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Tigers golfers win on home course
Apparently, St. Regis golfers like home cooking.The Tigers boys blistered the Trestle Creek Golf Course on the edge of town for a 345 team total over the 18-hole layout to clinch the team title by a wide margin over runner up Thompson Falls, 345-397.With senior Jack Connolly leading the way with a 79, the Tigers pulled away from T Falls on a cool, windy day that eventually gave way to bright Montana sunshine.Meanwhile, in the girls’ competition, Thompson Falls carded a team score of 464 to best three other schools with enough golfers to qualify for the team chase. Second...
Mixed results for Superior tennis team
It was a mixed bag for the Superior tennis team this past week.Not so much in results as the Lady Bobcats kept dispatching the majority of players they faced in Philipsburg and Mission last week.But the makeup of the teams they played and mostly defeated consisted of girl and boy players from both of those schools.With not enough players available for a legitimate high school tennis match, Mission and Philipsburg recruited some male student players to fill in their depleted ranks.Mother Nature finally stepped in and halted the match with a Superior duo ahead in the last doubles match before...
Thompson Falls-Noxon co-op softball team wins four straight
Momentum with post season play on the horizon is always a good thing.That being said, the Thompson Falls-Noxon co-op softball team has a good thing going.Assuming they beat Whitefish on Monday afternoon, the red hot Lady Hawks will have reeled off five lopsided wins in a row, with four games left in the regular season.A four-game sweep this past week of Troy, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, Anaconda and Deer Lodge, along with a likely road win over Whitefish, and the Lady Hawks will be rolling along with an 11-3 season record.They completed the week’s “quad-win” this past Saturday, dodging heavy rain...
St. Regis senior Connolly earns Gaylord Green Scholarship
Gaylord Green lived in Haugan and graduated from St. Regis High School in 1958. He received an appointment to the Air Force Academy where he graduated with a degree in engineering science, followed by a master’s in aeronautics/astronautics at Stanford. He had a successful career in the Air Force. Green had a major role in ending the Cold War and he is credited with inventing the Global Positioning System (GPS). “I received no money from that [creating the GPS] other than my Air Force salary as those were my Air Force assignments,” he humbly shared. “After my Air Force retirement, I made...
Copperheads take one from Trotters
The unofficial score: Anaconda 1, Plains 0, Mother Nature, 1-1.And in the end, Ma Nature was the big “winner” Saturday as Anaconda’s Lady Copperheads came to town and scored a 19-4 win over Plains. A second scheduled game, against Deer Lodge, was rained out by the nature lady as heavy, off-and-on showers swept through the Plains area.Anaconda broke loose for six runs in the top of the first inning at Plains field. The Lady Copperheads pounded out five hits in the first inning in their opening turn at the plate.However, Plains came back in the bottom of the first with...
Mineral County Sheriff's Office report
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Donald Trump Jr. rallies Republican support for Montana candidates
Former president Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., rallied on Sunday for leading Republican candidates in Montana, urging support for a conservative agenda that he said will help win races up and down ballots in November.The “Protecting Freedom” event was hosted by the recently formed Montana Association of Conservatives, or MAC-PAC, and featured speeches from U.S. Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy, U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke, Gov. Greg Gianforte and conservative political commentator Alex Bruesewitz.Speaking to a crowd of roughly 300 people at the University of Montana, the speakers criticized the Biden administration, Democrats in Congress, Montana Democratic U.S. Senator Jon...
Glacier National Park plows less than a mile from Logan Pass
Glacier National Park Going-to-the-Sun Road snowplow crews are knocking on the door of Logan Pass. This week they reached the point just below Rim Rocks on the west side and plan to start plowing that area on Monday.Rim Rocks is just under a mile from Logan Pass. Snow depths were between 2 and 10 feet.On the east side the crew worked from Jackson Glacier Overlook to Siyeh Bend and will be moving beyond Siyeh Bend next week, the Park Service said.The hiker-biker closure on the east side is at the Grizzly pullout when crews are not working.The hiker-biker closure on the west side is Road Camp when crews aren’t working.Crews typically don’t work on the weekends. The closure points can change depending on conditions. Folks can text GNPROADS to 333111 to get the latest updates.Folks can drive the Sun Road as far as Lake McDonald Lodge on the west side and Rising Sun on the east side. The Many Glacier, Camas, and Chief Mountain roads are all open to vehicles.
Energy Keepers offers weekly “Range of Forecast”
Energy Keepers Inc., the owner and operator of Salish Ksanka Qlispe (SKQ) Dam, began posting a new graphic last week that shows the possible lake level ranges this summer.According to a press release, the Range of Forecast Graphic will be updated every Monday afternoon through the spring and summer on the Energy Keepers website, www.energykeepersinc.com, and Facebook page.“What will happen with lake levels is a question on the minds of everyone in the Flathead Lake community. There’s an ample amount of incorrect information going around so in an effort to keep the public apprised of the ever-changing conditions we are...
Bruce Moats: An introduction
“The boy is finally home.”That is what my nephew wrote in a text when my wife, son and I moved back to my childhood home, Superior, a few months ago.I graduated from Superior High School in 1974. My family operated a small ranch just east of town. My father, Lee Moats, died that year of a heart attack at the young age of 51. One of my eight brothers (I have one sister) continued to operate the ranch for a while, but now there are just a couple of horses in the fields. “Town” has steadily grown out to our...
