Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
NORTH VALLEY CREEK — Encampment at Agnes Vanderburg’s camp is part of summer at Salish Kootenai College, and this year it was held from June 9 to 14. Although it always rains, this year they only had one day of rain and some showers — not enough to slow down the students, who showed up w...
PABLO — The Cooperative Management Entity for the Flathead Irrigation District met at the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal complex on June 12. In reorganizing the board, CSKT Council member Leonard Gray was chosen as chair with Ted Hein as vice chair. The board heard a report from hydrolog...
ST. IGNATIUS — The Flathead Joint Board of Control met on June 10 for their monthly meeting. Attorney Jon Metropoulos reported on the two law suits in which the FJBC is involved. One is a suit filed by the Western Montana Water Users in December against the Flathead, Jock and Mission ...
POLSON — If archaic stereotypes are true, all librarians are all bun-wearing, grey-haired ladies wearing cardigans with a Kleenex pushed up their sleeve and rubber-soled shoes. They fiercely shush people so it’s quiet in the library and stamp out fun. Not so in Polson. Here libr...
POLSON — After swearing in new Polson School Board Trustee Caroline McDonald at the monthly meeting on June 10, the board continued working its way through the policy manual. In a special board meeting before the regular meeting, the trustees approved the contract with Swank Construction for work on...
POLSON —As minutes were being approved at the June 3 Polson City Commissioners meeting, former Polson City Engineer Bob Fulton questioned Mayor Pat DeVries and the city commissioners about the amount of the settlement of Todd Crossett’s lawsuit against the city. Mayor DeVries called upon...
BIG ARM — A check for $1,200 came in the mail made out to Cash Sisler, and his parents Matt and Julie knew nothing about the check or what it was for. Turns out Cash, a junior at Polson High School, had applied for and received a scholarship from the American Society for American Military Engi...
POLSON — No sooner had Polson High School seniors graduated on June 1 than the Polson Graduation Matters team gathered to start planning next year’s strategy. Graduation Matters is a program supported by Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau to help boost Montana&rs...
POLSON — “We went over the (Kerr) dam. We saw Flathead Lake and Wildhorse Island,” Dylan Wisniewski, 10, Ethan McCauley, 9, and Sean Murphree said, all contributing and nodding. “Oh, Pablo Reservoir, too,” they added when prompted by Ethan’s mother. The three b...
PABLO — Yamncut drum played as Salish Kootenai College class of 2013 followed Linda King and Wilbert Michel into the Joe McDonald Health and Fitness Center for commencement on June 8. Jason Smith, former SKC graduate and current Director of Indian Affairs for Montana Governor Steve Bullock...
