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The Christmas concert at the Plains Bible Chapel is attracting more people each year and last week's performance was no exception. One hundred and fifty-one people attended the hour and a half concert, which included nearly two dozen religious and secular Christmas songs. Most were done by the 20-person choir, directed by Jeanine Croft, one of the concert coordinator, and pianist Donna Scheiter. The choir was comprised of members of different local churches, along with other members of the commu...
5 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 12, 1974 M*A*S*H SITE OF MEETING OF NOXON, TF RESIDENTS KOREA - Capt. Ruth Cheney from Thompson Falls and Doug J. Helms from Noxon are both in the Army and stationed in South Korea at the home of the original “M*A*S*H,” which has become a popular TV series. Ruth, who came to Korea in August, is a captain in the Medical Corps and works on a ward as a registered nurse. Doug came to Korea in February and works in the emergency room. Ruth will end her tour of duty in Korea in August 1975 and Doug in February 1975. While being...
by Annie Wooden The Men's Prayer Group in Thompson Falls, along with providing free chili, hot dogs, cocoa and cider during the Christmas on Main Street parade earlier this year, also provided special prizes to five parade entries. The group each year picks five entries to receive a $100 prize. This year's winners the Thompson Falls City Fire Department, Thompson Falls Rural Fire, Falls Chapel, Studs and Sorlie Septic....
MATT WEBER, Thompson Falls - “Pretty good at many things.” MICHAEL MITCHELL, Trout Creek - "An expert.” KINNLEY DEANE, Thompson Falls - “Pretty good at many things” YVONNE YODER, Plains - “Pretty good at many things." WAYNE EGBERT, Plains - “Pretty good at many things.” HOPE YOUNGBLOOD, Noxon - “Pretty good at many things....
Hundreds of people roamed the gymnasiums at Plains Schools Saturday, including Santa Claus, though he had to be fingerprinted prior to the event because of the school's new security measures. It was the 3rd Annual Winter Bazaar at Plains School, where 60 vendors filled the two gyms with 74 tables of goods from baked goods to books, from small jewelry to custom made goods from old barrels, and even more baked goods to puppies. Catharine Elliott, one of the bazaar coordinators, guessed there were...
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. MGD 4. ALEUT 9. TUMMY 14. IRA 15. LASSO 16. EROSE 17. SIT 18. EMMA ROBERTS 20. TEETHE 22. STEMS 23. IGLOO 24. SNOOTIEST 28. IOU 29. OE 30. ALAE 31. BANKS 33. ROSAS 37. BA 38. RBE 39. EMANATE 41. MEM 42. IA 43. SUSAN 44. REARS 46. ATAR 49. TD 50. EBN 51. RENOVATES 55. NATES 58. AVILA 59. MANILA 60. DELIBERATED 64. SAD 65. AGONE 66. DHOLE 67. ETH 68. HOGGS 69. YARDS 70. SEE SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. MISTI 2. GRIEG 3. DATELINE 4. ALEHOUSES 5. LAME 6. ESM 7. USA 8. TORSO 9. TEBET 10. UREMIA 11. MORSEL 12. MST 13. YES 19. OTO 21. TOOK...
High school art students exited the classroom last week and spent the day at different Plains businesses to bring more Christmas spirit to the community. "I think it's so wonderful that the school does this," said Emily Sexton, owner of Em's Cafe in Plains. It was her first time to participate in the school's holiday window painting project. Sexton asked if they could incorporate a moose in their artwork of several windows of the cafe. "I love mooses and we have them here everywhere," said Sexto...
6 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 12, 1964 CITY DADS OKAY SITE FOR ICE SKATING RINK The site east of the city garage on the old golf course will be leveled off for an ice skating rink which the Jaycees will maintain when the weather permits this winter, the city council decided at its November session. The council approved the request made by Paul Hill on behalf of the Jaycees providing the organization assumes full responsibility for the maintenance of the rink and liability. Hill asked that the city level off a site between the garage and the road...
