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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...
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...
Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton has identified the man found in the woods north of the old Lincoln Cemetery as Lee Klette, 42, of Great Falls. Dutton told the BVD Klette claims he put the wire found around his leg there himself, and says he is not the victim of a crime. Beyond that, Dutton said he’s keeping mum, so the circumstances that led to his injuries and five days in the woods remains a mystery. “He’s not talking. Right now, we’re trying to piece it together,...
The Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s office is leading an investigation into how a critically injured Great Falls man wound up in the woods in Lincoln Gulch north of the old Lincoln Cemetery, two miles from where his rental car was discovered four days earlier. Sheriff Leo Dutton told the BVD the injured man, who’s name has not yet been released, was discovered Aug 24. by an individual walking up a trail doing some metal detecting. The man with the metal detector, who also happened to be from Great Falls, heard moaning and...
Personnel change for Lincoln; info on man found in woods remains elusive Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton kicked off Government Day Friday, Sept. 7 with the announcement that Deputy Chris Joyce submitted his resignation, with his last day set for Sept. 12. Dutton said it's sad news for the office and that Joyce had his own reasons for leaving, but didn't say what they were. He said Joyce will remain in Lincoln to operate his glass business, Hollow Point Glass. Dutton...
Residents of Lincoln who are concerned about missing the deadline to comment on the draft environmental impact statement and draft revised forest management plan will have more time to get make their concerns about the plan known. The new deadline to comment on the draft is Tuesday, Oct. 9. According to a press release issued Aug. 30, Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest Supervisor Bill Avey chose to extend public comment period on the Forest Plan revision by one month...
Mary Hillerman didn't have to go far to find herself teaching 2nd grade at Lincoln School. Born and raised on a small ranch in Helmville, she attended Helmville School, Drummond High School and Montana State University. She then found her way back to Helmville for her student teaching and her first teaching position. "I think I always knew I would be a teacher." Hillerman said "My mother has inspired me to become a teacher." Hillerman's mother and sister are also teachers. In...
Parents had the chance to meet their kids' teachers, get an idea of what the student's will be learning in the upcoming school year and enjoy a meal at this year's Lincoln Public School Open house. It had been a challenge to get parents to make it to the annual open house at the beginning of the school year, due in part to the fact they're scheduled between 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. That is until they opted to add a meal. "We tried a number of different things to bring parents in so...
MISSOULA– Smoke may be visible periodically during the next two months in the mountains east of Missoula as the Bureau of Land Management's Missoula Field Office prepares for five controlled burns. All of the burns are located in the Blackfoot Valley: four are located approximately five miles southwest of Clearwater Junction; the other burn is 12 miles west of Lincoln. The burns may take up to 14 days to complete, and will take place when weather and fuel conditions are f...
Annette Gardner, who took on a new position as Lincoln Public School's reading coach this year, also sported a new look at the school open house Thursday afternoon. Decked out - and nearly unrecognizable - in a platinum blond wig and other, shall we say, enhancements, Gardner was promoting a new effort to sign up young children for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. A book gifting program, it mails free, age appropriate books for kids from birth through the age of 5,...
Saturday had a sports event for everyone in Lincoln, where action could be found on both the football field and the volleyball court. Despite the three and out set score, Coach Stacey Mannix was pleased with the 85 percent serve success of her varsity squad including several aces by Maggie Jorgensen, the energetic senior hitter who high jumps when she pounds the ball over the net. Alexis Cannon puts her 6-foot height to good use at the net with 5-foot-7-inch Tanea Reisch,...
Junior Nathan Brown led the Lincoln Lynx as they scored 44 points, seven touchdowns and two extra points, in their tough-as-nails fight with the visiting Sheridan Panthers on a beautiful fall afternoon last Saturday. The Lynx threw down the gauntlet at the opening whistle scoring a quick TD on a 45-yard run into the end zone by Brown. The next Lynx score was a pass from Brown to Aziah Blotkamp to tie up the game, but then the Panthers answered, going on a four touchdown jag...
Two hundred motorcycles rolled into Lincoln Friday, Sept. 7, as the annual Bikers Against Bullies ride stopped in town for lunch at Bushwackers. The ride, said to be the largest in the state, raises awareness about bullying and raises funds for a variety of organizations that help kids, including Boys and Girls clubs, Big Brothers, Big Sisters and Special Olympics. Steve and Leona Cannon, the new owners of Bushwackers, shut down for most of the day Friday to handle the...
