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There is nothing more important in any community than the education of its young people. And, it is also true that there is nothing more important to any community then getting the very best teachers available in any year. Name: Sarah Pugh What position are you teaching at what school? I am the 7-12 English teacher at Big Sandy High School. How did you hear about a position being open at Big Sandy? I found their listing on the OPI website. Is this your first teaching job? If not where have you...
#1 Buddy Day- As a new teacher here, I was indoctrinated into this tradition through trial by fire as I was on recess duty that day. There I was on the playground with 60 or so elementary kids, just barely mastering all their names, add to that 60 or so Junior High/High School kids who I had no clue about. I feared it would be chaos, but that didn’t happen. What did happen was pure magic, and it happens every year during Buddy Day. The Big Buddies and Little Buddies have so much fun having lunch and playing at recess together that I would be ha...
The Medical Guild Rummage Sale is upon us, this October 5th from 8 to 5 and 6th from 9 to 4. We all look forward to the opportunity to clean out our closets for a good cause, pick up a few odds and ends at a good price, and indulge in a half dozen or so slices of pie at the pie counter. My first year in Big Sandy, my daughter and I ate 18 slices of pie at the pie counter and have looked forward to the event every year since. Though in the years that have followed, I’ve discovered another, bigger reason to appreciate the Guild Sale: It’s an opp...
October is a Great Time to order Shelterbelt Trees The Montana Conservation Seedling Nursery (MCSN) is already receiving new orders for shelter belt plantings. Rocky Mountain Juniper is the most popular windbreak species, and is sold out quite quickly. If you are interested in ordering Rocky Mountain Juniper for your shelterbelt, please place your order as soon as possible. Shelterbelt plans should be approved by the MSU Extension Chouteau County agent, Conservation District or MCSN staff. Seedlings are sold on a first come, first serve basis....
The 18th bi-annual Chouteau County Health Fair is coming soon. The highlight of the health fair is the blood chemistry screening tests. The blood draws for the health fair will be available as follows: Big Sandy – October 10 - Big Sandy City Hall, 115 Johannes St - 6:30 - 11:00 am Fort Benton – October 11 - Community Bible Center, 911 16th St - 6:30 – 11:00 am Geraldine – October 12 – Old Auditorium, 326 Hilger St 6:30 am – 11:00 am For a minimal fee, you can have a chem screen profile including tests for diabetes, cholesterol levels, iro...
Contact Senior Citizen Cooks at 378-2405. Lunches usually consist of an entrée, vegetable, potato, salad, dessert and drink and cost $5.00 unless otherwise noted. Menus for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday, September 27 breakfast for lunch including pancakes, bacon, scrambled eggs and fruit for the Lunch of the Week! Thursday, September 28 meatloaf, baked potatoes, veggies, salad and dessert. Friday, September 29 taco soup, buns and dessert. Monday, October 2 Macaroni and cheese with little Smokies, vegetables, salad and dessert....
Thursday, September 28 emergency bus evacuation drills at 8:10 am. Thursday, September 28 volleyball here vs. Box Elder Friday, September 29 Chili Feed including Pioneer pancake breakfast at 8am, Decorating windows at 9am, Buddy Lunch at 11am, Marching band parade at noon, community pep rally at 12:15pm, Punt, Pass and Kick competition at 1:30 pm, Chili feed starts at 4pm and volleyball vs. North Star and Football vs. North Star. Saturday, September 30 volleyball at Chester and junior high volleyball district tournament continues. Saturday,...
Due to the continuing drought conditions, Chouteau County producers may be eligible for one or more of FSA's disaster aid programs. A brief explanation of each program is as follows: Livestock Forage Program (LFP) – The Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) provides compensation to eligible livestock producers who suffer grazing losses for covered livestock due to drought on privately owned or cash leased land, or fire on federally managed land. Livestock producers should contact the C...
There is nothing more important in any community than the education of its young people. And, it is also true that there is nothing more important to any community then getting the very best teachers available in any year. This year in Big Sandy, there are four new full time teachers and Bridgette Long who is teaching one period of Spanish each school day. We wish these new teachers well and hope that they find living in Big Sandy is an adventure in good neighbors and dear hearts. Following are...
Well over a hundred people visited the Big Sandy Museum this summer and from the comments received around town, those people knew they had been somewhere and seen something. Our Big Sandy Museum may not be world class but it is certainly in an upper class when comparing it to other museums in Montana. Tina Rodewald is the Director of the museum. Traci Rodewald is the curator and Dale Morey is the volunteer who put in countless hours just for the love of the Museum and Big Sandy. There are new...
Almost everyone has a bucket list or wishes they would choose to do if they ever had a chance to do them. Years ago, some folks made their bucket lists into seasonal lists of things to do during that particular season. It is fall and we have even had a tad of fall like weather to prove it. My fall bucket list is probably similar to yours and maybe different as well. This fall bucket list is not in order of what to do first and so on. Rather it is just a series of suggestions about what fall has to offer that you might not have thought of. Fall...
On Wednesday, Sep 13, Big Sandy FFA Chapter brought twenty-two students to Hobson, Montana for the District Leadership Conference. The students participated in leadership and trust exercises, learned about FFA, and discussed career opportunities within agriculture. DIstrict Leadership COnference serves as a kickoff to our new FFA competition season. Ms. Bernhardt stated that “-it was exciting to see an increased number of junior high students as well as some new upperclassmen joining us at this purposeful event.” The chapter was also awa...
