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A group of children helped local bees last weekend by making them artificial shelters, compliments of the Eastern County Conservation District and the Green Mountain Conservation District. This was the first time the two county entities teamed up with Studs Building and Home in Plains to construct the six-foot tall and four-foot wide bee houses. Six girls and three boys from 5-13 years old and one adult, all from Plains, took part in the bee house project, which was headed by Emily Baker of the...
Anyone who graduated from Thompson Falls High School is familiar with the name Randy Symon. Whether he was your elementary PE teacher, your coach, or taught you how to drive, Randy Symon was there. But getting nominated for the Montana Coaches Association Hall of Fame had never been on the front of the retired Thompson Falls Track and Field coach's mind, until two lifelong friends took it into their own hands and got to work. "Everyone said this award was something that should have been done a...
Trout Creek will come alive Saturday and Sunday for the 44th Annual Huckleberry Festival. The fun-filled weekend includes a pancake breakfast, fun run, booths, vendors, live entertainment, an auction and more. The theme for this year’s festival is “It’s a Purple Party!” The logo was designed by Juanita Gambrel of Thompson Falls and features a bear jumping into a pool of huckleberries. Crowder Design of Thompson Falls adapted the logo for shirts and other festival swag. The Trout Creek Rural Fire Department kicks things off Saturday morning...
Judges might be a little hesitant about getting too close to one 4-H member's entry at the Sanders County Fair competition on Aug. 29. "It's kinda fun when their eyes get real big, but it's kinda nice when they edge a little closer," said 11-year-old John McNamara of the South Side Sparks club, who has shown a tarantula and a snake for his pocket pet project in past years and judges were reluctant to get close to his projects, let alone hold them. This year, McNamara has several projects - photo...
Cody Allen Allestad made his initial appearance before Judge John Mercer on Tuesday, entering not guilty pleas to two felony counts of strangulation of partner or family member, two misdemeanor counts of partner or family member assault, and one felony count of partner or family member assault. Judge Mercer set the jury trial for December 2. According to the filed affidavit, on July 7, Sanders County Sheriff's deputies Devin Wegener and Patrick Barber responded to an address in Plains, where the reporting party advised that her daughter had...
Last week as I was walking down Main Street in Thompson Falls, distracted by waving at someone driving by, I nearly ran into a doe huddled in some shade just off the sidewalk. It shocked me and I jumped back a bit as the deer just stood there. (As a side note, one thing that's important to know about me is that my brother and his best friend told me that deer were aliens and that's why their eyes glowed. It still influences me to this day.) Finally the deer just stepped aside a bit, but never was bothered by me being there. Later that day, I...
When she was a puppy, I could smoosh my nose into our dogs’ paws and inhale corn chips. I could stuff my nose into the scruff of her neck and smell sunlight and grass and a touch of joy. But somewhere along the way, she lost her puppy smell and gained a stink. We added those green doggie toothbrushes, but it wasn’t her breath that needed fixing, and the treats didn’t seem to affect anything anyway. We started bathing the dogs every week, which decreased the number of dog-hair-tumbleweeds rolling through the house, but still didn’t take her sme...
5 YEARS AGO • JUNE, 1974 FIREMEN GO TO FISH FRY Thompson Falls firemen went to a fish fry Thursday as guests of Superintendent O.L. (Rip) Holo, but he hadn’t exactly planned it that way. A fish smoker in a shed at the rear of the Holo residence malfunctioned resulting in fire damage to one wall and part of the roof of the shed. GAMBLES BIG FISH CONTEST (Ad) Go fishing, catch a big one and win a prize! Remington semi-automatic .22 rifle ($54.95 value) for largest Rainbow or Native trout Fly Rod & Reel for largest Bull Trout or Pike Spi...
