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SWAN VALLEY – On Nov. 20 Alpine Artisans’ 2 Valleys Stage is bringing five of the University of Montana’s (UM) most talented horn players to Swan Valley School. They will be performing a community concert Sunday at 3 p.m. and working with students in the local schools on Monday and Tuesday. Called the UM Celebration Brass Quintet, the group is funded by scholarships donated by Keith and Wendy Kuhn as a memorial to their son Philip David Kuhn who died in 2012 at age 29. Assistant Professor of Horn and Music Theory Zachary Cooper is facul...
Give a Thanksgiving Dinner this November SEELEY LAKE – Moose River Bar and Grill will be offering a full Thanksgiving dinner buffet with all the fixing this Thanksgiving, Nov. 24 starting at 12 p.m. Moose River plans on working with the Seeley-Swan Community Food Bank and area churches to help identify those who will receive gift certificates for the dinner. Moose River is accepting donations to increase the number of meals available to the community. Donations for dinners can be made for someone the donor specifies or someone identified by t...
SEELEY LAKE – Having little restaurant experience, Tim and Connie Clark purchased Pop's Place in 1991. After 25 years, they said the best thing about the business has been the relationships they have developed with the residents of Seeley Lake and all the friends they have made along the way. The community is invited to join the Clarks for a 25-year Open House Friday, Nov. 4 from 2-4 p.m. They will be serving hamburgers and cheeseburgers all day for buy one, get one for $0.25. Both Tim and C...
SEELEY LAKE – Terryl Bartlett, owner of Optimal Fitness and certified trainer, placed second in the Night of Champions Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships Figure Masters 50 Class in Spokane, Wash., Oct. 22. Bartlett was among nearly 380 competitors with eight in her class. She said she competes because it holds her accountable to a lofty standard and helps her achieve her personal best. Bartlett did her first show in 2009 at the Big Sky Championships in Missoula. While she didn't p...
Mild weather across west-central Montana in the first week of the general big game hunting season did little to move deer and elk. Harvests reported through the Anaconda, Bonner and Darby check stations were modest. Across the three check stations combined, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) employees and volunteers in Region 2 checked 4,414 hunters in the first two weekends of the hunting season, down slightly from 4,516 checked during this same period last year. FWP checked 120 elk at the check stations in the first two weekends this season...
POTOMAC - The Montana Conservation Corps (MCC), together with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), has been working on a restoration project at Primm Meadows, north of Highway 200 up Gold Creek. The project involved thinning of smaller trees and will be logged after the ground freezes with the goal in mind of promoting rapid tree growth in the remaining trees. Originally the homestead of Charles and Mahala Primm, the parklike meadows are not an official campground, however the public is welcome to camp...
SEELEY LAKE – After substitute teaching at Seeley-Swan High School (SSHS) in 2014, Crissina Quinn returned this year to SSHS as the new U.S. History, Psychology, Sociology and Drama teacher. Her goal for all her classes is to create an engaging, student-driven classroom where the students lead the curriculum through discussions, research and anything other than lecture format. Quinn grew up in Missoula. She attended school at Montana State University in Bozeman, Mont. "I've always had a love f...
SWAN VALLEY - Condon Community Church hosted their annual Harvest Party, Oct. 31. Attendees enjoyed a variety of games, food and candy....
SEELEY LAKE – While one of the main goals of the Twenty-First Century Grant program is to widen educational opportunities for children, a complementary goal is to promote parental involvement and strengthen the family unit. With this in mind, Bridget Laird, who organizes the Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) grant activities, decided to encourage families to enjoy some Halloween fun together while also supporting a new endeavor in Seeley Lake. On Oct. 29, youngsters and their parents converged on H...
SEELEY LAKE - There were seven trunks and more than 150 treaters at the third annual Trunk-or-Treat Oct. 31. Organizer Alex Kues was thankful to Haunted Scapes for hosting the event, to the Seeley Lake volunteers fire department for their continued support and for everyone who brought a trunk. "Without them we wouldn't have an event," said Kues. "Looking forward to another great event next year."...
Goal: The goal for Arrowhead Condos, Timeshare and Rentals, (AOA) is to provide a rustic experience with the best in guest services. The top standard for Team AOA is unit cleanliness. Their motto is "Little Resort, Huge Hospitality." History: The Arrowhead Condos were incorporated under Montana Interval Ownership established in November 1981. They are located next to the Double Arrow Lodge. The Arrowhead Condos are timeshares, for a deeded week in perpetuity. Owners can join Resort Condominiums...
Swan Valley Community Library Highlights SWAN VALLEY - The Swan Valley Community Library has something for everyone. In addition to some of the latest novels, there is a large section dedicated to Montana and books by topic including hunting and angling. An autographed title found on the Montana shelf is entitled “Skid Trails: Glory Days of Montana Logging” by Darris Flanagan. The book was purchased for the Swan Valley Library in memory of the late longtime resident Reuben Kauffman. Titles that may appeal to hunters and anglers include: “Bo...
