Articles with the Tag: Polson
POLSON — The Federal Aviation Administration honored local pilot Chuck Jarecki with its prestigious Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award recently at a gathering near West Glacier June 29. A long-time Polson resident, Jarecki was recognized for his 50-plus years of dedicated service to aviation safety,...
POLSON — Lake County is sponsoring an aquatic invasive plant identification training on July 29 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Boettcher Park Pavilion in Polson. The Lake County training session is being funded with a grant from DNRC. Erik Hanson from Hanson Environmental will lead the training s...
POLSON — Flathead Lake Cherry Growers Secretary and Board of Directors member Ken Edgington said the organization’s 80 growers have seen favorable conditions so far this year, adding that he hopes to see at least 1.3 million pounds of cherries harvested in the coming months. “You r...
With cherry season on the way, the Flathead Lake Cherry Growers Association has ideas for how to use cherries besides eating the sweet red fruit. Additional recipe ideas for fresh and dried sweet cherries as well as sour cherries are available on their website at: www.montanacherries.com. ...
Sweet dark red cherries are ripening around Flathead Lake, but cherries are showing up in a lot of downtown Polson stores, too. Cherry fabric, that is, pieced and quilted by area seamstresses for the Flathead Cherry Festival Quilt Show. This year’s quilt show drew 10 entries, displaye...
POLSON — On July 20, the Boys and Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County will sponsor a Mud Run. The fun starts at 8 a.m. with racers going out in the order they register (first 10 runners will go out at 8 a.m. and so on…) Upon registering, participants will be given a “bal...
Around Flathead Lake, the sweet cherries are glowing red on the trees, soaking in the sun and growing larger and darker red each day. In another week or so, cherry harvest will begin. In the meantime, cherry farmers are spraying and preparing for picking to begin. But before the cherries reach picki...
BIG ARM — Two Polson residents were killed in a two-vehicle wreck near mile marker 74, just north of Big Arm on July 9 about 7:30 p.m. According to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Eric Thoreson, a northbound car drifted into the southbound lane and crashed into a vehicle with a driver and a pas...
POLSON — Aftaer spending approximately an hour on a grievance hearing, Polson School Board trustees approved the Polson Classified Education aAssociation contract at their July 8 meeting. PCEA employees received a three percent raise and some contract language changes, including the district paying $80...
News from Montana State University Extension office POLSON – Cody Grant, 4-H member in Polson, helped the Montana 4-H shooting sports team win top places in the National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational Tournament in Grand Island, Neb. Grant was a member of the Shotgun team. “The c...