Trotters softball shows fight against Eureka
Despite what the scoreboard read at the end of the game, this was maybe the sign the Plains Trotters softball team has been waiting for.The young Trotters, who have yet to win a game this year, battled to the end with 7B conference partner Eureka before finally falling 24-7.But the real story may have been how the Trotters came back, avoiding another Mercy Rule shortened game until the last out of the fifth inning.In doing so, they thwarted the Lady Lions' attempt to close them out after three innings.It can be viewed as a hopeful sign.That youth extends to the...
Plains and T-Falls athletes shine at local track meet
This may as well have been a preview of next month’s Montana high school track and field postseason as a pair of local teams strutted their stuff at the Thompson Falls Invitational meet this past Tuesday.Host Thompson Falls and Sanders County rival Plains basically went toe-to-toe in the team competitions, with both schools showing individual and team depth up and down the line-up.T Falls won the women’s team title by four points, 86-82 over the Plains Trotters, while the Plains mens’ team finished third with 64 points and T Falls guys finished fifth with 53.Troy won the men’s team title...
Lady Hawks softball scores two big victories
There is a saying in softball/baseball circles that chicks dig the long ball, a reference to fondness for home runs.Some teams, like T Falls, rely on “small ball,” the description attached to scoring runs the other way, with single base hits and aggressive base running.The Lady Hawks were in on both forms of softball this past week, splitting a pair of home games in what is shaping up as a very competitive march to post season play.T Falls began the week with a convincing 16-1 win over Class A Whitefish this pastWednesday at Pirk’s Place, their home field adjacent to...
Legals for April, 24 2024
John T. Spangler, John Spangler Law Office, P.O. Box 567, Superior MT 59872-0567, Telephone 406-822-3440, Attorney for Personal Representative, MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MINERAL COUNTY DEPT. NO. 5 PROBATE NO. DP-2024-2 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF TROY S. GERARD, also known as Troy Sharan Gerard, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Mary Jane Hallack has been appointed Personal Reprsentative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent, Troy S. Gerard, are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims...
Tax Assistance Program
With discussions with the Governor, the filing application deadline for the property tax assistance program has been extended until June 1, 2024. This program can help citizens on a fixed or limited income by reducing the tax rate on their home. To be eligible there are three important facts.You must own or currently be under contract to purchase a home or mobile/manufactured home.You must live in the home as a primary residence for a least seven months of the year.You must have a 2022 Federal Adjusted Gross Income, excluding capital and income losses less than: *single $27,621 or *married or head of household $37,019. The assistance level can be from a 30% to 80% reduction of the normal tax rate. To find information on your status, contact your local State Department of Revenue office or call the state office in Helena at 406-444-6900.— Rep. Denley M. Loge, R-St. Regis
American Legion and VFW award Superior students
Last week, a special awards ceremony was held in Mrs. Nytes’ eighth-grade class at Superior School. Three students received recognition for their knowledge of American history during its formative time 200 years ago from the two veteran organizations in Mineral County: American Legion Post 13 of St. Regis and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6238 in Superior. “This year, the social studies classes of Mrs. Nytes' eighth grade at Superior and Mr. Stanek's senior class at St. Regis participated. The program is open to all schools in the county and we look forward to more and more participation as we develop...
St. Regis Senior Citizens Center becomes host of commodities program
“It’s going great!” beamed Dave Hannah, president of the St. Regis Senior Citizens Center. “These volunteers know what to do and they jump right in and do it. You can’t ask for better people.” This was said on Wednesday, April 17 at 209 Lobo Loop around 9:45 a.m., as it was the first time that the food supplement program used the facility. Most locals refer to this program as simply "commodities," which is serviced by the Western Montana Area VI Agency on Aging in Polson and has been under the umbrella of the Mineral County Pioneer Council, until recently. The SRSCC...
Edward Thompson
Edward Thompson, 76, a longtime resident of Thompson Falls, passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at the Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs. Services will be announced at a later date. Online condolences may be left at gardencityfh.com.Edward Roger Thompson, son of Joseph and Verna (Tresness) Thompson, was born March 11, 1948 in Superior. He graduated from St. Regis High School in 1966 as co-valedictorian and continued his education at the University of Montana obtaining a bachelor’s degree in business. Ed met the love of his life, Terry Sanders, at a 4th of July Dance and the couple was united in...
Seeley-Swan meet draws top teams
It would be a massive understatement to say the sports teams at Loyola Sacred Heart in Missoula are having a good year.They have been at the top of the ladder all year long, and after sorting through the results of the Seeley-Swan Invitational track and field event in Missoula this past weekend, one would likely conclude the assessment with a “here we go again”.Last year it was Bigfork’s teams that enjoyed outstanding success on a grand scale, this year the Heart Breakers appear poised to assume the mantle.The Loyola women’s high school track meet dominated the field of 20 teams...
Superior tennis notches more wins
If tennis is your sport, Superior High is a good place to be.The Lady Bobcats tennis team, the only tennis team in either Sanders or Mineral counties, cruised through a potentially tough three-game week and came out mostly unscathed.With senior Lanie Crabb back in the line-up and a state qualifying doubles team from last year, Olivia Greuter and Ireland Heimeich, the Cats swept Philipsburg, Mission and Ronan this past week.And in the process they lost only a few sets in those three matches.Superior opened the road show against Mission and got a quick singles win, 6-0, 6-1 to open the...
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