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SWAN VALLEY- In a special meeting May 26, the Swan Valley School Board voted to non-renew its contract with non-certified staff Christopher Mauldin. Mauldin was hired under a provisional license three years ago. Under state statute the District cannot continue Mauldin’s contract without an extension to the current provisional license, said James Boyd, Board Chair. In 2021, the Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI) granted fourth year extensions to instructors working toward certification due to COVID issues. To date OPI has not granted a...
SEELEY LAKE - Alpine Artisans' Open Book Club author series is excited to present a Taos, New Mexico-based author of an exciting new series of western novels this Saturday, June 4 at 7 p.m. at the Seeley Lake Foundation Building. Juliana Hoolihan Clayton is an indigenous woman of Turtle Island (First Nations Plains Cree/Nehiyawak) who was adopted by a white family and raised on a cattle ranch in Wyoming. She has lived and worked with Native Americans and cowboys throughout the West during her...
GREENOUGH - Supervising teacher Toni Hatten bid two graduating eighth-graders a tearful goodbye for the Sunset Schools' annual end of year celebration on Friday, May 27. Graduating students included Jadesa Stevens, Lucas Nygard and kindergarten graduate Cade Carstens. The event featured farewell speeches, student awards, a flower presentation and a drum performance directed by Matthew Nord, music teacher and owner of Tangled Tunes in Missoula. Students sang "Funga Alafia" to kick off the c...
SEELEY LAKE – Since Jim Haueter started wood carving over 10 years ago, his five acres of land on Double Arrow Ranch transformed into five acres of colorful wooden birds, bears and famous cartoon characters. For years, it attracted the attention of both passing locals and tourists. Now it's a wood-carving playground for Ovando School Students, who for the first time got to visit Haueter's land on May 23. Haueter took the students on a tour across the grounds, explaining the process of c...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley-Swan High School Drama Class wrapped up the semester with the premier production of "Catch Me As I Fall" May 25. SSHS Senior Beth Homen wrote, helped produce and played the main character Yasha in this modern-day play set in New York City. The title of the play "Catch Me As I Fall" was important to Homen. She felt it captured the story of Yasha. Yasha, a 25-year-old English professor, escaped from the mafia at age 17. When she escaped she left her younger sister MJ a...
SEELEY LAKE - The Clearwater Resource Center (CRC) Pollinator Garden opened Saturday, May 28 in front of Lindey's Prime Steak House. Opening activities included talks on beekeeping, native plants and activities for children including a butterfly release to wrap up the day. Planters sponsored by local businesses were filled with a wide variety of native plants with labels naming them all. Charles DeVoe of Big Sky Beekeeepers from Missoula opened the afternoon with a Honeybees 101 presentation. Be...
SEELEY LAKE – Ed Higgins, from the Montana Legal Services Association (MLSA), visited the Seeley Lake Community Library May 25 for the annual Lawyers in Libraries celebration. The event was in commemoration of Law Day, which was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 to acknowledge the national dedication to the principles of government under law. This year's theme: Toward a More Perfect Union – The Constitution in Time of Change. While Law Day is officially May 1, many celebratio...
In celebration of 36 years of the Seeley Swan Pathfinder, each week we will run parts of articles that appeared in the issue 35 years ago and 20 years ago. The entire issue will be uploaded to our website seeleylake.com for you to enjoy. We hope you will enjoy the journey with us as we follow our community through the past 36 years as documented by the Pathfinder. 35 years ago: June 4, 1987 issue The work-comp problem Skyrocketing workman's compensation rates charged to employers in Montana's...
COVID Booster Clinic, June 7 SEELEY LAKE – The Missoula City-County Health Department will be offering a free COVID booster clinic Tuesday, June 7 from 12 – 4 p.m. at the Seeley Lake Foundation Building on Highway 83. The Clinic is open to ages five and up. Pfizer, Moderna and Janssen will be on hand for primary series and first and second boosters. For more information visit http://missoulainfo.com or call 406-258-INFO (4636) Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Summer childcare scholarships available The Department of Public Health and Hum...
Voter Information: Incumbent Ralph E. Mannix Jr. and Justin Williams are the two Republican candidates in the Primary Election for Powell County Commissioner District #2. Candidates were allowed 700 words to respond to questions (bold) submitted by Northern Powell County residents. Absentee ballots have been mailed to all registered voters. Voting will occur in-person June 7. Visit My Voter Page to find a polling place closest to you (https://app.mt.gov/voterinfo/). For more information contact...
MISSOULA COUNTY – Missoula Aging Services (MAS) is requesting voters approve a ballot measure to repeal the current flat levy of $350,000 annually with a 4-mill levy on the June 7 ballot. Replacing this flat funding with a permanent 4-mill levy will better allow MAS to keep pace with the needs of Missoula County’s aging population. The increase amounts to $3.69 per year for each $100,000 of a county homeowner’s taxable home value. Missoula County’s population of older people is growing and so is the need for services that allow them to age ind...
Voter Information: Incumbent Alex Beal, Bill Burt and Daniel Chris Kaneff are running for the Justice of the Peace Department 1. Voters have the option to vote for one on the June 7 ballot. The two candidates that receive the most votes will appear on the General Election ballot in November. Candidates responded to provided questions (bold) in 500 words or less. Absentee ballots have been mailed to all registered voters. Voting will occur in-person June 7 at Seeley Lake Elementary from 7 a.m. -...
