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It takes a community to sponsor Dolly Parton's Imagination Library project, and Lincoln organizations are pulling together again to ensure kids throughout Lincoln have access to their own books. The program mails a free book to kids every month from birth to age five. However, for kids in a community to have access to this resource, one or more organizations must sponsor the program, which costs about $2 per child per month. When Annette Gardner heard about Imagination...
The recent story about Hi Sign Brewing raised the question: what’s the origin of Hi Sign Road and its distinctive sign? Francis Beehler offered his recollection. In 1970, when the dump was moved, Beehler was covering over the old dump when a stack of barrel tops all stuck together rolled by him in the wind. He threw them in his truck and took them home. As folks had a hard time seeing the turn to what is now Hi Sign Road, Beehler painted the barrel tops, with the word “Hi” painted on the west side of the sign facing Lincoln a...
In many communities, law enforcement officers serve in middle and high schools as School Resource Officers, providing mentoring, education, and law enforcement services in the school. Lincoln School will soon have its own School Resource Officer at the school on a part-time basis. The Sheriff's office explained that there are currently SROs provided by the Helena Police Department, but this will be the first SRO at the county level. Lincoln's resident Deputy Robert Rivera,...
With the filing deadline for Lewis and Clark County Boards approaching, a new law may come into play for Lincoln’s elected boards. All five elected boards in Lincoln will have positions up for election on May 5, 2020. The Lincoln Fire District is electing two trustees to three-year terms. The positions currently held by Richard Birkholz and Gary Weisner are up for election. The Lincoln Hospital District is electing five trustees (the entire board). There are two one-year terms, two two-year terms, and one three-year term u...
Passion and staying true to your story are big parts of Hi Sign Brewing. Started by Mark Phillippe in 2017, Hi Sign Brewing is located in Austin, Texas, but has roots in Montana. Phillippe came up to Lincoln for the first time in 1996, and recalls his memories of time spent at his family's cabin on Hi Sign Road, "starting off years ago, before the craft beer boom, just coming up there and filling growlers in Helena and Missoula, hanging out on the Blackfoot, drinking beer in...
The Upper Blackfoot Valley Community Council has been meeting in Lincoln for well over a decade. Composed of seven elected members, the Council serves in an advisory capacity to the County Commissioners, giving Lincoln residents an opportunity to bring their concerns and opinions to the county. Lincoln has had a community council since the early 1990s. The current council replaced the original Lincoln Community Council in 2007, which was suspended in 2006 following the resignation of most the board. It was reborn as the...
The Stemple Stage Station, located near Stemple Pass in the early 1900s, was the start of the Lincoln Stage. The stagecoach stop provided meals, a post office, and support for the stage horses. Soon, "stage" began to refer to the vehicle and service that brought mail over the pass to Lincoln. In 1927, Julius Stoner took on the mail contract from Stemple to Lincoln and began carrying passengers and supplies along the route, in addition to the mail. Stoner's son, George, took...
From 2002-2007, Lincoln artist Annie Allen decorated five bears as part of Helena's Last Chance Bear Encounter Public Art Project. One of her bears has recently returned to Lincoln. The Bear Encounter was hosted by Downtown Helena both as a fundraiser and a way to make the Last Chance Gulch area of Helena a destination location for families and tourists. Artists submitted proposals for the juried project by mocking up their bear design on a black and white drawing of a bear....
Local and customizable field guides are available online through the Natural Heritage Program, allowing hikers, hunters, students and outdoor aficionados of all types the opportunity to learn more about Montana. The Montana Natural Heritage Program (mtnhp.org ) collects objective data about Montana's species and habitats, providing access to a broad array of information about the state's wildlife. The Montana Field Guides are a partnership project between the Natural Heritage...
As the holidays near, Christmas lights are going up around Lincoln and along Main Street, the lights at several businesses will be coordinated to music. Aaron Birkholz, owner of Coyote Coffee, has been working on synchronizing the lights at his business and home to music for the last couple of years. This year, he's working with other local businesses to try to light up the entire Main Street. A few years ago, Birkholz started noticing elaborate Christmas light displays and...
Don Hoffman, a local model railroad hobbyist, has built a four-foot by eight-foot train garden that is on display at the Lincoln Branch Library through the month of December. The garden includes three electric trains, a variety of town scenes, and a five-foot tall light-up Christmas tree. Hoffman built the garden using both commercial and handmade pieces. A camping scene includes handmade tents and a small campfire complete with smoke. Visitors can find a general store, train...
The 21st annual Santa's Workshop hosted more than 60 children and their families in the Lincoln School gym Saturday, Dec. 7. Volunteer organizations including the Community Bible Church, American Legion Lincoln Post 9, the Blackfoot Valley Bible Church, and the Optimists Club, as well as numerous individual volunteers, took part in this year's kid-centered event. Jill Frisbee with Lincoln Council for the Arts organized the event, and Laura Butler greeted the volunteers as...
Local sewers have come together to support the Lincoln Public School's Christmas concert, Jingle Bell Juke Box. The school needed 32 poodle skirts in five different sizes, so members of the school, the Lincoln Council for the Arts, and the Rippin' Stitchers, a local sewing group, pooled their resources for the project. On Monday, Nov. 18, Judy Spath from the Lincoln Council for the Arts worked with 5th grade teacher Stacey Mannix and Rippin' Stitcher Jesse Sallin to develop a...