After a tiring six-hour bus ride from West Yellowstone, the visiting Wolverines opened the 2018 football season for Lincoln Lynx fans with an impressive pair of gridiron games. First up for West was the junior high squad who swarmed out on the field for warm-ups 25 players strong and intimidating in size. The six young men of the Lincoln junior high team, which included one sixth grader and only one eighth grader, looked with big eyes at the invading army in red and white...
After about a year and a half on the market, the Wilderness Bar and Scapegoat Eatery are under new ownership. Kelly and Jody Riesbeck of Helena closed the deal on the landmark Lincoln bar last week, taking over ownership Aug 28 from longtime proprietor Ethel Peterson. "We just love Lincoln and the bar excites us," Kelly Riesbeck said. He said they've been interested in buying the business for about a year. "It's always been an interest in our family. My Dad really wanted to...
The Lincoln Heritage Alliance is moving forward with plans to purchase property along Highway 200 in Lincoln following a donation that has provided the organization with enough money for a down payment on the land. The property, located across the highway from the Methodist Church, would serve first and foremost as the site for the historic Matt King ranch house. In July, Steve and Ginger Stocks donated several thousand dollars to the LHA after learning efforts to raise money...
LINCOLN - The fifth anniversary of Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild this September promises to elevate further the surprising art park in this small mountain community. In addition to playing host to renowned sculptors Cornelia Konrads and Kate Hunt who will be working on new installations in the 26-acre sculpture park on the eastern edge of town, visitors and residents will be treated to an eclectic range of musical concerts curated by Composer-in-Residence Adele...
As I scrambled to organize and finalize the details on 70 outfits the night before the second annual Heritage Day Vintage Fashion Show, I couldn't help but wonder why I would ever agree to spearhead such an event. Finding volunteers and working around their schedules for fittings, planning outfits, organizing timing and semantics, obtaining, dating, cleaning and repairing the clothes– nearly none of these tasks can be delegated. As a result, no matter how I try to prepare, i...
Lewis and Clark County Commissioners took the advice of county staff at their meeting in Helena Aug. 16, and voted unanimously to deny the request to create a rural improvement district for the 4x4 Road east of Lincoln. The RID would have covered the cost of applying soil stabilization or dust abatement to the main 4x4 Road, at an annual cost of $72.21 per benefitted property The discovery that one such property in the proposed district is a parcel of School Trust Land,...
Elk shoulder seasons began Aug. 15 in several hunting districts around Montana. Elk shoulder seasons are firearms seasons that can occur as early as Aug. 15 and run as late as Feb 15 depending on the hunting district. While most shoulder seasons focus on antlerless elk harvest on private land and are not intended to replace or reduce harvest during the existing general archery or five-week firearms seasons, a few are meant to address problematic distribution of elk. First...
Lewis and Clark County Public Works is making plans to repair the large washout on North Lincoln Gulch Road, without the assistance of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Public Works Director Eric Griffin said last month the project was a priority for this year and expected to work with FEMA on the repair, but concerns about the federal agency's level involvement prompted his department take a new approach. "We don't quite know if FEMAs gonna come in or not come in or...
Visitors to Lincoln's Heritage Day could step back in time last Saturday with horse drawn wagon rides and chances to try their hand at butter making, leather stamping, candle making, flower pressing, embroidery and wool spinning. There were also displays and demonstrations on making rag rugs, metal and gun engraving, pack trains, Dutch oven cooking and gold panning, as well as household and café items from a bygone era. Last year Sallin and Erin Dey decided it was time to...
The Lincoln Ranger District is working through the planning process for rerouting a one mile stretch of Copper Creek Road, located about a mile and a half north of Snowbank Lake, from it's current location near the waterway onto a bench upslope and away from the creek bottom. The goal of the reroute is to help reduce potential impacts to important bull trout habitat in the area. Bull trout are listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The Forest Service...
Although Ted Kaczynski's cabin has looms large in the narrative of his story over the past 20 years, the full-scale reproduction of it, sitting in the original location with its door facing away from anything resembling civilization, highlights how almost shockingly small and nondescript it was. Stepping into the 10 foot by 12-foot building, with it's low ceiling and an interior packed with items that replicate what the FBI discovered after Kaczynski's arrest in 1996, the...
