The Big Sandy Mountaineer -

When Connie Green started Big Sandy Activities in an old house on the south side some 40 years ago little did she know that she was aiding the town financially and giving them something that many towns the size of Big Sandy do not have.

That is how present Big Sandy Activities director Lorrie Merrill thinks of her organization and she should know.

“It started as a day care program,” continued Merrill. “The State of Montana had closed down institutions and people who had lived in those institutions were sent to nursing homes. When settings like the Big Sandy Activities centers started...