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The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks Cross Country team took to the course in Thompson Falls on Tuesday, Sept. 17 and finished out the week on Friday in Great Falls. Not everyone made it to the races this week, but those who did continued to show improvement. Thompson Falls Invite The Ladies brought five runners to their first meet this season. Seeley-Swan tied for points with Thompson Falls for third behind Columbia Falls and Frenchtown. However because Thompson Falls had the faster finisher, the SSHS...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Rural Fire District received a nearly $73,000 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) that will be used to install a new exhaust system in the bays of Station 1. Seeley Lake Fire Chief Dave Lane said this new system will help capture the diesel smoke from the apparatuses and protect the firefighters. Without the grant, this upgrade at the department would not have been possible. The primary goal of the AFG Program of the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency is to enhance the safety o...
SEELEY LAKE - Wednesday morning, Sept. 11 Seeley Lake Rural Fire Department personnel stood in front of the Post Office in Seeley Lake to remember those who served and lost their lives during the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001. Casualties of the deadliest terrorist act in world history included 2,977 people and 19 hijackers. Most of those who perished were civilians except for 343 firefighters, 72 law enforcement officers and 55 military personnel that were killed in and around the World Trade Center...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Huckleberry Festival and end of summer blowout is this Saturday, Sept. 21. Organizer Michelle Brumfield encourages everyone in town to enter the huckleberry cooking/baking contest, bring a picnic lunch and a game to share and come over to The BBQ Pit and Fat Hippie’s parking lot on Highway 83. The no host event is sure to be a lot of fun. The first annual Festival starts around 10:30 a.m. with no published end time. There will be a cake walk and face painting for the kids and open mic/jam session for the adults. Br...
SEELEY LAKE – More than 20 people toured the Maclean family's neighborhood Friday, Sept. 13 as part of the third "In the Footsteps of Norman Maclean Festival: Writing the West: A Way Forward." Seeley Lake Historical Society historian Ron Cox led the tour around Boy Scout Road on the west side of Seeley Lake. The tour started at the Seeley Lake Historical Museum with the display featuring the Maclean family. Cox shared that the Maclean family came to Seeley Lake in 1921. Their family received one...
SEELEY LAKE – After setting up camp, students dotted the shores of Rainy Lake in their quest to catch lunch. This was just one of the four opportunities offered for Seeley-Swan High School Discovery Day Sept. 12. Developed by last year's Ecology class, students had the opportunity to have some fun while connecting with their fellow students, learn something about their natural world and give back to the community through a service project. For the first time since Discovery Day started in 2012,...
MANHATTAN, N.Y. – It was a beautiful September day as Tom Browder walked the final leg of his daily commute across the World Trade Center Plaza. As he stood at the foot of the North Tower, he heard what he thought was a bomb go off near the top of the tower. Even though the concussion from the explosion knocked him to the ground, he was able to work his way through the World Trade Center plaza to the northeast corner of the complex. “This is terrible but at least that is it,” thought Browd...
SEELEY LAKE – Pattie Crum is quick to say this is her first year of teaching. However, along with being a fresh slate as the new second grade teacher at Seeley lake Elementary School, she also brings with her a breadth of experience. Crum looks forward to supporting her students in learning, building their self esteem and watching them progress socially and academically so they are more than prepared for third grade. Crum has always wanted to be a teacher. She loved teaching her own children t...
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley Lake District Ranger Quinn Carver and Lolo National Forest Acting Public Affairs Officer Katelyn Jerman presented the proposed recreation fee increases for the Lolo National Forest at the Seeley Lake Community Council meeting Sept. 9. The fee increase for several developed recreation sites on the Lolo was proposed to try and make the rates comparable to other sites in the region based on the amenities available. Carver emphasized how important it was for the public to engage in the comment period through Sept. 30. He r...
The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks cross county team took to the course at Mission for the St. Ignatius Invite Sept. 10 and Rebecca Farms for the Flathead Invite Sept. 14. Freshman Kyla Conley made the podium at both meets, joining sophomore Hannah Ayers in St. Ignatius. Many of the runners also set new personal records (PR). St. Ignatius Invite The Lady Blackhawks brought four runners but only two finished the race. Senior Jayla Kauffman rolled her ankle during warm ups so never started. Sophomore...
MISSOULA – At public hearing Sept. 5, the Missoula County Commissioners unanimously approved Resolution 2019-106 due to insufficient protest. The resolution changed the boundaries of the Rural Special Improvement District 282 around Lindbergh Lake and levied the RSID 282 property owners $73,176.29 to maintain the Lindbergh Lake bridge. The RSID 282 was created Jan. 12, 1978 for the purpose of constructing a bridge across the Swan River at the outlet of Lindbergh Lake. There was no termination date set for RSID 282 and Missoula County owned t...
The Bureau of Land Management Missoula Field Office completed a 660 acre prescribed burn near Chamberlain Mountain in the Wales Creek Wilderness Study Area, nine miles southeast of Clearwater Junction Thursday, Sept. 5. This project has been planned since 2016. BLM Fire Management Specialist Steve Hancock said everything lined up perfectly to complete the stand-replacing burn. The project area was 1,000 acres within a wilderness study area. There were no roads in the area so natural barriers...
SEELEY LAKE – "I realized my daughter [Laurisa] was just like everyone else, a habitual offender of texting and driving," said Jenny Ross, trauma coordinator for Community Medical Center who has told her daughter the dangers of impaired driving and distracted driving ever since she was very young. "It took her experiencing this car to open her eyes and she has never done it since. She feels this will make an impact on young drivers and that every new driver in Drivers Ed should have to e...
