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The Lincoln Lady Lynx opened their varsity season Dec. 4 at the invitational tournament in Ronan. Getting a slow start after a Friday loss, the Lincoln ladies were hungry for a win when they faced the Two Eagle School squad from Pablo Saturday. New coach Ray Campos said he is in a skill building year with the team led by senior Jenna Templeton and juniors JJ Lewenight and Jessica Zarske. Athletic underclassmen Kylee Copenhaver and Krymzen Dempster round out the team with...
A young group of grapplers took to the new red Lincoln Loggers mats at the Lincoln Community Hall Tuesday, Dec. 7 to get a handle on the basics of wrestling as the new season got underway last week. The club received the new mats, emblazoned with the team logo, through donations from throughout the community Something Schwalm and the team are thankful for.They replaced the worn second-hand mats they had been using since the wrestling club was formed by the late Bob Zadick in...
The Annual Lincoln Christmas Bazaar saw a busy day Saturday, Dec. 4. This year's Christmas Bazaar marked the first since Ann Pryor retired in 2019 after 30 years organizing the sale by crafters and artisans. For Jill Sallin, who took over as organizer, the bazaar was a bittersweet affair. She watched the ebb and flow of the crowd from behind a table laden with quilts, rugs, potholders and other useful creations handmade by her mother Jesse, who passed away last month. Jesse...
Winter's here and varsity basketball is in full swing, giving everyone who's looking to avoid Christmas shopping a place to hide out. Taking five eligible men to the Ronan Invitational on Dec. 4, Coach Brown didn't have much wiggle room if any player fouled out, but small schools do the best they can with what they have. That's life. The Friday game was a hard loss, but after making some overnight adjustments, the Lynx hit the hardwood Saturday against Two Eagle River School,...
Boys fall 33-73 The Blackhawk express from Seeley Lake thundered through Lincoln on the Friday before Christmas break and it wasn't bringing gifts from the North Pole. Both teams, the Lady Lynx and varsity men, fell to the perennial powerhouse Seeley Lake Blackhawks in lopsided losses that were tests of character and resiliency. The Lynx men suited up six players which gave Coach Shane Brown a lonely bench of one to rotate his tired team. The Blackhawks had seven on their...
In last weeks story on the The Lincoln Loggers Wrestling Club, we weren't able to include the donors who made the new wrestling mats possible The wrestlers would like to thank Hi-Country Snack Foods, Lincoln Telephone, Steve Hartman, Citizens Alliance Bank, The Wheel Inn, Mountain View Co-Op, Lambkins Restaurant and Bar and Hair-Way 200 for their support....
It's a New Year and a fresh chance to show those bigger schools that Lincoln teams can put up a good fight and be competitive in the Class C bracket. The first varsity game of 2022 was an entertaining but losing effort with the boys and girls varsity teams from Darby on Saturday, Jan 8. The stands were packed with Lincoln folks looking for an evening of comaraderie and fun while rooting for the home teams. Yes, it was another of those nights where the Lincoln Lynx were...
How can Lincoln develop without losing its identity and changing into something the community itself won't recognize? That has been, in one way or another, the core conundrum in various efforts to make plans for Lincoln's future over the last 50-plus years. It remains at the heart of the upcoming effort to develop a comprehensive community master plan for the town. The recently formed Master Plan Steering Committee began the process of tackling that issue during a Zoom... Full story
Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received forty-seven calls for service during the weeks of Dec 26, 2021 to Jan. 8, 2022 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: Deputies responded to the 900 block of N. 4th St December 27th, 2022, for a domestic. After an investigation, the male involved was charged with Strangulation of Partner or Family Member, a Felony; A...
Drivers in a rush to pass other cars as they head into or out of Lincoln will need a little more patience in the future with the Montana Department of Transportation's approval of an extension of no-passing zones on both the east and west ends of town. A recent review of data and field observations of traffic and driveway densities on Highway 200 near Lincoln provided justification for the extension. MDT conducted the observations on Highway 200 on both ends of Lincoln at...
Editor's Note: On a recent trip to my parents place in Missoula, my mother showed me this story, written by my sister Kathy for a class back in 1992. It brought back a lot of memories. While Lincoln has always had its fair share of beat up old pickups, if you lived here between 1985 and about 1991, you may recall seeing my Dad, Mike Dey, driving this one around town or up in the woods. I remember well that spring day in 1980 when Dad went to buy a· new truck. It was a warm...
Jaxson Meeks, Seth Pherigo and Wyatt Kirby Recieve their certificates Dec. 13 from Lewis and Clark County Sheriff DARE officer Corporal James Turpin after completing the DARE program at Lincoln School....
Lincoln School hosted a classic Christmas concert at the Lincoln School Gym Dec. 16....
