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It's been a year in the making, but this week, the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce launched its new website. The site, which can be found at www.lincolnmontana.com, comes just in time for the summer season, and boasts Lincoln attractions, member information and events, all with an updated feel and mobile compatibility. Through a matched grant from Southwest Montana, the Chamber hired Dennis Duenas of Unparalleled Advertising Group. The website committee and Duenas worked...
Traditionally, the annual Easter Egg Hunt is held for kids in Lincoln at Hooper Park. In these times of social distancing, it's not safe to hold the hunt in its traditional form so a new variation will be in effect for this year. Instead of kids going to the hunt, the hunt will go to them, in a manner of speaking. Thanks to the Lincoln Volunteer Fire Rescue, the Powerhouse Gym and a few local volunteers, pre-filled Easter eggs will be available to families who would normally...
Local writer Lee York recently had an article published in a well-known publication. The magazine article, which features three local artists, Annie Allen, Michael Brown and Charles Geary, appears in the Spring 2020 issue of Distinctly Montana. At her core, York loves to write and has been doing so for several years, both in the fiction and non-fiction sectors. She has a degree in Creative Writing and recently discovered what she really likes is interviewing people, especially...
So, how are you doing? This seems to be the question I ask most nowadays, because for me, checking in with people has become more important than ever and what I’m doing a lot of these days. Checking in with family, friends, loved ones, and even people I don’t know very well. Now, it’s not the typical way I would have done it prior to recent events. Before, it was more of an in-person thing, you know, standing face-to-face asking someone, “How are you hanging in with everyth...
The annual Fireman's Ball, which was originally scheduled for this past weekend has been tentatively rescheduled for Saturday, May 16. The Ball, which is the main fundraiser for the Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department, had to be postponed due to county-wide imposed safety precautions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. "We hope to have the event on May 16, but that will all depend on the county and what we're allowed to do. Depending on how everything goes, we'll need to...
The Lincoln Loggers Wrestling Club, with the help of coaches Ezra Schwalm, Shane Smith and Nick Hessler wrapped up their 2020 season with a trip to the State Tournament last weekend. The team of 12 local kids aged 5-13 have been hard at work this wrestling season. "Everybody throughout the season gave a lot of effort and wrestled tough. Three of the four older wrestlers are first-time wrestlers this year. Overall they did really well and had some very good moments during the...
With the closure of local food and business establishment,s as well as the school, community members and families may be finding it difficult to make ends meet. To top it off, with limited supplies in town and our elderly population at risk, it may be difficult for people in the community to get what they need right now. To help, a few community members have gotten together to organize an effort to help those in the community who may be in need now. Beginning this week, to fil...
With the recent closure of schools in the state of Montana, and Lincoln teachers conducting classes remotely, many parents may find themselves taking on a more active teaching role at home. Tiana Valler has been homeschooling her children for the last sixteen years and has some advice for those who may need it now. Among her biggest words of advice to parents is to relax and breathe, and she wants to assure parents they aren’t going to ruin their child’s education in the next two months. “This is something short-term to he...
My original column didn’t seem fitting for a time like now. Fortunately, other thoughts came to my mind instead that felt better suited for now. Yesterday, even though I woke up to snow, the sun was rising and the skies were clearing. For me, it was very symbolic. Like many around the world, this past week took me by surprise. Events were canceled, establishments closed, social gatherings of almost every kind being discouraged. But the second day of spring began to give me h...
The 33rd annual Pete Sitch Memorial Basketball Tournament, which raises money for the scholarship they award to a Lincoln student each year is among the myriad events canceled due to restrictions related to the coronavirus, COVID-19 "It all came down to Governor Bullock's announcement to close all Montana schools beginning Monday, March 16," said Dave Sitch, one of the tournament organizers. "We didn't want to cancel the event but have been forced to do so. We apologize to...
The Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce met Thursday, March 12 to discuss several upcoming events. It was the first meeting with the new full board present. Major topics discussed at the meeting included the upcoming 4th of July Festivities and the Lincoln Bike Rally. The Tenacious Dames came to the meeting to discuss their plans for the upcoming Lincoln Bike Rally planned for the weekend of July 10-12. Currently, they have Hell’s Belles scheduled to perform in the baseball fields at Hooper Park on Friday evening a Poker R...
Busy people get things done… or do they? When I resided in Billings for a few years, I was pretty active in a variety of things, including working two jobs, one full-time and another almost full-time. I was also going through a class called the Montana Artrepreneur Program (MAP) in an effort to build a more successful fiber art business. I was the co-chair and secretary for the local spinning guild, on the planning committee that organized a large festival each year, and v...
If you take a closer look at the fence surrounding the Heritage House building, you’ll notice colorful socks along the fence posts. Why, you ask? It’s in preparation for their upcoming Ice Cream Social event on Saturday, March 21 in appreciation of World Down Syndrome Day. “Colorful socks have always been a part of WDSD because they resemble genes and the extra chromosomes those with Down syndrome usually carry. The socks help create awareness.” Tiana Valler said. WDSD is held each year on March 21, and has been observe...
