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SEELEY LAKE – Seeley Lake volunteer firefighters responded to an apartment fire at 145 SOS Road in Seeley Lake Jan. 3. The three-unit complex was vacant when the fire started. While the State Fire Marshal is still working on the investigation, Missoula County Sheriff's Sergeant Robert Parcell said it is a "probable arson." A neighbor called in the fire just before 11 a.m. Sunday morning. Seeley Lake Fire Chief Bob Vanden Heuvel was on scene in six minutes followed by the structure engine three m...
SEELEY LAKE – While Seeley Lake junior Bo Jungers went out expecting to catch northern pike on Seeley Lake New Year's Day, he had no idea what was waiting to take the bait the first morning of 2016. After pulling a 42-inch, 30 pound, 10 ounce pike out of an eight-inch hole, Jungers could not be more excited about his success. Jungers bought an insulated fishing house with the proceeds from his 4H hog project this past year. After seeing several people out on Seeley Lake Dec. 31, he had heard t...
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley Lake turns hockey town Jan. 8-10 for the sixth annual Seeley Lake Pond Hockey (SLPH) Tournament. While much of the tournament remains the same, this year participants and fans will have online access to the schedule and tournament standings. Local children are also invited to skate with the Missoula Maulers Wednesday, Jan. 6 starting at 5 p.m. on the rinks on Seeley Lake in front of Lindey's Prime Steak House. The tournament started from a group of locals who would get...
SEELEY LAKE - I know this will likely fall on deaf ears but we love coming over to Seeley Lake and do so a lot in the summer. We live in Great Falls and would love to come over and ski your Nordic trails but prohibiting dogs means we end up driving over to Lubrecht Experimental Forest and ski there. We end up eating/gassing up in Lincoln every time. I think Seeley Lake would see an influx of overnight stays, and dollars if you opened your trails up to dogs. We are a family of four and would come multiple times per winter, likely including overn...
SEELEY LAKE - Cell Towers and Medicaid will be the main topics at the next Seeley Lake Community Council (SLCC) meeting, Jan. 11. Two new cell towers have been proposed for Seeley Lake, on Redwood Lane in downtown Seeley and at Salmon Lake. J.R. Reger, who wants to build the tower on Redwood Lane, laid out his plans at the SLCC meeting last November. The engineering firm working on the Salmon Lake tower has declined an invitation to the SLCC January meeting, saying they are waiting for Missoula County to process their application. Jamie...
The past couple of articles introduced collective and personal myths and the importance of uncovering the meanings of these myths. In this article, two examples of personal myths are provided. The examples present two individuals who discovered, or were living, their myths at an early age, which is unusual. People typically discover their personal myths at middle age, if at all. Gioachino Rossini, born in 1792, was an Italian composer who wrote operas and other forms of music. At the age of 12,...
HELENA – Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau announced public high school juniors will no longer be required to take the annual Smarter Balanced assessment. Instead they will take the ACT. "Montana is one of 13 states that provides the ACT to all juniors for free. It doesn't make sense to ask juniors to take the ACT and the Smarter Balanced assessment," Superintendent Juneau said. "The change will cut testing time for public high school students by two-thirds, and allow them to f...
SEELEY LAKE – A single-engine airplane crashed while landing at the Seeley Lake Airport, Jan. 4 around 5:30 p.m. The pilot walked away with no injuries. According to Missoula County Sheriff’s Sergeant Robert Parcell the airplane was landing from the north. When it touched down on the plowed runway, it was too far left of the center. The left tire was sucked into the left hand snow berm, spinning the plane 180 degrees and slamming the right wing into the berm. The pilot kept the plane upright and was uninjured. The Seeley Lake Volunteer fir...
SEELEY LAKE - Winterfest 2016, Jan. 15-31, is well on its way! Every year a number of groups have events in January under the Winterfest headline. The Seeley Lake Area Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) then markets these events along with their own to increase consumption of local goods and services. This year the Chamber joined forces with Alpine Artisans, Inc. (AAI). The artisans bring their expertise to the variety show as well as advertisement and poster design. To begin the planning the...
CONDON – The Swan Lake Ranger District of the Flathead National Forest invites the community to a public meeting Thursday, Jan. 14 from 4:30 - 7 p.m. at the Forest Service Condon Work Center in Condon to discuss the Beaver Creek Landscape Restoration Project Environmental Assessment (EA). The project EA is available for public review and comment through Feb. 1. The Beaver Creek project area is located about nine miles south of Condon bordered by Lindbergh Lake and the Mission Mountains to the west, the Swan River to the north, State Highway 8...
HELENA – Montana State Parks (MSP) announced that public comment is being sought on a draft environmental assessment (EA) for proposed shared group bicycle campsites at four state parks in western Montana. The park locations are Whitefish Lake State Park near Whitefish, Mont.; Flathead Lake-Wayfarers State Park near Bigfork, Mont.; and Placid Lake and Salmon Lake Sate Parks near Seeley Lake. Public comment will be accepted through Friday, Feb. 5 at 5 p.m. The proposed improvements include enhancing existing shared group bicycle campsites at Whi...
