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The recent effort to simplify hunting regulations in Montana has sparked debate around the state and could bring significant changes to boundaries of the deer and elk hunting districts in the Lincoln area. Hunters in Lincoln had the chance to discuss the proposals at a season setting meeting at Lambkins Wednesday, Jan. 5. Led by Randy Arnold, the regional supervisor for Region 2, the meeting drew only a few participants. Although the meeting also touched on the elimination of...
Emergency services in Lincoln now have more reliable communications thanks to two Emergency Medical Services grants from the Montana Department of Transportation awarded to the Lincoln Volunteer Ambulance and Lincoln Volunteer Fire Rescue. The Lincoln Volunteer Ambulance successfully applied for a $45,000 grant in 2020 to replace their aging and dilapidated radios. Faced with the same radio problem, Lincoln Volunteer Fire Rescue also applied for and received a grant of about...
Dogs and mushers are slated to be back in Lincoln next month as the 36th Race to the Sky returns after falling victim last year - as so many other events had - to COVID-19 concerns. This year's events kick off in Lincoln Friday, Feb. 11 with the 300-mile vet check at 1 p.m. at the Hi Country Trading Post parking lot. The 100-mile vet check is scheduled the following morning at 10 a.m. The return of Race to the Sky will also see one of the largest fields of teams in several...
The Lincoln Council for the Arts had their first meeting of 2022 to discuss their upcoming Pasty Fundraiser as well as upcoming events for the year. They are excited to bring more entertainment and art to Lincoln in the coming year. To get the year started, The Lincoln Council for the Arts, in conjunction with the Upper Blackfoot Valley Historical Society, will again be selling pasties as their first fundraiser for the year. Last year, there was a competition between the...
On Saturday morning, January 15th, the Junior High Lady Lynx B-Team came out strong and defeated the B-Team Drummond Lady Trojans on the Lincoln hard woods 11 - 4. The young Lincoln B-Team, made up of 4th, 5th and 6th graders, played a powerful game highlighting the skills they learned last year at many of their out-of-state summer basketball camps. Kaya Butterfield was the high scorer with four also using her height as an impenetrable defensive weapon. Kaitlyn Brown played...
Valley Christian Eagles varsity men had a tough game against the Lincoln Lynx Friday Feb. 4 and it would have been an evenly matched contest except for a Valley Christian senior named Becker, who scored half of the Eagle points all by himself. The Lynx men were only two points behind in the second quarter, but their brave and courageous play could not keep up with Becker who could score from NBA range. Teegan Tybo was top man with 14 points followed by Andrew Brown with 13...
Finally, a home bench of five players vs. an opposing team of five. It was going to be a match game, after all. The junior varsity players from both teams were young and energetic. The Lincoln Lynx J.V, when called up to bolster the varsity, are used to fighting it out with juniors and seniors who out-weigh and tower over them. Now the young Lincoln men had opponents in the Granite Prospectors who were more in their weight division. In the low scoring, big D game, the fierce...
O how the mighty have fallen. Rolling into Lincoln on Friday, Feb. 4, the Valley Christian Eagle ladies from Missoula are used to cruising to victory against Lincoln. Laughingly, one member of the visiting team said to the Lynx coach, "We'll try not to run up the score against you too much." New coach Ray Campos may not have been here when those past massacres happened, but he knew a great motivational opportunity when it came along. Relating the Eagles taunt to his team in...
3th Grade Andrea LaManna 4.0 Allesondra Russ 4.0 Jenna Templeton 4.0 Grace Stine 3.8 Damion Birkholz 3.667 Haden Jennings 3.167 11th Grade Jessica Zarske 3.857 Gianna Gardella 3.667 Jaylin Lewenight 3.333 Jim Tolan 3.167 10th Grade Kylee Copenhaver 4.0 Miyah Davis 3.857 Maddie Sampson 3.857 Maddisen Derossett 3.833 Wesson Dempster 3.571 Trever Tolan 3.571 9th Grade Noah Barnett 4.0 Andrew Brown 4.0 Andrea Weisner 4.0 Delia Tolan 3.857 Teegan Tybo 3.857 Krymzen Dempster 3.286...
It could be the pep bands, the gathering of seven high school basketball teams, the media cameras and reporters or the plethora of goodies at the food court. "Tournament time" is like a winter vacation in Sports World. A special vibe and excitement is in the air for both athletes and fans. Who you play in your first game depends on the record accumulated during the season and both Lincoln Lynx men and ladies had a difficult draw. The Lincoln gals came the closest to a win...
About three and a half years ago, the specter of Ted Kaczynski returned to Lincoln as filmmaker Tony Stone filmed scenes for 'Ted K' in and around Lincoln. Next week the movie, which delves into Kaczynski's life during his last few years living near Lincoln in his now-infamous frame cabin, will have its North American premiere Feb. 15 at the Wilma Theater in Missoula. Invitations for the premiere went out last week to people in the community who helped with the movie,...
It's been more than two years since the Montana Highway Patrol Trooper had someone stationed in Lincoln, but last weekend Jesse Short checked on for his first official shift as the resident trooper here. Short, who has been with the MHP since last March, has spent quite a bit of time in Lincoln before taking the position here, both during and after his Field Training. "My field trainer tried to get up to Lincoln as much as possible because he enjoyed it. We would come up here...
