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Missoula City-County Health Department, in conjunction with the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS), has confirmed the state’s first influenza-related death of the 2018-2019 flu season involving a child from Missoula County. Due to privacy concerns, no additional details will be released. Nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that there have been five flu-related pediatric deaths so far this season. In Montana, the last flu-related pediatric death occurred during the 2017-2018 i...
Celebrations are incredible because of the people. So many winners including every person who participated in celebrating our small town "Cowboy Christmas." Grand prize winner of the button draw for a $1,000 gift certificate at Valley Furniture was Marie Jappe and the grand prize winner for the child's button was Lauri Silvan who took home a two-seater electric 4-wheeler. The grand prize float went to Nimmick/Darlingtons, the float with the most lights went to the fire department (no one else...
The Big Sandy Medical Center (BSMC) Board of Directors and the Administration held their 56th Annual Meeting on Tuesday November 27th. On the agenda was the minutes from the last annual meeting, appointment of new board members and an annual financial report. The board members are: Chairperson-Gordon Moes; Vice-Chair Harvey L. Keller; Secretary –Treasurer Diana Webster; Robert Nelson and Nicole Allderdice. Both Bob Nelson and Nicole Allderdice were reappointed. This was an opportunity for the community to attend a very important meeting, h...
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Mountaineer will be running a series of Christmas stories this season. Keeping the Spirit of Christmas alive for all of us. When people tell you their memories about Christmas, it's seldom about the gifts, unless there is a much larger meaning to the present. It was a difficult financial year and with four children all wanting a variety of toys, the parents tried to think of way to make Christmas special. The children knew they didn't have any money, so the toys they asked for...
Targeted Livestock Grazing to Suppress Cheatgrass Cheatgrass, or downy brome (Bromus tectorum), is an annual, invasive grass reproducing solely by seed. Cheatgrass is a prolific seed producer forming dense monocultures and decreasing biological diversity. Cheatgrass also promotes soil erosion and more frequent wildfires. Increasing fire frequency may remove and exclude all perennial shrubs, forbs, and grasses from a landscape. A targeted grazing prescription is listed below: Grazing Objective: To suppress cheatgrass plant biomass and seed...
Open a Montana Medical Savings Account before Dec. 31 and save about $242 on your 2018 Montana Income Taxes Have you had any medical expenses so far this this year that weren’t covered by your health insurance policy, a flexible spending account (FSA) or your Federal Health Care Savings Account (HSA)? If so, you can still open a Montana Medical Care Savings Account (MSA) by Dec. 31 and cover those expenses. If you deposit up to $3,500, (the maximum in 2018) you can reduce your Montana adjusted gross income by that amount. Doing so will r...
Big Sandy Activities has opened an account at Wells Fargo called Andrade Memorial Benefit Fund. Both Michelle and Ron worked there for many years. It will be used to help defray the costs at the funeral home and supply support for any other expenses occurred. Maggie Cline will be administrating the funds. There is a plan for a Memorial Service, but it will not take place until January....
Onlyinyourstate.com has recently featured the Union Grille Restaurant at the Grand Union Hotel in Fort Benton, MT as one of 9 exceptional Montana eateries! https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/montana/best-restaurants-2018-mt/?fbclid=IwAR34AVTTtyae0dEMMvQxnii1-2pQHj32ldF19EvO6VusWz-hgcfKNyqVt_g Located in the Historic Grand Union Hotel, the Union Grille features a farm to table menu serving the finest and freshest food from local producers ranging from trout to bison steak. The Union Grille offers relaxed riverside dining in a historic western...
The final results are in at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Havre check station for the 2018 hunting season. The check station was open for eight weeks; from Oct. 6 (the open of general antelope) through Nov. 25 (the end of the deer/elk general season). Overall, both hunter numbers and most big-game harvest increased from last year, with mule deer numbers being the highest in over 10 years. Biologists gather a lot of valuable information and biological data on game animals brought through check stations, in addition to sampling for Chronic...
For the third year, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 6 has a shoulder season that allows antlerless elk hunting with a specific B-license. The past two years, the shoulder season was two weeks long, but this year the season has been extended 15 days and will run from Dec. 15-Jan. 15, 2019. Elk licenses (general elk or B-licenses) valid during the archery and general seasons are not valid for the shoulder season in Region 6. Hunters must have previously applied for this opportunity during the June 1 license drawing, and received their...
It's here-Christmas. The Annual Chouteau County Christmas Stroll always ushers in the Christmas season. This year Big Sandy's Christmas Stroll is "A Cowboy Christmas". Over the last three weeks the Mountaineer has tried to prepare you for this weekend. It takes a lot of work to accomplish the "Cowboy Christmas" and the Big Sandy CSI committee members Marlys Myers, Tina Cook, Tracy Schuster, Leslie Gregory, Danielle Weaver, Crystal Geyer, Dave Louvar, Pete Jerrel, and Travis Baumann have been...
All the kids are very excited about the Belize Ecology trip. So far there have been two fundraisers for the kids. The cookie dough sales, which went amazing, and the pie and ice cream sale at the home volleyball game. The parents are now working really hard to organize future fundraisers to make sure all the kids are able to go on this amazing trip. December first is this year’s annual Christmas Stroll! The town is super excited and getting ready to open up booths and participate in the parade. The kids participating in the Belize Ecology t...
Sun Shine Snippers 4-H Club is a service organization not just an organization with learning projects. When they sold Martinson's Chocolates as a fund raiser this year they had to declare a service project. This year they decided to create a Hats and Mittens Tree at the FE Miley grade school. Teachers were encouraged to find students in need of hats and mittens and allow those students to pick them off the tree for themselves and for their siblings. Any hats or mittens left will be donated to th...