SEELEY LAKE – Through the combined efforts of Seeley Lake Regional Outdoor Center for Kinetic Sports (SL ROCKS), Seeley Lake Nordic Ski Club (SLNSC) and the US Forest Service (USFS), the trails and accommodations at the Seeley Creek Nordic Trail System continue to show improvements each year. To update the public about changes to the yurt and the ski trails and to express appreciation for volunteer and community support, SL ROCKS invites the community to a Yurt Open House. The event will take p...
SEELEY LAKE - On Sunday, Jan. 17, concert pianist Tanya Gabrielian will bring her talent to Seeley Lake for a public concert at 3 p.m. in the Seeley-Swan High School auditorium. Alpine Artisans' 2 Valleys Stage (2VS) is pleased to be able to bring such a world-renowned artist to our valleys. Gabrielian has performed in acclaimed venues on four continents, including Carnegie Hall, the Sydney Opera House in Australia, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London and the Salle Cortot in Paris. Grounded in the...
SWAN VALLEY - Swan Valley resident Wes Kesterson started logging with his father Buck Kesterson when he was around 12 years old. After spending nearly 15 years, as a logger in the Swan Valley, the biggest change Kesterson has seen in the industry is that logging equipment is more efficient and has made logging safer. Kesterson learned how to log on his grandmother's property located on the Swan River at Salmon Prairie. He helped his father with salvage logging jobs around the Swan Valley with th...
SEELEY LAKE - After managing the ice skating rink on the corner of Elm Drive and Cedar Lane for the past 13 years, the Seeley Lake Lions Club continues to make improvements. This year the storage building is complete with all sizes of ice skates and hockey sticks and is open for anyone to use. Lions' past president Gary Lewis commissioned the park in 1993. On Jan. 4, 2003, the Lions held their grand opening skating party. According to the Jan. 16, 2003 issue of the Seeley Swan Pathfinder, the Li...
POTOMAC - Animal Wonders in Potomac is a non-profit corporation that houses animals while focusing on education and entertainment using exotic and domestic animals found all over the world. Jessi Knudsen Castañeda and her husband Augusto Castañeda are the founders of Animal Wonders Inc. Since August 2008 they have been adding animals to their facility. "We're sort of like a zoo, but instead of visiting a zoo, we bring the zoo to people," Jessi said. The goals of Animal Wonders are to rescue d...
The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks clawed their way back from an 18-point deficit to defeat the Bigfork Vikings on the road Jan. 2. The victory over the Class B school furthered the Lady Blackhawks' winning record to 6-0 overall. The Lady Blackhawks took a beating the first quarter, only scoring two points to the Vikings 20 points. Scoring picked up for the Ladies in the second quarter allowing them to chip away at the Vikings' lead. By the end of the third quarter, the Lady Blackhawks pulled in fr...
The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks fell to the Class B Bigfork Vikings Jan. 2. The loss at Bigfork gives the Blackhawks a 2-4 overall record. The Blackhawks took a beating in the first half as the Vikings outshot them on the floor and punished them for fouls hitting nine of ten free throws. In the second half, the Blackhawks were able to match the Vikings nearly shot for shot but were unable to overcome their 24-point deficit from the first half. The final score was 38-65 in favor of the Vikings. Jacob...
Goal: David Pitman Transportation, LLC's goal is to have a truck locally available to haul heavy equipment. Owner David Pitman can haul equipment up to 60,000 pounds including: firefighting and logging equipment, excavators, bull dozers and hay. History: Pitman worked with his dad and brother for three years contracting out Pitman Resources' skidgine for wildland fire fighting. They were hiring a truck driver to haul their equipment. He realized that while the initial investment was big, being...
“This is how the love of God is revealed to us: God has sent his only Son into the world so that we can live through him. This is love: it is not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son as the sacrifice that deals with death and our sins. Dear friends, if God loved us this way, we also ought to love each other… There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear expects punishment. The person who is afraid has not been made perfect in love. We love because God first loved us.” (1 John 4:9-11, 18-19 CEB)...
SEELEY LAKE - With the holiday now behind us, the tree is swiftly losing its coat of green, and the needles are piling up on the floor, which means it’s time to remove the tree from your home. One option to dispose of trees for valley residents is to bring trees, free of tinsel and wire, to the Filling Station parking lot for the annual bonfire Jan. 15. The bonfire will be held around 5:30 p.m. following the Winterfest Kick-off parade from Deer Country Quilts to the Filling Station parking lot. “Christmas trees are very flammable,” said Lorra...
Seeley Lake Volunteers Climbing for a Cure SEELEY LAKE - Seeley Lake Fire Department volunteers Kristy Pohlman and Shawn Ellinghouse are gearing up for their fourth Scott Firefighter Stairclimb in Seattle, March 6. Pohlman and Ellinghouse, along with approximately 1,600 other firefighters, will race 788 vertical feet and 1,311 steps to the top of the Columbia Center in downtown Seattle in full bunker gear. This year will be the 25th anniversary stairclimb fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). The LLS is the world’s largest n...
