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The Blackfoot Valley's News Source Since 1980
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The BVD picked up 15 awards in the 2020 Montana Newspaper's Association's Better Newspaper Contest. The Dispatch, a Division 1 newspape with a circulation of fewer than 1250, picked up seven first-place awards, three second-place and five third-place awards. This year marked the most awards Lincoln's newspaper has won since first entering the annual contests in 2014. The BVD won a first place award for page design for the page featuring Lincoln High School Entrepreneur Class'...
John "Johnny" Thompson, age 90, passed away peacefully of natural causes on Oct. 15, 2020. Johnny was born on Sept. 19, 1930 to John and Vivian Thompson in Basin, Montana, the oldest of three children. In 1941, Johnny's parents moved him and his siblings, Anita and Norman, to live at the Mike Horse Mine outside of Lincoln, where he and his father had a trucking contract for the mine. After moving to Lincoln in 1954, he met the love of his life, Katie. Johnny and Katie were mar... Full story
Diane Krier earned recognition this year for her work as the Lincoln Schools cafeteria manager and food director with the Wonderful Outstanding Worker award from the Montana School Nutrition Association. Patrice O'Loughlin, the awards chairperson for the MTSNA, made the trip up to Lincoln Friday Oct. 9 to present Krier with the award for "exceptional service and devotion to Montana students," and that, according to the MTSNA website, "recognizes any school food service...
Capt. Dan Bushnell was promoted to the rank of Major in the Montana Army National Guard. The son of the late Bob Bushnell and brother to Jeanette Nordahl, both of Lincoln, Bushnell currently serves as the Montana National Guard Public Affairs Officer at the Helena Armed Forces Reserve Center at Fort Harrison. He has deployed twice to Afghanistan with the Montana Army National Guard's 495th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion....
"The planted larch trees are burnished gold. What a wondrous forest they have become." -Tomonari The western larch, or Larix occidentalis, is also known as the western tamarack or hackmatack. Montana is home to a second species of larch, the Larix lyallii, also known as the subalpine larch, the alpine larch, and the woolly larch, but these usually grow at a higher altitude than the western larch. Larch trees are known as deciduous conifers, meaning that although they may look...
A new book by Dr. Amy Dempsey, entitled Destination Art is set to showcase Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild as one of only about 200 worldwide art destinations. This is the second edition of the book Destination Art published by Thames & Hudson and is due out April 2021. It will be the first time BPSW has been featured in a book. Kevin O'Dwyer, artistic director and curator of BPSW, had a previous project called Sculpture in the Parklands included in the first...
Update In a decision issued after the BVD print edition went to press Tuesday morning, , the Montana Supreme Court Tuesday stayed a Sept. 25 order by district court Judge Donald Harris that required ballots to simply be postmarked by Election Day to be counted. The decision reinstates the requirement under state law that says ballots must be in the possession of elections officials by 8 p.m. on Election Day. In his decision, Harris changed the deadline to a postmark deadline... Full story
In a surprisingly swift response to the request for a speed study on Highway 200 east of Lincoln, the Montana Department of Transportation is proposing to reduce speeds east of Lincoln, past Sculpture in the Wild and the Lincoln Ranger Station complex. Based on the traffic operation, they are recommending a modification of the speed zones on the east end of Lincoln to include a new nearly mile-long 60 mph speed zone that will extend east to the intersection with Airport Road....
A side-by-side accident during the Oct. 3 DAV Fun Run sent one woman to the hospital after the driver apparently overcorrected on a sharp corner just below Huckleberry pass, sending the OHV off an embankment and into the trees below. The women, who weren't identified but were said to be from Great Falls, were discovered by two bowhunters who were driving past. Trevor Bowman and Preston Millan, from the Missoula area, were looking for a game trail that would take them away from...
What is your favorite thing about being back in school? "Playing with my friends." -Emmet Perez, Pre-K Her favorite things about school are Math class, snack time, and hanging out with friends. -Shannon Murray, Kindergarten "I like being here because they have good food." -Jase Fallis, 2nd Grade "My favorite thing about being back in school is we are finally doing times because at the beginning of the school year I didn't know times but I'm glad I know times now." -Tristan... Full story
ge-ne-al-o-gy : the study of family ancestral lines (Mirriam-Webster dictionary) October is National Family History Month, and there are dozens of free resources to support the research of family lines and personal histories. Genealogy can be an exciting way to learn more about relatives (including ones you might not know you have), the history of places, and more. Resources for genealogical research include tools to help categorize, store, and map information; repositories of records, such as Census data, vital records, and...
Lincoln saw its first and only sanctioned OHV fun run last weekend as riders took to the hills for the Second Annual Disabled American Veterans of Montana Fun Run, Oct. 3. Montana state’s DAV commander Kevin Grantier first brought the fun run to Lincoln last year to help raise funds for the DAV’s transportation fund, which helps veterans in rural areas across the state to get to their medical appointments. Grantier said this year’s ride was dedicated to Shannon Spencer, a Helena Marine Corps veteran who died last Novem...
