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SEELEY LAKE – Seeley Lake residents Leland Bartlett and William (Bill) Bartlett pleaded guilty to several counts related to killing a trophy bull elk in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. The hunt took place in 2015 while Leland's hunting privileges were suspended from a previous case. The unlawful possession of game felony charge was deferred for both contingent on compliance with all terms and conditions for the next five years. The Bartlett family faces more than $16,000 in fines and the two l...
SEELEY LAKE – After working 18 years for Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) as the District Clerk/Business Manager, Sally Johnson is retiring April 30. While she will miss the interactions with people at the school, she is looking forward to focusing more on relationships and less on the day-to-day routine. Prior to moving to Seeley Lake, Johnson worked in Seattle, Wash. for the Seattle Public Library. She started as an administrative secretary, became the budget manager and spent eight months as t...
SEELEY LAKE – Thanks to the generous support of the community, the Seeley Lake March for Meals campaign raised approximately $2,000 this March. The Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) Student Council, Seeley Lake Senior Center (Sela Senci) and several individuals helped raise the funds towards the annual deficit of near $5,200 a year incurred by Sela Senci for the Meals on Wheels Program. SLE Student Council advisor Duane Schlabach said he invited Missoula Aging Services Resource Specialist Linda Howard to speak to the SLE Student Council after she p...
SEELEY LAKE - Three doctors with musical instruments, spreading music and friendship at home and abroad! Yes, that aptly describes The Sapphire Trio with Maxine Ramey on clarinet, Margaret Nichols-Baldridge on violin and Jody Graves on piano. They will be playing a public concert in Seeley Lake April 23, at 3 p.m. on the NEW STAGE at the Seeley-Swan High School. The last concert of the 2 Valleys Stage (2VS) 2016-2017 season, the performance will be followed by a dinner reception, hosted by...
As Montanans look to enjoy the great outdoors this spring and summer, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) urges everyone to follow a few simple steps to prevent tick bites and their illnesses: Limit, repel and inspect. On average, state public health officials receive an average of eight tick-borne illness reports every year, including Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Tularemia, Colorado Tick Fever and Tickborne Relapsing Fever. Other reported tick-borne illnesses, believed to be acquired out of state, include Lyme disea...
HELENA – A bill making its way through the Montana Legislature would expand a program that the bill’s sponsor says could incentivize new hunters to take hunter’s safety. Senate Bill 218, introduced by Rep. Mark Blasdel, R-Kalispell, allows anyone between the ages of 10 and 32 to obtain an apprentice hunting license, which requires new hunters to hunt only in the presence of a mentor, age 21 or older. The bill also clarifies provisions of current law that previously could have prohibited 10- and 11-year-old hunters from obtaining appre...
SEELEY LAKE – More than 60 children and adults came out for the second Movie Night at the Fire Hall April 8. Despite the pouring rain outside, everyone was warm and ate inside while propped up to watch "Planes, Fire and Rescue." The Missoula County Sheriff's Office and the Seeley Lake Fire Company hosted the event. There was a spaghetti dinner provided before the movie and popcorn and drinks during the feature. Local businesses including Rovero's; Kurt's Polaris; and the Iverson Ranch in P...
Sunset School Fall Round-Up, April 13 GREENOUGH - Sunset School, District 30, welcomes the community to their Fall Round-Up, April 13 at 3:30 p.m. Families are encouraged to attend if they have a child about to turn five or are looking for a new school for their child this fall. It is an opportunity to tour the school and Supervising Teacher Toni Hatten said, “Learn what makes a small school like Sunset so special.” Sunset School is a K-8 school located at 5024 Sunset Hill Road, Greenough. They currently have eight students and are always hap...
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley-Swan High School (SSHS) senior Cora Grube was among eight Missoula County Public School seniors who were recognized by the Missoula County Exchange Club through their Accepting the Challenge of Excellence (A.C.E.) Awards program. SSHS staff nominated Grube and she was recognized at a luncheon at the Double Tree in Missoula. The A.C.E. Awards program recognizes high school seniors who have made a dramatic change in their attitude and performance during their high school y...
SWAN VALLEY – Swan Valley Emergency Services (SVES) just added a 4,000 gallon water tender to their fleet of firefighting equipment. SVES Fire Chief Randy Williams said now that they have the capability to haul 10,000 gallons of water with three tenders, water should not be a significant issue on an incident within their fire service area. SVES started the process to obtain the new truck more than a year ago. They formed a committee to find out what a Type II water tender needed to comply w...
Well our Cakes for Canines event Monday, April 3 at Pop's Place was a howling success! Thanks to Tim and Connie Clark for donating all the food and good service. Special thanks to Doug Richards, his sign and standing out in the cold in a dog suit getting lots of honks and waving people in. Also, thanks to Monty Montgomery for a special lamp which was on a board which was full of names. Monty is a pretty good waiter also. Winners on Elinor's board: Juan's Print- Gary Lewis • Bath Robe- Mary N...
