Sanders County Community Calendar

Dec. 14: 7 p.m. - Plains Christian Missionary & Alliance Church will be putting on Christmas Dessert at the church. The dessert is free and open to the public. During dessert, church members will be putting on various skits.

Although the dessert is free, it is encouraged that people get tickets from the church, so organizers know how much dessert to buy. For more information, call the church at 826-3916.

Dec. 15: 11:30 a.m. - Plains Red Hatters meet at the Second Home Restaurant along Highway 28 just outside of Hot Springs.

Dec. 16: 3 p.m. - A group of people will be traveling around Hot Springs on horseback to sing Christmas carols. Everyone invited. For more information, call Martha Vogel at 741-2680 or Starla Rice at 741-5440.

Dec. 20: 1 p.m. - Santa Claus will be visiting the resident at the Clark Fork Valley Hospital Nursing Home in Plains.

Sanders County Search and Rescue Team meets on the first Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at the search and rescue barn next to Thompson Falls High School's football field.

Plainly Speaking Toastmasters of Plains meets every Thursday at the Home Economics Room at the Plains High School at 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend. The schedule is as follows:

Dec. 20 - Fern Johnson

Dec. 27 - Frances Abbey

The Plains Lions Club meets first and third Monday of each month at 6 p.m. at Benji's Restaurant (upstairs). For more information, contact Secretary Dave Goree at 827-1962, or Treasurer Clyde Terrell at 826-3381.

Sanders County Council for the Arts meets on the second Monday of each month at First Security Bank at 10 a.m.

Alliance Women's Breakfast to take place the first Saturday of each month at 9 a.m. at the Plains Alliance Church.

All ladies welcome. For more information, call Sybille Baker at 826-0402.

Kathryn C. Johnson Eastern Star Chapter 132 meets the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Masonic Hall at Hot Springs.

For more information call Leona Ekstrom at 826-3618.

The junior Girl Scouts of Troop 485 in Plains meet on the second and fourth Friday of each month from 2:30-4:30 p.m. at the Plains School cafeteria.

For more information, call Polly Gill at 826-0044.

Citizens Against Drug & Alcohol Abuse (CADAA) holds its meetings on the third Tuesday of each month at the First Security Bank, 510 West Railroad Avenue, Plains.

VFW Post 3596 Auxiliary will meet on the second Monday at 3 p.m. and fourth Monday at 7 p.m.

The Clark Fork Valley Hospital Auxiliary meets the first Wednesday of every month at 1:30 p.m. in the Distance Learning Center. For more information please call Mementos, the gift shop, at Clark Fork Valley Hospital at 826-4988.

TOPS

Wednesdays, 5:45 p.m. weigh-in, 6 p.m. meeting, Hot Springs Fitness Center, 38 Marsh Road.

Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. weigh-in, 5:45 p.m. meeting, Plains City Hall, 101 W. Lynch St.

Fridays, 11:15 a.m. weigh-in, 12 p.m. meeting, Plains First Church of God, 407 1st St.

Fridays, 11 a.m. weigh-in, 11:15 a.m. meeting, Thompson Falls Congregational Church, 704 Preston, Ave.

VFW Post 3596 meets every first and third Wednesday of each month at Plains VFW at 8 p.m.

For more information, contact Post Commander Doug Browning at 826-5960.

Bookmobile Schedule

Tuesday (Jan. 8; Feb. 5) - Dixon - 10 - 10:30 a.m.; Dixon School - 10:45 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.; Camas Prairie - 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday (Jan. 9; Feb. 6) - Lonepine - 10 - 11:30 a.m.; Hot Springs - noon - 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday (Jan. 15, Feb. 12) - Trout Creek School - 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; town - 1-3 p.m.

Wednesday (Dec. 12, Jan. 16, Feb. 13) - Noxon School 10:30 a.m. - noon; town - 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday (Dec. 18, Jan. 22, Feb. 19) - Bull River - 10 - 11 a.m.; Heron Library - 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; Thompson Falls Lodge - 2 - 3 p.m.

Wednesday (Dec. 19, Jan. 23, Feb. 20) - Plains Senior Citizens - 10:30 - 11:30; New Horizons - noon - 12:30; Camp Bighorn - 1:30 - 2 p.m.; Paradise - 2:30 - 3 p.m.