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Beau Mccormick, Thompson Falls - “My best prank is putting a video on YouTube of a screen breaking paused on the new TV and letting my parents walk in and see it.” Virgil Holtrop, Thompson Falls - “We were tricked into getting up an hour earlier because someone changed all the clocks in the house, and we didn’t even know about it until we got back home from school. Susan Becktold, Trout Creek - “My husband made a prank call to my brother who was a produce manager and asked for 'John berries,' and my brother’s name is John. He really had...
Thompson Falls students performed the play "Johnny Appleseed" for classmates and community members last week in the junior high gym. Missoula Children's Theatre (MCT) and Thompson Falls Schools have been working together to bring theater opportunities to students for the last 40 years. This year alone, MCT has worked with 65,000 children in more than 1,200 communities in all 50 states and 17 countries. "Auditions are open to anybody in K-12, but are limited to the students who live within our sc...
Kimberly Bates of Plains, Montnaa, would like to announce the birth of her iconic first granddaughter – Lainie Frances Bates Tangedal. Lainie was born to Ryan and Kara Tangedal on December 24, 2021, at St. Peter's Hospital in Helena. Even then Lainie knew the spotlight should be on her, so she immediately demanded to be life-flighted to Community Hospital in Missoula to get the attention she knew she deserved. After being feted and pampered by the doctors and nurses, she was released to her a...
One thing I have not done a lot of is ice fishing. As the year warms up, I find myself wanting to learn more about how to be successful next year. Just getting into it, I’m learning that it is like an extreme version of ordinary fishing in the sense that it is either “really on” or “really off.” Either every jig or drop nets you a fish or nothing you can do short of draining the lake and having a look around the bottom on foot can guarantee a fish. As with any fishing, the frustrations can be immense, but the rewards matching. However,...
Time is whittling down for the Plains Wood Carving Club to get pieces done for the big show in May, especially since the club leader is coordinating the carving gala once again. Tom Collins, who has directed the Plains club for six years, is one of a dozen locals putting knives, chisels and gouges to wood in an effort to woo the crowds at the 2022 Montana State Wood Carvers Show May 7-8. Club members meet nearly every Tuesday evening at 6:30 in the VFW conference hall to work on their projects...
Every March 14, math and science lovers around the world celebrate Pi Day, a commemoration of the mathematical sign pi. The date written numerically as 3/14 matches the first three digits of the never-ending number: 3.14. Pi Day was officially designated a holiday by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2009, but was first celebrated in California in the year 1988. Teachers embrace the holiday with fun math, science and art activities for their students. This year, Trout Creek Adventist School s...
6 YEARS AGO • MARCH 22, 1917 ARREST MOOCHERS AT PLAINS Several I.W.W. Organizers Causing Trouble – Authorities Are Active The sheriff’s office has been busy in the past week picking up troublemakers at Plains, many of whom carry I.W.W. cards. There are eight in the county jail now serving thirty-day sentences for vagrancy. In the vicinity of Kalispell, Eureka and Great Falls there has been so much trouble from the agitators that vigilant committees have been formed among the citizens and in several instances the governor has been appea...
ALEXANDER HORODYSKI, Plains - “Cleaning up camp sites because of the sewage and all the plastics they leave out.” KENDYL ELIAS, Roseburg, Oregon - “Dusting because it takes forever!” EMMA STILES, Roseburg, Oregon - “My least favorite thing is dusting because it makes me sneeze.” TRAVIS CARNEY, Running Springs, California - “Putting winter things away in the attic every year. You got to get the ladder out, move stuff around and reorganize.” COURTNEY WOODS, Thompson Falls - “I hate picking up leaves and doing yard work because it’s very laborio...
A local button club has formed following a surge of interest in buttons after a display was set up in the Thompson Falls Public Library by Willina Lueb. The club has been operating for almost a year now, and meets monthly. The group has five members, with another possibly joining. "It's been a lovely spreading out of interest in the community," Lueb said. According to members, the group has been very active, especially with March being National Button Month. As was done last year for the same...
Thompson Falls High School held its prom on Saturday, March 19, crowning royalty. Thompson Falls students voted Olivia Pirnat and Ryan Bucher as king and queen (right). Other senior class members included in the royalty were Ben Croft, Cella VanHuss, Nolan Ward, Shayla Micklon, Maggie Lever and Connor Dogan....
Three Sanders County students were chosen to participate in this year’s Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Good Citizens program and scholarship contest. The Good Citizens program is intended to encourage and reward qualities of good citizenship. There were a total of seven area students that were honored by the Kuilix Chapter of the DAR at the Mission Valley United Methodist Church in St. Ignatius. Each student received a Good Citizen certificate and pin, a money award and a delicious lunch. Vanessa Horner of Noxon High School was a...
The Clark Fork Valley Elks (CFVE) hosted their fourth annual community baby shower for expecting mothers and families with children in Sanders County on Saturday. "We have 21 mothers or expecting mothers at this year's baby shower," said Michelle Blackstone with CFVE. The event is made possible with funding from the Elks National Foundation's Spotlight grant. Funding is given to those events that focus on health, nutrition and literacy in the families. Kay McKinzie, the Sanders County Tobacco...
