Articles from the September 2, 2021 edition
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Governor talks fire, mandates in TF
In the middle of his 56-county tour, Gov. Greg Gianforte made a stop in Thompson Falls last week to discuss forest management. Included in that conversation was Sheriff Tom Rummel, County...
Plains dedicates new building
Plains School officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony to dedicate its new multi-use facility Thursday afternoon. "The building was based on the needs versus the wants of the district," Plains School...
Family Dollar to open Sept. 2
The new Family and Dollar Tree combination store is opening in Thompson Falls this week. Family Dollar, located at 2410 Main St. East in Thompson Falls, will open Thursday, September 2. Construction on the 11,710-square-foot building began earlier...
Documentary details Miss Montana restoration
What seemed impossible to a group of volunteers became possible, and a new film is telling the grassroots story of how it happened. "Return to the Big Skies – The Story Miss Montana to Normandy" is a...
Our Viewpoint
If you need something uplifting and inspiring, read my story on the front page about the documentary premiering about Miss Montana. If you need to be even more inspired, watch the film or read Bryan Douglass's book. I've seen it and I've read it,...
Medical resources stretched thin
Dear Sanders County Citizens, We are currently experiencing a resurgence of COVID-19 infections. Over the last few weeks, we have cared for an increased number of patients who are very ill with COVID-19. Many are younger and previously healthy. It...
Help keep schools open
I am writing this letter in support of our local schools: the administration, the school boards, the teachers and other staff, and the students. Groups of people across the U.S. are opposing any type of mask mandate proposed by schools and supported...
Montana Viewpoint
KEEPING IT TOGETHER If Americans really want something to worry about, let’s worry about keeping our country together. A politically divided nation is easy prey to its enemies and a weak partner to its allies. Many of us think we know what path t...
Remember When?
2 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 23, 1911 A PLEA FOR THE FAIR The first Sanders County Fair will open at Plains on October 5 and will continue for three days. It is the desire of the management to interest every citizen of the county in making the fair a...
Question of the Week
Donna Farrington, Thompson Falls - “I think winter begins on Halloween, because it always snows on Halloween and that’s when hunting season starts. summer starts to end a little bit before that, about the end of September.” Frances Lane, Thomp...
Justice Court
Motor Carrier Services Brandon Stedman, 34, seatbelt violation, $60. Montana Highway Patrol Leon Robbins, 43, driving while privilege revoked or suspended, 1st offense, $285; seatbelt violation, $20. Jerren Borgmann, 16, seatbelt violation, $20...
Sheriff's Log
Ambulance: T. Falls, 12; Hot Springs, 3; Trout Creek, 4; Heron, 1; Plains, 2. Monday, August 23 Coroner called, Plains. Drugs/narcotics, T. Falls. Property damage/criminal mischief, T. Falls. General animal call or complaint, Trout Creek....
Jerry Flodin
Jerry Flodin, a Sanders County resident until he was 21, died of COVID on August 19 in a hospital near his home in Fairbanks, Alaska. Jerry and his twin, Larry, were born in Everett, Washington July 1...
Harley Leroy Huntley
Harley Leroy Huntley passed away August 23, 2021, of natural causes at Cherry Hill Assisted Living. Harley was born July 10, 1937, and called Thompson Falls his home for the rest of his life. He...
Protect individual freedoms and liberty
In 1996, when my brother passed away due to a work-related accident, I met a wonderful friend of his, Charles. Charles was in the late stages of AIDS; his ravaged body was skeletal and his face was marked with multiple open wounds. Almost certainly,...
Paradise Center adds display on wheels
One Sanders County organization has discovered an ingenious way to put old worn out bicycles to good use. They might have flat tires, broken chains, missing seats, bent frames, and are peppered with...
Shakespeare returns to county
After last year's cancellation due to COVID-19, Montana Shakespeare in the Park (MSIP) returned for its 2021 season. This year's summer productions were, "A Midsummer's Night Dream" shown at Trout Cre...
Upgrades continue at T. Falls airport
Upgrades to the Thompson Falls Airport are progressing. In 2020, the airport received $733,276 in federal grant funding for improvements including upgrades to the runway lighting. "The 2020 grant was...
New Cats on the block
PLAINS – Mountain Cats, Bobcats, whatever you want to call them, they can still play some pretty good 8-Man football. The newly rechristened Superior Bobcats, who broke away from a cooperative with Al...
CHUCKY'S BACK!
Maybe Chucky, that scary, ugly, movie star doll who keeps coming back to life and creating all kinds of mayhem on the silver screen, should be the team mascot for the Thompson Falls Blue Hawk football squad. After all, the Hawks have been a...
SOME THINGS OLD AND SOME THINGS NEW
Starting the season with some things old, and some things new, the latest Thompson Falls Blue Hawk volleyball team again looks like a legitimate contender for Western B honors and quite possibly...
County netters jump in to play
With the preseason tournaments out of the way, the volleyball action gets real this week in western Montana. Fresh off playing in the Mission Tournament Saturday, coach Jesse Butcher and her Trotters will again compete in District 7B this season,...
Quik Stop hanging on
Feed-N-Fuel shot the low team gross, Bear Muscle the low team net and Noxon Quik Stop took over the league lead in Tuesday Night Men’s golf action at River’s Bend last week. Ryan Ostwald led Feed-N-Fuel around the Bend with the low individual gross o...
Wild Coyote takes lead
Wild Coyote slipped back into the league lead as Highlead shot the low team gross and Moore Oil the low team net in Wednesday Night Men’s league play at River’s Bend last week. As is his golfing wont lately, Ryan Ostwald shot the low individual gro...
Jeanne, Tina stay hot
It was the Jeanne and Tina show at River’s Bend Thursday as Jeanne Holleran and Tina Wheeler shot the low team gross and posted the low individual gross and net rounds in Women’s League action. Wheeler led all the ladies of the Bend with the low gro...
