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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...