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Michael Brolly is one of two featured artists-in-residence at Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild this year, and he will be in Lincoln for a three week residency throughout September. Brolly teaches woodworking at Moravian Academy in Pennsylvania and is also the current artist- and maker-in-residence at the Northampton Community College Fab Lab. The Fab Lab, short for fabrication laboratory, offers tools and instruction in woodturning, metalworking, recording equipment,...
Work this month at Sculpture in the Wild has focused on maintenance throughout the park. Kevin O'Dwyer and Marshal Bullis have been spending time this month on maintenance, repairing damage to sculptures and developing a final pathway around the southwest section of the sculpture park....
Every fall, Lincoln students get the opportunity to work with visiting artists and creators during the artist residencies held by Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild. This September, students have the opportunity to engage with poets, musicians and visual artists, and to contribute to pieces being developed by these artists. "The sculpture park educational program is more than just visual arts," said Annette Gardner, who has been education chairperson for BPSW since 2014...
Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild introduced Beth Korth, this year’s emerging artist-in-residence, Sunday, Sept. 6 during the Artist-in-Residence Reception at the Teepee Burner. The three-week residency program, which kicked off Monday Sept. 7, allows artists to create site-specific pieces drawing on Lincoln’s economic, environmental and cultural traditions, according to BPSW’s website. “My work contains a lot of animal imagery. I really like to think about how we use...
Artist-in-residence Michael Brolly and Emerging artist Beth Korth introduced the latest addition to Sculpture in the Wild during the launch Saturday, Sept. 25....
Playing through a schedule that had the team playing three contests in one week, the tired Lady Lynx faced a large bench of Missoula Valley Christian Eagles on Thursday, Sept. 9 at home in Lincoln. A Lady Lynx win in the first set, 25 – 19, seemed to surprise the older Eagle gals who had been looking for an easier victory. Freshman setter Meah LaManna gave credit to the upbeat atmosphere in the home gym to the men of the Lynx varsity football team who had dressed up as cheerle...
Alpine Artisans' annual Tour of the Arts, highlighting artists in the Blackfoot and Seeley-Swan Valleys, is scheduled for Oct. 9 and 10 this year to take advantage of the autumn foliage changes, particularly among the larch. This year marks the 18th anniversary of the tour, said Jenny Rohrer, program manager for Alpine Artisans, Inc. The event was started by AAI artist Christine Jewett in 2004 and allows local artists to open up their studios to the public and give people a...
After a week off due to the COVID-19 outbreak at Lincoln School, the Lynx Volleyball team was back in action last weekend, facing off at home against the Victor Pirates Friday evening and the St. Regis Tigers Saturday afternoon. The Lincoln ladies started strong during both matchups, overwhelming the visiting teams in the first set, but nevertheless coming away each time with 3-1 losses. On Friday, the Lynx hammered the Pirates in the first set 25-14, before the Pirates...
Kevin O'Dwyer came to Lincoln to make knives, but after ten years and multiple trips to and from his home in Ireland, he's leaving behind an award-winning sculpture park. 2021 marks O'Dwyer's ninth year as the artistic director for Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild, a position he originally expected to hold for only about two years. "It's been a really great experience; the ups and downs and all the rest of it," he said. "At the end of the day we have a beautiful...
The Lincoln Sportsmen’s Club is grateful to all those who supported and attended its banquet on September 23. A sold-out crowd gathered at the Lincoln Community Hall in support of the shooting sports in Lincoln and the surrounding area. It was great to see friends from Lincoln, Ovando, Helmville, Seeley Lake, and other areas enjoying the evening. Spearheaded by Wendell and Jan Weaver who chaired the banquet committee, the club provided an evening of good fun, great food, and fellowship for Lincoln and others from the B...
The Lincoln High Homecoming football game scheduled for Monday, Oct. 11 has been canceled due to attendance and eligibility issues that have whittled team numbers down to just five players. The cancellation of the game has also led to the cancellation of the homecoming parade, which had been planned for Monday at 1 p.m. The cancellation won't affect the homecoming volleyball games scheduled that week on Oct. 14 and Oct. 16. The volleyball games will give fans the chance to...
After Matt and Nichole Simpkins' two sons moved out of their home in the northern Nevada mountain town of Elko, the couple began looking for something else to keep them going. "I don't know what made us decide to do a campground," Matt said. The Simpkins say they fell in love with Lincoln during their travels to visit family and friends in Butte and Missoula and began looking for suitable property in the area for their Lost Moose Meadows Campground. They had hoped to find...
Next month the Blackfoot Valley Dispatch is making a change to our publication schedule due to a recent increase in our mailing costs an upcoming increase in our printing costs and declines in advertising revenue Beginning Oct. 7, the BVD will change from publishing an issue every week to publishing biweekly (every other week), on Thursdays. The decision wasn't easy to make and wasn't made lightly. It certainly wasn't what we had in mind when we bought the BVD nine-and-a-half...
