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There is no argument over whether wolves have survived in Montana. However, there is much discrepancy on where to go from here. With standing room only, an estimated 250 people filled the Lakeside Resort conference center in Trout Creek last Thursday evening for a meeting over wolf management practices. Local sportsmen called this second meeting, inviting Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP), State Rep. Bob Brown, founder of Idaho's Foundation for Wildlife Management's (F4WM) Justin Webb, and...
The Sanders County community's Christmas spirit is bursting at the seams. Holiday bazaars, pictures with Santa, tree lightings and the annual Christmas on Main Street in Thompson Falls had even the grinches singing carols over the weekend. In Thompson Falls, the annual Sanders County Christmas Bazaar welcomed 46 vendors offering arts and crafts, baked goods and other items. Organizer Janie McFadgen, in her second year as leader of the bazaar, said the feedback from vendors and participants was...
The Lolo National Forest announced that Erin Carey has been selected as the new ranger for the Plains-Thompson Falls Ranger District. Carey has been the Deputy District Ranger on the Aspen-Sopris Ranger District on the White River National Forest in Colorado for three years, and is currently in a 120-day detail (temporary) assignment as the acting District Ranger on the Flagstaff Ranger District on the Coconino National Forest in Arizona. Prior to the White River National Forest, Carey worked in...
Original interpretations of creativity and "sweet" equity were the driving forces shown off at the Sanders County Historical Society's 21st Annual Gingerbread Contest on Saturday. This year's contest theme was "Christmas in the Old West." Fourteen entries vied for the top prize, the "Auntie A Award," named after long-time supporter of the contest the late Alice Nakamura. This year the Auntie A Award with the most votes cast was for Pam Peters and Kate Baxter's Family/Group entry, an Old West...
Strolling through the aisles at the local holiday bazaars the last couple of weekends, we've been amazed at the local talent. You recognize people from the grocery store or the post office, but it's awesome to see them in another venue, showing off their creative talents. From knitted and crocheted items to baked goods and woodworking, the unique creations were abundant. It sure helped as we were doing some Christmas shopping, and it made us feel great to be able to support local businesses and vendors. Often, while visiting the bazaars, it's...
A recent column generated a conversation with a few friends that I thought might be a good topic for discussion. In that column, I mentioned the fact that as a police officer, I patrolled the streets of South Central and Central Los Angeles “by choice.” A couple friends specifically asked why I would work those areas if I could have chosen otherwise. First, I have to explain something that people either forget, never realized, or have had their opinions tainted by the media. That is this: Most individuals who are drawn to a career in pub...
11 YEARS AGO • FEBRUARY 14, 1980 LIGHTWEIGHTS LEAD HAWKS TO TITLE At the beginning of this year’s wrestling season the odds favored the Blue Hawks to repeat as state champions, but as the year progressed the Hawks stock rose and fell. The Blue Hawks did have a winning dual season and they did extremely well in the four tournaments they participated in but they could do no better than tie with Arlee behind Seeley-Swan at the division tournament. By that time quite a few people had written off the Blue Hawks’ chances for repeating at State...
JANICE STERNS, Thompson Falls – "Yes. It is called, June’s Journey. It’s a mystery. You find clues to find out who dunnit. It’s a little bit different.” CHANTEL ELDER, Thompson Falls – “Yes, I do. I play all four of the Candy Crush games. I play pretty much every day. It occupies my mind and makes me think.” TOM NORRIS, Thompson Falls – “My grandson, Cooper, does play Minions and Marco. When I’m traveling by plane, I play waste basket.” DYLAN ROSS, Paradise – “Yes, I do. I play Candy Crush and Runescape.” JOSEPH ALTMAN, Thompson Falls – “Yes...
Montana Highway Patrol Cassandra Perkins, 37: day speeding, $40, no liability insurance, 2nd offense, $385; displaying license plates assigned to another vehicle, $75. Harshitha Kilari, 32, day speeding, $70. Jana Mckee, 30, no liability insurance, 1st offense, $85. Jasyn Wheeler, 19, no liability insurance, 2nd offense, $85. Anthony Ferlan, 36, seatbelt violation, $20. Rachel Bingham, 26, night speeding, $70. Wendall Baer, 43, speeding in a restricted zone, $85. Georgina Levey, 46, speeding in a restricted zone, $95. Dallin Stanger, 31,...
On Tuesday, District Court Judge Deborah "Kim" Christopher sentenced Marvin Burrell to five years probation for fraudulently recieving more than $11,000 in unemployment benefits from the state of Montana. Court documents alleged that from December 2015 to June 2016, Burrell reported zero earnings. Audits of that time period showed that Burrell was working for Riverside Contracting, Inc., at the same time, according to charging documents. Judge Christopher ordered Burrell to pay restitution in the amount of $11,966.88. Also in District Court on...
Ambulances: T. Falls, 2; Plains, 4; H. Springs, 1; Dixon QRU, 1. Sunday, November 25 Trespassing, hunting without permission, T. Falls. Welfare check requested on camper at Northshore Campground, T. Creek. Longhorns on Hwy. 200, Plains. Disabled vehicle in turnout along Hwy. 200, Perma. Monday, November 26 Welfare check requested, H. Springs. Two vehicle accident in the High School parking lot, T. Falls. Dog chasing deer across the walking bridge, T. Falls. Bucket of chemicals found in Mule Pasture, T. Falls. Semi attempted to pass a vehicle...
