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Ovando Museum hosted five local citizens June 25 for recognition of being Nonagenarians, people 90-99 years old. Irene Weaver, her sister Norma Hughes, Whitey (Charles)Whitehead, Jack Hooker and Peggy Wittrock were the honorees. About 30 family, friends and community members attended. The honorees shared stories and memories from years past. "The purpose of the event was to recognize, admire and appreciate the wisdom from their experiences of life," said Barb McNally, Museum board member. "It...
The corner of Cedar Lane and Elm Drive in Seeley Lake is a natural ditch with a shallow pond, which at one time was used as a trash dump. But it has become a pleasant oasis since the Lion's Club took on the task of making it into a park. Last year they added a state-of-the-art playground and are welcoming the community to a grand opening on June 10. "About two- almost three years ago now- I started talking to the county about putting the playground in and I had nothing but red tape," said Lion...
Four eighth grade students finished their Helmville School career on May 30 with encouraging words from the Drummond Junior Varsity Football coach and the book "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten." Graduating eighth graders Wyatt Daniels, Michael Goettle, Natalie Graveley and Lucas Spatig will all be attending Drummond High School in the fall, and per tradition they were the centerpieces of a graduation ceremony at the Helmville Community Center. The graduates shared their child...
SEELEY LAKE- The Change Your Pace (CYP) kick-off party was hosted in the parking lot of the Seeley Lake Community Foundation (SLCF) building on Friday June 2. Energy Partners Propane offered a deal on propane tank refills with half the proceeds being donated the CYP match-fund. "It's a combo customer appreciation party and kick-off for Change Your Pace," said Claire Muller, Executive Director of SLCF. Energy Partners spent hours filling propane and grilled 150 hot dogs at the...
MontANTa 2023, the great rural Montana scavenger hunt brought to you by the Red Ants Pants Music Festival, is here. Snap a photo with Red to be entered to win a VIP prize package for the music festival! Red ants are popping up along the highways and byways of Montana this summer as the Red Ants Pants Music Festival celebrates the rural communities and industries that enrich Montana. Keep an eye out for their enormous hand-sewn red ant banners that will be "hidden" in the following rural... Full story
Liz Claiborne: Educated children are a true natural resource Liz Claiborne, internationally famous fashion designer, was the guest speaker at the Salmon Prairie Elementary School graduation last Friday night. More than 50 people crowded into the one-room school building for the ceremony. Claiborne addresses the two graduates: Tara Anderson and Owen Conley. "People think of our country as being rich because of natural resources such as timber and gold," Claiborne said. She pointed out, however,...
Susan Monahan was sworn in to her new position on the Seeley Lake Rural Volunteer Fire Board on Monday, May 22 and sat in for her first official meeting on the board later that week. The special meeting, held in Seeley Lake on Wednesday, May 24 was a small gathering with introductions and a parceling out of the yearly budget as read by Fire Chief, Dave Lane. "It was good," Monahan said. "It went well, but I have a lot to learn." Lane read a letter to the board from former board member Scott...
5/18 10:58 a.m. Burglary Condon 5/18 11:13 a.m. Accident with Injury Seeley Lake 5/18 3:57 p.m. Accident no Injury Seeley Lake 5/18 10:09 p.m. Suspicious Activity Seeley Lake 5/19 6:50 p.m. Theft Seeley Lake 5/20 9:51 p.m. Harassment Seeley Lake 5/21 1:41 p.m. Disturbance Seeley Lake 5/21 1:41 p.m. Offenses Against Family Condon 5/22 3:52 p.m. Offenses Against Family Seeley Lake 5/23 6:07 p.m. Accident no Injury Condon... Full story
5/18 Accident with Injury 26MM Hwy 200 5/20 Medical Larch Lane 5/21 Medical N. Canyon Drive 5/21 Medical Hwy 83 5/23 Medical Frontier Road 5/23 Medical N. Canyon Drive... Full story
A pod of American white pelicans group together on a submerged log in the flooded area near Nevada Lake in Helmville. The area is not listed as a known nesting ground in a 2019 report by the Montana Audubon Society. The high water levels across the state have created new habitats for waterfowl who are on their annual migration north. Places like Nevada Lake may see unusual species of birds while the water levels are high. American white pelicans generally summer in the great plains or...
On Wednesday, May 24 the Joyful Noise Childcare at the Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Seeley Lake celebrated 10 years of tending to the town's youngest residents. A decade ago Mary Mount saw a lack of childcare options in Seeley Lake and decided to open Joyful Noise to help out parents of the Lutheran Congregation. Over the years Mount has cared for many of the town's kids. 117 in told according to Mount's own count. Providing child care for 10 years has brought her a lot of joy, and while many o...
Twenty years ago... Thursday, May 29, 2003 Seeley Lake Elementary Eighth Grade Class of 2003 Thirty years ago... Thursday, June 2, 1988 Congratulations Class of '88...
