Big Arm exemplifies community
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Editor,
One of the many joys of living in a small community is how the residents come together to work on or donate to projects that will improve the whole community. Big Arm is a great example of this “coming together” attitude.
For the past two years we have been restoring the historic Big Arm schoolhouse to be used as a community center. The restoration work is almost complete, we are now in the process of building an annex which will house bathrooms and a kitchen. We hope to have this annex useable for our summer community events.
Over the past few months, many Big Arm residents have generously sent donations, local businesses have donated materials or have given discounted prices, and dozens of volunteer have given thousands of physical hours to help complete the Community Center. A very special thank-you to everyone involved; Big Arm really is a great community.
Although not completed yet, we are using the historic school for monthly community potlucks. At the February potluck we were delighted to host Ray Nickless from the National Weather Service out of Missoula, who spoke about the El Nino and La Nina weather phenomenon. It is very reassuring to know that hydrologists like Ray are dedicated to their research and through their analysis are able to forecast flooding and severe weather in our beautiful valley. Thank you, Ray.
If anyone would like to help in the building process or would like to donate some funds or materials, please contact Alison at 849-6628.
Alison Meslin
Big Arm