The Rocky Mountain Development Council, Inc. (Rocky) invites the Lincoln community to a Comprehensive Community Needs (CCNA) Forum on Thursday, October 7 at 5 pm in the Linc The Rocky Mountain Development Council, Inc. (Rocky) invites the Lincoln community to a Comprehensive Community Needs (CCNA) Forum on Thursday, October 7 at 5 pm in the Lincoln Senior Center. Every three years, Rocky completes a Comprehensive Community Needs Assessment. This forum is a great opportunity...
Lincoln School District's new first grade teacher, Cailey DenBoer, grew up in Lincoln and is excited to return to the town as an educator. DenBoer attended school in Lincoln from kindergarten through her sophomore year, ultimately graduating from Capitol High in Helena, and then attending the University of Montana-Western. "I have a bachelors in elementary ed, and a minor in early childhood education. When I was in college, I worked at the elementary school in Dillon as a...
The future of recycling in Lincoln is in jeopardy as people continue to fill the paper and can bins near the Lincoln Senior Center with non-recyclable material, or with material that can be taken to the transfer site for recycling. Currently, Lewis and Clark County contracts with Republic Services for the paper and can recycling bins in town, while a cardboard recycling bin is located at the Lincoln Transfer Site. Last week, Lincoln Solid Waste Board president Bob...
Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received thirty-three calls for service in the Lincoln areaduring the week of Sept. 19 to Sept. 25, 2021. Five of those calls for service were traffic stops performed by deputies. One of those calls for service generated a case report in the last week: September 24th, 2021, deputies responded to the 1800 block of Good News Ln for a report of trespass. A male was caught on camera trespassing on the complainant’s property. The male was found and later arrested for criminal trespass and b...
A homecoming parade for Lincoln school, featuring floats made by the high school classes, is slated to go through town Monday, Oct. 11 at 1 p.m. as Lincoln Schools celebrate homecoming week. In recent years, homecoming parades have been held during the homecoming football games, with floats making a lap around the track at the football field. This year, however, the school decided to move it to main street to help spread school spirit and get local businesses involved. The week will culminate with a homecoming dance for 9th...
The American Legion, Lincoln Volunteer Ambulance and Lincoln Volunteer Fire Rescue honored the 20th anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks. Saturday, Sept. 11 with a pair of seperate, low key displays. Post Commander Rick Foreman said Lambkins owner Marge Kolve asked the Legion to present the color at the rod run this year. Although the Legion color guard presented the colors last year as well, Foreman said they added a moment of silence this year in honor of 9-11 terror...
Classic cars flooded Lincoln for both the Lambkin's Rod Run and The Wilderness Car Show....
Sept. 5 to Sept. 11 Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received thirty-eight calls for service during the week of Sept. 5 to Sept. 11 in the Lincoln area. Ten of those calls for service were traffic stops performed by deputies. None of those calls for service generated a case report in the last week. Other calls for service in the Lincoln area were five 911 hang-ups, one injury crash, three non-injury crashes, four animal complaints, two disorderly calls, one disturbance, two f...
Lawrence D. (Duff) Feeback passed away on August 31, 2021, at the age of 96 years. He was born in Blairstown, Missouri, on Dec. 21, 1924, to Forest and Violet (Vi) Feeback. Forest and Vi Feeback were life-long residents of west central Missouri eventually settling near La Tour where Forest and Vi farmed and raised beef cattle as well as their family: Duff was the eldest, followed by brother Don and sister Bonnie Hon. Duff graduated from La Tour High School in 1942 and enlisted in the Navy during WW II where he was stationed... Full story
James Robert (Jim) Cox, age 84, passed away Friday, Sept. 10, 2021 of natural causes at his home in Great Falls, MT surrounded by family. Jim was born June 6, 1937 to Ernest and Ellen Cox and was blessed with four siblings. He was a graduate of Central Catholic High School in 1955. Shortly after graduating, he married Lois Julien on June 16, 1956. After marrying, Jim and Lois welcomed their first child in 1957. Years later they moved the family to California where they... Full story
Lincoln School students spent this week out of school as they returned to remote learning following an outbreak of COVID-19 cases at Lincoln Schools. The administration made the decision when it became clear the number of confirmed and suspected cases among both staff and students was high enough that in-person classes weren't feasible. "There are 11 percent of the staff who have tested positive, and all are breakthrough cases," Packer told the BVD in an e-mail. "At least 16...
Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, Al Qaeda terror attacks that cost the lives of 2,997 Americans. The attacks in New York and Washington DC were more than 2000 miles away from Montana, but they brought the country together in a way that seems almost impossible today. The BVD talked to several people around Lincoln about their thoughts 20 years later. People who are old enough to remember the morning of Sept.11, 2001 can tell you exactly where they...
