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Plains offense

Eric Rummell of Plains carrying the ball in the thrid quarter against Troy on October 14.

State Meet Boys Top 3

The top 3 runners of the 2011 Montana State Class B Cross Country Meet in Missoula on Oct. 22nd. From left: Kit Mayer of Missoula Loyola, who finished first overall; Carter Montgomery of Plains, who finished third overall; and Kyle Olson of Poplar, who finished second overall.

State Meet

Plains runner Diamond LaDeaux competes in the 2011 Montana State Class B Girls Cross Country Meet in Missoula. LaDeaux finished 27th overall with a personal best of 20:56.

Sanders County All-Conference Boys

The Sanders County All-Conference XC runners from left to right: Thompson Falls - Dalton Nelson, Lucas Grewell and Logan Naegeli; Plains - Robert Earhart and Carter Montgomery.

Keeping Pace to Finish the Race

Plains runner Andrea Wood keeps pace at the All-Conference meet in Ronan on Oct. 15th.

Leading the Pack

Plains runner Nicole Rehbein runs with the likes of Class A runners Whitefish and Columbia Falls at the Saturday Whitefish Invite. Rehbein had a 73 second PR improvement with 22:00 and finished 18th overall.

Strength in Numbers

Thompson Falls runner Lucas Grewell leads Plains runners Garrett Horton and Kris Beech during the Whitefish Invite Oct. 8th.

Running Teammates

Plains runners Russell Kujala and David Damschen keep pace at the Thompson Falls Invite on Sept. 29th.

Great stride

Plains runner Robert Earhart sprints during the Mountain West Invitational in Missoula on Sept. 24th.

Running up that Hill

Plains junior varsity runners Daniel Damschen (left) and Wyatt Winebrenner (right) race up a hill during the Mountain West Invitational in Missoula Saturday morning. Damschen came out of the race with his best PR of 22:07.

Through the Trees

Plains runner Garrett Horton runs through woods during Eureka Invite on Sept. 9th.

Coming up on the Finish

Plains runner Felicia Earhart looks to finish strong at the Eureka Invite Sept. 9th.

Sprinting to the Finish

Plains senior Carter Montgomery sprints to the finish at the Eureka Invitational.

Trivial Time Trials

Thompson Falls runner leads Plains runner Robert Earhart during the annual beginning of season time trials for squad placement. 

Time Trial runner

Plains runner Russell Kujala keeps pace in the beginning of the season time trials for squad placement.

Time Trial Running

Thompson Falls runner Ethan Butte and Plains runner Daniel Damschen run hard for the beginning of the season time trials for placement on squads. 

Woodard in court

Michael Woodard on Aug. 24 during his initial appearance in District Court. 

Woodard sentenced to 55 years

Michael John Woodard, who pled guilty to deliberate homicide August 24 for killing his ex-wife Kelly Dube-Woodard, has been sentenced in Mineral County District Court Wednesday by District Court Judge Karen Townsend.

In the factory

From left to right, Bridget Ross, Jesse Briggs and Mary Ippisch work together to make the homemade zucchini relish.

Superior woman offers twist on zucchini relish

It took Superior resident Mary Ippisch nearly thirty years along with loads of encouragement to take a homemade creation and turn it into a product worth selling.

Mountain lion and company

Barbara Steward and Jim Moellman pose with the phantom mountain lion, which Moellman shot with the game warden's permission Saturday after the animal kept coming onto the Steward's porch. The animal measured 6 foot 8 inches long and was assumed to be around 4 years old.

Top 3 Runners Pack

The top 3 runners of the 2011 Montana State Class B Cross Country Meet in Missoula. From left: Kit Mayer of Missoula Loyola, who finished first overall; Carter Montgomery of Plains, who finished third overall; and Kyle Olson of Poplar, who finished second overall.

Fall Bazaar

Local vendors set up booths in support of the Mineral County Help Line during the Fall Bazaar.

Fall Bazaar supports local help line

Various local vendors lined the inside of the 4-H building at the fairgrounds in Superior Saturday for the forth-annual Fall Bazaar.

Fall Festivities

Locals enjoyed the second annual Fall Festival in Superior Saturday afternoon.

Autumn beginnings in Superior

Superior kicked off the autumn season Saturday afternoon with the second annual Fall Festival outside the old school house.

Cut firewood

The firewood pile sits in the field by the Community Church in Superior.

Volunteers keep community warm

Over the past 12 years, members of the Superior Community Church and local volunteers have labored to give back. Their work consists of sawing, cutting and stacking firewood.

Thompson Falls vs. Plains

Hope Reid of Thompson Falls tipping the ball over the net and into Plains territory.

Thompson Falls vs. Bigfork

Bluehawks junior running back Dominique Holt runs with the ball on a return from a kickoff while teammate Chris Hart blocks Friday night against Bigfork.

Plains vs. Eureka

Kris Beech (61) emerging from a defensive stop that also included seniors Tanner Ostrom (82) and Jonny Joner (20). It was the final home game for the seniors on the Horsemen squad.

Noxon Homecoming Court

The 2011 Noxon Homecoming Court: Queen Kimberly Marich, King Jordan Eichert, Princess Cara Stettler and Prince Banks Stocking.

Plains Freshmen Royals

Hot Springs King and Queen

Nate Gray and Amanda Woods

Noxon King and Queen

Kimberly Marich and Jordan Eichert.

Thompson Falls King and Queen

Jennifer Lyght and Jaron Laws

Plains King and Queen

Carter Montgomery and Ashley Thompson

Hauling the corn stalks

Tara Barrows hauls a cart of corn stalks to use as decoration for the Hot Springs Harvest Festival at Towanda Gardens.

Pumpkins & Squash in a row

Pumpkins and squash are ripe from the picking in the Towanda Gardens green house.

Her favorite painting

Melinda Via of Thompson Falls holds one of her eight acrylic Americana-style painting prints. Titled, "Christmas on Main Street," this painting is Via's personal favorite and depicts a Christmas-time Thompson Falls in period turn-of-the-20th-century attire.

Totaled

Cuddy's Ford truck after the accident with a semi-truck. Cuddy suffered severe injuries from the event but is recovering.