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Superior native serves as a member of US Navy’s submarine force
Chief Petty Officer Jeffrey Gaston, a native of Superior, Montana, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Trident Training Facility Bangor at Naval Base Kitsap, homeport of West Coast ballistic-missile and guided-missile submarines. Gaston graduated from Superior High School in 2006. The skills and values needed to succeed in the Navy...
PHOTO: Red, white and boom
Tifani Amberson is on her sixth year selling fireworks in Superior at the KCB Creations stand in the Durango’s parking lot. She explained that fireworks are allowed to be sold two weeks before the Fourth of July. They have Roman Candles that are 240 shots, 228 shot and 90 shot. A round of 1,000 firecrackers ($12) down to 50 packs and new "everything" packages as well. They open at 9 a.m. (Monte Turner/Mineral Independent)
New team members at your local Lynn’s Dakotamart
When shopping at Lynn’s Dakotamart in Faith, you will see a few new faces to welcome to our community. Christina Sullivan was born in Colville, Washington, moved to Phoenix Arizona and grew up there. Christina previously worked in management for Walmart for 2 years and worked at Lincoln Silver...
Four-day hoops camp held in Thompson Falls
It was hard to tell who was having a better time and liking basketball more at the Thompson Falls Basketball Camp this past week, the more than 100 kids or the staff of former Blue Hawks players. Both groups clearly had a great time at the camp, headed by T Falls basketball coach and activities director Jake Mickelson. This was the 12th year Mickelson and T Falls have hosted the basketball camp for these age groups. The four-day camp, held in the TFHS gym Monday through Thursday was a hit however you looked at it. “I really had fun,” said Louis Hannum who...
'Passing league' gets kids on football field during summer
Several years ago, eight years by his reckoning, Superior High football coach Jeff Schultz was looking for a way to keep football players active in the sport during the off season.The result: what could be described as a giant gathering of players from throughout the “neighborhood” who take part in a “five players on five players”, no pads, passing only game. Like a neighborhood pick-up game run amok. Throughout the month of June, Schultz and his Superior Bobcats, along with players from as many as 10 other schools, gather in Superior Monday nights for the “Passing League” unofficial set of games. Much like...
Richie W. Graham
Richie was born on November 3, 1936, in Plains, Montana, to Julian and Ruth Graham. He sadly passed away on June 20, 2024, at the age of 87. Richie is survived by his wife Diane of 67 years; brother Robert; daughters Tana, Tracy and Tara; grandsons Brandon, Sean, Zachary, Graham and Ian; and great-grandchildren Senna, Alice, June and Audrey. Richie graduated from Thompson Falls High School in 1955 and University of Montana with a degree in education in 1961.
Hoopsters gather for Plains 3-on-3
More than 300 adults and kids gathered on the tarmac of the old Plains airport on Saturday for the 8th Annual Wildhorse ShootOut 3-on-3 basketball tournament. It was near nonstop action as the crowd cheered for players of the 73 teams that registered for the tournament at the Amundson Sports Complex, including a dozen teams from Sanders County, said Erika Lawyer, who coordinated the tournament put on by the Wildhorse Sports Association. WSA is the nonprofit organization that runs the sports complex. The double elimination tournament ran from 9 a.m. to nearly 4 p.m., when the Money Ballers of Lake County defeated the 406 Destroyers of Missoula 9-6 in the championship for the third- and fourth-grade level contest.
Plains council approves contract for third well
The Plains Town Council held a special meeting Friday to discuss the contract for the town's new well, which will be located at the corner of Kruger Road and Upper Lynch Creek Road. Cold Water Drilling and Pumps out of Arlee was awarded the contract for $79,030. The town approved...
Montana State Sponsors Geospatial Skills Camps In Eight Rural Communities
BOZEMAN – Science teacher Doree Thilmony jumped at the chance when she learned last fall that Montana State University could help her put on a summer camp to teach geospatial skills in her rural community. "I teach drones, so I know they are used a lot for mapping," said...
Is anybody out there? Radio operators use field day to test equipment
Ham radio operators from around Western Montana spent last weekend practicing their trade during the 2024 American Radio Relay League Field Day in Thompson Falls Power Park. Radio equipment for the weekend exercise was supplied by members of the Clark Fork Valley Amateur Radio Club. The field day, held during the fourth full weekend in June, is the most popular amateur radio event in the U.S. and Canada. First envisioned in the 1930s as an event to evaluate the field preparedness and emergency communications skills of early amateur radio communities. Field Day has evolved into the largest on-the-air operation of the...
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