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<title><![CDATA[Big Sandy Young Actors Impress MAT Directors]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Erik Sietsema Montana Actors’ Theatre brought its summer theater camp to Big Sandy July 20–23, concluding Thursday evening with a student production of Kid Frankie Stein. Twelve local children participated in the four-day camp, along with one high school student who volunteered backstage. Though MAT’s theater camp is a long-running program, this summer marked its first visit to Big Sandy. The e...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GREEN ACRES]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Horticultural Advice for August Below are some rules of thumb when tending vegetables, lawns, flowers and trees during the month of August. •Renovate strawberries by mowing a minimum of every three years. Some people mow their strawberries every year following fruit production. Be sure to set the mower high enough to mow the leaves. Mowing too low may damage the crowns and kill the plant. •Topdres...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[OLDTIMERS]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[1 Years Ago — Aug 5, 1926 Dean Shepherd and his wife departed for a week’s vacation in Glacier National Park, leaving the Golden Rule Store in capable hands until their return. At the same time, J.W. Barnett and his family arrived from Lewistown to establish their new home, where Mr. Barnett assumed management of the elevator at Verona. The continued arrival of new residents reflected the confid...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DOVES OVER THE FARM]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[That’s a Heck of Day My friends are on safari in Africa, and I’ve been lucky enough to see some of their photos and videos. The environment and animals are truly inspiring and remarkable. I surprised myself at the emotional response I had when I watched a video of a herd of elephants cross a river…and how the massive adults took so much care to make sure the babies safely made it to the other side...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[4-h update]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Mary Ophus The Sunshine Snippers 4-H Club is proud to announce that they were awarded a $500 People Partner Grant from the Montana 4-H Foundation, which helped fund their “Care &amp; Share” community service project. The People Partner Grant program provides support to youth-led projects that enhance the quality of life within local communities. These grants emphasize youth involvement in plann...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BEAR PAW DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION RELEASES 2025 ANNUAL REPORT $10 Million Brought to Northern Montana for Community Enhancements]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[HAVRE – Bear Paw Development Corporation recently released its Annual Report for 2025. The multi-county nonprofit economic and community development organization, founded in 1969, serves Liberty, Hill, Blaine, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Rocky Boy’s and Fort Belknap Indian Reservations. The Annual Report chronicles the impact Bear Paw Development had on its region last year. Overall, th...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[EMERGENCY SHORTAGE: Donors urgently needed to stop alarming drop in Red Cross national blood supply Summer blood donations far lower than needed as hospitals work to protect patient care]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[MISSOULA, Mont., July 13, 2026 — The American Red Cross is declaring a national emergency blood shortage as blood supplies around the country fell nearly 25% in June. Blood donors are urgently needed to help ensure patients receive lifesaving medical care without delay. The shortage is especially serious for types O positive and B negative blood. Nationwide, a steep decline in blood donations sinc...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sheldon the Traveler's Adventure Corner]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Ruth Hlavnicka I left Big Sandy Wednesday morning, March 18, with Tom and Ruth Hlavnicka. We headed out the Kenilworth Road in a fully loaded pickup and headed toward Shelby. Just north of Shelby, we crossed into Canada at Sweetgrass. Some things change in Canada. The highway speed limit is about 110 kilometers per hour (around 68 mph). Gas is sold by the liter and costs about $6–8 per gallon....]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NMHC first in nation to use new computerized endoscopy-assisting program]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[From Northern Montana Health Care Northern Montana Health Care marked a national milestone today, becoming the first health care system in the nation to use a new computer-assisted system designed to help detect suspected colorectal polyps during an endoscopy. Dr. Damian Ymzon, MD, used the CADDIE™ Device Computer-assisted Detection system during an endoscopic procedure Wednesday, July 22. &quot;T...]]></description>
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