Charlo schools have added a new athletic director and superintendent for the entire 2012-13 school year with a single hire: Thom Peck. In an effort to make him feel more at home, we’ve asked him a short list of questions and published them below so you might get to know him better. Charlo School District 7J’s new athletic director and superintendent Thom Peck has been working in education for the past 25 years. A graduate of Carroll College and former biology and chemistry teacher, Peck attended high school in Columbia Falls and is familiar with the valley. He started his teaching career near Seattle, Wash., but always knew he’d come back home. “Bei...
RONAN — Ronan School District No. 30 has added several new teachers and a high school principal to the roster for the 2012-13 school year. In an effort to introduce these newcomers to you and you to them, we’ve asked them to fill out a short list of questions. Rebecca Seago ...
POLSON — School District 23 has a new superintendent. Linda Reksten, Ph.D., comes to Polson from the Butte school district. After a tumultuous year of administrative and school board upheaval, Reksten has her work cut out for her. Her first message to the administrative team and to the publ...
POLSON — Coming to Polson from Forks, Wash., Rex Weltz is the new principal at Polson High School. He’s familiar with the area since he grew up in Noxon, attended Western Montana College and taught in Hamilton before moving to Alaska in 1999. He’s also a fan of the Western A Conference. ...
POLSON — “It’s a year for positive change,” Josh Preiss said. Preiss is Linderman Elementary School’s new principal, and he has big goals for Linderman: academic growth and achievement and a positive climate in the building. “My approach is very positive and proactiv...
RONAN — In a beautiful home with Mission Mountain views less than a hundred yards from Ronan’s golf course, six members of Ronan High School’s class of 1942 came together for the first time in five years. The six former classmates sat together in Don Olson’s living room and e...
RONAN — To say the current water rights negotiation is an emotionally-charged issue in the Valley may be an understatement. “There’s been a lot of misinformation the past month-and-half,” said water rights compact commission member and irrigator Dan Salomon. “The number...
POLSON — Former Montana Supreme Court Justice Diane Barz is filling in for Justice of the Peace Chuck Wall after his resignation on Aug. 8. In a statement, Wall said, “Judges are - and should be - held to very high standards of conduct, both in their professional and personal affairs. One...
PABLO — Susie Hall taught all her nieces and nephews to golf. Susie, 46, was killed by her husband on Aug. 13, 2006, according to Susie’s daughter, Cynthia Rutherford. Then Susie’s husband hanged himself. Members of Susie’s family gathered to golf in her memory at the Drive for Dom...
MISSION VALLEY — A strong storm system tore through the Valley late last Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, Aug. 15. The high winds caused a power outage, two boats to sink in Flathead Lake, several search and rescue calls and caused the West Garcon fire to double in size within a matter of hour...
