Week of April 16, 2025
Week of April 16, 2025
1978- 2005. Douglas Forrest Williams was born in 1950 in Havre to Paul Forrest Williams and Beverly Stengen. He was raised in Big Sandy and graduated from high school in 1968. He went on to attend U of M on a music scholarship. "I was going to be a music teacher, but when I got to college, I found out that that wasn't what I wanted to do." At the age of 21, Doug was hired by Sheriff John Saksa to work as a dispatcher for the Sheriff's Office. In 1978, Doug married Linda Danielson, and they have...
Big Sandy Pioneer Senior Kenzie Kallenberger will join the Women's Skylight Rodeo Team at MSU-Northern next year. Kenzie received a scholarship, something she has been wanting for 12 years! I spoke with her by phone as she returned from a college rodeo in Bozeman! Kenzie can't wait to participate. "I'm so excited. I've wanted to be a part of the rodeo team." We talked about how the team did, and although I've watched rodeo for years, I realized I didn't know much about how a college rodeo team...
Big Sandy High School gymnasium will once again be bustling with activity on Friday, April 25, when the annual Carnival fires up. Starting at 5:30, skits will be performed in the auditorium as each of the high school classes introduces their candidates for King and Queen of Carnival 2025. This year’s candidates are: Freshmen - Landon Mebruer and Lyndee Worrall, Sophomores – Jaesun Yirsa and Harley LaBuda, Juniors – Travis Wilford and Heather Sherburn, and Seniors – Hunter Moore and Eva...
March 27, 2025 Editor’s Note: Kassmier was one of the nine censored by the Republican Party. Here is his response in its entirty. Don Kaltschmidt Montana Republican Party PO Box 935 Helena, MT 59635 Dear Don: Thank you for providing me the opportunity to submit this written statement. As you told me, the Montana Republican Party executive board is considering censuring me and other republican members of the Montana Senate. You told me the ultimate decision as to whether the Montana Republican Paty executive board will censure me will made...
The Big Sandy High School's Music Program had an exceptional showing at last weekend's District Music Festival in Havre. Our full band and choir scored perfect ratings in all areas of competition for the first time in many years, and a large number of our students will be going on to the state level competition. The Music Festival is the band and choir equivalent of regional competitions for sports teams. Soloists and ensembles perform for the opportunity to move on to the state competitions in...
Lawn Management Information Below are a few reminders for lawn management in 2025 growing season. • Rough bluegrass is probably the best grass in Montana for shady areas. • Kentucky bluegrass is the best grass for open sunny areas with well-drained soil. • Annual ryegrass can be used as a cover crop following vegetable production. • The standard lawn mix is 60% Kentucky bluegrass, 30% creeping red fescue and 10% annual ryegrass. • Zoysiagrass does not grow well in Montana. Montana summers are not warm enough for warm-season grasses....
This past weekend the Pioneer track meet went to Choteau and competed against 24 other teams in nice 65 degree temperatures, but also with wind. Just a reminder that I will only share those that placed in the top 10, or had a PR (personal record). This was a very big track meet, for example, there were 112 boys in the 100 meter run! The Pioneers had a tremendous meet just look at all the Personal Records! Mens results: 400m:Colter Han PR 1:01, Sky Not Afraid PR 1:05; 110H:Colter Han 10th place PR 20.8; 300H:Colter Han PR 50.9, 4x100 relay:...
Shiver Brains, a local children's music group, played in Havre Saturday night with members Henry and Dorothea Merrill, Levon Myers, Liam Simpson, and their mentor, Christ Myers. So yes, I love watching the kids play, but so much more ran through my mind. Saturday was special because every song played had to be ordinary songs written by the musicians themselves. Nathan, my son, has always loved music. On Saturday, he played a song he wrote, and for the first time, his son Henry played the drums...
Hello Pioneers! My name is Shon Tester and I’m one of the many leading you along the roads of our towns past, present, and future. There was an immense sense of pioneer pride when the homecoming committee asked me to be in charge of the homecoming program. It came with some laughter and of course, a cathartic bittersweet. I realize I now fill the shoes of the late Rusty Danreuther (1973), one of the great directors of our past homecoming programs. So the question that now begs to be asked: what type of program will Shon Tester (2004) do?...
