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Last weekend I went to Lake McDonald and Glacier National Park for the first time this season. It was wonderful. I participated in the first log ceremony at Lake McDonald Lodge where on the day the Lodge opens, a crowd gathers and the first fire in the huge fireplace is lit for the season. In addition I answered lots of questions in a question and answer session with new Red Bus Drivers. But best of all I just looked and looked and looked. Oh how I had missed those wonderful mountains that form the top part of Lake McDonald. Just naming them...
Contact the Senior Citizen cooks at 378-2405. All lunches include an entrée, vegetable, potato, salad, dessert and drink and all cost $5.00 unless otherwise noted. Menus for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday, April 19 crispy chicken sandwich, tator tots, salad and dessert. Thursday, April 20 cheesy taco sticks, lettuce, tomato, chips and dessert. Friday, April 21 ham and bean soup, corn bread and dessert Monday, April 24 baked spaghetti, vegetables, garlic bread and dessert for the Lunch of the Week! Tuesday, April 25 chicken and rice c...
April showers bring May flowers, but we had a lovely April meeting with no showers. In fact, one of our members took advantage of the beautiful evening and walked home barefoot! It was my turn to present a choice of book for the April meeting. I picked “Lost Lake”, by Sarah Addison Allen. “Lost Lake” to me, was a whimsical book on one hand and on the other, it had some deep thoughts and complicated situations. After reading it the second time, I became more aware of the layers of meaning to be discovered in this seemingly simplistic book. W...
(WINIFRED, Mont.) – After more than a century of serving the Winifred community, the Winifred Grocery, received recognition of its significance by being listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Bureau of Land Management Lewistown Field Office Archeologist Zane Fulbright presented store manager Eileen Stulc with the certificate recognizing the listing. Being listed in the National Register of Historic Places does not add additional protections, but is an important recognition of a p...
Attention Parents: Are you looking for a summer activity for your child that improves physical and mental fitness, increases self-confidence, and provides a set of skills that will last a lifetime? Consider joining the Big Sandy Barracuda Swim Team. New members are always welcome and are a very important part of the team. In 2016, the Barracudas, coached by Travis Baumann, was comprised of 32 swimmers, 28 of whom qualified for the State meet. Team growth is essential to achieve and maintain a competitive team, and this is something that the...
Today is Ash Wednesday. It is a time when an old, old church tradition takes place in many churches around the world. In our church, Van Orsdel Methodist, in Havre, we save our palm leaves from Palm Sunday, burn them and the ashes of those palm leaves are applied to the foreheads of people participating in Ash Wednesday services in the form of a cross. That signals that Lent has begun and will continue until Easter Sunday which, this year is April 16. Traditionally in many families, Lent is a time to sacrifice like giving up drinking or...
Soil Acidity and Soil Health Workshop in Fort Benton The Chouteau County Conservation District and MSU Extension are teaming up for a soil acidity and soil health workshop at the Community Recreation Center in Fort Benton on March 22, 2017. The Community Center is located at 911 16th Street. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m., and the workshop will begin at 10:00 a.m. Most agricultural soils in Montana have near-neutral to basic conditions with surface soil pH 6.5 to 8. However, some areas of Montana have developed acidic soil layers near...
Sitting here looking at a blank page of the computer, I realize that I have no meanderings left in me this week. When that happens, sometimes if I just start out, something clicks in me and there is something to write about. I thought about writing about the outrage of daylight savings time but although it is just around the corner, maybe I will save that for a column closer to the dastardly event itself. Then there is wind chill factor. That is always a good topic for winter and sort of fits right in with Montana weather. It is close to fifty...
here were lots of people in Big Sandy the last weekend of January. Not only was there a big annual gun show but the first annual coyote hunt was held as well. Lindsay Boyce and Clete Ophus were in the "Mountaineer" this week to tell us all about it and to thank the community for so much cooperation in the dual activities that went on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Lindsay's husband Stephen Boyce came up with the idea as much as anyone. It is known that there are too many coyotes around this area...
Most everyone knows that an east coast ground hog is the official predictor of whether or not there is going to be six more weeks or winter. If that ground hog sees his shadow on February 2 there is six more weeks of winter and if he doesn't see his shadow, it means that spring is here. We don't have any ground hogs in Montana. Our closest relative is the marmot or whistling marmot and in the Bear Paw Mountains we are fortunate to have one that forecasts the end of winter. His name is Marmaduke...
This column is mostly about western art and dogs. Let’s start with the dogs. I have never counted the number of dogs I have had in my life but it has been plenty. The most I have ever had at one time is three and the least, one. I remember well my first dog. He was a sort of black lab by the name of Jinx. We called him that because he would chase cars on Tenth Street when it was the main highway to Great Falls. He would get hit frequently, go quickly to our Dry Cleaning Plant on Tenth Street and get under the big steam boiler until he was well...
This week Vicki picked “THE WISH” by Beverly Lewis. Leona Speicher got the sister she always dreamed of the day Gloria Gingerich and her family moved to Lancaster County. The Arkansas newcomers seem to be the answer to Leona’s prayers until Gloria’s father is expelled from their Old Order Amish church for reasons no one will discuss. Much to Leona’s dismay the Gingeriches suddenly pack up and disappear. Then after a silence of several years, Gloria unexpectedly contacts Leona who makes up her mind to go after her friend. Yet Leona’s f...
Celebration and status worldwide Valentine's Day customs[which?] developed in early modern England and spread throughout the Anglosphere in the 19th century. In the later 20th and early 21st centuries, these customs spread to other countries, but their effect has been more limited than those of Hallowe'en, or than aspects of Christmas, (such as Santa Claus). Due to a concentrated marketing effort, Valentine's Day is celebrated in some East Asian countries with Chinese and South Koreans spending...
