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Lincoln Volunteer Fire Rescue members worked to save a cow moose that had fallen though thin ice on Krohn Lake, east of Lander's Fork Road Thursday, Jan. 23. Lincoln Assistant Fire Chief Derek Perez said the moose was spotted in the lake at about 9:30 a.m. The fire department received the page at 10:30 a.m. and arrived on the lake by11 a.m. Firefighters initially planned to cut a trench in the ice to the shore, according to Perez, but the moose swam toward them and tried to...
Lewis and Clark County Search and Rescue responded to a call Thursday, Feb. 16. to help three snowmobilers who called 911 requesting assistance after they found themselves stuck in the area of Keep Cool Lakes, northeast of Lincoln. Lewis and Clark County Deputy Sheriff Robert Rivera first responded to the call and requested the assistance of Search and Rescue to help locate the trio, which included a 60-year old male, a 62-year old male and a 58 year old female, identified as...
Envision Lincoln, the community revitalization effort begun in 2017, has been flying below the radar for the past several months, but organizers are working to invigorate the movement with an open house at the Lincoln Community Hall Tuesday, Feb. 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. "It will be an introduction to getting Envision Lincoln going again," lead organizer Karyn Good said at a Jan. 10 meeting of several of the core members of the Envision Lincoln group. "We had a break, but we...
A pickup truck stolen from the Lincoln Telephone Company early Thursday morning was recovered in Great Falls Friday, followed by the arrest of the suspected vehicle thieves. According to the Great Falls Tribune, police arrested Christopher Henderson, 25, and Letisia Badhawk, 28 Friday morning after they abandoned the vehicle near 4th Avenue North and 17th Street in Great Falls. The pair allegedly stole the Lincoln Telephone vehicle at 2:33 a.m. Thursday morning, leaving...
The heavy snowfall in the last couple of days came too late to save the 4th Annual Skijor Lincoln. Late last week, faced with minimal snowpack, icy conditions, an uncertain forecast and a deadline to make the call, the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce decided to scrap the event that had been scheduled for Jan. 18 and 19. "Even though it's snowing, the ground underneath is solid ice," LVCC President Laurie Richards said Monday. "The day we made the decision, the forecast...
The Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department has taken on a more crimson hue with the addition of another new vehicle to its fleet. Last week the department acquired a 2003 Ford Excursion for use as the new command vehicle for the department, replacing the Ford diesel pickup truck driven by Lincoln Fire Chief Zach Muse. The new vehicle comes to Lincoln from the Helena Fire Department, where it served as their "Rescue 2," a sister unit to "Rescue 3," the Ford F550 rescue truck the...
A restoration project the Lincoln Ranger District is developing in the Hogum/Humbug area southeast of Lincoln will be the main topic of an Open House at the Lincoln Ranger Station, Jan. 30. The Hogum/Humbug project is aimed at hazard fuels reduction on fewer than 3000 acres and is being developed using a categorical exclusion for wildfire resilience under the Healthy Forest Restoration Act. "We know the condition of the fuels and the forest. I think it behooves us to reach...
The Lincoln High School basketball teams opened their seasons Friday Dec. 6 and Saturday Dec. 7 with back-to-back losses to Hot Springs and Charlo. The Lincoln boys worked to overcome an early lead by the Hot Springs Dec. 6 with a second half rally that saw the Lynx outscore the Savage Heat in the second half. Unfortutnaltey for the Lynx, Hot Springs overcame the comeback effort by building on their first half lead, handing Lincoln a narrow 58-53 loss. Despite the loss,...
Saturday marked the first major event for Heritage House, a Traditional School of Arts the Vallers have been developing over the past few months. "Its really good," Valler said. "Lots of people are excited for the classes and the gallery." Dates and details of the classes over the winter haven't been finalized yet, but Valler said they have a bowyer who makes traditional bows and wooden arrows coming and a lady who makes silver clay jewelry lined up. She said classes will...
The annual Lincoln Christmas bazaar did a brisk business Saturday, Dec. 7, with a constant flow of customers in and out throughout the day. "I've been busy," said Pryor, who had a hit with one of her products. "I've got two fruitcakes left and that's all." Pryor, who has been organizing and coordinating the Christmas Bazaar for the past 30 years, said this is her last year doing so. "I don't know how many times I was going to retire," she said, adding that at 80 years old,...
A suggestion by Lincoln's new librarian Kate Radford could improve the safety at the crosswalks near Lincoln School. At a meeting of the Upper Blackfoot Valley Community Council two months ago, Radford suggested improving the school crosswalks with the use of a button that could activate the flashing warning lights as needed. The crosswalk lights are currently timed to activate at the start and end of the school days, when students are most likely to be crossing the highway....
A 911 dispatcher in Helena received a Distinguished Service Award from interim Helena Police Chief Steve Hagen Thursday, Dec. 4, for his role in helping to save the life of a Lincoln Man in October. Zack Slattery, a lead dispatcher for Helena 911, answered an Oct. 13 call from a woman in Lincoln who thought her 73-year old husband was having a seizure. When the man stopped breathing, Slattery talked the woman – who had completed CPR training several years prior - through the CPR process. “It was one of those things where we...
