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Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton identified the man found in the woods north of the old Lincoln Cemetery as Lee Klette, 42, of Great Falls. A man prospecting with a metal detector in the area discovered Klette, hypothermic and near death, on Aug. 24 when he heard moaning near the trail. Klette was discovered with wire wrapped around one leg, about two miles from his rented Ford Mustang, which had been found by a Lincoln resident Aug. 20, on Moon Drive southwest of...
Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild entered its busiest time of the year last week as this year's two artist-in-residence went to work on the newest installations for the park. Unlike some past artists, neither Cornelia Konrads nor Kate Hunt have released conceptual renditions of the work, which may make this year's launch Sept. 29 feel a bit more revelatory. Konrads in particular prefers to keep her concept, a span incorporating lodgepole logs and barn wood, close to...
Image 1: Western Water Wells of Helena works with Lincoln's MT Poverty Well Drilling to install a new well next to the Lincoln Rural Fire District's well house in the center of Lincoln Wednesday, Sept. 12. Image 2: Mark Christian with MT Poverty Well Drilling and Bill Frisbee, chairman of the Lincoln Rural Fire District board, watch the flow of water coming from the new well. Christian said Western was on hand to help with a high-pressure pump test, but they were unable to...
Dear Dietitian, Why are nutrition studies so confusing? One day we hear a certain food is good for us; then the next thing we know, the same thing may cause cancer. It's very frustrating! George D. Dear George, Good question. I am always skeptical when I read a new nutrition study. Take fish oil supplements, for example, which contain omega-3-fatty acids. At first, studies showed that omega-3s did everything from preventing cancer to heart disease. After further research, a sp...
Our mother was out at the clothesline while the rest of us were in the house. Suddenly, she burst through the back door, so frightened and angry she couldn't speak clearly. She kept asking for a shotgun or a rifle, and all I could imagine was that a mountain lion or something akin was in the back yard. Finally, our mother calmed down enough to say, "That damned duck!" and we understood her fright, but we knew it wasn't a big deal. One of us had dragged home an old male Muscovy...
The Lincoln gym was full of volleyball fans on Saturday, Sept. 15, to cheer on their Lady Lynx against the visiting Eagles of Valley Christian from Missoula. JV Lady Lynx The 4 p.m. game showcased the Lynx junior varsity eight-player team, top heavy with lots of newly minted ninth graders. Having the game of her life, freshman Andrea LaManna, at 5-foot 8 inches is a rising star to keep on your radar. Serving underhand because of a shoulder injury, LaManna was racking up stats...
If you walk into the third-grade class at Lincoln School you will probably see a face familiar to a lot of Lincoln residents. Nancy Schwalm moved to Montana 16 years ago, to be a Law Enforcement Ranger at Glacier National Park. She and her husband Ezra moved to Lincoln in January 2008, when Ezra became the game warden for the Lincoln area. Schwalm is no stranger to the classroom environment. She began teaching Hunter's Education for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks 11 years...
Drummond's junior high lady Trojans rolled into Lincoln Thursday, Sept. 13 for a contest with the A and B teams of the local junior high Lynx volleyball teams. The team suited up again Saturday to face the Valley Christian Eagles, a perennial powerhouse school from Missoula. The future looks bright in a few years for the varsity squad because twelve younger ladies are mastering their skills and winning attitudes now. It's been quite a few years since so many Lincoln athletes...
Fall is a time of year when bat observations are common in Montana. This time of year, young bats are attempting to take care of themselves, some bats are beginning long migrations to warmer climates and some bats are grounded by disease or illness. A common misconception is that bats "carry" rabies. Bats are not asymptomatic carriers of rabies, that is, the rabies virus does not exist indefinitely in a bat host. When a bat contracts rabies, it dies. When a bat begins to show...
The Lewis and Clark Suicide Prevention Coalition, spearheaded by Lewis and Clark Public Health, last week announced the launch of a new campaign to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health for working-aged men. The coalition will use Man Therapy™, an approach that uses humor to cut through stigma and tackle issues like depression, divorce, and suicidal thoughts head-on. In addition to the anti-stigma campaign, the coalition is scheduling a series of events and activities to help men improve their mental health by c...
MISSOULA – Montana’s hardrock mining industry supports more than 12,000 permanent, year-round jobs with average annual earnings of $86,030, according to a new study released by the University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research. The BBER study, sponsored by the Montana Mining Association, found that the eight largest metal and other mines across the state helped produce $2.7 billion in economic output and almost $200 million in state government revenue annually. “Hardrock mining delivers vital economic benef...
