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This week Michael Connelly writes a new thriller called “THE CROSSING”. Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD but his half brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, needs his help. A woman has been brutally murdered in her bed and all the evidence points to Haller’s client, a former gang member turned family man. Though the murder rap seems ironclad, Mickey is sure it is a setup. Bosch doesn’t want anything to do with crossing the aisle to work for the defense. He feels it will undo all the good his has done in his thirty years a...
A friend of mine loved to hunt and he loved most of all to hunt alone. Just his horse, his pack horse his tent, his gun and some food was good enough for him. What reminded me of this friend was that the October he went hunting in what is now the Bob Marshall but then was called just Big River, Montana had experienced a very hot, dry and smoky summer, much like what we are going through now. It was October when my friend set up his camp in the wilderness and proceeded to scout for an elk or even a large buck deer to take home. One day he had...
September birthdays include Betty Bitz, Clyde Webster, Frances Ostrom, Cindy Pokorny, Betty Solberg, Sister Margaret Mary, Jim Ray and Sharon Robertson. As Benny Goodman croons sweet nothings from his saxophone, around the hall an anniversary waltz for Ron and Adele Otto, Allan and Shirley Pearson, Gerald and Linda Rutledge, Lance and Tina Cook,. Locky and Gin Edwards and Loren and Donna Jenkins. Contact the Senior Citizens Cooks at 378-2405. Menus for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday, September 13 garlic chicken, potatoes, veggies,...
Wednesday, September 13 FFA goes to Hobson Friday, September 15 volleyball hosts Chinook at 4pm in Big Sandy Saturday, September 16 volleyball, Belt here starting at 5pm. Sunday, September 16 Football at Heart Butte junior high at 10 am and varsity at 1pm. Monday, September 18 junior high football here against Geraldine starting at 4pm. Monday, September 18 FFA officers meet at noon Monday, September 18 Chouteau County Sheriff’s Personnel will be in Big Sandy and hold assemblies at the elementary school and the high school. These assemblies w...
Labor Day was just last Monday. Traditionally it is the end of the glorious summer and picnic season. It is a time to go back to work, back to school and make plans for a winter season that is just around the corner. To honor Labor Day this year we include three of Doug Giebel's pictures of a picnic at the Sheepsheds on the IX ranch around 1918. What makes these pictures great is not just all the detail but the fact that they were pictures belonging to Dan Cushman, one of Montana's most famous...
Superintendent Moore calls Bridgette Long one seventh of a teacher. Bridgette is a new teacher at Big Sandy Junior High teaching Spanish. She teaches one period out of seven a day, hence one seventh of a teacher. Actually Superintendent Moore is very happy to have Bridgette as a foreign language teacher is needed in Montana schools and Bridgette fits the bill very well. Bridgette did not learn Spanish at Big Sandy High School where she graduated and went through all twelve grades. She went to...
There was big fire news on two fronts last week. The East Fork fire led by a wind from hell got out of containment and went every which way all week long. Monday, September 4 was the first time in over a week that there was not a smoke smell on the prairie and a person could see all the way to Baldy from US 87. The fire started on the Warrick road just before getting to the Dumas summer ranch. From there it went into reservation for a little way but mainly roared down Little Box Elder Creek. Seldom did the fire get west of Beaver Creek and it...
The regular August City Council meeting was held on August 10th. The Pledge was recited, minutes were approved, there were no public comments and there was one visitor. There was no Sheriff’s report. Concerning the new water project, several calls have been made to Rural Development and it looks like it is funded and headed for a spring start up. Before that can happen there will have to be some public meetings to let people know what is happening. The Brown Field project which concerns the old Service Station in Big Sandy got some bad news w...
