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Cooper Jenkins was in a critical freak accident. He was working on his water well when a pocket of natural gas exploded. Cooper drove himself to the Big Sandy hospital, was taken to Benefis, and then was put on a jet and flown to Salt Lake Burn Center. He has burns on his face, ears, neck, and hands. According to recent news, he has started his acid treatment to remove dead skin. It's a very painful process. Cooper's wife, Maddie, and her son, Haze, were in Melrose with her father. The rest of...
Braydon Cline, Kody Strutz, and Rusty Gasvoda represented the United States in the XXV Canam Bowl played on July 8th in Hanna, Alberta, Canada. The USA team comprised the three Big Sandy boys and kids from Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska. The USA won the game 84-16. According to Tracy Schuster, who sent me the information, someone from Big Sandy was always on the field for every play. Braydon was quarterback, and Kody and Rusty played defense. The first CanAm Bowl began in July of 1997...
I always wondered why a Big Sandy, Montana prairie boy, would choose the Nation Coast Guard. "I think it was mostly because our family would always vacation out in Oregon. I knew I wanted to have a job working on the ocean. I was originally looking at the Navy and was about to sign up for the Navy before I saw a pamphlet for the Coast Guard. The closest recruiter was in Boise, Idaho, so in my Senior year, they had to fly me down to Boise. I remember four times because I spent the whole summer...
The Omoksee is always a family activity. It's interesting to watch. I had to ask why some horses ran faster, and others ran slower. I was told it really isn't a race. It's working to the horse's ability and the rider's ability. Sometimes the smaller children ride the horse while someone in front of the horse reins the horse. Even one of the horses with an adult male was led into the arena. I was told it's because the horse is nervous in the waiting area, but the horse does his job in the arena....
A Special Thanks in Advance to Our Chouteau County 4-H Fair Superintendents 4-H is the youth development program of our nation’s Cooperative Extension System and USDA. Cooperative Extension serves every county and reservation in the U.S. through a network of 110 public universities and more than 3000 local Extension offices. Research-based, hands-on experiences help develop young people who are four times more likely to contribute to their communities, two times more likely to make healthier choices, and two times more likely to be civically a...
Tourist season is here, and the Big Sandy Cultural Center has recently entertained visitors from New York, Maine, Vermont, Oklahoma, Los Angeles, Butte, Helena, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Great Falls, Chinook, Havre and Rocky Boy. A Hoagland family sent the following email: Hello! We stopped in yesterday and you gave us the tour of the center and we just wanted to thank you again! We're the people from Hogeland and I don't think we even gave you our names yesterday! Levi, Carrie, and our daughter Juliann. We really enjoyed it and are glad we...
The Chouteau County 4-H Council has made some changes to the fair schedule for 2023. To begin with, the Horse Show will take place at the Pimperton Arena on the Saturday before the fair (August 12). The event will begin at 8:00 a.m. The fair livestock shows will begin on Thursday, August 17, with swine at 7:00 a.m. and sheep judging and showmanship at 11:00 a.m. The beef judging and showmanship will take place on Friday, August 18, at 9:00 a.m. followed by the beef breeding show. The Round Robin will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday,...
What’s “The Tea”? It is the 411, the low-down, the news, the happenings... it’s the latest here at Big Sandy Medical Center. People have always been the heart of BSMC, so you are invited to Tea, right here, with all the latest information about your home town Medical Center. If you’ve drove by the facility recently, you’ve seen the progress made by Korb Construction on the kitchen addition. The foundation has been poured and they are preparing the external walls. While the final touches are being made to the exterior part of the addition, a...
Jarold Ernest Schmidt, 83, passed peacefully at Benefis Peace Hospice, in Great Falls, Montana, on November 10, 2022. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM, Friday, July 14, 2023 at Big Equipment Co. in Havre, MT. Arrangements have been entrusted to Wilderness Funeral Homes....
Anyone who knows me, knows I love books. I collect them like a little kid collects baseball cards. Whenever my family travels, I find myself plotting our path based on the bookstores we will be able to visit. A few weeks ago, my wife and I took our daughter to Missoula for a doctor’s appointment. While we were there, we visited an independent bookstore, and I found something exciting: the Montana Bookstore Trail. The trail was put together by independent bookstore owners in an effort to promote independently owned bookstores in Montana. The t...
It was an especially exciting meet in Harlem for a handful of Barracudas July 1&2, beginning with eight year old Ruthie Boyce who made her debut on the blocks. She gave it her all with some guidance from Harley LaBuda in the 25m and 50m freestyle, as well as the 25m backstroke. Cassia Butler captured her first-ever women’s high point award following a nail-biting finish in the 100m freestyle. After losing her goggles and getting them back in to their rightful position as she came out of the first turn of the race, she adjusted them once a...
