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Mark your calendar for the Fly Fishing Film Tour, coming to the Rex Theatre in Thompson Falls at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 28. The Fly Fishing Film Tour is a traveling film festival that features films about the characters, stories and fisheries that make up fly-fishing. Now in its 12th year, this is the first time the tour has stopped in Thompson Falls. The event is sponsored by local organizations and is a fundraiser for the Rex Theatre.For more information about this fun event, visit flyfilmtour.com.

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resource specialists have initially concluded that the project is not within critical Canada lynx habitat, Grizzly Bear

Recovery Area, or within wilderness or any area being considered for wilderness designation or possible protection through Congress. The area is not part of an old growth stand. According to the Plains

Ranger District, this preliminary assessment and allowance of Forest Service to salvage dead and dying trees in areas not exceeding 250 acres, with no more than half a mile of temporary road construction, permits

this project proposal to be exempt from processes of a documented Environmental Assessment or Environmental Impact Statement. Comments, concerns or inquiries on this project should be received no later than Feb. 21, and can be sent to: Project Leader, Plains/Thompson Falls Ranger District, P.O. Box 429, Plains, MT 59859, or by emailing, comments-northern-lolo-plains-thompsonfalls@fs.fed.us. More information is available at www.fs.usda.gov/main/lolo/landmanagement/projects.

Libby and Troy. “Our current education system allows local districts like Bozeman, Libby and Troy to create innovative schools within their district that foster opportunity for all of their students. Added flexibility allows parents and local school districts to provide individual students a valuable education, while maintaining the importance for local control,” stated Arntzen. In Montana’s northwest region, 29 events took place presenting multiple schooling ideas ranging from public to charter schools, online options to homeschooling, and private schools to public magnet schooling. “NSCW provides parents with an opportunity to research the options available for their children, and it provides schools and educational organizations with a chance to celebrate their success in a positive, fun way,” stated Doyle. One local educational option will be holding information meetings this Thursday. Trout Creek’s Amanda Hammond is a sub-contracted director for

Classical Conversations, a Christian based homeschooling program. According to Hammond, “The curriculum is directed toward teaching parents to become successful at home” by incorporating classical teaching tools. Classical Conversations has 120,000 enrolled students, is a world-wide program (Antarctica is the only country not represented) and just celebrated its 20th anniversary. Hammond will be holding informational meetings about Classical Conversations at Cabinet Mountain Bible Church, Trout Creek on Feb. 1 at 2:30 p.m. and March 2 at 6:30 p.m. For more information contact Hammond at (406) 827-2918 or email her at amanda@backwoodsbobcat.com. More information on Classical Conversations is available at www.classicalconversations.com.

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the caller hit the target, the team received a zero. If he or she missed, but the backup shooter hit the bird, they received one point. If both missed, they got two points. It was the same principle on the bowling lanes. A strike got the team a zero, a spare one point, and an open frame two points. Unlike at the range, bowlers were presented with some unique handicaps. On one frame, they had to bowl

with the opposite hand and on another they had to use two hands. Competitor Jase Miller said that everyone he saw throw the ball with two hands sent it right into the gutter. The two people who got strikes using both hands received a free drink token, compliments of the VFW. Randy Firestone dropped all 10 pins with the two-handed approach, but it was considered a spare because his wife, Shauna, guttered the first shot. Kunzer also gave out free drink tokens to three who got strikes using the

opposite hand. Second place for the day went to the team from Polson, which included Howdy Vassar, his son, Chris Vassar, Dale Kinyon, and Plains resident Scott Knudson. The team chocked up 63 points for the day. They accumulated eight points at the range, said Kunzer. Third place went to a Plains team – Jase Miller, Dave Petteys, Rick Cavill, and Jon Airhart – with 70 points. The first three placing teams received cash prizes for their winnings.

This is the eighth year for the Bowl ‘n’ Blast. Most of the competitors came from the Plains area, but Kunzer said they also had competitors from Kalispell, Missoula, Polson, Paradise, and Thompson Falls. The cost to enter was $30 a person and they had a dozen teams this year, slightly less than last year. Kunzer said the maximum number of teams they can take is 16. This year they had only one team that was all women: Andra Firestone, Chelsea Colombo, Tiffany O’Neil, and Marsada Sweet. The

ladies finished with a score of 102. Special recognition also went to the last place team, which was comprised of Shawn Bright, Coltyn Bache, Jim Watts, and Darin King. Kunzer said they finished with a score of 116 points and cheered when they received the news of placing last. “This is a good event that they can get the winter blues out of the way,” said Kunzer. “The bowling works well because everybody is together in the bowling alley having fun and there’s a lot of

camaraderie. And the VFW has always been a good sponsor of all our events,” she added. Kunzer also noted that Joe and Karen Eisenbrandt supplied all the food for the day. The Plains Trap Club will also sponsor a Hack ‘n’ Blast competition on May 19, when the competition takes participants from the trap club to the golf course. The club will also host a turkey shoot on March 24. For information about the Plains Trap Club and its events, call Cookie Kunzer at 826-5589.

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