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Christmas will be here before we know it. Luckily for locals and those coming to visit during the holidays, especially during the weekend of Dec. 4, there will be lots of festivities for everyone during Lincoln's annual Christmas Stroll. The goal of the Christmas Stroll is to bring people to town to get into the holiday spirit, shop, visit attractions, eat, drink and enjoy everything Lincoln has to offer during the holidays. Folks can start or end their day with a wagon ride...
There's no nail-biting, tense show-down in the current win streak of junior high Little Lynx boys basketball games this month, but there are plenty of entertaining moments to entice the fans to come out in support of the team. The "Big and Tall" club of Roegun Dietz, Kayden Tybo and Josh Rios was bigger and taller in the Nov. 18 crushing defeat of Drummond, posting a 58 - 31 win against a visiting squad that fielded twice the number of players as the young home team. Ahead at...
The scoreboard chronicled the relentless march to victory of the Junior High Lynx basketball team against the visiting Helena Christian School Rams on Tuesday, Nov. 23: ahead in the first period 19 – 11; ahead at the half 28 – 24; ahead in the third period 42 – 38; and tied 50-50 with one minute 30 seconds remaining. The crafty Rams, seeing that their only hope of winning in the last seconds was to take star Kayden Tybo out of the game by drawing him into a defensive foul under the Ram’s hoop, succeeded in getting two qui...
MISSOULA – Hunting regulation proposals for the 2022/2023 seasons were approved for public comment by the Fish and Wildlife Commission last week and are now out for review and comment online through January 14, 2022. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will hold public meetings throughout the state to provide information and answer questions. Montana hunting season regulations are adopted biennially for most game species. Review the proposals and comment online at f...
The future of paved roads in Lincoln may be in doubt if property owners in town don't get on the ball and sign the petitions for the chip seal projects planned for next year on the town's two Rural Improvement District. "These roads are not asphalt roads. They're double shot chip seal, so ... it's important to keep up with maintenance of that. Once it starts to unravel, it can unravel quickly," said county Special Districts Program Coordinator Jessica Makus Lincoln's two...
Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received forty-two calls for service during the weeks of Nov. 14 to Nov. 27 in the Lincoln area. Two of those calls were traffic stops performed by deputies. Six of those calls for service generated a case report in the last two weeks: • A deputy responded to an address on Pine Street for a welfare check Nov. 16. The male was believed to be intoxicated. He was physically aggressive toward his family members and the deputy. The male was a...
Want to help our Seniors and Families with Christmas Food boxes? There is a box at Citizen's Alliance Bank. Please, NO "EXPIRED" food. Money donations can be put in the account under "Lincoln Food Bank" To sign up for a Christmas food box, we need you to call and leave a message with your name and phone number. Please talk slow and understandable. The answering machine is always on. 406-362-4504. Sign up no later than Dec. 7....
Want to help with toys for our Lincoln kids? The Angel tree is at Citizen's Alliance Bank now until Dec. 10. All toys need to be returned to the bank with the tag no later than Dec. 14. No need to wrap, but you could include wrapping paper or gift bags! Call Diane at the Lincoln Senior Center 406-362-4504 Best time is 8 to 10 a.m. To sign a child up for the Angel tree, we need your child's name, age, wants. Also include your name and phone number to call for pickup. Bring...
Following the retirement of Aaron Daniel at the end of October, LincTel has a new General manager, Bryce Daniel. Bryce Daniel, who had been offered the position about a week before his father accepted an early retirement offer, took over the position on Nov. 1. 'We'd been gearing up for it, but it was a pretty quick transition," Daniel said. The planned transition had been in the works for several months. "I'm excited to take over. I've been here for more than 13 years," he sa...
Sometimes in life, we find friends that mean the world to us. We just connect with them, and they become part of us. I can count on one hand the number of extremely close friends I have, both in Lincoln and elsewhere. It takes a lot to make my one-handed list. And please don’t take it the wrong way - I have LOTS of friends, and even more acquaintances. It’s bound to happen when you are one of those “people-persons” like me. I am grateful, and value every single one of those co...
Sometime during the night of Nov. 21 or the early morning hours of Nov. 22, thieves broke into eleven storage units at Mini Storage of Lincoln behind Mountain View Co-Op. Gerry Malek, who checks on the storage units at least twice a day for Maggie and Tim Mulcare discovered the break ins during his morning rounds. It's unclear at this point what all may have been stolen from the various units, although hand tools and fishing poles were among the items reported thus far....
The kids had to delay their annual Halloween Walk this year after a surge in COVID-19 cases closed the school and sent kids home for remote learning from the end of October through the first week of November. The youngsters had yet another chance at Halloween fun Saturday, Nov. 13 at the PTSO Fall carnival. See pg. 10...
Lincoln American Legion Post 9 observed Veterans Day with a ceremony and chili feed at the Lincoln Community Hall, Nov. 11....
