Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — Volunteer Martha Allen manages the Retired Senior Volunteer Program commodity program, drives the office mini-van and answers the phones. And she also calls Bingo. To thank her for her work, Allen received a silver award at the RSVP luncheon on March 4 for volunteering 456.5 hours in 2013 a...
March is Women’s History Month, and 2014 is the 100th anniversary of Montana women’s suffrage. Jeannette Rankin, Montana’s first woman representative and the nation’s first woman who served in the United States Congress, is a part of that history and also a suffragette. To honor...
POLSON — School District 23 held its first day of facility planning on Feb. 25 in the North Lake County Library District conference room. “This process is to come up with a facilities master plan. That’s the point,” said Superintendent Linda Reksten, who heads up the Polson S...
A pet mini-Nubian goat, a rocking cow for a child to ride, fresh milk and cheese, gluten-free Mama’s Almond Blend Flour, garden seeds and many more items are all listed for sale on Montana Co-op’s website at www.montanacoop.com. For a one-time fee of $20, a person becomes a co-op member and an eq...
POLSON — At a joint meeting of the Polson City Commissioners and the Polson Rural Fire District on Feb. 20, Lane Wintermute, Emergency Service Consulting International, hit the high points on a fire department agency evaluation. Wintermute said ESCI was engaged in the summer of 2013 by the PRF...
BIG ARM — Wildhorse Island is an incubator for bighorn sheep, and for the past four out of five years, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks have removed excess bighorn sheep to other areas in the state. Bruce Sterling, Montana wildlife biologist from Thompson Falls, said during an aerial wildlife s...
POLSON — When Reverend John Payne prays, he always includes prayers for “the least, the last, the lost and the lonely.” He says we’ve all been one of those at some time in our lives. Payne is the shepherd for the flock at Journey Be, housed in the Wander Inn, a transitional h...
POLSON — Lawrence Mays wakes up every morning at 2 a.m. and takes a look at the weather outside. If it’s snowing, he calls or texts the other members of his crew. “He’s the weatherman,” crew member Connie King said. Mays is the foreman of the Confederated Salish a...
POLSON — A three-vehicle wreck at the foot of Jette hill north of Polson closed traffic for an hour and a half on Feb. 25, but no one was seriously injured. At about 9:26 a.m. a male driver in a 1999 Subaru sedan, headed north on U.S. Highway 93, was waiting to make a left-hand turn onto Partridge T...
RONAN – Ranchers and farmers take heed. Triple W Equipment serviceman/mechanic Phil Morris will be staffing a shop south of Ronan at 237 Bouchard Road, according to Travis Williams, Triple W general manager in Missoula. Morris has worked for Triple W for more than 10 years in Missoula. &ldq...
