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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...
My sister LouAnn sent me something she had gotten off the net entitled the top ten Montana weather events of the 20th century. Most of those weather events I had never heard of and, of course there were some that I knew about that did not make the top ten by whoever was preparing the list. For instance, that tornado that went south east of Big Sandy and ripped down Clear Creek was not mentioned although anyone that was in it will always rank it as a huge weather event in our time. A few years...
State and local public health officials are reminding Montanans to be aware of the risk for exposure to rabies as summer approaches. Encounters between humans and wild animals often increase in spring and summer months because of the time spent hiking and engaging in other outdoor activities. From 2010 to 2016, 141 animals submitted for testing to the Montana Department of Livestock (DOL) were positive for rabies. Most of the animals were bats (67%), some were skunks (26%), and a few were other wild and domestic animals. Rabies is a fatal...
Mayor Stiles described actions taken at the April 6 regular City Council meeting. After the pledge was recited and the March minutes were approved it was determined that there were no public comments although there were some five visitors at the meeting. The biggest news in the meeting was that Fred Watstein resigned from the Council due to leaving the area and Darrin Ray was appointed in his place. In the Sheriff’s Report it was reported that there is a violent offender living in Big Sandy. Regarding KLJ Engineering, the pipe line project was...
Most readers of this column know that the first week of each month I try to include a recipe. I do the same when writing this column for the “Blaine County Journal”. Rarely do I write the same recipe for each newspaper. This month, though, I am. I looked at many recipes for Easter and saw many good recipes using asparagus but there was not a single recipe that used Hollandaise Sauce in their Easter banquet. Hollandaise is great with asparagus. It is also good with Eggs Benedict; many roasted root vegetables like parsnips, carrots or roa...
Emergency Responder Dusty Allderdice, from Big Sandy Medical Center, recently completed training offered by the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), in Anniston, Ala. The CDP is operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and is the only federally-chartered Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) training facility in the nation. The CDP develops and delivers advanced training for emergency response providers, emergency managers, and other government officials from state, local, and tribal g...
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Thursday, May 11, 2017 7:00 P.M. City Hall 1. Pledge 2. Approval of meeting minutes 3. Public Comments 4. Hillary Page 5. Sheriff Report 6. New Water Project a. KLJ Report b. Bear Paw Development – Brownfield/water project 7. Pool 8. New Business a. Men’s Health Month proclamation b. Road repair near grade school c. LaBuda sewer repair d. Emergency notification system 9. Old Business a. Charge for Inactive/vacant properties connected to water/sewer system b. Animal Ordinance c. Ditch and road plans 10. Reports: a. Com...
When Connie Green started Big Sandy Activities in an old house on the south side some 40 years ago little did she know that she was aiding the town financially and giving them something that many towns the size of Big Sandy do not have. That is how present Big Sandy Activities director Lorrie Merrill thinks of her organization and she should know. “It started as a day care program,” continued Merrill. “The State of Montana had closed down institutions and people who had lived in those institutions were sent to nursing homes. When setti...
When Congressman Ryan Zinke was appointed by President Trump to be the Secretary of Interior, that left Montana's only seat in the House of Representatives vacant. Three men are running for that seat in a special election to be held toward the end of May. They are Mark Wicks, Libertarian; Greg Gianforte, Republican and Rob Quist, Democrat. "The Mountaineer sent each candidate a set of questions to answer for readers of this newspaper. Here are the questions and the answers by the candidates. Do...
The annual CARNIVAL will be held on Friday, April 28th at Big Sandy High School and will provide entertainment for all ages. The night's events begin at 6:00 P.M. in the auditorium with the presentation of Carnival Royalty. Games and food booths are scheduled to be open from 6:15 – 9:00 P.M. in the gym and multi- purpose area. Games and booths include Ping Pong Plinko, Nose Game - "Pick a Prize", Sack Races, One-on-One Basketball, Photo Booth, Cake Walk, Goldfish Toss, Velcro Golf, Pie and C...
Local boater training and certification for Tiber and Canyon Ferry Reservoirs can now be done online at musselresponse.mt.gov. The online training course provides participants with information about the invasive mussel threat, how to appropriately clean, drain and dry your watercraft and why it’s important for everyone to take responsibility in protecting Montana’s waterbodies. This year in Montana, watercraft owners can be certified as local boaters at both Tiber and Canyon Ferry to allow them to bypass decontamination stations at the res...
An Open House for the new Jeff Reichelt Memorial Library was held from 2-6 on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Nearly 200 people browsed through the spacious facility, enjoying refreshments provided by the local "Friends of the Library" ladies, while looking at the beautiful display of books, tapes, artwork, furniture and more. Several festive balloon bouquets given by Judy (Bush) Pleskac in memory of her mother, Louise Bush, a former Big Sandy librarian, adorned the stacks. Keith Ballantyne, architect...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2017 Contact: Jon Ebelt, Public Information Officer, DPHHS, (406) 444-0936 Chuck Council, Communications Specialist, DPHHS, (406) 444-4391 State and local public health officials are reminding Montanans to be aware of the risk for exposure to rabies as summer approaches. Encounters between humans and wild animals often increase in spring and summer months because of the time spent hiking and engaging in other outdoor activities. From 2010 to 2016, 141 animals submitted for testing to the Montana Department of...
Butte, Mont. – April 21, 2017 – NorthWestern Energy is reminding its customers that the deadline to apply for financial help with energy bills through the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) is Thursday, April 30, 2017. The federally funded assistance from LIEAP is available to utility customers who may not be able to heat their homes in the winter months. LIEAP payments to qualifying customers reduce the amount those customers pay in utility bills during the winter heating season. Eligibility for LIEAP is based on household size and...
Those who have had to give up and return to shore due to poor boating conditions know it can be a tough decision. “When spring is in the air, snowmelt creates high water in our streams and rivers and high expectations for some good boating or rafting,” said Liz Lodman, the boat education coordinator for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. The combination of high water and high expectations can be deadly when it turns out that the conditions are too extreme for safe boating. “It can be hard to put safety ahead of adventure when you’ve spent hours p...
Mayor Stiles attended the School Board meeting on April11, 2017. The meeting was important for him as the School Board voted on whether or not to put a new pool to a vote this spring. The City of Big Sandy and the School Board have invested lots of time and Rotary has funded a study regarding a new pool. “The Tuesday meeting went well,” said Mayor Stiles. “There were lots of people, and lots of questions were asked. The Board voted to put the pool to a vote of the people.” That election is going to be a mail in ballot. Ballots will go out on...
The Big Sandy band and choir performed at District Music Festival in Havre on April 7th. They performed well and received Excellent and Superior ratings from the adjudicators. There were 18 entries from Big Sandy made up of solos, duets, trios, and quartets that performed on Saturday, April 8th and all did very well. The high school choir and 5 soloists are going to State Music Festival in Missoula on May 5th and 6th. The soloists are: Dakota Terry-Clarinet, Sophia Reichelt-Vocal, Bailey Gasvoda...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and participating land owners will open some Block Management Areas (BMAs) for spring turkey hunting along the Milk River and one area south of Zortman. Twelve areas will be open for the spring turkey season, beginning April 8, and running through May 21. Most of the properties are located along the Milk River between Hinsdale and Nashua. One additional property is located just south of Zortman in Goslin Flats, which is a portion of the Square Butte BMA. "The...