Community Briefs

Town Clean Up

SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Rural Fire District encourages residents of Seeley Lake to remove the evacuation warning and order flagging and signs from their property to help clean up the town. Since all the evacuation notices have been lifted, it is no longer needed.

Movie Night Returns, Oct. 21

SEELEY LAKE – Movie Night returns to the Seeley Lake Fire Hall Saturday, Oct. 21 at 6:30 p.m. Join the Seeley Lake volunteers for chili and the movie “Captain Underpants” in the fire hall bay.

While the event is geared towards elementary students, youth in high school and families are welcome as well. Children in kindergarten or younger must be accompanied by an adult.

The movie starts at 7 p.m. Everyone is encouraged to bring their favorite movie snacks to eat or share. Also, bring a comfortable chair, blanket or pillow.

The event is free and open to the public. Follow the “Seeley Lake Volunteer Fire Company - Fire & QRU” on Facebook for any changes or to find out when the next movie night is.

Destinations for Education Holding Fall Fest, Oct. 26

SEELEY LAKE – The community of Seeley Lake is invited to join the Seeley-Swan High School Destinations for Education students for a Fall Fest Oct. 26 from 6-9 p.m. at the Seeley Lake Lions Club Park on the corner of Elm Drive and Cedar Lane. This is a chance to get out and enjoy live music and a bonfire while supporting the students traveling to Costa Rica April 5-15, 2018.

Weather permitting there will be live music provided by Trace Stone and Mark Williams around a bonfire. There will be 15 different soups, rolls, pie and beverage for purchase. The students are also making scarecrows and fall wreaths that will be available during a silent auction that will close at 8:30 p.m.

All proceeds will support the Destination for Education program.

Swan Valley Community Library Highlights

Swan Valley - “Still Alice” by Lisa Genova will be the subject of the October book chat held at the Swan Valley Library Wednesday, Oct. 25.

Genova holds a degree in Biopsychology and a PhD in Neuroscience from Harvard University. She is well qualified to write the fictionalized story of Alice Howland a professor of cognitive psychology at Harvard who experiences early-onset Alzheimer’s. She writes of 50-year-old Alice’s decline from disorientation in her hometown and even in her own home to not recognizing her children. The story has been described as a heartbreaking reality that gives voice to those suffering the disease.

Genova travels the world speaking about neurological diseases including Alzheimer’s disease, traumatic brain injury, autism, Huntington’s disease and ALS. She has appeared on numerous radio and television shows. Her online talk on “What You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer’s” received more than two million views.

Elementary students from Salmon Prairie School plan to visit the library on a regular basis during the school year and spend time in the library reading a book they choose. Students who visit a library can learn how the library is organized and what other services are available.

Fiction and non-fiction books can be ordered from partner libraries and are delivered to Swan Valley library for the patron to pick up. A patron can order a book online or the librarian at the library can put in the request.

There are four computers available for patron use along with Wi-Fi for personal devices at the library.

Story time is held every Friday at 11 a.m. An art project is completed at the end of the story.

Missoula County Commissioners Seeking Board Applicants

The Missoula County Commissioners are looking to fill vacancies on five boards. Applications are available online or in the County Commissioners’ Office, located at 199 West Pine Street. Submissions may be filed electronically or emailed to sbell@missoulacounty.us. Deadline for applications is Nov. 9, by 5 p.m. 

The three local boards open to Seeley Lake and Potomac residents include:

• Seeley Lake Community Council – One vacancy to fulfill remaining term until May 31, 2019. The council comprises seven members who are registered voters within the boundaries of the Seeley Lake School District. Members of the Seeley Lake Community Council are elected to advance and promote the interests and welfare of the citizens of the Seeley Lake community by providing useful, beneficial and helpful information that can affect the decision-making process to the Missoula County Commissioners.

 • Greenough-Potomac Fire District – One vacancy to fulfill remaining term until May 31, 2020.

 • Weed Control Board – Three vacancies, one regular member and two alternate positions to fill vacant terms. Board consists of nine regular members and two alternate positions. The board oversees the planning, implementing and developing of a coordinated program that includes education, prevention, management and research as described in the weed district’s Noxious Weed Management Plan.

For further information, please contact the County Commissioners’ Office at (406) 258-4877. All board vacancies are listed at https://www.missoulacounty.us/community/current-vacancies