Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
.POLSON — High school rodeo is a family affair, if the Polson High School rodeo on Sept. 14 and 15 was any indicator. Young men and women competed in typical rodeo events — bareback and saddle bronc riding, barrel racing, tie down roping, steer wrestling — but in the background wer...
POLSON — People remember where they were when the twin towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001, just as older folks also can recall where they were when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. To make sure no one forgets the day the United States was attacked and citizens killed, the Polson Fire Department chose to...
POLSON — Every dog has a story, and many were shared at the Doggy Dash, a fundraiser held by the Mission Valley Animal Shelter board of directors on Sept. 7. For instance, Mercedes Marie, a liver and white parti-colored Cocker Spaniel, was found in Charlotte, N.C. at 10 months old. Her person, Sharo...
PABLO — Autumn is approaching, and Salish Kootenai College begins its fall quarter on Sept. 30. Along with new students and new classes, SKC has a new president — Robert DePoe. Not totally new to the area, DePoe is a Mission Valley boy. He graduated from Ronan High School, and his family li...
POLSON — School district 23’s board of trustees passed a two percent raise for both Superintendent Linda Reksten and the administrative staff at the Sept. 9 meeting. The raises were tabled at the August school board meeting so information on other Class A schools could be collected. Administra...
Two Ronan World War II veterans flew on an honor flight winging it’s way to Washington, D.C., on Sept. 8. The charter flight left from Billings carrying WWII vets to see the World War II Memorial. The two men have known each other most of their lives. “It was just about this time of year in...
POLSON — Aircraft of all sorts — helicopters, biplanes, floatplanes, trainers, homebuilts, experimental and antique planes — rolled onto the tarmac at the Polson Airport on Saturday for the Polson Fly-In. The SuperKing Air F90 plane made an appearance; the aircraft belongs to Metro Aviat...
The distance from Ronan to near Matuu, Kenya is a 30-hour flight and miles across the countryside, but culturally it’s a world away. Jack Stivers, Montana State University extension agent for Lake County, first went to Kenya last year. “(Africa) has always attracted me,” Stivers...
POLSON — From a listening session with the state’s eight tribal leaders in Missoula on Sept. 4, Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, and Senator Jon Tester continued on to the Flathead Reservation on Sept. 5. “Jon said I had to see Montana,” Cantwell said, since she is chair...
POLSON — With a short agenda, the Polson City Commissioners breezed through their meeting on Sept. 4. They passed resolution No. 1048, to participate in the State of Montana 457(b) adoption agreement, deferred compensation plan administered by the Montana Public Employee Retirement Administrat...
