Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — With the 2011-2012 school year well under way, schools around the Mission Valley are dealing with large kindergarten classes. While administrators aren’t sure of the reason for the boom, kindergarten enrollment is up in Polson, Ronan, Pablo and St. Ignatius. With the youngest learners...
Seven Polson High School music students were selected to participate in the 2010 Montana All-State honor groups Oct. 19 to 21 in Billings. More than 1,000 students from across the state submitted audition CDs for the 2011 Montana All-State Band, Choir and Orchestra last spring. Chosen from PHS for the 201...
POLSON — Expect to see Polson High School students and faculty showing some school spirit since this is 2011 Homecoming Week at PHS. This year’s theme is “Break the Broncs.” Dress up days for the PHS students are: Monday: Nerd Day Tuesday: Time Machine with freshmen in 50s gear...
Hunters in the Polson area can go to the Polson Shooters Association Range on Kerr Dam Road southwest of Polson to get a little practice before the actual seasons start. In fact, the PSA held a free sight-in-your-rifle day on Sept. 24 and got quite a few customers. While they are waiting until hunting sea...
Cool nights and crisp days are a sure sign of fall, and fall means bears trying to store up lots of calories for the winter. Tribal Game and Fish have been receiving all sorts of bear problem calls, according to Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Game Warden Pablo Espinoza. The department is tryin...
POLSON — At Wednesday’s negotiation session for water rights on the Flathead Reservation, the Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission Attorney Jay Weiner presented information on the latest draft of the unitary administration ordinance. Weiner added the ordinance was uploaded to the compact webs...
POLSON — Polson is a finalist in the Heart and Soul Community Planning Grants competition, thanks to a grant application submitted by the Greater Polson Community Foundation. On Sept. 17, The Orton Family Foundation of Vermont notified the GPCF that their grant application has earned Polson a place as ...
POLSON — From its beginnings as bare ground and an office in the basement of the Pablo Bank, the People’s Center celebrated its 20-year anniversary in a beautiful building on landscaped grounds complete with an arbor. On Saturday, the People’s Center threw a birthday party for itself starti...
POLSON — Last names like Payne for an orthopedic surgeon, Sprinkle for a fireman or Chase for a policeman seem to be self-fulfilling prophecies, especially in Polson Police Chief Doug Chase’s case. He is 69 years old, and he has been in law enforcement for 46 of those years. When Polson was lucky...
PABLO — Eureka third graders had a “yellow moving picnic” for breakfast on the school bus, according to student Jade Lane. She said the trip took three and a half hours; and while that may have been a slight exaggeration, it was a long trip for the Eureka students to reach the People’...
