Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
ELMO — Sisters Ihte, Kehtsin and Nihani Stiffarm from Fort Belknap all danced in the tiny tots category at the Standing Arrow Powwow, even though tiny Nihani had just learned to walk. “It’s the first powwow where they’ve all danced together,” their proud dad said. Dancers ...
Summer is racing by, and soon workers will be picking Flathead cherries, and stands around Flathead Lake will be selling the sweet, cold fruit. Cherry junkies are excited for the first fruit. Ken Edlington, who’s on the board of directors of Flathead Cherry Growers Cooperative, said his best guess w...
POLSON — Flathead cherry season is just around the corner. While the sweet fruit is not ripe yet, giant red cherries hanging from a yard boom in front of the Miracle of America Museum on Memory Lane greet visitors driving into Polson. Gil Mangels, president of the executive board of MOAM, said, &ldq...
POLSON — Cherry pies, cherry art, cherry pit-spitting and a cherry stem-tying contest are only a few of the foods and events planned to celebrate cherries for the Flathead Cherry Festival on July 21 and 22. “We are going to have Flathead cherries,” Boone Goddard, cherry festival steering...
RONAN — KPAX news anchor Jill Valley spoke to community members and teams gathered for the Relay for Life on July 13 and 14. The event was held at the Ronan High School football field. A breast cancer survivor, Valley took her bout with cancer public soon after diagnosis. She told the crowd she woul...
BIG ARM — Every year the Big Arm community challenges Polson residents to travel up the lake and use buckets, water cannons and super soakers in waters at a Family Fun Day. The winner gets bragging rights and a tall trophy full of jellybeans. The trophy stayed in Big Arm this year since Polson was a no...
POLSON — A group of Polson citizens are calling for the non-renewal of Polson city attorney James Raymond’s contract with the City of Polson. For at least eight months, the issue of impact fees on Polson City Attorney James Raymond’s new house has been dogging the Polson City Council and...
VALLEY VIEW — Remains of a cow killed around the end of June in Valley View were sent to a laboratory in Colorado following a necropsy by a local vet, according to Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin. Yonkin said the cow’s death was not due to animal predators. Valley View sourc...
POLSON — Usually, the Rodeo Bible Camp is held in June at the Polson Fairgrounds, but the campers always dealt with rain. In hopes of drier weather, this year Riders for the Son camp directors moved the date to July 9-12, but the weather still threw a curve at them. “They truly camped,” ...
The 1855 Treaty of Hell Gate, which established the Flathead Indian Reservation, also guaranteed the tribes’ rights to water on the reservation and in aboriginal territory. According to a presentation made by Duane Mecham at the June 27 water rights negotiating session, the 1908 U.S. Supreme C...
