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VICTOR – The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks walked all over the Victor Pirates Oct. 12 bringing their season record to 4-2 and leaving the Pirates winless. The Blackhawks found success on the ground and in the air. They rushed for 229 yards with an average of 10 yards per carry and completed 9 of 15 attempted passes for 156 yards. The game was a blowout with the Blackhawks scoring four touchdowns in the first quarter. A touchdown in the second quarter put the Blackhawks up 40-0 going into the second hal...
SEELEY LAKE – The Blackhawks took on the Bulldogs of St. Ignatius for their Homecoming Sept. 28. The game was a hard-fought battle in the first half with neither team's offense being able to move the ball very well. With just four minutes left in the half the Bulldogs scored a touchdown. The Blackhawks broke up the conversion. A half dozen plays later, the Blackhawks scored a touchdown of their own. Caleb Maughan had a great kick return followed by a couple of runs and a couple of pass r...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks headed into their Homecoming match with the Savage Heat of Hot Springs coming off a pair of victories last week against Granite and the Clark Fork Coop. The Lady Blackhawks defeated Granite on the road Sept. 24 in three sets 25-18, 25-16 and 25-17. The Ladies then hosted Clark Fork Sept. 26 and defeated them in three sets as well 25-23, 25-19 and 25-14. The Lady Blackhawks got off to a great start against Hot Springs with a solid 25-13 win in the...
SEELEY LAKE –Seeley Lake Sewer District Board received public comment on their attorney’s denial of a citizens petition, discussed their proposed Rules and Regulations (R&R), worked through a final draft of the by-laws and approved an interlocal agreement with Missoula County at their Sept. 19 board meeting. In public comment, District resident Franny Trexler read a letter to the board regarding her frustration with the way District Attorney Jon Beal handled a petition for a referendum she turned in to the Missoula County Elections Office. The...
SEELEY LAKE – The Blackhawks go 3-0 and the crowd sings along, "Three cheers for Blackhawks of Seeley-Swan High." The last time the Blackhawks started their season with three wins was in 1999. The Blackhawks had a rough start against the Arlee Warriors Sept. 13 letting a touchdown slip in early off an intercepted pass from the 25-yard line. A second interception and a handful of penalties kept the Blackhawks at bay through the first quarter and into the second. Dakota Wood finally broke the i...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks defeated Victor and Darby last week improving their conference record to 2-2. The Ladies hosted Victor Sept. 12 and made quick work of the match in three sets 25-16, 25-13 and 25-14. On the offense, Sariah Maughan had 10 kills on 17 attempts with just 2 errors while Aspen Conley had 10 assists and Taylor Dillree had 4 aces in 17 serves with no errors. Darby put up more of a fight Sept. 14 forcing the match to four sets before falling to the Lady Blac...
PLAINS – Coming off their home victory over Darby, the Blackhawks took to the road last week looking for their second win of the season as they faced off against the Plains Horsemen Sept. 6. The Blackhawks buried the Horsemen in the first quarter. They pounded in three touchdowns and were successful on all three two-point conversion attempts for a 24-0 lead. By the half the Blackhawks were up 38-6 and they finished the Horsemen off 58-12 by the final buzzer. When the dust settled, they had s...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks had a tough week dropping matches to two conference opponents, the Valley Christian Eagles and the Lincoln Lynx. The Ladies traveled to Missoula Sept. 5 to take on the Eagles then hosted the Lynx Sept. 7. In Missoula the Lady Blackhawks fell to the Eagles in the opening set 23-25 and then tied it up with a 25-16 victory in the second set. The third set was another close one but the Eagles edged out the Lady Blackhawks 24-26. The Ladies had a 25-17 vi...
HELMVILLE - People came from all over Montana and out of state for this year's Helmville Rodeo, Sept. 1-2. The stands were packed and the competition was good as riders rode for the purse and entertained. Even a handful of locals joined the fun in the Mutton Busting and Wild Cow Milking events....
SEELEY LAKE – The Blackhawks kicked off their season with a victory over the Darby Tigers Aug. 30. The Boys in black and gold wasted no time putting points on the board. After stopping the Tiger's opening drive, Caleb Maughan took the ball 49 yards to the 1-yard line where Avery Smith was able to punch through for a touchdown. The Tigers were not going to go down easy though and fought their way down the field for a touchdown of their own. The Blackhawks answered right back. Dakota Wood r...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks' volleyball season got underway with a win over Arlee Aug. 29 before the team headed to a tournament in Philipsburg Sept. 1. The first three sets of the match with the Arlee Scarlets were really hard fought with the Lady Blackhawks dropping the first set, 24-26 and then winning the next two sets 28-26 and 27-25. The Ladies won the fourth set and with it took the match, 25-12. Bethany Hoag and Trista Wendel led the Lady Blackhawks in kills with 6 and...
SEELEY LAKE – In a split vote the Seeley Lake Sewer District Board passed a resolution to mandate connections to the sewer system as it is built at their Aug. 15 meeting. The board also approved the tax assessment method for the District’s annual administrative fee and officially opened public comment on the proposed Rules and Regulations (R&R). Board President Pat Goodover came out firing in his opening comments responding to people who have questioned his independence, ability to look at all sides of the issue and his role as president as...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary School District Board of Trustees hired Dan Schrock July 31 at a special board meeting. In other business Bridget Laird will fill the open junior high teaching position. The Board interviewed three candidates including Schrock, Leland Stocker and Jody Welter July 29. A fourth candidate, Kevin St. John, was scheduled to be interviewed however he dropped out due to taking a job in Philipsburg. The board took public comment before discussing and deciding w...
