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LINCOLN-The Lincoln Ranger District of the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest (HLC) is preparing to conduct prescribed burning projects in the Ogden Mountain and Poorman Creek areas this spring, when weather conditions become favorable. Burning will begin as weather and fuel conditions allow and will continue into late spring and early summer. The Helmville Face Wildlife Enhancement Project is located in the Ogden Mountain area. Multiple units are planned to be treated...
Last Tuesday evening, April 9, a group of 18 Lincoln residents came together in the backroom at Lambkins to learn about Optimist International. Lincoln resident Shayne Lindsay, a long-time member of Optimist International in Great Falls, and Lambkin's Owner Marge Kolve organized the meeting after a recent conversation Lindsay had with a friend from the Great Falls chapter. The friend asked if Lindsay knew Kolve, who had been introduced to OI when they lived in Great Falls....
Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's deputies responded to 31 calls for service between April 7 April 14, 2019 in and around Lincoln, Montana. Of those 31 calls for service, 12 were traffic stops conducted by deputies on Montana Highway 200 due to speeding. The speed limit on Highway 200 is 70 mph during the day and 65 mph at night. The speed limit through Lincoln, on Main Street, is 30 mph day and night. On April 11 at around 1:22 p.m., deputies served a warrant for an arrest in...
As the effort to create a skate park in Lincoln takes shape, the Lincoln Skatepark Committee find itself in need of an organization to contract with Evergreen Skateparks for the construction of the facility, and to serve as a fiscal sponsor for the young organizations. Karyn Good, who has been helping coordinate the project with Lincoln School English teacher Phil Reed and the students who make up the skatepark committee, asked the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce at their m...
Last week's meeting of the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce delved into several topics that could impact Lincolns economic future, including Sculpture in the Wild, a plan to provide Lincoln with more say on management of the surrounding National Forest, and the Lincoln Bike Rally. Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild President Becky Garland kicked off the agenda with an update on the organization's plans for this year. Those include a concert series and a Shakespeare...
Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild earned recognition as the winner of Montana's 2019 Heritage and Cultural Tourism award. The Montana Office of Tourism and Business Development announced the award at the Governor's Conference on Tourism & Recreation in Butte Monday night, April 15. Sculpture in the Wild faced competition for the prize from the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena and Libby's Kootenai Country Montana Chainsaw Carving Championship. "We know Sculpture in the...
Last week's meeting of the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce delved into several topics that could impact Lincolns economic future, including Sculpture in the Wild, a plan to provide Lincoln with more say on management of the surrounding National Forest, and the Lincoln Bike Rally. Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild President Becky Garland kicked off the agenda with an update on the organization's plans for this year. Those include a concert series and a Shakespeare...
Travis Byerly sees a lot of potential for the future of Hi Country Snack Foods. "The future of the business looks very promising and exciting," Byerly, who is on the cusp of purchasing the business, told the BVD. "It's a good local manufacturer in a rural community that needs to keep jobs. Our goal is to grow the business, expand the business, keep it headquartered in Lincoln and create more income opportunities in Lincoln and expand on that. To do that we have to grow the...
Lincoln’s April 5 Government Day meeting covered a lot of ground. In Town Trails Karyn Good presented information on the progress of the Envision Lincoln in-town trails project that has been in the works since last year. “Our overarching goal for the in-town trails plan was to create a connected trails system that would connect our existing assets safely, and would be available to all,” she said. “We realize this is a costly process and likely a very long process so we’re starting small.” Good said they began looking fir...
The Natural Resource Conservation Service is changing how they allocate funding in the State of Montana. As a result of this, the Lewis & Clark Conservation District would like to invite any stakeholders, including but not limited to, agricultural landowners, watershed group members, irrigation districts, city/county agencies, federal and state agencies and any others who have an interest in natural resource concerns in Lewis & Clark County . Landowners, especially...
John Robert "Jack" McInnis was born Aug. 26, 1935 in Great Falls, Mont. to Archie Leo and Mayme (Dunn) McInnis. He was preceded in birth by one brother, Francis (aka Fr. Mac). Jack was raised on the family homestead north of Raynesford on the southern slopes of the Highwood Mountains-a rugged, remote and beautiful ranch albeit a rather inhospitable place to raise cattle. Jack attended the first four years of school in Raynesford then attended the remainder of grade school and... Full story
The Lincoln Council for the Arts has sponsored two performances by nationally recognized ventriloquist Lynn Trefzger, who is slated to bring her vocal illusion talents to Lincoln School students Wednesday April 10, and to the Community Hall Friday, April 12. Described in her artist's bio as "Disney Entertainment's favorite ventriloquist," Trefzger has performed for family audiences worldwide and presents a puppet act tailored to amuse both kids and adults. She was first...
