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SEELEY LAKE – The Missoula County Public Schools Board of Trustees met for their April meeting April 25 at Seeley-Swan High School. SSHS Principal Dr. Kathleen Pecora provided an update for SSHS happenings for this spring. The board members also received a budget update on all projects underway as part of the Smart School 2020 bond passed by voters in November 2015. Two SSHS staff members, a paraprofessional and two students attended Stanford University April 20-22 and took part in the Challenge Success program. They did not send anyone in the...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Community Council hosted two candidate forums, April 9 and 11, covering eight races with 31 candidates in attendance. All candidates on the May 8 Special District Mail-in ballot and June 5 primary were invited. Ballots for the May 8 election were mailed April 18. For the next two weeks, the Pathfinder will continue to feature races from the Candidate Forum. This week the Pathfinder features the candidates for House District 92 that will appear on the ballot during...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Community Council hosted two candidate forums, April 9 and 11, covering eight races with 31 candidates in attendance. All candidates on the May 8 Special District Mail-in ballot and June 5 primary were invited. Ballots for the May 8 election were mailed April 18. For the next three weeks, the Pathfinder will feature two of the races from the Candidate Forum. This week the Pathfinder features the candidates for the Missoula County Sheriff’s and Justice of the P...
GREENOUGH – The Paws Up Ranch Reception Barn was filled with Sunset and Ovando student's artwork this past Friday. Students shared the work they had done with their parents and other attendees and the different techniques they learned over the course of the year. Twice a month for two hours, Art Teacher Ashley Mitchell visits Sunset and Ovando Schools. She has been with the students at Sunset for four years and Ovando for the past three. "It's kind of cool to see how the students have e...
I am running for Missoula County Commissioner because my experience and common sense leadership are needed now more than ever. I have a passion for Missoula County. I was born in Missoula and raised on a farm in the Swan. I graduated from Seeley-Swan High School. When I say I am going ‘up home’ - I am coming to this valley. When I drop down the hill to Salmon Lake, I am home. Seeley Lake is unique as it is unincorporated and yet has a sewer board, water board, fire board, cemetery board, hospital district and a volunteer fire department. I wor...
MISSOULA - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks came up against competition from all classes of schools including several Class AA schools last week. They started the week in Corvallis April 10 and then headed to the Missoula County Public Schools Invitational April 14 where more than 1,000 athletes competed. The Boys earned enough points for fifth at Corvallis propelled by their relay teams that took second in both the 4x100 and 4x400. The Boys' 4x400 time of 3:38.14 is currently the fastest in Class C a...
DEER LODGE - The Powell County Board of Adjustment unanimously approved a zoning variance request for a 61-lot subdivision named Swan Mountain Estates near the Seeley Lake Airport at the March 20 public hearing. The variance was the beginning of the official process with the county and the first of many steps for developers to complete before the subdivision can be finalized. Developers Martin Cahoon and Gary Chilcott gave a short presentation on their plans for the subdivision before the board deliberated the variance. The land is currently pa...
SEELEY LAKE – The Missoula Community Concert Band will join Seeley-Swan High School for a joint concert Tuesday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the SSHS Auditorium. SSHS Music Director Kristen Cottom said this is a unique opportunity for her students to get to play more challenging music with better musicians and with a full concert band. The community is invited to this free event. The Missoula Community Concert Band is a non-profit organization devoted to promoting and performing concert band m...
For much of rural Montana, brain drain has been a fact of life for decades. Come high school graduation, the pattern goes, small towns see their most ambitious sons and daughters pack their bags, heading off to attend college or otherwise try out life somewhere else. And comparatively few of them ultimately come back. Take Anaconda, population 9,000, a former company town abandoned by its founding industry in the 80s. These days it faces a demographic gap, with only 22 percent of its residents...
Date Change for Music in the Schools Concert SEELEY LAKE – Due to scheduling conflicts, the Music in the Schools concert including the Seeley Lake Elementary band and Seeley-Swan High School band and choir has been moved from March 14 to March 21. Everyone is welcome to come for the concert at 7 p.m. in the SSHS Auditorium. Chandler Wins Snowmobile Package SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Area Chamber of Commerce raffled off a half day snowmobile adventure for a two-person snowmobile at the Snow Blind and Bored part Saturday night, March 3 at the...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Community Council discussed unanswered questions on the proposed 60-lot subdivision near the airport at their Feb. 12 meeting and voted to host a candidate forum ahead of this spring’s primary and local special district elections. The council also heard an update on the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act (BCSA) and received a demonstration of the county’s Property Information System. Developers of the proposed 60-lot subdivision presented and answered questions at the January council meeting. During the meeting,...
HELENA – The Montana Community Foundation (MCF) distributed more than $600,000 in grants to 81 organizations including 64 fire departments across Montana from the Montana Wildfire Relief Fund. Area organizations received $84,000 of the funds including: Seeley Lake Rural Fire District, $15,000; Helmville Volunteer Fire Department, $6,000; Lincoln Rural Fire District, $13,000; Missoula City-County Health Department, $15,000; Seeley Lake Community Foundation, $15,000; Seeley Lake Chamber of C...
