Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — Though it’s headquartered in Polson, Share the Spirit stretches its arms around many Lake County children from birth to 12 years old. “We have 250 more kids than we’ve ever had before,” Share the Spirit Director Toni Young said. It’s kind of a double w...
POLSON — The lights were dim and the pews were full when the Mission Valley Choral Society, the Copeland Memorial Ringers and the Flathead Flute Choir presented “A Light Christmas.” The concert was held at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church at 3 p.m. on Dec. 15. Mason Niblack, who co...
POLSON — Approximately 350 forensics contestants from 16 schools from across Western Montana gathered for the Polson High School Invitational Speech Debate and Drama meet on Dec. 14. Due to the tremendous number of entries, three schools were used for the meet — Polson High School, Polson M...
POLSON — At their Dec. 9 meeting, the Polson School Board prepared for “paperless” board meetings, an idea first brought up by Trustee Caroline McDonald last fall. Since the changeover has already been approved and since several board members already own a device, the district will buy t...
POLSON — Rows of lighted candy canes, multicolored lighted Christmas trees, Santa in his airplane, deer, a horse and buggy and a snowman are just some of the decorations on Monica and Maurice Mills’ lawn on First Street E. Monica said she has always decorated their lawn. Drive by befo...
LIBBY — Despite mechanical problems with the speech bus, a late arrival in Libby causing most of the team to miss their first round of competition and students absent, the Polson speech team did well at the Libby Invitational Speech and Drama Meet on Dec. 7. Cold weather didn’t keep 11 teams from...
Montana and horses paints images of cowboys at a trot out across the sagebrush, checking cows or gathering for branding. But a group of riders at Full Sail Farm north of Polson ride English saddles and wear jodhpurs and high boots. One rider is Polson High School senior Monika Frame. Frame...
PABLO — The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes filed an appeal with the Interior Board of Appeals of the United States Department of the Interior. The appeal came in response to a Sept. 20 decision by BIA Northwest Regional Director Stanley Speaks to hold a secretarial election....
POLSON — Results of a mail election polling Flathead Indian Irrigation Project irrigators have been canvassed and the final figures are close — 36,593 for and 36,588 against. Irrigators may have one to several hundred votes based on how many irrigable acres they own. The irrigat...
PABLO — For his inauguration as Salish Kootenai College president, Robert DePoe III walked into the Joe McDonald Health and Fitness Center escorted by SKC instructors Linda King and Corky Clairmont in regalia, Frank Stanger’s SKC drumming class and the Veteran Warrior Society. “It&...
