Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
PABLO — A think tank of people who care deeply about children and work for their welfare gathered at the Johnnie Arlee/Victor Charlo Theater on the Salish Kootenai College Campus on March 18 to discuss early childhood education in Lake County. Lake County Democrats sponsored the panel. Panel member ...
HELENA — A push to blast the budget for Governor Steve Bullock’s Early Edge program through the Montana House of Representatives failed this week. Bullock wants universally affordable, high quality, early childhood education available to every Montana 4-year-old with his Early Edge program. ...
ST. IGNATIUS — The check was supposed to be for $100,000. But when it was presented to Jenifer Blumberg, executive director of The Nest, the board of directors and advisors, the amount line read $325,000. They were gobsmacked. “Are you serious?” Blumberg asked. Then there wer...
POLSON — Alternative education opportunities for Polson High School students were on the Polson School Board of Trustees meeting agenda March 9. Some students have trouble with the regular school experience, so Polson High School offers on-line classes, such as the Montana Digital Academy; credit retri...
POLSON — If kids aren’t in school, it’s hard for them to learn so Polson High School is doing something about absenteeism. Between CORE/Flex, mentoring and transition, Rex Weltz, principal at Polson High School, said the numbers of students absent and students earning Fs are...
POLSON — Baseball is a passion for sixth-grader Zach Plant. His favorite major league team is the St. Louis Cardinals. Zach’s teacher Tamara Fisher, the Polson district’s gifted and talented teacher, said he’s a very big baseball fan. “He loves the sport. Obviously h...
A three-ring circus of jumping, twirling and running children, brightly colored jump ropes and pumping music filled the Linderman gym during the annual Jump Rope for Heart event. The fundraiser has taken place for at least 21 years at Linderman Elementary School as kids raise money for the American Heart ...
POLSON — The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact has been on everybody’s mind for years, but especially since the bill passed the Montana Senate the week of Feb. 28. The Compact was on the Polson City Commissioners agenda at their March 2 meeting. The agenda was a follow-up on...
PABLO — RayAnn Cree Medicine used tongs to grab a Mountain Dew can that had been heated on a hot plate and plunged it into a big kettle full of ice and cold water. The can collapsed with a crunch. Cree Medicine and teammates Elyssa Hawk and Cory Drowatzky, all Salish Kootenai College secondary...
POLSON — A woven birchbark bag, paintings and collage pieces drew people into the Sandpiper Gallery for the “North, South, East and Wood,” a Native American invitational show. Local wood artist Dion Albert brought his birchbark work, from baskets to bags to room divider panels. One sc...
