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Sanders County is having its annual yard sale event on Friday and Saturday, June 23 and 24. Over 60 participants have signed up to have their sales on the list this year. The list of sales can be found in this week’s Valley Press and Ledger or on the Thompson Falls Chamber of Commerce website. Sales will be going on across the county from Hot Springs and Dixon to Noxon and Heron. They will encompass 130 miles. For yard sale enthusiasts, there will be plenty to attend. This will be the second year that the chamber has been in charge. Since t...
It may be the first time a group of kids were introduced to new types of art at the Paradise Center, where they were given the opportunity to demonstrate hidden art skills. Nearly 20 kids age 6-12 received lessons in pottery, card making, painting, creative writing, drawing, stained glass and theater every morning last week 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., rotating from subject to subject from Monday to Friday. All week long, the kids at the Summer Arts Camp for youth, part of Paradise Center's...
Saturday was a busy day at the Sanders County Fairgrounds, where hundreds of people from in and outside the county gathered in support of a Plains woman battling cancer. Behind the leadership of Juli Thurston, Tammy McAllister, Linda Cook and Shannon Chojnacky, the Ranch Rodeo and Fun Play Day Event was a successful benefit for Wendy Carr, a staff member at the Sanders County Extension Office in Thompson Falls. The event included a rodeo competition, horse riding contests, an Olympics...
More than a dozen community members joined the county commissioners at the public hearing last Thursday to discuss community needs. Ray Brown, executive director of Sanders County Community Development, said the purpose of the public hearing was to find out what the needs are of each community and then to help look at different funding options. “Hearing the needs from you is really helpful for us,” Brown told the community members. “We want to identify community needs, projects and priorities.” Lisa Fried de Reyes with Sanders County Communi...
Garage sale season is in full swing. Whether you’ve just finished some spring cleaning, are making room for new items, are moving out of your house, or just want to earn a little money, selling gently used items has more benefits than we may realize. While some might poo-poo the idea of putting our junk on display (and let’s face it – sometimes it can be junk), more often than not, our items for sale are good for another round. Garage and yard sales certainly benefit us at the individual level. Obviously, sellers make cash quickly. There are no...
So far there are about a dozen Republican candidates wanting to be President of the United States of America and most of them are as incensed over the legal threats facing Donald Trump as only a scheming hypocrite can be. The two notable exceptions are former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, who has significant issues with believability himself, and Asa Hutchinson, former governor of Arkansas, who actually appears to be a decent man. They are not running against Trump, no, no, no. They are...
When I was an undergraduate English student I encountered the ivory-tower assumption that being educated had something to do with mankind’s search for what is good, beautiful and true. The corollary was that continuous reading of both current and historic literature was necessary to become truly educated. In other words, wisdom was the goal, familiarity with literature was method. Perhaps a bit conceitedly, practical purposes of schooling were considered less important. This assumption formed the classical education as practiced by Europeans, a...
Each June, National Healthy Homes Month raises awareness on housing-related health hazards and the steps to take for safe, healthy homes. This year’s theme is “Connecting Home, Health, and YOU” to highlight the important relationship between housing quality and health. One substantial way to maintain a healthy home is to keep it smokefree, whether it’s a private home or an apartment. There is no safe amount of secondhand smoke exposure, and the home is the main place many children and adults are exposed. Secondhand smoke can cause damage...
Montana Highway Patrol Lacey Beck, 24, speeding in a restricted zone, $65. Peter Garland, 37, speeding in a restricted zone, $95. Trudy Pedersen, 53, speeding in a restricted zone, $95. Bryan Bukey, 34, day speeding, $70. Angela Pesqueira, 44, day speeding, $70. John Erwin, 40, speeding in a restricted zone, $55. Jubal Ryan, 24, seatbelt violation, $20. John Fickas, 52, careless driving, $45; seatbelt violation, $20. Julie Ellefson, 57, speeding in a restricted zone, $85. Debora Erickson, 52, speeding in a restricted zone, $95. Mark Henze, 32,...