Voter Information: Incumbent Judge Landee Holloway and Susan Campbell Reneau are running for the Justice of the Peace Department 2. Voters have the option to vote for one on the June 7 ballot. Both candidates will appear on the General Election ballot in November. Candidates responded to provided questions (bold) in 500 words or less. Absentee ballots have been mailed to all registered voters. Voting will occur in-person June 7 at Seeley Lake Elementary from 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. For other polling...
SEELEY LAKE – Brooke Woodside has participated in the opener on the Blackfoot-Clearwater Wildlife Management Area, known locally as the Game Range, nearly every year since she was 13 years old. She knows the area well and has found a lot of sheds. However, this year's 6X6, 28-pound rack and skull were the biggest she has ever found. Woodside has lived in the area her entire life. Hunting for sheds opening day of the Game Range is a family tradition. "I started out doing it with my mom and dad a...
SIDNEY, MONTANA – Seeley-Swan High School golfer Ari Nicholas placed first at the Class C Golf Tournament hosted by the Sidney Country Club May 17 – 18. Mia Nicholas placed second for the girls and the boys team brought home the third place trophy. "It feels amazing," said A. Nicholas regarding his win Wednesday. "I was happy with both scores." A. Nicholas shot 81 the first day and 84 the second day. M. Nicholas had a personal best for her first season as a Blackhawk with an 86 on the first day...
SEELEY LAKE - The new Pollinator Garden, envisioned and designed by the Clearwater Resource Council (CRC), will be set up soon at Lindey's Prime Steak House. The purpose of the pollinator garden is to demonstrate what a pollinator garden is and provide education to the community to inspire people to include habitat for pollinators in their yards and gardens. The public kickoff celebration is Saturday, May 28 from 12 - 4 p.m. Pollination is the process of moving pollen from one flower to another...
SEELEY LAKE - Hi! I'm Haley Yarborough, a sophomore student at the University of Montana majoring in biology and journalism. I grew up in Bishop, California, about an hour south of Yosemite along the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. As a kid I loved to write, read, hike, play soccer, run and cross-country ski. After graduating high school at the top of my class, I came to Montana for the University of Montana's journalism program and to attend college in a place close to nature. Over the two years...
MISSOULA – Glacier Country Tourism, the officially recognized marketing, management and stewardship organization for Western Montana, recently awarded $58,000 to seven visitor information centers throughout the region including $8,000 to the Seeley Lake Historical Museum and Visitor Center. Glacier Country Tourism has long supported community-based visitor information centers (VICs) with training and financial assistance. “Studies show community-based VICs are more likely to be used by first-time visitors traveling to an area,” said Glacier Cou...
SEELEY LAKE - The seventh annual Change Your Pace Challenge (CYP) kicks off next week! The Seeley Lake Community Foundation's (SLCF) CYP is a campaign for community-wide giving, motivating community members to give to their favorite participating local nonprofits, knowing the impact of their gift will multiply, thanks to the CYP Match Fund. Seventeen local organizations are participating this year, raising money for important projects benefitting the greater Seeley Lake area. CYP runs from June...
MISSOULA COUNTY – The Missoula County Pathways and Trails Master Plan draft proposal is 90% complete, said Stephanie Grisby, PLA, AICP, LEED Green Associate, Principal in Charge at Design Workshop at a public meeting on May 18. Public comment on the draft proposal is open until June 7 at Missoula County Voice. “Our scope is really focused in on what is called Pathways and Trails, those paved pathways generally separated from the roadway,” Grisby said. “Often, referred to as class one shared use path, some refer to them as side paths, major s...
SWAN VALLEY – There is a lot going on at the Swan Valley Library in June. For children, the Library is hosting a summer reading program for kids of all ages. It will run all summer long and will include story/craft time for school-aged children from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Mondays starting June 13. The Library will also continue the third Friday story time for Preschool and younger children through the summer. Spectrum Science in the Summer Program will present “Be a Biologist” June 20 from 1 – 4 p.m. This is for any elementary school-aged children...
SEELEY LAKE - There is a lot going on at the Seeley Lake Community Library in June. The Book Club meets June 2 at 10 a.m. This month they are reading “Educated” by Tara Westover. Here is a synopsis from the book: “Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himsel...
HELENA, MONTANA - Students in schools across the state competed in Keep Montana Green's 61st annual wildfire prevention poster contest this year. After taking second in the primary division for the southwestern Montana region, Seeley Lake Elementary Kindergartner Hale Devins placed second in the state for the primary division. Overall statewide winners included Madysen Martin, a ninth grader from Columbia Falls High School, took first place followed by Emory Ercanbrack of Plains High School in...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary School Board reviewed proposals for ADA compliant playground equipment at the May 16 meeting. The current playground is amazing said Josh Gibbs, superintendent/principal. People make it a rest stop when traveling through the area. “It is starting to deteriorate,” Gibbs said. “Kids are getting tons of slivers from the playground (equipment).” Some of the boards are breaking, which is fixable, Gibbs said. Since it is pressure treated it can’t be sanded down to get a nice, smooth finish. There is the opti...
SWAN VALLEY – The comment period regarding the potential Condon Container Site continues for another 30 days on the Missoula County Voice website (https://missoulacountyvoice.com/). Currently comments and poll information indicate the majority of the community is opposed to the container site due to cost, said Dan Saari, Swan Valley Community Council secretary/treasurer, at the May 17 Swan Valley Community Council meeting. The Condon Container Site proposal came about during meetings regarding the Swan Valley Plan draft which is now in front of...