MISSOULA – Recent snowmelt has begun impacting some roads across the Lolo National Forest (LNF) and forest officials are advising the public to use caution where needed and also avoid soft road beds to avoid resource impacts. Avoiding soft road beds also reduces the potential of getting stuck on a forest road. Most damage to unpaved roads occurs in the fall and spring when rains and snow-melt saturate soils, leaving road surfaces soft. When vehicles drive on these soft roads, they create wheel tracks and ruts which can hold and channel water a...
SEELEY LAKE – With snow melting and spring in full swing, many people take the opportunity to do spring cleaning in their home and around their property. The Missoula City-County Health Department Junk Vehicle program and Vehicles for Charity (VFC) are two no-cost options to help get rid of unusable or unwanted vehicles. A "junk vehicle," as defined by Montana Code Annotated (MCA) 75-10-501 as any discarded, ruined, wrecked, or dismantled motor vehicle, including component parts, which is not l...
SEELEY LAKE – A full agenda is set for the Seeley Lake Community Council meeting Monday, April 13. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. While there are no action items on the agenda, several presenters have been invited to attend. The Executive Director of the Missoula Economic Partnership James Grunke begins the meeting with a discussion on housing and economic growth. Missoula City-County Health Department Sanitarian Jim Erven will talk about the Special Management Area designation in Seeley Lake and what that means for septic tanks and l...
WASHINGTON – Acting Deputy Agriculture Secretary Michael Young announced that a contract renewal sign-up is underway for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), USDA’s largest working lands conservation program with more than 80 million acres enrolled. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) made several updates to the popular program last fall. These changes help producers better evaluate conservation options that benefit their operations while improving the health and productivity of private and Tribal working lands. “The cha...
SEELEY LAKE – More than 50 garden enthusiasts gathered in the Seeley Lake Community Hall April 1 to hear Robin Kelson of The Good Seed Company of Whitefish, Mont. speak about selecting, saving and sharing seeds. The presentation was jointly sponsored by Clearwater Resource Council and the Blackfoot Valley and Seeley Swan gardening groups. Kelson organized her seed selecting presentation around three main questions: 1) Are these seeds true-to-type? 2) Will the plant resulting from this seed self-...
HELENA -- A bill that could outlaw abortion by defining a fetus at any stage as a person passed the House last week. Introduced by Rep. Derek Skees, House Bill 595 would give Montana voters an option to approve a constitutional amendment that would define a person as “all members of the species Homo sapiens at any stage of development.” “Every single life matters,” Skees said. “From the moment of the first mitosis, to the last breath we draw before we get promoted.” The bill was widely condemned by House Democrats, who said there were proble...
POTOMAC - On the mountains and hills surrounding Potomac valley, the accumulated snow on Sheep Mountain, Mineral Mountain, Gold Peak, Union Peak, Morrison Peak and others contribute to the creeks swollen with snowmelt. Some creeks are unnamed and seasonal while other run year round like Gold, Bear, Twin, Cramer, Union, Johnson, Camas, Mormon Creek and the Rattlesnake Creek. All drain into larger waterways including the Blackfoot River....
Call it 670 miles – or perhaps more precisely 674 miles – but either way, the Yellowstone River remains the nation's longest undammed waterway. It's a great river that meanders through some of the finest mountain and prairie topography on the planet – peaks reaching past 12,000 feet in elevation, the largest high-mountain lake on the continent, dense evergreen forests, buttes, colorful badlands, deep canyons, sweet-smelling sage and juniper covered hills. A good portion of this wondrous river...
Goal: Potomac's Happy Trails Daycare owner Sari Wolff's goal is to provide safe and fun childcare to the community of Potomac. Wolff hopes to eventually create jobs and care for more children. History: Happy Trails opened March 27 and is awaiting final inspection for the state of Montana. Wolff is CPR certified and trained in first aid. Wolff opened the daycare because she loves children. As a mother, she found it hard to find childcare in the surrounding communities without having to commute....
SEELEY LAKE - In 1957 the Glenside Lions Club of Abington, Pennsylvania chartered the first Leo Club at Abington High School. In 1967, the board of directors of Lions Clubs International adopted the Leo Club as an official program of the association. The objective of the Leo Club is to provide youth with the opportunity for development and contribution, individually and collectively, as responsible members of the local, national and international community. The Leo motto is Leadership, Experience and Opportunity. The program has continued to...
SEELEY LAKE – LHC, Inc. withdrew their Opencut Mining Plan of Operation and Application with the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for the Cottonwood Pit proposed on Cottonwood Lakes Road. Until a new application is submitted, this ends the process to open the gravel pit on Cottonwood Lakes Road. The Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for the proposed Cottonwood Pit received zoning approval with conditions at the Feb. 9 Powell County Planning Board meeting. DEQ received LHC, Inc.’s application Feb. 13 and withdrew it March 16. Owner of Dee...
SEELEY LAKE – Missoula resident John Rice has requested year-round access to his property on Cottonwood Lakes Road, National Forest System Road (NFSR) No. 477, from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Lolo National Forest (LNF). The Cottonwood Lakes Road has been closed to wheeled vehicle travel from Dec. 1 – April 30 since January 1994. Rice seeks to ensure wheeled-vehicle access through the winter for himself and his descendants and feels the USFS is refusing to honor past contractual agreements. Rice purchased a half section of property in Powell...
