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The Thompson Falls Woman's Club (TFWC) celebrated a landmark occasion last Thursday at the Old Jail Museum in Thompson Falls. 2021 marks the 100-year anniversary since the chapter became a member of the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC). The women's community organization has spent the last 100 years serving Thompson Falls and Sanders County by supporting school programs, youth sports, the public library and many other organizations. The group has also provided several scholarships...
Eleven-year-old Sydney Evans of Gardiner, Montana, (left) and 9-year-old Kylee Cahoon of Charlo pose with pumpkins they harvested from Karval Pickering's pumpkin patch in Paradise. The girls harvested 319 Baby Boo and Jack Be Nimble pumpkins and donated 100 to the Plains Woman's Club's pumpkin decoration event, which will be held at the VFW in Plains on Halloween from 4-6 p.m. It took the two girls, along with Ashley Alder of Moiese and Marie Evans of Paradise, about two hours Saturday to...
3 YEARS AGO • OCTOBER 8, 1981 HUNTERS SCORE WELL OPENING DAY Weather was considered to be the key factor and Mother Nature cooperated as hoped, to make the opening day of the 1991 big game hunting season one of the more successful on record. Although counts were overall not as high as recent opening days, the number of elk reported was nearly double that of last year and rumors were plentiful about downed animals and animals in hunting camps, which sprang up virtually wherever a tent could be pitched, or a camper parked. With two consecutive n...
STEVE PERKINS, Thompson Falls - “The frontier days. No technology.” KATHY BUCK, Thompson Falls - “The 50s. I love the music. It seemed a lot simpler then.” KYLI GIFFIN, Thompson Falls - “The renaissance. The outfits, the modesty of the clothing and the respect.” ROBYN OXFORD, Thompson Falls - “The renaissance.” GRANDMA JO, Noxon - “The wild west because I love horses.” SANDY DAVIS, Noxon - “When Columbus came over. I would like to see how the clothes and food were made....
This time of year draws many out into the wilderness for hunting, fishing, hiking and more, especially in Sanders County. It is easy to lose track of time and one’s whereabouts due to the surrounding natural beauty, loss of light late in the year and enrapturement in what one is doing. This is the time when accidents happen, and people find themselves lost in the wilderness. The National Park Service estimates that over 2,000 people get lost per year in North America, and many Search and Rescue (SAR) professionals say that number is far g...
Jacqueline Carlson and Kasal Chea of Thompson Falls welcomed daughter, Calliope Michelle Carlson, Monday, October 4, 2021 at 5:37 p.m. at Clark Fork Valley Hospital in Plains. She weighed six pounds, three ounces. Maternal grandparents are Mary Ewing of Elkhart, Texas and Randy Carlson of Thompson Falls. Maternal great-grandparents are Carolyn and Bruce Adams of Elkhart, Texas. Welcome, Calliope....
The Thompson Falls Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring their first Fall Festival on Saturday, October 30, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Ainsworth Park in Thompson Falls. The event will feature vendors with baked goods, crafts and other items. There will also be activities, games and prizes for the kids. “The chamber is excited to offer a safe, festive event for families this weekend,” said Annie Wooden, secretary of the chamber. “We have over 15 vendors and some great activities planned.” Children are invited to come dressed in their costumes for a p...
This Plains High School teacher isn't taking a nap on the school lawn, he's teaching his physics students how to use a clinometer, an instrument to measure heights of tall objects such as buildings. For Carl Benson's class, the students worked as a group to determine the height of the gymnasium, which is 15 meters - just over 49 feet. In November, the students' egg projects will be dropped from the gym roof. They received materials for the protective egg casings last week and will start...
This year’s Trick or Treat, Move Your Feet will be Thompson Falls Community Trail Committee’s fourth annual 5K run and one-mile fun run/walk. The festive Halloween-themed event will take place on Saturday, October 30, and runners of all paces are welcome. “The event will be a celebration of the scenic, user-friendly trail system and to help raise funds for trail maintenance,” Kathy Conlin, event coordinator, said in a press release. The event starts and ends at NorthWestern Energy Power Park at the intersection of Maiden Lane and Pond Street. ...
Montana history is ripe with stories of the many families who braved the elements and trekked northwest into the mountains. These hardy folk sought to colonize the wild, and to scratch out a living from it. Many of their descendants still call these mountains home, and teach their children to hunt, just as they were taught to, and their parents were taught to. These traditions live on in several families throughout Sanders County, and many names like Hill and Bierwagen still come to mind when...
Every year Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) teams up with Avista and the University of Idaho to gillnet and capture numerous fish from the Noxon and Cabinet reservoirs for analysis. This partnership program has been happening for over 20 years and aims to add information to the toolbelts of fisheries biologists. They use this data to monitor fish health, mercury contamination, fish numbers and other stats. According to fisheries biologist Jason Blakney with FWP in Sanders County, this...
4 YEARS AGO • OCTOBER 8, 1981 FALLS SANDERS FAMILY STEEPED IN HISTORY Talking with J. Byron Sanders is like reading the rough draft of a history book. The stories haven’t been organized yet, but they sure are interesting. Sanders, who lives on Harlow Road, is related to Colonel Wilbur Fisk Sanders, after whom this county is named. He isn’t sure what the relationship is, adding that his father explained it to him but he has forgotten. Byron Sanders was born in the Bitterroot in 1908. He spent his boyhood there, working on the family farm....
