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There is a lot riding on upcoming local elections with many opinions being shared on different sides of issues. However there is a lack of candidates. With nearly 30 positions up for election there is currently only eight candidates signed up. If there are not enough candidates most of these positions will be filled either through acclimation or the boards will have to try and find people to appoint to remaining vacancies. That is not a good thing as elections are critical in our system of government. Without elections, boards are often left to...
SEELEY LAKE – It was open season on cats for the Lady Blackhawks as they decimated the Clark Fork Mountain Cats Jan. 31 and the St. Regis Tigers Feb. 1. The Boys lost a tight game with Clark Fork and then fell to St. Regis. The Lady Blackhawks were on fire on the home court as they took on 13C's number two ranked Mountain Cats shooting to a 14-4 lead in the first quarter and finishing them off 56-22. The Ladies had 27 steals in the game including six from Sariah Maughan. Aspen Conley led the L...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary School Board voted at their Jan. 21 meeting to not renew Superintendent Daniel Schrock’s contract but invited him to reapply for the job. Ahead of the decision, the Board preformed an evaluation of Schrock. He waived his rights to privacy allowing the public to remain in the meeting. Schrock was awarded a one-year contract last August to replace former Superintendent Chris Stout, who resigned in June. The Board must renew or not renew the superintendent’s contract by February. More than 20 people atten...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks and Blackhawks each added a pair of wins to their records last week on the road facing Valley Christian Jan. 24 and Granite Jan. 25. The Boys’ season record now stands at 11-1 while the Ladies have a 10-2 season record. The Lady Blackhawks decimated Valley Christian, holding them to two or less baskets per quarter. The final score was 59-13. Klaire Kovatch sunk 10 baskets and a free throw to lead the Lady Blackhawks with 21 points. Emily Maughan, Sariah Maughan, Terra Bertsch and Bethany Hoag eac...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board had another light agenda Jan. 16 as the District works on final details leading up to the proposed project going to bid. In other business, temporary construction easements were discussed, the Board approved moving three properties to adjacent sub-districts and the Board voted on another section of the District’s by-laws. District Manager Jean Curtiss said the plans for the proposed sewer project are currently waiting for approval from Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). Uni...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks Boys racked up a pair of wins while the Lady Blackhawks split the week as the teams faced the Charlo Vikings and Lincoln Lynx on the road Jan. 10 and 11. The Blackhawks took a commanding lead over the Vikings in the first half. While the teams went point for point in the third the Blackhawks scored 25 points in the final frame to finish off the Vikings 77-49. Nearly all the Blackhawks who were on the bench got in on the scoring but it was Owen Mercado who stole the show scoring nearly half the points. H...
SUPERIOR – The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks and Lady Blackhawks took on the Clark Fork Co-op Mountain Cats Jan. 3 on the road. The Blackhawks hung with the Mountain Cats in the first quarter but took a sizable lead in the second quarter. They headed into the second half up 27-12. After a close third quarter the Blackhawks finished off strong with a final score of 56-32. Owen Mercado was on fire. He scored 36 points for the Blackhawks, hitting a dozen baskets including three from three-point range and went 6 for 8 from the free throw line. Sawyer S...
SEELEY LAKE – Questions over where SLE Outside Store's inventory went after the Store was closed has led to former Seeley Lake Elementary Superintendent Chris Stout paying SLE for items sold through an eBay account. In July 2017 Stout told the Pathfinder that the inventory would be sold during clearance sales or sold online following the closing of the Store's retail location. With the Rice Ridge Fire essentially shutting down retail business in Seeley Lake, no clearance sales were held before t...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board pushed their final by-laws amendment out another month and spent a significant amount of their Dec. 19 meeting hearing and responding to public comment on a variety of issues. Last month the Board approved the bulk of the updates to their by-laws but excluded an updated section on Duties of the Board. The Board agreed to send that section back to the committee to rework it. District Manager Jean Curtiss provided the board with another draft Duties section for consideration. The committee h...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks and Lady Blackhawks' first home game of the season was against Valley Christian Eagles Dec. 19. Friday they headed to Hot Springs to face the Savage Heat. The Boys came out strong against the Eagles but couldn't get much more than a couple basket lead until the third quarter. They outscored the Eagles 14-4 in the third and were able to hold on for a 62-49 victory. Owen Mercado pounded in a dozen baskets and a pair of free throws to lead the Blackhawks w...
PLAINS – The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks and Lady Blackhawks took on the Horsemen and Trotters Dec. 14. The Boys got off on the wrong foot falling behind the Horsemen 12 points in the first quarter with half those points coming from Horsemen free throws. Undeterred, the Blackhawks cleaned up their game and fought their way back to within four points by half time propelled off three pointers from Owen Mercado, Dakota Wood and Quinlan Ream. In the third quarter, the Boys kept the pressure on and took the lead. They held off the Horsemen in the f...
RONAN – The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks Boys took on Arlee and Frenchtown’s JV at last week’s Western Tip-Off Tournament. The Boys came out strong against Arlee in the opening quarter leading by 3 points but the Warriors slipped by in the second quarter outscoring the Blackhawks 13 to 6. The Blackhawks nearly matched the Warriors in the second half but could never regain the lead and fell 46-52. Owen Mercado racked up 24 points for the Blackhawks including hitting a pair of three pointers and shooting 6 for 7 from the free throw line. Dakota Wood...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board hammered out the final details of the Rules and Regulations, approved an opinion of probable cost for operating the system, adopted most of their bylaws revision and discussed a variety of other business at their four and a half hour long Nov. 21 meeting. The new “worst case scenario” monthly estimate is $130.58 plus $2 per 1,000 gallons used for properties assigned one Volume Ratio Unit (VRU), equivalent to a single family house. Rules and Regulations Hearing The Board made minor edits to th...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary School board plans to undertake the creation of a strategic plan for the school in the coming months. They voted at their Nov. 19 meeting to hire Dr. Daniel Farr to help with the process. Farr came highly recommended by SLE Superintendent Daniel Schrock who worked with Farr on a strategic plan at his last school. Farr is an educational consultant with 34 years of experience in public education in Montana. He had a wide range of positions including counselor, science teacher, coach, curriculum d...
