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By LeaAnn Williams The Big Sandy Christmas Stroll will be on the weekend of December 7th this year. We have a full roster of activities, including Breakfast with Santa and his Elves, the Vendor & Craft Show, Parade, Button Drawing, and, of course, visits from Anna, Olaf, and the Grinch. Main Street should be bustling this year with all the local shops open and all the activities planned. The Theme for the Stroll this year is “Farmhouse Christmas.” Every year, we pick a new theme for the stroll, and we are always so excited to see what our loc...
Last week was a big week for Eva Yeadon and the MSU-Northern Skylights. Although Eva had other opportunities, she chose to sign a letter of intent to play for Northern. The press release from MSU-Northern Sports Information: "Montana State University-Northern women's basketball coach Chris Mouat has announced the signing of Eva Yeadon to join the program next fall. Yeadon, a 5'8" guard from Big Sandy, helped lead the Pioneers to their first state tournament appearance since 2009 last season....
The youth groups at Christ Lutheran Church and Big Sandy Church of God held their annual trick-or-treat food drive to benefit the Big Sandy Food Bank last Wednesday, October 30th. Organizers described the event as very successful, with students collecting around 1,000 non-perishable food items through the course of the evening. The food drive has historically been run as a friendly competition between the two church youth programs; Ultimately, Christ Lutheran squeaked out a tight victory with 6...
Estimating Hay Needs The following article was written by Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist. The article addresses some basic rules of thumb to follow when determining the hay supplies ranchers will need to sustain the cow herd over the next few months. 1. Determine your average mature cow size. This can be done by weighing your 4 – 7 year old cows and calculating the average weight. From mature cow size, approximate the amount of forage dry matter cows needed to consume per year or per day. F...
The Annual Board Meeting is slated for December 19 at 6:00 pm, at the Big Sandy Medical Center. You are invited to attend and explore the newly remodelled dining room, enjoy a warm meal, and be entered in for door prizes. While there is a Board meeting every month, the annual meeting functions a little differently. In this meeting, new members are elected, by-laws and policies are reviewed and the financial audit is explored. There will also be a “Year in Review” presentation to see all of the wonderful updates and changes that have been mad...
In September, we were busy preparing for our first bingo night in May. The school was in full swing, the weather was more tolerable, and we were planning menus for fall and winter while attending meetings to prepare for the 2024 Christmas stroll. Bingo night was fantastic despite all the other activities going on in town. We had a lively crowd and multiple bingo winners. Carol called the numbers, Rosella helped sell bingo cards, and Robin managed the food orders. We had local attendees as well as a few from Fort Benton; it’s always a p...
According to KFF, a nonprofit health policy research, polling, and news organization, Montanans have a higher rate of anxiety and depressive disorders than the natational average. If that is not concerning enough, Montana is also listed as a mental health care shortage area. To do our part to bridge the gap for some of the 27,000 people served by the Big Sandy Clinic every year, an Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) Program will be launched at the BSMC Rural Health Clinic. With the help of a $125,000 2-year grant awarded from the Montana...
This week is Red Ribbon Week. Dianna Keane, LCC Big Sandy Public Schools K-12 School Counselor, sent me the following information. Everyone should consider what they are learning at school. It’s important for our physical and mental health to embrace the information given here. The Chouteau County Health Department donated most of the school’s giveaways this year. We should thank them when we get a chance. Similar training will occur at both the High School and the FE Miley. At the high school, each morning during the first period, the Cou...
CBS correspondent Janet Shamlian interviewed me, asking me if Big Sandy has changed because Montana is getting so many out-of-staters moving into our state. Shamlian said, "I am a correspondent for CBS News, the network out of New York, but I'm actually based out of Houston. I travel the country doing stories. She worked for NBC at one point in time. "I used to be with NBC for about 12 years before I made the move to the Tiffany Network, also known as CBS, and I worked in local news for many,...
The Big Sandy Last Best Ruck Club of Big Sandy held their first official "ruck" to qualify for membership in the national Go Ruck organization. Rucking is simply walking with a weighted backpack. The exercise routine is based on military workouts and is a simple, low impact workout that the Go Ruck website describes as activity that "humans are naturally good at." The fledgling club's first official foray into qualifying for membership was held on Sunday afternoon, October 27th. What was slated...
Lawn and Garden Advice for November Managing horticultural landscapes and house plants in November is important for healthy production during the growing season. Below are a few recommendations for Chouteau County gardeners. • Apply protective mulches to perennial beds. • Use a humidifier to maintain humidity for houseplants. • Prune out dead limbs of woody ornamentals. • Do not fertilize or transplant anything after Columbus Day. • Continue to water landscape plantings (trees, shrubs, and perennials) until the soil freezes. • Apply winte...
On October 15th to 17th, INDHemp in Fort Benton sponsored their “Goodness of Hemp” Summit at the Heritage Inn in Great Falls. We, at the Quinn Institute (QI), were invited to prepare a poster board to showcase our hemp research project, which we launched this season in collaboration with INDHemp and the Montana Salinity Control Association (MSCA). The conference covered a lot of ground, from exciting new hemp products (like hemp work shirts soon to be in North 40) and construction materials to market opportunities, funding, growing tips, new...
