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SEELEY LAKE – Lindey's Steak House opened their dining rooms for the second annual Christmas Bazaar, Dec. 8. Shoppers browsed more than a dozen booths filled with creations from local crafters and artists and products from direct sales consultants. Seeley Lake's Alicia Kues organized the event again this year and felt it was a great event again this year. "Thank you to Mike and Jenny [Lindemer], for all the help and welcoming us into the steak house," said Kues. "Thank you to all vendors for b...
SEELEY LAKE – Mission Bible Fellowship's fellowship hall was filled with new and gently used toys and gifts for this year's annual Loving Hearts Toy Sale. While the turn out was less than in previous years, the volunteers were happy for the opportunity to help provide Christmas gifts to local families who may have otherwise had a hard time purchasing presents for their loved ones. Every year, Loving Hearts sets aside new and gently used toys that are donated. They also purchase new toys for the...
SWAN VALLEY – The annual Upper Swan Valley Historical Society Frostbite Festival Holiday Bazaar and Bake Sale welcomed all ages and offered something for everyone at this year's event, Saturday, Dec. 1. With more than 20 vendors, a bake sale to satisfy every taste and hands-on projects for children and adults, everyone left with a smile and treasures to bring home. The Swan Valley School gymnasium was filled with crafters and artisans from the Swan Valley, Seeley Lake and Lincoln leaving w...
OVANDO - Ovando's Old West Christmas Fest returned to the Friday after Thanksgiving drawing many families from all over the western part of the state. Signs leading up to and throughout town exclaimed "Fun." The smiles and laughter were contagious as everyone participated in all the different activities offered. There were three entries this year in the Breakfast Casserole Cook Off. Despite voters saying how hard it was to choose, Margaret Bauer's Breakfast Casserole, labeled #1 for taste...
SWAN VALLEY - The 2018 Frostbite Festival Holiday Bazaar and Bake Sale is Saturday, Dec. 1, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Swan Valley School in Condon. The event is hosted by the Upper Swan Valley Historical Society. Artisans and crafters from the Swan Valley and northwest Montana will display and sell their handiwork. This is a wonderful opportunity for shoppers to find unique locally made holiday gifts. It's a great time to get together with friends and family, meet new people and support our...
SEELEY LAKE – Prompted by the success of its August screening of "Walking Bear Comes Home," the Clearwater Resource Council presented a follow-up Clearwater Partners Workshop Nov. 17. Entitled "Montana to Manitoba: The Polar Bear Connection," the slide show was presented by retired Salish Kootenai College professor and current Great Bear Foundation President Frank Tyro. In addition to his other projects and duties, Tyro is an instructor, co-leader, bear monitor and bus driver for the Arctic F...
SEELEY LAKE – Dr. Frank Tyro, the director of the film "Walking Bear Comes Home" about the life of Chuck Jonkel, is returning to Seeley Lake to present more detail about the Great Bear Foundation's Arctic Field Course in Churchill, Manitoba, the Polar Bear Capitol of the world. Presented by Clearwater Resource Council, Tyro's presentation, titled Montana to Manitoba: The Polar Bear Connection, is on Saturday, Nov. 17, 1 p.m. at the Seeley Lake Historical Museum and Visitors' Center. Tyro is j...
SEELEY LAKE - Gwen Florio will be presenting her new book “Silent Hearts” Saturday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Grizzly Claw Trading Company. Alpine Artisans Open Book Club is sponsoring the event. There is no charge for this event and all are welcome. Primarily set in Afghanistan, this is a story of an American aid worker and an educated Pakistani woman, working as an interpreter, who is still adjusting to her arranged marriage to the son of an Afghani strongman and smuggler. These two women form a friendship despite their utterly different life...
SWAN VALLEY - Attendees gathered on the Swan Valley Community Hall porch with the temperature in the low 30s to pay tribute to all veterans at 11 a.m. Nov. 11. Attendees then went inside and enjoyed stories, singing and a lunch provided by the Swan Valley American Legion Post #63 Auxiliary....
SEELEY LAKE - Lunch at the Seeley Lake Senior Center Oct. 31 provided a lot of laughs and smiles as a new cast of characters showed up for the fun. Prizes were awarded for the best costume and the eats and treats were boo-licious. The saying, "Playing dress-up begins at age five and never truly ends" couldn't be more true for these Seeley Lake residents....
SEELEY LAKE – The fifth annual Trunk-or-Treat at the Wilderness Gateway Motel had another year of success. The 190 children that attended enjoyed nearly a dozen decorated trunks complete with candy. Other highlights this year included a unicorn ring toss game and free apple cider and hot cocoa to keep everyone warm during the rainy weather. New this year, owner of Wilderness Gateway Motel June Blotz set up a photo booth where she took Polaroid photos to capture the costumes. "It was a great e...
SWAN VALLEY - Member from Condon Community Church and the community gathered Sunday, Oct. 28 for an evening of fun and fellowship at the church's annual Harvest Party. After a meal of chili, everyone voted on their favorite pie. Carolyn Westra's cherry pie earned the bragging rights for the best. The rest of the evening was filled with games for all ages organized by Barbara Smith. Smith said the event was a huge success. She thought holding the party on Sunday instead of Oct. 31 was a positive...
SWAN VALLEY - The festive laughter of all ages having a spooky fun time echoed throughout the Swan Valley Elementary School's gym on the evening of Oct 26. The annual Harvest Festival, hosted by the joined efforts of the PTA and the junior high class, brought students and their families dressed up as anything from a Disney Princess to Spooky Skeletons for a spaghetti dinner followed by the carnival. It has become a bit of an unofficial tradition for the junior high class to hold a fundraiser...