CAMILLE METCALF, Thompson Falls - “Yes!” ANNETTE DEYLING, Thompson Falls - "Yes!.” TEDDY OLSEN, Thompson Falls - “Yes!.” DIXIE HILL, Thompson Falls - “Yes definitely." COLTON SAUTER, Thompson Falls - “No.” CHASE SAUTER, Thompson Falls - “Yes...
People have seen various renditions of "A Christmas Carol" on television from the 1923 to 2009 versions, but Kathleen Hubka and the Paradise Players gave a new adaptation of the old story last weekend with a lively cast of eight. Hubka's version was made especially distinct with much help by Bonnie Firestone, who created the costumes for the Charles Dickens story. Firestone has been a part of the Paradise Players since the spring of 2023 and did the costumes for "The Works: A Grass Menagerie"...
by Heidi Kirkwood After nearly 20 years of shifting gears in the automotive world, Todd Logan is ready to park his career at Rehbein Ford. Todd, a lifelong car whisperer, has been revving up the industry since a young age. Years after he and his family moved to Plains, he began his journey at Outback Auto working with Wade Rehbein, shortly after shifting gears to Country Ford before cruising into Rehbein Ford in 2008. As General Manager, Todd wore many hats - handling every task with a smile and...
Mitzi Hart and Tamra Shear took a big lead after a big December in the Thompson Falls Woman’s Club pinochle marathon. Hart and Shear are in first place overall with 19,010, almost 3,500 points above the second-place team. First overall in November play were Kay Rasor and Joyce Hilt with 7,330. Overall, Juanita Triplett and Calvin Pomrenke sit in second place with 15,570, and Jim Hurst and Cathy Mills are third with 15,470. Other November scores included: Shear and Hart, 6,230; Mikki Jackson and Maureen Kolodziej, 6,010; Hurst and Mosher, 4...
Amora (above left, age 5) and Mikey (age 6) Lucier tell Santa their Christmas wishes at the TCCIA community tree lighting Friday in Trout Creek. TCCIA chairperson Liz Stender said this is the 13th year the community has held a tree lighting ceremony. About 25 people attended the ceremony....
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. CANST 6. SSB 9. PONS 13. OLEAN 14. POCO 15. ASIA 16. BARF 17. SORAS 18. NSEC 19. BEDEVILED 21. COACH 22. SIBYL 23. GOP 24. ES 25. OLA 28. MIA 29. NDOLA 31. SEED 33. UNFEELING 36. SAGES 38. DAW 39. SEDAN 41. DISARRAYS 44. SEBE 45. SEPOY 46. OAK 48. SSE 49. AC 51. COB 52. ORLOP 54. SHIRR 56. MAKESHIFT 60. PEBA 61. BASES 62. AREA 63. EMIT 64. PAIR 65. AGAIN 66. NOSE 67. IRS 68. SENNA SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. COBB 2. ALAE 3. NERD 4. SAFES 5. TN 6. SOREL 7. SCAD 8. BOS 9. PANOPLIES 10. OSSA 11. NIECE 12. SACHS 14. POLYANDRY 17. SIBIU...
The run reflects through a heavy blanket of fog over the Clark Fork River on Monday morning east of Thompson Falls....
Kris Kringle made a special stop in Plains last week, coming into town this year on a borrowed sleigh and meeting with kids along the greenway. With a little chill in the air, more than 200 people lined Railroad Street along the greenway for the Parade of Lights Christmas Parade on Saturday evening with a decorated Plains Community Ambulance leading the way. Forty-two vehicles - the biggest yet - made their way through Plains with Santa, Mrs. Claus, and their elves, Cooper and Kendall, on the...
8 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 13, 1944 BIG MILL COMES IN The Flodin Brothers of Plains are moving their big, all electric mill to Thompson Falls. They started work Tuesday with their bull-dozers. They will be located this side of Thompson River between the highway and the old highway and have a strip of land connecting with the river. The Flodin Brothers are big lumber producers. Their cut runs into ten or twelve million board feet annually when in full operation. Talked to Walter Flodin Sunday at the Turkey Shoot. Both he and his wife were there playi...
