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The annual effort to do spring cleaning projects around the City of Thompson Falls was held last week. Beautification Days is a community-wide effort to clean up community areas and assist residents with cleaning their yards. The event began Thursday with various school groups walking through Thompson Falls picking up trash. Thompson Falls High School students divided to conquer both sides of the highway, as well as city streets above the railroad tracks. The groups filled several large trash...
Last week, community members gathered at Thompson Falls High School to learn abut internet crimes against children from a state agent. A small handful of community members attended a presentation presented by Montana Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. Agent Brian Cassidy, ICAC Task Force Commander, spoke to parents about his investigations including online bullying and sextortion crimes that target youth as a result of emerging technology. Earlier in the day, Cassidy also spoke...
Multiple people got stranded on the shoreline of Clark Fork River Saturday, including two children, and required help from Plains emergency services. Some had minor injuries but most were just cold. "I was cold, confused and had cramping legs," said Jordan Bray, who was plucked from a beach near Rocky Point east of Plains by Plains-Paradise Rural District firefighters Brian Reed and Zach Vanderwall with their new rigid hulled inflatable boat Saturday afternoon. The rescuers were met by Plains...
Plains Police Officer Chris Reyna is looking for volunteers to help with a town cleanup next month. It won’t get them a no-traffic-ticket pass, but it will give them the satisfaction of helping their community. The Spring Cleanup Day will be Saturday, May 6, with volunteers meeting at the E.L. Johnson Memorial Park. The cleanup operation will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Reyna said he hopes to get 100-200 volunteers. “Spring Cleanup Day is a community effort to make Plains a more beautiful place to live. We ask anyone who can to vol...
Ledger photo by Melissa Haugen The northern lights put on a fabulous display Sunday evening. In the northern hemisphere, the phenomenon is referred to as aurora borealis. Near the South Pole, it is called an aurora australis. According to NASA, the event occurs during a solar storm, the sun "burps out a huge bubble of electrified gas that can travel through space at high speeds. When a solar storm comes toward us, some of the energy and small particles can travel down the magnetic field lines...
There are many people in Sanders County who do a lot for others and never ask for any recognition. It's time to start recognizing those people. Let's start with Angie Lowe of Thompson Falls. I went to school with Angie and have known her most of my life. One of the things I most appreicate about her is how she is true to herself. I also really appreciate that she is direct and you never have to wonder what she's thinking. She's one of the hardest working people I've ever met, and this year will celebrate 23 years with the Town Pump corporation....
My name is Glenn Schenavar, board member and Chapter Chairman of the Sanders County Chapter of the Foundation for Wildlife Management. We are holding our annual banquet on May 13th, 2023 at 50 Wilson Lane, the Bar JR Arena in Whitepine, Montana. Last year we raised $58,000 for our wolf reimbursement program. This year due to successful Sanders County and Flathead chapters banquet fundraising, we were able to take reimbursements in Region one and Region two to $750 per wolf. Thanks for all the support from sportsmen and trappers! The Foundation...
Every little once in a while I am reminded that laws are created to protect us from ourselves, or more particularly from our faulty memories, or from forgetting history. For instance, years ago we didn’t have environmental protection laws because we didn’t need them. We were happy, at that time, to not eat fish we caught in Montana’s rivers because we knew that the high lead and arsenic content of those fish meant jobs, and we were happy to sacrifice our own selfish desires so that people could...
8 YEARS AGO • APRIL 22, 1943 BRIDGES WASHED OUT High water reports are coming in all the time now. A bridge washed out here, there and someplace else. The second Prospect Creek bridge was washed out and Commissioner Sutherland had a crew last week working on it. All over this section bridge washouts and flooding conditions are being experienced. There is worry over the cable on the St. Regis Ferry. Real high water isn’t here yet even though crews are guarding the boom even now. It is estimated that at crest this year the high waters will exc...
Montana Highway Patrol Sharon Stokes, 48, speeding in a restricted zone, $145. Richard Nolan Mairena, 23, improper passing - crowding overtaken vehicle, $85. Jerrod Schmauch, 46, speeding in a restricted zone, $105. Brandy Kovis, 41, speeding in a restricted zone, $95. Adam Johnson, 41, day speeding, $70. Austin Wildt, 42, seatbelt violation, $20; speeding in a restricted zone, $85. Jeremiah Irwin, 42, driving without a valid driver’s license, $235; day speeding, $20. Ronald Flink, 48, speeding in a restricted zone, $105. Brooke Winrow, 31, s...
Ambulance: T. Falls, 8; Plains, 8; Hot Springs, 3; Lonepine, 1; Trout Creek, 1; Noxon, 1. Monday, April 17 Stalking, Hot Springs. Theft. Other law violations, Hot Springs. Request for welfare check, T. Falls. Trespass, Hot Springs. Fire, Trout Creek. Tuesday, April 18 Animal bite, Hot Springs. Civil attempts. Assault, T. Falls. Civil attempts, Trout Creek. Road hazard/debris on road, Trout Creek. General animal call/complaint, T. Falls. Civil attempts, T. Falls. Wednesday, April 19 Inmate transport, T. Falls. Theft, Plains. Property damage/crim...
Trout Creek School. Why is so many people worked up about our little school. It used to be well run teacher and para were treated with respect. Oh, wait a minute, it’s not all about teacher and para. It should be all about our kids. After all, if it weren’t for our children there would be no school in Trout Creek, so let’s talk about them instead of archery. Oh, and by the way I love archery and the program, but what about our music, program, our track and field. Oops, we don’t have them anymore. Why? Our principal took them away because...
