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POTOMAC - Jeff Deckard and his horse LilMan, a 12-year-old AQHA Palomino stallion brought the Word of God through his Cowboy Up for Christ presentation in Potomac July 12. Deckard set up a round pen and spoke to the crowd of more than 15 in the meadows beyond Potomac School. Cowboy Up for Christ is family run, with wife Paula, 18 year-old daughter Casey and nine year old son Payton. Home for the Deckards is in Clinton, Ark., where they have seven horses and three ponies. They breed horses as a...
SSHS Fall Sports Meeting, Aug. 2 SEELEY LAKE - The Fall activities pre-season meeting will be Aug. 2 at 7 p.m. in the Seeley-Swan High School cafeteria. Fire Danger Moved to “High” MISSOULA – Fire officials with the Missoula County Fire Protection Association (MCFPA) have moved the fire danger back up to “High” starting July 25. Despite the moisture received earlier this month, the fine fuels (grasses and small shrubs) are quickly drying and curing along with the heavier fuels as hot and dry conditions continue. The weather forecast calls for...
SWAN VALLEY – Quick Response Unit (QRU) volunteers and volunteer firefighters give of their time, energy and often sacrifice financially to serve the communities in which they work and live. They often do this with little or no recognition. Swan Valley resident Grace Siloti wants to see that changed. Siloti, Marcia Tapp and Helene Michael are throwing a Community Celebration to honor volunteer QRU and firefighters. The event is an opportunity to thank the volunteers and will include a potluck and live music. The whole community and s...
SEELEY LAKE – Twenty-two bands filled Seeley Lake with music for three days July 14-16 during the Bob Marshall Wilderness Music Festival. Coupling the afternoon and evening music with morning yoga, group activities and races captured the attention of a wide range of people all looking for some fun. While the official numbers are not in, Event Organizer Chris Stout estimated, based on the revenue, that there were 2000 tickets sold. He said there were many more people that participated since 12 a...
SEELEY LAKE – While organizers and many people in the community were excited about the Bob Marshall Music Festival, others raised issues that they felt need to be addressed and clarified. Seeley Lake resident and business owner Curtis Friede not only took personal issue with the festival being held in the middle of town, he also sees the event dividing the community in several ways. Friede lives on the top of the hill to the east of the Seeley Lake Elementary school where the three-day festival was held. He said that for anyone who lived on t...
SEELEY LAKE - A major concern expressed from community members about the Bob Marshall Music Festival was serving alcohol near Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) school and its property. The area where the alcohol was served is legally owned by SLE but is designated as a Missoula County Park. SLE administers the park and can approve or disapprove activities without the Missoula County Parks and Recreation Department input. The festival was approved for a special permit form the Montana Department of Revenue allowing temporary beer and wine sales and c...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Community Council (SLCC) voted to send a letter requesting the Missoula County Commissioners expedite a solution to the issue of snow plowing in Dogtown. Also at the meeting, representatives from the county presented the latest plans for the fairgrounds in Missoula and the council was updated on the progress of their proposed safety improvements on Highway 83. During public comments it was asked, what has been done to resolve the snow plowing issue in Dogtown. The issue came to light last summer when Missoula...
HELENA – Montana State Parks (stateparks.mt.gov) announced that it is seeking public comment on recommended funding levels for 2016/2017 Montana Snowmobile Program grant applications. The recommended funding for the Seeley Lake Driftriders is $18,316. Public comments will be accepted through Friday, Aug. 5 at 5 p.m. The Montana Snowmobile Program is administered by Montana State Parks and supports snowmobile organizations state wide in trail grooming, equipment, safety education and maintenance needs. For 2016/2017, Montana State Parks r...
SEELEY LAKE – The Open Book Club (OBC) held July 13 featured Russell Rowland's book "Fifty-Six Counties: A Montana Journey." Three things were unusual about the event. First, it was a summer event held at Holland Lake Lodge rather than one of the fall-through-summer readings OBC traditionally holds at Grizzly Claw Trading Company. Second, published writer, Sheila Scobba Banning, functioned as a moderator, alternately interviewing Rowland, prompting him to read selections from his book and s...
SWAN VALLEY - The Swan Valley Regional Planning Committee (SVRPC) met July 13 to consider public comments and Missoula lawyer Colleen Dowdall’s edits to the draft regional plan. The committee addressed and edited sections in the Natural Resources and Environmental Element including Ground Water Quality, Noise and Light Pollution. The committee voted four to one to delete the entire Climate Change section. The SVRPC voted with two opposed to accept Dowdall’s edits to the first three paragraphs in Ground Water Quality which removed excess verbiag...
WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell announced steps to make it easier for outfitters, guides, schools, non-profits and other partners to take groups out to enjoy outdoor activities on national forests and grasslands. By streamlining the approach to special-use permitting for national forests and grasslands, natural resources will be even more accessible to Americans. “Our national forests and grasslands connect people to nature where they live, providing sustainable recreation opp...
