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KHRISTIAN SCHMIDT, Thompson Falls – “Video games. They help keep me with my stress and anger. I play at least six times a week.” AVERIE BOON, Thompson Falls – “My cellphone. I use it every day.” RON KILBURY, Thompson Falls – “I could live without all of it. There isn’t that much that I absolutely need.” KELLEE NEEDLES, Thompson Falls – “My cellphone. I do business stuff on it, make phone calls, keep in touch with my family, take pictures, do marketing, email and print my schedules.” ROSANNE LARSON, Stevensville – “The automobile. I could do...
GLENNA BALL, Thompson Falls— “It would have to be a quilting book, For The Love of Quilts.” CHRISTA COBB, Trout Creek — “Cancer Winner. It’s someone’s true story. She started with conventional cancer treatment when she had Stage IV cancer. She turned to unconventional remedies and was healed.” KATHERINE COMERFORD, Thompson Falls — “Lonesome Dove and Pillars of the Earth. I read a lot. I just have to talk my kids into doing it more.” ANITA PFAFF, Heron — “Rage of Angels by Sidney Sheldon. It was very riveting.” SHANNA FELTS, Trout Creek ...
Vickie McNamara, Plains — “My three grandkids. They have a lot of items and scarecrows on display. Monster vegetables and gourds. I also come for the food, all the food. My grandkids are here for the summer.” Jacob Johnson, Thompson Falls — “I come to hang out with my friends and to go on the rides. I like the Zepher. It’s definitely the best.” Mike ElLul, Thompson Falls — “I come for the kids. One is 6 and the other is 1. My daughter hits the rides. I’m here for the food, New York cheesesteak sandwiches. They are pretty good.” Noreen S...
EDISON VANVLEET, Noxon — “Pump up with music and do a lot of practicing.” LEVI BRUBAKER, Noxon — “Start three weeks in advance of the game, train hard for two weeks, do your hardest workout, a lot of conditioning and mentally focus.” SHANE REISHUS, Noxon — “Just practice every day. You’ll get beefed up.” STEVEN HABEGGER, Noxon — “Just work as hard as you can. If somebody puts you down, just keep on doing it.” BRODY HILL, Noxon — “I sit in the locker room and listen to pump-up music. Then I come out and practice hard.” RYLAN WELTZ, Noxo...
LISA STEWART, Plains – “Mrs. Revier, Plains High School. She was a wonderful teacher for my two boys. She took all the time necessary for them to learn what they needed.” MADDY KEEN, Thompson Falls – “Miss Gavlak. She’s very nice. She does fun games that we play outside.” DARREL TORGRIMSON, Thompson Falls – “I have a couple of them. I went to school in Noxon and I remember three in particular – Doel Negron, Cliff Trexler and coach Bob Baldwen. They were really good people.” LACEY GRUWELL, Thompson Falls – “Mrs. Toyias. She is always car...
LARRY SCHMILL, Missoula – “With my fingers right off the bush.” MYRA LEWIS, Clark Fork, ID – “I Iike them on ice cream with a little sugar on top.” DAVID HURLBURT, Anaconda – “Huckleberry pie. You can’t beat it.” TODD SCHMIDT, Thompson Falls – “Thirty years ago, I was in the Bob Marshall fishing. I caught fish but picked some huckleberries and ate them. That began a lifelong love of fresh huckleberries right off the bush.” SHYANNE WALDBILLIG, Missoula – “I LOVE huckleberries! Our family makes our own when we go out camping and pick fresh hu...
When a tree falls in a forest, does anyone care? When it takes down major power line and puts 863 people with electricity, it does That’s how people in the west end of the county experienced Monday morning when they turned on their lights and plugged in their coffee makers. The power went off at 7:50 a.m. from Noxon to Heron and up the Bull River. There was no wind, no logger downing a tree across the lines. Just no power to their homes and appliances. Northern Lights started receiving hundreds of calls asking why and how long until the p...
DAKOTA GOATLEY, Thompson Falls – “Yes. Finlay Flats. You get the most sunfish there. We don’t eat them. We catch and release.” BECKY MAZUR, Thompson Falls – “I do have a favorite place, but I won’t tell you where.” CALAN ROCCO, Florence, Montana – “We like to fish in Rainbow Lake or Dog Lake.” JIM McQUILLIN, Post Falls, Idaho – “I’m an avid fisherman. I don’t want to tell you where my favorite fishing spot is because then lots of people will go there and it won’t be my favorite fishing spot any more.” SUNNY PARDEE, Thompson Falls – ” I don...
