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Five years ago had you asked Austin Genereux if his family would be attending motorcycle races all over the state, he probably would have looked at you like you were crazy. That is exactly what happened. You see for years now at the Genereux Ranch, Austin, his wife and kids, since they were very little, have been chasing cattle up and down coulees on motorcycles. Might it be added that they have gotten very good at it! It was not long ago that Austin heard about Off Road Motorcycle Races in...
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...
This time of year the State of Montana puts out an interesting book about agricultural statistics in Montana. Let’s start with the basics. There are 27,500 farms and ranches in Montana. The average acreage is 2,171 acres. The average value of a Montana farm or ranch is around two million twenty-nine thousand dollars. Of those farms and ranches 4 % is woodland, 1.4% is other, 28.5% is cropland and 65% is pasture and range. In 2012 Chouteau County had 774 farms and ranches. Land was two million seventy one thousand dollars and the average farm si...
The Lippard=Clawiter Foundation has released their distributions for the year 2016. Open to any Chouteau County organization. In 2016 they helped organizations to the tune of $437,947. In the thirty-four years the Foundation has been in existence they have paid out to Chouteau County organizations in excess of seven million dollars. The current Board of Directors includes Allin Cheetham, Stan Klimas, Don Engellant, Robert Quinn and Darren Schuster. For further information about the program or th...
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 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 hours of class time, and is taught by local Extension agents, plant professionals, and Master Gardener...
It is again that time of the year for all of you to get busy and get those quilt projects finished. The dates for our annual Quilt Show at the Montana Seed Show is March10 and 11,2017. The quilts and entry forms must be returned by 5 p.m. on March 3,2017 to the Richman Insurance office in Harlem. No late entries will be accepted. Forms may be picked up at various places in Harlem and Havre. A list will be printed in about 2 weeks in this paper. If you have any questions, you can contact Carla...
This week Vicki chose a James Patterson large print novel called “BULLSEYE”. It is a detective Michael Bennett thriller. Snow blankets the avenues of Manhattan’s exclusive upper west side. The storm is the perfect cover for a fashionable, highly trained team of lethal assassins as they prowl the street hunting their prey. But their first hit is simply target practice. Their next mission may very well turn the cold war red hot once again. Stepping directly into the line of fire, the president of the United States is in New York for a summit at t...
After seven rousing rounds of play, Rebecca (Bitz) came out with the high score of 7900 points for which she earned $25.00. Second place with a score of 7570 was Joe Landinger and for that he took home $20.00; Third place was awarded to Lil Foussard for her 7500 point score and she took home $15.00. The fourth place finisher and the loudest WHINER and CURSER of the afternoon and evening was Shawn Webster who earned $10.00 for his score of 7150 points. Both the 5th and 6th place finishers, Roberta Whetham and Elaine Courtnage took home their...
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...
The weather bureau was wrong. They predicted a nice January. We printed their prediction in “The Mountaineer” and ended up looking like we knew not much of anything to trust them in the first place. Just as we were recovering from that mistake, I was driving to Big Sandy early one morning before dawn. I was listening to a radio station in Great Falls and, as it had been cold, the station announcer had weather on his mind. Here is what got to me. All the stations from Cutbank to Chinook and south to Helena and Lewistown reported above zero rea...
The Big Sandy Pioneer girls and boys Varsity basketball teams began 2017 with a pair of contests against the Box Elder Bears and the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks. The Bears jumped out early in both contest but both the boys and girls teams competed hard for the full 32 minutes. The girls fell to Box Elder 72-11 while the boys put up some points before falling 91-63. Junior Jenna Leader scored five points in the girls contest while senior Bryant Jones led the boys effort with 25 points. Senior...
