Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — “I like riding my horse and love worshipping God,” Johnali Johns, 8, said, giving her reasons for attending the Rodeo Bible Camp held June 14 through 17 at the Polson fairgrounds. Johns and 49 other campers braved the wet weather and gray skies to hone their rodeo skills as well...
POLSON — A mudslide at mile marker 10.5, about half a mile south of Blue Bay, partially blocked the northbound lane of Highway 35 on June 22 but did not injure any motorists or pedestrians and did not close the highway. Montana Department of Transportation Public Information Officer Lori Ryan said t...
POLSON — Cowgirls and cowboys will flock to the Polson fairgrounds this weekend for the annual Mission Mountain Rodeo. What many rodeo fans may not realize is, if it hadn’t been for Les Baldwin, there might not be a rodeo or nice fairgrounds. Known as the father of Polson rodeo, Baldwin organi...
POLSON — Actors from the Port Polson Players Theatre Kids Camp were completing their chalk drawings on the steps of the John Dowdall Theatre in preparation for the “P” party 2 and 7 p.m. performances on June 18. For the “P” party, campers brought foods or items to share that beg...
POLSON — A kindergartner in Peggy Norman’s class grips a board marker in her small hand and draws a pine tree facing up and a tree facing down to match an arrow pointing up and an arrow pointing down in an attached rectangle. Her drawings are part of a lesson on analogies taught by Polson Scho...
POLSON — “It’s really not if, it’s when,” predicted Steve Stanley, director of Lake County’s Office of Emergency Management. According to Stanley and other local officials, Lake County residents should prepare for potential flooding problems. Stanley and Dale Nelson, Em...
POLSON — Kids ages 8 to 17 interested in flying should grab their parents and head to the Polson Airport on Saturday, June 11. The Experimental Aircraft Association Lake County Chapter will be hosting its Young Eagles program, through which youngsters fly free with local licensed and insured pilots...
POLSON — Not many students think enough of a teacher they had in high school to start a scholarship in his name, but the Theilers did. Six Theiler children, Mary Pat, Matthew, Kathleen, Betsy, Hugh and Sarah, graduated from Polson High School; and they all studied mathematics with John Oberlitner. T...
POLSON —“Graduation comes with great joy and great trepidation,” Polson High School commencement speaker Michael Schwabenbauer said. Schwabenbauer, an English teacher at PHS, continued telling the class of 2011 that “your country needs you more than ever right now.” He na...
With armfuls of crosses and flags, American Legion members, Boy Scouts from Troop 1947, scoutmasters and parents crisscrossed Lakeview Cemetery in Polson making sure the grave of each Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine, Navy service man or woman was marked. It was a cool, misty Saturday morning, but the we...
