Articles from the March 25, 2021 edition
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1 injured in accident west of TF
After careening into a guard rail, a Thompson Falls man was taken to the hospital Monday morning around 10 a.m. Police received several calls about a driver who was weaving around the road and headed...
ROCKING THE REX
The Rex Community Theater welcomed a packed auditorium Saturday evening as they welcomed Copper Mountain Band (CMB) of Troy. The show opened with Third Avenue, a duo of 16-year-old musicians. They...
A space for veterans
For many who travel through Sanders County, the beauty of nature and access to the outdoors is a main reason for settling in the area. At least, that is the reason that Randy and his wife Julia...
Students become toothpick engineers
Students from Trout Creek Seventh Day Adventist School gathered for the second annual toothpick bridge contest earlier this month. After the success of last year's contest, students were excited to...
Our Viewpoint
I read a book recently called "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell. He proposes that success is due to the opportunities we are given. Yes, hard work and diligence have something to do with it as well. But he provides examples of how people who are given...
Street Smart
In my last column, I discussed what I believe to be the problem with a numbers-based evaluation system for police officers in large cities calling for reforms. In my opinion, basing an officer’s perfo...
Legislative Update
This past week, HB 418 came to the floor of the House of Representatives. There was and is some confusion of what this bill could have done. On the surface it sounded like it would simply open access...
We need peace officers
I really appreciate the description of a peace officer attitude in Blaine Blackstone’s March 11 letter. We need peace officers as described. “The officer DID NOT write a large number of citations. He didn’t make a lot of arrests. Yet...the peopl...
Remember When?
4 YEARS AGO • MARCH 26, 1981 HOMESTEAD – AN OLD WORD WITH A NEW MEANING By Fay Allen Homestead. An old term that is almost forgotten, a word of another day, and yet a term that has affected many of...
Question of the Week
CHRIS RAMSTEAD, Seattle, Washington - “What I prefer is cashier. It’s a personal level, you walk through and you actually talk to the person.” DAN HOBBS, Seattle, Washington - “I prefer the self-checkout, because I used to work at a grocery store,...
Sheriff's Log
Ambulance: T. Falls, 5; Trout Creek, 3; Dixon, 1; Plains, 5; Heron, 1; Hot Springs, 1 Monday, March 15 Motor vehicle crash, Paradise. Fire, Paradise. Animal other, Trout Creek. Request for welfare check, Trout Creek. Drugs/narcotics, student...
Justice Court
Montana Highway Patrol Robert Mathers, 20, seatbelt violation, $70. Michael Henion, 51, night speeding, $20. Ronald Eaton, 49, operating without insurance, 1st offense, $285. Jeremiah Jahn, 29, speeding in restricted zone, $85. Per Storli, 52,...
FWS will pursue easements in Lost Trail Conservation Area
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has released the final environmental assessment, finding of no significant impact and land protection plan to establish a new unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System, the Lost Trail Conservation Area, in...
Why are we polarizers?
When political radicals use the buzzword “polarizing,” that means we don’t agree with what you say! When Americans who have been subject to layoffs, business closures, restrictions on freedom of assembly, free speech, Second Amendment restr...
Keep voter initiative
Dear People of Sanders County, Please be aware of HB273 introduced by Derek Skees of Kalispell. This bill seeks to eliminate public participation in siting nuclear facilities in Montana. In 1978 Montanans passed I-80 by over 60%. This initiative...
Legislators discuss gravel pit permits
A bill seeking to ease permitting requirements for gravel pits in rural areas and make it harder to call a public hearing on new facilities is drawing clear battle lines in the Montana Legislature, as property owners say it cuts them out of the...
Woods Journal
As the weather turns a corner and spring begins to bloom, the outdoorsman in all of us is beginning to hear the call into nature. This is the time that the prep work begins. I have not bought genuinely new outdoor equipment in years. In fact, the...
Betty L. Bauer-Mosher
Betty L. Bauer-Mosher passed away on February 28, 2021. Betty was a kind and loving mother, sister, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was loved for her positive views on people and life. Betty was surrounded by family as she started the next...
Daxton Thomas Mull
Melissa and Dakota Mull of Plains welcomed a son, Daxton Thomas Mull. Daxton was born March 11, 2021, at Clark Fork Valley Hospital in Plains. He measured 19.5 inches long and 6 pounds, 11 ounces....
Proposed act seeks to help save bees
Patty Sundberg remembers a time early in her 40-year career in beekeeping when a 5% annual colony loss felt like a big deal. Now, she said it’s all her company can do to hold that rate at 20% -- though, on bad years, it can swing even higher. In t...
Speller moves on to state level
Most people have either watched or participated in a spelling bee sometime in their lives, but only one Sanders County student made it into the statewide competition this year. Katie Porter is 13...
4-H competition highlights public speaking skills
Public speaking is known to be an intimidating experience for most adults - it can be even more scary for kids. Nevertheless, 26 boys and girls from the Plains 4-H club South Side Sparks braved the...
Spring brings reminder to 'Be Bear Aware'
Bears can be found throughout Montana. In recent years, grizzly bear populations have expanded and bears are sometimes found in historic ranges beyond western Montana As bears begin foraging for food, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is asking...
Hawks lift off!
When it comes to Thompson Falls weightlifting, there is only one Sarah Detlaff, the legendary Hawk lifter who graduated just last year, completing her time in the sport with two individual state...
Locals wrestle in Montana AAU
The Montana State AAU junior wrestling tournament was held in Kalispell last weekend and the Blue Hawk Wrestling Club was well represented at the Fairgrounds complex, crowning three champions and...