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A community fundraiser for a local family became a countywide tribute to a longtime pastor last week. Pastor Charlie Denson of the Assembly of God church in Thompson Falls passed away October 31 after a brief battle with brain cancer. Denson was pastor at the Thompson Falls church for 38 years. The church community originally scheduled the Nov. 12 fundraiser to help with medical expenses. When Denson passed, it became a fundraiser for his family. Bruce Donaldson, who has been a member of the...
5 YEARS AGO • OCTOBER 17, 1974 FAULTY WIRE IGNITES CAFE FIRE An electrical short is believed to have burned a hole in a propane line and ignited the blaze which destroyed TJ’s Cafe early Friday morning on Main Street. Fire Chief Charles Applegate said Monday a deputy state fire marshal found a piece of romex wire which had been burned in two adjacent to the gas line during an inspection of the basement of the cafe building Monday. Applegate said the fire marshal surmised that the wire had been strung across the gas line and that it had bec...
Ambulance: Plains, 8; T. Falls, 7; Trout Creek, 5; Hot Springs, 5; Paradise, 1; Heron, 1; Dixon, 1. Monday, November 11 General animal call/complaint, Camas Prairie. Animal other, Camas Prairie. Other law violations, Dixon. Assist motorist/citizen, Perma. Civil attempts. Civil attempts. Civil attempts. Abandoned vehicle, Hot Springs. Civil attempts. Civil attempts. Civil attempts. Civil attempts, Noxon. Suspicious activity, Hot Springs. Livestock, Plains. Other law violations, T. Falls. Abandoned vehicle, Noxon. Trespass, Plains. Other law...
The Thompson Falls Woman’s Club pinochle marathon has new leaders after October’s play. Tamra Raiche and Mitzi Hart are now in first place with 12,780 points, while Cathy Mills and Jim Hurst are in second with 12,430 and Juanita Triplett and Cal Pomrenke sit in third with 11,130. For October, Juanita and Cal were first with 6,230. Other October scores include: Patti Coe and Wendy Kelley, 6,160; Tamra and Mitzi, 5,860; Kelley and Ron Beaty, 5,210; Mills and Hurst, 5,130; Jim Krogman and Alan Renard, 5,060; Pat Ingraham and Nancy Gressang, 4,9...
When nearly half of your team is seniors, the final game of the season is bittersweet. Hot Springs' six seniors played the final football game of their high school career last weekend as the Savage Heat lost to Box Elder 57-54 in the 6-player semifinal game. "They've been in the playoffs every year, but haven't been to a semifinal game," Hot Springs Coach Jim Lawson said of the 2024 seniors. "They had been working their whole career to get to a game like this. It's not easy getting to where you...
Last week I wrote about the miles and miles that the Hot Springs football team has traveled this season. It's definitely a commitment to play 6-man football in Montana. Thanks to assistant coach Anderw Leichtnam for pointing out a key mistake in my map last week. The Savage Heat also traveled to Big Sandy this season. The mileage below is distances from town to town straight from Google Maps. According to Coach Jim Lawson, with stops, etc., the team went about 4,400 miles this season and racked...
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. TWA 4. CAN 7. ACE 10. HIN 11. ONE 12. BOY 13. SPELT 15. MAM 16. DORSA 19. AIRLINE 21. ELUTION 23. DEMIGOD 24. SOCIETY 25. AUDI 26. ESTE 27. ARAMAIC 30. SESSION 34. GAD 35. ABN 36. OPOSSUM 41. BROWNIE 45. ALGA 46. AERO 47. SANDALS 50. SIERRAS 54. STANNIC 55. ENGRAVE 56. CERED 57. ABM 59. AIKEN 60. ESE 61. ROE 62. NEE 63. SSR 64. ANN 65. ODD SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. THERM 2. WILLIAM 3. ANTIGUA 4. COMEDIC 5. ANA 6. NEMESES 7. ABDUCTS 8. COOTIES 9. EYRIE 13. SAD 14. PIE 17. SOT 18. ANY 20. NODI 22. LOSE 27. AGO 28. RAP 29. ADO 31. IAN...
The current Church Street Emergency Water Main Replacement (CSEWMR) encompassing construction from Big Horn Drive to 4th Avenue began the week of November 4th. Residents traveling Church Street in this area are encountering one lane traffic. Fourth Avenue has been closed, so alternately using 5th Avenue or streets below 4th Avenue are the options. The weeks of November 11th and 22nd are projected to continue up to Big Horn Drive. During this time of visible digging, they will also be screening the backfill material and plan to tentatively...
