Community Briefs

Oct 01, 20200

Death Notice

SEELEY LAKE - LaMyra “Kay” Price, 82, passed away in the morning, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, at her home in Seeley Lake. Brothers Mortuary and Crematory are honored to care for the family. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at www.brothersmortuary.com.

Community Firewood Day, Oct. 9

Swan Valley - Join Swan Valley Connections for their Community Firewood Day Oct. 9 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Volunteers will be splitting, delivering and stacking firewood for a full list of people in need in the community.

If you’d like to volunteer to cut, split, haul, or donate wood, or if you have a splitter to lend for the day, please contact Leanna at (406) 754-3137

Meet at the Condon Work Center at 9 a.m. for a mandatory safety meeting.

Please bring your own lunch/snacks, ear and eye protection and gloves.

Volunteer barbecue to follow. Huge thanks to Mannix Grass Finished Beef and Luke Lamar for sponsoring!

Flathead Audubon offers online program on the flight of the hummingbird

Flathead Audubon will present an online program on Monday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. Dr. Bret Tobalske is a Professor of Organismal Biology, Ecology and Evolution in the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana and is Director of the Field Research Station at Fort Missoula. He will explore the diverse aspects of the hummingbird’s biological form and function that facilitate their prowess in flight.

Hummingbirds are unique among birds in converging upon the capacity of insects for indefinite hovering and remarkable maneuvering during flight. They also are adept at forward flight and some fly great distances to migrate. The flight performance of hummingbirds represents an extreme with limits imposed by evolution as a vertebrate and it provides a useful model for the development of bioinspired, autonomous flying vehicles.

Dr. Tobalske received his PhD at the University of Montana in 1994 and pursued post-doctoral work at Harvard University. He was on the faculty of the University of Portland in Oregon from 1999-2008 whereupon he returned to the University of Montana. As a comparative biomechanist, he explores how the form and function of organisms has evolved in relation to the attributes of the physical world. Most of his research explores avian flight but he has diverse interests that are united by fundamental questions about fluid dynamics and the effects of body size including, for example, the costs and uses of sexually-selected weapons in beetles and the evolution of polar gigantism in sea spiders.

For more information on how to access the program, go to http://www.flatheadaudubon.org The program is free and open to the public.

Weekly COVID-19 update

As of Sept. 28, there are 12,413 cases of COVID-19 in Montana. There are 3,400 active cases, 698 total hospitalizations with 158 active, 8,839 recoveries and 174 deaths in Montana due to COVID-19 complications. Missoula County has had 809 cases, has 259 active cases with 12 currently hospitalized, 547 recovered and three reported deaths. There are more than 1,160 identified close contacts in quarantine and isolation.

For the most up-to-date and accurate information and best ways of protecting yourself and others, please refer to the Missoula County-City Health Department website http://missoula.co/cvirus or call 406-258-INFO (4636) Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Missoula County Sheriff’s Office Call Log Sept. 20 – Sept. 28

• 9/21, 1:48am, 34XX Highway 83, Seeley Lake: Trespassing

• 9/21, 11:39pm, 2XX Riverview Drive, Seeley Lake: Disturbance

• 9/21, 5:47pm, Larch Lane, Seeley Lake: Disorderly Conduct

• 9/23, 1:02pm, 3X mile marker, Highway 200, Greenough: Accident – No Injury

• 9/24, 12:12pm, Charles Road, Condon: Accident – No Injury

• 9/24, 12:47pm, 10XX Willow Drive, Seeley Lake: Vandalism

• 9/24, 3:44pm, 403XX Paws Up Road, Greenough: Suspicious Activity

• 9/25, 5:43pm, 31XX Highway 83, Seeley Lake: Trespassing

• 9/26, 11:15am, X mile marker, Highway 83, Greenough: Accident – No Injury

• 9/26, 11:17am, 5XX Pine Drive, Seeley Lake: Suspicious Activity

• 9/26, 6:05pm, 7XX Fir Drive, Seeley Lake: Harassment