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By Robert Lucke For a small town, there are quite a few organizations in Big Sandy that go around doing a world of good for a lot of people. One that is not recognized nearly as much as it should be is the American Legion Auxiliary unit here in Big Sandy. This unit of 29 members helps veterans and others on an almost daily basis. And they do most of their activities in a very non assuming and quiet way. Last week Lianne Heimbigner and Amy Sibra along with Barb Dixon came in to talk about their...
For most of you who read my rants and raves often, you know that I am a Brother Van Methodist. In my family that all got started when my uncle Robert Charles Stuart died at age 6 from eating a poisoned apple by mistake. Up until that time Grandma and Grandpa Stuart did not go to church at all. But after Bobby died they decided to start going to church and of course they had to be Methodists. Grandpa Stuart’s father was a Methodist tent preacher in Virginia. Grandpa Stuart’s brother John in addition to being an engineer on the Great Nor...
When I am driving to Big Sandy and back these days, I see that the fields are full of folks sowing their crops and hoping for a good harvest and good prices. I think of that famous favorite hymn of the famous Methodist Missionary Brother Van, “Harvest Time” by W. A. Spencer. The hymn is about planting and reaping and tears and singing and mostly about life which is not always pleasant. In addition the hymn is not really about planting and reaping at all but about grace, our souls, good times and bad and how to live life. You don’t have to be...
After visiting with Mary Burrows (MSU Disease Diagnostician), we are estimating that stripe rust will begin injuring cereal grains this week. Below are a few notes I have compiled on biology and management of the stripe rust fungus. • Fungal spores attack wheat consuming the nutrients synthesized by the host plant. • Spread by green bridge and wind dispersal. Community disease like WSMV with multiple infection cycles. • Spores on the ground are dead because they need living plant tissue to survive. Spores will over-winter on volunteer plants. W...
This week Vicki picked a book called “HALF THE SKY” by the husband and wife team of Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. “HALF THE SKY “is a call to arms. A call for help. A call for contributions but also it is a call for volunteers. It asks us to open our eyes to this enormous humanitarian issue. It does so with exquisitely crafted prose and sensationally interesting material. One reviewer says that it is one of the most important books ever reviewed. From the first married couple to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism, here is a passion...
Four tables of players enjoyed another Sunday in the Mint family room playing 7 rounds of pinochle on May 21st. Many of the regulars were absent and very much missed! Highest round for the day was 1480 played by Roberta Whetham and Nora Grubb. The low score went to Karla Whetham with her 2780 which did get her $5 back! High scorer for the day was Nora Grubb with her 7250 earning $30 for first place finish. 2nd went to Frank Moravec for his 6390 netting $25. 3rd went to Charlene Moravec for her 6160 for $20. Play for June is set for the 4th and...
Who doesn’t like to be able to offer your guests or family a slice of homemade pie? Are you not a pie baker and hope one day you can make the offer to someone? Maybe you just haven’t taken the time or you had a not so positive experience making one? Or, you just love to make pies and would be willing to share your hints and tips with us. Then join us for a pie making workshop! On May 24, we will have a hands-on workshop where you will make the pie filling, the pie crust and then assemble and bake the pie to take home. The workshop will beg...
Leatrice June Faber, 86, passed away on May 10, 2017. A celebration of love was held at the Methodist Church in Chinook on May 19th, at 3:00. A reception followed at Waldner Hall. Leatrice was born on August 1, 1931, to Arthur and Vioka Butler. She was raised on a farm South of Big Sandy, with her brother, Ellsworth. On April 1, 1951, she married the love of her life, Lawrence Faber. Together, while raising 4 children, they made their home East of Big Sandy for 13 years before moving to Cleveland. Leatrice took great pride in being a...
Last weekend I went to Lake McDonald and Glacier National Park for the first time this season. It was wonderful. I participated in the first log ceremony at Lake McDonald Lodge where on the day the Lodge opens, a crowd gathers and the first fire in the huge fireplace is lit for the season. In addition I answered lots of questions in a question and answer session with new Red Bus Drivers. But best of all I just looked and looked and looked. Oh how I had missed those wonderful mountains that form the top part of Lake McDonald. Just naming them...
At the midpoint of World War 1, a stalemate had set in. Both sides had established lines of trenches, protected by barbed wire and machine gun nests. This resulted in an unfortunate strategy where soldiers would rush across the field of “No Man’s Land”, into enemy gunfire, and attempt to dislodge enemy troops from the opposing trench. Often, successfully captured trenches were recaptured as the soldiers in the surrounding trenches sent troops to drive out the enemy and recapture positions. Essentially, both sides sat across the lines from...