The Lincoln community is in for a real treat this week with a visit from Pat Balder and Glen Everhart of SongBlast's Dueling Guitars. The duo's performance, is scheduled for Thursday, March 5 at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Community Hall. Business partners, Balder and Everhart have been performing for more than thirty years, and both studied guitar and voice, and have degrees in music. In this fun, family friendly event, the pair will play a very broad demographic of music, from...
The Lincoln Library has several upcoming events through the month of March. Thursday, March 12, 7-9 p.m. - Book Club - Special date! It's been rescheduled from the usual meeting time of the first Thursday to avoid a conflict with Dueling Guitars. The club will be selecting our next six books at this meeting and anyone interested in reading and/or discussing books on a variety of topics is welcome. New members are always invited! Friday, March 13, 12 p.m. - Lunch and a Movie -...
The Lincoln PTSO covered two months of agenda items during the February meeting since the group will be hosting an educational training class in place of their next meeting. Agenda items included the Missoula Children’s Theater visit and performance for the week of April 20-25. The PTSO still needs volunteers to help out each evening during rehearsals, as well as volunteers to help provide meals and take tickets at the door the evening of the performance. Laurie and Doug Richards donated housing accommodations. The D...
The Lincoln PTSO, in conjunction with Zero To Five - an initiative focused on helping children from zero to five years of age - is bringing a free educational training class called “ACEs” to the school on Monday, March 2. While ACEs training has been mentioned in some of the PTSO updates articles in the paper, there has never been a clear definition of what ACEs or the training are or will provide. According to their website, ACEs stands for Adverse Childhood Experiences. These experiences are broken down into three maj...
The Lincoln School's Wildlife class, taught by Nancy Schwalm, has been using game cameras to capture images of wildlife species inhabiting the Lincoln area in hopes of learning more about their patterns, movements, behaviors and survival skills. Students began putting cameras out at the beginning of the year and have been monitoring them at least once a week. They currently have four cameras out in the Lincoln area and each week students change out the memory cards and...
The Ponderosa Snow Warriors will be hosting their annual Scholarship Fun Run Saturday, Feb. 29. The run, which has been going on for more than 25 years, raises money to award a $500 scholarship to a qualifying Lincoln student each year. The day begins with Bob Orr and Steve Tjaden's Famous Sourdough Pancake Breakfast from 8-11 a.m. at the PSW Clubhouse, and the run begins at 10am. Door prizes and payouts will be awarded at 4 p.m., following the last hand in. Hands are...
The Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce held their annual meeting on Thursday, Feb. 13 and it was well-attended by community members. Former LVCC President, Laurie Richards led her final meeting, going over a variety of topics, before passing the torch to the new Chamber Board officers. The major discussions revolved around the new chamber website and the new board. The upgraded website, which has been under construction and is currently in beta mode, is expected go live in...
The Lincoln High School Montana History class is preparing for their annual end-of year field trip May 19-21, 2020, and needs help from the community. Scott Butterfield, a Montana history student, gave a presentation to the PTSO recently on the proposed field trip and requested a donation to help fund the trip. He explained the plan is for students to go on a two-day field trip that would include a visit to the Lewis & Clark Caverns, a Virginia City Walking Tour, stops at the...
The American Red Cross is coming to Lincoln on Thursday, Feb 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for Lincoln's first blood drive of the year at the Community Hall. Sherry Sidell, coordinator for the Lincoln Blood Drive says there are still a few appointments left for the afternoon. If you would like to walk-in, they may be able to fit you in, but appointments are very beneficial. If appointments fill prior to the blood drive, there is the possibility that the Red Cross may send...
If you've been in Lincoln for any length of time, you've probably met Jay Roberson of JR's Taxidermy. What you may not know is that he's been providing taxidermy services to Lincoln and beyond for nearly 34 years. Roberson first came to Lincoln when he was only five-years-old. Originally from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Roberson spent a lot of time here as a child. He attended school here in the third grade and during his senior year in high school, was able to spend the...
With the annual Fireman's Ball Fundraiser a little more than a month away, the Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department is reaching out to Lincoln and surrounding communities, seeking donations for their live and silent auctions, as well as for their bucket raffle. All donations are tax-deductible. The event, scheduled for Saturday, March 21, at the historic Lincoln Community Hall has been a family favorite for several years. This year's festivities include a steak dinner, auctions,...
So there's been some buzz the last few years in regards to having a 'word of the year." I've known people who have practiced this method since 2016 or so, and they say it has helped them live more intentionally, as well as kept them on track with a sense of accomplishment each year. I've thought about it in previous years, but not enough to consciously go out there and pick one for myself. This year, I overheard friends talking about their "Word for 2020" and what some of...
