Archives for Aug. 3

Twenty Years Ago...

Thursday, July 31, 2003

Local Girl Running for Miss Teen Montana

By Patricia Swan Smith

Niki Minjares, 15, a student at Seeley-Swan High School will compete at the Miss Teen Montana 2003 State Pageant. She will compete for the title in Billings, August 8th through the 10th.

Niki will be a sophomore this year, and is active in basketball, volleyball, track and the Flagship program. She has participated in poetry, hiking, watercolor, jewelry making, batik and ceramics with the Flagship program. She has a 3.2 grade point average.

Thirty-five Years Ago...

Thursday, August 4, 1988

Mandatory "hoot owl" restrictions in effect.

Sawyers and firewood cutters must have their work done by noon: No campfires allowed except in developed campgrounds.

Forest visitors and woods workers are being told by Forest Service officials that they may not build, maintain or use a campfire outside of designated campgrounds and recreation sites as the fire danger climbs.

The fire danger continues to increase this week even though cooler winds lowered temperatures somewhat by Tuesday.

According to information officers with the Lolo National Forest, all woods workers and recreationists are now also required to abide by mandatory "hoot owl" - in other words, no chainsaws may be operated in the woods between the hours of 1p.m. and 1 a.m.

In addition to the restrictions on chainsaws, no smoking is allowed outside of designated campgrounds or buildings. Off-road vehicle travel is also prohibited for cars, trucks, motorbikes, ATV's and other motorized vehicles.

The entire Lolo, Flathead, Bitterroot and Kootenai National Forests have all implemented these mandatory restrictions until sufficient rains lower the fire danger.

Sixty-Six Years Ago...

Summer, 1957

We had a former employee of the Pathfinder send us a copy of the 'Seeley Lake Times". This was published June 17, 1957, the postage on it was a 2 cent stamp, and subscription rate per year was $3.00. Wow! How times have changed!

The newsletter was edited by Kyla Torgerson. It had the TV schedule, a recipe and household hints along with a report of people who had recent visits to the hospital.

Included in this newsletter was this poem:

Home Folks

Mrs. Glen Watts

You can look the wide world over

If you're much inclined to roam

But the air don't come much sweeter,

Than the kind you breathe at home

For the grass somehow looks greener

On your own familiar land

And the faces look much nicer

As you shake a well-known hand

For they ask about your troubles

And you ask about theirs, too

Guess the Lord did mighty splendid

When He made home folks like you.