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<title><![CDATA[Celebrating 95 Years: Anita Cook Reflects on a Life Rooted in Family, Faith, and Community]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[On June 20, Anita Cook will celebrate a remarkable milestone—her 95th birthday. Born and raised in the Big Sandy area, Anita’s life story is woven into the history of the community itself. Through decades of change, she has remained grounded in the values of hard work, family, faith, and service that have long defined rural Montana life. Anita was born at home about 21 miles from Big Sandy to Walt...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bigger Than Ever: Montana Actors Theater's Renaissance Faire Returns to Beaver Creek Park]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Erik Sietsema The annual Montana Actors Theater (MAT) production in the park and Renaissance Faire is fast approaching. The free faire and production of Shakespeare’s A Comedy of Errors will take place the weekend of June 19–21 at Bear Paw Bowman Campground in Beaver Creek Park. The event will feature vendors, food, a ventriloquist performance, combat games, and other family-friendly activities...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GREEN ACRES]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[New World Screwworm Confirmation: The Bad and the Good News Article was written by Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist. For many months producers and markets have operated under the threat of New World Screwworm (NWS) coming into the U.S. Now that it’s here, we can get on with the reality of dealing with it. The bad news is that NWS will be costly an...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[OLDTIMERS]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[1 Years ago June 17, 1926 Nearly an inch of rain brought welcome relief to area farmers after weeks of dry conditions. Residents reported renewed optimism as crops received much-needed moisture and summer fallowing began. Kenneth Ray landed a massive sturgeon during a fishing trip on the Missouri River near Spring Coulee. The fish reportedly weighed 12½ pounds and measured 3 feet, 10 inches long...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vacation Bible School Takes Excited Kids on a Tropical Trek]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Marla Ray, director The first week of June found Grace Lutheran Church filled with sounds of praise as seventeen youngsters from Preschool age through fourth graders met from 9:00 until 11:30 each morning. The whole area was being mightily blessed with rain, but that did not dampen the spirits of these young explorers. Opening and closing each day with great songs set the mood for realizing...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DOVES OVER THE FARM]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Quiet Aftershocks of Grief A few months ago, I was at my brother’s farm for a quick visit. Rudi, my German Shepherd and I, were enjoying the warm, sunny spring day by going for a long walk. I heard it long before I ever saw it. The unmistakable drone of a helicopter pierced through our quiet solitude. Though I couldn’t be sure of its mission, I assumed it was medical helicopter transporting a...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[4-H NEWS]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[May 4-H Meeting By Ella Chauvet The May Sunshine Snippers 4-H meeting started with our annual trash clean up along Highway 236 from Napa to the Warrick Road turn-off. We put on our gloves and bright orange vests and worked hard cleaning up the roadway. All total, we gathered about 9 big, black garbage bags of litter. Thank you to all the members, leaders and parents who helped keep our town...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Big Sandy Public Schools Celebrates Academic Excellence at Annual National Honor Society Induction]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BIG SANDY - Academic achievement, leadership, service, and character were on full display Monday, May 17, as the local chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) hosted its annual induction ceremony, honoring both its current members and welcoming a new group of future leaders. The ceremony marked a significant passing of the torch for the chapter, celebrating the achievements of five current...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[PIONEER VOLLEYBALL]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Brittany Richard We had an incredible week of volleyball, which included a 3 day camp, followed by a Doubles Tournament. We had 53 kids participate, with over 50 of them being from our little town of Big Sandy. We had 19 in the 1st-5th grade, 19 in the 6th-8th grade and 15 in the 9th-12th grade. This was our biggest camp yet! The day after camp, we held a Big Sandy Doubles Tournament, which...]]></description>
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