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Trevor Wilkerson is the bookkeeper and one of the first persons seen by folks looking for Big Sandy Organics. Trevor works out of the log cabin where the Kracklin' Kamut used to be made. He moved there from a suite in the Mint building. As Trevor says, his job is to keep track of the money in this area. Trevor grew up in Roosevelt, Utah, has six children the oldest being 21. They are Taylor, T. J., Bryndon, Aimee, Jeri, and Jaidyn. The youngest of the children is 8, five are girls and one is a...
Sunday, August 27 a fire burned several acres of the Bear Paw Mountains on Moses Mountain close to the Ova Sety Summer Place. The fire started just east of the East Fork Dam on the Rocky Boy Reservation close to the cattle guard by the Dumas summer place. The fire started right next to the Warrick/ Beaver Creek road and spread quickly to Moses Mountain and parts of the Sety summer ranch. It started at 3pm on Sunday afternoon. By 7am on Monday the fire was reported as contained. Volunteers along with several fire departments worked to get the...
With September just around the corner, the fire season, heat and drought lingers on. It will be with us until the winter snows and let’s just hope that no big fires get started now and that we get a good snow early on to help put out what is raging. Actually it looks like things are a little better at the end of August. The horrible Lolo fire just south of Missoula seems to be getting more under control. Missoula residents said that last week they saw the peak of Mount Lolo for the first time in weeks. Some evacuations have been lifted in t...
The Chouteau County Sheriff's Office is releasing the following information pursuant to MCA 46-23-508 which authorizes agencies to inform the public of a sexual offender's registration in our community. This sexual offender has served the sentence imposed on him by the courts and has advised the Chouteau County Sheriff's Office that he will be living in the location below. He is NOT wanted by police at this time. Offenders Information Offender type: Sexual Offender No Tier Name: Joshua Dana...
The Chouteau County Sheriff's Office is releasing the following information pursuant to MCA 46-23-508 which authorizes agencies to inform the public of a sexual offender's registration in our community. This sexual offender has served the sentence imposed on him by the courts and has advised the Chouteau County Sheriff's Office that he will be living in the location below. He is NOT wanted by police at this time. Offenders Information Offender type: Sexual-No Tier Name: Jerald Schattilly...
As many people in Fort Benton and Chouteau County know, long-time County Planner Alice Honrud, has retired. To replace her expertise, the Chouteau County Commission has retained the services of Great West Engineering to provide County residents with planning and land use services. Jerry Grebenc is Great West's senior planner and he will be the primary contact for planning services in the County. Jerry will be in the County Planning Office twice a month, with his schedule posted at the Planning...
By Robert Lucke Contact the Senior Citizen Cooks at 378-2405. Lunches include an entrée, salad, vegetable, potato, dessert and drink and cost $5.00 unless otherwise noted. Wednesday, August 30 cheeseburger pie, vegetable tray, bread and dessert. Thursday, August 31 liver and onions with mashed potatoes and gravy, salad, bread and dessert. Friday, September 1 BLT wraps and dessert. Monday, September 4 closed for a very happy Labor Day. Tuesday, September 12 pork chops, potatoes, veggies, salad, dessert and bread for the Lunch of the week! This...
Friday, September 1 2 day Volleyball tournament at Rudyard and Gildford. Friday, September 1 junior high volleyball in Havre at St. Judes. Saturday, September 2 varsity football at Winifred at 1pm. Junior high volleyball jamboree at Big Sandy 9am on Saturday, September 2 as well. Monday, September 4 is Labor Day No School! Someone’s mother turns 80 on September 4. Tuesday, September 5 junior high football hosts Winifred in Big Sandy at 4pm. Wednesday, September 6 school pictures by Helmbrecht Photo in the morning for both high school and elemen...
Lianna Heimbigner from the local American Legion presented Chase Gasvoda, a 5th grader and an awesome Pioneer, with a nice 2nd Place Trophy. Chase earned the trophy at the American Legion REGIONALS for the Poppy Poster contest held last spring....
The summer was a stressful time for schools across the state as they prepared their budgets for the upcoming school year. There were same major changes implemented into the school finance funding formula imposed by the state legislators during the last session. The first major change was the passage of HB 647. This change took a large share of the state’s portion of school funding away from the school districts. For Big Sandy it was $185,000. The state will now keep this money and they shifted the tax burden to the local taxpayers. This was a...
A couple of years ago "The Mountaineer" interviewed a new cook at the Senior Citizens Center. Her name was Crystal Geyer. When we did that interview we concluded that Crystal had been a wise choice as a cook. Her love of people, her getting along with staff and her love for cooking and food made her a natural in any kitchen. Unfortunately for the Senior Citizens Center Crystal took a job as an aide at the elementary school and her expertise was lost to Big Sandy seniors for a year. That was a...
Colby Baumgarn, president of the TV Club announced that they have just introduced a new channel, called the “Grit Channel”. It is a channel devoted exclusively to old and not so old western movies and sagas. If watching McClintock or Shane or The Hanging Tree or The Man who shot Liberty Valance or The Big Sky is your thing, you will see them all on “Grit”. By the way, The Hanging Tree and the Man Who Shot Liberty Valance were both written by Montana author Dorothy Johnson and The Big Sky was written by Montana author Bud Guthrie. Maybe you hav...
