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Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received thirty-two calls for service during the week of Oct. 4 to Oct. 11, 2020. Deputies performed six traffic stops in the Lincoln area. Two of those calls generated a case report last week: A deputy responded to the 4000 block of Snow Fleury Lane for an animal complaint involving puppies, Monday, Oct. 5. Deputies investigated the animal's home and care. Currently there is no evidence of animal abuse. A deputy took a report of a stolen...
Of all the things you are learning, what do you think will be the most useful when you are an adult? "I think the ABC’s." – Emma Dey, Pre-K "Eating lunch." – Anthony Reed, Kindergarten "You need to know your mom’s phone number because if you’re alone and you need your mom, then you could call her." -Stella Davis. 1st Grade “Of all the things I have learned, what I think that is useful when I am an adult is Reeders notebook. Because it teaches me spelling” -Ryan Perez, 2nd Grade “When I am an adult I think science will th...
Last year the Sheriff's Office and Lincoln Public Schools together decided the DARE program that was currently being taught in the elementary grades would be expanded to include the middle school students. As the DARE instruction expands, here are highlights of the program's evolutions since its inception in the 1980's. DARE was created in Los Angeles in 1983 as it became clear that enforcement of drug laws were not enough, and that resistance education was necessary to effect...
Today's update for the Lincoln Public Schools actually does not concern COVID-19. It has most to do with rules and policies coming back to life, such as today's topic: Zero Zeros. Zero Zeros was a big deal for the school in the past, but was taken down due to POUNCE grants. Now, Zero Zeros is back up in running, and has been enforced starting Monday, Oct. 5. If any of you don't know what Zero Zeros is, it is an after school program for students who have missing work/tests,...
Diane Krier earned recognition this year for her work as the Lincoln Schools cafeteria manager and food director with the Wonderful Outstanding Worker award from the Montana School Nutrition Association. Patrice O'Loughlin, the awards chairperson for the MTSNA, made the trip up to Lincoln Friday Oct. 9 to present Krier with the award for "exceptional service and devotion to Montana students," and that, according to the MTSNA website, "recognizes any school food service...
Capt. Dan Bushnell was promoted to the rank of Major in the Montana Army National Guard. The son of the late Bob Bushnell and brother to Jeanette Nordahl, both of Lincoln, Bushnell currently serves as the Montana National Guard Public Affairs Officer at the Helena Armed Forces Reserve Center at Fort Harrison. He has deployed twice to Afghanistan with the Montana Army National Guard's 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion....
As Attorney General Tim Fox vacates his seat early next year, two newcomers to statewide political races are battling to become Montana's top lawyer and laying out distinct choices for voters. The spirited race pits Republican Austin Knudsen, a former Montana House speaker and now Roosevelt County attorney, against Great Falls Democrat Raph Graybill, Gov. Steve Bullock's chief lawyer. The attorney general is the state's highest legal authority, overseeing the Montana Departmen...
"The planted larch trees are burnished gold. What a wondrous forest they have become." -Tomonari The western larch, or Larix occidentalis, is also known as the western tamarack or hackmatack. Montana is home to a second species of larch, the Larix lyallii, also known as the subalpine larch, the alpine larch, and the woolly larch, but these usually grow at a higher altitude than the western larch. Larch trees are known as deciduous conifers, meaning that although they may look...
So, this past week I participated in a worldwide spinning competition. I've done this every year since 2013 during the first week of October. That week is known as National Weaving and Spinning week. In past years, the competition was run by The National Needlework Association and was called "Spinzilla." Two years ago, the TNNA decided they would no longer be hosting the competition and a couple of individuals got together and began "Spin Together." A couple of people who had...
A new book by Dr. Amy Dempsey, entitled Destination Art is set to showcase Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild as one of only about 200 worldwide art destinations. This is the second edition of the book Destination Art published by Thames & Hudson and is due out April 2021. It will be the first time BPSW has been featured in a book. Kevin O'Dwyer, artistic director and curator of BPSW, had a previous project called Sculpture in the Parklands included in the first...
This past weekend was the annual Alpine Artisans Tour of the Arts. Artists were featured at galleries through the Seeley Swan Valley, Ovando and Lincoln. With advertising in Helena, Missoula, Great Falls, Seeley and Lincoln newspapers, people came from as far as Idaho and Billings to see artists and their artwork in the Blackfoot Valley. While some galleries saw more traffic than others, Lincoln artists Lisa Gibson, Sally Bogart, Gwendolyn Hendricks, and Tammy Jordan, all disp...
4 may go down in history as a generally abysmal year nationally, but locally the Lincoln Ranger District completed a series of enhancements to local outdoor recreational opportunities on the National Forest around Lincoln this year. "Some long-term projects got wrapped up this year," Josh Lattin, District Resource Specialist, told the BVD. Roger's Pass Although the COVID-19 pandemic impacted traffic on Continental Divide Trail this year, next year hikers will find an...
Last Thursday, several members of the Lincoln Community gathered at Ellie Schouten's home in the Sleepy Hollow Trailer Park to begin construction of a roof over her trailer. The older trailer, which has a damaged roof that cannot support any type of weight, became a concern for Schouten over the summer. She was told the easiest way to protect the roof and keep it from collapsing was to build a second roof over the original roof. A letter, hung at the post office and posted on...