Members of the Plains Woman's Club gathered at the Paradise Center on Sunday afternoon to celebrate 100 years with an "Anniversa-Tea." Forty-eight people showed up for the two-hour event, where the ladies had finger foods, games, door prizes, a slide show, history lessons, trivia contests, and tea. Thompson Falls resident Karen Gustavsen, president of the General Federation of Women's Club of Montana, was the main guest speaker for the event. She is a member of the Thompson Falls Woman's Club....
Thompson Falls High School soccer is done for the season, but the work for the players continues with an indoor program in an effort to stay sharp for next season. It's called futsal - indoor soccer modified with five players on a team, but in a smaller venue - and several players are participating in the Clark Fork Soccer Alliance program, said Nick Lawyer, head coach for the Thompson Falls Lady Hawks, which includes Plains players. He's also one of the futsal organizers. The participants meet...
6 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 20, 1919 NEWS FROM THOMPSON RIVER COUNTRY Denver Laughlin, formerly county surveyor of this county, came to town last week to spend the winter after having been employed by the Cabinet Forest in laying out trails, building telephone lines and acting as lookout at Richard Peak at the head of Fishtrap and near Big Thompson River. Superintendent Baker had over 40 miles of telephone lines constructed besides 12 miles of new trail was built and over 30 miles of old trail cleared and widened. At the head of Big Thompson the...
Ambulance: T. Falls, 8; Hot Springs, 8; Plains, 8; Trout Creek, 4; Dixon, 3; Heron, 2; Noxon, 1. Monday, November 4 Assist other agency, Missoula. Abandoned vehicle, Trout Creek. Disturbance, Hot Springs. Mental health issue, Plains. Assist miscellaneous, Plains. Disturbance, Hot Springs. Request for welfare check, Hot Springs. Trespass, Noxon. Theft, Trout Creek. Theft, T. Falls. Civil attempts. Threats, Hot Springs. Theft, Hot Springs. Suspicious activity. Request for welfare check, Dixon. Suspicious activity, Hot Springs. Tuesday, November...
The Costner Family Clinic is moving back to the vicinity of where their medical studies and home life began. The clinic opened in July of 2021 and has served more than 3,000 people and provided primary care to some 2,000 on a regular basis, but David Costner, owner and operator of the clinic, said they wanted to get back to the site of their family roots. "I went to my grandmother's funeral a few months ago, and given the family Bible as the oldest of many cousins, realized there was a calling t...
May 21, 1950 - October 31, 2024 With family by his side, Pastor Charlie Denson went home to be with the Lord on October 31, 2024, at 2:20 pm, after a brief battle with inoperable brain cancer. His impact on this community and world will resonate for generations. "Behold, God is my salvation: I will trust, and will not be afraid: for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation". Isaiah 12:2 Charlie was born on a beautiful Sunday morning in Madison, Wisconsin, May 21,...
Don True went home at 9:30 p.m. on November 4, 2024, with his beloved wife, at home, sitting in his favorite recliner chair. Don was born November 3, 1948 in Yreka, California to Donald E. True Jr. and Lorraine (Blanchard) True. He lived in Yreka until he finished high school where he participated in football and baseball. After graduating from high school he entered the army where he served mostly in Vietnam for four years. Upon returning to Yreka, he worked for a lumber company as a millwright for 11 years. During that time he met Sandra...
Plains and Thompson Falls ended the volleyball season at the divisional tournament last weekend, engaging in epic battles and the teams looked to be one of two from the division to advance to state. The Lady Hawks finished third at the tournament in Anaconda, bringing home some hardware as they battled Anaconda literally almost to the last point, just missing a trip to state. The tournament started on Thursday with Florence-Carlton taking St. Ignatius in three sets, 25-14, 25-15 and 25-8....
The football season just keeps getting sweeter for the Hot Springs Savage Heat. The team is headed to Box Elder this weekend for the 6-player semifinal round after beating Highwood last weekend in Hot Springs 46-8. Senior quarterback Nick McAllister is excited that the Savage Heat get to continue their season. "This team is a really close knit family. It's like a group of brothers," he explained. "This has been one of the funnest years." As last Saturday's contest in Hot Springs kicked off, it...
