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SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board was informed at their Feb. 27 meeting that Missoula County will most likely not be able to fulfill construction engineering as promised by the former District manager. In other business the board discussed required easements and voted to create a committee to write an annexation policy but would deny annexation requests until the system is running. In order to cut costs for the District, past District Manager and Missoula County Public Works Director Greg Robertson committed the county to d...
SEELEY LAKE – On Feb. 28, Judge Gregory Pinski sentenced Seeley Lake resident Justin Cahoon, 22, to 20 years with 15 years suspended after he plead guilty to sexual intercourse without consent with a 14-year-old child on or about Sept. 13, 2017. On Sept. 14, 2017 Missoula County Sheriff’s Deputy Sergeant Robert Parcell received a report from a female in Seeley Lake. The female said she viewed a video of sexual nature on Snapchat including 20-year-old Cahoon and a 14-year-old girl. When Parcell questioned Cahoon, he denied the allegations and...
SWAN VALLEY - On March 1, Leon Kauffman took members of the Swan Valley community on a journey through his camera lens. At the Swan Valley Community Hall, Kauffman presented a wide variety of his photography. He talked about the origins of his hobby, as well as where he would like to take it. Kauffman's photography started early in his life. At a young age, he realized he didn't particularly enjoy being the focus of attention in a picture. Instead, he liked being the one capturing the moment....
SEELEY LAKE - Missoula County Public schools announced Kellen Palmer, current Instructional Coach at Douglas High School in Douglas, Wyo., will fill the principal position at Seeley-Swan starting with the 2019-20 school year. Palmer was among three candidates that were interviewed the last week of February and was the only one that was not current MCPS faculty. Palmer grew up in Fairfield, Mont. He served as the Assistant Coach of the University of Montana-Western men’s basketball team in 2009-2010 in Dillon, Mont. After moving to Wyoming, he w...
SEELEY LAKE – Sub-zero temperatures didn't keep locals from coming out for the Seeley Lake Area Chamber of Commerce's First Friday event at The Lodges on Seeley Lake, March 1. Missoula's Good Old Fashioned played to a crowd of more than 50 people who enjoyed drinks and various appetizers served by the featured business, The Lodges. The Lodges finished the new lodge last summer and opened it to host conferences and other events. Starting Presidents' Day weekend, they opened the lodge to the p...
SEELEY LAKE - Monday, March 4 the Seeley Lake Ranger District reported a low of -34. This is the lowest temperature recorded for March at the Ranger District since they started keeping records in 1967. Local schools ran two hours late. By 3 p.m. spring seemed a little closer with temperatures reaching the mid-20s....
Q: We are starting our first garden of raised beds in Seeley Lake. How much do we have to worry about soil contaminants in our garden beds? Is there some way to keep the soil in good health from year to year? A: It has been said that if a gardener takes care of the soil, the rest of the garden will take care of itself. The soil is where everything starts. The dirt is full of living organisms--billions of them in every teaspoonful. Yes, that is right. There are billions of fungal spores,...
Hear the band? Join the March... Join us as we march into spring with our local Meals on Wheels (MOW) campaign March for Meals - Seeley Lake. March for Meals – Seeley Lake is the annual fundraising event which helps pay for Seeley Lake's Meals on Wheels Program. Meals cooked every morning, Monday through Friday at the Seeley Lake Senior Center are hand delivered by volunteers to homebound older adults and people with disabilities in Seeley Lake. Our service goes beyond meal delivery at the door....
He felt everything displayed by people He loved how he felt when they were happy He had the greatest power of all Empathy It was the Empathy Turtle Now, the Empathy Turtle loves people And a close second is his boots His magnificent boots He's a doof, but he means well He has a gigantic heart He's not always the best, and A lot of the time, He messes something up Okay, everything But he makes it up Always He always gives his favorite Drink as a present When someone feels down If a Sprite...
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley-Swan Search and Rescue responded to two calls for “lost” snowmobilers this past weekend. Both were found before they had to spend the night in the sub-zero temperatures. Missoula County Sheriff’s Deputy Sergeant Bob Parcell said both were separated from their group, so when they got stuck, they were unable to get themselves out. On Friday, March 1 around 3 p.m. a snowmobiler from Spokane, Wash. called 9-1-1 reporting he was lost. He had been snowmobiling with a large group in the north fork of the Placid Creek area and got...
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley Lake ROCKS is thrilled to be building non-motorized, multi-use recreation trails near Placid Lake State Park in the Hill-16 recreation area. We cleared more than two miles of old logging roads last fall and will continue our work this spring and summer. Funding will allow us to construct three and a half miles of new connector trails, vastly improve the logging road trails and to construct three trailhead parking areas. [You can help promote our grant application at the end...
SEELEY LAKE - The next Seeley Lake Community Council meeting March 11 will have a full agenda again. It will start with Josh Slotnick, who was newly elected to the County Board of Commissioners last year. Slotnick will talk about his experience in his first two months in office, how he sees the future of the BCC and his role in it. Next will be Dr. Kathleen Pecora, the retiring principal of the Seeley-Swan High School. Dr. Pecora will give a retrospective of her nine years running the school and talk about the achievements and challenges of...