The Lincoln Valley Public Lands Proposal took a step forward last week as the Lewis and Clark County Commission unanimously approved a resolution in support of the plan at their regular Dec. 5 meeting in Helena. Commission Chairman Jim McCormick applauded the community involvement in the proposal as he announced the board's action during the Dec. 6 Lincoln Government Day Meeting at the Lincoln Library. "The group of folks have been working for years to bring the whole Lincoln...
Impeachment may be all the rage in Washington DC these days, but public land funding was the reason Laurie Richards made a trip to the nation's capitol last week. Richards, owner of the Wheel Inn and president of the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce, flew to Washington Monday, Nov. 11 at the invitation of the Continental Divide Trail Coalition to talk to lawmakers about the impact the CDT and public lands have on Lincoln and other small towns in Montana. Richards joined Aust...
Impeachment may be all the rage in Washington DC these days, but public land funding was the reason Laurie Richards made a trip to the nation's capitol last week. Richards, owner of the Wheel Inn and president of the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce, flew to Washington Monday, Nov. 11 at the invitation of the Continental Divide Trail Coalition to talk to lawmakers about the impact the CDT and public lands have on Lincoln and other small towns in Montana. Richards joined Austin Phippen of Chama, N.M. and Kevin and Patrick We...
At one time in American history, signs declared "No Irish Needed." To that, Polson's Irish music quintet, the Montana ShamRockers, say "Oh, really?" The Montana ShamRockers highlighted the irony of those old sentiments with their free performance at the Lincoln Community Hall Thursday evening, Nov. 14, as part of a tour of small Montana towns. Designed as a tribute to America's veterans, their show "No Irish Needed" provided a heavy dose of patriotism bound in Irish pride as...
Cowboy Claus remains the highlight of Ovando's Old West Christmas Fest, an family friendly activity for the whole family held every year after Thanksgiving....
Lincoln High School Sophomore Jenna Templeton joined the ranks of the National Honor Society Tuesday Nov. 26, at a a small induction ceremony at the Lincoln School Library. Templeton joined Makenzie Story and Lindsey Weisner as the third member of the Society at the school. Fewer than 30 Lincoln students have been inducted into the National Honor Society since the school established a chapter here in 2010. National Honor Society adviser Joanie Templeton said her daughter...
Jessi Lehl brought her mule team, Violet and Rose, to Ovando Friday for their first Old West Christmas Fest. Lehl is the daughter of Rob Henreken, who brought his team of Belgians back to Christmas Fest for the first time in several years. The Henrekens had provided the stage service for the event for severa years, but scheduling conflicts had kept them away for the last three years, when Lincoln's Billy Cr stepped in. "It's nice to be able to do this again," said Lehl, who...
Doug "Hoot" Richards, 85, a professional art designer from Seeley Lake, drew the pictures for kids to color during the Old West Christmas Fest bazaar at the Ovando School. "This is fun; I love it," Richards said. Leigh Ann Valiton, who organized this year's Christmas Fest, said the coloring corner was a new addition to the event this year, and that it worked out well. She said the kids were kept busy coloring the pictures while their parents did some chopping at the bazaar....
The Lincoln branch of Citizens Alliance Bank will nearly double in size this winter, with work set to begin in the next few days on addition to the south side of the current building. "For those who don't know, we have no storage here, no additional office space," said Citizens Alliance Vice President and Lincoln Branch Manager Shayne Lindsay. He said most of the addition will be dedicated to offices, but about a third will be onsite storage space. The staff kitchen will also...
Lincoln's newest service club, the Blackfoot Valley Optimists Club, made its first contribution back to the community with a $400 donation to the Lewis and Clark County Heroes & Helpers, program. Heroes and Helpers is a nationwide program that pairs needy kids with law enforcement officers to help kids buy gifts for their families during the holidays. "We take 120 kids shopping every year," said Deputy James Turpin, the Sheriff's office D.A.R.E Coordinator. who accepted the...
Lewis and Clark County will be the 17th county in Montana to hold nonpartisan elections for county offices, after nearly 56 percent of voters approved the measure in the Nov. 5 election. According to preliminary county election results on the county website, more than 18,000 voters cast ballots on the questions, with more than 10,000 of those votes favoring nonpartisan elections. Provisional ballots were added to the vote total yesterday afternoon, after our press time. The offices affected by the change include the three...
Lewis and Clark County Commissioner Andy Hunthausen reminded people the 2020 Census is on the horizon, and the accuracy of the count could have lasting consequences for the state, the county and for Lincoln itself. "It is super-double-triple important," Hunthausen, a co-chair of the county's Complete Count Committee, said at Lincoln's Nov. 1 Government Day meeting. He said the goal of the Complete Count Committee is to be sure people understand the importance of the census,...
Don LaRoque veered from the American Legion's prepared speech as he delivered the Veterans Day address for the annual Lincoln American Legion Post 9 Veterans Day Observance, Nov. 11. LaRoque, who noted that Veteran's Day is a day to recognize living veterans, as opposed to Memorial Day, which honors those who have passed on, focused largely on one theme from the prepared speech: the importance of the stories veterans have. He also spoke to the relation those stories have to...
