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The Plains City Council met Monday with a packed agenda which resulted in a packed house. Mayor Chris Allen announced that it would be his last council meeting and that Joel Banham will be the new mayor starting in January of next year. Banham will be sworn in on December 29. Mayor Allen said the Christmas tree didn't get planted but one will be planted next summer by the Lions Club and it will be ready for tree lighting in December 2024. "The two newly hired police officers are doing a tremendo...
Shopping for anyone can be difficult, but for some shopping for the gamer in their life can be near impossible. It’s understandably difficult for some of us to find the perfect gift for a gamer; navigating the world of gaming is a very foreign idea for many. Did the gamer in your life mention a game that they really wanted and you can’t find it anywhere? Well a lot of games now are only sold on digital storefronts and will never be seen physically on the shelf of a store. Maybe they mentioned wanting a certain accessory for their setup and now...
The Thompson Falls School Board continued reviewing the Independent Strategic Action Plan (ISAP) for the district at Monday’s board meeting. Superintendent Bud Scully reviewed the priorities gathered from public engagement meetings and a survey that was available to the community. “Safety will always be the number one priority whether you tell me it is or not,” Scully told the school board. Scully went over the top 10 priorities – additional personnel, course offerings, facility improvements, safety, board issues, human resources, curricu...
Trout Creek Community Improvement Association held its annual Christmas Tree lighting last Friday evening at the Lakeside. "We have been doing this for over 10 years," said Laurie Traver (right, sitting on Santa's lap). Debbie Traver and Liz Stender provided a variety of treats and hot drinks for the group that gathered to watch the lighting of the tree that stands outside of the motel gift shop....
The Trout Creek School gymnasium was busy with people gathered to eat BBQ and donate to the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) last Friday. Food was cooked by Trout Creek Catering, Smoke Showin. Tickets to eat were $5 and donations for the WWP were separate, according to Trout Creek Principal Preston Wenz. Smoke Showin BBQ cooked the food free of charge. The school provided the food, Wenz said. Darin and Chrystal Scott served their business's fare along with student volunteers from Trout Creek and...
Cast members of the Paradise Players rehearse "The Charitable Sisterhood Christmas Spectacular" at the Paradise Center. The play is centered around finding the stolen baby Jesus from the Nativity scene at the church. The play is scheduled for Dec. 8 and 9 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at the First Security Banks in Plains and Thompson Falls, and Garden Gift & Floral in Plains. Cast members from the left: Donna Scheiter as Lucille Orton, Bonnie Firestone as Tina Yates,...
November went so fast, I am not convinced it was ever here. The market is showing seasonality as well as market slowdown with half the sales of last month as far as residential. The average sold price of houses was down as well. The months of supply has returned to 2018 numbers, so the market appears to be retreating to pre-COVID sanity. The days on market is median 159 in Sanders County for November. Percentage of list price is 98.9% which is slightly up from the previous month. The months of supply for Sanders County is 11, about the same....
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. RABBIS 7. SALINE 13. MADEIRA 14. ABALONE 16. AB 17. ANALOGIZE 19. DA 20. HINDS 22. AUG 23. EAGER 25. DEUS 26. SATES 28. CRAN 29. ISM 30. RAM 31. DKG 33. ORE 34. EXEC 36. ROGUES 38. ACRIS 40. WUNDT 41. BRAVED 43. MAID 44. RUT 45. TAR 47. PON 48. HUS 51. ESOP 53. BASAL 55. TONE 56. AARON 58. PIP 59. SAGER 60. SD 61. SATIRICAL 64. AU 65. TEHERAN 67. SARCASM 69. SERAPE 70. TRIAGE SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. RABIES 2. AD 3. BEADS 4. BINS 5. IRA 6. SALAAM 7. SAGGED 8. ABI 9. LAZE 10. ILEAC 11. NO 12. ENDEARED 13. MAHDI 15. EARNEST 18. OUT...
Nearly two dozen military veterans will be getting a taste of home, thanks to a group of VFW Auxiliary members. Six women and one man gathered at VFW Post 3596 at Plains last Monday to prepare care packages as part of the "Goody Boxes For Service Personnel" program, which include nearly 100 items from chap sticks to camouflage NAPA Auto Parts caps. It took the group about two hours to get the packages ready for the post office. Twenty men and women from the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine...
