Articles from the November 25, 2021 edition
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Blue Hawks win state title
It was a chilly day at Previs Field last Saturday, but the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks were on fire as they dominated their way through a Montana 8-Player State Championship. Coach Jared Koskela and...
Community celebrates victory
The state championship win wasn't just a victory for the Hawks. The entire Thompson Falls community celebrated the team's win with fireworks and a parade down Main Street on Saturday. Koskela said...
Plains youth gets hunt of a lifetime
A Plains girl and her father were given the hunting opportunity of a lifetime, getting to stay at the Boone and Crockett Club's Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch near Dupuyer, Montana, and hunt for...
Commissioners choose coroner
Pat Barber of Trout Creek was appointed as the Sanders County Coroner by Commissioner Glen Magera at the courthouse on Wednesday. This is an interim position that goes until the November 2022 election...
Community helps others with Thanksgiving baskets
Every year several churches and community members work together to help ensure every family has a meal for Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving Baskets program started over 17 years ago at Thompson Falls...
Our Viewpoint
Last week there was great energy throughout the Thompson Falls community as the Blue Hawks prepared for their state championship game. Parents and students volunteered to paint windows on Main Street. Businesses decorated with banners, signs and ball...
Montana Viewpoint
Does the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse, who was accused of murdering two men and wounding another at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, broaden the way for Americans to take the law into their own...
Give thanks for wild women
I met Phoebe at a crosscut saw training with the Cabinet Ranger Forest District in Montana on my first week of work for Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. I was timid because I hadn’t used the tool before, and she helped me feel comfortable. I li...
Remember When?
6 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 24, 1916 LEDGER PLANT BURNED TO GROUND BY STRANGE FIRE EARLY MONDAY MORNING Fire Broke Out at Two o'Clock No One in Building for Twelve Hours Insurance Covers About Two-Thirds...
Question of the Week
XAVEAN KINSMAN, Trout Creek - “First you have to put it in the oven!” CAMRYN EATON, Trout Creek - “You juice the turkey, then you put it in the oven, then you take it out.” GARRETT MURRAY, Trout Creek - “You juice it, then you have to cook it, then...
Sheriff's Log
Ambulance: Heron, 3; Plains, 6; Hot Springs, 7; T. Falls, 7; Dixon, 1; Noxon, 1. Monday, November 15 Theft, Hot Springs. Theft, Plains. Harassment/privacy in communication, Plains. Road hazard/blockage, Heron. Motor vehicle crash, T. Falls. Request...
Pleas entered to charges stemming from accident
Two men involved in a single-car accident in May pleaded not guilty to numerous charges. They appeared Tuesday in 20th District Judicial Court before Judge James Manley. According to charging documents, Jesse Spegal and Joshua McKnight were in the...
Sanders County Feed opens in Thompson Falls
A new farm and feed store has opened in Thompson Falls, promising quality products and hospitality right at home. Owners Wayne and JP Ducote opened Sanders County Feed, in the former Montana Fancy...
TF plans Christmas on Main Street festivities
With the first snowflakes falling on the area, the Thompson Falls community is preparing for its annual Christmas on Main Street event. The theme for this year’s event, scheduled for December 2-4, is “Christmas is Coming.” The Thompson Falls Chamb...
Noxon students publish cookbook
The relationship between food and art has allowed the students of Noxon to explore their creative side as well as their cooking skills. Noxon's middle school art class and Intro to Art students...
Hot Springs library transitions in pandemic
The Preston Hot Springs Public Library is on the road to recovery after dealing with the damaging effects COVID-19 caused to the accessibility that public libraries offer to the community. While the...
CFVH Foundation receives donation
Blackfoot Communications presented $6,000 last week to Clark Fork Valley Hospital (CFVH) on behalf of the telecommunications company and CoBank. Tom Eggensperger, president of the Blackfoot Board of...
COLORFUL MOTION
Square dance caller Than Peake (left) combines singing with commands for members of the Montana Mavericks Square Dance Club dance recently at the Plains Paradise Senior Citizens Ce...
Frederick John Mielke Jr.
On Wednesday, November 10, 2021, Frederick John Mielke Jr., loving husband to Ann and father to Susan and John, passed away at the age of 85. Frederick, known to his friends as Bud, was born November... Full story
Judy Ann Triplett
Judy Ann Triplett, 75, passed away peacefully November 8, 2021 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Judy was born to Charlotte and Lowell Wilson in Denver, Colorado March 23, 1946. She grew up in... Full story
Patricia A. (Tuttle) Bursell
The Lord called Pat home November 17, 2021. Pat was born in Washington, D.C. to Samuel John Jr. and Lorraine Love (Ward) Tuttle July 14, 1947. After 34 years of Federal Civil Service, Pat retired December 3, 2003 as Director, Administration and... Full story
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Bowling Scores
MONDAY NITE GALS W L Nascar Freaks 31 13 Dangerous Dames 30 14 Dolls with Balls 24.5 19.5 Talk of the Town 20.5 23.5 Rock’n Bowl 19 25 Bye 7 37 Team Scr. Game: Dangerous Dames, 447; Scr. Series: Nascar Freaks, 1264; Hcp. Game: Dangerous Dames, 6...
Lions Club brings holiday spirit to Plains
The Plains Lions Club put up their Christmas decorations along Main Street a week early, not to spread holiday cheer earlier, but to make sure everything was working. After putting them up the lights...
Students get creative in the name of science
When Sir Isaac Newton formulated his law of gravity over 350 years ago after seeing an apple fall from a tree, he probably didn't envision raw eggs being tossed from a roof to validate his findings....
