Game planning
MI reporter Keith Cousins and Lookout Ski School instructor Phil Taylen discuss ski dynamics while riding the lift Feb. 8.
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Going up...
The view while going up the chair lift at Lookout Pass Feb. 8
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On the bunny hill
MI reporter Keith Cousins busts a cool ski move Feb. 8 during our practice run on the bunny hill before hittting the chair lift.
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Sporting his bow and hardware
Kody Wormwood, 16, proudly holds his FTAA World Champion young shooter trophy he earned last weekend in Las Vegas.
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Feeling Good, Looking Good
With the sinks gotten from Habitat For Humanity to replace the old ones in the Hot Springs Town Hall, Anna Marie Ferguson holds a paint brush high after having completed most of the renovation Monday at Town Hall.
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Hitting the Lanes
Sean LaDeaux bowls at the Plains VFW lanes Saturday during the first annual Plains Trap Club Bowl-n-Blast.
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Up in the paint
Horsemen sophomore Keith Woodward goes up in the paint for a score Friday night against Troy Trojans.
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Change-up
Horsemen senior Brandyn Smith manuveurs within the paint against the Trojans Friday night.
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Post drive
JV Trotters sophomore Tia Thompson goes up for a post-shot Friday night against the Troy Lady Trojans. The JV Trotters won 26-18.
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Laying it up
JV Trotters freshman Hailey Phillips lays it up in the bucket after making a steal and fastbreak Friday night against the Troy JV Lady Trojans. The JV Trotters won 26-18.
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Tip-off
Trotters freshman Kayla Holmes goes up for the game tip-off Friday night against Troy Lady Trojans. The Trotters won 43-24.
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Good form
Trotters senior Nikki Kunzer takes a shot for a score Friday night against the Troy Lady Tojans. The Trotters won 43-24.
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Caring signs
Local protestors Amy Stinnett (left) and Terrie Woods (right) hold signs Sunday afternoon in Plains on the main stretch in town.
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Plowing through
Batt Lulack of Plains plows snow off of Lynch Street Thursday morning while snow continues to fall and bury the Town of Plains after months of a winter dry spell.
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Bustin' a Move
Trotters senior Diamond LaDeaux drives the ball from Maiden territory Friday, Jan. 13 against the Ronana Maidens.
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Calm before the Storm
The town of Plains during a late-morning light snow shower Monday. Most of Western Montana was under winter storm watch Monday-Tuesday after months of hardly any snowfall.
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Family
Tasha and Seth Albano of Thompson Falls with their New Year baby, Billy.
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Arriving on scene
Plains EMT and Plains-Paradise Rural Fire Department speak with accident victim Jan.4 following her rollover accident due to icy roads on River Road West in Plains.
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Upside down
Plains Ambulance and Plains-Paradise Rural Fire Department arrived on scene of a single-vehicle rollover accident Jan. 4 on River Road West in Plains. The driver, Denise Moreth of Plains, was not harmed in the accident and attributed the incident to icy roads.
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Up and Away
Lisa Russell of Plains releases a lantern while event organizer Kathy Miller cheers it on on New Year's Eve for the CNSC wish lantern release at the Sanders County Fairgrounds.
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Enthusiastic singers
Plains first graders sing "Mittens and Gloves" Dec. 15 for the elementary Christmas concert.
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Composing songs
Plains second graders sing "Don't Eat a Poinsttia" Dec. 15 for the elementary Christmas concert.
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Singing students
Plains first graders sing "Mittens and Gloves" Dec. 15 for the elementary Christmas concert.
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Russian Dance
Plains sixth graders performs "Russian Dance (from The Nutcracker)" by Tchaikovsky Dec. 15 at the Elementary Chirstmas Choir concert.
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Happily Ever After
The Prince (Chris Halling) offers Beauty (Sam Garrison) a rose after their engagement at the end of the play.
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Barely even friends....
Beauty (Sam Garrison) teaches Beast (Chris Halling) how to dance.
