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SEELEY LAKE - The Double Arrow Ranch Fire Safety Committee organized a community clean-up day in observance of the National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day May 5th. The committee was awarded a $500 grant from the National Fire Protection Association and State Farm to assist with the project. NFPA and State Farm sponsor the national Firewise Community program. The Double Arrow Ranch is a certified Firewise community and must host outreach events such as this each year as part of the...
SEELEY LAKE - The Maki's home on Cabin Lane was flooded the first week in May. They had around 30 sheets of 4X8X3 inch sheets of THERMAX™ Brand Insulation that were bound together float away. The next week the Makies took out their kayaks in search of the ten foot stack of insulation. They found it a quarter mile down river in a neighbor's yard....
MISSOULA – The University of Montana congratulates the 2,083 students who are degree candidates for spring semester 2018. The students who are UM degree candidates or have been awarded their degrees for spring semester 2018 are listed at http://www.umt.edu/urelations/info/deanslist.php. Official awarding of degrees and official honors designations are not made until degree candidates have completed their final term of enrollment and met all specific requirements. UM’s Commencement ceremonies were held May 12 at the Adams Center. Seeley Lak...
SEELEY LAKE – The Awesome 80's Prom did not disappoint as the Seeley-Swan High School Drama Class took attendees back to their senior prom in 1989, May 10. The audience was a part of the play as they got up and danced, interacted with the characters and cast their vote for Prom King and Queen. The drama of high school life unfolded offering a lot of laughs as the characters milled about the crowd picking dance partners and slipping in one-liners. While main scenes were scripted, the actors a...
HELENA - Montana State Parks is seeking public comment on proposed Recreational Trails Program (RTP) grant awards for the current grant cycle which closed Feb. 1. Public comment on the proposed RTP grant awards is open through Friday, June 8 at 5 p.m. Montana’s RTP awarded approximately $1.57 million in grant funds to 50 trails projects located across Montana. Local recipients include the Seeley Lake Driftriders for trail grooming and maintenance for $45,000 and $20,000 for Swan Valley Connections to fund their Mission Mountains Wilderness a...
MISSOULA - Seeley-Swan High School (SSHS) junior Autumn Morse and senior Keaton Johnson were recognized as two of Missoula County Public Schools (MCPS) Most Inspiring Students. While neither considered themselves inspiring students, they appreciated the recognition. The Most Inspiring Students Banquet has been held for the past seven years. Every year SSHS teachers and staff choose two students who they feel are an inspiration. "Autumn and Keaton were nominated by staff as our two students who...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Invitational Track Meet was renamed the Zelda May Haines (ZMH) Invitational in honor of past junior high track coach Zelda Haines. Seeley Lake Elementary Head Track Coach Brett Haines said it was a way to recognize her more than 30 years of coaching at SLE. Brett presented the idea to change the name to SLE Superintendent Chris Stout. Stout agreed that it was a good idea. "I thought she deserved some recognition for all the hard work she's put into the junior h...
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley-Swan High School senior Wrangell Parcell was the sole golfer this year for the Seeley-Swan Blackhawks. He shaved 50 strokes off his score from last year and appreciated the one-on-one instruction from Head Coach Wayne Cahoon. Parcell ran track in elementary school. He said he hated running and was always toward the back at the meets. He went out for golf as a freshman. Cahoon told him he had state potential and he was a natural. "I didn't think I would like it but it t...
