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Articles from the November 14, 2022 edition


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  • Lincoln Senior Center Pinochle Scores

    Updated Nov 22, 2022

    2-15 1st - Bonnie Shown 2nd - Doug Vulcan Low - Kathy Reeve 10-11-22 4 players 1st - Donna Sargent 2nd - Kathy Reeve Low - Toni Eckart Pinochle - Doug Vulcan 10-25-22 4 players 1st - Bonnie Shown 2nd - Doug Vulcan Low - Kathy Reeve Nov 1st 4 players 1st - Kathy Reeve 2nd - Bonnie Shown Low - Debbie gannon Pinochle - Doug Vulcan...

  • Lincoln's American Legion observes Veterans Day

    Roger Dey, BVD|Updated Nov 16, 2022

    Lincoln AmericanLegion Post #9 hosted their annual Veteran's Day observance for a packed crowd at the Lincoln Community Hall Nov. 11. The day marked 104 years since the end of World War I in 1918 and honored the continued service of veterans to their communities beyond the end of their military careers. "It is about the approximately 19 million U.S. veterans who are still with us today and the millions who have preceded them since the American Revolution," said Post 9...

  • Community Benefit returns

    Roger Dey, BVD|Updated Nov 16, 2022

    After a two years without an in-person Lincoln Community Benefit , the fundraiser made arousing comeback Saturday night, Nov. 5. In a break from decades of tradition, the Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce handed the benefit off to Upper Blackfoot Valley Historical Society and the Ponderosa Snow Warriors after it became clear the Chamber didn't have the volunteer manpower to put it on. UBVHS President Erin Dey, who was involved in organizing past community benefits for the...

  • Lincoln High School Boys and Girls Basketball Schedule 2022-23

    Updated Nov 16, 2022

    Basketball Schedule 2022-23 (Start times are tentative) Thursday November 17 Practice Starts Away Fri. Dec. 2 Noxon at Hamilton Tip Off Tourney 3:30 GV, 5:00 BV Away Sat. Dec. 3 Hamilton at Hamilton Tip Off Tourney 3:30 GV, 5:00 BV Home Fri. Dec. 9 Drummond at Lincoln 4:00 BJV, 5:30 BV, 7:00 GV Home Sat. Dec. 10 Granite at Lincoln 1:30 BJV, 3:00 BV, 4:30 GV Home Tues. Dec. 13 Alberton at Lincoln 5:00 GV, 6:30 BV Home Fri. Dec. 16 Seeley at Seeley 3:00 BJV, 4:30 BV, 6:00 GV Awa...

  • Court order changes wolf hunting season, effective immediately

    News Release, Montana FWP|Updated Nov 16, 2022

    HELENA – On Tuesday, a District Court in Lewis and Clark County issued a temporary restraining order impacting some of Montana's wolf hunting and trapping regulations. The changes go into effect immediately. The changes outlined in the temporary restraining order are as follows: *Reinstitutes wolf management units (WMU) 110, 313, and 316 as they existed in the 2020 wolf regulations. WMU 110 borders Glacier National Park and WMUs 313 and 316 are north of Yellowstone National P...

  • Upper Blackfoot Valley Historical Society receives bequest from Ron Lydiard estate

    Roger Dey, BVD|Updated Nov 14, 2022

    Ron Lydiard really wanted to do something for Lincoln, Norm Grosfield told the board of the Upper Blackfoot Valley Historical Society during their meeting Oct. 26. Lydiard was an unassuming but talkative man who lived a quiet life in Lincoln, a town he had a special connection with dating back to 1963. When he was 11 his parents Robert and Neve bought the Silver King Ranch, where he spent most of his summers into the 1970s. Ron passed away from a heart condition at his cabin...

  • Ovando: More Scenery Per Capita

    Mark Spero and Rick Graetz, University of Montana|Updated Nov 14, 2022

    Long on scenery and short on population the middle Blackfoot River Valley is the epitome of rural Montana. Mountains of the fabled Bob Marshall Country form its northern horizon and forested uplifts of the Garnet Range guard the southern perimeter. And a river runs through it. Since Montana earliest years when homesteaders made their way here, the valley has remained a ranching domain. And like many old Montana towns, Ovando, its human enclave has weathered countless storms...

  • School Agenda Nov

    Updated Nov 14, 2022

    LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOL Regular Board Meeting When: November 14, 2022 at 7:00 PM Where: Lincoln Public School Library Agenda I. Call to Order II. Pledge of Allegiance III. Approval of Minutes and Bills IV. PTSO Report V. Staff Representative Report VI. Student Representative Report VII. Public Comments for the Board VIII. Communications A. Action Items B. Informational C. Calendar of Events a. www.lincoln.lynx IX. Athletic Director A. AD Update B. Approve volunteer C. Schedules for athletics X. Clerk’s Report A. Clerk Update X...

  • West-central Montana hunter check stations continue to report slightly above-average hunter success

    News Release, Montana FWP|Updated Nov 14, 2022

    MISSOULA –Hunter check stations in west-central Montana continue to report elk and deer harvests up from last year and the five-year average. The number of hunter trips through the check stations near Darby, Bonner, Fish Creek, and Anaconda totals 6,769 so far this season. These hunters checked 239 elk, 81 mule deer and 299 white-tailed deer, compared to 141 elk, 71 mule deer and 258 white-tailed deer at this point in the 2021 season. Cold, snowy weather began almost as s...

  • Thief strikes D&D Foodtown early Saturday morning

    Roger Dey, BVD|Updated Nov 14, 2022

    A thief made off with a few thousand dollars in cash and checks after an early morning robbery at D&D Foodtown, Saturday Morning, Nov. 12. Security cameras at the grocery store and the neighboring Rusty Relics antique store caught footage of the break-in that happened at about 3:21 a.m. Video footage shows the individual walk over to Rusty Relics from near the D&D and enter the enclosed porch. Footage from the porch shows him spend a few minutes looking around for a tool...

  • From My Perspective: To Decorate or Not to Decorate - and When

    Tammy Jordan|Updated Nov 14, 2022

    There are jokes about it everywhere. There are memes on social media, conversations at the bars, and everywhere in-between. Wonder what I'm talking about this time? Well, it's decorating for Christmas too early and the timelines we "should" be following when it comes to this sort of thing....thing. There seem to be very strong opinions one way or the other. There are those decorators who love this time of year and can't wait for the Christmas lights, trees, and hoopla. Then,...