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Bill O'Neill graduated from Ronan High School and was drafted into the Army in September of 1953, when he was 18 years old. O'Neill was inducted in Butte and attended basic training in Fort Ord in California. From there, he headed to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri for combat engineer training. After training, O'Neill's company was shipped to Korea, where they were attached to the Air Force and served as maintenance and guard to an F-86 Air Force Base. He earned his military...
Butte, Mont. – The winter weather gripping most of Montana will continue several more days, with some areas experiencing temperatures well into the negative double digits and some forecast to receive more than a foot of additional snowfall, according to the National Weather Service. Higher energy demand due to prolonged deep cold is reflected in higher customer bills. Customers can see the comparisons provided on their bill that displays usage patterns for the current billing...
A Great Falls man was killed Monday night, Feb. 1 while walking down Highway 200 west of Lincoln. According to the Montana Highway Patrol, the man was walking westbound in the middle of the westbound lane of Highway 200, near the intersection of Beaver Creek Road, when he was hit by a westbound Dodge pickup driven by a 66-year old Lincoln man. Lewis and Clark County Sheriff/Coroner Leo Dutton identified the victim as Forrest William Deaton, 42. He was pronounced dead at the...
If you've been around in the Blackfoot long enough, there's a good chance you've heard the words "Murphy right" or "Milltown right" thrown around. If you're an irrigator in the watershed, you've probably been affected by one or both of these instream water rights. Due to recent changes in water law, any surface water rights with a priority date junior to 1904 could be called in a drought year if flows in the Blackfoot River are low enough to warrant restrictions. Luckily,...
If you could make one rule that everyone in the world had to follow, what rule would you make? Why? "Everyday after being awake for 5 hours you have to take a slide break and go down the slide a few times. You can also bring some drinks for your break." - Shawn Conover Kindergarten "If I could make one rule it would be no candy because it will get you cavities." - Emilynn Romines, 1st grade "If I could make one rule it would be smiles are money. Why I want money to be smiles,...
Dear readers: I wish to express my viewpoint in light of Don Niemeir's opinion and words to me in the January 28th BVD. I appreciated his candid approach to our current national crisis as it forced me to do more research. Here are some other facts to consider: Mr. Niemeir states at the beginning of his letter that "the over-all death rate from all causes has not risen." In my study of the CDC website, I found statistics showing that on a weekly basis starting from March 28th,...
The Lincoln Council for the Arts and the Upper Blackfoot Valley Historical Society have banded together for a local fundraiser selling pasties using Olga Perkl’s recipe. The fundraiser came to fruition after both organizations realized they were planning pasty sales independently. “The two organizations were thinking about doing pasties, so we just joined forces to sell more,” said UBVHS president Erin Dey. Dey and Laura Butler, president of the Lincoln Council for the Arts, are competing to see which president can sell...
I would like to give a big shout out and thank you to all the personnel from Helena and those in Lincoln who made the drive-thru COVID-19 clinic possible on the 5th of February. You all did your jobs in an exemplary manner in difficult weather conditions. Job well done one and all! Let's hope the weather and travel conditions are better for the follow up. Again, thank you. A grateful senior, Carole Fleming...
How many times can David face down Goliath on the battlefield of a high school basketball court? "It gets harder and harder to play against opponents who are 60 pounds heavier and five inches taller than me. It's intimidating," said Lincoln Lynx guard Teegan Tybo, When the Valley Christian Eagles filled up their bench before tip off, it was clear this contest was going to be another one of those "character building" opportunities that older people talk about, but for which no...
Andrew Brown scored a game high 13 points on Thursday night to lead the Lincoln Lynx in a respectable showing against the perennial 13C powerhouse Seeley Lake Blackhawks. Shaking off the nerves that come with facing a visiting team whose starting squad averages 5-inches taller and three years older than our home grown JV Lynx, the Lincoln men put up lots of shots that didn't fall. But by the fourth quarter they had settled down and the Lynx matched the Blackhawks in steals,...
Helena – Lewis and Clark Public Health has lowered quarantine times for individuals exposed to COVID-19 to 10 days. This quarantine times will match guidance from the CDC release on December 2, 2020. The change to quarantine time is effective immediately. The changes come after the number of COVID-19 positive cases has fallen in recent weeks in Lewis and Clark County. This fall has allowed our contact tracing team to resume full contact tracing and the ability to contact e...
Welcome to the second week in February. Yes, most of you know what that means… Valentine’s Day is approaching. The day of love. Some people believe it’s just another “Hallmark Holiday” brought about to sell cards, flowers, chocolates, dinners for two and on and on, while others truly get into the spirit and show those in their lives how much they are loved and important they are. Personally, I don’t need a holiday to show anyone I love them. I like to think that I, and we a...
Winter can be an awe-inspiring time of year. Snow-covered landscapes and opportunities to enjoy sports like skiing and snowboarding make winter a favorite time of year for nature enthusiasts and athletes. As fun as winter can be, many people struggle with the transition from warm weather and long, sunny days to cold weather and reduced hours of sunlight. Sometimes mistaken or misidentified as the "winter blues," this phenomenon is known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD....
While Lincoln didn't see a record breaking dump of snow, the weekend-long storm reportedly brought up to three feet of snow to some areas of the Lincoln Valley, according to unofficial local measurements. Officially the National Resources Conservation Service SNOTEL sites in the Lincoln area recorded between 11 and 17 inches of new snow. Nevada Ridge, south of Lincoln, showed an additional 15 inches of snow between the morning of Feb. 5 and Feb. 7. North of Lincoln, the...
Bills Aim to Reduce Prescription Drug Costs in Montana A House committee tabled a bill in the Montana Legislature that would have limited copays for insulin to $35 for a month's supply after it drew support from families and healthcare providers who say the price of the drug has become otherwise unaffordable. Rep. Jessica Karjala, D-Billings, presented House Bill 222 to members of the House Human Services Committee on Monday, Feb. 1. "The bottom line is that the price of insul...
Undeterred by a snowstorm, Lincoln senior citizens took advantage of the mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic that came to Lincoln Friday, Feb. 8 for the first dose of the two-dose series Pfizer vaccine. Lewis and Clark Public Health and PureView Health Center planned and announced the drive through clinic Tuesday, Feb. 2 after the county received its shipment of vaccine and determined they had received enough to provide 100 doses for a clinic in Lincoln. "It went really well....
