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If you are looking for a meal crafted with fresh, locally sourced ingredients giving that highly sought-after farm-to-table quality; look no further than The Foxhole Eatery. Located in Hot Springs, the new business opened in June of this year and hit the ground running. Staying true to her values, owner Heather Piper opened her business with the goal of finding ingredients for her dishes close to home. "We source our products as local as possible," Piper said. "We start with what we can get in...
A member of the Sanders County Board of Health submitted his resignation after a heated meeting last week with the Sanders County Commissioner. According to Nick Lawyer, the commissioners asked him to submit his resignation from the board after last week’s meeting. Lawyer posted his letter of resignation on Twitter. In the letter, Lawyer expressed his disappointment in being asked to resign. However, according to Montana Code Annotated 50-2-117, the county commissioners have 30 days to appoint a new member to the board of health. If a new m...
The Sanders County Commissioners met with representatives from Quinn’s Hot Springs Resort, Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) and Montana House of Representatives to discuss the possibility of taking action to increase the safety of Montana Highway 135. The road connects Montana Highway 200 and Interstate 90 at St. Regis. With a speed limit of nearly 70 miles per hour throughout the stretch and with its twists and turns, the commissioners and Quinn’s argue that it has become a hazard. Quinn’s representatives stated that increased safet...
Clark Fork Valley Hospital’s (CFVH) annual health fair will take place Saturday, October 2, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the agriculture building at the fairgrounds in Plains. Janie Hom, CFVH Community Health Improvement Specialist, is in charge of organizing the event and says there will be around 20 to 25 vendors providing health education and information. Hom says she has also invited visual artists from around the area to showcase their talents in hopes of expanding ideas for a healthier lifestyle. “We did have a smaller health fair last yea...
Do you feel that? Can you sense that in the air? I wish I was referring to the chilly fall mornings that are greeting us in Sanders County these days. No, I'm talking about the tension, the negativity and the uncertainty. Any public event or meeting these days has the potential to become a contentious debate. Whether it's about COVID closures or politics or funding or mandates or the lack of mandates, everything seems to be a conflict. The number of COVID cases in the county (120 as of Tuesday) is consistently higher than we've seen in the...
The recent resignation of Nick Lawyer from the Board of Public Health is a travesty of justice and counter to the overall well-being of our community. A bullying crowd of people attended a recent county commissioners’ meeting threatening commissioners and demanding the resignation of an excellent, thoughtful, community-minded medical practitioner from his position on this board. Nick has repeatedly and rightly informed and spoken out to support well-researched, medically sound practices. To ask for a resignation without this being on an a...
This past weekend I attended a fun gathering in Kalispell known as the Flathead Celtic Festival or Highland Games. The festival celebrates the history and contributions made by the Celtic people who originated from the countries of Scotland, Ireland, parts of France and the general area around Great Britain. These are the peoples who originally spoke the ancient language of Gaelic before the English language was forced upon them. If you are familiar with the television series Outlander where Jamie Frasier is constantly battling the English Red...
I read Jim Elliott’s last column with great interest. He was using his platform to explain his thoughts on Republican versus Democrat methodology in securing votes. The first sentence in the second paragraph stopped me in my tracks and had to be re-read three times to make sure I had understood its meaning. That sentence states, “Republicans try to get results by using emotion and Democrats by using logic;” I thought that was a, shall we say “interesting,” statement considering what we have s...
DIARY OF BESSIE FULLER REEDER Unedited excerpt from her diary regarding the trip from Hamilton, Montana to Whitepine By the spring of 1901 the folks decided they did not care to stay in Hamilton. Uncle Mark and family had gone on to Whitepine and had written to the folks and told them there was a lot of vacant land around Whitepine. My dad decided to go down there and look around. The land was covered with timber from which they could make a living. About the fourth of July we loaded up our things and started for Whitepine, cow, calf, an old...
ROBBI GASCON, Thompson Falls - “Quinn’s Hot Springs Resort because they have amazing food!” NATE NORRIS, Columbus, Ohio - “The Butcher’s Nook. I like their burgers and I like their breakfast sandwiches. High quality food.” WALKER MOREFIELD, Thompson Falls - “The Wayside Bar. They have really good burgers and fries and just a lot of good food.” TYREL WORTLEY, Trout Creek - “The Lakeside restaurant there in Trout Creek and the Farmhouse Cafe in Plains. The one I like in Trout Creek is mainly because the huckleberry shakes, and the one in Plains...
A Thompson Falls City Council member has resigned her position. Ward 3 representative Ruth Cheney has stepped down from the council, effective immediately. She resigned three months shy of the halfway point in her four-year term. “I just was not the right person for the job,” said Cheney. “I felt ineffective on the council. Things that I would like to have seen happen just didn’t.” Cheney explained that she tried to leave early enough to give the city time to find someone prior to the next meeting, set for October 13. “I felt I should get off t...
Montana Highway Patrol Dawn Davis, 55, driving under the influence, 1st offense, $685, 1 day in jail; operating without insurance, 1st offense, $75. Brina Bright, 31, day speeding, $20. Donald Brown, 66, speeding in a restricted zone, $55. Richard Hillebrandt, 57, leaving the scene of an accident, $285; careless driving, $85; failure to give notice of an accident, 1st offense, $285. John Riggs, 39, seatbelt violation, $20. Kristy Russell, 38, seatbelt violation, $20. Sanders County Sheriff’s Office Trevor Stapleton, 46, speeding in a r...
