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SEELEY LAKE - Todd Johnson, Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) School Board Chair, will kick off the next Seeley Lake Community Council (SLCC) meeting with a discussion of the proposed SLE levy, which will be voted on in the May 3 Special Election. Filmmaker Jenny Rohrer will follow with the presentation of two movie shorts: “Keeping Clearwater” tells the story of the work that local volunteers and students are doing in collaboration with the Clearwater Resource Council (CRC) to learn about and protect local waters. The film illustrates how the...
ISSOULA - Lee Tavenner of Missoula has filed for Public Service Commission (PSC) for District 4 as a Democrat. Lee filed on March 11. Tavenner is co-owner of Solar Plexus, a solar installation company in Missoula. Tavenner and Mary Hamilton started Solar Plexus in 1994 and have done numerous solar and small hydro installations since then. Son Rip Hamilton joined the company in 2000. The company remains active in the solar installation business in Missoula. Tavenner also owns the Little Gold Proj...
SWAN VALLEY – There will be a free film showing of “Unbranded,” Saturday, March 19, 7 p.m. at Condon Community Hall, presented by Alpine Artisans, Crown Community Cinema series. Unbranded is the story of four young cowboys, just out of college and looking for a little adventure before getting jobs and settling down. They decide to take a bunch of wild mustangs from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) shelter, break them to ride and pack and take a trip from Mexico to Canada through some of the wildest country in the U.S. Piece of cake, right...
SEELEY LAKE - In a letter to the Missoula office of the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT), the three County Commissioners urged adoption of the Seeley Lake Council’s Traffic Plan on a seasonal basis. The Council’s Traffic Project resulted in a 119-page Plan document, which the Council submitted to the Commissioners in October of last year. It was the result of a two-year effort which culminated in a community-wide survey with over 300 respondents, conducted last summer. As a result of the study, the Council asked for slower speed limit...
SEELEY LAKE — The Seeley Lake Community Foundation (SLCF) is proud to announce its small grant awards for the cycle ending Jan. 31. The next funding cycle ends June 30. The SLCF is a locally driven and locally supported foundation that invests in the health and prosperity of the Seeley Lake Community. SLCF grants support art & culture, community & economic development, basic human needs, education and natural resources and conservation. Carla Schade, Board President said, “Recently the Seeley Lake Community Foundation received many wor...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Water District would like to give advance notice to our customers that as of May 1, 2016 we will be implementing a five percent rate increase. The increase is limited to the base fee and the water fee portions of your bill. The standard home has a ¾ inch service line and the base fee on this will increase from $17.14 to $18.00. The water fee will increase from $2.20 to $2.31 per thousand gallons. The average customer using 6,000 gallons per month will see an increase on their water bill of $1.38. The Water...
SEELEY LAKE - Zoning and the proposed sale of Drew Creek Park will be the main topics at the next Seeley Lake Community Council (SLCC) meeting Monday, March 14. The informal part of the meeting will start at 5:30 p.m. at the Seeley Lake Historical Museum and Visitor’s Center, with pizza and sodas followed by the meeting at 6 p.m. Nick Kaufman, Land Use Planner at WGM Group, will discuss the pros and cons of zoning for a small community like Seeley Lake. The Council does not currently expect to take a position on zoning. Kaufman’s pre...
In 2015, common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) became the first county listed noxious weed in Missoula County. The process involved with listing common buckthorn began early in the year when an application form was sent to local land managers requesting submissions for species not on the state list that they thought had noxious qualities. Common buckthorn was the only species submitted for consideration. The application was submitted by the City of Missoula Open Lands Program (OLP). The OLP had found common buckthorn along the majority of...
HELENA— Commissioner Bob Lake, R-Hamilton, officially filed for re-election to the Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) Wednesday, seeking to represent the people of District 4 for a second term. Following 38 years in the private sector, including owning and operating Lakeland Feed & Supply in Hamilton, Lake served 10 years in the Montana Legislature before being elected to the PSC in 2012. “It is a true honor to serve the people of Montana on the Public Service Commission, and I humbly ask for the support of my constituents to rep...
SEELEY LAKE - First Peoples Fund, a national organization supporting Native American artists, has named Jack Wallace Gladstone of East Glacier, Mont. as one of seven recipients of the 2016 Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Award. A nationwide committee selected the honorees and the prestigious award includes a $7,500 no-strings-attached grant. "This honor is given to a small number of artists each year to recognize their exceptional passion, wisdom and dedication to passing on ancestral...
MISSOULA - Mike Hopkins from Missoula has filed to run as a Republican for House District 92. House District 92 includes the areas surrounding Seeley Lake, Bonner, Potomac, Condon, East Missoula and Clinton. Currently representing House District 92, David "Doc" Moore has decided not to seek reelection. "I knocked on doors for Doc Moore's campaign and I am proud to call him my friend. With his decision not to seek reelection, I want to make sure that the people of House District 92 have a...
MISSOULA - On the first eligible day to file as a candidate for this year's elections, current District Court Judge Karen Townsend has paid her filing fee and submitted her paperwork to the Secretary of State's office for re-election to the 4th District Court, which serves Missoula and Mineral Counties. Townsend, who is finishing up her first six-year term on the bench, has handled some of the biggest trials in recent memory. A good judge with a tireless work ethic, Townsend is ready to serve...
MISSOULA – Addrien Marx, a longtime businesswoman and resident of Seeley Lake, has announced her run for the Montana State Legislature. She is running to represent the citizens of House District 92, which encompasses the towns and communities surrounding Condon, Seeley Lake, Potomac, Bonner, Milltown, East Missoula and Clinton. Marx has a long history of community involvement and a proven commitment to embracing diverse opinions. "I know that I can work with and respect different viewpoints. I...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Steve Daines hailed last week’s passage of a multi-year highway bill, noting that the bipartisan legislation provides critical support for more than 420 infrastructure projects across Montana. The bill allocates more than $2.2 billion to Montana projects, which were at risk without long-term federal support. Daines emphasized the importance of this bill to the Missoula region, which will receive support for numerous projects including: • Reconstruction and maintenance on I-90, US-93, US-12 and MT-200 • Reconst...
Last month's shooting of a male grizzly bear along Highway 83 north of Seeley Lake is just one example of how catastrophic a season it's been for bears in the Northwest. The drought-stricken region from British Columbia, Canada and throughout the last-remaining grizzly bear strongholds in the northern Rockies brought a plethora of grizzlies and black bears into harm's way as they searched for alternative foods after berries and vegetation dried up earlier than normal. As a result, bears...
SEELEY LAKE - The Missoula County Commissioners strongly endorsed the Seeley Lake Community Council’s (SLCC) traffic study last week. The 119-page document, which the SLCC submitted to the Commissioners in October, was the result of a two-year effort that culminated in a community-wide survey conducted this summer. As a result of the study the SLCC is asking for slower speed limits in Seeley Lake and for more and better-marked pedestrian crossings. In a letter to Project Chair Duane Schlabach the Commissioners applauded the SLCC’s effort, stati...
