Articles from the September 3, 2020 edition
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4-H horse show highlights skills
The fair was canceled, but 4-H was able to put on their annual competition for its members, starting with the horse show last Saturday. Ten 4-H'ers - half of last year's numbers - from three clubs...
FIRE ACTIVITY SOARS
A heavy helicopter loosens its load of water on the Shorty fire last Friday. Believed to be a lightning-holdover fire, the Shorty fire was limited to eight acres as approximately 50 firefighters...
FISH EYE VIEW
For 10 years, the fish ladder attached to the Thompson Falls dam has been providing a reliable flow of information to researchers on the patterns of fish-travel around and through the dam. Connected...
Fire leads to arson charge
A Hot Springs man was arrested last week on charges of arson after a large fire at Wild Horse Hot Springs. Dennis D. Larson, 63, was booked at the Lake County Jail on a charge of felony negligent arson on August 26. Lake County Sheriff Don Bell said...
Our Viewpoint
We're going to miss the cheesy curly fries, the fair burgers, the demo derby, the rodeo and the kids crashing in the car on the way home from the sugar rush they get at the fair. Yes, this Labor Day weekend looks a bit different in Sanders County as...
Montana Viewpoint
It was a stirring sight to see the beautifully illuminated White House from the South Lawn, all awash with American flags and the President of the United States standing before it at the podium. If...
Hinds is caring, competent
To Your Readers: Colleen Hinds, running to represent your district in the state legislature, became my friend in Sunday School at our small farm community church west of Minneapolis. Over the decades we’ve kept friendship alive on bare bones of o...
KFSC makes forest work for all
For more than 14 years, the Kootenai Forest Stakeholders Coalition (KFSC) has brought together individuals, businesses and organizations that take an interest in the management of our public lands. In particular, we’ve been focused on how we can m...
Remember When
3 YEARS AGO • SEPTEMBER 6, 1990 T.F. CIVIC LEADER LOVHAUG DIES Thompson Falls lost a community leader last week when an unexpected heart attack claimed longtime resident Leonard Lovhaug. Lovhaug was pronounced dead at Clark Fork Valley Hospital i...
Question of the Week
Bonnie Nicol, Thompson Falls - “The food.” Nichole Glase, Plains - “I’m going to miss the demo derby the most.” Deanna Roseberry, Plains - “The Food!” Shannan Roseberry, Plains - “I really miss the rides, and the food.” Marilyn Saunders, Trout C...
Sheriff's Log
Ambulance T. Falls 12, Plains 13, Noxon 3, Heron 2, Paradise 2, Hot Springs 4, Trout Creek 1, Dixon 1. Saturday, August 22 Welfare check, Paradise. Disturbance, assisted with initial call for assault, Hot Springs. Theft, Plains. Property...
Justice Court
Montana Highway Patrol Patrick Murray, 40, driving while privilege is revoked, $285. Joseph Gies, 44, seatbelt violation, $20; Failure to carry proof of insurance, 1st offense, $85. Tyler Huetter, 28, exceeding special zone speed limit, $95....
Exhibit brings back memories
I’d like to thank the Sanders County Historical Society (Old Jail Museum) for creating a wonderful military exhibit for 2020, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. The exhibit, which covered other times than WWII, was well p...
The Painful Three NRs
by Nils Rosdahl My first summer out of high school (age 18) I worked for the Forest Service in Noxon. The job for our team was to work on building a trail over a mountain ridge into the wilderness...
Maria 'Jake' Legault
Maria Elena "Jake" Jacobson Legault, 76, of Thompson Falls, passed away August 24, 2020, at her home after a brief battle with brain cancer. Jake was born in Kellogg, Idaho, September 30, 1943, to... Full story
T. Falls bowlers elect new officers
The Thompson Falls Bowling Association has elected several new officers and directors this season. The association has 34 members. The local association re-elected Ricky Hagedorn president, with Ron Beaty as vice president. Ron Hawkinson was elected...
Local artisan market opens in Noxon
A new handmade shop has opened just outside of Noxon at the Bull River junction on Highway 200. The Local Artisan Market opened on August 1, and features quality handmade items from residents around...
Series aims to help rural communities
Rural communities across Montana are grappling with ideas and solutions for keeping their local communities’ great places to live, work and raise a family. Sanders County Community Development Corporation (SCCDC) along with MSU Sanders County E...
QUICK DRINK
A pronghorn antelope doe stops to let her calf nurse at the National Bison Range which recently opened to visitors this year. According to Bison Range officials, there are about three dozen...
Group seeks to manage outdoor area
Project ASCENT met with the Sanders County Board of Commissioners last week to present their plans to lease part of the mule pasture north of Thompson Falls as part of their base of operations for...
TF Harriers run own race
Denied one race, the Thompson Falls cross country team created their own; and then went out and ran like the wind. Thompson Falls coach Sarah Naegeli and some of her running cohorts quickly set up a...
Hawks hold off Bulldogs 38-32
When we get to the end of this season and look back, this football game in Mission Friday with the hometown Bulldogs that Thompson Falls just won 38-32, could loom very large indeed. With the Western 8-Man division looking fairly wide-open this...
Easy Street Autoworks claims Tueday title
When the going got tough, the Easy Street boys got going, and ended up toughing it out. Capping the Tuesday Night Men’s League title with a one-round playoff win over the doubly good Double H Dirt Works team, Dave Garr, Ron Beaty, Jens Jantzen and R...
Whitefish CU wears Wednesday crown
As the sun waned in the western sky quickly dropping toward Flat Iron Ridge, this was the last men’s league golf war that would be waged on Wednesday night at our own natural treasure at River’s Bend, this historic, socially distant year of 202...
Ostwald and Nolen are Bend champs
Long live the new king and queen! At least until the summer of 2021. Ryan Ostwald and Lana Nolen were crowned royalty Saturday after the 2020 River’s Bend Club Championships were played. Ostwald fended off a strong challenge from Dan Kier, with O...
