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Billings-based band Arterial Drive performed a free concert at Hooper Park, July 6. Band frontman Drew McDowell, had a family reunion in Lincoln and took the opportunity to entertain the community The band which includes violinist Meg Gildehaus, bassist Juliano Chavis , drummer Josh Reedy and keyboard player Ryan Suppola, who's also adept on the trumpet, developed out of an earlier incarnation called DDX, an "alternative funk-pop band" that included McDowell, Cahvis and Gildeh...
Fourth of July week signified three things this year: Our Nation's birthday, the official Montana start of summer and, this year especially, the official start of the fishing season for the Blackfoot Valley. With waters high and in flood stage an entire three months, they finally receded and cleared up enough by the first week of July to bring out the largest hatch of them all: the fishermen. The rivers have gone from barely a soul on them to, as reported to us just...
The old Helmville school house was an imposing structure. It was two stories high, with a bell tower, and sat on the highest point in town. It was probably built in the late 1800's, and still serves as the county shop, having been moved in the last part of the 1950's, when the new one was built in its place. It had two classrooms – an upstairs and a downstairs. When I started school in 1953, only the lower room was used. World War Two had caused a drop in the birth rate, a...
Twenty students, some adults and a few toddlers joined in the fun events around Lincoln on Saturday, July 7 to celebrate the 100th birthday of our unique Community Hall by entering the Chalk Art Contest. Tiana Valler organized the contest held on the cement parking pads at the Lincoln School. Professional artist Lisa Gibson of Lincoln judged the artistic creations. Millie Walter from Helena, who was in Lincoln with her family at their summer cabin won in the 5-9 age category;...
The annual sheep drive that sees a flock of several hundred sheep move through Lincoln and up to summer pasture heads south on Stemple Pass Road early in the morning of Friday, July 6...
The 5th Annual Redneck Olympics...
Annie Allen has spent the past couple years developing the property around her home on Blackfoot River Ranch Road into an art exploration site, hosting classes and get together for artists, students and kids at her studio there. Last weekend, Allen's goal of making the site a spot to reflect and relax among art and nature took another step forward with the help of Jennifer Thompson, an artist, teacher and art therapist from Helena. With the help of Allen and several other...
In setting the annual budget for the Lincoln Rural Fire District last month, district trustees opted to commit $25,000 to the effort to make the districts in-town water pumping station operational. The station was built over a three-year period from October 2012, when the original well was dug, to November 2015, when the current pump was installed and brought online. Since then it has produced neither the water volume nor pressure necessary to improve firefighting...
On Saturday July 28, Jerry Cain will host the annual Lincoln Airport Community Open House and Fly-in BBQ Potluck at his hangar for everyone to enjoy. Lincoln Airport is a state-owned airport managed and maintained by the Montana Aeronautics Division of the Montana Department of Transportation. Since the airport is a valuable asset to the Lincoln community, there will be a MAD sponsored open house in conjunction with Jerry's Fly-in BBQ Potluck. The public is invited to become...
Paul Martin Breitbach, 70, passed away unexpectedly in his Lincoln home on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. Paul was born in 1948 to Fabian and Irene (Sailer) Breitbach of Circle, Mont. He was the oldest of seven children, one of whom died in infancy. Paul grew up with his brothers and sisters on the family farm and was quite the young entrepreneur, raising collie dogs and Shetland ponies, and selling chicken eggs as a young man. After graduating from Circle High School, Paul went on... Full story
I am sitting here watching the sun come up. It is a beautiful morning. The snow is gone, grass is green, bluebirds are around, and early summer has arrived in the mountains. I often do not take the time to enjoy this part of the day during early summer as I am busy preparing for or having a Vacation Bible School or camp. The stress and pressure of summer ministry is real and challenging. I know that over the years I have got better at trusting God with these efforts. Because t...
The Lincoln Community Hall celebrated the historic building's hundredth year as the heart of Lincoln last weekend with entertainment, exhibits and activities that spanned two days and stretched from the Hall to Sculpture in the Wild. The celebration featured an eclectic series of events and activities spread throughout several locations. Classic cars, family friendly and educational booths, exhibits of historic and civic significance, a collection of oral histories from...
Lincoln's annual Fourth of July fireworks show got off the ground a little later than usual this year, after a new wireless digital firing system had difficulty syncing with the modules that set off the fireworks. The Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce invested in the new COBRA system in April to replace the worn and outdated firing system that was hardwired to the fireworks. "With the old system, basically we had to be with 100 feet of the show and it relied on manual timing...
