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The Montana State Old Time Fiddlers Contest in Lincoln last weekend seemed to be a hit. "It went really well," said Montana State Old Time Fiddlers Association President Isaac Callendar. "Everybody seemed to have a good time. It was everything I hoped it would be." The contest drew 52 fiddlers in the age categories, which was an increase from about 30 contestants last year. Callendar said that included about a dozen kids younger than eight who competed in the Peewee division....
The Lewis and Clark County Heritage Tourism Council held their August meeting in Lincoln, with members taking the opportunity to visit the historic Lincoln Gulch Cemetery and meet with the newly established Lincoln Cemetery District Board of Trustees. The Lewis and Clark County Commission approved a resolution April 20 to formally create the administrative board for Lincoln's two cemeteries, a decision that ended a process begun in 2016 with the transfer of the old Lincoln Gul...
Ryan Alter of Missoula says you don't drive a DeLorean if you aren't prepared to be noticed. Alter, who owns the custom IT firm Alter Enterprises, Inc., came up to Ovando last Wednesday in his 1981 DeLorean DMC 12 to spend time with his former co-workers at the Blackfoot Challenge Block Party. Alter explained that he worked with Elaine Caton to develop the Challenge's trumpeter swan database, invented an automatic bear trap used by Jamie Jonkel, the bear specialist with...
Last week a group of volunteers completed the final step in the Lincoln Community Hall kitchen remodel that started last year, as they tore off the back porch of the building and replaced it with something new. Community Hall President Ernie Lundberg said Doug Vulcan, Bob Frank-Plumlee, Kevin & Donna Forkan, Nyle Howsmon, Jeanette Nordahl and his wife Renee Lundberg spent "a solid week" replacing the old,small kitchen porch, which had deteriorated over time and was beginning...
The Blackfoot Challenge celebrated their second annual Block Party in Downtown Ovando Wednesday, Aug. 14, marking the collaborative organizations 26th year. The first block party in 2018, though a low-key affair compared to the 20th anniversary gala at Paws Up in 2013, proved a hit, drawing in locals and guests from throughout the watershed. "We had a great crowd and great feedback and thought we would try it again," said Sara Schmidt, the communications manager for the Challe...
For the first time in nearly four decades, the Lincoln Library has a new librarian handling the literary needs of the community. Kate Radford took her new post as the Lincoln Library Branch Manager July 31, after a couple days of training at the main Lewis and Clark County Library in Helena, and has been busy getting to know both the library and the community. "Everybody has been super kind and friendly and supportive," Radford said. "but I have heard a number of times what...
From downtown Lincoln you can now head for miles in any direction and still say you're within the Crown of the Continent, thanks to the work done by University of Montana Geography Professor Rick Graetz and his former graduate student Katie Shank. Last Friday, Graetz and Shank unveiled a new southern boundary for the Crown, which highlights the region around Lincoln and adds about 275,000 acres and 87 miles of the Continental Divide to the 13-million-acre ecosystem. Over the...
Mike Almas' Type 2 Incident Management Team bid farewell to Lincoln as they handed over management of the Horsefly and Nevada Creek fires to Shane Martin's Central Montana Type 3 Incident Management Team Tuesday morning, following a stretch of cool, rainy weekend that allowed firefighters to make significant progress in their efforts on both fires. The cooling trend that started late last week also allowed Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton to lift an evacuation order...
Things looked pretty grim for the success of the 3rd Annual Lincoln Arts and Music Festival and the first Lincoln Trails Day event last weekend, as a series of major rainstorms headed toward western Montana, trigging flash flood warnings across the area. When all was said and done, however, it seemed like things had gone pretty well. "All the music played and 90 percent of the artists stuck around for most of the two days, so it was a success in my book," festival organizer...
A group of seven performers who took the stage at the Delaney Mill TeePee Burner Wednesday, Aug. 7 to read some of their favorite passages from the various plays and poems of William Shakespeare for "Shakespeare in the Wild" Klara Varga of Lincoln, a devotee of Shakespeare, worked with Mary Dietz and Stacey Berquist, a retired high school theater teacher from Great Falls, to bring a group of like-minded fans together for the presentation. Varga persuaded Annette Gardner,...
Lincoln will be filled with the music of fiddles on the weekend of Aug. 23-25 as the Montana State Old-Time Fiddlers Association brings their state convention and contest to town. Isaac Callender, President of the Montana State Old-Time Fiddlers Association, suggested Lincoln as the new site for the event, following a decision to move it after hosting it for eight years in Choteau. "We just wanted to move it somewhere a little more central to the fiddling population,"...
The first day of school is just two weeks away and students returning to Lincoln Public Schools can expect to see some different faces on the staff this year, but new Superintendent Jennifer Packer said they shouldn't expect any major changes. "Everything's working, we're not going to fix anything that's not broken," she said. Packer took over the Superintendent position from Carla Anderson July 1 and has been settling into her new job over the past month, but the Lincln...
The smoke plume that rose over the mountains east of Lincoln Monday seemed like a rerun as the Horsefly Fire erupted to life only about a mile west of the Black Diamond Fire that reared up near Flesher Pass Friday, Aug. 2. The Horsefly Fire saw bucket drops almost immediately after it was reported, while it was still quite small, Fire Information Officer Tammy Shroyer told the BVD. Nevertheless, it gathered strength and grew to 100 acres by 2:30 p.m. As the afternoon wore on,...
