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BUSY BEE
A bumble bee clings to the vibrant petals of a daffodil. Spring rains are predicted for Sanders County this weekend. See the full weekend forecast on page 14. Photo by Linda Elliot...
Remember When?
7 YEARS AGO • APRIL 29, 1954 FEASIBILITY OF NOXON RAPIDS DAM TO BE DETERMINED THIS SUMMER The Washington Water Power Co. expects to determine feasibility of the proposed Noxon Rapids dam sometime this summer according to a spokesman for the u...
Question of the week
DEKLYN MEYERS, Thompson Falls - “I like swimming in the pool.” KIM MILNOR, Plains - I enjoy playing in the sprinkler with my dogs.” DANNI VANHUSS, Thompson Falls - “I like to take my dogs for a walk on Thompson Falls island.” BEBE TOWNSEND,...
Farm offers unique goat milk products
A journey toward self-sufficiency has turned into a business for a Sanders County duo. Rogue Hen Camp Farms, located on Blue Slide Road in Thompson Falls, has a herd of goats, chickens, turkeys, and...
Wolf management group plans banquet
A local organization has a special auction item for their upcoming banquet. NFL hall of famer Jerry Kramer autographed a Green Bay Packers helmet for the Foundation for Wildlife Management’s local banquet. Jerry Kramer was born in Jordan in 1936 a...
'Dunk master' uses skills to share inspirational message
The Plains schools were treated to a special assembly series hosted by the PTA on Monday. Arlee native Isaac Fisher, named Dunk Master and Dunk King, joined by his brother Silas Dayrider and his...
Birth: Francesca Rose Kim
James Kim and Andrea Lowell of Thompson Falls announce the birth of their daughter, Francesca Rose Kim. Francesca was born at home on February 21, 2024, weighing 7 pounds, 9 ounces. This is the first...
Spotlight on the Arts
Serenity Barrus – Thompson Falls High School by Karen Thorson Students involved in music have many avenues to achieve their goals. "A road less traveled," but taken by some students, is the pursuit o...
CROSSWORD SOLUTION
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. HAMS 5. SHOES 10. MAUL 14. AGIO 15. HAKUS 16. AGRA 17. MUFF 18. IRATE 19. CHIT 20. MAFIA 22. APE 23. REACH 24. AMERICANS 27. OPS 30. GBE 31. TBA 32. PMT 35. CHERUB 37. MIN 38. FEAR 39. HOGAN 40. MAC 41. SARGE 42. RCAF 43. MEG 44....
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4 YEARS AGO • APRIL 26, 1984 FOREST SERVICE CHOOSES PLAINS Orville Daniels, Supervisor of the Lolo National Forest, announced the decision not to seek a new lease for office space in Thompson Falls. That decision came after four months of e...
MASTER CLASS
Plains resident Tom Collins gives a special carving class to Plains High School students Emory Erchanbrack, a senior, (left) and Izzy Bakker, a junior and a foreign exchange student from the...
Thompson Falls board votes for 5-day week
Thompson Falls Superintendent Bud Scully accepted a check for $23,270 just before Monday's school board meeting. The check from the Clark Fork Soccer Alliance was the result of fundraising by the...
Run kicks off reading program
Thompson Falls Elementary students had a little spring in their step last Monday morning as they kicked off the Running Start reading program with a jog around the playground. The program is...
CROSSWORD SOLUTION
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. SSE 4. PER 7. ABN 10. PIX 11. ARE 12. COA 13. FRANC 15. RAD 16. ASHER 19. ABSCISE 21. CONSUME 23. NEMESIS 24. OPTIMUM 25. RETE 26. AAHS 27. GENESES 30. THIMBLE 34. AKA 35. AAR 36. PEGASUS 41. BOURBON 45. BURY 46. ARNE 47. IMPANEL...
Plains musicians entertain big crowd with spring concert
More than 160 people showed up at the Plains School Spring Concert last Tuesday in the school gymnasium. The hour-long concert featured the high school choir, the junior high band, the high school...
Excitement for eclipse
"It's like somebody took a bite out of the moon." That's how Thompson Falls fourth-grade student Makoy Schoenfeldt described Monday's solar eclipse. Elementary students waited on the playground for...
Pinwheels bring awareness to abuse
More than 300 colorful pinwheels fluttering in the wind on the lawn at Clark Fork Valley Hospital might not halt violence against children, but hospital staff hopes they will attract enough attention...
SPRING GRAZING
Elk stop grazing to take a look at a possible predator in a wooded area about six miles west of Plains. The herd of about 80 elk soon dashed away. As spring progresses, the bulls will soon be...
Remember When?
4 YEARS AGO • MARCH 29, 1984 EDNA HILL LEADS A RUGGED REWARDING LIFE by Linda Shaffer Continued from last week… During her childhood in Trout Creek mainly - a few years in Polson - Edna recalls all eight grades being housed in one room. “There were...
Question of the week: What is a superstition you have?
Bret Lombard, Thompson Falls - “I have to check the light switch twice.” Mitchel Hagger, Thompson Falls - “When you buy a knife you have to buy a penny, too, or it causes bad luck.” Sydney Cisney, Thompson Falls - “I have to get dressed first thi...
Students earn hardware at state SkillsUSA
Sanders County students put their skills on display last month at the state SkillsUSA competition in Helena. Plains had 10 students compete in the state event, and Thompson Falls took four....
Forum to focus on education
Montana’s public education system has been in the headlines a lot these days: Why are budgets so tight? What unites Montana’s schools? What legislation passed, and what is being challenged, for alternative school systems? An upcoming inf...
CROSSWORD SOLUTION
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. CYPRUS 7. DAISES 13. OUTLINE 14. ANTIBES 16. SD 17. ATHLETICS 19. MP 20. AGATE 22. LEI 23. HABER 25. GELS 26. SEGNO 28. LOSE 29. ELI 30. FAR 31. GAS 33. UTA 34. PRAT 36. TABLED 38. TCHAD 40. LEERS 41. ROAMED 43. KIEV 44. APT 45....
New location for Plains antique business
It was only 200 yards from door to door and it took only about three weeks for the 16 vendors of Wild Horse Mercantile to move the hundreds of thousands of items to their new location, but they are...
Remember When?
4 YEARS AGO • MARCH 29, 1984 EDNA HILL LEADS A RUGGED REWARDING LIFE by Linda Shaffer Mainly, she is a mountain woman. And she has been all her “39 years.” Edna Hill at her ranch in Trout Creek smiles amidst trophies of elk and other wild game...
