Friday, November 15, 2024

ARTICLES BY SHARIDAN RUSSELL

Women's support group needs a helping hand

"In July, a woman came to us," Loretta Chambers, a long-time volunteer for the Helping Hands fund remembers. "She was a domestic violence victim, trying to get her feet on the ground."
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Check fraud plagues valley

For a cashier at a business, it is a difficult position to be in. The gas is in the car and the customer is at the counter, check in hand, I.D. forgotten, ready to pay. There isn't really a choice; the cashier must trust the customer and take the check.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

11th annual Water Daze makes a splash

As the mile-long open-water swim entered its 11th year it met record participation in diverse age groups. This year we saw over 20 more participants willing to submerge themselves in Flathead Lake and race from City Docks to Boettcher Park.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Polson wrestler says "g'day" to Australia

When he finished his last match at the state wrestling tournament in February, Polson wrestler and then-junior Cody Hedeen expected his wrestling season to end. But the news he received following the tournament changed all that.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Wild buffalo: The ride of their lives

RONAN – Riding rough stock in rodeo is a dangerous game; even the toughest cowboys take career-ending falls yearly from the backs of bucking bulls and broncs.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Summer camp: It's fun with fundamentals

Mandie Steele was watching a half-dozen kids play football on a recent warm summer day on a grassy field at Cherry Valley Elementary School. A few blocks away, at Riverside Park, more kids were in the river using water guns to squirt at each other.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Kenney signs to Saints' softball

HELENA - Carroll College recently announced that it has signed four more girls to its 2014-15 softball team, including Polson softball star Jaylin Kenney.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Mariners fall short at state tournament

LEWISTOWN—The Mission Valley Mariners State tournament began Tuesday, July 28 in Lewistown in a game against Belgrade. The Mariners scored first in the third inning only to be matched in the fourth byBelgrade. However, the boys were able to rally in the fifth inning to score five runs and make …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

8 seconds with Peyton Fitzpatrick

Bull rider Peyton Fitzpatrick recalls his worst injury. It happened about a year ago in Polson.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Members shooting for national recognition

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Small Fries can't wait to start 4-H experience

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Good ol' Days was the center of beauty

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Ronan gets a Valentine

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Sisler gives back with Eagle project

POLSON — Among the Boy Scouts of America, the Eagle Scout Project is a true marker of growing up.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

The road I'm on

I’d never experienced being “starstruck” before I went to Washington, D.C. on March 8 for the U.S. Senate Youth Program.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

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