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Articles with the Tag: St. Ignatius

Youth group entertains students Youth group entertains students

ST. IGNATIUS – Students with Cornerstone Faith Center’s youth group organized an event to celebrate the beginning of the school year on Friday evening at Cornerstone Pizza, and Blaine Street was closed off to accommodate the crowd with the mayor’s permission. “We wanted to get the ...

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...

Irrigation fee increase possibly delayed for another year

ST. IGNATIUS – A proposed rate hike for Flathead Indian Irrigation Project irrigators might be off the table until next year’s tax bills go out.  Flathead Joint Board of Control Irrigation Commissioner Shane Orien said Aug. 25 the board’s office was informed that because a proposed ...

St. Ignatius

ST. IGNATIUS – The St. Ignatius Senior Citizens Center will feature barbecue ribs and Indian tacos in their evening meals in September. Everyone is welcome. Activities at the center for September:  ––  Bingo is played after almost every lunch. Lunches begin at noon.  ...

Juvenile offenders becoming more violent

ST. IGNATIUS — Perhaps the most disturbing trend Barbara Monaco has seen over the past 30 years is youthful offenders becoming more violent. Monaco, who is the chief juvenile probation officer for Lake and Sanders Counties, addressed the St. Ignatius Neighborhood Watch group Tuesday, Aug. 18.  ...

Local meth message top vote getter Local meth message top vote getter

ST. IGNATIUS – Briar Ahlborn’s painting with an anti-methamphetamine message held the highest number of votes last week in a contest spread across Montana that ends on Sept. 16. “It was sweet; I was 100 votes ahead,” she said. “I thought it would be smooth sailing if it kept ...

Using wings to grant wishes for kids Using wings to grant wishes for kids

ST. IGNATIUS – It’s tough to hear about a child with a life-threatening medical condition, which is why Eric Kendall started a fundraiser called Wings for Wishes in 2011. “Every penny we make goes to Make-a-Wish,” he said of the Montana chapter of the program. Pilots of small ra...

St. Ignatius

ST. IGNATIUS – The St. Ignatius Senior Citizens Center has scheduled its annual Fall Rummage and Bake Sale for Tuesday-Friday, Oct. 6-9.  Activities for the rest of August:  —  Bingo is played after almost every lunch.  —  Lunches begin at 12-noon.  ...

St. Ignatius to have two full-time officers St. Ignatius to have two full-time officers

ST. IGNATIUS — St. Ignatius will be more protected after the town council unanimously voted to advertise for a second full-time police officer on Aug. 4.  Council members said that town’s current part-time officer will have to apply for the full-time position if he wants to keep his job, ...

Briefs for July 29, 2015

Shooting under investigation  RONAN — A juvenile was airlifted from St. Luke Community Hospital with serious injuries Saturday evening after being shot in the abdomen.  Sheriff Don Bell couldn’t release further details pending an ongoing investigation, but he said that the Ro...


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