The Big Sandy Mountaineer -

Heat is a potentially deadly problem—nearly 400 Americans die from heat waves each year. Most of them are elderly people who often don’t realize when they are overheating and in danger. Part of the problem lies in the fact that older people sim...

The Big Sandy area has had some wildfires in the last several weeks. However, at the time of this writing, all have been put out with little damage. Most of the fires were caused by things catching fire in fields. That is not true in the rest of the...

Grazing Residues Following Harvest Grazing is the easiest way to harvest crop aftermath. Grazing crop residues allows animals to select a higher-quality diet than would otherwise be obtained by harvesting and mechanically feeding. In grazing...

An Art Party for students and adults on Tuesday, August 15 will be the final Big Sandy Cultural Center Tuesday Art Workshop of the summer. The session will involve a celebration of arts activities from one to four in the Cultural and Curiosity...

Sometimes I sit down at this old computer and just stare at it, wondering what to write about this week? Getting started on the writing process sometimes is just finding something to write about. Here is something. It is happening already. A lady...

Don’t forget to order your harvest lunches from the Senior Citizens Center. The cost is $5.00 each. They are good and you won’t have to heat up your house for lunch. Contact the Senior Citizens Center Cooks at 378-2405. Menus for the coming week are...

This week Stephanie chose “THE SNOW GARDEN” by Christopher Rice. Atherton University, freshman year. Kathryn, Randall and Jesse come from different worlds but find themselves unexpectedly drawn together. For each of them college promises a bri...

Nine players gathered at The Mint on August 4th to spend an afternoon of playing cards. The entry fee was $5 to enter the tournament and the winners were: 1st place: Laurence Ophus (7880) who won $20, 2nd Place: Marvin Works (7630) who won $10, &...

Q: I don’t go to church anymore, because the people in the last one I went to weren’t very friendly, and all they did was criticize and gossip about everyone, from the pastor on down (probably including me). That’s not the way Christians are suppo...