ARTICLES BY ADAM HERRENBRUCK<BR
Showing off clothes, quilts at 'Olympics of Sewing'
Sanders County 4-H’ers showed off the skills they’ve gained over the past year in sewing and quilting Sunday as they presented their work to judges and an audience at the 4-H Fashion Revue and Patchwork Parade at Thompson Falls High School.
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Guild hold's 18th annual quilt show
The Flat Iron Quilting Guild of Sanders County held its 18th annual quilt show — “Quilting, Past, Present and Future” — Friday through Sunday in Thompson Falls.
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Little Dribblers wrap up season with final games
The Little Dribblers — Future of Thompson Falls Basketball — wrapped up their season last Tuesday with two final games. The third- and fourth-graders’ two and a half week season came to a close as yellow (Iowa Hawkeyes) beat black (Cincinnati Bearcats) and blue (Kansas Jayhawks) beat red (Indiana Hoosiers).
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Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation holds another successful banquet
The Sanders County chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation entertained a “sellout crowd” Saturday at their 18th annual banquet at the Sanders County Fair pavilion in Plains. The foundation’s banquet featured a live auction, silent auction, door prizes, raffles, dinner and beverages in their main fundraiser for the year.
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Earth Day spends first year inside
The people of Hot Springs didn’t let the weather keep them from holding their first Earth Day Celebration, but the event was moved inside to Symes Hot Springs Hotel so people could avoid the rain and snow. The celebration featured about seven vendors and informational booths, five workshops, a potluck, …
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Hot Springs Junior High meet hosts over 200 young athletes
Eleven teams competed at the Hot Springs Junior High Track and Field Invitational Friday as schools as far away as Drummond and as nearby as Paradise and Dixon came out to throw, run and jump at Hot Springs School. Four Sanders County teams, three Mineral County teams, three Lake County …
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Howard throws no-no to shutdown Trotters
Bria Howard tossed a no-hitter and the Lady Hawks rolled to an 11-0 win in five innings over the Plains Trotters Thursday night in Thompson Falls. The senior Howard fanned a dozen batters as the Trotters could not figure out her command from the mound.
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Plains continues with another year of Pops
Students of Plains Middle School and High School were able to showcase their musical talents for members of the community at the Plains School gym last Tuesday as the school held its annual Pops Concert.
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Money for seniors home repair projects
Low-income homeowners who are 55 and older now have the opportunity to have repairs done to their homes in an effort to revitalize the stock of safe, affordable housing in Sanders County.
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Opening of Rock Creek mine moving forward
Two representatives from Revett Minerals Inc. gave a presentation Wednesday in Thompson Falls as to the status of the Rock Creek Mine they plan to open in north Sanders County, saying they only want to be “good neighbors and part of the community.” Part of their contribution to the community …
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Soul Savers hold annual Sportsman's Banquet
The Soul Savers Association Hunting and Fishing group have consistently attracted large crowds to their annual Sportsman's Banquet with another 100-person plus showing Saturday in Plains. The banquet serves as the group's main fundraiser with a silent auction, live auction, games and prizes, music, a guest preacher from Missoula, and …
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Antler Sports Show offers antler, horns trophy scoring in Trout Creek
The first-ever Antler Sport Show at the Lakeside Motel and Resort in Trout Creek kept Larry Lack busy, as the Boone and Crockett scorer measured set after set of antlers and horns Saturday in his quest to fill pages in the Montana record book.
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Judge accepts plea bargains for 2 men
Two men were handed sentencing last Tuesday at the Sanders County Courthouse in Thompson Falls as Judge Kim Christopher began law in motion by accepting two plea bargains for men charged with different crimes.
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