SEELEY LAKE – Several projects continue on the Seeley Lake Ranger District, two of which will impact public access. Cottonwood Lakes Road/Dunham Creek Update: A segment of Cottonwood Lakes Road National Forest Service Road (NFSR) 477 at mile marker 19 over Dunham Creek will be closed from Sept. 16 – Oct. 12. for a bridge replacement. Cottonwood Lakes Road will be closed to the southeast from the intersection with Dunham Creek Road NFSR 4388 for approximately a quarter of a mile. Access to Lod...
MISSOULA – Seeley Lake mask makers Herman and Susie Andersen are displaying their hand-carved masks at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices in Missoula through the end of the month. Both enjoy sharing stories about each mask and the cultural significance behind them. Susie moved to Alaska in 1978 and taught in Makotak, a remote Yupik village near Bristol Bay where she met her husband Herman. Herman is of the Aleut tribe in Alaska and his mother was Yupik. They started seeing all the different s...
SEELEY LAKE – Just before 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31 there was a call that there was a boating accident at Lake Alva. Screams for help alerted those on the shore and someone camping at the Lakeside Campground came with a pontoon. A 70-year-old Eureka man received CPR but upon the arrival of Life Flight was confirmed dead. According to Missoula County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Robert Parcell, the 70-year-old man from Eureka and his 24-year-old grandson from Missoula were out canoeing on Lake Alva in an Old Town Saranac Canoe. They visited the isl...
POTOMAC – Greenough-Potomac Volunteer Fire Department responded to a structure fire just before 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31. The house on Coloma Way was fully involved. While firefighters were not able to save the structure, they kept it from spreading to nearby outbuildings and wildlands. The homeowner was taken to Missoula via ambulance for burns. No one else was injured. The cause is still under investigation. GPVFD Assistant Chief Justin Iverson arrived on scene three minutes after the page a...
SEELEY LAKE – The power was out. Grizzly Claw Trading Co. Owners Dee and Susan Baker were prepared for a great sales day during the heart of their first summer in business. Now it was so dark in their store that it was nearly impossible to see what was in the display cases. When two visitors from North Carolina walked in they apologetically told them that yes, they were open but they had no power. When the two middle-aged men insisted that they wanted to see what was in the cases, the Bakers o...
SEELEY LAKE - The North Fork Cabin bridge replacement project is complete. The trail closure has been lifted ahead of hunting season. The bridge reconstruction began July 22. The bridge provides access over the North Fork of the Blackfoot River near the North Fork Cabin on Trail 32. Trail 32 is a major travel corridor for outfitters, guides and the public to access the Scapegoat Wilderness. The Seeley Lake Ranger District's goal was to complete the project ahead of the majority of the hunting...
SEELEY LAKE – On Aug. 26 the otherwise quiet halls of Seeley Lake Elementary school were filled with the sound of an air horn. More than 30 teachers and staff from Seeley Lake Elementary and Swan Valley Schools hid themselves in the two junior high classrooms in preparation for an active shooter drill where there were told they could do nothing but hide. Swan Valley School teacher Chris Maudlin had 60 seconds to hit as many people as he could with ping pong balls. He methodically moved t...
SEELEY LAKE – There is a new face behind the front desk at Seeley-Swan High School. Aimee Stevenson, of Greenough, is the new SSHS secretary. She looks forward to becoming more proficient in her job and continuing to get to know the students, staff and members the community. Almost four years ago the Stevenson family moved to the area from Syracuse, Utah. Stevenson's husband Brandon and his brother are in business together as general contractors. This allowed them the freedom to relocate. "We we...
SEELEY LAKE – When the Seeley Lake Nordic Club received an email from the Missoula Nordic Club that the U.S. Forest Service was proposing a user fee at the Seeley Creek Nordic area they were totally caught off guard. After further research and conversations with the Forest Service, the Seeley Lake Nordic Club is actively fighting the proposed fee for the Seeley Creek Winter Sports Site and said, "if it isn't broken, don't fix it." The Seeley Lake Driftriders Snowmobile Club, who manages the south trailhead and parking lot included in the p...
SEELEY LAKE – Ever since Jason Gray's childhood, music has been a vehicle for inner healing, storytelling and conveying what really matters. Now a nationally acclaimed Christian singer and songwriter, Gray hopes that his songs will help someone be transformed and reengage with whatever life happens to be throwing at them. He will bring this message to the Sparrow's Vine Pregnancy Resource Center's 11th Annual Benefit Concert/Silent Auction, Thursday, Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at Mission Bible Fellowsh...
DEER LODGE – The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks were one of four teams that participated in the inaugural 5K race at the Grant-Kohrs Ranch in Deer Lodge Aug. 30. Despite battling the heat, the Ladies swept the top three spots. Seeley-Swan, Arlee, Thompson Falls and Deer Lodge brought runners to the field. The race was delayed so the Ladies didn't start until around 10:30 a.m. The 5K loop course took runners through pasture, long grass, short grass and then finished on a gravel road. "It was all open a...
SWAN VALLEY – Swan Valley School's new principal Ralph King loves the educational process and the opportunities it provides to students. He looks forward to bringing his experience and love of education to the Swan Valley School and building relationships – the foundational point of building a good school, a good team with the staff and good partnerships with families and the community. King grew up on a farm/ranch outside of Valier, Mont. Since junior high he has known he wanted to become a tea...