The fire alert from Glacier National Park which is included here is included because Glacier officials say that the Sprague Complex of fires will remain the same or maybe grow a little until the snow falls at the beginning of winter. So, as you read through this report, chances are that the trails mentioned here will stay closed until the end of the summer season. If you are heading for Glacier soon, a good rule of thumb is to not go on any trails close to Sperry Chalet as they will probably be closed unless the weather changes drastically. Wes...
Do to a technical problem we missed half this story last week. Here is the story in its entirety. It’s my favorite time of year...buying new school supplies, getting new school clothes, new haircuts, decorating my classroom (although this year it was decorating my office) hearing the football and volleyball kids at practice, and the all the excitement in the air for a new school year! The new school year always begins for me as a great adventure. What kind of journey will this year bring? Well here are my hopes for what we will accomplish at B...
This week Steph has chosen to feature “THE DIVIDE” by Nickolas Evans which is a large print book. Two backcountry skiers have discovered the body of a young woman embedded in the ice of a remote mountain creek. All through the night police work with the arc lights and chain saws to dig her out. It doesn’t take long to identify the victim as Abbie Cooper, whose picture illuminated law enforcement computers all across America. Once viewed as the perfect daughter by all who knew her, Abbie has been on the run for murder. But what caused Benja...
Harvest running late this year and are you just plumb tired of fixing harvest lunches? Look no further. Just call 378-2405 and order your harvest lunch from the Senior Citizen’s Center. Lunches for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday, August 23 Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, salad, bread and dessert for hands down the Lunch of the Week! Thursday, Augusts 24 crispy nutty chicken with fires, salad and dessert. Friday, August 25 egg salad sandwiches, potato salad, chips and dessert. Monday, August 28 stuffed green peppers, s...
Booster Club Kick Off will be held August 24 at 6pm at the football concessions stand. Come meet the Pioneer athletes and coaches. Pioneer football will kick off on Friday, August when they host Noxon at 6pm. Volleyball will travel to Centerville that same day with contests scheduled to begin at 5pm. Varsity volleyball action will be held in Belt on Saturday, August 26. Junior high will travel to Rudyard on Saturday. FFA will begin their year with an officers meeting on Monday, August 28 at noon. They will have a group function on Tuesday,...
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. Producers in 20 Montana counties are eligible to apply for 2017 LFP benefits on small grain, native pasture, improved pasture, annual ryegrass, 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 program. E...
MONTANA – Governor Steve Bullock today issued an Executive Order declaring the following 31 counties and six Indian Reservations are in drought disaster: Blaine, Big Horn, Carter, Chouteau, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus, Garfield, Golden Valley, Hill, Judith Basin, Lake, Lincoln, McCone, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sanders, Sheridan, Treasure, Valley, Yellowstone, Wheatland, Wibaux Counties, and the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, Rocky B...
It’s my favorite time of year...buying new school supplies, getting new school clothes, new haircuts, decorating my classroom (although this year it was decorating my office) hearing the football and volleyball kids at practice, and all the excitement in the air for a new school year! The new school year always begins for me as a great adventure. What kind of journey will this year bring? Well here are my hopes for what we will accomplish at Big Sandy Schools this year. Back in 2016 we started a Strategic Planning Process, which basically m...
Don’t miss the annual Chouteau County fair this year held on August 18, 19 and 20. Of course the fun begins way before that as there is a Harvest Dinner Cook off at 6pm on August 17 that includes a free feed and many harvest samples that cooks have been cooking for harvest for years and years in Chouteau County. Just in case there are not enough entries to feast on, Colby Baumgarn and his crew are cooking many pounds of pork butt all donated by our own Grocery Store here in Big Sandy. Best of all, it is all free. This is a big deal. Over 300 ar...
When the Big Sandy swimming pool closes for the season the 20th Of August, pool workers will mark one of the busiest seasons ever for that pool according to pool manager Leslie Gregory. What is the reason for all that business this summer? First, it was a long hot summer which is always conducive to getting in the pool for an extended length of time as often as possible. There were not even many lightning storms to close the pool down this year. That attracted a great many people. According to...
(StatePoint) Moving into your own place is a milestone that makes you feel like a grown-up. And with the new school year approaching, you may be thinking about signing a lease for your first apartment or sharing a house with roommates. So now what? As you head to campus, here are important tips to consider before and after you sign on the dotted line: Pick Your Place Every property offers different features, so do your homework before locking into a lease. Compare amenities for each rental to decide which fits your needs best. Is location the m...
Top Yielding Winter Wheat Varieties for Chouteau County MSU Agriculture research centers have three test plots for winter wheat in Chouteau County. Research plots are managed by MSU Western Triangle Agricultural Research Center (WTARC) south of the Knees, MSU Northern Agricultural Research Center (NARC) north of Loma and MSU Central Agricultural Research Center (CARC) west of Geraldine. A special thanks to John Miller (WTARC agronomist), Peggy Lamb (NARC agronomist) and Pat Carr (CARC superintendent) for establishing and maintaining the...
Recent events impacting groups with potential bat exposures are prompting state and local public health officials to remind Montanans of the risk of bat exposures, especially at night when sleeping in an enclosed space where a bat is found. Public health officials recently assessed two situations where groups of people were potentially exposed to bats while they slept. One situation occurred when one group stayed overnight in a gymnasium. Group members reported seeing bats on the walls and in the rafters above the area where they slept. Due to...