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SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. Asp 4. Ops 7. ABN 10. Say 11. Sep 12. Pug 13. Mosul 15. Sae 16. Prawn 19. Awesome 21. Columbo 23. Ontario 24. Twining 25. Guru 26. Reed 27. Pareses 30. Assists 34. Oca 35. Ish 36. Bedside 41. Splashy 45. Plop 46. Tied 47. Bacilli 50. Ocarina 54. Agonies 55. Reveler 56. Hemic 57. Ola 59. Enate 60. Mei 61. Dag 62. Nam 63. Art 64. ENE 65. Sla SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. Asset 2. Sausage 3. Pylorus 4. Osseous 5. Pea 6. Spectra 7. Applies 8. Burundi 9. Ngami 13. Mao 14. Own 17. WPN 18. Nog...
Students in Thompson Falls got to say thanks to local veterans on Monday, Veterans Day, with a special lunch. About 30 veterans had lunch at the school Monday. They had the chance to eat with the elementary students and members of the elementary and junior high student councils served the veterans. "I think it's good because of how much they help us and it's good for us to help them back," said student Kylie Huff. Darrel Marks of Thompson Falls served in the Army during the Vietnam War. He had...
For the sixth consecutive year, Plains School students have honored community members with a special Veterans Appreciation Luncheon, held on Monday, Veterans Day. Twenty-eight veterans attended the luncheon in the school's Family and Consumer Sciences classroom, where students of the Jobs For Montana Graduates (JMG) class served the guests chicken tetrazzini, penne with meatballs, three bean salad, Jell-O salad, relish tray and garlic bread, and for dessert brownies and apple crisp....
Private Eye Dudley Sharpe, played by Dawson Brown, gets payment from Seymour Twitt, played by Danyon Heingartner in the comedy play "Murder at the Orient Express," which, unlike "Murder on the Orient Express," takes place in a Chinese restaurant. The play is being put on by the Plains School Drama Club. Twitt has been receiving threatening letters and hires Sharpe to find out who is sending the letters but is killed before the private eye can catch the culprit. The 14 club cast members from...
4 YEARS AGO • NOVEMBER 15, 1979 THE WAY IT WAS by LORRAINE DUFRESNE By pretending almost total deafness, one of the early characters of Thompson Falls eked out a fairly comfortable existence. Tom Ramsey was a single man, who resided in Thompson Falls for many years during the early 1900s. He lived in a small frame house between Main Street and the river, near the section known in those days as Maiden Lane, or the red light district. He was known as "Deafy" as probably very few residents knew hi...
SHEILA VINCENT, Thompson Falls - “No I don’t. Too many bighorn sheep.” KATHY CUNNINGHAM, Trout Creek - “No. Too many sheep.” AMBER PRY-THOMPSON, Thompson Falls - “No. My feeling is the number is of young drivers against the number of wildlife – it’s too dangerous.” MIKE LOCKARD, Plains - “No. I don’t think it should be any faster. Older people just don’t react as quick as younger people do.” MICHAEL MITHCELL, Trout Creek - “No I don’t think so. It’s narrow, it’s increased traffic, you have sheep in there. Maybe 60 if you had to. No more t...
Thompson Falls students last week learned what it means to be positive role models and leave positive footprints at school and in the community. Students in grades K-8 on last Wednesday attended an assembly led by counselor Rob Christensen. They watched a video presented by the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program. The video encouraged students to "be an upstander to help stop bullying. Do something about it." Christensen then led kids in an activity to help them make a difference in the...
Christmas on Main Street is just around the corner; and with this year’s theme – I’ll Be Home for Christmas – everyone will want to be home to attend the extensive list of events that the Thompson Falls Main Street Organization and the Chamber of Commerce has planned for the community this year. Thursday, November 14, the coloring contest starts. For kids up to 12 years old, this event is sponsored by the Thompson Falls Chamber of Commerce. You can pick up the coloring page at the Thompson Falls Library, First Security Bank, Valley Bank and Whi...
