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As rain sprinkled down, fifth graders from Sanders County schools attended the annual Water Festival at Thompson Falls State Park on Tuesday. Students gained knowledge of aquatics during the outdoor learning experience. Students visited various stations showing the importance of washing watercraft and why check stations are mandatory stopping points, soil structure and its role in water behavior, how dam turbines effect fish populations, how stream flows and locations should be considered...
4 YEARS AGO • OCTOBER 5, 1978 CABLE TV SYSTEM HAS LITTLE SUPPORT Members of the City Council displayed little enthusiasm Monday night to involve the town in a TV cable system which would require a monthly payment of approximately $7.50 from each subscriber. Mrs. Ermel Hanson asked the council to take some action to make more parking spaces available on Main St. She explained that some women provide transportation for elderly citizens so that the latter can shop and accomplish other business errands. Many of the senior citizens can not walk l...
DOMINIC ELLISON, Thompson Falls – “About once a week. We have five dogs, long hair and short hair, old dogs and puppies, so we have to clean often.” DON NORD, Kalispell – “I’m just visiting this week. I am a helicopter pilot. When I first flew over this country, I was so impressed with its beauty that I had to come back. When I’m home, I clean my whole house twice a month.” JENNIFER KEITH, Thompson Falls – “Every day. I do a quick clean, a deep clean and whenever it needs it.” MONIECK BEASLEY, Thompson Falls – “Pretty much every day. I have to...
It is that time of year again when Thompson Falls counselor Jodi Morgan is hard at work prepping seniors for their awaiting journey. From September 26 through October 22, students will be getting their plans in order. "We try to give them all the tools we can to get them to college," Morgan stated, adding that all colleges have resources available to assist students once they attend at that level. The main goal for her is to plant the seed of furthering education beyond high school and watch it...
Noxon, Plains and Thompson Falls high schools celebrated homecoming last week. Events included the traditional crowning of royalty. Kristina Brown and Edison VanVleet were named king and queen in Noxon, Haley Josephson and Fernando Martin earned the honors in Plains and Nick Viera and Trinity Godfrey were crowned in Thompson Falls. Hot Springs High School homecoming activities are happening this week....
RAIN SHOWERS covered the Clark Fork Valley this week as yellows and reds of fall foliage spread through the landscape. Temperatures are expected to drop into the 50s for the weekend....
After 27 years, it is time to say “happy trails” to a man who was instrumental in maintaining a town. Thompson Falls Public Works Director Jerry Lacy has thrown in the hat for a new life outside of public works for a life in the free-for-all of retirement. It was 1991 when Lacy accepted the position, war efforts in Iraq were underway, the county had just agreed to make the courthouse a “smoke free” building, and a heavy winter rain and snow had just caused the Old Jail Museum roof to collapse. Handpicked by then-mayor Sterling Larsen, Lacy wa...
YOUNG BIGHORN SHEEP fight over the best vegetation near a residence up Thompson River recently. As the seasons change, herds of bighorn sheep will descend upon the local valleys in search of food....
A special funeral procession made its way through Thompson Falls Saturday. Members of the armed forces came to Sanders County to honor one of their fallen, Sergeant First Class (SFC) Kelly James Scott Brigham. Brigham attended Thompson Falls High School before moving to Beaverton, Oregon, to graduate. From there he began his career in the Army, serving honorably. When retirement time came, he chose instead to transfer into the Warrior Transition Unit. Brigham passed away this month after a...
The vision for Thompson Falls is about to become reality. Step by step the end will result in a beautified gathering space connecting community together. Ainsworth Field is about to embark on its journey which began in 2012 when a volunteer City Park Board began brainstorming and fundraising for a new facility they knew had potential. Monday evening, the City of Thompson Falls and the public met to discuss the status of the park. At this meeting, it was disclosed that final designs and cost...
5 YEARS AGO • SEPTEMBER 26, 1968 TF QUITS DUMPING SEWAGE INTO RIVER The city of Thompson Falls has quit dumping raw sewage into the Clark’s Fork River. Thompson Falls’ new sewer collection system was placed in operation Friday and all sewer lines, which formerly dumped raw sewage into the river, have been connected into the new system. Sewage collected in the system now is pumped to the lagoon in the northwest part of town. Mayor Orin P. Kendall said some work at the lagoon remains. This includes installation of a high wire fence around the l...
CHARLES OXFORD, Thompson Falls – “Several things. I like the turning of the trees and brush. The summer heat is gone and the cool nights begin so I can sleep. Baseball season ends and football begins.” JERRIE REICHERT, Thompson Falls – “The number one thing is that football season begins. I’m a Green Bay Packer fan even though I moved away from Wisconsin when I was 3.” MARTHA OLSON, Thompson Falls –“I love the Fall colors and fresh air. Whenever it gets cool enough, the leaves turn colors. I can’t handle extreme cold or extreme heat.” MAGG...
