Articles with the Tag: Polson
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 — It wasn’t an ordinary trip to the Polson Liquor Store on Aug. 5. Duane Lux, 68, Polson, pulled into the business’s parking lot and then allegedly crashed into the concrete building. According to Polson Chief of Police Wade Nash, the collision caused extensive damage to the...
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...
Veterans on motorcycles will be escorting “The Wall That Heals” through Lake County Tuesday, Aug. 20 on its way from Missoula to Whitefish. The half-scale replica of the Vietnam Wall will be hosted by VFW Post 277 for four days in Whitefish, from Wednesday, Aug. 21 throu...
POLSON — The field surrounding Milliron Paint Horses arena was filled with pickups, trailers with horses tied to them on Aug. 10 and 11. Pint-sized and larger kids, ages 7 and under to 18, were at the arena to compete in a Southwest Youth Rodeo Association rodeo. The kids compete in dummy r...
POLSON — The Port Polson Players continue their 38th season of Summer Theatre with an evening of Mark Twain-ish humor, at the air conditioned John Dowdall Theatre, on the lake in Polson. After a successful run this spring, witty comedies “The Diary of Adam and Eve” followed by “Whe...
Polson Middle School is quieter this week than the last, when students began disappearing from the hallways as quickly as cherries disappeared from the orchards. The tapering off of students participating in the migrant summer was expected, according to director Tim Berg. Students have a short windo...
