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SEELEY LAKE - Sixteen-year-old Bailey Boyles shouted "Hip hip!" and the boat she was trailing behind accelerated, allowing her to sit upright on her hydrofoil. The group of people in the boat cheered as she rode, they were all members of her family or other hydrofoilers that her family had known for years. The 10th annual Seeley Lake Invitational hydrofoiling event took place over this Memorial Day weekend, hosted by Missoula residents Keith Gyles, his wife Robin and Seeley Lake resident Woody...
SWAN VALLEY - Swan Valley Elementary has its own resident artist now that fifth grader Rilyn Richardson won second place in the Montana Department of Transportation Aeronautics Division annual aviation art contest for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. More than 250 artists entered the contest in three categories from kindergarten through seniors in high school. On May 25, as soon as the graduation ceremony ended, it was announced that Richardson won the prize for her drawing of a...
SWAN VALLEY - It was a big day for the Richardson family at Swan Valley Elementary. Seth Richardson, an eighth grader, was presented with his diploma by his father and honored in a graduation ceremony alongside two other students who were graduating from kindergarten. Richardson's father Nathan presented him with his diploma and gave his son a big hug. "It was pretty overwhelming," Nathan said. "It's a little silly to have a ceremony for graduating eighth grade, but it's still a milestone....
SWAN VALLEY - At the Swan Valley Elementary spring concert, students from kindergarten to middle school sang, played instruments and even acted in a musical play about ancient history. "She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain" was one of the songs performed by kindergartners, first and second graders with accompanying actions. The third and fourth grade group sang several tunes, one of which included percussion instruments such as drums and maracas. The fifth grade band performed "Frère Jacques"...
SEELEY LAKE - When Kyle Zumwalt was a manager at Noodle Express in Missoula, the company required that he read a book called "Good to Great." It detailed how companies can go above and beyond when serving their customers. Zumwalt, 30, hasn't stopped thinking about what he read since, especially when it comes to his new sandwich shop, It's Ah Wrap. "Since I've been a kid, I wanted to open a restaurant," he said. "The food industry has always fascinated me and I love being in the kitchen." Zumwalt...
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley Lake resident Amy Vernarsky already owned four dogs and five cats. When she rescued 20 abandoned kittens and adult cats she had to clear out a spare bedroom to house them all. "When my daughter saw the Facebook post [about the abandoned cats in the Morrell area], she wanted us to go get them," Vernarsky said. "And I was like 'Of course!'" In total, there were three mother cats and 17 kittens of varying ages. The two youngest of the kittens, which Vernarsky estimated to be o...
OVANDO - Ovando Elementary School graduated three eighth graders Wednesday, May 23. Opening remarks were made by the school's supervising teacher, Leigh Ann Valiton, affectionately known as "Ms. Valley." She said she had always been thankful her own children were boys, until the girls of this year's eighth grade class came along and changed her mind. Iris Swanberg, Sadie Smith and Macy Williams each participated in school graduation traditions like the reading of their "wills" or what they wish...
