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Once again the community of Big Sandy and surrounding areas supported the annual fund-raiser of the Big Sandy Medical Guild which was recently held on October 4-5 2018. A record high of nearly $10,000.00 was raised through the generous support of those who donated rummage items and pies, purchased rummage items, pie and coffee, raffle tickets, as well as made monetary donations. The Guild would also like to thank a gentleman from Havre who so graciously donated bags of apples that were sold during the rummage sale. Each year volunteers of the...
November 7 & 8- Parent/Teacher Conferences November 12- There will be a Veteran’s Day Program at 1:00 p.m November 18- is the Variety Show. This is a fund raiser for the students going to Europe with the Northern Ambassadors this summer. Sign up sheets are around town and at the school. November 10- JHBB travels to Hays....
One type of diabetes you may not see a lot about is gestational diabetes. With November being National Diabetes Month, this year the educational efforts are being focused on promoting health after gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is diabetes that develops during pregnancy. Gestational diabetes typically goes away after the baby is born, however, the mother and the baby are at a greater risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes later in life. The statistics show that half of all women who had gestational diabetes go on to develop type 2...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Farm Service Agency November Newsletter USDA launched the trade mitigation package aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified trade retaliation by foreign nations. Producers of certain commodities can now sign up for the Market Facilitation Program (MFP). USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will administer MFP to provide payments to corn, cotton, dairy, hog, sorghum, soybean, wheat, shelled almond, and fresh sweet cherry producers. An announcement about further payments will be made in the coming mont...
There was a Christmas Button contest this year. Jessica Jaramillo the art teacher at Big Sandy High school had her students design a button for this year's Christmas Stroll. The theme this year is Cowboy Christmas. The children's stroll buttons will show the art work of the four students from Big Sandy High school who won. Eli Dixon a seventh grader is the son of Clay and Kelly Dixon. Faith Gasvoda, Brooke Schwenke, and Lainey Gregory are all Juniors this year. Brooke is the daughter of Chris Sc...
Now that the agriculture seasons has slowed and lots of the farm equipment put to bed one would think that farm injuries would be slowing down, but in truth farm accidents increase during the winter. Animals are the second largest cause of injuries. Slips and falls are the largest cause of worker related injuries. Les Graham and Ron Larson are the states experts when it comes to farm safety. Sitting down and visiting with them during the Montana Farmers Union Convention. Larson said, “Let’s start with the feeding of the cattle and the rep...
As the kids going on the Belize Ecology trip are getting ready for their second payment, they have started up a new fundraiser! They’ll be selling cookie dough tubs, pasta boxes, and lots more. All the kids that are participating are working hard on selling and collecting all the money for this tasty fundraiser. The cookie dough tubs include flavors of chocolate chip, peanut butter, snickerdoodle, oatmeal raisin, gingersnap, macadamia white chocolate, chunky chocolate health, M&M monster, and triple chocolate chunk. One three pound tub is s...
Chase Hill Outfitters was established in 1986. They have been guiding for 32 years. Bill Brown said, "I hope one of the kids will take over." Both Megan and Weston are currently home helping during the 2018 hunting season. They just finished guiding two kids during the youth hunting period which takes place two days before the regular hunting season begins. Chase Hill donates the youth hunts. But they have opportunities for youth throughout the season. "We have incorporated a program to encourag...
Diane Scalese will be inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame on Thursday November 1, 2018 at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth Texas. " The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame honors and celebrates women, past and present, whose lives exemplify the courage, resilience, and independence that helped shape the American West, and fosters an appreciation of ideals and spirit of self-reliance they inspire." Four or five years ago, a friend told her she was going...
Paraquat mitigation measures approved by EPA Information for this article came from Cecil Tharp, MSU Pesticide Education Specialist. The complete article is located at http://www.pesticides.montana.edu/documents/mt-pesticide-bulletins/2018_Fall_IPM.pdf. The active ingredient paraquat (i.e. dichloride salt of paraquat, ortho paraquat CL, paraquat dichloride) was first registered in 1964 for weed control and crop desiccation and is widely used across Montana; however, it is categorized as highly toxic through all routes of exposure by the...
Thursday, November 1- Ham & Scalloped poatoes, spinach, Hawaiian coleslaw, and banana bars. Friday, November 2- Egg Salad sandwiches, Cream of Broccoli & Xailiflower soup, and Apple crisp. Monday, November 5- Cream of Chicken Soup over biscuits, fruit salad, and doughnuts. Tuesday, November 6- BIRTHDAY DINNER, Meatloaf, baked potato, cheesy broccoli & cauiliflower, Green salad, and cake. Wednesday, November 7- Pineapple Chicken, fried poatoes, bean salad, and chocalte pie. Recipe of the week: Peanut Butter Spider Cookies Ingredients 1/2 cup...
Do you feel bombarded by health information and not sure whether to believe it or not? It comes at us from all directions—written, electronic and verbally. But how do we know the good from the bad? Take into consideration the source—who wrote it, when did they say it and how did they know. Is it a health organization, hospital, government branch, a university or a business? Quality is also important such as if the source has an editorial board or if it is reviewed before it is published or posted? According to trustortrash.org, if you do not...
Welcome Sean Janssen new pastor of the Christ Lutheran Church of Big Sandy and Havre's Messiah Lutheran. Sean told me, "The first time Vanessa and I worked in a church setting was in the Dominican Republic. We taught English there for nine months." Part of the reason they returned to the US was because they were pregnant with their first child. "When we came back I started working to become an Associate Pastor for a church in Wisconsin. To make a long story short, it didn't work out." So, he...
