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Megan and Andy Hardenbrook of Thompson Falls announce the birth of their daughter, Charlette Ray Hardenbrook. Charlette was birth at 8:23 a.m. on Tuesday, August 2, at Clark Fork Valley Hospital in Plains. She weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces. She joins a sister, Alexandria. Maternal grandparents are Dan and Sheri Volk of La Grande, Oregon. Maternal great-grandparent is Dave Round of Dayville, Oregon. Paternal grandparents are Nona and Wayne Cunningham of Rufe, Oklahoma. Paternal great-grandparents...
It really is a small world. Two Sanders County men have crossed paths once again after attending boot camp together nearly four decades ago. Ed Moreth is a reporter for The Sanders County Ledger. You've probably seen him at various events. He primarily covers the Plains area, but ventures all over the county for stories. Moreth is a curious guy, and will ask any person any question. Earlier this summer, Moreth covered a ham radio field day event at Power Park in Thompson Falls. He spent the...
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. SPAAK 6. AAR 9. PACA 13. CURDY 14. PERU 15. ABED 16. ALAI 17. SADAT 18. RICO 19. REMODELED 21. PABIR 22. SAROS 23. CAN 24. LN 25. MSG 28. DIM 29. CEROS 31. BRAD 33. FISHERIES 36. ABIES 38. NOR 39. SABER 41. MACARONIS 44. CUBA 45. SIRES 46. SAC 48. MED 49. NA 51. MID 52. ATLAS 54. ACHES 56. CAMERAMAN 60. CHAT 61. ARRAS 62. BAYA 63. REDE 64. LAOS 65. HIRED 66. EDER 67. ABN 68. ANASA SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. SCAR 2. PULE 3. ARAM 4. ADIOS 5. KY 6. AEDES 7. ARAD 8. RUT 9. PARANOIAC 10....
Sam and Teri Burt moved to Trout Creek in 1993 with their four children. Almost immediately, the couple began volunteering for various organizations. This year, the Burts are being recognized for their commitment to the Trout Creek community and surrounding areas. They will lead the parade at the Huckleberry Festival as grand marshals. The couple has been involved with the festival for decades in the various organizations for which they have volunteered, and they appreciate what the festival...
The Page Bison Ranch has hit two milestones this year. It's the ranch's 25th anniversary and it's the first time it's had more than 200 head of bison. It's sometimes a tough job - mending fences is a continuous task - but Lenny Page has no plans to quit what his father, Douglas Page, started in 1997. Lenny took over the 650-acre ranch some six miles north of Hot Springs eight years ago and he still loves doing it. "Sometimes I ask myself why I do this because it's such a headache, but they are...
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) successfully hosted its 7th annual ice cream social at the Sanders County Fairgrounds Thursday evening. CASA of Lake and Sanders counties is part of a state and nationwide program consisting of volunteers who advocate on behalf of abused and neglected children while ensuring they are protected and served fairly in the court system. Close to 70 people attended the event which included free ice cream, a silent auction and musical entertainment from Tanner...
4 YEARS AGO • AUGUST 5, 1982 LONG-TIME OFFICIAL ORIN KENDALL PASSES Orin P. Kendall, 78, who had served Sanders County 50 years as an educator and elected official, died Sunday. He was born April 30, 1904, in Williams, Iowa, the son of Oliver and Nellie Kendall. In 1923 he attended the Cheney Normal School in Washington prior to moving in Montana in 1926. He taught school at Belknap where he met his wife, Ivy, the primary teacher in the two-room school. December 28, 1927, he married Ivy Reeder at Missoula. He continued to teach at Belknap u...
ALEX OLESEN, Thompson Falls - “Yes because the lights may help people to keep from missing our stop signs due to the trees blocking them from view in some areas.” SARAH STOVER, Thompson Falls - “Five years ago I would have said no but with the increase in traffic due to out of state travelers, stop lights are becoming a necessity. ” DAKOTA BROWNING-PAUL, Thompson Falls - “I prefer that we have stop lights because we are a small-town community and stop lights help to keep our roads safe.” WINSTON PAUL, Thompson Falls - “No!” ENOLA FLOCK, Th...
