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GREENOUGH – With the nickname "cowboy" coined by his mother at age two, Louis Woodrow "Louie" Vero of Greenough had a lot to live up to. Throughout his childhood, Vero learned to rope and ride. His love affair with horses continued when he worked at the E Bar L Ranch in Greenough, Mont. while attending college at Cal-Poly. After a short stint in Idaho and Oregon, he returned to Montana and has spent most of his adult life fostering the western lifestyle and traditions. Vero was inducted into t...
SWAN VALLEY - The Condon Community Church sponsored an appreciation meal on March 9 for the Swan Valley Emergency Service volunteers. According to Pastor Bruce Rippy they "make life easier for us in the Swan Valley." "We are very thankful for the wonderful folks who protect and care for us in this valley," wrote Food Event Committee Member Patricia Busby in an email, "Too often we take that for granted - thus the dinner." Nearly 70 Emergency Service volunteers, their families and Condon Communit...
SEELEY LAKE – Proud parents, friends and siblings, some carrying flowers, entered the Seeley Lake Elementary gym Friday, March 8. The flowers were in anticipation of congratulating a favorite budding actor or actress on his or her acting debut. With the help of scripts, props, costumes and lots of guidance and direction from Chance Carter and Staci Weider from Missoula Children's Theater, SLE students presented a stage adaptation of Frances Hodson Burnett's childhood classic, "The Secret G...
I think it's going to work out I think in the end I'm going to be okay I think this because I know I won't always be happy but I also know I won't always be sad I'm okay with that, in fact I think it's grand I want to reach the bottom, I want to drown in everything that I hate I want my skin to boil and burn, I want my heart to break so hard I feel like glass shards are lodged in my lungs. When I'm nervous and scared I want my ribs to tangle with each other the way trees made best for climbing s...
The students I teach at the University of Montana often show up with a powerful assumption: If there is some piece of information out there, Google can find it. It's an understandable belief for 19-year-olds who have grown up in a world where ubiquitous connection to the Internet and easy access to vast reams of webpages is expected. But for all those Wikipedia pages and Wayback Machines, there are countless documents that you, as a Montanan, have a constitutional right to see and you won't...
SEELEY LAKE - Numerous Seeley Lake residents, as well as residents in the neighboring towns, have experienced frozen water lines this winter. The Seeley Lake Water District is asking residents to be aware of the temperature of your water and take any necessary precautions. Even if you have never experienced a frozen line in the past, but especially if you have, or if someone in your neighborhood has a frozen service line, the best prevention is to trickle your water. February had extended periods of subzero temperatures causing the frost to...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Community Foundation is pleased to announce its 2019 small grant awards, helping six local organizations fund important community projects. The Seeley Lake Community Foundation (SLCF) board of directors awards annual grants through a competitive application and review process, with the aim of supporting projects with broad community benefits. This small grant program supports local projects in the areas of: art and culture, community and economic development, basic human needs, education and natural resources and...
There are rivers and streams every angler holds dear. We wince when their names are mentioned in public, fearing that the word will get out on our secret honey hole and that our next fishing trip will feature fewer trout and more people prodding its banks. For me, the North Fork of the Blackfoot River is such a place. It’s a place I don’t even like to mention because the fishing is that good. However, I care far more about protecting this water than keeping its publicity to a minimum. This is why, against my fishing instinct, I publicly urg...
In late February, the U.S. House of Representatives moved to save the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), approving a sweeping package of public lands bills that includes a measure to permanently reauthorize the program for the first time in its 54-year-history. The package, approved by the Senate earlier in February with near-unanimous support, puts an end to the cycle of expiration and renewal LWCF has suffered in recent years. The fund last expired in September, prompting a bipartisan group of lawmakers to push for permanent...
SWAN VALLEY - Love to spend time on lakes? Interested in water quality? The Northwest Montana Lakes Volunteer Monitoring Network (NWMTLVMN) is looking for people who are interested in lakes to become volunteer monitors. There are currently 41 lakes in the program and many are in need of a volunteer including: • Big Therriault Lake, Lincoln County • Dollar Lake, Flathead County • Fish Lake, Flathead County • Foys Lake, Flathead County • Holland Lake, Missoula County • Skyles Lake, Flathead County • Smith Lake, Flathead County • Spencer Lake, F...
