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Thanksgiving overview There has been many a merry Thanksgiving spent in this neck of the woods. Some better than others, but all a good time for family, friends and sometimes total strangers to get together and eat beef or turkey. It was Charlie Russell who said that beef ought to be served for Thanksgiving dinner, not turkey, as Montana owes much more to beef cattle than to turkeys. Whatever was served, in the early days people cooking and celebrating Thanksgiving would check with local hotels and make sure that no one was left out of a...
Big Sandy sophomore Andrea Rutledge has had a very busy fall! After a year-long program, she took the heifer that she received from the NILE Merit Heifer program back to the NILE in Billings from October 14-17, 2015. This program was in conjunction with her FFA breeding project. At the end of the week, the heifer was transferred to Rutledge for ownership. This program is considered a "live scholarship" as the recipient keeps the heifer and is able to sell her calves or place them in her own...
This week Vicki picked a book about when knights were in power and things were not like now. Called “KNIGHTS OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS” by George R. R. Martin, this story takes place nearly a century before the events of A GAME OF THRONES. A KNIGHT ON THE SEVEN KINGDOMS is the first three official prequel novellas to George R. R. Martin’s ongoing masterwork, A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE. These never before collected adventures recount an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron throne, and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from...
Peter Miller was a Baptist pastor and good friend of George Washington during the American Revolution. Accounts of Miler’s life tell of his ongoing difficulties with a neighbor named Michael Wittman. Wittman put a great deal of effort toward publicly opposing and humiliating Pastor Miller. Several years into the war, Michael Wittman was arrested and tried for espionage. After being found guilty, Wittman was sentenced to death. Peter Miller, upon hearing of his enemy’s predicament, walked 70 miles to Philadelphia to plead with General Was...
For people attending the annual Big Sandy Christmas Stroll on December 5, the Crafter’s Show at the Jerry Martin Memorial Hall is one of the most important events. The Crafters have set up and are open for business on December 5th at 9am. The show runs until 4pm. Show organizers say that no one will be dissembling their craft tables until after the show closes at 4pm. This is the only time during the year that Big Sandy people and people from elsewhere can buy gifts unique to the mountains and prairies around Big Sandy and Big Sandy itself. A...
Contact Senior Citizen Cooks at 378-2405. All lunches sell for $5.00 unless otherwise noted and consist of an entrée, salad, vegetable, dessert and drink. Menus for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday November 11 Veteran’s Day which includes roast beef, potatoes, gravy, salad and dessert. Veterans are paid for by Agri-Prairie and Meyer Farms. Thursday, November 12 Pepper beef with cashews over rice, oriental vegetables, salad and pudding. Friday, November 13 Breaded pork patty on bun, baked beans, macaroni salad and brownies. Monday, No...
Lisa, Teal and Marlys stopped in "The Mountaineer" to start talking about the Christmas Stroll that is a short month away. This year's stroll is happening on December 5. Buttons and ugly sweaters were on the minds of the Chamber of Commerce representatives for this week. There are kids' buttons and adult buttons. Each one sells for $5.00 and all are on sale today at any Chamber sponsor. Remember, kids' buttons are for kids 12 and under. Prizes for winning buttons are on display at Wells Fargo...
The theme for October was Find a Hauntingly good book in October. Thank you to each and every one of our donors. Story Hour has resumed and meets every Thursday at 10:45. The Library has “The Nightingales CD sale (Gaynell Gullickson, Tammy Upham, and Marcia Peterson). Proceeds from the sales go to the New Library Fund. The library has copies of “All the Light we Cannot see” and “The End of Your Life Book Club”, the two books the Book Club is reading in October and November. Donors: Verlin and Patty Reichelt, Larry and Ann Bitz, Joanne Wi...
