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SEELEY LAKE – Mike Dellwo pulled back his bow and lined up on the target. After nearly 40 years of regularly finishing in the top five at archery tournaments around the country, a shoulder injury in 2017 had doctors telling him he would probably never shoot again. However, this last season he won two of the three archery tournaments he participated in and was runner up in the third. "Bill [Lemke, physical therapist at Rejuvenate] would always tell me, 'You'll never be what you were. But y...
SEELEY LAKE – Pyramid Mountain Lumber, Inc. made great strides this week towards automating the finishing side of the mill. This was the first of two updates to increase efficiency, provide more, higher grade lumber to their customers and address the manpower shortage that has reached a critical juncture. Pyramid recently purchased the Comact GradExpertTM for $1.75 million to automate their grade line and increase grade recovery. The entire first phase update will cost around $2.5 million. "...
MISSOULA – On Oct. 24 Seeley Lake’s Micah Nicholas was sentenced to 20 years with 15 years suspended and $230 in fines after entering into a plea agreement. Nicholas was charged with one felony account of vehicular homicide while under the influence following a single vehicle rollover May 5 that killed Michael Haley, 48, of Seeley Lake. According to investigating Highway Patrol Trooper Wes Whitlatch, an Audi sedan was northbound on Golf View Drive just after 8 p.m. May 5. Nicholas, 21, failed to negotiate a left curve and ran off the roa...
SWAN VALLEY - On Nov. 1, the Swan Valley Elementary School junior high class and Parent Teacher Association hosted a taco bar fundraiser and Halloween Harvest party at SVES. Every other year, the SVES junior high class goes on a Montana trip, where they explore the wonders of their home state. To help fund the trip they host fundraisers throughout the year. The Halloween Harvest party activities included a cake walk, face painting and mini-golf. The attendants reported having a fun...
Trump said when he got elected he would drain the swamp. He got duly elected by the American people. President Trump then began to drain the swamp. When you drain the swamp, the swamp animals are exposed. Adam Schiff reminds me of a swamp alligator, out to devour anyone that gets in his way. Alligator Schiff is hungry for attention, hungry for power, hungry for fame and hungry to fill his own belly. Nancy Pelosi reminds me of a swamp snake, subtle, sneaky but deadly just the same. Then there are the swamp rats. The swamp rats are always there...
In response to Seeley Swan Pathfinder’s Oct. 24 article titled “Illegal access to Forest Service roads needs community solution” as requested by Seeley Lake District Ranger Quinn Carver. The solution is as per my previous discussion with Mr. Carver. Simply, open up public lands to the public. The National Forest Service has closed thousands of public access roads to the taxpaying public for years using one environmental excuse after another. The result is always the same, once closed they never reopen. The destruction caused by the Rice Ridge...
SEELEY LAKE - Sewer District residents have an opportunity to again protest against the proposed sewer project. The District’s engineering firm is asking to schedule meetings with residents to identify septic and line locations assuming incorrectly it has passed muster with residents. If you are opposed to the project DO NOT SCHEDULE an appointment with Great West Engineering. Let the Sewer Board know it needs to look at the alternatives....
ELBOW LAKE - There are so many things to love about the people and places around Elbow Lake. But in 1970, when our family bought 160 acres and an old homestead cabin from one of the early residents, what impressed us most was how business was often done with a handshake. These days, though, that handshake has been replaced with head-shaking and hand-wringing. Common sense and clear communication have given way to obfuscation and inaccuracy, most recently in the “Environmental Assessment of the Removal and Remediation of Elbow Lake Dam.” For...
Back when Jimmy Carter was president, the woods in Montana were not do'n a whole lot. Don't know if it had anything to do with Mr. Carter or not. But, I needed a job so got hired on at Prince of Wales Island in Alaska. Borrowed some money at the banks at 24 percent interest, took a trailer, loaded the family and away we went. To get to the island we had to load onto a small ferry called the Chilcat. Had to back down a ramp, around a corner onto the ferry. As I was back'n down, the upper deck...
Everyone is invited to join the Veterans & Families of Seeley Lake at the Veterans Memorial Garden north of Seeley Lake and the American Legion Post 63 at the Swan Valley Community Hall in Condon at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11 to celebrate and thank local veterans. Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution for an annual observance so Nov. 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938. Observing Veterans Day on Nov. 11, regardless of what day of the...
It's a great time to save money on Medicare by applying for the Medicare Savings Program (MSP) a program through the State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. If you have or qualify for Medicare you can apply to save money any time during the year. The MSP has three levels of savings: Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB), Specified Low-Income Beneficiary (SLMB) and Qualifying Individual (QI). If you qualify for the QMB Program, your Part A and Part B premiums,...
SEELEY LAKE - Bryce Andrews' book, "Down from the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear," is a story of a grizzly bear named Millie and her cubs that found sustenance in the Mission Valley cornfields and the author's attempt to save them and other bears drawn to the rich food source. Millie's plight brings to mind the recent demise of the mother grizzly nicknamed Windfall and her three cubs that met their demise this year after losing their fear of humans and finding food around homes...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake seniors held their annual costume contest Oct. 31. The judges said while some were pretty grotesque, everyone who dressed up worked really hard and looked great. Many of the costumes were handmade or came from Loving Hearts. Following lunch, the Seeley Lake Elementary second and third graders visited the Center....
