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MISSOULA - The Girls of Seeley-Swan took first place at the Kim L. Haines Memorial Track Meet May 4 with 92 team points ahead of Charlo with 84. The Boys took second place with 58 points behind Frenchtown's 132. Both the Girls 4x100 and 4x400-meter relay teams edged out the competition for first place. Their time of 52.30 seconds in the short relay was the fastest of the season. On the track, Sariah Maughan set new personal records in the 1600 and 800-meter of 5:22.39 and 2:29.12 minutes earning...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board learned at their April 24 meeting that Missoula County’s inability to perform the construction engineering for the collection system is adding $759,400 to the project’s estimated cost. The board also discussed agency review of the collection system design, User Agreements, water test results and other business. The District’s former manager, Missoula County Public Works Director Greg Robertson, committed the county to performing the construction engineering in order to cut costs of the project...
The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks participated in the Top 10 meet in Missoula April 23 before heading to Great Falls April 27. Ten Blackhawks earned invites to the prestigious Russ Pilcher Top 10 meet and they represented Seeley-Swan well, placing in six individual events and sweeping both the Boys and Girls 4x400 relays. For the Boys, Hunter Shelmerdine took the top spot in the 400-meter with a time of 50.77 seconds while Logan Robinson earned third place in both the 100 and 200-meter races. Caleb...
MISSOULA - Nearly 20 teams from A, B and C Class schools sent athletes to the Seeley-Swan High School Invitational track meet April 20. Despite the rain, the Girls and Boys of Seeley-Swan shined. The Girls took first place with 112 points ahead of Big Fork's 94.5 while the Boys were second place trailing Big Fork 74 to 104. The Lady Blackhawks had a well-rounded victory with individuals placing in 12 events including 4 first places. Klaire Kovatch not only won the discus but she extended her...
MISSOULA –A Washington couple's trip to Glacier National Park came to a violent end almost three decades ago near Lake Alva. The unsolved homicides of Iva LaRue and Kenneth Cheetham are being revisited by the Missoula County Sheriff's Office in hopes that new technology and a fresh set of eyes can bring closure. At a press conference April 11, Sheriff T.J. McDermott introduced retired federal agents Diana Parker and Susan Lane. The pair has volunteered to investigate unsolved cases under the s... Full story
POLSON - The Boys and Girls of Seeley-Swan took second place at the Dave Tripp Memorial track meet April 12. The meet attracted three Class B schools and 12 Class C schools. The Boys were just 3.5 points short of Powell County's 105 points while the Girls were 12.5 points behind Charlo's 105.5 points. On the track the Boys shined in the 100, 200, 400-meter and both relays. Logan Robinson won both the 100 and 200-meter races with times of 11.62 and 23.44 seconds. Dakota Wood hot on his heels...
SEELEY LAKE – Representatives from the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation informed state leaseholders about changes to their eligibility to participate in the cabin and home site sales program at a meeting April 4 at the Seeley Lake Community Hall. Recently resolved road easement issues opened the door for leaseholders in three area neighborhoods to participate in the lease site sales program. The neighborhoods, as labeled by the DNRC, include Clearwater River East Shore (Dogtown, accessed via Grizzly Drive), Clearwater River W...
MISSOULA - Three Seeley-Swan school records fell April 6 at the opening track meet. The records include the Girls pole vault, Boys 200-meter and the Boys 4x400 relay. Terra Bertsch cleared 10 feet to break a 2017 school record of 9 foot, 10 inches held by Cera Strumpfer. Bertsch was a freshman on the track team in 2017 when Strumpfer set her record. However Bertsch didn't compete in the event until she was a sophomore. She said she always enjoyed watching the pole vault and looked up to...
MISSOULA - After two weeks of canceled meets due to the unusually snowy winter in Missoula and the Bitterroot, the track season finally got under way April 6. The meet featured approximately 1,000 athletes from 28 teams across A, B and C class schools. Despite the sea of athletes to wade though, the Seeley-Swan Blackhawks Boys placed fourth with 53 points while the Ladies took sixth with 40 points. Both the Boys' relay teams took first place. The 4x100 relay team consisting of Logan Robinson,...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board discussed a wide range of topics at their March 21 board meeting including hiring a Project Manager, obtaining easements, User Agreements and attorney bills. In other business, representatives from Midwest Assistance Program (MAP) presented on ways they can provide assistance to the District. At last month’s meeting the board expressed concerns about having Great West Engineering (GW) being the only ones overseeing the construction of the collection system. Missoula County was originally goi...
SEELEY LAKE – We’ve received a handful of comments regarding the editorial cartoon printed in the March 14 issue on page 2. We always appreciate constructive feedback – it helps us better serve our readers. First, the editorial cartoon was not the opinion of the paper. It was drawn, submitted, paid for and signed by S. Herbert, a Pathfinder subscriber. It represents the cartoonist’s opinion only. After several readers pointed out that typically editorial cartoons represent the opinion of the paper, we realized that while it appeared on the Opi...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary School (SLE) board approved permissive levies for the tuition fund and for the building reserve at their March 19 meeting. The tuition fund is used to offset the cost to educate students if they require one-on-one instruction. It is called a tuition fund because in larger towns the money would be used to pay tuition at another school capable of providing the students the extra education. The school is required by law to provide this instruction. In SLE’s case, the fund can be used to pay for extra sta...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Community Council hosted short presentations from County Commissioner Josh Slotnick, Seeley Lake Fire Chief Dave Lane, Seeley Lake Ranger District Recreation Staff Officer Matt Walter and Seeley-Swan High School Principal Dr. Kathleen Pecora at the March 11 council meeting. Newly elected Slotnick spoke about what it was like to be a new commissioner and then posed the question: Why doesn’t Seeley Lake incorporate? Slotnick said that as a new commissioner he feels like he has had to learn a dozen different languages...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board was informed at their Feb. 27 meeting that Missoula County will most likely not be able to fulfill construction engineering as promised by the former District manager. In other business the board discussed required easements and voted to create a committee to write an annexation policy but would deny annexation requests until the system is running. In order to cut costs for the District, past District Manager and Missoula County Public Works Director Greg Robertson committed the county to d...