Pearl Jam will be inducted for the 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of fame. Big Sandy native and 1981 Big Sandy graduate Jeff Ament is the bass player and co-founder of the band. Pearl Jam with Big Sandy native Jeff Ament playing the bass for the super group will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 7, at Barclay's in Brooklyn New York. This is a great honor bestowed upon the band and an incredible epic journey the band has been on since it was formed in 1990. Ament began finding...
This January 27, 28 and 29 will be the Fifth Annual Gun and Ammo show held in January in Big Sandy, Montana. It will be held at the Jerry Martin Memorial Hall. Cost to get in the gate is five dollars and that is good for all three days. Hours are Friday, January 27 noon until 6pm, Saturday, January 28 nine to 6pm and Sunday, January 29 nine until 3pm. There will be fourteen vendors who will be utilizing fifty tables to sell their wares and lest you think the gun and ammo show is just about guns...
By Vance Butler A little history of how the Big Sandy Gun and Ammo show started in Big Sandy. During the 1990’s the Kidd Brothers of Big Sandy organized a gun show every January in Havre at the MSU Northern Student Union building. Jean Butler, being a Watkins Products Dealer asked them if she could set up in a booth there. They allowed her to set up in the hallway. It was at this time that her young son Kirkley would go along to help but mostly to go and admire all of the guns. Kirkley developed a friendship with an avid hunter and prairie d...
Vic’s Pics This week Vicki chose a novel by Nicholas Sparks called “TWO BY TWO”. We will all make it through, two by two. At thirty-two Russell Green has it all, a stunning wife, a lovable six year old daughter, a successful career as an advertising executive and an expensive home in Charlotte. He is living the dream and his marriage to the bewitching Vivian is the center of that dream. But underneath the shiny surface of this perfect existence fault lines are beginning to appear and no one is more surprised than Russ when he finds every aspec...
Come listen to an unforgettable concert Tuesday, January 31st, when Chouteau County Performing Arts, in partnership with the Grand Union Hotel, present Too Marvelous for Words, a Nat King Cole tribute show. This concert starts at 7 PM at the Fort Benton Elementary School auditorium. Created by Rob Perkins and Peter Smith, "Too Marvelous For Words" is a fun and swingin' journey into the early days of Nat King Cole. Before "The Christmas Song" and "Mona Lisa" that we know from the crooner standing...
Four tables of enthusiastic players enjoyed another Sunday of fun in the Mint family room playing 7 rounds of pinochle on January 22nd. (Well most of the sixteen were enthusiastic most of the time!) Always depends a lot on the cards, luck, partners, and attitudes! Highest rounds for the day were played by Lil Foussard and Charlene Moravec with a 2150 followed two rounds later by Wilma Welty and Rebecca Weihe with a 2140! Nice hands ladies! Have to say probably the most interesting round “win” of the day went to Karla Whetham and Sheila Duncan w...
Sixteen eager folks gathered at the Mint Family Room for an afternoon of food, fun, and fellowship as we played pinochle. The big winner who took home $25.00 was a newcomer to the group, Larry Bitz, with a score for seven rounds or twenty-eight hands of 7420. Second place and $20.00 was earned by Rebecca (Bitz) Wiehe for her score of 6940. Third place and a $ 15.00 payout went to John Cline who had a total score of 6900 points, Charlene Moravec was the fourth place finisher and her score of 6860 netted her $10.00.Fifth and Sixth place winners...
Vic’s Pics This week Vicki has chosen a huge thriller by Harlan Coben called “HOME” if I read the literature right in describing this book. A decade ago kidnappers grabbed two boys from wealthy families and demanded ransom, then went silent. No trace of the boys ever surfaced. For ten years their families have been left with nothing but painful memories and a quiet desperation for the day that has finally miraculously arrived. Myron Bolitar and his friend Win believe they have located one of the boys, now a teenager. Where has he been for t...
It is again that time of the year for all of you to get busy and get those quilt projects finished. The dates for our annual Quilt Show at the Montana Seed Show is March10 and 11,2017. The quilts and entry forms must be returned by 5 p.m. on March 3,2017 to the Richman Insurance office in Harlem. No late entries will be accepted. Forms may be picked up at various places in Harlem and Havre. A list will be printed in about 2 weeks in this paper. If you have any questions, you can contact Carla...
This week Vicki chose a James Patterson large print novel called “BULLSEYE”. It is a detective Michael Bennett thriller. Snow blankets the avenues of Manhattan’s exclusive upper west side. The storm is the perfect cover for a fashionable, highly trained team of lethal assassins as they prowl the street hunting their prey. But their first hit is simply target practice. Their next mission may very well turn the cold war red hot once again. Stepping directly into the line of fire, the president of the United States is in New York for a summit at t...
After seven rousing rounds of play, Rebecca (Bitz) came out with the high score of 7900 points for which she earned $25.00. Second place with a score of 7570 was Joe Landinger and for that he took home $20.00; Third place was awarded to Lil Foussard for her 7500 point score and she took home $15.00. The fourth place finisher and the loudest WHINER and CURSER of the afternoon and evening was Shawn Webster who earned $10.00 for his score of 7150 points. Both the 5th and 6th place finishers, Roberta Whetham and Elaine Courtnage took home their...
“On Thursday 7 July 2005 a series of four bomb attacks struck London’s public transport system. . . 56 people killed, 700 injured.” --Wikipedia By my annual October trip to London I have buried the exploded British bodies under Katrina’s casualties But still can’t take the bus two kilometers from Euston Station to St. Margaret’s Hotel Suitcases too heavy to lift into a bus I tell myself Losing my first private battle against terrorism As I pull two suitcases and herd the third down Upper Woburn Place All the while awarding myself a walking ovat...