The early snowfall that hit the area last September may have dampened the wildfires burning in the area, but also put a damper on the pair of annual car shows hosted in Lincoln by forcing the cancellation of Lambkin's annual Lincoln Rod Run and prompting only 16 cars to come to town for the annual Wilderness Car Show. This year probably made up for last however, with more than 200 cars in town for both shows, including a few drivers who came up just to show off their classic...
Adele O'Dwyer admitted she was delighted and a bit surprised at the crowd that filled the Lincoln Community Hall for the first in a series of three Lunchtime Concerts celebrating both the 5th Anniversary of Blackfoot Pathways and the 100th Anniversary of the Lincoln Community Hall. "I don't think a lunchtime concert is a common place event, so I didn't know if the first one, would they respond?" she said. "There seem to be school children and all sorts of different people,...
Sculpture in the Wild's 2018 University of Montana Emerging Artist Anne Yoncha began work on "Tree Talk," a piece intended make the internal physiology of trees, and the networks between them audible, on Monday, Sept. 10. BPSW's first sound-based interactive installation, "Tree Talk" is described as temporary, performative art,and highlights the living presence of the Ponderosa pines within the Sculpture in the Wild. "Tree Talk "is designed to collect data from several trees...
LaVonne "Jolly" (Swan) Douglas-McGladrey, 87, of Greeley, Colo., passed away Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018 at her home. She was born on February 21, 1931 in Lewiston, Montana to Frank and Stella Swan and raised by Stella and Wallace Fleury. LaVonne grew up in Fairfield, Montana and had lived in Washington, Alaska and Colorado as well. She worked as a dental assistant, but first and foremost, she was the best homemaker ever. LaVonne was a member of the Eagle's Club for 30 years....
The Lincoln Lynx football team suffered not only a 73-6 defeat at the hands of the White Sulphur Springs Hornets, but the loss of a promising player for the remainder of the season. Sophomore Joey Weiderhold took a hard illegal hit during the game that left him with a compression fracture to one of the vertebrae in his mid-back, as well as a possible concussion. Wiederhold's mother, Jen reported he's in good spirits and though the injury brought an end to his playing ball...
One buzzword that seems to be getting a lot of airtime these days is “sustainability.” Most often, the word is used to mean the responsible maintenance of the world in which we live, so that the planet’s resources will be able to support many future generations, and the word comes up in discussions on a variety of topics, from the economy to environment to lifestyle. The first thing that comes to my mind when someone mentions sustainable living is the modern “homesteader” movement, in which a growing number of hipsters...
By the time this is in print I will be in Springfield, Ill. Then on the 23rd Lisa and I will be sharing our ministry with Zion Hill Baptist Church in Chatsworth, Ga. The following week it is on to Cleveland, Ohio to officiate our oldest son’s wedding, then a mad dash across country to get home! A vacation you say; hardly, although there will some “vacationing” along the way. We will be visiting with many old friends along the way, but not all and that is too bad. In order...
Three decades ago the spotted owl was used to obstruct tree removal and to force unreasonable “hands off” forest management that has helped result in today’s mega fires. So, forgive me for not believing the water pollution calamity story now being told by similar activists promoting I-186. This initiative will instead just hurt young Montana working-class families and harm local small businesses that depend on mining. The corporations pushing I-186 are distracting voters with a nonexistent clean water crisis to hide their...
Just west of our little ranch on North Willow Creek lies a town that once burst at the seams with mines and miners. Pony, Montana, boasted 5,000 people, banks, bars, schools, churches and a rail line. Mines with romantic names like Boss Tweed and Clipper dotted the hills above town. Between the 1870s and the 1920s, millions of dollars of gold came out of the hills. After the 1920s, when the gold played out, so did the people. Today, our little town upstream of the ranch has one heck of a fun bar and fewer than 200 really...
Montana’s children are off to a new school year and the excitement of learning. Children need and deserve to learn in a safe environment. When children are bullied in schools, it makes them feel unsafe and makes learning (and life) harder. The children doing the bullying need help too. Knowing this, the Montana Legislature passed the Bully-Free Montana Act in 2015 when I introduced this law to stop bullying in Montana’s schools. Because I carried this legislation, I am frequently contacted by citizens regarding bullying sit...
