Community Briefs

Seeley Lake Community Park Work Day, Sept. 14

SEELEY LAKE – Weather permitting, the Seeley Lake Community Parks Committee will be hosting a workday Saturday, Sept. 14 starting at 10 a.m. to do maintenance on the park at Seeley Lake Elementary school. Projects will include painting, staining and sanding the playground equipment and bleachers. Please bring work gloves and wear clothes for painting and staining. Snacks and refreshments will be provided.

Please RSVP to Nathan at 677-2155 or email nathan@seeleylake.com. Please indicate the number of people who will be attending.

MBF Kids Club starts Sept. 16

SEELEY LAKE – Kindergarteners through sixth graders are invited to join MBF Kids Club Mondays from 3 – 5 p.m. at Mission Bible Fellowship. Students will enjoy games, snacks, music, crafts, Bible Stories and fun. The Club is free. Students will be picked up at SLE and will walk to the church where parents can pick them up at 5 p.m.

For more information or to sign up contact Erika, 499-2903.

Sewers and crafters invited to share space, Sept. 18-19

SEELEY LAKE - The Tamarack Quilt Guild welcomes area sewers and crafters, who need working space, to join the group from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 18 and Sept. 19 at the Seeley Lake Community Hall. This is a great opportunity to work on their projects, to spread out and meet other sewers, quilters and crafters in the area at no cost.

For more information and/or to RSVP, please call Kris Gullikson at 406-241-1209. The RSVP is helpful because sometimes the hosts cook lunch for everyone and they need a head count.

Swan Valley Community Library Highlights

Swan Valley - Participants in the Swan Valley Library summer reading program received a free book of their choice and an ice cream cone from Swan Valley Center. Readers filled in a log of the books they read during the summer. The logs are posted in the library. The program was open to readers of all ages.

A genealogy class is being offered this fall at the Swan Valley Library. It will be taught by a reference librarian from Missoula Public Library. There is a sign up sheet in the Swan Valley library. Those interested will be notified of when the class will take place.

The Swan Valley Library Book Chat will be discussing “That Churchill Woman” by Stephanie Barron on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 1 p.m. Copies of the book are available at the library.

It is the story of the British Prime Minister during World War II Winston Churchill’s mother Jennie Jerome. Jerome, wealthy, privileged and independent, was raised in New York and Paris.

At 19 she married the seventh Duke of Marlborough after knowing him three days. She was raised to think for herself and being careless of English society rules, Lady Randolph Churchill becomes a late Victorian era London sensation, making powerful friends and enemies. She aids in her husband’s rise in Parliament

A reviewer said about the historical fiction, “Breathing new life into Jennie’s legacy and the glittering world over which she reigned, the novel paints a portrait of the difficult - and sometimes impossible - balance among love, freedom and obligation, while capturing the spirit of an unforgettable woman, one who altered the course of history.”

The Swan Valley Library is located on Highway 83 in Condon and is just north and adjacent to the Swan Valley Community Hall. The library is open Mondays and Fridays from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. For more information call 754-2521.

Seeley Lake Rural Fire District Response Log Aug. 25 – Sept. 7

• 8/25, Highway 83: Medical – SLRFD

• 8/27, Vannoy Lane, Greenough: Medical – SLRFD

• 8/28, Highway 83: Medical - SLRFD

• 8/31, Firehouse Drive, Seeley Lake: Medical - SLRFD

• 8/31, Moose Lane, Seeley Lake: Medical - SLRFD

• 8/31, Highway 83: Medical – SLRFD

• 9/1, 3260 Highway 83: Medical – SLRFD

• 9/3, 3200 Highway 83: Medical – SLRFD

• 9/3, 3583 Highway 83, Medical – SLRFD

• 9/8, 200 Firehouse Lane: Medical – SLRFD

• 9/8, mile marker 17 Highway 83: Illegal burning - SLFRD