Ambulance: Trout Creek, 6; T. Falls, 6; Plains, 5; Hot Springs, 5; Dixon, 1; Heron, 1; Camas Prairie, 1. Monday, July 29 Inmate transport. Civil attempts. Trespass, Dixon. Officer flag down, Plains. Civil attempts. Trespass, Plains. Trespass, Plains. Motor vehicle crash, T. Falls. Assist miscellaneous, Noxon. Motor vehicle crash, Plains. Intimidation/harassment, T. Falls. Request for welfare check, Heron. Motor vehicle crash, Plains. Livestock, Paradise. Tuesday, July 30 Business contact. Disturbance, Dixon. General animal call/complaint,...
Montana Highway Patrol Ronald Scott, 53, speeding in a restricted zone, $105. Michael Combs, 49, speeding in a restricted zone, $95. David Hill, 78, operating without liability insurance in effect, 1st offense, $85; seatbelt violation, $20. Joel Reyes-Lopez, 65, seatbelt violation, $20. Steven Roos, 65, violation in a work zone, $235. Eric Thornton, 38, careless driving, $45. James Stokes, 70, seatbelt violation, $20. Robert Arnold, 60, day speeding, $20. Paul Dix, 65, speeding in a restricted zone, $85. Sanders County Sheriff’s Office R...
ANJEL CEELY, Plains - “Why not a little bit of both? In a sense it’s like saying your glass is half empty or full. You can’t have one without the other.” MICHELLE TURNER, Paradise - “I feel the rain.” CECILIA HARRIS, Plains - “I feel the rain in the way the earth lets out its emotions.” LIAM LYMAN, Plains - “I feel the rain. It just feels nice.” DREW CAREY, Plains - “I definitely feel the rain.” ADRIAN NASS, Plains- “Personally it is a mix of both. Literally you feel the rain, and the after effects like the coldness....
Jim Walker passed into God’s hands May 18, 2024, from Lewy Body Dementia & metastasized cancer. He was 77 years young. Born in Hanford, California, on July 21, 1946, he was the middle child of Carol and Velma (Greve) Walker. Jim was proud of his pioneer heritage. The Greves were early settlers in Coalinga, California. The Walkers were “Okies” escaping The Dust Bowl. Jim inherited the best from both sides: good looks, personality, temperament, and talents. Raised in a Jesus-loving family, he accepted his Lord and Savior at age 12. For the rest...
Clark Fork Valley Hospital (CFVH) received an American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines and Mission: Lifeline achievement award for demonstrating commitment to following up-to-date, research-based guidelines for the treatment of stroke, ultimately leading to more lives saved, shorter recovery times and fewer readmissions to the hospital. Every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a stroke, and stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. Studies show patients can recover better when providers consistently follow trea...
Trout Creek volunteer firefighter Gayle Seekins puts the finishing touches on a marker remembering the February fire that destroyed three businesses in Noxon. Behind Seekins are Anne Schnell (left) and wife Cathy Seekins. John Rummell, owner of Montana Granite Industries, donated the engraved granite marker, and Johnson's Hardware donated the cement....
Water may be a hot commodity in Montana, increasingly so during these dry summers and low snowpack winters. Sanders County residents who own property on the Flathead Reservation also must adjust to changing water restrictions. Ranchers concerned with irrigation restrictions in the Hot Springs area are faced with even more restrictions according to Koshon LaCounte, the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project North Division Supervisor. He said availability of water has affected allotments this year. “Winter has not replenished the water. It carried o...
The Montana Department of Revenue (DOR) will soon be distributing its second round of property tax rebates to eligible Montana taxpayers as part of a property tax relief package signed into law by Governor Greg Gianforte in 2023. The property tax rebate is a rebate of up to $675 of property taxes paid on a principal residence. To qualify, you must have owned and lived in a Montana residence for at least seven months of 2023 and paid the property taxes on that residence. Properties owned by an entity and irrevocable trusts are not eligible for...
More than 190 4-H members from across the state, including more than a dozen from Sanders County, visited Montana State University last mont for the Montana 4-H Congress, an annual event offering competitive events, workshops, entertainment and social events. As the youth development program of MSU Extension, Montana 4-H reaches more than 17,000 youth each year and is supported by more than 3,000 volunteers. Competitive topics at the event, which ran July 9-12, included career communications, de...
