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The 2024-2025 school year will be kicking off in a couple of weeks. The new year will be bringing new faces to Big Sandy Schools. Big Sandy only needed to fill two teacher openings this year, which is fewer than previous years. Specifically, the fourth and fifth grade teaching positions have been filled. The fourth grade teacher for the coming school year will be Brittany Barnett. Superintendent Dan Schrock explained that Barnett, "was the student Educator of the Year at U M. Western a few...
The Sunshine Snippers 4-H Club of Big Sandy has 19 youth members this year. Club members have been putting in many hours and working hard on preparing for the Chouteau County Fair. The Chouteau County Fair will be held this year, August 15th-18th. The Sunshine Snipper's current club members are Owen Allderdice, Tosha Allderdice, Ruthie Boyce, Wyatt Boyce, Brookelyn Cline, Chaz Danreuther, Cove Danreuther, Wren Danreuther, Antonio Fabrizio, Makenna Han, Elise Hartley, Eryn Hartley, Oakley...
8 Pesticide Waste Disposal Program Will Be in Central Region in September The 2024 Montana Department of Agriculture Waste Pesticide Disposal Program will be in Havre on September 17 followed by Great Falls on September 18, Lewistown on September 19, and Columbus on September 20. Participants must pre-register their unusable pesticides with the Montana Department of Agriculture before the disposal event. Acceptances for these events occur on a first-come, first-served basis and early registration is encouraged. The 2024 deadline to register...
Legendary professional golfer, Arnold Palmer, shared a story about the 1961 Masters tournament. He reached the final hole with a one stroke lead. After a good tee shot, he was becoming quite confident of his win. Approaching his ball on the faraway, Palmer spotted a friend of his on the edge of the crowd. He detoured to shake hands and visit. Palmer explained that “as I did, I knew I had lost my focus.” His next two shots were unimpressive and were followed by a missed put that cost him the tournament. He remarked that, “You don’t forget...
The results of what is best in Montana, The Cream of the Crop, are announced. Nominations were between March 6 and March 27. Voting took place between April 20 and May 19. The best Grocery Store is Big Sandy Grocery Store. The best bakery is Elevating Grains, The Bakery. Pep’s was recognized for its excellent quality and the Best Pizza in Montana. Ophus Auction Company was voted the best auction company as Shane and Taylor Ophus were favorite auctioneers. Brothers GRIMM from Big Sandy was voted the Best Fertilizer & Chemical Dealer. C...
( I welcome being corrected. I am not a knowledgeable bird watcher. I did try to research the bird and received poor information) When picking up the paper last week, I saw the article on the Artic Tern’s visiting Big Sandy. Of course, as a birder, it immediately caught my eye. If in fact, we had Artic Terns in our wheat fields, every birder in a five-state area would be here right now getting a picture of this rare event; which wouldn’t be bad for the local food establishments until they found out what was easily mistaken for Artic Terns (un...
Big Sandy is an agricultural community. Those whose farm businesses depend on a combine understand the development of one of the most essential pieces of farm equipment. If you aren’t a farmer, you need to understand the value of a combine to farmers. A new combine price can vary depending on size, but for argument’s sake, I’m going with $700,000 for a new combine. That does not include the header, which cuts the grain and moves it to the conveyor belt inside the combine. A new header costs $125,000, but depending on the size of the heade...
UNOFFICIAL MINUTES Regularly Scheduled Board of Trustees meeting July 23rd, 2024 Held in the Big Sandy High School Computer Lab Trustees in attendance- Chairman Brad Weaver Vice Chair Jessica Sheehy Amanda Hoffman Matt Myers Kyle danreuther Staff present- Superintendent Dan Schrock Principal heather Wolery District Clerk Mary Merrill Guests in attendance 1. Meeting called to order at 702pm by Chairman Weaver 2. Pledge of Allegiance was recited 3. Public Comment Brooke Derosier, superintendent from Teton county schools, was in attendence to ask...
