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Thompson Falls Public Library will host the Montana Conversations program “What Happened to the News?” with Dennis Swibold on Thursday, Feb. 28. The program will be at the library at 7 p.m. The presentation is free and open to the public. This program is part of the “Democracy and the Informed Citizen” Initiative, administered by the Federation of State Humanities Councils. The initiative seeks to deepen the public’s knowledge and appreciation of the vital connections between democracy, the humanities, journalism, and an informed citizenry...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) has opened public comment on a proposal to amend the Thompson-Fisher Conservation Easement to remove 1.63 acres of developed land and replace it with 5 acres of undeveloped, upland and riparian habitat along the Little Thompson River in Sanders County near Thompson Falls, Montana. The land exchange and accompanying amendment to the conservation easement would resolve an encroachment issue on a portion of developed land that involves seven different parcels of State School Trust Land managed by Montana...
Thompson Falls Elementary Students on the fourth-grade honor roll list were Alex Barrera, Aubrey Baxter, Hunter Berman, Sandy Bonney, Allie Borgmann, Everett Brotherton, Jesse Buchanan, Addyson Deal, Teagan Dorscher, Giovanni Grossberg, Chase Helvey, Samantha Hertel, Kylee Huff, Michael Koskela, Emma Moore, Kaylene Morkert, Jason Myers, Marley Neesvig, Liam Pallister and Adelyn Traver. The fifth-grade honor roll list included Trayten Anderson, Emma Claridge, Brooklyn Cork, Annalise Fairbank, Shi...
THOMPSON FALLS MONDAY NITE GALS W L Dangerous Dames 50.5 33.5 Talk of the Town 48 36 Rock’n Bowl 40.5 43.5 Rehbein Pin-up Gals 40 44 Nascar Freaks 37 47 Dolls with Balls 36 48 Team Scr. Game: Nascar Freaks, 457; Scr. Series: Nascar Freaks, 1357; Hcp. Game: Nascar Freaks, 647; Hcp. Series: Nascar Freaks, 1927; Inv. Scr. Game: Simone Schilthuis, 194; Scr. Series: Simone Schilthuis, 485 ; Hcp. Game: Simone Schilthuis, 254; Hcp. Series: Simone Schilthuis, 665. BOWLING BEAUTIES W L Mad Hatters 48 36 Gardner Ranch 48 36 B & D Trucking 47 37 Realty N...
Plains Navy veteran David Williams is well known for his artistic abilities. He is the master behind the 1,000-foot long painting of running horses that was featured near Plains last year and has his artwork featured in the U.S. Capitol. When President Trump visited Missoula last year, Williams gifted him a painted scene of Missoula to take back to Washington, D.C. Williams, a disabled member of Joint Operation Mariposa (a veterans' outreach organization), has suffered a brain injury and has...
This is the time of year to bring out the hats, coats, and gloves, but for one Plains resident, the frigid weather is also a time to help others. A local woman, who wished to remain anonymous, tied nearly two dozen scarves around seven lampposts along Railroad Street in Plains sometime last week. With each scarf was a note that read: "I'm not lost. Please take me with you if you are cold. God Bless." The woman had purchased a batch of the scarves at the Little Bitterroot Thrift Store on West Lyn...
5 YEARS AGO • JANUARY 30, 1969 SNOW SLIDES TRAP TRANSPORT BLOCK HIGHWAY FOUR HOURS Two large snow slides ensnared a large Northern Pacific Transport Co. truck-trailer on Highway 200 about seven miles east of Thompson Falls Tuesday, blocking traffic for several hours. The transport driver, Al Fechner of Missoula, and a Thompson Falls lumber mill operator, Swan Flodin, miraculously escaped injury when they were caught in the midst of the second slide as it pushed the truck-trailer off the highway and against the guard rail. Flodin, who was en r...
PAUL PERKINS, Thompson Falls – “My wife died in 2001, so I show my love to my two dogs – a Corgi and a Shelty – by taking them for a walk every day.” KATHY IKOLA, Trout Creek – "I try to make a special roast beef dinner and dessert for my husband. He really likes roast beef.” DAVID HAASE, Thompson Falls – “I give my wife money. You can’t go wrong with money. But we usually go out to dinner at the Elks Lodge and I give them the money.” LEVI KILLGORE, Plains (6, a first-grader) – “Kisses. I throw them kisses. That shows them I love them.” SOPHIE...
Residents in Trout Creek are taking part in a worldwide effort to support girls and women by providing reusable feminine hygiene products. The group sews products for Days for Girls International, an organization founded by Celeste Mergens. According to Mergens, "While in Kenya in 2008, I was working with an orphanage with approximately 1,400 children, most of them young girls. During the night, I awoke with a nagging question, 'What are these girls doing for feminine hygiene?' Seeking an answer...
Margaret Mead’s very famous quote promotes active, informed citizenry: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, organized citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Keeping this in mind was at the heart of the presentation, Citizenship 101: Montana’s 2019 Legislature that was held last Friday at the Paradise Center. Twenty citizens from around Sanders County came to fine-tune their knowledge of how Montana’s Legislature works. This presentation is one of many around the state to promote act...