The Big Sandy High School and Junior High Science Olympiad teams competed in Bozeman this last week at their state competition. The high school team finished second in the small schools division and 11th overall. The junior high finished 28th overall, despite competing with a partial team due to athletic scheduling conflicts. Notable placings in the high school division were Jozlyn Baumann and Grace Finke, who brought home bronze medals in the Write It- Do It category, Jozyln Baumann and...
Holiday Lesson: Christmas Tree Care There are many “tips” to caring for a Christmas tree that propose to make it last longer or stay greener. In truth, all a tree really needs to maintain freshness is adequate water. This is easily done by using the proper tree stand and keeping the water level in the stand above the base of the tree. The following tips will help to maintain the freshness and aroma of a live Christmas tree this holiday season: • Use a tree stand that holds enough water for the size of the tree. The rule of thumb is one quart...
Her trip was everything she wanted it to be. She learned a lot of things and meet a lot of people. A lot of people she met changed their minds, but she didn't! She wants to be a Forensic Pathologist. Passions sometimes start young and going to the Medicine and Health Care Summit only intensified her goal. During the Summit, there was a lengthy discussion of career exploration concerning medical career fields. There was also lengthy discussion about medical ethics including the Hippocratic oath....
Havre Elks Lodge (BPOE 1201) will conduct their annual Memorial Service on Sunday, December 2nd at 5 p.m. in the Lodge Room located at 321 2nd Street. Lodge Exalted Ruler, Kyle Leeds, stated that this annual service honors the memory of Elks members who have passed away during the past year – as well as remembering those Elk members who have gone on before. Program Chairman Bob Nieuwenhuyse announced that this years’ Memorial Service speaker will be Pastor Rick Hodshire, Senior Minister at Fifth Avenue Christian Church. Havre Elks Lodge off...
Thanksgiving according to all accounts is the largest family holiday during the year, at least with the amount of travelling done--48.5 million people drove their cars this Thanksgiving, 4.27 million traveled by air, and 1.48 million went to family celebrations on a bus or train. We all have Thanksgiving traditions we repeat and repeat because they give us comfort. Although many of us eat turkey at Thanksgiving ham is a favorite too. One of the foods that has become a family tradition at the holidays at our house is a cauliflower and broccoli...
I love talking to Kindergarten kids. I wanted to talk to them about Thanksgiving. What were they thankful for? Mrs. Samantha Weaver asked them. "Good News Club", and then a few repeated the subject. "God in the Heaven." "Jesus." "Praying to God." One little boy said he was thankful for "special blankeys". Another boy said "I-Pad" when a little girl answered quickly, "I don't have an I-Pad." I realized they had learned their lessons that week when the next answers were "Veterans" and "The Flag"....
Big Sandy CSI is putting the final touches on the upcoming Christmas Stroll. They have been adding videos to their Facebook page so check those out. They will be revealing the Grand Prize this week, so watch for that. It is sure to put the excitement into the Stroll this year. Breakfast with Santa! Again this year The Mint will be hosting the Breakfast with Santa. They will be serving a yummy breakfast of pancakes with bacon or sausage or biscuits and gravy. Santa will be there to take pictures with. There will be no photographer there this...
It was busy with everybody doing their last minute preparations. Bob Quinn was tuning his trombone behind the curtain. People were finding their seats. Marla Ray started the show on time by introducing all four High school students, Audrey Sipler, Abriana Blanton, Grace Finke, and Everett Works as this Variety Show was to support their musical trip to Europe. Marla said, "No one wants to volunteer to go first. So, I will." She sang a song called "There's a Place at the Table for Me" a song she...
If you were traveling through Big Sandy you would have seen six FWP’s, a US Fish and Wildlife Service officer and a Chouteau Sheriff Deputy who had set up a hunter’s game stop at Big Sandy’s Rest stop. When I asked who was in charge they all laughed and pointed their fingers to everyone standing around. I wanted to know how many samples they had taken looking for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). “All we can do here is take samples and send them off. We try to have a number of officers, because if one of these have to take off after someone who do...
Grain storage inspections should begin close to Thanksgiving Inspecting grain bins for pests on or before Thanksgiving is a great rule of thumb for Chouteau County producers. The Lesser grain borer Rhyzopertha dominica is one of the most injurious beetles known to attack stored grain. The Lesser grain borer belongs to the Bostrichidae family of beetles, which are mostly wood boring insects. R. dominica causes major physical and off-odor damage to grain in storage. Identifying Characteristics: Adults are dark reddish-brown to black in color, and...
State and local public health officials are participating in U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week November 12-18, 2018, which is an annual one-week observance to raise awareness of the importance of appropriate antibiotic use to combat the threat of antibiotic resistance. The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPPHS) and its partners are encouraging all Montanans to work closely with their healthcare providers to reduce the use of antibiotics. DPHHS is part of a statewide Montana Antimicrobial Stewardship Collaborative to...
Triangle Telephone Cooperative Association, Inc., doing business as Triangle Communications (Triangle), held its 65th Annual Meeting of Members on Saturday, October 13, 2018. Voting members plus numerous guests totaled close to 300 in attendance at the meeting held in the Student Union Building on the campus of Montana State University-Northern in Havre. Attending members voted to approve the proposed By-Law changes. A complete listing of these changes appeared in the meeting notice mailed to all members before the meeting. Prize drawings for...