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Saturday was a busy day at the Sanders County Fairgrounds, where hundreds of people from in and outside the county gathered in support of a Plains woman battling cancer. Behind the leadership of Juli Thurston, Tammy McAllister, Linda Cook and Shannon Chojnacky, the Ranch Rodeo and Fun Play Day Event was a successful benefit for Wendy Carr, a staff member at the Sanders County Extension Office in Thompson Falls. The event included a rodeo competition, horse riding contests, an Olympics...
More than a dozen community members joined the county commissioners at the public hearing last Thursday to discuss community needs. Ray Brown, executive director of Sanders County Community Development, said the purpose of the public hearing was to find out what the needs are of each community and then to help look at different funding options. “Hearing the needs from you is really helpful for us,” Brown told the community members. “We want to identify community needs, projects and priorities.” Lisa Fried de Reyes with Sanders County Communi...
Montana Highway Patrol Lacey Beck, 24, speeding in a restricted zone, $65. Peter Garland, 37, speeding in a restricted zone, $95. Trudy Pedersen, 53, speeding in a restricted zone, $95. Bryan Bukey, 34, day speeding, $70. Angela Pesqueira, 44, day speeding, $70. John Erwin, 40, speeding in a restricted zone, $55. Jubal Ryan, 24, seatbelt violation, $20. John Fickas, 52, careless driving, $45; seatbelt violation, $20. Julie Ellefson, 57, speeding in a restricted zone, $85. Debora Erickson, 52, speeding in a restricted zone, $95. Mark Henze, 32,...
Ambulance: Trout Creek, 5; Plains, 5; Hot Springs, 4; T. Falls, 3; Paradise, 3; Heron, 1; Dixon,1. Monday, June 12 Animal other, Hot Springs. General animal call/complaint, Hot Springs. Suspicious activity. Sexual assault, Hot Springs. Disturbance, Plains. Warrant service, Plains. Motor vehicle crash, Trout Creek. Trespass, Heron. Warrant service, Trout Creek. Person missing, T. Falls. General animal call/complaint, Plains. Assist motorist/citizen, Paradise. Disturbance, Noxon. Tuesday, June 13 Inmate transport, T. Falls. Motor vehicle crash, N...
Kosal Chea, appearing before Judge Deborah Kim Christopher on Monday, entered not guilty pleas to felony counts of sexual intercourse without consent and sexual assault. Chea’s attorney, Cheryl Copperstone, made a bond argument, requesting to release Chea on his own recognizance. However, due to the circumstances and seriousness of the allegations, Judge Christopher denied a reduction in bond at this time. The jury trial was set for November 6, 2023. According to the charging documents, toward the beginning of May 2023, Thompson Falls City P...
Thompson Falls High School is having a new building erected to be used as a multi purpose facility. Superintendent Bud Scully said the building will be used regularly for shop classes to include welding, wood working, and small engine repair, in half of the 7,000-square-foot space. The other half will be the new lunchroom. This will give more room for eating, as the old lunch area was outside the gym. "It may also encourage more students to eat hot lunches," Scully said. This other half will have a commons area that will provide room for other...
In what is called the Journey of Hope, a group of college students is volunteering to bicycle across the country this summer to raise money for people with disabilities. The Phi Kappa Phi students started in Seattle ten days before making a pit stop at the Thompson Falls High School last Friday. Three teams kicked off the event on the west coast and will have ridden a combined 12,000 miles by the time they end on the capitol lawn in Washington, D.C., in mid-August. Along the way, the cyclists sp...
An audience of 40 people attended a panel discussion Wednesday, June 14, at the Rex Theater in Thompson Falls to listen to experts regarding estate planning. The panel discussion was put together by Deb Wilson with Edward Jones, and Deedee Blaney with Flying S Title and Escrow. Other members of the panel included Jeannette Carr-Smith with Clearwater Properties, Attorney Will McCarthy, and Wayne Egbert with Sunset Hills Funeral Home and Crematory. Acknowledging the large amount of misinformation...
The Wild Horse Plains Back Country Horsemen conducted a Stock Packing Clinic for five members of the Plains Thompson Falls Ranger District's Youth Conservation Corps at the Sanders County Fairgrounds on Friday. Volunteers from the horsemen group spent over six hours with a lecture and hands-on training for utilizing stock animals for transporting equipment to remote work sites. The Superior Ranger District, led by Will Cuddy and Kodi Kelly and eight students, also took part in the clinic. The st...
The restaurant Big Eddy's is under new ownership. Connie and Matt Weber recently took over the business. They decided to leave Missoula and move to Thompson Falls in January with plans to buy the restaurant in February. But things did not happen as quickly as expected, so Connie bought the Farmhouse Blooms floral shop. The Webers are excited about being a part of the community and making some family friendly changes to Big Eddy's. These will include longer hours, expanding the outdoors and food...
It's fitting that Flag Day would be the time to give unserviceable flags a proper sendoff, according to American Legion Post 52 Commander Ken Matthiesen. Fourteen veterans from five military branches took part in the annual flag retirement at the Clark Fork Valley Elks Lodge 2757 in Thompson Falls last Tuesday. Some of the flags had holes, others were faded, tattered, and ripped, yet the group of veterans all felt the ensigns of their country should be disposed of in a proper method. "I think...
The city of Thompson Falls decided Monday to not open the pool this year amid the continuing struggle to find lifeguards. The city will also be seeking a new mayor as Mark Sheets notified the council this week that he is resigning effective July 4. With the coming vacancy, the council will need to appoint an interim mayor. "I would like to thank everyone for all of your support," Sheets said Monday as he handed council members his letter of resignation. Sheets has been a major proponent of the...
