Weekend sales kick off summer season

Sanders County encompasses more than 2,700 square miles. This weekend, tourists and locals will scatter to find the best deals on the best treasures during the annual Sanders County Yard Sale-ing event.

This year the event includes 68 sales, which Danielle Wood of the Thompson Falls Chamber of Commerce says is double the number last year. The Thompson Falls Main Street Committee is in charge of the event, and the chamber helps out as well. The event is sponsored by local businesses, who Wood says are excited about the event. She noted that area motels are filling up, and she’s heard from visitors from as far away as Oregon who are planning to attend.

The event coordinates sales along Highway 200 from Heron to Dixon, Highway 28 from Plains to Lonepine, and Highway 56 toward Bull River. This is he 12th year for the Sanders Sale-ing event, which is always held on the last full weekend of June.

Other community events are planned for this weekend as well.

FLY-IN AND CAR SHOW

The Sanders County Pilot Association is hosting a Wings & Wheels fly-in and car show Saturday at the Thompson Falls Airport. The event, planned for 8 a.m. to noon, will feature antique to modern airplanes and vintage cars and trucks, as well as a remote-control plane exhibit. The pilot association is also raffling a Hangar 9 Pulse XT 60 RC aircraft to raise scholarship money for local students. The drawing will be held at the fly-in and car show and tickets are $5 each or five for $20. The event will feature kid activities as well. Nita Deardorff with the pilot association said that they normally have about 40 planes at the event.

COWGIRLS KICKIN’

CANCER O’MOKSEE

Also Saturday, Sanders County Rocky Ridge Saddle Club will partner-up with Cowgirls Kickin’ Cancer for their third annual O’moksee (patterned horse racing) event being held at 89 Government Mountain Road in Noxon. The event is family friendly and free to attend. There will be informational booths, burgers and beverages, a crazy costume contest and games for those on horseback as well as on their own two feet. The fun is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m.

THINK OUTSIDE

CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT

Project ASCENT’s “Think Outside” cornhole tournament Saturday in Thompson Falls. Registration begins at 10 a.m. and bags fly at 11 a.m. at the tournament site one mile up Cherry Creek Road. Follow signs from Highway 200. While the event is open to those age 21 and older, kid activities will also be held.

MIKE BECK AT THE REX

Saturday evening, world renowned horse trainer and cowboy musician Mike Beck will perform an acoustic show at The Rex Theatre in Thompson Falls. Tickets are $20 and available at Trout Creek Local Store, D&D Liquor or at the box office the day of the show. Beer and wine will be available at the show, which begins at 7 p.m. For more information on Beck, visit http://www.mikebeck.com.

BRIAN LOYD BAND

Also Saturday evening, the Wayside will host the Brian Loyd Band beginning at 7 p.m. in the bar and grill’s new outside music venue in Trout Creek. There is a $5 cover charge for Saturday’s event.