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My name is Lucille. I am a ghost and I don’t like it one little bit. I have just gone around for a lifetime haunting the house I lived in as a child and where I died. It must have been twenty or thirty years after I died that I learned that I could be heard by residents of the house. I have scared a lot of them a lot through the years. I learned that if I scream as loud as I can, I can break through some barrier between the truly dead and people like me who are stuck in sort of a limbo land. It is not pleasant. Once in a while a person can get...
By Robert Lucke The Big Sandy Chamber of Commerce and Marlys Myers are busy getting ready for the annual Big Sandy Christmas Stroll the first weekend in December. This year's theme is "Christmas Past". Of course when people think of Christmas Past, they think of their childhoods or their children when they were young and Bing Crosby singing "White Christmas" while gentle flakes of snow decorate the streets and byways of the Big Sandy community. There is more to Christmas Past than that. Take...
(With apologies to my late pal Frank Capra) As was usual on the night before Halloween, Precarious Jones sat in his chair before the fireplace with Little Owell, and the two roasted sausages they called Halloweiners over the glowing red coals. Once more, Little Owell asked the mentorial old man to relate the story of a local ghost believed to return at the end of each October to seek out and haunt down certain people. “Tell about the Heelots,” Little Owell said between bites. “If you insist,” said Precarious with a little bitty smile. And he...
Upcoming Opportunity in Fort Benton to Learn about Evacuation Planning, Varmint Management, Farm Safety, Fire Safety, and 4-Wheeler Safety MSU Extension in Chouteau County will be hosting the fourth annual Fundamentals for Farm Families Forum from 8:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. with check-in beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 2, 2017 at the Community Bible Center in Fort Benton. The center is located at 911 16th street in Fort Benton. Daycare will be provided for attendees upon request by contacting the Chouteau County Extension Office....
Menu for the week Wednesday, October 25: Chicken and Noodles over biscuits, veggie, salad, and dessert. Thursday, October 26: Liver and Onions, potatoes, veggie, salad, bread, and dessert. Friday, October 27: Cattle Men’s Hoagie, Fries, salad and dessert. Monday, October 30: Tatter Tot casserole, veggie, salad, bread and dessert. Tuesday, October 31: Chicken Kobbs, fruit salad, dessert. HALLOWEEN SNACK MIX RECIPE INGREDIENTS 6 cups caramel corn 2 cups salted cashews or peanuts 1-1/2 cups candy corn 1/3 cup raisins DIRECTIONS In a large bowl, c...
Thursday, October 26th~ ACT testing 7:45 a.m, at Christ Lutheran Church District Volleyball in Chester. End of the 1st quarter Friday, October 27~ Jr. High Basketball in Rudyard Saturday, October 28~ Football hosts 1st round playoff game they play Richie/Lambert at 1 p.m. NO passes admissions is $7 for adults, $6 for students this is a MHSA sponsored event. Jr. High Basketball in Chester Lunches for the week! Wednesday, October 25 Breakfast: Breasfast sandwich, fruit, assorted cereals, juice and milk. Lunch: Mandarin Chicken, Egg rolls, Fortune...
It is that time of the year again. It is recommended per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that routine annual influenza vaccination be given to all persons greater than 6 months old who do not have contraindications before the end of October. This vaccination should be given optimally before the onset of influenza or flu activity and can take up to 2 weeks before the vaccination for protection. As of 9/29/2017 there were already 26 confirmed influenza cases from ten counties in Montana including Cascade County but no...
After thirty years Twila Cline has given up heading blood drives in the Big Sandy area. Rachel Baumgarn and Laci LaBuda have taken over the reins. Last Wednesday, October 12 was the first blood drawing for Rachel and she said, prior to the drawing that she was looking forward to it. She added that she didn't know anything that could go wrong as she had never been in charge of one before and by the time readers are reading this story and Rachel has one blood drawing under her belt, she might...
"The Mountaineer" introduces a new news story this week. It is called a Guest Interview and features a "Mountaineer" reporter picking up the telephone and calling someone in our phone book and asking what is on his or her mind today. If you have something on your mind and are interested in doing a Guest Interview, just give us a call at "The Mountaineer" phone number 378-2176. This week, early in the morning of October 12 Bob Quinn's phone rang early in the morning. That was the start of our Gue...
Twice this year, I've received questions about a native mammal popping up in unexpected places. No, not a grizzly bear, for goodness sakes. Think much smaller. Try a badger and a long-tailed weasel. Both mammals showed up on their native prairie of northcentral Montana, but where they're not always visible to humans. The questions were: Why have I never seen this animal before? Let's answer that question with a riddle: If you see an animal for the first time in an area where it's native and has...
Boss to Speak at Chouteau County Livestock Protective Association Meeting in Big Sandy on Cover Crop Grazing from a Cattleman’s Perspective The Annual Chouteau County Livestock Protective Association meeting will take place on Thursday, November 16th at 3:00 p.m.at the Mint Bar in Big Sandy. A social will follow the business meeting at 5:00 p.m. followed by dinner at 6:00. Please RSVP to Buck Goldhahn at 622-5572 so the cooks can receive notice on how many people will be attending. This year’s guest speaker is Dr. Darrin Boss (MSU Northern Agr...
The recent snowstorm thrust many of us into a December mode. Looking at the bright side of that is remembering all the past wonderful Christmas Strolls in our little town and looking forward to this annual event which is only a month and a half away. The Jeff Reichelt Memorial Library in Big Sandy once again has a beautiful quilt that will be awarded to the lucky raffle ticket holder at the conclusion of the Stroll at City Hall. This lovely quilt, on display at our Library, was made by Judy...
