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WSA check

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

Mayor Brinson is deep in thought during the Plains Town council meeting on Monday, March 4 at Plains City Hall.
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Plains Town council passes water bond upgrade

PLAINS – The March meeting for the Plains Town Council commenced March 4, where council members voted on and passed the water bond upgrade and also addressed town property and storage use.
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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.
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Lance Pavlik

Pavlik at his Jan. 8 appearance at Sanders County District Court.
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Pavlik's sentencing to occur next week

THOMPSON FALLS - Lance Pavlik, former Thompson Falls golf coach and Thompson Falls School Board vice-chair is scheduled to appear in Sanders County District Court on Tuesday, March 12 for his sentencing.
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Local athletes selected for upcoming All-Star game

SANDERS COUNTY - Seven athletes from Sanders County teams have been selected to play in the upcoming Mission Mountain All-Star basketball game.
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Veterans

Boxes were unloaded, then cut open, then the supplies were carried and organized in the 4-H barns at the Sanders County Fairgrounds.
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NHS induction

Plains High School principal Larry McDonald tells a joke during his speech to the new inductees of the National Honor Society.
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Plains NHW inducts new members

PLAINS - The Plains High School National Honor Socitey inducted several new members last Tuesday, and the values instilled in the organization were displayed for all to see.
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Kindergartners and first-graders are wowed by Mr. Benson's science experiment on Friday for I Love To Read Month.
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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.
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Ms. Errecart's kindergarten class shows off their "Cat in the Hat" crafts in celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday and I Love to Read Month.
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