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Every year those trusty Big Sandy Chamber of Commerce people go out and about and make plans for the best Christmas Stroll ever! It is their largest and maybe only fund raiser of the year but they certainly do not do it for the purpose of making money. They do it because they love their home town and they want the Christmas Stroll to be the best ever and a time for fun for everyone. This year they had a new item. Actually they had many new items but this one struck me. The three downtown bars co...
Wilma (Krumsick) Welty has been making nativity sets as her contribution to the St, Margaret Mary's Parish Catholic Women (PCW) annual Christmas Raffle for more than 25 years. No one, including Wilma, can recall for sure just exactly when it all began. Many Big Sandy area families have been the lucky winners of these beautiful creations over those many years. It is believed that Joanne Kibbbee may have won the first one. For several years Wilma has also made and donated a Native American style...
10 Golden Triangle Cropping Seminar Montana State University Extension will host the annual Cropping Seminar series January 9 – 12, 2017, in Fort Benton, Chester, Shelby, Cut Bank, Fairfield, Conrad, Stanford, and Great Falls. Topics will include pest identification, habits of profitable farmers, cereal variety trial updates from the local research centers, and control of ground squirrels, gophers and moles in crop settings. Dr. Mary Burrows, MSU Extension Plant Pathologist, will present, “Pest Identification: The cornerstone of int...
As the cold weather hits us, it brings with it concerns of safety. Hypothermia and frostbite are definitely something you want to avoid but there are also other concerns that come with the cold such as loss of coordination and impairment of judgment that may lead to accidents or other types of injuries. Wind and moisture have a huge impact on our body’s ability to regulate temperature. Also, the physical attributes of individuals determine their susceptibility to hypothermia. Generally, older people are at greater risk than young people, t...
I had a strange Thanksgiving. It all started when I picked out a Thanksgiving turkey. I wanted around a 16 pound turkey because I think they taste better and actually had a Butterball in the shopping cart at a grocery store that will remain nameless. Then I noticed a strange brand and the grocery seemed to have a million of them priced very inexpensively. A sixteen pound unheard of brand was $14.00 and a sixteen brand Butterball was $25.00. So in a moment of cheapness I bought the unknown brand. I did notice as I hauled the turkey home that it...
I’m reading a book by David Platt, a Christian minister who traveled and taught throughout Asia. In it, he shares an interesting exchange he had while in Indonesia. While visiting a Buddhist temple complex, he had a conversation with the leaders of the local Muslim and Buddhist communities. The two leaders were discussing how they thought all religions were essentially the same. Both the Buddhist and the Muslim agreed that all paths lead to God. They then asked Platt what he thought on the matter. Platt responded that it sounds like they b...
