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Crystal Geyer is more than excited about their new adventure at Big Sandy Senior Center. Starting in April the Senior Center will have a self-serve soup and salad bar to go. They will offer three salad choices and one soup. If it takes off they'll try more salads. Also, they are offering frozen meals for sale for $2.50. These will be made from the left-over meals served during the week and offered at half price of the hot meal. The board of Big Sandy Senior Center would like everyone to know...
Republican candidates for Montana’s Senate seat will be Senator Russ Tempel, R-Chester and Brad Lotton of Havre. Brad Lotton was elected as a Montana Delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. He is a former Hill County Republican Chair and the owner of Lotton Construction Company. Russ Temple was selected, in 2017 to replace Kris Hansen, who resigned. Tempel has served as a Liberty County commissioner for 18 years, before he became a Senator. The open primary will be held on June 5, 2018. The deadline for filing was March 1...
Trenton Butler has been reappointed by Governor Steve Bullock to Montana Council on Developmental Disabilities. During his time on the Council they have concentrated on the last half of the word "disabilities" which is abilities. Trenton just returned to Big Sandy after participating in a Council meeting in Helena, visiting the Governor's office, and participating in a rally. March is Development Disabilities Month and this year's Rally theme was See Me. See me as your neighbor; see me as a...
On February 14th there was a mass shooting in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. 17 students and staff lost their lives in this shooting. To honor the victims, a national school walk out was organized for students across the nation. This walk out was held a month after the Parkland shooting on March 14th. Students and staff across the nation took part in this walk out by leaving class at ten o’clock and protesting for ten minutes. Many students supported the cause by bringing signs or just participating. Even though Big...
Mindful Eating How many times have you done something and cannot remember what happened or what was said? Have you even found that you cannot remember what you had to eat a few hours ago? Our minds wander due to deadlines, upcoming events and other pressures, which can lead to us doing things without paying attention. This even happens with eating. More and more research has found mindfulness to have a positive psychological well-being, and benefit individuals and their eating behaviors. Mindful eating is being aware of your eating habits, the...
Cropping Q and A in March from the Chouteau County Extension Office • Why were wheat protein levels so low in many areas of Chouteau County in 2017? Clain Jones MSU Extension Fertility Specialist replied with the following: Generally, in Montana, we seem to get drought during grain fill which reduces yield, concentrating the amount of protein and Nitrogen in a smaller amount of grain, resulting in higher protein. While in 2017 we definitely had drought during grain fill, we also had it around flowering, which I think trumped the c...
A few weeks ago, I made a peanut butter sandwich for my son for lunch. He took his sandwich with him to his room, where he ate and played. Because he’s a typical four year old, it didn’t take long before he forgot about the sandwich and wandered off to do something else. When he remembered his lunch, he returned to it and found that the dog had eaten his lunch, which he had left on the floor in his room. Frustrated, he came to me crying over his lost meal. I made another sandwich, which he took with him to his room. Sure enough, 30 minutes lat...
SHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! The Easter Bunny is coming to Big Sandy Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. The Easter Bunny has been coming to Big Sandy for over 50 years. This year the Easter Bunny will hold a TRUNK AND HUNT on main street in front of City Hall. The Easter Bunny has tried to think of various ways to remove the snow around the Big Sandy Airport to accommodate the bunny’s hiding places for special prizes and candy. This year it does not look like Mother Nature will help the Easter Bunny with snow removal. When all the children arrive they...
Menus for the Week: Thursday, March 29- Kielbasa & Sauerkraut, Apple slaw, Cherry nut cake. Friday, March 30- Polock, Fires, cucumber onion salad, cupcakes. Monday, April 2- Chili Dogs, tots, cookies. Tuesday, April 3- Birthday Dinner, Spare Ribs and sauerkraut, broccoli & cauliflower, Pineapple upside down cake. Wednesday, April 4- Spaghetti with French bread, squash, peanut butter cookies. Grandma’s Ground Beef Casserole • 1 pound ground beef • 1 teaspoon white sugar • 1 teaspoon salt • 1 teaspoon garlic salt • 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce...
Thursday, March 29- Lifetouch Pictures, 8 a.m. at the Elementary school and around 11 a.m. they will be at the High school. Easter Break- March 30- April 2 Wednesday, April 4- State FFA is in Billings. Also There will Parents/ Teacher Conferences from 4:00 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5- Parents/ Teacher conferences 4:00 to 7:00p.m. Saturday, April 7- 5th & 6th grade will host their Basketball Jamboree. And Track will travel to Lewistown for a meet. Menus for the week: Thursday, March 29- Breakfast- Omelet, sausage, assorted cereals, fresh...
Superintendent Interviews Thursday, March 29, 2018 2:00 pm-3:45pm Candidates tour community, high school, grade school and superintendent house. 4:00-4:15 Steven Schwartz meet with teachers in the High School Library. Kelly Haaland meets with principal and clerk in Administrative Office. 4:15-4:30 Kelly Haaland meet with teachers in the High School Library. Steven Schwartz meets with principal and clerk in the Administrative Office. All further events will take place in the High School Library. 4:30-5:00 Staff and Community Social 5:00-6:00...
THE FORCE BY DON WINSLOW The acclaimed, award-winning, bestselling author of The Cartel—voted one of the Best Books of the Year by more than sixty publications, including the New York Times—makes his William Morrow debut with a cinematic epic as explosive, powerful, and unforgettable as Mystic River and The Wire. Our ends know our beginnings, but the reverse isn’t true . . . All Denny Malone wants is to be a good cop. He is “the King of Manhattan North,” a highly decorated NYPD detective sergeant and the real leader of “Da Force.” Malone and hi...
Big Sandy High held their 2018 Prom last Saturday, March 24. Seniors, Jenna Leader and Duke Darlington were crowned this years Prom King and Queen....
A Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Bowhunter Education course date has been set for the Havre area. There will be a regular youth classroom course starting on April 16, and an adult online “field day” course on April 21. Archery hunters must have purchased a Montana bow and arrow license prior to hunting during the archery-only season. To purchase a bow and arrow license an individual must meet one of the following requirements: · Show completion of a bowhunter education course · Show proof of purchase of a previous year’s bow and arrow l...