How about the most wonderful casserole I have ever eaten? My friends call it Sloppy Robby and it is the perfect way to start the fall season. Don’t make it while the weather is still hot. Make it when cool and you will love it even more. It is three parts. Let’s start with the top first. It is your favorite Sloppy Joe recipe or use this one. You will need two small cans of tomato paste, a pound and a half of hamburger, an onion diced, two packages of Sloppy Joe Mix and a couple cans of water along with a cup of good beef broth. Sauté the hamb...
By Robert Lucke This week “BEST FRIENDS FOREVER” by Jennifer Weiner. Addie Downs and Valerie Adler will be best friends forever. That is what Addie believes after Valerie moves across the street when they are both nine years old. But in the wake of betrayal during their teenage years, Val is swept into the popular crowd while mousy, sullen Addie becomes her school’s scapegoat. Flash forward fifteen years. Valarie Adler has found a measure of fame and fortune working as the weather girl at the local TV station. Addie Downs lives alone in her p...
Contact Senior Citizens Cooks at 378-2405. Remember that lunches mostly consist of an entrée, salad, vegetable, potato, dessert and drink and most cost $5.00 unless otherwise noted. Lunches include fresh bread. The menu for the coming week is as follows: Wednesday, September 6 chili dogs, fries and dessert. Thursday, September 7 New England boiled dinner, buns and dessert for the Lunch of the Week! Friday, September 8 crab pockets with tomato soup and dessert. Monday, September 11 Swedish meatballs over noodles, veggies, salad and dessert for...
Helmbrecht Photography will be here to take school pictures on Wednesday, September 6. They will begin at the elementary school and will be at the high school around 10am. Sports pictures will be taken after school for football and volleyball. Junior high and varsity football players will see action in Power on Friday, September 8 and the Pioneer ladies will host Hays. The publications class will travel to Havre on this same day to sell annual adds. CJI will host volleyball on Saturday, September 9. Juniors and seniors will be in Great Falls...
Old cemeteries can tell a huge amount of history and are becoming more popular all the time to find out just who lived in what age and in many cases how they died as well. The cemetery at Hungry Hollow just east of Clear Creek is choked with lilacs and among those lilacs are names of children who died of influenza, and old timers who died after one might think they should. The cemeteries in Zortman and Landusky, one choked out with iris, the other in an old growth forest tell many stories. At...
Trevor Wilkerson is the bookkeeper and one of the first persons seen by folks looking for Big Sandy Organics. Trevor works out of the log cabin where the Kracklin' Kamut used to be made. He moved there from a suite in the Mint building. As Trevor says, his job is to keep track of the money in this area. Trevor grew up in Roosevelt, Utah, has six children the oldest being 21. They are Taylor, T. J., Bryndon, Aimee, Jeri, and Jaidyn. The youngest of the children is 8, five are girls and one is a...
Sunday, August 27 a fire burned several acres of the Bear Paw Mountains on Moses Mountain close to the Ova Sety Summer Place. The fire started just east of the East Fork Dam on the Rocky Boy Reservation close to the cattle guard by the Dumas summer place. The fire started right next to the Warrick/ Beaver Creek road and spread quickly to Moses Mountain and parts of the Sety summer ranch. It started at 3pm on Sunday afternoon. By 7am on Monday the fire was reported as contained. Volunteers along with several fire departments worked to get the...
With September just around the corner, the fire season, heat and drought lingers on. It will be with us until the winter snows and let’s just hope that no big fires get started now and that we get a good snow early on to help put out what is raging. Actually it looks like things are a little better at the end of August. The horrible Lolo fire just south of Missoula seems to be getting more under control. Missoula residents said that last week they saw the peak of Mount Lolo for the first time in weeks. Some evacuations have been lifted in t...
If you pay property taxes you should be very glad you live in Chouteau County and Big Sandy specifically. As most property owners know, property taxes are going up this year due to the recent legislature taking funding away from education. By doing that I wonder if the legislature is telling us what they really think about education? Thank heavens we have a couple of good legislators representing us in Chouteau County. they wrote a column that “The Mountaineer” printed last week along with reasons taxes are going up written by Sup...