Jump out of your La-Z-Boy® and into your jet propelled roller blades for this amazing biography of a late 20th century naughty girl, flying on her wits and outstanding skill, to top corporate woman, completely at home in the walls of extra-normality, in her well deserved 21st century space in downtown IT land. From beginning to end of this biographic thriller, "Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called "Alien", the pages turn like stadium turnstiles for the super bowl...
SEELEY LAKE – If Joe bought a fancy new computer, he might boast to Cindy, "It has all the bells and whistles." Nevertheless, if Cindy were to take apart his computer, she would find neither a bell nor a whistle among the pieces of hardware. So how did this phrase, meaning fancy additions beyond those essential to the use of the item itself, come into being? No one knows for sure, but that does not keep anyone from speculating. One theory connects the phrase with trains, especially steam l...
We have now finished the 45th Legislative day and are officially halfway through the legislative session in Helena. Most members of the Legislature have a week or so break as the general bills are all transmitted over to the opposite legislative chamber. I will be staying in Helena in order to get infrastructure ready for when the Legislature returns, and members of the House Appropriations committee will be back early on Thursday in order to start the committee hearings on the full state budget. In the first half of the legislative session,...
HELENA — The 66th Montana Legislature is at its halfway mark and that means that any general bills that did not make it through their first house before the transmittal deadline are effectively killed. About sixty bills have passed both houses and have reached the governor’s desk. Gov. Steve Bullock said one of the most impactful laws he’s signed is House Bill 159, which will add about $77 million in funding for K-12 education. “I’m glad that the education committee got that to me early on,” Bullock said. Speaker of the House Greg Hertz, R-Po...
MISSOULA – Carolyn Upton has been named Forest Supervisor for the Lolo National Forest and is expected to begin work in Missoula at the end of March. Upton is currently the deputy Forest Supervisor on the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grasslands in Colorado. “I am very excited to announce Carolyn Upton as the new Forest Supervisor for the Lolo National Forest,” said Regional Forester Leanne Marten. “Carolyn has a wealth of experience and a strong passion for working collaboratively with community members...
HELENA - AARP is now accepting applications for the 2019 Community Challenge grant program to fund “quick-action” projects that spark change in local communities. The grant program, which is now in its third year, is part of AARP’s nationwide Livable Communities initiative, which aims to make communities great places to live for everyone. The Community Challenge is open to 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4) and 501(c)(6) nonprofits and government entities. Other types of organizations will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Grants can range from sever...
After a slow start to their season, four Hellgate Civilian Shooters have received an invite to Junior Olympics in April, the first Hellgate team has secured an invite to the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) three-position (3P) Air Rifle National Championships in June, and Seeley Lake's Sam Weisenburger won the State Junior Olympic 3-P Air Rifle match the last weekend in February followed closely by teammate Libby Diller. This is Weisenburger's second year getting an invite to the National Jun...
MISSOULA - Missoula County Community and Planning Services is now accepting nominations for the annual Land Stewardship Award. The award recognizes landowners and residents who are taking stewardship of land and water seriously and embarking on projects and practices that make a difference for land, water, forests, wildlife and communities. Community members and organizations are invited to nominate landowners and residents who are restoring, protecting or enhancing land and natural resources to ensure natural systems are maintained and...
SEELEY LAKE - On Feb. 23, 2019 with the backdrop of a beautiful snowy Montana morning, Carl Antone Bergset (aka Callie) age 60, passed away peacefully at his home in Seeley Lake surrounded by his family. He was born Jan. 11, 1959 in Superior, Mont. to Carl and Annabelle Bergset. He worked for the Pyramid Mountain Lumber Company for 32 years as a certified lumber grader. He took great pride in his work and attained the recognition of his peers and was considered an expert in his field. He was... Full story
It was a day of fresh, untracked powder that I’ll never forget. Crested Butte had been hammered for several days with storms. My son John and I had driven over to the ski area to spend the night, not imagining we’d see 30 more inches of fresh powder fall as we slept. Rising early, we were the first up the lifts. We skied over to one of my favorite runs, only to find a rope blocking access. Just then a ski patrol appeared and said, “This is your lucky day.” He pulled the rope down and said, “Have fun!” We nearly disappeared into the waist deep...
WEST YELLOWSTONE – The Seeley Lake Nordic Team finished their season at the West Yellowstone Rendezvous March 2. Head Coach Bridget Laird said it was a fun season even though the team was smaller that in past years. She felt adding the Junior Prep Team helped boost participation for the younger skiers and also re-establishing the Seeley Lake Biathlon brought new excitement for the sport. The Race Team competed in five races this winter: the Glacier Glide in Whitefish, the Seeley Lake Skiesta, t...
Community invited to join MCPS superintendent search SEELEY LAKE - Missoula County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Thane is also retiring at the end of the school year. MCPS Board of Trustees with the support of Ray and Associates, Inc. is conducting a search for the new superintendent. The consultant group is gathering critical information for the selection of the new leader for MCPS. The community is invited to share their thoughts, ideas and opinions about what they want in the next MCPS superintendent during a Parent and Community Focus...
