Articles from the March 7, 2019 edition
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Plains man gets top state award
When Greg Dicken of the Plains Public Works Department takes his package to the post office, he nearly always gets a sour look from the postal employees, but that could be because he's mailing out...
REPEAT CHAMPION
It took Plains sixth-grade student Kailtlyn Ducept four rounds to retain her title as Sanders County Spelling Bee champion, repeating for a second year. While Ducept repeated as champion, it was a 13-...
Hazard plan up for review
Being prepared for a disaster takes a lot of planning. Sanders County is a step closer to updating its Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, which includes strategy to reduce impacts of natural and manmade hazards. County officials have been working since...
Our Viewpoint
At the Thompson Falls School Board meeting on Monday, High School Principal Rich Ferris addressed attendance, saying it’s probably the greatest concern at school. “We need to work together as a community to make sure kids are in school,” Ferri...
Montana Viewpoint
When does an Executive Order usurp the constitutional powers of Congress? Certainly when it directs distribution of funds for a purpose that has not been approved by Congress. Recently the House...
Check on your Congress members
There is a new word being thrown around that most people haven’t heard of – “infanticide.” Which is most appropriately defined as murder. If your Congress person voted for this, they don’t deserve their office. Gary Thompson, Thompson Falls...
Remember When?
1 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 13, 1919 NARROW ESCAPE Patrick Duffy who lives three miles west of Heron had the misfortune to lose his team of horses in the Clark’s Fork River last Sunday morning. He was taking them across the river on the ferry, which c...
Question of the Week
DON HOPPE, Noxon – “Someone from Chattahoochee, like an Alan Jackson song.” SANDY DAVIS, Noxon – “Nice downtown people … pretty happy people.” JUDY AUGUSTINE, Noxon – “A good, solid country boy. The kind you can rely on.” JAEDYN MURRAY, Noxon –“Som...
Justice Court
Montana Highway Patrol Christi Groneman, 34, seatbelt violation, $20; driving a motor vehicle while privilege is suspended, $210. Mark Gibson, 30, seatbelt violation, $70. Kody Martin, 25, operating without liability insurance in effect, 1st...
Sheriff's Log
Ambulances: Noxon, 2; T. Falls, 6; Plains, 5; H. Springs, 4; Dixon QRU, 1. Sunday, February 24 Disabled vehicle on Marten Creek, T. Creek. Trespassing, Plains. Criminal mischief, graffiti on a building in Plains. Shoplifting at the Symes Hotel, H....
Rednecks raise funds for TCCIA
The Lakeside Resort's convention room was full of camouflage and blacked-out teeth Saturday night as the rednecks gathered to celebrate their heritage and raise money for the Trout Creek Community...
Leigh Lake September
The September day started out early, before the sun rose, as most expeditions like this do. I laced up my boots, filled my water bottles, and headed out the door with my friend and his dog, a needed...
Audrey Nadiene (Colyer) Knapp
Audrey Nadiene (Colyer) Knapp, 78 of Plains, Montana, passed away peacefully into the loving arms of Jesus on February 21, 2019, after fighting a long battle with cancer. Audrey was fierce in her...
Boyd L. Davis, 1938-2019
CLARK FORK, IDAHO – Boyd Leonard Davis was born January 10, 1938 and passed away at his residence on February 12, 2019, following a battle with cancer with his loving wife Darlene (Deeter) by his s...
Speakers will help 'kick tobacco's butt'
Next week, students from several Sanders County schools will be spending a day dedicated to "Kicking Tobacco's Butt." Ronnie Trentham, a six-time oral, head and neck cancer survivor, will share his...
TURKEY HUDDLE
Cold temperatures have us all looking for a little warmth. Turkeys have been seen huddling to keep warm throughout the county last week. Temperatures are supposed to be consistently above freezing...
DAY OF THE DINOSAURS
Plains School was invaded by prehistoric animals Friday, but they weren't the normal dinosaurs. They had names like T-Rex Thompson, Coal Colyer and Big Red. They turned out to be school staff – C...
2019 Legislative Session
HELENA — Montana’s House of Representatives passed a controversial resolution last week that would urge the federal government to deny a bison grazing permit for a Bozeman-based conservation organization. The resolution led to a last-minute meeting o...
Plains preparing for annual festival
Two feet of snow on the ground and temperatures in the teens seems to be a good time to start planning for warm weather events. Members of the Plains Business Association gathered at Dog Hill Bistro...
If spring-time ever comes
It may not look, or feel much like spring yet, but the calendar argues otherwise and high school sports teams in Sanders County will begin practice for the softball, track and field and golf seasons next Monday, come snow or high water or both. Of...
County gridders invited to 6-Man All-Star game
The high school football careers of Tyler Carr and Tyler Knudsen of Hot Springs and Levi Brubaker of Noxon are not quite over, they have one more game to play, this time as teammates for the Blue squad in the 23rd Annual 6-Man All-Star Football Game...
View from the sidelines
The west is definitely not the best when it comes to girls Class C basketball. In the only state tournament to be played in Montana last week, the Class C girls met up at Four Seasons Arena in Great F...
