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SWAN VALLEY –Swan Valley School Board covered a lot of ground making several decisions at their Oct. 9 meeting. The doors and windows have arrived and the Matthew Brothers just received the required permits to remodel the front portal entry to the school. Construction will get underway soon. Board Chair John Mercer presented the board with a Draft Board Action Plan for 2019-2020. He is still missing a couple of the board evaluation forms so he is waiting to incorporate them. Mercer said this is the first time the school has had a c...
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley-Swan football player Dakota Wood was voted Missoulian's Prep Athletes of the Week. Wood received more than 400 votes after he was nominated for scoring three touchdowns in the game against Victor, Oct. 5. Wood has been playing football for eight years. "I enjoy being out on the field with my teammates," said Wood. "I like being the leader on the team, working hard and pushing everyone else and having everyone else push me harder in practice and in the games." In his senior...
SEELEY LAKE – After offering in-home care in Seeley Lake for the past two years, owner of Seeley Home Health Dawn Butler has taken the business in a new direction. She now offers assistance for people in the area to be able to obtain a medical marijuana card and complete the required state registration to become a legal cardholder. Butler has been offering home health services since she was 16 years old. When elderly or disabled people needed help, she assisted them as needed. "In this area, f...
SEELEY LAKE – With the sun shining through the western larch trees at Tamaracks Resort, locals and visitors alike enjoyed the Seeley Lake Area Chamber of Commerce's Tamaracks Festival, Oct. 12. "It was perfect weather with beautiful fall colors, blues skies and clean mountain air! We had a great turnout overall," wrote the Chamber's Executive Director Lisa Hayhurst in an email. "It was great to see everyone enjoying the music, beer, Made in Montana vendors and great views of Seeley Lake from t...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary Eagles' flag football team is wrapping up their season this week. Head Coach Brett Haines is happy with the season and the progress the boys made posting a 7-4-1 record. He added it was a great group of players to coach. While the numbers fluctuated, Haines said they had up to 19 players including four eighth graders who led the team. They started out really strong winning their first games. However when eighth grader Cannon Hawkinson was injured and n...
OVANDO – Since Labor Day there has been an uptick of thefts and vandalism in the Ovando area. Powell County Sheriff Gavin Roselles reminds residents to be vigilant, watch out for their neighbors and report suspicious activity to the Sheriff’s Office. Roselles said there was a vehicle that went missing from a ranch in the Ovando area over Labor Day weekend. It was reported stolen Sept. 12. The vehicle was recovered Sept. 23 on the Cottonwood Lakes Road on the Powell/Missoula county line. It was shot multiple times with a gun and destroyed. The i...
SEELEY LAKE – Because his wife Terry could no longer drive, Jim Johnson begrudgingly drove his wife and three sons to Clearview Baptist Church each Sunday. Every Sunday he would wait in the car. However when the weather got too warm, he was forced to join them. "I heard a message that I had heard before in a way that I hadn't heard before," said Jim. "The Lord really worked on my heart. It took me eight months of really reading the Bible to make sure. Then one Sunday I just went I'm yours and I...
In light of the issue raised by the Seeley Lake Water District the Pathfinder is changing its policy. Going forward, classifieds must contain contact information or the name of the submitting party to be run. This prevents opinion from being run without attribution and ensures that questions and concerns can be directed towards the responsible party. Nathan and Andi Bourne Pathfinder Editors...
SEELEY LAKE – Stageline Pizza is partnering with the Seeley Lake Fire Department Saturday, Oct. 12 as part of Fire Preparedness Week. Fire Chief Dave Lane and Department volunteers will be delivering pizzas from 12-5 p.m. as a fundraiser for the Fire Foundation*. They will have free smoke detectors and batteries to hand out and will be available to answer questions and provide information about volunteering. Stageline Pizza owner Pat Sheridan approached Seeley Lake Fire Chief Dave Lane with t...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Lions Club is producing their 2020-2021 local telephone directory. They are looking for photographers to submit a photo for the front page, encouraging businesses to submit their ads for the yellow pages and asking for those who want their cell phone number listed to submit by Nov. 15. This project allows the Lions Club to raise funds for community projects. The Seeley Lake Lions Club Phone Book is published every two years and is a highly used phone book throughout the community and surrounding areas. This y...
SEELEY LAKE – The community is invited to “The Promise, A Hidden Child story from the Holocaust,” Oct. 24 at Seeley-Swan High School at 10:45 a.m. Holocaust survivor Leon Malmed presents his story from the Holocaust as documented in a film produced by a group of advanced animation students at College of the Canyons. The students spent the entire Spring 2017 semester bringing to life the memories of Malmed, resulting in the animated documentary, “The Promise.” The Nazis occupied Northern France between the years of 1940 and 1945. Malmed’s...
SEELEY LAKE – More than 50 people rose to their feet singing, "I Love You Lord." The sing-along continued as nationally acclaimed Christian music artist Jason Gray left the stage. The evening highlighted the struggle, anxiety and grief everyone experiences in their life and how God can use the circumstances and weaknesses in each of us for His glory. Gray's concert and meet and greet Oct. 3 was part of Sparrow's Vine Pregnancy Resource Center's annual fundraiser. The money raised will support t...
SWAN VALLEY – Along with the traditional reading, writing and math, Swan Valley kindergarten, first and second grade students can expect to start their creative juices during the Imagination Station every morning, have a daily dance party and enjoy laughter as part of their learning. Their new teacher Chris Mauldin, who will also be working with students in special education, looks forward to connecting with each of his students so they feel valued, respected and safe and can excel inside and o...
