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Jessica Roth was reading Christmas books to our most treasured members of our community. It was a relaxing moment. Muriel Silvan was listening, sitting in the TV room at the medical center, she looked so much like her mother Stella Lund, I smiled because I hadn't thought of Stella for years. She wanted to talk about her memories of sitting by a Christmas tree watching the candles burn. I could picture her there with Elmer and Stella Lund. They'd sit by the tree watching the flames dance until th...
Prairie Dog Management and Grazing Management Workshop in Fort Benton and Big Sandy The Chouteau County District NRCS, the Big Sandy Conservation District, the Chouteau County Conservation and MSU Extension are teaming up to bring you a landowner requested prairie dog and wildlife/livestock grazing management workshop on Wednesday, January 24, 2018. Classes will take place in Fort Benton and Big Sandy. Each class will be good for one commercial and one private pesticide point. Prairie Dog Management will be addressed by Stephen Vantassel...
The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission approved the Bridger Special Chronic Wasting Disease Hunt at its regular monthly meeting Thursday. The hunt will begin on Dec. 15 and go through Feb. 15. Licenses will go on sale Dec. 11. The goal of the hunt is to determine prevalence and distribution of chronic wasting disease within the hunt area. This is critical information for FWP as it plans for long-term disease management in the area. “For the hunt to be successful in obtaining enough samples to accurately determine disease prevalence, participa...
Just a reminder please order to go meals by 10:30 a.m. Menus for the nest week: Wednesday, December 13- Turkey Pot Pie, salad and, and dessert. Thursday, December 14- Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork sandwich, veggie, salad. Friday, December 15- Chicken noodle soup with Tuna sandwich, chips, and dessert. Monday, December 18- Hot Turkey sandwich, veggies, salad, and dessert. Tuesday, December 19- Creamy Garlic Penne Pasta with chicken, veggie, garlic bread. Wednesday, December 20- CHRISTMAS DINNER, ham, potatoes, green bean salad, deviled eggs, veggies, s...
Thursday, December 14- Elementary Christmas Concert 7 p.m. The Wrestling team will be in Fort Benton for their Mixer. Friday & Saturday, December 15 &16- The wrestlers will be in Great Falls for the CMR Holiday Classic. Friday, December 15- Pioneer Basketball travels to Fort Benton. Saturday, December 15- Pioneer Basketball will be in Chinook to take on the Sugar Beeters. Monday, December 18- A state FFA workshop in Big Sandy at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, December 19- The Pre- K Christmas Concert at the Lutheran Church at 6:30 p.m. The FFA will have...
FSA’s Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) provides compensation to eligible livestock producers who suffer grazing losses for covered livestock due to drought on privately owned or cash leased land, or fire on federally managed land. Livestock producers in 42 Montana counties are eligible to apply for 2017 LFP benefits on small grain, native pasture, improved pasture, annual ryegrass and forage sorghum that is produced on dryland acres and used for grazing. Irrigated acres used for grazing or aftermath grazing are not eligible under this p...
The final results are in at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Havre check station for the 2017 hunting season. The check station was open for eight weeks; from Oct. 7 (the open of general antelope) through Nov. 26 (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 several years. Biologists gather a lot of valuable information and biological data on game animals brought through check stations, and FWP appreciates all hunters’ c...
The Big Sandy Christmas Stroll was a huge success this year. Above is the Sunshine Snipper 4-H Float, which won for best theme and Peoples' Choice, they honored Elaine Courtnage's many years of Stroll Buttons....
There is a core group of people representing the Chamber of Commerce who are responsible for the entire celebration of the Christmas stroll, but for Tracy Schuster, a member of the committee, this Christmas stroll was missing a huge piece of the celebration, an Elaine Courtnage designed Christmas stroll button. Facing this first Christmas without Elaine's design for the stroll, meant just one thing for Tracy, find every button Elaine ever designed, which was 17 years. It took one month to find...
While Robin Pearson was driving to the Bear Paw Coffee Shop and Deli he was thanking the Lord for giving him the idea to find volunteers to work at the Coffee Shop and Deli, allowing it to be open for the Christmas Stroll. Kind of like farmers finishing the combining when a neighbor needs help. Community supporting community. Neighbors helping neighbors. Robin said there were three key elements that he knew he would need in order to make a volunteer crew work. First Steve and Cherie Stiles...
I have just finished one of the most delightful Big Sandy books I have ever read. I liked it because it takes place in the 1940’s and it is plotted between Havre and Big Sandy. As the story opens Loretta Johnson is born in 1947. Her family dreamed of farming, As a matter of fact the book is entitled, “Farm Stories, a Fading dream”. If you love a ration of pictures to go with the stories, this is the book for you as each page is overloaded with pics. I have to laugh when I see those pictures as I could have been in some of them. Brambles, The U...
Classes in Fertilizing Pulse Crops, Transfer Planning, Pesticide Performance, Partial Budget Analysis and Integrating Beef Cattle into Cover Crops will all be offered this January Montana State University Extension will host the annual Cropping Seminar series January 8 – 11, 2018, in Fort Benton, Chester, Havre, Shelby, Cut Bank, Choteau, Conrad, Stanford, and Great Falls. Topics will include integrating beef cattle into cover crops, soil fertility, transfer planning, why pesticides may not work as designed, and partial budgeting analysis. T...
Helena, Mont. – Montana will remain the “406” for a while longer thanks in part to the Montana Public Service Commission’s efforts to ensure phone numbers are allocated more efficiently across the state. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officials informed the Commission Monday that the state’s single area code is expected to last into the 2030s. “The 406 area code is a unique part of our heritage in Montana,” said Bob Lake, R-Hamilton. “It’s become such an integral part of our state’s identity that some businesses have built their en...
