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Martha Petty lost her husband and life partner of 60-plus years back in January, just before COVID hit. Earlier this month she lost her 15-year-old companion dog, a miniature pinscher named Daisy. That left Martha, in her 80s, alone in Thompson Falls, with no family and only a Siamese/tabby cat who preferred roaming the neighborhood to staying at home in a lap. Martha, a registered nurse in decades past, realized how much she needed the company of a dog who, like Daisy, was content to snuggle...
THOMPSON FALLS MONDAY NITE GALS W L Talk of the Town 18 10 Dangerous Dames 14.5 13.5 Nascar Freaks 14 14 Dolls with Balls 13.5 14.5 Rock’n Bowl 13 15 Balls to the Wall 10 18 Team Scr. Game: Nascar Freaks, 447; Scr. Series: Nascar Freaks, 1251; Hcp. Game: Dolls with Balls, 644; Hcp. Series: Dolls with Balls, 1896; Inv. Scr. Game: Kerry Schwarz, 173; Scr. Series: Brenda Franck, 478; Hcp. Game: Karissa Lowe, 245; Hcp. Series: Karissa Lowe, 685. BOWLING BEAUTIES W L Lane Blazers 28 8 Sunflower Gals 15.5 20.5 Gardner Ranch 14.5 21.5 Aspire PT 14 22...
It's arguably one of the best aerobic exercises around. It takes concentration and precise timing, but with the twirling, twisting, and quick stepping comes dancing to the flow of the music, according to Michael Murray, a member of the Montana Mavericks Square Dance Club. Even the COVID-19 pandemic couldn't keep Murray and his wife, Sharon, or the 18 others from attending the first dance of the year for the Plains square dancing club at the Plains Paradise Senior Citizens Center Saturday...
Montana Rail Link (MRL) is showing appreciation for veterans and essential workers in a special way. MRL this week put into service a locomotive rebranded with "Thank You Veterans" and a patriotic theme. Another locomotive displaying a "Thank you to all essential workers" message will be on MRL's routes beginning in December. Ross Lane, MRL's Vice President of Corporate Relations, said the veterans locomotive is "a tribute to the veterans who have served across Montana, including the nearly 200...
8 YEARS AGO • NOVEMBER, 1940 FIRST THREE-TERMER This precedent shaking campaign has finally resulted in the WILL of the people speaking, and thus ROOSEVELT continues on as President of the United States of America. Let us stand UNITED as the name of our country implies, the United States of America, and determinedly with FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT at the helm face the perils of a war torn, desolate and disorganized world. Hail! Franklin Delano Roosevelt, first President of the United States ever to be elected for a third term. This is our p...
FRED ROMANI, Trout Creek - “I’m going to say that it’s going to be a little over a mild winter this year. It’s not kicking off like they said it would.” RICHARD BROCK, Thompson Falls - “It’s going to be warmer with more snow. Seems to be trending that way; the weather seems to be warmer with just a few cold days.” ROBYN OXFORD, Thompson Falls - “I think it will be a harsh winter because we haven’t had a big winter for the last couple of years, so we’re bound to have a pretty bad one.” BOBBI CHRISTENSON, Thompson Falls - “I think it is going to...
AMERICA RECYCLES DAY NOVEMBER 15, 2020 According to National Geographic, Americans send 64 tons of waste to landfills during their lifetime. That’s 246 million tons of waste each year. America Recycles Day aims to encourage Americans to purchase recycled products and recycle more. Think just one person can’t make a difference? Lauren Singer developed a zero-waste lifestyle where she’s able to reduce, reuse and recycle everything she consumes. She’s got this down to a science — and is now able to fit all of the trash she’s produced within the la...
A bunny hunkers down in a field along Little Beaver Creek Road west of Thompson Falls during a recent snowstorm....
The winner of the Plains Lions Club Halloween costume contest couldn't even be seen. The "Invisible Man" took first place and the top prize of $20 and he was actually a she. Tia Bellinger of Plains dressed in a dark suit and hat and black glasses, which appeared to be suspended. The 10-year-old looked through holes in the suit jacket, but wore panty hose to aid in concealing her eyes and a black ski mask so people couldn't see the top of her head, said Trista Feist, her mother, who made the...
Sanders County residents began their Halloween festivities early Saturday morning with the third annual Trick or Treat, Move Your Feet 5k and one-mile fun run/walk at Power Park in Thompson Falls, an event put on by the Thompson Falls Community Trails (TFCT) Committee in order to raise funds for trail maintenance. Volunteer efforts were coordinated to make sure safety measures were a top priority at this year's event. As people checked in, everyone was asked to fill out a health screening,...
2 YEARS AGO • APRIL 9, 2009 TROUT CREEK RESIDENTS RALLY TO CORNER AND DETAIN ROBBER By Jay Simons Fast action by Trout Creek residents prevented an armed robber from making a getaway Sunday after forcing a clerk at Aitken’s Quik Stop to give him $1300 in cash from the till. At about 6 p.m., a white Pathfinder pulled into the parking lot. A man, August White Dirt, entered the store and headed for the restroom. Clerk, Lindsay Achatz was behind the counter. Before long she found herself in his grasp and threatened with a knife. After being for...
KARI GODFREY, Thompson Falls - “I don’t think it should be mandatory to wear a mask, but I do think people should have the choice and probably wear them.” RUTH AKTEPY, Thompson Falls - “I think that the county should not enforce the masks under the COVID-19 conditions because it is an airborne virus. As long as you keep your hands clean, wash them and keep them away from your face and practice social distancing you’ll be OK.” TENEEKA BUYS, Thompson Falls - “I think that the mask mandate should not be enforced in the county. It would overall...