Monica Huggett discovered northwest Montana while cycling to Spokane in 2003. She met Jean Morrison in her travels, and the two brainstormed the Montana Baroque Music Festival, a tradition spanning almost two decades in Paradise. Huggett was one of eight performers at the festival this year, held at Quinn's Hot Springs Resort. It was special for Huggett as she has decided to retire, and Thursday night's performance was her last. This year, in the resorts' events center along the Clark Fork...
Marvin and Doris Eichert celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with family and friends on Thursday, August 4, 2022, at their home in Twin Falls, Idaho. They were joined by loved ones near and far. All five children were home to share this special day, incluidng JoLynn (Allen) Gilmore of Jerome, Idaho; Shonna (Chuck) Jeldness of Douglas, Wyoming; Phil (Lorie) Eichert of Box Elder, South Dakota; Eric (Dawn) Eichert of Montrose, Colorado; and Amber (Seth) Gibson of Three Forks. Doris's...
More than a dozen artists from Sanders and Mineral counties gathered in Paradise for three days last week to show their work and hopefully make some sales. The return of the Artists in Paradise show was a success, said Plains resident Ilene Paulsen, who coordinated the show at the Paradise Center auditorium Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Paulsen was one of eight individual artists to have a booth at the event, showing acrylic and watercolor paintings, including a 2x4-foot painting of mules...
Each August, Sanders County kids get the chance to have music lessons from nationally known musicians. Saturday morning at the Big Sky Blues Festival in Noxon, the sounds of half a dozen harmonicas echoed through Pilgrim Creek Park as youngsters learned technique from blues musician David Raitt. You might recognize the Raitt name. His sister is Bonnie, the Grammy-winning blues musician. David shared his passion for music with four Noxon girls at the harmonica workshop Saturday morning, along...
The Whitepine Grange recently held an event to bring together county residents and local volunteer medical professionals in order to get the community on the same page when it comes to emergency medical services and scenarios. "I used to be on the ambulance crew a long time ago and I do miss it at times," said Patricia English. "Brad Stewart is here to introduce himself and our emergency service volunteers to Sanders County residents and to help them to better understand what it is they do for...
Top Dawg Arenacross came back to the Sanders County Fairgrounds and with it came high flying, mud flinging, mullet sporting action. The event featured 14 different classes ranging from 4-6-year-olds all the way up to seniors 50 years and older. Taking place over the course of two days it seems there was a class for just about everyone this year which made for some much anticipated entertainment. "I waited until the second day to come out and watch the riders send it,'' said Kaiden Robins of Thom...
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. ACED 5. HRS 8. COO 11. SHIES 13. OOH 14. CABS 15. LIRAS 16. RMA 17. ABOS 18. CAFES 20. NAN 21. ELEA 22. APENNINES 25. INFORMATION 30. TOADIED 31. ANS 32. SHADY 33. TEASE 38. APE 41. ERECTED 43. DEVELOPMENT 45. NEPHRITIS 48. BAAL 49. UNH 50. SAGES 55. RASE 56. SCI 57. CARAT 59. ICED 60. EEC 61. EDITS 62. OPS 63. DDS 64. SCOP SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. ASL 2. CHIC 3. EIRA 4. DEAF 5. HORNET 6. ROMANIA 7. SHANNON 8. CABLE 9. OBOES 10. OSSA 12. SSE 14. CAEN 19. SAME 23. PAD 24. INSTEP 25....
The Huckleberry Festival will return to Trout Creek this year with a few new additions to the fun-filled weekend August 13 and 14. The festival kicks off with the huckleberry pancake breakfast at the Trout Creek Rural Fire Department 7-11 a.m. Saturday. “We are only hosting the pancake breakfast one day this year,” said festival committee member Marilyn Saunders. “We would need more volunteers to make it happen both days.” New additions to this year’s festival include an archery and fly fishi...
