Articles from the January 11, 2017 edition
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Genereux family sees plenty of action
Five years ago had you asked Austin Genereux if his family would be attending motorcycle races all over the state, he probably would have looked at you like you were crazy. That is exactly what...
Information Sought for Bull Elk Poached in Northeast Chouteau County
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks game wardens are seeking information from the public about the poaching of a bull elk on the Warrick Road in the Bears Paw Mountains. Warden Andy Matakis said the...
Montana Agricultural Statistics
This time of year the State of Montana puts out an interesting book about agricultural statistics in Montana. Let’s start with the basics. There are 27,500 farms and ranches in Montana. The average acreage is 2,171 acres. The average value of a Monta...
Lippard-Clawiter Distributions
The Lippard=Clawiter Foundation has released their distributions for the year 2016. Open to any Chouteau County organization. In 2016 they helped organizations to the tune of $437,947. In the thirty-f...
Master Gardener Level 1 Class in Fort Benton
MSU Extension level 1 Master Gardener classes will take place in Fort Benton in February pending pre-registration numbers. Now is your chance to participate in an excellent educational opportunity. If fifteen people pre-register, we will have the...
Time to get those quilts ready
It is again that time of the year for all of you to get busy and get those quilt projects finished. The dates for our annual Quilt Show at the Montana Seed Show is March10 and 11,2017. The quilts and...
At The Library
This week Vicki chose a James Patterson large print novel called “BULLSEYE”. It is a detective Michael Bennett thriller. Snow blankets the avenues of Manhattan’s exclusive upper west side. The storm is the perfect cover for a fashionable, highly trai...
Pinochle News
After seven rousing rounds of play, Rebecca (Bitz) came out with the high score of 7900 points for which she earned $25.00. Second place with a score of 7570 was Joe Landinger and for that he took home $20.00; Third place was awarded to Lil Foussard...
Pioneer News
Friday, January 13 basketball is playing at Turner. Games start at 6pm. Saturday, January 14 Big Sandy hosts North Star with games beginning at noon. Wednesday, January 18 and Thursday, January 19 Semester tests. January 19 is the end of the first...
Senior Center News
Contact Senior Citizen cooks at 378-2305 Birthdays for January include Amy Sibra, Glenn Skaalure, Erica Chauvet, Debra Louvar, Dave Berg, Barbara Dixon, Lois Gay, Crystal Geyer, Colby Baumgarn, Robert Finke, Leroy Graff, Linda Ophus, Fred Bitz,...
Bear Paw Meanderings
The weather bureau was wrong. They predicted a nice January. We printed their prediction in “The Mountaineer” and ended up looking like we knew not much of anything to trust them in the first place. Just as we were recovering from that mistake, I w...
Pioneers take on Box Elder, Chester-J-I: Boys defeat Hawks 65-55, girls fall twice
The Big Sandy Pioneer girls and boys Varsity basketball teams began 2017 with a pair of contests against the Box Elder Bears and the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks. The Bears jumped out early in both...