RONAN - About 12 miles south of Flathead Lake, the town of Ronan is a community based largely on agriculture. With several schools, banks, a golf course and an active business community, Ronan is home to an estimated 1,871 people (according to 2010 U.S. Census information.) But while it boasts a variety of businesses, including a telephone company, a movie theatre, a café, a thrift store, a bowling alley, hospital and others, many Main Street storefronts remain empty or rundown. Roughly a...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Community Council packed the parking lot and filled the barn with residents wishing to learn more about a proposed subdivision at their Jan. 8 meeting. In other business, the council’s newest member, Lee Boman was sworn in. The council also discussed its trails fund, had an air quality update and accepted public comment, including a petition to roll back Seeley Lake’s reduced speed limits. The 60-lot subdivision is called Swan Mountain Estates and is located east of the north end of the Seeley Lake Airport in Powel...
POTOMAC - Potomac School board continued discussion on armed staff, the ending of the Friday Explorers program and adult education at their Jan. 8 meeting. They encourage the community to get involved in the discussions that will continue at their next board meeting. Weapons in School/Armed Staff A motion to discuss policy 1705 (Weapons in School) and the continuing safety at Potomac School prompted further discussion. At the invitation of Chair Cliff Vann, a Potomac resident with firearm experience presented some thoughts. That presentation...
MISSOULA – The Missoula Exchange Club is reaching out to Seeley Lake and encouraging the community to get more involved. Exchange Club member since 2002 and part-time Seeley Lake resident Larry Anderson said The Exchange Club serves all of Missoula County with their programs, "We want the area and the community to be aware of them so they will take advantage of them." Chartered in 1957, the Missoula Exchange Club is a group of men and women working to make the community a better place to live t...
SEELEY LAKE - In the wake of the news surrounding the water situations reported in Flint, Michigan and Portland, Ore. Missoula County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Thane requested that the MCPS Operations Department arrange for water testing in each of our schools. The first set of results completed during the 2016-2017 school year was reported to the board in the spring of 2016 and all schools tested were found to fall within normal ranges. “The second and final round of schools have been tested in the current school year and we l...
SWAN VALLEY - The Swan Valley Regional Planning Committee edited the Public Facilities and Services, the sixth element, and reviewed the final Implementation element of the draft growth plan at their Oct. 18 and Oct. 25 meetings. At the Oct. 25 meeting, the committee accepted edits to the remaining sections of the sixth elements except for the section entitled Parks and Recreation, pending edits from appropriate sources in Missoula County. They also addressed the goals, policies and actions of the sixth element. The Public Facilities and Servic...
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley-Swan High School started incorporating the SPARK! Arts Ignite Learning program this year in Dr. Kathleen Pecora's senior English Class. The two-hour photography lesson was incorporated with a personal essay and artifact that the students brought in that pertained to the story that was shared. While the students wished they'd had more time to practice the photography concepts they were taught, they each learned something new. In 2013, Missoula was chosen as one of 14 c...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Community Council got back on schedule with their meeting Oct. 9. It was the first meeting since the spring after all of the summer meetings were canceled due to lack of quorum or the Rice Ridge Fire. The council was given an update on county activities from Missoula County Commissioner Jean Curtiss. Sheriff T.J. McDermott discussed the departure of Deputy Mike Sunderland from Seeley Lake and the search for his replacement. Two new members were sworn onto the council and the council reorganized its leadership....
SEELEY LAKE – Under Red Flag Conditions, the Rice Ridge Fire exploded this past weekend, adding 12,000 acres on Saturday and doubling the already 50,000 acres burned on Sunday. As of Tuesday, Sept. 5, the fire is more than 108,400 acres and only two percent contained. The only structure lost has been a portable outhouse. Over the past week more than 150 fire personnel have been added to the efforts. The team was spending $1 million per day to suppress the fire. The overall cost is more than $...
MISSOULA – Missoula County hosted a board member training session on Thursday, July 27. The county brought in Dan Clark of the Local Government Center to lead the training for anyone serving on a public board. Public boards, districts and commissions govern a vast number of public organizations and law-making bodies. Public boards control everything from public schools to county parks to the airport. Clark hosted two sessions, attended by nearly 100 county residents who serve on various boards and commissions of some sort. “What we do in the...
MISSOULA - At 3:30 p.m. on Friday Sept. 1, Missoula County Public Schools alerted staff and students of Seeley-Swan High School that school will be relocated to the new administrative building at The Resort at Paws Up starting Tuesday, Sept. 5. In the event that new information from the Sheriffs Department warrants a change, the District will contact staff and students on Monday, Sept. 4 by 9 a.m. with new information. The following information was distributed to parents directly and can be found on the school’s website: Seeley-Swan High School...
MISSOULA - It’s been a whirlwind five months. I’ve learned plenty since I took office in January, so I thought it was time to let Pathfinder readers know what I’ve been up to and try to shed a little light on county government, which I believe is one of the least understood levels of government in Montana. With nearly 900 employees spread out across myriad departments, Missoula County government—an arm of state government—provides an array of services from district court clerk support to staffing a county-wide Office of Emergency Managemen...
Superhost “The Guest” Training June 19 SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake and Ronan Area Chamber of Commerce are hosting the Annual Super Host Training “The Guest” June 19 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Seeley Lake Historical Museum and Visitors Center. Pam Gosink with Gosink Communications LLC will facilitate the program helping local businesses and community members learn the best way to offer great service. Through discussions and role-play scenarios, attendees with be able to: • Evaluate guest standards including how guests are welcomed, t...
