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SEELEY LAKE – After visiting Montana for the past seven years, Tony Singh Mann moved to the state he deeply loves for its outdoor recreation opportunities and sense of community. He and his wife Varinder purchased the Sinclair Gas Station in Victor, Montana and most recently the Seeley Lake 1 Stop. He looks forward to offering a one-stop shop for locals and visitors alike at Montana Gas N Shop 1 Stop and opening Casino Montana in the back of the convenience store with 10 gaming machines, bar and...
SEELEY LAKE - The second annual Christmas Caravan of Lights lit up the streets of Seeley Lake Saturday night, Dec. 18. More than a dozen groups decorated their trucks and trailers, UTVs, and other vehicles and drove the streets of Seeley Lake before returning to the Chicken Coop for bonfires and the community gathering. To watch the parade visit https://youtu.be/KzUivP-s_VU....
SWAN VALLEY – The Unaffiliated Lutheran Church of Condon members Valli Reed-Bigley (middle) and Shelby Stoll (right) presenting a $551 donation to Swan Valley School secretary Katie Gleason for the junior high class trip. The sixth, seventh and eighth graders take a trip touring Montana every three years. The next trip is scheduled for 2023. The Unaffiliated Lutheran Church of Condon meets Sundays at 11 a.m. at Liquid Louie's. This donations is from the offering that has been collected since t...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley-Swan Hospital District Board received several updates regarding COVID testing and vaccination opportunities as well as updates regarding the Seeley-Swan Medical Center at their meeting Dec. 14. Wednesday, Dec. 8 the Missoula City-County Health Department held a walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Seeley Lake Community Foundation building. Seeley-Swan Medical Center Satellite Manager Georgiann McCoy said it was “overwhelmingly attended.” She understood that some waited for more than two hours and people were turne...
SEELEY LAKE – The room erupted with excitement when Santa walked through the door at the Seeley Lake Community Hall, Dec. 18. The third annual Seeley Lake Stocking event was a huge success where more than 65 children and a few adults had their photo taken with Santa, received a stocking full of goodies, chose a toy or stuffed animal, and entered to win sleds or bicycles. Thanks to organizer Sheila Czifro and support from the community and local businesses, everything was free. Seeley Lake S...
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley-Swan High School and Seeley Lake Elementary junior high musicians took the stage together at their combined concert Dec. 16. They played several traditional selections and songs from popular Christmas movies. The concert ended with a sing-a-long to "The Christmas Song." SSHS and SLE Music Director Janet Morgenstern said this was many of the students' first concert. She said, "I've been so impressed with their progress and so happy with what they are doing...
SWAN VALLEY – "Mistletoe in Montana? That sounds like a winter movie," Swan Valley resident Nikki Maloughney asked Hartbreak Films producer Paula Hart. "'Oh yeah, there is going to be snow' [Hart said]. I'm like it is July in Montana...it was 80 or 90 degrees that day. It was hot." Maloughney's horses are featured on "Mistletoe in Montana's" promotional images along with wreaths made by ReMarkable Floral. Several other local businesses and individuals also worked with the cast and crew of the m...
SEELEY LAKE – Tuesday, Dec. 7 the activity room at Mission Bible Fellowship was packed with toys as the line grew out the front of the church before the annual Loving Hearts Toy Sale. One volunteer said this year's sale offered "more toys than Walmart." With nearly 20 tables full of toys and gifts priced below $5, the season of gift giving was a little more affordable for many local families. Loving Hearts also made more than $900, nearly triple what they have made the past several years. All t...
POTOMAC – Sometime between the afternoon of Thursday, Dec. 2 and Saturday, Dec. 4 a 2005 maroon Chevy Silverado 2500 HD extended cab truck was stolen from property on Twin Creek Road near Potomac. This year, this was the third stolen vehicle reported in Potomac, the others on Nov. 10 and May 18. The Missoula County Sheriff's Office offers tips to help property owners improve security and avoid being a victim of property crime. The owners did not notice that their Chevy Silverado was missing r...
SEELEY LAKE – Carrie Benton grew up helping her mother in the library. She developed an appreciation of libraries and a love affair with books that she is excited to share with others and connect them with resources offered at the Seeley Lake Community Library. On Oct. 28, Benton started as the new Library Assistant. She had a week of training with Librarian Susan Stone before she retired Nov. 3. While Benton admits she has big shoes to fill and still has a lot to learn, she is looking f...
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley Lake will be getting its first electric vehicle charging station this spring at the Seeley Lake Community Foundation (SLCF) building on Highway 83. Missoula Electric Cooperative (MEC) received one of four “Fast Charge Your Ride” grants provided by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) share of the Volkswagen Settlement funds in an effort to expand travel options across Montana for electric vehicle drivers. The funds awarded focus on establishing fast-charging locations for Montana’s key travel corridors...
SEELEY LAKE – After more than two years of 2 Valley Stage trying to book The Gothard Sisters, they finally took the stage Sunday, Dec. 12 in Seeley Lake. Alpine Artisans Assistant Director Robert Green guessed they would be popular and he was right. Playing to an audience of more than 120, The Gothard Sisters mixed Celtic and Irish music with new and old Christmas carols. Their musical versatility was astounding. They all sang, danced and played the violin. They were each well versed in at l...
