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Brad Moore, after resigning as Big Sandy Superintendent last month, has a new job and challenge at MSU-Northern. His new position is Director of Student Support Services. His job is to help the students to succeed. There is a counselor, a tutor and an administrative assistant who will work with Brad to support and personalize an academic and career plan for students of MSU-Northern. They have a private computer lab and study area for any student in the program TRIO SSS Scholar. Brad is completin...
1 of 68 children are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASDs). Autism is a developmental disorder of variable severity that is characterized by difficulty with social interactions and communication and by repetitive or restricted patterns of thoughts and behavior. The month of April has been internationally dedicated to bring awareness to ASD. There are few students in Big Sandy who have been diagnosed with ASD and supporting this cause is also supporting these students and their families. These students receive work with aids and work...
Rising Costs of Vitamins A and E As many producers may have noticed, cost of vitamins A and E have increased over the past few months, and subsequently, mineral supplements that include vitamins A and E. The rising costs were mainly due to a fire on October 31, 2017 at the BASF plant in Germany, which produces citral, a precursor in manufacturing vitamin A and E products. The BASF vitamin A and E manufacturing plants were shut down for scheduled, routine maintenance at the time of the fire and will reopen once the citral plant begins production...
Big Sandy’s High School District Musical Festival will be held on April 20th and 21st in Havre. The Pioneer Band, Pioneer Choir, and piano solo’s will be judged on the 20th and solos, duets, quartets, and quintets will be judged on the 21st. Big Sandy students will compete with 18 soloists, 8 duets, 5 quartets, one quintet, the Sandy Select and Sandy Sweethearts. The accompanists are Melanie Schwarzbach, Nona Danreuther, Cheryl Strutz, Bailey Gasvoda, and Mrs. Robertson. According to the music teacher, Mrs. Robertson, “The kids have worke...
The Senior Center now offers Soup and Salad bar every day, as an option for lunch. Menus for the week are: Thursday, April 12- Dr. Pepper Pork Roast, mashed potatoes, carrots, bread, salad, and carrot cake. Friday, April 13- Chicken Breast sandwiches, French fries, and Jello. Monday, April 16- Parmesan Chicken, noodles, cottage cheese, and lemon bars. Tuesday, April 17- Club Sandwich, pickle, chips, and oatmeal cookies. Wednesday, April 18- Bourbon Chicken over rice, Texas sheet cake, and rolls...
Thursday, April 12 - Pre-Festival Music Concert - 6:00 P.M. - high school auditorium Saturday, April 14 - Track meet scheduled in Havre has been cancelled Wednesday, April 18 - Cal Wearly Memorial Track Meet in Havre District Music Festival in Havre - April 20 and 21 Donkey Basketball - Tuesday, April 24 - 7:00 P.M. Elementary Spring Concert - Thursday, April 26 - 7:00 P.M. Carnival - Friday, April 27 - 6:00 - 9:00 P.M - Crowning at 9:15 P.M. Menus for the week: Thursday, April, 12- Breakfast- Omelet, hash browns, assorted cereals, fresh fruit,...
With the time constraints many families are under, the idea of making and enjoying a home cooked meal as a family may seem overwhelming or even an afterthought some, if not most days. Would you believe me if I told you that you could have a nutritious meal on the table in as little as 20 minutes? With a pressure cooker, it is possible! Cooking time is reduced by 50 percent or more when using a pressure cooker as compared to conventional cooking methods. Sound too good to be true? Here is why: A pressure cooker is a sealed pot in which pressure...
It's here! Spring, the season we've wanted for weeks every time we were digging ourselves out of icy snow drifts. The country roads still have drifts of snow along the sides and the gravel doesn't appear to be there at all as we fight through, but as the mud flies to the top of the pickup, covering the license plates so you can't even read it, and muddy water covering the windows so bad a highway patrol will stop and ticket you, we know it is Spring. It was exciting when it rained because it was...
