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In the interests of full disclosure, Mayor Stiles told “the Mountaineer” that if the new pool bond passes, there will need to be a special district created that would create roughly twenty-five thousand dollars annually for pool costs. The new assessment would be .00412 per square foot of taxed property. In Big Sandy the average lot is 140 by 50 feet which would figure out to $2.40 per month or $28.84 annually on each average lot. This is a city operational levy and should not be confused with The Swimming Pool Bond Issue which will be vot...
Voters headed to the polls on Thursday, May 25 to fill the congressional vacancy left by President Trumps appointment of former Congressmen Ryan Zinke as Secretary of the Interior. The Special Election included three names on the ballot: Republican, Greg Gianforte, Democrat Rob Quist and Libertarian Mark Wicks. Gianforte won the election with 50% of the vote (189,473), while Quist was second with 44% (166,483) and Wicks third with 6% (21,509). In Chouteau County Gianforte claimed victory receiving 1,234 votes or 58% to Quists 33% (715) and...
This is the ninth year former Big Sandy High School graduate Ellaraine Lockie has provided the English students at BSHS the opportunity to participate in the Walter Gerson Poetry Contest. Each year Ellaraine Lockie judges students’ poetry, makes comments about the poems and awards students for their excellent poetry and participation. This year is no exception. There are several cash prizes and several honorable mentions. Two teachers at Big Sandy high school have been involved in the poetry contest. Lauren Clampitt handled the Gerson poems f...
The regular Big Sandy City Council Meeting for May was held on May 11. There were no visitors present, no sheriff’s report and after the Pledge was recited and the previous minutes approved, there were no public comments. The new water project was discussed. The City is still waiting for Rural Development to get a package put together. Mayor Stiles thinks it will be most of the summer getting things put together and the earliest there could be bids on this project would be next winter with the project to start in the spring of 2018. There was n...
The Chouteau County Commissioners would like to encourage passage of the Special Levy. Chouteau County has lost nearly 1 million dollars per road district over the last eight years, compared to the previous eight years. The lost revenue comes from diminished Oil and Natural Gas Production Tax. The Commissioners received the 4th Qtr. distribution last week and it put the FY17 total to just over $16,000 to be split three ways. In contrast, Chouteau County received a high of $477,000 in FY06. These are the funds that are historically used for...
For a tribute to Big Sandy’s involvement in World War Two, the Big Sandy Cultural Fund is seeking photos, in uniform if possible, of any residents who served during the war. Also needed are personal descriptions of what it was like in Big Sandy during the war, from scrap and paper drives to dorm life to celebrations and any other wartime events. Send or give the photos and information to Doug Giebel, 533 Third Avenue or by email: bscf@itstriangle.com. Giebel’s phone: 378-2430. All material will be copied and the originals returned. A memorial d...
The first spring meeting had a special agenda: The Homecoming Book. The 2020 committee tried to gather names of people who had helped put the book together in the past and invited them to come share input. We dubbed this a meeting of “The Wise” and “The Unwise.” Your current committee was the full cast of the unwise—but can now say we are slightly informed. The ladies who joined us were a treasure trove of information on all aspects concerning the homecoming book. Tracy Schuster, Dianna Webster, and Leslie Gregory took time to join us for a...
Tree watering rules of thumb • Water trees three times a month in addition to watering your lawn. • Deep watering to a depth of 12” inches below the soil surface is recommended. Saturate the soil around the tree within the “dripline” (the outer edges of the tree’s branches) to disperse water down toward the roots. • For evergreens, water 3’-5’ beyond the dripline on all sides of the tree. • The objective is to water slowly, dispersing the flow of water to get the water deep down to the trees roots. Watering for short periods of time onl...
Lianna Ophus Heimbigner announces that out of several good poppy posters these 4 created for the American Legion Auxiliary poster contest were chosen to be sent to the Department for the next round....
Mr. T (the school librarian) and the Masons Announce the "Bikes for Books" Winners. "Bikes for Books" is sponsored by the Big Sandy Masons. Students in grades 3,4 and 5 earn a chance to win a bicycle for every book read from January 16 to May 18. The more books read the more chances a student has to win a prize. On May 18th there was a drawing and one student from each grade won a bicycle....
By Robert Lucke For a small town, there are quite a few organizations in Big Sandy that go around doing a world of good for a lot of people. One that is not recognized nearly as much as it should be is the American Legion Auxiliary unit here in Big Sandy. This unit of 29 members helps veterans and others on an almost daily basis. And they do most of their activities in a very non assuming and quiet way. Last week Lianne Heimbigner and Amy Sibra along with Barb Dixon came in to talk about their...
For most of you who read my rants and raves often, you know that I am a Brother Van Methodist. In my family that all got started when my uncle Robert Charles Stuart died at age 6 from eating a poisoned apple by mistake. Up until that time Grandma and Grandpa Stuart did not go to church at all. But after Bobby died they decided to start going to church and of course they had to be Methodists. Grandpa Stuart’s father was a Methodist tent preacher in Virginia. Grandpa Stuart’s brother John in addition to being an engineer on the Great Nor...
It has been a tradition for several years at "The Mountaineer" to feature a graduating senior girl and boy with a parent in an interview for the graduation edition. This year is no exception. We have Alex Richter whose story is told by her father Jeff and Matthew Louvar whose mother Debbie tells his story. First here is the interview about graduating senior Alex Richter, "Alex attended a graduation in Big Sandy and decided that she wanted to graduate from a small school and Big Sandy was her...
