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Local district rangers provided Sanders County Commissioners an update of the Plains/Thompson Falls and Cabinet districts last week. Former Thompson Falls resident Dan Castillo is back in the area with the Forest Service, serving as interim ranger for the Plains/Thompson Falls Ranger District until a new ranger is hired. Previous District Ranger David Wrobleski accepted a new position within the agency. Castillo has worked for the Forest Service for 25 years, with the last nine as a timber contracting officer for the Lolo National Forest. Casti...
The second year of Ag Day in Sanders County had a first time special attraction for the kids - "Barney the Bison" - and it wasn't a fake purple dinosaur, but a real life American buffalo. The 4-year-old bison from the Harlow Bison Ranch of Thompson Falls was one of a dozen stations - one more than last year - in the Second Annual Ag Day at the Sanders County Fairgrounds last Wednesday. "I'm so proud of our agriculture community in Sanders County and their willingness to volunteer to put on this...
If you don't believe in global warming, go to Hot Springs on a Friday night and watch the Savage Heat football team. With a 64-6 win over Lima last Friday, the team sits at 6-0 for the season and has outscored their opponents by more than 200 points total. Hot Springs has scored 262 points and their five opponents this season (one win was due to a forfeit by Gardiner) have combined for just 51 points. "We're definitely getting better," Coach Jim Lawson said over the weekend. "I like what I'm...
Amundson Sports Complex at Plains was all about soccer on Saturday when over 300 children from both Sanders and Mineral counties participated in the Randy Baker Memorial Tournament. Kids from 4-13 years old from Plains, Trout Creek, Thompson Falls, Hot Springs, and Superior competed on several fields at the complex for more than six hours. U6 and U8 kids had their normally scheduled games, but the tournament was designed for the U10 and U13 teams and was done in a round robin format, according t...
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. DATA 5. SPT 8. PVA 11. ARABS 13. ALI 14. PAIN 15. PARER 16. DAM 17. ADIT 18. SATIS 20. DNB 21. IRIS 22. AMENABLE 25. PREMATURELY 30. CHOPPED 31. DEW 32. TONGA 33. OCALA 38. CPA 41. CORONAS 43. HAM SANDWICH 45. ADELAIDE 47. ALAE 49. AZT 50. SABER 55. DOHA 56. COT 57. AILED 59. ABED 60. ENE 61. RABBI 62. RED 63. SSR 64. SASS SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. DAP 2. ARAS 3. TARA 4. ABET 5. SADDER 6. PLANNED 7. TIMBALE 8. PADRE 9. VIII 10. ANTS 12. SRI 14. PAIL 19. SATE 23. MUD 24. BYWORD 25. PCT 26. RHO 27. EON 28. MPG 29. APACHE 34. COW 35....
The runners of Thompson Falls And Plains took on the grassy Silver Fox Golf course in Polson this past weekend. Running on several small rolling hills with lots of fun hay bales to jump over, the boys team had several close personal bests and new personal bests. Cael Thilmony was only one second away from his personal best with an amazing time of 17 minutes, 45 seconds, earning him sixth place. Weston Block had an impressive performance earning him a time of 19:49, a new personal best for the eighth grader. Tuff Ryder earned himself a personal...
by Skye Hill PLAINS 3, MISSION 2 The Plains Trotters faced the Mission Bulldogs last week at home to win in five sets 19-25, 25-22, 24-26, 25-11, 16-14. In the first set both teams had phenomenal volleys, never letting each other get more than two points ahead until Mission was able to take a serving lead over Plains ending the first set. The second set was much the same with intense volleys only this time it would be the Trotters who would take the serving lead to end the set. The third set...
NOXON 45 WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 19 The Noxon Red Devils traveled to take on the White Sulphur Springs Hornets taking the win 45-19. The Red Devils are now 4-2 for the season and are on the road again this week. Noxon will play in Gardiner at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Their final game of the season will be at home on October 20 when they will play host to Hot Springs. THOMPSON FALLS 14, LOYOLA 33 The Thompson Falls Blue Hawks traveled Friday to go helmet to helmet with the Loyola Rams, falling 14-33. The Blue Hawks started the game off strong with an...
