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SEELEY LAKE – On Feb. 28, Judge Gregory Pinski sentenced Seeley Lake resident Justin Cahoon, 22, to 20 years with 15 years suspended after he plead guilty to sexual intercourse without consent with a 14-year-old child on or about Sept. 13, 2017. On Sept. 14, 2017 Missoula County Sheriff’s Deputy Sergeant Robert Parcell received a report from a female in Seeley Lake. The female said she viewed a video of sexual nature on Snapchat including 20-year-old Cahoon and a 14-year-old girl. When Parcell questioned Cahoon, he denied the allegations and...
SEELEY LAKE - Missoula County Public schools announced Kellen Palmer, current Instructional Coach at Douglas High School in Douglas, Wyo., will fill the principal position at Seeley-Swan starting with the 2019-20 school year. Palmer was among three candidates that were interviewed the last week of February and was the only one that was not current MCPS faculty. Palmer grew up in Fairfield, Mont. He served as the Assistant Coach of the University of Montana-Western men’s basketball team in 2009-2010 in Dillon, Mont. After moving to Wyoming, he w...
SEELEY LAKE – Sub-zero temperatures didn't keep locals from coming out for the Seeley Lake Area Chamber of Commerce's First Friday event at The Lodges on Seeley Lake, March 1. Missoula's Good Old Fashioned played to a crowd of more than 50 people who enjoyed drinks and various appetizers served by the featured business, The Lodges. The Lodges finished the new lodge last summer and opened it to host conferences and other events. Starting Presidents' Day weekend, they opened the lodge to the p...
SEELEY LAKE - Monday, March 4 the Seeley Lake Ranger District reported a low of -34. This is the lowest temperature recorded for March at the Ranger District since they started keeping records in 1967. Local schools ran two hours late. By 3 p.m. spring seemed a little closer with temperatures reaching the mid-20s....
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley-Swan Search and Rescue responded to two calls for “lost” snowmobilers this past weekend. Both were found before they had to spend the night in the sub-zero temperatures. Missoula County Sheriff’s Deputy Sergeant Bob Parcell said both were separated from their group, so when they got stuck, they were unable to get themselves out. On Friday, March 1 around 3 p.m. a snowmobiler from Spokane, Wash. called 9-1-1 reporting he was lost. He had been snowmobiling with a large group in the north fork of the Placid Creek area and got...
After a slow start to their season, four Hellgate Civilian Shooters have received an invite to Junior Olympics in April, the first Hellgate team has secured an invite to the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) three-position (3P) Air Rifle National Championships in June, and Seeley Lake's Sam Weisenburger won the State Junior Olympic 3-P Air Rifle match the last weekend in February followed closely by teammate Libby Diller. This is Weisenburger's second year getting an invite to the National Jun...
WEST YELLOWSTONE – The Seeley Lake Nordic Team finished their season at the West Yellowstone Rendezvous March 2. Head Coach Bridget Laird said it was a fun season even though the team was smaller that in past years. She felt adding the Junior Prep Team helped boost participation for the younger skiers and also re-establishing the Seeley Lake Biathlon brought new excitement for the sport. The Race Team competed in five races this winter: the Glacier Glide in Whitefish, the Seeley Lake Skiesta, t...
HELENA - The Senate Highways and Transportation Committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 260 at their Feb. 21 hearing. If signed into law, the bill would establish the Trenton Johnson Memorial Highway on Highway 83 between mile marker 14, just south of Seeley Lake, north to Lake Inez at mile marker 22, signage will mark the section of Highway 83 and state highway maps must be updated to include the name Trenton Johnson Memorial Highway. “My goal was to honor our amazing firefighters, particularly Trenton Johnson who risked and lost his life a...
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley Lake Elementary seventh and eighth graders are reaching out to help students on the Blackfeet Reservation. Thanks to the students' efforts, SLE junior high science and math teacher Patti Bartlett Gladstone will be bringing 400 pounds of pinto and black beans to Browning to support the growing need due to the 33-day government furlough. Last November the eighth graders brought items to school for a bake sale. The seventh graders followed with another bake sale in December. T...
SEELEY LAKE – With the sun peaking out and temperatures reaching the low 20s, more than 550 runners were eager to get on the course Saturday morning, Feb. 23. Under new management, the annual Snow Joke Half Marathon started with the traditional shotgun blast at 11 a.m. at Seeley Lake Elementary. The runners, hailing from across Montana and 13 other states, were off on the 13.1 mile snow-packed course around Seeley Lake for the 40th year in a row. First place female finisher Nicole Murray, 48 o...
HELENA – Montana State Parks is seeking public comment on proposed Recreational Trails Program (RTP) grant awards for the current grant cycle which closed Jan. 31. Public comment on the proposed RTP grant awards is open through Saturday, March 9 at 5 p.m. Seeley Lake Driftriders, Seeley Lake ROCKS and Swan Valley Connections were among the 76 organizations that applied this cycle. RTP is a federally funded program administered by Montana State Parks. It provides funding for trail and trail related projects across the state. Eligible projects i...
SEELEY LAKE – Just before 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13 a semi truck loaded with milled lumber lost control and took out 350 feet of guardrail along the north end of Salmon Lake. The vehicle rolled, scattering lumber down the hill. No other vehicles were involved and the driver was transported to Missoula with minor injuries. According to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Billy Muñoz, the truck driver from Utah was traveling south from Columbia Falls, Mont. headed to Idaho. Around mile marker 8 on Hi...
