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Editor's Note: The Mountaineer had four students from the Personal Finance Class job shadow last week. As part of the assignment we asked them to pick a topic and write an article, complete with interviews and pictures. This is their article. In the school year of 2015, Big Sandy Public Schools changed their five day school week into a four day school week. This has had a huge impact on the students, parents, staff, administration, and overall community of Big Sandy. This important change has...
The big news on everyone's mind these days is weather and roads. After a week of bitter cold, deep snow, and winter weather over Christmas and New Year's vacation the realization that not much is known about Big Sandy's Road Crews. Colby Baumgam, Lance Cook, Brad Taylor who works Loma, and Pete Carroll are Chouteau County's District 1 rural road crew. A great way to start the new year for anyone in the Big Sandy and Loma areas would be to thank those whose job it is to keep our gravel roads...
Severin Heimbigner, son of Lianna and Conrad Heimbigner, just finished his goal. He earned his Arrow of Light Award. It is the highest level a Cub Scott can reach. That is an enormous achievement and should be celebrated. What triggered the project was his involvement in the Gifted and Talented Program at the grade school. The Gifted and Talented is taught by his teacher Shelbi Darlington. I went over to the FE Miley Grade School and visited with Shelbi Darlington to understand what triggered...
The Lippard-Clawiter Foundation has released their list of county-wide distributions for 2017. The Foundation awards grants to non profit organizations all cross Chouteau County. This year they contributed a total of $422,485, that is about $15, 000 less than last years contributions. The Lippard – Clawiter Foundation was first started in the 1980’s. Over the years it has paid out a total of $7,637,370 in grants, supporting local fire departments, pools, libraries, youth programs, and community clubs in Chouteau County. The Foundation has a b...
Master Gardener Level 1 Class in Fort Benton (please pre-register) MSU Extension level 1 Master Gardener classes will take place in Fort Benton in February pending pre-registration numbers. Now is your chance to participate in an excellent educational opportunity. If ten people pre-register, we will have the class, which traditionally begins in February. We currently have three gardeners signed up. Please contact the MSU Chouteau County Extension office at 622-3751 to pre-register. The Level 1 Master Gardener course requires 16 hours of class...
The Big Sandy varsity boys basketball team began the new year by picking up a huge win for the program, taking down the Box Elder Bears 58-50. The Pioneers trailed 11-10 after one and 29-28 by intermission. The Bears extended their advantage to 42-37 entering the fourth quarter. Sophomore Ryan Roth would help lead the Pioneers back by knocking down a triple and converting three of four free throws down the stretch. Sophomore Clint Darlington scored all five of his points in the final stanza and...
The Longhorn/ Pioneer wrestling team travel to Cut Bank Friday, January 5th and Saturday, January 6th. In the team Standings the Longhorn/Pioneers finished 12th out of 26 teams. They had three individual placers, Landon Taylor placed 3rd at 152#, Connor Schnabel placed 3rd at 126#, Hayden Axtman placed 6th at 170#. Dylan Darlington and Ethan Davis each got a win for the team. Dillin Geyer got a victory in JV matches. Landon and Connor’s only lose cane against Class A opponents who went on to win tournament. Hayden was the only freshman to p...
With the new year upon us, it’s time to decide if setting goals for the new year is a worthwhile effort. Many people I know see the new calendar year as an opportunity to start over or remake themselves or an area of their life that they’re dissatisfied with, but then struggle to accomplish total life change. This shouldn’t be surprising. Change is hard, especially major change. Last year, I set a handful of New Year’s resolutions, and I managed to accomplish a few of my goals. More importantly, I learned a few things about goal setting...
The Senior Center reminds people to call in their to go orders by 10:30 a.m. Also, meals are subject to change without notice. Menus for the week are: Thursday, January 11 - Ham and Bean Soup, grilled cheese sandwiches, and dessert. Friday, January 12 - Club Sandwiches, tater tots, salad, and dessert. Monday, January 15 - Cabbage Rolls, salad and dessert. Tuesday, January 16 - Goulash, veggie, cheesy bread. Wednesday, January 17 Pizza, salad, and dessert. Easy Philly Cheese Steak Pizza is the recipe for the week: Ingredients 40 m 8 servings...
New Year brings new events into the Big Sandy Library. There is a Library Lego Checkout Club which is a fun way for people to check out books at the library. There is a Lego platform in our front window where our friends will be helping to make something awesome during the continuous build. This build will be complete on Wednesday April 11th during National Library week. The concept is for every book checked out they get a Lego to help build the structure and for every book brought back they...
At the Jeff Reichelt Memorial Library by generous donation we were able to bring in an AWE computer. Thank you for making this computer station possible for the children of Big Sandy. The state of the art touch-screen computers equipped with keyboard, mouse, and headphones are perfect for children ages 2 to 14. AWE literacy stations are: “a dynamic all-in-one digital learning solution for children. It requires no Internet connection, so it is safe and secure. The latest version features more than 70 educational software applications spanning s...
The Mountaineer announces a 2018 Photographic Contest. There are four categories: Community People, Agriculture Activities, Community Activities, and Nature (Scenery/or Animals). Photos can be either be in color or in black and white. Each photographer can enter one photo per month. Each photo will be required to be digitally emailed to bsm1@mtintouch.net. The Mountaineer reserves the right to publish the photographs that are entered depending on the availability of space in the paper, assuring each photo will be published. The voting will...
For the most part, everyone watching a sporting event cheers for their team to win, so does everyone watching Pioneer Basketball. For the boys, it was a great win, but for me this time I went to watch it all. Really watch it. There are 34 students standing in a semi-circle singing the National Anthem in perfect harmony. That alone is worth the price of a ticket to attend the game. While the girls were being introduced they ran over and gave a high-five to Mike, a resident of Big Sandy Activities which made his entire year! That alone is worth...
