Shari Jenkins Schmit lives and creates in Great Falls now, but her love for art has always been there. She remembers when she was in the 1st grade in Fort Benton and as a Brownie participated in the town of Fort Benton's Valentine contest. Shari remembers she took her mom's red velvet and made her valentine heart with it. She glued the little heart candies that have sayings on them all around the edge. "Anyway, I won, and my picture was in the River Press."
She moved to Big Sandy in 1967 when her parents, Jerry and Joanne, bought the Nick Bush ranch and Shari was in the 3rd grade. She graduate...
