Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
Although no one in the Mission Valley Choral Society is sure how long the group has been presenting its annual concert, Glen Timm, a MVCS member, believes it started in 1954. This year the main concert will be held on Sunday, Dec. 11, at 3 p.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Joining the MVCS will be th...
POLSON — Marine veteran Chuck Lewis presented a program on American flag etiquette and flag facts for Wolf Cub Scouts Pack 4947 on Dec. 2. After the PowerPoint, Lewis and Marvin Matson, another Marine, divided the boys into groups of two and gave a hands-on lesson in folding the American flag. With 17 ...
POLSON — Polson Police, Tribal Law Enforcement and Lake County Sheriff’s Officers responded to an incident on Friday, Dec. 2, at about 11:15 p.m. at the Wolf Den bar on Main Street. Acting Polson Police Chief John Stevens said someone had broken the glass out of the front door, and a large cro...
POLSON — Last-minute preparations for Thanksgiving dinner at the Polson Senior Citizens Center were underway Nov. 23. “Fifteen frenzied teenagers,” according to Cathy Corrigan, who laughed and said they were good kids from the Lutheran Youth Organization, peeled at least 100 pounds ...
POLSON — The “Mansion,” the 26,000 square foot office building on top of Polson hill, was on the agenda again at the Nov. 21 city commissioners meeting. City commissioner Judy Preston submitted an agenda item asking for answers to questions raised about the mansion and its owner at the Oct....
POLSON — With sunshine and warmer temps, 154 walkers and runners turned up for the three-mile Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning. Last year’s race featured lots of snow and cold weather. This year the trotters did not receive T-shirts; instead all the money raised; $650, went to the Loaves an...
RONAN — The large lighted Santas, bells and wreaths went up on Ronan’s Main Street and U.S. Highway 93 through town on Nov. 23. Under cloudy skies and with gusty winds that made Santa dance, Ronan Telephone Company crew Shawn Barber, Jeremy Holm and James English attached the large ornaments to l...
POLSON — A warm winter coat, a spare set of sheets for the cabin, fun shoes, games or kitchen items — whatever is needed, the Country Store has a large selection of items. For more than 40 years, the Country Store’s all-volunteer staff has set it apart from other local thrift stores. Abo...
Polson High School Speech, Debate and Drama students traveled to Hamilton on Nov. 12 to compete in the Hamilton Invitational Meet. For Class A speech sweepstakes, which totals all the points earned by Polson speech students, Polson finished second. Individual and team results in speech events were: Pol...
POLSON — Traveling buses from Hamilton, Stevensville and Whitefish clustered around Polson High School on Nov. 14 and 15. The buses carried students who participated in the 11th Annual Western A Choral Festival. Guest clinician this year was Dr. Scott Anderson from Idaho State University. Anderson c...