KATHY KRAAK, Thompson Falls - “I’m already done.” RICK VANDENBOS, Noxon - “I get one thing and the wife does the rest.” LYNNE MOORE, Thompson Falls - "I'm done but I start a week before Thanksgiving.” STEVEN SPETS, Thompson Falls - “Two weeks before Christmas.” CHERYL BLAKNEY, Thompson Falls - “Already started." LORI EHRET, Paradise - “I start in October....
Nealry 60 vendors will welcome community members at the Sanders County Christmas Bazaar this Saturday at Thompson Falls High School. The bazaar will feature lots of new vendors, said organizer Tracy Ward, as well as some people who have been vendors since the 1970s. Ward, a 1982 graduate of Thompson Falls High School, was a vendor with her mother Ginger in years past, offering a variety of quilted items including wall hangings, stockings, table runners and handcrafted ornaments. Ward said she reached out on social media to get informaiton...
Editor’s Note: During this special season of giving, The Ledger and First Security Bank would like to salute all the local nonprofit agencies that provide services to our Sanders County communities. They volunteer time, services, hearts and souls to help others. They truly put the “unity” in the community. While there are many worthy organizations in our country, we hope you will consider a donation right here at home this holiday season. Camp Bighorn 1850 MT Highway 135 Plains, MT 59859 Phone: 826-3144 Website: www.campbighorn.com Conta...
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. TABS 5. TSP 8. AAR 11. PRAHA 13. OKA 14. ABBE 15. ACRID 16. LAN 17. BAUD 18. ABASH 20. ETA 21. ESTE 22. ABDICATES 25. PARISHIONER 30. PRESENT 31. GAT 32. TABOR 33. HOFFA 38. AMP 41. PAUCITY 43. PARIS FRANCE 45. HYPEREMIA 48. TAAL 49. SLA 50. RABBI 55. ELBA 56. HAG 57. GALAS 59. AEON 60. ACE 61. ABAMP 62. TRW 63. LYS 64. ABBA SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. TPA 2. ARCA 3. BARB 4. SHIA 5. TOLEDO 6. SKATING 7. PANACEA 8. ABASE 9. ABUTS 10. REDE 12. ADS 14. ABET 19. HAHN 23. BIT 24. ARTHUR 25. PPT 26. ARA 27. REB 28. ISO 29. SERAPE 34. OCA...
Nearly two dozen military veterans will be getting a taste of home for Christmas, thanks to a group of VFW Auxiliary members. Six women and one man gathered at the Wild Horse Plains VFW Post 3596 last week to prepare packages for 20 veterans as part of the Goody Boxes For Service Personnel program. Last Monday, they met to sort the donated items from combs to candy and from socks to caps. And on Friday, they finished the packing, ready to be mailed. "They had a good variety of things in the...
by Kara Christensen On November 13, the Hot Springs FFA chapter headed off to Bozeman for the Ag Expo sponsored by John Deere dealers. While there, FFA members competed in numerous career and leadership development events. The chapter competed in 10 events, but impressive placings consisted of the FBM team placing ninth overall and Odin Max placing eighth individually. The floriculture team placed in the top 25% of teams, and the food science individual competitions placed Odin Max as eighth...
Last Saturday more than 30 volunteers gathered at the Community Congregational Church to put together 76 Thanksgiving baskets for 235 people of the Sanders County community. "They get everything for a typical Thanksgiving dinner, and each basket has $100 to $140 worth of food," said Ron Reedy, who helped prepare the volunteers. Reedy went on to say that while the number of baskets is going down each year that's not something to worry about, rather something to be happy about. "We have never...
Garrett Brown, Noxon Elementary Interviewed by Karen Thorson This was a year of "firsts" for Garrett Brown, age 11, in the fifth grade at Noxon Elementary School. This is the first hunting season in which he is an actual hunter, and this was his first time to create a work of art with melted crayon as his medium. Given his interest in hunting it is no surprise that the subject matter for his art creation is a bugling bull elk, his favorite animal. Melted crayon, he says, is his favorite medium...