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Beauty arrives at the enchanted castle
The Beast (Chris Halling) frightens Beauty (Sam Garrison) shortly after her arrival at the enchanted castle in place of her Papa.
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Beauty the Dreamer
After a spell of day-dreaming, Beauty (Sam Garrison) accepts a handmade birdcage from her brother Paul (Harrison Halling).
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The cruel Prince
The Prince (Chris Halling) disciplines The Page (Sheridan Martin) during Act II of "Beauty and the Beast" Friday night.
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Spirit talks to the family
Beauty and her family listen to the Spirit during Act I of "Beauty and the Beast" Friday night. From left to right: Spirit (Mahala Harris), Poppa (Lucas Olfert), The Page (Sheridan Martin), Paulette (Keira Gill) and Beauty (Sam Garrison).
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Opening scene
Beauty's siblings play with a beehive in the opening scene of "Beauty and the Beast" Friday night. From left: Paulette (Keira Gill), Henriette (Tiffany Turner), Henri (Brian Baker) and Paul (Harrison Halling).
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Last-minute costume adjustment
Kendall Knight sews a pocket into Beauty's cape backstage prior to the Plains High School production of "Beauty and the Beast" Friday night. Knight played Aunt Sweet.
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Careful application
Mahala Harris applies her stage makeup prior to the Plains High School production of "Beauty and the Beast" Friday night. Harris played Spirit.
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Stage makeup
Sam Garrison and Mahala Harris apply their stage makeup prior to the Plains High School production of "Beauty and the Beast" Friday night. Garrison played Beauty and Harris played Spirit.
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Presenting the colors
Plains VFW present the colors at the opening of the local Wreaths Across America wreath-laying ceremony in Plains Cemetery. Chuck Lynch(far right), organizer of the event and a member of the Civil Air Patrol, stands at attention.
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Preparing to roll out
The Tired Iron Project scrap metal caravan waits to take off from the Y Quick Stop in Hot Springs early Wednesday morning to take their loads to Missoula. The project hopes to raise funds for a new Family Clinic.
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Mixing colors
Plains art students Destiny Roberts (left) and Samantha Holyk (right) prepare paint for the Valley Press windows. Each December, Plains art student descend upon the town of Plains and its businesses to paint festive images.
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Penguin fun on Llano Theater
Plains art students Sera Boggess (left) and Kitiara Hagerman (right) paint on the window of the Llano Theatre in Plains Friday. Each December, Plains art student descend upon the town of Plains and its businesses to paint festive images.
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Painting elves
Plains art student Laura Bratz paints on the windows of the Little Bitterroot Corner Store. Each December, Plains art student descend upon the town of Plains and its businesses to paint festive images.
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Painting The Printery window
Plains art student Samantha Garrison pokes her head out of The Printery while painting its door window Friday. Each December, Plains art student descend upon the town of Plains and its businesses to paint festive images.
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Mask painting
Pearl and Mirabell paint paper-mache masks Thursday at the first annual Family Art Night at Thompson Falls Elementary.
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Family art
Eric Nygaard rolls dry clay with his son, Theo, daughter Solveig, and wife Katrina Thursday during the first annual Family Art Night at Thompson Falls Elementary.
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Community painting
Representative Pat Ingraham paints with Rachel Ribeiro during the first annual Family Art Night at Thompson Falls Elementary.
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Concentrating
Garrett Jones paints his dry clay art Thursday at the first annual Family Art Night at Thompson Falls Elementary.
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Rolling the clay
Family friends Krystin Slater (far left, black vest), her son Reilli Slater (left, sitting next to Krystin) and Doree Thilmony (far right, standing) with her sons Trae (green shirt) and Cael (striped shirt) talk and play with dry clay for the first annual Family Art Night at Thompson Falls Elementary.
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Working in the Snowstorm
Plains city firemen congregate shortly after putting out the basement fire as a snowstorm approaches.
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Hand Off
Plains firemen take the burnt firewood out of the basement Thursday after putting out a house fire caused by the wood stacked too close to the fireplace.
