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SWAN VALLEY – "June 27, 1992 at exactly 23:17, not that I can remember the date and time," said Missoula County Sheriff's Sergeant Robert Parcell as he quickly recalled the exact date and time he was shot by Gordon Sellner, then 53-years-old, of the Swan Valley. Parcell along with Missoula County Sheriff T.J. McDermott, Undersheriff Jason Johnson and retired Sheriff Doug Chase attended Sellner's second parole hearing Aug. 31. Sellner was denied parole and can reapply in three years. The day b...
SWAN VALLEY - Swan Valley Connections hosted an Open House with the Flathead National Forest (FNF) Forest Planning Team and Swan Lake Ranger District (SLRD) Rich Kehr Aug. 31. Nearly 50 people attended the event to better understand what is being proposed in the draft forest plan, what can and cannot be done on the ground and clear up misinformation. Comments on the proposed draft forest plan are due Oct. 3. The FNF began forest plan revision in the summer of 2013. The planning team did field...
MISSOULA - Senator Jon Tester met with a coalition of timber workers, ranchers, small business owners and conservationists Aug. 30 to discuss potential legislation that could complete the land management reform efforts in the Blackfoot Clearwater watershed. For nearly a decade, Tester and the coalition have been working to finalize the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Project (BCSP) — a land management reform effort that consists of timber harvest, forest restoration, conservation and recreation south and west of the Bob Marshall Wilderness. T...
I normally shy away from discussing anything religious or political but I sincerely {and I have tried} could not help myself this go round. Thanks to social media and the Internet, it's a free for all for opinion slinging these days on a bevy of topics from race, email servers, candidates, etc... And I don't like to jump in the fight {particularly when I am not educated enough to do so} but I did anyway. This year's election has me feeling like the second coming couldn't happen faster, because...
SEELEY LAKE - The people from Paws Up Safe Home would like to thank the Seeley Lake Community for its support with the quilt raffle. We made around $700 for the animal shelter! Mary Stuart of Seeley Lake won the quilt (pictured left). How great to live in a community that supports its most vulnerable....
GREENOUGH – Sunset School will be offering bus services to and from school for the first time this year. Majestic Bus Services will be transporting students from three stops in the Greenough area starting the first day of school, Sept. 6. “We have always been told it would cost too much,” said Supervising Teacher Toni Hatten. “I never thought it would happen.” Sunset School board approved the contract with Majestic Bus Services of Missoula, Mont. Friday, Sept. 2 for the 2016-2017 school year. Since Majestic Bus Services is already in the area...
LINCOLN - Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) euthanized a grizzly bear on Thursday, Sept. 1. The bear had a history of accessing unsecured attractants at homes sites and eventually began breaking into structures over the past month, in search of food. The 240-pound sub-adult male grizzly bear was originally captured in the Basin Creek area northwest of Boulder, Mont. Aug. 16 after returning to a private residence several times looking for food and causing property damage. FWP relocated the bear to a remote area northwest of Lincoln, Mont. in...
Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) and Swan Valley Elementary School (SVES) are looking forward to another school year with a few new faces in the classroom, continuing many activities funded through the 21st Century Grant and new services being offered. Seeley Lake Elementary SLE welcomes five new teachers this year. Jama Mauldin will teach preschool. Mauldin worked with Altacare last year. Ericka Pitman moved from SVES to teach fifth grade at SLE. Andrew Wyatt, who taught fifth grade last year at SLE, will be the new Title One and International...
During the 2016 fire season in western Montana, many residents have been directed to evacuate their homes because a wildfire is fast-approaching. For many residents in the Roaring Lion area near Hamilton, homes were lost completely and our thoughts are with them as we write this letter. We live in the same communities, and will be there to do our part as first responders in times of need. Like many homeowners all across the country, our families are ready for potential evacuation. There are some who have not made adequate preparations yet but...
POTOMAC - The Montana Department of Natural Resources (DNRC) has installed signs within the Potomac block of land that belongs to the school land trust. The signs, located in Camas and Ashby Creek drainages as well as near the DNRC boundary at Forest Park and Cramer Creek, were installed in early May. According to Missoula DNRC Unit Manager Jonathan Hansen who manages the Potomac area, "The portal signs were put up to better inform the public that the lands within the Potomac Block belong to...
I once saw a poster in the airport of Freetown (Sierra Leone) that said "Beware of Bigfoot". I thought it funny to see those words in Africa but on closer inspection, found that it was referring to the parasitic disease known as elephantiasis rather than the mystic, mountain creature that we are familiar with here in the Rocky Mountains. I've always been fascinated with these exotic diseases. Elephantiasis is quite something to see. Spending two years in Africa without seeing a single case of...
Then God said, “Let us make humanity in our image to resemble us so that they may take charge of the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and all the crawling things on earth.” God created humanity in God’s own image, in the divine image God created them, male and female God created them. (Genesis 1:26-27 Common English Bible) Questions of identity - Who am I? Why am I here? - have often plagued the minds of philosophers and theologians. Since the Enlightenment, we have received various attempts to answer these q...
SWAN VALLEY - Nine years ago, Mike Williams and his wife Mai purchased what used to be known as the Wilderness Bar and Café and later Montana Charlie's south of Condon at mile marker 36.5 on Highway 83. They have recreated the bar and turned it into a functional museum. They also added on to the restaurant, making it their home. The Williamses offer tours and will rent the place out for parties and gatherings. In the 1940s, Babe Wilhelm homesteaded on the land and started The 33 Bar. The land...
MISSOULA - The Seeley-Swan High School (SSHS) Cross County team began their season this week with the largest team they have had, seven boys and four girls. Their first meet was the Big Sky Invitational in Missoula, Sept. 1. Logan Maughan, Cameron Haines, Lane Mackie-Wendell and Logan Robinson return this year for the boys and Cera Strumpfer and Elizabeth Done are back on the team for the girls. Avery Smith joined the high school team after running with the middle school last year. Cordell...
SEELEY LAKE -The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks hosted the Charlo Vikings Sept. 1. After dropping the first game to the Vikings, 14-25, the Lady Blackhawks bounced back in games two and three, 25-18 and 26-24. Game four went to the Vikings pushing the match to a fifth game. The Lady Blackhawks came out strong, leading by five though the first part of the game. The Vikings caught the Ladies and tied the game at 11. The Lady Blackhawks couldn't fend off the Vikings and fell, 13-15, giving Charlo the...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks hosted the Darby Tigers Sept. 2 for the varsity's first home game of the season. The Blackhawks defense came out strong, stopping the Tigers' opening drive. The Tigers' punt put the Blackhawks offense deep into their own territory The offense was unable to move the ball and was forced to punt. A wild snap set the Tigers up at the 1-yard line for an early touchdown and two-point conversion. The teams traded possessions throughout the rest of the first...
Seeley Lake Library News SEELEY LAKE - Many of the residents of Missoula and surrounding areas will be reading the same book when the Big Read returns to Missoula Public Library and its branch libraries in September. The National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with Arts Midwest, created the Big Read as a way to “restore reading to the center of American culture.” This year’s “read” will feature Louise Erdrich’s “Love Medicine.” The Big Read will also feature a Middle Read, “The Birchbark House” by Louise Erdrich and a Little Read, “The...
