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FESTIVE REMEMBRANCE
Cancer Network of Sanders County had a successful event with its annual Lantern Launch at downtown Plains for the first time. Shelley Bertrand, president of the nonprofit organization, felt it was a...
Plains woman to lead SC fair
The Sanders County Fair Commission selected a new fair manager at a special board meeting at the pavilion last Monday. "They all had some good qualities and strengths and weaknesses, and after...
Plains kicks off holiday season
It was still November, but Santa Claus made an early stop in Plains and he even stuck around to help the Plains Lions Club with its annual tree lighting. Santa might have been the star of the show...
ONE AT A TIME
ONE AT A TIME – A wild turkey takes crabapples from nearly bare branches one at a time. Even when she drops one, the turkeys on the ground scramble for the bite size treats....
Plains teen is ref of the year
A Plains teenager was selected as the 2023 Montana Youth Female Referee of the Year. The 18-year-old Claire Wrobleski was officially notified that she was the top female youth referee of the year. "I...
Veteran shares experiences with kids
For some, talking about their time in the Vietnam War is troublesome, particularly if they lost friends or were wounded, and it's no difference for Marine Corps veteran Denis Munson, who was a guest...
CHRISTMAS CRAFTERS
The Plains Woman's Club once again gathered to help youngsters have a better holiday by making Christmas stockings for them. Five ladies from the Plains club met at the United Methodist Church in...
Plains Drama Club has mystery on its hands
The Plains High School Drama Club finished its third performance of "A Wing and a Prayer" in the multipurpose room on Sunday to a resounding applause, but this time the accolades weren't just for the...
Plains council member ready for mayor role
"No election, new mayor," said Plains Mayor Chris Allen at last week's town council meeting at City Hall. Joel Banham will be the next town mayor as of January 1 and he didn't have to go through the...
Ceremony honors veterans
It was two minutes before World War I was to officially end, but that didn't stop Pvt. Henry Gunther from storming a German machine gun position. He was shot dead, the last American soldier to die in...
Five apply for Sanders County Fair manager
Five people from Sanders County - four women and one man - applied for the Sanders County Fairgrounds manager position, said Rich Wallace, the county's director for Human Resources. Wallace and the...
Plains School honors local veterans
Plains High School honored its local military veterans last Thursday with patriotic music, a special meal and a celebration of gratitude. More than a dozen veterans from five of the six military branc...
State grant may help with Plains projects
The Plains Town Council meeting was less than an hour, but its members discussed several issues, passed on a lot of information, tabled three items, and dismissed an item of new business that was...
Fall visitor
GROSS GROSBEAK – The messy face makes for a gross beak for the female pine grosbeak, which had hit the jackpot of a crabapple tree just west of Plains. A messy face doesn't seem to bother her as...
CNSC moves lantern launch
The Cancer Network of Sanders County will be launching its lantern launch from a new site this year. The nonprofit organization will have the annual fundraiser on the Saturday after Thanksgiving — Nov. 25 — starting at 6 p.m. on the greenway...
Square dance club sees record participation
Beginners have one more day — Friday — to continue alongside the regulars of the Montana Mavericks Square Dance Club that meet each week at the Plains Paradise Senior Center in Plains for lessons. Last Friday was a record attendance for the Plain...
Kids get glass blowing lesson
A group of home school students took a short field trip last week to watch a glass blower in action. Gary Olson showed 45 children from the Clark Fork Christian Home School Co-op the art of glass...
New music teacher puts on first concert in Plains
Plains High School held what might be its first Fall Concert last week in the gymnasium. It was also the first concert for the school's new music teacher, Loren Lauridson, who started the job at the e...
GOTCHA!
A cat-faced orbweaver wraps a moth that got caught in its web. The spider had the insect wrapped within a minute and moved it to the bottom side of a large plant leaf. The cat-faced orbweaver is a...
Plains takes last home game in 4
The Plains Trotters defeated the Hot Springs Lady Savage Heat in four games at Plains last Tuesday, taking their overall standing to seven wins and four losses. It was a special win for four seniors...
U19 lose to Eagles in final game of season
The boys U19 soccer team finished its last home game in a tie against the Mission Valley Christian Academy Eagles last Tuesday at the Amundson Sports Complex in Plains. Clark Fork Soccer Alliance...
Paradise Center's roundhouse taking form
The community of Paradise is going to have a train roundhouse once again. This one is going to be positioned at the Paradise Center, but won't have real trains inside. Construction on the new...
Fair board discusses options
The Sanders County Fair might be without a carnival next year, announced Fair Commission Chairman Randy Woods at last week's board meeting. According to Woods, Sherry McKay, owner of Paradise...
Harvest Festival offers seasonal fun
Several people got lost between Plains and Thompson Falls last weekend, though they eventually found their way. It was a corn maze and part of the 2nd Annual Harvest Festival held at the Waterway CSA...
Plains School welcomes new music teacher
It was music to the ears for one of Plains School's newest teachers, who got his first teaching job less than two hours from home. Loren Lauridson jumped right into his new job and within three days...
