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Big Sandy Schools have already held meetings with parents of home school students. I was told they were informational and positive. With that in mind and to continue with an informational and positive note I have decided to print the following which is exact wording which was sent to me from the Montana Department of Education. GUIDANCE FOR SB 157 Qualified Students Attending a Non-Public or Home School to Participate in Extracurricular Activities in the Student’s Resident School District: Introduction The 2021 Legislature passed SB 157 a...
Big Sandy businesses are feeling the effects of the national labor shortage, particularly the larger employers in the area. The school system, the Medical Center, and Big Sandy Activities are all dealing with staff shortages, which is a particular problem because all three organizations provide services that cannot simply be cancelled. The needs of residents, patients, and students do not take a day off simply because there aren’t enough people to do the work of caring for, treating, teaching, or transporting them. The Big Sandy Public S...
The Big Sandy Booster club has finished a special project just in time for Pioneer Football! Rich Jespersen, Special Project Manager for new lockers in the boy's locker room, had the lockers delivered to his home, where he assembled everyone by hand. In the meantime, the locker room itself needed to be gutted and painted. With the help of Coach Thomas Dilworth and some Pioneer Boys, Rich Jespersen removed the old lockers, which was not an easy project, as they were old, rusty, and heavy. There...
With the start of a new year for Big Sandy Schools, there has been a staff change that will be noticed by students and staff at every level: Lianna Ophus Heimbigner is the new head cook for the school system. She takes on the position after Kelly Pursley Owen took a job as head cook for a school in Havre. Lianna is going into her 5th year with the school in Big Sandy. She is following in the footsteps of her great grandmother, Pearl Ophus, who was a cook in the Big Sandy schools during the 60s...
Emerging Winter Wheat, Grasshopper Pests and Systemic Seed Treatment The following information was prepared by Kevin Wanner (MSU Extension Entomologist). Emerging winter wheat can be particularly vulnerable to damage by grasshoppers. The larger adult stage grasshoppers are difficult to control and move into emerging winter wheat fields from surrounding grassy areas. Grasshopper treatment thresholds for emerging winter wheat are 3-7 per square yard within the field, or 11-20 per square yard around the margin. Populations in these ranges will...
Dear Big Sandy, I am encouraging everyone to get vaccinated. In reflecting on the past, it has been over 35 years since I came to Big Sandy and was given a chance as a young man to lead the saving and rebuilding of the Medical complex. But the credit goes to the community who came out and provide their time, leadership, funding and labor so that there would be health services in Big Sandy. I was absolutely amazed at the grassroots effort that went into the construction of the facility. I was told by an elder that “it has something to do with th...
Menu Thursday, August 19- Bourbon Chicken with rice, veggies, and Banana Bread. Friday, August 20- BLT wraps, and dessert. Monday, August 23- Cattleman’s hoagie, Bean salad, and Peach Cisp. Tuesday, August 24- BBQ Chicken Pizza, Green salad, and Rhubarb bars. Wednesday, August 25- Beefy Nacho casserole, veggies, and dessert. Recipe of the week: Best Fried Green Tomatoes Ingredients 4 large green tomatoes 2 eggs ½ cup milk 1 cup all-purpose flour ½ cup cornmeal ½ cup bread crumbs 2 teaspoons coarse kosher salt ¼ teaspoon ground black peppe...
"Red Cows, White Lights and Blue Grass" headlined the 2021 Red Angus Roundup trip held July 13-18 in Tennessee and Kentucky. Local youth attending include Andrea & Lance Rutledge and Jacynta Bomgardner as well as chaperone, Kristie Rutledge. There were 46 other juniors from across the country in attendance as well including 6 Youth and 3 chaperones from Montana. This trip was postponed last year and this year's turnout was the largest Roundup to date with 49 youth and 9 chaperones in...
“We have become a nation of thoughtless rushers, intent on doing before thinking, and hoping what we do magically works out. If it doesn’t, we rush to do something else, something also not well thought-out, and then hope for more magic.” Len Holman spoke these words in critique of our culture’s tendency toward staying constantly busy. I think a shorter quote by John Maxwell captures the idea almost perfectly: “The greatest enemy of good thinking is busyness.” The truth is that our culture has adopted the mistaken idea that being busy is a v...
“It’s like a family. I spend as much time with my nurses as I do with my kids and my husband. They’re part of the reason I want to go to work. Knowing that you have a good crew on at the start of your day, just makes your day start better,” explained Ashley Jacobi, Director of Nurses and Infection Control at Big Sandy Medical Center. Ashley’s praise for the nursing staff was glowing and ongoing. After nearly two years of pandemic restrictions, the trials of the times have refined the nursing crew into a close-knit team whose goal is to provid...
August 18th in 1936 local officials deny State Highway Department claim that Big Sandy is a Speed Trap. (of course, Patrolman Snow did pull over the Highway Commissioner….) August 19th in 1942 War causes coaching shortage. Earl Julson fills in (George Jelinek is hired in October) August 20th in 1936 Bud Barrett, Paul Sonksen, Joe Walters, Morton Larson Myron Hanson, Lloyd Larson complete trailer house and leave for California. In 1948 work begins on a new school. August 21st in 1913 Sports History made when “Pep” Williford pitches his first...
