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Food pantry needs cash donations

Editor, It is that time of year again when the overwhelming 
generosity of the Town Pump manifests itself in their Matching Gift program. This year, Town Pump has increased its matching gift total to $12,000. For every cash donation made to Polson Loaves and Fish Food Pantry, the Town Pump will 
match it ...

Sports shorts for Sept. 25, 2019 Sports shorts for Sept. 25, 2019

Golf Polson & Ronan Polson Pirate golfer Trey Kelley shot a 72 to win the Polson Invitational held Monday, Sept. 17, at the Polson Bay Golf Club. Kelley won by two strokes over Hamilton golfer Tristan Hanson. Out of the twelve participating golf teams, the Polson boys finished sixth in the...

Mission Valley hosts high school rodeo Mission Valley hosts high school rodeo

POLSON – Fifty-eight cowboys and cowgirls from around the state were in Polson on Saturday, Sept. 14, as the Montana High School Rodeo made a fall rodeo season stop at the fairgrounds.  Members of the Mission Valley High School Rodeo team turned in some impressive times and great performances d...

Free short film screening coming to Polson

POLSON – Pop Up Film Festival, a different kind of film festival designed to support local businesses and provide an accessible venue for small filmmakers to have their ideas seen and reviewed, will take place Sunday, Sept. 29 from 2-4:30 p.m. at Good Coffee Roasting Company, 201 Third Ave. E in Polson...

Walt Vermedahl to be inducted into Cowboy Hall of Fame Walt Vermedahl to be inducted into Cowboy Hall of Fame

MONTANA – The Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Center announced the 12th class of inductions into the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame.  The inductees were chosen from a field of candidates nominated by the general public. Inductees are honored for their notable contributions to th...

Patricia Geyer Patricia Geyer

POLSON — Patricia Ann “Trisha” Ewing Geyer, age 61, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 12, at her home in Polson after a long battle with cancer. Trisha was born on March 4, 1958, in Spokane, Washington. Trisha graduated from Walla Walla University in 2007 with a Master’s of Social Work d...

Jack James Guns Jack James Guns

POLSON — Jack Guns passed away peacefully at his home in Polson on Aug. 23, 2019. He was born to Katherine Lease and Gilliam Guns on March 1, 1928, in Toppenish, Washington. The third of three brothers, he grew up and attended school in Zillah, Washington, a small town near Yakima. Owing to the Depr...

Births for Sept. 25, 2019 Births for Sept. 25, 2019

  Collin Stuart   POLSON — Collin Grey Stuart was born on Aug. 28, 2019, at the Nesting Place in Providence St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 21 and one-half inches long and weighed 9 pounds, 8 ounces. Collin’s parents are Janeva and Benjamin Stuart of Polson. He joins sibling...

Anthony ‘Tony’ Croft

POLSON — Anthony “Tony” Croft passed away unexpectedly at work on the North Slope, Alaska on Sunday, Sept. 22. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, Sept. 28 from 12-3 p.m. at the Polson Elks Lodge. This is a potluck, please bring a dish to share.   In lieu of flowers, don...

Charity water project gets support from band

POLSON – The Giving Pool founder Shelley Cleverdon is organizing an event with volunteers to raise funds to buy filtration water bottles for people in Morocco to provide them with clean drinking water.  She plans to focus the nonprofit organization’s efforts on helping children in the reg...


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