Articles with the Tag: Flathead cherries
POLSON — Dark red sweet cherries are ripening around Flathead Lake, just in time for the Flathead Cherry Festival held on July 18 and 19 in downtown Polson. On Saturday the festival goes from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Welcoming visitors and residents alike will be a new m...
POLSON — Images of cherry blossoms; a vintage car; powwow dancers; tipis; and an artist painting, will soon grace the eastern outside wall of Lake City Bakery. The symbols were chosen to represent major summer events in the Polson area, including Polson’s car show; the Standing Arrow Powwow; the ...
News from Polson Business Community POLSON — Polson’s Main Street Flathead Cherry Festival is set for Saturday and Sunday, July 19 and 20. Saturday hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event features more than 100 vendors offering local arts and crafts, cherry-th...
News from Yellow Bay Ladies Auxiliary YELLOW BAY — The 11th annual Yellow Bay Cherry Blossom Festival will be held on Saturday, May 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Yellow Bay Community Clubhouse located on MT Hwy 35 at mile-marker 18. Arts and crafts vendors selling locally produced items ar...
With the cold hard winter in the past, Lake County residents are looking forward to signs of springtime. On March 20, the first day of spring, Valley Journal Photographer Nicole Tavenner captures small signs of hope throughout the valley.
News from Flathead Lake Cherry Growers Association Thirty growers from the Flathead Lake Cherry Growers Association, a Montana agricultural cooperative since 1935, applied for global GAP certification this year. Growers from this group of 30 were randomly selected for audits. All members passed and became...
POLSON — For pie lovers, it was a heavenly sight — an assembly line for cherry pies. The ladies from the Montecahto Club on Flathead Lake’s east shore were making pies in the basement of the Lake City Bakery on July 17 and 18 so they’d be fresh for the Flathead Cherry Festival on J...
Daniel Wisekittel was on a mission. Intently puckering his lips, he gathered all the breath he could muster and launched the cherry pit a full 16 feet. Not bad for a rookie. The Wisekittel family came all the way from New Richmond, Ohio to attend the Polson Main Street Flathead Cherry Festival on...
Cherry fans visiting fruit stands around Flathead Lake aren’t unusual this time of year. But it was unusual when 160 people arrived on four big tour buses to take a look at cherry orchards on Aug. 2, according to Ken Edgington, a cherry grower who also serves on the board of directors of Flathead Lake ...
Despite rumors that no cherries were being picked or shipped, the Finley Point cherry plant is processing about 100,000 pounds of Flathead cherries per day, local Monson Fruit Company representative Brian Campbell said. Last week, the plant did stop taking lambert cherries for a day or two until the marke...
