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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...
With the recent start of the school year comes the opportunity welcome new Pioneer educators to our small town community. The new FE Miley Fourth Grade Teacher, Brittany Barnett, moved to Big Sandy specifically seeking a small Montana town to call home. The young educator came to our community from Wyoming with her husband, Clay, and Lane, their 11 month-old son. Brittany and Clay grew up in Winnett, MT and were High School Sweethearts. They've been married for two years, but have been a couple...
Recently there was a new realease from “NBC--HELENA, Mont. — The state’s Office of Public Instruction is under scrutiny for potentially misusing millions of dollars in federal funding” “According to a recent audit, OPI is being questioned about its use of over $67 million.” “ ‘I mean, obviously, these are significant findings,’ “ said audit committee chair State Sen. Jason Ellsworth (R-Hamilton). “Last week, the state’s Legislative Audit Committee reviewed a breakdown of numbers from 2022 and 2023, revealing the potential misuse of millions.” ...
Growth Through Agriculture Grant & Loan Program Requesting Proposals The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) is announcing the opening of the FY2025 funding cycle for the Growth Through Agriculture (GTA) Program. Montanans interested in innovating or expanding agricultural businesses are invited to apply for funds through the state grant and loan program. “The Growth Through Agriculture program continues to help Montana businesses and agricultural operations add value, scale up, and access new markets,” said MDA Director Christy Clark. “I...
Young football fans will have the opportunity to exhibit their football skills when the Big Sandy Rotary Club hosts the 21st annual Punt, Pass & Kick competition on Chili Feed night Friday, October 4th. Beginning right after school on Friday at the Big Sandy High School football field, youth from Kindergarten to 6th grade will be given the chance to showcase their talents in punting, passing and kicking with scores based on distance and accuracy. There is no signup or iiregistration just show up to have fun and GO Pioneers! For more...
Big Sandy Church of God held its annual Brisket cook-off this past Sunday, featuring 12 local cooks competing in the barbecue competition. This year's event also featured a Pie Baking competition. The event was well attended, the food was excellent, and a good time was had by all. This year, the judges awarded Tyce Bahnmiller with the first place award in the brisket competition. Tyce has been a frequent recipient of accolades and prizes in the competition over the years. For his victory, he...
Bryanna Goodman had a marvelous summer. She planted her dream garden. "I grew up gardening. Ever since I was a little toddler, I was barefooted in the garden, helping my mom. She had a magnificent garden my whole life, but it was always just vegetables, never flowers. I have always wanted to grow wildflowers, and this year, I decided to scatter wildflower seeds throughout the garden and see if it would work. They grew so abundantly and completely took over. It was just magnificent." "I grew a...
It's no secret, the Big Sandy Medical Center is expanding! For the entirety of the Medical Center's existence, the building has housed all entities under one roof; clinic, lab, xray, hospital, Emergency Department, and the long-term care. As advancements in medicine continue and changes are made to the rules and regulations from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid, American Disabilities Act and other regulatory agencies, the need to expand became clear. A 5000 square foot modular clinic...
Dr. Carley Robertson has been working at the Big Sandy Medical Center since 2007. Originally, she worked as the backup physician for Ms. Laura Hillis when Dr. Gold was on the Medical Staff. When his time at BSMC ended, Dr. Robertson became the 'default' Medical Director as there was no other MD on the staff at the time. She said, "I offered to be the Medical Director until they could find a new one, to keep the doors open." It has taken over 15 years to do that! Over the years, Dr. Gladys Young...
Close to 200 people were served meals, and with a silent auction, live auction, and raffle tickets, the benefit brought in $60,000. One hundred fifty items were donated to the benefit. One of the organizers, Mikki Pansch, said, "I think John and Jessica Sheehy Elk print, Billy's and Kandi's Thai dinner for 12, and the Mint prime rib dinner for 12 brought in the most dollars. Ryan Pansch's service inspection also brought in a good amount. The beef box donated by the Darlington Ranch went for $500...
Shelterbelt Workshop on October 9th in North Chouteau County A shelterbelt workshop has been scheduled for October 9th from 9-12 a.m. at the Bob and Becky Bronec Farm in north Chouteau County. The address is 3000 Ames Ranch Road. Our guest presenter will be Dr. Peter Kolb (MSU Extension Forester) Dr. Kolb has extensive knowledge with trees and shelterbelts and will cover techniques for growing and maintaining trees (including pruning and pest management) in prairie ecosystems. Please bring a sack lunch with you. Drinking water will be provided...
Harvest is almost over. For the farmers in this community, this season is when they collect all their yearly income. So it's stressful. It's long hours for many days, working with the weather and equipment that breaks down. This year, we did get good rain in most areas, but the price is lower this year, so the question will be if there is enough money after selling the crops to cover the operating loan. According to Hi-line Today on 9/13/24, winter wheat was worth $5.09 a bushel, and spring...
It's that time of year. It's fall house cleaning and time to go through everything and give to the Big Sandy Medical Guild Rummage Sale. We're particularly in need of gently used clothing, toys, books, records, and glassware. There are three weeks left to clean your own home and donate. The 2024 annual rummage sale starts with donations dropped off at the Jerry Martin Memorial Hal from Monday, October 7th, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. You can continue to drop off items until Wednesday, October 9th,...
