RONAN — The Mission Valley Senior Center is located across from St. Luke’s Hospital. We are open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for lunch and other activities. Our menu is: — April 5: enchiladas, salad, dessert — April 7: ham dinner, salad, dessert (Easter dinner) — April 10: Tator-Tot casserole, salad, dessert — April 12: turkey, noodles, salad, dessert Our next Sunday roast pork or roast beef dinner is planned for April 16 from noon-2 p.m. Pinochle is held every Monday from 3:30-6 p.m. at the center. Everyone is welcome. We also have pool available Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Come...
ST. IGNATIUS — I think Mother Nature is upset with us. She continues to deliver snow and cool weather. Easter is early this year. There will be an Easter Egg Hunt in St. Ignatius on April 8 at the High School at 10 a.m. Don’t be late. Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy a meal with us on ...
RONAN — St. Luke Community Healthcare celebrated 70 years this month, a landmark for the community-owned healthcare organization. Opened in March of 1953, St. Luke Hospital was built by Mission Valley residents from the ground up. “I think the community came together back in the late &ls...
MONTANA — Roberta Duckhead Kittson Nyomo said she and her brother were among the last Native American children adopted out of Thompson Falls before the federal Indian Child Welfare Act was passed in 1978. The siblings were sent to live with a non-Native family. Nyomo remembers them lacking empathy.&nbs...
MONTANA — In a recent press call, Senator Jon Tester addressed bipartisan bills in the works to support Montana’s law enforcement and measures to be taken to support the mental wellbeing of Montanans. During the week of March 22, Tester backed the “Recruit and Retain Act,&rdqu...
WHITEFISH — This weekend, skiers and riders on Whitefish’s Big Mountain were whooping and hollering as they plowed through deep powder during one of the rare instances where a significant winter storm overlapped with a long weekend when lots of people were planning to hit the slopes anyway. As Wh...
POLSON — April Fool’s Day is the first of the month. Traditionally this is the day that some play practical jokes or propagate hoaxes upon their victim. There is enough tom-foolery going around these days. We don’t need to encourage it. Ban April Fool’s Day. Call your legislator. Orga...
ST. IGNATIUS — It Must be spring. I saw a robin. At least that’s what I was told as a child. Be aware and don’t be fooled on April Fool’s Day. Easter is early this year. There will be an Easter Egg Hunt in St. Ignatius on April 8. Watch for more information. Ever...
RONAN — The Mission Valley Senior Center, (across from St. Luke’s Hospital), is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for lunch and other activities. Our menu: — Wednesday, March 29: teriyaki glazed drumsticks, salad, dessert — Friday, March 31: birthday dinner - r...
RONAN — Crowds of families lined Ronan’s Main Street as the 34th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade rang in the start of spring. A warmer parade than the year prior, the sidewalks were crowded with onlookers. Kids clad in green and holding plastic bags to gather candy shrieked in deli...
