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Between 180 and 250 off highway vehicles, including side-by-sides, three- and four- wheelers, motorbikes, and the odd jeep, swarmed the hills around Lincoln over the weekend for Saturday's annual Memorial Day Fun Run and the Blackfoot Valley Optimists Club OHV Scavenger Hunt Sunday. While the Memorial Day Fun Run has been a fixture in Lincoln for many years, Chad Sutej introduced the Optimist Club's Scavenger Hunt last year, inspired by a similar ATV jamboree in Conconully,...
Helena, MT – With a return to in-person voting, the Lewis and Clark County Elections Office offers tips to help voters successfully navigate the Primary Election on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Before heading to the polls, the Elections Office recommends confirming your voter information by visiting the My Voter Page on the Secretary of State website at https://sosmt.gov/. Some voting locations have changed since the last in-person election and voters can find their polling place on...
Volunteers cleaned up old flowers, pulled weeds, raked grass and pine needles, and fixed the cemetery fence during the annual clean-up of the historic Lincoln Cemetery Saturday, May 28. About a dozen folks were on hand to help out, including four of the five remaining members of the Lincoln Cemetery Board. Lincoln Cemetery District Chairperson Bonnie Shown said they didn't have quite the crew they've had in the past, but said, "these people are all very devoted." "I think the...
Lincoln and Helmville Elementary School kids came otgether in Lincoln for a fun day of track and field events....
Lincoln Elementary School students sang their way through the decades during their annual spring concert at the Lincoln School gym Thursday, May 19. The concert featured songs ranging from the turn of the 20th century through today. A planned performance of 'Ghostbusters' by the preschool class had to be scrapped due to a stomach bug that kept most of the class home, so the kindergartners kicked off the show with a rendition of the classic 'I've been working on the Railroad"...
A handful of volunteers turned out Saturday May 21 to help get Hooper Park ready for the summer by raking pine needles, cleaning trash out of the fire pits and sundry other tasks. With only about ten people on hand, including two park board members, volunteer turnout for this year's clean-up was down by about a third, but those who did show up put in plenty of effort. "It's important because it's our community," said Renee Lundberg, whose husband Ernie is on the park board....
With the warmer weather upon us, Lincoln is already experiencing the influx of returning guests and tourists to town for vacation and weekend events. Along with this comes the increased travel on Highway 200 and the increased presence of off-road vehicles and pedestrian traffic. While the center of town is considered Main Street to locals, it is no less a state highway and so the laws apply the same way at the intersection of Stemple Pass Road as they do on top of Roger's...
The 2021 Montana Legislature passed major health care reforms to empower patients, reduce red tape for doctors, and provide access to more affordable care. We’re now seeing those changes have a major positive impact, and as the sponsors of the bills enabling this progress, we couldn’t be more excited. The bills we passed expanded telehealth, protected Direct Patient Care, and allowed doctors to dispense medicine to their patients. Importantly, all three bills followed con...
Letter to Editor This message is for the ears of all the atheists living in America, as more and more of you teach your children that there is no God. And they, in turn, teach their children there is no God. The world is becoming a more violent place. Just look back at the last few years and you will see I am right. I don't go to church on Sunday – I go to church every day. The last time I rode my snowmobile to the top of Ovando Mountain I touched the face of God. I g...
An event called Mil/Vet Connect gave Lincoln-area veterans the chance to connect with resources that are available to them through the Veterans Administration and other organizations around the state. "We're trying to go to smaller communities," said Jennifer Thomas with Veterans Inc., the organization that worked with Montana Joining Community Forces to bring the event to the Lincoln Community Hall May 26. "In October we did one in Townsend. Next October we'll do Boulder....
Q: Is it true that people find different ways to God? - P.C. A: People come to Christ in many different ways; your experience won't necessarily be like someone else's. This is not to be confused with the fact that there is only one way to salvation and that is through Jesus Christ. He is the only way of salvation (John 14:6). Some conversions are sudden and dramatic, a radical change from one way of living to another. Some people are convicted of sin in church or at an evangelistic meeting in a basketball arena. Others find...
The Lincoln Rural Fire District board approved their proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2023 at their May 26 meeting, but ongoing increases in fuel costs have added a degree of uncertainty. LRFD chairman Dick Birkholz said the district currently has regular base funding of $63,480. Additional funding from a pair of $34,198 mill levies for Fire and Emergency Medical Services brings their total tax base revenue to to $131,876. Birkholz said they adjusted a few things in the...
Lincoln Veterans and community members gathered at the Lincoln Community Hall Monday morning to honor the memories of American service members who have lost their lives both in war and in peace. Post 9 Adjutant Doug Vulcan delivered the remarks this year, reminding people that "Memorial Day in not about picnics and parades, though there's nothing wrong with enjoying our American life. Memorial Day is about gratitude and remembrance. It is about honoring the men and women who...
HELENA -- As summer approaches, Attorney General Austin Knudsen and the Montana Highway Patrol, along with the Montana Department of Transportation, are reminding drivers to stay safe on the road. Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of the “100 Deadliest Days of Summer.” State troopers will increase their presence on Montana roads and highways throughout the summer, cracking down on drunk and drugged drivers. Traffic deaths are down from this same time last year. However more fatal crashes occur during the time bet...
We all have a to do list of some sort. Many of us are ruled by all of the things we have to get done, and often one thing becomes more urgent and knocks something else off or down a rung on the list. I have worked, lived and planned many things in my life with to-do lists. They are my task-master of everything that needs to get done. If I don’t write things down, I sometimes don’t remember. Heck, even when I do write things down I don’t always remember. My other half says...
July 9, 1971 - May 24, 2022 Jennifer C. Wilke moved to Lincoln, Mont. in 1977 when she was six years old. She attended Lincoln schools and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1989 as the class Valedictorian. Jennifer earned a Full scholarship to MSU from the United States Air Force. She attended MSU and graduated with a B.S. in Mathematics. On Aug. 24, 1996, Jennifer married the love of her life, John Wilke. Jennifer worked for the Forest Service both locally and nationally...
