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After a year of a silent stage, Chouteau County Performing Arts is back with an 8-show season, full of a wide variety of artists, to entertain and delight you. We are looking forward to seeing familiar and new faces throughout our season, where this year's theme is "Music Heals the Soul" after a long, difficult year and a half. Season tickets are on sale right now, at Early Bird prices and can be purchased from any CCPA board member. The Early Bird price is still $45, and will be honored up to,...
August 18th in 1936 local officials deny State Highway Department claim that Big Sandy is a Speed Trap. (of course, Patrolman Snow did pull over the Highway Commissioner….) August 19th in 1942 War causes coaching shortage. Earl Julson fills in (George Jelinek is hired in October) August 20th in 1936 Bud Barrett, Paul Sonksen, Joe Walters, Morton Larson Myron Hanson, Lloyd Larson complete trailer house and leave for California. In 1948 work begins on a new school. August 21st in 1913 Sports History made when “Pep” Williford pitches his first...
Destruction is the most beautiful of cabarets. Grasshoppers caked to the grill of a collapsing Oldsmobile bloody as a buffalo jump. Locusts are a plague of reason, a systemic and measurable loss -- they flow like an ice cream symphony in a sky of marbled doom. They are no more than populated wind, and there is no farmer who does not manage wind. Grasshoppers are a disheveled horde, chaos miles wide, drooling brown, longing to jam themselves into open mouths, ride like surfers on wailing tongues. You cannot survive even half a grasshopper...
I live at Hopp. Out southeast of Big Sandy, many communities are still going by the names they were given years ago. I live in one such community. The Hopp Post office wasn't too far from where I live now. I thought maybe some would be interested in what I found while I was doing some history research. Most who still live in the Hopp community indeed have long family history in the area and already know the following: (Taken from A Gathering of Memories) "W.M. (Bill) Hopp was born on March 3,...
The ABC’s of Why I love You, Mothers! FE Miley Kindergarten class of 2020-2021 A is for always. “You always care about me.” Kirren Overbay B is for beautiful. “You are beautiful because you wear makeup.” C is for care. “You show you care about me when you help me.” Hudson Baumgarn D is for dear. “You are dear to me because you love me.” Belle Goodman E is for encourage. “You always encourage me to clean my room.” Riley Echols F is for fun. “We have fun together when you play with me.” Owen Terry G is for grateful. “I am grateful for you be...
I was raised an only child but one that was expected to look after herself. That included going alone to the dentist at an early age. I was given no sympathy if I came home with bruises. I was told I knew where the band-aids were; my neighborhood comprised myself and another girl and around twenty boys-learning to look after myself gave me the courage to think outside the box. I became a little ruthless, in a good way, of course. Our neighborhood was in a small city with open grassed areas here...
Erik Sietsema— For the first few years I was here, when I would tell the kids they could go to children’s church, I would say: ‘If you are a small child, or just very immature, you can go downstairs.’ It was just a joke I’d add in. Sometimes I’d mention someone by name, just to tease them. Well, one year April Fools Day fell on Easter Sunday. It was a pretty full house that day, which is kinda normal for Easter. When I said: ‘If you’re a small child or just very immature, you can go downstairs,’ everyone got up and filed out of the room until I...
Tom Mathews, a new Chouteau County resident, has lived in Montana 36 years of the past 40 years. "I was stationed at Malmstrom in 1980, and after orders to Germany, I spent time in Colorado and Florida before moving back to Great Falls in the early '90s." Tom is originally from Clark, NJ, and enlisted in the Air Force right out of high school. Although he has dabbled in art in some form or another ever since he was a young child, " I have been watercolor painting for about 2 1/2 years." Being...
The following is from Seneca Academy in Maryland. Here is what we've learned through experience about why arts integration is so important: 1. Working in the arts helps learners to develop creative problem-solving skills. 2. Teaching through the arts can present difficult concepts visually, making them more easy to understand. 3. Art instruction helps children with the development of motor skills, language skills, social skills, decision-making, risk-taking, and inventiveness. 4. Visual arts...
copyright 2017 by Steve Sibra (previously published in The Borfski Review) On my way to make a courier pick-up at the airport I saw a three-legged dog on the side of the road. He had a sign in his mouth. I put on the brakes so I could get a better look. “NEED RIDE TO THE AIRPORT”. Five words, written in large block style letters. Now I had seen some strange things. But a three-legged hitchhiking dog with a handmade sign? I pulled over. In the rear-view mirror, I saw the dog start my way. I noticed a man was stepping up alongside the dog – h...
THE CROWN OF CREATION We bounce in the backs of pickup trucks dirt road varnished by heat from the tires skeletons snore in the earth as we trundle by we relax, let our hair fly, shirt tails flap someone gets a nosebleed we put our hearts back into the soil prairie dogs and rattlers bask in the red glory of another day’s passing; we have not been this alive for a while. On the banks of the muddy Missouri our caravan coasts into silence; a prayer is delivered on the wind, it tells us “Life is different here; we let mouth and nose decide wha...
"Big Sandy as a place of residence becomes better every day. People are pouring into the country... coming right down to the brass tacks, the Big Sandy area offers more opportunities to the man who wants to get ahead... than any other place... The finest agricultural land... Water that's the best and entirely free from soda or alkali; the best shipping facilities... Come to Big Sandy..." This ringing endorsement was printed in the Mountaineer in 1915. After 135 years, our town continues to get...
