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This year's theme for Nursing home week is "Live Soulfully." There is no question that the Big Sandy Nursing Home lives up to the theme. They do everything that helps seniors to live fulfilled lives. What is important is the nursing care, activities, meals, physical therapy, a religious connection, and hospice care, or special care for dementia patients. They ask what makes them happy. They ask themselves how they can achieve "happy minds and healthy souls." Every day, staff at the nursing home...
It's National Teacher Appreciation Day May 7th and it's getting close to the end of the year. In a state where teachers are paid the lowest of all 50 states, a verbal recognition of their efforts is extremely important. Every one of the teachers in Big Sandy deserve a thank you from all of us. When I researched how to thank a teacher one site said, to give a thank you with an apple. The next said teachers were tired of apples. Clearly it isn't the apple, it's the appreciation you sincerely...
The Big Sandy High School music program qualified twenty events for the state music festival held at Helena High School on May 3rd & 4th. Under the direction of Susan Walker and with the preparation of Amanda Robertson, the musicians earned 13 superior ratings and 7 excellent ratings. Mrs. Walker came out of retirement to finish the school year for Mrs. Robertson, who is currently on maternity leave. Mrs. Walker reported that the adjudicators were much tougher this year, thus a superior rating w...
Cytospora Canker The fungal disease Cytospora canker is common in Montana and is most damaging on Colorado and Norway spruces. The first indications of Cytospora canker are dying lower branches with bluish-white-colored resin flowing from cankered areas. Upper branches die in subsequent years. Infected inner bark and the cambium tissue directly below the bark are brown, whereas healthy tissues are light-colored. Removal of outer bark slivers just beyond the resin soaking often exposes black pinhead-sized depressions (spore-producing fungal bodi...
Last Tuesday the FFA members and advisor, Mr. Taylor, held a fundraiser at the Big Sandy High School. The fundraiser was the annual donkey basketball game with different teams and good concessions! Lots of people donated food for concessions and the FFA members organized the whole fundraiser. The point of donkey basketball is different teams playing a game of basketball while riding adorable donkeys. There were two five-minute rounds for each game. Five players play at a time, with four players...
District Two Meeting. On Saturday, April 27, thirty-five members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary visited Fort Benton to participate in the 2019 Spring Meeting. Twenty Veterans and fifteen Auxiliary representing eight of the twelve Posts in District Two gathered at The First Christian Church to discuss the future goals of the VFW, conduct District level elections and make nominations for the Department (State) level elections in June. Speaking of State level, we had the pleasure of hosting the State Commander Joe Fletcher of Great...
The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) and local public health agencies remind Montanans and visitors to the state to be aware of the risk of hantavirus and to take precautions to avoid exposures to rodents, their droppings and nests. “Although hantavirus infection can occur during any month, the risk of exposure is increased in the spring and summer as people clean cabins and sheds, and spend more time outside in the vicinity of rodents,” said Magdalena Scott, epidemiologist for the DPHHS Public Health and Safety Div...
Barbara Jean Dixon, age 91, of Big Sandy passed away on Saturday, April 27, 2019 due to natural causes. Cremation has taken place. A Vigil was held on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. and a Funeral Mass was held on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. all at Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Big Sandy. Memorials in Barb's name may be made to the charity of the donor's choice. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements and services. Please visit Barb's online...
Thursday, May 9- Sub Sandwiches, Chips, and Brownies. Friday May 10- Mother’s Day Dinner $10.00, roastbeef, mashed potatoes, Pastele gelatin, salad bar, and cheese cake. Monday May 13- Tamale Pie, broccoli/cauliflower salad, and apple crisp. Tuesday, May 14 - Birthday Dinner $10.00, Chicken Fried Steak, hash browns, Peas-n-carrots, Jello rolls, and cake. Wednesday, May 15- Chicken Enchiladas, Strawberry salad, Oatmeal Cherry Cookies. Recipe of the Week: World’s Best Lasagna Ingredients: 1 pound sweet Italian sausage 3/4 pound lean ground bee...
I recently read the Wizard of Oz and was surprised at some of the differences between the film and the novel. The most interesting difference related to the story of the Tin Man, who was originally just a regular woodsman. He was cutting wood to earn money to buy a home for his fiancé. While he was working one day, he accidentally cut off his own leg, which he has replaced with a mechanical one. The same kind of accident claims his other leg and his arms, all of which he replaces with mechanical limbs. He discovers that he is able to work...
Hill County Electric Cooperative, Inc. (HCE) will be holding its 74th Annual Meeting of Members on Saturday, May 11, 2019, at the Student Union Building on the campus of Montana State University-Northern in Havre, MT. The physical address is 300 13th St W in Havre. Registration will begin at 9:00 am, the business meeting will start at 10:00 am followed by lunch and prize drawings. During the business meeting, there will be a Trustee election for District 1. In addition, “Luck of the Draw” scholarships will be awarded during the meeting for mem...
The Pioneers competed in two track meets this week, the Fairfield Belt Invitational and the Cascade Top 8. Thirty one teams were invited to the Fairfield-Belt meet, which featured the majority of the Class C and B Northern Divisions. In the discus, Kade Strutz brought home a 3rd place finish, while Brock Proulx placed 6th. Strutz placed 5th in the shotput and Brock Proulx placed 7th. Parker Proulx placed 7th in the javelin. The distance running duo of Ryan Roth and Jeremiah Genereux placed 5th...
It was a windy day, like most spring track meets. I saw him coming down the cement stairs from the track field. I asked him if he likes track. He said, "Yes. I run the 100 and the hurdles." Although I learned later, he's never runs the hurdles but wanted to and on that day, he was going to get a chance to. He just loves being a part of a team and playing sports. His skill levels will not make him a winner, but he loves the camaraderie like sitting with friends on the bus and running in the same...