LACEY BEAUCHAMP, Plains — "A pair of Silver bran jeans that was worth over $100 and I got a killer deal on them." DONALD LORD, Plains — "I like finding NFL jerseys. My favorite team is the 49ers." JENNIFER ENCINAS, Plains — "Hats. I like colorful ones like the one I have on today." LACEY KINSER, Thompson Falls — "Mostly things that catch my eye. I like things with wildlife or outdoor colors. I've worked here since 1991 so have seen a lot." MELISSA HAUGEN, Thompson Falls — "One time I bought a pair of jeans at a thrift store and in it was a cho...
Ten men and women gathered last week with shovels to break ground for the new "Paradise Center Roundhouse Shed," but they didn't do much more than turn a patch of dirt and pose for a picture. The start of actual digging came three hours later, when Dave Colyer and Mac Hall, who were also part of the ceremony, brought in a leased front end loader to remove about four inches from the top layer of dirt to ready the site for crushed gravel. The ceremonial dig included volunteer Shanna Miller, with...
Julia Weaver, LM, CPA, founder of Gifts From Above Midwifery in Plains, has spent the last 11 years in Sanders County helping to bring over 100 babies into the world. Weaver operates as an independent midwife within her freestanding birth clinic. Weaver explains that midwifery specializes in years of training, certification, and licensing, which includes hands-on care via palpating the uterus at appointments to ascertain fetal position, measurement of the uterus to assess growth, listening to fe...
Each year, the Dixon community rallies for the annual Bison Stampede, a fundraising event for the Dixon School. Saturday marked the ninth year for the event. Community members, students and staff participated in a fun run and community breakfast on Saturday. The running event consisted of a 10k, 5k and 1-mile fun run. The 10k race started first, with just one runner at the start line, Bruce Genzel. Dixon teacher and track coach Jason Ries gave Genzel a big high-five as he started the course....
Members of the Plains High School band and choir returned last week a bit more upbeat after getting high marks at the District Music Festival in Missoula. The high school band, led by Nicole Burrows, received a superior rating by adjudicators with “Whither Must I Wander” by James Swearingen and “Aztec Fire” by Jay Bocook at Sentinel High School on April 14. The Swearingen piece is about four minutes long and the Bocook number is about two and a half minutes. They were both pieces that the band prepared and rehearsed in advance, said Burrows...
Thompson Falls band and choir students showcased their work last weekend at the District Music Festival in Missoula. Students who received superior ratings now will practice for the State Music Festival, scheduled for May 5-6 in Missoula. “The students did amazing,” said band and choir teacher Brittany Nichols. The concert band received superior ratings and the high school choir excellent ratings for their group performances. Those moving on to the state festival include Kael Brown and Alek Sweeden, who performed an alto saxophone and tru...
Karen was born on January 9, 1940, in Sheridan, Wyoming, to Gordon and Lillian Johnson. She was the second of three children, an older brother Richard, and a younger sister Sandy. In 1941, the family moved to the Rattlesnake area of Missoula, Montana, on Missoula Avenue. After Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941, the family moved to the Seattle area where their dad got a job in the Bremerton Shipyard, repairing ships damaged in the war. The war dominated their lives, as it did everyone else's....
Arthur G. Argo, 89 of Hot Springs, died April 12, 2023 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. Arthur was born April 28, 1933 in Wolfpoint, MT. His family later moved to Camas Prairie where he lived for the rest of his life. Arthur graduated from Hot Springs High School in 1951 and served in the US Army from 1954 To 1956. Arthur married Bessie Voorhies on October 18, 1958 and together they raised 4 children. Arthur was well known for Argo Line Post Drivers and steel fabrication. He built many specialized and custom pieces of machinery, including...
Jacquie Dufresne Gebhardt, 76, of Spokane, Washington, sadly left us on April 7, 2023. She was born on December 17, 1946, in Missoula, Montana. In 1956, her family moved to Thompson Falls, where she graduated from high school in 1965. She loved growing up in that Montana town. She was a cheerleader in high school in 1963 when she met her husband, Frank, who went to high school in Plains. Jacquie and Frank married in 1968 and lived in South Bend, Indiana for three years while Frank attended law...
David was born on November 29, 1941, in Syracuse, New York, to Margaret (Holmes) Tupper and Emerson E. Tupper. He graduated from Baldwinsville Central School class of 1959 and was a National Honor Society student. He attended Syracuse University College of Forestry, and performed the silviculture survey at Beaver Lake Nature for the county when it was donated by a prominent family, as a class project. After moving to Sacramento, California, he worked for the U.S. Forest Service. He was an Army...
William E. Marsh, 88, of Plains passed away April 11, 2023, at Clark Fork Valley Hospital in Plains. Bill was born June 6, 1934 in Scobey, Montana, to Fred and Nellie Marsh. His family moved to the Flathead Valley when he was 2 years old and made their home on 'the farm' at Echo Lake. Bill married Patsy Porter on December 22, 1956 in Paradise and together they raised their own large family of six children. He had a whole lifetime of being a very gentle and kind man and we were so fortunate to be...
Thompson Falls, a small town nestled in the scenic Montana mountains, is known for its breathtaking natural beauty and friendly community. But as spring arrives, residents are rolling up their sleeves and embarking on a time-honored tradition: spring cleaning. From decluttering homes to sprucing up yards, Thompson Falls residents are taking advantage of the warmer weather to give their town a fresh start. Miriah Kardelis, a longtime resident, shared her thoughts on the annual tradition. "Spring cleaning is a way to refresh your surroundings...
Cancer Network of Sanders County will once again present the Music For Moms event. Local legends Dave and Deb Oliver will host the evening of entertainment at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at the Rex Theater in Thompson Falls. All proceeds from the show will benefit the Cancer Network. While the event is free, cash donations will be accepted at the theater. The event is one of the major fundraisers for the local organization, which provides gifts to Sanders County residents who are currently battling cancer. Not only are the donations at the door im...
