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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....
Twentynine Palms, California is the home of Joshua Tree National Park and the world's largest Marine Corps training base. It was also the home of Lincoln Pre-school teacher, Mishayla Fallis. In April of 2018 she had the opportunity to fulfill the lifelong dream of raising her family in the area where her parents grew up and she came to Lincoln. Fallis graduated from Twentynine Palms High School in 2010 and Copper Mountain College in 2018, with an associate's degree in Early Ch...
When a Lincoln resident calls 911 for a medical emergency, the providers who respond in the ambulance have dropped what they are doing, left their families dinner table or their job to help their neighbor in need. These men and women are volunteers, they don't have to do it. They do it because it's something they love to do. Since the 1960's the number of these volunteers has gone up or down for a variety of reasons, including people's changing schedules and moves. EMS provide...
Citizens Alliance Bank held its third annual customer appreciation luncheon Friday, Dec. 14. Customers from as far as Ovando and Augusta gathered together at the bank to enjoy conversation and food. The bank hosted about 200 guests who enjoyed a lunch made by the Wheel Inn, with dessert from D&D Grocery. Lincoln Branch Manager, Shayne Lindsay, said "We appreciate the communities support we have received over the years and are happy to be able to show our thanks and...
You could hear the excitement in the kids voices even before stepping into the gym at Lincoln School Saturday morning. More than 70 kids were inside, making their way from station to station at Santa's Workshop to create Christmas gifts for their family and friends. Organizer Jill Frisbee said that the kids and their parents are her favorite part. It's what keeps her coming back to help year after year. "I think sometimes the parents are almost as excited as the kids."...
For the past 31 years, once a month, you can find a white motor home sitting outside the Sportsman's Motel. Inside, you will find Dr. Loren Keller waiting to care for the four-legged residents of Lincoln. During his college years, Keller spent his summers on a ranch in the Bitterroot Valley. When the vet would come, he would help out, which stoked his interest in medicine. During a summer spent doing research with a doctor at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md.,...
This year the students weren't the only ones new to the Kindergarten classroom. Kurtis Janzen also began his first year at Lincoln School. Janzen spends his morning with the kindergartners and his afternoon teaching math, science and social studies to kindergarten and first grade. While this is Janzen's first year teaching, he began his career in the education system in Conrad, Mont. as a tennis coach and classroom aid. Janzen attended film school in California and returned...
If you walk into the third-grade class at Lincoln School you will probably see a face familiar to a lot of Lincoln residents. Nancy Schwalm moved to Montana 16 years ago, to be a Law Enforcement Ranger at Glacier National Park. She and her husband Ezra moved to Lincoln in January 2008, when Ezra became the game warden for the Lincoln area. Schwalm is no stranger to the classroom environment. She began teaching Hunter's Education for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks 11 years...
Mary Hillerman didn't have to go far to find herself teaching 2nd grade at Lincoln School. Born and raised on a small ranch in Helmville, she attended Helmville School, Drummond High School and Montana State University. She then found her way back to Helmville for her student teaching and her first teaching position. "I think I always knew I would be a teacher." Hillerman said "My mother has inspired me to become a teacher." Hillerman's mother and sister are also teachers. In...
Visitors to Lincoln's Heritage Day could step back in time last Saturday with horse drawn wagon rides and chances to try their hand at butter making, leather stamping, candle making, flower pressing, embroidery and wool spinning. There were also displays and demonstrations on making rag rugs, metal and gun engraving, pack trains, Dutch oven cooking and gold panning, as well as household and café items from a bygone era. Last year Sallin and Erin Dey decided it was time to...
During the last few months Lincoln has reported fewer crime to the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office, and the citizens of Lincoln have had a hand in this. Thefts were the main crime affecting Lincoln. "With the assistance of citizens, we got rid of some people and the thefts and burglaries went down substantially," Lincoln's resident Deputy Sheriff Chris Joyce said. Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton said as a result deputies have been spending more time in other...