If you search for the town of "Verona, MT" on Google Maps, you will discover that the small town sits 5.4 miles southwest of Big Sandy on Highway 87. Whether you blink or not as you drive by, you are likely to miss it. Years ago there was a picnic table sitting at the pull off at Verona, but that is gone now. At one time, there was a train station (of sorts), stores, two grain elevators, and other businesses. The strange little town was nestled so close to our community, but now gone without a...
Foot Scoring Beef Cattle MontGuide is Available at the Chouteau County Extension Office A new MontGuide (MT2024AG) has been created by Taylre Sitz, MS in Animal and Range Sciences from MSU: Tim DelCurto; MSU Professor and Endowed Chair, and Megan Van Emon, MSU Extension Beef Cattle Specialist. There are some great photos of claw scores and pastern angles that may be helpful when culling or selecting breeding livestock. Due to various selection pressures, beef cattle have been transformed in size and shape over the last 75 years. Increased deman...
Statement from the Montana Hospital Association on recent political ads featuring hospitals September 10, 2024 A series of recent political campaign advertisements has raised concerns about closure of hospitals in Montana’s rural communities. These ads were not coordinated, approved or endorsed by the Montana Hospital Association nor any of the hospitals named in the ad. It is important that residents understand that every one of Montana’s rural hospitals remains open and ready to provide vital healthcare services to the communities they ser...
Fifth graders at FE Miley Elementary School were greeted by a new face on the first day of school this year. Connie Reichelt, a long time Big Sandy resident, stepped in to teach this year. She was born and raised in Columbus, Montana, but has called our town home for many years. Connie has 14 years of classroom experience, having started her teaching career in Havre at the alternative school. After one year there, she moved to Box Elder schools, where she worked for the next 13 years. Connie...
Don Jenkins has been diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis. The official medical definition says it is, "Many different things may cause damage to the lungs that results in pulmonary Fibrosis. Examples include long-term exposure to certain toxins, radiation therapy, some medicines, and certain medical conditions" that cause the disease. Don Jenkins graduated from Big Sandy High School in 1979. He coached wrestling for 14 years and was the assistant football coach for 14 years. He also loved being th...
On the last weekend of July, an amazing discovery was made in the area surrounding Big Sandy. In recent years several examples of prehistoric fossils have been uncovered in this area, but this massive influx of petrified specimens were all, apparently, alive and breathing. A total of twenty-one 1974 survivors appeared on or near Main Street over the weekend, all traceable through carbon dating back to the year 1974, when they were congregated as seniors at Big Sandy High School. A total of...
Last weeks article about Homecoming 2025 had some errors. Please see below the corrections. Regarding the 2024-08-25 Homecoming article, the Homecoming Committee can be contact via: • website - www.bigsandyhomecoming.org • Facebook - www.facebook.com/BigSandyHomecoming (private message with personal information) • Homecoming Committee, PO Box 437, Big Sandy, MT 59520 Thanks...
Board of Trustees Meeting- UNOFFICIAL MINUTES Tuesday, August 20th, 2024 High School Computer Lab 7:00 PM This meeting was recorded and will be available on the school website Trustees in attendance- Vice chair Jessica Sheehy, Amanda Hoffman, Matt Myers Trustee absent- Chairperson Brad Weaver Staff in attendance- Superintendent Dan Schrock, Principal Heather Wolery, District Clerk Mary Merrill Meeting Minutes 1. Call to Order by Jessica Sheehy, Vice Chairperson at 700pm 2. Pledge of Allegiance recited by all in attendance. 3. Public Comment- no...
-H and FFA members from across Chouteau County had a very busy and successful 2024 Chouteau County Fair held August 14-18, 2024. The following is a list of the award recipients and sponsors at the 2024 Chouteau County 4-H and FFA Fair. We would like to recognize and thank our generous sponsors of these awards. Top Project Leadership Annie Johnson Sponsored by: Kelly & Kristie Rutledge Reserve Top Project Leadership Christopher Vrtis Top Project Foods & Nutrition Bram Jones Sponsored by: Helen Richter Reserve Top Project Foods & Nutrition Ella...
Marty Demarest has been preaching at the Methodist Church. I went to worship with them and found him full of joy and the Spirit of God, as they do. I couldn't wait to interview him. Marty said, "I am a lay preacher. I am exactly what Brother Van was: a layman called by God to bring the Word of God. I can preach at three churches on a Sunday, no problem. I love it. I absolutely love it. I drove 230 miles today. The Spirit of God sustains you if God calls you to the work. Before this, Marty wrote...
Montana has more independently owned bookstores per capital than any other state. A group of those shops have banded together to help promote their businesses and attract a peculiar type of tourism around the state. The Montana Bookstore Trail is the product of that effort. For the past 2 years, the Trail has raised awareness of these small businesses in our state. The concept is quite clever. Bookstore explorers get a passport, which they get stamped at each place they visit. The passport has...
Thanks to Our Chouteau County 4-H Club Organizational Leaders and FFA Advisors The Chouteau County Fair concluded for the 4-H and FFA members on August 18, However, the work continues for our Chouteau County organizational leaders and FFA advisors. Chouteau County MSU Extension would like to give special recognition to our 4-H organizational leaders for guiding and preparing our 4-H youth through meetings, competitions, workshops and the fair. The Chouteau County 4-H club organizational leaders include Kelly Crowder (Arrowhead), Jordee...