Ambulance: Trout Creek, 5; Plains, 5; Hot Springs, 4; T. Falls, 3; Paradise, 3; Heron, 1; Dixon,1. Monday, June 12 Animal other, Hot Springs. General animal call/complaint, Hot Springs. Suspicious activity. Sexual assault, Hot Springs. Disturbance, Plains. Warrant service, Plains. Motor vehicle crash, Trout Creek. Trespass, Heron. Warrant service, Trout Creek. Person missing, T. Falls. General animal call/complaint, Plains. Assist motorist/citizen, Paradise. Disturbance, Noxon. Tuesday, June 13 Inmate transport, T. Falls. Motor vehicle crash, N...
3 YEARS AGO • JUNE 17, 1993 LOGGING NOT HORSE PLAY ON WEST END In the fresh mountain sunshine of an early summer day, a draft horse waits patiently for his owner to finish preparations so another log can be skidded down the mountain. Doug Albano has been horse logging in Cabinet Ranger District for approximately 20 years. Albano, who works for Vinson Timber Products, said the Forest Service tends to opt for horse logging on lands they especially want to protect, such as those with sensitive soil composition or where building roads would be too...
Kosal Chea, appearing before Judge Deborah Kim Christopher on Monday, entered not guilty pleas to felony counts of sexual intercourse without consent and sexual assault. Chea’s attorney, Cheryl Copperstone, made a bond argument, requesting to release Chea on his own recognizance. However, due to the circumstances and seriousness of the allegations, Judge Christopher denied a reduction in bond at this time. The jury trial was set for November 6, 2023. According to the charging documents, toward the beginning of May 2023, Thompson Falls City P...
MATT WEBER, Thompson Falls – “The Maldives/Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. I would relax on the beach, snorkel, scuba dive, and stay in a bungalow over the ocean.” PAT JOHNSON, Plains – “I would go on a cattle drive anywhere in Montana.” JENNIFER ENCINAS, Thompson Falls – “I would go to Hawaii and see my cousin.” COOPER LILLY, Thompson Falls – “I want to go to Hawaii for the warmth, and the ocean. I want to go snorkeling and see the volcanoes.” SIERRA LILLY, Thompson Falls – “A cabin in the woods, anywhere, is all I want. Next to a lake with m...
Thompson Falls High School is having a new building erected to be used as a multi purpose facility. Superintendent Bud Scully said the building will be used regularly for shop classes to include welding, wood working, and small engine repair, in half of the 7,000-square-foot space. The other half will be the new lunchroom. This will give more room for eating, as the old lunch area was outside the gym. "It may also encourage more students to eat hot lunches," Scully said. This other half will have a commons area that will provide room for other...
The Huckleberry Festival will be sponsoring the annual dessert, jelly and jam contest and invites bakers and preservers to join the fun Sunday, August 13. Each year the festival committee is amazed at the creative culinary delights which are judged based on flavor, texture, presentation and the best use of huckleberries. Past entries have included huckleberry macaroons, bars, streusel muffins, cookies, pie, cake pops and even a huckleberry cordial, which was a favorite of many of the hardworking volunteers. The judges of the jams and jellies...
In what is called the Journey of Hope, a group of college students is volunteering to bicycle across the country this summer to raise money for people with disabilities. The Phi Kappa Phi students started in Seattle ten days before making a pit stop at the Thompson Falls High School last Friday. Three teams kicked off the event on the west coast and will have ridden a combined 12,000 miles by the time they end on the capitol lawn in Washington, D.C., in mid-August. Along the way, the cyclists sp...
August 13, 1940 - June 16, 2023 Wife, Sister, Aunt, Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother On Friday, June 16, 2023, Betty Jo Handford passed away peacefully at her daughter's home in Cardwell, Montana, after a short battle with cancer comforted by her two daughters at her side. Betty was born August 13, 1940, to Ernest and Juanita Huffman in Sandpoint ID, the first of four children. Betty Jo lived her life in and graduated from Thompson Falls High School in 1958. She married Boyd Davis in... Full story
An audience of 40 people attended a panel discussion Wednesday, June 14, at the Rex Theater in Thompson Falls to listen to experts regarding estate planning. The panel discussion was put together by Deb Wilson with Edward Jones, and Deedee Blaney with Flying S Title and Escrow. Other members of the panel included Jeannette Carr-Smith with Clearwater Properties, Attorney Will McCarthy, and Wayne Egbert with Sunset Hills Funeral Home and Crematory. Acknowledging the large amount of misinformation...