Aerobics – Mondays and Thursdays, beginning October 26 – 5:30 – 6:30 P.M. – FE Miley School - $15.00 fee Holiday Cards – Tuesday, November 3 – 6:00 -8:00 P.M. – Craig Edwards Studio – examples can be seen at Bear Paw Deli - $3.00 registration fee/$15.00 supply fee – bring scissors Knitting – Tuesdays, November 3, 10, and 17 – 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. – High School Library - $3.00 registration fee Concealed Weapons Training – Friday, November 6th – 5:30 P.M. – 10:00 P.M. and Saturday, November 7th – 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. – Big Sandy Gun Club/Shooting...
Six rounds were completed by five tables with total points resulting in the following winners at the pinochle tournament held on Sunday, October 25th at the Mint. High round (four hands) for the day went to Roberta Whetham and Kristi Davidson with a 1960! There were a few other high rounds, but a lot more grumbling about “just can’t get the cards, etc. etc.” All wished Laurence Ophus well as he migrates south for the winter on Monday the 26th. He will be missed over the winter but will be back in the spring! Cashing in were: 1st $25 – Roberta...
Shop with the Sheriff is coming up. We are currently looking for cash donations. You can send your Shop With the Sheriff cash donations to PO Box 459, Fort Benton MT 59442, or drop them off at the Sheriff’s Office. If you have any questions or would like to make a contribution you can contact Sheriff Vern Burdick or Deputy Matt Guderjahn at 622-5451. Any contribution will be greatly appreciated....
Greytak Calendars available at Extension office to support Montana 4-H Foundation Don Greytak calendars are now available at the Chouteau County Extension office. Don Greytak, a pencil artist from Havre, Montana showcases his work in these great calendars. Greytak’s portraits illustrate rural life and a down home way of living. The profits benefit the Montana 4-H Foundation. The Montana 4-H Foundation serves as a non-profit corporation that continually supports the state wide 4-H program, and allows youth and leaders to participate in many l...
It was raining on Clear Creek all during a late October weekend. I didn't mind as I was at the great old cabin on two cliffs with my Dad. He was doing what he loved most, remodeling a room in the cabin. I must have been around eight and I know that even at eight, I could not get enough of those old Clear Creek cabins. I suppose that when the large log house was built, it wasn't on two cliffs. They must have come later. The house had three rooms on the main floor and three bedrooms on the second...
If you see a pickup of watermelons for sale on Main Street, those belong to Bob Quinn. They were planted and tended to by Caleb Kriser who is also in charge of Quinn's Kracklin' Kamut snack nuts. It seems that Kriser came from watermelon country in Florida. Meantime Bob Quinn has been trying all of his life to grow watermelons but could not due to a very short growing season. Quinn had succeeded in growing a few watermelons thanks to a longer growing season in this part of Montana. Caused by cli...
It’s time for the highly anticipated 44th Annual Havre Art Association Show and Sale to be held at the Van Orsdel Methodist Church located at 410 5th Avenue in Havre, Saturday, Nov. 7th, 10am-5pm and Sunday, Nov. 8th Noon-5 pm. This year the Art Association is very pleased to announce that our Special Guest Artist is Craig Edwards, Photographer and owner of the new Edwards Studio in Big Sandy, Montana. Mr Edwards will be featured in a special display area with his work, and he will be speaking about his technique and talent each day at 2:00 p...
The Great Falls Symphonic Choir comes to town to sing for you on Saturday, October 24th, 7PM, at the Fort Benton Elementary School Auditorium. This will be the second Chouteau County Performing Arts show for this season presented in partnership with Montana Flour and Grains, The Pioneer Lodge and Vielleux Insurance. Directed by Paul Ritter, The Great Falls Symphonic Choir consists of about 100 voices from all over north central Montana. Members include people from all walks of life who donate...
Continued from Part one in the September 30 "Mountaineer" Most casualties resulted from accidents in the field and on post, disease, alcoholism, desertion, fights among soldiers and suicides. Some soldiers were wounded on patrol but reportedly there were no direct combat deaths. Temporary excitement resulted from a short tour of duty in the Little Rockies on the Fort Belknap Indian reservation during the gold strike of 1884 but the miners were impossible to stop short of shooting them. Métis...