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SEELEY LAKE - If attendees closed their eyes Sunday afternoon they could have been transported to a jazz club in New Orleans as the music of the Tappan - Williams Jazz Quartet filled the Seeley-Swan High School gym. The group played two sets of jazz standards mixed with a few modern jazz tunes. This was the final concert in the 2 Valleys Stage (2VS) 2015-2016 concert series. The quartet included Ann Tappan on piano, vocalist and jazz trombonist M.J. Williams, Brad Edwards on drums and...
MISSOULA - The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks headed to the Missoula County Public Schools Invitational April 16. The meet drew teams from C, B, A and AA schools making for stiff competition. Alex Bohlman was the only Seeley-Swan athlete to break into the top six. Bohlman won the javelin by more than 10 feet with a throw of 139 feet 9 inches. The throw furthers Bohlman's school record and set a new personal record in the process. She also took third in the 200-meter with a time of 26.68. Cera Strumpfer...
The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks had a pair of track meets last week. The team headed to Corvallis April 7 for the Florence/Darby Invitational and then was off to the Bigfork Invitational April 9 in Bigfork. Both events attracted class A, B and C schools. The Lady Blackhawks pulled off a third place victory in Corvallis and tied for second in Bigfork despite having some of their top athletes out for spring break. Alex Bohlman led the Ladies, taking first in the 100-meter, first in the javelin and...
SEELEY LAKE – Maryland and Montana may be a couple thousand miles apart, but on March 22 they will come together at Seeley-Swan High School. Alpine Artisans' 2 Valleys Stage is sponsoring a free concert jointly performed by orchestra students from Hellgate and Sentinel High Schools of Missoula, Mont. and the Barbara Ingram School for the Arts (BISFA) from Hagerstown, Md. The thread tying these schools together is William Hollin. From 2004 to 2009 Hollin directed the school orchestras for M...
MISSOULA - The Missoula County Public Schools (MCPS) Board of Trustees authorized the sale of bonds to fund school improvements under the Smart Schools 2020 plan Dec. 8, 2015. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, the District executed the first sale of $51.6 million in bonds for the elementary district and $22.7 million for the high school district. In a presentation made by Aaron Rudio of D.A. Davidson during Tuesday night’s board meeting, the board learned that interest rates are currently at the lowest point seen in the past five months. The District ant...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) School Board unanimously approved a general fund levy to be voted on in the May 3 Special Election. The exact amount will be decided at the board’s March 22 meeting. District Clerk Sally Johnson presented to the board that the state funds allotted to SLE for the 2016-2017 school year would be approximately $21,300 less than this year’s budget due to declining enrollment. Johnson said this is a preliminary estimate of the shortfall since more information will be available from the Office of Publi...
SEELEY LAKE - CTA Architects Engineers (CTA) of Great Falls, Mont. met with Missoula County Public Schools (MCPS) representatives and members of Alpine Artisans Inc. Thursday, Feb. 18 to finalize the design plans for the addition of the Seeley-Swan High School (SSHS) stage and other safety features that will be installed. The MCPS High School bond that was approved last November funds the renovations and addition. CTA expects construction will begin June 11 and be nearly complete by the time school gets back in session in the fall, Aug. 28....
MISSOULA - Missoula County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Mark Thane spoke in a news conference Dec. 15 about the unintentional data breach that occurred from the Hellgate High School administrative offices on Friday, Dec. 4. LMG Security completed the internal investigation and forensic investigation. The investigation revealed that Hellgate Assistant Principal Libby Oliver intended to finalize a document containing an agenda and notes from a recent Hellgate football meeting. Oliver’s email attachment included an additional 16 pages o...
SEELEY LAKE - In the olden days, when school buildings were in better shape, when my four children were young and I was less “old” and as I raised kids in the public school system, I recognized the value of communities that truly supported education. Then working as a teacher and years later serving as a school board member for MCPS [Missoula County Public Schools] multiple terms, the diversity of these perspectives strengthened my realization that education is only made possible by making a responsible investment, not necessarily the eas...
MISSOULA - Last week the Pathfinder reported that election officials were unable to provide results of how local precincts voted on the Missoula County Public Schools’ (MCPS) $70 million high school facilities bond. The county elections office explained that the election was done by district not by precinct so the local results were not available. Additional data has been provided, based on the style of ballot used. This sheds light on how voters from rural and urban areas voted. Ballots containing only the high school bond were used by v...
SWAN VALLEY - Bob Martin, 98, longtime resident of Swan Lake and Condon passed away Sunday, Oct. 25 at St. Joseph Hospital in Polson, Mont. of natural causes. He was born Dec. 18, 1916 in Odessa, Ore. to Robert Homer and Maude Martin. As a young boy he lived with his family on a farm and was educated in Glendale, Ore. public schools. While in Glendale schools he played football, worked on the farm, hunted to feed his family and studied the violin. During his junior year (1933), he left home... Full story
If the Missoula County Public Schools' (MCPS) $70 million high school bond passes, will tax dollars from the local area be spent locally or will they be spent on schools in Missoula? That question was raised at the Oct. 12 Seeley Lake Community Council meeting where MCPS Superintendent Mark Thane was on hand to present information and answer questions. Thane acknowledged that there were pockets of homes with higher values that would pay more than average but he was unable to answer if the...
SEELEY LAKE - Thank you for your inquiry regarding the County’s efforts to resolve the road issue in the Dogtown neighborhood in Seeley Lake. We share your concern for our constituents and the services they receive and have engaged in numerous conversations with the Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation (DNRC) and the community regarding the decision to suspend road maintenance in that area. We’d like to outline the efforts we’ve made to date so that you have a complete picture of the County’s approach to meeting the needs o...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Community Council (SLCC) finalized their proposal for safety improvements on Highway 83 and voted to submit it to the Missoula County Commissioners (MCC) for approval at their Oct. 12 meeting. The snow plowing on Grizzly Drive and the Missoula County Public Schools (MCPS) bond were also discussed. The traffic safety proposal includes reducing speeds to as low as 25 mph downtown and expanding speed zones south to mile marker 11 (Poverty Flats) and north to the Base Camp Bar. Passing zones near Big Larch Campground,...
The Missoula County Public Schools (MCPS) Board of Trustees met at Seeley-Swan High School for their October board meeting, Oct. 13. Several staff and students spoke about the changes in the school week and Superintendent Mark Thane addressed the MCPS Bond. SSHS math teacher Mary Stone provided the board with an update on the 4+ school week. She said an average of 35 students are required to attend every Friday to make up work or retake tests. Of those, five to six are no-shows. An average of seven students per week are coming in because they...
SEELEY LAKE – The large, empty building fronting the Bison and Bear Mall is no longer empty. An estimated 100 people filled the building Saturday Oct. 3 to help launch SLE Outside, the new student-run outdoor equipment co-operative. Though the store does not officially open for business until Nov. 14, some merchandise – skis, bikes, backpacks, clothing from Patagonia and other companies – was already on display and available at 20 percent off to launch-party patrons. Chris Stout, Seeley Lake Ele...
