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Work at the UBMC has been proceeding rapidly this year, despite getting off to a late start. The plan for this year included a flexible three-section approach that started with a base bid that ensured remediation of Bear Trap Canyon, from the confluence of Mike Horse and Bear Trap Creeks down to the Water Treatment Plant, would be completed this year, at a minimum. By Aug. 10, the contractor for the project, Missouri River Contractors, had made enough progress that the...
Logs decked near the Forest Service campground at Flesher Pass were opened to firewood cutters last week after Forest Service personnel determined the there was no market value in the wood. Lincoln District Ranger Michael Stansberry said firewood cutters looking to collect wood from the stack need to have valid firewood permits, which are available at the Lincoln Ranger District office. Permits cost $5 per cord, with a minimum purchase amount of four cords. Cutters can...
Last Wednesday about 45 members of the Mercy Flight air medical service from Benefis Hospital in Great Falls descended on the Lincoln Airport for their annual Safety Stand-down. Every year, Mercy Flight takes and operational break - effectively going out of business for the day- to review their safety procedures, conduct cross training between the medical specialties within their own ranks, and to train with other first responders in the various areas they serve. Mercy flight...
Helmville school students had the chance to get up close and personal with the Helmville Volunteer fire department's equipment Friday Oct. 12 as part of Fire Prevention month. Rather than simply going over exit routes, escape plans and smoke detectors the kids this year also got to try on firefighting equipment, learn how to build a survival fire, use fire extinguishers to put out small fires and learn about the department's firefighting trucks, including Moby Dick, their...
"You can't tackle your mom!" Isn't a phrase you hear at a typical football game, but last Saturday's flag football game between alumni, staff and parents and the high school and junior high football teams was anything but typical. After a disappointing and injury-filled football season that ended with the Lynx forfeiting the remainder of their season, the school staff decided they needed to do something to give the players a proper close to the season. "Kids were disappointed...
The Alpine Artisan's Tour of the Arts returned to Lincoln last weekend as the Lincoln Art Haus Co-op once again hosted an exhibition and sale of their artwork at the Community Hall. Annie Allen, founder of the co-op, said the growing organization now has nine members, including new member Tammy Jordan, a fiber artiss who recently returned to Lincoln. Only one member of the co-op, Steve Woodhouse missed the tour this year, but they invited Margaret Rose Chiltwood, a visiting ar...
The new 911 call box in downtown Helmville may seem a bit anachronistic in the age of cell phones, but with only isolated bubbles of coverage in the area, access to the public landline may be the best option residents and travelers have at times. Located on the Helmville volunteer Fire Department's recently acquired new fire hall on the north side of Highway 271, across from the county shop and the community hall, the callbox is the brainchild of Tommy Applegate, a member of...
Lieutenant Governor Mike Cooney and staff members from the Governor's Office of Economic Development are slated to visit with members of the Envision Lincoln team Oct. 22, as part of the fledgling Montana Main Street- Rural Partner's initiative that launched in Choteau Sept. 25. The initiative, an outgrowth of Gov. Steve Bullock's five-year-old Montana Main Street Project, is part of an effort to bridge the gap between the strong economies seen in Montana's larger cities and...
Working in coordination with Montana Department of Transportation crews, eight sawyers with the Lincoln Ranger District took down dozens of hazard trees along Highway 279 near the top of Flesher Pass. Lincoln District Ranger Michael Stansberry said the trees taken down were those that had the greatest potential for impacting the highway. Questions about removing the dead trees have recurred several times in the last two years, due to the high number of beetle killed trees in...
A listening session to discuss and take comments on a potential Rural Improvement District that would cover the cost of applying dust control to the 4x4 Road filled the meeting room at the Lincoln Library for the monthly Lewis and Clark County Commission meeting last Friday. A 4x4 Road RID has been in the works for several months, but suffered a setback in August when Commissioners denied the request to form the district after learning the boundary included a parcel of state...
The Lincoln Community Hall was filled wall-to-wall last Thursday night for the Lincoln Youth Concert, a collaboration between the Lincoln School choir and band programs and the Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild concert series. An estimated 180 parents and community members packed the hall as 90 Lincoln students ranging from kindergarten to high school seniors joined BPSW Composer-in-residence Adele O'Dwyer, Violist Aoise O'Dwyer, violinist Marvin Suson, and pianist...
In a special meeting last week, the Lincoln School Board revisited a change to the school's cell phone and digital device policy that went into effect this year and aligned the school's Technology Agreement with the high school handbook. At the regular September meeting, Student Council President Carly Templeton brought forward concerns that the rule prohibiting such devices from classrooms had an adverse effect on the ability of some students, particularly seniors, to complet...
A large box truck carrying cargo from Missoula to Great Falls wound up in a pasture just west of Lincoln after colliding with an injured moose Thursday morning, Sept. 27. Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Brandon Uhl said a pickup traveling west out of Lincoln first hit the moose just after 6 a.m., near the Parker Medical Clinic. The driver of the pickup pulled over, but the injured moose remained in the road when the eastbound truck hit it. "It was a bull moose, big bull," Uhl...
