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On the night of Dec. 17, the parking lot at Seeley Lake Elementary School was full. People were gathered for the 2024 holiday concert. At the door, a student greeted incoming audience members with programs, which had pastel drawings of items like gloves and candy canes. The concert began with Principal Christina Hartmann welcoming the crowd. She then passed the microphone to Sheila Devins, the music teacher at SLE. Devins thanked the crowd as she stood in front of a painted mountain backdrop...
Swan Valley Connections, a natural resource advocacy and education nonprofit based in Condon, was awarded just over $219,000 from Missoula County’s Department of Emergency Management as part of a federal grant the department was awarded in October. The funding was officially approved at a Missoula County Board of Commissioners meeting on Dec. 17. The Community Wildfire Defense Grant was funded from money within the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed during the Biden Administration. Missoula County was awarded $4.8 million to spend over f...
This is a Christmas story, but definitely not the Hallmark kind. If you are a bit squeamish, skip this one. This is known as a trigger warning, seeing how I am an up-to-date, sensitive guy. It was Christmas Eve, and I was on call for cardiac surgery. Pam and I attended a couples get-together, conveniently located just a block from the hospital. I knew the cardiac surgery crew — scrub tech, circulating nurse — were in the cardiac catheterization laboratory standing by while the cardiologists did an angioplasty — opening coronary arteries that...
We were appalled when our property taxes took a 34% leap last year, especially because the governor and the Legislature could have prevented it, but did nothing other than to return a token portion of our prior payments in the form of a rebate. It was good political theater, but pretty pathetic. Property taxes are a significant burden, and their regressive nature is a serious concern. While we understand the vital role these taxes play in funding essential services like schools and local government, the continued upward pressure on them is...
The Grouch That Stole Christmas was performed by Ovando School students in the Ovando gym Dec. 19. All 23 students, prekindergarten through eighth grade, participated in the music recital and the play. The evening program began with the students' winter music recital showcasing the xylophone and ukulele music the students have been learning from Michael Nord of Tangled Tones studio. Ten songs were played with a mix of holiday and modern tunes from Blue Suede Shoes and Peace Like a River to Amazi...
Anne Marie Jette Reinhard sadly passed away at her home in the Upper Swan Valley on Dec. 7, 2024. Her loving daughters, Kathy and Teri were at her side. Anne Marie was born in Bonner, Montana on Oct. 6, 1941 to Evelyn and Arthur Jette. She was the second of five children, the only girl. Anne lived in Bonner and Missoula for her first 10 years. The Jette family moved permanently up to Swan Valley in 1950. After attending St. Francis Xavier Elementary and the Smith Flats School up in Swan, Anne Ma...
Ruth Ann Moody Maguire passed away peacefully the morning of Nov. 6, 2024 at the age of 81, at her home in Gunnison, Colorado. Born in Tucson in 1943 to Robert J. and Elizabeth M. Moody, Ruth Ann's family soon moved to Yuma, Arizona where her father became the Yuma County Agricultural Extension Agent. In 1948, her family moved to a farm near Somerton, where Ruth spent most of her childhood working with livestock, driving tractor, a nine year 4-H member and riding her horses. A proud graduate of...
The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks played in their first regular season games against the Charlo Vikings and the Thompson Fall Bluehawks. The Blackhawks faced off against the Vikings at home on Dec. 19, the first home game of the season. The Lady Blackhawks kicked off the varsity games for the night. It was a back and forth game - the Vikings being up 14-15 at half - but the Lady Blackhawks didn't let that stop them and brought home their first victory of the season, winning 43-37. "We have had two...
The Sunset School Christmas Program, "Yours Truly, Jack Frost" graced the halls at the Paws Up Bull Barn on Dec. 20. The student body of 12 performed the play in several acts using only one scene. The story began with Mrs. Claus coming to Jack Frost for decorations for the North Pole. His team of frost makers was quite impressed that "The Mrs. Claus" was coming for Jack Frost's services. Although, one of his main scientists was unimpressed with Jack Frost's casual approach to business "He...
8 years ago... Thursday Dec. 21, 1989 Swan Valley Christian Singers The Swan Valley Christian Singers presented their fifth annual Christmas concert Sunday with performances before packed houses at the Condon Faith Lutheran Church and at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Seeley Lake. This photo was taken during the evening performance in Seeley. Read this and more at: https://www.seeleylake.com/home/customer_files/article_documents/1989-12-21.pdf 20 years ago... Thursday Dec. 23, 2004 The meaning of Christmas to children of the community Seeley...
Christmas doesn’t just begin and end for me. It creeps in, softly at first, barely noticeable, and then grows larger, more present. It’s a gentle presence — despite the noise and clang blaring from the TV set urging us to buy more, spend more, listen to jingle bells one more time every station break. Fortunately I don’t watch much TV. My wife has some favorite shows and I watch football. Not as much as I used to, and that’s a good thing, but maybe a game or two a week if the excitement of the game exceeds my irritation threshold with the inces...
