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WEBER'S STORE Charles & Bertha Weber Most people in the area know Weber's Store as the Laundromat. It was originally built as a general store and post office by Charles Weber to serve the citizens of Thompson Falls. He became the third post master of the town in 1903. Charles came to Thompson Falls in 1888 as recorded in the list of Early Settlers of Thompson Falls in 1933. In the 1900 federal census Thompson Falls, Missoula County, Montana he stated that he was a merchant in Thompson and that...
DANIEL DEPREZ, Heron – “I’d go back in time and do it all again the right way.” STACY JACK, Thompson Falls – “I would go back to the past and ask my grandparents the questions I never got to ask them." MARY FISHER, Thompson Falls – “I think I’d go back and see my loved ones who are gone.” MONA LU GOULD, Thompson Falls – “I would go back. I like the way they lived back then.” SCOTT JOHNSON, Thompson Falls – “I’d go forward to the future. By looking back you can understand what was done wrong. Going forward, you can always fail, but you can co...
For more than 10 years Thompson Falls' Penny Hopkins has dedicated herself to growing student intellectual, physical and social aptitudes through an afterschool program called REACH (Rural, Education, Academics, Community, Healthy Lifestyles). In addition, the program provides a safe, structured and engaging setting for children of working parents. Students in grades third through eighth are welcome to attend and benefit from a vast diversity of projects Hopkins implements in the REACH program....
Are you in need of a getaway, vacation or holiday? If so, now may be the time to book your next adventure to Ireland or Alaska. Jenny Williams, owner of Jenny’s Travel Agency, LLC, is currently accepting clients for a June 23-30, 2019 trip to Ireland. This is a group trip that Williams will be guiding. “We will be staying in centrally located boutique hotels and staying overnight in a castle hotel and dining like Lords and Ladies at a Medieval dinner,” Williams stated. Admission to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Trinity College (Book of Kells), Guinn...
The Cancer Network of Sanders County will once again host a lantern launch to honor those who have lost their battle with cancer, or friends and family who continue to fight the disease. The public can purchase lanterns and write messages on them before they are launched. The event will be Saturday, Nov. 24, at 6 p.m. at the Sanders County Fairgrounds. Sherry McCartney with the Cancer Network said that lanterns can be purchased prior to the event as well. Volunteers will sell lanterns Friday, Nov. 16, from 1 to 3 p.m. at McGowan's in Plains,...
The Sanders County Arts Council was pleased at the results of this year's "Do Your Bidding" fundraiser at the Paradise Center Saturday evening, raising $2,500 with their baked potato dinner and auctions. The nonprofit organization also received a $2,000 check from an anonymous Plains donor, said Cinda Gazaway, the chief organizer of the event. "It was a very successful auction. I was really pleased," said Gazaway, a Noxon resident whose oil landscape painting fetched top dollar in the silent...
The holiday season is once again upon us. The clock is ticking and there are only a couple weeks left until Christmas on Main Street kicks off. Thompson Falls will be bustling with activity Saturday, Dec. 1, rejoicing this year's theme, "Christmas in the Old West. "It takes a village," stated Danielle Wood, Christmas on Main Street event organizer. "All these events can be organized, but what make a successful event is community participation," she said with enthusiasm. The Falls Chamber will...
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HERE IT COMES - The Thompson Pass road received a dusting of snow Monday evening. The forecast this week calls for an increasing chance of snow in the valleys....
4 YEARS AGO • NOVEMBER 9, 1978 BIGHORN SHEEP PLANT PLANNED The south side of the Clark Fork River between Paradise and 14-Mile Creek is a site for a potential transplant of bighorn sheep from Wildhorse Island in Flathead Lake, according to Fish and Game Department (F&G), wildlife biologist Bob Henderson of Thompson Falls. The area above Cascade Campground on the Paradise-St. Regis cutoff is a traditional bighorn sheep range. “Oldtimers in the area tell me that sheep were in the area until the early 1900s,” Henderson reported. Hunting and l...
KEVIN VAUGHT, Thompson Falls – “Probably Life. That was our favorite game.” TAMRA RAICHE, Thompson Falls – “Chutes and Ladders. That was so fun.” MICHAEL GROSS, Thompson Falls – “Checkers probably. I’m old and not smart enough to play Chess.” JOYCE HILT, Noxon – “Probably Monopoly. I haven’t played in a long time and the game has changed several times. I play a lot of card games now.” JENNIFER FIELDER, Thompson Falls – “The game of Life because it had a lot of different things. You had a mother and a father and a boat load of kids.” JOYCE BYB...
At the behest of Thompson Falls High School's athletic director, students in the shop class have completed a project to help raise money for the athletic department. The project also wrapped up around the same time another round of products were finished, that were a year in the making. "The design is similar to past products we've made, but the decorative vents have Blue Hawk logos in place of the generic evergreen silhouettes seen in last years fire pit creations," said shop teacher Mike...
Students and staff at Trout Creek School are focusing on character virtues this school year to create a "Culture of Character." Administrators and staff have chosen to focus on the virtues of compassion, honesty, integrity, tolerance, respect, responsibility, courtesy, forgiveness and patience for the 2018-2019 school year. October's virtue was compassion, and teachers each chose a student from their classroom who exemplified compassion. The students chosen were Kamdin Hensley (K-1), Grady Dana...