MISSOULA – The Missoula County Elections Office received a sample petition July 19 for a citizen’s initiative that would repeal a Seeley Lake Sewer District resolution approving special assessments and require the District to go through an election before assessing levies for repaying bonded indebtedness. The Elections Office had 21 days to approve or disapprove the form of the petition before it could be circulated for signatures. They responded in a little over a week. Based on advice from the Office of Missoula County Attorney, Elections Adm...
SEELEY LAKE –The Seeley Lake Sewer District unveiled a resolution to mandate properties within the District to connect to the sewer as it is built at its July 18 board meeting. Board President Pat Goodover read the resolution at the meeting stating that the District’s attorney Jon Beal made edits to the version Goodover received just a half hour ahead of the meeting. The printed copies were already outdated. It took Goodover more than 13 minutes to read it in its entirety with the bulk of it explaining the reasons why the Board needed to mov...
SEELEY LAKE – The “Welcome to Seeley Lake” sign that the Seeley Lake Community Foundation planned to install south of town has been put on hold. Foundation Executive Director Claire Muller broke the news at the Seeley Lake Community Council’s July 8 meeting. “It was not feasible to put it where it was planned in the time frame that we had for that grant funding,” said Muller. Muller explained that the design and the location ended up being the hold up coupled with the deadline to install the sign. The design was permitted for the location. T...
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley Lake resident Laura Wood presented an idea to create a dog park at the Council’s July 8 meeting. Wood was hoping to receive some community feedback and support from the council before she developed the idea any further. Wood felt there is a growing need for an area to take dogs to play. Most of the lake areas have either stopped allowing dogs on the beaches or have strict leash laws. Wood’s dog has been attacked several times by loose dogs in town and a dog park would provide a safe place to be off leash. It could also...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board held a special meeting July 15 to set District’s administrative fee assessment method, set the assessment method hearing date and sign an engineering contract to change the location of the force main. Last week, Missoula County held a hearing July 11 on the Pine Street easement petition. Missoula County Public Works Seeley Lake Projects and Operations Coordinator Kim Myre said the presented assessment methodology is the same as last year. It charges a flat rate to property with dwelling uni...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary School Board accepted Superintendent Chris Stout’s resignation at a special meeting June 25. Stout emailed the board his resignation June 18, “Hey guys. I just wanted to let you know that I will not be returning next year. I know everything is open to speculation but honestly it’s time. It’s time for everyone. I appreciate all your support and will always look back on my time and smile. Life changes. People change. Places change. I think this is a win-win for everyone. My last day will be June 30. You ca...
SEELEY LAKE –The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board had a packed agenda for the June 20 regular meeting with topics ranging from bidding schedule and changing the force main route to Rules and Regulations (R&Rs) and cost estimates for Phase 3 and 4. The meeting ran nearly four hours with some agenda items being tabled. Bidding Timeline District Manager Jean Curtiss asked that the board to consider changing the bid dates from late this summer or early fall to January. Curtiss explained that a small sewer job in Missoula that went to bid in A...
MISSOULA – The Missoula County Commissioners briefly discussed a letter from the Seeley Lake Sewer District Board requesting county assistance and resources at their June 12 administrative meeting. The letter from the District requests several things the county previously provided the District through an interlocal agreement including use of office space in the County’s Seeley Lake satellite office and administrative assistance from Missoula County Public Works Seeley Lake Projects and Operations Coordinator Kim Myre. That agreement exp...
SEELEY LAKE – Missoula County has launched a new website hoping to address some of the issues raised at the Seeley Lake Community Council’s Building Forum in January. Missoula County Project Manager Gayl Hann announced the new website at the Council meeting June 10. Hann said the county learned at the building forum that people were having trouble finding all the things they needed to navigate the building permit system. The County had already started using software that would send the applications out to all the necessary departments wit...
SEELEY LAKE – Residents attending the Seeley Lake Sewer District Board’s special meeting to discuss the draft User Agreements (UA) June 6 had a lot of concerns and asked many questions. Most circled back to the landowners’ pocketbook and the million-dollar question: How many million dollars is this project going to cost? District Manager Jean Curtiss explained that the UA were sent to just landowners in Subdistrict/Phase 1 and it was mistakenly sent without the word “draft” across it. Curtiss said that the UA references the Rules and Regulatio...
LAURAL MONT. - The Seeley-Swan Girls won the State Class C Championship while the Boys took second at the State meet May 23-25. The Girls victory came by a wide margin with 90.33 points, nearly doubling second place Charlo's 48 points. The Girls were strong from start to finish winning the first event on Thursday and the last event on Saturday. On their way to the Championship the Girls took home more than a dozen medals including 4 individual gold and 1 relay team gold medals. Terra Bertsch...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board was presented with a budget for the next fiscal year that doubles last year’s budget and discussed the User Agreement (UA) and District Rules and Regulations (R&R) at their May 16 meeting. The proposed 2019 District Administrative Budget has doubled from $47,620 to $95,625. The main increase in the budget is to pay for the part time District Manager at $38,400 per year. The manager was previously donated by Missoula County through an inter-local agreement. This winter the county determined it...