CLUES ACROSS SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. Cote 5. Sci 8. Coa 11. Scarf 13. Ian 14. Cabs 15. Cabal 16. PBS 17. Efik 18. Susus 20. Pat 21. Cees 22. Americas 25. Prematurely 30. Reposed 31. TLC 32. Edits 33. Lamna 38. ECM 41. Arising 43. The Black Sea 45. Cesarean 47. Moab 49. Fra 50. Aahed 55. Elba 56. Fid 57. Aotus 59. NEBN 60. Ell 61. Racks 62. Day 63. Dye 64. Rhee SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. CSC 2. Ocas 3. Tabu 4. Eras 5. Sipper 6. Cabaret 7. Instill 8. Cafes 9. Obie 10. Asks 12. Flu 14. Ceca 19. Sate 23. Mud...
Selecting the type of wine to compliment your Thanksgiving meal can be a daunting task. This meal is the culinary pinnacle of the whole year, it’s no wonder trying to appeal to each guest’s individual taste can be a stressful endeavor. Some may even argue that one of the more important constituents to the Thanksgiving feast is the wine. You may be asking yourself, “why bother with trying to choose the right wine pairings?” Well, the right blends, flavor notes and tannins all have the ability to bring out even the most subtle flavor distinc...
Seventeen boys and girls of Denise Montgomery's first grade class had special guests and got a flag folding lesson Monday afternoon as a special Veterans Day treat. U.S. Air Force veteran Ed Farmer of Plains talked to the kids about the history and etiquette of the American flag. His son, Buddy, and grandson, Cash, a member of the class, showed kids how to properly fold the flag, which is routinely done when a flag is about to be retired. Buddy said he wanted to show the class a proper flag reti...
There was a Sasquatch sighting Sunday afternoon running along River Road East and it was following a group of runners. Oddly, they were running to help Sasquatch - 10-year-old Sage Doble - who was injured in a hunting accident and dressed in a Sasquatch outfit. It was all part of "Sage's Sasquatch Shuffle 5K & Spaghetti Supper," a fundraiser held at the Sanders County Fairgrounds to help pay the youngster's medical bills, including a Life Flight to Spokane, said Whitney Tanner-Spurr, who...
Falling leaves cascade down Bemish Creek near Plains....
4 YEARS AGO • NOVEMBER 1, 1979 CINDERELLA HAWKS HEAD FOR ROUDUP The Cinderella football team of western Montana may still be looking at the clock, but it still hasn't struck midnight, their Bluebird coach hasn't turned into a pumpkin and the role of the big bad witch is handed to the Roundup Panthers this week as the Blue Hawks continue their waltz to the state class B championship. It was defense again Friday night that dominated play for Coach Doug Walsh's Blue Hawks in their first round p...
LONNY DAVIS, Thompson Falls - “I’d pay off all my bills and I would help family and friends pay off theirs. I’d give 10% to the church, that would be the first thing I’d do.” ANNETTE HARRIS, Noxon - “Probably travel more, give some to my children and grandchildren. And I would definitely help animals.” JESSE McKINNEY, Thompson Falls - “I have no clue what I would do with it.” DAVID KRAAK, Thompson Falls - “Spend it.” MARK BROWN, Spokane, Washington - “Pay the bills and travel.” CLIFFORD TRAINER, Thompson Falls - “I’d spend it, as old as...
Thanksgiving is approaching faster than we may realize. The holiday is known to be the busiest travel day of the year; and according to the American Automobile Association (AAA), around 90 percent of Americans travel more than 50 miles from home to celebrate. Last year's AAA Thanksgiving traveling forecast, projected around 54.3 million people commuted either through road trips, flying, traveling on trains or waterways to get to their loved ones. While the projected travel numbers have not been...