Board of Trustees Meeting Held on October 15th, 2024 Held in the Big Sandy High School Computer Lab This meeting has been recorded and will be available on the school website Trustees in attendance: Chairperson Brad Weaver, Vice Chairperson Jessica Sheehy, Amanda Hoffman, Matt Myers, Kyle Danreuther Staff in attendance: Superintendent Dan Schrock, Principal Heather Wolery, District Clerk Mary Merrill Guests in Attendance: Yes. 1. Call to order made by Chairperson Weaver at 7:03pm. 2. Pledge of Allegiance recited by all in attendance. 3. Public...
The Pioneer football team played a tough CJI team this past Saturday, and unfortunately the outcome put an end to the Pioneer football season. It was fun to watch these players put all their effort into every game and fight until the end. Hold your heads high Pioneers, you had a great season to be proud of! The game started off with some short runs by Wes Cox, but the Pioneers were forced to punt. On offense, CJI had a couple great runs and then after a fist down, they ran in for a touchdown....
Triangle Communications is excited to announce that all our residential phone members will now have telemarketing call screening for FREE, it was previously $5 a month. Triangle will offer this service to all of you starting 10/1/2023. This is an Opt-In program and once you enable the telemarketing call screening, it will stop calls from coming into your phone if they do not press “1” to get through before you answer the call. Below is a limited FAQ on how to use the feature and more are available on our website and in your phone book. How to...
On October 1, 2024 we welcomed Dr. Daniel Davis to the Big Sandy Medical Center Team as our Medical Director. He completed his doctorate in medicine from the University of California in 1995 and has been working in various capacities of emergency medicine since. A bulk of his career has been spent in research and teaching. In fact, he has been published in almost 200 articles, and written text book chapters on 26 occasions. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Emegency Physicians...
Big Sandy High School students were regaled by the popular Instagram group, "Boys with a Bus" and YouTube David Rule in a special assembly on Monday morning, October 14th. Their presentation followed the successful completion of a 5-day river rafting adventure on the part of the 6 young men over the preceding 5 days. The group consists of recent high school graduates are taking a "gap year" before attending mostly Ivy League schools next fall. They designed and built a three-story tall river...
Wheat Stem Sawfly Best Management Practices The Chouteau County LiA new publication is available at the Chouteau County Extension office titled Wheat Stem Sawfly Best Management Practices (EB0244). The bulletin was written by Dr. David K. Weaver, Professor of the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences at Montana State University. Other authors include Susan M. Tallman at USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and Tyler J. Lane from MSU Extension Chouteau County. Currently, no insecticides provide successful control of...
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. There is certainly a lot happening around the Medical Center lately. The clinic staff have moved into their new building, the ribbon has been cut, and operations are settling into a new normal. Dr. Robertson has stepped down as the Medical Director, and we have welcomed Dr....
The Big Sandy Medical Guild held its annual rummage sale last week, raising money to benefit the Medical Center and the surrounding community. The event itself was a rousing success, attracting a larger than normal quantity of donations of rummage for the sale and more traffic than in a typical year. I spoke with Lisa Sipler, the president of the Big Sandy Medical Guild, about the sale. She reported that as of Sunday evening they had raised $13,000 between the rummage sale, pie counter sales,...
Krystyl Kulbeck, PA-C, has worked in family medicine at the Big Sandy Medical Center for 11 years. She said the presentation she gave was for informational purposes only and not to be considered professional advice. If you have any questions, she wants you to contact your primary medical provider. The following information was taken from the PowerPoint slides she presented: Have you wondered about the underlying cause of why society, in general, continues to get sicker with more diseases and mor...
I would like to introduce you to the Pioneer Producers of Big Sandy, MT. We are a local group committed to feeding the youth and seniors of our community. Our focus is to incorporate locally raised beef and fresh vegetables into the menus at our Big Sandy Schools Lunch Program, Senior Citizen Center, and other community events. With the support of our community and surrounding area businesses we were able to create this locally grown avenue. A little background about the program, is that we...
Dr. Sam Wyffels to Speak at Chouteau County Livestock Protective Association The Chouteau County Livestock Protective Association annual meeting will take place on Thursday, November 14th at 3:00 p.m. at the Club House in Fort Benton. A social will follow the business meeting at 5:00 p.m. followed by dinner at 6:00. Please RSVP Buck Goldhahn at 622-5572 so the cooks can have notice on how many people will be attending. This year’s guest speaker is MSU Beef Specialist, Dr. Sam Wyffels. The presentation will be fall grazing of annual forages and...
To our friends in Big Sandy and the surrounding community: Last July we had our grand opening which many of you attended. A lot has happened at the Quinn Institute since then. We enjoyed a wonderful growing season compared to the last four years of drought and grasshoppers and now the last of the harvest is winding down and all the winter wheat trials are planted. Our last big event for the year was our potato harvest. We were fortunate enough to have our good friends from the Greycliff...
The Big Sandy volleyball team will be hosting CJI on Tuesday, October 22nd for PINK night. This is the last home game of the season, and is sure to be a great match. Not only will it be super fun to come watch our Lady Pioneers battle it out with the Hawks, but it will also be a very special night, as we support Casten Heppner and his family. We will continue selling raffle tickets for a beautiful quilt made by Doreen McKenney, at all of the upcoming HOME volleyball games. Tickets are $5.00 for 1 or $10.00 for 3. The drawing will be held on...