The Wild Horse Plains Back Country Horsemen conducted a Stock Packing Clinic for five members of the Plains Thompson Falls Ranger District's Youth Conservation Corps at the Sanders County Fairgrounds on Friday. Volunteers from the horsemen group spent over six hours with a lecture and hands-on training for utilizing stock animals for transporting equipment to remote work sites. The Superior Ranger District, led by Will Cuddy and Kodi Kelly and eight students, also took part in the clinic. The st...
The Orvis International Fly Fishing Film Festival was held Saturday, June 17, at the Rex Theater in Thompson Falls, in honor of veterans local and abroad. Many attendees were visiting the area with the PB ABBATE, Return to Base group. This group is led by local U.S. Marine veteran John Torres. Patrol Base is a safe place for service members and veterans to rest and re-acclimate into their local communities, according to their website. It gives them tools to carry on and survive. ABBATE is the...
The restaurant Big Eddy's is under new ownership. Connie and Matt Weber recently took over the business. They decided to leave Missoula and move to Thompson Falls in January with plans to buy the restaurant in February. But things did not happen as quickly as expected, so Connie bought the Farmhouse Blooms floral shop. The Webers are excited about being a part of the community and making some family friendly changes to Big Eddy's. These will include longer hours, expanding the outdoors and food...
It's fitting that Flag Day would be the time to give unserviceable flags a proper sendoff, according to American Legion Post 52 Commander Ken Matthiesen. Fourteen veterans from five military branches took part in the annual flag retirement at the Clark Fork Valley Elks Lodge 2757 in Thompson Falls last Tuesday. Some of the flags had holes, others were faded, tattered, and ripped, yet the group of veterans all felt the ensigns of their country should be disposed of in a proper method. "I think...
In the Jocko Valley north of Arlee you will find a public park, botanical garden and Buddhist center. Though it can be seen from the highway, off White Coyote Road and Highway 93, it could be easily missed if you don't know it's there. The garden was built over 20 years ago because Buddhist Sang-ngag Rinpoche had a vision as a child of building such a place in the west. The center was created to offer a place for peaceful, positive reflection allowing the transformation of negative energy that...
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. GROK 5. PAIR 9. ANALOG 11. HAILED 13. SANDBAG 15. SECRECY 16. IRK 17. ELABORATION 19. OLLA 21. STALE 22. TIE 23. YELP 25. TAOS 26. TIL 27. DUES 29. SEIZES 31. MAAS 33. DEES 34. ANKLES 36. SETS 38. UCA 39. APES 41. SEES 43. ARE 44. RIATA 46. SAPS 48. RETALIATORY 52. MEI 53. IMAGOES 54. PALSIES 56. LITERS 57. SECEDE 58. AERY 59. MIRY SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. GNARLY 2. RANKLED 3. OLD 4. KOBE 5. PACA 6. AIRT 7. ILEITIS 8. RECOIL 9. ASIO 10. GALS 11. HERESIES 12. DYNE 14. GATT 15. SOLOED 18. BAAS 20. ALUMNA 24. PEAK 26. TESTES 28....
Although it was a 12-8 bittersweet loss for the Noxon Cougars against the Columbia Falls Hills Brothers last Tuesday in Libby, what a spectacular season for the Cougars. The fact that the rural team made up of Noxon, Trout Creek and Heron boys ages 13-15 made it so far despite facing bigger schools shows what these boys are made of, only losing by four points to the second seed Hills Brothers team in the Babe Ruth Glacier League. Coach Wesley Tucker said that a major factor to the loss was that...
