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Hill County Electric experienced a significant power outage, spanning an area larger than several states. The outage extended from Box Elder to the high line, over to Chester, down to Fort Benton, and included Loma and Virgille, rural areas in Big Sandy and the Hopp-Illaid area, and the river. This extensive outage requires your understanding and patience as we work to restore power. The following was taken from their website. "HCE has determined the outage is caused by transmission transformer...
The primary order of business at the Big Sandy City Council Meeting was the removal of Big Sandy’s Old Hotel downtown, which was built in 1916. It is full of asbestos, and the discussion was on removing it. Granite Peak Environment, LLC provided three alternatives to the Bear Paw Development Corporation, which has written and received a grant for its removal. Bear Paw has asked the city to provide in-kind services. There are three alternatives. One is to do nothing; the other two discuss the best time to remove the asbestos: Alternative 2...
One look at my lawn screams at me to start yard work, but my lawn mower is broken, and it made me think I should do another business highlight. Ron Baumann and his Complete Small Engine Repair business are the heroes of fixing small engines, including lawnmowers. Many people like me wait until I need my lawn mower and take it to him, wanting it fixed NOW "even if there are 10 people in front of him." So get your lawnmowers to him now. Ron also has used lawnmowers for sale. I noticed there was...
Big Sandy's Postmaster, Amanda Hoffman, is one of our new school board trustees. Kyle Danreuther is the other one and will be featured next week. Amanda has worked for the Postal Service for eight years. First, she was a clerk at the Havre post office, the low man on the totem pole, before she was transferred to Harlem for a year and a half. She was driving to work from Big Sandy three to four times a week. She was transferred back to Havre and worked as a supervisor there for about a year. She...
Big Sandy FFA attended the 94th annual Montana State convention the week of April 2nd through 6th in Billings. Our Ag program took 20 students to participate in the event and compete in various categories. Mr. Taylor, who teaches Ag in Big Sandy, explained a little about the convention. In addition to the competitions, students took advantage of learning opportunities and ag related experiences at the convention. "We brought 20 kids down, and they all enjoyed a great week. It was a week full of...
Are Your Pine Needles Brown, Red or Purple? It Could be Winterburn. Information from this article comes from Dr. Peter Kolb (MSU Extension Forester). During dry and cold winters, evergreen trees growing in windbreaks or other exposed areas are afflicted with a bad case of needle discoloration that ranges from brown to purple followed by needle drop. Often this is most prevalent on the south side or windward side of the tree, and in some cases only last year’s new needles are impacted and in other cases most of the older needles are d...
As the track season kicks off and the weather beckons us to run, I’m here to guide those who are new to the world of track. It’s a sport where your ultimate rival is yourself. Yes, there are others competing against you, but your goal is to set a PR (personal record), measured by fractions of an inch or time. The thrill of track is something I cherish, and I believe that if you attend a track meet, you’ll understand and enjoy it too. I’ll also share the top 10 results from the track meets and any personal bests they have, adding to the excitem...
When I was in my early elementary school years, one of the teachers showed us a documentary about how climate destruction was going to result in another ice age. The film showed the miserable state of humanity living in perpetual winter and scraping by for their daily survival. A couple of years later, and after moving to another state and school district while I was still in elementary school, we watched a different documentary in class about how global warming would turn most of the world into a desert. The movie showed the miserable state...
After the return of class skits last year, the school again had class skits. The Freshman won with a skit, Big Sandyville, a modern-day story of an old tale-Cinderella. I'm sure it won because the Freshman class only has three girls. Because it was about a formal ball, all the freshman men had to dress up in formal wear, some even wearing back high heels. I especially enjoyed the little mice-squeaking! The sophomore class wrote a skit about a lonely girl who came into her own at the annual schoo...
The Pioneer track team had two track meets this past week. The first was the Cal Wearley track meet in Havre on Wednesday the 10th. This track meet was huge and lasted a long time (approximately 10 hours). There were 34 teams and 693 athletes, with 412 of them being males and 281 of them being females. There were 2000 entries. What I love about this track meet is that no matter how big or long it gets, it is well organized and includes Varsity, JV, and Unified athletes. The Pioneer boys unified...