Trout Creek Back Country Horsemen held their first meeting of 2019 and are looking forward to new adventures for the months to come. Requests were made for the Horsemen to release a calendar of rides for the upcoming year, and they have responded. President Larry "Doc" Milham has publicly announced all rides, weather dependent to ensure safety, will be on Saturdays and begin on April 27. Following that, rides will occur on May 18, June 22, July 27, August 24, September 28 and October 19....
Eugenio Montale once wrote, “The most dangerous aspect of present-day life is the dissolution of the feeling of individual responsibility. Mass solitude has done away with any difference between the internal and the external, between the intellectual and the physical.” Last April, almost exactly on this day one year ago, I spent a continuous 84 hours alone in the wild with no human contact, no words spoken or sight of man. The wilderness was nothing new to me at that time, as my three-and-a-half-day solo came to be at the end of my trip int...
"I have raised a garden all my life," said Elizabeth Riffle, relating to what life was like growing up as the daughter of Allen and Karen Dykstra, founders of Fruitland Acres located along Highway 200 between Plains and Thompson Falls. "We sold it (Fruitland Acres) around 1993 or 1994 due to my father having a logging accident and just couldn't do it anymore," commented Riffle, who currently resides on the family homestead. She "loves to grow things" and therefore it is fitting her next...
More than 200 riders participated in the 2019 Cabinet Ridge Riders annual poker run. Fresh powder welcomed the snowmobile riders. At the warming hut near Gem Peak, the Ridge Riders (including JD Wood, pictured) had warm beverages, hot dogs and chili for the participants. The Cabinet Ridge Riders donate funds raised to local organizations, and provide scholarships each year....
Students of Plains High School held a contest in the gymnasium last week to showcase the new after-school program and to recruit additional membership. The school received a $1,000 grant in January, compliments of Channellock Tools of Meadville, Pa., to have an assembly and put on a Career and Technical Education open house to celebrate SkillsUSA Week, said shop teacher Kyle Mitchell, chief coordinator of the new program. He said Plains was the only Montana school to receive the grant. There...
The community of Paradise doesn’t have a bona fide town government or its own law enforcement, but a group of residents decided something needed to be done to clean up their home and to do so invited an assortment of county officials – commissioners, county attorney, law enforcement, county sanitarian, and the fire district chief – to help them achieve that goal. The residents created a group called the Paradise Action Committee last year and made a pact in an effort to help clean up some of the trashy places around the community, espec...
January went out in a fury last weekend as a winter storm brought bitter winds and several inches of snow to Sanders County. The flags lining the Gallatin Street bridge in Thompson Falls (above) were active in the high winds, while vegetation was quickly frozen in time (top) with the dropping temperatures. Ten-day forecasts predict temperatures will remain well below freezing....
5 YEARS AGO • JANUARY 30, 1969 WINTER STORM LASHES COUNTY OVER WEEKEND Sanders County residents were continuing Wednesday to dig out from the worst storm of the winter which occurred Saturday night and Sunday morning when a heavy snowfall was accompanied by strong winds and temperatures which dropped to below zero. While traffic was almost at a standstill Sunday morning, conditions were never as bad as they were to the west in Idaho and eastern Washington where roads were completely closed. Schools are operating on schedule. Attendance here Mo...
STEVEN HARDY, Plains – “No, I didn’t this year. I’ve gotten it the last five years and I have gotten sick. I thought I’d try something different this year and it seems to be working in my favor.” JAMES GAYTON, Missoula – “I did because I’ve had the flu during spring break as a kid and don’t want that to happen again. It was a very sick experience, and to be sick on my week off. One of the first dark chapters of my life.” DIANA DOYLE, Thompson Falls – “I usually do, but this year did not. We just didn’t get anywhere to get it. I think it is a...
} rightFrontDrive.setPower(-1);. No, The Ledger did not make a mistake. This computer programming, called "coding," would make sense if you were a robot, or member of Thompson Falls' robotics club lead by Falls High School science teacher and robotics coach Eric Nygaard. "Collectively, this is the best we've done in our five years competing," Nygaard proudly said of his robotics team, who placed second in Helena earlier this year and earned thirteenth out of 33 competitors late last month at...
In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. National Day of Service, the General Federation of Women's Clubs FWC Thompson Falls Woman's Club assembled and distributed Vial of Life kits. Each kit contains three items: a form for your medical conditions, allergies, medications, emergency contacts, etc. that you complete; a baggie or pill bottle with the Vial of Life label in which to store the form on or in your refrigerator; and a decal for your front door directing first responders to look for...
Members and leaders of the Sanders County 4-H program helped to host the Biennial 4-H Legislative Breakfast and Citizenship Seminar in Helena on January 20-22. 4-H members Lydia French, Chloe French and Jacob Hutchins attended the event. Lydia was chosen as one of the youth coordinators. This year, a majority of legislators attended the Legislative Breakfast to learn about the 4-H program in Montana, including local Representatives Bob Brown and Denley Loge. Members also met and participated in...
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Longevity matters, and Sanders County employees were honored for their time in service last week. Employees were recognized for creating "a great place to work, where we want to stay and have a good time while we are here," County Commissioner Tony Cox said while giving a sincere thank you to each employee for serving the public. Shirley Kinkade with the Sanders County Extension Office topped out the honorees with 25 years of serving the county. Her supervisor, Juli Thurston, presented Kinkade...