There are sure to be a few nice, warm days yet this fall. What better way to spend this time then outside prepping your garden for next spring? It will not only save you time next year, but it will also improve your growing conditions. A few things should be done every fall, before laying your garden to bed for the winter, to increase the chances for a successful growing season next year. Start by trimming down the old, decaying vegetation that has called it quits. Bury or gently till these remnants into the soil, increasing overall soil...
Sunday afternoon Sanders County 4-H families met at the fairground pavilion to reflect on a successful 2017-2018 year. Participants celebrated the end of another year and were recognized for a job well done at the annual Achievement Day. Awards in the form of mugs, bowls, certificates, belt buckles and money were given to those who were high achievers in their fair interviews, projects, community services, record book keeping skills, participation and overall attitude and spirit. To show...
Ashley and John Dalling of Plains welcomed son, Billy Aaron, Fri., Oct. 26 at 2:48 p.m. at Clark Fork Valley Hospital in Plains. He weighed seven pounds, 9.8 ounces and measured 20 inches long. Billy joins sister, Kimberlyn. Maternal grandparents are Doug Miller of Coos Bay, Ore. and Vickey Tuer of Hot Springs. Maternal great-grandparents are Doug and Candy Miller of Jefferson, Ore. Paternal grandparents are William and Patricia Dalling of Spokane, Wash. Welcome, Billy....
Once again, young scientists from Noxon and Thompson Falls are busy prepping themselves for the annual Montana Science Olympiad. Students have been preparing to display their scientific abilities, knowledge and skills for the last few weeks. With less than two weeks to go before the competition takes place, these kids need to focus and get busy in hopes of perfecting their science projects. In all, 42 students, ranging from sixth to twelfth grade, have spent after-school hours researching...
The 1st Annual Plains Lions Club Parade of Costumes at Fred Young Park was filled with an assortment of scary and funny characters, but it was a genie on a magic carpet that took top honors in the contest. Forty-five kids entered the competition, but when judges Lisa Larson and Cheri Minemyer were done, 8-year-old Tia Bellinger in her homemade genie apparel nabbed first place and $25 in gold Sacagawea coins. Second place went to Arrow Hyde, 10, with his gorilla outfit, taking home $10 in Sacagaw...
At the Thompson Falls School Board meeting on Monday, GEAR UP liaison Penny Beckman detailed the budget for the upcoming year. Beckman said that the school district will receive just over $101,000 in GEAR UP funding this year. Beckman outlined the GEAR UP plan for the 2018-19 school year, which includes supporting programs including Robotics and the Ecology Project International trip in the spring. GEAR UP also has helped the school purchase 25 Chromebook computers for the English and history classes this year, as well as graphing calculators f...
Clark Fork Valley Hospital employees and area vendors are preparing to help improve the daily comfortability of long-term care (LTC) patients. The LTC Holiday Bazaar is slated for 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, December 7-8. The bazaar will feature local and regional vendors selling their handmade products of arts, crafts and holiday gifts, as well as a 50/50 raffle and light refreshments provided. LTC Activities Director Del Smith noted that the bazaar is one of a handful of fundraisers for the patients there, “using these funds, w...
Staying true to their mission to enhance the community through opportunities for artistic expression, learning and appreciation, the Sanders County Arts Council welcomes music lovers to enjoy the next scheduled event in their Tapestry series of performing arts. Okaidja Afroso will lead his group of melodic percussionists in a performance of “joyous, rhythmic, tragic and uplifting” songs. The high energy group’s music is said to embody the vast, imperfect human story that is hardwired within all of us. Scheduled to perform at the Rex Theat...
Trick or Treat, Move Your Feet! is exactly what happened on the Thompson Falls Community Trails system Saturday morning, beginning and ending at NorthWestern Energy's Power Park. Over 50 costume goers accepted the challenge of competing in a one-mile or a 5K (3.1 miles) fun run. Fitting right in with the Halloween season, the start of each race was announced by the hissing of a cat or a chop of an axe rather than the norm of a gun or "on your marks, get set, go!" sound. Top male Cael Thilmony,...
5 YEARS AGO • OCTOBER 31, 1968 A FIRST Success of a Montana Fish and Game Dept. bighorn sheep planting program about eight years ago was demonstrated this week when two Sanders County hunters bagged rams in the first hunting season permitted since the transplanting. Melvin Hoy, one of Thompson Falls' top sportsmen bagged the first legally killed ram Saturday after stalking this specimen 2½ hours on Bad Rock Mountain between Thompson Falls and Eddy. Ram has almost a full curl. Allen K...
CHERYL TRIPLETT, Silverton, Idaho – “Pop. ‘Go get me a pop,’ I say. So it’s pop. We come to Thompson Falls all the time. We like it here.” NEPO JENNINGS, Butte – “In Butte, we always say pop.” VALERIE ROMERO TOWNSEND, Thompson Falls – “Hands down, soda! And that means Coke.” BRITTANY BRAY, Thompson Falls – ”It’s soda!” KAREN EHLI, Trout Creek – “When I drink, it’s ‘soda.’ I drink Diet Pepsi. I like the fizz of Diet Barq’s. It has no calories.” BILL EHLI, Trout Creek – “I just plain call it soda pop or just plain pop....