The Lincoln High School Football season ended abruptly last week, after the suspension of two players for underage drinking left the school to shorthanded to field a six-man team. The suspensions came on the heels of a series of injuries that sidelined several of the team's players in recent weeks. In addition to the spinal injury suffered by Joey Weiderhold during the game against White Sulphur Springs, the team lost players this season to concussions and ankle injuries. The...
As part of the effort to turn around the failing junior High school math scores that played a role in the Lincoln Junior High's accreditation downgrade to "Advice," the Lincoln School District made a significant change to their math curriculum for K-8 students. This year Lincoln Elementary students bid farewell to Every Day Math, which the school adopted in 2013 to align with the state-mandated Common Core standards. The new program, Ready Math, also aligns with Common Core...
Brewery Follies When the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce brought the Brewery Follies from Virginia City to Lincoln last fall, locals looking for a few politically incorrect laughs turned out in force, turning the Lincoln Community Hall into a standing room only venue. The success of the endeavor, which paid for itself in ticket sales and raised some extra money for the LVCC, prompted the board to bring the show back to town for a two night stint this Oct. 5 and 6, but...
Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton identified the man found in the woods north of the old Lincoln Cemetery as Lee Klette, 42, of Great Falls. A man prospecting with a metal detector in the area discovered Klette, hypothermic and near death, on Aug. 24 when he heard moaning near the trail. Klette was discovered with wire wrapped around one leg, about two miles from his rented Ford Mustang, which had been found by a Lincoln resident Aug. 20, on Moon Drive southwest of...
Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild entered its busiest time of the year last week as this year's two artist-in-residence went to work on the newest installations for the park. Unlike some past artists, neither Cornelia Konrads nor Kate Hunt have released conceptual renditions of the work, which may make this year's launch Sept. 29 feel a bit more revelatory. Konrads in particular prefers to keep her concept, a span incorporating lodgepole logs and barn wood, close to...
Image 1: Western Water Wells of Helena works with Lincoln's MT Poverty Well Drilling to install a new well next to the Lincoln Rural Fire District's well house in the center of Lincoln Wednesday, Sept. 12. Image 2: Mark Christian with MT Poverty Well Drilling and Bill Frisbee, chairman of the Lincoln Rural Fire District board, watch the flow of water coming from the new well. Christian said Western was on hand to help with a high-pressure pump test, but they were unable to...
The early snowfall that hit the area last September may have dampened the wildfires burning in the area, but also put a damper on the pair of annual car shows hosted in Lincoln by forcing the cancellation of Lambkin's annual Lincoln Rod Run and prompting only 16 cars to come to town for the annual Wilderness Car Show. This year probably made up for last however, with more than 200 cars in town for both shows, including a few drivers who came up just to show off their classic...
Adele O'Dwyer admitted she was delighted and a bit surprised at the crowd that filled the Lincoln Community Hall for the first in a series of three Lunchtime Concerts celebrating both the 5th Anniversary of Blackfoot Pathways and the 100th Anniversary of the Lincoln Community Hall. "I don't think a lunchtime concert is a common place event, so I didn't know if the first one, would they respond?" she said. "There seem to be school children and all sorts of different people,...
The Lincoln Lynx football team suffered not only a 73-6 defeat at the hands of the White Sulphur Springs Hornets, but the loss of a promising player for the remainder of the season. Sophomore Joey Weiderhold took a hard illegal hit during the game that left him with a compression fracture to one of the vertebrae in his mid-back, as well as a possible concussion. Wiederhold's mother, Jen reported he's in good spirits and though the injury brought an end to his playing ball...
Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton has identified the man found in the woods north of the old Lincoln Cemetery as Lee Klette, 42, of Great Falls. Dutton told the BVD Klette claims he put the wire found around his leg there himself, and says he is not the victim of a crime. Beyond that, Dutton said he’s keeping mum, so the circumstances that led to his injuries and five days in the woods remains a mystery. “He’s not talking. Right now, we’re trying to piece it together,...
Personnel change for Lincoln; info on man found in woods remains elusive Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton kicked off Government Day Friday, Sept. 7 with the announcement that Deputy Chris Joyce submitted his resignation, with his last day set for Sept. 12. Dutton said it's sad news for the office and that Joyce had his own reasons for leaving, but didn't say what they were. He said Joyce will remain in Lincoln to operate his glass business, Hollow Point Glass. Dutton...
Two hundred motorcycles rolled into Lincoln Friday, Sept. 7, as the annual Bikers Against Bullies ride stopped in town for lunch at Bushwackers. The ride, said to be the largest in the state, raises awareness about bullying and raises funds for a variety of organizations that help kids, including Boys and Girls clubs, Big Brothers, Big Sisters and Special Olympics. Steve and Leona Cannon, the new owners of Bushwackers, shut down for most of the day Friday to handle the...
