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Church awards $1,000 scholarship Church awards $1,000 scholarship

News from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church POLSON — Kristin Young, daughter of Mitch and Julie Young, has been awarded a $1,000 Karlsgodt Scholarship from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Polson. The Karlsgodt Scholarship Fund was established to help GSLC youth attend an Evangelical Lutheran Church ...

Free customer service training offered

POLSON — Representatives of local convenience stores, lodging properties, visitor information centers, museums, outfitters, restaurants and any business greeting visitors to the area are invited, free of charge, to attend the popular “Rockin’ to the Rhythm of Service” seminar in Polso...

Ninepipes museum, lodge celebrates Memorial Day

CHARLO – Memorial Day ceremonies are being planned by the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana and the Ninepipes Lodge and Allentown Restaurant. Members from the Veterans Honor Guard will post colors at 3 p.m. on Monday, May 26, outside the museum. This day of remembrance for those who have died in our na...

Kalispell sets date for Stand Down

  The Kalispell Stand Down will be held on May 31 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Evergreen Fire Hall, 2236 Highway 2 East in Kalispell. Surplus items will be available to veterans, who should bring their DD214 Discharge VA card or military ID.  For more information, contact Allen Erickson, S...

Polson Driver Ed applications available

  POLSON — Applications for Polson High School’s 2014 Summer Driver Education class can be picked up in the Polson High School guidance office during school hours on Thursday, May 22; Friday, May 23, and Tuesday, May 27. Completed forms will be accepted on May 28 and 29 only from 8-8:30 a...

Migratory birds take center stage locally, internationally

News from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes  PABLO — Local third-grade artists from across the Reservation have completed excellent entries for this year’s annual International Migratory Bird Day poster contest sponsored by the CSKT Wildlife Management and Information & Educ...

Help put Polson resident in coma

POLSON — Jokes are allowed, but seriously, Polson resident Lynn Peters suffers from chronic pain and crippling due to 19 years of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome. American doctors are taking worst RSD cases to Germany for a week long, medically-induced coma to rewire the brain for healing. This i...

Drug sentencing stands in Montana Supreme Court

HELENA — On May 7 the Montana Supreme Court denied a Lake County woman’s request to be resentenced for a 2012 drug conviction. The high court disagreed with Desiree Peone’s legal counsel, who argued in briefs first submitted on August 21, 2013 that a judge for the Lake County District Co...

Luau, leis, golf for Griz

RONAN — A luau atmosphere complete with leis, music and a whole roast pig is planned for this year’s Tana Bockman Memorial Golf for Griz Tournament in Ronan. Area golfers will play with University of Montana coaches and staff in the annual scramble and barbecue. Last minute signup for the event i...

Run 4 It results posted

PABLO — Despite a rainy forecast, participants were greeted with perfect running weather for the annual Women 4 Wellness Run 4 It 1-mile/5k race on Saturday, May 10. The overall women’s fastest 5k time belonged to ShiNaasha Pete (29:29) and the mens’ winner was Patrick Lake (21:57). The rac...


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