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The Blackfoot Valley's News Source Since 1980
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Next week you will see a change in the Blackfoot Valley Dispatch. Seven years ago, we made the jump from a newsletter format on office paper to a tall tabloid on newsprint, returning the BVD to standard newspaper format. This issue of the BVD will be the last to be printed at River's Edge printing in Great Falls. Next week we'll transition to a new printer, with the Livingston Enterprise, as well as to a larger format, as a traditional, full-size broadsheet. While we had been planning to revamp the BVD's design, the...
Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received thirty-seven calls for service during the week of July 5th, 2020 through July 11th, 2020. Deputies performed five traffic stops in the Lincoln area. Four of those calls generated a case report last week: July 5th, 2020, in the 600 block of Main Street, a male was served a notice to appear for under age drinking. July 5th, 2020, in the area of Good News Ln and Sunrise Lane, a male was arrested for DUI. The investigation started with a...
Last weekend, Lincoln became one of only a few communities in Montana to host an Independence Day parade, rodeo and fireworks this year, after most events around the state were canceled out of concern for COVID-19. The influx of up to 2000 people to the community for the Independence Day parade and rodeo, Saturday July 4th, has prompted both praise, for moving ahead with celebrating the nations birth, and criticism for holding public events amid the COVID-19 pandemic....
1 Best Business – Garland Girls 2 Best Club/Org – the 1920's Moonshiners 3 Best Equestrian – K Lazy 3 4 Best Athletic Group – Sparkettes of Great Falls 5 Best Auto – Linda Daugherty, 1966 Mustang 6 Best Antique Machinery – Old Fire Truck Todd Grady, Shawn Warren, Helena...
The annual Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce fireworks show, augmented by the private fireworks set off in Hooper Park's ball fields, lights up the night over Lincoln Saturday, July 4. https://www.blackfootvalleydispatch.com/photos...
Lincoln Rodeo Results Bareback 1st -Tie Will Nordstrom 67 Dustin Morgeaus 67 2nd Dalton May 62 Saddle Bronc 1st Bailey Bench 65 2nd Charlie Lytle 64 3rd Kolby Kittson 63 4th Jason Colelough 53 Bull Riding 1st Wynn Wells 77 2nd Colt Yeager 75 Steer Wrestling 1st Austin Anderson 4.92 2nd Logan Deatte 15.56 Calf Roping 1st SAm Levine 10.05 2nd Chad Johnson 11.76 3rd Will Powell 14.3 4th Dillon HahnKamp 17.69 Team Roping 1st Nolan Conway/Shawn Bird 4.8 2nd Sid Sporer /Dustin Bird...
Lincoln hosts their annual Independence Day parade. https://www.blackfootvalleydispatch.com/photos...
On June 29, 2020 Alan Lee Brown went to be with the Lord. He was born on Oct. 20, 1962 to Richard and Florence Brown in Fort Belknap, Mont. Shortly after Al was born the family moved to Butte where Al was raised along with his seven siblings. Al spent most of his life in Butte until he met the love of his life Ranae Brown, and moved to Lincoln to build a life with her. Al was a very kind, loving, and spiritual person who was generous with his time helping others. One of Al's...
Capt. Meriwether Lewis made the first written record of the Blackfoot River valley in July 1806 .On July 6 he and his half of the Corps of Discovery passed through the area that is now home to the towns of Ovando and Lincoln. July 6, 1806 Set out a little after sunrise passed the creek a little above our encampment. [probably Monture Creek] East 14 M. to the point at which the river leaves the extensive plains and enters the mountains these plains I called (the knob plains)...
Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received fifty-six calls for service during the week of June 28 through July 4, 2020. Deputies performed twelve traffic stops in the Lincoln area. Three calls for service generated a case report last week: On June 29, a deputy took a report about a sex crime in the area of the 100 block of Spring Creek Lane. The report has been rescinded and there is no apparent danger to the community. Deputies responded to a assault in the 800 block of...
Arts Council President Lee York, with consensus from the organization's officers, decided to postpone regular meetings for the Lincoln Council for the Arts until October. "We decided to take the summer to give members a break, recharge, and get organized for the coming year," said York. During the break, officers still plan to meet and will hold special board meetings throughout the summer to review and revise the organization's by-laws, discuss their upcoming membership...
I want to thank everyone who helped and had any part in the parade, especially the Chamber of Commerce who stepped in at the last minute and took over and finished organizing and running the parade, when I felt it was not in my best interest to be involved. That was a hard decision for me. We made 100 goodie bags for the kids that were in the parade. Mountain View Co-op, Lincoln Telephone Co, Citizens Alliance Bank, Hi Country Beef Jerky and the Lincoln Library were all very...
