Articles from the December 26, 2019 edition
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Public comments fill light agenda
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Sewer District Board pushed their final by-laws amendment out another month and spent a significant amount of their Dec. 19 meeting hearing and responding to public comment on a variety of issues. Last month the Board...
Bob Marshall Music Festival returns to Seeley for fifth year
SEELEY LAKE – After taking over The Bob Marshall Music Festival in the middle of 2019, The Bob Music, LLC Managing Partner Max Pigman is looking forward to bringing more organization and structure...
Snowmobiler air lifted from Marshall Lake
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Fire Department and Seeley-Swan Search and Rescue responded to a snowmobile accident Saturday afternoon, Dec. 21. The 27-year-old woman from Great Falls, Mont. was airlifted from the Marshall Lake area after breaking...
Sunset School produces Elfin Magic
GREENOUGH - The Reception Barn at Paws Up Resort was the site of Sunset School's Dec. 19 holiday play, "A Little Elfin Magic." Dressed in Christmassy reds and greens, all 13 students, from...
Fire Department spreads holiday cheer
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Fire Department lit up the night Dec. 21 with their lights and Christmas music as they delivered gifts to 16 families in Seeley Lake. This was part of the second...
Anger reactions
Anger is one of the four basic emotions: anger, fear, happiness and sadness. Emotions are a natural part of human nature; therefore, we don't want to deny our emotions. At the same time, we don't...
Daines and Gianforte nominate SSHS senior for Military Academies
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley-Swan High School senior Samuel Weisenburger added to his U.S. military academy nominations after being among the 15 Montana students nominated by U.S. Senator Steve Daines and th...
FWP seeks comment on hunting season proposals
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) is seeking public input on hunting season proposals for the 2020-21 seasons through Jan. 22, 2020. Proposals are available for review and comment online. FWP will also hold public meetings throughout the...
Medicare scams affecting Montanans
Multiple accounts of scam calls have been reported to Montana’s Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP). Just this month seven Montanans, believing that they were talking to Medicare, gave out their Medicare numbers. Those calls included “your Medicare...
Christmas present rooted in Christmas past
SWAN VALLEY - Many of us will gather with extended family or friends over the Christmas holiday to share gifts and good will. It seems the way we celebrate Christmas is rooted in Christmas past. A...
Driftriders expand annual Snowball
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley Lake Driftriders’ Snowball event is expanding this year in hopes to increase membership and raise more funds to support the Club’s grooming program as well as raise funds for their new groomer shed. The event will be he...
A year of change and new blessings
SEELEY LAKE – While the community may not have noticed any change with the annual Giving Tree that has been sponsored by the women of Mountain Lakes Presbyterian Church for decades, this year was a...
Community ice skating rink open for the winter
SEELEY LAKE – Seeley Lake ROCKS was busy the past couple of weeks putting up the Community Ice Rink at Seeley Lake Elementary. The rink is open for skating over the winter break. This year ROCKS...
Readers holiday memories of candles and lights
Each holiday season the Pathfinder reports on a different holiday tradition. In conjunction with that, reporters ask a specific question of people who happen to be out engaging in holiday activities....
Ronald James Bohlman Nov. 3, 1942 – Dec. 19, 2019
SEELEY LAKE - Ronald James Bohlman, 77, of Seeley Lake, passed away on Friday, Dec. 19 at St. Patrick Hospital of cancer. He was born on Nov. 3, 1942, in Portland, Ore. to Chet and Marge Bohlman. As a young boy he lived with his family in Portland,... Full story
Hear the angels sing
I'm gett'n long in the tooth now. But look'n back so many decades when I was a lad and Shep was a pup, there was those Christmas that always seemed like 20-30 below. The new cabin wasn't too far from...
Sewer District addresses public questions
SEELEY LAKE - This article is to address the common questions the Seeley Lake Sewer District Board has heard regarding the recent mailing. 1. Why did I receive this letter requesting I sign a temporary right of entry for construction? The project is...
Let it be Christmas in the Swan
SWAN VALLEY - The Swan Valley School hosted a night of holiday song and dance Dec. 18 featuring the students from preschool through the junior high. Each class sang a couple of Christmas songs...
Regional candle festivals
Part I, "Candles and Festivals of Light," recounted Christian, Jewish, Hindu and African-American winter festivals formulated around the theme of light conquering darkness. Those celebrations transcen...
SLE Winter Concert welcomes in the Holidays
SEELEY LAKE - Seeley Lake Elementary School welcomed in the holiday season with their Winter Concert Tuesday, Dec. 17. The program opened with the Seeley-Swan Mountain Bells quintet. The program...
Eagles fall to Blackhawks on home court
SEELEY LAKE – The Seeley-Swan Blackhawks and Lady Blackhawks' first home game of the season was against Valley Christian Eagles Dec. 19. Friday they headed to Hot Springs to face the Savage Heat....
Community Briefs
FWP looking for information on deer poached in Upper Rock Creek Area Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) is seeking information on a white-tailed deer that was poached earlier this week in the upper Rock Creek area east of Missoula. The whitetail...
Raiden James Motschenbacher
SILVERTON, ORE - Raiden James Motschenbacher, son of Wes and Catalina (Parcell) Motschenbacher, was born Dec. 17 at 7:59 p.m. in Silverton, Ore. He weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and was 21.25 inches... Full story
