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The Paradise Players prompted cheers and tears in their latest performance last week with its rendition of "Steel Magnolias." The all woman cast provided almost three hours of entertainment Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Paradise Center with nearly 60 people in attendance on each of the first two days and with Sunday drawing the biggest crowd of about 80 people. Steel Magnolias is a dramatic comedy about a group of small-town women in Louisiana that share a special bond and in the end deal...
It's not rocket science, it's not even science class, but science is helping the eighth-graders of Plains Junior High School with their projects in shop class. The 10 girls and four boys in the class started working on their wooden cars last week and will probably be competing in the annual "CO2 Drag Race" at the end of this week in the new gymnasium. It's all part of Kyle Mitchell's Technical Education Shop Class and the purpose of the class is to teach the kids a mixture of mathematics,...
The Sanders County Historical Society is having some fun with its main exhibit at the Old Jail Museum in Thompson Falls this year. The museum is featuring generations of toys in 2023. "Toys: Remembering Our Childhood" offers a look back at games, dolls, trucks and other toys through the early 1980s. "It just makes you smile," expressed museum director Vonn Briggs, noting that the exhibit will attract young and old alike. Briggs said that she and Sherry Hagerman-Benton were cleaning the basement...
Thompson Falls elementary students celebrated reading last week with a special assembly. To honor the end of the GFWC Thompson Falls Woman's Club's Running Start program, a ceremony was held at the school on Friday. Marsha Hart with the Woman's Club said the program went very well. She noted that several community members volunteered to read to students in kindergarten and first and second grade during the month of April. Kindergarten teacher Amber Yates led the celebration on Friday. "We had...
The Clark Fork Enrichment Corporation (CFEC) is sponsoring a unique concert experience next week at Thompson Falls Christian Church. Cellist Evan Drachman and pianist Mary Au of The Piatigorsky Foundation will visit Thompson Falls on Monday at 1:30 p.m. for a free concert. The foundation, since 1990, has been offering live classical music performances throughout the country. According to their website, artists play for audiences including seniors, schoolchildren, the economically disadvantaged, and those living in geographically remote areas....
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Eastern Sanders County Conservation District (ESCCD) and Green Mountain Conservation District (GMCD), with the support of Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group (LCFWG), have joined forces to help local pollinators in the area. The conservation districts will be offering free pollinator seeds to support pollinator habitat in your own backyard. “Not only will this seed mix provide beautiful flowers and other native plant species, it will also increase pollinator habitat in Sanders County,” said ESCCD administrator Emily Baker. “Did you know that...
A pair of swans called the banks of the Clark Fork River near Thompson Falls home recently. According to the Montana Field Guide, trumpeter swans are the largest waterfowl in North America and can grow up to five feet long with a wingspan of almost seven feet and weigh over 20 pounds. The Field Guide states that while adult trumpeter swans are entirely white, their heads and necks can be stained orange (left) due to iron-rich waters and mud where they forage for food....
Thompson Falls students participated in the 8th annual etiquette luncheon hosted in the Thompson Falls Elementary School cafeteria last week. Every year, the school's seventh and eighth grade students are taught a five-week etiquette unit by K-8 school counselor Rob Christensen. The lessons touch on several topics including airplane, movie theater and flag etiquette. "I want the students to know this may be a part of their lives one day," Christensen said. "If you go and sit down at a nice meal...
5 YEARS AGO • MAY 3, 1973 NEW OWNER Ron Turk, who for the past year and a half has been employed by L&O Motors of Plains, a Chevrolet dealer (presently the Plains Public Library) as service manager, Monday reopened the Husky Service Station here under the name Ron’s Husky Service. Floyd (Bud) Derrickson, who was parts manager for the Plains firm, will be employed by Turk until he takes over the bulk plant later this spring from R.Hershel Butte (now Energy Partners). 30 YEARS AGO • APRIL 22, 1993 PASS ROUTE NOW OPEN Travel over the Thomp...
Joann Hermance, Belgrade - “Camp hosting. this will be our fifth year, we enjoy the people.” Dan Hoffman, Thompson Falls - “Fishing, hiking and gardening.” Mary Verzier, Noxon - “Putting away my socks! Sitting outside, getting out more.” Leah Vega, Thompson Falls - “Gardening or being up in the mountains.” Rachel Good, Thompson Falls - “Gardening in the early morning.” Dave Preble, Prospect Creek - “Lounging on the porch....
Plains Elementary Braedan Allen, Ivy Anderson, Teslyn Boon, William Brown, Kyrie Carr, Lilliana Decker, Isaac Ericksen, Jocelyn Ewing, Pearl Ferlan, Paisley French, Kiya Hjorth, Brooke Meredith, Brook Revier, Jace Russell, Connor Sherwood, Madison Sturdivant, Lily Taylor, Anneka Turner, Penny Unsworth, Kaylynn Weedeman, Isaac Wilder, Carly Winebrenner, Brenden Allen, Ryker Anderson, Colt Browning, Trace Browning, Saydi Carter, William Dawson, Tristan Emmett, Casey Erwin, Barrett Grimm, Kaia Khachaturova, Lacey Kulawinski, Arena...
