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The Seeley Lake Rural Fire District Board caught up on expenses and other happenings at the department, but some actions were hindered because of accounting errors discovered during its Nov. 21 meeting. The board also heard from a citizen concerned with patient care. The fire board did not meet in October, so the meeting was to approve expenses for the last two months. The board approved the September expenses, which reached over $70,000. That money paid for a new type one fire truck and new extraction tools. The October expenses, closer to a...
Cowboy Claus made his annual visit to the Ovando Christmas Fest for the 23rd time. He rode into town on Bill and Dena Hooker's faithful steed Nic, who has been carrying Cowboy Claus to the Christmas Fest for 15 years. This years' celebration on Nov. 25 included craft vendors filling the Ovando gym and Rob Henrekin's wagon with his team of black percherons ferrying visitors back and forth from downtown Ovando to the gym. Children's activities happened at the church and Christmas trees were...
The teacher shortage in Montana hits communities like the Seeley-Swan Valley hard, and that is particularly true with music teachers. The most recent music teachers for Seeley-Swan High School, Seeley Elementary and the Swan Valley School left for other teaching jobs after several years in the schools, leaving our schools searching to find replacements. Seeley Elementary was able to persuade former kindergarten teacher Sheila Devins, a 2022 finalist for Montana Teacher of the Year, to stay on...
My name is Dr. Jackie Ordemann and I am thrilled to share that I have joined Partnership Health Center’s Seeley Swan Medical Center team as a family medicine physician. I will provide primary medical care to patients of all ages, and I am especially excited to announce that I will provide a new service for Seeley area residents: prenatal care. I have many reasons to be excited about serving residents of the Seeley Lake area. First, I believe strongly that rural communities should have access to excellent healthcare. I have always had a heart f...
The bridge spanning the Blackfoot River on Sunset Hill Road will be getting repaved, meaning the pass will be closed for a few days at the end of November. Missoula County said in a press release that the bridge will be closed from 8 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29 to 4 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 30. The closure will last for as long as the construction is needed. There will not be any overnight openings of the site. The public works division of Missoula County will be replacing the driving surface for those two days. County engineers recommend looking for...
2/16 9:28 a.m. Suspicious Activity 5XX Timberlane, Seeley Lake 11/17 8:31 a.m. Theft 1XX Peacemaker Place, Seeley Lake 11/18 5:40 p.m. Shoplifting 31XX Highway 83, Seeley Lake 11/19 1:37 p.m. Suspicious Activity 6XX Pine DR, Seeley Lake 11/20 7:53 a.m. Accident-Injury 2X MM Highway 83 11/20 1:30 p.m. TOP Violation 4XX Shady Acres Lane, Potomac 11/20 10:57 p.m. Intimidation 27XX Boyd Lane, Potomac 11/21 12:58 p.m. Civil 7XX Spruce Drive, Seeley Lake 11/21 1:02 p.m. Vandalism 31XX Highway 83, Seeley Lake 11/21 4:36 p.m. Offense Against Family...
2/18/2023 Fire Public Assist Tamarack Drive 11/19/2023 Medical Spruce Drive 11/19/2023 Medical Spruce Drive 11/19/2023 Medical Highway 83 11/20/2023 Accident Injury Highway 83 11/20/2023 Medical River watch Trail...
As Advent begins, may we reflect upon Jesus, our Savior, who by the riches of God’s grace took on flesh by being born of the Blessed Virgin to be the perfect blood sacrifice for our redemption and for the forgiveness of sins (see Ephesians 1:7). By contemplating God’s holy word, praying daily, and filling our souls with sacramental grace through His Church, let our belief and repentance grow virtues of faith, hope, and love to produce the fruit of joy and peace. “...God our Savior who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of...
After I finished high school, I underwent 16 years of additional training—college, medical school, surgical residency, surgical fellowship—before I started a real job. I was 34 years old and deep red broke. Finally, I thought, I am done with the educational waterboarding. Not so fast. The last 32 years have been a continuous, Sisyphean series of courses, seminars, meetings, recertifications, and general shakedowns to make sure I am “up to date.” All these, of course, involve substantial fees. If you do not pay these fees you will be listed...
In a way I felt sorry for the guy and in another, thought he got what he deserved. The incident happened in a small café in Macdoel, California, a small town in northern California below the Oregon border, north of Mount Shasta, near the Tule Lake and Lower Klamath National Wildlife Preserves. At times it seems that every migratory waterfowl bird on the Pacific flyway would headquarter on the 90,000 acres of marshland on these preserves. On a series of crisp early winter mornings before first...
To kick off the holiday season, Alpine Artisans’ 2 Valleys Stage is presenting Missoula’s outstanding dance troupe, Bare Bait Dance, with their holiday show, The Night Before at Seeley-Swan High School on Sunday, Dec. 3 at 3 p.m. Founded and directed by Joy French, Bare Bait Dance is a professional, contemporary modern dance company. A 501(c)(3) non-profit, Bare Bait operates Westside Theater in Missoula. Now in its 13th year of producing professional dance concerts in Western Montana, Bare Bait Dance is bringing a little joyful creativity to...
Thirty-five years ago... Thursday, Dec. 1, 1988 Whitetail Cabins Burn One day short of one week after a grand opening, the new owners of the Whitetail Cabins five miles north of Seeley Lake, were awakened early Tuesday morning by a fire that claimed four of the twelve rental cabins that they recently purchased Two of the cabins burned to the ground with the exterior sides of two adjacent cabins charred and scorched to the point where they will probably be torn down rather than repaired. The...
Kevin Wetherell of Clearwater Montana Properties, Inc. Thus far in 2023, there has been a total of 34 homes sold, which is behind the pace of the 45 total homes that sold in 2022. The number of homes for sale has continued to rise as sales have slowed not only in our area but throughout Montana. All markets have seen increases in inventory, price reductions and increasing days on the market. SEELEY LAKE RESIDENTIAL SALES FAST FACTS In 2023, the average home price in Seeley Lake has dropped to...
