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JANICE PITTS, Thompson Falls – “Put away your summer furniture, put your garden to bed, make sure you have wood stacked, drain the hoses, buy lots of chocolate and no marshmallows.” TAMERA WALKER, Thompson Falls – "I need brand new snow tires,...
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GERRI HALE, Hamilton – “We have grown children and they have all moved away. We usually send a card and money, but it is not as personal. They can use it to buy what they want. ” MARTI FULFA, Thompson Falls – “Probably around Thanksgiving time. I h...
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LYNDA BRANSON, Trout Creek – "No. Definitely not. Those Democrats have been after him since he was elected. They are guilty of everything they accuse him of.” SHARON LEVINE, Thompson Falls – “Dems don't have anything to go on. It’s just to stir the...
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SANDREA COLEMAN ROUSSY, Thompson Falls – “Yes. Last year we had a deer that the liver looked strange, so we didn’t eat it.” BILL CAIN, Thompson Falls – “I never really got into hunting because I was always too busy with sports. I'm sure hunters and...
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FRANK LaMOTTE, Trout Creek – “I don’t smoke, but I think we should ban e-cigarettes because it gives you too many physical problems.” KATRINA GOATLEY, Thompson Falls – “They should be banned because they cause more problems than they are worth. A 16...
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BETTY CAMULETTA, Plains –”Yes because they have been playing all these years. Kids need to get tougher. We are making babies out of them.” OSCAR READ, Thompson Falls – “Just teach them not to collide with their heads.” DARIN McELMURRY, Thompson Fa...
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PAUL WOOD, Trout Creek – “Running lawn mowers over the grass. I was paid $5 a lawn.” CY HENTGES, Thompson Falls – “At age 8 I was shining shoes on the street in Grand Forks, South Dakota. My father made me a shoe box.” JOYCE BYBEE, Thompson Fa...
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CORY TROYER, Thompson Falls — "I go because I like to go to the rodeo.” CENA BEENE Thompson Falls – “We have been going to the Fair for 22-24 years. We sell hats. We like the family atmosphere." PATRICK WALT, Thompson Falls – “I go to participate...
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TOM MASON, Thompson Falls – “They have done so well with all the roads that I have no complaints.” ROBIN GILE, Trout Creek – “Trout Creek Bridge and the Thompson Falls bridge both need to be finished.” GRACE KAST, Noxon – ”I just wonder how they...
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MINDY PACKER, Thompson Falls –“I love huckleberries, especially in pancakes and smoothies.” CHARLIE LICO, Tennessee – “Love them in pancakes. I like all the people in the community and all the handmade stuff in the booths at the festival....
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SUE APODACA, Plains – “My best fishing story is that when we first moved here, I actually caught a once-in-a- lifetime really big fish.” ALEX WHITE, Thompson Falls — “Fishing to me is a mood thing. I went fishing under the high bridge and slid all...
Doing good, having fun in Noxon
What can be better than camping out and doing good for others? That's what a church group of teenagers have been doing all week in Noxon as they have every year for the past decade. The Wabash...
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LIAM MCPHERSON Trout Creek – “Probably the river. Jump in, get cooled off, continue until you feel good. “ ADRIAN WALKER, – Trout Creek – "Jump into the lake. Come into a store where it’s cool.” FIONA WALKER, Thompson Falls – “I work in an air- c...
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JOEL WHITE, Trout Creek — “Of course! It’s our census. Not the world census.” SUE MARSH, Thompson Falls — “Yes. I think it‘s important to know just who is living here.” KEN DRAHOS, Thompson Falls — “Absolutely! Because people should be or become...
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LONA COLLINS, Thompson Falls – “Gardening. I’m mostly home bound. I like everything. I have flowers this year. I’m right by the dog trail and do hike and enjoy the evening.” LENA NICHOLSON, Thompson Falls – “I swim in the pool at our house and in...
Noxon neighbors celebrate holiday
It was July 4th with all the trappings of a big parade, and people dressed in their reds, whites and blues. Everyone waving their American flags. The aroma of hot dogs, hamburgers and frying curly...
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JIM ALEXANDER, Whitepine – “No, I have not. I have seen them around, but I haven’t had to deal with them.” ANNA CURRY, Thompson Falls – “Yes, we have to deal with bears all the time. I have lots of grapevines. The bears broke all the fences. The...
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THAIS REED, Thompson Falls – “I don’t have a secret. Just being patient. I like pike.” BARB ROGERS, Plains – “I can’ tell you my secret. I just use big, juicy worms. The biggest fish I ever caught was a 36-inch bass.” KATHLEEN SHAW, Perma – “I have...
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MARK VANHUSS, Thompson Falls – “When my kids were born. We have three biological kids ages 39, 38, and 36…three adopted kids ages 17, 15, and 13 and one foster child who just turned three.” STAN HOEKEMA, Thompson Falls – “When I came home from t...
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MARY FISHER, Trout Creek – “There’s a difference between a city dog and a country dog. In the country you need a dog for protection. You bring in a dog to let you know who or what’s out there. If your dog stays silent and it’s a bear in your yard...
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ROB JOHNSON, Plains – “Get a good job and go to college. I went to college for three years but chose to be a skilled sheet metal worker.” TANYA KERN, Trout Creek – “Make sure the thing you choose in life is what you want to do in your life in the fu...
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LARRY McBRIDE, Thompson Falls – “I think eleven or twelve before they get one. That’s the age they understand the dangers out there.” KYLE SIEVERTSEN. Thompson Falls – “When they can afford to buy their own.” SHIRLEY WINDLE, Trout Creek – “At l...
NLI members gather in Sandpoint
About 350 Northern Lights, Inc. (NLI) members gathered at the Panida Theatre in Sandpoint last Saturday to celebrate the 84th annual meeting of the cooperative, which was the first rural electric cooperative west of the Mississippi. It turned out to...
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CHERYL CRAIK, Thompson Falls – “My mother passed away at the age of 101. She didn’t smoke or drink, and was a vegetarian for 55 years. She was a Christian and people lover. She was small and people called her ‘tiny.’” COLIN DYKSTRA, Miles City...
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PAT INGRAHAM, Thompson Falls – “The minimum wage was never intended to be anything more than for an entry level job, like for high school graduates’ first job. It is for unskilled workers. By public petition, the legislators voted to change the m...
