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Q: I guess we’re what you’d call “Christmas and Easter Christians,” since those are about the only times we make it to church. But what’s wrong with that? We head to our lake cottage most weekends, and isn’t the Sabbath supposed to be a day of rest? A: You’re right, up to a point; God knows we need rest, and one of the reasons He established the Sabbath was to give us rest. One of the Ten Commandments states, “Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day … you shall not do any work” (Deuteronomy 5:13-14). But God’s...
For the regular School Board Meeting of April 19, all trustees were present but for Brandon Gasvoda. Staff present was Superintendent Moore, Clerk Engle and Elementary Lead teacher Heather Wolery. Visitors present were Miranda Schwenke, Gabriella Blatt, Caitlin Bailey, Matthew Louvar, Alana Malmend-Ostrom, Cheryl Ostrom, Mark Ostrom, Cat Ostrom, Brianna Bernhardt, Andrea Rutledge and Dakota Terry. Chairman Kurt Strutz called the meeting to order, the Pledge was recited and guests were welcomed. Minutes were approved and there were no public...
The Elementary Extravaganza, known in the past as the “Open House”, will be Friday, May 20th. Everyone is welcome to join all the fun happening from 2:00-3:30 p.m. at the F.E. Miley Elementary School. The students and staff have prepared an awesome event aimed to lift your spirits! The Kindergarten has been studying different kinds of weather and will be displaying those in our classroom for the Extravaganza. Each student has done a report on a different type of weather and Ms. Wolery said they will be ready to present it to the public. Mrs...
Two Big Sandy area students won prizes from the Montana Energy Education Council for their energy related science fair project entered in the 2016 Montana State Science Fair held recently at the University of Montana. Gabriella Blatt and Madison Reichelt won the Division I First Place award for their project entitled "The Feasibility of Dendroctorus Infested Pinus Ponderosa as a Source of Biomass in Bio-oil Production. Both students are seniors this year at Big Sandy High School. Each year the...
Grow a beautiful flower garden with minimal care by investing a bit of time at the start of the season to reduce on-going care. Always match flowers to the growing conditions and the care you are willing to provide. Low maintenance plants need minimal or no deadheading and staking. This means you’ll be growing good-looking plants with little effort on your part. And if the plants are suited to the growing conditions and resistant to common pests you’ll be doing less work managing insect and disease problems. Further reduce your workload by sele...
One thing is for sure if you talk to perspective employers in Big Sandy, they need more help than they can get their hands on. Take Lorrie Merrill at Big Sandy Activities. She is not shy in sharing her business needs. “There is a huge need here for people to go to work,” commented Merrill. “At Big Sandy Activities I just hired three new employees but I still need two more. I could use as many as eight part time employees.” Merrill said that she can work a schedule most any way a perspective employee wants it so the employee gets the hours t...
The Big Sandy School Board of Trustees will be looking to appoint a new trustee at the upcoming May 17 board meeting. Since there were more positions up for election than people that filed for those positions the May 3, 2016 election was cancelled. In accordance to Montana law the trustees have 60 days to appoint a new trustee. The goal of the trustees is to be able to appoint the new trustee at the May 17th board meeting where the new board members are sworn in and the Chairperson and Vice-Chair are elected by the board. There are a few...
Each year "The Mountaineer" gathers a committee together and chooses a Mother's Day Mother to honor. This year it was not even a contest. Sherri Heppner won hands down. Read on to find out why. Sherri and David Heppner have two sons, Calenn and Casten. Calenn is married to Laura. They have four children, Layten, Levi, Lucy and Landry. Casten is married to Katie. Their children are Bailey, Natalie, Cassie, Paezlee and Austin. That should add up to nine grandchildren and that is what is best about...
Loren Jenkins has given "the Mountaineer" a sheaf of stories written about old timers as a school project many years ago. This week, we feature The Blacksmith by Kevin Skaalure. A few horses, a cow, blacksmith's tools, household goods and furniture filled the "Immigrant Car" from Burton, Wisconsin to Big Sandy, Montana. In the midst of the animals in the shadows of the boxcar, at checkpoints, but keeping Archie company the rest of the way, was a stowaway named Charles Beck. (Later he was to...
Because private wells are not monitored for drinking water quality standards like municipal water sources are, you might want to consider testing your private well water supply. Even if you do have good water quality, routine testing is a good idea to establish a water quality record. If a contaminant problem suddenly appears, it is easier to correlate what the cause is. This is where the Montana Well Educated Program comes in. A kit is available at the Chouteau County Extension Office located at 1308 Franklin St in Fort Benton or by calling 40...
Clearly the grain and cattle sectors of the Montana economy are of significant importance. Climate change that threatens these sectors, poses a serious threat to the overall Montana economy. 3. The Estimated Economic Losses to Agriculture Associated with Climate Change in Montana Both climate change and its agricultural and economic impacts are difficult to calculate. Projections require professional judgement based on the best evidence available. In public policy discussions aimed at reducing human releases of greenhouse gases (GHG) there...
Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (MLPW) is a time of recognition for more than 300,000 practitioners of clinical laboratory science professionals who play a vital role in every aspect of healthcare. Since the development of this career group in the 1920s, the clinical laboratory science professional has played an increasingly vital role in the diagnosis and prevention of disease. Today, the clinical laboratorian is a key member of a health care team. As team members of one of the largest industries in the United States, the dedicated...