Montana’s general big game hunting season closed on Sunday with west-central Montana check stations reporting the highest harvest in four years and the highest hunter success rate since 2007. The 607 white-tailed deer inspected through the Anaconda, Bonner and Darby hunter check stations is 3 percent higher than last year’s total, and the highest since 2008. With 507 whitetails checked, the Bonner Check Station accounted for 84 percent of the harvest, which was the highest at Bonner since the check station began operating on weekends-only in...
Contact the Senior Citizen Cooks at 378-2405. If you need a meal on wheels, contact the Senior Citizen’s center before 10:30am. Meal menus are as follows: Wednesday, November 29 pineapple pepper chicken with veggies, salad and dessert. Thursday, November 30 cabbage rolls, salad, dessert or cheeseburger pie for the Lunch of the Week! Friday, December 31 tomato soup, grilled ham and cheese sandwiches and salsa along with a dessert. Monday, December 1 Shepherd’s Pie with salad and dessert for yet another Lunch of the Week! Tuesday December 2 Birth...
Big Sandy Activities is holding an Open House December 14th between 1-4 PM. It will be held at the new Day Program Building. There will be treats and drinks and an opportunity to tour the new facility. Big Sandy has been looking forward to the day, when all the construction issues were fixed and they could finally welcome in the community. The individuals served at BSA are excited to have the public in. Lorrie Merrill, Executive Director, said, “It’s been a long and frustrating process, but currently everything seems to be working. We had moi...
On November 29th, Big Sandy FFA took eleven students to compete at Judith Basin Winter Districts in Judith Gap. Big Sandy had students competing in Ag Sales, Creed Speaking and Junior Creed Speaking, Extemporaneous Public Speaking, Job Interview, and Parliamentary Procedure. In Junior Creed, Amy Gasvoda took second place and in Extemporaneous Public Speaking Andrea Rutledge took first place; these ladies will be representing the Big Sandy FFA Chapter at the State Convention this upcoming spring...
Thursday, December 7- Mid-term Thursday & Friday December 7-9- Pre Season Basketball Tournament in Chester Girls and Boys Varsity play Thursday and Friday. Friday December 8- Pioneer Wrestlers head to Chinook Saturday December 9- Pioneer Wrestlers are in Glasgow Tuesday, December 12- High School Christmas Concert 7:00 p.m. Thursday, December 14- Elementary Christmas Concert 7:00 p.m. Menus for the week! Thursday, December 7- Breakfast, Oatmeal, Blueberries, Assorted Cereals Fresh Fruit, Juice & Milk Lunch, Taco Soup Corn Bread Salad Bar Buns &...
December 2nd promises to be the best Stroll Day ever in Big Sandy no matter what the weather. There is so much going on that it will take more time than you have to see it all but what you do see should make you all agog and atwitter and certainly all into the Christmas spirit! The Stroll all starts with Santa at the Mint. Have breakfast with your kids and get their pictures taken with Jolly Old Saint Nick and elves he has specially chosen himself to help him pass out goodies to kids of all...
In this land of plenty called the Golden Triangle there is nothing worse than going to bed with an empty belly and yet that happens. However, it does not happen as much as it used to with the advent of the Big Sandy Food Bank which used to be run out of the Methodist Church basement and now is run at the Big Sandy Church of God. According to Pastor Eric Sietsema, there are about fifteen families that have real needs for food and that translates into around 70 people in our community that would not make it through the month without help from...
Don’t miss the Second Annual School Art Show at “The Mountaineer” office December 2, Stroll Day. Big Sandy art teacher Jessie Jaramillo has put together a show of her students work that they have been doing since the first of the year. The work is from K through 12 and is about every subject known in the Big Sandy area. And there is plenty of it. You will see everything from pastels to pencil drawings and many different mediums and subject matter that is just simply all over the place. You will be amazed at how full “The Mountaineer” office wi...
Last week on Thanksgiving day it was in the sixties in many parts of Montana. Strange to say the least because for some time now it has been cold with even snow on the ground when Thanksgiving rolls around. It is the wind, those wonderful Chinook winds that cause the temperatures to go up. Just before Thanksgiving early one morning I was awake and heard the winds start up and noticed that the house was getting very warm. I saw that around 5am the temperature outside was almost 50 and the winds had died down. I was sad because I had hoped to...
Using Straw in Cattle Rations- Frequently asked Questions How much straw can I put in my cow winter ration? It is important to know that straw is a low energy, and low protein feed. It is not as digestible as hay or green feed. Generally, a cow can consume 1.25% of her body weight in straw dry matter (DM). Therefore, a 1400 lb cow could consume 17.5 lbs on a DM basis, or 19.9 lbs on an ‘as-fed’ basis if the straw was 90% DM (17.5/0.9 = 19.9 lbs, this calculation is to adjust for the moisture content of the straw). Near the end of ges...
The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) and local public agencies are offering food safety tips to help Montanans stay healthy this holiday season. “As we plan for visitors and prepare for festivities, food safety can be the last thing we think about,” said Ed Evanson of the DPHHS Food and Consumer Safety Section. “Being safe while preparing food is easier than people think. Keeping these guidelines in mind will help ensure that you and your family can have a happy and healthy Turkey Day.” Safe Storage • Make sure there is am...
Happy Christmas from the Big Sandy Cultural and Curiosity Center. We had very successful summer arts workshops thanks to Roberta Edwards, Jessica Jaramillo, Dolly Pursley, Carol Smith, Donna Jenkins and Kelly Owen. Soon with funding we’ll be able to install a heating system in the former S&J grocery store so we can finish renovations and operate year round. For years, Big Sandy folks wanted to have a boys and girls club, and with our plans for an after-school program we’ll have our version complete with a research library, more workshops and...