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Big Sandy Schools is participating in Red Ribbon Week this week, an annual event where schools work to inform students of the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. Dianna Keane, the school counselor, is organizing this year’s activities. She explained, “Red Ribbon Week would be a week that we use to help students give them facts and awareness about drugs and alcohol and how that it can affect them. We use it as a way to create awareness, but then also provide some tools to help kids. Things like refusal skills, emotional regulation tools, the fac...
Big Sandy High School shop class has been busy preparing for a subterranean geothermal greenhouse, given to Big Sandy by a grant from Northwest Farm Credit Services. Helping to get the site, which is by the football field, ready were Jay Worral, and Blaine Ophus who both came over and helped dig dirt. Layne Taylor said, "They brought over their equipment and donated their time to help me dig it out. So, they actually did most of the digging. We have just been building. I also had Jesse Hartley,...
The Chouteau County Angel Basket Program provides in-need families with food for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, as well as Christmas gifts for children in the homes. The deadline for signing up is November 1st and it is approaching quickly. For years, the program has provided families in our area with groceries, a gift certificate, ham and beef roasts, and (sometimes in years past) turkeys. The program also is associated with the Angel Trees, which provides gifts for kids in the families of basket recipients. For children who are not...
A new book offers decades of grassroots research and local history that easily could have been lost on computer hard drives and buried in filing cabinets. Instead, Fort Benton resident Lorna Krause, retired Chouteau County Conservation District administrator, worked closely with the family of Highwood farmer Ron Long to make sure a piece of his life's work will be available for generations to come. A lifelong learner and community volunteer, Long passed away in 2021 at age 81 from injuries suffe...
Updated Diseases of Cool Season Legumes MontGuide Available A Montana State University Extension guide from 2015 has been updated. The new and improved guide (EB0207) is titled Diseases of Cool Season Legumes - Pulse Crops (Dry Pea, Lentil and Chickpea). It is written by Uta McKelvy, Assistant Professor Extension Plant Pathology, Erin Gunnink Troth, Research Associate, and Mary Burrows, Associate Dean for Research and Director of Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. It includes photographs and management of existing diseases and diseases...
The Pioneer football team had a tough game in Chester this last weekend against CJI, losing 16-54, making it their first loss of the season. The Pioneers struggled with some missed tackles during the game as well as losing Sam Cox, Cooper Taylor and Karter Jurenka to injuries throughout the game. The Pioneers ran the ball the whole first quarter besides two pass attempts. CJI had Cooper’s number in the first quarter and didn’t allow Cooper to get more than 5 yards at a time. Every time Cooper carried the ball, he was met with a wall of CJI defe...
This last week, the Lady Pioneer volleyball team played a very tough Lady Miner team in Big Sandy. Centerville ended up winning in 5 sets, but let me tell you, these Lady Pioneers are so much fun to watch. I love watching them because they show true heart. They show that when adversity hits, they don’t quit! They have a winning mentality and do everything they can to come together as a team, and buckle down and work hard. If you still haven’t watched them, you need to go see them at Districts, because to watch them is really what sports are...
Staff present- Superintendent Dan Schrock, Clerk Mary Merrill Trustees present- Chairman Kelly Rutledge, Jessica Sheehy, Matt Myers. Not present- Anna Bold, Brad Weaver. Guests in attendance. 1. Meeting called to Order at 7pm by Kelly Rutledge, Chairman 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Public Comment- Non Agenda Items . No public comment 4. Minutes of the Last Meeting held on September 19th 2023. Motion to approve made by Jessica Sheehy, motion seconded by Matt Myers, approval of minutes from previous meeting approved unanimously. 5. Reports &...
Long-time Lewistown resident Joanne Marie (Main) Jenkins peacefully passed away on Monday, October 16, 2023, of natural causes. Joanne, 84, was born October 3, 1939, in Harlem, Montana, to John Main and Agnes Marie Packer. She spent her growing up years in Havre where she attended St. Jude's Catholic School. In 1956 Joanne moved to Big Sandy, and it was there she met the love of her life, Jerry Jenkins. They were married in 1957 and remained so for 61 years, until Jerry passed away in 2018....
Dora Frieda Mahood, 94, passed away on October 10, 2023. She was born on September 22, 1929 to Anna Dallman Goecks Knutson and Walter Fredrich Goecks. The family moved to Grandpa Goecks farm out at Kennilworth during the Depression, but moved back to Big Sandy when Dora started school. Her father died in an accident working on the Loma bridge in 1936. Her mother remarried Melford Knutson in 1938. Growing up, Dora enjoyed school. Music was her favorite and she was the drum majorette for band as well as taught twirling. She worked at Northern...
½ Beef - Demrce Keller ½ Beef - Daniel Weaver ½ Pork - Rita Yirsa ½ Pork - Kyle Clark ½ Pork - Frank Moravec ½ Pork - Chase Hoffman They can be picked up at Hi-Line Meat Packing Nebo Emergency Kit Light and Power – Ruth Hlavnicka $50.00 Gift Certificate to the Mint – Eli Dixon $50.00 Gift Certificate to Pep’s – Daniel Weaver Turkey/Ham Combo. – Eli Salapich Turkey/Ham Combo. – Carla Courtnage Turkey/Ham Combo. – Ruth Hlavnicka Turkey/Ham Combo. - William Ophus Turkey/Ham Combo. – Chase Gasvoda Prime Rib Roast – Heather Pleninger Prime Rib Roa...
