The Blackfoot Valley's News Source Since 1980
The Blackfoot Valley's News Source Since 1980
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LINCOLN - The fifth anniversary of Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild this September promises to elevate further the surprising art park in this small mountain community. In addition to playing host to renowned sculptors Cornelia Konrads and Kate Hunt who will be working on new installations in the 26-acre sculpture park on the eastern edge of town, visitors and residents will be treated to an eclectic range of musical concerts curated by Composer-in-Residence Adele...
As I scrambled to organize and finalize the details on 70 outfits the night before the second annual Heritage Day Vintage Fashion Show, I couldn't help but wonder why I would ever agree to spearhead such an event. Finding volunteers and working around their schedules for fittings, planning outfits, organizing timing and semantics, obtaining, dating, cleaning and repairing the clothes– nearly none of these tasks can be delegated. As a result, no matter how I try to prepare, i...
Lewis and Clark County Commissioners took the advice of county staff at their meeting in Helena Aug. 16, and voted unanimously to deny the request to create a rural improvement district for the 4x4 Road east of Lincoln. The RID would have covered the cost of applying soil stabilization or dust abatement to the main 4x4 Road, at an annual cost of $72.21 per benefitted property The discovery that one such property in the proposed district is a parcel of School Trust Land,...
Shayne Lindsay recently joined Citizens Alliance Bank in the Lincoln, Mont. location as Branch Manager and Loan Officer. In this role, he will be responsible for oversight of the Lincoln branch, maintaining and growing existing banking relationships, as well as expanding sales and customer development efforts in Lincoln and the surrounding Blackfoot Valley area. Lindsay brings more than 17 years of financial experience which includes, Investment Advisor and Branch Manager in...
Elk shoulder seasons began Aug. 15 in several hunting districts around Montana. Elk shoulder seasons are firearms seasons that can occur as early as Aug. 15 and run as late as Feb 15 depending on the hunting district. While most shoulder seasons focus on antlerless elk harvest on private land and are not intended to replace or reduce harvest during the existing general archery or five-week firearms seasons, a few are meant to address problematic distribution of elk. First...
Montana's millions of acres of private land offer some excellent hunting opportunities-the only catch is gaining the landowner's permission to hunt. It is Montana law that hunters obtain landowner permission to hunt on all private land. Here are a few things to keep in mind that will greatly improve results when attempting to secure hunting access to private land. Show courtesy to the landowner and make hunting arrangements by calling or visiting at times convenient to the lan...
Along with the beaverslide stackers and teams of horses, the family milk cows have disappeared into the past. I don't think anyone misses them. The state of Montana initiated brucellosis testing of all the cattle in the state during the late 1950's and early 60's, and a lot of milk cows showed up as carriers. The Brucellosis microbe in the milk can cause undulant fever in humans, plus make some young cows abort their calves. A few milk cows showed up positive on almost every...
HELENA - Beginning in September, Forest Supervisor Bill Avey will begin a temporary assignment as Northern Region Deputy Regional Forester in Missoula. While Avey is on this detail, Lisa Stoeffler will fill in behind him as the temporary Helena-Lewis and Clark Forest Supervisor. Both Avey and Stoeffler will begin their respective assignments Sept. 4, 2018, and will remain in those acting roles for approximately four months. Stoeffler has served as Deputy Forest Supervisor on...
Beginning in September, the Lincoln Fiber Guild will begin meeting again, but this time under a new name, The Lincoln Fiber Circle. Resident, Tammy Jordan returned to Lincoln in March of this year after a brief stint living in Billings. She was disappointed to learn the fiber guild was no longer getting together, so, she decided to revive it, but with a new twist. Rather than label the group with the word "guild," she thought the word "circle" was less formal and more...
Lewis and Clark County Public Works is making plans to repair the large washout on North Lincoln Gulch Road, without the assistance of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Public Works Director Eric Griffin said last month the project was a priority for this year and expected to work with FEMA on the repair, but concerns about the federal agency's level involvement prompted his department take a new approach. "We don't quite know if FEMAs gonna come in or not come in or...
Visitors to Lincoln's Heritage Day could step back in time last Saturday with horse drawn wagon rides and chances to try their hand at butter making, leather stamping, candle making, flower pressing, embroidery and wool spinning. There were also displays and demonstrations on making rag rugs, metal and gun engraving, pack trains, Dutch oven cooking and gold panning, as well as household and café items from a bygone era. Last year Sallin and Erin Dey decided it was time to...
LINCOLN - Five years ago some 60 Lincoln-area residents got together in the school gym to hear of a new vision for this small mountain community. Logging and mining were continuing to fade as foundational components of the area's economy - not gone nor forgotten, but surely diminished. The speaker that evening was Irish sculptor Kevin O'Dwyer, who arrived in Lincoln as the guest of renowned Damascus steel knife maker Rick Dunkerley, whom he met at Pratt Fine Arts in Seattle,...
The Lincoln Ranger District is working through the planning process for rerouting a one mile stretch of Copper Creek Road, located about a mile and a half north of Snowbank Lake, from it's current location near the waterway onto a bench upslope and away from the creek bottom. The goal of the reroute is to help reduce potential impacts to important bull trout habitat in the area. Bull trout are listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The Forest Service...
Is Coconut Oil Bad for You? Dear Readers, This past week a Harvard doctor referred to coconut oil as “pure poison,” which set off a social media firestorm. What’s all the fuss about? Another doctor was quoted as saying coconut oil is safe to use in moderation. What, exactly, is moderation? This what we know from thirty years of research: Coconut oil is high in saturated fat. A diet high in saturated fat is a risk factor for high cholesterol, which in turn, is a risk facto...
Although Ted Kaczynski's cabin has looms large in the narrative of his story over the past 20 years, the full-scale reproduction of it, sitting in the original location with its door facing away from anything resembling civilization, highlights how almost shockingly small and nondescript it was. Stepping into the 10 foot by 12-foot building, with it's low ceiling and an interior packed with items that replicate what the FBI discovered after Kaczynski's arrest in 1996, the...
Lewis and Clark County and the Lincoln Solid Waste District will be hosting a free Community Garbage Day event at the Lincoln Transfer Station. The event will be held on Sunday, September 9 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A Lincoln Solid Waste permit will be required and must be shown the day of the event. This event is for residential customers, commercial waste will not be accepted. The purpose of this event is to help you clean up your yard and beautify Lincoln. Hazardous wastes will not be accepted at this event. If you have...
Do you value the PRIVILEGE of recycling in Lincoln? Hopefully you do. We must work to keep TRASH from being thrown in the recycling bins next to the Senior Center, located across the street from the public school. The front-page headline in the Great Falls Tribune on Sunday, August 19, 2018 was titled “Montana Recycling Program May Get Trashed.” The article mainly focused on issues related to recycling plastic. But the secondary subject was the problem of people throwing TRASH in recycling bins of any kind. The art...
