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Of all patriotic holidays, Memorial Day is the most powerful for me. A veteran came up to me at the program and asked why more people didn't come. He was hurt and said, "I guess I'm just old fashion." There is just something about this holiday that brings tears to my eyes. The first stop is the breakfast put on by the Big Sandy Historical Society. It's a great breakfast, and everyone can sit around and visit while waiting for the parade. Every year, the parade is getting better. I remember...
Summer Agricultural Field Days in the Golden Triangle The Montana State University College of Agriculture and Montana Agricultural Experiment Stations will once again host a series of field days at Havre, Moccasin, and Conrad. “We look forward to our field days every year because of the opportunities they create to interact and share research results with agricultural producers and friends around Montana,” said Sreekala Bajwa, director of the Montana Agricultural Experiment Stations and the college’s dean. “Getting to share and receive feedbac...
A Letter of Thanks To Our Community: I wanted to write and thank the taxpayers and community members of Big Sandy for your support of our school district’s recent and successful mill levy election. With the support of our citizens, I am happy to say that the levy passed 186-140. Your support of our mission will ensure that we are able to maintain our programs and services for our students, and that we are able to continue to provide the quality of programming and educational opportunities they require. Unfortunately, in the past two years i... Full story
The Montana 6-Man All-Star Football Game took place Friday, May 31st in Custer, Montana. The annual game draws together 18 standout athletes from across the state. This year, Big Sandy High School Senior Samuel Cox represented our community in the competition. Cox was all conference this year, and was invited to play along with Cooper Taylor, who was unable to play due to an ACL injury that he is recovering from. Samuel described his experience at the game: "It was tons of fun. I had never met...
The City of Big Sandy and Big Sandy Medical Center combined efforts to obtain enough grant funding to pay for an engineering study of the street drainage issues surrounding the Big Sandy Medical Center campus. The City received a $40,000 grant from the DNRC and the Hospital received a grant from the MT Facility Finance Authority for $25,000, which requires a $5,000 match from the Hospital. Ron Wiens, CEO of Big Sandy Medical Center said "with the medical center's campus expanding to include the...
All Montanans deserve access to library services that meet their needs. The public library standards identify a base level of service that residents and visitors should receive wherever they are in Montana. To be eligible for state funding, libraries must meet the public library standards. One standard currently being focused on by the Chouteau County library system is number 8: "The public library board, in consultation with the director, shall identify in writing what they want to accomplish i... Full story
Memorial Day weekend visitors stopped in from Malta, Havre and Great Falls. They enjoyed watching our popular video of the Montana Picnic in New York’s Central Park, took our “tour,” and found books and records in our big collection. A few personal words about this newspaper.T he Mountaineer has been a vital part of our local culture since 1911. One seldom recognized service is the space provided or people to express best wishes and “Thank You” notices of all kinds. “I Wonder” if our children (among others) should be encouraged to give thanks f...
Well, school is out for the summer. Do you know what that officially means? Swimming is back! I wanted to start this year’s swim season with something different. I was visiting with someone recently about how excited I was to be able to keep up with the swimmers and how their times change for the season as they get better. That individual said they don’t read the articles or attend any meets because they don’t understand swimming. I decided to break down a few things before I give you the results of the Big Sandy swim team’s weekend in Shelby....
Held in the high school computer lab at 7:00pm May 21 2024 Trustees in Attendance: Chair Kelly Rutledge, Vice Chair Brad Weaver, Anna Bold, Jessica Sheehy, Matt Myers Administration in Attendance: Superintendent Dan Schrock, Principal Heather Wolery District Clerk Mary Merrill Onboarding Trustees present- Amanda Hoffman, Kyle Danreuther • Meeting called to order at 7pm by Chairman Rutledge • Pledge was recited by all in attendance. • Public Comment • Correspondence- None • Approval of Minutes from previous regular board of trustees meeting h... Full story
