s ')iP aL BULK RATE Recreation Guide —Page 12 U.S.Postage >,.:!I'8 PAID Permit No.18 MT Hist. Soc. Libr ary Sefftlt9 LItfer llr 5$8$ 225 N. Roberts He lena, NT 59fff20 Seeley Swan li.~> ~~omo fjlo Vol. I, No. 12 677-2022 -'VOICE OF THE VALLEY'54-2365 7, $986 )illria1:er so'llgUSt S:iori:age '..n See'..ey .'a',~e Bill and Mary Adams have been hydrants would depend on the location "out of water" during the evening hours of the hydnmt. "Some lines are looped. for the past several days. "It isn't just It would depend on which line the low pressure," Mary said. "I turn on the llydrant was own," he said., fa'ucet and tliere's no witer." Moon explained that the firefight -- Adams live on Phase'he II of the ing equipment is capable of "sucking" Double Arrow, at the south end of the water through the lines, so pressure is Seeley Lake Water District's waterline. not as much of a problem as the volume Adams said that the problem has of water available. He pointed out that if occurred recently between 6:00p.m and firefighters hook up to a six inch "port" 10:00p.m. each evening. on a hydrant to fight a fire, water would Other Seeley Lake residents have drain from residential users "on the experienced low water pressures during street" because the water would tend to the evening hours. flow into the larger port, rather than Bud Anderson, Seeley Lake Water into the smaller residential lines. District Manager, agrees that low pres- Summer pack trips into the Bob Marshall are sure is a problem during hot weather. Fire Danger popular this month. Lloyd Hahn and "Ole" Sill "Every small-town water system is Anderson, Sun River Outfitters, head for the taxed on particularly warm days," he hills. said. There is extremely heavy usage High during hot weather, Anderson said, — adding that the present water system was Officials at both the Seeley Lake Shakespeare In not designed to serve the number of Ranger District and the Condon Work people presently connected. Anderson Center, Swan Lake District have issued See1ey Lake!! said that a solution to the problem notices of HIGH fire danger. The recent hot, weather along with afternoon would be a new storage tank, and dry Shakespeare in the Parks will per- a riot of mistaken identity and merry winds have caused fire mangement equipment which would provide more form A Midsummer Night's Dream on confusion. officials to post the HIGH fire danger pumping capacity. Saturday, August 9 at 6:30 p.m. at In the happy ending, all the turmoil have been notices. Watering restrictions Wapiti Lodge (just behind the Elk Horn is sorted out, the lovers ate happily wed, Fires be reported to the Seeley posted by the Water District for the past may Cafe). and the audience is treated to the famous Lake Ranger Station, north of Seeley several weeks. Seeley Lake residents Shakespeare in the Parks is a Pyramus and Thisby play performed by Lake, or to the Condon Work Center, conrected to the community water sys- theatrical touring group formed by the the amateur actors. Swan Valley during regular office hours, tem are permitted to water from 6:00 Montana State University Department There are 10 professional actors in or called in to 911 emergency services a.m. to 10:00Lm. and from 6:00p.m. of Theatre Arts in Bozeman and is the group selected fiem national audi- (Seeley Lake number) or 1-728-0911 to 10:00 p.m. Residents on the west celebrating its 14th season. The group tions each spring, in addition to (for Condon and Clearwater Junction side of Highway 83 may water on even- has performed in 40 Montana commun- directors and other technical assistants. iesidents). numbered days; residents on the east ities, as well as Sheridan, Wyoming, The company was formed to bring side, on odd-numbered days. New Students and Medicine Hat, Alberta, according to quality, live theatre to Montanans. Doreen Culver, secretary for the a recent news release. Shakespeare in the Parks is being Water District, thinks that "neighbors Urged To The Intricate plot of A Midsummer sponsored by Pepsi, Wapiti, Santino's, should remind neighbors" to abide by Night's Dream involves three sets of Rainier and Eddy's. the restrictions, to help alleviate water Register characters. They include members of the pressure pmblems. The Seeley Lake Elementary Athenian court, the faeries of the spirit WEATHER The low water pressuie could cause School encourages parents to register world and a hilarious amateur acting FORE problems for firefighters in Seeley Lake. kindergarten and new students as soon as troupe. The play centers around the love CAS~ "There's no question that it's going to possible. Parents may stop in the of Hermia and Helena for