Thanks to those who helped at walk and run

The organizers of the Find Your Fun Walk and Run would like to thank all those who took part in and helped with the diabetes awareness event on May 22nd. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans enabled us to make this a free and community based program through a grant. They also provided volunteers who helped with food, setting up and distributing information to the public.

Plains City Court

Joy A. Larson (32)

Rehberg staff to hold traveling office hours

Missoula, MT - Montana's Congressman, Denny Rehberg, announced his congressional field representative, Larry Anderson, will be conducting traveling office hours in Plains, Wednesday, June 23, at 11:00 a.m., at the Plains City Hall, 101 West Lynch Street.

Months seek to bring awareness to skin cancer, sun safety

The most diagnosed type of cancer in the United States is also the cancer that is not only treated the most successfully, but also the type of cancer that is perhaps the most preventable. According to Terry Egan, cancer control program coordinator for region one (Missoula, Mineral and Ravalli counties) for the Montana Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (MCCCP), a supporting partner to the Montana Cancer Control Coalition (MTCCC), over one million new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the states this year.

New program supports parents

A new program is being offered at the Superior Mental Health Department. The program, Oasis Family Support Project, will include both parents and children and seeks to provide support to parents who are raising children. The program is being funded by a grant for $5,490 from the Early Childhood Comprehensive System, which supports early childhood development projects and is funded by a segment of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Furry felines everywhere

TRACS would like to reach out to our public here in Sanders County and find out how we might be able to help them with the stray and feral cat populations we have in some areas. TRACS is hoping to get some financial help from a large national organization and has a very good chance of getting this money, which is designed to help reduce stray cat populations by controlling their reproduction. Stop the babies being made, and the populations will automatically be reduced.

Superior girls medal at state

The Superior girls were seeing a lot of success as the track season was rolling to a close. They came in second at divisionals and had a group headed to state in numerous events. Yet only two girls took medals at the state track meet that was held this last weekend in Laurel. And it was in the long jump and the triple jump where the two girls shined.

Lions Club looking for rodeo junior princess

The Superior Lions Club is currently looking for a junior princess in addition to a princess and queen to reign over their very popular rodeo scheduled for Friday, August 6th and Saturday, August 7th.

Balenger sentenced for illegal elk possession

On Wednesday, May 19, Mineral County James Balenger appeared in court to receive sentencing for the charge of illegal possession of an elk. According to Bev Smith, Missoula County Justice Court Clerk, Balenger was ordered to pay a fine of $535.00 and has lost his hunting, fishing and trapping privileges for twelve months. Balenger was also ordered to forfeit the elk mount and to turn it over to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

Spencer moves to state track meet

Thomas Spencer was the sole individual from the St. Regis track team to represent the Tigers at the divisional track meet this past weekend at the Missoula County Stadium. And he will also be a representative of the Tigers at the state track this weekend.

Superior girls take second at Divisionals, headed to state

It was a close day of competition on Friday for the Superior girls. After completing seven events, the Bobcats were only behind Bigfork by a mere point. The Bobcats finished Friday in second place with 33 points, while Bigfork sat in first place with 34 points. Yet, on Saturday, Bigfork netted several victories and pulled away from the Bobcats and ended up winning the divisional tournament. The Superior girls finished in second place, however, with 68 points, a mere four points ahead of Darby, but 45 points away from first-place Bigfork.

Pushing forward

Noxon junior battles for shot put crown following family tragedy

It was shortly after three in the afternoon when 16-year-old Derek Jensen got the call. He was at school at the time and he was outside teaching the younger children how to play a game called flicker ball, a football passing game, when Mr. Moore, his high school principal and his track coach grabbed him and told him he had a phone call.

Spreading information and awareness

Locals raise awareness in Plains on diabetes control and prevention

"Diabetes is an epidemic right now," said Mary Shick, diabetes educator for St. Patrick's Hospital in Missoula.

Superior girls take district title

The Superior girls won their first district title this last weekend at district competition in class 6-B at the Missoula County Stadium. Deer Lodge came in second with 100 points even, but the Superior girls were several strides ahead with 131 points to sweep the competition on Friday and Saturday. After seven events on Friday, the Superior girls led with 56 points to Deer Lodge's second place total of 49.

Big thumbs up

Thomas Spencer heads to divisional track to represent St. Regis

Officials discuss summer work in Superior

Superior residents had a lot of questions for officials on Wednesday night at a meeting concerning the soil samples that the Environmental Protection Agency had done last summer and work that is being planned for this summer. Superior mayor Mike Wood opened the meeting by thanking everyone for coming out noting that there was a lot of work to be done this summer.

Splendid Performance

Superior students team up with MCT to bring Robinson Crusoe to life, sort of.

Moving onto divisionals

Every athlete for Hot Springs track wins a ticket to Divisionals

Devon White and Randi Arnold are officially the premiere jumpers of District 14-C.

Terrific trotter

With the Plains Horsemen stealing the headlines all season long with high-flying and hard-throwing performances, it was a Trotter who ran away with the spotlight at Districts for the Plains track team.

Noxon's lucky thirteen

Thirteen may be an unlucky number, but 13 Noxon tracksters are heading to the Divisional meet with a lot of confidence due to a slew of personal records falling at Polson.