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Extinguishing the firewood
Plains firemen hose down firewood from the basement fire.
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Running down the hill
A Plains city fireman runs the hose down the hill to reach the basement of the residence in which the fire was burning.
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After the Restoration
Wickum labored a year to restore this century-old sleigh using a book as a reference. He plans to deliver Santa to the annual Sanders County Fairgrounds Christmas Light Show with one of his horses pulling it.
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Restored Sleigh
Warren Wickum of Plains stands with his century-old trap sleigh that he worked a year to fully restore in time for the Christmas Light Show at the fairgrounds.
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Collecting Food
Plains NHS students David Damschen (far left), Laurel Danhof (center) and Robert Earhart (right) count up and weigh the day's donations for the annual NHS school-wide food drive. The drive ends Nov. 18th.
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Thompson Falls vs. Bigfork
Bluehawks junior running back Dominique Holt runs with the ball on a return from a kickoff while teammate Chris Hart blocks Friday night against Bigfork.
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Hauling the corn stalks
Tara Barrows hauls a cart of corn stalks to use as decoration for the Hot Springs Harvest Festival at Towanda Gardens.
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Pumpkins & Squash in a row
Pumpkins and squash are ripe from the picking in the Towanda Gardens green house.
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Band plays on
The Thompson Falls pep band plays music while rolling in the annual Homecoming Parade.
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Wrecking parade float
One of the larger themed floats in the annual Homecoming Parade, a few football players took sledgehammers and baseball bats to old cars, shouting "Wreck the Trojans!"
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Bluehawk pride
The Thompson Falls Bluehawks ride in the annual Homecoming Parade down Main Street.
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Little marching bluehawks
Thompson Falls Elementary students march in the Homecoming Parade in their Bluehawks masks Friday afternoon down Main Street.
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Bookstore décor
A red ottoman sits between the classics cabinet and a children's books shelf and sitting area in Bear-ly Read Used Books and More.
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Comfortable cat corner
Iverson's cat, Mr. Pink, rests on his chair in the bookstore. He is always open to be cuddled by book browsers.
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Waiting to be read to
Part of the children's reading corner, a giant stuffed bear sits waiting in Bear-ly Read.
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A cozy reading place
One of the main reading chairs in the bookstore.
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Welcome to Bear-ly Read
The view upon entering Bear-ly Read Used Books and More, located at Broad and Maiden Lane in Thompson Falls.
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Tipped, flipped and spilled
The semi-truck cab lays on its side while the trailer it was hauling lays behind it flipped. The contents of the load, compressed cardboard boxes, lay spilled on the shoulder.
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A moment of silence
Plains Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Sheppard 9left foreground) and Captain Johnson (right foreground) stand during a moment of silence to honor those that died during the September 11, 2001 attacks. The rest of the fire department stand in the background.
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Plains against Shelby
Plains senior Tanner Ostrom, number 82, dashes through a hole in the Coyote defense for a first down Friday night at the Plains Horsemen football game against the Shelby Coyotes.
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A boy and his horse...and kitten
Alan Chojnacky and his kitten Squirt tend to the stall of Alan's horse, Jurassic Sunday at the Sanders County Fairgrounds 4-H building.
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Beloved carnival rides
The carousel and ferris wheel at the fair carnival.
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Carnival fun
Brooklyn Quesnelle catches a frog at the frog snapping game booth at the carnival Friday.
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Underneath the fair umbrellas
People seek shade under the many umbrellas at the Sanders County Fair. The grounds were hailed as looking very nice this year.
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8-second thrill ride
Clayton Savage rides bull Thursday night at the Sanders County Fair Rodeo.
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Hangin' on
Beau Hill rides bull Thursday night at the Sanders County Fair Rodeo.