The leprechaun's "gold" coins on bingo spots might not have brought any more luck, but the contestants had fun, said Heather Allen, who coordinated the St. Patrick's Day Dinner and Bingo night at the VFW in Plains last Thursday night. Twenty-two kids and adults participated in the club's first St. Patrick's Day Dinner and Bingo celebration from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the VFW hall. The VFW Auxiliary ran the dinner with corned beef and cabbage tacos and the club conducted the bingo session after...
Snakes were definitely the biggest attraction at the Sanders County 4-H Communication Days finals at Plains School on Sunday. The classroom filled with 20 people when John McNamara of Plains displayed his two snakes "Gray Corn," a 30-inch corn snake, and "Panner," also a corn snake of just over four feet in length, for his demonstration on the feeding of snakes. Some visibly cringed when he picked up the mice with tongs and placed them in the snake containers. His presentation lasted only three...
Plains High School is letting an adult join its physics class and he doesn't even have to study or take tests, but he gets to play in the annual rocketry project. Maybe he's getting special treatment because he's the school superintendent. Thom Chisholm started making his rocket on Thursday, though he admitted he got a lot of glue on his hands and maybe too much on the rocket parts. At one point, he glued part of the rocket to the directions. "I have so much glue on this guy, it might not leave...
5 YEARS AGO • MARCH 2, 1972 BAD ROCK Bad Rock, the mountain of slide rock that reaches down to Highway 200 east of the IT Gift and Upholstery Shop, Sunday retained its reputation for providing hazards to travelers. A rock slide temporarily blocked travel on both the highway and railroad and also damaged communication lines. Several large boulders and large rocks tumbled down the mountain side, smashed the highway guard rail in seven places and went through the warning fence guarding the rail line. One telephone pole was snapped and another d...
JEFF SHUTTLE, Thompson Falls - “No, because no matter what it costs, it’s immaterial. I’m going to do what I want to do anyway. It’s just that I’ll have to do without something else.” FIONA WALKER, Thompson Falls - “I’m making fewer trips, and maybe more consolidated trips. Gas is a necessity and I just have to cut back in other ways.” JENNIFER EITELBERG, Plains - “Doing all of our errands at once. So, we’ve gotten four done for the day and this is our last one.” CAROL SEARL, Thompson Falls - “Just combining errands so I’m not driving as muc...
For the fourth consecutive year, the Plains Community Clothing Bank is loaning prom apparel to kids planning to attend school proms. Jessica Peterson wants to make sure kids don't miss the school prom because they don't have the right clothes to wear, which is why she set up a temporary clothing outlet of just prom apparel in the basement of the Assembly of God Church on the Move in Plains last weekend. Calling it "Prom It Forward," Peterson helped more than a dozen kids from Noxon to Plains...
To bee or not to bee was the question for a group of people who took a beekeeping class at the Sanders County Fairgrounds pavilion Saturday morning. Thirty-nine people showed up to listen to Rick Molenda pass on information about the caring of honey bees. The near three-hour class was sponsored by the Montana State University Sanders County Extension Office in Thompson Falls. The class was $10 a person, which went to pay for the rental of the pavilion. Attendees ranged from people thinking about...
Students from Thompson Falls Elementary and Trout Creek Seventh Day Adventist School have once again let their art skills shine by participating in the annual Beautification Days poster contest. This year's Beautification Days, put on by Thompson Falls Main Street, is set for Thursday-Saturday, April 21-23. Every year, Beautification Days encourages people to help with spring cleaning around the community as well as lending a hand to neighbors and helping with any yard work they are unable to...
Local veterans each recently received a Quilt of Valor during a March 6 ceremony at the Whitepine Grange Hall. Receiving quilts were (from left) Lyman Dean, Rodger butler, James Borden, Paul Perkins and William Beck....
Last Saturday marked the 7th Annual Redneck Ball at the Lakeside Motel and Resort in Trout Creek. Sponsored by the Trout Creek Community Improvement Association (TCCIA), this event is the organization's largest fundraiser of the year. After last year's cancellation due to COVID-19, TCCIA was ready to help rid everyone of their cabin fever. "We sold all 150 tickets for the event," said Liz Stender, TCCIA chairperson. "We had record-breaking attendance. I guess it was lucky number seven. We had a...
The Plains High School softball team will be able to play this season, thanks to the generosity of the community, said Kati Mitchell, the team's head coach. The team raised about $13,000 at its "Fast Pitch Fiesta" fundraiser at the school Saturday evening. More than 200 people attended the dinner and auction in the school gymnasium, where they were treated to street tacos, beans, rice, chips and coleslaw. Donning sombreros, the Trotters served the food, which was prepared by them and their...
by Miriah Kardelis A neglected Hot Springs dog is now in her forever home after a long journey that began on Christmas morning when she was found wandering around town and was taken to the police department. Hot Springs Police Officer Jason Acheson was on duty when a worried community member brought the dog in. While the dog did not have a collar, her appearance and health were a concern, prompting Acheson to reach out to the town of Hot Springs via Facebook to find her owners. "I started callin...
3 YEARS AGO • MARCH 5 18, 1992 COOK HANGS UP APRON Continued from last week… In 1952, Annie’s friend, Fay Hoy, was working at Norm’s Café as a waitress. Norm’s Café was located on the corner of Mill and Main streets. It burned in the 1970s, has been rebuilt and now houses Til Valhalla Tattoo shop. When Fay asked Annie if she could do the cafe’s laundry until they could get their machine fixed or until the laundry workers in Missoula (who were on strike) went back to work, she agreed. Thompson Falls did not have laundry facilities at...
