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Using colored pencils, Garrett Schwalm used a bench in the Hooper park pavilion as a desk as he enthusiastically colored in the landscape around an illustration of a whitetail buck. Schwalm was hurrying to beat the deadline for the Lincoln Prosperity Proposal coloring contest at the Lincoln arts and Music Festival Sunday afternoon. The coloring contest, which had $500 in prizes, made its debut at the festival this year, thanks to support from The Wilderness Society, which not...
In past years, as the third weekend in August approached, Doug and Laurie Richards at the Wheel Inn would call businesses around town and the surrounding area to find out if they planned to sponsor a team in the annual Bob Purdy Co-ed Softball Tournament. Every year the Richards' sponsor the tournament, but this year finding the normal slate of 16 teams for the tournament was far from difficult. In fact, the tournament added teams for the first time. "This year we ended up...
The Lincoln Lynx Volleyball team played their first home game of the season Friday, Sept. 3 against the Granite High Prospectors from Philipsburg. The first set of the game saw the Lincoln team fall to the Prospectors 10-25, but a rally by the young team that began late in the first set carried on into the second, with Lincoln scoring the first point. Although the set ended with Granite beating the Lynx 25-16, the Lincoln ladies kept up the pressure in the third set, earning...
Artist-in-residence Michael Brolly and Emerging artist Beth Korth introduced the latest addition to Sculpture in the Wild during the launch Saturday, Sept. 25....
After a week off due to the COVID-19 outbreak at Lincoln School, the Lynx Volleyball team was back in action last weekend, facing off at home against the Victor Pirates Friday evening and the St. Regis Tigers Saturday afternoon. The Lincoln ladies started strong during both matchups, overwhelming the visiting teams in the first set, but nevertheless coming away each time with 3-1 losses. On Friday, the Lynx hammered the Pirates in the first set 25-14, before the Pirates...
Kevin O'Dwyer came to Lincoln to make knives, but after ten years and multiple trips to and from his home in Ireland, he's leaving behind an award-winning sculpture park. 2021 marks O'Dwyer's ninth year as the artistic director for Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild, a position he originally expected to hold for only about two years. "It's been a really great experience; the ups and downs and all the rest of it," he said. "At the end of the day we have a beautiful...
Bear activity in Lincoln has been picking up recently as bears looking for as much food as they can find ahead of hibernation ahead of hibernation are finding unsecured garbage and other attractants in town Last week saw some significant bear activity ln Lincoln's west side, with several bear sightings and encounters on the south and west edges of town, areas that are close to the Blackfoot River and the wetlands southwest of town. According to Facebook posts last Wednesday,...
Anglers took advantage of the warm Indian summer weather and clear water during the last week to hit the Blackfoot in search of fish while enjoying the glow of the sun through the gold and red fall foliage along the river....
The Lincoln High Homecoming football game scheduled for Monday, Oct. 11 has been canceled due to attendance and eligibility issues that have whittled team numbers down to just five players. The cancellation of the game has also led to the cancellation of the homecoming parade, which had been planned for Monday at 1 p.m. The cancellation won't affect the homecoming volleyball games scheduled that week on Oct. 14 and Oct. 16. The volleyball games will give fans the chance to...
After Matt and Nichole Simpkins' two sons moved out of their home in the northern Nevada mountain town of Elko, the couple began looking for something else to keep them going. "I don't know what made us decide to do a campground," Matt said. The Simpkins say they fell in love with Lincoln during their travels to visit family and friends in Butte and Missoula and began looking for suitable property in the area for their Lost Moose Meadows Campground. They had hoped to find...
During the Oct. 1 Lincoln Government Day meeting, Lewis and Clark County Road Manager Kevin Horne said County Engineer Dan Karlin and Bridge Manager Clay Caudle met with Montana Department of Transportation engineers recently for an alignment grade review for the new Dalton Mountain Road Bridge to ensure the elevations and alignment will work with the new structure. Horne said they still expect to see construction of the new bridge during three-month period in 2023. He said...
Lewis and Clark County and the Lincoln Ranger District have been working with Pyramid Lumber to allow the company to haul 12- 15 loads of logs over Herrin Lakes Road. During Lincoln government Day, County Road, Bridge, and Sign Manager Kevin Horne said Pyramid made the request to use the road for about 15 loads of logs as they clear some rights of way. The road use was authorized, with stipulations about truck speed, additional signage and time frames for hauling. Although the dates haven’t been verified, Horne said P...
Next month the Blackfoot Valley Dispatch is making a change to our publication schedule due to a recent increase in our mailing costs an upcoming increase in our printing costs and declines in advertising revenue Beginning Oct. 7, the BVD will change from publishing an issue every week to publishing biweekly (every other week), on Thursdays. The decision wasn't easy to make and wasn't made lightly. It certainly wasn't what we had in mind when we bought the BVD nine-and-a-half...
