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The Big Sandy Christmas Stroll was a huge success this year. Above is the Sunshine Snipper 4-H Float, which won for best theme and Peoples' Choice, they honored Elaine Courtnage's many years of Stroll Buttons....
There is a core group of people representing the Chamber of Commerce who are responsible for the entire celebration of the Christmas stroll, but for Tracy Schuster, a member of the committee, this Christmas stroll was missing a huge piece of the celebration, an Elaine Courtnage designed Christmas stroll button. Facing this first Christmas without Elaine's design for the stroll, meant just one thing for Tracy, find every button Elaine ever designed, which was 17 years. It took one month to find...
While Robin Pearson was driving to the Bear Paw Coffee Shop and Deli he was thanking the Lord for giving him the idea to find volunteers to work at the Coffee Shop and Deli, allowing it to be open for the Christmas Stroll. Kind of like farmers finishing the combining when a neighbor needs help. Community supporting community. Neighbors helping neighbors. Robin said there were three key elements that he knew he would need in order to make a volunteer crew work. First Steve and Cherie Stiles...
I have just finished one of the most delightful Big Sandy books I have ever read. I liked it because it takes place in the 1940’s and it is plotted between Havre and Big Sandy. As the story opens Loretta Johnson is born in 1947. Her family dreamed of farming, As a matter of fact the book is entitled, “Farm Stories, a Fading dream”. If you love a ration of pictures to go with the stories, this is the book for you as each page is overloaded with pics. I have to laugh when I see those pictures as I could have been in some of them. Brambles, The U...
Classes in Fertilizing Pulse Crops, Transfer Planning, Pesticide Performance, Partial Budget Analysis and Integrating Beef Cattle into Cover Crops will all be offered this January Montana State University Extension will host the annual Cropping Seminar series January 8 – 11, 2018, in Fort Benton, Chester, Havre, Shelby, Cut Bank, Choteau, Conrad, Stanford, and Great Falls. Topics will include integrating beef cattle into cover crops, soil fertility, transfer planning, why pesticides may not work as designed, and partial budgeting analysis. T...
Helena, Mont. – Montana will remain the “406” for a while longer thanks in part to the Montana Public Service Commission’s efforts to ensure phone numbers are allocated more efficiently across the state. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officials informed the Commission Monday that the state’s single area code is expected to last into the 2030s. “The 406 area code is a unique part of our heritage in Montana,” said Bob Lake, R-Hamilton. “It’s become such an integral part of our state’s identity that some businesses have built their en...
Montana’s general big game hunting season closed on Sunday with west-central Montana check stations reporting the highest harvest in four years and the highest hunter success rate since 2007. The 607 white-tailed deer inspected through the Anaconda, Bonner and Darby hunter check stations is 3 percent higher than last year’s total, and the highest since 2008. With 507 whitetails checked, the Bonner Check Station accounted for 84 percent of the harvest, which was the highest at Bonner since the check station began operating on weekends-only in...
My wife and I have been taking a class at church that includes a daily homework assignment: We are to spend 15 minutes of ‘couch time’ together. In principle, this isn’t complicated or difficult to accomplish. It involves sitting on the couch together and having a one-on-one conversation for 15 minutes, without kids or tv or any other distractions. The crazy thing we discovered is that it’s just not easy to have a focused conversation for 15 minutes. We have to work to come up with things to talk about that aren’t small talk, work, or kid re...
Contact the Senior Citizen Cooks at 378-2405. If you need a meal on wheels, contact the Senior Citizen’s center before 10:30am. Meal menus are as follows: Wednesday, November 29 pineapple pepper chicken with veggies, salad and dessert. Thursday, November 30 cabbage rolls, salad, dessert or cheeseburger pie for the Lunch of the Week! Friday, December 31 tomato soup, grilled ham and cheese sandwiches and salsa along with a dessert. Monday, December 1 Shepherd’s Pie with salad and dessert for yet another Lunch of the Week! Tuesday December 2 Birth...
I got a card the other day from a farm lady who thinks a lot of my writing and especially loves to hear about the times my family and I stayed out at Clear Creek around Christmas time. I love to think about those old cherished and true stories as well. There were not four wheel drive vehicles in those days so it was a rare weekend that we could even get in. Always we had a bunch of decorations to make a Christmas tree and there was always enough wood to stay warm and always a lot of food to eat. Often we missed church services but we figured...
Big Sandy Activities is holding an Open House December 14th between 1-4 PM. It will be held at the new Day Program Building. There will be treats and drinks and an opportunity to tour the new facility. Big Sandy has been looking forward to the day, when all the construction issues were fixed and they could finally welcome in the community. The individuals served at BSA are excited to have the public in. Lorrie Merrill, Executive Director, said, “It’s been a long and frustrating process, but currently everything seems to be working. We had moi...
Don’t forget the Story book time every Wednesday. Lego Land is the second and fourth Friday. This week Debbie has chosen “HAUNTED” by James Patterson. Detective Bennett is ready for a vacation but before he knows it, he has kids in trouble all over the north woods! If you like Bennett or you like Patterson, you are going to love “HAUNTED”. “HAUNTED” is available now at the Jeff Reichelt Memorial Library in Big Sandy, Montana....
The high school wrestling season got underway this past weekend with the Big Sandy Pioneer wrestlers traveling to Cascade. Big Sandy is again Co-Oping with the Fort Benton Wrestling team. Big Sandy has three wrestlers: Seniors Weston Allderdice, and Dylan Darlington, and Freshman, Dillin Geyer. Weston has been wrestling for four years as a Pioneer, Dylan is stepping up for his senior year, and Dillin Geyer is a freshman and wrestled in junior high. Weston Allderdice went 3-2 for 4th placing the...
On November 29th, Big Sandy FFA took eleven students to compete at Judith Basin Winter Districts in Judith Gap. Big Sandy had students competing in Ag Sales, Creed Speaking and Junior Creed Speaking, Extemporaneous Public Speaking, Job Interview, and Parliamentary Procedure. In Junior Creed, Amy Gasvoda took second place and in Extemporaneous Public Speaking Andrea Rutledge took first place; these ladies will be representing the Big Sandy FFA Chapter at the State Convention this upcoming spring...
Thursday, December 7- Mid-term Thursday & Friday December 7-9- Pre Season Basketball Tournament in Chester Girls and Boys Varsity play Thursday and Friday. Friday December 8- Pioneer Wrestlers head to Chinook Saturday December 9- Pioneer Wrestlers are in Glasgow Tuesday, December 12- High School Christmas Concert 7:00 p.m. Thursday, December 14- Elementary Christmas Concert 7:00 p.m. Menus for the week! Thursday, December 7- Breakfast, Oatmeal, Blueberries, Assorted Cereals Fresh Fruit, Juice & Milk Lunch, Taco Soup Corn Bread Salad Bar Buns &...
Q: Do people who have died and gone on to Heaven know what’s happening on earth? If so, I’d think they’d be sad to see the evil and suffering that go on here. But isn’t Heaven supposed to be a happy place? A: Yes, the Bible assures us that Heaven is a place of absolute happiness and joy and peace—far greater than anything we’ll ever experience right now. The Bible says, “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ” (Ephesians 1:3). Do those in Hea...
