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As most of Big Sandy knows by now, the famous Mint has changed hands. Or rather it has come back into familiar hands who have owned it before. Lawrence Jappe IV, Shayla Vroman and Marie Jappe were at "The Mountaineer" last week talking about what the Mint is all about. Marie said that she and Larry bought the Mint for the kids. Marie added it was very familiar to the family as her mother and father owned it from 1996 to 2005. And even before that Walt and Judy Sivertsen owned the popular...
(LEWISTOWN, Mont.) – A double rainbow signaled the start of their day and a cloud was placed above them as a covering to soften the Sun's bright beaming. The convoy of Bureau of Land Management equipment and public servants were on a mission to plant sagebrush in Petroleum County, Montana. "Sagebrush is essential for sage-grouse survival. The leaves account for nearly their entire winter diet," said BLM Lewistown Field Office Wildlife Biologist Matthew Comer. "Habitat loss and fragmentation f...
I must have written a story and in it mentioned the name of Ella Ling Anderson because I got a letter back from Jerry Halter who had a lot to say about Ella. Here is what I know. Ella’s mother was a Gros Ventre and a charter member of the Van Orsdel Methodist Church. She married a Ling and they had quite an early life as they were picking up and moving from one place to another. Finally Mr. Ling became the weatherman here in Havre. Ella ran the sheet music department at Buttrey’s Department Store and also played the piano or organ for the sil...
Dorothy Yvonne (Frieling) Stovall, 81, passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Saturday, January 7, 2017 at the Immaculate Conception Church in Fort Benton. Burial will follow at Riverside CemeFull Obituary will follow in next week’s paper.... Full story
With the new year upon us, resolutions may be on your mind. Have you found how easy they are to make them but not as easy to keep? People who make new year’s resolutions are 10 times more likely to accomplish the changes than those who do not formally make resolutions. You have taken the first step by making the resolution. Here are some pointers in keeping it. 1. Plan the resolution out in steps, small increments. Rather than say you are going to save money, review your budget and designate a realistic amount of how much you can dedicate to p...
The Big Sandy Pioneer girls and boys basketball teams concluded 2016 with a pair of contests against the Denton-Geyser-Stanford Bearcats and the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds. The girls played step for step with D-G-S early on trailing just 8-11 after eight minutes of action, but the Bearcats kept adding to the lead bit by bit en-route to a 51-28 win over Big Sandy. Wednesday the girls faced the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds and played very well start to finish. Sophomore Jaylyn Cline poured in...
Every New Year, since I moved to Big Sandy, I have written a couple of columns about making and keeping New Year’s resolutions. Last year, I realized that I had never made or kept one. So, last January, I made a half-dozen resolutions, which I set out to achieve. There were a couple that I managed to achieve, but the one that was most successful for me was my resolution to read more books. Actually, though I set out to read more books, within a few weeks I realized that the lack of specificity was a problem. In order to hit a target, it has t...
Upcoming Extension Cropping Seminars for January Golden Triangle Cropping Seminar Montana State University Extension will host the annual Cropping Seminar series January 9 – 12, 2017, in Fort Benton, Chester, Shelby, Cut Bank, Choteau, Conrad, Stanford, and Great Falls. Topics will include pest identification, the top ten habits of profitable farmers, cereal variety trial updates from the local research centers, and control of ground squirrels, gophers and voles in crop settings. No pre-registration is required, and all producers are e...
I don't remember a lot of this story but I think I have most of the facts straight. The story came to mind after hearing and writing about the mussels in some of our Montana lakes and reservoirs. Matter of fact this was such a large story that there were several books written about it. Of course I can't find mine now so I will have to tell you a tale that starts out great and ends up very sad and the tale is not over yet. For many years around the time that we celebrate Thanksgiving a...
