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Youths from across the county gathered in the Clark Fork Professional Building in Thompson Falls on Sunday to participate in 4-H Communications Day. Participants were split into two divisions. The senior division included six youths ages 14-19 and the junior division included eight youths ages 9-13. Each participant was given 15 minutes to set up, present and take down their demonstration before it would be judged. Judging the juniors were Ray Brown and Sarah Naegeli, and judging the seniors...
A young whitetail doe takes a spring blizzard in stride Saturday near Plains. The storm lasted a short while before the sun broke through, but it wasn’t long before another short snow storm struck....
Each year the Sanders County Historical Society holds a spring cleaning event to prepare the Old Jail Museum in Thompson Falls for the season. The Thompson Falls Woman's Club got an early start on cleaning over the weekend, raking leaves and cleaning gardens at the museum. On Tuesday, historical society members and other community volunteers worked on the inside of the museum. "We just do a little dusting, clean out the dead bugs and spruce the place up a bit," said museum director Vonn Briggs....
It was just the kind of game that Hawk softball coach Jared Koskela wanted – one that got away from his team and went south in a hurry – a game that his girls can learn valuable lessons from. The Thompson Falls Blue Hawks hosted the Bonner Ferry Badgers for an intrastate doubleheader in chilly northwest Montana Saturday. Playing in between and through intermittent snow flurries, the Badgers won the first game 19-7 and the Hawks led 7-2 in the second before that game was called due to snow. Koske...
Time to tour the scenic fairways and greens of Sanders County. Plains and Thompson Falls will play host to a pair of high school golf tournaments next week as the Plains golfers host the Plains Invitational at Wild Horse Plains Golf Course Friday and the Blue Hawks host the Gary Thompson Invitational at River’s Bend next Tuesday. Both tourneys are set to tee off at 10 a.m. Mountain Standard Time. The tournament namesake for the Falls event, Thompson Falls coach Gary Thompson will guide the Hawks into the Bigfork Invitational Thursday. Plains co...
Megan Baxter's intent is clear – she wants to play basketball at the next level, and has played it well enough so far to earn that opportunity. Arguably one of the best prep players in Thompson Falls hoop history, male or female, Megan signed on the dotted line, putting that commitment in writing last week. Baxter, a three-time All-State B player for the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks, signed her NLI (National Letter of Intent) to play ball for the Carroll College Fighting Saints in a special s...
When it comes to the Frenchtown Invitational, track and field teams should probably pack a lunch, and maybe even dinner. Competing in the ultra-large Frenchtown Invitational Friday, coach Trenna Ferris broke her team into varsity and junior varsity competition, taking advantage of the opportunities presented during a very long day of track and field competition. Originally scheduled for Saturday, the meet was moved up to Friday to better catch the fleeting good weather of spring in Montana and...
The Plains-Hot Springs Trotters swept a doubleheader from visiting Deer Lodge in Plains Saturday, winning both games by scores of 16-1. Sophomore Piper Bergstrom pitched the first game and helped her own cause at the plate by driving in two runs. Kassidy O’Keefe also drove in two runs and had two hits in the game, as did Kaylah Standeford and Madison Elliott. Junior Celsey VonHeeder pitched the other 16-1 win and also drove in two runs to help her own cause, with Elliott and Standeford adding a pair of RBIs each. Izzy Crabb and Jolena C...
Jennifer McPherson, the county prevention specialist with Western Montana Mental Health Center returned this week to meet with the crime watch group to update them on sign options. She spoke of the progress she had made and that funding is still available, though delayed. McPherson displayed both several neighborhood signs, and an example community sign. The neighborhood signs designate when entering a watch neighborhood and community signs are placed at either end of the town, naming the city...
As many have passed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, there are several groups and news outlets striving to recognize those who have died. Bob Green of Trout Creek, who passed in October 2020 from the illness, is being featured on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NewsHour as part of its “honoring those who have died from COVID-19 too soon,” series. Every week, the program tells the stories of five people who have passed. Sandy Green, Bob’s wife, said that their daughter in Boston called in to PBS to submit Bob’s information. Bob retired from t...
March temperatures were close to average, but moisture and snow totals were well below normal (1.7 inches of snow compared to 11.7 inches typically). Total moisture for this water-year (since October 1, 2020) is 21.20 inches compared to 25.01inches average (15% below average). For snowfall, we have 85.2 inches compared to 113.0 inches average (25% below average). The Poorman Creek SNOTEL station at 5,100 feet reads 81inches of snow on the ground (29.8 inches water-equivalent), 16% below median. The Lower Clark Fork region snowpack (from Clark F...
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. SST 4. UST 7. AHA 8. SCAUP 10. DRIB 12. IAMBI 13. DOPE 14. SSB 16. BEE 17. EVERT 19. ACT 20. EADS 21. NEIGHBORHOODS 25. OPT 26. MID 27. ATLI 29. TALA 30. POE 31. EAT 32. TERRY BRADSHAW 39. OCAS 41. OAS 42. REATA 43. SUM 44. TSK 45. EBAN 46. STASH 48. MIXT 49. AURAE 50. TIE 51. PAC 52. SAD SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. SADDEN 2. SHROVE 3. TAIPEI 4. UCA 5. SAMBAS 6. TUBED 8. SIB 9. PIES 11. BERG 14. SCH 15. STOMATA 18. TH 19. ART 20. EDDA 22. BOLEROS 23. OPI 24. OIL 27. APES 28. TOR 29....