Passers-by may notice new fenced-in areas blocking pedestrian traffic in some loacations this summer including Clearwater Crossing Fishing Access and Brown's Lake. These Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) fishing access points have been slated for habitat restoration and will see some improvements over the course of the season. According to FWP, trees need to be planted to mitigate erosion and the fences will stay up until the trees are well established enough to grow without protection....
This year the Ovando School will bid farewell to one graduating student. The small rural two-room schoolhouse will be sending off one proud graduate this year. Sawyer Hessler is moving on to the relatively big halls of Drummond High. While she will miss the "field trips and opportunities that you get with such a smaller school," she is very much looking forward to joining the basketball team. "They had tryouts this year and I was able to play on the Drummond Varsity basketball team," Hessler...
Attorney General Knudsen and nearly 50 attorneys general from across the country filed a lawsuit against a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) company that helped facilitate more than 20 million spam robocalls to Montana phone numbers between December 2018 and January 2023, he announced today. Many of the calls transmitted allegedly involved various types of scams. The coalition filed the lawsuit yesterday against Michael D. Lansky, LLC, which does business under the name Avid Telecom, and compa... Full story
Every year the Blackfoot Clearwater Wildlife Management Area (WMA) commonly known as the Game Range near Clearwater Junction in Greenough opens for eager shed hunters to collect antlers from the field. The annual tradition has become a kind of festival. "Horn hunting is like an Easter-egg hunt for adults," said Trevor Welnel, a Helena area hunter who came to the Greenough for the opening day event. The Game Range opened on May 15. "Once the gate opens you drive until your heart is bursting with...
On Monday, May 15 the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) announced an approval of the Opencut Mine Gravel Pit near Elbow Lake. On March 16, the DNRC issued a press release in the Pathfinder, alerting the public to a permit being considered which would open a gravel pit and asphalt production facility near Elbow Lake in Greenough. LHC Inc of Kalispell, applied for the permit and sought to provide materials for a nearby road work project on Highway 83. The permit marked the second time that LHC has filed to mine gravel near...
5/11 11:18 a.m. Disturbance Morrell Creek Road, Seeley Lake 5/12 9:04 a.m. Civil 1XX School Lane, Seeley Lake 5/12 10:37 a.m. Minor in Possession 203XX E. Mullan Road, Clinton 5/12 10:39 a.m. Trespassing 71XX Boy Scout Road, Seeley Lake 5/12 11:32 a.m. Burglary 7XX Pine Drive, Seeley Lake 5/12 12:43 p.m. Assault 18XX Grandview Drive, Seeley Lake 5/12 1:39 p.m. Fraud 2XX Cutthroat Court, Seeley Lake 5/13 9:12 a.m. Theft 150XX Sperry Grade Road, Seeley Lake 5/14 12:12 p.m. Suspicious Activity... Full story
5/15 Wildfire Airport Road, Seeley Lake 5/16 Medical Highway 83 5/16 Structure Fire Highway 83... Full story
Starting Monday, June 5 the Seeley Lake Library will be changing over to summer hours. With the end of the school year, the library will not longer be open during regular school hours but will still be open for use as a regular public library. Non-holiday summer hours are: •Mondays, 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. •Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. •Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Carrie Benton will be the librarian on staff and will also be leading the Library Book Club, which will meet next on Thursday, June 1 at 10 a.m. The Library Book Club’s first t...
On Thursday, May 18 the Ovando school hosted the annual May Day Tea event to close out the school year and showcase the talents of current students before an audience of parents and community members. Every year the Ovando School closes out with a student production, a variety show which the students spend weeks preparing for. "At the end of April we're starting to build sets and make sure we've got props in order," said Nathan Graves, a teacher at the Ovando school who helped with this year's...
Smoke swept through the Montana skies earlier this week blocking mountain views and lowering air quality. Luckily for the Big Sky State, where there was smoke there wasn't fire. Since early May, the Canadian Province of Alberta has been ravaged by wildfires and the winds have swept the smoke south. More than 100 separate fires have burned the forests of central Canada and 93 of those fires are actively burning as of Friday, May 20. While the trees of Montana have so far survived the early...
Last summer POWDR Corp stationed a mobile apartment trailer at the Holland Lake Lodge campus. While the company has removed most of the other pieces of equipment, the trailer has remained. At a Swan Valley Community Council meeting in March, Chris Dowling, Swan Lake District Ranger, said that there had been permits allowing for the placement of the trailer but there had never been any permits allowing it to be hooked up to utilities. This prompted many questions about why the trailer had been br...
Twenty years ago… Thursday, May 22, 2003 Forest Resource council get $8,000 grant for local work National Forest Foundation ( NFF) Awards Local Group Community Assistance Program Grants …The Seeley Lake Forest Council was awarded $8,000 in funds from the grant program. “ The NFF commitment to local participation in forest conservation is at the very heart of this program,” said Bill Possiciel, president of the NFF. “We look forward to working with these and other emerging groups as they establish themselves in their communities.” The NFF dev... Full story
