Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — Kids at Riverside Park will be playing on a safer surface thanks to a $15,000 donation from the Polson Rotary Club. Polson Parks Department head Karen Sargeant said a 12-inch layer of processed wood fiber material will replace the existing sand in the playground. Concrete curbing will...
ELMO — Fireworks caused a fire that gutted a building at Elmo Fishing Access on June 26. Dispatchers relayed the fire call to the Chief Cliff Volunteer Fire Department at about 6:06 p.m. Chief Cliff Volunteer Fireman Jason Heffner was the first responder and said firefighters had to move bould...
POLSON — Traffic slowed to a crawl Monday on the Armed Forces Memorial Bridge as road crews once again blocked off a lane, prompting locals to voice concerns that construction would interfere with the upcoming holiday weekend. But Lori Ryan, Public Information Specialist for the Montana Depart...
POLSON —Area residents could take a look at the refurbished Polson Loaves and Fish Pantry when the organization held its grand opening on June 18 from 10 to 4 p.m. The pantry has moved to the old Folk Shop building across from Woody’s at 904 1st Street E. A crowd of 60 to 70 people were on han...
POLSON — At the Polson School Board of Trustees meeting on June 21, board members reported the Polson Classified Education Association 2009-2010 contract was ratified. Employees received a two-percent increase in salary with increases in insurance capped at this year’s rate and some language was ...
POLSON — Downtown business owner Jackie Cripe from Jackie M’s Footwear gave an impassioned plea to the Polson City Commissioners to patch the unpaved strip of Main Street at the June 21 meeting at 7 p.m. After first thanking the Polson City Street Department for doing as good a job as th...
POLSON — School’s out and 34 kids interested in theater were signed up for the Port Polson Players Summer Kids Camp. The camp was held at the John Dowdall Theater during the week of June 14-19. The kids learned their lines, memorized the songs and performed the play “100 Candles&rd...
PABLO — Michael “Mickey” O’Donnell had everyone in the audience close their eyes and relax. Then he asked folks to open their eyes and remember what they saw. “Nothing,” O’Donnell said,” That’s what Salish Kootenai College had, we had nothing &md...
POLSON — KC and The Valley Cats with their vintage jazz made the joint jump at the grand opening of the Polson Centennial. The event was held at the Polson Flathead Museum on June 16 from 7 to 9 p.m. with about 150 community members wandering through the museum. Stephanie Clement, Lynn Sherick...
PABLO — Although now she’s on the “long trail of summer freedom,” Breana Harlow was a hard-working college student and mother during the 2009-2010 school year. And now she’s also a published author. Harlow, 21, studies at Salish Kootenai College. Last fall she wrote an ...
