Articles from the August 8, 2019 edition
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HUCKLEBERRY MILESTONE
Forty years is quite a milestone for any event or relationship. Especially when it's an event that brings thousands of people to a small Northwest Montana town. And even more so when it is run...
City well fixed, water restrictions lifted
UPDATE: Mayor Jerry Lacy notified The Ledger today that the pump has been fixed and residents and businesses can resume normal water usage. The city had asked residents to cut back on usage while the pump was being fixed. The City of Thompson Falls...
Crews battle new wildfires
Local fire control organizations are winning the war with wildfires – for now at least. Several new fires were discovered and dealt with in Sanders County last week. The lastest was discovered Tuesday in the Mandy Gulch area about 25 miles up T...
Two injured in plane crash
Two Trout Creek men were injured when the small airplane they were flying in crashed into trees along Blue Slide Road. "Things didn't turn out like we planned. We were extremely lucky," said Jim...
EDITORIAL: Kindness Matters
We saw a bumper sticker this week that says "Wag More, Bark Less." It sparked a memory from the VHS tapes you would get at the video rental store that were marked with the word "Be Kind. Rewind." Two message, same idea of kindness. In the span of...
Letter to the Editor: Could we learn to compromise?
Editor, I saw a wonderful movie the other night called The Best of Enemies. The setting is Durham, North Carolina and the year is 1971. When events transpire that make it imperative to integrate the schools, community tensions rise as the two sides...
Amazon goes on welfare
When a large company decides to expand or move its headquarters it takes many factors into consideration; the labor market, transportation, the “amenities,” which means that there are things that mak...
Remember When?
4 YEARS AGO • AUGUST 9, 1979 TIMES HAVE CHANGED FOR FLOY JOHNSTON By Lorraine Dufresne Eighty-three years ago, August 21, Floy and Flauddie, twin girls, were born to D.V. Herriott. Today Floy H...
Question of the Week
MINDY PACKER, Thompson Falls –“I love huckleberries, especially in pancakes and smoothies.” CHARLIE LICO, Tennessee – “Love them in pancakes. I like all the people in the community and all the handmade stuff in the booths at the festival....
Sheriff's Log
Ambulances: Noxon, 1; T. Falls, 4; Plains, 4; H. Springs, 6. Sunday, July 28 Disturbance, Hwy. 200, Noxon. Burglary of storage units, H. Sprins. Motor vehicle crash, River Rd. W., Plains. Livestock on Hwy. 200, Dixon. Motorist assist, Thompson...
Justice Court
Montana Highway Patrol John Barr, 50, day speeding, $20. Petrina Lohman, 49, seatbelt violation, $20; operating without liability insurance in effect, 1st offense, $85. Robert Berg, 55, seatbelt violation, $20. Pamela Brooks, 59, operating without li...
Plains discusses sewer rate increase
The Plains Town Council held their monthly meeting Monday, discussing proposed increases of the sewer rates. The council discussed how to approach an increase that would be most appropriate for all residents affected. The discussion included whether...
Community keeps T.Falls beautiful
The Thompson Falls Beautification Committee honored three properties with a Thumbs Up Award for keeping Thompson Falls looking beautiful last week. Each year the awards are given out to a residence,...
FWP can replace faded licenses
Hunters and anglers with licenses that are displaying faded text making them difficult to read can have those licenses replaced at no cost at their regional Fish, Wildlife & Parks office. Another option is to go to fwp.mt.gov, login to MyFWP and...
Benson named KNF supervisor
The Kootenai National Forest has announced a new Forest Supervisor who is a native of Plains. Chad Benson will assume duties of overseeing operations on the Kootenai, which includes the Cabinet Ranger District in Sanders County. For a brief period,...
Engagement: Watts-Keller
Jasmine Watts and Seth Keller announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage. Jasmine is the daughter of Jim and Julie Watts of Plains and the late TJ Morkert of Lonepine. Seth is the son of Kim...
Pigging out gets fun in pie eating contest
Huckleberries will take a back seat to other fruits on Saturday evening at the Huckleberry Festival in Trout Creek. The pie eating contest commences at 7:30 p.m. at the main stage, and organizer Sarah Dramstad is hoping for an even bigger turnout...
Cool treats, jams at local group's annual fundraiser
"They work tirelessly, they investigate and figure out what is the best interest for the child," said Sanders County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) founder Polly Cavill. She was referencing...
A decade of blues
Just because blues music originated in the south doesn't mean northerners don't know how to jam. This last weekend Noxon provided grounds for the tenth Big Sky Blues Festival held at Pilgrim Park...
Items galore in Huckleberry auction
Once again, the Huckleberry Festival Auction will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 11, on the stage in the Trout Creek Park. Bidder registration and viewing of items will begin at 5 p.m. Kevin Hill of Kevin Hill Auction Service is again donatin...
Next stop is State for Plains Piranhas
Next stop: State. The Plains Piranha swim team competed at a qualifying meet recently and several local swimmers earned berths at the upcoming State meet with their efforts. With their efforts, Hallie Corbin, Ireland Corbin, Alexis Helterline, Caleb...
First Security in first in Wednesday league
First Security Bank is now in first place. First Security golfers Dan Whittenburg, Michael Scharfe, Bill Nolen and Ben Mummert joined forces to shoot the low team gross of 174, allowing their team to leap-frog Whitefish Credit Union and move into...
Hill players witness Wally's World show
For one day at least, River’s Bend became part of Wally’s World. Wally Gibe enjoyed a banner day at the Bend, shooting the low gross and capturing four flags otherwise in leading the Over the Hill golfing gang through yet another round of fri...
Kier leads Big Sky Pantry to Tuesday's low gross
Led by Dan Kier’s low individual gross round of 41, Big Sky Pantry golfers (also including Howard Morkert, Bill Nolen and Gary Denio) shot the low team gross of 180 in Tuesday Night Men’s League action at River’s Bend last week. Feed-N-Fuel duffe...
