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It is that time of the year again. It is recommended per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that routine annual influenza vaccination be given to all persons greater than 6 months old who do not have contraindications before the end of October. This vaccination should be given optimally before the onset of influenza or flu activity and can take up to 2 weeks before the vaccination for protection. As of 9/29/2017 there were already 26 confirmed influenza cases from ten counties in Montana including Cascade County but no...
After thirty years Twila Cline has given up heading blood drives in the Big Sandy area. Rachel Baumgarn and Laci LaBuda have taken over the reins. Last Wednesday, October 12 was the first blood drawing for Rachel and she said, prior to the drawing that she was looking forward to it. She added that she didn't know anything that could go wrong as she had never been in charge of one before and by the time readers are reading this story and Rachel has one blood drawing under her belt, she might...
"The Mountaineer" introduces a new news story this week. It is called a Guest Interview and features a "Mountaineer" reporter picking up the telephone and calling someone in our phone book and asking what is on his or her mind today. If you have something on your mind and are interested in doing a Guest Interview, just give us a call at "The Mountaineer" phone number 378-2176. This week, early in the morning of October 12 Bob Quinn's phone rang early in the morning. That was the start of our Gue...
Twice this year, I've received questions about a native mammal popping up in unexpected places. No, not a grizzly bear, for goodness sakes. Think much smaller. Try a badger and a long-tailed weasel. Both mammals showed up on their native prairie of northcentral Montana, but where they're not always visible to humans. The questions were: Why have I never seen this animal before? Let's answer that question with a riddle: If you see an animal for the first time in an area where it's native and has...
Boss to Speak at Chouteau County Livestock Protective Association Meeting in Big Sandy on Cover Crop Grazing from a Cattleman’s Perspective The Annual Chouteau County Livestock Protective Association meeting will take place on Thursday, November 16th at 3:00 p.m.at the Mint Bar in Big Sandy. A social will follow the business meeting at 5:00 p.m. followed by dinner at 6:00. Please RSVP to Buck Goldhahn at 622-5572 so the cooks can receive notice on how many people will be attending. This year’s guest speaker is Dr. Darrin Boss (MSU Northern Agr...
The recent snowstorm thrust many of us into a December mode. Looking at the bright side of that is remembering all the past wonderful Christmas Strolls in our little town and looking forward to this annual event which is only a month and a half away. The Jeff Reichelt Memorial Library in Big Sandy once again has a beautiful quilt that will be awarded to the lucky raffle ticket holder at the conclusion of the Stroll at City Hall. This lovely quilt, on display at our Library, was made by Judy...
I can’t help it. It is hunting season, or almost, and I have hunting on my mind. Now, mind you I don’t have shooting an elk or antelope or even a deer raised in alfalfa fields for a couple of years, no, it is not that that I dream about. It is the eats, in a word. My father and his brothers must have loved cabins. Anyway during fishing season we lived in a cabin most of the summer in the Bear Paw Mountains on Clear Creek. That was true in the fall when those fishing camps would turn into hunting camps as well. In those days there were few elk...
The 2017 Chouteau County Health Fair was recently held at three different sites and was sponsored and organized by the Big Sandy Medical Center, Missouri River Medical Center, Chouteau County Department of Public Health, Chouteau County Department of Emergency Services and Chouteau County MSU Extension. On October 10, 56 individuals had their blood drawn at Big Sandy. On October 11, 192 blood draws were taken in Fort Benton and on October 12, 54 people had their blood drawn in Geraldine. In addition, many agencies and businesses were present...
Contact the Senior Citizen Cooks at 378-2405. Menus usually include an entrée, vegetable, potato, salad, dessert and drink and usually cost $5.00 unless the meal is more costly. Menus for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday, October 18 breakfast for lunch including scrambled eggs, links, fruit and blueberry muffins for the Lunch of the Week! Thursday, October 19 Dolly’s hot Mexican dish, vegetables, salad, dessert and bread. There will be a Board meeting that morning at 10:30am. Friday, October 20 Polish dogs, sauerkraut, vegetables, sa...
Don’t forget Story Hour is every Wednesday at 10:30am. Lego Club is every second and fourth Friday at 11am. This week Darlene chose “KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON” by David Grann. In the 1920’s the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, they began to be killed off. One Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart watched as her family was murdere...
