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SEELEY LAKE - An algae bloom was reported at the north end of Seeley Lake and observed at Big Larch as well. According to Seeley Lake District Ranger Quinn Carver, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks confirmed an algae bloom however it is still unclear if the algae was toxic. The DEQ warning sign was posted by the Seeley Lake District. It cautions the public that toxic algae may be present and the water may be unsafe for people and pets. If blue-green algae is present: Do not swim or recreate in the...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board discussed their by-laws update, Rules and Regulations and alternatives at their Oct. 17 meeting. By-Laws update Director Beth Hutchinson said she was still frustrated with the edits made by the board’s attorney to the proposed by-laws. She served on a committee with Director Walt Hill and a District resident Rachelle Harman to draft the amendments to the by-laws. She felt that the committee was very careful on how they worded the parts on the purpose of the District, the duties of the boa...
SEELEY LAKE – With the hunting season opening this weekend, Seeley Lake District Ranger Quinn Carver is asking for everyone's diligence and cooperation with gate closures and decommissioned roads. Not only are the gates fulfilling a legal obligation of the Forest based on other management decisions they are also important for maintaining the Forest's infrastructure investment and are costly to replace. Violating road closures may also have a much larger impact to public access depending how a r...
SEELEY LAKE – As Seeley Lake's Glen Morin rolls up for his race at the Lost Creek Raceway in Anaconda, Bob Carpino Jr.'s three-year-old runs to the fence. He puts his thumb up and yells, "Good luck!" After more than 50 years of drag racing, Glen appreciates the adoration of one of his biggest fans. However, it is more than luck that landed him a second place finish in the 2019 Super Pro Class. The need for speed and challenge of racing has kept him in the game. The camaraderie and f...
ELBOW LAKE - This letter is a response to the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) of the proposed removal and remediation of Elbow Lake Dam. The project title itself is a contradiction to the proposal because the title refers to the name of what the state wants to eliminate, Elbow Lake. I have had my State Lease on Elbow Lake since 1998. I acquired it from my friend Anna Lukens who had the lease since leases were created at Elbow Lake in the mid 1950’s. It was called Elbow Lake, with emphasis on the word “Lake” because it had been a lake since...
Hell yes I am going to vote for Bernie Sanders!! He is going to give me free medical, free dental, free housing. B.S. is going to buy me a new car – free, free, free! Meals on Wheels will pull up to my door free times a day – but wait, if you order right now you can get a second dose of B.S. free! And last, but not least, a free education! But wait – B.S. is going to do all my thinking for me so I won’t need an education. The Democrats have spent the last three and one-half years doing nothing, and I mean nothing, but bad mouthing our great P...
ELBOW LAKE - I have been camping, fishing, floating and boating on Elbow Lake since 1977. In 2001, we acquired a DNRC lease on Elbow Lake. It was a dream come true. I am so grateful to have the opportunity to be part of this area and the Elbow Lake ecosystem. I consider myself to be a good steward of the land. On the other hand, I find that the Department of Natural Resources and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks have not held up their end of being good land stewards through their lack of communication with Elbow Lake stakeholders, not being inc...
SEELEY LAKE – The goblins and witches will be out at Seeley Lake Elementary Oct. 31 from 6 – 8 p.m. The community is invited to decorate their trunks and bring candy to hand out at the Trunk-or-Treat event in the parking lot. There will be games and a haunted house inside the school. Costumes are encouraged and the event is free to attend. This is the sixth annual Trunk-or-Treat in Seeley Lake. Trunk decorations can be simple or complex but the main idea is to get together as a community and celebrate the youngsters. They can tri...
SEELEY LAKE - Road decommissioning work associated with the Rice Ridge post-fire response is underway on the Seeley Lake Ranger District in the Black Canyon, Little Shanley, Dunham Creek, and Morrell Creek areas. These roads were previously closed to public motorized use and were historically used for administrative use and vegetation management. However, portions of these roads are no longer needed and will be decommissioned for sediment reduction, slope stabilization, cost reduction and...
I'm sure you remember Alice in Wonderland. Alice goes down the rabbit-hole to discover an entirely different world than her familiar world. A world that is topsy-turvy compared to hers. Animals talk, strange characters engage in strange behaviors and a tea party displays the illogical logic of wonderland. Alice is being treated to experiences of the unknown. The author, Dodgson who is actually Lewis Carroll, provides us with a fantasy, a fantasy which emerged from his unconscious (hidden...
SEELEY LAKE - Many of us have been introduced to author Pete Fromm by reading his humorous books about life in the wilderness, such as "Indian Creek Chronicles or The Names of the Stars: A Life in the Wilds." Yet, many of Fromm's novels explore interior life as well. Novels like "If Not for This" might begin on the Snake River in Idaho, but rapidly evolve into the challenges of marriage, family and tragedy. This is vividly true of his newest novel, "A Job You Mostly Won't Know How to Do."...
The Missoula City-County Health Department has started an update on the Missoula City-County Air Pollution Control Program rules. One proposed rule creates a Seeley Lake Wood Stove Zone where only the cleanest and most efficient stoves can be installed. A map of the Seeley Lake Wood Stove Zone has been included with this article. The zone is centered around the Seeley Lake Elementary School where the highest wood stove smoke concentrations are found. This rule would not affect existing stoves bu...
