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THOMPSON FALLS 3 SUPERIOR 0 The Thompson Falls Lady Hawks made quick work of the Superior Lady Bobcats in three sets. While the Bobcats came out to gain the first points, the Hawks kept a level head and were swift to bring the scores to a tie. From there the Hawks were able to keep their lead, keeping Superior at their heels. With the score tied up at 19 the Hawks would hold the Bobcats while taking the first set win. To start the second set Olivia Fitchett would show the crowd her wicked servin...
by Skye Barker-Hill THOMPSON FALLS 2, BIGFORK 0 The Plains/Thompson Falls Blue Hawk soccer team hit the road taking on the Bigfork Vikings taking the win 2-1. The Hawks came out on fire and within the first eight minutes of game play, Andrew Wrobleski was able to find the goal. While the Vikings tried to answer with their own goal they were met with Hawk keeper Jacob Howell who was able to put a stop to the ball. Hawk Will Grenda was able to get a direct kick and found the goal for Thompson’s second goal of the game. With the Hawks up 2-0 k...
Voters in Hot Springs passed a $183,000 levy last week. Ballots were counted last Wednesday at the Hot Springs school, with 293 voters casting ballots for the levy and 282 against. “We’re very happy within the district and heartfelt thanks goes out to everyone that voted. Our community came together and was able to pass this. We are absolutely elated,” Hot Springs Superintendent Gerald Chouinard said on Monday. The Hot Springs school board was scheduled to certify the election results at Wednesday’s meeting, along with voting on a budget...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking information on two incidents of wildlife being killed and left. FWP reported Monday that an elk was killed and left to waste on private property near Thompson Falls, and a cow moose was shot and left to waste outside of Plains. The elk was found October 4 on private property off Thompson River Road, and game wardens reported that the head was removed and the rest of the elk was left. Anyone with possible information is asked to visit tipmont.mt.gov or call the local game warden at (406)250-9498 to...
Ambulance: Plains, 11; T. Falls, 6; Trout Creek, 4; Noxon, 1; Dixon, 1; Hot Springs, 1. Monday, September 30 Assist other agency, Dixon. USFS campground check, Trout Creek. Business contact, Lonepine. USFS campground check, Noxon. USFS campground check. Civil attempts. Theft, Heron. Theft, Noxon. Livestock, T. Falls. Civil attempts. Child welfare/abuse, Trout Creek. Civil attempts. Civil attempts. Civil attempts. Animal other, T. Falls. Business contact, T. Falls. Motor vehicle crash, T. Falls. Tuesday, October 1 Suspicious activity, T. Falls....
For actors that tend to be on the shy side, the play put on by the Paradise Players last weekend was perfect for them. All were behind partial or full masks for "The Works: A Grass Menagerie," a comedy about life on the farm from the animals' perspective. The play, written by Robb Willoughby of Ohio, was one story, but divided into eight segments, all related to the central theme. Chickens, cows, pigs, sheep, crows, horses, dogs, cats, and even wolves are the stars of the two-hour long play,...
Thompson River Animal Care Shelter is holding their annual holiday raffle. The funds collected allow TRACS to offer one incredible rockin’ prize, valued at nearly $1,500! The winner will receive an outdoor freestyle rocker chair, donated by Studs Building & Home, and a pair of 2-foot classic gliders from Montana Structures. Raffle tickets are $5 each or $20 for five. Tickets will be sold at local bazaars and markets, and scheduled times at local businesses. The raffle coordinator, Karen Olson, can also be contacted at: 4trac...
THOMPSON FALLS 3, TROY 0 Thompson Falls sent Troy home early last Thursday as the Hawks beat the Trojans in three straight sets, 25-19, 25-6 and 25-8. It may have taken the Hawks a bit to warm up in the first set, as the teams went point for point and neither team was able to get a lead of more than two points. But with the score 16-13, the Hawks went into overdrive and didn't look back. They finished the first set and in the second, capitalized on some Troy errors to take a more dominant lead....
The veteran suicide rate continues to grow but that doesn’t stop one veteran in Plains from his objective of getting the word out about the troublesome issue, just as he did last month for Suicide Awareness Month. Starting on Aug. 31, each night Ed Foste and a volunteer added 22 American flags to the display — representing the 22 veterans who die by suicide each day. Foste and Bill Beck of Plains added the final batch to the display last Monday evening. This is the seventh year for the Vet...
