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Everybody should know by now that the Montana Army National Guard used two Chinook helicopters to rescue Big Sandy kids who were attending Montana Wilderness School of the Bible. The Dearborn River southwest of Augusta flooded and destroyed the road making it necessary to close the road and evacuate campers and staff who were stranded. There were 100 teenagers and 37 staff members attending the camp run by C Bar N Ministries. During the storm and while at camp the kids were never told of the...
Grace Finke a senior this year at Big Sandy High School was selected to go to Girls State this month. She wanted to go "to expand my horizons on learning about the government and how things work. It's impressive. Everyone has an idea on how things may work, but it's totally different when you are actually there and creating your own real government and the process it takes to get things done." She was so impressed and she had a lot of fun in the process. "I really enjoyed learning." Her...
August 18, 1921 Mountaineer C.C. Miles Editor and Publisher Researched by Zoe Merrill (I thought this was a really good article which was found while reading older Mountaineer papers. An interesting fact I found was also the Mountaineer cost $2.00 a year; unless you lived overseas then it cost $2.50) "There are very few people who have not heard the old saying that the grass in the other mule's pasture is the greenest. The caricature of this shows a mule standing knee deep in clover and...
New Herbicide-Resistant Kochia Montguide Available Information for this article comes from Montguide MT 201806AG. Authors include Dr. Prashant Jha from MSU Southern Agricultural Research Center and group of County Extension Agents from the Golden Triangle. The complete document is available online or at the Chouteau County Extension Office. Our office is located in the green building next to the courthouse. Herbicide -resistant plants often develop from repeated use of a single mode of action herbicide. Plants can develop resistance to...
The Big Sandy Swim Team scored 717 points at the Chester Swim Meet to bring home their second championship trophy of the season. Several Barracudas placed in the top 5 for their age divisions. On the girls side of the action, Astrid Ketchum placed 4th in the girls 8-under division; Daisy LaBuda placed 4th in girls 11-12; Anna Allderdice placed 5th in girls 13-14. Cam Schwarzbach won the 13-14 boys division, Dillin Geyer placed second and Kody Strutz placed 5th. Brady Pleninger and Kade Strutz ti...
The regular school board meeting was held with all board members present. The new Superintendent Haaland was also present although he doesn't start his responsibilities until July 1, 2018. There were six guest presents at the meeting. There were two reports given: Bailey Gasvoda, President of the Student Body, told the School board starting in August all four of the student council members will be present at the school board meeting. Principal Heather Wolery reported three teachers are...
FLOOD CLEANUP When faced with a flooded basement, house or other buildings, the last thing you might think about is the indoor air quality. Failure to remove contaminated items/materials and reduce the moisture and humidity can present serious long-term health problems. Standing water and wet materials are a breeding ground for microorganisms, such as viruses, bacteria and mold. These can cause disease, trigger allergic reactions and continue to damage materials long after the flood. Here are some steps to take if you have experienced flooding...
The Fallen (Amos Decker #4) by David Baldacci Kyf Brewer (Narrator) Orlagh Cassidy (Narrator) David Baldacci returns with the next blockbuster thriller in his #1 New York Times bestselling Memory Man series featuring detective Amos Decker--the man who can forget nothing. Amos Decker and his journalist friend Alex Jamison are visiting the home of Alex’s sister in Barronville, a small town in western Pennsylvania that has been hit hard economically. When Decker is out on the rear deck of the house talking with Alex’s niece, a precocious eig...
The Senior Center now has a Facebook page, they post the days menu and the soup of the day. Please check it out and like the page. The Senior Center will be CLOSED for the fourth of July. Have a great holiday! Menus for the week: Thursday, June 28- Glazed Ham, Scalloped potatoes, beans, and cupcakes. Friday, June 29- Chicken Breast sandwiches with lettuce, tomato, cheese, Tater tos, and Peanutbutter cookies. Monday, July 2- Ham & scalloped potatoes, peas, Pretzel salad, and banana bread. Tuesday, July 3- Cod Dogs, bacon ranch pasta salad, and...
If this Universe has a Creator, she must have been having a good day when she created birds. They are colorful and dull, helpful and ruinous. They eat bird seed, harmful insects, even our garbage. They will also ruin your clean car and carry off your cat at night. They nest in trees, on the ground and even underground. Yes, even underground. A friend called a couple of years ago excited that a pair of burrowing owls had taken up residence in an abandoned gopher hole on her north central Montana property. From the joy those birds brought, you...