The Polar Express is making a stop at Plains School for the month of December, compliments of train enthusiast Bill Beck. The Plains resident set up the train and a winter village last week and left it in charge of train "conductor" Thom Chisholm, the school superintendent, who will turn the train on periodically throughout the school day. "I think the teachers like it more than the kids," said the 77-year-old Beck, who worked on the train village for about six hours. He finished Monday by...
Donations of new and unwrapped toys are being accepted throughout Sanders County for the annual Toys for Tots campaign. Boxes have been placed at Gamble’s in Hot Springs, the Plains VFW, and at Harvest Foods, Valley Bank, Thompson Falls Trading Post and Ace Empire Builders in Thompson Falls. Requests for toys can also be made locally and must be received by Thursday, Dec. 13, for distribution on Saturday, Dec. 15. To apply for toys for children or for more information, email [email protected], call (406) 212-2622 or visit w...
Now in its fifth year, the Montana Youth Leadership Council met last Friday to develop projects addressing childhood hunger during Fight Childhood Hunger Week next April 8-14, 2019. Over 50 applications were received, and 20 members were selected to represent middle and high schools in 19 different communities across Montana. First Lady Lisa Bullock attended the meeting with student representatives at the Capitol Building in Helena. "I commend you for reaching out and being here to help us," Bul...
Thompson Falls high school counselor Jodi Morgan shared some good news at the school board meeting Monday. Morgan proudly announced that senior Nathan Burwig received the QuestBridge scholarship, which includes more than $70,000 a year for four years at Tufts University near Boston, Massachusetts. This year, the program received a record high 16,248 applications. Of those, 6,507 were chosen as finalists. Burwig was one of 1,044 students to receive the QuestBridge College Match Scholarship. According to the QuestBridge website, “College Match S...
Hugh Randolph Butler, 93, went to be with the Lord on November 26, 2018. He was born on a farm near Lingle, Wyoming, on September 10, 1925 to Hugh A. and Helen [Randolph] Butler. He was the third of nine brothers. He was drafted into the Army during his senior year in January 1944 to serve in combat as a radio man and later in charge of German prisoners in WWII European Theater. He was honorably discharged May 4, 1946 as a Sergeant in the Army. After the war, he attended two years at the...
Earl L. “Buzz” Faro passed away on November 29 at the age of 82 in Fillmore, Utah. He was born in 1936 to Edna and Earl Faro and was raised in Montello, Nevada, until he moved to Montana to ranch with his family in Thompson River. They moved to the Big Beaver Creek ranch in 1956. He served in the U.S. Army. After logging and ranching, he began long haul trucking and had been driving for 55 years. He drove all across the United States. He is survived by his brother Ted (Judy) and his nieces Patricia (Dave) Grammens and Sally (Matt) Havens, and...
Longtime Thompson Falls resident Celia Marie Sump Freed passed away Friday, November 2, 2018, at Village Health Care Center in Missoula. Services will be held in the spring and a full obituary will be published at that time....
Two Thompson Falls students saw a problem, and decided to do something about it. Junior Brooke Bowlin and senior Trinity Godfrey addressed the Thompson Falls School Board on Monday about some "serious issues we've been seeing at Thompson Falls High School." The girls detailed to the board inequality and harassment issues they feel is happening at the school. Bowlin said it's happening to boys and girls, and the two students don't feel enough has been done to address the issue. "The inequality...
One Trout Creek woman has traveled the world as an ambassador of the United States, first as a member of the Air Force, then for the U.S. State Department. Now that she's retired, it's time for her to devote her energies full time to promote her own Native American heritage and she's doing it with music. "I want to help people be more at peace with themselves and with each other," said Chilaili Wachiwi, who moved to Trout Creek in June and has already performed with her flute in Plains, Noxon...
Local non-profit Sanders County Coalition for Families (SCCFF) is one of 10 non-profit groups selected as a finalist for Blackfoot’s 4th Annual Great Give Back award. Votes can be cast online at www.blackfoot.com (click on the Great Give Back logo). The group with the most votes will earn a $500 grant, and one contest voter will receive a $250 gift card. According to Blackfoot, the 10 finalists were chosen to represent several communities and a wide variety of worthwhile causes across their service areas. The company said that there were s...
Welcome back coach! Playing for Ryan Weltz, in his latest reincarnation as a Noxon hoops coach, only this time as the head man for the Lady Red Devils, the Noxon girls split games in the Western C Tip-Off tourney in Frenchtown last week, falling 51-38 to Darby Friday and bouncing back for a 50-18 win over Victor Saturday. The 1-1 Lady Devils will entertain St. Regis Friday in their only scheduled game later this week. The Devils were to have traveled to Clark Fork, Idaho, Tuesday, but results...
Coach Doree Thilmony and her Lady Hawks opened season play at Libby Saturday and lost 51-32 to the homestanding Class A Lady Loggers. The 0-1 Lady Hawks will continue their non-conference schedule this week with a pair of games in the District 1B-7B Shootout in Eureka, playing Conrad Friday and Choteau Saturday. Thilmony was happy with how her Lady Hawks competed in Libby. “It was a good outing,” she said. “It was good to dust off the cobwebs and get out there and play again.” Thilmony said that the Hawks went through some shooting cold sp...
Freshman Trae Thilmony won the individual title at 113 pounds and Roman Sparks, Seth Alarcon and Dakota Irvine also earned medals as the Thompson Falls Blue Hawk wrestlers scored 89 points to finish 11th in the Polson Invitational Tournament last weekend. Wrestled for the first time at the spacious Salish-Kootenai Event Center in Pablo, the Polson Invite featured 20 teams this year. Host Polson won the tourney with 202 points, Lake City out of Coeur d'Alene was second with 201 and Frenchtown...
