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Uber is a multinational support service that began as a small rideshare company in San Francisco, California in March of 2009. It currently offers ridesharing for individuals or businesses, food delivery, electric bike, and scooter rentals as well as trucking. They offer these services in hundreds of cities in the USA, Central America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, East Asia, South Asia and India, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. People who want to make a little...
According to Merriam-Webster's dictionary, aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste and with the creation and appreciation of beauty or a particular theory or conception of beauty or art: a particular taste for or approach to what is pleasing to the senses and especially sight. It also says that aesthetics is a pleasing appearance or effect. Sam Perry, the Clinic Administrator of McKenzie County Aesthetics Clinic in Watford City, believes aesthetics...
After a two-year absence, the Watford City FFA is excited to bring back Donkey Basketball. It will be held at Watford City’s Rough Rider Center on Monday, January 14, 2019 starting at 7 p.m. Again, Watford City FFA chapter will receive the proceeds from almost an hour and a half of hooping, hollering and braying fun. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Preschoolers and under are free. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Watford City high school office. This year the game will c...
After a two-year absence, the Watford City FFA is excited to bring back Donkey Basketball. It will be held at Watford City's Rough Rider Center on Monday, January 14, 2019 starting at 7 p.m. Again, Watford City FFA chapter will receive the proceeds from almost an hour and a half of hooping, hollering and braying fun. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Preschoolers and under are free. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Watford City high school office. This year the game will...
11 has been a productive year for Sidney Public Schools. Several facility improvements, educational enhancements, updates, and other changes have come along for the benefit of the students, staff, and community. I spoke with Sidney's Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Silk, who was happy to tell me about what has been happening this past year. First thing, in February of 2018, the Sidney Public School district was able to purchase a large Blue Bird diesel school bus and a smaller shuttle type bus....
In just a couple short weeks, Sidney Montana will have had an O'Reilly Auto Parts Store for an entire year. They opened their doors on Tuesday, January 2, 2018, with only three full-time team members and one part-time member. Now, there are three full-time team members, the manager Nick Ludwig and a fulltime driver. Nick said the amount of team members fluctuates from time to time and they did not need to hire anyone for the Christmas season. I asked Nick how he felt the store was doing and he...
Sandra LaRoque has always loved rock hounding, especially for Montana Moss Agates. Before his death, in 1983, Sandra's grandfather, Ervin Bottke, would make jewelry and belt buckles occasionally with cut and polished stone agate slabs from his rock hounding trips. Sandra calls this lapidary slabbing. She followed in her grandfather's footsteps and now sells her own agate creations. She does not make jewelry and belt buckles but her lampshades and sun catchers are just as beautiful. For about...
This October 28, just before Halloween, four generations from the James family did something they've done through the years when they can get together. Kathy (Jess) James, her 91-year-old mother Marilyn James, sister Bonnie Guenther and her daughter Kelci Rolfstad, Kathy's niece Jessica Hanna and her daughter Lohgan gathered at Bonnie's lake house and amid much talking and laughter made lefse together. Even though Marilyn is Norwegian and German, she had never made lefse before she married her...
Tuesday, October 15, during the city council meeting, mayor Rick Norby announced that Sidney would begin celebrating Extra Mile Day. According to their official website, extramileamerica.org, Extra Mile Day is a national event that celebrates the capacity we each have to create amazing and positive change in ourselves, our families, our organizations and our communities when we "go the extra mile. "It is a day to clap hard for those individuals and organizations who are "going the extra mile"...
Friday night, October 26, 840 Sidney Wrestling Club supporters are in for a real treat. At 6 p.m. the Wrestling Club's Annual Casino Night fundraiser begins at the Sidney Elks Lodge. They will enjoy delicious parmesan chicken and chicken fried steak, music, prizes, bingo, poker, and other fun things as one would expect but this year the special guest is inspirational speaker, bilateral amputee, and Hodge Trophy Winner Nick Ackerman. According to Bob Dotson in a 2011 segment of Today's American...
Friday night, October 26, 840 Sidney Wrestling Club supporters are in for a real treat. At 6 p.m. the Wrestling Club's Annual Casino Night fundraiser begins at the Sidney Elks Lodge. They will enjoy delicious parmesan chicken and chicken fried steak, music, prizes, bingo, poker, and other fun things as one would expect but this year the special guest is inspirational speaker, bilateral amputee, and Hodge Trophy Winner Nick Ackerman. According to Bob Dotson in a 2011 segment of Today's American...
Some people collect coke bottles. Some collect dolls. Some collect tractors or even matchbooks but not Chuck Larson. Chuck collects horses and not just any horses, he collects carnival horses. All around his house stand metal horses of various sizes from 2 to 10 inches. "They call them carnival horses because you used to be able to win them in carnival games," Chuck told me. "You could win a little one, then play some more and trade it in for a larger one." He said it is possible that some of...
Beautiful, creepy and interesting hay bale sculptures are all over Sidney, Savage, and Lambert in Montana, once again. They are the creations of groups from 4-H and from the general public as well and are awaiting the critical eyes of residents and visitors alike to judge and vote for them. The regular judging was Friday, September 28 but the hale bales do not need to be cleaned up until October 10. There will be a Grand Champion award, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and a Reserve award. The winners will be...
