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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...
Editors Note 2021: This story, looking back 20 years later at the media deluge following Ted Kaczynski's arrest and the aftermath, ran in our April 7, 2016 issue. Included are images from 2018 following the filiming of 'Ted K,' a movie filmed on location that should be released in in late 2021 or early 2022. Editor's note: This is the second of two stories looking at the events surrounding the arrest of Ted Kaczynski. For a couple long weeks in April 1996, Lincoln was the...
Editor's note 2021: The BVD originally published this story, a look back at the arrest of Teoheodore Kaczynski 20 years later, in our March 31, 2016. I've included more recent images from 2018 as an addtioanl Editor's note: I know full well many people would just as soon never hear the name Ted Kaczynski again. While Kaczynski deserves no press, the story of his arrest and it's impact on the community, like it or not, is a fascinating and indelible part of the town's history a...
It’s often said gardening clears a person’s mind, puts them in touch with the land and relieves stress. I’ve gardened pretty much since I moved to Montana, but what if gardening is something different, and what if it’s more than what we’d thought it would be? See, my take is that gardening is more like our minds, our energy, than I’d previously thought of in the past. I’m starting to think of it like this quote I read somewhere… probably on Facebook, but unfortunately I...
Most years, April 3 passes unnoticed, but it's a significant date in Lincoln's history that brings a renewed interest in the community every five or ten years. This year is no exception. Sunday marks 25 years since the FBI arrested Theodore J. Kaczynski at his cabin south of Lincoln for the Unabomber bombings that killed three people and injured 23 others. Kaczynski had been responsible for a dozen bombings between 1978 and 1987, killing one man in 1985. He went silent for...
Lincoln Volunteer Fire Rescue hosted firefighters from five other districts last weekend for a Basic Wildland Firefighter course sponsored by the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. Twenty volunteer firefighters from Lincoln, Seeley Lake, Potomac, Ovando, Helmville and Greenough participated in the twenty-hour course that got underway Friday night and wrapped up Sunday afternoon. "DNRC sponsors these trainings. The fire department is doing the legwork,"...
The future of downtown planning and revitalization took a major step forward this week with the notification that Lincoln has been awarded a Montana Main Street Grant for $20,000 to help fund development of a master plan. Karyn Good, the lead organizer for Envision Lincoln, learned of the award Monday after receiving a call from Gov. Greg Gianforte's office. While the announcement came later than expected, she was fairly confident Lincoln had been successful. Her cautious...
President Abraham Lincoln once said, "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." The question is are we destroying ourselves? To answer we need to ask, has our form of government changed? Some would say we're a democracy based on the majority vote. I say correctly we're supposed to be a Constitutional Republic based on the rule of law. But today, both are inaccurate. The truth is we are...
Eugene "Geno" Morris died in his home on March 5, 2021. Geno was born in Kalispell, Mont. in 1950 to Robert and Marion Morris. As children of a park ranger, Geno and his three brothers - Robert, Gary and Tom - attended school all over the country and were blessed to be able to live in some of the most beautiful areas in the nation including Glacier, Sequoia, Bryce Canyon and Big Bend. When he graduated high school in St. Louis, Geno enlisted in the Army. After proudly serving...
The American Red Cross comes up to Lincoln every eight weeks to host a blood drive. If you've donated at one of these drives in the last two years, you've likely met Sherry Sidell, Sue Anderson and Ellie Schouten, the trio that coordinates Lincoln's blood drives. Sidell had previously worked on blood drives in Seattle more than three decades ago. "This is a little bit different because it's a smaller community, and we didn't have computers back then," Sidell said. She said...
With sunshiny days and warm weather, it's difficult not to start thinking about spring. One of the first harbingers of spring in the Lincoln Valley is the sagebrush buttercup, or Ranunculus glaberrimus. Buttercups are one of the first flowers to bloom in the Rocky Mountain west and the flowers can be found locally by mid-to-late March. They prefer sunny damp slopes and, as the name suggests, are often found in sagebrush and grassland areas, particularly spaces with southern sl...
Lincoln Public School's response to the sale of politically-charged baseball caps last month has led to charges that cancel culture and political double standards are alive and well in Lincoln. Lincoln resident Steve Hartman leveled the accusations at the school after the administration - in response to his fundraising for the school by selling baseball caps critical of President Joe Biden - returned $1406 he had raised since 2019 to help buy an extra-large projector and...
Reverend John P. (Jack) Preston, Jr, age 75, of Cody, Wyo. passed away peacefully at the Long-Term Care Center in Cody on Feb. 24, 2021. Jack was born in Butte, Mont. on September 12,1945 to John and Dorothy (Cloke) Preston. His parents divorced shortly thereafter and Jack was raised as an only child. He grew up in Butte and graduated from Butte High School in 1963. He spent considerable time on the family's ranch in Dewey, Mont. Jack graduated from the University of Montana...
