Articles from the January 10, 2019 edition
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A MILLION MILES
Pitching a no hitter in baseball is a feat, but driving a big rig more than 1.7 million miles without an accident is epic. And that's what Larry Spiekermeier of Plains did during his career with White...
TF residents divided over sewer project
Monday evening more than 80 residents of Thompson Falls joined the city board in an informational meeting about the proposed first two phases of the city's wastewater system improvement project....
School expresses f inancial concern to county leaders
Less than a week into her newly combined position of Sanders County Clerk and Recorder, Superintendent of Schools and Treasurer, Nichol Scribner attended the Thompson Falls School Board meeting on Monday to address issues with school financial...
Prevention key as flu season nears
“It is all around us,” Sanders County Health Director Karen Morey said referencing the influenza virus. Sanders County has only had one confirmed case of Influenza A this season, and so far, seems to be unaffected by the virus even though adj...
Our Viewpoint
"Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the things you can think up if you only try." If only Dr. Seuss were a member of Congress. We are in the third week of a government shutdown, with threats that it could go on even longer....
Don't let judgments hold you back
In late December I watched a CBS interview with, and performance by, a young singer named Ashley McBride, who is good enough to be recently mentioned in Grammy terms. One of her songs repeated the refrain “not bad for a girl going nowhere,” and in...
Montana Viewpoint
“We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal….” My very being swells with pride when I read those words by Jefferson in our Declaration of Independence, and I think that...
Remember When?
5 YEARS AGO • JANUARY 9, 1969 REGULAR TRAIN STOPS SET FOR FALLS, NOXON Noxon and Thompson Falls again are regular stops for the Main streeter passenger trains operated by the Northern Pacific Railway Co., Louis W. Menk, president, advised the T...
Question of the Week?
TOM KEITH, Noxon – “I don’t think the wall will help keep the illegals out. They will just tunnel under it. I don’t think this shutting down the government will solve the problem either.” BOBBIE JO SPAHN, Noxon – “I think everybody should get ou...
Sheriff's Log
Ambulances: Noxon, 4; T. Falls, 4; Plains, 3; H. Springs, 8. Sunday, December 30 Individual will not vacate a T. Creek business. Vehicle slide-off at Faro Lane and Big Beaver Cr., T. Falls. Multiple reports of phone and internet outage. Vehicle in...
Justice Court
Montana Highway Patrol Jacob Gullett, 21, operating without liability insurance, $85; night speeding, $70. Treydon Brouillette, 17, seatbelt violation, $20. Vineet Pande, 21, basic rule, reasonable and prudent, $85. Mike McLeod, 42, basic rule,...
Elected officials work for voters
Editor, When did the voters in Thompson Falls request this sewer? Who or what agency is manipulating or dictating to our elected local city government? In my mind local elected officials do bidding of constituents who elected them, not the bidding...
William C. Curry
William C. Curry was born on October 6, 1946, in Kirkland, Washington, "to be close to his parents." That's how he would tongue-in-cheek phrase it. He grew up on a 20-acre farm north of Redmond.... Full story
Betty King
Betty King, 86, passed away January 3, 2019 at her home in Noxon surrounded by her close family. She was born on January 12, 1932 in Thompson Falls at Mabel McKee's Hospital to Russell Carner and Mari... Full story
Day spa opens in Thompson Falls
A passion for helping people led Thompson Falls resident Morgan Leaf to open Essential Wellness Day Spa. Leaf has been a licensed massage therapist since 2007. "I love it, I love helping people," she...
Plains dinosaur gets a name
Dave and JoAnne Colyer have a name for their new service station mascot – Claire – named in honor of their Sinclair Gas Station in Plains. Scott Dicken of Plains was one of 75 people to enter the nam...
Extension offers classes
MSU Extension in Sanders County is picking up its Lunch and Learn brown bag series this month. All classes are free and held at the state office building just east of Thompson Falls. Classes are noon to 1 p.m. on Fridays. Jeanette Allday with MSU...
Hawks scrap past Lions in OT
Now you see it. Now you don't. Now you see it again... After dominating most of the way, the Thompson Falls Blue Hawk boys played peekaboo with the lead at the end before finally coming back to see...
Lady Hawks fall to Loyola, Eureka
The pressure got to the Lady Hawks last week; dealing with that kind of pressure has now become Job No. 1 for coach Doree Thilmony and her young squad. Thompson Falls fell to two pressure-defense...
Defensive Savage Heat defeat Noxon Red Devils
HOT SPRINGS - Cameron Barber has been harping on defense with his team ever since he took over as the coach of the Hot Springs boys at the start of the season. And that attention to defensive detail...
Off to the races
by John Hamilton After a slow start, the Hot Springs Savage Heat girls are now off to the races for the remainder of the 2019 portion of their hoop schedule. Seeming to be in need of a jump start to...
Lady Red Devils live and learn
Basketball is difficult enough without putting undue pressure on yourselves. The nervous Noxon Lady Red Devils lost a pair of District 14C conference games last week, falling 27-25 to the Savage Heat...
Horsemen fight for right to win
Sometimes you have to fight for the right to win. Coach Tyrell Allen’s Plains Horsemen fought past District 14C foes St. Regis and Hot Springs last week, topping the Tigers 57-49 in St. Regis Thursday and defeating Hot Springs 58-47 in Plains Friday....
Lady Hawk JV drop 2
The Thompson Falls Lady Hawk JV played twice last week, falling 51-21 to Loyola in Missoula Thursday and losing 63-33 to Eureka in Thompson Falls Saturday. Danni VanHuss scored seven points and speared eight rebounds against Loyola, Elli Pardee...
Thilmony wrestles down Cut Bank title, three other Hawks place in Hi-Line tourney
Trae triumphant! Again. Thompson Falls freshman Trae Thilmony won the individual title at 113 pounds to lead the Hawks at the Cut Bank Invitational last weekend. The 27-team tournament began Friday and ran through Saturday. The Blue Hawks finished a...
