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The summer was a stressful time for schools across the state as they prepared their budgets for the upcoming school year. There were same major changes implemented into the school finance funding formula imposed by the state legislators during the last session. The first major change was the passage of HB 647. This change took a large share of the state’s portion of school funding away from the school districts. For Big Sandy it was $185,000. The state will now keep this money and they shifted the tax burden to the local taxpayers. This was a...
A couple of years ago "The Mountaineer" interviewed a new cook at the Senior Citizens Center. Her name was Crystal Geyer. When we did that interview we concluded that Crystal had been a wise choice as a cook. Her love of people, her getting along with staff and her love for cooking and food made her a natural in any kitchen. Unfortunately for the Senior Citizens Center Crystal took a job as an aide at the elementary school and her expertise was lost to Big Sandy seniors for a year. That was a...
Colby Baumgarn, president of the TV Club announced that they have just introduced a new channel, called the “Grit Channel”. It is a channel devoted exclusively to old and not so old western movies and sagas. If watching McClintock or Shane or The Hanging Tree or The Man who shot Liberty Valance or The Big Sky is your thing, you will see them all on “Grit”. By the way, The Hanging Tree and the Man Who Shot Liberty Valance were both written by Montana author Dorothy Johnson and The Big Sky was written by Montana author Bud Guthrie. Maybe you hav...
The fire alert from Glacier National Park which is included here is included because Glacier officials say that the Sprague Complex of fires will remain the same or maybe grow a little until the snow falls at the beginning of winter. So, as you read through this report, chances are that the trails mentioned here will stay closed until the end of the summer season. If you are heading for Glacier soon, a good rule of thumb is to not go on any trails close to Sperry Chalet as they will probably be closed unless the weather changes drastically. Wes...
Summer Pneumonia in Beef Calves Summer pneumonia in nursing beef calves is not uncommon, but occurs with low frequency. A wide variety of risk factors for summer pneumonia exist including relative success of colostrum antibody transfer, commingling of groups, weather changes, nutrition changes or deficiencies, pathogen exposure, handling stress, calving difficulty, and operation-specific risk factors like lack of labor. The immunity a calf receives through colostrum is called passive immunity, and is the major source of immune function in the n...
Do to a technical problem we missed half this story last week. Here is the story in its entirety. It’s my favorite time of year...buying new school supplies, getting new school clothes, new haircuts, decorating my classroom (although this year it was decorating my office) hearing the football and volleyball kids at practice, and the all the excitement in the air for a new school year! The new school year always begins for me as a great adventure. What kind of journey will this year bring? Well here are my hopes for what we will accomplish at B...
It might be said that Bert was a dandy. He dressed in a strange way, had a tiny moustache and drove around in a very large and long green Nash. Bert (and his last name will not be used to protect the innocent) worked in the shoe department of the Lou Lucke Company for many years. In fact one could say that Bert grew old selling shoes at the Lou Lucke Company. He wore black and white saddle shoes all summer long and even wore something that I think were called puttees and what had gone out of style in the 1920’s. Puttees were strips of cloth t...
This week Steph has chosen to feature “THE DIVIDE” by Nickolas Evans which is a large print book. Two backcountry skiers have discovered the body of a young woman embedded in the ice of a remote mountain creek. All through the night police work with the arc lights and chain saws to dig her out. It doesn’t take long to identify the victim as Abbie Cooper, whose picture illuminated law enforcement computers all across America. Once viewed as the perfect daughter by all who knew her, Abbie has been on the run for murder. But what caused Benja...
Harvest running late this year and are you just plumb tired of fixing harvest lunches? Look no further. Just call 378-2405 and order your harvest lunch from the Senior Citizen’s Center. Lunches for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday, August 23 Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, salad, bread and dessert for hands down the Lunch of the Week! Thursday, Augusts 24 crispy nutty chicken with fires, salad and dessert. Friday, August 25 egg salad sandwiches, potato salad, chips and dessert. Monday, August 28 stuffed green peppers, s...
Q: Since I was a child I’ve been told that God hates sin, and because I don’t always do what’s right, I’ve always assumed that He must hate me also. But now that I’m older I’m beginning to wonder if I’m wrong. Am I? A: Yes, you are wrong—and I’m thankful you’re beginning to realize it! God loves you, and the greatest discovery you or anyone else can ever make is that you are deeply loved by God. Does this mean God doesn’t hate sin? Does this mean He simply ignores it, or even laughs at it and pretends it doesn’t matter? No, not at all. But the...
