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The Old Jail Museum's initiative to preserve its history while keeping safety as a priority has gained some traction as some much-needed renovations have finally come to fruition. After meeting with Sanders County Commissioners last year to request financial help, funding was granted through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The museum received $23,400 in ARPA funds and renovations began this January. One of the main projects was the restoration of the plaster ceiling in the office and gift s...
14 YEARS AGO • 1945 Following is excerpts from the 1945-46 Thompson Falls High School Yearbook EARLY HISTORY OF THOMPSON FALLS The falls of the Clark's Fork River near the present site of Thompson Falls was the meeting place of many Indian tribes of the northwest country who came to hunt and fish. This country was abundant in game. In 1809, David Thompson built the famous Saleesh House, which was said to be the first roofed cabin in Montana. It was situated in such a position that they could s...
ALEC COLE, Plains - “My mom is the art teacher, so it supplied me with meals on the table, and I didn’t get the artistic genes she has.” KRISTEN COLE, Plains - “I just crave art. It’s part of my everyday life.” LEVI BLOOD, Plains – “It hasn’t impacted me too much, except in music. Music is a big part of my life.” MACEY SCOTT, Plains - “It gives me lots of creative outlets. And doing a show like this gives me a good perspective that I can make a career in art.” DENISE MONTGOMERY, Plains - “I couldn’t live without art.” PEYTON WASSON, Plains...
LaRue Hot Springs Museum hosted their annual Spud Fest fundraiser at the end of April with the focus of warm food and good conversation. Spud Fest was not held in 2020 or 2021 due to COVID-19, but community members and museum board members alike were ready and excited to celebrate again. This year, approximately 100 dinners were sold at the fundraiser, the same number of potatoes sold at the 2019 event. "We sold out of baked potatoes halfway through the event and it was exactly the 100 pounds...
Aiming high for grades took on a unique aspect last week when physics students took to the sky for fun and a few extra points. Eight Plains High School students got a first hand lesson in aerodynamics last Thursday when they gathered in back of the school to participate in the Annual Physics Airplane Competition. The primary goal was supposed to be observing the flights of their airplanes to learn the concepts of airflow, lift, gravity, drag, and other aspects of Bernoulli's Principle by seeing...
The animals are in a big cage - one that covers 18,700 acres - but even in an enclosure, it doesn't guarantee an up close look at animals. "It's not a zoo. You might see them real close or maybe not at all. You just never know, said Stephanie Gillin, the information and education project manager at the Bison Range in Moiese, which is now operated by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation. Gillin said the bison, as other animals, roam throughout the...
Branson Fryxell is a Plains Elementary student chosen for the Spotlight on the Arts. He is a seven-year-old in Mrs. Montgomery's first grade. "He dives right into projects with confidence," said Mrs. Montgomery." It is clear he loves creating projects and practices often." She states that many first graders lack confidence with expressing themselves with art. Bransen is unique in that he dives right to projects without hesitation while often encouraging his classmates offering help to them with...
Plans for this year’s Plains Day gala are shaping up and organizers are bringing in a blast from the past to help with the celebration. The festival will take place on Saturday, June 4, and has activities taking place along the downtown greenway, Fred Young Park and E.L. Johnson Memorial Park, commonly known as the “pool park.” The Free Americans, the group that stepped up to organize the festival last year, volunteered to do it again and they’ve selected Alvin Amundson as this year’s parade grand marshal. Amundson and the late Clark Coffee sta...
After seven months of playing, the winners for the 2021-2022 Pinochle Marathon conducted by the GFWC Thompson Falls Woman’s Club have been determined. Pat Ingraham and Nancy Gressang took top honors with a total score of 39120. Cheryl Godfrey and Patty Hopkins hold Second Place with 35400 and rounding out the top three teams was Pinky Nelson and Kay Rasor with 33590. In addition to being the top point getters, Ingraham and Gressang were the only team to achieve 1500 families. No team garnered 1000 aces. The Pinochle Marathon is conducted by t...
During the month of April, students at Thompson Falls Elementary participated in the annual Running Start reading program, designed to encourage students to read for fun. The program kicked off in April with the traditional run around the school playground led by principal Len Dorscher. Students then spent the month reading as much as they could to earn entries for a drawing to win a Kindle. For every 21 books or 21 chapters read, students filled out shoe shaped reading logs to keep track of...
A new batch of goslings swims in the Clark Fork River near the Thompson Falls dam. Share your pictures of local wildlife on our Facebook page and tag #scledger....
This weekend, the uniqueness of gardening in the northwest corner of the county will be explored at the Heron Garden Expo. The Laurie Hill Memorial Library is presenting this event as a "funds-for-books" raiser and to create an opportunity for old and new gardeners to share garden secrets. The event will begin at 11 a.m. at the library and is free to attend. The program includes information on local terrain and how it affects each gardens soil types, frost dates, and water availability. There will be expert advice about beginning a garden,...
Thompson Falls students had the opportunity to learn the finer points of dining last week at the 7th annual etiquette luncheon hosted at Thompson Falls Elementary School cafeteria. The school's seventh and eighth grade students are taught an etiquette unit by K-8 school counselor Rob Christensen. Lessons consist of restaurant, sports, public, online, flag and job etiquette and concludes with an etiquette luncheon. The lunch room is set up to mirror a fine dining establishment. Lunch staff and...
