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There were 35 golfers playing with the Over the Hill gang at River’s Bend Monday morning, but no one had a bigger day of play than Buck Adams. Adams was the star of the day in hole play for the Hill players, winning honors for the longest putts on Nos. 3, 6 and 7. Ron Beaty needed the fewest number of strokes to capture low gross honors with a 41, while Scott Garr and Sharon Pound shot the low men’s and women’s nets with rounds of 31 each, respectively. In other Hill highlights, Rick Kendall also enjoyed a great day, sending home the long putts...
Bear Muscle Fitness bore down and shot the low team gross of 184, but Sparky’s Gutter Time shot the low team net of 140 and took over the lead in Tuesday Night men’s League action at River’s Bend last week. Steve Fairbank, Steve Anderson, Cody Mosher and Rick Hagedorn played the Bend for Bear Muscle and Mike Thilmony, Sean Kelly, Doug Czerwinski and Hammerin’ Tom Holleran did the swinging for Sparky’s Gutter kings last Tuesday. Ron Belger shot a straight-up 42 to nab low individual gross honors and Tom Kirkland posted the low individua...
With Randy Hagedorn leading the way with the low individual gross of 39, the Hagedorn Land Surveying team of Hagedorn, Paul Flemmer, Ryan Ostwald and Rick Hagedorn shot the low team gross of 173 to highlight play in the Wednesday Night Men’s League at River’s Bend last week. Paced by Chuck Manry who shot the low individual net of 29, the Whitefish Credit Union team of Manry, Rusty Sharp, Rick Kendall and Wally Gibe captured low team net honors with a 137. In spite of those teams’ efforts, First Security Bank still leads the second half stand...
If you live in Sanders County and want to watch 11-man football this fall you had better put up the footrest on your recliner and watch it on television because no local high school will be playing it. For the first time anyone around here can remember, there will be no games played on 100-yard fields with 11 players on each side in our fine county, only on 80-yard gridirons with either eight or six players to a side. Since Thompson Falls was granted the right to drop down to the 8-Man game by the MHSA late last fall, the 11-man game of...
They say the best things in life are free and here is some proof. A free basketball camp for local youngsters in grades 2 through 8 will be held at the Thompson Falls junior high gym next week. Sponsored by the Thompson Falls Community Congregational Church, the hoop camp will kick off Sunday at 3 p.m., will run until about 5 that day, and then will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday. An organizer for the event, local pastor Matt Schraeder said that Montana Grizzly player Bobby Moorehead, who helped lead the Griz to a second...
Crew members from the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) and the Montana Conservation Corps (MCC) worked hard to improve the access points and trails surrounding Big Hole Lookout. These trails provide close connections to the communities of Thompson Falls, Plains and Snider. The trail lengths vary from a couple hundred feet off Highway 200 to several Forest Service roads. The trail project is a Recreational Trails Program (RTP) funded project designed to enhance visitor enjoyment and access to Big...
MHP reported a fatal motorcycle accident occurring Friday night around 9:45 p.m. on Prospect Creek Road. A 67-year-old man from Wallace, Idaho, was riding his motorcycle southbound when a deer entered the roadway causing the collision. The motorcycle struck the deer and then overturned, according to reports. Clark Fork Valley Hospital tended to the victim, who died shortly after from injuries sustained in the crash. Alcohol and drugs are suspected to have been involved in the incident, according to MHP. The investigation is ongoing, and...
A longstanding member of Paradise was honored last Wednesday as a tribute to his selfless devotion to the community by dedicating the Agriculture Building at the Sanders County Fairgrounds to the late Clyde Terrell. Nearly 40 people showed up for the Plains Lions Club dedication, which included a large brass plaque attached to the building. Those in attendance included a dozen Lions members and five people from the Terrell family. Terrell's daughter Kim Burgess and Terrell's great-granddaughter...