The bitter cold temperatures that gripped the area in February and early March is believed to be the culprit behind a fish kill near the bridge at the end of the 4x4 Road, east of Lincoln. Billy Smock of Lincoln noticed dozens of dead fish around the bridge Friday while out walking in the area. She reported the kill to Lincoln-area Game Warden Ezra Schwalm, who arrived that afternoon to check it out. At first, Schwalm didn't suspect cold weather or ice was the cause. "This...
The Lincoln Loggers wrestling team placed second for small teams, and 11th overall, at the Central Montana Little Guy Wrestling tournament in Lewistown, Saturday, March 23, scoring a team total of 58 points. Among the kids younger than 10, Elijah Barnett brought home a 1st place win in the 10 and under 57-pound weight class. Likewise, Ray Ortega, in the 8 and under, 54C weight class, also placed first in his division. The 1st place wins earned 10 points each for the Lincoln...
Dear Parents and Community members, We would like to take the opportunity to review Lincoln School’s Montana Comprehensive Literacy Grant and update the community about progress we’ve made during this first year. Due to this grant our school will receive $750,000 over the next three years! This money is being used to fund textbooks, technology, a preschool and many other benefits to the students. This grant requires proof of educational growth in our children. Growth is being measured using various metrics. The first tool to...
Lori Denise Friedenbach passed away at the young age of 44, on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at St. Peters hospital in Helena, Montana. Lori faced her passing bravely, family and loved ones, including her newfound love Glen Wendell, by her side. Lori was born November 14, 1974 in Wolf Point, Mont. to Larry Friedenbach and Linda Clark. Considered a miracle baby by her family, Lori was loved and raised by "a village" of parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles on both sides. In the... Full story
The Montana Department of Commerce announced last week the approval of a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant for Economic Development that will be used as part of a funding package for the purchase of Hi Country Snack Foods by Travis and Molly Byerly of Bozeman. The grant to Lewis and Clark County for the Hi Country transaction is part of a $1.2 million funding package awarded to three projects around the state, including a grant for to the city of Hardin for medical...
The Lincoln School Board has voted to raise the minimum age to attend Lincoln's free pre-school from three to four years old. Montana is one of nine states without state funded pre-school programs. However, the 2018-19 school years saw the introduction of Lincoln's first free pre-school program, thanks to grant funding that made the program possible. Originally, the program accepted three and four-year-olds, but the minimum age will rise to four in the 2019-20 school year....
The Lincoln School Board brought their search for a new superintendent to a close at their meeting Monday night with the approval of a contract for Jennifer Packer, who will take over the position from Carla Anderson July 1. Anderson, who has held the job since 2015, announced her decision to step down from the position in December, citing health concerns. The school board, working with the Montana School Board Association began their search in January and chose Packer from...
If you ever took a CPR class and found the old Resuci-Annie CPR dummies a little...creepy, the idea of a medical mannequin that can scream at you, move its eyes and deliver a moving baby may seem like the stuff of nightmares, but such a simulator provided important and realistic training for members of the Lincoln Volunteer Ambulance last weekend. A mobile lab from the non-profit Simulation in Motion-Montana, Inc. made its first visit to Lincoln Saturday as part of the...
As 2018 rolled into 2019, the dearth of snow in the Upper Blackfoot Valley was raising concerns we might be in for the return of a warm, dry winter. Around Jan. 20, that concern began to lift as a healthy snow storm rolled in and began more than a month of snow and cold that has seen record February snow falls in many areas. Locally, the recurring storms brought valley snow depths up to a level roughly equivalent with last year. With spring (hopefully) just around the corner,...
Beginning Friday, March 1, 2019 members of the public will have an additional 24 days to submit substantive comments on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Stonewall Vegetation Project, located on the Lincoln Ranger District. If people have already submitted comments, there is no need to re-submit those comments. This extension is to offset the impacts that the partial government shutdown (December 2018-January 2019) had on the project's original...
After Jack Beckstrom died unexpectedly of a heart attack last March, Seeley Lake musher Roy Etnire began looking for a spot along the Race to the Sky trail for a sign or plaque to honor the man who founded the event in 1986. "There are a lot of people who use this trail who would, I think, enjoy knowing the story of Jack Beckstrom," said Etnire. "He affected so many people that we shouldn't ignore him." Pam Beckstrom, Jack's widow, said the idea for a sign to honor him came...
The Lincoln School Board is currently considering five applicants for the position of Lincoln Schools Superintendent. In January, the board contracted with the Montana School Board Association to aid in a candidate search for two separate positions that will be made available by the impending retirement of Lincoln Schools Principal/Superintendent Carla Anderson. "We work with a couple of lawyers, and they coach us on the different steps to take," Lincoln School Board...
Back to back bouts of influenza and strep throat hit Lincoln School hard this month, leading to a high rate of absences in the last two weeks. Lincoln School secretary Olivia Cameron said on average, about 40 kids were absent from school each day during the first week of the month, primarily due to influenza, which has risen sharply across the state since mid-January. According to the Montana Department of Health and Human Services, flu activity ramped up dramatically across...