The future of recycling in Lincoln is in jeopardy as people continue to fill the paper and can bins near the Lincoln Senior Center with non-recyclable material, or with material that can be taken to the transfer site for recycling. Currently, Lewis and Clark County contracts with Republic Services for the paper and can recycling bins in town, while a cardboard recycling bin is located at the Lincoln Transfer Site. Last week, Lincoln Solid Waste Board president Bob...
A homecoming parade for Lincoln school, featuring floats made by the high school classes, is slated to go through town Monday, Oct. 11 at 1 p.m. as Lincoln Schools celebrate homecoming week. In recent years, homecoming parades have been held during the homecoming football games, with floats making a lap around the track at the football field. This year, however, the school decided to move it to main street to help spread school spirit and get local businesses involved. The week will culminate with a homecoming dance for 9th...
The American Legion, Lincoln Volunteer Ambulance and Lincoln Volunteer Fire Rescue honored the 20th anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks. Saturday, Sept. 11 with a pair of seperate, low key displays. Post Commander Rick Foreman said Lambkins owner Marge Kolve asked the Legion to present the color at the rod run this year. Although the Legion color guard presented the colors last year as well, Foreman said they added a moment of silence this year in honor of 9-11 terror...
Lincoln School students spent this week out of school as they returned to remote learning following an outbreak of COVID-19 cases at Lincoln Schools. The administration made the decision when it became clear the number of confirmed and suspected cases among both staff and students was high enough that in-person classes weren't feasible. "There are 11 percent of the staff who have tested positive, and all are breakthrough cases," Packer told the BVD in an e-mail. "At least 16...
The Lincoln area has experienced a spate of vandalism in the last two weeks as unknown culprits have spray painted traffic signs and damaged both trash cans and traffic pylons. Lewis and Clark County Deputy Sheriff Robert Rivera said vandals first hit the area around Tuesday, Aug 17. "It was reported that somebody on Dalton Mountain Bridge ran over those pylons and destroyed a few of them, then tossed a couple...up in the river," Rivera said. "That same night they drove up...
The first thing Myrna Crawford wants to make clear is that the Canyon Creek Country Store is not closing. With the historic store quietly for sale, Myrna and her husband Ron prepared for a living estate sale last Friday. The goal was simply to help clear out some of the antiques and collectibles in the store that they've amassed over the years. But rumors, they do like to fly. As she had explained repeatedly on Facebook posts, Myrna said they were having the sale, so they won'...
Concerns about the ability to field a six-man football team this fall loomed at the end of last school year, prompting Lincoln High School to offer cross country as an alternative for Lincoln boys, since the sport only requires three members to form a team. Lincoln Schools Athletic Director Shane Brown said they decided to bring cross county back after an absence of almost nine years, due to an apparent lack of interest among students in either high school or junior high...
Rainy weather Aug. 21 prompted Sculpture in the Wild to re-schedule the Teepee Burner performance by The Wilbur Rehman Quartet until Sunday Sept. 5. The program, slated from 4 - 6 p.m., with special guest MJ Williams on vocals and trombone, will now serve as an informal kick-off to this year's Artist-in-Residence program that begins Sept. 7. "Listen to great Jazz; meet the artists and catch up with the Artistic Director Kevin O'Dwyer," BPSW President Becky Garland said....
A man who ran out of gas between Browns Lake and the Highway 141 intersection has been missing since Aug. 16. The family of Matthew Kalange, 26, is seeking any leads on his whereabouts. Kalange left a note in his car saying he had run out of gas and asking that the car not be towed. It is possible he walked toward Ovando, Lincoln or Helmville to get more fuel. He hasn't been seen since. Law enforcement reportedly is investigating the possibility of foul play, an accident or...
Petitions that will let the county to move ahead with funding a chip seal project for the paved streets in Lincoln and Lambkins Rural improvement districts are still in need of signatures. Jessica Makus, Lewis and Clark County special districts program coordinator told the Upper Blackfoot Valley Community Council last week that they need just 17 signatures from property owner in the Lambkins RID and 65 signatures from property owners in the Lincoln RID to reach the 20 percent threshold that allows the Lewis and Clark County...
The Blackfoot Challenge Summer Block Party returned in full swing last week as more than 200 people filled Ovando's small downtown Wednesday, Aug. 11. The evening, though warm, saw the smoke that had lingered across the valley dissipate somewhat, allowing the gray haze to give way to a blue sky. The Challenge started the new annual tradition in 2018, with a celebration of its 25th anniversary. This year's get together didn't mark a milestone anniversary, but it provided a...
Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton hosted the U.S. Forest Service Director of Law Enforcement and Investigation and a dozen sheriff's from around the western United States for a first-of-its-kind exercise in the Bob Marshall Wilderness from July 19-23. In his role as president of the Western States Sheriff's Association – an office he's held since May 16 - Dutton coordinated the outing to the Pretty Prairie area with USFS LE&I Director Tracy Perry as part of an ongoing...
