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As parents send their children into the new school year and teachers welcome them into the classroom, safety is on everyone's mind. When it comes to student safety, the Office of Public Instruction and Montana schools take a comprehensive approach. Student safety is not just school security, it is also promoting mental health, multi-tiered systems of student support, and building infrastructure. Student safety is a top priority at the OPI. That is why we have taken the lead...
Price controls are a primary hallmark of a socialist economy. When the government takes over in any market, bad things happen. Whether it is bread lines in the former USSR or the dire lack of medicines in today's Venezuela, price controls lead quickly to shortages, rationing, and worse. These are not consequences we want for our health care. Can you imagine telling a breast cancer patient there are no oncology appointments available until next year? Or what about a young...
In Montana, community health centers such as PureView Health Center specialize in whole-person care. Beginning with well-child visits, CHCs provide healthcare across the lifespan for many Montanans. Our model of healthcare begins with access. In addition to an open-door policy, CHCs are innovators: 100 percent of Montana CHCs use an electronic health record and 57 percent use telehealth, allowing us to reach as many patients as possible – 110,241 Montanans in 2018. Access t...
Hi Country is officially under new ownership for the first time since it was founded in 1976 and Travis Byerly has big plans for the future of the brand, Byerly took over full ownership of the meat snack company earlier this month after Lewis and Clark County commissioners approved a loan servicing agreement for part of the funding package for the purchase that Byerly has been working toward for about two years. Until this month, he had been a minority stakeholder, owning...
Last Friday morning Alison Stigora was taking measurements and getting lumber ready for the armature of her piece at Sculpture in the Wild. Stigora's sketches for her work show a piece people can interact with, walk into and sit with. The outside will be sheathed horizontally with burnt wood harvested from the the Park Creek Fire burn area. The inside will be vertical tongue and groove pine with benches and an open top, making the sky the ceiling. The inner walls of the...
Wilderness Car Show and Lambkins Rod Run bring Motorcar Mania to downtown Lincoln...
Along with a new librarian, there's something else new coming to the Lincoln branch of the Lewis & Clark Library. Beginning in October, they will be hosting a new book club. The first get-together is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 3 from 7-9 p.m. at the library, with future book discussions slated to be held the first Thursday of each month at the same time and place. The goal of the book club is to provide enjoyment and engage more people in the community. Light snacks will be...
It's one thing to view art in a gallery, after it's completed. It's a different thing to watch art being created-and that's what people can do Oct. 3-5 in Lincoln. Members of the Montana Painters Alliance-many of them nationally and internationally recognized painters-will be painting the local scenery, during the group's semi-annual "paint out." The artists will be out and about in public, and Lincoln residents and visitors are encouraged to watch and interact with them....
Note: This is excerpted from "The Missoula City Band: Stories in Time." By the mid-1890s, the City Band had emerged as the default 'go-to' organization in town for civic events. By 1894, it played at virtually every public function. On Oct. 17, 1894, Republicans opened their campaign at the new Bennett Opera House (across the street from the now razed historic Missoula Mercantile) with "the blaze of bonfires, the boom of anvils, and the melodious and stirring melodies by The...
As post-war baby boomers, most of us had parents who had suffered through the Great Depression, and then WWII. They faced the poverty of the 1930s and then the scarcity caused by rationing during the war. Both doing without and making do were part of our childhood culture. The 1950s were relatively affluent times, but the habits of constant economizing were so inculcated in the new parents of the day that we kids thought starvation was imminent. This philosophy elicited a lot...
MISSOULA – As days become shorter and temperatures drop, the Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation (DNRC) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) encourage hunters and campers to be cautious with their warming or campfires. Despite the changing weather conditions, vegetation will dry back out this fall and a spark from a warming or campfire could ignite a destructive wildfire. "Over the years on walks through the forest, I have come across more than a few a...
HELENA - 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 c...
HELENA - What you need to know about chronic wasting disease in Montana: CWD is a contagious neurological disease that infects deer, elk and moose. It is always fatal and there is no known cure. It was first found in Montana in 2017. It is not known to infect humans, but it is strongly recommended that humans not eat meat from infected animals. CWD can cause large declines in deer and elk populations. Symptoms include poor body condition, excessive salivation and drooling,...
Although most hunters respect the land, property, and wildlife they are hunting, many others do not. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks would like to remind hunters and all outdoor enthusiasts to be good stewards of the land, and respect both private and public property. The FWP Region 6 Citizens Advisory Committee, recognizing that this is an ongoing issue, raised the need for more public outreach. Every hunting season, there are reports of vandalizing of Block Management Area...
Friday the 13th of September was an unlucky night for the Helena Christian Rams volleyball "B squad" of 5th, 6th and some 7th grade ladies as they rolled into Lincoln to be squashed by the Lynx in three straight sets. Assistant Coach Brenna Clark had her younger Lincoln players in top form and their serves seemed almost automatic. The score, 15-8, 15-3 and 15-0, demonstrated that the Helena ladies had lost their confidence and energy during the lopsided point spread. Seventh...
The Lincoln Airport has become a lot more visible in the last couple weeks, following the removal of the trees and old building east of the aviation facility’s main gate. “Everybody hated to see the trees go away, but that’s what had to happen,” Jerry Cain, the de facto caretaker and long-time promoter of the Lincoln Airport, said. The area was cleared and work has been underway to construct a new looped taxiway behind the existing row of hangars, The work is designed to add space for up to 24 new hangars at the airport...
The Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received twenty Calls for Service in the Lincoln area during the week of Sept. 8 through Sept. 14. Three of those Calls for Service were traffic stops and four civil services performed in and around the Lincoln area by deputies. One call for service last week generated a case report: A concerned citizen called in a possible drunk driver around mile marker 68 of Highway 200 Sunday, Sept. 8. The Deputy was able to locate the driver in the...
Many of us know someone who has struggled with an addiction. Perhaps they have tried to quit smoking or are addicted to drugs like heroin or methamphetamine. The American Psychiatric Association defines addiction as a complex condition, a brain disease that is manifested by compulsive substance use despite harmful consequence. (1). Does substance addiction include food? Although food addiction is not included in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental...
The Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce met for their regular monthly meeting Thursday, Sept. 12 to discuss several upcoming events, fundraising needs and the future of the organization. The Chamber has been able to help promote and financially support several events in the community each year, including the Brewery Follies performance, the Community Benefit, Light up Lincoln and Skijoring. They are also responsible for the annual Fireworks Show, which is partially funded by...
