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Henry S. Westra - Swan Council I, along with my wife Carolyn, were first introduced to the Swan Valley in the 1980's. It became our desire to someday relocate to the Swan so, to that end, we purchased a parcel of land in the early 1990's. There were many trips back and forth to Michigan until 2013 when we were able to fulfill our desire to be full time residents of Montana's Swan Valley. I take advantage of the outdoor activities the Swan has to offer, continue to work on and upkeep my...
Lacey McNutt - Swan Council I have lived in the Swan Valley for nearly 10 years. I grew up in Helena and am a fifth generation Montanan. I first came here to work for an outfitter in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. It was there that I met my husband, Todd. We have one son and we all live, work and play here. I am a licensed real estate professional here in the valley, a volunteer with the Swan Valley Emergency Services and have served the past two years as vice president of the Swan Valley PTA. I am running for a seat on the Council because...
Dale Hinkle - Incumbent Potomac Fire Board I am currently the chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Greenough/Potomac Volunteer Fire Department (GPVFD) and my three-year term is up. I have lived in Potomac approximately 10 years. I am a semi-retired geotechnical/civil engineer. I owned and ran an engineering business for 35 years. I still practice part time and I am currently licensed in Montana, New Mexico and California. I have a Master's degree from California State University Long Beach...
Jennifer Iverson - Potomac Fire Board Biography: I am a fifth generation Montanan and returned to Potomac four years ago. I have been married to Justin Iverson for 16 years, which has provided me with family ties to the Potomac Valley since college. I enjoy cooking, baking, gardening, quilting and reading. Qualifying experience or skills/strengths for the Fire Board position: As a certified Project Management Professional, I have extensive experience in facilitating meetings, overseeing project...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) School Board will run a general fund operating levy of $17,056 or 2.21 mills on the May 3 ballot. It would increase taxes on a $100,000 home by $2.98 and on a $200,000 home by $5.96 annually. Unless voting absentee, voters must vote at SLE between 7 a.m. – 8 p.m. on May 3. This is the second levy run by SLE in the past seven years that has passed. One failed in 2009 by 35 votes and another was passed in 2014. The reason for the levy is declining enrollment. “That is not an increase in the bud...
Jenny Lindemer - Incumbent SLE Board Biography: I was born and raised in Missoula. I spent my summers in Seeley Lake. My family and I have lived here for 21years! Qualifying experience or skills/strengths for the school board position: My husband and I own and operate Lindey's Prime Steakhouse. I have been on SLE School Board and volunteered in various positions at Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) for 12 years. Why do you want to be on the school board? I would love to continue being involved with...
Karen Kovatch - Incumbent SLE Board Biography: We moved our family business to Seeley Lake in 1989 and I have lived here full time since 1995. I have served on the Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) Board for three years. My family here includes my parents, husband Kalvin and two children: Klaire, a seventh grade student and Klayton, a fifth grade student. My hobbies include horseback riding, cycling and skiing. Qualifying experience or skills/strengths for the school board position: Work: Currently...
Amanda Fowler - SLE Board Biography & Qualifying Experience: My name is Amanda Fowler. I grew up in Montana and have lived all around. We moved to Seeley Lake a year and a half ago. I have since then become a part of the community. I enjoy the bigger community feel with the small town people. I love to volunteer my time. I currently volunteer at Loving Hearts, I'm a youth leader with our church youth group and I am the treasurer for Sparrows Vine. I have a wonderful husband and two amazing...
Seeley Lake Ranger District Spring Prescribed Fire Projects SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Ranger District plans to conduct spring prescribed fire projects when weather, fuel conditions and air quality become favorable. Smoke will be visible from various locations around Seeley Lake depending on the burn units and weather conditions. Each project follows a Prescribed Fire Burn Plan. The prescribed fire projects are located and designed to be controlled to reduce the potential for adverse effects or to escape as a wildland fire. These projects...
MISSOULA - Seeley-Swan High School (SSHS) band and choir along with several soloists participated in the District Music Festival April 15 and 16. The band received a Superior rating, the top rating while the choir received a rating of Good. Junior Kim Kellogg received a Superior rating for her solo and has the opportunity to go to State Music Festival in May. The band and choir both performed Friday at Sentinel High School in front of two judges. The band played "Dark Odyssey" by Rob Grice and...
SEELEY LAKE - If attendees closed their eyes Sunday afternoon they could have been transported to a jazz club in New Orleans as the music of the Tappan - Williams Jazz Quartet filled the Seeley-Swan High School gym. The group played two sets of jazz standards mixed with a few modern jazz tunes. This was the final concert in the 2 Valleys Stage (2VS) 2015-2016 concert series. The quartet included Ann Tappan on piano, vocalist and jazz trombonist M.J. Williams, Brad Edwards on drums and...
SEELEY LAKE - Alpine Artisans, Inc. (AAI) presents their first Alpine Review: Art Auction and Community Talent Show May 6 at the Seeley Lake Community Hall. Attendees have the opportunity to enjoy a silent art auction, delectable foods and local entertainment while supporting AAI’s youth art grants and scholarships. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The idea for the event came from youth scholarship coordinator Dona Aitken. It replaces the Wine and Chocolate fundraiser and adds to the amount available for the grants and scholarships that comes from t...
