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Labor Day was just last Monday. Traditionally it is the end of the glorious summer and picnic season. It is a time to go back to work, back to school and make plans for a winter season that is just around the corner. To honor Labor Day this year we include three of Doug Giebel's pictures of a picnic at the Sheepsheds on the IX ranch around 1918. What makes these pictures great is not just all the detail but the fact that they were pictures belonging to Dan Cushman, one of Montana's most famous...
Superintendent Moore calls Bridgette Long one seventh of a teacher. Bridgette is a new teacher at Big Sandy Junior High teaching Spanish. She teaches one period out of seven a day, hence one seventh of a teacher. Actually Superintendent Moore is very happy to have Bridgette as a foreign language teacher is needed in Montana schools and Bridgette fits the bill very well. Bridgette did not learn Spanish at Big Sandy High School where she graduated and went through all twelve grades. She went to...
There was big fire news on two fronts last week. The East Fork fire led by a wind from hell got out of containment and went every which way all week long. Monday, September 4 was the first time in over a week that there was not a smoke smell on the prairie and a person could see all the way to Baldy from US 87. The fire started on the Warrick road just before getting to the Dumas summer ranch. From there it went into reservation for a little way but mainly roared down Little Box Elder Creek. Seldom did the fire get west of Beaver Creek and it...
When drought and the accompanying heat hits, attention tends to focus on withering crops, explosive wildfires and subsoil moisture. While those drought-caused problems are obvious, creatures that spend their lives underwater and out of sight can suffer as well. If a stream bed dries up, of course, fish don’t do well. But even before that final step, higher temperatures and reduced stream flow hurt. The Smith River south of Great Falls is a good example. “This has been a particularly tough year on the Smith,” said Grant Grisak, Fish, Wildl...
The regular August City Council meeting was held on August 10th. The Pledge was recited, minutes were approved, there were no public comments and there was one visitor. There was no Sheriff’s report. Concerning the new water project, several calls have been made to Rural Development and it looks like it is funded and headed for a spring start up. Before that can happen there will have to be some public meetings to let people know what is happening. The Brown Field project which concerns the old Service Station in Big Sandy got some bad news w...
How about the most wonderful casserole I have ever eaten? My friends call it Sloppy Robby and it is the perfect way to start the fall season. Don’t make it while the weather is still hot. Make it when cool and you will love it even more. It is three parts. Let’s start with the top first. It is your favorite Sloppy Joe recipe or use this one. You will need two small cans of tomato paste, a pound and a half of hamburger, an onion diced, two packages of Sloppy Joe Mix and a couple cans of water along with a cup of good beef broth. Sauté the hamb...
Personal Protection Equipment and Paraquat The use of highly toxic pesticides that require respiratory protection were on the decline for over two decades; however one highly toxic active ingredient has been on the rise due to glyphosate resistant kochia in Montana. This active ingredient known as paraquat is in such formulations as Blanco®, Drexel Quik-Quat®, Devour®, Firestorm®, Helmquat 3SL®, Gramaxone Inteon®, Gramoxone SL®, Cyclone SL 2.0®, Bonedry®, Willowood Paraquat 3SL®, Paraquat Concentrate® and Para-Shot 3.0®. Paraquat is a photos...
The Chouteau County Sheriff's Office is releasing the following information pursuant to MCA 46-23-508 which authorizes agencies to inform the public of a sexual offender's registration in our community. This sexual offender has served the sentence imposed on him by the courts and has advised the Chouteau County Sheriff's Office that he will be living in the location below. He is NOT wanted by police at this time. Offenders Information Offender type: Tier 1, Sexual Offender Name: Justin TheBoy...
By Robert Lucke This week “BEST FRIENDS FOREVER” by Jennifer Weiner. Addie Downs and Valerie Adler will be best friends forever. That is what Addie believes after Valerie moves across the street when they are both nine years old. But in the wake of betrayal during their teenage years, Val is swept into the popular crowd while mousy, sullen Addie becomes her school’s scapegoat. Flash forward fifteen years. Valarie Adler has found a measure of fame and fortune working as the weather girl at the local TV station. Addie Downs lives alone in her p...