POTOMAC – The Potomac Pioneers girls volleyball team is having a great season this year with only two losses in their eight games. With four eighth graders on the 14-person team, Assistant Coach Kyla Nelson said they have strong leadership, are learning to work together as a team and are learning the fundamentals of the game. Nelson said they have been focusing on fundamentals: placing their feet and the swing for passing; getting their hands and feet in place for setting; and the approach, w...
SEELEY LAKE – For Seeley Lake couple Steve and Cheri Thompson, it was a normal day at Big Sky Resort with their Stanford Ski Group. When their friend Dave Utzinger had a bad crash that broke his neck, the Thompsons immediately started CPR and saved their friend's life. After being nominated by the SnowBowl Volunteer Ski Patrol Director Joe Lustik, the Thompsons both received a Purple Merit Star for their life-saving actions Sept. 21. With 113 years of combined service volunteering with the Natio...
SEELEY LAKE - Each of the classes competed again this year for the best float. The theme for the 2019 Homecoming parade floats was "Decades." The freshman class won with the 1980s rendition of "Thriller." Juniors took second with the 1950's Diner. The sophomores took third place for their 1960's float with hippies, protesters and Neil Armstrong in uniform. Finally the seniors came in fourth with their 1970's rendition of "Seeley Night Fever" and "Rocky."...
SEELEY LAKE – After 24 years of putting in for a moose tag, Austin Dillree finally got his chance. Less than two weeks into the two and half month moose season, he filled his tag with a 40-inch bull that he dropped with one shot in the Boles Meadow area. Dillree's first memory of hunting was riding on his Dad's shoulders when he was four-years-old. He started hunting himself when he was 12 and has made it a lifetime sport hunting elk, deer and antelope. "I love the solitude," said Dillree. "I li...
MISSOULA - The Seeley-Swan High School Cross Country team took to the University of Montana Golf Course for the annual Mountain West Classic, Sept. 28. Due to the Blackhawks homecoming activities in Seeley, the five high school racers all ran with the junior varsity so they could make it back for the activities. Sam Ayers was the only middle schooler that raced. While the temperature was in the 40s and it was windy, most of the Blackhawks said the weather wasn’t too bad once they were running. As always, climbing the hill right before the t...
SEELEY LAKE – After 14 years of teaching at Seeley Lake Elementary School, Michele Holmes is now the business teacher, librarian, instructional coach and Title 1 support at Seeley-Swan High School. While there is a lot to learn with all of these new roles, Holmes welcomes the challenge and looks forward to helping the SSHS students succeed. Holmes is a Montana native. However it was while working in Michigan in the I.T. department for a manufacturing company that she found a love for t...
OVANDO – More than 50 people attended a citizen-initiated meeting at the Ovando School Sept. 16 to discuss the Powell County Ambulance Service levy that the voters approved last November. Ovando and Helmville residents expressed their concern that they would be paying taxes for a service they do not receive. While Powell County Commissioners and the Deer Lodge Medical Center CEO addressed some concerns, many questions were left unanswered. Another meeting is scheduled Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. at t...
SEELEY LAKE – Hung on every wall of Rick Butler's living room are mounts from hunting expeditions from years past and photographs he has taken. There is a story behind each of the animals and images that Butler proudly displays in his home. But few compare to his most recent hunt where he, now legally blind, brought down a 1,200-1,400 pound buffalo with an air gun. Butler grew up in Montana and attended Seeley-Swan High School in the late 1970s. He moved to Alaska in 1984 where he worked on t...
SEELEY LAKE – Saturday morning, Sept. 21, when his older brother wouldn't answer the door, Timothy Pratt allegedly drove his truck into his brother's car, parked in front of the Wolf Ridge Apartments, and pushed it into his brother's apartment. While the brother and his girlfriend were inside at the time, no one was injured. Pratt faces several charges including two counts of felony endangerment and criminal mischief. According to court documents, around 10:15 a.m. Sept. 21, Pratt showed up a...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Fire District Board approved a $8,500 salary increase for Fire Chief Dave Lane at their Sept. 10 meeting. This was around half of what the Chief requested on the basis of the state average for fire chiefs, what he has accomplished since becoming the chief mid-April 2018 and his qualifications. Lane’s annual salary was $55,000. In Montana, the average entry chief position is paid $50,000 and a senior chief is $88,000. Fire department paramedics make between $70,000-$110,000. Lane was given a $5,000 raise at six mon...
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley-Swan High School creative writing students released "Backroads of the Mind" literary magazine at the "In the Footsteps of Norman Maclean" Festival Sept. 14. Backroads Volume four is 64-pages filled with SSHS student poetry and images expressing courage in vulnerability as they give the readers a glimpse into their minds. Amanda Thomas's artwork was selected for the cover winning the Hawks Eye Visual Art Award. Aspen Derry, Trista Higgins and Nicole Williams were all r...
SEELEY LAKE – The community of Seeley Lake came out Sept. 21 for the first annual Seeley Lake Huckleberry Festival in the BBQ Pit and Fat Hippie parking lots. Children enjoyed games and face painting the first Seeley Lake Huckleberry King and Queen were crowned. Steve Wilson Construction grilled up hot dogs for the event. Juli Wilson said they served 62 hot dogs, just three short of what they brought. "It was a lot of fun," said Wilson. The huckleberry cooking/baking contest had 10 entries. E...
