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Margo Burnette, on August 10, 2018, at the age of 78, traveled into that gentle night. She leaves behind Jim, her husband of 55 years, a son, daughter and extended family. They miss her dearly. Her simple wish was for her family and friends to be happy, healthy and enjoy the Clark Fork. Graveside services were held Friday, August 17, 2018.... Full story
For the fashion conscious, there is one event that stands out above all others – New York Fashion Week. For fans of chic couture in the county, that event might as well be on another planet. But for three lucky girls, that dream is becoming a reality. Tiffany Brown took on one of the many “make money from home” opportunities out there, in the form of Red Aspen, a company that takes on sales reps around the country to be distributors of their faux eye lash line of products. Natalie Eichert of Heron and Jenny Lyght of Thompson Falls are also...
Thompson Falls Jehovah’s Witness organization is facing a legal battle for the allegedsexual abuse of children dating back to 2004. The case is set for a September trial with 20th District Judicial Judge James Monley presiding. Attorneys for the defendants, Thompson Falls Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc. of New York and Pennsylvania, and the Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (CCJW) have recently submitted their Final Pretrial Order related to a lawsuit claiming they failed to repor...
The 2018 Sanders County Fair is once again returning with a mixture of traditional festivities and bringing in some new ones. The biggest new arrival this year is Paradise Amusement, which will provide the carnival for the fair for the first time. Chris McGuigan, the fair manager, said the Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, amusement company will have 12-15 adult rides and 5-7 kid’s rides beginning at noon Thursday. Also new this year is “Open Mic” time, which will take place in the midway area from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. As of Mond...
A fire erupted Thursday at a house on Madison Street in Thompson Falls. The house was vacant at the time, and was in the process of being remodeled. No injuries were reported in the blaze....
It was a full flight at River's Bend on Saturday for the 10th Annual Avista Charity Scramble. The 18 teams played a four-man scramble and raised money for Western Montana Mental Health Center (WMMHC) of Sanders County. The tournament set a new record for fundraising, with just more than $21,000 raised through entry fees, silent auction items, raffle tickets and sponsorships. On the course, the men's team of John Beckman, Luke Beckman, Brian Eckoff and Josh Wylie rallied for first place with an...
The sports of fall are upon us, and it will be a race to the finish from here on out as football, volleyball and cross country teams will hit the ground running with a spate of games and matches this week. The four volleyball teams of Sanders County will play in three different tournaments. Coach Sandra Kazmierczak and her Thompson Falls Lady Hawks, always one of the better coach-and-team acts in the Western B division, will start their 2018 campaign in the Choteau Tournament Friday and Saturday...
Juniors will lead the Thompson Falls Blue Hawk football team this fall. With no eligible seniors and only a handful of incoming freshmen on hand, Thompson Falls coach Jared Koskela says that juniors will form the backbone of this year’s, and next year’s Blue Hawk football team. “We have zero local seniors, we have several seniors that will not be able to play varsity but, other than that we do have a huge junior class,” he said. “This is a team we can grow with, we just have to get some games under our belts.” The growth of this year’s team...
Eight women from Thompson Falls earned a chance to go to the 99th USBC Women's Championships. The United States Bowling Congress (USBC) hosted the annual tournament in Reno, Nevada, where ore than 16,000 women came to compete in the six different divisions. The players came from all over America and there were even a few players from some international countries. The whole tournament lasted 74 days. The two teams that represented Thompson Falls were the Fun Team with Peggy Reller, Renee Klinger,...
Six-Man football is back in Hot Springs, and the coach and his players could not be happier. “We’re back,” long time head coach Jim Lawson said of his Savage Heat returning to the 6-Man game, where Hot Springs has won two State C titles in the past several years. “We are happy to be back in a place where we feel like we can be competitive again.” Hot Springs was forced into 8-Man football last year based on the school’s enrollment, but not many of those extra bodies they had in high school wanted to play football. As a result, the Savage Heat...
Just a Saturday night special. The Plains Horsemen football team, fresh off a 6-4 season and a rare State C playoff appearance in 2017, open the 2018 campaign with a very special game right out of the chute, facing the Landers Smith-led Charlo Vikings Saturday night in Plains. Coach Eddie Fultz, who guided the Horsemen to the post season in his first year at the helm last fall, knows what he is up against with Charlo, which made it to the quarterfinals of the State C 8-Man playoffs with Smith, the Western C co-offensive player of the year, keyi...
The Over the Hill Gang anted up on Monday at River’s Bend, adding a friendly game of poker to regular golf play. The golfers took their scores on the odd holes (1, 3, 5, 7 and 9) for a poker hand. The winning hand was four 6s, and the pot was split three ways between John Pritzkau, Ray Marshall and Mike Smith. Chip-ins went to Mike Gillmore on No. 5, Bruce Haflich on No. 6 and Barb Wooden on No. 1. In the pay for par competition on No. 4, winners were John Mosher, Rick Kendall and Dave Garr. For pin prizes, Haflich was closes to the pin on N...
Hagedorn Land Surveying remains on top in Wednesday league play at River’s Bend. The team was unstoppable last week, coming in with a low team net of 136. Hagedorn’s Paul Flemmer also had the low individual gross of 35 and was closest to the pin in three on No. 2. His teammates also garnered individual honors, with Ryan Ostwald hitting closes to the pin on No. 8 and Bernie Groshong hitting the long putt on No. 3. The First Security Bank team of Mike Baxter, Ben Mummert, Bill Nolen and Michael Sharfe had the low team gross of 163, and How...
It was a terrific Tuesday for Feed & Fuel at River’s Bend last week. The team of Dave Petteys, Gary Thompson, Steve Clark and Doug Gunderson shot a low team gross of 173, and Gunderson hit the long drive on No. 9 for those 55 and older. Internet Kitchen (David Reedy, Ron Reedy, John Buckingham and Ron Belger) had the low team net, low individual gross honors went to Kevin Sparks with a 37, and Bill Nolen had the low individual net with 31. In pin prizes, Dave Garr had the long putt on No. 3, with Sean Kelly taking that honor on No. 6. Howard M...