Face coverings Recommended. Lincoln Volunteer Ambulance President Aaron Birkholz recommends using some type of mask or face covering during the upcoming holiday weekend to help prevent potential spread of COVID-19. “I would recommend people who are here on the Fourth to wear a mask,” Birkholz said. “It would be a real shame if all a sudden we get a spike from the Lincoln parade and rodeo.” He recommends people use something to cover their nose and mouth while interacting with others, even if it’s a basic bandana. “Really a...
Parade Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce President Kate Radford said the LVCC is working to include many of the guidance strategies from Public Health’s Phase 2 Event Planning guidelines. The parade route will be extended down to Sucker Creek Road to give attendees more space to park and socially distance. Attendees are encouraged to wear masks in addition to practicing social distancing. A small number of masks will be available outside Rusty Relics near the center of Lincoln. Anyone feeling sick is encouraged to stay a...
Social distancing and personal responsibility will be paramount during this year's annual Independence Day Parade and Lincoln Rodeo. Both events, which have historically been vital to Lincoln's economy, were at risk of being cancelled due to challenges this year related to COVID-19 restrictions, but "robust" discussions at the county level, sparked by an announcement the parade had been canceled, helped clear the way for them to move ahead. Last Thursday, June 24, Lewis and...
A Volvo sedan sits in the road near Lambkins as Lincoln Fire Chief Zach Muse directs traffic around scene of the accident it was involved in Wednesday evening June 24. The driver of the Volvo attempted to turn left onto Highway 200 and collided with a passing logging truck. Video of the accident captured on the BVD's security cameras shows the driver of the car waiting at the intersection for 20 seconds before attempting the turn and impacting the front right bumper and...
A flag flown during a combat mission from Kuwait to Iraq especially for the Blackfoot Valley will be awarded for the first time to the first-place business float in the Lincoln Independence Day Parade on Saturday, July 4. Monte Howse, a member of the Montana Air National Guard in Great Falls, donated the flag to the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce's annual Community Benefit last fall, said Laurie Richards, who was president of the LVCC at the time. Howse had previously...
With a number of July 4th events canceled around Montana, Lincoln stands to see a major influx of visitors hoping to experience a traditional Independence Day Parade and Rodeo. Christ Lewenight, president of the Lincoln Rodeo Club said the rodeos that have moved ahead in the state so far this year have seen a good turnout, with some high-level pro riders showing up, since there aren’t as many rodeos this year. “We could end up with some really good riders this year,” he said. The expected increase in visitors has promp...
Letter to the Editor I'd like to take a moment and thank Sheriff Dutton in his role in ensuring the annual Independence Day Parade and the Lincoln Rodeo are able to move forward as planned. I appreciate his, (and his staff's) commitment to our town and trusting the community and its' guests over the holiday weekend to practice safety and respect during the festivities. In his words, "if you're sick, stay home, if you're more comfortable wearing a mask, do so, and practice...
Lincoln firefighters and volunteers spent most of the day Saturday cleaning out the Lincoln Rural Fire District's new Station 4, just north of the main fire station on Stemple Pass Road, The LRFD purchased the building and the adjacent property between the two buildings in 2019. The building, which was formerly home to Chris Waits' Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts', and before that Chris' Repair & Tune Up, will serve to house some of the Fire Department equipment current...
David ‘Tater’ Davis opened a small engine repair shop in Lincoln April 13, 2020, and business is going well. Davis, who moved to Lincoln in 2012, used to work in construction. He began working on chainsaws by fixing problems with ones he owned and discovered a natural talent for small engine work. He said he had been working out of his garage and made the jump to open his own business, called Carburetor Tater, this spring. He rents half of the building at Donut’s Tires at the west end of Lincoln. Originally from Nampa, Idaho...
Chris M. Waits of Lincoln was born June 24, 1953. He passed away May 16, 2020, from complications related to diabetes....
Claudette R (Becker) Vanden Bos was born Nov. 23, 1945 in Conrad to Gordon and Bessie Becker. She passed away June 25, 2020. Claudette attended and graduated from Conrad High School. She married Barney Vanden Bos on June 25, 1965 in Conrad and raised two sons, Russell and Roy, on the family farm near Dupuyer. Claudette worked on the farm until her sons were in high school and then managed the Super 8 in Conrad, after selling the farm, the family owned and operated Blue Sky...
Since I moved to Lincoln in 2008-2009, it has always seemed to me it’s been a transient place with many new arrivals and sad departures. Of course, there are long-time families who have come to Lincoln, made it their home, and have been here for the duration. I’ve often heard of those folks as the “backbone of our town.” Recently, my best friend relocated from Pennsylvania and is now calling Lincoln home. Montana is different, but she is liking and embracing how things...
Well, I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed writing my little stories for the BVD each week and I will still try to send in a few from afar. I do appreciate all the positive feedback I have received on my little stories. There is a quote that states "We rise by lifting others." That was what I was trying to accomplish with my stories. Lifting people and organizations and thanking them for all that they do. I have lived in Lincoln on and off for over 20 years now, but I have to...
