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At the January 11 regular meeting of the Big Sandy City Council there were two visitors present. The Pledge was recited. There were no public comments and there was no sheriff’s report. Mayor Stiles said that the new Big Sandy web page is about finished and should be up and running before very long. “The Mountaineer” will print how to access the page. The new water line project is on hold right now because Rural Development has discovered some costs they were not anticipating. They are working now on how much each match is going to cost. Bear...
It’s time to start thinking about hunting season again, and getting your new fishing license for the year. Starting Monday, Jan. 23, hunters and anglers can start purchasing licenses for the 2017 year. Anglers are reminded that their 2016 fishing licenses will expire on Feb. 28. Hunters are reminded that the deadline for applying for bull and antlerless elk and mule deer buck permits is March 15. The deer and elk permit application packet is available at FWP license providers and online at fwp.mt.gov/hunting/licenses/. The deer and elk p...
Thursday, February 2 Home basketball vs. Box Elder Friday, February 3 elementary school ski trip Saturday, February 4 basketball at CJI. Games start at 4:30pm. Tuesday and Wednesday, February 7 and 8 FFA goes to Grass Range for District Meet. Breakfast and lunch menus for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday, February 1 breakfast is egg and cheese sliders, assorted cereals, fruit, juice and milk. Lunch is Pizza with green beans, fruit, salad bar plus buns and milk. Thursday, February 2 breakfast is muffins, gogurt or a cheese stick,...
(StatePoint) The chilly months can mean colds, flu and feeling worn down. But just because it’s cold outside doesn’t mean you have to hibernate all winter. In addition to taking precautionary steps to stay healthy, it’s important to stay active with your family. Here are five great ways to keep the cold from holding you and your family back from enjoying the season. 1. Bundle Up. While the cold weather itself is not the germy culprit that leads to illness, not wearing enough clothing outdoors can tax the body, compromise your immune syste...
Master Gardener Level 1 Class in Fort Benton (please pre-register) MSU Extension level 1 Master Gardener classes may take place in Fort Benton in February pending pre-registration numbers. We only have four signed up at this time. Now is your chance to participate in an excellent educational opportunity. If fifteen people pre-register, we will have the class, which traditionally begins the third week in February. Please contact the MSU Chouteau County Extension office at 622-3751 to pre-register. The Level 1 Master Gardener course requires 16...
When the temperature reaches far below zero, we often think of the outside as the dead zone. Plants and mammals are asleep. Birds have flown south. Yeah, there are exceptions but generally we equate winter's long nights and cold temperatures with death. Here's a wake-up call: Nature in winter is alive. Whether in the woods on the prairie or right smack downtown life is teeming even when we don't see it. Let's start where it's obvious: the bird feeder in the yard. In town you may have mostly...
Wednesday, January 25 ASVAB testing at 9am at the high school Thursday, January 26 grades 9 and 11 students have a field day in Havre leaving at 9:30 am. Friday, January 27 basketball hosts DGS with games starting at 3pm. Saturday, January 28 basketball at Hays with games beginning at 3pm. Monday, January 30 junior high wrestling begins Tuesday, January 31 Little Guy Wrestling begins JV basketball at Box Elder with games beginning at 4:30pm. Breakfasts and lunch menus for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday, January25 breakfast is...
The new LIbrary will hopefully be open for business next week sometime. Overbay has been in Big Sandy for three years and was a volunteer for children's story book time. She heard that Vicki Silvan was moving on so she applied and got the job of head librarian. Overbay started on December 12, 2016. Almost as Overbay was doing this library interview trucks were moving things that were in the old library into the new library and Overbay is hopeful that by next Monday most things will be in place...
Last Thursday night the joint board for the New Pool Project had a open public meeting to inform and get an idea if people were interested or had questions about this project. About 30 people attended the meeting. Shaud Schwarzbach started out the meeting saying, ”We want to get information out and see if there is an interest for this pool and make the public aware of what it all will entail.” The board invited speakers, Lorrie Merrill from Big Sandy Activities, Leah Griffith from Big Sandy Medical Center, and Kurt Strutz from Strutz on Phy...
Montana State University has announced its undergraduate honor rolls for fall semester 2016. There are two MSU honor roll lists: the President’s and the Dean’s Honor Roll. Students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours to be on either list. Students with a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the semester were named to the President’s Honor Roll. An asterisk follows the names of the 1,023 students named to the MSU President’s Honor Roll in the listing below. The Dean’s Honor Roll includes the 3,288 students earning grade point averages...
January 18 and 19 which is a Wednesday and Thursday semester tests January 19, Thursday is the end of the second quarter and the first semester. Friday, January 20 basketball at Fort Benton. Games start at 3pm. Saturday, January 21 Basketball at Chinook with games starting at 3pm. Wednesday, January 25 ASVAB testing rescheduled for 9am for juniors and seniors. Menus for the coming week include the following: Wednesday, January 18 breakfast is omelets, hash browns, assorted cereals, fruit, juice and milk for the Breakfast of the Week! Lunch...
I have a Dream By Josalyn Genereux I have a dream that one day all people will treat others the way they want to be treated. A world where we don’t have to be scared to go to school or go to the store, a world where we don’t always get judged. A place where we don’t hear about people committing suicide everyday from words. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. Bullying others doesn’t help you at all or in any way. Not only should you treat others nicely but treat yourself nicely. Make wise decisions, think before you speak....