In a varsity vs. junior varsity match-up, the younger, less-experienced players have to climb a steep mountain. But the hometown Lynx men don't even have a full component of high school players. Two of their most talented shooters, Kayden Riddle and Roegun Dietz, are only in eighth grade! The Victor Pirates, starting seniors and juniors who average 5-foot, 10-inches and 150 pounds, made intimidating opponents Feb. 12. A fan did not need to be a fortune teller to see the outcom...
Leland Joseph Mason, age 83, went to meet the Lord Jan. 24, 2022, in Weatherford, Texas. Lee was born July 25, 1938 in Albuquerque, N.M. to parents Estelle and Leo Mason. He graduated from Porterville High School in Porterville, Calif. in 1957. He apprenticed in a metal fabrication shop and assisted in building parts for the Saturn Rocket. Lee later moved to Bell Gardens to work as a contractor building hospitals and high-rise buildings. He met and married Ila Haislip Feb.15,...
Lincoln man charged with strangulation David Allen Ward, 40, of Lincoln was charged with felony strangulation of a partner or family member, felony assault with a weapon and misdemeanor violation of a no-contact order following a Dec. 27 incident on North 4th Street in Lincoln. According to reports, Ward wrapped his arm around the victims neck and squeezed until she went unconscious. Ward is also alleged to have gone after the victim with a power saw after she regained...
'More cops, less crime' Lewis and Clark County Deputy Sheriff Cpl. Robert Rivera looked at Lincoln crime statistics for 2021 during the Feb. 4 Government Day meeting. His stats showed an increase in arrests, but an otherwise relatively average year for here. Rivera said there were a total of 1352 calls for service in the Lincoln area last year. Of those, deputies were the primary responding officers on 686 calls, which led to 87 cases or investigations. Deputies also...
Copper Creek Road made a return as a topic at the Lincoln Government Day meeting Friday, Feb. 4. The discussions revolved around both the status of the snowmobile parking area and the future of the road's paved surface. This year, faced with budget limitations as well as a desire to help get more snowmobilers into town, the Snow Warriors have backed off plowing the parking area that is often used by visiting snowmobilers to access the Copper Bowls. Eric Griffin, Lewis and...
The Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received thirty-four calls for service during the weeks of Jan. 23 to Feb 5 in the Lincoln area. Twelve of those calls was a traffic stop performed by deputies. Two of those calls for service generated a case report in the last two weeks: A deputy created an informational case Jan. 29, The deputy received information about a possible crime, but it was later determined no crime was committed. This was for documentation purposes only. A...
HELENA, Mont. (January 28, 2022) - Emily Platt has been named the new forest supervisor of the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest and is expected to start in March. Platt currently serves as special project coordinator for the Pacific Northwest Region of the Forest Service. "I am very excited to announce Emily Platt as the new Forest Supervisor for the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest," said Regional Forester Leanne Marten. "Emily has a wealth of experience and a...
Lincoln, Mont. –.Chris Holm learned to work reining horses in 2018 and went on to win the Morgan World Championship in Reining in 2021. Growing up on a ranch in Montana, Holm started riding horses before she could walk. She and her sister spent their childhood summers on horseback moving cows back and forth across the ranch. Holm continued to own horses into her adulthood and, in 1985, she started breeding Lippitt Morgans. Working horses were what she knew, but for many y...
The Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received thirty-two calls for service during the weeks of Jan. 9 to Jan. 22 in the Lincoln area. One of those calls was a traffic stop performed by deputies. Two of those calls for service generated a case report in the last two weeks: A deputy responded to a civil issue referencing the use of a vehicle in the Lincoln area Jan. 20. A report was created to document the information. A deputy responded to Cadotte Creek Road Jan. 22, for a...
Michael (Mike) Ernst Dey, 84, died in Missoula, Mont. Jan. 16, 2022. Mike was born July 27, 1937 in Long Lake, Minn. to Ernst and Emily (Bassett) Dey. Mike attended schools in Brainerd, Minn. and Bozeman, Mont. In the early 1950s, Mike moved with his family to Bozeman, Mont. In 1959, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy with his younger brother Dave. Mike served four years stationed in San Diego and as a crewmember of the USS Ute, a Navajo-class fleet tug. During his time in the...
Theresa Jean Tripp 57, passed away on Jan 9, 2022 in the arms of her husband Stephen (Mac) Matkovich from complications from cirrhosis. She was born on Sept. 21, 1964 in Great Falls, Mont. to Marianne and Ralph Tripp. Theresa worked many years as a bartender and cook in several towns in Montana. She loved to laugh, always had a good joke, and was an avid animal lover. She loved being a grandma, fishing, horses, and was a great cook. Theresa was preceded in death by her...
Emergency services in Lincoln now have more reliable communications thanks to two Emergency Medical Services grants from the Montana Department of Transportation awarded to the Lincoln Volunteer Ambulance and Lincoln Volunteer Fire Rescue. The Lincoln Volunteer Ambulance successfully applied for a $45,000 grant in 2020 to replace their aging and dilapidated radios. Faced with the same radio problem, Lincoln Volunteer Fire Rescue also applied for and received a grant of about...
Happy 2022! I hope you all had a wonderful start to the new year. Although I’ve stated before I’m not a huge proponent of making resolutions, I am a huge proponent of making changes to things. It seems that as a new year begins, I find myself re-evaluating the schedules, routines, relationships and more from the previous year, and at the same time thinking of things I want to do. What I’ve found in the past is that I was always just trying to add things in, and I was never trying to let anything go. This ranged from sched...
