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SALMON PRAIRIE - The Salmon Prairie School Christmas program - a student-written play entitled "Santa" - was held Dec. 20 at the school with friends and neighbors braving the elements in attendance. Lake County Superintendent Carolyn Hall even drove from Polson in the snowstorm to attend the festivities. Holl Hubbard - the one-room schoolhouse teacher of more than 10 years - welcomed the audience to the program which is given every year for the community. The 100-year-old schoolhouse on the...
This year's Frostbite Festival - put on by the Upper Swan Valley Historical Society - pulled in locals and newcomers to the annual holiday event on Saturday, Dec. 3....
The Swan Valley Council Board members voted unanimously to “cease and desist” with any further discussion of a garbage container site in the Swan Valley at their July 19 meeting. In addition to the container discussion, the nearly 40 people in attendance heard remarks from House District 92 Democratic Candidate Gary Stein. Representatives from the DNRC at Goat Creek, the Swan Valley Volunteer Fire Department and Swan Valley Connections discussed their response to fire in the valley and what residents can do to aid in the efforts to respond to i...
SALMON PRAIRIE - The 100-year-old Salmon Prairie Schoolhouse welcomed a mix of people from the community who came to watch the traditional Christmas program. With help from Teacher Holl Hubbard, four students, who make up the student body, put on the production of "Home Alone" Dec. 21. Along with parents and grandparents of the students, attendees included those whose roots go deep in the community. Some attended the school years ago along with a teacher from the long line of those who taught...
SWAN VALLEY – The Hungry Bear Bar & Grill offered a complimentary Thanksgiving feast as a customer appreciation on Wednesday, Nov. 24. Owners Rick Medeiros and Debbie Urick cooked 160 pounds of turkey that fed nearly 100 people from 12 – 8 p.m. Attendees included many locals from the Swan Valley and Seeley Lake as well as out-of-town visitors. The traditional turkey dinner included mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole, rolls and finished with pumpkin pie. Many said how much they app...
SWAN VALLEY - Trick-or-Treaters showed up at the Hungry Bear Bar & Grill Halloween night for the third annual Condon Truck-or-Treat. Nearly a dozen trunks lined the parking lot. Pizza and goodies were available for everyone as well as lots of candy....
SWAN LAKE - Residents and visitors alike enjoyed the 40th annual Swan Lake Huckleberry Festival Aug. 14. From the pancake breakfast and vendors to the games and Huckleberry baking contest, there was something for everyone. The event was sponsored by the Swan Lake Chamber of Commerce and Community Club. All of the proceeds from the event will be used to benefit the Swan Lake community. There were more than 10 entries in this year's Huckleberry Baking Contest. This year's winners all for the 12...
SWAN VALLEY - Swan Valley Library is open during regular hours. Preschool children are invited to come to the library on Mondays from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. to listen to a story and make a craft or art project. Book Chat will be held on Wednesday, May 26 at 1 p.m. We will be discussing #1 bestselling author Kristin Hannah’s new book entitled “The Four Winds”. Books are available at the library to borrow. “The Four Winds” is a heroic novel set during the Great Depression and the drought which brought on the Dust Bowl in the 1930s on the Great Plain...
SWAN VALLEY - Swan Valley resident Steve Card led a meeting Oct. 6 at the Swan Valley Community Hall to discuss residents joining together to look after the safety of their neighbors. He listed steps that residents can take to safeguard the community against threats to property and lives. Missoula County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Ryan Dunster spoke to those present about how residents can help themselves when threatened with harm. Card presented information from the Neighborhood Watch web page. He then shared some of the recent crimes in the S...
SWAN VALLEY - The Swan Valley Library is still offering curb side service to patrons who have a hold on a library item or who want to borrow a chrome book for use outside the library. Patrons can request books from the Library’s shelves by phoning 754-2521. The request will be brought out to them. WIFI is available both inside and outside the library at all times. Books are now transferred between most of the Missoula Public Library branches so patrons can place holds on books which can be picked up at Swan Valley Library. To place holds, visit...
SWAN VALLEY - John Stark's handcrafted, larch, 26 X 40 foot log house built in 1939 is located on a little more than two acres near Cygnet Lake in the Swan Valley. The use of locally available materials allowed the Stark house to complement its forested and rural setting and it still retains a high degree of integrity and stands as a sterling example of a simple, yet exceptionally well-constructed, log building reads the application for a place on the National Register of Historic Places Its...
SWAN VALLEY - Missoula County Building and Development Programs Manager Nicole Whyte along with Missoula County Commissioner Juanita Vero attended the Swan Valley Community Council meeting March 2. Whyte informed the more than 20 attendees about the proposed increase to the County building permit program fees. The attendees brought up suggestions, criticisms and frustrations with County taxes. Whyte said that the 2018 building codes that the state adopted Dec. 7, 2019 went into effect in the County March 7. Whyte explained the reasons for...
