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Author, speaker, and adventurer Rod Wellington will be at a book signing at Books on Broadway Sept. 2nd and 3rd. Wellington has written and self-published two books. His first book Part-time Superheroes, Full-time Friends was published in 2015 and his second book River Angels was published earlier this year. After reading a story of two men who paddled the White Cliff section of the Missouri River, Wellington found himself intrigued; upon further research, he discovered that the Missouri is the...
Raymond Blair Hansen, 35, was taken into custody by the Richland County Sheriff’s Department on Wednesday, Aug. 24th at approximately 10:52am, and was charged with deliberate homicide in the death of Terry Klein, 63. Richland County Coroner Maggie Gist performed an autopsy the following day, and announced on Friday, Aug. 26th that Klein had died as the result of a gunshot wound to the head. Klein worked for Franz Construction and had been on a job-site south of Sidney, working to repair a b...
It was bow hunting season a few years ago when Ryan Dempsey, who's been bow hunting all his life, went out with his friends in hopes of bringing home an elk. The three of them had been watching a 6x6 bull elk come through the same coulee for two or three days, however, they were preoccupied with another, bigger, bull elk, and so Dempsey decided that the smaller of the two would be a good fall back. As the hunt continued over the next few days, the elk they'd been tracking was spooked by another...
The 4-H Shooting Sports Program is the perfect opportunity to prepare kids for Hunters Safety and enjoying shooting sports as a lifelong hobby. The program, which runs from November through May, gives archery, air rifle, and air pistol instruction, focusing on position, stance, form, release, and follow-through. The 4-H Shooting Sports Program meets once a month at the Richland County Event Center and is taught by 4-H certified instructors. It is a set-up/take-down range and the first hour to...
Legislative Coordinator Elisa Delaurenti, a volunteer with the Montana Shooting Sports Association (MSSA) was at High Caliber Sports on Sept. 24th getting the word out about the organization that is at the forefront of protecting the rights of gun owners and hunters. The MSSA was established more than 25 years ago and has had 67 bills written and passed into law. They are the only such group in Montana that works legislatively. The organization worked for more than a decade to get the Right to...
Mackenzie Sparby of Watford City, ND recently signed a letter of intent with the University of Jamestown. The University offered her a four-year scholarship, and she will begin classes in the fall of 2017. The high school senior has been playing Varsity Basketball since the 9th grade, and initially started thinking about attending the University of Jamestown after a friend began attending, and told Sparby how much she liked it. Sparby then began playing on an AAU team that the University's...
Erin Biebl Fink, DDS, started at Fink Dental Center on Aug. 6th, after moving back to Sidney with her husband and son. Fink, who graduated from Sidney High School in 2002, went on to receive her degree from the University of Minnesota. She was commissioned by the Air Force and spent a year at Travis Air Force Base in California, completing her advanced residency. She and her husband Cole Fink, then spent the next four years in Germany at Spangdahlem Air Force Base where she provided dental...
Stop by the Old Settler’s Day Celebration in Alexander, ND, September 1st, 2nd, and 3rd; $2 buttons are available in Alexander at the Hiway Lounge, First International Bank & Trust, and James Gang Java. Festivities begin on Thursday at 7:00pm central time with a bonfire on the east side of the park. Friday the public can head to main street between 3:00 and 7:00pm for the chili cook-off; anyone interested in entering their mouthwatering chili can contact Barb or Jamie at 701-570-2011 or 701-770-...
William "Bill" Forrester Jr. is currently in Rio helping with the Olympic Games. The 1970 Sidney High School graduate currently resides in Sacramento, CA. When he retired about three years ago from his work as a Civil Engineer with the Federal Highway Commission, he took a job with Sports Courts of America, building and setting up temporary volleyball courts. Forrester, who has been a volleyball referee since his college days, was happy to get involved with Sports Courts of America, who...
David and Lindsay Wingerter are the owners of not just one, but two unique eateries in Watford City. Conveniently attached to one another, Siggy's specialty sandwich shop serves delicious gourmet sandwiches like their best-selling Chicken Shack Ranch or Gourmet Roast Beef Sandwich complimented with their in-house made black garlic mayo, or perhaps their lamb and chicken gyros; then, patrons can head next door to Dub' C's Creamery for a taste of their delicious home-made ice cream. The...
The Sidney Area Leadership Task Force is looking for interested applicants for their 2016/2017 Leadership Class. The goal of the Leadership Class is to create champions for Eastern Montana, so that there are well-informed leaders that can assist when community projects present themselves. "The Leadership Class is a stepping stone to help people determine their strengths," said Task Force Chair Kelly Reisig of the hands-on courses that have been going strong since 1999. The projects accomplished...
During their meeting on Monday, Sept. 22nd the Sidney Lions Club unveiled their PlusOptix mobile vision screener, which is the latest and greatest technology in Lions International development. PlusOptix is made to detect a number of vision problems, and takes a lot of subjectivity out of traditional vision screening done in schools. The test simply requires a specialized camera to be focused on the pupils, and gives a pass or refer reading. The initial interest in the machine came when Sidney...