SEELEY LAKE - Developers of a proposed 72-unit RV Park held their neighborhood meeting at the Seeley Lake Community Council's Nov. 11 meeting. Owner Brandon Grosvenor and Paul Forsting of Territorial Landworks, the company hired to design the project, presented the proposed park. A little over a year ago the pair had presented a similar proposal but it was never turned into Missoula County. They needed to redo their neighborhood meeting to start the "clock ticking" again. Forsting said the...
MISSOULA – District Court Judge Leslie Halligan ruled on a pair of motions from Missoula County and the Seeley Lake Sewer District seeking to dismiss the lawsuit originally filed by Don Larson. The Court Orders granted the County’s request to be dismissed and granted parts of the District’s motion but denied dismissing the entire case against the District. Larson filed the original complaint in June of 2018 and was joined by more than 50 landowners and residents as Plaintiffs in an amended complaint filed on Aug. 31, 2018. The lawsuit makes...
MISSOULA - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks season came to an end at the hands of the Valley Christian Eagles at the District 13-C Tournament Nov. 1. The Lady Blackhawks had a rough start to the tournament falling to Clark Fork 19-25, 23-25 and 24-26 in their first match but they didn't go down without a fight. They sent home Victor 25-10, 25-14 and 25-11 and Lincoln 26-24, 21-25, 25-14, 25-27 and 15-10 before falling to the Eagles 17-25, 25-27, 25-19, 25-10 and 6-15 for third place....
The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks wrapped up their last week of the regular season with a victory over Clark Fork and loss to Plains. The Ladies are seeded number one heading into the District 13-C Tournament with a conference record of 8-2. Their overall record is 12-4. The Lady Blackhawks started off their week with a trip to Alberton to face the Clark Fork Mountain Cats. They defeated the Cats in the first set 26-24 and then traded wins back and forth. The Cats won sets two and four, 20-25 and...
THOMPSON FALLS – The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks football season came to an end with a loss to the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks Oct. 25. The game was a blowout in the first quarter with the Blackhawks down 0-27. By the half they were down 40 and at the final buzzer it was 0-55. The loss brings the Blackhawks’ season record to 4-4....
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board discussed their by-laws update, Rules and Regulations and alternatives at their Oct. 17 meeting. By-Laws update Director Beth Hutchinson said she was still frustrated with the edits made by the board’s attorney to the proposed by-laws. She served on a committee with Director Walt Hill and a District resident Rachelle Harman to draft the amendments to the by-laws. She felt that the committee was very careful on how they worded the parts on the purpose of the District, the duties of the boa...
SEELEY LAKE – Workers in orange vests with the letters “BID” on them picking up litter in downtown Missoula prompted Missoula County Commissioner Josh Slotnick to learn a little about Business Improvement Districts (BID). It also led him to ask the question, could a BID be used to benefit Seeley Lake? Slotnick reached out to Seeley Lake Community Council Chair Klaus von Sutterheim who invited him to present the idea at the Oct. 14 Council meeting. While the idea came from a commissioner, forming a BID is entirely a decision of the local prope...
LINCOLN - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks defeated the Lincoln Lynx on the road Oct. 19. The Ladies, won in three sets, 25-16, 25-18 and 25-18. The victory was extra sweet for the Lady Blackhawks as the Lynx were one of their two early season losses to conference foes. They have a 7-2 in conference record with a week left to play in the regular season before heading into District tournaments. Klaire Kovatch scored a third of all the team’s kills with 11 kills out of 19 attempted and just 7 errors. Sariah Maughan and Bethany Hoag together had an...
The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks defeated two conference foes last week taking on Victor Oct. 11 and Darby Oct. 12. The Lady Blackhawks finished off Victor in three sets, 25-13, 25-16 and 25-16. Sariah Maughan led the Ladies with 10 kills and had the highest hit percentage with 21 kills attempted and just 4 errors. Aspen Conley racked up 6 aces out of 26 serves and she led with 8 assists. On the defense, Klaire Kovatch led with 4 solo blocks and 1 assisted block. Emma Stevenson and Maughan had 6 digs each while Trista Wendel received 10 serves w...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks had a rough start against the undefeated Clark Fork Mountain Cats falling 28 points behind early in the final home game of the season Oct. 11. The Blackhawks finally got some points on the board when Brayden Rodriguez caught the ball and ran in a tipped pass for a 25-yard touchdown in the final minute of the first quarter. In the second quarter the Blackhawks matched the Cats touchdown for touchdown. Caleb Maughan scored on a 22-yard play, Dakota Wood r...
The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks had a pair of victories last week hosting the Valley Christian Eagles Oct. 4 before heading to St. Regis to take on the Tigers Oct. 5. The Lady Blackhawks took the match from the Eagles in four sets, 27-25, 25-19, 22-25 and 25-15. Klaire Kovatch led the Ladies with 9 kills against the Eagles while Emma Stevenson had the highest hit percentage getting 6 kills in 19 attempts with just 2 errors. Trista Wendel scored 6 of the team’s 15 aces. Defensively, four Ladies dug into the double digits in digs with Aspen C...
