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What has turned into "The event" in Big Sandy in January, the Gun and Ammo Show is going to be held at the Jerry Martin Memorial Hall in downtown Big Sandy on January 29, 30 and 31. If you don't go to any other gun show, you need to go to this one when Big Sandy turns into the gun capital of Montana for three days in January. The show is organized by Vance and Jean Butler and Kirkley and Stephanie Butler and will feature seventeen tables of guns, ammo, antiques, Indian artifacts and many items...
The name Montana goes very well with agriculture. Growing things is what Montana is all about. Whether it be wonderful winter wheat on the Big Dry, cherries on Flathead Lake, fir and pine harvests in our great forests or barley and durum for the finest pasta and beer in the world, growing is what Montana is all about. It is certainly what Chouteau County is all about. When you look through this report, you will get an idea of just how much our very livelihood depends on growing many different products. And how much we have diversified. It used...
An unbelievable community of Ranchers! My husband Russel Darlington was facing an extremely high risk heart surgery this Tuesday December 29th in Spokane. We live in Belt Montana but Russ grew up and ranched in Big Sandy until 2 1/2 years ago. We moved to Belt because of our involvement in rescuing children from sex trafficking. Average age of the rescued children is 12. They need counseling, medical attention...so we needed to be closer to a city. This is what the Big Sandy Community did for...
Construction on the airport hanger is coming along very well. The new hanger is going up on the site of the old one that blew down during a storm a couple of years ago....
Level 2 Master Gardener Class in Fort Benton If you have passed your Master Gardener Level 1 test, you are eligible to participate in Master Gardener Level 2 class in Fort Benton. Tyler Lane (MSU Extension Chouteau County) will be teaching the first section of level 2 Master Gardener at the Chouteau County Memorial Ambulance Building located at 810 15th Street. The first class will begin on February, 18 from 6:00- 8:00 p.m. Tyler will cover binomial nomenclature, soils, nutrients and fertilizers. On February 25th, Toby Day (MSU Extension...
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services is encouraging Montana teens to participate in next week’s National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW). Teenagers have joined forces with other teens and scientists across the nation as part of a week-long health observance, organized at the federal level by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The event takes place January 25 through Sunday, January 31. According to Vicki Turner of the DPHHS Prevention Resource Center, N...
Don’t miss going to the big January doings in Big Sandy, the Gun and Ammo show next weekend. This is a huge event and is filled with much more for sale than just guns and ammo. I remember when Jean and Vance Butler put on their first Gun and Ammo show, several years ago, I called them to ask if they wanted to do a news story about the show. Vance was shocked as he thought I probably would not do a story about a gun show. I told him I came from a family of hunters and fishermen and had learned most of the good life lessons I have from hanging a...
Big Sandy Medical Service Foundation is pleased to announce they will once again be awarding scholarships to students pursuing a medical career. For the 2016-2017 college year, up to three $300 scholarships will be given – one to a graduating senior, one to a college student already enrolled in a college, and the third to a second deserving applicant in one of these groups, depending on applications received. The Foundation was established to foster better health care in the Big Sandy community. They feel one way of doing this is to e...
Six rounds were completed by five tables with total points resulting in the following winners at the pinochle tournament held on Sunday, January 10th at the Mint. High round (four hands) for the day went to Sheila Duncan and Dana Gasvoda with a 1660! Cashing in were: 1st $25 – Dana Gasvoda with 7,550 points; 2nd $20 - Wilma Welty with 7,150; 3rd $15 – Mary Landinger with 6,980; 4th – John Cline with 6,700; earning $5 each (getting their money back!) were the following places: 5th – Martha Pleninger with 6,610; 6th – Marvin Works with 6,570; 7th...
This week Vicki recommends a James Grippando novel called “A KINGS RANSOM, A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE”. Just two years out of law school, Nick Rey is on the career fast track at a hot Miami law firm when he suddenly plunges headfirst into a dangerous bid to save his father, Matthew Rey, who has been kidnapped while on business in Columbia’s exotic port city of Cartagena. The ransom demand of three million dollars is far more than the Rey family can ever raise. Fortunately Matthew had purchased an insurance police to protect against just such a treat...
Audrey Hepburn once said of herself: “I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.” While Audrey Hepburn may have been particularly exceptional in this sense, there is an essential truth about women in this quote. It is a truth that, if understood properly, can greatly equip husbands to enhance their relationships with their wives. Last week’s column introduced the idea that men and women have different primary emotional needs. In the next couple of columns, we will be looking at those needs more in depth. The...
Q: I don’t have any problem until I get around some of my old friends, who always tempt me to do things that mess up my life. They just laugh when I tell them to stop. Why do they keep pushing me like this? A: One reason they keep pressuring you, I suspect, is because they don’t want to be told that they’re actually on the wrong road in life. In other words, they’re convinced they are right and everyone else is a fool. But the Bible warns, “A violent person entices their neighbor and leads them down a path that is not good” (Proverbs 1...
The Pioneer girls and boys varsity basketball teams each dropped a pair of District 9C contests this past week. Friday the girls were bested at home by the Turner Tornadoes 49-33. Sophomore Jaylyn Cline led the Pioneers with 14 points. Senior Maddy Reichelt added eight and sophomore Jenna Leader seven. The boys fell to the Tornadoes as well 61-41. Junior Laurence Allderdice turned in another fine effort, scoring 21 in the contest. Eighth grader Ryan Roth continues to play well for Big Sandy as...
The Fort Benton / Big Sandy wrestling coop has been very busy the last couple weeks. They have competed in Chester, at the Cut Bank Invitational, in Fairfield, and at the Choteau Classic. This week will be another busy week with the wrestlers at home on Thursday night 6pm in the High School Gym, then will travel to Chinook on Friday and Harlem on Saturday. At Chester the wrestlers got 2-3 matches. Ethan Davis won all three of his matches and Connor Schnabel, Ken Todd, Landon Taylor and Jade...
Thursday, January 21 wrestling in Fort Benton Friday, January 22 wrestling in Chinook Friday, January 22 basketball home vs. Fort Benton, This is Pack the Place Pink night Friday, January 22 FFA goes to Great Falls Saturday, January 23 wrestlers in Harlem Saturday, January 23 basketball hosts Chinook Monday, January 25 report cards mailed Tuesday, January 26 financial aid workshop for parents of seniors at 6pm in the computer room of the high school Wednesday, January 27 ASDVAB testing in the morning. Breakfast and lunch menus for the coming...
