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The Lincoln Council for the Arts had their first live meeting since March last week, although they met via a Zoom meeting in April to discuss the cancellation of the Lincoln Arts and Music Festival. Annette Gardner presided over her last meeting as president before introducing a new slate of officers. Gardner, who has been the organization's president for many years, stepped down this year, but will serve in an ex-officio position to help the new board since she has had so...
After six years of work, the Helena–Lewis and Clark National Forest released the draft record of decision and final Environmental Impact Statement for their 2020 Forest Plan Thursday, May 21. The updated plan will replace the two current Forest Plans adopted in 1986 for the then-separate Lewis & Clark and Helena National Forests. They were consolidated in 2015 and the new plan addresses land management across 2.9 million acres of National Forest arrayed in an extended 'L' from the Continental Divide near East Glacier south to...
Lincoln American Legion Post 9 started our twentieth year of the Flag Program on Friday, May 22. We placed 83 American Flags between the Hi Sign Road and Dorothy Drive. This year, when it came time to write the letter asking for the annual donations, Post 9 found it difficult to ask for money while seeing the hardships of the times affecting so many of our community’s businesses and residents. We decided to give back to all of you who have supported us for so many years. T...
Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received seventeen calls for service during the week of May 17 through May 23. Deputies performed one traffic stop in the Lincoln area. No calls for service generated a case report this week. Other calls for service in the Lincoln area last week were two 911 hang-up calls, two injury crashes, two non-injury crashes, one animal complaint, two campsite checks, two citizen assists, one drug report, one DUI report, one extra patrol performed and o...
The old Mike Horse Creek Road is closed while the last of the remediation work in the Upper Blackfoot Mining Complex is completed during the next two months, but it will remain a public county road for access to public land once work is done. The road remains intact from Highway 200 to Shaue Gulch, but the river crossing to the intersection with Meadow Creek Road was removed as part of the clean up. Four-wheel drive vehicles should be able to cross the river using a hardened...
Heavy spring rains and runoff had the nascent Blackfoot River churning through its new channel near the Upper Blackfoot Mining Complex Water Treatment Plant Thursday, May 21. Just upstream, the river formed at the confluence of Bear Trap and Anaconda Creeks. Downstream, water filled the reconstructed side channels and wetlands as the last of the major work to restore the headwaters of the Blackfoot River got underway, with excavators moving woody debris and compost along the...
The Rippin’ Stitchers sewing group have made and donated 530 masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. They were mostly distributed in Lincoln, but also were sent to people in Missoula, Helena, Great Falls, Shelby and Wolf Creek, as well as Silverdale, Poulsbo, Woodburn and Bremerton, Wash.; Boise and Twin Falls, Idaho; Denver and Thornton, Colo.; Arlington, Va.; Williamsport, Coatsville and Pittston, Pa.; and Bluffton, S.C....
Lincoln Skatepark construction wrapped up Memorial Day weekend, apart from some remaining dirt work, paint, landscaping and signage. The park won't be open for use until after park rules signs are posted, said project coordinator Karyn Good, who will consult with the county to determine that date. The grand opening is not scheduled yet, either, but Good is planning for the event this summer. "Jeff Ament will be attending the event, so I'll work with him to come up with a date...
Envision Lincoln has applied for two new grants to support in-town trails efforts and is in the beginning stages of gathering input regarding how to move forward as a Montana Main Street member. A USDA Rural Business Development Grant will support further planning related to trail cost estimates, trail surface design, easements, tree removal and wayfinding, according to Envision Lincoln's lead organizer Karyn Good. "The USDA grant would support trails planning by encouraging...
With spring trying to give way for summer, it takes me back to when I first moved to Lincoln in the early 90's. I came up here looking for a bartending job and the first place I hit when I got to town was the Wheel Inn. I asked Doug at the time if they needed any help and they didn't, but that is also when I first met Arny Brown. He happened to be sitting there having a Bud Lite and he told me that he might need some help at the Wilderness Bar. I remember it was a Tuesday...
From My Perspective - Bullies, Beliefs, and Reality I'm tired of being bullied by those who do not share or agree with my beliefs. There used to be a time when people could have different views and beliefs, as well as conversations about their differences and still be kind to one another and remain friends. Today, that seems like more of an anomaly. Back when this pandemic began there were two things that struck me. First, something just didn't "feel" right to me about the...
Lincoln American Legion Post 9 held a short Memorial Day ceremony Monday, May 25. The ceremony, a 21-shot volley followed by the playing of Taps and the flag raising, drew more than a dozen onlookers, including veterans and family members. Post 9 held the short ceremony in lieu of their standard ceremony at the Community Hall due to concerns about COVID-19. The ceremony was originally planned for the historic cemetery in Lincoln Gulch, but was changed due to roadway...
