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A group of local artists met last week to discuss preparations for the upcoming Alpine Artisans Tour of the Arts. Now in its 16th year, the Tour of the Arts features six studios, two historical museums, and more than twenty-five artists demonstrating and showing their work in the Seeley Swan and Blackfoot Valleys. Artist Annie Allen has been participating in the Tour for several years and has joined with other local artists to be part of the festivities. This year, artists...
Nicole Drake is one of the new Pre-K teachers at Lincoln Schools this year. She was inspired by her mother, who is also a Pre-K teacher, to choose this career path. Drake, from Helena, attended Rocky Mountain College on a soccer scholarship and graduated with a degree in Elementary Education. She plans to continue on with her education by pursuing her masters in early childhood education. Her goals for her Pre-K students are simple but far reaching. Getting each child ready...
The Valley Christian Lady Eagles flew into the Lincoln gym Friday night, Sept. 27 to give the Lady Lynx a heated battle on the volleyball court. Jaylin Lewenight, the standout for the Lynx in the junior varsity sets, made nine ace serves and four of the team's eight kills. The first two sets were close, with Valley winning them 22-25 and 23-25. The junior varsity Lynx roared back and won the third set 15-11, helped by a key block from Junior Lindsey Weisner. In the important f...
With a blizzard coming any minute, Lincoln volleyball fans used their last nice day to turn out and cheer for the Junior High ladies on Thursday, Sept. 26 as they faced our local area opponent, the Drummond Trojans. The "A team" of older 7th and 8th grade players came out revved up and ready to romp. The first set showcased lots of teamwork plays, setting the ball and assisting one another. Even though Kylee Copenhaver and Krymzen Dempster had most of the stellar stats, they w...
The Lincoln Council for the Arts President Annette Gardner welcomed old and new faces alike to their meeting Monday, Sept 16, from Lisa Smith and Sylvia Johnson who started the Arts Council in 1988, to Gardner and Liz Cain who came on board a couple of years later, to brand new faces like Toni Austad and Lee York who hadn't attended meetings before. The council heard recaps on the Lincoln Arts & Music Festival and the Farmer's Market season as well as plans for moving forward...
If the Victor Pirates were anxious to get back to the Bitterroot ahead of the snow storm, the Lady Lynx accommodated their early departure with a speedy win: 25-10, 25-11, 18 - 25 and 25-17 in the Homecoming varsity match-up. The first two sets were blow-out, lopsided victories for Lincoln. Set three presented more challenges but Alexis Cannon and Andrea LaManna were keeping their blocks and kills warmed up for the final 25-17 victory in set four. Stats were impressive with...
Lincoln got off light during the winter storm that blanketed most of western and north central Montana in deep snow. According to the National Weather service, the Lincoln area only received about five-and-a-half inches of snow, on the lower end of a list that saw areas east of the mountains covered in several feet of snow. The towns of Babb and Browning topped the list, with snow depths of 48 and 42 inches, respectively, while Augusta and Choteau both saw a total of 19 inches from the storm. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock declar...
The early winter storm that brought heavy snow to the much of Montana Saturday and Sunday prompted visiting Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild artists Stuart Ian Frost and Alison Stigora to head out a day early to beat the weather and nearly led to the cancellation of the official launch of the new work. But a handful of locals braved the cold and showed up Saturday afternoon to check it out regardless. BPSW President Becky Garland and Artistic Director Kevin O'Dwyer le...
The Friends of the NRA held their fifth annual banquet in Lincoln at the historic Lincoln Community Hall Sept. 19, with roughly 150 people attending the sold out event. The group held their first banquet in Lincoln in 2015 and in its early days, they raised approximately $13,000. Since then it has been steadily growing in both attendance and the amount of money raised each year. Committee chairs Jan and Wendell Weaver have been involved in the NRA for several years. What...
Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received seventeen Calls for Service in the Lincoln area during the week of September 22nd, 2019 through September 28th, 2019. Three of those Calls for Service were traffic stops performed in and around the Lincoln area by deputies. No calls for service last week generated a case report. Other calls for service in the Lincoln area were one non-injury crash, two animal complaints, one disorderly male, one false alarm, two road hazards, one... Full story
The Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks toll-free hotline for reporting wildlife poaching, property damage, and violations of fish and game laws is in operation 24 hours a day. TIP-MONT is the acronym for Turn in Poachers-Montana. Poaching includes: • hunting out of season or at night using spotlights • taking more than one's legal limit • nonresidents who purchase resident licenses • professional and commercial poachers who illegally offer outfitter and guide services. When it...
Helena - The Governor's Grizzly Bear Advisory Council is convening for its first meeting next month in Helena. The council will gather Oct. 3-4 at the Kleffner Ranch, 305 Montana Highway 518, in East Helena. The meeting is open to the public. The inaugural meeting will cover the objectives and structure of the council and set the stage for the group's work over the next year. The meeting will feature presentations on grizzly bear biology and ecology, management, and legal spec...
Dear Readers, It seems there is always a fad diet out there that, once and for all, will solve our problems. Many of us have been on these diets, myself included. Many years ago, I tried a diet where you followed a strict meal plan for 3 days, then ate whatever you wanted within reason, (whatever that means) for the following 3 days. The problem was I couldn't make it through the first three days! Wikipedia defines a fad diet as one that is popular for a time, similar to fads...
Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. Mark Twain Inscribed under his bust in The Hall of Fame The U.S. owes the world an apology and a lot of money. Because of our insistence that we're the brightest and the strongest nation that ever existed, our country refuses to change from the archaic method of measuring mass and distance to a more logical way of calculation. Although the U.S. approved the change in 1866, it was never instituted, and...
Citizen’s Bank hosted a retirement party last week for long-time employee, Jewelie Hoxworth. After 14 years with the bank, Hoxworth decided to retire from her position to be home more and to help care for her mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. While she had not planned to retire for another five years, she just felt it was time. “Mom has been living with us for two years now and she just needs more help.” Hoxworth said. She explained that juggling the demands...