Red Ribbon week is celebrated nationally normally between October 23-31. This year both the high school and the grade school will be focusing on the purpose of Red Ribbon Week which is to encourage student to make a commitment to live safe and drug-free lives. Red Ribbon week was first created in 1988 after an DEA Agent Enrique Camarerena was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in Guadalajara Mexico as an undercover agent. His home town placed red ribbons around to try and increase awareness to...
Gwen has been a part of Big Sandy's down town business for 35 years. She married Shane Ophus in 1984 and started her business down town in the Odd Fellows Hall. It cost $50-$75 a month to rent the front part of that building, and that was for everything! She opened her current shop in 1986. Gwen had a lot of people try to discourage her from opening her own shop, but those who had shops in town already weren't interested in hiring anyone. She always knew that eventually she wanted to have her...
Attention Big Sandy Producers: In an effort to provide greater outreach to Big Sandy producers, Barbie Martin at the Big Sandy Conservation District is now certified to do nitrate testing on hay. Thanks to Barbie and the Big Sandy Conservation District for taking this project on. Nitrate testing is still available at the Extension office in Fort Benton. We are located in the green building next to the courthouse. Items to Consider for Cow Herd Winter Readiness. Information for this article was taken from the Cow Sense Chronicle written by...
According to the Montana Department of Health and Human Services (DPHHS) article from October 2, 2018, influenza (flu) cases are showing up early this season in Montana. Influenza is a contagious, upper-respiratory disease caused by different strains of influenza viruses. While many people use the imprecise term “flu” to describe 24 or 48 hour bouts of illness, real influenza can interfere with normal daily activities for as long as a week. Montana had 10,000 flu cases, 979 hospitalizations and 79 deaths related to influenza during the las...
This Saturday October 27th the Pioneers Football Team will host White Sulfur spring at 1:00 in the first round playoff game for the Pioneers. At 9 am the football moms will be serving breakfast for the community and families at the football concessions area. It’s just a little pregame get together to show support for the boys. If the weather turns bad they’ll move it inside. They’ll be serving biscuits & gravy, eggs, fruit, and sausage. “A little of everything.” The Lady Pioneers will begin the District Tournament this week on Thursday,...
Diane Scalese – In 1986, she and her husband started Sweetwater Silver in Montana and began making spurs, bridle bits and other silver gear. Becoming interested in hand engraving, she began practicing and searching for mentors, but no one wanted to teach her, partly because she was female. Nevertheless, Scalese went on to become a master engraver and held the title of Engraver of the Year by the Academy of Western Artists in 2003. Her engraving style is traditional Western bright cut, but she a...
4-h.org reports, "Today, 4 H serves youth in rural, urban, and suburban communities in every state across the nation. 4-H'ers are tackling the nation's top issues, from global food security, climate change and sustainable energy to childhood obesity and food safety. 4 H out-of-school programming, in-school enrichment programs, clubs and camps also offer a wide variety of STEM opportunities – from agricultural and animal sciences to rocketry, robotics, environmental protection and computer scienc...
Recently in Malta the FFA attended their first FFA fall district contest. They participated in range science and livestock judging. Out of 10 teams and with 45 students in range science Big Sandy's FFA chapter won first place. Katherine Bold won first place, Grace Finke placed 4th, Kassidy Pursley placed 5th, Stacey Allderdice placed 6th and Brady Pleninger placed 7th. The junior livestock team placed eighth. Mattie Gasvoda was the highest individual from Big Sandy placing 23rd. Senior...
This year the Big Sandy FFA is super excited about fundraising. They’re going to be selling fruit and Christmas wreaths until October 31. All the FFA members are going to be going around town to their family and friends to raise money for this amazing group. Hopefully, all of the kids can happily reach their goal and enjoy all the fundraising. The fruits that will be sold include oranges, grapefruits, and mandarins. The oranges and grapefruits can come in a 20lb box for twenty-five dollars or a 40lb box for fifty dollars. And the mandarins c...
Also named Spirit Week, it is when the entire town celebrates our heroes the local fire fighters and the kids spend the entire week celebrating the pride of being a Pioneer. The week's celebration started with five days of spirit! Both schools dressed up each day in spirit gear on Monday it was beach day, Tuesday duo day (sometimes triple day), Wednesday cowboy day, Thursday character day, and Friday was purple and gold day. The grade school had a contest for a Pioneer motto to be put on a...
Bear Paw and Highwood Mountain Land Owners Should Scout for Dying Fir Trees In October of 2017, the Bear Paw Mountains were buried with three feet of snow. Along with the snow came severe damage to many Chouteau County conifers. After the damage was completed, the Douglas-Fir Beetle (Dendroctonus pseudotsugae) moved into damaged tree locations where they reproduced and rapidly built up their numbers. In the spring of 2018, D. Pseudotsugae adults moved from the damaged trees to neighboring large trees. First the needles turned yellow, and then...
Does anyone recall being told as a kid eating too much sugar would rot your teeth? Or, perhaps you have caught yourself telling a child the same thing? Have you ever wondered if it was true and, if so, why? As we find out the older we get, many of the things we were told as children end up being true. In this case with sugar and rotting teeth, it is also true. Here is why: Plaque, which is a sticky film of bacteria covering our teeth, turns the simple carbohydrates (sugars and starches) from the foods and drinks we consume into acid. The acid...