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Dora Mahood Generous Gift to Big Sandy
Dora Mahood blessed Big Sandy by distributing $400,000 for various causes throughout the town. Everyone deserves acknowledgment when the Big Sandy Mountaineer runs obituaries, and I don’t know the person I read about them. Dora Frieda Mahood, 94, p...
Big Sandy Schools receives a huge gift from an Alumnus
In the closing weeks of 2023, Big Sandy Public Schools received notice that they were the recipient of a generous donation on behalf of Dora Mahood. Dora, whose maiden name was Goecks, graduated from...
American Legion's 7th Annual Coyote Derby had 29 teams
The 7th Annual Big Sandy American Legion Coyote Derby started off much better than last year. The weather was chilly, but no snow stopped all the snow mobile participants we typically see. However,...
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Master Gardener Level 1 Class in Chouteau County (please pre-register) MSU Extension level 1 Master Gardener classes will take place in Chouteau County pending pre-registration numbers. Now is your chance to participate in an excellent educational...
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE Big Sandy Medical Services Foundation and Albert & Mary Bold Scholashi
BIG SANDY MEDICAL SERVICES FOUNDATION Big Sandy Medical Services Foundation was established to foster better healthcare in the Big Sandy community. Their way of doing this is to encourage and assist young people who wish to pursue training in the...
New Year Goals: Get in Shape
Both the Big Sandy High School and Lift can help you achieve the goal of getting healthy in 2024. "Big Sandy School District strives to make the building available to the public for community...
Big Sandy Medical Center looks forward to 2024
7 brought a lot of progress to the goals at BSMC. The end of the calendar year will not end our production though. 2024 will bring a continued effort to get the new building completed and begin clinic operations there, final set up of the new...
Big Sandy Food Bank receives genereous donation from Big Sandy Schools and First Bank
The Big Sandy Food Bank closed out its calendar year with a generous gift from students at Big Sandy Schools and First Bank of Montana. The gift helped augment the food bank's stores in a time where...
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Max Ag will sponsor Golden Triangle Cropping Seminar on January 11 in Fort Benton Montana State University Extension will host its annual cropping seminar series in Fort Benton on January 11, 2024. Registration begins at the Ag Center (1205 20th...
Big Sandy Community Amazingly Generous
Having worked in Big Sandy for over a year now, one thing that continually amazes me is the generosity of the people who call this town home. And by generosity, I’m not just talking about money, but of time. The members of the Rotary Club give c...
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8 Montana’s Next Generation Conference Montana’s Next Generation Conference is on the calendar for Saturday, Jan. 27 in Shelby, MT. Montana’s Next Generation Conference is planning to be back up live and in-person for 2024 with an education packe...
High School Choir and Band treat us to the sounds of Christmas
No Christmas season would be complete in Big Sandy without the school Christmas concerts, which took place the week preceding the start of the winter break. The elementary performed for a packed...
Unoffical Big Sandy Public School District 2 Regular Board Meeting December 18th 2023
Trustees present: Brad Weaver, Vice Chairperson Jessica Sheehy, Matt Myers. Trustees Absent: Kelly Rutledge, Chairperson. Staff Present: Superintendent, Dan Schrock Principa,l Heather Wolery District Clerk, Mary Merrill. Visitors Present: None 1....
The Man Behind The Mask An interview of Chase Gasvoda, BSHS MASCOT
What made you volunteer to be the Big Sandy Pioneer mascot? So I could show people we have bravery, strength, and courage. I wanted to show pride for our teams. How do you feel knowing you're the...
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How Do We Improve Percent Calf Crop Weaned? Percent calf-crop weaned is of paramount economic importance in a cow-calf operation. Selection, mating and management to improve reproductive efficiency are all important areas to improve percent...
Big Sandy Medical Services Foundation needs your help
Big Sandy Medical Services Foundation’s annual fundraising drive for 2023 is nearing a close having raised $7,955 as of December 16th. The Medical Foundation would like to thank the community for their ongoing generous support in their mission to s...
Music filled the night-Elementary Concert
It's always the same. A wonderful celebration of Christmas is the Elementary Christmas Concert. This year was the biggest turnout. The auditorium was almost full. It started with the 4th-grade class...
Library receives grant
The Big Sandy Library received a grant for $2,650 from Ag West Farm Credit Services. Darlene Cline, Big Sandy Librarian, requested the funds through the Rural Grants program. Big Sandy was selected...
Christmas in different nations
For the past ten years, Mrs. Sheri Moore's third-grade class has taken a break from their social studies textbooks to tackle a different kind of learning. They hop aboard an imaginary airplane to...
Celebrating Christmas with Marlys Myers
Celebrating Christmas is a yearly adventure for Marlys Myers. She has a blast centering her decorations around the 1989 cult comedy National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation movie. She loves the movie...
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Master Gardener Level 1 Class in Chouteau County (please pre-register) MSU Extension level 1 Master Gardener classes will take place in Chouteau County pending pre-registration numbers. Now is your chance to participate in an excellent educational...
7th Annual Coyote Derby set for January 5-7
The 7th annual Big Sandy American Legion American Legion Coyote Derby is approaching. Early registration is now open for the derby, which will take place January 5-7. The event was initially intended as a fundraiser for the Legion, but was so...
Christmas Festivities at BSMC
While there may not be much for snow outside, it sure is beginning to look a lot like Christmas over at BSMC. The trees are trimmed, the halls are decorated and the festivities have started. A whole l...
Senior Center News
WITH A BLINK OF THE EYE THE YEAR HAS COME TO AN END AND CHRISTMAS IS ONLY A FEW WEEKS AWAY. November proved to be a busy month here at the senior center. We started our month with preparations for...
Christmas Candy Land Stroll
The 2023 Big Sandy Christmas Stroll took place last weekend drawing long time Big Sandy residents, newly arrived neighbors, and visitors from neighboring towns. Some vendors reported slower traffic...
