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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...
5 YEARS AGO • SEPTEMBER 12, 1974 CITY TO BUY PARKING LOT Purchase of the four lots on which the county garage is located behind Gambles Store (now True Value) has been authorized by the City Council with annual parking fees paid by local merchants providing about two-thirds of the funds. The cost of the four lots is $10,000. The payments will be spread over a five-year period with the city allocating $700 annually from federal revenue funds and another $1,300 coming from rental charges paid by merchants. The city will receive title from the co...
RYKER WHITTENBURG, Thompson Falls - “If the turkey is 10 inches put it in the oven at 10 degrees for 10 minutes.” WYATT SWEDBERG, Thompson Falls - “Put it in at 40 hundred degrees for 400 minutes!” MILO MACDONALD, Thompson Falls - “We have ham, but put it in the oven for six hours at six degrees!” KAMRI WOOD, Thompson Falls - “In the oven at 34 degrees for 10 minutes.” SAGE PRESTON, Thompson Falls - “In the oven for two minutes at three degrees until it's a little hot." CASEN KIRKLAND, Thompson Falls - “In the oven for 10 minutes at 10 degre...
A cast of 28 local actors and a crew of nine are preparing for the best Christmas pageant ever. It says so in the name of the production, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: The Musical.” The musical will be presented at three events throughout the county in December and is being coordinated by Rob Viens of Thompson Falls, the Stage and Musical Director. “My first experience with the play was in 1992 and everybody fell in love with it,” Viens said. The play is based on the book by Barbara Robinson, from which she created a stage version. “The st...
A turkey searches for just the right fruit in a tree west of Plains....
The Plains Woman's Club once again took to their sewing skills in an effort to help make a brighter Christmas for Sanders County children. Eight members of the club gathered at the United Methodist Church in Plains to sew Christmas stockings for the Sanders County Coalition For Families (SCCFF) after their club meeting on Friday afternoon. The volunteers included Shirley King, Deb Cleveland, Donna Maughlin, Janet Brandon, Linda Zirelli, LeeAnn Hafner, Samantha Bebb and Julie Thomas. Not all...
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. BEAM 5. TABES 10. TATE 14. ALLO 15. ABAMP 16. AGED 17. TEGU 18. TINEA 19. BRAD 20. TAALS 22. DAR 23. TIARA 24. DATELINES 27. TAB 30. TAR 31. TAE 32. TPA 35. ORATED 37. TUB 38. MAIL 39. TORUS 40. MAS 41. SACCO 42. AMEN 43. POI 44. MACHOS 45. LAD 46. TED 47. RAG 48. ETA 49. SERENADES 52. TABLA 55. REC 56. SABER 60. OLEA 61. TAPED 63. BARI 64. MOAB 65. STOMA 66. IBIS 67. EELS 68. POSED 69. NECK SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. BATT 2. ELEA 3. ALGA 4. MOULD 5. TAT 6. ABIDER 7. BANAL 8. EMERITUS 9. SPA 10. TABIS 11. AGRA 12. TEAR 13. EDDA 21....
Thalia Rowan-Prayer Nelson was born at home in the early morning of October 29, 2024, to father and mother, Chase and Nikki Nelson - residents of Noxon. The family - including new big brother, Lachlann - was visiting the East Coast in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, at the time of the birth. Mother and baby are healthy and in love. "We share our joy and blessings with all in Sanders County," the family expressed....
The Sanders County bookmobile will be featured on an upcoming episode of “Backroads of Montana” on PBS. The episode will premiere Monday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. The show has aired on Montana PBS since 1991, and the crew travels across Montana visiting unique people and places. According to a press release, “every month in Sanders County, the Bookmobile makes the rounds to every community in its northwest region. We roll along with this library on wheels as it reaches bookworms of all ages.” Bookmobile director Jessica Gayton said she had a great t...
Noxon School Seniors High Honor Roll: Maygan Swanson, Mia Vogel, Jillian Shell, Samuel Christensen, Maria Pelobello. Honor Roll: Shamus Wheeldon, Kaelene Kelly, Owen Ramsey, Patience Morris. Juniors High Honor Roll: Ian Brown, Isabella Buchanan, Chance McDaid, Marianna Herra, Nathan Hutfles, DJ Ringleka, Zachary Storaasli, Gage Todd, Haylee Wiedeman, Ricky Williams. Honor ROll: Shane Murray, Emma Swanson, Elizabeth Vehar, Lottie Williams. Sophomores High Honor Roll: John Cooper, Finn Duffy, Elloria Jensen, Bran Parrish, Fletcher Segura. Honor...
Montana State University Extension’s Pesticide Education Program will host the Columbia River Basin Watershed Pesticide Tour from Dec. 9 to 12. The tour is supported by MSU Extension agents and will stop in Anaconda, Philipsburg, Missoula, Thompson Falls and Kalispell. The educational opportunity is designed for homeowners, small acreage owners, ranchers, farmers and private pesticide applicators across the area. The goal of the tour is to improve water quality by giving applicators the tools and knowledge to reduce pesticides entering the C...
Thompson Falls Main Street and the Sanders County Chamber of Commerce are gearing up for the annual community Christmas celebration. The theme of this year’s Christmas on Main Street is Old World Christmas. Several fun and festive events are planned for December 6-7, 2024. “We are truly thankful for all our community volunteers working to create such a wonderful event,” said Kayla Mosher, chairperson of the Thompson Falls Main Street board. For information on any of the activities, contact Thompson Falls Main Street at (406) 827-0487 or email...
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...
MARK COLE, Trout Creek - “Being in this beautiful state.” HEATHER HETCHLER, Noxon - “The Holy Spirit and everything he has done for me.” BEARETT EATON, Trout Creek - “Hotwheels!” MARSHA HART, Thompson Falls - “Family and friends.” JESSE RAYMOND, Plains - “God." JOANN MATHERS, Thompson Falls - “God and family....