Maricel Bachoco, MT (AMT), CLS and Del Simon, MLS (ASCP) CM , CLS from Big Sandy Medical Center attended the ASCLS-MT spring convention in Great Falls April 14-16, 2016. The convention was a great chance to see colleagues, to learn about the latest in laboratory science, and to see the new and exciting products and equipment the vendors had to show and demonstrate. It was a time of networking and camaraderie among everyone at the convention. Del and Maricel were able to share their experiences a...
Carnival 2016 will be held on Friday, April 29th at Big Sandy High School and is certain to 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 the Laundry Toss, Cake Walk, Goldfish Toss, Velcro Golf, Pie and Coffee, Basketball Shoot, Fish Pond , Football Toss, Country Store , Jolly J...
Alan Merrill, president of Montana Farmer's Union, said that Montana Farmers Union had a very complete paper commissioned on the impact of Climate Change on Montana's Agriculture Economy. The report was written by Power Consulting Inc. "The Mountaineer" is including a summary of the paper for several reasons. We are, above all, an agricultural community. If even a portion of the report turns out to be valid, both farmers and ranchers need to be in the know on this important subject. Second, a pe...
At the April 7 Big Sandy City Council meeting there were two visitors present. After the pledge was recited and the minutes approved there were no comments. There was no sheriff’s report. Concerning the Wastewater Treatment project, the city is trying to get it finished. Regarding the old hotel on Main Street, the assessment of the building was received and was much worse for asbestos etc. then had been thought. It was decided that the City is not going to negotiate to take over the hotel. There is just not enough grant money to cover what w...
The 32nd annual Big Sandy Rotary Banquet was a huge success, thanks to you! Many wonderful prizes were awarded to many lucky winners. Among those winners were: Lianna and Jerry Olson winning the $3,000 grand prize, Austin and Raelynn Genereux with second prize of a Round Trip Ticket for Two in the continental US, the Coolest Cooler was the third prize, going to Andy and Peggy LaBuda. Jana Cruz won the fourth place prize, a Go Pro Camera. The Barbecue/Smoker for fifth prize went to Steve and Karen Roth. Sixth prize of a Garmin GPS went to the...
It is not too early to start thinking about the Big Sandy Pioneer museum according to museum curator Tina Rodewald. "We always need help during the summer," said Rodewald. "It is the perfect time to think about volunteering some time at the museum." Not only is the work at the museum interesting but workers meet people from all over the world who want to share stories about when their relatives settled in this part of Montana. Rodewald said that one of the first activities that will open the...
From May 3 to 7 Lorrie and Alan Merrill will be in Livingston, Zambia for an annual World Farm Organization conference. Both were in “The Mountaineer” office last week sharing some thoughts about farming here and all over the world and some things that will be talked about when people interested in farming from all over the world get into this WFO “Think Tank” for several days. “Basically the conference is to discuss the issues of food, weather and anything to do with agriculture,” said Alan. “It is cattle, fish, animals, grains and really it...
It was five years ago this October that “The Mountaineer” started reporting on making farm fuel out of Safflower seeds. It was about that time that Andrew Long came along and the Oil Barn was born. It was very unusual to go out to the Quinn Farm and see a tractor fueled by safflower oil. It smelled like French fries as it plowed fields around the farm. Since those early days the Oil Barn business has just grown and grown. There are two major safflower oil contracts. One for the kitchens at MSU Bozeman, the other for the kitchens at The Uni...
BOZEMAN - For Montana State University student Weston Brown, it's not unusual to crunch numbers on an economics assignment and ride a bucking bronco, all in one day. In addition to working toward dual bachelor's degrees - one in finance through the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship, and the other in agricultural business through the MSU College of Agriculture - Brown rides for the MSU Rodeo team, competing in saddle bronc, calf roping, steer wrestling and team roping events....
Cropping questions and answers for April Should I spray for powdery mildew when wheat is in the tillering stage? According to Mary Burrows (MSU Extension Plant Pathology Specialist), the winter wheat plant is quite resistant to yield damage at the tillering stage. Yield damage is more of a risk during flag leaf development. If you do have powdery mildew, and it looks like free moisture and 80 degree temperatures are not going to shut the disease down, it is feasible to combine a fungicide with your herbicide application. A yield advantage is...
April is National Stress Awareness Month Seventy-five to ninety percent of doctors’ visits are for stress-related illnesses or conditions according to the American Institute of Stress. Even though it is healthy to have moderate amounts of stress in our lives, especially for motivation to getting tasks accomplished, too much stress is harmful and can become a financial burden for treatment(s) of the related conditions and illnesses. There are many ways to help manage or cope with stress. However, in order to manage stress, we need to be able t...
A friend came in “the Mountaineer” the other day and commented on the long article we ran a couple of weeks ago on old and new world class athletes that live here in Montana. This friend said we had left out Levi Leipheimer from Butte, Montana who is a world class cyclist. He has peddled his way into many worldwide tournaments and won his share. For starters he has won the US national champion twice and is an Olympic medalist. I told the friend I was wondering why Marc Mariani of Havre was left out. He has been playing professional foo...
The schedule for training workshops for election judges has been set. The training will cover the duties and responsibilities of an election judge. In order to serve as an election judge, it is mandatory to attend training and be certified. Election judges are paid an hourly rate and mileage for training and for serving as election judges. We have scheduled two day sessions and two evening sessions. Each session will be approximately three hours. The following are the training dates and locations: Geraldine – Thurs, April 21 @ 1:30 PM – Ger...