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SEELEY LAKE - District Court Judge Karen Townsend denied a motion by Don Larson for a preliminary injunction against the Seeley Lake Sewer District Oct. 1. Larson is suing the Sewer District and Missoula County to prevent the district from moving the planned sewer project forward and seeking legal fees and damages. The motion for a preliminary injunction was filed in July and a hearing was held Aug. 14. At the hearing, Larson and his attorney Colleen Dowdall made the argument that if the District continues to work toward constructing the...
SEELEY LAKE - Developers of a proposed 82-unit RV park held a public meeting Oct. 1 to present their preliminary plans and gather public comment. The proposed park owner Brandon Grosvenor was accompanied by Paul Forsting of Territorial Landworks, the surveying and engineering company hired to design the project. The RV Park is proposed on the east side of Highway 83 on a 10-acre parcel directly south of the Seeley Lake 1-Stop Convenience Store. Grosvenor is a long time resident of Missoula and...
SEELEY LAKE – Everything from the table décor and the auction items, to the meal and desserts exemplified the theme “Wonderfully Made.” But it isn’t the ‘stuff’ that Sparrow’s Vine Pregnancy Resource Center highlighted at their 10th annual banquet Thursday, Oct. 4, it was the heart and love of God to change families lives when they welcome the most wonderfully made of all, their new child. Prior to enjoying the meal catered by Moose River and keynote speaker Dan Kulp, Sparrow’s Vine honored Hel...
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley-Swan High School senior Jared Townsend has been playing the trumpet since fourth grade. He had no idea that his senior year, SSHS may not be able to find someone to teach music. Thanks to past music director Robert Green coming out of retirement and other teachers stepping in, band and choir are offered the first semester. However second semester is still questionable. While this is the first year Missoula County Public Schools has faced this teacher shortage, there are n...
"Everything in this newspaper is important to someone." It's become something of a mantra for me, in recent years. Weekly community newspapers are eclectic, to say the least. We publish photos of ribbons being cut at bakeries, and donations being dropped off at local food pantries. We print the school honor roll, the court report, and in-depth stories on decisions made by planning commissions and town boards. Sometimes we cover murders, abuse, and horrific car crashes, and when we do our...
I served with Mike Hopkins in the Montana Legislature in 2017 on the Appropriations Committee and on the Legislative Finance Committee through the present date. Mike’s budget experience, his excellent work ethic and his service to his constituents make him the BEST choice for House District 92. Mike is a steadfast and consistent, hard-working colleague. He has a deep understanding of the way large budgets work but more importantly, Mike understands the way policy decisions impact the budget and vice versa. During the 2017 legislative s...
SEELEY LAKE - I investigated our Sewer situation. Here’s a simple summary: The county is not issuing septic permits where nitrate levels are elevated, so businesses and residents have turned on each other instead of building consensus. The Sewer Board is an extension of this division and is also now expected to serve as a community planning body of civic vision, a task outside its purview. County assumptions justifying a treatment plant are neither convincing nor dismissible. The county seems to be acting conscientiously but it has also f...
The 2018 Alpine Artisans’ annual Tour of the Arts invites you to take a tour of local artists at work Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13 and 14 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. This popular self-guided tour has expanded to feature the work of over 30 artists in seven artist studios, three galleries and two historical museums in Seeley Lake, Condon, Lincoln and Ovando. The tour is held annually in mid-October to feature the natural beauty of the Western Tamaracks as they turn a bright yellow and orange, highlighting the incredible natural beauty of the See...
The 2 Valleys Stage Performing Arts Series is preparing for their next guest artist residency, a flute and saxophone duo called The Awea Duo. They will present a community concert in the Seeley-Swan High School auditorium Oct. 21 at 3 p.m. Jennifer Cooper and Masahito Sugihara share a passion for chamber music and enjoy a productive and exciting musical partnership. The Awea Duo is committed to promoting music for the flute and saxophone. They will perform some classical works as well as pieces...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) started mailing new Medicare cards to people with Medicare who live in Montana. This will continue through mid-October. It is important to know you do not have to do anything to get your new Medicare card. There is no charge for new cards and Medicare will never ask you to give out personal or private information to get your new Medicare number and card. Once you get your new card, destroy your old card and start using your new card right away. Though Medicare is removing Social Security number...
On May 24, 2018, the Missoula Board of County Commissioners approved an updated version of the 2005 Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). The update was a collaborative effort of Missoula County Office of Emergency Management, Frenchtown Rural Fire District, Montana DNRC, US Forest Service, BLM, Missoula County Community & Planning Services, Missoula County Fire Protection Association (of which Seeley Lake Rural Fire District is a member), the Nature Conservancy, City of Missoula Development Services, Missoula City Fire Department, Missoul...
SEELEY LAKE – The Tamaracks Resort north of Seeley Lake will be buzzing this Saturday with activities for all ages. The Seeley Lake Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting the Tamarack Brewfest on the north shore of Seeley Lake, Oct. 13 from 2 – 10 p.m. Everyone is invited rain or shine to enjoy local brews, activities for all ages and live music. The day starts at the Morrell Falls trailhead with a guided hike leaving promptly at 9 a.m. Then from 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. canoe races on Seeley Lake will take place from the beach rental shack at the T...
I am writing to urge my friends and neighbors to vote for Lee Bridges for House District 92. Lee actually lives in our District and has for 35 years. She actively supports her communities, serving on both the East Missoula Community Council and Sewer Board, and was a first responder with the Volunteer Fire Department. I’m sure you have all noticed her van or truck as she travels our district non-stop, meeting with all of us, listening to our concerns and issues. Lee has a wide breadth of interests and expertise -- she is smart, articulate a...
