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Sharon L. Blake, 78, of Lincoln, Mont. passed away on Sunday, April 11, 2021 in her home, surrounded by her family, after fighting a courageous battle of cancer. She was born in San Francisco, California on Aug. 22, 1942 to Norman and Dena Bennett. Sharon moved around to many states and finally settled in Lincoln with her late husband Carl Blake in 2006. She was an active member of the Lincoln Baptist Church and ran the local variety store in town. She enjoyed quilting,...
Master Planning Envision Lincoln continues to work on master planning. Lewis and Clark County and the Montana Business Assistance Connection were awarded two separate grants totaling $47,000 to fund development of a professional master plan. "The one thing we will have to do is a (Request For Proposal) for a contractor to develop a master plan," she said. A committee will develop the RFP based on templates used by other communities and then it will be submitted to the county...
Life is too short to live in a negative state of anything. It’s too short to live in pain, it’s too short to live in fear, and t’s definitely too short to keep wishing for time to go by. Believe me, it goes by quickly enough all on its own without wishing the time away. It’s too short to argue about things that don’t matter, and it’s too short to surround yourself with people who don’t see or appreciate your value. It’s also too short to be stuck doing things that don’t bring you joy, or make a difference in this world someho...
Lincoln Public Schools are taking their spring music concert outdoors this year. The concert is set to be held in the Hooper Park pavilion on May 19 at 6:30 p.m. All grade levels are scheduled to perform a combination of vocal and instrumental pieces. The fifth and sixth grade students will be performing using brand new ukuleles the school was able to obtain through funding made available due to the pandemic, according to Lincoln music teacher Darryan Gonzales. Kindergarten...
Montana State Parks awarded a Recreational Trails Program Grant to the Lincoln Ranger District for construction of a trail segment identified by Envision Lincoln in the In-Town Trails Plan developed in 2018. It will be the first trails from the plan to come to fruition. A one-mile, figure-eight loop, the trail will be built on the15-acre parcel of Forest Service property adjacent to the east side of Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild. "It will connect the sculpture...
After being forced to cancel their visit last year due to COVID-19, the Missoula Children's Theater returned to Lincoln this spring with their production of 'The Emperors New Clothes.' The play, a lesson in being true to oneself, rather than trying to impress people with expensive clothes, drew 19 kids who took part in the production. "It's a lot of work but we were lucky to have some kids who were really excited about it and decided to go out and do it," said Danielle...
LINCOLN, Mont. April 21, 2021 - Rob Gump has been selected as the new district ranger for the Lincoln Ranger District, the western most district on the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest. Gump will begin the new position in mid-June. "Rob's background working on fire-dependent ecosystems as a silviculturist-ecologist, managing recreation, Wilderness and trails programs, and his leadership and collaborative-mindset made him a great fit for the position," said Forest...
Despite receiving bipartisan support and passing through the House with at 60-39 vote on March 2, a joint resolution to support the designation the Montana Trail 406 was indefinitely postponed and declared "probably dead" on April 1 after failing to pass the Senate with a 23-27 vote. "Probably dead? I was shocked. I felt like I had been kicked in the gut. We had no inkling that that's what was coming," said local business-owner Laurie Richards, who helped establish Lincoln as...
Firefighters with Lincoln Volunteer Fire Rescue conduct extrication training at Station 3, east of Lincoln Saturdqy, April. Looking ahead to a busy summer on Highway 200, the training ensures Lincoln's firefighters are proficient at safely freeing motorists who may be trapped in a vehicle following an accident....
What is your favorite smell? "Favorite smells are blueberry, strawberry, and raspberry." Shawn Conover, Kindergarten "I do not know what my favorite smell is. If I had to choose, it would be coconut because it smells so good. I wish I could be on vacation because I wish I could eat a coconut." Stella Davis, 1st grade "My favorite smell is vanilla ice cream because it smells so sweet and makes me want to eat it." Tristan Tronstad, 3rd grade "Honeycombs" Ashaya Anderson Torrez,...
The Lincoln School Board has two seats open for election this spring, and four candidates have thrown their hats into the ring. To provide voters with additonal insight into the candidates, the BVD asked each of them a series of four basic questions Ballots went out in the mail last week, giving voters the option to return them by mail or drop them off at the at the Lincoln School Monday through Thursday between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., or on Election Day May 4, between 8 a.m....
The Lincoln Airport Foundation met April 16 to discuss several upcoming changes and improvements, as well as safety concerns and the return of the Lincoln Fly-In this summer. Through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and subsequent funding such as the American Rescue Plan, the Lincoln Airport is set to receive more than $29,000 to support a variety of projects. Additionally, Montana Aeronautics Division Administrator Tim Conway said the Yellowstone Airport...
