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Mayor Stiles attended the School Board meeting on April11, 2017. The meeting was important for him as the School Board voted on whether or not to put a new pool to a vote this spring. The City of Big Sandy and the School Board have invested lots of time and Rotary has funded a study regarding a new pool. “The Tuesday meeting went well,” said Mayor Stiles. “There were lots of people, and lots of questions were asked. The Board voted to put the pool to a vote of the people.” That election is going to be a mail in ballot. Ballots will go out on...
The Big Sandy band and choir performed at District Music Festival in Havre on April 7th. They performed well and received Excellent and Superior ratings from the adjudicators. There were 18 entries from Big Sandy made up of solos, duets, trios, and quartets that performed on Saturday, April 8th and all did very well. The high school choir and 5 soloists are going to State Music Festival in Missoula on May 5th and 6th. The soloists are: Dakota Terry-Clarinet, Sophia Reichelt-Vocal, Bailey Gasvoda...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and participating land owners will open some Block Management Areas (BMAs) for spring turkey hunting along the Milk River and one area south of Zortman. Twelve areas will be open for the spring turkey season, beginning April 8, and running through May 21. Most of the properties are located along the Milk River between Hinsdale and Nashua. One additional property is located just south of Zortman in Goslin Flats, which is a portion of the Square Butte BMA. "The...
Dave Louvar, owner of The Grocery Store has seen many changes in buying habits since he has owned the store in Big Sandy. Whether those changes are good or bad depends on your point of view according to Louvar. "You used to need a great meat department and that has changed drastically. Now you need only a small meat department but with choice cuts of meat in it," Louvar said. Louvar continued, "Roast beef was on the table three days a week. Now days a lot of people don't even know how to cook...
New Montguide for Gardeners is available at the Extension Office A new Montguide (MT201612AG) is available at the Chouteau County Extension office or on-line at orderpubs@montana.edu. The Montguide is titled “How to Prevent Non-Target Injury of Broadleaf Crops and Vegetables by Residual Herbicides”. The Montguide was written by Katrina Mendrey at Ravalli County Extension and Noelle Orloff (Associate Extension Weed Specialist). Segments of the Montguide are included in this article. In 2016 the Schutter Diagnostic Lab received 17 vegetable sam...
I went into my mother’s bedroom the other night and found it to be like it was when she used it. Some of her favorite pictures and mirrors were on the walls. An old cannon ball bed, vanity, and chest of drawers were used for years by her and there are Oriental rugs on the floor along with a huge mountain goat rug made from four mountain goats. She said she liked put her bare feet in the rug as it kept her feet nice and warm. There are some odd pictures that make a good story for mother, me, and Grandma Lucke. I was about ten years old and we h...
Contact the Senior Citizen cooks at 378-2405. All lunches include an entrée, vegetable, potato, salad, dessert and drink and all cost $5.00 unless otherwise noted. Menus for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday, April 19 crispy chicken sandwich, tator tots, salad and dessert. Thursday, April 20 cheesy taco sticks, lettuce, tomato, chips and dessert. Friday, April 21 ham and bean soup, corn bread and dessert Monday, April 24 baked spaghetti, vegetables, garlic bread and dessert for the Lunch of the Week! Tuesday, April 25 chicken and rice c...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Bowhunter Education course dates have been set for the first courses in the Havre area for this year. There will be a regular youth classroom course starting April 24, and an adult online “field day” course on April 29. Starting in 2017, the purchase of a Montana bow and arrow license will be required prior to applying for any archery-only permit. To purchase a bow and arrow license, an individual must meet one of the following requirements: • show completion of a bowhunter education course • show proof of purch...
One of the most difficult and meaningful experiences I ever had was teaching the Bible at the home for kids with emotional disorders. Every day, I would sit with different groups of kids and talk about Jesus’ teachings to young people, many of whom had almost no experience with Jesus or the Bible. The experiences they had had were negative. Most kids saw everything about Jesus to be boring, disconnected from their lives, and aimed at telling them how bad they were. I noticed a strange phenomena, when they would try to quote Bible verses or s...
Q: I know we’re supposed to trust God instead of worrying all the time, but I just can’t help it. Our budget is very tight as it is, and I worry constantly about what will happen if one of us loses our job or something. How can I stop worrying so much? A: It’s not wrong to plan ahead or budget our money; if we don’t, we easily end up spending money we don’t really have on things we don’t really need—which is wrong. The Bible says, “The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways” (Proverbs 14:8). But planning ahead isn’t the same as...
A permitting system is now available through Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks to allow people to train hunting dogs in open fields and in proximity to wild nesting birds. Montana law prohibits the training of hunting dogs within one mile of nesting birds, wildlife management areas or game preserve without a permit. However, until now no clear permitting process was in place. “Hopefully this permitting process will provide clarity for people looking to train their bird dogs around wild birds,” said Ken McDonald, FWP wildlife division adm...
Warmer temperatures and melted ice mean the annual walleye spawning operation on Fort Peck Reservoir getting into full swing. According to Heath Headley, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ Fort Peck biologist, agency staff and volunteers are again trapping fish and taking eggs from areas in the upper Big Dry Arm of the reservoir. “The reservoir is about 2.5 feet higher than last year,” Headley said, “but we will continue to focus the operation near Nelson Creek.” FWP staff have been working on setting up spawning barges, holding p...