SEELEY LAKE – On the evening of March 9 a crowd of more than 40 people packed into the Grizzly Claw Trading Company for Alpine Artisans' Open Book Club hosting of author Jeremy Smith. The presentation, Smith's third for OBC, featured his latest book, "Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called Alien." Smith's book traces "white-hat" (i.e., good) hacker Alien from her MIT college days to her present position as CEO of a 30-person "penetration testing agency" hired by b...
While it was technically transmittal break, the legislature was still chugging along. Members of Appropriations met and held hearings on all of the sections of the state budget (HB2). The Legislature gets updates on the state’s revenue estimate every month. We organize the schedule for the state budget so that as it reaches each step of the process, we get another revenue update and gain a clearer picture of what the revenue is going to look like as we put the budget together. It’s easier to build a budget up than it is to cut a budget dow...
What is meant by truth or consequences? Well, at one time, this was the title of a game show. The consequences in the game show were fun and humorous. In addition, throughout the centuries philosophers have debated basic truth and consequences concerning life and the universe. In this article, however, we're not interested in either. We're interested in psychological truth and consequences. For our purposes, psychological truth has to do with meaning and expressions of justice, and is...
Some things in life should go without saying, but there is always the occasional person who just needs a not-so-subtle reminder. Here are a few examples of what I am talking about. These are actual warning labels: On a propane blowtorch: ‘Never use while sleeping.’ On a batman costume: ‘Warning: Cape does not enable user to fly.’ On a portable stroller: ‘Caution: Remove infant before folding for storage.’ And finally, on a laser pointer: ‘Do not look into laser with REMAINING eye.’ The really sad part about each of these is that while it s...
HELENA — The transmittal deadline for general bills has passed, meaning most legislation that remains is one step closer to becoming law. It also means work is piling up for lawmakers at the Montana Capitol. They will hear more than 150 bills in committees over the next six days. Medicaid expansion, “real meat,” warrants for wildlife wardens, invasive species, and cell phone tower radiation are among the hot topics for Week 10 of the 2019 Montana Legislative Session. All committee hearings are open to the public, and anyone can comment in fa...
HELENA – Montana’s spring/summer burning season began March 1. Montana Department of Environmental Quality reminds Montanans that only clean, untreated wood and plant material can be burned. Materials prohibited from open burning include: • Food waste • Plastic • Wood that has been coated, painted, stained or treated • Dead animals or animal droppings • Rubber materials • Chemicals • Asphalt shingles and tar paper • Pathogenic or hazardous wastes • Standing or demolished structures containing prohibited materials listed in Administrative Rules...
Movie Night at the Barn, March 15 SEELEY LAKE - The 1950’s classic film “Red Skies of Montana” will be shown in the Seeley Lake Historical Museum and Visitor Center Friday evening, March 15 starting at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome to the free event. The movie was made in Montana, based on events of the famous Mann Gulch Fire that occurred in 1949 where 13 firefighters perished. Movie props along the Wagon Mountain Road near Lolo Hot Springs southwest of Missoula were visible for many years. Norman Maclean visited the site as a younger man and w...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary Eagles girls closed out their regular season on a high note, beating Frenchtown 36-11. Head Coach Brett Haines said it has been a great season and they are ready for tournaments. Haines said he was looking forward to this year since the seventh grade girls almost went undefeated last year. The now eighth graders lived up to the expectation and played well again this year. Haines said his guards and his forwards are all strong and it is a well-balanced t...
It’s helpful to be at the same line of work long enough to be able to be proven wrong. I’ve been working with NAMI Montana to improve Montana’s mental illness treatment system for the past ten years. We’ve been really active on the local, state and national levels. That amount of work has brought plenty of opportunities to be wrong and we haven’t been able to avoid them all. One of the biggest times that I was wrong was on Medicaid Expansion during the 2015 legislative session. NAMI Montana fully supported Medicaid Expansion, but I personall...