A community outreach program focused on bringing people together in a positive way has recently launched in Dixon. Sara Bednarcik formed Illuminate the 406 when she saw Dixon residents could use some help with incorporating recreational activities into the community. “I noticed that the community had some struggles wherein they don’t have much for activities or recreation,” Bednarcik said. “There’s a lot of drug abuse and alcoholism and just some really negative influences that the younger people in the community are influenced by. The kids...
Trout Creek Rural Volunteer Fire Department firefighters recently received a grant from Clark Fork Valley Elks to use for safety and protection. The Elks’ “Aid to Rural Volunteer Fire Departments” donation of $1,140 will be used to buy firefighters gloves. “Gloves are an essential part of a firefighter’s personal protective equipment, providing hand protection from flame, heat, cuts, and chemicals, ” the department’s application notes. “Gloves are items that suffer the most from wear and tear, contamination, and repeated exposure to wat...
The Wild Game Dinner at the Clark Fork Baptist Church was a combination of good food, prizes, hunting stories and a quick sermon from a visiting Georgia pastor. More than 40 men and boys attended the annual event Friday afternoon hosted by Pastor Kim Earhart, who led the opening prayer. "It was probably one of the best ones we've had," said Earhart, who has held a Wild Game Dinner for about 15 years. "It's for our men of the church. We love hunting, we love fishing, and the food is geared...
Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie talks about how nice and pink her wedding is going to be to her mother, M'Lynn Eatenton, and hair dressers Annelle Dupuy-Desoto and Truvy Jones. However, her mother believes it's too much pink, saying it looks like a "big bottle of Pepto Bismol. The cast from the left are: Deborah Davis, CeCe Harris, Rashell Jones, and Suzannah Lindsay. The Paradise Players are going with an all-women play with a rendition of "Steel Magnolias" this weekend, with 7 p.m. shows Friday and...
Quilters have gathered for decades with the Thompson Falls Flat Iron Guild, which is celebrating 35 years in 2023. Brenda Shively of Thompson Falls is the only original member on the the build, which now has about 20 members who attend throughout the year. The Flat Iron Guild is a nonprofit organization. They create quilts that are donated to cancer patients through the Cancer Network of Sanders County, as well as children and families through the Sanders County Coalition for Families. The...
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The annual effort to do spring cleaning projects around the City of Thompson Falls was held last week. Beautification Days is a community-wide effort to clean up community areas and assist residents with cleaning their yards. The event began Thursday with various school groups walking through Thompson Falls picking up trash. Thompson Falls High School students divided to conquer both sides of the highway, as well as city streets above the railroad tracks. The groups filled several large trash...
Ledger photo by Melissa Haugen The northern lights put on a fabulous display Sunday evening. In the northern hemisphere, the phenomenon is referred to as aurora borealis. Near the South Pole, it is called an aurora australis. According to NASA, the event occurs during a solar storm, the sun "burps out a huge bubble of electrified gas that can travel through space at high speeds. When a solar storm comes toward us, some of the energy and small particles can travel down the magnetic field lines...
8 YEARS AGO • APRIL 22, 1943 BRIDGES WASHED OUT High water reports are coming in all the time now. A bridge washed out here, there and someplace else. The second Prospect Creek bridge was washed out and Commissioner Sutherland had a crew last week working on it. All over this section bridge washouts and flooding conditions are being experienced. There is worry over the cable on the St. Regis Ferry. Real high water isn’t here yet even though crews are guarding the boom even now. It is estimated that at crest this year the high waters will exc...
LACEY BEAUCHAMP, Plains — "A pair of Silver bran jeans that was worth over $100 and I got a killer deal on them." DONALD LORD, Plains — "I like finding NFL jerseys. My favorite team is the 49ers." JENNIFER ENCINAS, Plains — "Hats. I like colorful ones like the one I have on today." LACEY KINSER, Thompson Falls — "Mostly things that catch my eye. I like things with wildlife or outdoor colors. I've worked here since 1991 so have seen a lot." MELISSA HAUGEN, Thompson Falls — "One time I bought a pair of jeans at a thrift store and in it was a cho...
Each year, the Dixon community rallies for the annual Bison Stampede, a fundraising event for the Dixon School. Saturday marked the ninth year for the event. Community members, students and staff participated in a fun run and community breakfast on Saturday. The running event consisted of a 10k, 5k and 1-mile fun run. The 10k race started first, with just one runner at the start line, Bruce Genzel. Dixon teacher and track coach Jason Ries gave Genzel a big high-five as he started the course....
Thompson Falls, a small town nestled in the scenic Montana mountains, is known for its breathtaking natural beauty and friendly community. But as spring arrives, residents are rolling up their sleeves and embarking on a time-honored tradition: spring cleaning. From decluttering homes to sprucing up yards, Thompson Falls residents are taking advantage of the warmer weather to give their town a fresh start. Miriah Kardelis, a longtime resident, shared her thoughts on the annual tradition. "Spring cleaning is a way to refresh your surroundings...
Cancer Network of Sanders County will once again present the Music For Moms event. Local legends Dave and Deb Oliver will host the evening of entertainment at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at the Rex Theater in Thompson Falls. All proceeds from the show will benefit the Cancer Network. While the event is free, cash donations will be accepted at the theater. The event is one of the major fundraisers for the local organization, which provides gifts to Sanders County residents who are currently battling cancer. Not only are the donations at the door im...
