Articles with the Tag: Polson
POLSON — With Christmas coming soon, community members are putting up lights and decorations and thinking about shopping. Even though holiday cheer is making people smile more, Polson Police Chief Wade Nash has had several complaints about parked vehicles full of garbage or garbage piled in fr...
POLSON — Sandpiper Art Gallery, 306 Main St., will extend its hours to participate in the Polson Art Walk on Friday, Dec. 7, from 5-7 p.m. and again on Dec. 8 from 10-5 p.m. In addition to the many exquisite items for sale in the gallery and gift shop, Sandpiper members will offer hands-on demonstratio...
Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, the days following Thanksgiving, have become the year’s biggest shopping days and a jumpstart for the holiday season for retailers. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, was a heavy shopping day for Americans. Nationwide, a quarter of...
POLSON — Commissioner Todd Erickson gave an overview of the positive things happening in Ward 1 during the city commissioners meeting on Nov. 19. Some of the items he mentioned were a retail and online quilting machine business had filled the old Eddie’s Drug space; the facade of The First Res...
POLSON — Polson Volunteer Fire Department firefighters will have amplifiers and the rings to attach them to their self-contained breathing apparatus thanks to local Walmart employees. About 58 Walmart employees held a baked goods and craft sale to raise money, which combined with a Walmart Vol...
POLSON — For several days before Thanksgiving, Kelly Kinyon, who works at the Polson Senior Center, spent every extra minute cubing and toasting 75 loaves of bread for stuffing for the Polson Community Thanksgiving Dinner. Then Tracy Plaiss, who coordinates the dinner, and her crew had to figure out...
Clients for food pantries in Polson and Ronan dropped by about 20 percent in September and October, but now numbers are climbing again as the holidays approach and the economy is still uncertain. “We had a record day on Nov. 20,” said Bryan River, manager of Polson Loaves and Fish Food Pantry....
ST. IGNATIUS — High school volleyball players from the Mission and Jocko Valleys got one last chance to shine at an all-star volleyball game Nov. 15 hosted by the Mission Lady Bulldogs. Lady Bulldog assistant coach Annie Morigeau said the event was a rousing success, especially with only a week&rsqu...
The local Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lake County and the Flathead Reservation would like to announce the changing of its name to Friends Forever Mentoring. Although the name has changed, the mission and philosophy of the program remains the same. The mentoring program will continue to focus on providing one...
As a district, we have set a goal of growing student achievement 10 percent beyond where we were last year. This goal is only reachable if we work together as an entire district team. Thus, I am taking administrators to professional learning communities training, conducted by renowned practitioners ...