Six-player football teams put on the miles during the season. With the trip to Box Elder this weekend, Hot Springs will have racked up over 3,500 miles this season on a bus. They started the season in Centerville (514 miles round trip), then went to White Sulphur Springs (532 miles), Gardiner (711), Alberton (176), Hysham (991) and now are headed to Box Elder (658). Add it all up and that's 3,582 miles. If Hot Springs wins this weekend and goes on to the state championship game, they will play...
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. ERASER 7. SABLES 13. SCORIAE 14. ABRADER 16. CL 17. SAUTERNES 19. ME 20. HAKIM 22. OTO 23. DELIS 25. WINS 26. BLANC 28. SATI 29. ARA 30. SAD 31. GAB 33. MOD 34. PHON 36. RAPINE 38. SISAL 40. SONES 41. ERASES 43. PAPA 44. ROC 45. DAH 47. GEL 48. TEG 51. INKS 53. CEDAR 55. KOMI 56. AISHA 58. RAF 59. EARED 60. LC 61. ANGELFISH 64. RD 65. SADNESS 67. ECOLOGY 69. LEEWAY 70. DEPOSE SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. ECLAIR 2. RO 3. ARSIS 4. SIAM 5. EAU 6. RETOLD 7. SARONG 8. ABN 9. BRED 10. LASES 11. ED 12. SEMITONE 13. SCHWA 15. RESIDES 18. ETA...
UPDATED 1:28 p.m. Wednesday, November 6 When the ballot counting completed about 1 a.m. on Wednesday morning, a total of 8,107 ballots had been counted from Sanders County voters in Tuesday's general election. As of Tuesday morning, there were 9,218 registered voters in the county, resulting in a voter turnout of 87.95%, a new record for the county. County elections staff said that more than 85 people had been at the courthouse Tuesday to register to voter and cast ballots. Among notable races,...
4 YEARS AGO • NOVEMBER 1, 1984 PIONEERS’ FEUD SPARKED THOMPSON FALLS RIVALRY The old jail which now houses the Sanders County Museum appears to be the top candidate for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Sites and Buildings, John Lazuk, who currently is conducting a historical survey of Thompson Falls, told the Lions club Wednesday night at the Rimrock Cafe. Lazuk said he is identifying and studying approximately 120 buildings, bridges and other structures for possible inclusion on the national register. He said he expects to par...
Ambulance: Plains, 4; T. Falls, 3; Trout Creek, 3; Hot Springs, 2; Dixon, 1; Lonepine, 1; St. Regis, 1; Mineral County, 1. Monday, October 28 USFS service patrol, Heron. Motor vehicle crash, Trout Creek. Motor vehicle crash, Lonepine. Disturbance, T. Falls. Fire, Dixon. Assault, Lonepine. Motor vehicle crash, Perma. Request for welfare check, T. Falls. Intimidation/harassment, Hot Springs. Request for welfare check, Plains. Fire, Dixon. Fire, Dixon. Intimidation/harassment, T. Falls. General animal call/complaint, Plains. Drugs/narcotics, T....
Montana Highway Patrol Pamela Cooper, 76, speeding in a restricted zone, $85. Emett Sclabassi, 30, operating with expired registration, $85. Rebecca Palmer, 47, day speeding, $70, deferred imposition of sentence. Cheyann Phillips, 27, day speeding, $120. Zachary Blasey, 41, speeding in a restricted zone, $95. Kyota Shizuku, 45, speeding in a restricted zone, $95, deferred imposition of sentence. Zane Goddard, 43, speeding in a restricted zone, $65. Michele Kemper, 74, driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs, 1st offense, $685; improper...
The 2024 Fall Mack Days concluded on Sunday November 3rd with a total of 18,414 lake trout entries, and 151 anglers out of 436 registered entered one or more lake trout. This event has been the most successful in numbers since 2015 when 19,540 lake trout were entered. There were 17,502 turned in during the 2023 Fall Event. Mack Days Fishing Events are sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and are used as a management tool to decrease numbers of invasive lake trout in Flathead Lake. Native fish are an important part of the...
The Lady Hawks of Thompson Falls hosted the 2024 7B district tournament taking first place, beating the undefeated Eureka Lady Lions in four epic sets. The district tournament at Thompson Falls High School ended up being a great day for the Sanders County teams, as Thompson Falls had two wins to take the championship and Plains lost one and won one to earn third place and secure a trip to the divisional meet in Anaconda, which begins Thursday, Nov. 7. The Hawks won the championship after...