9, known as Mickey by his family and friends passed away on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at the home of Gwen Kane in Big Sandy. Mickey was born in Havre on June 24, 1936 to Kathryn (Holst) and Gerald Kane. He attended school in Warrick and Chinook. After graduation, he joined the army and served his 2 years in Auschwitz, Germany. He then returned home and operated the ranch with his father, where he spent his whole life. Mickey was a big game hunter. His hunts stretched from the Arizona border...
Born - December 5, 1930, Big Sandy, MT Died - August 11, 2017, Lynnwood, WA Calvin, and his twin brother Kenneth, were born on December 5, 1930 in Big Sandy, Montana. They were the youngest of 9 children born to Jennie and Benjamin Reichelt. Calvin graduated from Big Sandy High School in 1948. In 1951 he left the family farm in Montana and joined the US Army. After completing boot camp at Camp Roberts, California, Calvin was off to Korea where he worked as a radio operator during the Korean...
5/29/30 - 05/05/17 Eugene Richard Boettcher was born May 29th, 1930 in Big Sandy, Montana to his parents Walter and Signe Boettcher. He grew up on the Boettcher farm there with brother Robert and sister Phyllis. As a young boy Gene was the “designated driver” of the family’s Model T truck which served as a makeshift school bus to the one room schoolhouse for the local farms – other kids would hop on or off as he drove slowly to and from the school. While growing up on the farm Gene became an expert at carpentry, gardening, cooking and of cour...
I went to a large high school in Northern Virginia, where most of the classes had over 30 kids. It was a good school, but I was a lazy student. I spent most of my class time sitting in the back row reading novels or daydreaming. My grades were mediocre and I’m certain I was the source of much consternation to my teachers, largely because I put little effort into my education. Algebra is a perfect example. I hated math in general. It frustrated me to no end because it didn’t come easy. Strangely enough, after a poor grade the first sem...
Booster Club Kick Off will be held August 24 at 6pm at the football concessions stand. Come meet the Pioneer athletes and coaches. Pioneer football will kick off on Friday, August when they host Noxon at 6pm. Volleyball will travel to Centerville that same day with contests scheduled to begin at 5pm. Varsity volleyball action will be held in Belt on Saturday, August 26. Junior high will travel to Rudyard on Saturday. FFA will begin their year with an officers meeting on Monday, August 28 at noon. They will have a group function on Tuesday,...
FSA’s Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) provides compensation to eligible livestock producers who suffer grazing losses for covered livestock due to drought on privately owned or cash leased land, or fire on federally managed land. Producers in 20 Montana counties are eligible to apply for 2017 LFP benefits on small grain, native pasture, improved pasture, annual ryegrass, forage sorghum that is produced on dryland acres and used for grazing. Irrigated acres used for grazing or aftermath grazing are not eligible under this program. E...
MONTANA – Governor Steve Bullock today issued an Executive Order declaring the following 31 counties and six Indian Reservations are in drought disaster: Blaine, Big Horn, Carter, Chouteau, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus, Garfield, Golden Valley, Hill, Judith Basin, Lake, Lincoln, McCone, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sanders, Sheridan, Treasure, Valley, Yellowstone, Wheatland, Wibaux Counties, and the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, Rocky B...
Big Sandy Schools started classes on August 21, Eclipse Day. They provided all the students with safe eclipse glasses to view the historic event. Some of the high school students taking a look. Elementary students were enjoying recess during the eclipse. Most stopped to take a look and the eclipse and were obviously amazed at what was taking place. The ladies at the Grocery Store, Marlys Myers of Agri-Prarie, and Adele made homemade viewers out of boxes to view the eclipse. Seanna Demontiney,...
Big Sandy Pioneers are once again under the direction of Head Coach Shersteen Cline and will look to challenge the rest of the District 6C-East this fall. Big Sandy will begin the season this Friday when they take on the Centerville Miners in a non-conference road match. Saturday the team will head to Belt to play in the Husky Preseason Invitational. The Invitational is a great way for the team to gage where they are on the court and will provide the team with a great opportunity to face a...
The Big Sandy Pioneer Football team challenged the rest of the Northern C Six-Man football division last fall finishing with a 4-4 record. This season they expect even bigger and better things. Head coach Ronnie Simpson has a seventeen athletes out this fall and his team will surely be ready for the season opener when they host Noxon this Friday. The Pioneers have missed the postseason the past few seasons but this year they expect to be in the thick of it when the first round starts October...
