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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...
OVANDO – Jon Krutar's story begins and ends in Ovando with a 28-year military career in the middle. Growing up in Ovando, Krutar attended a one-room schoolhouse with a fluctuating attendance of between five and nine students for all eight grades. He went to Powell County High School in Deer Lodge where he was a four-year letterman in football, basketball and track. His athletic abilities earned him a track scholarship to the University of Montana where he was one of the university's top h...
SEELEY LAKE – Tuesday, March 19 the Seeley Lake Elementary drama class treated the community to dessert and the murder mystery "And Then There Was One, A Spoof," that left everyone a suspect and no one guilty. Drama teacher Sharon Teague said she loves watching the magic happen on the day of the performance and seeing the students come together and support one another. The third quarter drama elective is an opportunity for sixth through eighth grade students to learn all aspects of putting on a...
BILLINGS – "Winning the national championship was our goal from the very beginning and we all knew what we had to do to get there," said Paige Holmes, 2016 Seeley-Swan High School graduate and guard for the Montana Western University Bulldogs. "I still can't believe that I am a part of the national champion team. It is really a dream come true." Montana Western Bulldogs took the program's first NAIA Division 1 National title with a 75-59 victory over Oklahoma City University Stars Tuesday, M...
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...
This past winter we had some normal cold spells. It's winter in Montana folks. Watching the TV and to hear the weather people ramble on you'd think we lived in the Arctic. Oh, that's right all the ice is melting up there. Those folks spend most of their working days go'n from a heated house to a heated car, to a heated workplace. Those who log or work over in North Dakota know what hardship in the workplace is, don't ya see? I can remember a couple of bad ones. Many moons ago I was working over...
The Social Security Act prohibits suppliers of durable medical equipment from making unsolicited telephone calls to people on Medicare, yet Montana Senior Medicare Patrol has received multiple reports across Montana of scam calls making the rounds. Not only have folks been receiving calls selling durable medical equipment, or DME, but several people have received unordered supplies including back braces. One case alone involves receiving 20 different items from five different companies. People on Medicare should be aware that DME sent by a...
SEELEY LAKE - The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) would like to notify the public and seek comments on a proposal to repair and stabilize a roadside slope on Montana Highway 83 (MT-83) near Lake Alva. The project is located about 10 miles north of the town of Seeley Lake on MT-83 at reference post 24.9. Proposed work includes the construction of a retaining wall behind the existing guardrail, slope flattening below the proposed wall and repair or replacement of drainage features. The purpose of the project is to stabilize the...
HELENA - Last week, the State Budget passed out of the House and is now on its way to the Senate Finance and Claims committee. As Finance and Claims begins having hearings on the budget, the legislature will receive another update on the State’s revenue projections and we will have a better idea of what we are working with, allowing us to all but put the finishing touches on the budget for next two years. In the same week, the House voted on and passed out almost every single one of the normal infrastructure bills. I say “almost every sin...
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...
One attraction to the many homeowners who have purchased lots on the Double Arrow Ranch is the extent and variety of the common areas. These are lands owned by DARLOA, the homeowners association, and are available to all residents for their enjoyment. Since association common areas are also open to the public, this is a benefit to the wider Seeley Lake community. It’s one way the Ranch adds to the attractiveness of our valley. Let’s take a look at some of these common areas in more detail, and then learn about a possible swap for some cou...
MONTANA – Governor Steve Bullock today announced that he will establish a Grizzly Bear Advisory Council to help initiate a statewide discussion on grizzly bear management, conservation and recovery. The Council will be selected through an application process that ends April 12th. “The recovery of grizzly bears in the Northern Continental Divide and Greater Yellowstone ecosystems is a great conservation success. Still, official federal delisting has yet to come to fruition,” Bullock wrote in a memo to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Director Mart...
SEELEY LAKE - Stephen A. Johnson, age 68 of Seeley Lake, passed away Monday, March 25, 2019. Viewing will be held at 9 a.m. on Friday, March 29th at Faith Chapel, 3260 Highway 83 North, Seeley Lake. A funeral service will begin at 10 a.m. at Faith Chapel with a reception to follow in the social hall of the church. A Graveside Service with Military Honors will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, March 29th at Montana State Veterans Cemetery, Fort Harrison. Please visit www.aswfuneralhome.com to offer the family a condolence or to share a memory of...
