Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
Just past mile marker 18 on Highway 35, a red and white sign on the east side of the road says "Charlie's Cherries." It’s here Charlie and Nancy Sedminik continue the family tradition of growing cherries, lapin cherries to be exact. The cherry orchard has been in the family since 1934. Nancy&rsqu...
PABLO — Electric bills in the valley will be going up on Oct. 1. The reason, according to Ralph Goode, General Manager of Mission Valley Power, is that the utility has had a 10-year contract with Bonneville Power Administration that will expire on Sept. 30. A new BPA contract will require MVP to acc...
POLSON — Two horses used for search and rescue, were crowd magnets at the 10th Annual Safety Day held Saturday in the Wal-Mart parking lot. A few lucky visitors even got a free ride on Doc and Tizzy, who belong to Dee and Bryce Eldrich. Visitors could also watch as the Polson Volunteer Fire Departme...
Shady areas and paintings, photographs, furniture, clothing, jewelry, stained glass, quilts, rosemaling all drew shoppers and strollers to the Lake County Courthouse lawn for the 40th Annual Sandpiper Gallery Outdoor Art Festival. Visitors could refresh themselves with ice cream cones, popcorn or lemonade...
“I had 24 quilts in the show,” Ayleen Bain said, chuckling. It took 24 quilts to showcase Bain’s quilting career at the Mission Mountain Quilt Guild for their 2011 show on July 29 and 30, where she was the featured quilter. In a place of honor near her quilts, Bain enjoyed being the...
RONAN — Beautiful quilts drew visitors to the 2011 Mission Mountain Quilt Guild Quilt Show at the Lake County Fair July 29 and 30 while electric fans and homemade cookies made their stay more pleasant. Held in the Ronan High School gym, the show boasted 146 quilts for viewing as well as 24 quilts from ...
POLSON — Vintage cars, antique cars, muscle cars, street rods, a few new cars and a sprinkling of motorcycles backed into spots on Main Street and side streets on Saturday as the Cruisen by the Bay Car show got under way. Wayne Fuchs played tunes to set the mood with songs such as “Little Deuce C...
POLSON — Polson City Commissioners waived the open container law and extended the curfew to 11:30 p.m. for Festivals on the Flathead’s Night of Country at their Aug. 1 meeting. Curfew is normally 10 p.m. so it needs to be waived for special events. According the event organizer Keryl Lozar,...
POLSON — Greg Rempe, 17, from New Mexico won the 9th annual Polson Bay Water Daze one mile swim race with a time of 24:15. Rempe, who grandma lives near Polson, will be a senior in high school this year and is on his school’s swim team. Rempe’s sister Clara also competed in the 12-19 women....
POLSON — Unique and vintage cars and pickups and maybe a school bus will be lining the street of downtown Polson for the Cruisen’ by the Bay Car show. The show will be held Friday and Saturday, Aug. 5 and 6. Friday activities include a poker run, an evening car cruise and a picnic in the park....