The annual Wild Coyote Days celebration was held last weekend. One of the more popular events is the lawnmower races. Coyote staff said despite the 100-plus degree temperatures, the races drew a record number of people. Shawn Franck of Thompson Falls, who owns Francks' Auto with his son Corey, won the event. Along with the races, the event featured live music and assorted vendors. Here's a look at the lawnmower races, by the numbers. 10 lawnmowers entered the race on Saturday. 7 were running at...
6 YEARS AGO • AUGUST 2, 1917 BIG HAUL OF CHAR Fishing For Market, Spokane Man and Sons Seine 300 Pounds of Big Trout A Spokane man and his sons are seining for char at the mouth of Prospect Creek. A sein seventy-five feet long and eight feet deep is used in the process. Tuesday they succeeded in drawing in nearly 300 pounds of the big trout. These are to be marketed in Butte and the fishers receive 15 cents a pound for them so that their day’s work carried with it a good reward. At present the fish are contained in a tank at the mouth of the...
TAMMIE MOORE, Thompson Falls - “The Vermillion.” LYNN ROSE, Plains - “Anywhere in the mountains.” LOGAN HARMON, Thompson Falls - “Family Dollar.” KATIE EVANS, Trout Creek - “Quinn’s Hot Springs.” JIM LUCAS, Trout Creek - “The Majestic Valley Arena in Kalispell for the Big Sky Reining Classic.” PIPER YEAROUT, Thompson Falls - “Ross Creek Cedars....
Gifts From Above Midwifery is pleased to announce the arrival of Madalynn Grace Lyons on July 21,2022, at 2:19 a.m., weighing 6 lbs. 8 oz. Proud parents are Abraham and Ariel Lyons of Plains. Happy sibling is big brother Nathaniel. Paternal grandparents are Michael and Mercy Lyons of Plains. Maternal grandparents are Robert and Cindy Figueroa of Mansfield, Ohio. Congratulations!!...
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. MAMA 5. UTICA 10. EBAN 14. AMID 15. PEDAL 16. ALGA 17. RIND 18. INARI 19. SONG 20. EAGER 22. THE 23. AECIA 24. RON HOWARD 27. ACE 30. DAS 31. ONE 32. TOE 35. COBWEB 37. MRS 38. HAIG 39. TUBAS 40. VAN 41. SABLE 42. OPEC 43. EEC 44. EAGLES 45. RED 46. MEG 47. DAT 48. ART 49. TELEMETER 52. EARED 55. TEL 56. SABER 60. AGHA 61. SAGES 63. BORA 64. CROC 65. STATE 66. BLAB 67. HASH 68. RENEE 69. IASI SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. MARE 2. AMIA 3. MING 4. ADDER 5. UPI 6. TENTHS 7. IDAHO 8....
From day one of starting this homesteading adventure of mine, I have always made a promise that all my animals would get along and live harmoniously together. The dogs would get along with the cats, the chickens would get along with the ducks and it was always the dream for all of them to be able to wander about freely together. I’m not sure if it’s luck or patience, maybe a little bit of both; but somehow, some way, it worked. That’s not to say it didn’t take a few years. Training the dogs not to chase the chickens and training the cats no...
A young velvety whitetail buck stays in tall grass west of Plains. The high heat and mosquitoes don't seem to bother the deer, which have an abundance of greens....
Noxon will have the blues the first weekend in August, but it won’t get people down. The 11th Annual Big Sky Blues Festival is set for August 5-7 at Pilgrim Creek Park. Along with nationally known musicians, the three-day event features free workshops for kids. Musicians performing during the weekend donate their time and will instruct kids of all ages on harmonica, guitar, drums and bass. “It’s fun for the kids to learn from national acts,” said Lorne Riddell, organizer of the Big Sky Blues Festival. “It’s great to have the kids learn about...
4 YEARS AGO • JUNE 24, 1982 CHANGES BRING DECLINE TO HERON By Jan Fraser Continued from last week… Barbara Fillerup Smith and Georgia Dettwiler Montague both remembered crossing the river on the ferries or highline platform. Georgia recalled that her family had a piano brought across the river on that platform. For some, the river proved to be a tragic place. Terry Duffy almost lost his life while crossing with a team of horses on the ferry. The horses became nervous and went off the end of the ferry, almost dragging Terry with them. At tha...
