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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...
Big Sandy's Chili Feed is a treasured community event. People come home, and even college kids ride the fire trucks. Although it remains a valuable community get-together, it doesn't really change, and maybe that's why it's so important to us. The day starts months before, with our firefighters working tirelessly to secure prizes for the community. Our grade school kids, with their boundless creativity, draw and color their artwork, adding a personal touch to the event. The firefighters' visits to the school to educate the kids about fire...
October 5, 1963 the ground was broke to begin the construction of the Big Sandy Medical Center. At that time, the desire was to provide a facility for the town doctor to see his patients and possibly tend to them overnight if they were too ill to be at home. By 1965, the building was complete, including the inscription: built by the community, for the community. BSMC has remained an independently owned, community ran organization since it originated in 1965. Changes have been made over the...
Conifers Shed Most Inefficient Needles in the Fall The article below is a portion of an article written by Peter Kolb (MSU Extension Forester). The article is available in full at the Chouteau County Extension office. The article explains the natural phenomenon of fall needle drop, insect management, and proper watering techniques for pine and spruce trees. Every fall a lot of concern arises when conifers such as pines, spruces and firs start to drop their older needle cohorts in preparation for winter. This is essentially an energy...
On June 17, 2024, Montana Attorney General Knudsen issued a news release entitled “Montana On Pace For Another Record-Breaking Year Of Fentanyl Seizures: “HELENA—Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today that anti-drug task forces in Montana seized 150 percent more fentanyl in the first quarter of 2024 than during the first quarter of 2023.” “Through the first quarter of 2024, Rocky Mountain High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task forces seized a total of 163,184 dosage units of Fentanyl in Montana compared to 65,142 during th...
4-H is the largest out of school youth development program in the state of Montana. Currently there are over 19,000 youth 4-H members stretching across Montana's 56 counties. 4-H wouldn't be possible without the dedicated MSU Extension personnel and the 4,000 certified volunteers throughout Montana. Chouteau County currently is home to five, 4-H clubs. Within these 5 clubs there are 118 youth members and 32 volunteers. Big Sandy's local Sunshine Snippers 4-H Club for the 2023-2024 4-H year had...
Situated on the edge of town, the local shooting range and gun club are one of the best kept secrets of our little community. Though many people know about the range itself, far fewer are familiar with or take advantage of the Bear Paw Sportsman Club's full offerings and facilities. With an archery range, skeet, and clay shooting facilities, safety courses, and other opportunities, the organization is a potential source of fun and education for any local who wants to engage in recreational...
As the proud sponsor of our local Red Cross blood drive, I’m thrilled to report on the tremendous success of our recent event held at Christ Lutheran Church. Once again, our community has shown its generosity and commitment to saving lives. It’s always inspiring to see both familiar faces and newcomers at our drives. This time, we celebrated several milestone achievements: • My heartfelt congratulations go out to Crystal Geyer and Wendy Taylor, who each reached the impressive 2-gallon mark in their donation journey. • A round of applaus...
Big Sandy Pharmacy is offering additional point of care testing services for our patients. This program enables them to conduct influenza(flu), strep, urinary tract infections, cholesterol and glucose tests and to receive results within minutes and treat accordingly, allowing the patient to care for his or her healthy. Thirty three years ago, the development of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA ‘88), introduced point-of-care testing (POCT) In the early stages of the flu, many people do not realize thy are infected. W...