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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...
This has been a tough year for trying to keep grass green and flowers growing. One large Green Spruce in my front yard has lost a whole branch to what I think is simply drought and not enough water on everything around the house. Once my water bill gets over a hundred dollars I start looking at places to stop watering and this year I let the whole front yard dry up which I hope will not kill all the lilacs and spruces that make up my private front lawn. Meanwhile in the back yard, no matter how much water I put on my dahlias, Zinnias, glads...
Contact the Senior Citizen Cooks at 378-2405. Harvesting late? Don’t want to heat up the kitchen twice or three times a day? How about taking care of lunches be letting the Senior Citizen Cooks cook for you. Meals are delicious, well balanced and inexpensive. Here is the menu for the coming week at the Center. Wednesday, August 18 is Breakfast for Lunch including French toast, scrambled eggs, sausage and fruit for the Lunch of the Week! Thursday, August 19 is honey garlic chicken stir fry, coleslaw, bread and dessert. Friday, August 20 s...
Breakfast and lunches for the first two days of school, next Monday and Tuesday are as follows: Monday, August 21 breakfast includes pancakes, sausage links, assorted cereals, fruit, milk and juice for the Breakfast of the Week hands down! Lunch is corn dogs, peas, fresh baked buns, peaches and milk. Tuesday, August 22 breakfast includes breakfast pizza, assorted cereals, fruit, juice and milk. Lunch is spaghetti, garlic toast, green beans, salad bar, buns and milk for the Breakfast of the Week! Welcome Back Students and Staff!! Hope it’s a g...
Shannon Kerley is from New York City. That is where she went to PA school. Kerley wanted to see the west and figured there were places to live out here that are out of the bustle of the east coast. And she had met her boy friend in New York who was from Montana's own Big Fork. So, when Kerley saw there was an opening at the Medical Center in Big Sandy for a PA, she flew out for an interview last March and loved what she saw. The Medical Center must have loved what they saw as well because she...
Some years ago now, when I was training people to drive Glacier's famous Red Busses, Both my boss David and I knew that our drivers should all know at least ten mountains they could identify for our guests. The problem was that we could never agree on what ten mountains the drivers should know. David had worked in the Many Glacier area so his favorite list included many Many Glacier Peaks whereas I worked in the Lake McDonald area and my list included many of the Lake McDonald peaks. The only...
The Big Sandy area has had some wildfires in the last several weeks. However, at the time of this writing, all have been put out with little damage. Most of the fires were caused by things catching fire in fields. That is not true in the rest of the state. One newspaper last week had a headline that said that to date the State of Montana has spent 21 million dollars in putting out wild fires with no hope for stopping other fires until September or even October. That 21 million dollars is going to fight fires that as of last week have burned...
Sometimes I sit down at this old computer and just stare at it, wondering what to write about this week? Getting started on the writing process sometimes is just finding something to write about. Here is something. It is happening already. A lady from far away sent us an email saying how she loves the stories I write about Charlie Russell and Ace Powell. She went on to ask about Ace and Nancy Powell who were both good artists in their own right. I hardly ever write about Nancy and yet her grasp of Native American art was fantastic. She and Ace...
Don’t forget to order your harvest lunches from the Senior Citizens Center. The cost is $5.00 each. They are good and you won’t have to heat up your house for lunch. Contact the Senior Citizens Center Cooks at 378-2405. Menus for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday, August 9 mock filet mignon, noodles, salad, bread and dessert. Thursday, August 10 barbecued pork roast sandwich, French fries, potato salad and dessert for the Lunch of the Week! Friday, August 11 tortilla bake, salad and dessert. Monday, August 14 lasagna, garlic toast, sal...
On August 4 starting at 4pm there will be an open house at the new Quinn Kracklin' Kamut headquarters at 275 Montana Avenue West in Big Sandy. There will be snacks and refreshments served and tours of the facility will be given until 6pm. Quinn says he doesn't want to keep people long as it is in the middle of harvest time but there are many dignitaries and people who have supported Kracklin' Kamut over the years that Quinn and his team want to honor. Quinn said that everyone is welcome to come...
Remember the name, Big Sandy Organics. You are going to hear a lot about it in the years to come. When the Bob Quinn team holds its open house in new headquarters at 275 Montana Avenue West, one of the purposes is to announce that there is a new brand for many of the Quinn products. The new name is short, sweet and honors the origins of Kamut and the Kamut organization. The new name for products made locally will be Big Sandy Organics. That new branding will start with the salty snacks, and then go to the oils, soaps and anything that is made...
Everyone talks about it but no one can do anything about it. That is the weather and readers have been waiting for the National Weather Service to announce that the heat and drought is over. That is not going to happen very soon according to the National Weather Service in Great Falls. Starting now, the 1 to 2 week outlook is hot and dry. August should be about average for temperatures but don't look for much in the way of precipitation unless models change. The Great Falls forecaster said that...
At the July 13th regular City Council meeting there was one guest present. After the pledge was recited and a greeting was issued, minutes were approved for the last meeting. There were no public comments and there was no sheriff’s report. Discussion centered around the Water Project Package from Rural Development. Mayor Stiles said that the package looks pretty good and they will be moving forward with that project. Bear Paw Development was not at the meeting and there was no news on the Big Sandy Brownfield Project. The City is buying a n...