The wind chill factor was zero and it was snowing out so the Easter Bunny asked Rotary if they would please move their annual Easter Egg Hunt indoors this year. She wanted to visit with the kids and felt it was too cold outside for the little ones. So, the annual Easter Egg Hunt was held inside city hall at 11:00 with Bob Nelson giving the count down. The fire alarm from a fire truck which usually triggers the start of the hunt, was missing so the entire community members started making the...
The 2018 Big Sandy Barracudas, the Big Sandy Swim Team, held its registration March 29th and during the Rotary Easter Egg Hunt they held their 2nd annual Barbecue dinner. The excitement of the year has already bubbled to the top of their conversations. For seven years Travis Baumann has been the head coach of the Big Sandy Swim Team the Barracudas. The first year there was 13 kids on the team. On this Thursday 36 signed up to be on the 2018 team. Travis believes there will be at least 40 by the...
Gardening Questions and Answers per Master Gardener Class • Will removing half the vegetable plant leaves when transplanting reduce transpiration and wilting? According to Illinois Extension, pruning transplants to reduce water loss is not a recommended practice. Although pruning may reduce the extent of wilting after setting out, it will also reduce the rate of new root growth. When a plant is transplanted, food energy stored in the old, large leaves will be transported downward to promote root growth. If these leaves are removed, root g...
Parents quickly decided to create a fundraiser for the 5th and 6th grade boys' and girls' basketball team. Before the fundraiser, the Big Sandy swim team held their first registration of the year at the same place. The swim team had already scheduled their event, but it was determined it would be a good night to serve a meal to many people already at the school. It was also the night that two candidates for Big Sandy School Superintendent were being interviewed. Kelly Haaland of Melstone, and...
The new salad bar is ready this week. You can go check it out. Menus for the week are: Thursday, April 5- Chef Salad, Rice Crispy Treats. Friday, April 6- Oven baked chicken, Potato sald, carrots & Peas, Apple Slaw, and Oatmeal cookies. Monday, April 9- Biscuits and Gravy, scrambled eggs, and fruit. Tuesday, April 10- Sub Sandwiches and chips. Wednesday, April 11- Chicken Quesadillas, macaroni salad, and bread pudding. Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings • 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast h...
School was out for Easter break so there is no news for this week. There is school Friday April 6th. Menus for the week are: Thursday, April 5- Breakfast- Maple Bars Cheese Sticks, assorted Cereals, fresh fruit, juice and milk. Lunch- Hamburgers, mixed fruit, salad bar, buns and milk. Friday, April 6- Breakfast- Waffles, Egg patty, assorted, fresh fruit, juice and milk. Lunch- Quesadillas, corn, blueberry dessert, salad bar, buns and milk. Monday, April 9- Breakfast- French Toast, Sausage, assorted cereals, fresh fruit, juice and milk. Lunch-...
Big Sandy Activities is still getting request for flowerpots; therefore another explanation is in order. It was a great privilege for Big Sandy Activities to serve the community by yearly planting and taking care of flowerpots around the town of Big Sandy. They do believe it helped make our community prettier, and the 99 flowerpots at the cemetery have helped make it a wonderful place. A big thank you needs to go to John Siebrasse for all the extra work he did for the community by going around all the flowerpots every summer at the cemetery....
Crystal Geyer is more than excited about their new adventure at Big Sandy Senior Center. Starting in April the Senior Center will have a self-serve soup and salad bar to go. They will offer three salad choices and one soup. If it takes off they'll try more salads. Also, they are offering frozen meals for sale for $2.50. These will be made from the left-over meals served during the week and offered at half price of the hot meal. The board of Big Sandy Senior Center would like everyone to know...
Republican candidates for Montana’s Senate seat will be Senator Russ Tempel, R-Chester and Brad Lotton of Havre. Brad Lotton was elected as a Montana Delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. He is a former Hill County Republican Chair and the owner of Lotton Construction Company. Russ Temple was selected, in 2017 to replace Kris Hansen, who resigned. Tempel has served as a Liberty County commissioner for 18 years, before he became a Senator. The open primary will be held on June 5, 2018. The deadline for filing was March 1...
