Recent Terminations and Turmoil Dominates Fire Candidate Forum

Seeley Lake Rural Fire District (Non-partisan: 2, 3-year terms): Incumbents Connie Clark and Gary Lewis and candidates Mark Kues, Shawn Ellinghouse and Alyssa McLean are running for two, three-year positions. Clark was not in attendance at the forum but was represented by surrogate Bonnie Connell. Connell did not respond to questions for Clark but did give her opening and closing statements.

Mark Kues has lived in Seeley Lake since 2011 with his wife. He has 30+ years of experience in firefighting. He is a five-year veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard. He helped write and design the Incident Comma...