It is the first column of August and time for another recipe. This is a summer recipe and is all about cooking the best tasting bratwurst you will ever eat! First, get four of five large bratwursts. If you can get some that the butcher shop has made specially, those will probably be the best but whatever you get, get some large ones. Larger the better. For this recipe along with the bratwurst you will need a bottle of good beer or ale, a barbeque, several banana peppers or hot peppers of your choice, some easy melting cheese cut into long,...
August birthdays include Ron Otto, Skip Grubb, Jessica Sietsema, Patty Hannum, Marlene Terry, Evelyn Peterson, Nicole Allderdice, Gin Edwards, Clete Ophus, Tina Rodewald and Lance Rutledge. A huge sashay around the ball room floor while Glenn Miller plays Pennsylvania 6-5000 for August anniversaries including David and Cindy DesRosier, Dave and Deb Louvar, Andy and Peggy LaBuda, Lyle and Barb Ophus and Lawrence and Connie Green. Special events in August include the Senior Citizens Board Meeting on Augusts 16 and the County Fair on August 17...
When the head of the Montana Highway Patrol wrote his annual report to the Montana Attorney General, there was good news. “While I am pleased to report that the number of fatalities on Montana’s roadways decreased in 2016 in comparison to previous years, there is still much room for improvement. 190 men and women lot their lives, with a fatal crash occurring every 46 hours on average. It is interesting to note that fatal crashes were more likely to occur on Saturday afternoons between 3 and 4pm in the month of July. Additionally, like in years...
The park recorded 620,962 visits in June, up 28% over last year. WEST GLACIER, MT. – This year, 620,962 people came to the park in June, up 28% over visits from last year. Last June was also a record breaking month over previous years. Over the last ten years, visitation during June has nearly doubled, from 341,317 in June of 2007 to the 620,962 number recorded at the end of last month. The park has experienced extremely crowded conditions in all areas of the park this summer season. “We had thought the park seemed much busier than last year, e...
Joe De Yong was born in Webster Groves, Missouri in 1894. Yong, who could not hear, and according to one biographer had trouble speaking, was always a cowboy and in 1911 he met Tom Mix and became a technical advisor on his movies. While recovering from spinal meningitis De Yong wrote to Charles Russell, asking about a career as an artist. By 1916 De Yong was living in the Russell house in Great Falls and spending summers at the Russell summer home at Lake McDonald. The fact is that CMR taught...
In what is looking like the middle of a record breaking heat wave, it is a good time to see what the experts have to say about crop and crop conditions in the Big Sandy area. For that “The Mountaineer usually consults Larry and Marlys at Agri-Prairie Insurance. They usually have their collective finger on what is happening in our area. Marlys said, “With the heat and the rain shut off, it is really hard to know. I think pulse crops like peas, lentils and chickpeas are doing all right and there are a lot of them planted this year. I know thi...
I think I can honestly say I never met a hot dog I did not like. But I can also say that I have met many that did not like me. If I buy a hotdog from a vender, it comes in a little tray, and has the things I have ordered on it, placed neatly and when I eat that hot dog, most everything manages to stay in place until the last couple of bites anyway. Not so when I cook them at home. One of the problems is I like too much stuff on the hotdog. I love pickles, mustard, mayonnaise, onion, cheese and relish. Then I put the hot dog in and it falls all...
Contact Senior Citizen cooks at 378-2405. Don’t forget to order your harvest meals early in the morning you will need the meals. Ordering the day before is fine too. Senior Citizen meals consist of an entrée, vegetable, potato, salad, dessert and drink and cost $5.00 each unless otherwise noted. Menus for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday, July 18 meatloaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, vegetables, salad, bread and dessert for the Lunch of the Week! Meatloaf wins hands down every time! Thursday, July 19 soup, tuna fish sandwiches, ch...
This week the book that Stephanie has picked is “WHERE HOPE DWELLS” by Elizabeth Ludwig. Cheryl Cooper loves the air of excitement these new arrivals bring, and as a recent member of the community, she enjoys getting to know her neighbors by delivering congratulatory gifts to the families. She never dreamed that one of these visits would end in an awful discovery-------a baby has been snatched from his cradle! When Cheryl happens across a lead that could reunite the child with his mother and put the kidnapper behind bars, she must take mat...
In the 1950’s if I recall, famed Montana author Dan Cushman wrote his most famous book entitled, “Stay Away Joe.” Cushman had been born and raised in the Box Elder and Big Sandy communities and at the time was living in Great Falls. The book was a story about a Native American named Joe and his Family’s efforts to get ahead in a world which was geared mostly for white people. The book was laugh out loud funny. Or it was so sad people cried when they read it, depending on where those people were coming from. One of the best scenes in the boo...
This story is about Mariah Sheehy going to Cuba with some of her professors and classmates at MSU Bozeman. But really it is about Mariah and her music because it is impossible to do a story about Mariah who is a music major without talking about her music which she composes, plays and got her to Cuba a few weeks ago. When you write music it is called Music Technology these days and as Maria says, "It is a degree based on composition, recording different sounds and incorporating those sounds...
