Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
Voters around the valley may have noticed students wearing T-shirts that say, “A smiling face at your polling place” at the polls on May 8. These students were part of the Student Teams for Election Assistance in Montana class at Salish Kootenai College. The STEAM program was developed to help...
POLSON — Polson School District #23 lost over 150 years of combined teaching wisdom and expertise when six long-term teachers retired at the end of the 2009-2010 school year. The teachers are: Mary Davis, 36 years, Carolyn Hall, 15 years, Janis Jette, 25 years, Karl Tait, 35 years, Paul Torgison, 22 ye...
POLSON — The Polson Business Community has a new project in the works — the Armed Forces Memorial Staircase. The proposed staircase will connect 1st Street W. with Riverside Park. Polson Business Community members Tali Duford and Jackie Cripe are spearheading the push for the staircase. ...
Last week’s Agnes Vanderburg Camp on North Valley Creek Road could have been transplanted from the 19th century except for the cars and pickups. Smoke from campfires veiled the pine trees, and the creek overfilled its banks. A deer carcass hung from a tree limb, and people knapped arrowheads, tanned...
POLSON — Linderman Gym was packed to the rafters with parents, grandparents and family who came to support their graduates on June 5. Polson High School’s Class of 2010 marched into the gym wearing purple and black robes. Besides a slide show of the graduates, the crowd was treated to performa...
Salish Kootenai College’s 19th crop of nurses held their pinning ceremony on June 4 at 4 p.m. at the Joe McDonald Health and Physical Education Center. Chief Cliff Singers played the drum processional. Dr. Darryl Tonemah, Director of the Health Promotion Program at the University of Oklahoma C...
It isn't unusual for Camp Marshall, located along the east shore of Flathead Lake on Melita Island Road north of Polson, to be bustling with activity during the summer. But, instead of campers hiking, attending chapel and singing around the campfire, Camp Marshall has been home to a group of AmeriCorps Natio...
PABLO — Empty plastic pesticide containers can now be recycled in Lake County. The Environmental Protection Agency, Montana Department of Agriculture, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Natural Resources Department and Lake County Weed Control are working cooperatively on this recycling projec...
POLSON — Mayor Pat DeVries and the Polson City Commissioners discussed the state of Main Street at the June 8 meeting. Polson City Manager Todd Crossett said the Polson Business Community would like to see the city durapatch the dirt strip on Main Street. The street department has bee...
POLSON – Memorial Day was celebrated across America on May 31. Originally called Decoration Day, it started around the end of the Civil War and was a day for commemorating the men and women who died while serving in our nation’s service. But Memorial Day may have lost its meaning to some resident...
