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SWAN VALLEY – Quick Response Unit (QRU) volunteers and volunteer firefighters give of their time, energy and often sacrifice financially to serve the communities in which they work and live. They often do this with little or no recognition. Swan Valley resident Grace Siloti wants to see that changed. Siloti, Marcia Tapp and Helene Michael are throwing a Community Celebration to honor volunteer QRU and firefighters. The event is an opportunity to thank the volunteers and will include a potluck and live music. The whole community and s...
SEELEY LAKE – Twenty-two bands filled Seeley Lake with music for three days July 14-16 during the Bob Marshall Wilderness Music Festival. Coupling the afternoon and evening music with morning yoga, group activities and races captured the attention of a wide range of people all looking for some fun. While the official numbers are not in, Event Organizer Chris Stout estimated, based on the revenue, that there were 2000 tickets sold. He said there were many more people that participated since 12 a...
SEELEY LAKE - It was nearly a photo finish for the women's top two competitors in the inaugural Seeley Lake 50K Friday, July 15. Seeley Lake's Kim Grover held her lead over Carolina Davies of Helena finishing just 12 seconds ahead of Davies with a time of 5:12:46.98. Jonah Weaver of Portland, Ore. won the title for the men with a time of 4:24:27.09. Eleven runners participated out of the 20 that pre-registered. Eight of the runners were from Helena while others came from Hamilton, Mont., Seeley...
One of the hardest parts of our job at the Pathfinder is finding the other side of stories. Even harder is finding someone willing to go on the record with the other side, especially if it seems to go against the grain. Being in a small town makes it even more difficult. This week Curtis Friede was willing to stick his neck out a bit and go on the record so we could present the other side of the Bob Marshall Music Festival. Friede is not alone in his opinions and concerns. I’ve heard these issues and others in conversations with people who w...
SEELEY LAKE – While organizers and many people in the community were excited about the Bob Marshall Music Festival, others raised issues that they felt need to be addressed and clarified. Seeley Lake resident and business owner Curtis Friede not only took personal issue with the festival being held in the middle of town, he also sees the event dividing the community in several ways. Friede lives on the top of the hill to the east of the Seeley Lake Elementary school where the three-day festival was held. He said that for anyone who lived on t...
SEELEY LAKE - A major concern expressed from community members about the Bob Marshall Music Festival was serving alcohol near Seeley Lake Elementary (SLE) school and its property. The area where the alcohol was served is legally owned by SLE but is designated as a Missoula County Park. SLE administers the park and can approve or disapprove activities without the Missoula County Parks and Recreation Department input. The festival was approved for a special permit form the Montana Department of Revenue allowing temporary beer and wine sales and c...
President Barack Hussein Obama is arguably the most maligned president in U.S. history, thanks to the U.S. Congress, the NRA and special interest groups that are opposed to his policies. President Obama has survived the most vile accusations with dignity and honor. We should all have such grace....
The sun glistens on the trees Through the brightly colored autumn leaves Shadows cast on the ground All near the ground squirrels' mound The birds' songs grow weak As the autumn mornings become more bleak Traces that summer was here Have yet to disappear But everyone knows fall is near The animals and plants leave or die And all that can be said is Goodbye It may be sad but not everyone can hibernate in a den But we all know that summer will be back again...
At this point, it might be obvious that our psychologies are constantly involved in our lives. Every thought, emotion, creative expression, conversation, argument, relationship, loving gesture, physical action, value, belief and so on, follows from psychological influences. But why is this important? It’s important for an endless number of reasons. For example, many people are not aware, or aware enough, of these influences. If more people recognized their psychological influences, then more people would consider their expressions, gestures, re...
SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Community Council (SLCC) voted to send a letter requesting the Missoula County Commissioners expedite a solution to the issue of snow plowing in Dogtown. Also at the meeting, representatives from the county presented the latest plans for the fairgrounds in Missoula and the council was updated on the progress of their proposed safety improvements on Highway 83. During public comments it was asked, what has been done to resolve the snow plowing issue in Dogtown. The issue came to light last summer when Missoula...
HELENA – Montana State Parks (stateparks.mt.gov) announced that it is seeking public comment on recommended funding levels for 2016/2017 Montana Snowmobile Program grant applications. The recommended funding for the Seeley Lake Driftriders is $18,316. Public comments will be accepted through Friday, Aug. 5 at 5 p.m. The Montana Snowmobile Program is administered by Montana State Parks and supports snowmobile organizations state wide in trail grooming, equipment, safety education and maintenance needs. For 2016/2017, Montana State Parks r...
