Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — Sun bathers and picnickers will need to share Sacajawea Park this weekend because a brand new art festival is coming to town. The new juried two-day show features the work of nearly 50 fine artists and artisans from Delaware, Arizona, South Carolina, Washington, Idaho and Montana. The...
RONAN — Ace was in the fitting chute, and Laurel Rigby was doing some last minute beautification on the black steer before the market beef show on Wednesday, July 29. Ace is short for Ace of Spades, and Rigby said she has shown him in several jackpots, impromptu steer shows, around the area &m...
RONAN — After each class of market lambs, judge Rod Everson, Florence, asked the crowd for a round of applause for the hardworking 4-H kids showing their sheep. Everson has been involved in 4-H his whole life. First, when he raised and showed market beef, then when his children were in 4-H and...
POLSON — With warm temperatures and not much wind, it was a good day for a 1-mile swim for the annual Water Daze on Aug. 1. Times were fast for 83 swimmers who entered the water near Salish Point and swam to the point at Boettcher Park. All age groups were represented, from high school kids t...
POLSON — A headline in Parade magazine in 2003 read, “He fights terror with books,” and Budd MacKenzie was intrigued enough that he read the story about Greg Mortenson. MacKenzie related his story to the Polson Rotary Club on July 28. Mortenson, a humanitarian, the author of “Tw...
POLSON — It will be impossible to be bored this weekend in Polson. With a car show, a poker run, a poker walk, an art festival, a family fun day, a brunch cruise, water activities and music at local venues, the weekend of Aug. 7-9 will live up to its name — Summerfest. Sponsored by An...
POLSON — Painters, sculptors, photographers, woodworkers, textile artists and other artisans will take possession of the Lake County Courthouse shady lawn for the 44th annual Sandpiper Outdoor Art Festival on Aug. 8. Hours are from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. More than 60 artists are expected, and ma...
ST. IGNATIUS — Quilters are a generous bunch — willing to diagnose a problem stitching a quilt block, suggest an easier way to put together a quilt, teach a new technique or volunteer some fabric from their stash of textiles. Kay Krantz is one of these generous quilters and much more. Ka...
RONAN — Quilters are sewing on bindings, pressing seams and picking up projects from their long-arm quilters in preparation for the annual Mission Mountain Quilt Guild show. Held in the K. William Harvey gymnasium, the show will run July 30, 31 and Aug. 1. The theme this year is “Twist a...
POLSON — Polson Mayor Heather Knutson presented retiring Polson City Judge Doug Olson and retiring Polson Fire Chief John Fairchild with plaques honoring them for their years of service to the city at the July 20 city commission meeting. Olson began his tenure as judge in 2003. “It’s ...