Lysander and affect our fire protection," Colin Moon, school office and pick up necessary Demetrius. Into their affairs come the Thursday-Saturday: Warm and fire chief, pointed ou't on Tuesday. forms, or should call the office at 677- King and Queen of the spirit world, dry with a few isolated afternoon l Moon said that, in the event of a fire, 2265. Elementary school begins Sep- Oberon and Titania, and the mischiev- !thunderstorms. Highs nmging from fire in 80 Io 95. fowo from 45 ro 60. the amount of water available from tember 2, 1986. ous faerie, Puck. This mixture results J u S'e 1r Page 2 - Pathfinder —Thursday, Aug ust?, 19&6 Natty Buinppo T, PithfIncfsf —Thutlcfay, 1986 - Page 'he "orphan" issues, For instance, the Augusta, 3 T/es '1%at Bind Us 'tliI II stf issue of law enforcement might be Q~ 0:?::-:5'::0'i = addressed by the homeowners associa- Swan VaHey =HI'K., tions. Collectively, these associations t ~mme 'p',. Fire m" Tt tty'g s The Co'inmunity Semi- represent a large slice of the Valley's Protection tel" Survey.... population and, individually, they deal Clews at the Condon Work Center with security matters as a regular part of provide fire is the ph'rase that comes to mind after protection for Forest Service their duties. lands in the Swan having peeked at a draft of the question- Valley south of Goat The present survey can achieve a Creek to Beaver naires. This is not to be construed as a Cleek, acconhng to Don great deal by shedding light on some Bennett, assistant derogatory observation but, rather, a Fire Management very important questions. However, we Officer at Swan Lake pragmatic assessment. Many of us had j'Py i: Ranger District, should all regard it as just a beginning, Bigfork assumed that the survey would serve as albeit an important one. The members The Flathead National a panacea for all of the community's Forest, of the survey committee don't wear red Kalispell, has problems. Shame on us for being so centralized dispatch on and don't have an uSu emblazoned na'fve. capes fires in their districts, including the BIRTHDAY on their tunics. It will be up to other Swan Valley. Fire crews out The fact is that the board represent- of the organizations in the community to /v Condon Work Center work on tree atives. on the survey committee have p. MERLE finish what has been started. thinning, timber projects and field done a-credible job of addressing their work, except in periods of high fire danger THE BIG boards'arochial interests, but have not —Dick Potter ':tji 50 when they patrol the district with two gone milch further. In so doing, the skier engines —one 55-gallon, the other a Inwspectfarffff questionnaires" are already lenuthv. If Sign Stolen 200-gallon (water capacity) four-wheel And PveeaNyfIot Ilot they were much longer, the quality of .~~a ';;:: The .y( tfaris~fdayglfffa» drive unit. Secley Lake Dents I Chnic will host an Open survey resfenses would probably suffer. Somebody pulled a real juvenile House lhere'san skier fnoN dtugsfele, Burl IQatzer has been the dispatcher August 14. The Clinic recently moved tp There are, many "gut" issues that trick last week and stole the "WIN the Who shaNn'fbe forgoL in the past, but this month he is work- former Eldridge res ldence in Seeley Lake. have not been included, such as law $200" sign from the Big Mamma Today Ieife's fiy and says ing at Cooney Lookout, in addition to In enforcement, envimnmental degradation, display at Dan's Discount in Seeley Open House At emergency situations, Seeley f»'sll fIspifmL his regular job at the station Lake area residents and tourism..Maybe that's a good thing. Lake. Dan donated his own time and can be seen at ihe Askhknhawhe feels, More Unhappiness with the Cooney Lookout is the only Dental Clinic Southgate Mall These are matters that are not necessar- money for that display and it was office, Hadnot said, He'I felyeu,"Ilfihfy In'" Water District manned lookout in the Swan Valley. The Seeley Lake Dental Clmuc will adding that records are ily within the committee's expertise. In inconsiderate, to say the least, for easily tramferred 'fhecf»sfhasslffhIy fden, MOVING' The State sometimes mans Napa Peak host an open house August 14, from from Seeley Lake. fact, the, myriad issues confronting us, somebody to steal the sign. fo fhhhe wladmlL To the Editor: during fire 3:00to 6:00p.m. Dr. Doug Hadnot has taken as a whole, would exceed any The Mamma periods of high danger. Dr Hadnot and lus wife Sue hve Indhe Big contest is an invited local residents to "stop in and hasallemotecushln'hsnl» : Our family has lived in this Air patrols scan the area after m Missoula with their small group's expertise.