Kenneth H. Willson, 80 died Tuesday morning October 10, 2017 at Peace Hospice in Great Falls, Montana. His funeral service will be 1:00 p.m., Friday, October 20, 2017 at the Benton Funeral Home, with Pastor Kit Miller officiating. Burial will follow at the Riverside Cemetery. Memorials in Kenneth's honor may be made to Peace Hospice P.O. Box 7008 Great Falls, Montana 59405. Please visit Kenneth's online memorial page at www.bentonfh.com to leave a message of condolence for his family. Services a...
In 1906, San Francisco suffered through an earthquake which caused enormous damage and many deaths. Among the destroyed structures was the Memorial Arch that stood in the quad of Leland Stanford University. The arch had been a very large structure, and it appeared to be quite sturdy. When the earthquake hit, the otherwise impressive monument crumbled, damaged so severely that it was necessary to tear it down entirely. Part of the reason it was necessary to tear it down was that the earthquake revealed that the arch was really quite flimsy,...
Q: My parents never bothered to get married, and now that I’m in high school it gets kind of embarrassing when my friends start asking me about it. I’ve told my mom that I wish they’d get married, but they don’t seem interested. Should I just forget about it? A: You can’t force your parents to get married, of course; they alone must make that decision. You can, however, gently encourage them to take that step—not just to save you from any further awkwardness, but for the sake of their relationship. After all, what is marriage? Admittedly...
Big Sandy Pioneer Football team took a huge step to reaching their ultimate goal this season was an impressive 30-22 come from behind win over the Geraldine/Highwood Rivals this past weekend. With the win the Pioneers virtually assure themselves of the Northern Division's number two seed entering the Montana Class C Six-man football playoffs which begin later this month. Geraldine/Highwood was the first team to find the end zone reaching paydirt at the 3:07 mark of the first quarter and then...
The Big Sandy Pioneer volleyball team concluded their season this past weekend with matches against the North Star Knights on Friday and the Belt Huskies on Saturday. The Knights bested the Pioneers in straight sets 25-20, 25-16 and 25-13. Saturday the Huskies also completed the season sweep with a 25-6, 25-16, 25-14 match win over Big Sandy. The Pioneers will now turn their attention to the District 6C-East Tournament which will take place in Chester October 26-27. Big sandy finished the regular season with a 2-8 conference mark and were 2-12...
There will be no school for Big Sandy students on October 19 and 20. Teachers will be attending Montana Education Association activities. Saturday, October 21 FFA members visit the pumpkin patch from noon to four pm. The week of October 22 is Red Ribbon Week. Thursday, October 26 district volleyball in Chester. Thursday, October 26 is the end of the first quarter. Thursday, October 26 ACT tests for those who have signed up for them at 7:45am at the Lutheran Church. School lunch and breakfast menus for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday,...
“Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat etc” is the US Postal Service Creed. They vow to deliver despite the weather. Not so Big Sandy Book Club. We caved last Tuesday. We were to have met October 3 in Havre. As everyone knows we got that terrible snowstorm. Not only were we snowed in but our hostess was without power. However, last night, October 10 , we gathered in Havre’s old post office building for our meeting. Megan, Barb and Helen were our hostesses and as usual they did an amazing job! Our long meeting table was decorated with garlands of lea...
September Students of the Month were: Elementary K- Marie Bold 1- London Keane 2- Daijalin Sunchild 3- David Morsette 4- Dolan Sunchild 5- Ryder Oats 6- Conner Sibra Junior High/High School 7-Ryan Tan 8- Samantha Sandlin 9- Cameron Schwarzbach 10- Faith Gasvoda 11- Shania Walks Over Ice 12- Andrea Rutledge Each student received a certificate, a bag of Kracklin Kamut (donated by Big Sandy Organics) and a free milkshake (donated by the Grocery Store). Then I drew a grand prize winner from those names for each school and those winners were: Dolan...
Triangle Telephone Cooperative Association, Inc., doing business as Triangle Communications (Triangle), celebrates 64 years of service at Triangle’s Annual Meeting of Members on Saturday, October 21, 2017. The meeting will take place in the Student Union Building on the campus of Montana State University-Northern in Havre, MT. Registration begins at 8:30 am, the business meeting starts at 10:00 am and lunch will be served following the meeting. Trustees for two districts will be elected by members attending. Richard Swartz is running for re-ele...
