Articles with the Tag: Dixon
DIXON — Gobble, Gobble to you all. Count your blessings on Thanksgiving and share yourself with others. We had a great bunch of diners for our turkey feast. Cook Diane treats us to something new now and then, like homemade crescent rolls recently. We certainly are thankful for her delicious and crea...
DIXON — There are getting to be signs of a busy season in our part of the world. Christmas is being advertised way too soon - again. Let’s enjoy Thanksgiving first. I appreciate the delay in winter weather (which may not be true by the time you read this). Bazaars and craft shows are starting, al...
PABLO — According to the by-laws and constitution of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, a primary election run-off for Elmo District Tribal Council Candidates Reuben A. Mathias and Len Two Teeth will be held this Saturday, Nov. 16. Both Two Teeth and Mathias received ...
With names like Filthy McNasty and Bird Leg Blues, the bulls must be mean and tough and ready to eat cowboys for breakfast. The bulls join other Pistol Creek Rodeo Company rough stock headed to Las Vegas to try their luck at throwing cowboys in the dirt at the Indian National Finals Rodeo, Nov. 5-9 at the...
DIXON — This is turning into the lengthy fall I needed to get my winter preparations accomplished: storing summer supplies like tools and clothes, planting bulbs, finding a snow brush and shovel and getting back to indoor activities like taking care of apples I snatched before the bears got to them.&nb...
DIXON — Sometimes you get what you wish for. I really wanted a long, lovely fall and here it is (or was). I am so delighted to show off the red maple and sumac in my yard along with the beautiful golds of the maples. I even have a weeping larch, which turns golden and drops its needles just l...
DIXON – Dixon has more than once served as an example for media outlets writing about the challenges of living without immediate access to a grocery store stocked with food. The tiny map dot on the edge of Lake and Sanders counties is home to 235 people who have to drive more than 10 miles to the neare...
DIXON — For more than 20 years, the charming burg of Dixon has celebrated the harvest of their succulent melons with a festival. The event begins this Friday evening, Aug. 23, with a dance, followed Saturday morning by a Firemen’s breakfast, a run/walk, 3-on-3 basketball tournament and a horsesho...
DIXON — Can you believe Melon Days are almost here, which also means the Sanders County Fair is next, and then it’s “back-to-school.” I used to dread those back-to-school ads, which start in July as a reminder that my long vacation would soon come to an end. It took many years before ...
DIXON — The tradition and the noise of July 4 is over and we are enjoying a break in the 90-degree heat (as of this writing). Good news—the Dixon melon report is that the juicy and delicious melons are growing fine. You will probably have a sample before our Melon Day celebration on August 24. ...