For those of you who I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting, my name is Mike Hopkins, the Republican candidate running for House District 92. We have come to expect that the Federal Government does not do its job. When it comes to State Government, we expect the opposite. We expect our State Legislature to get things done, to work together to tackle serious problems affecting us as citizens. Unfortunately, it seems like our state government has lost touch. Instead of creating an environment where small business can grow, the legislature...
SWAN VALLEY – The Swan Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) announced the four initiatives for the $70,000 grant they received from the William H. Donner Foundation, Inc. The initiatives include fully vesting the SVCF endowment, support for small grants, funding aging services, and developing a strategy for a sustainable Swan Valley Economy. “Our foundation is not a political organization,” said Mercer at the Swan Valley Community Council meeting, Oct. 18. “Our only point of view is we want to see the Swan Valley be a desirable, viable communi...
OVANDO - Fred Valiton said he considered buying the Blackfoot Commercial Company when Howie and Peggy Fly put it on the market several years ago but just couldn't swing the price. This fall, however, Fred found himself manning the store counter as the new owner of the historic business. Under the mentorship of the Fly's, he and his wife Leigh Ann have been learning how to run the business since the first of October. Three years ago, Mike and Liz Raymond from Columbia Falls bought the business...
SEELEY LAKE – Haunted Scapes brings family fun to Seeley Lake with a pumpkin patch, bouncy house, maze, haunted house and more. They will be open Thursday – Sundays through Monday, Oct. 31 when they will host Seeley Lake Trunk-or-Treat from 6-8 p.m. Owners of Nature Scapes Davy Good and his wife Angela came up with the idea for Haunted Scapes after taking their children to pumpkin patches outside the area. "We've talked about wanting to do a pumpkin patch for years and finally have the room to...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Community Foundation (SLCF) is pleased to announce the donation of property at the Double Arrow Meadows Golf Course from Pat and Nina Brock. Pat Brock said, “After owning a ranch in Ovando for 20 years, we fell in love with the whole area and the people. We gave our gift because we felt so close to the communities and it was the right thing to do.” SLCF Vice President Kevin Wetherell said, “This generous gift of land from the Brocks, was a win-win for all. The Brocks took the opportunity to extend their legac...
SWAN VALLEY - Missoula County Public Library (MCPL) Director Honore Bray presented about the MCPL Bond and Swan Valley Library improvements to nearly 40 attendees at the Swan Valley Community Council (SVCC) meeting Oct. 18. Swan Valley resident Rick Ferguson also presented the idea of a shooting range in the Swan Valley. Bray explained the $30 million library building bond that appears on the ballot this November. Bray explained that the present MCPL building is out of space. There are requests every day for more books for which there would be...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Sewer Board has been discussing an alternative route for the main pipe to the proposed wastewater treatment plant. Plans to send out information packets on the proposed system and the names associated with the test wells were also discussed at their Oct. 20 meeting. Currently the main pipe to the treatment site is planned to go from a lift station near Highway 83 straight up Cedar Lane and over the hill on the other side of Tamarack Drive. From there it would go...
SEELEY LAKE – Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) Game Warden Bill Koppen worked with the state to initiate the FWP decoy program in Great Falls, Mont. 25 years ago. Ever since, Koppen has used simulated decoys during the hunting season as a deterrent to keep people from shooting from vehicles and hunting public roads. During the 2014 and 2015 seasons he wrote citations that produced 30 convictions, 15 of which were to hunters who took illegal shots at the decoy. In Montana, enforcement o...
Opening weekend of the 2016 general hunting season resulted in an encouraging tally of harvested big game animals through the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) hunter check stations in west-central Montana. The total harvest of 212 animals was identical to the harvest checked on the opening weekend in 2015 and was achieved with 10 percent fewer hunters afield. Over the first two days of the season, 2,786 hunters stopped at the four check stations in west-central Montana, with eight percent harvesting game. Elk harvest was down at the...
POTOMAC - October is Fire Safety Month. A group of four Greenough/Potomac Volunteer Fire Department (GPVFD) volunteers spoke to Sunset and Potomac Schools Oct.19. The group from the GPVFD included Chief Ryan Hall, Assistant Chief Justin Iverson and volunteers Tim Nesmith and Justin Kennedy. More than 90 kindergarten through eighth-grade students and staff watched the presentation which began in the Potomac/Greenough Community Center (PGCC) and then moved outdoors. After introducing the GPVFD...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Fire District Board of Trustees welcomed Connie Clark to the board. They discussed the need for paid officers and an assistant chief. No decisions were made. Continued discussion along with the budget approval are on November’s agenda. Clark was sworn in as the new board member filling Bruce Bourne’s term. The Missoula County Commissioners appointed Clark after being the only applicant for the open position. Fire Chief Bob Vanden Heuvel assigned Shelly Johnson and Kristy Pohlman as medical crew chiefs and will...
