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4 YEARS AGO • APRIL 26, 1984 FOREST SERVICE CHOOSES PLAINS Orville Daniels, Supervisor of the Lolo National Forest, announced the decision not to seek a new lease for office space in Thompson Falls. That decision came after four months of e...
MASTER CLASS
Plains resident Tom Collins gives a special carving class to Plains High School students Emory Erchanbrack, a senior, (left) and Izzy Bakker, a junior and a foreign exchange student from the...
Thompson Falls board votes for 5-day week
Thompson Falls Superintendent Bud Scully accepted a check for $23,270 just before Monday's school board meeting. The check from the Clark Fork Soccer Alliance was the result of fundraising by the...
Run kicks off reading program
Thompson Falls Elementary students had a little spring in their step last Monday morning as they kicked off the Running Start reading program with a jog around the playground. The program is...
CROSSWORD SOLUTION
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. SSE 4. PER 7. ABN 10. PIX 11. ARE 12. COA 13. FRANC 15. RAD 16. ASHER 19. ABSCISE 21. CONSUME 23. NEMESIS 24. OPTIMUM 25. RETE 26. AAHS 27. GENESES 30. THIMBLE 34. AKA 35. AAR 36. PEGASUS 41. BOURBON 45. BURY 46. ARNE 47. IMPANEL...
Plains musicians entertain big crowd with spring concert
More than 160 people showed up at the Plains School Spring Concert last Tuesday in the school gymnasium. The hour-long concert featured the high school choir, the junior high band, the high school...
Excitement for eclipse
"It's like somebody took a bite out of the moon." That's how Thompson Falls fourth-grade student Makoy Schoenfeldt described Monday's solar eclipse. Elementary students waited on the playground for...
Pinwheels bring awareness to abuse
More than 300 colorful pinwheels fluttering in the wind on the lawn at Clark Fork Valley Hospital might not halt violence against children, but hospital staff hopes they will attract enough attention...
SPRING GRAZING
Elk stop grazing to take a look at a possible predator in a wooded area about six miles west of Plains. The herd of about 80 elk soon dashed away. As spring progresses, the bulls will soon be...
Remember When?
4 YEARS AGO • MARCH 29, 1984 EDNA HILL LEADS A RUGGED REWARDING LIFE by Linda Shaffer Continued from last week… During her childhood in Trout Creek mainly - a few years in Polson - Edna recalls all eight grades being housed in one room. “There were...
Question of the week: What is a superstition you have?
Bret Lombard, Thompson Falls - “I have to check the light switch twice.” Mitchel Hagger, Thompson Falls - “When you buy a knife you have to buy a penny, too, or it causes bad luck.” Sydney Cisney, Thompson Falls - “I have to get dressed first thi...
Students earn hardware at state SkillsUSA
Sanders County students put their skills on display last month at the state SkillsUSA competition in Helena. Plains had 10 students compete in the state event, and Thompson Falls took four....
Forum to focus on education
Montana’s public education system has been in the headlines a lot these days: Why are budgets so tight? What unites Montana’s schools? What legislation passed, and what is being challenged, for alternative school systems? An upcoming inf...
CROSSWORD SOLUTION
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. CYPRUS 7. DAISES 13. OUTLINE 14. ANTIBES 16. SD 17. ATHLETICS 19. MP 20. AGATE 22. LEI 23. HABER 25. GELS 26. SEGNO 28. LOSE 29. ELI 30. FAR 31. GAS 33. UTA 34. PRAT 36. TABLED 38. TCHAD 40. LEERS 41. ROAMED 43. KIEV 44. APT 45....
New location for Plains antique business
It was only 200 yards from door to door and it took only about three weeks for the 16 vendors of Wild Horse Mercantile to move the hundreds of thousands of items to their new location, but they are...
Remember When?
4 YEARS AGO • MARCH 29, 1984 EDNA HILL LEADS A RUGGED REWARDING LIFE by Linda Shaffer Mainly, she is a mountain woman. And she has been all her “39 years.” Edna Hill at her ranch in Trout Creek smiles amidst trophies of elk and other wild game...
Question of the week
DONNA SCHEITER, Plains - “Wearing my hair long.” KIM HILL THOMPSON, Thompson Falls - “Playing in the sand.” JESSE BYLER, Plains - “Playing in the sandbox.” ROBB HILL, Thompson Falls - “Reading comic books.” JOEL WHITE, Trout Creek - “Hunting becaus...
Spotlight on the Arts
Michael Byrd, Noxon School by Karen Thorson It is always amazing to hear a student play a musical instrument like a professional performer. That is certainly the case with Michael Byrd, an...
Thompson Falls library receives grant
The Thompson Falls Public Library was recently selected by the John Henry Elred Jr. Foundation & Dorothy Louise Kyler Fund for $5,000 in grant funding to increase items in the children’s and junior sections of the library. Funding will be used to p...
Insurance trends shared at TF Chamber luncheon
The Thompson Falls Chamber of Commerce held a luncheon last week, welcoming members and guests to the Rimrock for "It's Just Lunch" on Wednesday. Dennis Spurlock with Alera Group insurance of Plains...
1,000 Aces for Cheryl, Patty
Cheryl Godfrey and Patty Hopkis were the latest pair to get 1,000 Aces in Pinochle Marathon play with the Thompson Falls Woman's Club. Pinkie Nelson and Joyce Hilt won the March marathon with a total of 6,970, Godfrey and Hopkins were second with...
Grange class teaches survival fire-making skills
Building a survival fire takes more than combustion, fuel and oxygen. It also takes a heavy dose of patience and preparation before the fire is even ready to be lit. That was the primary message of...
Road crew retirement
Courtesy photo County employees celebrated Brad Syth last week (pictured above left with District 3 supervisor Lee Smith) with breakfast in Heron. Syth retired after 25 years with the county road...
Crossword solution
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. HAET 5. OCCULT 11. ABBREVIATION 14. SOLDIER 15. ACROSS 18. SAMAR 19. EERIER 21. MSB 23. COCO 24. TAMES 28. ONCE 29. IA 30. SCAB 32. SOS 33. STP 35. TLC 36. SST 39. MEED 41. AD 42. TEES 44. SAHIB 46. AUBE 47. DIM 49. TSETSE 52....
Senior Spotlight
Beverly Longoria Miller, age 95 of Plains, was born October 26, 1928, in the small town of Malone, Washington. At age seven her family moved to Seattle where her maternal grandmother lived. The popula...