“Twas the day before break, when all through the halls, All the students were anxiously climbing the walls; The lockers were open- kids combing their hair, In hopes that some snowflakes would soon fill the air; Kids were excited to sleep late in their beds, While visions of carefree days danced in their heads: With people in the office and I in my class, We just settled down and let our brains rest at last, When outside the room there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my chair to see what was the matter….. By Elaina Weaver I sprang from my...
Luke Chapter 2 The Birth of Jesus 1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to his own town to register. 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married...
Daycare- Mary’s Little Lambs Dear Santa, I have been really good this year! Could you please bring me an Indominus Rex Lego cage and also a Pterodactyl cage? I would also really love it if you would bring me a little red camera. I really think that my mom would like a piggy bank from you. And my dad really needs a new tool box for Christmas. I hope your reindeer love chocolate chip cookies. I’ll leave some out for them. Merry Christmas Santa and please say hi to Mrs. Claus! Love, Waylon Myers Dear Santa, I have been extra good this year so ple...
My mother, Arlene Geyer Sibra, was old school all the way. When I was a kid, I heard all manner of old sayings come from her, everything from Bible quotes to the Farmer's Almanac. I thought some of it was just nuts, like something out of the science fiction comic books that I loved so much – for example; she had all sorts of theories about the moon and its position in the sky causing this or that. If the crescent moon was tipped up straight, it was like a ladle dumping out water, which meant it...
"I am thankful for my dog and for the pilgrims and for America too. Without my presents from Santa I don't know what I'd do. I'm glad to have TV in the winter, spring, and fall but it's food that I'm thankful for most of all." -Kanin Sura 1st Grade I am thankful for my family and for my friends too. Without my brother I don't know what I'd do. I'm glad to have a house in winter, spring, summer, and fall. But it's being blessed by God that I'm thankful for most of all. -Ella Chauvet 1st Grade I...
Around and about two years ago, I decided we must get two baby goats. I had seen cute videos, and our farrier's wife was selling them. Two good reasons, they are Pygmy Dwarf goats who came to us tiny and now have big bellies but are still short. For some unknown reason, the song 'Cisco Kid" by War began playing in my head. If you have never heard this song, you must check it out. In it, it says Cisco drank the whiskey, Pancho drank the wine. Well, one little guy certainly struck me as a Cisco....
I first saw Tana Rai Faltrino's art when her cousin Gay Pearson showed me a picture of her granddaughter with a horse that she had. I thought it captured the moment wonderfully. She lives in Havre. Tana grew up on a farm and ranch south of Havre. She was encouraged by her mother and the nuns at St. Judes School to continue to draw and paint. Tana studied painting and Art History at NMC. Another cousin Donna Jenkins, of Big Sandy and Tana, coauthored together a cookbook, Montana Legacy of Love...
I have never had a Guinea., never particularly aspired to have a Guinea, but a Guinea I have. Enter Henrietta into our lives! She has said her name is Henrietta, but since learning how flighty she is, I doubt we can trust her word. However, we will give her the benefit of the doubt. While feeding the horses one morning, we spotted Guinea strolling around with the horses, pecking up bits of feed. Where did she come from? We felt sure she'd skedaddle back to where she came, but this did not...
Sarah Suru says, "I do love art. I kind of grew up with it so.... My greatest influence was my mom. She was doing it since I was little." Mrs. Mangold was Sarah's art teacher at Big Sandy High School. While at Boise State, she was required to take all kinds of art classes but found her love for sculpting metal while she was there. She went to Boise State to get a degree in Art metals. Diane Scalese encouraged her to concentrate on Metals. When she returned to Big Sandy, she worked under Jan?...
Researched by Zoe Merrill Editor’s note: Our lives make a difference. The Big Sandy Mountaineer should be about collecting stories from the people in the Big Sandy area. When I was told about Cornelia Knottnerus, after her death, I was reminded how important it is to get other’s stories. This woman lived in Big Sandy for many years and I would have loved to listen to her talk about her life. I would like to talk to you about yours. I listened to the Corrie’s whole oral history, over an hour long. I took notes but the following intro...
Like a lot of people, I have fond and nostalgic memories of my high school days. Well, at least I have memories. I can't even estimate how many people I know these days who say they can't remember anything that went on in high school. And some of them graduated this century! For whatever reason, I have pretty clear memories of those days. That is not to say they are accurate, or fair and balanced. But I do remember. I graduated from BSHS in 1974. I didn't work as hard as I should have in...
Faith Gasvoda Faith is the daughter of Pete Gasvoda and Marla Olson Shulund Some words from her mom: Faith is an intelligent, ambitious, and hard-working young lady. She has always loved animals. One of her favorite things is working with and taking care of her horses, cows, sheep, goats, and rabbits. She loves the farm life. Faith plans to attend MSU-Northern with several scholarships, majoring in Agricultural Technologies. "Spread joy. Chase your wildest dreams." -Patch Adams Faith-I picked...
Ryan Roth Ryan is the son of Richard W Roth and Jeri Proulx Roth and Sheri Vinion Roth and David Allderdice. Some words from Jeri: Ryan Roth calls Big Sandy his home. He has grown up on his family ranch doing all the things ranch kids do, including riding dirt bikes and horses. He is very athletic and enjoys spending time at the lake, on the ski hill and at the skate park. Ryan is witty and has the ability to bring humor into any situation. He has one sister Jessica, 4 Step-brothers, and one...