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Marching along
Popular rodeo bull fighter and clown Pumpkin Town puts on a show with his mighty Shetland pony, Turbo. Turbo performed many tricks for the adoring crowd with Pumpkin Town, including bucking like a bronco, dancing to music and marching like a soldier, pictured above. At the end of his set, …
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National Anthem rider
Michele McGuigan* rides with the American flag through the main arena during the singing of the National Anthem at the Sanders County Fair Roedo Thursday evening.
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Pulled from the brush
Valley Towing of Plains pulled the gray Ford Taurus from the trees and brush. They initially had to adjust cables in order to flip the car right-side up before they were able to tow it out onto the highway. A Sanders County Sheriff deputy directed traffic during this process.
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The grand champion enters the arena
Lane Foster walks his grand champion Red Angus steer into the 4-H arena during the 4-H market livestock sale Sunday at the Sanders County Fairgrounds.
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Happy couple
"Much Ado About Nothing" characters Claudio (Daniel L. Haley) and Hero (Sara Mountjoy-Pepka) are overjoyed to be engaged to one another. The 2011 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks troupe visited and performed for the town of Plains at the Sanders County Fairgrounds.
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Dancing in masks and ballgowns
The 2011 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks troupe perform "Much Ado About Nothing." This scene is the initial dance scene in which the young characters begin courting one another. From left: Beatrice (Kalen Harriman) dances with the disguised Benedick (Samuel Ashdown) while Margaret (Eliza Stoughton) dances with the disguised Don …
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A good Southern woman
"God, please send me a husband!" sarcastically cries Beatrice (Kalen Harriman) during a scene with her cousin Hero (Sara Mountjoy-Pepka) and uncle Leonato (Michael Perez) as they try to persuade her to seek marriage as any 'good' Southern woman should.
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The Plan
Claudio (Daniel L. Haley) listens to Don Pedro's (Michael Gonring) plan as he explains how he, Don Pedro, will woo Hero in the shy and awkward Claudio's stead.
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House rules
A Messenger (Mark Kuntz) looks on as Leonato (Michael Perez) explains the house situation to a just-returned from the battelfield Don Pedro (Michael Gonring). Hero (Sara Mountjoy-Pepka) and Beatrice (Kalen Harriman) observe the exchange from stage left.
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Greetings
Don Pedro (Michael Gonring) greets his cousin Hero (Sara Mountjoy-Pepka) upon his retrun from the battelfield for the Confederates.
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Plains enjoys the play
Plains residents enjoy the play, "Much Ado About Nothing" at the Sanders County Farigrounds Friday, August 26 performed by the 2011 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks troupe.
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Sibling wheelbarrow team
Siblings Alyssa and Dillon of Dixon participate in the 6-7 partner wheelbarrow race Saturday during the kid games at the annual Melon Days in Dixon.
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Little potato sack racers
The 5 and under sack race competitors stand ready at the starting line at the annual Melon Days kid games in Dixon. From left: Aida, Jayna, Brody, Dallas, Matthew and Brody.
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'School' theme parades down 200
The Dixon School float makes its way down highway 200 during the annual Melon Days parade Saturday in Dixon.
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Before the parade passes by
The annual Melon Days of Dixon parade begins Saturday and proceeds down Montana highway 200.
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Poppin' Fresh in the parade
"Got Dough?" was the slogan for the Lake County Bank float, which hosted a giant paper-mache Pillsbury Doughboy and a huge money bag on top.
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Local melons
The Hettick's melon truck full of Dixon-grown melons like honeydew, watermelon and cantaloupe.
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Only in Montana
Kyle Middlemist of Dixon holds his nephew, Sadler McCollum, in his lap while driving a tractor in the Melon Days Parade Saturday in Dixon.
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Antebellum twist on Shakespeare
"Much Ado About Nothing" characters Claudio (Daniel L. Haley), Don Pedro (Michael Gonring) and Leonato (Michael Perez) spy on Beatrice (Kalen Harriman) from the balcony during her soliloquy regarding falling in love with Benedick, whom she claims to despise. The 2011 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks visited and performed for …
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Candles and prayers
Vanessa Kinzie's family and friends gather behind Plains High School to pray for her healing and health Wednesday evening.
