ARTICLES BY AARIC BRYAN<BR
Piranhas on the prowl
The Plains Piranhas made a big splash in their first swim meet of the season, finishing in third place in front of the home crowd Sunday.
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Fire destroys 2 homes in Plains
Three minutes is all it took to destroy about everything two Plains families possessed in the world.
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Teaching a new line of work
For the past 15 years people have been coming to a little cabin nestled amongst the pines on the bank of the Clark Fork River near the border of Sanders and Mineral counties to receive guidance on how to be a guide.
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Flying for flapjacks
Dozens of pilots from across the region touched down on the Plains Penn Stohr Field’s tarmac in search of some free pancakes Saturday.
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Hard-hitting Harlowton sisters put on volleyball camp for Hot Springs
After going 20-5 last season and earning their first trip to the state championship, the Savage Heat volleyball team isn’t resting on their laurels. With the season still months away, most of the team spent last week in the gym taking part in a volleyball camp.
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Ride'em cowboy
A Superior’s man attempt to win at the Hot Springs rodeo came up empty this weekend.
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The 59th Homesteader Days hits Hot Springs
The 59th Annual Homesteader Days went off without a hitch, according to event organizer Leslee Smith.
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Hundreds brave the cold to celebrate Plains Day
With activities starting near sunrise and going well into darkness, the 38th Annual Plains Day saw just about everything, except sunshine.
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Sawdust flies at crosscut
About 70 people gathered in front of the VFW Post 3596 to watch nearly 100 entrants try their hands at being lumberjacks for a couple of hours at the Plains Day Crosscut Competition.
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T-Falls students play in the rain
A little rain shower couldn’t spoil the Thompson Falls Elementary’s field day Thursday, in fact, for most of the kindergarten through sixth graders it only made the day better.
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Veterans gather for original Memorial Day
Long after all the baseball games had been watched, the barbecue grills cooled off and the camping gear stowed away from Memorial Day weekend, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3596 gathered at the Plains Cemetery for their annual Memorial Day ceremony.
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Lady Hawks lose heartbreaker in championship
The Thompson Falls softball team was one strike away from being crowned state champions, but let victory slip out of their hands on a rain-soaked field in Anaconda Monday, May 26.
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Veterans honor fallen brethren
The 75-year-old Army veteran led the procession of four volunteers, each with a bundle of miniature American flags in their arms, around the wet Thompson Falls VFW Cemetery with a sense of purpose as they placed the flags on the graves of our nation’s veterans.
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Plains youngsters hit the track
The annual Plains Elementary Track Day was held under gray skies and a constant drizzle, but that couldn’t spoil the elementary students chance to shine Thursday.
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