SEELEY LAKE – The inaugural Change Your Pace Challenge 10 kilometer (K) and 5K races and 2K fun run attracted all ages and abilities Saturday, July 16. Racers, joggers and walkers had the opportunity to explore the roads of Seeley Lake and take in the beauty Seeley Lake offers. The goal of the event was to continue to raise money for the Change Your Pace Challenge (Challenge). The Challenge is the Seeley Lake Community Foundation's (SLCF) new approach to financially supporting local o...
Goal: Lois' Salon owner Lois Grant of Potomac hopes to have all her customers leave with a smile on their faces. Grant enjoys helping people look their best and seeing them leave happy with the results. History: Originally Grant wanted to go to business college but after receiving a cosmetology scholarship she fell in love with the idea of having a salon. Grant then completed 1,600 hours in a qualified beauty school and passed state board exams for California and Montana to become a licensed...
A dozen racers participated in the paddle board race held Saturday morning, July 16 on Seeley Lake. The event was part of the Bob Marshall Music Festival....
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley Lake was the destination for the capstone race in the Western Montana Trail Series produced by the Bicycle Racing Alliance of Montana (BRAM) Saturday, July 16. This was the first official mountain bike race in Seeley Lake offering 55-mile, 35-mile and 22-mile loop routes attracting more than 60 racers. Race Director Ben Horan said BRAM has put on the Missoula XC, a high level, Olympic qualifying race in Missoula, for the past six years. This was the first year that they b...
Mussel Dogs Campfire Program at Holland Lake SWAN VALLEY - Join Swan Valley Connections for their Mussel Dogs Campfire Program July 26 at 7 p.m. at the Holland Lake Day Use Area. Lab sisters Rosebud and Ismay, under the direction of their human handler Deb, will demonstrate how they sniff out invasive mussel species at the state Watercraft Inspection stations. Watch these hard-working dogs demonstrate their amazing powers of detection. Admission and parking is free of charge. Bring a lawn chair or picnic blanket and flashlight. For details...
SEELEY LAKE – A Missoula man faces charges for criminal mischief after allegedly dumping two tons of drywall, construction and household waste on the Blackfoot/Clearwater Game Range the weekend before the Fourth of July. If found guilty he could owe a fine of up to $1,500, lose his privileges to hunt, fish and trap for up to two years and must clean-up the dump site or face restitution for clean-up. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) Game Warden Bill Koppen received three calls on the i...
SEELEY LAKE – Three large wooden figures were erected by Jackson Hole Public Art and local volunteers in Seeley Lake this past week. The intent of the stick figures is to get people to slow down going through town. They are temporary and will be taken down after a couple of months. The community can decide if they want to keep them or send them back to Jackson Hole, Wyo. The LOR Foundation funded the project. Jackson Hole Public Art is developing a public art and place-making toolkit in the i...
POTOMAC - An old burn pile on private property in Potomac caused a fire that burned three tenths of an acre July 2. While the pile was cold to the touch above ground, the fire still burned underground in roots and organic material. The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) is still investigating and it is unknown if citations will be issued. Greenough/Potomac Volunteer Fire Department (GPVFD) Chief Ryan Hall said residents called 911 and began fighting the fire with a skidder to knock down the spread of the fire. Nine...
SEELEY LAKE – Volunteers with the Veterans and Families of Seeley Lake (VFSL) installed two new benches and level concrete pads for wheel chairs at the Seeley Lake Veterans Memorial Park north of Seeley Lake on Highway 83. The new seating was placed so visitors can see all the memorial plaques while not interfering with the programs held for Veterans Day and Memorial Day. The land belongs to Missoula County but the Veterans and Families of Seeley Lake (VFSL) have been given permission to use i...
SWAN VALLEY - Saturday, July 9 at 10 a.m. the Lake County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a single vehicle accident on US Highway 83 at approximately mile marker 51, near the Salmon Prairie Access site. The vehicle was reported to have two occupants at the time of the crash. Lake and Missoula County Sheriff’s Offices and the Montana Highway Patrol responded along with Swan Valley Emergency Services. The male driver, 63-year-old Richard Graham of Boulder, Mont., was not wearing his seatbelt. He was ejected from the vehicle and died fro...
The Seeley Lake Ranger District recorded 1.67 inches of rain from Friday afternoon, July 8 through 2 p.m. Monday, July 11. There were reports from Double Arrow Ranch of more than 2 inches in rain gauges. The Condon Work Center Remote Automated Weather Station recorded 1.18 inches over the weekend. The rain and cooler temps has dropped the fire danger in Missoula County to Moderate....
SEELEY LAKE - At the Clearwater Resource Council (CRC) annual meeting July 10 the focus was on Trails for Everyone. CRC Executive Director Cathy Kahnle called Seeley Lake the hub of a wheel with spokes going out to communities all around it. According to Kahnle, those communities all have pre-existing trails which can form the backbone of a really spectacular, regional, trail system. Connecting them could create economic opportunities for all the communities and have the added effect of...
