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School's out and it's a great time to celebrate the quality of teachers we have in Big Sandy giving them a high five to say thank you! Somehow over the years people in our country have lost their high regard for teachers. We have some excellent teachers in our community and they deserve to be recognized and thanked. Brad Moore said, "It's hard, almost impossible to keep good teachers in Big Sandy." Montana has the lowest starting salary in the nation at $30,036, according to the National...
The Barracuda Swim Team started out with a splash! No pun intended. The under eight relay team made up of four boys started the race from the starting blocks with a big belly flop. One of the boys laughingly told me the splash he made blinded the other swimmers and helped him get ahead. It was a nice day and surprisingly bug free for Harlem. There were 14 teams totaling 140 swimmers Big Sandy had 25 of their 43 swimmers there for this first meet. There are six meets before Divisional which will...
By Zoe Merrill I'm always woken up by the bird's morning songs who live in our shelter belt. They wake me up at 4:14 every morning. It's still dark out! It always starts with one song, probably the same early riser, but she is joined quickly as they sing out to each other. Some mornings I cuss at them, because I hear nothing but noise as they all sing with their own voices. Clearly not in harmony. I try to roll over and shut it out, sometimes successfully, but it can't be a deep sleep, because...
Tree watering rules of thumb • Water trees three times a month in addition to watering your lawn. • Deep watering to a depth of 12” inches below the soil surface is recommended. Saturate the soil around the tree within the “dripline” (the outer edges of the tree’s branches) to disperse water down toward the roots. • For evergreens, water 3’-5’ beyond the dripline on all sides of the tree. • The objective is to water slowly, dispersing the flow of water to get the water deep down to the trees roots. Watering for short periods of time onl...
Sheriff Deputies Jeremy Echols of Big Sandy and Eric Visocan from Fort Benton were at the FE Miley School to help teach bike safety. And although your children have been taught a few safety tips it's parents that need to make sure our children are safe on their bikes this summer. It was interesting listening to the grade school kids as they repeated numerous safety tips they already knew to receive some small rewards. The first safety tip mentioned by the kids themselves was wearing bike helmets...
MSU Northern Agricultural Research Center (NARC) and MSU Extension will be hosting two field days near Loma and Turner on Wednesday, June 27 and another field day on Thursday, June 28 near Chester. The Loma field day will begin at 9:00 a.m. north of Loma near the Lyle McKeever farm at 1494 McKeever Road. The Turner field day will begin at 5:00 p.m. near the Max Cederberg farm north of Turner. A barbecue hosted by CHS Big Sky will follow the Turner field day. The Chester field day will begin at 10:00 a.m. near the Kurt Kammerzell farm west of...
The Friends of the Library met on May 17 in the library’s meeting room. After a quick review of the March meeting which featured Sandra Larson presenting an instructional power point about the “Montana To-Go Library” and downloading audible books to I-phones, tablets and I-pads. Darlene began to explain her ideas and plans for her summer reading programs. She will have 2 separate age groups for young readers, as well as an adult reading program. Her theme is “Libraries Rock.” Beginning June 12, Darlene has 8 weeks of reading, crafts, games and...
North Central Montana CattleWomen visited several classrooms in the community during the school year. The Perfect Cheeseburger is a hands-on program using a "giant" fabric cheeseburger, which the children help assemble as they discuss the nutrients available in the burger from each of the five food groups. The program keeps youth informed of the vital importance agriculture is to each of us. CattleWomen presenters in Mrs. Moore's Big Sandy 3rd grade classroom were Paulette Keller and Carolyn...
The Power Award nomination process was lengthy as there were 37 nominations just from students alone. Teachers and the general public also made nominations. Picking the final four out of the 37 nominations was a taunting task. Next was a interview process for those final four to determine their value systems. The final four all deserve enormous recognition. They are Adriene Gibson, Jasmine Genereux, Baily Gasvoda, and Brock Proulx. Winners of the Power Award, Brock Proulx and Baily Gasvoda,...
In Places Hidden (Golden Gate Secrets #1), by Tracie Peterson On her way to San Francisco to find her brother, Caleb, who went missing three months ago, Camriann Coulter meets Judith and Kenzie, who both have their own mysteries to solve in the booming West Coast city. The women decide to help each other, including rooming together and working at Kenzie’s cousin’s chocolate factory. Camri’s search for her brother, an attorney, leads her deep into the political corruption of the city--and into the acquaintance of Patrick Murdock, a hands...
The Senior Center now has a Facebook page, they post the days menu and the soup of the day. Please check it out and like the page. Menus for the week: Thursday,June 7- Cream of Chicken over biscuits, fruit salad, and jelly donuts. Friday, June 8- Spare ribs, Sauerkraut, mashes potatoes, Apple slaw, and pudding bread. Monday, June 11- Scrambled eggs, Bacon hash browns, coffee cake, and fruit. The Soup of the day: Chicken noodle Tuesday, June 12- Patty Melt on Rye bread with cheese, Fried onions and mushrooms, tater tots, and pudding. Wednesday,...
“Are you keeping alive anger at a person who you haven’t seen in years?” I have asked this question of hundreds of people over the years and surprisingly ‘yes’ is a far more common response than ‘no’. It’s easy to do. Someone wrongs you and you feel hurt or betrayed by it, then over the course of time, those feelings of hurt become anger and eventually that anger takes root and becomes resentment. Resentment is old anger that we hang on to. I’ve talked with folks who harbor resentment toward a parent that has been dead for decades or a pers...
BOZEMAN -- Montana State University has announced its undergraduate honor rolls for spring semester 2018. There are two MSU honor roll lists: the President’s and the Dean’s Honor Roll. Students must complete a minimum of 12 degree-eligible credit hours to be on either list. Students with a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the semester were named to the President’s Honor Roll. An asterisk follows the names of the 1,098 students named to the MSU President’s Honor Roll in the listing below. The Dean’s Honor Roll includes the 3,179 students...
Big Sandy Pioneers represented the Pioneers this last weekend in the All-Star game for 6-man football game in Highwood. Big Sandy had 3 Pioneer playing in their last game, Weston Allderdice lead the blue team to a victory, with help from fellow Pioneer players, Tanner Shipp, and Duke Darlington....
The Big Sandy Swim Team season opener was held in Harlem this last weekend. Overall, the team brought home second place honors, scoring 658 points and finishing only seven points behind Chinook. High point honors went to Brady Pleninger in the senior boys division and Cam Schwarzbach in the 13/14 boys division. Dillin Geyer placed second in the 13/14 boys division, while Daisy LaBuda finished second in the 11/12 girls division, Anna Allderdice swam to a 3rd place finish in the 13/14 girls...
Wednesday Men’s League – 2018 Week 3 Results Big Sandy Pharmacy 72.5 CHS-Big Sky 64 Benton Pharmacy 61.5 Tilleman Motor Company 59 The Freeze 55 Pour House Saloon 54 Agri-Prairie Insurance 46.5 First Security Bank 41 *The Governor’s Keep 42 *ABN Ranch aka Little Hosers 33.5 *Pioneer Seed 36.5 *Indicates teams that have had a bye Hole 3) Closest in 2 – Riley Reardon Hole 6) Long Putt – Jim Smereck Hole 9) Closest in 3 – Dane Brady Low Gross – (36) Dave Scott Low Net – (30.5) Merlyn Scott High Points – (8.5) Dave Scott Wednesday Men’s L...