SEELEY LAKE - Glenn Frederick Bliss, 72, beloved father, grandfather and friend, passed away Sunday, March 17 at his home in Seeley Lake with his family by his side. Glenn was born to Glenn E. and Elizabeth Bliss Sept. 3, 1946 in Great Falls, Mont. He attended Great Falls High School graduating in 1964. He went on to attend Kemper Military school in Boonville, Missouri for two years and then finished his education at the University of Oregon graduating with degrees in finance and business admini...
SWAN VALLEY - John L. Mahoney passed away peacefully in his home on March 19. His was born April 17, 1929 in Harlem, Mont. He graduated from Big Fork High School in 1947. He started his adult life working on his uncle's ranch on the Hi-Line. After he married Dorothy, he changed jobs to road construction. That field took him to Salt Lake City and the changing of careers. He began driving truck pulling mobile homes from Salt Lake City to Minnesota. He liked driving truck so well he stayed with tha...
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” (Psalm 119:105) “And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14) I get tired of people, mainly Christians, who say – “The Bible clearly teaches that…” and then expound on their received interpretation of the biblical text. I get equally annoyed when other people, usually those who’ve rejected Christianity, point out certain inconsistencies in the Bible and then conclude that it’s...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Fire Board discussed pursuing a franchise agreement and voted to increase rates for service at their March 19 meeting. Seeley Lake Fire Chief Dave Lane brought up the franchise agreement to start the discussion of whether it was needed or not for the Seeley Lake Fire District. Currently Missoula Emergency Services Incorporated (MESI) has a franchise agreement with Missoula County to provide county-wide ambulance service. Lane thinks that because the District is a political subdivision within Missoula County with it...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary second graders wowed audience members with their memorized lines and acting ability as they performed "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare Wednesday, March 20. Second grade teacher Erin Lynch said it allowed her students to overcome a fear of public speaking and learned how to work as a team. "Twelfth Night" has been one of Lynch's favorite Shakespeare plays because of the cases of mistaken identity and humor. "Once I got to know the kids in this c...
Potomac 3-in-3 Tournament, March 31 POTOMAC – Join the Potomac eighth graders for a half court 3 on 3 tournament March 31 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Potomac Greenough Community Center. All proceeds will support the eighth grade class for their capstone trip to Texas A&M this year. Each team can have three to four players. Divisions include middle school, high school and adult for males, females and coed. Final division will be based on teams entered. Standard rules apply. The cost is $40 per team. Waivers will need to be signed and turned in a...
POTOMAC - "One of the greatest strengths that I saw was the support the girls gave to each other continually through the whole season," said Potomac Pioneers Head Coach Christi Taillefer about the team this year. This year there were 13 girls that played for the Pioneers. It was a young team with two eighth graders, four seventh graders, four sixth graders and three fifth graders. The coaches and players felt the season went pretty well. It was a season of many firsts, for the coaches and some...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan High School (SSHS) winter sports awards banquet was held March 19 at Seeley-Swan High School. The banquet was held to present varsity letters, pins, chevrons, All-Conference and Academic All-State awards to members of the SSHS varsity basketball teams. Letters, Pins & Chevrons: Students earned a letter if basketball was the first activity they have lettered in along with a pin. Pins are awarded to students who have previously lettered in another activity. Chevrons...
Traditional Medicaid was created to lend a hand to our most vulnerable populations. Unfortunately, the governor, Democrat legislators and more than a few Republican legislators are trying to prop up an entitlement program for the able-bodied, Medicaid Expansion. Expansion is the brainchild of the Obama Administration and the gateway to a socialist and broken single-payer healthcare system like Canada’s. Socialism is a repeatedly failed ideology (Venezuela) and destroys the principles of freedom and liberty that have made America great and that...
Sexual assault knows no boundaries of age, race or social class. It is a plague on our society, endangering people from all walks of life. For more than two decades, my professional career focused on helping survivors of sexual assault in various ways: hearing stories of violence as a YWCA domestic violence advocate; seeing the immediate physical and emotional harm caused to survivors as a registered nurse; helping survivors seek justice through the court system as a deputy county attorney and also as an attorney representing crime victims; as...
The current Republican majority in the state legislature has been proud in following its idea of no new or increased taxes. And they have expressed initial satisfaction in “cutting fat” from various department budgets while “retaining indispensable state services.” The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) is one agency especially targeted for the Republican budget treatment, as it is the largest agency in the state government. By defunding over 100 DPHHS positions, which have remained vacant for more than a year, the Republi...