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Floating along
The Thompson River Animal Care Shelter Huckleberry Festival parade float.
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Homesteading it up
Thompson River Animal Care Shelter volunteers Deb Oliver and Donna Curry are all smiles and laughs while riding the TRACS parade float Saturday at the annual Huckleberry Festival in Trout Creek.
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Swingin' and singin'
The Swing Street band prepares to perform music of the 30s and 40s to entertain guests at the annual Huckleberry Festival in Trout Creek.
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Under the parachute tent
Spectators gather near the stage to watch and listen to performances and bands Saturday at the annual Huckleberry Festival in Trout Creek.
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Rope maker
Dann Johnson, left, and a visitor to the Huckleberry Festival weave a rope using Johnson's family rope-weaving machine. Johnson has been making ropes since he was a child and likes to give demonstrations.
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Weaving and selling African art
Samba Damary, co-owner of Authentic African Arts, shows a customer how to collapse and pop-up one of his handmade collapsible baskets Saturday at the annual Huckleberry Festival in Trout Creek. Damary learned the trade of weaving these baskets in his home county of Sierra Leone.
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Jumping fast
Another athletic border collie runs the Huckleberry Hounds Agility Club agility course at the annual Huckleberry Festival in Trout Creek.
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Agile dog show
Dutchess the Border Collie runs up a ramp during her run in the agility course offered by the Huckleberry Hounds Agility Club Saturday during the annual Huckleberry Festival in Trout Creek. Dutchess and her trainer, Tracy , are from Hamilton.
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Touching down
Helicopter rides were offered at this year's annual Huckleberry Festival in Trout Creek. Many spectators watched as the helicopter took off, hovered and flew over the event and the nearby landscape as well as land.
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Car flips in Clark Fork river
On River Road West in Plains, a young woman lost control of her vehicle and it went off the road and flipped into the river. The young woman made it out fine with the assistance of a nearby resident.
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Lighting up the Fourth of July night
A local Plains boy watches a "cake" firework display light up the night at the Sanders County Fairgrounds.
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Voyageur bagpiper
David Thompson Columbia Brigade voyageur and in-house bagpiper Grahm McGuire of Thunder Bay, Ontario plays "Scotland the Brave" in period clothing to commemorate the official welcome and greeting ceremony at Wild Goose Landing in Thompson Falls Thursday. McGuire said he learned to play in a Bagpiping Band in his native …
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Bridge over troubled and high waters
The Clark Fork river flows June 9 underneath the bridge in Plains that leads to the Sanders County Fairgrounds. Many locals said they haven't seen the river this high or fast in over a decade.
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Examining the breach
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey technicians Gerald Fletcher (left) and Travis Hightower (right) observe the breached levee on the Clark Fork river June 11 as crews work to repair it.
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Plains Day Parade
The annual Plains Day parade involved many town organizations such as the volunteer fire department and classsic car show. Hundreds gathered Saturday to catch candy being thrown and to watch the celebratory parade make its way down Railroad Avenue.
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What's left of the nest
Plains Volunteer Fire Department crew members examine the scene and speak with Mayor Brinson Friday afternoon. According to authorities, a large bird's nest sitting atop a telephone pole caught fire during the afternoon thunderstorm and took out the power of the town of Plains for over an hour.
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Survivors unite
Sanders County Relay for Life kicks off the event Friday evening beginning with the Survivors Lap of the night-long walk for cancer awareness, rememberance of lost loved ones and celebration of those who survived.
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Take your mark...
Plains Piranhas swimmer Danika Whitcomb, 12, of Plains takes her mark on the blocks for the 11-12 girls 100-meter freestyle final Sunday at the Columbia Falls meet. Whitcomb placed third overall.
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Lighting up the night
A child is illuminated while watching his family and friends light up fireworks and night cakes on the shores of the Clark Fork river by the Sanders County Fairgrounds Monday night in Plains.
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