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History, it's what paved our way to becoming who we are. Tracing our ancestry is easier to do than ever before. We have the internet to help guide our research, as well as mail in DNA sampling. And now, Plains and Thompson Falls libraries possess the works of former Thompson Falls resident Ann (Sloan) Miller to help trace lineages created in Sanders County. Miller was passionate about research. She spent many, many years researching and compiling information to complete "Pioneers & Early Settler...
Encouraged by a vision of living in a community that is welcoming, aware and supportive of mental illnesses, a Mental Health Local Advisory Committee (LAC) has formed and is dedicated to “making a difference across Sanders County for our communities’ mental health.” In celebration of May’s designation, “Mental Health Month,” the committee has been hard at work preparing “Strong Communities, Strong Sanders County,” their premier presentation addressing overall mental health, awareness, issues, gaps, needs and support systems within our comm...
Baldy Mountain Tire has moved operations and is open for business. The tire company, owned by Jon Hochstetler and his son Tony, broke ground on the new space along Highway 200 on the west end of Plains last October and in March were ready to go. The new facility is 6,600 square feet, more than five times the space as their former site on the other end of town. Jon and Tony are not rookies in the tire trade; they started their business seven years ago and attract customers from inside and outside...
One shining moment to cap one shining day. The Thompson Falls track and field program enjoyed a rare day in the sun this cooler-than-normal spring during the school's annual Thompson Falls Invitational at Previs Field last Thursday, and ended up coming away with titles in all four divisions – boys varsity and junior varsity, and girls varsity and JV – of team competition. Enjoying her first season as head coach for Thompson Falls this spring after stepping in behind the legendary Randy Sym...
It's good to be back home again; especially when you win. The Thompson Falls boys made a triumphant return to River's Bend Saturday, hosting and going out and winning the boys side of the Thompson Falls Invitational. "We are pretty excited to finally win this thing," coach Mike Bates said. "And to top it off, we shot our lowest round of the season on our home course." Dylan Beckman and Kade Pardee led the Hawks, each scoring 78 to tie for second place. Pardee won in a playoff on hole No. 9....
For being a relatively small team, the Noxon Red Devils pack a lot of scoring power. Coach Matt Havens guided his Devil girls and boys through two meets last week, in the Thompson Falls Invitational Thursday and in the Seeley-Swan Invitational at MCPS Stadium in Missoula Saturday. The Devil boys scored 63 points to tie Clark for third in team scoring in the Thompson Falls Invite while the Lady Devils scored 68 points and finished fourth on that side of the meet. Aaron Raynor won second place in...
Learning to work your way out of jams is one of the traits of a good softball team. Taking their lumps but learning a lot along the way, the Thompson Falls Lady Hawks dropped a doubleheader with Mission-Arlee-Charlo in Mission last Tuesday, falling 15-0 in the first game and 6-2 in the second, but came away from that twinbill with a newfound sense of team unity and resolve. Coach Jared Koskela said his team was down on themselves before finally fighting their way back in Mission. “We were intimidated in that first game, fell behind 11-0 in t...
What a big game to win, and what a great way to do it. The Plains-Hot Springs Trotters won a key Western B-C softball contest in Plains Thursday, scoring two two-out runs on a double by Natalee Deschamps in the bottom of the extra inning eighth to escape the dangerous Anaconda Lady Copperheads and walk off the Trotters’ home field with a 7-5 victory. Kassidy Kinzie went the distance in picking up the pitching win, scattering eight hits allowed across the eight innings, Deschamps finished the game with two hits and drove in three runs, and S...
Call them Sanders County’s fantastic four of track and field, and they have already clinched berths in the State C and B meets next month. Plains Trotters Jessica Thompson, Kara Altmiller and Lindsay Laws have all earned early invitations to the State C meet in Great Falls and Danny Hoisington of Thompson Falls has already punched his ticket to the State B meet in Laurel by surpassing standards set before the season began. Thompson, who recently announced her intention to attend BYU to concentrate on her track and field career (she is also a s...
The Hot Springs boys scored 13 team points and the Lady Savage Heat one in the varsity portion of the Thompson Falls Invitational track and field meet in Thompson Falls Thursday. Although coach Bethany White’s Savage Heat athletes did not score a lot of points in the varsity meet, Hot Springs athletes also took advantage of the junior varsity meets that were run concurrently to the varsity proceedings in Thompson Falls. In the varsity meet, Tyler Carr placed third in both relay races and Kawika Ilac took sixth in the 110 hurdles for the b...
Buoyed by their much better than average flight of throwers, the Plains Trotters scored 89 points to win second place in team scoring at the Thompson Falls Invitational Thursday. The current State C leader in the shot put and discus, senior Jessica Thompson won both of those events at Previs Field, pushing the shot put 39 feet even and spinning the discus 122-4. Providing Plains' other first place points, Lindsay Laws threw the javelin a personal best distance of 119-8 to win that venue,...
With coaches Lisa Brown and Don Stamm providing quality coaching as their charges played through, the Plains golfing team competed in the Thompson Falls Invitational at scenic River's Bend Saturday. Learning the ins and outs of playing the somewhat challenging fairways and greens of the Bend, Duncan Chisholm led the Plains boys around it with a score of 109, Parker Flock shot 140 and Nick Gumm 153. Kaylee Cole shot a 147 for the Plains girls and McKenna O'Lexey a 188. Seeming to enjoy the...
Team Feed-N-Fuel shot out to the lead after the first week of play in Tuesday Night Men’s League action at River’s Bend, using the low team net of 152 shot by Steve Clark, Kelly Kovarik, Mike Gilmore and Doug Gunderson to get the job done. The Harvest Food team of Caleb Bates, Don Lake, Mike Bate and Tyler Bates calculated the low team gross of 183 as Caleb Bates scored the low individual gross of 39. Cody Mosher grabbed low net honors with his well-adjusted round of 32. In other Tuesday highlights, Kevin Kegel was closest to the pin in 3 on No...
First Security Bank golfers Mike Baxter, Bill Nolen, Ben Mummert and Scott Pardee shot the low team gross of 172 and jumped into the league lead after one week of play in the Wednesday Night Men’s League at River’s Bend. Baxter and Nolen spurred First Security to the big night by shooting the low gross and low net rounds of 38 and 34, respectively. In other Wednesday night doings, John Pritzkau sank the long putt on No. 12, Shawn Morgan was closest to the pin on No. 14, Jesse Mack made the long putt on No. 15 disappear, Pardee smacked the lon...
Montanans can now turn to their phones for help in identifying weeds, insects and crop diseases. A new phone app provides an additional tool to Montanans who might otherwise text, email or send samples through the mail to the Schutter Diagnostic Lab at Montana State University, said Mary Burrows, lab director and MSU Extension Plant Pathologist. The MSU lab provides identification services for plant diseases, insects, weeds, native plants, and mushrooms. Farmers who use the app, for example, could take a digital photo of an abnormal wheat stem,...
The return of donkey basketball at Noxon High School last Friday was met with enthusiasm. No galloping was allowed, no hooves with metal shoes that would require resurfacing for the regular basketball season. No pooping either, although the trainers came equipped with shovels if the equines had accidents. The donkeys kept a slow, steady pace though the players urged them to pick it up. It wasn't boring and it was amazing that anyone made a basket. Despite the challenges between riders (some...
