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The photograph of this painting by Charles Russell is called Deer Drinking at Lake McDonald. It comes from a wonderful book entitled "Artists in Glacier". For anyone interested in the people who have made Glacier National Park their backdrop for paintings, this is the book to have. As for Charlie Russell, most of his work in Glacier came from the fact that he had a cedar log cabin close to the mouth of where McDonald Creek dumps out of Lake McDonald. The cabin is just a half mile or so from...
The Big Sandy American Legion Post 50 celebrated a big birthday on March 17. They were charted on November 19, 1919 and this year the twenty-five members plus the Women's Auxiliary celebrated their 98th birthday. Fifteen men were charter members when the Post was founded. They were Clyde Eckhart, Ben Walden, Ralph Weidrope, Arthur Tucker, Hans Henniksen, Frank Lyons, Arthur Borg, A. F. Wall, L. F. Cormody, J. Bert Britenbucker, Will Bowman, Roy Arnold, K. D. Arnold, Morris Arnold and A. M....
When Charlie Russell met the lady who was to be his wife he was living in Cascade. He had given up the range and was painting full time to try and make a living. Nancy was a housekeeper for some friends of Charlie’s and they met over dinner one night. It seemed to be love at first sight so they got “hitched up” as Charlie often said, and lived in a tiny house in Cascade for a time until the two of them found they would have a much easier time selling his paintings if they moved to Great Falls. So, they moved to Great Falls. It was there that Na...
Fifth Annual Chouteau County Agriculture Day The fifth annual Chouteau County Ag day for 4th and 5th graders will take place at the Chouteau County Fairgrounds on April 19, 2017. All 4th and 5th graders in Chouteau County are invited to attend. Home school kids who are interested in participating should contact the Chouteau County Extension Office at 622-3751. Participants will learn the importance of Montana’s number one industry; agriculture, and why agriculture is important to their health, home and community. For thousands of years, c...
Being as we have such a generous community there are going to be some changes to the blood drive. We would like to include the donors that can’t be there until 5’o clock so we will change the time until 7 o’clock. Of course, we will begin later. Our goal will also be increased so more Red Cross people will be there to take blood. We did have another successful blood drive sowe have to give kudos to our first time donors; Dusti Phillips, Jenna Leader, Andrea Rutledge, Pete Jerrel, and Amy Terry. We had special donors that received pins; 1 gallo...
National Poison Prevention Week, March 19-25, 2017 How safe do you think your house is of poisonous household products? Poison is all around us, affecting anyone anytime. By taking the time to look around and exercising caution during the usage and storage of these products will be the best prevention of poisoning yourself and/or your family. One product you may not have even given a second thought is liquid laundry detergent packets. These contain highly concentrated amounts of the detergents. They need to be stored in the container they came...
This is Charlie Russell’s birthday week. You can always tell that because it is Western Art week in Great Falls, Montana. Charlie Russell was born on March 19, 1864. That would make this his 153rd birthday. Charlie Russell was a boyhood hero for me and my friends growing up in Havre. I was given many Russell books for birthdays and Christmas and still cherish them to this day. Whenever my family went to Great Falls, I spent hours wandering around his Great Falls home and studio. I saw that he stacked his teepee poles on brackets on the front p...
What do people from Montana, North Dakota, Canada, Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota and Rhode Island have in common???They are all members of Big Sandy’s Book Club! We have a core membership of ladies from Big Sandy but have an amazing diversity in other member’s origins. We are so lucky to have the opportunity of multifaceted discussions and perspectives derived from our many different backgrounds and experiences. We met February 7 in the new library. The new building was inspected and praised by everyone attending. Of special note is the fact we no... Full story
Fred G. Bitz, 89, of Big Sandy, passed away March 11, 2017 at Big Sandy Nursing Home due to natural causes. Funeral Services were held on Friday, March 17, 2017 at 1:00 pm at Fifth Avenue Christian Church with Ila McClenahan officiating. Burial followed at Big Sandy Cemetery at 4:30 pm. Fred was born January 23, 1928 on the family farm near Big Sandy - No. 11 of 13 children born to Henry and Markareita Bitz. His mother died in 1931 when he was three. His father remarried Matilda Klundt and... Full story
William Arnold Sheets, 87, of Onalaska, Wisconsin passed away Saturday, February 18, 2017 at Eagle Crest North. He was born in Portland, OR, on September 25, 1929 to John and Wilma (Ruping) Sheets. Bill joined the Navy when he was "17 years and 6 days old". While he was an Assistant Weapons Officer in Charleston, South Carolina, he met and fell in love with a young Navy WAVE, June Marsh. They married August 23, 1952, in Charleston, South Carolina. His veteran service spanned the periods of... Full story
Betty Silvan, 82, passed away due to natural causes on Saturday, March 18, 2017, at the Big Sandy Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 25, 2017, at the Big Sandy United Methodist Church with Pastor Sharon Robertson officiating. Burial will follow in the Big Sandy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Betty's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at www.hollandbonine.com. A00013B2017MR18...
Q: I’ve gone through some hard times recently, and my aunt says I ought to be thankful because they’ll make me a better person. Is she right? I admit I’m having a hard time seeing things her way. A: We all want our lives to be smooth and trouble-free, of course—but unfortunately life isn’t always that way. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who was completely free of worries and problems. Job rightly said, “Man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward” (Job 5:7). The real question, therefore, is this: How will we react whe...
Raising backyard poultry has become increasingly popular in Montana and many feed stores across the state offer chicks for sale. Raising your own flock can be a rewarding and fun experience that should include safe handling practices with live poultry to decrease disease risk. “Even healthy animals can carry organisms that make people sick,” said Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) epidemiologist Dana Fejes. In 2016, 15 Montanans became ill with Salmonella as part of an outbreak linked to live poultry that sickened 895 peo...
