An update from Senator Jennifer Fielder

I am working on many legislative actions to ensure local voices are meaningfully factored into government decisions. Please do your part by staying apprised of the issues that affect you and submit comments for the record to responsible agency officials. Feel free to cc me with any official comments you make to state agencies so I can follow up on the most critical topics. My email is Sen.JFielder@legmt.gov

Annual Turkey Shoot kicks off with a bang

PLAINS – The annual Turkey Shoot kicked-off with a blast as guns fired into the air at clay pigeons.

Marion Reinhart

Marion Reinhart, 85, of Thompson Falls, passed away on Saturday, March 23.

Suppression of walleye a hot-button issue

Letters to the Editor - March 20, 2013

Men of Worth to play in Superior this week

From Scotland’s outer islands and Ireland’s west, some of America’s most authentic musical heritage is coming to Superior.

Letters to the Editor - March 13, 2013

Dear Senators:

WSA check

WSA President Cory Ovitt accepts the check from Jim Blush of Blackfoot Communications on March 5.

Wildhorse Sports Association receives grant

PLAINS – Wildhorse Sports Association received a $5,000 grant from Blackfoot telecommunications last Tuesday, putting the organization closer to their goal of constructing a very ornate and much-needed sports complex at the old Plains airport.

Christian Jason Glace

Christian Jason Glace was born on January 30th at Clark Fork Valley Hospital in Plains. He weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces. Parents are Jasmine Brooks and Jacob Glace. Grandparents are Mike and Julie Needham of Plains, Mt , Jason and Carmen Stugelmayer of Yakima, WA. Great- Aunts and Uncles Gordon and Natalie Briote of Leavenworth, WA, Jack and Debbie Dolan of Tacoma, WA., Ava Brock of Tacoma, WA. Great grandparents are Jim and Judy Benfiet of Naches, WA.

Silly celebrations

PLAINS - School children were excited for books, and even more for the rewards for reading on Friday as Plains celebrated the end of I Love to Read Month.

Men of Worth head to Superior for March gala

From Scotland’s outer islands and Ireland’s west, some of America’s most authentic musical heritage is coming to Superior.

Northwest Montana hunter, bowhunter, instructors honored

Multiple Hunter and Bowhunter Education Instructors from Sanders County received service awards from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks during the annual Region 1 Instructor Workshop, which was held on March 2 at Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell. A total of 34 instructors received service awards ranging from 5 to 35 years of service. All service award recipients received a plaque and additional awards included an engraved knife for 10 years of service and a FWP belt buckle for 20 years of service. A number of other awards were also presented.

Melanie's farewell column: Relations matter most

Ninety-seven issues. That’s my number here at Valley Press – Mineral Independent. It may even be 98, but that very first issue in April of 2011 when I started here was just a few photos of an Easter egg hunt in Superior. Little did I know what lay ahead of me; little did I know how much things would change, and how the slightest, tiniest decisions can create ripple effects that touch so many others.

Christian Jason Glace

Christian Jason Glace was born on January 30 at Clark Fork Valley Hospital in Plains. He weighed 7 pounds and 2 ounces. Parents are Jasmine Brooks and Jacob Glace. Gradparents are Mike and Julie Needham, Gordon and Natalie Briote, Jason and Larmen Stugelmayer, and Jack and Dolan Debbie. Great grandparents are Jim and Judy Benfiet.

love to read 5

Plains third graders Skylar Bergstrom and Mykenzi Blood silly-string Principal Jim Holland on Friday at the celebration assembly for I Love To Read Month for Plains School. Top readers from each grade had the chance to silly-string both Holland and Superintendent Thom Chisholm.

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Plains School Superintendent Thom Chisholm silly-strings colleague Jim Holland, Plains Elementary principal, on Friday for the I Love To Read celebration. Top readers from each grade had the chance to silly-string the duo.

Sanders Co. Fair board

Fair commission directors Regina Skoczylas, Jim Newman and Bill Kenyon look over submitted papers at the February meeting last week.

Fair commission follow-up: Moneyless tabled for 1 year.

Letter to the Editor - Feb. 27

No amnesty for invaders of any of our 50 sovereign Republics, whose oath you swore you would defend when you said you would protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.