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. Mesa 5. Smoke 10. Gabbed 12. Talent 14. Unabashedly 16. HS 18. Ali 19. Oil 20. Aecia 22. Cam 23. Trees 25. Dhal 26. Ego 27. POB 28. SAT 30. Emu 31. Spat 33. Deceit 35. Briar 37. Aisne 38. Ratted 40. Brae 41. Eli 42. SSR 44. Ely 45. See 48. Ales 50. Tawny 52. Tae 53. Sisal 55. Pod 56. Egg 57. TE 58. Latitudinal 63. Doodad 65. Retake 66. Blebs 67. Ebon SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. MBA 2. Ebb 3. Sea 4. Adsorb 5. Steles 6. Mad 7. Olla 8. Keyed 9. En 10. Gulag 11. Animosities 13. Thiamin...
Deer that normally leisurely stroll through Plains could be seen scrambling around the streets last Thursday. It wasn't predators moving the animals around town, but an assortment of little spooks, spacemen, princesses, football players, and super heroes. However, the deer had some reprieve, thanks to organized events that kept the kids in one place, temporarily. Despite that there was a witch at Sunset Hills Funeral Home, an estimated 400 adults and kids visited the funeral parlor for donuts,...
On November 8, 1889, Montana entered the Union and became the 41st state of the United States of America. This year marks her 130th birthday. Many may call her “the big sky country,” but everyone can agree that Montana is truly “the last best place.” Native Americans were the first to inhabit the land, and today there are seven federally recognized Indian tribes in Montana. The state’s population grew exponentially when gold was discovered in 1852, closely followed by the discovery of coal, copper, lead and silver in 1862. These discoveri...
Monday evening's sunset near Trout Creek was adorned with a line of Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds. The clouds, according to The Weather Channel, form when winds at the top of the cloud are moving faster than at the base, causing the top to crash downward in a curling manner....
They might not be as nimble with the carving knives, but that didn't stop a group of seniors from making jack-o'-lanterns at the Clark Fork Valley Hospital Long Term Care Tuesday morning. Six nursing home residents from 76-year-old Sharon Wilson to 92-year-old Laurayne "Toddy" Silverthorn showed their pumpkin carving skills and artistic talents during a pumpkin carving session to decorate the facility for Halloween. Some went with the traditional jack-o'-lantern look, while others made their...
The Sanders County Fair has come and gone, but the awards keep coming. For first-time swine project member Dallas Berman and breeder Samie Helvey, the Montana Symbol of Excellence program found their heavy-weight hog to have the second-best quality in the state. After rating out at the top of the carcass evaluations at the county level, Berman's and Helvey's results went on to the state level earning them these honors. Berman's hog, "Bacon," was the prized gilt that has given him incentive to...
5 YEARS AGO • OCTOBER 23, 1969 LAWYER NURSERY BUSY Harvest operations are in full swing at the David Lawyer Nursery, a comparatively new operation which specializes in providing wholesale understocks for nurseries all over the United States which sell directly to consumers. An added problem this fall at the Lawyer Nursery is the fact that Dave underwent cranial surgery Friday in the University of Colorado Medical Center at Denver and this shifts the burden to Mrs. Esther Lawyer. The business of supplying root stocks to other nurseries was s...
LARRY EDDY, Trout Creek – “Handmade popcorn balls! Caramel. That’s my best memory.” RON HAWKINSON, Thompson Falls – “Candy corn. Everybody hates it, but I love it!” CODY BROWN, Thompson Falls – “Honey, oh…Bit-O-Honey. Every time I eat it, I lose teeth though.” PEGGY RELLER, Thompson Falls – “ALL OF IT!” CATHY JOHNSON, Thompson Falls – “It’s not candy, but hot chocolate. A packet of hot chocolate.” JO ELLEN MORRIS, Plains – “Snickers!...
Each year the University of Montana hosts the All-Star Band and Orchestra Festival. In order to be selected for these groups, students must be nominated by their school director and then selected by the University of Montana. This year, the university received nominations from 65 high schools across five states, as well as Alberta. Two students from Hot Springs High School have been chosen to participate in this unique experience. Cameron Stearns, a senior, age 17, and Laneya Miller, a junior,...
