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When I entered the Peace Corps they gave me five months of Portuguese lessons in the state of São Paulo before they sent me to Mato Grosso, a state on the borders of Bolivia and Paraguay. I was to work with the Brazilian extension service, giving technical orientation and assistance to ranchers and farmers. Part of the job involved formulating loan proposals, then providing oversight as to how the borrowed money was invested in the property. Another one of my...
One area in my life that I feel God has made some good changes in me concerns anger. I can remember too many times in life when my “temper” got the best of me. It was not this impersonal “temper”, but it was a willful and intentional lack of self-control that tripped me up. I did not get my way, so I vented. It may have been not getting more ice cream; it could be when the team I was on did not win; maybe someone took a toy, told a lie about me, or betrayed a confide...
When the Corps of Discovery returned to St. Louis in September 1806, fur trappers already were on their way to the new country. In North Dakota, after meeting a group of trappers heading upriver, the Corps' John Colter left the expedition and returned to the country he fondly recalled. In 1808, Colter and John Potts were trapping at the three forks when they encountered Blackfeet hunters and warriors. Potts was killed, and Colter was given a chance to escape. The Blackfeet too...
The Lincoln Junior High and High School music students showed off their talent at the Spring Concert at the Lincoln Methodist Church Wednesday, May 22. The spring concert is the third school concert held at the Methodist Church, which is now also home to a grand piano donated to the communty last fall by Sculpture in the Wild. Lincoln Schools music teacher Melissa Gilbert said the space at the church is better suited to musical performances than the school gym, which she said...
Lincoln Schools teacher Laura Bullis' Social Entrepreneurship class is slated to host a "Mud Run" for charity Saturday, June first. The Freshmen-level class dedicates the last semester of the school year to teaching kids to use their tech skills to develop, plan and organize an event that gives back to the community, Bullis told the BVD. "The kids have always made the decision of what to do. I take no part in choosing," she said. "Next year it could be picking trash up from...
The Upper Blackfoot Valley Community Council welcomed three new members and bid farewell to one at their monthly meeting, Tuesday May 21. Lewis and Clark County Commissioner Susan Good Geise swore in Toni Austad, Karyn Good and Roger Dey as the newest members of the council, and thanked Linda Daugherty for her faithful service to the community. Daugherty had planned to resign for personal reasons some time ago, but agreed to stay on until new council members were elected or appointed. “Thank you for hanging on and keeping u...
A Cremation Graveside Ceremony for Clifford Schmutzler is taking place at the old Lincoln Gulch Cemetery in Lincoln, MT Saturday, June 1, at 11 a.m. with Military Honors provided by the U.S. Navy Honor Guard and by the local Lincoln American Legion Post. A Pot Luck Dessert Reception following the service will be held in Lincoln at Lambkin's Restaurant in a private banquet room. Condolences to the family may be shared online at www.croxfordfuneralhome.com...
Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Deputies responded to thirty-two Calls for Service in the Lincoln area during the week of May 19 through May 25th, 2019. Eleven of those Calls for Service were traffic stops performed in and around the Lincoln area. Deputies opened four new investigations this week: -Wednesday, May 22, around 9:18 p.m., in the 500 block of Main Street, a deputy conducted a traffic stop on a driver in control of a four-wheeler suspected of driving under the...
Laura Broussard, the Family Nurse practitioner at Parker Medical Center, submitted her resignation to PureView Health center early last week. Pureview Director Jill Steeley said Broussard will end her tenure with PureView July 12. Her last day of practice at Parker Medical is expected to be around July 1, but Broussard has not been finalized that yet. Broussard is returning to Oklahoma, where she worked previously and where members of her family live. “I have enjoyed immensely...
Laura Broussard, the Family Nurse practitioner at Parker Medical Center, submitted her resignation to PureView Health center early last week. Pureview Director Jill Steeley said Broussard will end her tenure with PureView July 12. Her last day of practice at Parker Medical is expected to be around July 1, but Broussard has not been finalized that yet. Broussard is returning to Oklahoma, where she worked previously and where members of her family live. “I have enjoyed immensely working with the people of Lincoln,” Broussard to...
Cyclists and ATV enthusiasts should have more trails to enjoy in the Lincoln area by the end of the summer as the Beaver Creek Trails Project continues to move forward. The project, funded by an $82,000 Montana State Parks Recreational Trails Program grant that was awarded to the Lincoln Ranger District, got its start last year with district personnel designing, flagging and cutting corridors for about eight miles of mountain bike trails and for a series of connector ATV...
Two and a half years after the aging, dilapidated restrooms came down to make room for a new facility, Hooper Park once again has operational bathrooms, complete with showers. Lincoln Park Board President Nyle Howsmon opened the new facilities Monday, May 20 without fanfare, after the Montana Department of Environmental Quality approved water test results from the building's water purification system. The building itself has been in place since last July, when a crew from Thom...
