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The Community Decay Ordinance had its first public meeting. Mayor Shaud Schwarzbach started the meeting by telling everyone how happy he was to have so many people present. He reminded everyone there would be no voting that night. This was just a public awareness meeting to discuss the ordinance. There were a few recommendations to make the wording a little clearer during the discussion. They will take the recommendations to the lawyers for review and bring the ordinance back for further...
An historic event took place in the Big Sandy High School gymnasium Thursday, February 3, 2022. Mr. Kip Ryan of the Montana High School Association was here to make a special presentation commemorating Duane Lee Olson's induction into the MSHA Athletic "Hall of Fame" in January 2020. This presentation was to take place during Big Sandy's Homecoming 2020, but Covid-19 put that plan on hold. With Homecoming 2021 cancelled for the same reason, Mr. Ryan and Big Sandy High School Athletic director...
The Big Sandy Public Library will be celebrating the five year anniversary of the opening of the main street building on Monday, February 14th. To celebrate the new building’s birthday, they will be raffling off a quilt, which is on display at the library. Tickets are 6 for $5 and can be purchased at the library or from a member of the Friends of the Library. They will also be offering cookies and refreshments. Visitors can check out the various binders documenting the history of our branch and the efforts to build the new building. A slide s...
Master Gardener Level 1 Class in Big Sandy on March 3 (please pre-register) MSU Extension Level 1 Master Gardener classes will take place in Big Sandy on March 3rd from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Big Sandy Library. Now is your chance to participate in an excellent educational opportunity. 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 volunteers. For a $50.00 fee,...
How Big Sandy got its name is a bit of a mystery, but an article from the February 2, 1922 issue of the Mountaineer offers a reasonable answer. Karen Reinertson and Renee Hanson found it last week while researching for the Old Timer’s Column. It’s an interesting story, which explains how Big Sandy Creek, which runs near our little community, was named. The town itself is named after the creek. Here is the account published around a century ago. —Erik HERE IS THE STORY (The original headline!) The following account of the origin of the names Big...
My daughter turned 11 this weekend. When we moved to Big Sandy, she had recently celebrated her first birthday. I am scratching my head as to how the time has gone by so quickly and how few years I have left before she is an actual, legal adult and going off to college. I know that this is not a unique realization, and I have been well aware that her growing up was inevitable. Still, every birthday and milestone is a reminder that time is going by. In context of this discussion, I want to point out one of the best decisions I have made as a par...
No Menu Avaiable at Press time! Recipe of the week: Poor Man’s Stroganoff Ingredients 1 (12 ounce) package egg noodles 1 pound ground beef 1 teaspoon Greek seasoning (such as Cavender’s®) salt and ground black pepper to taste 1 teaspoon vegetable oil 1 (16 ounce) package sliced fresh mushrooms 1 pint sour cream Directions Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook egg noodles in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 5 minutes; drain. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat...
Montana History author, Roberta A. Beute will be visiting Big Sandy for a reading of her first book on Tuesday, February 15th at 4 PM at the Big Sandy Public Library. As It Was: A Common Thread began as an effort on Roberta’s part to preserve some of the stories of the ranchers in the Sweet Grass Hills. She began by interviewing her neighbors, many of them homesteaders or descendants of homesteaders. Before long, she was researching the various factors that brought all of the people and resources to our state and made it into what it is t...
On Friday, in a highly anticipated contest against the Box Elder Bears, a team that put one of the few blemishes on the Pioneers season. In the contest, both offenses continued to go right at one another in the first quarter with many points. After one-quarter of play Box Elder would be holding on to a 2-point lead. In the second quarter, the hot shooting for the Pioneers would continue. Still, every time the Pioneers would try to jump out and extend their lead, the Bears would answer back with...
The Lady Pioneers started the week with the highly anticipated game against the CJI Hawks. The girls came out in full-court pressure hoping to come out and get a quick lead on the Hawks. After the first 8 minutes of play, the Lady Pioneers trailed by 2 points with a score of 20-18. After settling in and making a few quick adjustments to the Lady Hawk’s ways and their ability to get the ball up and down the floor ending the first half of play with a 38-34 lead. The second have of the game was back and forth, with both teams battling to make e...