A vocal range of nearly four octaves is impressive, but add showmanship, harmonies, near-obsessive songwriting and adept guitar playing, and you've got quite a performance. Presented by the Sanders County Arts Council (SCAC), the contemporary country music of Rebecca Folsom hit the stage of the Rex Theatre in Thompson Falls on Saturday, bringing with her the above-mentioned tools of the trade and years of experience in the traveling singer/songwriter lifestyle. Her latest two albums,...
The Plains Lions Club is helping to save an important part of the town's history. The Horse Plains Jail has a leaking roof and needed repairs. Last week, four members of the club – President Duane Highcrane, Jered Littlefield, Marv Tanner, and the club's newest member, Dan Rowan, the town mayor – rectified the problem. "It's an important part of Plains and it's part of the community's history that should be preserved," Highcrane said. The volunteer workers carefully removed the original per...
Looking for something fun, amazing and worthwhile to do the first Saturday of October? Come join a fundraiser fun run, barbeque and bake sale benefitting Lindsay Laws on Saturday, October 6 at 3 p.m. Laws was recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body, according to the National MS Society. Expenses for treatments and travel will be...
Gifts From Above Midwifery of Plains is pleased to announce the arrival of Lilliana Pearl Smith, born at home on Sept. 11, 2018 at 10:17 a.m., weighing 6 lb., 5 oz. Proud parents are Jonathan and Kayla Smith of Trout Creek. Paternal grandparents are Lori and the late Michael Smith of Thompson Falls. Maternal grandparents are Melvin & Delores Boss of Halsey, Oregon.... Full story
Tracy Hadden and Jacob Shuttle welcomed son Gunner Jeffrey Shuttle on Tues., Aug. 28 at 8:32 a.m. He weighed six pounds, 14 ounces and measured 19.5 inches long. Gunner joins brother, Warren Shuttle. Maternal grandparents are Betty Reichert and the late Richard Reichert. Maternal great-grandparents are Diane Freize and Danny Shannon. Paternal grandparents are Mareatha Shuttle and Jeff and Tessa Shuttle. Welcome, Gunner.... Full story
This fall will be the third time Lil' Fighters, an organization dedicated to helping terminally ill children in Sanders County, will donate 100% of their proceeds to a family needing sustenance. This year, Lil' Fighters will award earnings from their Fall Festival to the family of 4-year-old Wren McDonald of Plains. She has been diagnosed with bladder reflux and will battle this disease for the rest of her life. Unknowingly, recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs) evoked permanent damage to...
HAWK SPIRIT - Thompson Falls High School staff and students participated in dress-up days this week for the annual homecoming festivities. The freshman class were given the task of representing the 60s on Tuedsay, and teacher Jeff Wheeler added to the nostalgia by driving his 1965 Ford to school. Pictured (from left) are Wheeler, Doree Thilmony, Scarlette Schwindt, Veronica Hanks, Colin Kane, Lance Palmer, and Jaden Isaac....
Summer is over and fall is quickly moving in. I’m usually a little sad to see summer go, but for the first time ever, I’m ready for fall. It has been one long, busy and fun-filled summer, but now it’s time to relax, put on a warm sweater and some fuzzy boots and pumpkin spice everything! I’m not your typical pumpkin spice fan girl, but I enjoy a slice of pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving, and it’s one of my husband’s favorites, so I set out to find a good low carb recipe. This pumpkin cheesecake mousse does the trick, and if you put it on a low carb...
It's all about the dogs for sure but, it is also all about the humans with those dogs. The Dogpaws Club, a collection of dog-training enthusiasts from around western Montana and northern Idaho, including five trainer-dog teams and an alternate from the local Sanders County Dog Training Club, are in Gillette, Wyo., this week for the NADAC (North American Dog Agility Council) National Championships. The NADAC National pre-trials were to be held Tuesday and Wednesday, with the main competition begi...
Crooks utilize the cover of darkness for dastardly deeds, but Dave Williams of Plains and his crew used the nighttime to surprise residents with colorful art. Just as the sun was setting last Wednesday evening, Williams and 15 friends and family members started tacking up nearly 1,000 feet of the Wild Horse Plains herd across the chain link fence on the greenway along Railroad Street. By 11 p.m., "Becoming the Guardian of the Herd" was up on display. The exhibit is a form of guerilla art, which...
The Plains Lions Club will soon be starting this year's free eye screening program. Now they'll be able to get the job done in half the time, thanks to a new and improved device. The club got the newest portable eye screener – PlusoptiX S-12 – at Plains School, where they also received a training session on the device from Dave Falcon, who heads the Montana Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation. Four members of the Plains club - Duane Highcrane, Marv Tanner, Chuck Wassinger and Ken Matthiesen - w...
