Articles from the June 14, 2017 edition
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"Mountaineer" Father of the Year, Bob Nelson
There are plenty of outstanding fathers in the Big Sandy area. For some time, now "The Mountaineer" has named a mother of the year at Mother's Day but this is the first time we have started a new trad...
The American Flag
Did you know that at military funerals, the 21 gun salute stands for the sum of the numbers in the year 1776. Have you ever noticed how the honor guard pays meticulous attention to correctly folding...
Rain, Rain Go Away
Back in third grade, I remember reading a story about a little boy who grew tired of rain ruining his weekends. So he chanted: Rain, rain go away. And he got his wish. The sky cleared, the sun came ou...
Getting By
“Rhubarbed” out because you have made just about every recipe you can think of with your rhubarb but do not want the rest to go to waste? Canning it may have come to mind. And, then, think of all of the rest of the produce that will be showing up all...
Green Acres
Highwood Bench Low pH Soil Field Day MSU Central Agricultural Research Center (CARC) and MSU Extension will be hosting a field day on the Highwood Bench on Wednesday, June 28, at 10:00 a.m. The field day will take place approximately one mile east...
Senior Center News
Contact the Senior Citizen Cooks for Meals on Wheels at 378-2405. Lunches include an entrée, vegetable, potato, salad, dessert and drink and all cost $5.00 each unless otherwise noted. The lunch menu for the coming week is as follows: Wednesday,...
Big Sandy Barracudas results from the Shelby Meet
Barracudas missed second place by 27 points this weekend, finishing with a 5th place. 27 of the 44 Barracudas faced the cool, windy conditions in Shelby this weekend, along with several of their supporters! This was a one day, timed finals meet in a...
Patching Cracks
Last year, during the heat of the presidential elections, I was browsing my facebook feed when I came across an article making very serious accusations against a prominent politician. It caught my attention, so I clicked and read. Within 3 minutes,...
Honor Roll - 4th quarter - Big Sandy High School
Seniors Layton Bahnmiller Gabriella Blatt Alex Richter Juniors Jasmine Genereux Jenna Leader Sophia Reichelt Jessica Roth Andrea Rutledge Tanner Shipp Dakota Terry Sophomores Jaylyn Cline Grace Finke Riley Genereux Dusti Phillips Tyler Schwarzbach...