POTOMAC - Potomac children celebrated fall and Halloween by dressing up and attending the second annual Fall Carnival and the annual Parade of Costumes. The Fall Carnival Friday, Oct. 25 was held at the Potomac/Greenough Community Center (PGCC). Volunteers said it was well-attended by children and adults alike. Potomac resident and teacher Christie Taillefer spearheaded the event which raised $480. Proceeds go towards the Explorers Program. "We had a lot of people, a lot more than last year," sh...
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley Lake's Kristy Pohlman drew the winning raffle ticket Nov. 3 at Deer Country Quilts for the 55 X 61 inch quilt made by Laree Morris. Morris donated the quilt to be raffled off to provide an opportunity for people to give and support Pohlman, Shawn Ellinghouse and their identical triplets born Sept. 19. Barb Jackson won the quilt. When she was told she won the quilt, Jackson immediately said, "I want Kristy to have it for the girls." The quilt raffle sold 277 tickets. The...
We climbed up Napa Point, approaching the tree line as the forest thinned, a few ambitious Doug firs and whitebark pines clinging onto the ridgeline. I was surprised to see a heavy layer of snow in May, and a bit perturbed, having not thought to bring my gaiters. I was participating in Swan Valley Connection's (SVC) Wildlife in the West program, taking nine credits on wildlife conservation and ecology. Today we were out with SVC's conservation director, Luke Lamar, to learn about the plight of...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley-Swan Medical Center won the PHC Cares Food Drive after collecting the most food through the month of October. The clinic, with the help of the community, collected 530 pounds of food that will be donated to the Seeley-Swan Community Food Bank. This was over half of the 930 pounds of food collected at all of the participating Partnership Health Center clinics in Missoula County. The Medical Center staff won a bagel party from PHC for collecting the most food. However, r...
SEELEY LAKE - Next Monday’s meeting of the Seeley Lake Community Council promises some lively discussion. The meeting will start with Chris Migliaccio, research professor at UM, who is seeking a grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to extend his study of the health effects of the Rice Ridge fire. He is asking the Community Council for a letter of support. Next will be a presentation on the proposed RV Park. Brandon Grosvenor, the developer and Paul Forsting of Territorial Landworks (TL), agent for the developer, wi...
SEELEY LAKE – Goblins and goons, princesses and unicorns flooded to Seeley Lake Elementary on Halloween night. SLE hosted the sixth annual Trunk-or-Treat with an added haunted entryway and carnival inside. Children filled up on candy and homemade goodies as well as played different games for prizes – if they could get past the creepy clown in the entryway. "We had a blast setting up the Haunted House for the Halloween event this year," wrote Lisa Hayhurst, executive director of the Seeley Lak...
SEELEY LAKE - Fire Chief Dave Lane and the volunteers hosted the preschoolers, transitional kindergarten and kindergarten classes Oct. 31 at the Fire Hall. They taught the students about fire safety, the purpose of smoke alarms and what to do if they hear one, how to escape a burning building and reminded them that firefighters are there to help them if they are ever in an emergency. Students were given a tour of the Fire Hall and invited to get in the back of the ambulance and sit in the...
MISSOULA- Merrily Van Austin Dunham died at home on Oct. 30. She was 77 years of age. Merrily was born Dec. 23, 1941 in Salt Lake City, Utah as Velva (Van Tromp) and Mark W. Austin's only child. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Commercial Art Technology and Fine/Studio Arts. Following her graduation, she went to work near Yellowstone Park where she met her husband of 55 years, Larry Dunham. Merrily was a member of several community and art clubs including the Alpine...
We don’t read the word of Elohim like any ordinary book but rather to look into the mirror – the esteem of Yahuwh. Its transforming power of authority is enough to change your life to set apartness. 1 Corinthians 3:17-18, “Now Yeshuah is the Spirit and where the Spirit of Yeshuah is there is freedom. And we all, as with unveiled face we see as in a mirror the esteem of Yeshuah, are being transformed into the same likeness from esteem to esteem as from Yeshuah the Spirit.” We don’t have to agree with Ha Satan and be defeated by behavior...
MISSOULA - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks season came to an end at the hands of the Valley Christian Eagles at the District 13-C Tournament Nov. 1. The Lady Blackhawks had a rough start to the tournament falling to Clark Fork 19-25, 23-25 and 24-26 in their first match but they didn't go down without a fight. They sent home Victor 25-10, 25-14 and 25-11 and Lincoln 26-24, 21-25, 25-14, 25-27 and 15-10 before falling to the Eagles 17-25, 25-27, 25-19, 25-10 and 6-15 for third place....
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley-Swan High School dual-athlete Sariah Maughan won the Athlete of the Week for the week of Oct. 27. She was nominated for leading the volleyball team in the five-set win against Clark Fork Oct. 24 followed by her fourth place finish leading the Lady Blackhawks to the Class C Cross Country State title. Maughan and her three siblings were always very active when they were little. She started playing volleyball, basketball and track in fifth grade. "My parents said that we n...
Annual Harvest Dinner and Auction, Nov. 9 OVANDO – Join the community of Ovando for their Annual Harvest Dinner and Auction Friday, Nov. 9 at the Ovando School gymnasium. The event starts at 5:30 p.m. with a potluck dinner at 6 p.m. Attendees are asked to bring a favorite dish to share for the potluck. There will be a live auction that will begin at 7 p.m. followed by the conclusion of the silent auction at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to bring baked goods, crafted items or other gift-like items for the silent auction. All proceeds support O...
