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A downed power pole, located across Highway 200 from Hi Country Snack Foods, knocked out electricity to about 700 Lincoln-area residents. According to Butch Larcombe with Northwestern Energy, the company's town manager Shea Forkan rerouted power and restored service to 580 customers within about 20 minutes but the remaining customers had to wait until a new power pole was in place. By 8:30 p.m., all the affected customers had their power restored. "We appreciate their...
Twenty four hours after a tough defeat against Drummond, the spunky junior high Lynx ran out on the home court for another lop-sided match-up against the Prospectors from Philipsburg. Trever Tolan, the 5-foot, 9-inch forward on the older players' "A" team was the tallest Lynx wearing green and white. The opposing Prospectors had several tall timbers including 6-foot 2" Kai O'Donnell, a stocky and experienced eighth grader. From the opening tip off, it looked like it was going...
Junior high games, especially at the beginning of the season, can be a combination of mass pandemonium and falling-down frustration as every player on the court grabs for the elusive ball. On the other hand, local fans see glimpses of future greatness in the youngsters as they watch their boys dribble the full court, make lay-up baskets and execute coach's offensive plays. Every Lynx player was tuned up to show Mom and Dad what they are learning in practice. "Learning" being...
Robert Frost wrote that one time he came upon the owner of the land next to his. The man was building a fence in the woods, where there was no actual need for one. When Frost asked him why, the fellow responded simply, "Good fences make good neighbors." The neighbor had it backwards, I think. By rural Montana custom, it is "Good neighbors make good fences." Ranches and farms often share miles of fence, along with water, ditches, pasture, creeks, and a myriad of other things. T...
This year's Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce Community Benefit saw the Lincoln Community Players turn to the way-back (or the only-a-little-way-back) machine to recreate some of their funniest performances from the past couple of decades. Performances included their take on classic commercials and scenes inspired by The Carol Burnett Show, Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, Saturday Night Live and Home Improvement. A final tally of of how much money the benfit brought in wasn't...
More than a hundred costumed kids hit downtown Lincoln for the annual Halloween Walk, Oct. 31 The walk has given Lincoln kids a chance to trick or treat safely, going door to door at local businesses on Main Street, since the late 80's. Lincoln School Superintendent Carla Anderson said the walk iss usually for kids in kindergarten through sixth grade, but this year's addition of a preschool bumped up the number of kids, as did the parents who joined in with younger kids who...
The World War One Centennial Commission – along with the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, the Society of the Honor Guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the National Cathedral, The American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars – has announced a nationwide bell-tolling on Nov. 11 as a solemn reminder of the sacrifice and service of veterans of the Great War, and all veterans. "Bells of Peace: A World War One Remembrance" encourages citizens and organizations across the...
HELENA, MONT., November 6, 2018-The Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest offices will be closed on Monday, November 12th in observance of Veterans Day; offices will reopen on Tuesday, November 13th. Whenever Forest Service offices are closed, firewood permits and/or forest visitor maps can be purchased at one of the following locations, during their regular business hours: Augusta: Allen's Manix Store Choteau: Rex's Food Farm *Elliston: Elliston Store Great Falls: Scheels...
HELENA –As hunting season unfolds, forest and wildlife officials want to share some tips and rules with recreationalists to help minimize their chances of encountering bears this fall. All who want to enjoy the outdoors need to be sure to learn and follow an area's food storage order requirements. Beginning in July 2018 the entire Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest has adopted food storage orders to help provide for public safety. Food storage orders decrease the p...
Hunter activity and harvest picked up in the third weekend of the general big game season in west-central Montana. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks reports that after a slow start to the season, the Bonner check station is now showing 2,625 hunter trips and the Darby station is reporting 2,144, inching within 10 percent and 4 percent of hunter activity reported at this time last year. Elk harvests of 50 checked at Bonner and 95 at Darby remain below the marks of 63 and 112 at...
Senior Center Membership Christmas Party Thursday, Dec. 6 from 11:30a.m. to 2:30 p.m. $10.00 Gift Exchange/Potluck Dessert Sign up at Senior Center by November 30 (RSVP) Angel Tree Sign up by Nov 30. Need: Kids Name, Age, Size, Wants Also, parents name and phone number Tree with tags will be at the Citizens Alliance Bank soon. Drop off lists with Diane at Senior Center Christmas Food Box Sign up with Diane at the Senior Center by Nov. 23 Donations - Food box will be at the bank soon and money is always appreciated and...
An assembly at Lincoln School provided the administration with a perfect time to honor Gwyn and Scott Jensen for their volunteer work at the school for the last two years. The Jensens, from Helena, wrapped up a two-year mission for their church during which they volunteered at Lincoln School two days a week to help Lincoln Elementary School teachers with everything from math and reading to teaching kids to tie their shoes. Scott said the recognition, which included crowns for...
Lewis and Clark County is hosting an interment ceremony Nov. 20 at 10:30 a.m. for the cremated remains of 153 individuals who died in the county over the years, but whose remains have never been picked up. County Commissioner Susan Good Geise told Lincoln Government Day participants that the remains have been stored at the coroner’s office or at area funeral homes, and in some cases date back to the 1930’s. She said just leaving them sitting on in a shelf is not a proper place for them, so they will be interred at a vau...
When Lincoln Schools English teacher Philip Reed heard two of his students discussing Pearl Jam drummer Jeff Ament's skatepark project last year, he encouraged them to write in to the foundation, nominating Lincoln for a park. "There's s quite a large at-risk community here in Lincoln for young kids that most small towns in Montana really don't have," Reed said. "I think...trying to provide as much for the kids to keep them active and out of trouble...that's one of the big...
In honor of his years of effort fighting the War on Weeds, County Commissioners declared Nov. 2, 2018 "Bob Bushnell Day" in Lewis and Clark County. Commission Chairman Andy Hunthausen began Lincoln Government Day last Friday with a reading of the proclamation, which detailed Bushnell's volunteer efforts on the Lewis and Clark Conservation District, the Lewis and Clark Weed District, the Montana Noxious Weed Management Advisory Council and the Ponderosa Snow Warriors. The...
