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According to Megan Bartel, First Bank Loan Operations Manager, "The First Bank branch opening will be January 21. The employees at First Bank of Montana have been hard at work training and getting prepared to open the First Bank of Montana Big Sandy location on January 21. The same familiar faces will be greeting you on Tuesday morning. Demra Brown is the branch manager of the Big Sandy location, both she and Nicole Allderdice will be providing customer service and new account opening, Gloria...
At the monthly meeting of the Big Sandy Council, every council member was present. Mayor Shaud Schwarzbach was sworn in first, and then he swore in the rest of the councilmen, including Rich Jesperson, who is a first-term councilman. Rich believes, "We have lived in Big Sandy for 33 years, so I guess it's about time I serve on the City Council and give back to what has become my home town." Although there were several guests at the meeting, there was no public comment. The engineers present said...
Last Tuesday, the Booster club met at the Senior Citizen Center at 7 pm. The meeting was filled with a long agenda. Some items including the new sports cameras and the elementary school’s basketball court were discussed lengthily. The six ladies including Kelly Dixon, Anna Bold, Jeri Roth, Kristin Gasvoda, Crystal Geyer, and Melanie Schwarzbach began by discussing the current budget. The current amount is $12,778; however, some expenses had not gone through. Melanie gave the financial report which included the cost of the new cameras. Cheryl th...
MSU Extension level 1 Master Gardener classes will take place in Fort Benton or Big Sandy in February pending pre-registration numbers. Now is your chance to participate in an excellent educational opportunity. If ten people pre-register, we will have the class, which traditionally begins in late February. Please contact the MSU Chouteau County Extension office at 622-3751 to pre-register. The Level 1 Master Gardener course requires 16 hours of class time, and is taught by local Extension agents, plant professionals, and Master Gardener...
Larry Jappe was chosen as head coach for the Red Team 6-Man All-Star Game. Wyatt Colvin from Jordon was chosen as the Head Coach for the Blue Team. Assisting coach Larry are Assistant coaches: J.R. Johnson, Westby-Grenora; Mitch Ward, Shields Valley; and Jim Lawson, Hot Springs I caught Larry at home, before he went out into below zero weather to feed cattle. He said he believed he was chosen for the honor because of the quality of the Pioneer football players. He believes they go to Highwood...
Over the last few weeks, I have been reading about New Year’s Resolutions. One of the most common suggestions for folks to apply in order to succeed in their life changes is that you find a group of people to associate with that are doing the same thing. This is a powerful idea because it is well supported by human behavior studies. We are influenced by our environment and peer group. For example, children are more likely to read regularly if they are raised in a household with parents who read. Kids raised in a household with parents who d...
Free Annual Credit Reports There is one official site to get a free annual credit report. It is AnnualCreditReport.com and they can also be reached at (877)322-8228. It is Federal law that you are able to get a free credit report every twelve months from each of the three major consumer reporting companies (Equifax, Experian and TransUnion). Do not be fooled by the advertising of look-alike sites. In the end, the look-alike sites that claim to be free will end up charging you. Why should you check your credit report often? Monitoring your...
Thursday, January 16- Tater tot casserole, veggies, salad, and bread. Friday, January 17- Sub Sandwiches, Potato soup, and sessert. Monday, January 20- Chicken & Dumplings, veggies, fruit salad, Pinapple Upside down cake. Tuesday, January 21- Pork over Noodles, garlic veggies, and Cookie Salad.Wednesday, January 22- Chicken Fajita, and gingerbread cake. Potato Soup Ingredients 1 tablespoon butter 1 large onion, chopped 6 cups mashed cooked potatoes 2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth 1/2 cup milk Directions In a medium soup pot melt butter over...
We had friends from Pennsylvania visiting as we were making plans and preparing to market our 2019 calves at auction. They are also farmers and ranchers; they had brought their local Lancaster Farming paper with them to show us their markets and sales. What a difference from our auction yards in Montana where mostly cattle are sold, sometimes a horse, pigs, sheep, or goats. At their auctions, they sell the usual livestock; then, they sell alpacas, yaks, chickens, rabbits, parakeets, guineas,...
For one half of basketball, the Big Sandy Pioneers exorcised their frustrations Saturday on an overwhelmed opponent. Having dropped their last three games - two of which were by a combined eight points - the boys in purple and gold looked determined to blow the doors off North Star. Jumping out to a 22-5 advantage, suffocating Big Sandy defense prevented the Knights from scoring until 3 minutes, 44 seconds had elapsed. Pioneer senior Ryan Roth had already scored in double digits by the time the...
With a 7-2 run to open the contest, the Big Sandy girls basketball team looked ready to bounce back Saturday against North Star. The Lady Pioneers were coming off a 58-26 defeat at two-time defending state champion Box Elder a night earlier. In the opening minutes, they looked read to pick on someone their own size. Senior Seanna Demontiney made a pass that set up classmate Lainey Gregory beautifully for a lay-in to make it 2-2. Fellow senior Amanda Cline snagged a steal and Gregory put the...
Last week I wrote about Vanessa and Liana Janssen's recent visit to Japan. In actuality, the Janssen family consists of three children in total. It simply was not feasible for the entire family to make the trip east, as airfare to Japan was quite costly. So the head of the family and Pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, Sean Janssen, researched alternate destinations with cheap flights for a trip with his two young sons, Cameron, age six, and Holden, age 4. He found a terrific deal from Seattle to...
I was born in 1956, so somebody cut my hair before George Ament and his wife Penny moved to town and took over the barbershop. Somebody cut it, but I don't remember who it was. My first memory of a haircut is my first memory of George. For me, he was the Big Sandy barber. I could look it up somewhere, but since I am more about anecdotes than accuracy, I am not going to bother: I think George came to Big Sandy in about 1962. I believe he came from Minnesota. He probably thought he was going to...
