Sorted by date Results 1 - 11 of 11
The Big Sandy Theater will be putting on a production of “OZ” (a comedy drama) the first week of December this year. The community theater production returns after taking last year off. Tickets will be $2 and are available at the door on the day of the shows. Dianna Upham Keane, one of the directors, explains: “We have a fantastic cast and crew of all ages who are working hard to put on an entertaining and lively show… We hope the audience of all ages will laugh, be entertained, and be challenged.” The show, written by Don Zolidis, is a diff...
The new owners of LIFT are Maryls Myers, Tracy Schuster, and Connie Reichelt. Maryls has gone to LIFT for 4 ½ years and said, "I have never stuck with anything this long." Following that, Tracy told me, "This September was my fourth anniversary for attending LIFT. Marlys Myers talked me into going for the first time, and I was hooked!" Connie Reichelt said, "I have been attending classes for three years. I have struggled with orthopedic issues, and strength training has helped me...
"Getting candy!" (When asked about his favorite part of halloween) Suckers! (In reply to what is his favorite candy.) -Bodie Sura "He sings this really cute song about peanut butter and jelly. He's sung it ever since we started dating and so I decided this year we were going to be peanut butter and jelly because it matches our personalities... It feels like it's so wholesome and good because everybody is so friendly and a big family. (When asked about their favorite part of halloween in Big...
The Theme for the 2021 Red Ribbon week is “Drug Free Looks Like me.” At the High School, Diana Keen said the student council was stepping up to run the week. They talked about Nicotine on Monday. They are learning that both regular cigarettes and e-cigarettes have Nicotine in them. According to John Hopkins Medical School, Nicotine is a highly addictive drug as harmful as heroin and cocaine. Nicotine raises your blood pressure and increases your heart rate. Tuesday, they visited about alcohol in the teen mind, which causes damage to the bra...
Montana State University Extension has a new, free, color booklet (EB0235) is available. The booklet is a great resource for helping identify and manage pests and problems in ornamental trees and shrubs in Montana. The 240-page guide is intended to help MSU Extension agents, arborists and those in nursery and landscape trades identify and diagnose tree and shrub issues and to help with decisions for treatment based on integrated pest management concepts. A section on woody plant identification is included with multiple color photos per...
On September 27, Big Sandy traveled to Sheridan, Montana and camped out at a forest service campground near Sheridan. The next day members participated in forestry, range, and livestock Judging. In Forestry, the team took fifth place overall and our top place individuals were Hunter Snapp who placed 9th, Amy Gasvoda who took 12th place, and Tavie Wortman who took 24th place out of 50 participants. In range, our senior team also placed fifth with our top individuals being Connor Sibra who placed 4th individually, Samuel Cox who placed 12th...
The last two years have seemed like the longest years I’ve experienced in my life. More than a few jokes were told about 2020 being the worst year ever between the murder hornets, Covid, lockdowns, toilet paper shortages, a crazy election, etc. By this time last year, it seemed as though 2020 was never going to end. There’s an interesting principle behind that idea that relates to our perception of the passing of time. It is a well known maxim that years go by faster and faster as you get older. Human brain research has uncovered the rea...
New and exciting things are happening at Big Sandy Senior Center! Big Sandy Senior Center has started new activities. If you haven’t been to the senior center in a while, we have a whole calendar of activities we are offering; bingo, trivia, arts and crafts, and more to come. These activities aren’t just for well-seasoned persons, but fun for the whole family! Do you enjoy the high school games but can’t make the out-of-town games? No need to worry! If it’s available to stream, the senior center will be airing all the out-of-town games at the...
How many of you knew that Canada celebrated Thanksgiving on October 11th.? Instead, we here are celebrating November 25th. Ken and I usually celebrate both days, so why not? However, this year we were too busy to get into a turkey dinner. Instead, we will celebrate in November. Now maybe it’s just me, but I have a hunch it was some man that planned the US Thanksgiving in late November! Canada has done it much smarter You have Thanksgiving, and then enjoy Halloween a couple of weeks later. You then have all of November and most of December to o...
The Pioneers were looking for redemption after last week's loss to Power Dutton Brady. I will have to tell you that they found it. The Pioneers won this last weekend in Missoula against the Valley Christian Eagles 52-40 despite key players Samuel Cox, Severin Heimbingner, and Cooper Taylor out for the game. The Pioneers collectively had 8 touch downs and 2 PAT's. Braydon Cline led the Pioneers with 5 passing touchdowns, and a rushing touchdown. Lane Demontiney had a kick return touchdown, and a...
The District 7C Volleyball Tournament was held October 28-30 in Chinook, featuring nine teams battling it out on the court. The Lady Pioneers entered the tourney in 6th seed, matching up against the 3rd seed Chinook Sugarbeeters on their home court. The Pioneers worked as a cohesive team to fight for each point, working up to a 17-22 score. The team had strong defensive plays but could not maintain their momentum to stop the Sugarbeeters from earning the last three points of the set to win 17-25. The second set proved to be a bit more...
