Articles from the July 8, 2021 edition
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HOLIDAY HAPPINESS
After a year of pandemic cancellations, Fourth of July festivities returned to Noxon. With this year's theme of "Celebrate Freedom," a full day of activities were planned including a parade, turtle...
Vendors, musicians join Ainsworth Park fun
Ainsworth Park was host to Fourth of July activities over the weekend as the Main Street Committee welcomed vendors and entertainment for the holiday. Katie Curry of Billings brought her show pony,...
Plains, Paradise celebrate
Independence Day in Plains began with a blast from the colonial past with the reading of the Declaration of Independence by three Plains residents at Fred Young Park. Shawn and Charee Fielders, along...
Fewer clients visit food bank
Community Harvest Food Bank (CHFB) continues to reach out with open arms to those in Thompson Falls and Trout Creek who are in need of a little help. While CHFB saw its way through the pandemic without hindrance to operations or food supply shortages...
Paradise School alumni gather
Paradise Elementary School was back in session for two days last weekend. Students didn't have any reading assignments and there was no homework, just visiting and reliving fond memories of...
OUR VIEWPOINT: Take advantage of a simple freedom
The Ledger is always thrilled to see the creation of Little Free Libraries like the one mentioned in our June 17 edition. Our community (and society as a whole) should also be pleased. Why so much hype about such a small thing? The need for and...
Remember When?
6 YEARS AGO • JUNE 23, 1916 RIVER RAISES FOOT A DAY – TRACKS THREATENED Floods All Over the Northwest – Highest Water Since 1894 – Freak Storm Raises Havoc With several days of extreme hot weather last week when the thermometer reached 90 degrees...
MONTANA VIEWPOINT: Renting the armed forces
Of all the troubling issues that have surfaced in the past year, the idea of private funding of government military operations is close to the top of my list. Specifically, I am talking about a...
Question of the Week: Do you think students should go to school year-round?
Mary Frasier, Tucson, Arizona - “It is best for the family and parents if it is a longer break in the summer because arranging childcare for two weeks three of four times a year is very difficult.” Eva Burch, Severance, Colorado - “I am for year-...
Sheriff's Log
Ambulance: T. Falls, 17; Plains, 12; Dixon, 3; Hot Springs, 3; Noxon, 1; Sunday, June 27 Assault, T. Falls. Animal other, Dixon. Fireworks, Plains. Sexual assault, Hot Springs. Child welfare/abuse, Noxon. Disturbance, T. Falls. Motor vehicle crash,...
Justice Court
Montana Highway Patrol Kevin Riley, 27, operating without insurance, 1st offense, $85. Vernon Borntreger, 40, seatbelt violation, $20; failure to yield, $85. Gary Bradley, 17, seatbelt violation, $20; stop sign violation, $85. Chelsea Brown, 29,...
TF man sentenced following violations
Jeffrey Ball of Thompson Falls appeared in 20th District Judicial Court on Tuesday to argue against a petition to revoke his suspended sentence due to several violations. His attorney, Kirk Krutilla, mentioned to Judge Deborah “Kim” Christopher tha...
Project ASCENT gets competitors outdoors
Local youth outdoor camp organization Project ASCENT held its annual Cornhole Festival fundraiser over the weekend. The nonprofit's event included food, drinks, merchandise, live music and a cornhole...
Rex Theater welcomes string band July 15
On their way to Under the Big Sky Festival in Whitefish, Hogslop String Band will be making a stop at the Rex Community Theater in Thompson Falls. The four-piece band comes straight out of Nashville, touring all over the country, and bringing with...
James Franklin Culligan
Thompson Falls - James Franklin Culligan of San Diego, California, and Thompson Falls, Montana, passed away peacefully on Sunday June 27, 2021, in Thompson Falls. Jim was born in Missoula, Montana,...
Brewery opens in T. Falls
After almost five years, the long awaited Limberlost Brewing Company has opened its doors. Self-proclaimed as brewing the first commercial batch of beer in Thompson Falls since prohibition, the brewer...
Department trains on new rescue crafts
The extreme hot weather draws people to the Clark Fork River to splash around in the cool water, but sometimes it's just an extra perk when having to work. It was 100 degrees last Wednesday when...
A SPECIAL GIFT
Last week Clark Fork Valley Elks Lodge 2757 donated a wheelchair to local legend Ernest "Krazy Ernie" Franke. Since 1940, Franke has been an active member of the Thompson Falls community and is well...
Stud's opens second location in T. Falls
Stud's Building and Home opened its second location in Sanders County this week. Joel and Wendy Collett said the new location in Thompson Falls was already busy as they announced the opening of the...
New barber finds Thompson Falls a good fit
Thompson Falls has a new barber. The Barber Pole has re-opened after being closed for several months. Gussie O'Connor, a long-time men's barber from Coeur d'Alene, moved to the area recently and took...
Kristy and Danice jump into first place in league
Shooting the low team net of 65, Kristy Beaty and Danice Toyias jumped into first place in the second half of season play in Women’s League golfing action at River’s Bend Thursday. Chris Gross and Kim Pardee won low team gross honors with a 98 as...
Bary and company make move in Wednesday play
You read that right, it’s Bary with one “r,” and he’s hoping to lead his Moore Oil team to the promised land of Wednesday Night Men’s League golf. Calculating out the low individual net of 30, captain Bary Moore and his Moore Oil team finished...
Easy Street Autoworks cruises in Tuesday golf
w team gross, Montana’s Best Builders the low team net and Easy Street Autoworks took the second half lead in Tuesday Night Men’s League golfing action at River’s Bend last week. Feed-N-Fuel golfers Ryan Ostwald, Mike Normandin, Kelly Kovarik and S...
Fall sports practice start August 13
Don’t look now but high school sports are already sneaking up on us. Back to almost-normal after more than a year of dealing with COVID-19 and the myriad ways it affected prep sports, the Montana High School Association has released official dates f...
View from the Sidelines
Unfortunately, my NIL is probably worth nil. This name, image and likeness (or NIL) discussion that is going on with college sports since the Supreme Court ruled in the athletes’ favor and against the NCAA last week has got me thinking: Should I t...