I Have A Dream By Mace Jaeve I have a dream, that one day our world would have the heart to not treat homeless people, or just any people, like they don’t have feelings. I have a dream that our world would be a better place to live in, like a place that people actually want to live in. A place that has no garbage everywhere, a place where people don’t abuse people, animals, and other organisms, and most importantly a place that doesn’t base on your looks or how good you are on something, just to treat you kindly. I have a dream that the world...
I Have A Dream By: Danelle Burke I have a dream, to end the homelessness for veterans. When the soldiers come home from fighting for our country, they come home to see they have no more money or a roof over their heads. I watched a video about a soldier that came home to his family from three years in war, keeping us safe, and he was just thrown out the door with his belongings with him. And he ended up being on the streets. But instead of getting angry he went back to war and save over thousands of lives, so while we are being the world’s bigg...
Tannin’s #IHAVEADREAM By Tannin Baumann I have a dream that one day no one will be homeless and everyone will not need money to feed and water or have money to put a roof over your family’s head’s. I have a dream that one day no one will be rich or poor, because money pulls people apart, and other people would rather go for money then something more important like friends and family. And that money changes people. Homeless people for example. The reason why homeless people are like this is because they have no money to feed themselves so they...
It's that time of year when ice anglers are appearing on Montana's waters for the ice fishing season. Ice fishing is a great way to enjoy the winter weather and to catch some nice fish. However, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks remind ice anglers that safety should be the number one concern during a day out on the ice. With the recent cold snap, there is fishable ice in some areas already. However, large bodies of water like Fort Peck Reservoir have yet to freeze over. While the first ice of...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks game wardens are seeking information from the public about the poaching of a bull elk on the Warrick Road in the Bears Paw Mountains. Warden Andy Matakis said the bull elk was found on private land approximately 5.5 miles west of Warrick. The elk was likely shot on Dec. 29 or 30. Nothing was taken from the elk and the entire carcass was left to waste in the field. "The season for hunting bull elk in hunting district 690 ended five weeks ago," Matakis said. "This...
Friday, January 13 basketball is playing at Turner. Games start at 6pm. Saturday, January 14 Big Sandy hosts North Star with games beginning at noon. Wednesday, January 18 and Thursday, January 19 Semester tests. January 19 is the end of the first Semester. Breakfast and lunch menus for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday, January 11 breakfast is scrambled eggs, ham and toast, assorted cereals, fruit, juice and milk for the Breakfast of the Week! Lunch is a sub sandwich, tomato soup, salad bar with buns and milk for the Lunch of the...
Contact Senior Citizen cooks at 378-2305 Birthdays for January include Amy Sibra, Glenn Skaalure, Erica Chauvet, Debra Louvar, Dave Berg, Barbara Dixon, Lois Gay, Crystal Geyer, Colby Baumgarn, Robert Finke, Leroy Graff, Linda Ophus, Fred Bitz, Angus Merrill, Dorothy Trepina, Helen Hannum and Bernard Witchen. While Glenn Miller and his orchestra play “A String of Pearls”, we honor Leonard and Nancy Jappe on their anniversary. Blood Pressure clinic with Krystal on January 12, Board meeting on January 18 and foot clinic on January 19. Menus for...
Each year on the first Wednesday of January, "The Mountaineer" reviews the most interesting and best stories of the last twelve months. We review the most noteworthy stories and maybe even a noteworthy picture or two. It is a good way to get started with our stories of 2017. The 2017 stories are all pretty much mysteries yet but the 2016 stories; well here we go on a fun journey back through the last year in Big Sandy, Montana. One could say that this is 2016 in review, the Good the Bad and the...
By Bruce Auchly FWP Region 4 Information Officer After all the slicing and dicing and studying of wildlife, along comes an animal or two that just won't fit into a category, showing us we really don't know it all. In the last two years, a pair of cow moose radio collared on the Rocky Mountain Front as part of a 10-year population dynamics study has displayed a wanderlust that has confounded Nick DeCesare, research wildlife biologist with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. "We've seen local...
As most of Big Sandy knows by now, the famous Mint has changed hands. Or rather it has come back into familiar hands who have owned it before. Lawrence Jappe IV, Shayla Vroman and Marie Jappe were at "The Mountaineer" last week talking about what the Mint is all about. Marie said that she and Larry bought the Mint for the kids. Marie added it was very familiar to the family as her mother and father owned it from 1996 to 2005. And even before that Walt and Judy Sivertsen owned the popular...
(LEWISTOWN, Mont.) – A double rainbow signaled the start of their day and a cloud was placed above them as a covering to soften the Sun's bright beaming. The convoy of Bureau of Land Management equipment and public servants were on a mission to plant sagebrush in Petroleum County, Montana. "Sagebrush is essential for sage-grouse survival. The leaves account for nearly their entire winter diet," said BLM Lewistown Field Office Wildlife Biologist Matthew Comer. "Habitat loss and fragmentation f...
I don't remember a lot of this story but I think I have most of the facts straight. The story came to mind after hearing and writing about the mussels in some of our Montana lakes and reservoirs. Matter of fact this was such a large story that there were several books written about it. Of course I can't find mine now so I will have to tell you a tale that starts out great and ends up very sad and the tale is not over yet. For many years around the time that we celebrate Thanksgiving a...
My Grandfather Stuart featured himself as quite the weather man. He spent his life talking to his friends about what was going to happen in the South Mountain View Community of Havre, Montana regarding weather. The problem is that he was usually wrong. However one time he did correctly predict a terrible blizzard. From that day on he was known as Blizzard Stuart. The only weather tidbit I ever got from my father was that he said when there are sun dogs around the sun, it was going to be very...