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Gillhouse starting children’s choir

RONAN — The brand new Mission Valley Children’s Choir will be open to any 3-6 grade students who want to learn to sing better and have a good time doing it. It will be directed by Cathy Gillhouse and assisted by Pastor Seth Nelson. Rehearsal will be held on Wednesday afternoons from 4-5 p.m. at F...

Community Eligibility Program provides free school lunches Community Eligibility Program provides free school lunches

ST. IGNATIUS –   For some families with several children, the yearly school lunch bill can add up to $1,000 a year, so many qualifying schools in the valley have elected to participate in a program that provides free meals for all students. “It’s a huge savings for working famili...

Canal crossing Canal crossing

Ronan cross country athletes Tashyna Matt and Kaitlyn Sassaman run along the canal near North Crow Road on Thursday in preparation for the annual Canal Bank Run planned for this Friday. Provided the air isn’t too smoky, cross country teams from Hamilton, St. Ignatius, Deer Lodge and Frenchtown will joi...

Homework Help offered at Ronan Library

RONAN – For the first three weeks of September, homework help will be offered for K-12 students after school from Tuesday through Friday. This is a pilot program, so if there is a demand for continuing help, the Ronan Library will implement a regular offering for help with students’ homework. For...

Parents, educators have old and new foes on drug front

RONAN – Parents and teachers might think they are in the know about the signs of drug usage, but a growing number of new potent threats to youth health abound alongside the longstanding methamphetamine problem in Lake County.  Law enforcement, school and medical officials spoke at Ronan High Sc...

Child Find screening set

RONAN — The annual Child Find free screening for children who currently reside in the Ronan-Pablo School District will be held Friday, Sept. 18, from 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the K. William Harvey Elementary School. Children, age birth to 5 years old, will be screened for delays in speech, language, mot...

Wrestler’s charges dismissed

POLSON – The Lake County Attorney’s Office has dropped felony distribution of dangerous drugs and sexual abuse of a child charges that were made against a Ronan High School wrestler.  Authorities claimed Cole Snyder, 18, was selling Lortab to other students and manipulated an underage gir...

Center Court Center Court

RONAN — Tough teams from all over Western Montana endured the heat Saturday to play a full day of 3-on-3 basketball in the Pioneer Days hoops tournament. In addition to the tourney action, several athletes competed in the free throw and 3-point shooting contests, and scholarships were awarded to two Ro...

Super stitcher Super  stitcher

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...

Quilt guild gears up for annual show Quilt guild gears up for annual show

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...


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