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The Richland County Fair has remained an extremely popular summertime event for decades, drawing crowds from around the area and creating lasting memories. Former fair manager, Doris Goebel, who served as fair manager from 1980-1990, recalls fair time with fondness and remembers a lot of good times associated with the Richland County Fair. “I’m a long-time fair person,” she says. “I was with the fair for 22 years. I started in 1958 as secretary for the fair manager and in 1980 I took over as...
Each year, when fair time approaches, Luella Dore, Sidney, recalls good times, good friends and a lot of exciting activity. Dore served as Richland County Fair culinary division superintendent for 17 years and loved every moment she spent performing her duties. “I started as superintendent in 1982,” she recalls. “They wanted someone for this position who was involved with 4-H and who knew food. My kids were in the Hay Creek Busy Bees 4-H Club and both my husband and I were heavily invol...
By Lois Kerr Most of us enjoy looking at old pictures of ourselves, our friends, and our families, particularly pictures taken years ago that remind us of another time, another place, and in some cases almost another lifetime when we consider how much we’ve changed and how drastically the world around us has altered with the passage of years. I pulled out some old photos the other day and I find I look at these pictures a lot differently now than I looked at them when they were first taken. B...
Many of us have developed an interest in a hobby in our youth that has lasted a lifetime. We have found pleasure in a certain activity for decades, and have learned an enormous amount about that particular pastime as the years pass. Ron Gerry, Sidney, can attest to this lifelong interest in a hobby as he has built model or miniature aircraft throughout his life. Since his retirement he builds and repairs miniatures over the winter then flies them for fun over the summer. “I started this hobby a...
Book review Writing a book, particularly non-fiction, requires dedication, time, and commitment to get the job done correctly. The book Finding the Bad Inn, written by Butte native Christy Leskovar, describes in detail the amount of work required to thoroughly research a topic and the amount of work she did to produce her first book, High Plains Book Award finalist One Night in a Bad Inn, a book dealing with an incident in her family’s past. Leskovar discovered so much information while r...
The Fairview Old Timers’ Festival Committee has selected centenarian Margaret Carranza to represent Fairview on the 2011 Fairview Festival button. She turned 100 years old in January. Carranza has deep roots, many friends and lot of fond memories surrounding her beloved Fairview. “I was born in 1911 and we moved here in 1925, so I’ve known Fairview for a long time,” Carranza remarks. “I’m proud to still be here, and I’m so honored and flattered to be chosen for the Festival button. Fairv...
The Sunrise Festival of the Arts Committee has selected Dave Roos, East Fork Designs, Scobey, as this year’s featured artist. Roos produces metal pictures and signs and will have many of his creations on display and for sale during the festival, scheduled for Saturday, July 9 at Veteran’ Memorial Park. “We’ll have a variety of pictures on sale ranging from $25-$1100 and everything in between,” Roos says. “This way we can satisfy everyone, price wise.” A retired industrial arts teacher, Roos...
Area residents once again have the opportunity to enjoy good family entertainment during the 88th annual Wolf Point Stampede that runs from Wednesday July 6 through the weekend. Activities include three nights of rodeo action, specialty act One Arm Bandit and company featuring Lynn Payne, a street fair, parades, a street dance and a host of other interesting activities. “Our specialty act this year is One Arm Bandit and Company with Lynn Payne,” says Christie Stensland, media personnel with the...
Our own family heritage, as well as the histories of others who grew up in our area and write about familiar places and family names, intrigues most of us. In Honyocker Dreams, author David Mogen, who grew up in eastern Montana and graduated from Froid High School, traces his family history of hard times and hopes, and in the process gives us a fascinating view of Montana along the Hi-Line and how small-town Montana has changed over the course of years. Mogen tells his story through the...
On Sunday, July 10 the Grace Lutheran Church of Skaar will celebrate 100 years of providing spiritual guidance to the community. The congregation invites people to attend this celebration and to recall what the church has meant to the community through the years. “I’ve been attending this church since I was ten years old,” says Elizabeth Hatter, church member. “I was baptized in this church, and my husband, our children, our grandchildren, and great grandchildren were baptized in this church...
Sidney Sugars has hired Duane Peters as its new agriculturist effective June 13. Peters will serve as agriculturist for growers in the Sugar Valley area. Peters, no stranger to the Sidney area, is already well-known in the region and has the respect of many growers. Peters first arrived in Sidney in 1996 as an agriculturist for Busch Agricultural. He worked closely with the Eastern Agricultural Research Center on barley test plots, and when Busch Ag built its facility in Sidney in 2000, Peters...
