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Blue Slide Road is open to all traffic following stabilization work. At the beginning of May, a section of the road was closed after heavy rain and snowmelt caused Cougar Creek to overflow and wash out gravel beneath the pavement. Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) worked to quickly open the road to one lane of traffic. Since then, contractors have been working to stabilize the road, and MDT reported that Saturday morning conditions were safe enough for motorists to travel on both...
It was standing room only at the Plains Town Council meeting at City Hall last week, when council members went through the second reading of the proposed Community Decay Ordinance, which is what the town is now calling it. Rarely is the courtroom filled during monthly council meetings, but it was packed with nearly 50 people that stretched into the hall. The public works committee and the council has been working on the proposed ordinance for months, but few people have taken an interest. At the...
Six members of the Wild Horse Plains Back Country Horsemen volunteered their Saturday to clean the trail leading to Big Hole Peak Lookout, which is scheduled to be on the list of Forest Service rentals next year. The four men and two women, along with four mules and two horses, packed materials about a mile up Trail #368 to the site where two club members the previous week worked on the trail. The work was part of a $600 Challenge Cost Share Agreement that the horsemen club received from the...
We have Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Armed Forces Day. There are many holidays that recognize those who have served our country. We honor them, we display flags, we light fireworks, we have a cookout with family and friends. Every once in awhile, we stop the fanfare and think about the sacrifices of our service men and women. We read about the struggles of the military and veterans often. Struggles abroad as they serve, and when they come back home. Recently, we watched the Amazon film Last Flag Flying, in which three V...
Remember that quaint little notion called usury? If you’ve ever borrowed money or used a credit card you might want to refresh your memory. Basically, usury is the practice of charging interest on a loan, but over the centuries the meaning morphed to charging excessive interest on a loan. People actually used to worry about stuff like that. Of course, the concept of “excessive” might vary, but originally excessive was defined as anything above zero. That’s going back a while, maybe 3000 years....
5 YEARS AGO • JUNE 13, 1968 HEATERS OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY Over 125 friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Heater attended an open house celebrating the couple’s 50th wedding anniversary. The couple was married September 4, 1918 at the Methodist Parsonage in Thompson Falls by the Rev. Dodd. They lived in Trout Creek for two years and then moved to Thompson Falls and purchased the Ford agency. In 1928 the business was moved into its present building and has been named the Heater and Heater garage. In the 1930s Heater’s father Perry retir...
Sanders County Sheriff’s Office Dakota Cheyenne Irvine, 16, driving without valid license, $135. Careless driving, $85. Christopher Michael Norman, 40, careless driving, $85. Catherine Christine Cavazos, 36, speeding in restricted area, $45. Driving without liability insurance, 1st offense, $75. David Anthony Pierce, 43, day speeding, $20. Kylie Nicole Carr, 19, speeding in restricted area, $55. Mackenzie Hamilton Craik, 36, speeding in restricted area, $55. Expired registration, $75. Justin Edward Webb, 41, speeding in a restricted zone, $...
PATIENCE SMITH, Thompson Falls – “Definitely, a faith in God. Dad was a preacher. He taught us to love each other, and to trust in Him. Dad passed away a year and a half ago and I miss him.” LINDA WEAVER, Trout Creek – “He taught me about Jesus and taught me to work and to love people.” C.ULI, PLAINS – “If the hammer doesn’t work, get a bigger one. Dad was a boiler maker.” KRISTIN LIBBY, Whidbey Island, Wash. – “He taught me how to play basketball. He was a basketball coach.” SUE HECHTMAN, Thompson Falls— “He taught me how to build a hous...
Ambulances: Noxon, 2; T. Falls, 9; Plains, 2; H. Springs, 3. Sunday, June 3 Dogs at large, T. Falls. Citizen concern over an airplane, T. Falls. Vehicle vs. bear, T. Falls. Dog bite, Paradise. Erratic driver, Hwy. 200, Dixon. Vehicle parked near Plains park damaged. Noise complaint at Pilgrim Cr. Park, Noxon. Dog bite, Noxon. Welfare check requested, Plains. Tree blocking Blue Slide Rd., T. Creek. Disturbance, H. Springs. Concern over animal welfare, T. Falls. Monday, June 4 Injured deer in T. Creek yard. Person dumping something out of a...
A black bear hunter shot and killed a grizzly bear in the Swan Valley. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks personnel responded to the incident that occurred May 20 in the Piper Creek drainage in the Swan Valley on U.S. Forest Service land. The hunter, an adult male from Pennsylvania, reported the incident to FWP. The adult male grizzly bear weighed 500 pounds and was approximately 18 years old. The hunter told FWP game wardens that he mistakenly identified the animal as a black bear. The incident occurred during the spring hunting season for black b...
Two weeks ago Margie Rawlinson was misquoted in the question of the week. The Ledger reported she puts her ribs in the oven before grilling them, when she actually does the reverse. We apologize for any barbeque mishaps....
The Naegeli Ranch seems to be the epicenter for outdoor recreation. For more than 20 years, the ranch has provided an outdoor learning center for Thompson Falls kindergarten students. Thompson Falls Elementary students always finish out the school year with class designated field trips. Kindergarteners get to top off their first year of school learning about the great outdoors while visiting the Naegeli's Ranch. This year almost 30 students spent the day going on forestry walks collecting gifts...