By Robert Lucke Contact the Senior Citizen Cooks at 378-2405. Lunches include an entrée, salad, vegetable, potato, dessert and drink and cost $5.00 unless otherwise noted. Wednesday, August 30 cheeseburger pie, vegetable tray, bread and dessert. Thursday, August 31 liver and onions with mashed potatoes and gravy, salad, bread and dessert. Friday, September 1 BLT wraps and dessert. Monday, September 4 closed for a very happy Labor Day. Tuesday, September 12 pork chops, potatoes, veggies, salad, dessert and bread for the Lunch of the week! This...
Friday, September 1 2 day Volleyball tournament at Rudyard and Gildford. Friday, September 1 junior high volleyball in Havre at St. Judes. Saturday, September 2 varsity football at Winifred at 1pm. Junior high volleyball jamboree at Big Sandy 9am on Saturday, September 2 as well. Monday, September 4 is Labor Day No School! Someone’s mother turns 80 on September 4. Tuesday, September 5 junior high football hosts Winifred in Big Sandy at 4pm. Wednesday, September 6 school pictures by Helmbrecht Photo in the morning for both high school and elemen...
A couple of years ago "The Mountaineer" interviewed a new cook at the Senior Citizens Center. Her name was Crystal Geyer. When we did that interview we concluded that Crystal had been a wise choice as a cook. Her love of people, her getting along with staff and her love for cooking and food made her a natural in any kitchen. Unfortunately for the Senior Citizens Center Crystal took a job as an aide at the elementary school and her expertise was lost to Big Sandy seniors for a year. That was a...
Colby Baumgarn, president of the TV Club announced that they have just introduced a new channel, called the “Grit Channel”. It is a channel devoted exclusively to old and not so old western movies and sagas. If watching McClintock or Shane or The Hanging Tree or The Man who shot Liberty Valance or The Big Sky is your thing, you will see them all on “Grit”. By the way, The Hanging Tree and the Man Who Shot Liberty Valance were both written by Montana author Dorothy Johnson and The Big Sky was written by Montana author Bud Guthrie. Maybe you hav...
The fire alert from Glacier National Park which is included here is included because Glacier officials say that the Sprague Complex of fires will remain the same or maybe grow a little until the snow falls at the beginning of winter. So, as you read through this report, chances are that the trails mentioned here will stay closed until the end of the summer season. If you are heading for Glacier soon, a good rule of thumb is to not go on any trails close to Sperry Chalet as they will probably be closed unless the weather changes drastically. Wes...
It might be said that Bert was a dandy. He dressed in a strange way, had a tiny moustache and drove around in a very large and long green Nash. Bert (and his last name will not be used to protect the innocent) worked in the shoe department of the Lou Lucke Company for many years. In fact one could say that Bert grew old selling shoes at the Lou Lucke Company. He wore black and white saddle shoes all summer long and even wore something that I think were called puttees and what had gone out of style in the 1920’s. Puttees were strips of cloth t...
Harvest running late this year and are you just plumb tired of fixing harvest lunches? Look no further. Just call 378-2405 and order your harvest lunch from the Senior Citizen’s Center. Lunches for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday, August 23 Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, salad, bread and dessert for hands down the Lunch of the Week! Thursday, Augusts 24 crispy nutty chicken with fires, salad and dessert. Friday, August 25 egg salad sandwiches, potato salad, chips and dessert. Monday, August 28 stuffed green peppers, s...
Booster Club Kick Off will be held August 24 at 6pm at the football concessions stand. Come meet the Pioneer athletes and coaches. Pioneer football will kick off on Friday, August when they host Noxon at 6pm. Volleyball will travel to Centerville that same day with contests scheduled to begin at 5pm. Varsity volleyball action will be held in Belt on Saturday, August 26. Junior high will travel to Rudyard on Saturday. FFA will begin their year with an officers meeting on Monday, August 28 at noon. They will have a group function on Tuesday,...
