Week of June 11, 2025

  • Homecoming updates with Shon Tester

    Zoe Merrill

    The homecoming committee is doing a great job, and Rotary wanted to help in any way they could to make it a success. Interviewing Shon Tester, he said, The Homecoming Committee and Rotary are getting along fantastically. They have always done so, and Rotary has assisted the Homecoming Committee with the flowers on Main Street, which look amazing. During Homecoming, “We are also featuring our restoration of the 59 Willys truck. On Main Street, we will have a 16-foot by 32-foot tent that will house everything Rotary right in front of Courtney...

  • Third grade teacher, Sherri Moore Retires

    Erik Sietsema

    FE Miley's beloved 3rd Grade teacher, Mrs. Sheri Moore, has retired as of the end of the 2024-2025 school year. Sheri has been teaching in Big Sandy for the last 12 years and will be missed. Over the summer, she will be moving to Lewistown, where her husband has been working as superintendent for the last year. Sheri and Brad Moore have closed on a house in Lewistown and are working on selling their home in Big Sandy. When we spoke on the last day of school, Sheri was planning a trip to move...

  • Homecoming update

    Get ready to start planning your floats! Reach out to your classmates and see if anyone can lend a hand. You can use your pickup truck or that trailer in the back yard. There will be five cash prizes: Grand, best high school, best alumni, best all organizations/businesses, and best individual. We would like to encourage non- alumni floats as well. Hey alumni! If you’re planning a reunion, let us know where you’d like to meet up. We’ll spread the word around town on our message...

  • First part of the Gary Foust Interview

    Erik Sietsema

    Big Sandy Theater’s production of The Big Sandy by Mike Hesford will be performed during homecoming weekend, Friday June 20th at 6 PM and Saturday June 21st at 3 PM. The show is a fictional depiction of the on-the-ground events/reactions to the Big Sandy Cornfield Bomber’s arrival in a hay field just south of Box Elder and adjacent to Highway 87. The play describes itself as a story that is “only like 10% true” and provides an opportunity to laugh a little at the famous event from February 2, 1970. I visited with Gary Foust, the pilot...

  • Green Acres

    Tyler Lane

    Mulching is a Must for Lawn and Garden Landscapes During the Hot Summer This article was written by Ron C. Smith NDSU Extension Horticulturalist (Retired). The single most serious problem with ornamental plants in Northern Plains region is not a disease, insect or mite problem; it is environmental stress. Stress affects plant material in direct and indirect ways. It can cause damage directly and weaken the plants to the point where they are vulnerable to insect and disease attack. Stress is a problem in the Plains region because we, in our...

  • The Barracuda Season Begins in Shelby

    School is out for the year, so that means it’s “summer,” which also means it’s SWIM SEASON! This past weekend, the Big Sandy Barracuda swim team had a meet in Shelby. Only six swimmers went out of 24, but they did great! It was a busy weekend for the team members. This year, for swim meet results, I will list every swimmer individually who qualified for the finals and the races they participated in. If the swimmer DOES NOT advance to finals, you will not see their name in the article, meaning I will not be writing up the preliminary...

  • Patching Cracks

    Erik Sietsema

    In Men’s Bible Study today, the text we discussed was from Romans 8, where Paul talks about the hardships he faces in the work he is doing preaching the gospel all over the world. For context regarding the hardships he is referring to, he elsewhere lists some of those hardships: going without food, clothes, in danger from bandits and enemies, shipwrecked (spending a night and day on the open sea!), and more. On top of that, there were multiple whippings, beatings with rods, other instances of torture, and even a failed attempt at execution...

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