Ambulance: Hot Springs, 6; Plains, 13; Heron, 1; Trout Creek, 2; T. Falls, 8; Noxon, 2; Paradise, 1. Monday, September 13 Warrant service, Plains. Assist motorist/citizen, Plains. Protection order violation, T. Falls. General animal call or complaint, T. Falls. Sexual assault, Trout Creek. Motor vehicle crash, T. Falls. Assist motorist/citizen, Hot Springs. Assist motorist/citizen, Hot Springs. General animal call or complaint, Hot Springs. Fire, Hot Springs. Assist miscellaneous, T. Falls. Threats, Hot Springs. Harassment/privacy in...
As fall settles in and cooler temperatures come to northwest Montana, Community Action Partnership of Northwest Montana (CAPNM) is preparing for the 2021/22 LIEAP heating assistance program. CAPNM will begin accepting applications for the Low Income Home Water Assistance Program on October 1. Applications are available online at www.capnm.net or by calling (406) 758-5433. New this year is the Low Income Home Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP). The program is intended to help pay a portion of a home’s water and or sewer and wastewater bill, i...
Belle Cooper and Caleb LeForce were married July 4, 2021, at Belknap, Montana, on the bride's family's ranch. The ceremony was officiated by Doug Shear. Belle is the daughter of Curt and Lindy Cooper and the granddaughter of Doug and Janet Shear and Doug and Lori Cooper. Caleb is the son of Clint and Julie LeForce and the grandson of Jimmy and Carol LeForce and Linda and Scott Butler. The newlyweds plan to stay in Thompson Falls.... Full story
Thomas E. Smith (Tom) passed away July 29, 2021, in the presence of his wife, Verna, and pets Willie, Melody and Bessie. He came into the world in Hamilton, Montana, to parents Barton Smith and Louise Thorning Smith. He grew up at Medicine Hot Springs where he spent time swimming, washing towels and suits and cleaning the pool and cabins. He attended 12 years of school in Darby and graduated in 1955. He was a charter member of the Hamilton National Guard. He was in communications in the Army... Full story
Beverly (Cunningham) Cuvillier passed away Tuesday, September 7, 2021, in Plains, Montana. She was born on April 21, 1939, in a buckboard on the family farm near Ekalaka, Montana, to Lawrence and Ella Cunningham. She met Gerald in Great Falls in 1963 and they were married in 1964. The family lived in Troy for many years and moved to Trout Creek in 1996. She is survived by her husband of over 57 years, Gerald (Frenchy) Cuvillier; two sons, William Brown and Floyed Brown; two grandsons whom they... Full story
Smith (Smitty) Spalding Bruner 83 passed away on September 9, 2021, at Kalispell Regional Hospital in Kalispell, Montana. Smitty was born on October 8, 1937, in Fayette, Missouri to Howard and Evelyn (Spalding) Bruner. Smitty grew up in Missouri, graduated from Eldon High School and attended six years at The University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. While in college, Smitty worked summers in Idaho, where he fell in love with the northwest. In 1961, he went to work for the Forest Service,... Full story
Mona Vanek passed away on September 15, 2021. A full obituary will follow.... Full story
An unsuspecting bee fly heading for pollen gets grabbed by what appears to be a jagged ambush bug or possibly a leaf-footed bug, according to Lauren Kerzicnik, a Montana State University extension specialist, with an M.S. and a Ph.D. in entomology. The bee was about to land at a flower when the predator insect nabbed it, pulled it in, then turned it upside down for the kill....
The Thompson Falls school board on Monday voted to move forward with a nearly $1.4 million multi-use building project at the high school. The board called the special meeting on Monday to get more information from Dan McGee with Building Mind and Body, LLC. McGee attended the regular school board meeting last week, but came back this week to provide additional information and answer questions from the board. The board on Monday voted to hire McGee to act as an owner’s representative for the project, guiding the district through each phase. M...
Charles W. Bickenheuser hasn’t lived in Plains long, but that hasn’t stopped him from jumping right into issues he feels should be important to anyone who lives here. With only 2.5 years as a resident under his belt, he decided two weeks ago to address the town council at its September meeting and “shake things up a bit,” as he said. “This is a great place to live, but I think it can be better for everyone here,” said the 74-year-old Bickenheuser, a retired teacher and a former Special Forces veteran of the Vietnam War. Bickenheuse...
Sanders County cross country athletes got a look at some statewide competition last weekend at the Mountain West Classic in Missoula. "This is a huge meet," said Thompson Falls Coach Sarah Naegeli, "where runners learn about defending their space, how to navigate in a large crowd at the start, and how to use the terrain on the course to their advantage." The race was held Saturday at the University of Montana golf course in Missoula and will be the same course used for the state meet next...
The Blue Hawk volleyball team is keeping their momentum going, coming away with two wins last week, improving their record to 4-2. With various schedule changes due to COVID closures at other schools, the Hawks were scheduled to host Eureka Thursday and host Charlo on Saturday. However, Thompson Falls ended up traveling to Charlo on Thursday and then playing host to the Eureka Lions on Saturday for the team's first District 7-B conference game. "We had a good week," said Hawk Coach Sandra Kazmie...
THOMPSON FALLS MONDAY NITE GALS W L Dolls with Balls 3 1 Talk of the Town 3 1 Dangerous Dames 3 1 Rock’n Bowl 1 3 Nascar Freaks 1 3 Bye 1 3 Team Scr. Game: Dolls with Balls, 486; Scr. Series: Dolls with Balls, 1353; Hcp. Game: Dangerous Dames, 659; Hcp. Series: Dolls with Balls, 1806; Inv. Scr. Game: Donna Howard, 186; Scr. Series: Brenda Frank, 467. BOWLING BEAUTIES W L Gardner Ranch 3 1 Lane Blazers 2.5 1.5 Elliott Realty 2.5 1.5 The Dinkers 1.5 2.5 Aspire PT 1.5 2.5 Sunflower Gals 1 3 Team Scr. Game: Gardener Ranch, 477; Scr. Series: G...
