wrestled, another mighty fine Thompson Falls-Noxon wrestling season ended last week. Led by 132-pound individual champion Trae...
EUREKA – A hot finish beats a cold start anytime, especially in a basketball tournament. Starting out ice-cold but finishing up red-hot, the Thompson Falls Blue Hawk boys won third place and a rare State B bid at the Western B divisional basketball tournament in Eureka last week. It will mark the Hawk boys' first appearance in a State B tournament since way back in 2005. "This is a rare treat, a feather in the cap for this team," coach Jake Mickelson said. "And my hat is off to these kids – they...
A welcome walk into the great unknown of State B tournament basketball. The Thompson Falls Blue Hawks won a berth into the State B basketball tournament in Billings this week by winning third in the Western B tourney in Eureka (see other story). Coach Jake Mickelson is quite understandably very excited about the opportunity his team has; perhaps too excited. “I have barely slept the last few nights,” he said. “I am just really excited that our guys get a chance to play in a state tournament, it’s a pretty rare opportunity for these kids, one th...
All in all a pretty good season for Plains-Hot Springs wrestling. Coach Shane Angle and seven of his Savage Horsemen wrestlers completed the season competing in the State B-C tournament in Shelby last week, scoring 48 points, finishing 14th in team scoring and placing two wrestlers – Peter Carey fourth at 126 pounds and younger brother Drew Carey sixth at 120. Besides the Carey brothers, the Schultze clan – brothers Jacob (at 120), Stephen (126) and David (132) – also all competed in Shelb...
EUREKA – Maybe not the perfect result, but definitely the perfect effort. The Thompson Falls Lady Hawks fought the good fight but could never seem to find the regular-season magic that got them to this point, and lost two of three games at the Western B divisional tournament Eureka last week to complete season play with a 14-4 record. "These girls gave us the perfect effort, they never quit trying," coach Chadd Laws said. "We didn't get the perfect result but that's the way basketball goes s...
Community Action Partnership of Northwest Montana (CAPNM) is sponsoring its third annual art contest within Flathead, Lake, Lincoln and Sanders counties. Students in grades K-12 can submit artwork depicting what energy conservation means to them. CAPNM encourages students to be creative and design works of art showing any type of energy conservation: electric, water, heat, recycling, etc. A calendar created from the 13 winning pieces will be used to promote energy conservation throughout the year. The cover and each month will be represented by...
Open burning officially began Monday, March 1. Fire officials from the U.S. Forest Service and the Montana Department of Natural Resources (DNRC) are reminding people to burn safely and responsibly during this time. Debris burning is typically allowed without a permit in Sanders County from March through April, but a burn permit is required for any burning done between May 1 and September 30. If a fire escapes and damages or threatens lives and property, or requires an agency response, the person who lit the fire may be held responsible both...
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. SCARAB 7. SCHEMA 13. FIERILY 14. PSALTER 16. AM 17. IDENTICAL 19. RE 20. RICES 22. AAR 23. SAMAR 25. AAHS 26. EMMET 28. SATO 29. DNA 30. SAE 31. SIB 33. TIU 34. STAT 36. PARROT 38. METER 40. AMINE 41. EPILOG 43. MESA 44. DIS 45. DAL 47. FAD 48. RAD 51. USES 53. BEERS 55. ACNE 56. SODAS 58. SWA 59. APHIS 60. AD 61. PASSENGER 64. MK 65. SEVILLE 67. CURIOUS 69. SARTRE 70. STYLES SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. SIMIAN 2. CE 3. ARIES 4. RIDS 5. ALE 6. BYNAME 7. SPIRES 8. CSC 9. HAAS 10. ELLAS...
THOMPSON FALLS MONDAY NITE GALS W L Dangerous Dames 55 37 Dolls with Balls 52.5 39.5 Rock’n Bowl 50 42 Nascar Freaks 43.5 48.5 Balls to the Wall 38 54 Talk of the Town 34 58 Team Scr. Game: Dolls with Balls, 429; Scr. Series: Balls to the Wall, 1237; Hcp. Game: Dolls with Balls, 656; Hcp. Series: Dolls with Balls, 1918; Inv. Scr. Game: Shelly Wrightson, 165; Scr. Series: Kerry Schwarz, 462; Hcp. Game: Shawnna McKinney, 239; Hcp. Series: Karissa Lowe, 678. BOWLING BEAUTIES W L Lane Blazers 59 33 Sunflower Gals 50.5 41.5 Gardner Ranch 37.5 5...
Noxon School celebrated the 100th day of school recently with a variety of activities. The kindergarten and half-time kinder class worked on counting. They counted cotton balls, eyes, buttons, sticks, noodles, beads and triangles. The classes also decorated the hallway with 100 steps and created a list of 100 animals. The elementary had a countdown from 100 and threw shotting stars in the hallway, according to teacher Libby Swanson....