BUTTE, MONT. - The Lady Blackhawks' season came to an end at the hands of the Manhattan Christian Eagles at the Western C Divisional Tournament Feb. 23. The Ladies fell to West Yellowstone in the opening round and then sent Drummond home in their first loser out game. The Lady Blackhawks faced an uphill battle in the second half with West Yellowstone after falling 18 points behind in the first half. The Ladies nearly matched West Yellowstone in the third quarter and made a run in the final...
FRENCHTOWN - The Lady Blackhawks defeated the Darby Tigers for the District 13C Title Feb. 16. On their way to the top the Ladies got a bye in the first round and then defeated the Lincoln Lynx in the semifinal. The championship game started out in true Lady Blackhawks fashion as they poured in the baskets and left the Tigers to eating scraps. By the end of the first buzzer the Lady Blackhawks were up 15-4. The Tigers soon began to demand a bigger piece of the pie. The teams went nearly point...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Community Council hosted presentations on a local wildfire smoke study, wildfire preparedness and the Seeley Lake Water District at their Feb. 11 meeting. In other business, Acting Seeley Lake District Ranger Quinn Carver introduced himself to those in attendance. The Council is still waiting for a reply from the Montana Department of Transportation about their request for lit speed signs. University of Montana researcher Chris Migliaccio presented data from the wildfire smoke study that looked into the impacts on...
FRENCHTOWN - The Blackhawks had a bumpy ride at the District 13C tournament defeating Victor in a semifinal, falling to Darby in the championship game and then being upset by the Clark Fork Coop in a challenge game. The Blackhawks easily rolled over Victor Feb. 15, outscoring the Pirates in every frame to a final score of 69-41. Three Blackhawks scored into the double digits. Owen Mercado led the way with 21 followed by Cordell Turner with 19 and Chance Johnson scoring 14. The Boys hit 13 of 20...
SEELEY LAKE – Former Missoula County Commissioner Jean Curtiss was hired at a Feb. 6 special meeting by the Seeley Lake Sewer District Board to be an interim district manager. The county had been providing Missoula County Public Works Director Greg Robertson as district manager through an interlocal agreement since 2011. Robertson left the county for a new job in January and the commissioners didn’t believe that anyone else on staff could fill in behind Robertson. At the last board meeting, the District received a letter from Missoula County st...
SEELEY LAKE - Basketball fans got their money's worth Friday night as Seeley-Swan battled Darby's Tigers. After watching the Lady Blackhawks defeat Darby, they were kept on the edge of their seats through double overtime in the Boys' game. The Blackhawks eventually fell after a buzzer beating three-pointer by the Tigers. The Lady Blackhawks struggled in the first half to contain Darby's three-point game with 21 of Darby's 26 points coming from three pointers. In the second half the Ladies shut...
POTOMAC - The eighth-grade class at Potomac Elementary spent Saturday, Feb. 19 dodging balls and raising money for their upcoming class trip to Galveston, Texas. The class held the Dodgeball Tournament at the Potomac Greenough Community Center where teams squared off against each other in best of three game matches. The final teams standing were the Fire Fighters (Greenough Potomac Volunteer Fire Department) and the Eighth Graders. The Eighth Graders took the first game of the championship...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks and Lady Blackhawks hosted the Deer Lodge Wardens Feb. 2 and headed to Lincoln Feb. 4 to take on the Lynx in a rescheduled game from Feb. 1. The Blackhawks got off to a rough start against the Wardens falling 16 points behind by the half. They came out strong in the third quarter nearly matching the Wardens but were unable to gain any ground. Final score was 43-64. Owen Mercado and Chance Johnson led the Blackhawks scoring 18 and 17 points respectively....
SEELEY LAKE – Representatives from Great West Engineering (GW) gave the Seeley Lake Sewer District Board a new timeline for having the project ready to bid at their Jan. 17 board meeting. The new schedule pushes the ready-to-bid date from early this winter to late summer. At the meeting, GW blamed the delay in their work on former District Manager Greg Robertson and Director Beth Hutchinson however, there are also several tasks required of the District that have not been completed. Some of the tasks the District must complete before going to b...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Community Council hosted a forum to discuss the building code program in Missoula County Jan. 14 in hopes of learning about the county inspection program and identifying places it could be made better. The panelists included former Missoula County Commissioner Jean Curtiss, Jamie Erbacher with Missoula County Community & Planning Services (CAPS), Shannon Therriault with Missoula County Environmental Health, Missoula County Public Works Building Official Steve Hutchings, realtor Scott Kennedy, local builder Mark...
MISSOULA – County commissioners voted to not extend the interlocal agreement between Missoula County and the Seeley Lake Sewer District at their Jan. 17 administrative meeting. The agreement expired last November and the District had requested an extension in December. The interlocal agreement has provided county resources to the District since 2011 including a District Manager, a $110,000 loan, storage space and an office among other things. Only the terms of the loan will continue as laid out in the agreement. In a letter to the District, t...
