Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — Salaries were on the agenda at the Polson school board Aug. 12 meeting. School board trustees voted to give employees who are not represented by a union a 3-percent raise. District Business Manager Pam Owen received $1.55 per hour raise plus 3-percent, “in spite of her protests,” T...
POLSON — Mothers of athletes have always worried about their kids getting hurt playing sports, but what happened to Dylan Steigers is every family’s nightmare. Steigers played football for Missoula Sentinel High School and wanted to play college ball at Eastern Oregon University. ...
POLSON — Chili-lovers get ready because the Rotary Festival for Youth’s chili-cook off is scheduled for Aug. 24 in Riverside Park. Camp stoves will fire up at 8 p.m. so chili chefs and their teams can begin cooking. Tasting and judging begins at noon, and the public can buy tasting kits and...
A rain the night before damped down the dust, but the day of the second annual Polson Triathlon, Aug. 17, dawned sunny and bright. The 2012 Olympic distance course began with a .93-mile swim in the Flathead River, with competitors commenting on calmer water this year. Then athletes shed their wet suits an...
POLSON — With a carnation pink and white paint job, Marci Watson's 1957 Meteor Ranchero was an eye catcher at the Cruisen By the Bay Car and Motorcycle Show on Aug. 9 and 10. Watson's dream car also caught the judges' attention, capturing the Best of the 1950s award. The car is rare. Only a...
POLSON — People call Larry Rosenau and say, “I’ve got a chunk of wood you might be interested in,” he said. So he goes to look at it, or an arborist friend will save him interesting pieces or types of wood. That’s where he gets the raw materials for wooden bowls, bottle...
POLSON — At about 11:08 p.m. on August 3, a call to Lake County dispatch reported a hit-and-run with property damage. A by-stander said a female allegedly backed her Cadillac into a fence at the condominium development by the entrance to Boettcher Park. When the witness approached the drive...
POLSON — At their Aug. 5 meeting, the Polson city commissioners approved Resolution No. 1046, authorizing the issuance and sale of $800,000 worth of urban renewal bonds at 2.987 percent interest yearly for 12 years. The bonds will finance the new city dock and the path connecting Riverside Park and Sac...
RONAN — Although she’s been in Montana for two months, Michaelene Brownfield is the new face around the Western Montana Mental Health Center; she’s the clinical director for the mental health clinic. Before Brownfield moved to Montana, she spent the last two years in Elgin, Okla. She gra...
ARLEE — Victor Charlo became Red Wolf, Arrianna Matt sang the songs of the storyteller and Rob McDonald read Chief Victor’s lines as the Hell Gate Treaty came to life on stage at the Hangin Art Gallery on Aug. 7. The play was part of a week of Npustin’s KwKwusm Theatre Projects third ann...
