Articles from the August 27, 2020 edition
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Local non-profit purchases The Rex
It is often said, with a small town, comes a valued sense of community. A place where neighbors come together and support one another, all working towards the common good. Such words run true for our...
County opts for election by mail
Commissioners on Tuesday voted to conduct the November general election by mail in Sanders County. However, that doesn’t mean that voters won’t have an opportunity to cast a ballot in person. Sanders County Election Administrator Nichol Scribner tol...
DUSK TO DAWN
Smoke from wildfires in California, Idaho and Oregon made its way to Sanders County this week, painting the sky on the west end of the county with shades of orange at sunset and making for smoky...
Park board designates tobacco-free zones
Sanders County high school students “vape” even more than Montana teens on the average. Forty-three percent of Sanders County high school students reported using electronic vapor products in the 30 days before the January 2019 Youth Risk Beh...
Our Viewpoint
This has been quite a year. We are living through a pandemic that very few alive today have ever seen. Chances are, we probably won't see anything like this again in our lives. As our kids go back to school, there is so much of the unknown. They are...
Outsiders have stepped up
Editor: While many long-time residents of this area are concerned about the constant influx of “outsiders” moving here, I’d like to put in a good word for some of those newcomers. My husband and I were newcomers 13 years ago. When we moved here,...
Organization works hard for kids
I’d like to extend a very heartfelt “Thank You” to the Thompson Falls community, the surrounding towns, many non-profits, and especially the youth who attended the Project ASCENT (PA) camps while I served as Chairman of the Board. I am stepp...
Street Smart
When I first started writing this opinion column, I thought it would be fun and challenging. I was right about the challenging part but wrong about the fun! I had something completely different in...
Remember When?
8 YEARS AGO EXCERPTS FROM THE 1940 SANDERS COUNTY INDEPENDENT LEDGER KNICKERBOCKER THINKS U.S. SHOULD ENTER WAR The United States could probably shorten the present European war “by three to four years” if it entered the conflict now, in the opi...
Question of the Week
BEBE TOWNEND KENNEDY, Thompson Falls - “I would tell the kids their just going to have to try really hard, its not going to be easy on the parents either, but were just going to have to try and put forth their best effort. JAMES HALES, Helena - ...
Justice Court
Montana Highway Patrol Kayla Woodruff, 21, driving without a license, $235. Tiffeny Hartick, 38, operating with expired registration, $85. Cody Stinger, 27, seatbelt violation, $20. Matthew Foley, 26, operating without insurance, 2nd offense, $85....
Sheriff's Log
Ambulance Calls Plains 3, T. Falls 3, Dixon 1, Hot Springs 1. Sunday, August 16 Business contact, T. Falls. Assist miscellaneous, Plains. Threats, civil case, Hot Springs. Animal abuse, neighbor issues involving dog, T. Falls. Body found/coroner....
ON THE SCENE
Emergency personnel respond to an accident along Highway 200 west of Thompson Falls on Monday. According to witnesses, a blue sedan left the roadway, rolled and struck a tree in a driveway off the...
Falls couple takes over liquor store
Montana State Liquor Store 7 moseyed further down the alphabet when D&D Liquor became M&M Liquor earlier this summer. Former store owners Dave and Deb Oliver are no strangers to the Thompson Falls...
Hot Springs ready to welcome back staff, students
Hot Springs Public School Superintendent, Gerald Chouinard, has officially implemented a plan to re-open that was approved by the board last Thursday night. Chouinard says the committee task force began meeting in the middle of July, to go over CDC...
Back-to-school tips for families during COVID-19
Families in Sanders County were faced with a tough decision this week - whether to send their children back to school in person or keep them home. No doubt, what is good for one family may not be for another, which makes the decision even more...
Maria 'Jake' Legault
Maria “Jake” Legault, 76 of Thompson Falls, passed away Monday, August 24, 2020, at her home in Thompson Falls surrounded by her family.... Full story
Bobby Dean Sellmer
Bobby Dean Sellmer, 67, passed away near Heron, Montana, on Sunday, August 23, 2020. A complete obituary will be published later in The Sanders County Ledger. He saw active duty with the U.S. Air Force and also served with the National Guard. Family... Full story
County fortunate to have detailed election staff
Yesterday I had another opportunity to be trained as a Election Judge for Sanders County. It is unimaginable the complexity and detail behind the scenes that make your right to vote happen as flawless as it may seem. We are so fortunate to have...
Veterans float the Clark Fork
The United States of Hope teamed up with Joint Operation Mariposa and VFW Post 3596 for the first Veterans & Family Freedom Float on the Clark Fork River from Paradise to Plains. Thirty-eight men,...
Paradise sewer debate continues
There's now a slight light at the end of the tunnel for those in opposition to the proposed sewer system in Paradise after Commissioner Carol Brooker said she wanted to meet with each resident to...
Bison range open to visitors again
The National Bison Range (NBR) closed access at the start of the summer due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, to the discord of the public. However, the NBR reopened its doors on Monday, August 10 to visitors under some COVID-19 protective guidelin...
COVID-19 or not, prep sport seasons begin
On your marks, get set, go… Ready, set, hut… Bump, serve, hit. The rules of the games have not changed, but the rules of life have now been altered, perhaps forever. Even if sports do end up having long successful seasons this fall, these races, game...
Horsemen to test Titans Friday
Plains Horsemen football coach Eddie Fultz is trying to stay in the here and now. In this peculiar year of history named 2020, staying optimistic in the present is proving to be a challenge. “I’m urging our kids to stay in the moment,” Fultz told...
Sparks shoots low, Double H holds on
Kevin Sparks lit up River’s Bend last week, shooting down a straight-up 38 to lead the Tuesday night men around the Bend in weekly league action. John Mosher factored in his meager handicap to arrive at the low net of 32. In team play, the d...
