Articles from the June 17, 2021 edition
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Filing deadline nears for city candidates
Local candidates have less than one week to file for municipal openings within Sanders County. Voters in Hot Springs, Plains and Thompson Falls will select candidates in the September 14 primary to move on to the November 19 general election this yea...
BUILDING MOUNTAINS
A group of people in Paradise were busy making mountains last weekend, and even though they worked on them for almost a half a day, they won't be any taller than about 28 inches. Three men and two...
Hot Springs visitors return for celebration
The streets of Hot Springs were lined with visitors last weekend as people from all over Northwest Montana came to celebrate the 71st Annual Homesteader Days. The general consensus among business...
Sellers, buyers gear up for county-wide sales
Sanders County is preparing for the annual county-wide yard sale, happening the last weekend of the month. On June 25 and 26, residents from Heron to Dixon and from Plains to Hot Springs will set up shop. According to Robin Hagedorn, who helps with...
IN SEASON
Jonathan Toyias jumps into the pool Monday in Thompson Falls, the first day the pool was open for the summer season. The city pool is open Monday through Saturday....
Our Viewpoint
That old saying "turn that frown upside down" has been on my mind a lot lately. There are many ways to say it, including seeing the glass half full or half empty. We make hundreds of choices. We choose to get up every day. We choose to go to work or...
Street Smart
When I sat down tonight in front of the keyboard, I had no idea what I was going to write about. I’m sick of politics. Biden and Harris are screwing things up at such a record pace, that it’s har...
Be descriptive, not prescriptive
Some time ago I threw in my two-cents’ worth on the controversial topic of “critical race theory.” Since then, across the U.S., more states and local school boards have jumped in with efforts to forbid the topic in school curricula. As I said previ...
Remember When
7 YEARS AGO • JUNE 27, 1951 OLD-TIMERS FETED ON FATHER’S DAY Father’s Day was celebrated in Thompson Falls with a potluck dinner honoring all of those who had passed their 75th birthday. Eleven men and two ladies were the guests of honor of a large...
Question of the Week
CORY WHITE, Sedona, Arizona - “My proudest and fondest memory of my father is traveling with him! He took me everywhere.” KATHY IKOLA, Trout Creek - “When I was in high school, at the dance, he came up and asked me to dance. He was just so proud...
Sheriff's Log
Ambulance: Plains, 7; Paradise, 1; T. Falls, 6; Hot Springs, 5; Dixon, 1; Lonepine, 1. Sunday, June 6 Suspicious activity, T. Falls. Warrant service, T. Falls. Civil attempts, T. Falls. Theft, Plains. Threats, Plains. Coroner called, Hot Springs. Mon...
Justice Court
Motor Carrier Services Lee Meyers, 71, log not current, $135. Patrick Kiefel, 53, failure to register oversized motor vehicle, $85. Brenna Navarro, 37, expired registration, $85. Montana Highway Patrol Carl Keller, 85, violation in a construction...
Volunteers add free library at Bull River
A new Little Free Library has joined a growing number of Little Free Libraries across the county. Volunteers placed the library at Big Sky Pantry near the Bull River Junction west of Noxon. The...
Rental business offers a variety of equipment
A new heavy equipment rental outlet is open east of Thompson Falls on Highway 200. XR Rentals provides equipment for any number of jobs. "We match people up with the equipment they need for their...
Screenwriter chooses county locations for upcoming film
Screenwriter Craig MacLachlan has completed the final draft of his film, “Sunshine Girl,” a project based on the real-life story of his late wife, Tina. The film tells Tina’s life journey as she navigates a stage 4 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma diagnosis at the...
Ainsworth Park grand opening set for June 21
Final plans are being made for the grand opening ceremony at Ainsworth Park, organized by Thompson Falls Mainstreet, Inc. in conjunction with the city of Thompson Falls. The nonprofit helped raise funds for several key parts of the park, including...
Gwendolyn Luree' (Cline) Esler
Gwendolyn Luree' (Cline) Esler was born New Year's Day, 1937, to Roy and Ann Lane in Gurley, Nebraska. She passed away at her home, June 4, 2021, after a short illness, surrounded by love. Gwen grew... Full story
Veronica Lynette Wade
James Wade and Jessica Cardenas of Paradise welcomed a daughter, Veronica Lynette Wade, on June 6, 2021, at Clark Fork Valley Hospital. Veronica measured 19 inches long and weighed 7 pounds, 11.5 ounces. She joins a sister, Trinity. Maternal...
Crossword Solution
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Grants aid Paradise Center improvements
by Ed Moreth The Paradise Center - formerly the Paradise Elementary School - will be receiving $185,720 in grants for two large projects they hope to get completed over the next nine months for...
Lady Griz mentor Plains soccer kids
Youth soccer players of Plains and Thompson Falls received some special instruction last week, getting guidance from some of the best soccer players in the state. A University of Montana Lady Griz...
New clinic to open in Plains
A new medical facility will be opening in Plains with a staff of 38 combined medical years experience. Costner Care Family Clinic located along Railroad Street a block from Clark Fork Valley Hospital on the east side of Plains is scheduled to open...
Big Eddy's adds tacos, tequila
Mark and Katrina Campbell, owners of Big Eddy's in Thompson Falls, have taken on a new venture by opening a taco trailer and tequila bar in the yard behind the bar and grill. "We were always planning...
2021 Hawk softball season one to build on
Batting the ball around, scoring lots of runs and having tons of softball fun; that was what the Thompson Falls-Noxon Blue Hawks were all about this past spring. With the numbers to back him up, Hawk coach Jared Koskela says his girls had an...
Western B-C softball names All-Con team
Thompson Falls' Riley Wilson and Noxon's Dylan Vigil of the Thompson Falls-Noxon Blue Hawks and Plains' Skylar Bergstrom of the Plains-Hot Springs Trotters, all seniors, have earned spots on the 2021...