KAYLA HADDOCK, Plains – “Taking walks. I like to see the scenery, animals, flowers and mountains. I especially like walking on the bridge across the river. I got over my fear of falling in.” FINN AND PAXON MEADOWS, Wasilla, Alaska – “We go inner- tubing behind the boat,” said the boys, who are visiting family in Montana. LIZ MORKERT, Trout Creek – “My favorite activity is seeing my six grandkids and going swimming with them.” FRAN THOMA, Thompson Falls – “When my children and grandchildren come to visit they play in the water. The grownups s...
HELAYNA GINGERICH, Heron – “When we lived in Michigan, we had a big family get-together, rented an ice cream machine and set off fireworks. Since we moved to Heron, we watch the parade and fireworks.” ANGIE CAGLE, Reno, Nevada – “Actually, we came to spend it with my dad, to be together and BBQ. We come here every year to visit in Thompson Falls.” CLARK BRONSON, Thompson Falls – “We stay home. We’re old people. We don’t have to celebrate .There’s way too much hype. They have commercialzed it.” COURTNEY O’CONNER, Thompson Falls – “We usua...
LOUIS RENDA (here visiting family) – “I had a cat named Pumpkin. She was a very smart cat, very affectionate. My cat and I understood each other. When I told him to do something, he’d do it. He recently died. I miss him.” KEITH SHANKLIN, Thompson Falls – “My dog. I called him Denny. I got him when my dad was working on the Cody dam in Wyoming. He went everywhere with us. He finally passed away. He was one smart dog… just a wild breed.” ALLISON HODGES, Noxon – “My dog named Lucky. He’s my friend and a great companion though he eats rats....
JESSICA HANSEN, Plains – “Fertilizer. I have a nice big garden. I also raise rabbits and use the droppings for fertilizer. I plant potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, beets, cucumbers and zucchini. I love to garden.” JOHN KAUFMANN, Thompson Falls – “Soil. I’m still trying to learn. I’ve got two garden sites tilled up. One is near the house and the other in the field. I want to plant more but my wife got injured and she can’t help.” MOLLY UDENBERG, Thompson Falls –“I’m not raising a big garden this year because there are too many mosquitoes...
PATIENCE SMITH, Thompson Falls – “Definitely, a faith in God. Dad was a preacher. He taught us to love each other, and to trust in Him. Dad passed away a year and a half ago and I miss him.” LINDA WEAVER, Trout Creek – “He taught me about Jesus and taught me to work and to love people.” C.ULI, PLAINS – “If the hammer doesn’t work, get a bigger one. Dad was a boiler maker.” KRISTIN LIBBY, Whidbey Island, Wash. – “He taught me how to play basketball. He was a basketball coach.” SUE HECHTMAN, Thompson Falls— “He taught me how to build a hous...
SOLVEIG NYGAARD, Thompson Falls – “When the pool officially opens in mid-June. I like jumping off the diving board.” THURMAN PETTY, Thompson Falls – “When I check the calendar and it says, ‘Summer begins”. JEREMY MEYERS, Thompson Falls – “July 4th because I’ve seen it snow in late June. That’s why I say July 4th.” STEPHANIE ANDERSON,Thompson Falls –”I think it is Memorial Day weekend. The kids are out of school and people start traveling, but not this year.” DENNIS OVITT, Plains – “Probably Memorial Day weekend. We usually go camping bu...
TRACY HADDEN, Thompson Falls – “Probably the Reuben sandwiches at Minnie’s in Thompson Falls. They are pretty good and my favorite.” JIM STAGNER, Noxon – “I just moved here from Texas. We had our own BBQ business and since I don’t know where to get It around here, I would tell people to cook what you want. It’s better and cheaper.” FLOYD SEARL, Trout Creek -“Blueberries from Ellers in Trout Creek. Just eat them out of your hand. That’s the best food I’ve eaten round here.” MARGIE RAWLINSON, Thompson Falls – “BBQ baby back ribs. First cut the...
RON LANE, Thompson Falls – “Being home, that’s where I normally am.” SHANNON DOHERTY, Thompson Falls – “I’m a big risk taker. Having freedom to take risks. I feel more alive.” RANDY RAINES, Trout Creek – “At home. That’s where my family is. I love my family and feel safe at home with them.” JOEL WHITE, Trout Creek – “I can’t think of anywhere I don’t feel safe. God is everywhere so I guess I’m safe everywhere.” MARILYN CALEY, Thompson Falls – “In the arms of Jesus. When I had cancer, God was there the whole time.” JIM PAVOLA, Thompson Falls...