LINCOLN Aug, 5, 2019 - A new column of smoke visible from downtown Lincoln is the result of a new fire about a mile west of the Black Diamond Fire near Flesher Pass. The Stonewall Lookout first picked up the new fire, called the Horsefly Fire this afternoon. Crews were dispatched to it immediatley, but Lincoln District Ranger Michael Stansberry told the BVD it grew quickly, before suppression actions could be taken. There are currently Hot Shot crews and air assets assigned...
LINCOLN Aug, 2, 2019 - A fire that came to life Friday afternoon burned 40 to 50 acres a little less than two miles miles west of the top of Flesher Pass, near the Continental Divide Trail. The Black Diamond Fire is the second in the Lincoln area, with the the Nevada Creek Fire, about three miles west of Granite Butte, is listed at about 80 acres Friday evening. Lincoln. District Ranger Michale Stansberry has scheduled a public meeting on the fires for 5 p.m., Saturday...
Lightning that moved through the area last night generated seven new fire starts in the area around Lincoln, Michael Stansberry, Lincoln District Ranger, told the BVD. A lightning strike from last night is believed to be the cause of the Nevada Creek Fire near the Helmville-Gould Trail near Stemple Pass. The newsier in the same general area as the Dalton Fire air crews were fighting yesterday. Stansberry said the new fire is at about 40 acres, with fire activity increasing as...
Lightning that rolled through the Lincoln area Monday night ignited a small fire near the Stemple Pass area The three-acre fire saw group torching at about 9 p.m. but was only smoldering by Tuesday at noon. Lincoln District Ranger Michael Stansberry told the BVD that the blaze, called the Dalton Fire, was located along the Helmville-Gould trail near the area of last year's 467 Fire, but was less accessible. "We are choosing not to take heavy equipment in there at this point,...
Classic and custom cars and trucks flooded into the Lincoln Rodeo Grounds Saturday for the Rev Mountain Car and Bike Show. The event featured the free car show Saturday, featuring the Horny Mike's Roadshow. Two nights of music, featuring six performers, bracketed the car show Friday and Saturday nights....
The Annual Lincoln Airport Open House and Barbecue drew a healthy crowd Saturday, with guests showing up throughout the day to have a bite to eat and to check out the airport and the visiting aircraft. The event, hosted by Jerry and Liz Cain for 17 years, began as a fly-in Barbecue and meeting of the Helena Vigilante Hangar of the Montana Pilots Association but it has since become part of Jerry Cain's ongoing effort to get the community interested in supporting the Lincoln...
The Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department provided support to agencies battling the North Hills Fire near Helena, but with fire season ramping up and warm, dry weather in the forecast Lincoln Fire Chief Zach chose not to commit department resources to the fire for a full 14-day tour. Muse told the BVD they have been providing assets on a day-to-day basis to help battle the blaze North of Helena, but want to ensure they have their assets available to respond to any fires that may...
Whether it's hiking, horseback riding or off-highway vehicles, information on the various public trails around Lincoln can be hard to come by, for both visitors and locals alike. This year, an effort to raise awareness of the public trail system around the Upper Blackfoot Valley is underway, with the ultimate goal of developing a website specifically for Lincoln-area trails. Montana Conservation Corps intern Paige Havener began working on that task in June, and for the past...
Justin McDonough uses a bulldozer to move dirt as he levels out the vacant lot next to the Lincoln Fire Hall, Friday evening, July 19. According to Lincoln Fire Chief Zach Muse, leveling the lot will make it easier to mow and will provide the Fire Department with an additional area to park vehicles, if needed. It may be used as a site for training. The Lincoln Volunteer Fire District took ownership of the property north of the fire hall March 5. The purchase included both the...
Two days of hot rods and rock & roll are coming to Lincoln this weekend as Rev Mountain Entertainment presents the Rev Mountain Car and Bike Show, July 26 and 27 at the Lincoln Rodeo Grounds. Event Promoter Shelby Brookie said the event came about to bring additional attention to Lincoln as a destination and to help the towns economy boom, with an event the locals should appreciate. "We realized there are a lot of cool cars here; there are a lot of people who love their...
For the past two years, the Lincolnstock music festival has been absent from Lincoln's calendar of events, but this weekend organizer Gary Zadick is bringing it back to town once again as a free, standalone event. In 2017, Zadick took a break from organizing the festival to travel and spend time with his family. Lincolnstock as its own event was put on hold, but Zadick kept it alive in a slightly different form by handing it off to the Lincoln Arts Council and helping them...
After a one-year hiatus, the Lincoln Bike Rally returned to town, bringing the thunder with it. Under the direction and organization of the Tenacious Dames Riding Club, "The Rally in the Valley," drew an estimated 250-300 bikes to town "We had a pretty good group come in yesterday and today," Julie Fink, the president of the Tenacious Dames said Saturday afternoon. The turnout outpaced the first rally in 2015, which drew an estimate 160 bikes. Fink said they would have had...