As Sanders County prepares for the county-wide yard saleing event next weekend, June 22 and 23, the Trout Creek Huckleberry Festival is going through boxes of festival swag for a vintage sale of its own. Huckleberry Festival t-shirts, tank tops, hats, visors, aprons, kid and infant wear, canvas bags, posters and more will be available for sale. The sale will be inside the Lakeside Resort Conference Room from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday in Trout Creek. Major credit cards will be accepted. All of the items for sale are from past...
Northern Lights electric cooperative (NLI) congratulates Board election winners for District 2 Judith (Jay) Simonson and David Pemberton for District 4. Simonson was elected for her ninth term as Director of District 2, which covers the area East of Thompson Falls/West to the Idaho/Montana border. A certified, credentialed director, Simonson has served on the NLI Board for more than 24 years. Simonson also serves on the Montana Electric Co-op Association's (MECA) Board of Directors. She...
The Plains Town Council meeting last week went for nearly three hours, mostly because of the public comment period for a proposed ordinance, which took up more than half of the time. Still, the council was able to vote on six measures on the agenda, including most of the new proposed Community Decay Ordinance. The Junked Vehicles section was tabled until next month’s meeting. Gary Revier, on behalf of the Plains Golf Association, asked for the council’s approval to establish a seven-spot RV park at the golf course. Revier told the council the...
A truck that was hauling cattle overturned pulling off of Highway 200 W just outside of Trout Creek, June 6th. The driver of the truck was in good condition but three of the cows in the load were killed. It was suspected that there would be more cow deaths due to the immense stress of the accident and the effect it has on livestock. The truck was one of three traveling to a field owned by Charlie Gardner that was being rented out. They were a quarter mile away from their destination when the...
Patricia (Pat) Ann Puphal Sularz, age 81 of Gold Canyon, Ariz., passed away in Seattle, Wash., on April 26, 2018. She was born in Missoula, Mont., on July 16, 1936 to Irwin (Irv) and Winnifred (Winn) Puphal and eventually moved to Thompson Falls, Mont., where Pat graduated from Thompson Falls High School in 1954. Pat attended the University of Montana, majoring in Business and Music and was active as a member of the Tri Delta sorority, until she married her husband, Frank Sularz of Trout Creek,...
Project ASCENT’s goal is to get kids outside and learn about the outdoors, and their latest fundraiser is aimed at getting donors outside for some fun as well. The first annual cornhole tournament is set for Saturday, June 23, in Thompson Falls. The double-elimination bracket will feature 50 teams. The tournament kicks off at 10 a.m with registration, and bags fly at 11 a.m. Cost is $25 per team, with the tournament winners getting $200 and a custom cornhole set and bags handmade by local artists. Prizes also will be awarded for best team n...
by Justin Harris When collecting trash to help the environment, it seems counterintuitive to celebrate when the total accepted tonnage goes down – but it is actually a good sign. The Annual Sanders County E-Waste Collection event was held last weekend with residents, businesses and organizations bringing their unwanted, outdated electronics to the site for proper disposal. It was reported 4,200 pounds of waste was hauled away, which is about half the weight that was collected last year. Organizer Kathy Conlin attributes that to participants b...
ADVENTURES IN ATV-LAND Participants wrap up their ride at the 14th annual Cabinet Ridge Riders ATV Poker Run on Saturday (above). The ride in Trout Creek had 282 riders. The Cabinet Ridge Riders paid 13 places and drew 10 loser hands, who got $5 each, if they were present. The winning poker hands were Kendra Schmitt of Washington in first place with a full house (kings over nines), Chuck Maul of Frenchtown in second place with a Full House (fours over kings), and Serena French of Noxon in third...
Master Sergeant Keome L. Madden’s retirement ceremony was held on May 18th to celebrate her extensive career in the United States Air Force. She was born in Libby, to James and Bobbie Hilt, and grew up in Noxon with her brother and sister, Darrel and Gale. Madden graduated from high school in 1988 and went on to Columbia University but it wasn’t until 1998 that she decided to join the United States Air Force and was assigned to the 388 FW Munitions Flight. It was during that assignment she met her husband Travis and they were married in 199...
David and Sandrea Roussy have opened a new store in Thompson Falls, MontanaFancy Inc. Indoor Outfitters. They are located where CPT Auto Parts was previously, across from the Trading Post. The consignment store is stocked with all the home essentials: home decor, furniture, appliances, tools and antiques. The entire store is items the members of the community have brought in to have the couple sell. The store works on consignment, 25 percent of the sale price when the item sells. The Roussys...
The students who made the Montana Tech Dean’s List from Plains were, Jessica Hansen, Amanda Kolbeck, Breanna Harrison, and Ingvar Kulseng-Hansen, who also earned a spot on the Chancellor’s Honor Roll, and for the Honor Roll was Paul Green. Hilary Van Vleet from Noxon and Nathan Gray from Hot Springs also made the Dean’s List. Students from Thompson Falls that made the Dean’s List were Cody Hennessy, Tanner Laws, Greg Wadsworth, and on Honor Roll was Angela Padden....
BIG JUMPS - Kids enjoy a sunny day at the Thompson Falls pool, which opened on Monday. From left are Amber Gifford, Greg Gifford, Wyatt Franck and Owen Franck. Pool manager Sandra Kazmierczak said that only one child visited the pool on Monday due to bad weather. Swimming lessons start next week....