The 2017 Chouteau County Health Fair was recently held at three different sites and was sponsored and organized by the Big Sandy Medical Center, Missouri River Medical Center, Chouteau County Department of Public Health, Chouteau County Department of Emergency Services and Chouteau County MSU Extension. On October 10, 56 individuals had their blood drawn at Big Sandy. On October 11, 192 blood draws were taken in Fort Benton and on October 12, 54 people had their blood drawn in Geraldine. In addition, many agencies and businesses were present...
Don’t forget Story Hour is every Wednesday at 10:30am. Lego Club is every second and fourth Friday at 11am. This week Darlene chose “KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON” by David Grann. In the 1920’s the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, they began to be killed off. One Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart watched as her family was murdere...
There will be no school for Big Sandy students on October 19 and 20. Teachers will be attending Montana Education Association activities. Saturday, October 21 FFA members visit the pumpkin patch from noon to four pm. The week of October 22 is Red Ribbon Week. Thursday, October 26 district volleyball in Chester. Thursday, October 26 is the end of the first quarter. Thursday, October 26 ACT tests for those who have signed up for them at 7:45am at the Lutheran Church. School lunch and breakfast menus for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday,...
September Students of the Month were: Elementary K- Marie Bold 1- London Keane 2- Daijalin Sunchild 3- David Morsette 4- Dolan Sunchild 5- Ryder Oats 6- Conner Sibra Junior High/High School 7-Ryan Tan 8- Samantha Sandlin 9- Cameron Schwarzbach 10- Faith Gasvoda 11- Shania Walks Over Ice 12- Andrea Rutledge Each student received a certificate, a bag of Kracklin Kamut (donated by Big Sandy Organics) and a free milkshake (donated by the Grocery Store). Then I drew a grand prize winner from those names for each school and those winners were: Dolan...
Triangle Telephone Cooperative Association, Inc., doing business as Triangle Communications (Triangle), celebrates 64 years of service at Triangle’s Annual Meeting of Members on Saturday, October 21, 2017. The meeting will take place in the Student Union Building on the campus of Montana State University-Northern in Havre, MT. Registration begins at 8:30 am, the business meeting starts at 10:00 am and lunch will be served following the meeting. Trustees for two districts will be elected by members attending. Richard Swartz is running for re-ele...
One of Grandma Moses paintings is titled, "It snows, oh it snows". Those were the operative words around here last week when snow started falling Monday afternoon and by Monday night the power was off from Havre to Malta, blizzard like winds blew huge branches and sometimes whole trees to the ground and as Tuesday morning dawned, there were downed power lines all over parts of Chouteau, Hill, Blaine and Phillips County. Observers think that Big Sandy got around 24 inches of snow and many places...
This week is Fire Prevention Week. It is a week of celebration all around the United States. And, although we don't celebrate it as such in the Big Sandy area, we do celebrate Chili Feed Night which is a large fund raiser for the Big Sandy Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance. But it is more than that. It is a time that Big Sandy residents can honor those who volunteer and keep us safe in so many ways. The other day I was at the Big Sandy Medical Center and the Mercy Flight was just leaving...
One of "The Mountaineer" readers, Elaine Thompson, said that she had kept a story from "The Mountaineer" about whether the mountain range to the south of us should be called the Bear Paw Mountains or the Bears Paw Mountains. She had lost the story and wondered if it could be reprinted. So, here goes. First let's look at it through the eyes of journalists. Several years ago "The Tribune" in Great Falls did a survey and ran a story saying that the range should be called the Bear Paw Mountains...
Chouteau County Juniors and Seniors will participate in 2017 Chouteau County Agricultural Business Day Junior and Senior students from Big Sandy High School, Fort Benton High School, Geraldine High School, Highwood High School, and Chouteau County Home Schools will participate in the 2017 Chouteau County Agricultural Business day on November 8th. The event will take place from 8:50 a.m. -12:00 p.m. at the Ag Center (1205 20th Street) and Fort Benton High School (1820 Washington). An estimate of twenty Chouteau County businesses will be in...
One of the puzzling things about living in a state that has seven Indian Reservations in it is what should people be called who live on those reservations? Some suggest calling them Native Americans. Others say that First Nations People sounds better and many agree that the name Indian should probably not be used. Many of the Blackfeet Nation do not feel that way at all. They say that when Christopher Columbus discovered what is now the United States and thought it was India so he named the...
Wednesday, October 11 beef stew, salad, dessert and cornbread. Thursday, October 12 baked potato bar with all the fixings. Jell-O dessert. Friday, October 13 Ruben sandwiches with taco salad and dessert. Monday, October 16 chicken and dumplings, salad and dessert for the Lunch of the Week! Tuesday, October 17 ham and scalloped potatoes, vegetables, salad, dessert and bread. This week, from the Senior Citizen Cooks a very good fall casserole. Doritos Casserole You will need: 1 family size bag Doritos of any flavor (Nacho cheese is good) 1 onion...
Friday, October 13 volleyball at Rudyard Saturday, October 14 football at Geraldine, Volleyball at Belt and junior high basketball at Chinook. Monday, October 16 FFA officers meet at noon. Tuesday, October 17 FFA meeting at 4pm. ATTENTION: The Junior high basketball game scheduled at Turner for October 17 has been moved to Friday, November 3. Wednesday, October 18 early out at 2:25pm. Football hosts Augusta at 2pm. Thursday and Friday, October 19 and 20 no school for students due to teacher MEA activities. The Week of October 22 is Red Ribbon W...
Too often we hear about the negative aspects of how public education has changed all the way from the federal level down to the one room school house. There is no debate that public education has changed. Some say those changes are not positive and feel we should go back to educating students like we did in the 50’s or the 80’s or at the turn of the century depending on what time frame you grew up in. Every change in public education can be debated on whether those changes are positive or negative and will continue to be debated from the fed...