WOODWORTH - With the snow drifting down outside, it was warm inside during the Rich Ranch Community Appreciation Day Dec. 12. Adults enjoyed the chance to visit, listened to holiday favorites played by the Feigleys and judged the Chili Cookoff. The younger generation played in the snow and loved seeing Santa when he stopped by to visit and hand out goodie bags. Texas Style Chili w/o Beans Courtesy Lions Michelle & Joe Saalfeld 3 pounds lean ground beef 1 1/2 cup chopped onion 1 cup chopped...
GREENOUGH – "What better way to really form relationships with kids and their families than a setting like this," said Lilah Fox, Sunset School's kindergarten – fourth grade (K-4) and reading teacher for K-8. "It is amazing what you can do here with this small setting in terms of getting to know the kids and their families and their siblings." Fox started at Sunset School in the fall of 2020. As a first year teacher that didn't know Sunset School existed until she applied, she has embraced teach...
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley Lake Elementary third - sixth graders, directed by Music Teacher Janet Morgenstern, presented "North Pole Radio Hour" Dec. 9. Taking place in the 1946, they offered a mix of music, news, weather and sport "to keep you in the know." Santa was a special guest for "Ask Santa" where callers could call in with questions....
SEELEY LAKE – "In the superhero books and movies you have your villain and your hero. Both of their lives started out in tragedy. The villain takes his tragedy and he is angry and he is mad and he wants other people to feel pain so he causes more tragedy. But that superhero, he takes that pain and says I don't want people to go through this so he goes out and saves people and he is a hero," said Joe Danzer, Search Coordinator with The Lifeguard Group. Danzer lost both his parents by the age o...
SEELEY LAKE – For the past three years, students at area schools have the opportunity to be creative in their classrooms thanks to community support through the Alpine Artisans, Inc (AAI) Giving Tree for art supplies. The AAI Giving Tree is continuing again this year raising money for supplies that support art in the classrooms. In the past three years, the AAI Giving Tree has raised more than $2,600 for both SLE and Swan Valley Elementary Schools. This year organizer Kris Gullikson hopes to b...
Red Sleighs Over Montana is returning to the area for a second year the week of Dec. 20. The exact date has not been set. The Museum of Mountain Flying initiated the inaugural Red Sleighs Over Montana last Christmas in response to the wide-ranging issues facing rural Montana communities. Santa flew into 20 rural communities in Western Montana. The goal is to make this year's endeavor more expansive than ever, adding several more Montana communities and Sandpoint and Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Last...
MISSOULA - Missoula County Parks, Trails and Open Lands is in the second phase of the Pathways and Trails Plan. They are seeking feedback from Missoula County residents via an interactive map and a survey to prioritize the trail projects that are important to them. The deadline for public input on the interactive map and tradition survey for prioritizing projects is Dec. 15. The overarching goal of the Pathways and Trails Plan is to understand the extent of pathway and trail needs, from development through maintenance, and the resources require...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley-Swan High School Entrepreneur Class has launched the Blackhawk BIZ that will feature seven businesses in a Pop-up style Market Dec. 22 during the Blackhawks' home basketball game. This is an effort to provide hands-on, real-life business experience to students by giving them an introduction of what it takes to start a small business. When SSHS Business Teacher Michele Holmes started at SSHS in the fall of 2019, she wanted to diversify the offerings for students. M...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Elementary transitional kindergartners through second graders welcomed the audience to the OK Corral Dec. 2 for a Christmas celebration. While they were excited to sing and dance, Bubble Gum Bette (Mela Bradley) tried to undermine the festivities but was unsuccessful thanks to Santa (Jaiden Glenn) and the Candy Cane Kid (Val Ewing)....
OVANDO – J&E Contracting, of Seeley Lake, provided this year's State Christmas tree that will be on display in the Montana Capitol rotunda in Helena. The Christmas tree is coordinated through the Montana Logging Association. They have worked with Montana loggers to provide a live Christmas tree for the Capitol for the past several years, skipping last year due to COVID. Montana Logging Association Southwest Regional Representative Bryan Lorengo started coordinating the tree for the Capitol a...
The 2021 general big game hunting season closed Sunday, Nov. 28. While the west-central Montana wildlife check stations reporting overall hunter activity and harvest totals down just slightly from last season, the overall big game harvest remained higher than recent years at the check stations in northwest Montana. In the six weekends of the season, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks biologists staffing four check stations recorded 10,216 hunter stops and a harvest of 192 elk, 109 mule deer and 513...
OVANDO – Ovando was filled with the Holiday Spirit as Cowboy Claus helped kick off the Christmas season Friday, Nov. 26. Families enjoyed the wagon ride through town stopping downtown for the petting zoo and gingerbread houses and then heading up to the Blackfoot Community Church for crafts, hot drinks and goodies and the Ovando School for the Craft Fair and lunch. Cowboy Claus was spotted riding down Highway 200 before arriving in Ovando just before 12 p.m. He met with local children and those...
SEELEY LAKE – Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) will reconstruct Highway 83 north of Salmon Lake starting about one mile south of Placid Lake Road and extending northerly approximately four miles, ending just south of Seeley Lake. The beginning of this project will tie into future construction project, Salmon Lake, which is tentatively scheduled for construction in 2022 and 2023. The project will reconstruct the road, which will provide improvements in the form of a new roadway surface, wider shoulders, turn lanes, safer roadside s...