As a member of the city council, I am going to try to factually address issues and requests for information that I hear from city residents via text, email, Facebook or phone. I’m only going to do this as I become aware of issues city residents would like more information on, so this will not be a regular column. I need to be clear from the get-go. I am only speaking for me, not for the city, not for the mayor, not for other council members. I’m going to try to stick to facts and keep my opinions out of it. Those who know me will und...
The Clark Fork Valley Elks organized a trunk or treat on Halloween in the parking lot of their lodge east of Thompson Falls. About a dozen cars participated and handed out candy. Kids in all kinds of creative costumes came out, including one young man dresses as a car salesman. Nearly all of the participants who showed up to hand out candy dressed up as well, including Elks Exalted Ruler Michelle Blackstone, who dressed up as the Cat in the Hat, Projct ASCENT members Rob Christensen and John...
The Dahlia. A coveted addition to any flower garden. These plants are the most widely grown and well-loved in the flower world. The plants produce blooms in an array of colors, whose beauty is almost too hard to describe in words. Pictures don’t even do them justice. Which is why I wanted to grow them myself. Dahlias aren’t considered perennials necessarily, they are extremely cold sensitive. So, in order to grow them the following year, the tubers (they look like a clump of potatoes) need to be dug up in late fall and stored over winter. Dah...
The time for giving is rounding the bend and the Sanders County community is again working to bring the Thanksgiving holiday to those who cannot afford to celebrate it on their own. Thanksgiving baskets is a community initiative that started over 16 years ago with the Thompson Falls Community Congregational Church. What started with Pastor Gaylund Olsen as a small outreach program has transformed into “quite an operation,” said David Reedy, who is now in charge of the whole thing. He has been doing it himself for nearly as long as the initiativ...
Over 25 people showed up to bid at the Cancer Network of Sanders County's (CNSC) annual auction fundraiser, last Friday on Halloween weekend. Almost every business in Plains, along with several doners from throughout Sanders County gave items to CNSC to auction off to help those with cancer. The auction hosted about 60 items and baskets, with around half in the live auction and half in the silent auction. Items of all kinds, including a Honda four wheeler, donated by former Cancer Network...
The last steel horse of the Plains greenway will be going up in a matter of weeks, according to its creator, Kenton Pies, who sprayed on a coat of special concrete stain last week and it is nearly ready to be transported. Plains Mayor Dan Rowan said he's waiting for Mountain Range Materials for a small batch of concrete that will be connected to the horse's steel pedestal. Rowan and Pies both hope to get the steel horse installed before winter. Pies has already flagged a spot for the Plains...
After a fire early last week devastated a business of Thompson Falls and almost claimed a church as well, community members from that church decided to reach out and show their support. The project, headed by Kelly Needles, is drawing support from not only the First Baptist Church of Thompson Falls, but others outside the church as well. “He’s always been the kind of person to help; the giver,” said Pastor Jeffery Phillips of the First Baptist Church. Pastor Jeff talked about how even as the blaze was going, Jerry Lai, the owner of Genki...
What may have been a beautiful mid-autumn weekend, was quickly overtaken by one of the earliest winter storms Montana has seen in a long time. The snow fell and did not stop. Despite warnings from the local weather stations, a rather large and thick blanket of snow left much of Sanders County shocked; as this is quite peculiar, even for Montana weather. Thompson Falls alone, saw a foot of snow overnight. According to Missoula's U.S. National Weather Service station, the town of Plains got a...
The music of John Denver resonated through The Rex Theater on Saturday as tribute artist Ted Vigil took the stage. Vigil, from Olympia, Washington, performed for more than 100 people, most wearing masks, Saturday night. Thompson Falls High School math teacher Katrina Nygaard introduced Vigil. She told the crowd how growing up in New York, she developed a love for John Denver's music and went to one concert a year before he died in 1997. "I'm so happy there are people like Ted Vigil to keep John...
It’s no secret, this year’s Halloween will look a little different due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, All Hollow’s Eve will be giving us a very rare and spooky extravaganza to end the month. This year, October 31 brings a Halloween Blue Moon. This full moon gets its name because it is the second full moon of the month, following the harvest moon of October 1. While many may think, from the name itself, we will see a blue-tinted moon in the sky. The name actually has to do with the time the full moon occurs, rather than its actual appea...
Lynne Kersten, who has been the Thompson Falls Public Library Director for just over a decade, will officially be retiring at the beginning of November. A seat on the city council will also be vacant, after the two years Kersten has spent as a member. Behind her, she leaves a legacy. "My life is books, I love books," Kersten said. Her passion to help people learn, as well as the excitement she feels when introducing someone to a new book, has made her time as the library director, a memorable...
HOWARD R. & SYLVIA M. (GRANT) SAINT From Pioneers and Early Settlers of Thompson Falls Howard Robert 'Bob' Saint was born February 16, 1914, the son of Ben & Laura Fern (Fulk) Saint. Sylvia was born March 3, 1914 in Missoula to Alexander William and Alta Marie Grant. She was graduated from Stevensville High School. After school she went to work as a telephone operator until her marriage to H. Robert Saint in 1939. Following the wedding, Bob and Sylvia lived in Fort Benton until the untimely...
DEB CHEETHAM, Thompson Falls - “Jaws.” JAMIE GIDDINGS, Plains - “The Blair Witch Project, because it was so horrible that it’s great.” MAKAYLA MACNAIR, Plains - “It Chapter Two.” MICHAEL MACNAIR, Plains - “I don’t have a favorite, because I’ve seen so many that I just can’t decide.” JHOUSHUA MACNAIR, Plains - “Halloween; it was the first one I have ever seen, and it tops them all.” BRANDI TRELATSKY, Thompson Falls - “Saw is my favorite scary movie because the ending. It's what you least expect to happen, and it’s surprising and I like th...