POTOMAC - More than 40 people attended the first annual Potomac Fall Carnival presented by the staff and students of the Explorers Program. The event took place Friday, Oct. 26 at the Potomac/Greenough Community Center. The focus of the event was to help raise funds for the Eighth Grade Capstone Trip. They raised $150....
SEELEY LAKE - Although temperatures barely reached 40 degrees Saturday, Oct. 13 for the Seeley Lake Chamber of Commerce Tamarack BrewFest, it didn't stop attendees from enjoying the brews, campfires and dancing to the live music by The Double Down Band and Beat Deaf on the shores of Seeley Lake at the Tamaracks Resort....
SEELEY LAKE - Appearing at Alpine Artisan's Open Book Club Saturday, Oct.19 at 7 p.m. at the Grizzly Claw Trading Company is Montana mystery writer Christine Carbo. She will be reading from and discussing "A Sharp Solitude" her fourth book in her Glacier Mystery Series. There is no charge for this event and all are welcome. "A Sharp Solitude" is set in the magnificent and brutal terrain of Glacier National Park and its environs. A journalist has been murdered and FBI investigator Ali Paige,...
SEELEY LAKE – Everything from the table décor and the auction items, to the meal and desserts exemplified the theme “Wonderfully Made.” But it isn’t the ‘stuff’ that Sparrow’s Vine Pregnancy Resource Center highlighted at their 10th annual banquet Thursday, Oct. 4, it was the heart and love of God to change families lives when they welcome the most wonderfully made of all, their new child. Prior to enjoying the meal catered by Moose River and keynote speaker Dan Kulp, Sparrow’s Vine honored Hel...
The 2018 Alpine Artisans’ annual Tour of the Arts invites you to take a tour of local artists at work Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 13 and 14 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. This popular self-guided tour has expanded to feature the work of over 30 artists in seven artist studios, three galleries and two historical museums in Seeley Lake, Condon, Lincoln and Ovando. The tour is held annually in mid-October to feature the natural beauty of the Western Tamaracks as they turn a bright yellow and orange, highlighting the incredible natural beauty of the See...
The 2 Valleys Stage Performing Arts Series is preparing for their next guest artist residency, a flute and saxophone duo called The Awea Duo. They will present a community concert in the Seeley-Swan High School auditorium Oct. 21 at 3 p.m. Jennifer Cooper and Masahito Sugihara share a passion for chamber music and enjoy a productive and exciting musical partnership. The Awea Duo is committed to promoting music for the flute and saxophone. They will perform some classical works as well as pieces...
SEELEY LAKE – The Tamaracks Resort north of Seeley Lake will be buzzing this Saturday with activities for all ages. The Seeley Lake Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting the Tamarack Brewfest on the north shore of Seeley Lake, Oct. 13 from 2 – 10 p.m. Everyone is invited rain or shine to enjoy local brews, activities for all ages and live music. The day starts at the Morrell Falls trailhead with a guided hike leaving promptly at 9 a.m. Then from 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. canoe races on Seeley Lake will take place from the beach rental shack at the T...
Beautifully filmed in Montana's Paradise Valley, the Sundance Film Festival hit "Walking Out" will provide a thrilling evening to hunters and back country enthusiasts alike. The powerfully-acted plot revolves around a hunting trip in a remote, snow-filled valley taken by a father and his 14-year old son, who have been estranged. The son, David (Josh Wiggins), lives with his mother in Texas but comes to Montana once a year to spend time with his roughneck father Cal (Matt Bomer). David would rath...
SWAN VALLEY – Rebecca Folsom and Mark Oblinger filled the Swan Valley Community Hall with their beautiful harmonies, talented wit and honest emotions Sunday, Sept. 23. Folsom's performance opened the 2018-2019 2 Valleys Stage concert series. This was not Folsom's first appearance in the Seeley-Swan valley, having performed before with Celeste Krenz as the "Rhythm Angels." Splitting her time between Colorado, Nashville, Tenn. and touring nationally, Folsom shared parts of her artistic journey a...
SEELEY LAKE - Please join us as Bernice Ende, Lady Long Rider, makes her second appearance at Alpine Artisan's Open Book, Thursday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. at the Grizzly Claw Trading Company. She will be presenting a slide show and discussing her recent book "Lady Long Rider" which chronicles her 28,000 miles on horseback crisscrossing the continent. There is no charge for this event and all are welcome. As a fearless young girl on her parents' dairy farm in Minnesota, Ende loved to gallop bareback...
SEELEY LAKE -- The community is invited to attend a traveling University of Idaho exhibit of art and open community discussion about wildfire and our shared future. The creative voices of artists and fire practitioners are connected with people in communities highly affected by recent fires in the Northern Rockies. The art exhibit will be on display from 2-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Seeley Lake Community Center. A discussion of what fire science tells us will be led by University of Idaho...
SEELEY LAKE – "His story had me on an emotional roller coaster. One minute you're laughing and the next crying," recalled Sparrow's Vine Executive Director Tera Wold after listening to Dan Kulp at a Care Net Missoula event in March of 2017. "It left me feeling that the world is beautiful and there are beautiful people out there who were put directly on this earth to help others. After the show, I just KNEW I needed to get him to my audience in Seeley." With the financial support of Seeley Lake r...