CAROLYN KELLER, Thompson Falls – “It does bother me because there’s too much of it. The younger kids are doing drugs. You see it time after time.” BILL KELLER, Thompson Falls – “There’s drug houses all over Thompson Falls. I used to do drugs years ago but I saw it wasn’t worth it, so I don’t do drugs now. They get the drugs somehow.” STEPHANEY HUTCHINGS, Thompson Falls – “It’s bad for the community as a whole.” DAN HUFF, Plains – “I just moved to Thompson Falls from California. I have no idea how it is now.” BRITNEY BUYS, Thompson Falls – “I...
Lights went out at 9:30 p.m. Sunday evening in the midst of a powerful thunder and lightning storm across western Sanders County, putting 510 Northern Lights members in the dark. The co-op called up the three linemen from Trout Creek and extra crews from north Idaho to assess the situation. It wasn’t until they discovered the problem was caused by damaged equipment on the Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA) high tension lines, which NLI linemen were not permitted to either work on or even assist the BPA’s line crews due to the diffe...
DENNIS BECKER, Thompson Falls, – “When I was in school, I always liked having the summer off.” AVIS GOFORTH, Trout Creek – “No. I don’t think so. I think they need a break.” ROBERT FLANSASS, Trout Creek – “No, There’s plenty of time when they are older to work all year round. The kids need time off in the summer.” HUNTER BORGMANN, Thompson Falls – “No, because they won’t have any friends and it will make it harder to connect with friends in the fall.” RAY BROWN, Thompson Falls – “I actually think they should. I think it would help their acade...
COLTON MUELER, (10 years old 4th grader) Noxon – “80” JEFF McINTYRE, Noxon, age 68 – “ 68. I feel old and worn out.” RACHEL PETERSON, Noxon – “There’s no set age. You are only as old as you feel.” MALIA MURRAY, Noxon – “I see ‘old’ people, but they act younger than some ‘old’ people.” CLINT HOOSER, Plains – “The typical answer would be 80-90 years old. But aging is infinitive. There’s no old, there’s no young.” JILL KAISER, Noxon – “One hundred years old. But I don’t know anybody who is 100....
The return of donkey basketball at Noxon High School last Friday was met with enthusiasm. No galloping was allowed, no hooves with metal shoes that would require resurfacing for the regular basketball season. No pooping either, although the trainers came equipped with shovels if the equines had accidents. The donkeys kept a slow, steady pace though the players urged them to pick it up. It wasn't boring and it was amazing that anyone made a basket. Despite the challenges between riders (some...
TAMI HENESSEY, Thompson Falls – “It would be nice to have affordable dentistry, so we wouldn’t have to stand in line for hours to see a dentist on free dentist day once a year.” MARGIE KOHM, Plains – “We need more restaurants. We have a Chinese food restaurant. I think the services in Sanders are pretty good.” CAROL SMITH, Thompson Falls – “I’d like to see a McDonalds. Some kind of fast food. We have a sandwich shop and we have enough restaurants. Everybody likes McDonalds.” DELORES JOHNSON, Thompson Falls – “It would be nice to have a bigger...
GEORGE GOATLEY, Thompson Falls – “Keep your trash picked up.” KRISTIE BROWN, Trout Creek – “Be part of the cleanup and beautification effort. Encourage your kids to participate. Stop throwing things out the window and keep Montana clean.” SUE JOHNSON, Heron – “Don’t litter. I teach my kids not to throw anything on the ground in town and if you see something on the ground to pick it up, if it is not too yucky.” TAMI DENISON, Thompson Falls – ” We just moved here, so we use the county landfill. We really don’t know what’s going on yet” LEAH...
ERIN WILSON, Trout Creek – “I would say probably for the House of Representatives. I think that society is not being represented accurately. There is too much self-interest. I’m an independent, fiscally conservative voter. I vote the issues, not the party.” CHRISTY CHEVRON, Missoula – “Maybe I would run for a local city council. More change can come about locally. That’s the place to start in your own area.” KELSEY GLYNN, Missoula – “I never thought about running for office but if I did run, it would be for the city council or a state office....
KYLE HOFFMAN, Thompson Falls — ”I’m from Thompson Falls but I’m now stationed in the Navy in Virginia. I’m home for the holiday to spend time with my family who I don’t get to see too often.” KEITH GOULLETTE, Sandpoint, Idaho — “We always have church services in the open air at sunrise. We start at 6:30 a.m. Then we come back to church for service. He is Risen Hallelujah!” CINDY SARTAIN, Trout Creek — “Given that it’s my first week in Montana and my husband and I are caretaking The Lodge at Trout Creek, we expect to meet a lot of new people...
