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Crooks utilize the cover of darkness for dastardly deeds, but Dave Williams of Plains and his crew used the nighttime to surprise residents with colorful art. Just as the sun was setting last Wednesday evening, Williams and 15 friends and family members started tacking up nearly 1,000 feet of the Wild Horse Plains herd across the chain link fence on the greenway along Railroad Street. By 11 p.m., "Becoming the Guardian of the Herd" was up on display. The exhibit is a form of guerilla art, which...
For the last three years, the academic proficiency of Sanders County students in third through eighth grades has been tested by implementing Smarter Balance Assessment (SBAC) exams. The results are used along with ACT scores for high school students, to determine trends and Montana academia proficiency levels. According to Montana’s Office of Public Instruction (OPI), the 2017-2018 statewide assessments show little variation in the SBAC scores over the last year, but there is a decline in the last 5-year ACT scores. “The 2018 average ACT compos...
The Plains Lions Club will soon be starting this year's free eye screening program. Now they'll be able to get the job done in half the time, thanks to a new and improved device. The club got the newest portable eye screener – PlusoptiX S-12 – at Plains School, where they also received a training session on the device from Dave Falcon, who heads the Montana Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation. Four members of the Plains club - Duane Highcrane, Marv Tanner, Chuck Wassinger and Ken Matthiesen - w...
The leaves are turning, and all things pumpkin are popping up around every corner. With the changing of the seasons, Cancer Network of Sanders County (CNSC) is preparing for their annual Fall Extravaganza fundraiser. This year’s event will begin at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Plains VFW. The event is aimed at raising money for CNSC, which provides financial aid to Sanders County residents currently undergoing treatment for cancer. When the group formed in 2001, they provided one-time gifts of $50 to cancer patients in the county. In 1...
The Thompson Falls Invitational is always a cool cross country race to participate in. After all, you have the spacious, green fairways and the serene Clark Fork River flowing by, all under the brow of the forested splendor of Flat Iron Ridge, River's Bend golf course is just kind of a cool place to be at any time; but that wasn't what made the Thompson Falls Invite so cool this time around last Thursday. No, the weather is what made the day at this year's local XC meet. "Finally, some cooler,...
by John Hamilton Chaos causers; that is what the Thompson Falls football Blue Hawks want to be this week. Fresh off a 43-0 road loss to the undefeated, No. 1 ranked Bigfork Vikings last Friday, the Hawks will jump out of the proverbial frying pan and into the fire this week when equally powerful Loyola visits Previs Field this Friday for Thompson Falls' annual homecoming game. Loyola destroyed two-time defending State B champion Eureka 56-12 in Missoula Friday night, a week after Bigfork had...
Which team will end up being the one that finally tames the wild, wild west? Still in the heat of the race to be that team, the Hot Springs Savage Heat went to Gardiner Saturday and upended the homestanding Bruins 54-7 to improve their season record to 3-1 in conference and 4-1 overall in the suddenly whacked-out Western C 6-Man division. What's making the Western C seem a little whacked out right now is some of the other results from last weekend. Previously considered the team to beat and the...
Football lives in Noxon; and it might just survive clear into the playoffs for the second year running. Coach Bart Haflich and his Red Devils walloped Sheridan 55-14 in Sheridan Friday to improve to 3-2 in Western C 6-Man action. Noxon is only a game off the conference lead as previously unbeaten White Sulphur Springs lost 52-32 to West Yellowstone and fell to 4-1 last week, bunching up the teams at the top of Western C standings. West Yellowstone and Hot Springs are also 4-1 (although Hot Springs is 3-1 in league play), and Valley Christian...
Now that they have seen the Flint Creeks, the Charlos and the Arlees of the Western C 8-Man football world, maybe coach Eddie Fultz and the Plains Horsemen can start enjoying themselves a little more. Sitting at 1-4 after a brutal first half of the season – which proceeded with a 68-0 loss to the No. 1 ranked, defending State C champion and now 5-0 Flint Creek Titans, in Drummond Saturday – the Horsemen finally get a shot at some more pedestrian competition when 3-2 Mission visits Plains Fri...
They never give up and they never give in; the junior high Blue Hawk football team just keeps playing hard right down to the last second of each game. Playing with lots of heart, the undermanned Hawks dropped a pair of games last week, falling 54-32 to the young Vikings in Charlo Tuesday and 32-18 to the Mission Bulldogs at Previs Field in Thompson Falls Saturday. Coaches Michael T. Allen and Brandon Fisher were set to guide the young Hawks against Sanders County rival Plains Tuesday afternoon...
The Plains Trotters fought off the rival Thompson Falls Lady Hawks in five tough sets in Plains Tuesday and the Hot Springs Savage Heat spiked the Lincoln Lynx in three sets in Hot Springs Thursday to highlight prep volleyball action in Sanders County last week. In other action last week, all four county net squads competed in the Mineral County Shootout in St. Regis and Superior Saturday but results of that tournament were not available at press time. This week will be a busy one for area nette...
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The Montana State University Pesticide Education Program is offering a pest management tour for pesticide applicators at six locations across northwestern Montana Oct. 2-4. Speakers will present on a variety of topics, including managing rodents, invasive grass management, why pesticides may not work properly, crop insect pest management, effectively utilizing biocontrol agents, understanding the Worker Protection Standard and pollinator protection. Presentations vary by location. Representatives speaking on the tour include Cecil Tharp, MSU pe...
For 16 years, fifth and sixth grade students in Sanders County have participated in the annual Water Festival. The event is geared toward providing kids an outdoor learning experience while gaining knowledge in aquatics. The event will take place October 2 at Thompson Falls State Park. Students from Noxon, Plains, Thompson Falls, Trout Creek, Dixon and Hot Springs will rotate through the park while visiting stations including: Fisheries, hosted by Marc Terrazas and Harvey Carlsmith of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP); Tracks, taught by...