SWAN VALLEY - Volunteer Grizzly Bear Advisory Council member and Swan Valley Connections employee Jonathan Bowler talked about the need for public input concerning grizzly bear management. He also talked about the purpose and the work of the GBAC at the Swan Valley Community Council meeting Jan. 21. Grizzly bear populations continue to expand in Montana and even into areas that have not seen them in decades. It is creating management and conflict challenges demanding solutions. In April 2019 Montana Governor Steve Bullock directed the GBAC...
SWAN VALLEY - Swan Valley residents interested in local weather data collecting met Jan. 8 to obtain more information on how to record and share local weather observations on the website Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network or CoCoRaHs. Volunteers in locations around the United States, Canada and the Bahamas measure rain, hail and snow in their backyards, enter it on the website and within minutes it is included in maps and data analysis tools. Swan Valley resident and CoCoRaHs...
SALMON PRAIRIE - The Salmon Prairie School invited the community to their production of "Rudolph" Dec. 19. The student body made up of three students, seventh grader Cameron Lytle, kindergartner Hannah Bachkala and first grader Stetson Hulett along with teacher Holl Hubbard wrote the play roughly based on the TV production of "Rudolph." They also created the set drawings. Hubbard said that in the past, veteran students of the winter program helped the younger and new students. This year all the...
SWAN VALLEY - The Upper Swan Valley Historical Society hosted their annual Frostbite Festival Dec. 7 at the Swan Valley School. There was something for all ages including a bake sale, bazaar, crafts and a watercolor class by local artist Sharon Lamar. The proceeds go towards maintaining and operating the Swan Valley Museum....
SWAN VALLEY - Swan Lake District Ranger Chris Dowling received applause from attendees at the Swan Valley Community Council special meeting Nov. 21 when he announced there would be no fee to use the Day Use at Holland Lake during the 2020 season. Dowling explained that the fee for the campground would increase from $18 to $20 per night. He said he had met with the concessionaires and the Flathead National Forest supervisor Chip Weber to go over numbers of administration and operation costs. They did not want to see a decrease in tourism...
SWAN VALLEY - The Condon Community Church hosted their annual Condon Community Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 24 at the Swan Valley Community Hall. This year nearly 100 attended the event....
SWAN VALLEY - US Forest Service and Missoula County Projects Department representatives presented on the Mid-Swan Restoration Project and the new county tool for building permits at the Swan Valley Community Council meeting Oct. 15. Chair Ken Donovan also provided information regarding the Holland Lake Day Use agreement that is being negotiated between the US Forest Service and Swan Valley Community Foundation. Team leader of the US Forest Service Mid-Swan Restoration and Wildland Urban Interface Project Rachel Feigley presented a brief...
SWAN VALLEY - Swan Lake District Ranger Chris Dowling gave updates on maintenance work completed on the District and led a discussion about the day use fee at Holland Lake at the Swan Valley Community Council meeting Aug. 19. Dowling said that maintenance on Holland Lake Road and Kraft Creek Road was completed July 25. The District shared costs and resources with Missoula County for the project. Council member Lacey McNutt asked how often this maintenance will take place or is it “one and done”? Dowling said there are lots of variables as to...
SWAN LAKE - The 38th Annual Swan Lake Huckleberry Festival featured an assortment of huckleberry products, nearly 50 vendors selling hand-made items including jewelry, furniture and art work, game area hosted by Swan Lake Chapel and music by the Ashley Creek Ramblers. Proceeds from the Festival will be used for the Swan Lake community and the upkeep of the Swan Lake Community Center....
SALMON PRAIRIE - Friends and family of Salmon Prairie School gathered to celebrate the graduates June 3. All three students at the school graduated, Levi Webb and Kase Anderson from eighth grade and Stetson Hulett from kindergarten. Each graduate and their teacher Holl Hubbard spoke to those in attendance about their experiences at Salmon Prairie. The graduates' grandmothers presented them their diplomas. Anderson said he was glad and lucky that he has spent nine years at Salmon Prairie...
SWAN VALLEY - The Swan Valley Community Council heard presentations from Swan Valley resident Donn Ware about possible threats from Smart Electric Meters in the valley and from Missoula County employees about a climate resiliency planning process called Climate Ready Communities: Building Resiliency in Missoula County at their monthly meeting April 16. Ware said that beginning in August 2016, Missoula Electric Coop changed out Swan Valley residents’ meters to level two Smart Meters. Ware claimed these meters are a “huge invasion of our pri...