The first week of June's kickoff for the Thompson Falls Public Library's summer reading program and contest had a good turn out according to librarian Crystal Buchanan. Sign-up began June 1 with 89 readers, but she hopes this summer will surpass last year's enrollment of 109 readers. Participants only need to sign up with a parent or guardian, and library accounts must be current with no existing dues. The program is targeted toward children age 4 through eighth graders. For every week that...
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte met with business and community leaders of Sanders County at the Butcher's Nook in Plains Thursday in an effort to find out what was on their minds. Twenty-one men and women from Thompson Falls, Hot Springs, and Plains gathered for an hour-long informal gathering where several people voiced some of their concerns, including Senator Bob Brown, Sanders County Commissioner Dan Rowan and Plains Mayor Chris Allen. It was the governor's third annual "56 County Tour," wh...
Montana Highway Patrol Darryl Holm, 62, seatbelt violation, $20; careless driving, $85, deferred imposition of sentence. Michael Ewing, 39, day speeding, $20. Dylan Theademan, 17, day speeding, $20. Kevin Rau, 60, failure to yield to vehicle on through highway, $85. Donald Boose, 58, speeding in a restricted zone, $85, deferred imposition of sentence. John Crites, 69, speeding in a restricted zone, $95. Vincent Huntsberger, 44, day speeding, $20. Vicenete Terrazas, 29, speeding in a restricted zone, $85. Sanders County Sheriff’s Office W...
Ambulance: Hot Springs, 5; T. Falls, 4; Plains, 4; Noxon, 3; Paradise, 3; Trout Creek, 1; Heron, 1; Dixon, 1. Monday, June 5 Animal other, T. Falls. Livestock. Juvenile criminal, T. Falls. US Forest Service patrol, T. Falls. US Forest Service patrol, T. Falls. Theft, Hot Springs. General animal call/complaint, T. Falls. Suspicious activity, Paradise. Suspicious activity, Hot Springs. General animal call/complaint, Hot Springs. Motor vehicle crash, Hot Springs. Theft, Hot Springs. General animal call/complaint, Plains. Suspicious activity,...
Steven Coulson made his initial appearance in 20th District Judicial Court on Tuesday, pleading not guilty to a felony charge of criminal possession of dangerous drugs. Coulson's attorney, Cheryl Copperstone, had asked Judge Molly Owen to release Coulson on his own recognizance, but Owen left Coulson's bond at $5,000. According to charging documents, Coulson was arrested November 13, 2022, after officers responded to a complaint of individuals selling drugs at Town Pump in Plains. Coulson allegedly ran from police and hid in a nearby house,...
Thompson Falls High School (TFHS) students have immersed themselves in the world of science and have spent the last several months solving and creating solutions to the ROADS National NASA student challenge. TFHS science teacher Doree Thilmony and her students entered into a nationwide competition called Artemis ROADS (Rover Observation and Drone Survey). Artemis ROADS is a grant funded program through Montana State University (MSU) and Northwest Earth and Space Pathways Program that allows...
The Plains Town Council passed amendments for two ordinances and a referendum, and tabled the first reading of a new ordinance at last Monday's monthly meeting at City Hall. Council President John Sheridan headed the meeting in the absence of Mayor Chris Allen. Council members Connie Foust, Garrett Boon and John Roesler were present with Chad Cantrell on a cellphone. Nearly a dozen people showed up for the meeting, which ran just over an hour. The first ordinance was created in response to a...
More public engagement and greater transparency is the goal of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ early kick off to the biennial hunting season-setting process. In the past, public involvement happened primarily in December and January. This year, public involvement will start in June and end in November. FWP will begin conducting their statewide scoping meetings from June 15 to July 15. The Thompson Falls meeting will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 27, at Thompson Falls High School. At this meeting, FWP staff is seeking input from hunters on r...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is initiating public scoping on a potential purchase of a conservation easement in Flathead and Sanders counties. FWP is working with The Trust for Public Land and Green Diamond Resource Company on a potential project to place 47,907 acres of highly productive timberland in the Thompson River drainage under conservation easement. The proposed conservation easement would be held by FWP and would allow Green Diamond to retain ownership and management of these timberlands, preclude development, protect important...
Plains Paradise Rural Fire District firefighters Garrett Boon (above left) and Seth Gibbs sift through burning pine needles to ensure a blaze started by lightning is extinguished. Marc and Ellen Childress, who live across the street, saw the ground fire and knocked down the flames before firefighters arrived last Thursday afternoon. A sudden burst of rain helped the couple douse the fire. High winds also broke the tree in the background, which took out the power lines (right) and left area...
The Plains Pickleball Association's first ATV Run Fundraiser on Saturday was a big success with 70 riders and 221 poker hands. "It went beyond our wildest dreams and expectations," said Shauna Firestone, president of the association, which recently received its nonprofit status and wants to erect pickleball courts at the E.L. Johnson Memorial Park in Plains. The association held its poker ride at the Wild Horse Plains Golf Course, the location of stations one and five. It was a 23-mile trek to...
Only a handful of people showed up for the Memorial Day ceremony at the Plains Cemetery, but VFW Post 3596 is determined to honor fallen veterans the way it was first intended - on May 30 - the date first selected following the Civil War. "We have assembled here to pay tribute to the men and women of our country who have served in the United States armed forces who fought in defense of this country and for the preservation of our way of life, and who lost their lives at sea," said Post...
Plains was a busy day Saturday with nearly nonstop activities from daybreak to dark and food on both ends, starting with the Masons pancake breakfast at the VFW and finishing with a potluck dinner at the E.L. Johnson Memorial Park. For the third consecutive year the nonprofit organization the Free Americans has run Plains Day and once again it was a success, according to Connie Foust, the group's primary coordinator. "We are so pleased it all came together so nicely with the great involvement of...
