Montana
Missoula and Western Montana neighbors: Obituaries for October 14
BOZEMAN — Fresh off its fifth consecutive victory over its in-state rival, the Montana State volleyball program reaped the rewards of its effort as senior outside hitter Madilyn Siebler and senior libero Lauren Lindseth were named Big Sky Conference offensive and defensive players of the week, respectively, the league office announced Monday afternoon.
Siebler, a native of Omaha, Neb., recorded a career-high 21 kills as the Bobcats dispatched Montana 25-19, 23-25, 25-17, 17-25, 15-10 on Saturday night in front of a UM record crowd of 3,001 in Dahlberg Arena.
Lindseth, a graduate of CMR High School in Great Falls, registered a team-high 27 digs, while dishing out seven assists and adding one service ace in the victory.
“Madilyn and Lauren came and established early who we were going to be in the rivalry match,” said MSU head coach Matt Houk. “They set the tone for our group and stayed steady throughout the match. It was a great way to finish their last opportunity to play in Missoula.”
Siebler opened the match with six kills in the first set. Over the course of the first three sets, she totaled 15 kills, while hitting .378 from the field. For the match, Siebler averaged 4.2 kills per set. In addition, she recorded a season-high 15 digs and added a block assist.
Lindseth, who captured the league’s defensive honor for the third time and for the second straight week, averaged 5.40 digs per set. She opened the contest with eight saves in the opening set. Lindseth also got the job done in serve-receive, being targeted by the Grizzlies thirty-five times (the most on either team) without committing an error.
Montana State has won three consecutive matches and five of its last six outings to move atop the Big Sky Conference standings at 4-1 along with Weber State.
The Bobcats play at Portland State, Thursday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. (MT) in Viking Pavilion. PSU defeated MSU 3-0 in Bozeman on Sept. 27, the lone blemish on its Big Sky slate.
Kalispell has always been a conservative town, and Sid is who we need most to save our city in the fight for Mayor.
Sid is an avid supporter of the First and Secon Amendments and lives by them. He was the only city council member in the entire state of Montana who didn’t support Governor Steve Bullock’s (unconstitutional) lockdown order in 2020. He is very fiscally conservative and will lead the city well in that respect as the next mayor.
Sid is the only candidate who doesn’t want to mess with Main Street by making it a two-lane street. He really cares about local citizens and what they truly want. He is a great guy, a true Montanan who lives and breathes Montana values. He is pro-life all the way from conception to natural death. Sid will lead our city the way it should be led!
Vote for Sid!
Linda Baldridge
Kalispell
Colorado holds a special place in my heart – it’s where I learned to fly fish and really caught the bug, so I try to get back whenever I can.
Recently, the opportunity came up to spend a few days exploring trout water in a part of the state that was new to me, and I jumped.
The Gunnison Valley, tucked between the San Juan and West Elk Mountains on Colorado’s Western Slope, is best known for two destination mountain towns – Gunnison and Crested Butte.
Both towns are great in their own right, but there’s a whole lot more to the valley worth experiencing.
My home base was Almont, a small town located between Gunnison and Crested Butte, where the East and Taylor Rivers meet to form the Gunnison. I stayed in a cabin on the banks of the Taylor, and it was the ideal jumping-off point to explore the whole valley.
The best known trout fishery in the Gunnison Valley is – you guessed it – the Gunnison River. It can be thought of in two main stretches: the upper river, winding through ranchland from Almont to Blue Mesa Reservoir, and the lower river below the dam, cutting through the rugged Gunnison Gorge and Black Canyon.
I spent a day fishing each, and the two stretches couldn’t look more different. On the Upper Gunnison, I fished long, slow-moving runs in wide open meadows filled with gold-leafed aspen trees. In the Black Canyon, the walls close in, the flows pick up, and everything feels much smaller. Two very different environments – both with excellent trout fishing.
I split another day between the Taylor River and one of its tributaries. Fed by releases from Taylor Park Dam, the Taylor runs cold and clear year-round – making it a great option for winter fishing.
That said, it’s technical fishing – and after a morning of dredging small nymphs, I decided to go up higher to find less sophisticated fish.
That afternoon, I was fishing a single dry fly on Spring Creek above Almont. The fish weren’t big – but after a few hours of constantly switching flies, depth, and weight, a handful of six- inch trout willing to come up and crush a hopper was a welcome change.
The Gunnison Valley is full of open space and public water, but it’s got a lively cultural side too. On my last day – after a few post-fishing beers at the Eldo – I caught a movie premiere at the Center for the Arts in Crested Butte.
It was the world premiere of Matchstick Productions’ new ski film. My mental shift from fishing to ski season usually starts in November, but this definitely jump-started it.
I was relieved to see that I wasn’t the only viewer who clearly had just come off the water. As you might expect, there’s a good deal of overlap between skiers and fly anglers in Crested Butte, and in the Gunnison Valley as a whole.
It’s a special community fueled by a passion for the outdoors, and I’ve a;ready started planning a return trip.
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