From left to right: Cheryl Lewis, Gary Lewis, Marcos Arroyo and Samantha Arroyo. Marcos took over Deer Creek Excavating after his father-in-law - Samatha's dad - Gary retired. Family ties run strong for this family in Seeley Lake. Cheryl has worked at the bank in Seeley since the late eighties. Samatha grew up in Seeley Lake and moved back with Marcos in 2017.
Marcos Arroyo said there has been a running joke in the Lewis family that he was born to inherit Deer Creek Excavating. "Arroyo" is Spanish for creek, anyway.
As of Feb. 20, Arroyo took the helm of Deer Creek Excavating from his father-in-law, Gary Lewis, who took ownership of the company in 1990. Before that, Lewis's brother had the company - then called Wilderness Excavation - for several years. Lewis's father had it as Lewis Excavating prior to that, which was one of two excavating companies in the valley at the time, Lewis said.
Lewis - who is also the chair of the Seeley Lake Fire Departm...
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