Each year "The Mountaineer" features a graduating senior girl and boy and a parent. This year is no exception. Matthew Louvar and Alex Richter are the senior boy and girl chosen to represent their class of graduating seniors. Here is Matthew's story as told by mom Debbie Louvar. Debbie Louvar said that Matthew is the last of five to graduate so by this time she ought to know what to do and when to do it. However it has been eight years since the last one graduated so Debbie thinks she might have...
Big Sandy Rotary celebrates another successful banquet, with a salute to Agriculture! We are so pleased with the continued support from the Big Sandy, Havre, Fort Benton & Great Falls Communities!! The Rotarians would like to send a BIG THANK YOU to everybody who helped in any way with the success of the 2017 Banquet!! For over 33 years, your generosity has been astonishing!! This has enabled us to return over $575,000 to more than 60 youth/school activities, civic groups, programs and organizations!! Without each and every one of you, we...
A three-day horsemanship class will be held July 14-16 at the Fergus County Fairgrounds in Lewistown. Kip Fladland, a native Montanan who currently resides in Council Bluffs, Iowa, is the clinic instructor. Kip traveled exclusively with Buck Brannanman for five years, and now starts and rides horses for clients. Throughout the year he holds clinics, teaching the style of horsemanship brought about by Tom and Bill Dorrance and Ray Hunt. The Lewistown clinic begins with a groundwork class from 9 a...
This is the ninth year former Big Sandy High School graduate Ellaraine Lockie has provided the English students at BSHS the opportunity to participate in the Walter Gerson Poetry Contest. Each year Ellaraine Lockie judges students’ poetry, makes comments about the poems and awards students for their excellent poetry and participation. This year is no exception. There are several cash prizes and several honorable mentions. Two teachers at Big Sandy high school have been involved in the poetry contest. Lauren Clampitt handled the Gerson poems f...
Michelle W. Parker died on the Duck Creek Road in Chouteau County in a single vehicle rollover on Thursday afternoon. The vehicle ran off the right side of the road then went back on the road and crossed the centerline before running off the right side of the road once again. “It was a broadside skid when it ran off the roadway the second time,” said Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Matthew Finley. “Then once it ran off the road it began to roll.” Trooper Finley said that Parker was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected about 60 feet from th...
Many Parts of Chouteau County have received 5 – 10” of rain this spring and although those of us who farm don’t complain about the rain, it has presented some challenges to our road crews. As commissioners, we would like to express our thanks for the patience you have shown when if seems we are losing ground daily. Our special election for increasing road budget is coming in June. The ballot will be mailed our May 31st to all rural people in the county. Anyone who lives in Big Sandy, Geraldine, or Fort Benton that has land holdings outsi...
Hold on to your hats partners for the world has just found out what we here in Big Sandy have known for a long time. Big Sandy High School is a darn good school! But we never knew quite how good until “US News and World Report” came out with the top high schools in Montana. Big Sandy is not only in the top 25 of Montana High Schools but took home the bronze award. The top twenty-five schools are broken into awards. The best school got the Gold Award. Schools two through eight got the Silver Award and schools nine through twenty-five got the Bro...
Two Big Sandy students will be going to Los Angeles on May 14 through 19 to participate in the International Science Fair according to their science teacher, Melanie Schwarzbach. Those students are Senior Gabriella Blatt and Sophomore Tyler Schwarzbach. They will be competing against 1600 students from 80 different countries. This is the third year that Gabriella has qualified for the International Science Fair. Gabriella has developed an eco-friendly method for converting the lignin in pine...
Each year "The Mountaineer" chooses a Mother of the Year in order to honor all area mothers for Mother's Day. This year is a repeat performance. Margaret Grubb has been the Mother of the Year before. Since she turned 99 a couple of weeks ago, it seemed fitting to celebrate with her this Mother's Day. Imagine this. When Margaret's mother and father came to Big Sandy they were looking for homestead land. That is what brought them from Ellis Island to Chicago and then to Big Sandy where Martin Blaz...
I mowed my lawn for the first time this year on Thursday of last week. By Friday, the dandelions had already sprouted up and covered most of the lawn again, making it look an awful lot like it did on Thursday. So, in frustration I passed over the dandelions again with the mower in the middle of the day. I’ll admit that I wasn’t that surprised when, by Saturday, the lawn was already overgrown with little yellow flowers again. I don’t think it’s inaccurate to say that I could go out with the lawn mower daily and have the same result for the nex...
Years ago an old Glacier National Park worker named Jim Whitt wrote a tiny book entitled. "Giggles from Glacier Guides". It included stories that Glacier guides have used for years and years to entertain dudes and dudettes. Red bus drivers use some of these stories daily only they embellish them even more than Whitt did. I even used some of them when doing Bear Paw tours. So, with apologies to Whitt and other old time Glacier Guides, here are some of my favorite giggles from the book and other p...
You will see more and more signs of agritourism in this part of Montana once a bill sponsored by the Farmer’s Union and signed by Governor Bullock a few weeks ago, gets up and going in the next two years. It is very apparent to many people in the agriculture community that they need to diversify their products even more. It is not enough just to plant wheat. It is not enough to plant other crops. Still more is needed to keep the family farm viable and able to support extended families so that those farms are not lost to giant organizations t...