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Audrey Stevenson groaned as the volleyball she served hit the net instead of sailing over like it was supposed to. Assistant Coach Shawn Evans told her to keep her arm up, and she walked around the court to get back in line and try again. At a practice in October, many Lady Blackhawks brought up how much serving technique improves when players get on the high school team. And Stevenson, along with fellow eighth grader Kieu Snow, has an extra year to practice. Both young women are playing up...
Inside the Seeley-Swan High School cafeteria, close to 30 people gathered and raised their hands for various ice breaker questions before a meeting began. How many people in the room have lived in Seeley Lake for more than 20 years? Maybe a third of the hands went up. How many people were born and raised in Seeley? No hands. How many are retired? Business owners? Have kids in the school system? Who is worried about the future of Seeley Lake? Every hand in the room went up. "Great, that's why...
The seventh/eighth grade wing at Seeley Lake Elementary School is set to be demolished. Continued concern about mold in the walls due to moisture getting under the foundation of the building led to school board approval for the demolition during its October meeting. Mold was first found in the walls over the summer and was abated, or removed, Board Chair Doc Welter said, which allowed the wing to be used this school year. But since moisture continues to be a problem under the foundation, even with equipment in place to keep it at bay, Welter...
On Saturday, Oct. 26, the senior center hosted a hunters' breakfast to mark the start of hunting season. The senior center has been hosting this breakfast for about 15 years. Last year, they weren't able to host because there weren't enough volunteers for the event. That wasn't a problem this year. Senior center volunteers were supported by the Lions Club, with additional support from the Leos. The event was sponsored by Blackfoot Communications. Members of the Lions Club helped sell raffle...
There are certain things that simply aren’t done. Despite the constant flux in society — changing mores, legalized weed, our lives an open electronic book — there are some behaviors and actions that remain unacceptable. For instance, during prayer time at church, you don’t ask the congregation to pray for healing for your monstrous hangover from pounding tequila the night before. You don’t put a large car top carrier on your ride, then try to enter a parking garage. The particular desecration, the abomination, the violation of sacred space, of...
Bookmobile services are beginning monthly in Seeley Lake. We will start on Wednesday, Oct. 30 with visiting Loving Hearts (11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.) and the Senior Center (12:50 p.m. - 2 p.m.). Missoula Public Library’s new Bookmobile service helps connect rural and underserved communities to the library. With the Bookmobile, MPL aims to bring mobile services to new patrons while expanding relationships across Missoula County and throughout the region. If your business or organization would benefit from being on the route, please let us know a...
With all the ads and flyers flooding TV, the internet and our mail, it’s almost insulting that the candidates and PACs think any of it will influence our informed choices. Just because a candidate is a Montana fourth, fifth, sixth generation, doesn’t mean much. Have you ever seen them actively involved with local issues or government? Or did they only take an interest in issues that personally affected them, or were personally invited to attend by one of their public official “friends.” If any of the incumbents gloat about all the federal...
It is the week before election Tuesday. I am pretty sure we are all tired of election fliers. I know I have issues that I hold as values that I judge the candidates by, but I’ll try to keep that to myself. Thomas Jefferson said, “The government you elect is the government you deserve.” I’m not going to say who or what issues in this missive, but I have a few scriptural principles I can share and then leave it to you to make up your own mind. Our challenge is we say we want change and we need something different, yet it seems to me that all the...
Ethan Chade Kurth was born on Oct. 21 at 11:18 p.m. to Sally Johnson and Harold Kurth. His birth weight was seven pounds, one ounce....
On Tuesday, Oct. 22, 20 Missoula County officials participated in the “Swan Valley Community Conversation,” held at the Swan Valley Elementary School. The event, designed to foster communication between county government and the more outlying Swan Valley community, had a unique format and was met with positive reviews by attendees. Rather than a large open meeting, eight “stations” of citizens were seated at tables, and the officials rotated every 10 minutes, so that each group of three to five attendees had face-to-face interactions with re...
You can probably look out your window right now and tell more about the weather than I can as I write this. Same with river reports. I trust them almost half the time. We don't know exactly what the next couple of weeks will bring for weather. We could be looking at wind, rain and downed trees - always a hazard. If you're going out, be careful. The coming week calls for broken weather - clouds, rain showers, sunshine peeking through and temps in the mildly cool high 40s on down into the low...
The games this week were not easy for the Blackhawks and Lady Blackhawks but with a senior night celebration and final games before playoffs and on the home court, the memories that were made will last a lifetime. Football Friday, Oct. 25, the Seeley-Swan Blackhawks faced off against the Superior Bobcats in their last regular season game. The Blackhawks were already going to playoffs, but if the Bobcats won the Friday game it would give them a spot in playoffs, too. So, the Bobcats weren't...
We have news that we are anxious to share with you. The Seeley Lake Community Foundation wants to do more for our community, more for the people and this valley we all call home. Over the past 20 plus years we have endeavored to be one of the leaders in our community. To be a centering place. Through our programs, we have worked to enhance the viability of the many organizations that must rely on donations to survive and prosper. For instance, we established the Change Your Pace Challenge. Both full-time and seasonal residents of our community...
Thirty five years ago... Thursday Oct. 26, 1989 Blackhawks win first round of playoffs The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks defeated the Twin Bridges Falcons in the first round of the Class C football playoffs. The Blackhawks, the 7C regular season champions, won a hard fought 30-20 victory over the 6C third place finishers. The Blackhawks jumped to an early lead when Scott Olson found a seam in the Falcon line for a one-yard touchdown run. Barry DeLeo, the Blackhawk's "Man of Steel" rushed for...
