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The Plains Community Decay Ordinance had only been law one day when someone picked up a complaint form, said Plains Mayor Dan Rowan. The complaint hasn’t been returned to City Hall yet, but enforcement of the new ordinance is likely to soon begin. Rowan said the enforcement will depend whether it’s a fire hazard or police matter and likely it will be the department chiefs who will respond. The town’s council unanimously voted to eliminate Section 7.12, entitled “Junked Vehicles” from the new ordinance, but that doesn’t mean people will be abl...
Every year the Huckleberry Festival offers artists and novices from around the country the opportunity to submit their vision of the spirit of the Huckleberry Festival for the annual logo design. The winning design is featured on all souvenir clothing, posters, brochures, TV ads and advertisements. The selected artist also receives a $100 award. Kelley Torquemada is this year's winner. A native Montanan, she currently lives in Trout Creek but began her journey in Missoula, where her parents...
Plains Piranha Jack Couch captured first place in each of the three events at the Plains swim meet at E.L. Johnson Memorial Pool Sunday and when he wasn't zipping through the water, Coach Couch was giving his team members last minute guidance before each event. "I was happy with every one of them. They've improved a lot over the last couple weeks," said Couch, the Piranha's new coach and the team's top competitor. He took first place in the 50-meter butterfly, finishing at 29:08 seconds. His...
The Thompson Falls City Pool offers a nice relief on a hot day. The recreational open swim times are 1 pm to 7 pm, Monday through Friday and noon to 5 pm on Saturdays. If you want to get a little more out of your swim you can join the lap swim session or the water aerobics classes that are offered. Monday through Friday the lap swim is 8:30-9:30 a.m. and the water aerobics classes are 8:30-9:30 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. The Thompson Falls Recreational Director, Sandra Kazmierczak,...
Some people never stop playing with toys. For seventh grade students, it is the cusp of a rite of passage for those who have spent their early childhoods playing with Legos and young adolescence in Lego robotics competitions – the Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) based league that introduces youth to robotics and computer programming. Thompson Falls science educator Erik Nygaard is in his fifth year coaching competitive robotics, including building with Legos in the First Lego L...
Into the fire season we go. Fire season has not really gotten hot yet in western Montana, and local wildland fire officials hope to keep the 2018 campaign quiet for as long as possible. With the Fourth of July and its associated fireworks ignition danger now in the rear view mirror, those officials turn their attention to the rising local wildfire risk as the summer takes a turn for the hotter and drier. Although California, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico have already endured a long, hot fire season, the first major fire of the season has...
"The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival," John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, after the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. But it was two days later that Congress accepted the final wording of the Declaration, prompting the nation's Founding Fathers to select July 4 as the momentous day. The...
