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Youths from across the county gathered in the Clark Fork Professional Building in Thompson Falls on Sunday to participate in 4-H Communications Day. Participants were split into two divisions. The senior division included six youths ages 14-19 and the junior division included eight youths ages 9-13. Each participant was given 15 minutes to set up, present and take down their demonstration before it would be judged. Judging the juniors were Ray Brown and Sarah Naegeli, and judging the seniors...
A young whitetail doe takes a spring blizzard in stride Saturday near Plains. The storm lasted a short while before the sun broke through, but it wasn’t long before another short snow storm struck....
Each year the Sanders County Historical Society holds a spring cleaning event to prepare the Old Jail Museum in Thompson Falls for the season. The Thompson Falls Woman's Club got an early start on cleaning over the weekend, raking leaves and cleaning gardens at the museum. On Tuesday, historical society members and other community volunteers worked on the inside of the museum. "We just do a little dusting, clean out the dead bugs and spruce the place up a bit," said museum director Vonn Briggs....
A 5-foot, 8-inch rabbit was seen walking about the E.L. Johnson Memorial Park, and although several were reluctant to approach him, it received a few hugs or high fives. The big bunny, aka Plains resident Logan Wall, 14, was part of the annual Plains Easter Egg Hunt put on by the Assembly of God Church on the Move and the Plains Lions Club Sunday afternoon. An estimated 130 children from nearly 1-10 years old took part in the egg retrieval event. "We love our community and we wanted to make...
Each year in April, residents begin to get a bit of cabin fever and wonder when the Thompson Pass road will be open, connecting the county with Idaho. The pass generally opens around Mother's Day weekend. Montana Department of Transportation crews are currently working to plow the pass. It is maintained up to mile marker 16 in the winter. The remaining miles of the pass road are used by snowmobilers and other outdoor enthusiasts through the winter season. Dave Bennett of Thompson Falls took the...
When she was first introduced to the GFWC (General Federation of Women’s Clubs) Thompson Falls Woman’s Club, she was presented as Margie Growl, as she had previously explained her last name akin to the sound of a lion. In fact, her name is Margie Rohwer, and she received an award in 2020 for serving her community through the women’s club for over 70 years. Rohwer joined when she was 21, in 1949, soon after moving back to the area with her husband, George. Rohwer has always been a big proponent o...
6 YEARS AGO • APRIL 21, 1916 TIME TO CLEAN UP Spring is here, the snow has gone and the mud dried up, the annual season has again rolled around when it is full time for you to get out that garden rake and clean up the yard, prepare the ground for a little garden and burn up the trash that has accumulated during the winter. It is to be hoped that the mayor and city council will speedily lease or buy a small tract of ground, not too far from town that can be used for a city dumping ground. While it is true that old boards, paper, dead grass and...
TASHA ALBANO, Thompson Falls - “I feel so because you see more people out now, and it is not seeming as scary as people once thought it was.” MADYLYN MENZEL, Trout Creek - “I think that people in specific groups can become more comfortable. I think people with more health conditions should be staying inside.” JERRY MESSING, Thompson Falls - “I do, I can see it more. The virus is still around, and I think they are more careful.” MATT DOMBACH, Thompson Falls - “I believe, in our area people are becoming more comfortable. There are other parts o...
Thompson Falls students were given a treat when they got to have their first assembly of 2021. The assembly was held to introduce a special guest, Supaman, aka Christian Parrish Takes the Gun. He is a Native American hip-hop artist who won the 2017 MTV VMA award, Nammy (Native American Music Award), North American Indigenous Image Award and the Tunney Award. The last of which he won seven times. He has also won other Native American music awards in both the United States and Canada for the...
A chipmunk snacks on seed in a bird feeder at Linda Elliott's Thompson Falls home. Elliott said she was expecting to photograph some birds in her feeder, but the chipmunk had stopped in for a visit....
For the seventh year, Trout Creek Community Improvement Association (TCCIA) held their community Easter egg hunt at the Trout Creek Community Park, Saturday at noon. Over 150 youths and their families participated, and well over 6,000 eggs were spread across the park field. The week before, between 10-20 volunteers filled those eggs with over 8,000 pieces of candy, and about 10 more put out the eggs Saturday morning. There was also a scavenger hunt for children over 13, where several objects...
For the first time in several years, Thompson Falls had a community Easter egg hunt. Organized by Kellee Needles and First Baptist Church of Thompson Falls, "Easter Shell-ebration 2021" was held at the Thompson Falls Airport. The event drew nearly 40 children and their families and included corn hole, bowling, the egg hunt and other games. The egg hunt was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, "so the families could celebrate on their own Sunday morning," said Needles. During the main event, there were four...
ICY WAKEUP – Plains Elementary School Principal Jim Holland takes his first chilly dunk of the day, complements of Skip Privett of the fifth grade and Title 1 teacher Gena Ferland. Superintendent Thom Chisholm (right) was next in the tank. Holland kept dry as the first seven students from kindergarten through sixth grade tossed a softball at the release lever some 10 feet away, but none of them caused a dip in the tank. After he was dunked by Privett and Ferlan, kids' names were drawn. This t...
