Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
Teepee poles 65 feet high and flying multicolored ribbons jut into the sky enclosing the new veterans' memorial in the Confederated and Salish Kootenai Tribal Complex. Salish Kootenai College Art Department Head Corwin “Corky” Clairmont was one of the masterminds of the Eagle Circle project, f...
ELMO — If it’s the third weekend in July, the Standing Arrow Powwow must be in town. The population of Elmo will grow by a couple of thousand people for the powwow held on July 16, 17 and 18. This year also will be the inaugural year for the new powwow grounds, all complete except for so...
Watershed camp for kids going into fourth or fifth grade covers water “from the mountains to the sewers,” according to Melissa Bahr, one of the camp directors. Bahr, a Polson educator who used to teach in St. Ignatius, and Valerie Umphrey, a Mission teacher, have offered the camp for St....
POLSON — Friends of Tony Porrazzo gathered on Saturday to wish Porrazzo good luck and raise some funds to help pay medical bills. Porrazzo, Water and Sewer Superintendent for the City of Polson, was injured in a motorcycle accident near Finley Point on May 22. Porrazzo is out of the hospital a...
ST. IGNATIUS — Horse halters, furniture, homemade ice cream, log buildings, bunny rabbits and pretty much everything in between were for sale at the Mission Valley Auction held on Saturday. Usually the auction is held on the second Saturday of July at 13137 Foothills Road. The St. Ignatius Volunteer...
POLSON — Will there be Flathead cherries for the Polson Cherry Festival? Yes, but not a whole lot. Brian Campbell, Monson Fruit Company representative, estimated with the exception of a few early cherries, the first couple of orchards should be ready to harvest in about two weeks, around Ju...
POLSON — Step back in time and visit an authentic soda fountain, take a drive in a Rat Patrol Jeep, ride the train, watch tennis ball cannon and see an ice-cream maker powered by a one-cylinder engine make ice-cream right before your eyes. All these activities and many more are available at th...
POLSON — “We’re gonna be cherry crazy,” Jackie Cripe. Polson Business Community Chair, said about the Polson Cherry Festival. Co-sponsored by the Flathead Lake Cherry Growers Association and the PBC, the festival will be held on Saturday, July 17, and Sunday, July 18, and wil...
POLSON — In a 90-minute meeting billed as a listening session at the Lake County Court House, Montana’s only Congressman Denny Rehberg’s main message was accountability. “If you don’t like the health care plan, blame the people who voted for it,” Rehberg said. ...
POLSON — A mid-day fire destroyed a mobile home at Alco Auto Sales, a used car lot at 57730 Hwy. 93 across from Pablo Quality Foods, on July 8. No injuries were reported. The fire was called into dispatch at 12:02 p.m. About 15 Ronan firefighters responded, according to Ronan Voluntee...