Contact the Senior Citizen Center cooks at 378-2405. Most all lunches include an entrée, potato, vegetable, salad, dessert and coffee along with fresh bread and all cost $5.00 each unless otherwise noted. Lunches for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday, September 20 pizza with a green salad and dessert Thursday, September 21 chicken chow mein with dessert and bread for the Lunch of the Week! Friday, September 22 hamburger stew, cornbread and dessert Monday, September 25 parmesan chicken, noodles, salad and dessert Tuesday, September 26...
Thursday, September 21 Mid Term Thursday, September 21 ASVAB testing for Juniors in the AM Friday, September 22 Football hosting Sunburst. JV at 4pm and Varsity at 7pm Saturday, September 23 Junior high football at Rudyard, junior high volleyball at Havre and varsity volleyball at Hays/Lodgepole Monday, September 25 First day of spirit week Monday, September 25 JV football at Sunburst Tuesday, September 26 junior high football hosting North Star Tuesday, September 26 volleyball hosts North Star (JV Only) Tuesday, September 26 District FFA in...
There is nothing more important in any community than the education of its young people. And, it is also true that there is nothing more important to any community then getting the very best teachers available in any year. This year in Big Sandy, there are four new full time teachers and Bridgette Long who is teaching one period of Spanish each school day. We wish these new teachers well and hope that they find living in Big Sandy is an adventure in good neighbors and dear hearts. Following are...
Times are changing, people are changing, our education system is changing, but we are learning and growing right along with it. As members of the student body at Big Sandy High School, in a dual credit education class, we took it upon ourselves to take a closer look at the true climate in Big Sandy High School after a recently published Havre Daily News article provided a nearly negative outlook on our learning environment. In our dual credit class we are learning the proper ways to shape young...
Darlene Cline is the new librarian at the Jeff Reichelt Memorial Library in Big Sandy. She took over as head librarian on July 31. Darlene knows her way around the library as she helped out with story time at the library and when she was young and lived on a ranch outside of Bynum, she spent much time in the library just doing her homework. Darlene was raised in Bynum on a cattle ranch on the Rocky Mountain Front and she still misses those beautiful mountains to look at each day. She does not...
When the Bear Paw East Fork was raging a friend brought a lot of equipment to the Bear Paws to help fight the fire. He also brought his eight year old boy. That first hot, windy night, the friend was told to build a fire line for several miles with his bulldozer. His eight year old son got on a smaller bulldozer and to the amazement of everyone watching, took off after his dad to help with the fire line. They had portable radios and so at the home base, listeners heard things like the father say, “How are you doing buddy?” “Just fine Dad, my ga...
Factors Affecting Wheat Germination and Stand Establishment in Hot Soils Hot soil conditions at sowing also reduce coleoptile length. The coleoptile is a rigid, protective structure that covers the emerging shoot to aid it in reaching the soil surface. Once the coleoptile breaks the soil surface, it stops grow¬ing and the first true leaf emerges. If the coleoptile does not emerge through the soil surface, the first true leaf emerges below ground, takes on an accordion-like appearance, and the wheat plant typically dies. For this reason, wheat...
September birthdays include Betty Bitz, Clyde Webster, Frances Ostrom, Cindy Pokorny, Betty Solberg, Sister Margaret Mary, Jim Ray and Sharon Robertson. As Benny Goodman croons sweet nothings from his saxophone, around the hall an anniversary waltz for Ron and Adele Otto, Allan and Shirley Pearson, Gerald and Linda Rutledge, Lance and Tina Cook,. Locky and Gin Edwards and Loren and Donna Jenkins. Contact the Senior Citizens Cooks at 378-2405. Menus for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday, September 13 garlic chicken, potatoes, veggies,...
In sticking with the theme of National Sewing Month, how many of you have been discouraged from sewing because of the cost? With some time and a little research on the web, you can find a lot of free or low cost supplies to get you back into the fun and creative world of sewing. For a little extra motivation, ask a friend or get a group together to do similar projects or finish those projects that got stashed away years ago—even if it is a couple times a year or every other month. Let’s get back to finding those free and cheap supplies. If you...
Wednesday, September 13 FFA goes to Hobson Friday, September 15 volleyball hosts Chinook at 4pm in Big Sandy Saturday, September 16 volleyball, Belt here starting at 5pm. Sunday, September 16 Football at Heart Butte junior high at 10 am and varsity at 1pm. Monday, September 18 junior high football here against Geraldine starting at 4pm. Monday, September 18 FFA officers meet at noon Monday, September 18 Chouteau County Sheriff’s Personnel will be in Big Sandy and hold assemblies at the elementary school and the high school. These assemblies w...
The East Fork Fire remains at 85% containment this evening and 21,896 acres. More accurate mapping resulted in the total acreage change. Crews continue to make good progress with containment efforts today. Minimal fire activity has been observed today. Containment lines have been holding today in spite of the red flag conditions which remain in the forecast for tomorrow as well. Rehabilitation of dozer lines will continue over the next several days. Suppression efforts will focus on areas of concern. The weather is forecast to turn to a...
As hunters and other recreationists enjoy late summer in Montana, fire safety will be a critical part of a safe trip. Montana is parched. Some parts of the state have seen little rain all summer long. More than 40 active wildfires are currently listed on federal incident management website for the state of Montana. Many other, smaller fires, are being managed on a local level. And still the dry weather, heat and smoke persist. Being knowledgeable about current restrictions and fire safe behavior will help prevent more wildfires as hunting seaso...
Labor Day was just last Monday. Traditionally it is the end of the glorious summer and picnic season. It is a time to go back to work, back to school and make plans for a winter season that is just around the corner. To honor Labor Day this year we include three of Doug Giebel's pictures of a picnic at the Sheepsheds on the IX ranch around 1918. What makes these pictures great is not just all the detail but the fact that they were pictures belonging to Dan Cushman, one of Montana's most famous...