Robert Foreman, Thompson Falls - “To actually go to Alaska and go on a moose hunt.” Tyler Battles, Thompson Falls - “A caribou hunt in Alaska.” David Spratley, Thompson Falls - “I would like to go on a grizzly hunt here in northwest Montana.” John Bennett, Thompson Falls - “Mountain goat somewhere here in northwest Montana.” Gin Weber, Plains - “Elk hunting in Whitepine, where my father shot three elk one season accidentally back-to-back on a hunting trip. My dream hunt would be to bag one there also.” Seth Alexander, Thompson Falls - “A...
Sanders County awoke to frigid temperatures Monday morning. Frost clings to a fenceposts and spider webs at a field in Whitepine....
The Paradise Center is a place of education and history, but last weekend it was the site of thievery, bribery and even murder. Throw in a ghost and the vivid imagination of a writer, and people had the chance to see the latest play of the Paradise Players. It’s been two years since the Paradise Players have had the chance to take to the stage and the first time for Kathleen Hubka to direct the troupe with a rendition of “Seven Keys to Baldpate Inn.” “They were pretty amazing. They were very re...
6 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 22, 1916 NEW POST OFFIICE OPENED The post office was moved Sunday from Weber’s Store (now the laundromat) to the rooms formerly occupied by A.S. Ainsworth, which have been fitted up especially for the office. Being more centrally located and nearer to the railway station, the new office is an improvement. Mr. Moser, who was recently appointed postmaster by President Wilson, has been a resident of Sanders County for 24 years and of Thompson Falls for six years. He was sheriff of the county for two terms. Since his r...
Angela Pesqueira, San Jose, California - “I would think it would be an amazing experience that one would have no words for, although I feel more comfortable with my feet planted on the ground.” Del Smith, Plains - “No. I wouldn’t want to blow up.” Alice Uribe, Plains - “I don’t think I have no business going to space.” Darcy Farlan, Thompson Falls - “No! The trip going into space would be fabulous, it’s just that return trip.” Malachi Grounds, Thompson Falls - “No, because I’m afraid of heights!” Gary Hensley, Thompson Falls - “No, I wou...
Air Force veteran Heather Allen helps retrieve flags on display on the greenway along Railroad Street in Plains. The 660 flags were part of a military veteran suicide awareness program established by Joint Operation Mariposa, a nonprofit organization designed to help veterans. Ed Foste, the program coordinator, put up the first set of 22 flags on September 1 and each night placed 22 more to represent the 22 veterans lost to suicide each day. The flags also represent the families of those lost...
Thompson Falls High School crowned their homecoming royalty during Friday's football game against Arlee. Elli Pardee and Nathan Schraeder represented the Blue Hawks as queen and king....
The crystal clear chilly water of Revett Lake is surrounded by the colors of fall. Though the hiking season is transitioning to the quietness of hunting season, the Revett Lake trail was visited by dozens of people last Sunday, most from Idaho and Washington. The trail begins near the parking lot at the top of Thompson Pass....
FIRST WATER SYSTEM SIMPLE Excerpt from “Looking Back” Reflections of Orin P. Kendall A little bit of history concerning the Thompson Falls water supply might be appropriate at this time. I recognize that there are other people who know more about the system than I, but having served as a councilman and mayor for several years I am quite aware of the problems that the system has and have had ever since the beginning of the town. The first water system, if it could be called that, consisted of water being delivered to homes by the barrel at a c...
Janelle Marley, Plains - “First thing is to get the hay in for the horses.” Mac Morgan, Plains - “Get a huge stack of firewood.” Kyle Sivertsen, Thompson Falls - “Food and firewood!” Shannan Roseberry, Plains - “We get plenty of wood, newspaper and paper bags.” Deanna Roseberry, Plains - “Newspaper and paper bags!” Linda Willson, Trout Creek - “The first thing I do for winter is have my furnace checked....
After several delays, new football bleachers were finally delivered to Thompson Falls High School last week . According to Athletic Director Jake Mickelson, a team should arrive sometime this week to set them up. The new bleachers have been in the works for many years, Mickelson said, however the funding has been difficult to allocate. Mickelson explained that after donations from Thompson River Lumber and Thompson Falls Main Street, they could finally become a reality. When the bleacher...
New Life Fellowship in Thompson Falls will host a three-day revival service this weekend. The event will feature Clay Roses, a husband and wife duo starring Marc and Amber Wheeles. The couple, from Zionville, Indiana, have a well-known Christian podcast called The Kiln. They will perform their service, speaking on current events as they are tied in with biblical prophecy, along with music and more. The event begins Friday and Saturday, October 8 and 9, at 7 p.m. and at 11 a.m. on Sunday, October 10. The couple’s podcast airs three times a w...
The first annual Spaghetti Western fundraiser for the Rex Community Theater is set for 5-9 p.m. Saturday, October 16, at the Clark Fork Valley Elks Lodge in Thompson Falls. "Our Spaghetti Western dinner is our biggest annual fundraiser," said Deb Wilson with the Rex Theater. "Chelle Mitchell has done a phenomenal job as the chairperson recruiting community members for this awesome cause." Attendees will enjoy a live and silent auction, 50/50 raffle, Guns and Roses raffle and Diamond Shots. Guests will dine on a complete gourmet Italian dinner...