4 YEARS AGO • APRIL 9, 1981 PIONEER MILL OPERATOR SWAN FLODIN PASSES Swan Flodin, 96 years of age died in Plains March 31. Swan was born August 9, 1884 on a farm near Sundsvaal, Sweden. His mother’s name was Emma Bjorkstedt and his father was Per (Peter) Flodin. In 1896 the family immigrated to Minnesota. Swan adapted quickly to the new environment. His father farmed in the spring, summer and early fall and worked in the woods during the winter. Swan started working in the woods with his father. Swan was good with horses and he was dri...
Mark Cronauer, Plains - “This year, helping at the Harvest Community Church. They do a lot with the kids, so I’ll be participating with that.” Noah Scharfe, Thompson Falls - “Open presents that I get and go Easter egg hunting.” Theodore Scharfe, Thompson Falls - “Eat chocolate and look for Easter eggs.” Ollie Scharfe, Thompson Falls - “Chocolate!” Lacey Scharfe, Thompson Falls - “We have egg salad sandwiches after church on Sunday.” Jennifer McCrea, Plains - “The younger kids have an Easter egg hunt, we have a big dinner, and sometimes c...
"There are a lot of things up in the air, so any way to get information is a good thing, and I'm not too old to learn yet," said Bob Neary, a participant in the Clark Fork Valley Amateur Radio Club (CFVAR) hosted Ham Cram. The "Ham Cram" was an event held Saturday with the goal of getting more locals interested in amateur radio. Nine people attended the event to become certified as "hams," so the radio enthusiasts call themselves. The daylong class was taught by Lynn Lanzoni, who works the K-9 u...
I feel as if I am suffering from an incurable bout of spring fever. The promise of longer days teasing me with signs of warm weather have the receptive neurons firing in my brain, telling me it’s time to come out of winter hibernation. Early mornings (coffee in hand) watching the sun rise, exploring unknown parts of the forest, naps in the hammock, long days out in the garden watching my honey bees, I’m ready for it. I decided to remedy the situation over the weekend by bringing home a car full of flower bulbs and tubers. However, the exc...
For over 30 years the Running Start program at Thompson Falls Elementary has been encouraging youth to read for fun. "It's a way to get kids to read, not just because they have to, but recreationally," said Elementary Principal Len Dorscher. On Friday morning, Dorscher gathered the kids at the playground to run a lap around the basketball court symbolizing the start of the program. Dorscher, along with other teachers, ran with the students. When students got back into their classrooms, books...
Sanders County churches will celebrate Easter with services and events throughout the weekend. Hot Springs The Sacred Heart Mission is holding a resurrection service at 1:30 p.m. April 4, given by Father Jeffery Benusa. Plains Plains Alliance Church is hosting a Good Friday service April 2 at 6:30 p.m. and a sunrise service April 4 at 7:30 a.m. at the pool park in Plains. There will also be a resurrection service April 4 at 10 a.m. The Plains Church on the Move is partnering with the Lions Club for a community Easter egg hunt at the Plains pool...
AVOID THE PLASTICS & LEND A HAND! Of the top 10 most common items found on coastlines in 120 countries, seven are food-related. These are food wrappers, straws and stirrers, plastic cutlery, beverage bottles, bottle caps, plastic lids, and single-use cups and plates. The other three categories were plastic grocery bags and 'other' plastic bags (both of which could be linked to food), and cigarette butts. A press release from the ICC (International Coastal Cleanup) says it's the first time plastic forks, knives, and spoons have appeared on the...
Thompson Falls sixth graders have been building mousetrap vehicles, helicopters and a Rube Goldberg machine. If any of these sounds familiar, you have probably already guessed they are preparing for a challenge that typically occurs in the fall, in person. This year, which has been anything but typical, the annual Science Olympiad competition is taking place the first week of April via Zoom. According to Rebecka Sawyer, science teacher and Science Olympiad leader, students' projects will be...
The Clark Fork Valley Elks (CFVE) Lodge is working to update their patio area, and will host a fundraiser on Saturday, April 10. The event will feature a paint and sip event hosted by Cheers to Painting and former CFVE Exalted Ruler Michelle Blackstone. The painting starts at 4 p.m. and will be followed by dinner. The meal will consist of a Cornish game hen glazed with a mango chutney, sides and dessert. The evening will also feature a bake sale and silent auction. The event has limited seating and participants must register and pay in...
The last steel wild horse was installed on the Plains greenway last week and although the artist wishes he could have done more, he is relieved to be finished with the three and a half-year-old project. With the horse "planting" came a dedication ceremony for Kenton Pies' final horse led by the flute playing of Chilaili Wachiwi, a Native American and a resident of Trout Creek, who did a special piece she wrote called "Horses in the Grass." Twenty-one people gathered on the greenway Friday at 11...
The Rex Community Theater welcomed a packed auditorium Saturday evening as they welcomed Copper Mountain Band (CMB) of Troy. The show opened with Third Avenue, a duo of 16-year-old musicians. They performed numbers by Janis Joplin, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and The Beatles, to name a few. Third Avenue's musicians are Payton Rae and Cody, who is the son of CMB's Jacque Jolene and Nate Norman. Third Avenue set the stage for a night of acoustic energy despite the lead singer "popping" her...
For many who travel through Sanders County, the beauty of nature and access to the outdoors is a main reason for settling in the area. At least, that is the reason that Randy and his wife Julia McMillan opened their lodge in Trout Creek. "We are blessed to have this place, and we wanted to share it," said Randy. Last week the pair welcomed four couples into their unique bed and breakfast for five days. Each couple included a special operations military veteran, either in active duty or retired....