Last Thursday, Public Works Director Jeff Hintz and Mayor Rick Norby took a few curious Sidney residents two miles east of town to view the sewage treatment lagoons. A few years ago the DEQ or Department of Environmental Quality visited Sidney and informed officials that Sidney needed to get its sewage system in compliance with federal regulations. At the time, the oil boom was in full swing and the population was well over the 6,000 persons it is today and was expected to grow even more. The...
Soy here, soy there, soy seems to be everywhere. It is in our food, in the food of our pets and livestock, it can be in biofuel, candles, lubricant and even ink. Soy is needed for many products and, since it grows well here in America, farmers are eager to meet the demand. However, this may not be ideal. Chengci Chen, the superintendent of the Eastern Agricultural Research Center of Montana State University just north of Sidney said, "With the popularity of one crop you get market saturation and...
Waylon Van Buren's high school days are behind him and he is away at college, getting ready for the rest of his life. He got an exciting and interesting end to his last summer before college. He got to go with the Team Montana German Culture Exchange to Germany and participate in three different wrestling matches throughout the country. Waylon had wrestled while attending school in Sidney, Montana. When the German Exchange team came to compete with them and learn of the culture in Montana...
A new scam has hit unsuspecting Sidney area residents. According to Jo Ellen Bartels FedEx delivered a brand new iPhone to her home address. Jo Ellen's husband was home and accepted and signed for the package thinking she had ordered it. She had not. When she got home and they opened the package it was a new iPhone X with a bill for $999.99 and a warning that if they didn't want the phone they needed to return it within 14 days or they will be liable for a restocking fee of $35. The return...
Abby Northrup had not planned to be where she is today when she started MSU Bozeman. She grew up in Helena, Montana. She had participated in 4H, but not with large animals. Her grandfather had bred horses but she had had no part in it and, in fact, had no agricultural background at all. Now, she's at the ranch of Dick and Connie Iversen south of Culbertson, Montana. She's up with the couple helping out, asking questions and learning the unique challenges having to do with ranching in Eastern...
Freckle Farm Petting Zoo and Pony Rides will be coming to the Richland County Fair again this year. They came two years ago with their petting zoo, pony rides, and turkey races after meeting fair board members at the Rocky Mountian Fair Convention. They will be bringing back the petting zoo and pony rides but not the turkey races this year as they were needed by a different crew. Freckle Farm will be located by the 4-H barns as they were two years ago. Freckle Farm is currently based out of Ariz...
For over twenty-five years the Sidney Wrestling Team’s food booth has been a staple at the Richland County Fair. This year, as they have for so many years, their food booth will be located between Pella’s Pantry and the Lonsdale Methodist Church’s food booth. They will be having their usual fair of fried items such as nachos, pizza sticks, and tater tots as well as hot dogs and slow cooked pulled pork. This year’s highlights are the Eagle Special and Whistling Pig. Erin Graves told me “It’s (...
On July 14, 1918 Reverend Olaf Carlson was installed as the full-time pastor for four different churches. Scandinavian Lutheran was in Four Mile, Montana, St. Peter’s Lutheran was in Sioux Pass, Montana, Bethel Lutheran was in Cartwright, North Dakota and the freshly started Zion Lutheran Church was in Fairview, Montana. As the years rolled on, attendance in most of the churches dwindled and they merged with Zion in Fairview. Scandinavian Lutheran joined with Zion in 1954, St. Peter’s in 1965 an...
Once again, the second weekend of July, the town of Wolf Point, situated on the beautiful Missouri river will explode. The Rodeo Committee and Stadium Committee are banding together to bring the Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede to life. It will be held July 12-14 this year at the Marvin Brookman Stadium, 6265 Rodeo Rd in Wolf Point Montana. The ticket booth is open from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday - Friday and can be contacted at 406-653-1770. General Admission Advance tickets are $l5. At the gate, th...
Once again, the second weekend of July, the town of Wolf Point, situated on the beautiful Missouri river will explode. The Rodeo Committee and Stadium Committee are banding together to bring the Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede to life. It will be held July 12-14 this year at the Marvin Brookman Stadium, 6265 Rodeo Rd in Wolf Point Montana. The Wild Horse Stampede actually started out as a competition in 1920 for a few local cowboys and native Americans in roping and riding events. Now, 98 years...
This year, from July 5 through July 8, Watford City is going to "Kick It Up" with the 60th annual McKenzie County Fair at the McKenzie County Fairgrounds in Watford City. The McKenzie County Fair Board has put together an astounding amount of fun events to enjoy this year. Besides the usual events you would see at a fair, such as a rodeo and 4-H show, the McKenzie County Fair will also have the Olaf Leiseth Jr. Memorial Draft Horse Competition, a magician, carnival, and demolition derby. The...
Once again, the second weekend of July, the town of Wolf Point, situated on the beautiful Missouri river will explode. The Rodeo Committee and Stadium Committee are banding together to bring the Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede to life. It will be held July 11, 12 and 13 this year at the Marvin Brookman Stadium, 6265 Rodeo Rd in Wolf Point Montana. The Wild Horse Stampede actually started out as a competition in 1920 for a few local cowboys and native Americans in roping and riding events. Now,...
