Articles from the February 28, 2019 edition
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County seeks new fair manager
The resignation of the fair manager and the administrative assistant last week added another burden on the Sanders County Fair Commission, which is now down to three members – two of which are new. La...
JUST A HOAX?
AN ONLINE PETITION proposes to sell Montana to Canada for $1 trillion to eliminate the national debt. One person took the cause one step further, placing a small "For Sale" sign below the Welcome to...
County works to improve processes
Sanders County is adding efficiencies to help customers and the state. The county treasurer’s office is one of the first counties in the state to get new scanning technology for vehicle titles. County Treasurer Nichol Scribner said the scanning c...
Redneck Ball returns to Trout Creek
It is time to polish up those Billy Bob teeth, display your hillbilly best and celebrate in Trout Creek — redneck style. Trout Creek Community Improvement Association (TCCIA) is hosting the 5th annual Cabin Fever Redneck Ball on this Saturday at the...
Our Viewpoint
If you’ve watched the news recently, you’ve probably heard of the ridiculous petition circulating online that has a creative solution to the U.S. national debt. The petition at Change.org suggests the U.S. sell Montana to Canada for $1 trillion. As...
2019 Legislature Report
Just a short note to say hello from Helena. We have been meeting early and staying late to try and get bills acted on before transmittal break. All kinds of bills from wolf hunting and trapping to...
Street Smart
When did we as a nation lose our sense of humor? It seems that we hear every day that someone has been offended by words, actions or images and this information somehow makes the news. Years ago we...
Sportsmen meet in Kalispell
The sportsman’s meeting held in Kalispell, January 30, drew 400 plus attendees. We would like to thank the area sportsmen and women, the Foundation for Wildlife Management, Montana Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and M...
Remember When?
DANIEL RASOR – VETERAN PACKER Daniel M. Rasor was born Aug. 23, 1909 in Kendall, Montana (which is now a ghost town), to Martin Rasor and Adeline LaTry, a member of the Chippewa Tribe. They had 10 children of which, Daniel was the youngest. After the...
Question of the Week
TIM NELSON, Thompson Falls – “We should do it!” ZITA KENNEDY, Trout Creek – “YES! I wish they would leave Trump alone and let him do his job. They keep him running from one problem to another.” BILL BROWN, Trout Creek – “Yes I do believe it is a...
Sheriff's Log
Ambulances: Noxon, 4; T. Falls, 5; Plains, 3. Sunday, February 17 Residential burglary, T. Falls. Vehicle stuck in the snow, needs a four-wheel drive tow truck, H. Springs. Dog running at large, T. Falls. Theft from buildings by tenant, T. Creek....
Justice Court
Montana Highway Patrol Karl Chezar, 37, seatbelt violation, $20. Gordon Gardyno, 66, seatbelt violation, $20. Levi Foster, 33, stop sign violation, $85. Treves Rohrich, 46, seatbelt violation, $20. Jacob Strong, 33, operating with expired...
Plains Piranhas donate big to f ix pool
They say that a way to a man's heart is through his stomach – the Committee for Safe Swimming (CSS) hopes that the way to donations is the same route. Janice Hanson, president of the CSS, is heading a...
Quilt group reflects on 30 years
The Flat Iron Quilting Guild is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and will sponsor their traditional quilt show in April. The theme for this year's event is Reflections. The quilt show is se...
MSU Extension hosts well testing discussion
Attention Private Water Well Owners and Users! Montana State University Extension Water Quality, in cooperation with many local Extension and Health Department offices across the state, is offering a drinking water test opportunity for private well...
Dwight Ellsworth Preston
Dwight Ellsworth Preston, part of the greatest generation, passed away at his home in Polson on February 14, 2019. He was 93 and fiercely independent to the very end. He was born to Grant and Garnet... Full story
Lorraine Ione Morrison
Lorraine Ione Morrison, 97, of Thompson Falls, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, of natural causes. She was born January 12, 1922, in Jamestown, New York, to Ernest Robert Raschke and Eva May... Full story
Daniel C. Shannon
Daniel C. Shannon passed away February 19, 2019. Daniel was born in Hampstead, New Hampshire, and grew up on a farm. He joined the Navy in 1963 and served as a gunner's mate on the USS Dyess where he... Full story
Directors need actors for Paradise plays
If you like memorizing for fun, then Myra Lindborg has got something special for you. The Plains resident has 26 pages of lines of a one-act play and needs two more actors. “There’s a lot of lines, but it’ll be fun,” said Lindborg, who is directi...
Cowboy poet to entertain at Arts Council event
The Sanders County Arts Council (SCAC) is changing pace a bit with its March event for the Tapestry Performing Arts Season. On Saturday, March 9, the council will present “Bunkhouse Beans and Bacon” at the Clark Fork Valley Elks Lodge in Tho...
Election season underway in county
The Sanders County Elections Office is busy preparing for the 2019 election season. Election day for special district and school boards throughout Sanders County will be May 7, while the primary general election for municipal races is set for Sept....
FAMILY TREE
PERCHED HIGH ON a tree above the Clark Fork River, an adult and juvenile eagle rest. As spring nears and snow berms next to area roadways melt, several eagles have been seen feeding on animals near...
2019 Legislative Session
UM Legislative News Service, University of Montana School of Journalism The Montana House of Representatives last week advanced legislation that would require a two-third vote majority for the Legislature to transfer funds out the state’s fire suppre...
Lady Hawks play very hard but lose out in Western B
RONAN – The Lady Hawks played hard but, in the end lost two games and were eliminated from the Western B divisional tournament in Ronan last week. Coach Doree Thilmony and her Lady Hawks fell 65-25 t...
Blue Hawk boys finish season in Western B divisional tourney
RONAN – Nobody said that playing in the Western B divisional tournament would be easy. And it wasn't easy, at least not for the Thompson Falls Blue Hawk boys. Coach Jake Mickelson and his Hawks l...