Trenton Butler has been reappointed by Governor Steve Bullock to Montana Council on Developmental Disabilities. During his time on the Council they have concentrated on the last half of the word "disabilities" which is abilities. Trenton just returned to Big Sandy after participating in a Council meeting in Helena, visiting the Governor's office, and participating in a rally. March is Development Disabilities Month and this year's Rally theme was See Me. See me as your neighbor; see me as a...
On February 14th there was a mass shooting in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. 17 students and staff lost their lives in this shooting. To honor the victims, a national school walk out was organized for students across the nation. This walk out was held a month after the Parkland shooting on March 14th. Students and staff across the nation took part in this walk out by leaving class at ten o’clock and protesting for ten minutes. Many students supported the cause by bringing signs or just participating. Even though Big...
Mindful Eating How many times have you done something and cannot remember what happened or what was said? Have you even found that you cannot remember what you had to eat a few hours ago? Our minds wander due to deadlines, upcoming events and other pressures, which can lead to us doing things without paying attention. This even happens with eating. More and more research has found mindfulness to have a positive psychological well-being, and benefit individuals and their eating behaviors. Mindful eating is being aware of your eating habits, the...
Cropping Q and A in March from the Chouteau County Extension Office • Why were wheat protein levels so low in many areas of Chouteau County in 2017? Clain Jones MSU Extension Fertility Specialist replied with the following: Generally, in Montana, we seem to get drought during grain fill which reduces yield, concentrating the amount of protein and Nitrogen in a smaller amount of grain, resulting in higher protein. While in 2017 we definitely had drought during grain fill, we also had it around flowering, which I think trumped the c...
SHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! The Easter Bunny is coming to Big Sandy Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. The Easter Bunny has been coming to Big Sandy for over 50 years. This year the Easter Bunny will hold a TRUNK AND HUNT on main street in front of City Hall. The Easter Bunny has tried to think of various ways to remove the snow around the Big Sandy Airport to accommodate the bunny’s hiding places for special prizes and candy. This year it does not look like Mother Nature will help the Easter Bunny with snow removal. When all the children arrive they...
Menus for the Week: Thursday, March 29- Kielbasa & Sauerkraut, Apple slaw, Cherry nut cake. Friday, March 30- Polock, Fires, cucumber onion salad, cupcakes. Monday, April 2- Chili Dogs, tots, cookies. Tuesday, April 3- Birthday Dinner, Spare Ribs and sauerkraut, broccoli & cauliflower, Pineapple upside down cake. Wednesday, April 4- Spaghetti with French bread, squash, peanut butter cookies. Grandma’s Ground Beef Casserole • 1 pound ground beef • 1 teaspoon white sugar • 1 teaspoon salt • 1 teaspoon garlic salt • 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce...
Thursday, March 29- Lifetouch Pictures, 8 a.m. at the Elementary school and around 11 a.m. they will be at the High school. Easter Break- March 30- April 2 Wednesday, April 4- State FFA is in Billings. Also There will Parents/ Teacher Conferences from 4:00 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5- Parents/ Teacher conferences 4:00 to 7:00p.m. Saturday, April 7- 5th & 6th grade will host their Basketball Jamboree. And Track will travel to Lewistown for a meet. Menus for the week: Thursday, March 29- Breakfast- Omelet, sausage, assorted cereals, fresh...
Superintendent Interviews Thursday, March 29, 2018 2:00 pm-3:45pm Candidates tour community, high school, grade school and superintendent house. 4:00-4:15 Steven Schwartz meet with teachers in the High School Library. Kelly Haaland meets with principal and clerk in Administrative Office. 4:15-4:30 Kelly Haaland meet with teachers in the High School Library. Steven Schwartz meets with principal and clerk in the Administrative Office. All further events will take place in the High School Library. 4:30-5:00 Staff and Community Social 5:00-6:00...