Richland Park has been a long-standing fixture of Richland County, and has seen plenty of changes over the years. Richland County native and current resident Kelvin Buxbaum has fond memories of the park and its popularity when he was growing up. "There were always picnics being put on by local business and the Moose Lodge, sometimes with hundreds of people in the park," remembers Buxbaum. "When I started working for the county, I took Richland Park under my wing." Just this summer, the park...
Amber Renee Photography held their grand opening on Friday, Aug. 12. Photographer Amber Breuker began photographing her kids just for fun in Billings, MT, and eventually branched out doing family shoots; her specialty is wedding photography and graduation pictures. Breuker, who has a BA in education and worked as a first grade teacher, decided to pursue her passion for photography, as the career was more conducive to staying home with her three young girls, Alyssa, Madelyn and Eleanor. "I'm...
In 2013 Harriet Hillesland published Clean Your Plate and Kiss the Cook, a cookbook comprised of years of recipes that her four children had all been eager for her to write down. Three years later, with 420 copies sold, the proceeds, along with donations for her cause, have funded two water wells in Tanzania Africa. Harriet became involved with "Clean Water for the World" through the Pella Lutheran Church. She explained that all of the profits went towards the project along with donations that...
After 29 years of doctoring in Sidney, Dr. Edward Pierce is readying himself for retirement. Pierce, who graduated in 1968 from Andrews University in Michigan, and completed medical school at Loma Linda University in California, began his career with a residency at Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital in Kettering, Ohio. He spent the following 12 years in private practice with a group of doctors at the Metropolitan Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN. It was in August of 1987 that Pierce was...
The Foundation for Community Care is excited to announce that Gem City Motors has donated a new 2016 Chevy Silverado valued at over $47,000 as the prize for anyone who gets a hole-in-one on the 9th hole during the 23rd Annual Golf Scramble. Gem City was happy to sponsor the prize for the fundraising event. The golf scramble will be held Saturday, August 27th at the Sidney Country Club. The shotgun start is at 9:00am and golfers are encouraged to play for a good cause. Another hole-in-one prize...
The Sing Our Rivers Red exhibit is on display at the MonDak Heritage Center. Made up of earrings of murdered and missing indigenous women, it serves as a beautiful and heartbreaking reminder of the violence and exploitation that occurs each and every year against these women and girls. Each earring belonged to one of the victims or was made by their families. Since 1980, more than 1,181 native women and girls have been reported missing or murdered in Canada. Many were taken along the Highway of...
The Richland County Fair and Rodeo is fast here, August 3rd – 6th in Sidney, MT. Take in the entertainment and attractions including North Star Amusements' carnival, the Freckle Farm Petting Zoo, Turkey Races, Pippi the Clown, and free-stage acts such as Double Vision: Twin Magic & Comedy, and John Dunnigan in the old Commercial Building. A variety of food and merchant vendors will be available and open class, school, and 4-H exhibits will be on display for public viewing throughout the fair. On...
Take a walk in Veteran’s Memorial Park on Thursday, August 11th, for Light the Park, a new and fun way to raise funds for the Cancer Center. The enchanting evening will start at 6:00pm, where community members can show off their ingenuity with team fundraising until 8:30pm. For example, the Foundation for Community Care will be selling memorial lanterns that evening; the names of loved ones can be written on the lanterns and they will then be hung from one of the many lights that will be d...
September 23rd the skies will come alive as pilots fly into town for the 2016 Wings of Freedom Airshow. The Canadian Snowbirds, who are part of the Royal Canadian Forces, will be headlining this amazing show September 24th and 25th. This is the fourth airshow the city has hosted. It was put into action after Bryan Prevost was contacted by the Canadian Snowbirds who were interested in coming back to perform in Sidney. They will be performing only eight of their 39 scheduled shows in the United...
As a kid I remember taking long walks with my grandma through the prairie, and she would go along picking agates. As an adult, I learned that Montana agates are some of the most unique and sought-after agates in the world, bringing people to our area from all over. Still, there are many people in the area that have never tried the past-time that draws so many visitors, and so I decided to give it a go. It's easy to spot an agate, all cleaned up and gleaming in the sun, however deciphering them...
The Foundation for Community Care is excited to announce that Gem City Motors has donated a new 2016 Chevy Silverado valued at over $47,000 as the prize for anyone who gets a hole-in-one on the 9th hole during the 23rd Annual Golf Scramble. Gem City was happy to sponsor the prize for the fundraising event. The golf scramble will be held Saturday, August 27th at the Sidney Country Club. The shotgun start is at 9:00am and golfers are encouraged to play for a good cause. Another hole-in-one prize...
The Nesson Valley Irrigated Field Day, held July 15th, began with an interactive presentation given by Brian Jenks in which 10 plots each containing sugar beet, soybean, pea, corn, and wheat were sprayed with different herbicides and attendants were invited to walk around and view the effects of each. Participants enjoyed the chance to see herbicide injury symptoms up-close and evaluate the plots. Tom Scherer emphasized the importance of irrigation maintenance and encouraged people to walk...
The weather was beautiful and the turnout was good for the Williston Research and Extension Center Dry Land Field Day, July 14th. Dr. Rich Horsley started off the day, discussing what buyers are looking for when it comes to barley. He noted that there is a lot of interest in two row barley and discussed Americans' interest in craft beers; while craft brewers only make up about 10% of the market, they purchase about 25% of barley yield due to brewing with straight barley rather than mixing with...