In September, a thirty acre piece of ground along Highway 200 just west of the MDT equipment shop at about milepost 68.5 was sold to "Lost Moose Meadows" a business partnership that proposes to build an RV campground there. Plans, which we have seen, were filed with the Montana Department of Transportation. As the land owners immediately to the west of this property, we want to bring your attention to some of the problems it poses. We're sure that many of you will agree with...
Editors Note: Rick Graetz with the University of Montana selected Lincoln to be the first town featured in a new series of community profiles in the 'This is Montana Community Vitality Program.' Graetz allowed the BVD to be the first publication to run the Lincoln article before it goes out for wider distribution. A limited human presence, single main street, towering ponderosa pine trees reaching up toward snow covered peaks, a lumberjack atmosphere, and a ranger station is...
During their April 12 meeting, the Lincoln School Board heard concerns about the future of the school's football program, the results of a survey regarding masking in school and addressed staff hiring for the 2021-22 school year. Looking ahead at school sports in general, Lincoln Schools Athletic Director Shane Brown said there has been talk recently about possibly combining districts 13C and 14C for basketball, volleyball and track. For basketball and volleyball, that would...
Lewis and Clark County 911 Center received eighteen calls for service during the week of April 4 to April 10 in the Lincoln area. Two 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 in the last week were one non-injury crash, two citizen assist, two citizen complaints, one disorderly individual, one family disturbance, one suspicious...
Lincoln's newly formed Little League team began practicing just a few short weeks ago with nearly 30 players, and they'll play their first game April 19. Shane Smith, who had been driving his son to Helena to play for three years, said some parents and volunteers got together this spring to try to coordinate a Lincoln team. "It was just an idea we started throwing around to other people to see if we could get Little League started up here," said Smith, who is coaching the...
Jeff Hollingworth joined Hi-Country early this year as the new Chief Financial Officer and jumped in to join the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce as secretary around the same time. At Hi-Country, Hollingworth's current project is to get everything entered into a new enterprise resource planning software that will help combine and share information across all of Hi-Country's departments. "That's mostly what I do during the day. Other than that, I work with Steve [Fehrs] a...
During the April 2 Lincoln Government Day meeting, Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton provided a stark reminder about Highway 200's role as an east-west drug trafficking route. Following updates from both Lincoln resident Deputy Sheriff Robert Rivera and Dutton, Jim McCormick referred to Gov. Greg Gianforte's interview with Fox and Friends earlier in the day. In the interview commented on the situation at the southern border and voiced concerns about methamphetamine...
Girls scouts with Cascade Troop 3051 Came to Lincoln Saturday, April 3, to sell girl scout cookies. Troop leader Crystal Lemanski said the girls came to Lincoln because they learned people here wanted cookies, but didn't have a local troop. She also explained the cookie market in Cascade is rather small and they reach market saturation pretty quickly....
The Lincoln Community Garden hosted its first class of the season Saturday, March 27, 2021 at Valler's Heritage House. The class focused on seed saving, the Lewis and Clark Conservation District's Pollinator Initiative and plans for a local seed bank. More than 25 people came out for the class, including attendees from Canyon Creek and the Helmville/Ovando area. "Initially we put out a few chairs and had the couch, but quickly had to bring out more chairs to accommodate the...
As humans, it seems we're always preparing for something. As children, we're more being prepared for things than actually preparing for ourselves. We're prepared to crawl, walk, talk, go to school, learn to swim and other activities. As we get older, we prepare for tests in school by studying the content, we prepare for sporting activities by going to practice, and we prepare to get our driver's license. Later, we prepare for college, graduation, careers, marriage, or not...
Art was born on Nov. 28, 1945 in Great Falls, Mont. He is the foster son of Bob and Juna McClure. He graduated in Helena from Helena High School. He Joined the Navy in 1965 and soon left for Vietnam in 1966. He then returned in 1967 to Lincoln, where he was in the reserves till 1971. He continued to grow his family in the small town of Libby, till he went to Billings Vo-Tech and studied heavy line, and diesel mechanic, as well as welding. Upon the birth of his last child in...
The Lewis and Clark County Lincoln Roads Department has temporarily closed Alice Creek Road due to issues with passibility. According to Lincoln-area road technician Pete Dempster, the closure will be in effect until enough snow comes off to allow for maintenance on the road....
Lincoln Volunteer Fire Rescue scattered a few thousand eggs around Hoope4 park as they brought their annual Easter Egg hunt back after COVID-19 forced its cancellation last year. Twelve firefighters spent two-and-a-half hours filling the plastic eggs with candy last Thursday. The hunt didn't bring out quite as many people as the firefighters expected, but everyone who showed up seemed glad to have it back, and there were more than enough candy-filled eggs for...