July was a sudden scorcher! The meteorologist seems to have the best job on the planet, as he has been paid to be pretty egregiously incorrect quite often this season (apologies to any meteorologists out there). May the huckleberries be benefitting from these last few nice rains. As to the real estate market, the inventory is still growing, but it is still at a much slower rate seasonally. Those low interest rate loans are hard to part with when you have to start over with a much higher rate. The sales were down for both land and homes for the...
Usually, I read more frivolous and fun books in the summer, and I used to think it was because that’s what I wanted to read, but now I’m beginning to think it’s simply because that’s what’s published and available to me at that time of year. I’m curious, how does it work for you? Do you prefer quick and dirty books, what I call “page turners,” like those by John Grisham, Colleen Hoover, and Emily Henry, or deeply engrossing books, what I call “think traps,” like those by Barbara Kingsolver, Elena Ferrante, and Abraham Verghese? Do your t...
Melodie Cook – Sanders County Home School Co-Op - Plains Interviewed by Karen Thorson "Spotlight on the Arts" by The Paradise Center honors and encourages students in the arts by highlighting their talent and acknowledging the support they receive through their schools and teachers. Going into the 11th grade of study, at 16 years of age Melodie Cook is already an accomplished artist. Although the artistic media may technically be called drawing, her technique is to create a base of color with m...
The Bear Muscle Fitness team of Rick Hagedorn, John Mosher, Cody Mosher, and Doug Robichaud took the low team gross score with 172. While the Noxon Quick Stop team (Bart Haflich, Shawn Wilkinson, Arthur Potts, and Scott Garr) took the low team net score with 150. Cody Mosher earned the low individual gross score with 39, Steve Clark earned the low individual net score with his 34. Dave Petteys had closest to pin on No. 2, while Dave Garr had closest to pin on No. 5, and Rick Hagedorn had closest to pin on No. 8. Steve Clark proved his skills...
The Custom Solutions team who included RT Brown, Bob Brown, Doug Fisher, and Tom Pride took the low team gross score with their 166. The Highlead team (Jesse Mosher, John Mosher, Tyson Petticrew and Chadd Laws) took the team low net score with 145. RT Brown showed his skills getting the low individual gross score with 37, while Jason Anderson got the low individual net score with 30. Rick Hagedorn had closest to pin on No. 2, while Will Mitchell earned closest to pin on No. 5, and Scott Pardee earned closest to pin on hole No. 8. Howard...
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. RABBIS 7. SALINE 13. MADEIRA 14. ABALONE 16. AB 17. ANALOGIZE 19. DA 20. HINDS 22. AUG 23. EAGER 25. DEUS 26. SATES 28. CRAN 29. ISM 30. RAM 31. DKG 33. ORE 34. EXEC 36. ROGUES 38. ACRIS 40. WUNDT 41. BRAVED 43. MAID 44. RUT 45. TAR 47. PON 48. HUS 51. ESOP 53. BASAL 55. TONE 56. AARON 58. PIP 59. SAGER 60. SD 61. SATIRICAL 64. AU 65. TEHERAN 67. SARCASM 69. SERAPE 70. TRIAGE SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. RABIES 2. AD 3. BEADS 4. BINS 5. IRA 6. SALAAM 7. SAGGED 8. ABI 9. LAZE 10. ILEAC 11. NO 12. ENDEARED 13. MAHDI 15. EARNEST 18. OUT...
Get ready for an unforgettable journey through the heart of Western Montana's agricultural landscapes with the inaugural Clark Fork River Pedal & Farm Tour. This 30-mile bike tour, set to take place on Saturday, August 17th, offers participants a unique opportunity to explore the region’s diverse farms while enjoying the scenic beauty along the Clark Fork River. Riders will meander through sunlit forests, glide along the riverbanks, and traverse meadows where agriculture has flourished for generations. The tour features visits to several s...