A September to Remember! Gorgeous weather and a steady market. This is one of the most abundant closing markets for the real estate season and a beautiful interest rate drop will most certainly help this along. The election is heating up, with instability sending people our way once again. They feel safe in the mountains. . . and so do we! As to the real estate market, the seasonality is setting in with fewer new listings on the market. Those older loans with low interest rate loans are also...
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. TEGG 5. MTV 8. TRAM 12. ABOUT 14. AHA 15. HEBE 16. TABLET 18. RUM 19. ELIS 20. SNIPES 21. IMP 22. NIBS 23. TIME PIECES 26. HIPBONE 30. ERRED 31. ADAPTED 32. DEY 33. HOLLA 34. SELMA 39. LAD 42. CHILEAN 44. CLEPE 46. HAPLESS 47. QUARANTINE 49. SUBS 50. CIA 51. GLADES 56. PIAS 57. HAP 58. SAFARI 59. ANNE 60. ELI 61. SARAN 62. SESS 63. SSR 64. RISE SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. TATS 2. EBAN 3. GOBI 4. GULP 5. MARIE 6. THUMPED 7. VAMPIRE 8. THENCE 9. RELIED 10. ABIBS 11. MESS 13. TEETOTALER 17. TESINE 24. MED 25. ERYSIPELAS 26. HAH 27. I DO...
The people of Plains and Paradise came together to help raise funds for a local family that recently lost their home to fire and is now battling the insurance company. Horse Plains VFW Post 3596 hosted a Campbell Family Fundraiser on Saturday for Plains residents Prentiss and Nawatha Campbell, whose home was destroyed in late July. The post had a special dinner and a silent auction of nearly 30 items, raising $6,487. "I thought it was pretty great. I find it hard to ask for help. I was just...
Ambulance: Plains 10, Trout Creek 4, Thompson falls 6, Hot Springs 3, Dixon 1, Paradise 2, Niarada 1, Noxon 2. Monday, Sept. 23 Motor vehicle crash, Hot Springs. Assist motorist, Paradise. 911 hangup. Civil attempts. Fire, Perma. Other law violation, Noxon. Animal complaint, Plains. UFSF campground check, Noxon. Abandoned vehicle, Dixon. Theft, report of gas theft from vehicle, T. Falls. Civil attempts. Civil attempts. Accident, Hot Springs. Business contact, T. Falls. Tuesday, Sept. 24 Business contact, Hot Springs. Fire, Lonepine. Animal...
Ambulance: Plains 10, Trout Creek 4, Thompson falls 6, Hot Springs 3, Dixon 1, Paradise 2, Niarada 1, Noxon 2. Monday, Sept. 23 Motor vehicle crash, Hot Springs. Assist motorist, Paradise. 911 hangup. Civil attempts. Fire, Perma. Other law violation, Noxon. Animal complaint, Plains. UFSF campground check, Noxon. Abandoned vehicle, Dixon. Theft, report of gas theft from vehicle, T. Falls. Civil attempts. Civil attempts. Accident, Hot Springs. Business contact, T. Falls. Tuesday, Sept. 24 Business contact, Hot Springs. Fire, Lonepine. Animal...
Autumn is always such chaos: back to school, bucking wood for winter, soccer, Noxon’s Fall Festival, 4-H enrollment, STEAM month (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics), Halloween, and Thanksgiving. It feels like there’s no time for reading despite opportunities to get more books, like the upcoming Thompson Falls Public Library Book Sale on October 26. I find my TBR pile expanding, the books on my side table stacking higher, the monthly Wrap-Up from The StoryGraph looking chintzy. Despite the chaos, I read twelve books in Sep...
October is now known as STEAMtober, a month dedicated to Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math. To celebrate, the Thompson Falls Public Library, in conjunction with the Sanders County Homeschoolers, is holding STEAM events on three Fridays throughout the month. These events are free, start at 11 a.m., happen in the Thompson Falls Public Library, and all ages are invited. October 4 is the annual FrankenSTEAM event where participants will transform toys donated by Little Bitterroot Thrift Shop into monsters using tape, glue, scissors,...
The Hot Springs football team is riding the wave of a three-game win streak. The team traveled to White Sulphur Springs, earning their third shutout in a row with a 59-0 win over the Hornets. “Our kids played really well. They played really good defense. A lot of the kids are really stepping up for us,” Head Coach Jim Lawson said of the Savage Heat, who are now 3-2 for the season and 1-0 in conference play. “Everybody is getting involved and we had a really good performance at White Sulphur,” Lawson said. He noted that Daniel and Weston...
