Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — A special school board meeting held on May 23 at the Polson High School Library saw trustees tussling with a $501,217 deficit in the elementary school budget. Superintendent David Whitesell presented recommendations for cuts to the budget. These included nonrenewal of five paraprofession...
Second Last minute challenges — rain and no master of ceremonies — couldn’t stop the Polson All-School Powwow on May 24. The powwow moved indoors to the middle school gym. The custodial staff simply covered the floor with plastic, and Shandin Pete, Arlee, stepped up as emcee.&...
RONAN — After a standing ovation, commencement speaker Tomy Parker had practical advice for Ronan High School’s class of 2011. “You need to set goals,” Parker said, “short term, long term … If you don’t have a goal, you are never going to get anywhere.&rdqu...
Most tunnels push their way through rock or dirt, but the “high tunnel” at McGeaughay Old Time Farms is above ground and blindingly white against the shimmering green of spring grass. The high tunnel will be used to grow vegetables; it is 105 feet long and 24 feet wide with a wooden frame and a p...
POLSON — “It smells like a new tent,” student Isaac Janeway observed. Janeway and his classmates watched University of Montana doctoral student Katie Hoffman don gloves and prepare to dissect a sheep’s brain. The kids in Mrs. Perry’s fourth grade class were tak...
POLSON — July 8 is going to be a great day for Polson, according to Karen McMullen and Tana Seeley. McMullen chairs the Streetscape Fundraising Committee, and Seeley is project director for Mission Valley Aquatics. Mission Valley Aquatics will break ground on phase one of their indoor aquatic ...
POLSON — A sea of kindergarten and first grade students at Cherry Valley looked even tinier sitting on the gym floor looking up at seated rows of veterans. Each month Cherry Valley students learn a different virtue, and May’s virtue is service, according to Cherry Valley principal Elaine Meeks...
PABLO — After reminiscing and relating all the blessings and good fortune in his life to teaching at Two Eagle River School and Salish Kootenai College, TERS commencement speaker George Price gave the class of 2011 some practical advice. “Learn correct grammar and writing skills,” Price ...
POLSON — Polson High School senior Sierra Pete was one of 1,000 students nationwide to receive a Gates Millennium Scholarship this year. Pete plans to attend Washington State University. The nation’s largest scholarship program, the Gates Millennium Scholars Program awards good-through-graduat...
PABLO — Sprouting like alien mushrooms from a pickup and trailer, old computers, massive microwaves and assorted radios, keyboards and computer paraphernalia were on their way to be recycled. The second annual e-waste event was held on Salish Kootenai College campus on May 19 from 4 to 7...