There is something about songbirds this time of year that can catch the ear, eye and heart of even the most preoccupied person. It doesn't matter where: mountain tops, middle of the prairie, downtown, uptown. It doesn't matter what you call them: tweety birds, little brown jobs, neotropical migrants. Songbirds are nesting, raising young and – at least the males – singing their blessed little hearts out. Sure a dedicated birder with keen hearing can tell the difference between the songs of a sav...
SEELEY LAKE – The Open Book Club (OBC) held July 13 featured Russell Rowland's book "Fifty-Six Counties: A Montana Journey." Three things were unusual about the event. First, it was a summer event held at Holland Lake Lodge rather than one of the fall-through-summer readings OBC traditionally holds at Grizzly Claw Trading Company. Second, published writer, Sheila Scobba Banning, functioned as a moderator, alternately interviewing Rowland, prompting him to read selections from his book and s...
SWAN VALLEY - The Swan Valley Regional Planning Committee (SVRPC) met July 13 to consider public comments and Missoula lawyer Colleen Dowdall’s edits to the draft regional plan. The committee addressed and edited sections in the Natural Resources and Environmental Element including Ground Water Quality, Noise and Light Pollution. The committee voted four to one to delete the entire Climate Change section. The SVRPC voted with two opposed to accept Dowdall’s edits to the first three paragraphs in Ground Water Quality which removed excess verbiag...
WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell announced steps to make it easier for outfitters, guides, schools, non-profits and other partners to take groups out to enjoy outdoor activities on national forests and grasslands. By streamlining the approach to special-use permitting for national forests and grasslands, natural resources will be even more accessible to Americans. “Our national forests and grasslands connect people to nature where they live, providing sustainable recreation opp...
SEELEY LAKE – The inaugural Change Your Pace Challenge 10 kilometer (K) and 5K races and 2K fun run attracted all ages and abilities Saturday, July 16. Racers, joggers and walkers had the opportunity to explore the roads of Seeley Lake and take in the beauty Seeley Lake offers. The goal of the event was to continue to raise money for the Change Your Pace Challenge (Challenge). The Challenge is the Seeley Lake Community Foundation's (SLCF) new approach to financially supporting local o...
Goal: Lois' Salon owner Lois Grant of Potomac hopes to have all her customers leave with a smile on their faces. Grant enjoys helping people look their best and seeing them leave happy with the results. History: Originally Grant wanted to go to business college but after receiving a cosmetology scholarship she fell in love with the idea of having a salon. Grant then completed 1,600 hours in a qualified beauty school and passed state board exams for California and Montana to become a licensed...
POTOMAC – Nancy D. Shaffer Linnell was born Jan. 11, 1955, to Robert and Donna Shaffer in Devils Lake, N.D. She was the sixth child of 13. As a young child she moved with her family to Missoula. In 1965 the family bought a neighborhood grocery store on the Northside. Nancy attended Whittier Grade School and graduated from Hellgate High School. During her school years when the neighborhood parks were in full swing, she enjoyed and excelled in fast pitch, ping pong, horseshoes and tether ball, a... Full story
SEELEY LAKE - Duane Milton Verworn, 78, passed away in the late evening hours July 11 in Kalispell, Mont. He was born in Zero, Mont. in a boxcar, July 29, 1937 delivered by his father Henry to his mother Clara Heinle. He was the fourth of eight children. He grew up and worked around the Missoula/Seeley Lake area. He married his first wife Beverly in 1957, to which his first four children, Robin (Edward), Gina (Dave), Mark and Roxanne (Randy) were born. They were divorced and he married his... Full story
A dozen racers participated in the paddle board race held Saturday morning, July 16 on Seeley Lake. The event was part of the Bob Marshall Music Festival....
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley Lake was the destination for the capstone race in the Western Montana Trail Series produced by the Bicycle Racing Alliance of Montana (BRAM) Saturday, July 16. This was the first official mountain bike race in Seeley Lake offering 55-mile, 35-mile and 22-mile loop routes attracting more than 60 racers. Race Director Ben Horan said BRAM has put on the Missoula XC, a high level, Olympic qualifying race in Missoula, for the past six years. This was the first year that they b...
Mussel Dogs Campfire Program at Holland Lake SWAN VALLEY - Join Swan Valley Connections for their Mussel Dogs Campfire Program July 26 at 7 p.m. at the Holland Lake Day Use Area. Lab sisters Rosebud and Ismay, under the direction of their human handler Deb, will demonstrate how they sniff out invasive mussel species at the state Watercraft Inspection stations. Watch these hard-working dogs demonstrate their amazing powers of detection. Admission and parking is free of charge. Bring a lawn chair or picnic blanket and flashlight. For details...