PLAINS 3, ST. REGIS 0 The Plains Trotters took on the St. Regis Tigers winning in three sets. The Trotters came out hot and were able to gain the lead early, Plains was able to keep their serving lead and soon had a massive 10 point lead over the Lady Tigers. They would hold onto their massive lead for the whole match. Keeping the Tigers to only eight points while gaining the set win. Headed into the second set the Tigers found their groove and were able to go point for point with the Trotters....
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. SNIIP 5. ASSERT 11. DEE 14. WIDE 15. GAUCHE 16. ERA 17. EXOSKELETON 19. CAR 20. PILEI 21. PROMS 22. USE 23. TESTED 25. BIASED 27. AVARICIOUS 31. MUMS 34. NAME 35. NGAMI 38. UFO 39. SENIORS 41. TAD 42. DANAE 44. INRO 45. FEDS 46. IRRESOLUTE 49. SATEEN 51. PAMPAS 55. EGO 56. NADER 60. BARCA 61. EAR 62. AMENABILITY 64. MME 65. DOCILE 66. EMIR 67. SAD 68. ERODED 69. SANE SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. SWEPT 2. NIXIE 3. IDOLS 4. PESETAS 5. AGE 6. SALP 7. SUER 8. ECTO 9. RHOMBI 10. TENSIONS 11. DECUSSATE 12. ERASE 13. EARED 18. KIEV 24. DANE...
COLUMBIA FALLS 9, THOMPSON FALLS 2 The Thompson Falls/Plains/St Regis Lady Hawk soccer team hit the road taking on the Columbia Falls Wildcats, falling 9-2. The Hawks came out fighting in the first half and were quick to gain the first goal, the Wildcats wouldn’t be able to get past the Thompson defense for their own goal. The teams would fight up and down the field for much of the first half until Katherine Wrobleski was assisted by Elizabeth Weedeman for a Hawk goal putting them up two to zero. Columbia Falls was able to break past the H...
Records were meant to be broken, and Saturday at Thompson Falls' home cross country meet, nearly every record was broken. "That kid from Plains almost caught up to the four-wheeler." That was the reaction of other competitors on Saturday as Simeon Costner of Plains tied the course record of 11 minutes, 17 seconds, at the 24th annual Thompson Falls cross country event. Sophomore Marina Tulloch broke the course record for the girls by nearly a minute. In the junior high girls race, Quinn Delaney o...
I submitted an open letter request for written responses to the Hot Springs Board of Trustees and Superintendent on September 10, 2024. My request addressed issues concerning the budget, school audits, spending controls and other items. I tried to get it added to the agenda for the September 12, 2024, board meeting but was told that it was within 48 hours of the meeting. I was told by Superintendent Chuinard and one board member to submit it for the correspondence section of the upcoming board meeting. The board meeting was held and lo and...
13 YEARS AGO • SEPTEMBER 6, 1939 NEEDED BADLY New Court House Advocated as Post-War Project Petitions are now being circulated throughout Sanders County requesting the Board of County Commissioners to call for an election to bond for a new court house. The election will be held at the same time as the general election in November. The proposal calls for a $95,000 ten-year bond issue. With very low interest rates prevailing now it appears to be an opportune time to plan for this much-needed p...
Ambulance: T. Falls, 7; Plains, 7; Dixon, 2; Trout Creek, 1; Hot Springs, 1; Lonepine, 1. Monday, September 16 Civil attempts. USFS campground check, Trout Creek. USFS campground check, Noxon. Threats, Plains. Nuisance complaints, Trout Creek. Civil attempts, T. Falls. Disturbance, Hot Springs. General animal call/complaint, Hot Springs. Civil attempts, Plains. Civil standby, Plains. Disturbance, T. Falls. Tuesday, September 17 Child welfare/abuse, T. Falls. Property damage/criminal mischief, Paradise. Trespass, Plains. General animal...
The Plains School Board met last week with a full audience of 39 people, 12 of whom were teaching staff. Several audience attendees were there for the public participation on the non-agenda items. Plains High School math teacher questioned the board about the school canceling field trips. "I would like to know why there has been cancellation of school field trips. They are important to our student's education," Brown said. Both Elementary Principal Kevin Meredith and Superintendent Dr. Kathleen Walsh said they have not been canceled. Dr. Walsh...