Lewis and Clark County County Commissioners approved the Lost Moose Meadows Campground Subdivision at their meeting in Helena Tuesday, Nov. 9. The decision clears the way for property owners Matt and Nichole Simpkins to begin development of a 40-space RV park on 30.74 acres about three miles west of Lincoln, just north of Highway 200. The Board of County Commissioner's decision included approval of a variance for fire protection that county planning board originally recommende...
Lincoln-area kids had a second go at Halloween Nov. 13, at the rescheduled Lincoln PTSO Halloween Carnival in the Lincoln School gym. Despite the fact the Halloween festivities were delayed by two weeks thanks to a COVID-19 outbreak at the school, Danielle Barnett with the PTSO said it was one of the things they just wanted to be able to do. "We were a little worried about whether people would want to come," she said, and though there weren't quite as many kids in costume as...
Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received 43 calls for service during the weeks of Oct. 31 to Nov. 13 in the Lincoln area. Seven of those calls were traffic stops performed by deputies. Three of those calls for service generated a case report in the last two weeks: A deputy pulled over a male near mile marker 73 on Highway 200 for speeding Nov. 8. The deputy later suspected the male was under the influence of alcohol and performed a DUI investigation. The male was ultimately...
In honor of Veterans Day this year, Emily Rundell presented several Lincoln veterans with commemorative coins to thank them for their service. "I just wanted to do something special," she said. Rundell presented the coins, bearing the inscription that "A Veteran is someone who wrote a blank check made payable to the the United States for an amount of up to and including their life," on behalf of her family. For Rundell, Veterans Day has always hit close to home. She said she...
Everyone has a talent, whether they realize it or not, and there are so many different ways to express ourselves. There are those who create art with a paintbrush while others have an amazing voice. Some can make something out of nothing, or have a sense of style people wish they had more of, and yet others can make people feel good just by being in the same room with them. Some people create amazing food, others raise awareness, some raise funds to help those less fortunate....
3th Grade Jenna Templeton 4.0 Grace Stine 3.8 Andrea LaManna 3.667 Allesondra Russ 3.6 Damion Birkholz 3.5 Justin Fry 3.5 Jaden Jennings 3.0 Josey T Rios 3.0 11th Grade Jessica Zarske 4.0 Gianna Gardella 3.333 Jaylin Lewenight 3.167 Tristan Lauer 3.143 Hayden Dempster 3.0 10th Grade Kylee Copenhaver 4.0 Miyah Davis 4.0 Maddisen Derossett 4.0 Maddie Sampson 3.857 Trever Tolan 3.714 Wesson Dempster 3.143 Logan Joyce 3.0 9th Grade Noah Barnett 4.0 Andrew Brown 4.0 Andrea...
The Lincoln Community United Methodist Church has a new pastor who provides services for the community every other Sunday at 10:30 a.m. "I've been feeling the call to ministry my whole life," said Pastor Jason Cox, who was assigned to the Lincoln United Methodist Church three months ago. Cox travels to Lincoln from Missoula, where he was born and raised, and where he obtained his undergrad degree in religious studies from the University of Montana, with a minor in south and...
Daniel P. Lerum, 59, a resident of Lincoln Mont., passed away Oct. 24, 2021. He was born Oct. 26, 1961 in San Jose, Calif., the son of David and Shirley Lerum. He graduated from Fall River High School and worked many long hours on Circle 7 ranch helping his Dad and brothers. In 1979 he moved to Tacoma, Wash. helping his uncle and at 21 became a long haul mover for his moving company. After that, he got a degree in waste water management and worked for Manchester Island, Wash....
Jesse Frances Sallin, 89, passed away on Nov. 7, 2021 at home with her family by her side. Mom was born at home on Sept. 19, 1932 in Shelby, Mont. to parents Dan and Leona Dobyns. Rumor has it she was the first two-year-old who could knit her own baby clothes. She grew up in Shelby down by the Marias River in a stone house her dad built. After the house flooded twice in one year, they upgraded to a large canvas tent while her dad built a new house. Mom attended the school in...
LINCOLN, MONTANA - The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is hosting a public open house to discuss the proposed bridge replacement on Dalton Mountain Road 3 miles west of Lincoln. Proposed work includes removal of the existing bridge and constructing a new bridge. The roadway approaches will also be reconstructed to connect to the new structure. The purpose of the project is to replace the deteriorating bridge and maintain safe passage across the river for the...
A semi-annual inspection of the Dalton Mountain Road Bridge by the Montana Department of Transportation in September revealed considerable damage to piles reinforced by Lewis and Clark County in 2017. County Engineer Dan Karlin said the damage to the piles is the result of loads that exceed the 10-ton weight limit crossing the bridge. "The bottom line is we really need that to stop," he said. "That is contributing to this. If it continues, based on conversations with MDT and...
A recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Lincoln led to the closure of both the Lincoln Schools and the Lincoln Library last week. On Oct. 26, Lincoln Schools announced a return to remote learning after several teachers received positive COVID-19 diagnoses, beginning the week prior. The following day, the Lewis and Clark Public Library also announced the temporary, indefinite closure of both their Lincoln and Augusta branches, due to concerns about community spread of COVID. The...
