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Chris McInally enjoys a round of applause after performing a number on the grand piano with cellist Adele O'Dwyer and her daughter and Aoise, a violist, at last Wednesday's Lunchtime Concert. Adele O'Dwyer, inspired by McInally's drive to relearn the piano after a stroke took away her ability to read music and play, invited her to take part in the mini-concert. McInally is well known to many current and former Lincoln residents, having taught music at Lincoln School and...
This year the students weren't the only ones new to the Kindergarten classroom. Kurtis Janzen also began his first year at Lincoln School. Janzen spends his morning with the kindergartners and his afternoon teaching math, science and social studies to kindergarten and first grade. While this is Janzen's first year teaching, he began his career in the education system in Conrad, Mont. as a tennis coach and classroom aid. Janzen attended film school in California and returned...
October 9 - Close of Registration. This is the deadline to submit a new registration or to update an existing registration. We will accept forms postmarked by October 9 if they are received in our office by October 12. Forms dropped off in person or emailed or faxed must be in by 5pm on October 9. o Anyone who wants to vote at a polling place on Election Day must be registered by this deadline. After this deadline there are other options to register and vote, but those...
I want to call your attention to Andy Shirtliff, a candidate for Public Service Commission. Andy will bring a combination of new energy and solid experience to the PSC. He will focus on unleashing a diversity of Montana energy rather than favoring only one source of energy. Andy served for five years as a Small Business Advocate for the Montana Governor's Office of Economic Development. During that time Andy worked relentlessly with business owners and potential new business...
Here in western Montana most ranches are what's called "cow/calf" operations. The owners maintain a herd of cows and sell the offspring at about six months of age, the calf crops go to feedlots, most of which are in areas that produce a lot of grains, especially corn. They'll stay in the lots until they weigh 1,100 to 1,200 pounds, at about a year of age, when they are sold to the packing plants. It varies from property to property and region to region, but in this area most...
As part of the effort to turn around the failing junior High school math scores that played a role in the Lincoln Junior High's accreditation downgrade to "Advice," the Lincoln School District made a significant change to their math curriculum for K-8 students. This year Lincoln Elementary students bid farewell to Every Day Math, which the school adopted in 2013 to align with the state-mandated Common Core standards. The new program, Ready Math, also aligns with Common Core...
Now this is getting RIDICULOUS!!!! In case any of you are asleep I mean Kavanaugh confirmation. How far back do we go? How many of you out there, (siblings, cousins, Moms, Dads, Grandparents and so forth), when you were babies were not bathed, slept, taught or shared clothes together? Can this not also be considered inappropriate? It's time for all 535 members of congress to disclose all their history to child birth!! And unless you lived in a glass house since child birth...
Montana is a state in which 10 percent of our population are veterans, a high percentage are 65 years of age or older. While serving in the Montana Legislature, Matt Rosendale supported privatizing the Columbia Falls Veteran's Home. He also opposed a new veteran's home in Butte. Montana is about 1/3 federal public lands, over 27 million acres. Real estate developer Rosendale is on record advocating transferring these federal public lands to the state, which could then be...
The ephemeral nature of art and beauty is an important theme of Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild's 2018 education program, according to BPSW Education Officer Hannah Demma. Demma, who guides children from small Montana communities on interactive tours of Sculpture in the Wild, meets school groups at the Lincoln Ranger Station, where rangers begin the program with a presentation. "This year we're doing bear safety. They've been playing a game with them, and it kind of...
Lewis and Clark Public Health received three confirmed reports this week of influenza A, all in county residents under the age of 25. In one case the disease was severe enough to require hospitalization. “It’s definitely time to get your annual flu shot if you haven’t already,” said Shelly Maag, nurse supervisor at the health department. “Flu season is here.” Public health officials recommend an annual flu shot for everyone 6 months and older to protect against the potentially deadly disease. The vaccine is safe and takes t...
Dear Dietitian, I am trying to lose weight, so I often skip breakfast. My husband insists that this is not good for me and actually works against my efforts to lose weight. What do you say? Shirley Dear Shirley, We have always heard, "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." However, recent studies have challenged this age-old standard. Some studies have found that people who skip breakfast do not overcompensate for this and overeat later in the day. Other studies sho...
Looks like we made it through fire season with barely a dent. It was a nice break for the valley after last summer, the tough winter, and of course the flooding that hit us pretty hard this spring. It gave the firefighters a little time to catch up on projects. Not just at the fire department, but the ones we neglect all too often at home. And maybe even get a little hunting in this year as well. That being said, it's time to start getting ready for winter again. I know....
The weekend of Sept 15, 2018, the Wilderness Bar hosted the 6th Annual Car Show. There were 20 entries this year, up quite a few from last year. Mother Nature provided us with a beautiful fall day, and Lincoln was alive with classic car enthusiasts. We had four categories of models and also awarded a hard luck prize. Best Ford - Darryl Worley – 1947 Ford half- ton pickup. Darryl is from Seeley Lake Best Chevy – Ken Brouchu – 1967 Olds 442 Convertible. Ken is from Seeley Lake...
Brewery Follies When the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce brought the Brewery Follies from Virginia City to Lincoln last fall, locals looking for a few politically incorrect laughs turned out in force, turning the Lincoln Community Hall into a standing room only venue. The success of the endeavor, which paid for itself in ticket sales and raised some extra money for the LVCC, prompted the board to bring the show back to town for a two night stint this Oct. 5 and 6, but...
Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild welcomed fall with Festival in the Wild 2018, a weekend program of events and music celebrating the sculpture park's fifth anniversary. The festival kicked off with a sold-out café music night and fundraiser art auction at the Lincoln Community Hall. The event featured refreshments in a candlelit café style ambiance accompanied by live music from performing artists Phil Aaberg, Pan Morigan, Marvin Suson, Aoise O'Dwyer and BPSW C...