Contact Senior Citizens Cooks at 378-2405. Remember that lunches mostly consist of an entrée, salad, vegetable, potato, dessert and drink and most cost $5.00 unless otherwise noted. Lunches include fresh bread. The menu for the coming week is as follows: Wednesday, September 6 chili dogs, fries and dessert. Thursday, September 7 New England boiled dinner, buns and dessert for the Lunch of the Week! Friday, September 8 crab pockets with tomato soup and dessert. Monday, September 11 Swedish meatballs over noodles, veggies, salad and dessert for...
September is National Sewing Month!! It started in 1982 in recognition of the importance of home sewing to our Nation. How many of you are saying you used to sew and just have not been able to get back to it, the sewing machine is buried or you do not have a spot to set it up, you have always wanted to sew but just did not ever take the time to learn or, the one I hear the most often, my mom made me sew and I hated it? If you really want to get back into sewing or want to learn, make it happen in September. Even if it is in the next few...
John L. Brown, 88, of Big Sandy, passed away due to natural causes on Sunday, August 27, 2017, at the Big Sandy Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, September 11, 2017, at the Big Sandy Methodist Church with Pastor Sharon Robertson officiating, and visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in the Big Sandy Cemetery. A luncheon will be held at the Big Sandy Methodist Church immediately after the graveside service. John's family has...
Chinook, mt Glenn Milton Pursley, 78, passed away on August 21st 2017 at his home in Chinook, MT. The viewing was held on August 25th 2017 from 2:00pm -5:00pm at Edwards Funeral Home in Chinook MT. The Funeral Service was held at St. Margaret Mary's Catholic Church on August 26th 2017 starting at 11:00am. Glenn was born on September 25th 1938 to Milton and Verla Pursley in Havre, MT. He grew up on the Peel Place and the Randall Place in the Bear Paw Mountains east of Big Sandy. After graduating...
Albert John Sanford Casper, WY Albert John Sanford of Casper, Wyoming died August 3, 2017. He was born on January 17, 1925 to Albert E. and Elizabeth (Ferko) Sanford in his Grandmother's log cabin in South Blaine County, Montana with his Grandma as the midwife. He and sister Leona were raised on a ranch attending a one room school house through the 8th grade. Albert then moved 60 miles to Big Sandy, which was the closest town, and lived in the school dormitories working as a janitor's assistant...
Q: Why didn’t God just destroy the human race and start all over again, after Adam and Eve rebelled against Him? In fact, why doesn’t He go ahead and destroy the human race now? We sure don’t live the way He wants us to live. A: No, we don’t live the way God created us to live; we have rebelled against Him and gone our own way. Even when we know what is right, we still resist God and leave Him out of our lives. As the Bible says, “All have turned away … there is no one who does good, not even one” (Romans 3:12). Why, then, doesn’t God s...
Helmbrecht Photography will be here to take school pictures on Wednesday, September 6. They will begin at the elementary school and will be at the high school around 10am. Sports pictures will be taken after school for football and volleyball. Junior high and varsity football players will see action in Power on Friday, September 8 and the Pioneer ladies will host Hays. The publications class will travel to Havre on this same day to sell annual adds. CJI will host volleyball on Saturday, September 9. Juniors and seniors will be in Great Falls...
The second weekend of volleyball had the Big Sandy Pioneers competing in the North Star Knights Showcase. Big Sandy finished 1-3 in Pool play Friday defeating the North Star JV 25-21, 25-17. Saturday the girls bested Sunburst 25-17, 25-21 before falling to the Cut Bank JV. Friday the team will return home to face the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds. 3th Annual North Star Knights Showcase Rudyard & Gildford Friday Matches - Rudyard Pool Big Sandy defeats North Star JV 25-21, 25-17 (2-0, 50-38) Fort...
It is our understanding at the Big Sandy Mountaineer defeated the Roy/Winifred Outlaws 32-25 over the weekend, improving their record to 2-0 on the young season. We attempted to retrieve a box score of the contest from multiple sources with no avail. If anyone in the future can help provide us with information on future contests, it would be greatly appreciated....