To those who make Santa's Workshop possible: This year was the busiest year yet! Lincoln School gym was a flurry of glue, nails, ribbons, keychains, bottles, stickers and wrapping paper while over ninety-five children got to work making Christmas gifts for their loved ones. Thank you so much for your generosity, your time, and your patience. Lincoln's Council for the Arts is so lucky to have your support. Here's what the kids have to say: I made a heart thing for my mom. I...
A couple weeks after the end of hunting season, RJ Keaster put the finishing touches on the last of wild game processed this year by his new family business Keaster Cuts. RJ and his wife Kathryn bought the business, formerly known as T&A Meats, from Aaron Daniel earlier this year to earn extra money and pay off some debt. RJ learned to process wild game both through his experience as an avid hunter and through his time spent helping Daniel at T&A Meats. "(Daniel) has been in...
Montana Independent Living Project (mILp) and the Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities at the University of Montana (RTC: Rural) are developing a community map of Lincoln to bring together resources, services, and events that can support community inclusion and independent living. Maria Stout, who works as an independent living specialist at mILP, has been working to expand services in the Lincoln area over the past year. mILp is a Center for Indepen...
A criminal mischief investigation is underway after a vehicle ran through the fences at the Hooper Park baseball fields. At about 6 a.m., Sunday Dec. 19, a vehicle identified as a pickup truck on video from the Lincoln School apparently ran through the chain-link fence around the west baseball field at Hooper Park, did a couple circles on the field before driving out through a different section of the fence. The vehicle also ran through the gate in the fence around the east ba...
Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received forty-seven calls for service during the weeks of Dec. 12 to Dec. 25, 2021 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 the area of Hogum Creek Dec.14 for a civil issue. The complaint was over an easement. The deputy conducted an investigation for documentation. A deputy responded to a criminal...
July 31, 1939 – Nov. 10, 2021 Place of Birth: Akron, OH Military – US Army in Fort Sill, Okla. Major – Engineer Ron passed away from natural causes at Flesher Pass on Nov. 10, 2021, driving back to his home in Lincoln following a visit at the VA Hospital in Helena. He was 82. Ron loved to hunt & fish. His dream was to retire in Montana & fish every day if he could. He fulfilled his dream along with finding a home with the Blackfoot Valley Bible Church in Lincoln. He was an ac... Full story
Darryl Henry Shadel passed away of natural causes this fall. Born in Albuquerque, N.M. 80 years ago, he received his education at the University of New Mexico where he earned multiple degrees in electrical engineering and mathematics. He enjoyed a long career at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, serving his country in our Nation's weapons program. Darryl was talented in all things mechanical, never losing his love for "Detroit Iron" and his beloved muscle cars. Upon... Full story
On December 10, 2021, Lowell "Lonny" Cox, age 73, passed away at home under the care of his wife after an extended battle with cancer. Lowell Dean Cox was born on May 25, 1948 to Esther M. and William Rodger Cox, Jr in Helena, Mont. He joined a brother William (Sonny) R. Cox, III and a sister Myrth Cox Strainer. He was later joined by a brother Blaine Cox. Lonny grew up in East Helena, Mont. and attended schools in East Helena and Helena. Lonny started working at Schillers Ser... Full story
Lincoln nonprofit Sam's Hope was originally started to help support those battling childhood cancer. Since its inception in 2012, Sam's Hope has grown to support people battling any type of childhood illness, as well as members of the Lincoln community. "It started out with kind of a sad story. We lost our Sam in 2011, September 26. He passed away from cancer. He died when he was sixteen years old. He was the most beautiful person I knew. It was just so hard to lose him," said...
Kate Radford bid farewell to Lincoln this month as she left her position at the Lincoln Library to return to Boise, Idaho, where she began her new job Dec. 13 as the Information Services Supervisor at the Boise Public Library. Radford, who worked at the Boise Public Library before coming to Lincoln, was offered the job where she will manage a number of programs, such as the library's Idaho history collection, adult programs, interlibrary loans and homebound services. She will...
Nearly 100 kids and their families descended on the Lincoln School Gym to make crafts and holidays gifts at the annual Santa's Workshop Dec. 4. Hosted by the Lincoln Council for the Arts each year, students from across the Blackfoot Valley are invited to participate in the event, which usually has a $5 fee per student. Students are welcomed to the event, whether they can pay the admission fee or not, but this year a local organization paid the fees or all the students, and...
Some of our seniors convened at the center to see each other and celebrate. We had a very inc roast beef dinner and desserts from Costco. Thank you Donna Forkan for helping serve the dinner. We did a silent auction and a 50/50. The 50/50 cash was won by Paul Grosfield. Way to go Paul! We were able to raise $1200 on the silent auction. Thank you to all who donated. It was amazing. Brenda Stark, realtor, Renee Campbell, Goldie Knots, Canyon Creek store, Lincoln Senior Center, Ginny Quimby, The Montanan, Hi-Country Beef Jerky,...