SEELEY LAKE – Despite several plungers unable to take a dip due to illness, 17 hardy folks made a splash in Seeley Lake at Tamaracks Resort for the second annual Chamber Chill Plunge Feb. 16. Proceeds from the event benefited the Veterans & Families of Seeley Lake and Seeley Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. This year the event added a stage for plungers, decorated the plunge area and tents with an American theme and used propane heaters to heat the warm-up tents. "This allowed for a warmer, m...
SEELEY LAKE - The Snow Joke Half Marathon celebrates its 40th anniversary this year under new ownership. Run Wild Missoula and the Missoulian are teaming up to produce the event where hundreds of runners take a lap around Seeley Lake Feb. 23. “It’s an iconic event, in Montana and certainly in western Montana,” said Tony Banovich, executive director of Run Wild Missoula. “We wanted to make sure it continues … as a successful event, so we’re happy to come and provide our operational know-how.” Formed in 2006, Run Wild Missoula has received wide...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Hospital District approved purchasing Directors and Officer insurance and discussed the children’s area in the lobby at their Feb. 12 meeting. During public comment, they discussed the resolution they passed at their January meeting that denied the request to change the covenants that would allow the proposed RV Park development in the Deer Creek Subdivision. District Clerk Marty Kux presented the board with information regarding Directors and Officers insurance. D&O insurance is designed to protect the board membe...
SEELEY LAKE – The annual snow sculpture tradition in Seeley Lake was kept alive by two entries from ReMarkable Floral and Stageline Pizza. Both entries secured a first place with ReMarkable Floral winning the business category and $100 and Stageline Pizza winning the snowman category and $25. The Seeley Lake Area Chamber of Commerce and Alpine Artisans, Inc. sponsored this year's contest. Due to the lack of snow in January, the Chamber postponed the event until Feb. 17. Even though the snow e...
SEELEY LAKE – With temperatures below zero and wind chills estimated at -47 degrees, it was a frigid start to the 34th annual Race to the Sky in Lincoln, Mont. where the 300-mile and the 100-mile races started Saturday, Feb. 9. However, the cold did not seem to bother the dogs and there was a warmth in the community of mushers, volunteers and veterinarians who came together not only to see whose team was the best on the course but also to honor and remember one of the original race organizers J...
SEELEY LAKE – As luck would have it, the audience was in for a treat Sunday afternoon, Feb. 10 as Donnie MacDonald and James Keigher of Men of Worth took the stage as part of this year's 2 Valleys Stage concert series. Their Scottish and Irish wit and musical talent kept feet tapping, hands clapping and laughter abundant throughout the afternoon. MacDonald and Keigher chose their name "Men of Worth" after a song written by singer/song writer Archie Fisher. Fisher has been at the forefront of S...
SWAN VALLEY – Alpine Artisans, Inc Board Members Sue Cushman and Gene Schade presented a $300 check to Swan Valley Elementary School to allow teachers to purchase art supplies. The money was donated as part of the Giving Tree started by local artist Kris Gullikson this past December. Gullikson hopes to make the Giving Tree an annual event. "I know some of the teachers buy supplies out of their own pockets," said Gullikson. "I feel it's very important to put supplies in the hands of the kids f...
SWAN VALLEY – The Swan Valley School Board looked at more affordable prices for the proposed reader board on Highway 83 and discussed different options for bringing the current salary schedule up to date at their Feb. 6 meeting. The school board has been discussing the potential for a reader board to be located on Highway 83 for the past several months. Mercer said the idea came about as a way to promote school pride, one of the elements in the strategic plan for this year. “Part of our goal in the strategic plan is for the school to rea...
SWAN VALLEY - Eighth grader Trista Alexander won the Swan Valley School Spelling bee this past week after spelling the work "paramedic." This was the second year in a row Alexander has won the spelling bee. She will compete in the Missoula County Spelling Bee Thursday, Feb. 21 at Big Sky High School starting at 3:30 p.m....
SEELEY LAKE – Nearly 65 racers combined the aerobic rigors of cross-country skiing with the steady hands and sharp eyes of marksmanship at the Seeley Lake Biathlon Feb. 2 at the Seeley Lake Nordic Trails. Race organizer Dave Batchelder was pleased with the event and looks forward to making it an attraction for Seeley Lake next year. The Seeley Lake Challenge Biathlon started in Seeley Lake in 2008. The Seeley Lake Area Chamber of Commerce sponsored the event with support from the Montana N...
SEELEY LAKE – When professional painter T.J. Sorkness saw the photos of the graffiti on the exterior of the Seeley Lake Ranger District online, he volunteered to remove it. "I just wanted to do what was right," said Sorkness who owns Professional Paint & Finish LLC in Kalispell and has been a painting professionally for the last 12 years. "I wanted to donate my time to compensate for the trouble that was caused. [The District] shouldn't have to pay for something that was going to cost money t...
SEELEY LAKE – When Lindsey and Scott Eggeman learned that their first child had a congenital heart defect, they were terrified about what the future would bring for their son Angus. However after getting a second opinion and finding support from other families, they found comfort and reassurance. Now Angus is an active, six-year-old and they are reaching out to other families in need of the support. At 22 weeks pregnant, the Eggemans met with a pediatric cardiologist in Missoula after seeing t...
SEELEY LAKE – What better way to shake off the winter blahs than with a plunge into Seeley Lake. Join the Seeley Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Saturday, Feb. 16 for the second annual Chamber Chill and Plunge at the Tamaracks Resort at 1 p.m. The Chamber's Executive Director Lisa Hayhurst guarantees that this will be a "lifetime event that you'll never forget." The Hayhurst family came up with the idea for the plunge last year. Twenty-three hardy souls braved the cold in the first annual S...