4 YEARS AGO • MAY 6, 1982 FALLS WOMAN CITED FOR 60 YEARS OF VOTING Few people in Montana can boast of voting in 15 presidential elections, but a pioneer Thompson Falls citizen, Mrs. Susan Thayer, 82, can, and she received a certificate from Secretary of State Jim Waltermire attesting to her long voting record. Mrs. Thayer first voted for a president in the 1920 general election, shortly after her 21st birthday. Women got the right to vote August 18, 1920. She cast a vote for republican Calvin Coolidge and every four years since cast a vote f...
ERIC WILSON, Rex Community Theater - “Our focus is the youth of this community and their future. We have to take care of them.” KATHY JACKSON, Thompson Falls Pickleball Club - “I just want to help out the community at large, for any age group. I care about this community.” SHEILA VINCENT, Thompson Falls Pickleball Club - “I volunteer to help my community.” GAYLE SERATT, Sanders County Coalition For Families - “Volunteering is so important because it shows support to the victims we save. It’s a way of supporting your fellow human beings in...
To some of the neighbors of Plains High School it might have looked like an invasion, but it was instead a group of teenagers and an adult launching rockets at night. It wasn't all fun and games - but most of it was just that - it was part of a science class at Plains High School. Ten students and science teacher Carl Benson gathered at the high school football field shortly before 9 p.m. last Monday to launch the model rockets they made for physics class. In all the years that Benson has been...
Tomorrow is the day of all days. The day when the honey bees come. This year, three additional colonies will be coming home with me. In the past when ordering bees, I’ve stuck with Italian honey bees, merely for the docile nature they possess. However, this time around, I am going to try my hand at tending to Carniolan honey bees. The temperament of a honey bee has always played a big factor for me when deciding on what species I want to keep. I’ve steered away from Carniolan bees in the past because they tend to be more aggressive than Ita...
For the first time in two years the Plains High School Art Department will host a live reception for an exposition of its students’ work. Plains High School Art Exhibition 2022 will take place on May 9 from 6-8 p.m. in the school’s new auditorium. Cole is unsure at this point how many pieces of art will be in the show, but believes there could be around 200 with a variety of mediums on display — graphite, ink, acrylic, watercolor, colored pencil, marker, digital, wire, metal, plaster, tape, ceramic, and digital photography. The art displ...
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Thompson Falls Beautification Days. The event drew 115 volunteers to help do some spring cleaning around the community. Kathy Conlin, who helps organize Beautification Days, says this year's event went very well. "The weather really cooperated, even though Thursday afternoon was kind of a 'wash' with the storm that came in," Conlin said. "It's inspiring to see so many civic groups, residents, schools, businesses, churches and the U.S. Forest Service...
In an effort to engage students in interesting, hands-on learning experiences, Trout Creek School students have come together to build a school garden. Students broke ground last Friday morning and started planting away. "There is a need in the community for fresh produce and it's a great opportunity for the kids to learn about composting, photosynthesis and hard work," said school nurse and school garden volunteer Alicia Myers. "We are trying to get the community involved. The more things we...
4 YEARS AGO • APRIL 29, 1982 JOE DOBRAVEC, NOXON SENIOR CITIZEN OF THE YEAR Joe Dobravec is a man about town. If you have a leaky roof, he can fix it; a broken water pipe brings Joe out in all kinds of weather; TV reception not clear, Joe jumps into his truck and climbs mountains to adjust the transmitter. If the snow is too deep, you will find Joe on call 30 miles from home, plowing snow. When a senior citizen center was first proposed in Noxon, Joe quietly put his shoulder to the wheel and pushed. In November 1979 the first meeting of senior...
MARK JOHNSON, Thompson Falls - “Be true to yourself.” TIMBER GUIER, Silver Valley, Idaho - “Never give up.” MARVIN GUIER, Silver Valley, Idaho - “Be humble.” DELLA MORGAN, Thompson Falls - “Be yourself.” GARY McGRAW, Plains - “Pay attention.” GARY MEAGHER, Thompson Falls - “Be honest....
The Hot Springs High School Jobs for Montana's Graduates and Youth Entrepreneur (JMG/YE) class has been given the opportunity to give back to their community in a big way. Last year, the class, co-taught by Sher Loberg and Bob Neiman, took on the endeavor of rebranding LaRue Hot Springs Museum. After creating an established online presence, the response the students saw from their community gave them momentum to collaborate and tackle another project. The museum offers a glimpse into the area's...
April is Autism Awareness Month and the students at Trout Creek School are learning what the disorder is and how they can help people with autism navigate through life and the everyday challenges they face. "Autism affects one in 44 people," Lana Dicken with Trout Creek School said during an assembly Friday morning. "Autism is a spectrum disorder; it doesn't look the same on everyone. Every person with autism is different." The school has a small number is autistic students, and teachers want...
A group of high school students are more prepared for real world employment, thanks to a two-hour exercise held last week at the school with people who are already working in the real world. Twenty-four students from Plains High School's Jobs for Montana's Graduates class and the Business Essentials class participated in mock interviews with 24 community business men and women in the new gymnasium and art classroom last Monday. Nicole Cockrell, who runs the JMG class, felt the students did very...