Judy Gail Clark McConnell, age 72 of Hamilton, completed a life with love, laughter, and kindness. Judy was born June 8, 1948, to Vern Dexter and Earldean "Deanie" (Hendrickson) Clark, in Great Falls, Montana. She graduated from Florence Carlton High School, in 1967. Judy married Jim McConnell on Nov. 16, 1985 in Lincoln, Montana. They added a son, Jason, and daughter, Cori, to make this family complete. Judy was a past member of the Red Hat Society. She enjoyed being an...
A Lincoln man arrested Tuesday, March 2 following a standoff with Lewis and Clark County deputies was released on his own recognizance March 3 after spending a night in the Lewis and Clark County Detention Center. Gregory Scheele, 60, has been charged with two counts of assault with a weapon after making what deputies perceived as threats against two individuals - identified in court documents only as 'C' and 'R.' Deputies arrested Scheele at 11:30 a.m. March 2, after he...
LINCOLN - Lewis and Clark County deputies arrested a Lincoln man Tuesday morning, March 2, and charged him with two counts of assault with a weapon after an extended standoff at his home along Highway 200, four-and-a-half miles west of Lincoln. Gregory Scheele, 60, surrendered peacefully to deputies at 11:30 a.m. after about four-and-a-half hours. The standoff led to the closure of Highway 200 for about three hours as Sheriff's Office personnel negotiated with Scheele to...
The Montana Heritage House planned to make their new bulk offerings available on Mar 1. The bulk offerings are part of an ongoing effort by the Vallers to bring organic foods to Lincoln at an affordable price. So far, the business has offered a variety of other foods from Montana farmers, including local Mannix beef and steaks, as well as produce, which changes seasonally. "We've been bringing in foods from Montana farmers as much as we can, but we need to expand on some of...
Lincoln's second drive-through COVID-19 vaccination clinic saw about 100 people show up to receive a dose of the Pfizer vaccine. Lewis and Clark County Public Health opened their vaccination clinics to all Phase 1b eligible individual in the county, which includes anyone older than 70 years old, or anyone between the ages of 16 and 69 with medical conditions that make them high risk for COVID-19. Friday's clinic at Lincoln Public Schools, provided second doses for individuals...
Lincoln's second drive-through COVID-19 vaccination clinic saw about 100 people show up to receive a dose of the Pfizer vaccine. Lewis and Clark County Public Health opened their vaccination clinics to all Phase 1b eligible individual in the county, which includes anyone older than 70 years old, or anyone between the ages of 16 and 69 with medical conditions that make them high risk for COVID-19. Friday's clinic at Lincoln Public Schools, provided second doses for individuals...
A brief but intense snowstorm blew through the Lincoln Valley Saturday afternoon, dropping about a half-inch of new snow across the landscape just a couple hours before the Ponderosa Snow Warriors and the Montana Department of Disabled American Veterans kicked off their joint Moonlight Fun Run Saturday, Feb. 27. Ponderosa Snow Warriors President Forest Mercill said they expected at least 75 people to take part in the ride, which coincided with the full Snow Moon. "We double...
Lincoln Prosperity During last week's Upper Blackfoot Valley Community Council meeting, the council heard from Jordan Reeves of the Wilderness Society on the status of the Lincoln Prosperity Proposal, which was developed by a diverse group of local and area individuals and groups who agreed "the status quo isn't working" when it comes to forest management on the federal land surrounding Lincoln. The work of the Lincoln Prosperity Group is poised to take a major step forward...
Helena -Lewis & Clark Library is proud to add laptop/mobile hotspot kits to our Library of Things checkout collection. Beginning this week, the Augusta, East Helena, Lincoln and Main Branch of the Lewis & Clark Library will have a ChromeBook/HotSpot combo and a HP/HotSpot combo available for 14 day checkout. Each Branch will have two kits available for checkout. "We are excited to offer laptop checkouts for our patrons for use for school, taxes, vaccination signups and more,"...
The Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce ended their February meeting with two new board members, a re-organized board and new focus on promoting Lincoln. Tammy Jordan and Bob Weatherston, who chose to step down at the expiration of their terms, left the board with two open seats that were filled by Shelby Brookie of Rev Mountain Entertainment and newcomer Jeff Hollingsworth, the new Chief Financial Officer with Hi Country Snack Foods. When the board reorganized at the end of the evening, the LVCC officers were completely...
Marlene (Ereth) Bergum, age 85, received her angel wings surrounded by family on Feb.15, 2021. She was born on Dec. 25, 1935 as the second of 14 children to August and Rose (Leingang) Ereth at the family farm in Solen, N.D. Marlene was hardworking, responsible, and courageously independent raising four children on her own and battling cancer later in her life. She was dedicated to and felt blessed by her extensive Ereth family. She treasured memories of many family gatherings...
Two new emergency response vehicles have been turning heads in Lincoln in the last week. Taking advantage of a grant program using CARES Act funding to respond to public health needs, Lincoln Volunteer Fire Rescue purchased and outfitted two new Dodge pickups for use as immediate response vehicles. "It was 100 percent grant. No local funding was used for it," said Aaron Birkholz, the LVFR EMS manager. The new vehicles replace two older Ford Excursions that served as the...
