Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — This year 20 20-pound turkeys will be roasted to feed the crowd at the Polson Community Thanksgiving Dinner, according to coordinator Tracy Plaiss. Last year 15 birds fed the diners, but Plaiss said planners want to make sure there is enough food. The dinner will be held on Thanksgiving Day...
POLSON — Shoeboxes stacked like giant Legos lined the wall of Suzi and Rick Hill’s garage leading up to Halloween, when each box was filled with goodies. It was a cooperative effort involving several local businesses, starting with Rick spotting empty shoeboxes at Famous Footwear two months ago. ...
Lake County’s latest unemployment rate is 10.9 percent, according to Todd Erickson, Employment Specialist at the Lake County Job Service. That compares to a national rate of 9.1 percent, Erickson added, but in eastern Montana, unemployment rates dip as low as 3.1 in McCone County and 3.8 percent in Wib...
POLSON — Several almost-new pencils left on the floor in a Hamilton school made Lama Paljor want to gather them and take them back to his country. School supplies are scarce and prized in Sikkim, the Himalayan country where Lama Paljor and his brothers grew up, and even short pencils are used until ...
POLSON — Quiet, red-haired Jimmy Bjorge was a stalwart on Polson High School’s boys' cross country team this year. But he had a secret. It wasn’t a secret from his coach, his teammates or his parents, but no one else knew Bjorge ran cross country this year with a reveal cardiac monitor i...
POLSON — Riverside Park’s playground has a new look. The sand that used to cover the playground has been replaced with a product called Sof-Fall. Although Sof-Fall looks like wood chips, it is really an engineered wood fiber product with a 10-year limited warranty. It perfect for playgrounds, ...
POLSON – In his technical report at the Oct. 26 water rights negotiation session of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, State of Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission and United States, CSKT hydrologist Seth Makepeace focused on wetlands and high mountain lakes on the Flathead Reser...
PABLO — Some of the oldest games in America were the subject of a weekend training held at Salish Kootenai College. In a Culture for Survival academy, teachers learned how to integrate traditional Indian games such as Make the Stick Jump, Shinney and Single Pole Lacrosse in educational programming. The...
RONAN — An extension of the Ronan Farmers Market will be open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sundays from 2 to 6 p.m. until Halloween. Its new location is almost to Pablo on the east side of the road at 60600 U.S. Highway 93. Norman McGeaughay is keeping the market goi...
POLSON — Zombies, mummies, werewolves and other scary creatures are gathering at 712 1st Street E. for a haunted house. Held in the old probation office and filled with live performers and the undead, the haunted house will be open on Oct. 28, 29 and again on Halloween. Hours are from 6 to 10 p.m., wit...
