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The Virgelle Ferry covered in snow. It will be a while before it is back to working on the Mighty Mo....
It’s time to wake up an hour earlier! March 11th is Daylight Saving Time day which means we need to spring forward an hour. Before you go to bed turn your clock ahead. The following day or for that matter even a week afterwards our conversation will be all about the new time period. Conversations will be about how we hate Daylight Saving Time. Big Sandy residents have their opinions. “I wish they would leave time alone.” “I hate it.” “Ok, Change the time to give us more light in the summer, but leave it there. Don’t change it back ” “I lik...
The Rotary Club is preparing to turn the Big Sandy High School Gym into a “Wild Safari”! This will help us forget the cold and snow we have been experiencing! Tickets are available for the “Wild Safari Dreams” Banquet, March 17, and can be purchased at the bank, The Grocery Store, Ophus Auction Service and Sheehy’s Law Office or your favorite Rotarian! Inflation has not touched the banquet ticket price of $100.00/couple, prices are the same as in 1984!! Something NEW and EXCITING this year, you will be able to use your credit card the night...
Ok, we have snow. We've had wind. We have drifts and everyone is talking how this winter measures up to the winter of 78/79. Comments like, "this is the most snow I've ever seen in the area", or "We're going to have so much flooding just like in 79"! To be sure thoughts need to turn to preparedness for flooding, which is hard to believe when snow is up to our eyebrows. In the spring of 1979 there were numerous road outages, culverts throughout Chouteau county weren't big enough for the massive...
It seems everyone in town is taking pictures of their new neighbors. The deer have come into town in search of food. They’re eating bushes, which probably need trimming anyway. We know how we are faring, but how are the wildlife doing? Are they starving? What does winter do to our neighbors? Retired Montana state game warden, Sgt. Gary Benson said we are losing some deer due to the snow depth and the hardness of the snow. Usually a deer can break through the snow by pawing at the ground to get to the grass below. This year the snow is deep, it...
Notes from Master Gardener Class in Fort Benton A special thanks to Mariel Stone (Level 3 Master Gardener) for her help and expertise during our master gardener trainings. The Master Gardener class (Level 1) began in Fort Benton on February 22. In the past few weeks we have covered soils, plant biology, and vegetable production. Notes from the class are below. • Do not work soil when it is wet. If the soil sticks to the shovel, wait a few more days. • The number one thing that kills our plants is TLC. Don’t over fertilize, don’t over trim, d...
It's still winter, but spring is coming, and so is your opportunity to apply for mule deer buck and bull and antlerless elk permits. Don't let the March 15 application deadline pass you by! Application packets for both resident and nonresident hunters are available at any regional FWP office or online at fwp.mt.gov. The packets contain guidelines to apply, information about regulation changes, maps of hunting districts, drawing statistics and the application itself. People planning to apply are...
The Montana Association of Clerks and Recorders is sponsoring two statewide scholarships in the amount of $1,000 and $500. All graduating seniors who will be attending an in state school are eligible to apply. Applications will be accepted until March 16, 2018. Application forms are available at the Clerk and Recorder’s Office at the Courthouse in Fort Benton or from the Guidance Counselors at the Big Sandy, Fort Benton, Geraldine, and Highwood High Schools. Completed application forms must be received by Clerk and Recorder Lana Claassen by M...
Be sure to call the Senior Center by 10:30 a.m. for your to go orders. 378-2405. Menus for the week: Thursday, March 8: Lasagna, Beets, Green Beans, salad, garlic bread, peach cobbler. Friday, March 9: Tomato basil soup, fruit salad, roll, cherry cookies. Monday, March 12: Chicken Club Casserole, peas with carrots, cottage cheese, and pudding. Tuesday, March 13: Indian Taco salad, and Brownies. Wednesday, March 14: Salmon patty on a bun, tots, broccoli/cauliflower, peanut butter cookies. Recipe for the week: Baked Pork Chop Ingredients • 1 1/2...
The Jeff Reichelt Memorial Library will be having an ebook workshop Thursday March 15th at 4:30. Welcome to anyone that would love to learn how to access MontanaLibrary2Go. We will be learning how to use Overdrive and check out library ebooks on your computer, Kindle, Nook and iPad. For a hands on experience, please bring your laptop, kindle, or other eReading device. For those that are not sure what MontanaLibrary2Go is a statewide subscription service facilitated through the State Library that offers over 30,000 downloadable e-books and...
We would like to thank all the people who came in and donated blood. A few special donors Wednesday were; First time donor Dylan Darlington, Ron Andrade with 1 gallon and Larry Brumwell with 8 gallons. Thank you to the LDS Ladies for providing their time and a delicious lunch. We will be having our first summer blood drive July 25th. Hope to see everyone there!...
Perry W. Fast, 63, passed away at his Big Sandy residence due to natural causes on Monday, February 12, 2018. Cremation has taken place, and no services will be held at this time. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Perry’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at www.hollandbonine.com....
Nicole (Nikki) Peterson passed away February 25, 2018 at her home in Elma Washington. Memorial services will be held this summer in Big Sandy....
Thursday, March 8: Junior High wrestlers will travel to Chinook Friday, March 9: High School Students will have their Ski Trip to Showdown. Breakfast is at 5:45 a.m. and the bus will leave at 6:00 a.m. Saturday, March 10: Junior High wrestlers will travel to Conrad. Monday, March 12: Tack practice starts! Menus for the week: Thursday, March 8: Breakfast- Green Eggs and Ham, toast, Assorted cereals, fresh fruit, juice and milk. Lunch- Swedish Meatballs, mashed potatoes and gravey, peas, salad bar, buns and milk. Monday, March 12: Breakfast-...
West My Whom? Chouteau County Performing Arts in partnership with First Security Bank present the Canadian group West My Friend on Tuesday March 13th at 7 PM at the Fort Benton Elementary School auditorium. Described as everything from indie-roots to chamber-folk, West My Friend has an acoustic blend of instruments and four-part harmonies that challenges the conventions of popular music. The band features pure and thrillingly elastic vocals with catchy arrangements of bass, guitar, mandolin,...
Q: Mr. Graham, how would you like to be remembered? A: Editor’s note: Before his death, Billy Graham approved the following response as his final My Answer column. Mr. Graham’s column will continue in some form. I hope I will be remembered as someone who was faithful—faithful to God, faithful to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and faithful to the calling God gave me not only as an evangelist, but as a husband, father and friend. I’m sure I’ve failed in many ways, but I take comfort in Christ’s promise of forgiveness, and I take comfort also in God...