This weekend marks the beginning of the general big game hunting season in Montana. The general deer and elk season is Oct. 26-Dec. 1. If you have information about a possible wildlife or state lands crime, please call our toll-free TIP-MONT Hotline at 1-800-TIP-MONT (1-800-847-6668). Here are a few reminders for hunters in northwest Montana (Region 1) during the 2019 season: • There is a change in the antlerless hunts in hunting districts 122 and 130 this year. General hunters can no longer harvest antlerless white-tailed deer the first w...
SEELEY LAKE - Robert "Bob" Edward Connell, 73, joined the angels in heaven, Monday, Oct. 14. Bob was born to Cecil "Scoop" and Betty Connell on Aug.19, 1946, in Missoula. Bob served in the US Army in Vietnam. He was employed at Hoerner Waldorf before joining and later owning, the family business A-1 Bodyworks. After closing the body shop, he worked at Bretz RV and Bitterroot Motors. Bob married Marcia Kurtz and a short time later divorced, after losing his first son Patrick at birth. Bob then...
One of the amazing and wonderful things about Scripture is the way that it comes alive to impact our lives in different ways and at different times. We have been reading through 2 Chronicles together lately as a family, and came to chapter 21. I don’t know how many times I have read 2 Chronicles 21 in my lifetime, but has probably been quite a few times. Up until a few days ago, I could not have told you what the chapter was about or who King Jehoram was. This time, however, was different, and it made an impact on me. Jehoram, as son of King J...
SEELEY LAKE – Workers in orange vests with the letters “BID” on them picking up litter in downtown Missoula prompted Missoula County Commissioner Josh Slotnick to learn a little about Business Improvement Districts (BID). It also led him to ask the question, could a BID be used to benefit Seeley Lake? Slotnick reached out to Seeley Lake Community Council Chair Klaus von Sutterheim who invited him to present the idea at the Oct. 14 Council meeting. While the idea came from a commissioner, forming a BID is entirely a decision of the local prope...
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Elementary School board approved Seeley Lake ROCKS installing a permanent light and temporary storage unit for the Ice Skating Rink this winter. The board also discussed an estimated $51,456 reduction in next year’s budget based on declining enrollment and the lack of funding for preschool next year. Seeley Lake ROCKS board members Garry Swain, Scott Eggeman and Mike Lindemer presented on the Ice Skating Rink. They were all encouraged by the use that the rink received last year from the students at the school and...
POTOMAC - Jessica Van Kerkhove is a new junior high social studies and intervention teacher for Potomac School. She looks forward to working with all the students and staff and getting to know the families and the Potomac community. She completed her schooling from the University of Montana in 2014 with a BA in PSCI/HSTR (Political Science and History), and a Secondary Education teaching certification in Broadfield Social Studies. Van Kerkhove is currently taking classes through MSU-Billings for...
SEELEY LAKE – Zoe Mohesky is the new third grade teacher at Seeley Lake Elementary. She is co-teaching with Kristy Pohlman for the year and is looking forward to getting to know her students, the staff and becoming more involved in the community. Mohesky's parents were both teachers. Even though education had always intrigued her, it wasn't until an eight-month trip to Fiji in the early 1990s that she really thought about going back into education. "The kids were so excited, it just made me f...
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...
KALISPELL - Chip Weber, the Forest Supervisor for the Flathead National Forest, has announced his plans to retire Jan. 1, 2020 after a 33-year career that has taken him to four different regions of the Forest Service and seven different National Forests. He has served the Flathead National Forest for nine years during which time the Forest has been successful in meeting the multiple-use mission through an integrated program of work, community partnerships and the dedication of employees across the forest. “The Forest Service’s motto is ‘ca...
POTOMAC – With 16 Pioneers on the team this year, Potomac School's Flag Football team came away with nine wins and two losses. "This was a great year for Potomac flag football," said head coach Marty Preston. Preston is a Potomac resident and father and has been the coach for the last two and a half years with his first year beginning after the season started. Preston's son Martin was the assistant coach this year. For the Prestons, flag football is a family affair. Marty's son Hunter played l...
SEELEY LAKE - Third and fourth graders had the opportunity to participate in the Lil' Eagles Fly High Volleyball Camp, Oct. 14-16. Eagles Volleyball Coach Chelsea Cahoon said they came up with the idea after a girl asked if she could join the team just for practices. She knew she was too young but loved the sport. There were also several other younger girls who would stay and watch, saying they wished they could play. "We thought since most of the girls never even touch a volleyball until...
LINCOLN - The Seeley-Swan Lady Blackhawks defeated the Lincoln Lynx on the road Oct. 19. The Ladies, won in three sets, 25-16, 25-18 and 25-18. The victory was extra sweet for the Lady Blackhawks as the Lynx were one of their two early season losses to conference foes. They have a 7-2 in conference record with a week left to play in the regular season before heading into District tournaments. Klaire Kovatch scored a third of all the team’s kills with 11 kills out of 19 attempted and just 7 errors. Sariah Maughan and Bethany Hoag together had an...
MISSOULA – The Blackhawk cross country team raced in their closest meet of the year at the Missoula City Meet held at Linda Vista Golf Course Oct. 15. They competed against the double A Schools and three other C Schools. With the quick turn around from the Arlee meet, the only Blackhawks to set new personal records were Sariah Maughan and Jayla Kauffman. Maughan finished 17th out of a field of 113 girls in a time of 21:14.54, a 6:51 mile pace. Kauffman finished 85th in a time of 27:57.62, a 9:01...