“Zone 5” is the designation the Missoula County Sheriff’s Office uses to describe the Seeley-Swan-Blackfoot area of the county. Since 2015, this zone has benefited greatly due to the emphasis placed on rural law enforcement by the current Missoula County Sheriff, T. J. McDermott. Since taking office, he has doggedly sought to provide a third, resident deputy to enhance coverage in both time and space in the area. The first attempt to provide the third deputy had to be aborted after a year and a half, but Sheriff McDermott persisted and now we h...
SEELEY LAKE – New Seeley Lake Elementary third-grade teacher Kristy Pohlman is engaging in quite a juggling act. In addition to teaching, she is also the volleyball coach, is working on a master's degree, and partners with her husband in their business. In an email interview, Pohlman wrote she feels teaching is a career that suits her personality well. Long-term substitute teaching positions in Bonner and Seeley Lake helped confirmed that. Pohlman did her student teaching in the first-grade c...
In the last couple of weeks, we have all seen the videos of Liberal protesters screaming and throwing bottles at cars outside of the Supreme Court chambers and the Capitol. Senators home addresses and phone numbers being released and followed up with death threats. Sen. Corey Gardeners wife was sent a death threat with a video of someone being beheaded. Videos of Democratic legislators and activists telling groups of protesters to harass Republican legislators at home and where they eat, “don’t let them have a moment of peace” was the common pi...
For whatever it’s worth, this is how I will vote when the mail ballots arrive in a couple of days: Jon Tester for the U.S. Senate. Jon is a dirt farmer and a real Montanan. His opponent is a real estate developer from back east, who moved here recently and calls himself a rancher, although he doesn’t own any livestock. Jon Tester is the real thing. Kathleen Williams for the U.S. House. She has worked tirelessly in the state legislature for healthcare and she keeps traveling across Montana to get input from constituents. Her opponent has voted a...
Lee Bridges is one of the most genuine people I have ever met. She is honest and straightforward. She tells it like it is and most important, she listens to people. She appreciates the challenge of winning over a vote, she relishes talking to people and that twinkle in her blue eyes and her wide and eager smile and laugh, wins people over. Lee IS HD92. Her work ethic and community involvement, living in East Missoula for over 35 years, proves she would be an outstanding representative. Her opponent, on the other hand does not live in the distri...
As a firearms owner and active big game hunter for many years, the right to bear firearms is important to me. I first met Lee Bridges when she started campaigning for House District 92 and I have visited with her on a few occasions since then. She’s a proud member of the sheet metal workers union and is a board member of the East Missoula Community Council, one of the many boards she has served on. Lee has traveled to numerous events and watering holes to visit with residents of the district and has knocked on doors anywhere between East M...
As an organization that promotes integrated primary healthcare to achieve health and well-being for Montana’s most vulnerable and rural populations, the Montana Primary Care Association strongly endorses I-185, the Tobacco Tax Initiative. The impact on people from tobacco use is well-documented. Because we work with many of Montana’s vulnerable and rural people, including at the Seeley-Swan Family Medical Center (a satellite of Partnership Health Center, one of MPCA’s members), we know that tobacco companies have long targeted our lower incom...
Lee is an extraordinarily talented and unconventional person. She was the first women to be admitted to the Sheet Metal Workers Union and the devices she builds are not only useful but also in high demand. Politically, Lee has an astonishing talent to connect to people of all stripes. I am convinced that she will be able to reach across the aisle once she is serving in the legislature and she will help construct the practical compromises that make government effective. Lee is down-to-earth, with a strong personality and firm convictions. Her...
Bears are not the only large predators that come in close to homes. Mountain lions are strong predators who live a secluded existence, following their prey and hunting day to day far and wide throughout Montana. Felis concolor is a large American feline and means cougar, catamount or panther, more commonly known as the mountain lion. They range from Canada to South America and are common predators throughout the Swan, Clearwater and Blackfoot watersheds. According to the Montana Chapter of Wildl...
Beautifully filmed in Montana's Paradise Valley, the Sundance Film Festival hit "Walking Out" will provide a thrilling evening to hunters and back country enthusiasts alike. The powerfully-acted plot revolves around a hunting trip in a remote, snow-filled valley taken by a father and his 14-year old son, who have been estranged. The son, David (Josh Wiggins), lives with his mother in Texas but comes to Montana once a year to spend time with his roughneck father Cal (Matt Bomer). David would rath...
LACEY, WASH. – Surrounded by his loving family, Keith Duane Peterson, D. O., F. A. C. S. M., born Feb. 28, 1933, passed away Sunday, Sept. 30. Born in Kelly, Iowa to Evelyn Berhow and Glen Peterson, the Berhow family moved to Seattle in 1944 when Keith was 11. Evelyn met and married Karl Movall, who was a pivotal influence in Keith's life, a source of strength, character and many talents. Keith attended Lincoln High School, where he was Boy of the Month, Centralia Junior College, where he is a...
This past Sunday, my congregation celebrated World Communion Sunday. This is a day set aside where we acknowledge the universal connection we have in Christ throughout the world. My denomination’s website describes the history of this celebration: “World Communion Sunday was adopted as a denominational practice in the Presbyterian Church (US) in 1936. Churches in other denominations were invited to celebrate with us from the beginning, but it wasn’t until 1940 when the Department of Evangelism of the Federal Council of Churches (a prede...