MISSOULA - Increasing voter turnout is one of the challenges facing the Missoula County Elections office. In an effort to get more people to participate in the election process, the elections office is utilizing outreach and voter education. Maintaining an active voter status not only saves voters time but also helps save taxpayer dollars at the polls. In the 2014 November Federal General election, Missoula County had 85,905 registered voters but only 42,607 ballots were cast, a 49 percent turnout. In 2016, residents in the Swan, Clearwater...
GREAT FALLS - The first wildfire of the season in the Bob Marshall Wilderness was reported Saturday morning, April 9. The Elk Hill Fire was estimated at 1,086 acres on April 11 and 40 firefighters were staffing the fire. It appears to have been human caused from a warming or campfire but is still under investigation. The Elk Hill Fire is located on the Rocky Mountain Ranger District, Lewis and Clark National Forest. When the fire was first reported its estimated size was 500 acres. By the end of...
In Spring many animals have their young. Female chickens, called hens, hatch their young (chicks) from eggs. Whether newly hatched by a hen, in an incubator or purchased from a feed store or hatchery, chicks need care. Hens will protect their chicks until the chicks have matured enough to imitate chicken behavior. If the chicks come from another source and do not have a hen, people become the mother hen for them, talking to the chicks, keeping them protected and warm by using a brooder box....
LINCOLN - For a couple long weeks in April 1996, Lincoln was the epicenter of the biggest news story in America. The FBI arrested Theodore J. Kaczynski here April 3 in connection with the Unabomber bombings that had targeted universities and airlines for 18 years and reporters from around the country flocked to Lincoln. For two weeks, until Kaczynski was transferred from Helena to California, they camped out in Lincoln or called anyone they could, trying to dredge up any nugget they could on his...
SEELEY LAKE – Spring is here and the Seeley Lake Ranger District is interested in providing some flexibility to the existing Motorized Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) on roads designated as closed Dec. 1 – April 30. “We want to allow the public some level of early access where roads are open and dry and where resource damage will not occur while at the same time recognizing we have limited capacity to check conditions and install/move temporary signs,” said Seeley Lake District Ranger Rachel Feigley. The MVUM is part of a national effort to display...
MISSOULA – The West Central Montana Avalanche Center posted their last regularly scheduled avalanche advisory for the season Saturday, April 2. Additional updates may be posted if conditions warrant. Snowmobile trail grooming on the Missoula Ranger District on the Lolo National Forest and the Powell District on the Nez Perce- Clearwater National Forest has ended for the season. Roads that were closed to wheeled traffic during the grooming season may again be open in some locations. Recreation specialists are also advising snowmobilers to s...
MISSOULA - Judge Karen Orzech announced Tuesday, April 5 that she will be retiring effective July 8. The Board of County Commissioners will make an appointment to fill her position until a successor is elected at the 2016 general election in November. “It has been more than an honor, but a true pleasure, to serve the citizens of Missoula County as Justice of the Peace for nearly 18 years,” Judge Orzech said. “My judicial philosophy is to serve the public with kindness and respect while effecting a positive change in their lives by applying the...
BOZEMAN - Snow at higher elevations and rain in the valley yielded near to above average precipitation during March in all but one Montana River basin, according to data from the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). “The additional moisture increased most basin snowpack percentages this month to near to above normal, while the Sun-Teton-Marias continued to be overlooked by the passing storm systems,” said Lucas Zukiewicz, NRCS water supply specialist. In the Rocky Mountain Front, this year’s lack of snowfall has resulte...
When World War II started with the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Michael Milochik was attending high school in Aliquippa, Penn. Mike, like most of his classmates, had never heard of Pearl Harbor or Hawaii. He admitted that his main objective in life at that time was chasing girls around the city swimming pool in warmer weather but things were about to change. With his country now at war, Mike realized that he was ready to leave home and serve his country but he would have to wait...
SEELEY LAKE – If Jack from Team A is running neck and neck with Jill from Team B and they are 50 yards from the finish line, Jack’s coach might yell, “C’mon, you can do it. Pull out all the stops.” But why is Jack’s coach yelling about stops, when clearly his intent is for Jack to go, in fact to increase his speed. The origin of the phrase, pull out all the stops, actually has nothing to do with racing. It has to do with playing a pipe organ. Miles Hoffman’s “The NPR Classical Music Companion” calls the organ a hybrid instrument, a con...
Seeley Lake Community Trail Update SEELEY LAKE - Snowbanks have become a rare commodity on the local Seeley Lake community trails. The trails were not unscathed but didn’t suffer a great deal of blowdown from the big blow last fall. However there are a few trees that will need cut from the trails by our volunteer clearing elves this spring. Anyone wanting to exercise their chopping or sawing skills are welcome to take a walk on the west side trails or around the high school. They are easy to hop across if you want that kind of exercise. The n...
SEELEY LAKE – Pyramid Mountain Lumber Company, Inc. has maintained 140 employees and kept their doors open through the worst year financially the mill has ever experienced. Pyramid’s Chief of Operations Loren Rose said the mill intends to persevere and keep their employees on the payroll despite economic challenges. Rose said the biggest reasons for the loss of revenue are log costs and the drop instead of rise in market prices in the spring. Pyramid was the first of the Montana mills to adjust spending to account for poor lumber prices. Abo...