The Lincoln Volunteer Ambulance has recently brought on three new EMTs. Ron Arambarri, Klara Varga, and Chelsea Woodland all took the EMT class offered in Lincoln earlier this year and have now passed their tests to join the LVA as full EMTs. "This was kinda an odd class," said Aaron Birkholz, LVA President, noting that the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the class. The three new EMTs will double the number of active EMTs for the LVA. "It's gonna help," said Birkholz. "I think...
For Envision Lincoln to have a shot at a $20,000 grant it is pursuing through Montana Main Street for a Downtown Master Plan, at least a portion of the $4,000 in matching funds will have to be raised locally. Envision Lincoln began exploring the need for a professional Master Plan earlier this year, and chose to move ahead with the grant application following a July 30 Zoom meeting with Montana Main Street and the Montana Department of Commerce Community Development Division....
Eugene James Winters died Aug. 29, 2020 at the age of 78. Pay no attention to that number. Age was only a number to Gene, and birthdays were not a milestone he enjoyed celebrating. More important was the life he lived during those 78 years. He had a passion for the history of World War II, the Montana outdoors, baseball and cruising in the Caribbean seas. Gene proudly served in the Army as a medic and was stationed in Germany. He later served in the National Guard out of Fort... Full story
Drew Blubaugh is a first year teacher and is teaching health and P.E. this year at Lincoln Schools. He recently graduated from the University of Montana-Western, and also attended the University of Providence in Great Falls, where he threw shot put, discus, hammer and weight for two years. Blubaugh grew up in Montana and decided to come to Lincoln in part because it's a small town. "That's really what sold me, the small town atmosphere," said Blubaugh. "When I went into the...
Concerns about speeding and other traffic violations are nothing new to Lincoln, but after about a year without a Montana Highway Patrol trooper assigned to Lincoln, those concerns have grown due to the limited enforcement here. Last fall resident trooper Jesse Knaff left the Highway Patrol and there hasn't been a trooper stationed here on a full-time basis since, and that may not change in the near future due to changes in the MHP recruiting process. Capt. Josh Brown, the Dis...
The Montana Department of Transportation has extended a speed study on Highway 200 east of Lincoln to include the intersection with Airport Road east of the Lincoln Ranger District. Lewis and Clark County Public Works director Eric Griffin requested the study extension after members of the Lincoln Airport Foundation voiced support for including the intersection east of the Lincoln Ranger District. In an e-mail to MDT's Aeronautics Division Administrator Tim Conway, LAF Vice Pr...
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality wildfire smoke outlook for Sunday showed that Seeley Lake reported air quality levels as 'unhealthy for sensitive groups" at 11:30 a.m.,while Helena showed moderate air quality. An unofficial observation by the BVD indicated visibility in Lincoln dropped to about two miles by 4 p.m. Sunday. Based on the DEQ's visibility range, used to determine the smoke index values for local areas, air quality in the Lincoln Valley dropped...
Lincoln Public Schools released new guidelines for attendance at sporting events Sept. 10, a week after the Lewis and Clark Board of Health approved an amendment to exclude youth activities from the health order limiting gatherings to 250 people. Under the guidelines, a limited number of spectators are now allowed at both volleyball and football games. Volleyball games held in the gym can now have up to 50 spectators, while football games can have up to 125. Lincoln Schools At... Full story
Stephanie Burns joins Lincoln Public Schools as the new 4th grade teacher this year. She graduated from Montana State University Bozeman with a bachelors degree in Elementary Education and a specialization in early childhood education. "This is my second year teaching my own class," said Burns. "Before that, I was an assistant teacher for two and a half years." Burns taught at Lakeside Elementary as well as at a private school in Miami and is looking forward to getting back in...
A very large pile of bear poop, laden with chokecherry pits, appeared on Stemple Pass Road near the Community River Park late last week. Although there's no indication whether it was left by a grizzly or a black bear, it served as a reminder that both species of bear frequent the Lincoln area. Lincoln Game Warden Ezra Schwalm hadn't had any reports of a bear in the area, but knows they're around. "They're gonna be active right now," he said. With the first day of fall just...
Classic vehicles lined Lincoln's main Street Saturday, Sept. 12. The Lambkins Rod Run and Wilderness Car Show The Lambkins Rod Run is now it in it's 19th year, after a year off in 2017Held on the same weekend as the Wilderness Car Show that began in 2012, the separate events are among the last shows of the season in Montana and saw a large number of classic cars to Lincoln every September. This year saw a larger than normal turnout, since many other car shows and events were...
As school starts up this fall, teachers work to meet student needs and assess which gaps in learning are from COVID closures last spring and which are from summer slide. Many students, particularly in younger grades, come back from summer break having experienced what's called "summer slide," a loss in knowledge and skills, particularly in reading and math. Studies show that this knowledge loss can be cumulative over grade levels as students start a little bit further behind... Full story
