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Geri Keams, a Navajo (Dineh) Indian storyteller, actress, and author, was a guest speaker at Westside School in Sidney on Friday, April 12th. Her grandmother, a rugweaver and storyteller, inspired Keams to remember the stories and culture of her people. Keams shared some of those stories during her visit to Westside. She followed up those stories with a workshop where the students created their own stories using pictographs. Keams has performed and conducted workshops in hundreds of schools,...
A free-will BBQ feed will be held for Dusty Sletvold on May 10 at the Richland County Fairgrounds Event Center. Sletvold, who is a 1994 graduate of Sidney High School, suffered a massive stroke on March 21st. Dusty was life flighted to Denver, where he currently remains. Dusty suffered damage on 75% of the left side of his brain, which will require extensive rehab in the months to come. Although he will be transferred to Billings in the near future, there will be a lot of traveling involved for...
The Annual Rabies Clinic in Savage will be held Saturday, May 4th, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Savage Fire Hall. This is an opportunity to protect your pets against rabies, and save the hassle of taking them into town. You may also pick up your tick and flea protection as well....
The Sidney Gymnastics Club will be holding classes for kids ages 3 through 18 this summer. The club will also be holding themed morning summer camps during the month of June! Registration and signups will be held Thursday, April 25 and Friday, April 26, at the Sidney Gymnastics Club from 5-7:30 p.m. Any questions please call 406-433-3008....
Northeastern Montana Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) would like to introduce itself to the community. The spirit of RSVP is already in so many of Northeastern Montana residents. Helping one another seems to be second nature for so many of us who live in small, tight-knit communities. RSVP is here to support our community’s current volunteers and engage new members to become more active in community service projects. Many people think of RSVP as a sort of “Job Service of volunteerism”, because we connect organizations seeking volunteer...
Richland County’s 100th Birthday Celebration is June 13-15, 2014. The Centennial Committee will have a meeting May 2, at the MonDak Heritage Center at 5:30 p.m. for nonprofits and service organizations to learn more about what is planned and the opportunities for others to participate. The celebration is a great place to fundraise and showcase your organization. Any questions call LaVanchie Starkey at 406-433-1916....
Sidney FFA had chapter participants at the recent State FFA Convention where over 1500 members and guests participated in some fashion. James Topp, Travis Obergfell, Duran Vigesaa, Emily Schaff and Marianne Gartner were the participants from Sidney FFA Chapter. Emily participated as chapter delegate, public speaking, extemporaneous speaking and leadership scholar. Her results were: Scholarship recipient of $400 from the Holt Family Scholarship (for attending National convention in 2013), $500...
7th Grade Sidney Traveling Basketball Team competed in Billings Heights Tip-Off Tournament on April 6th & 7th. Front Row (left to right): Trent DeJarlais, Kolby Watterson. Back Row (left to right): Conner Larson, Garrison Hughes, Max Peters, Alec Lovegren, Layne Swigart and Dan Peters (Coach). (Photo submitted by Dan Peters)...
The Fairview Chamber is adding e-cycling to its annual spring cleanup day activities this year, in cooperation with Richland County’s E-rase your E-waste program. Saturday, May 11 has been designated as City Wide Cleanup Day in Fairview, according to Chamber organizers, with bins for regular trash available at the fire hall from 8 a.m. until noon. During that same time period, residents and businesses are encouraged to bring their electronic recyclables to the fire hall as well. Seniors or others requiring assistance in Fairview may call C...
North Dakota spring light goose hunters can track general locations of geese as birds make their way through the state. Hunters are able to call 701-328-3697 to hear recorded information 24 hours a day. Migration reports are also posted on the North Dakota Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov. Updates will be provided periodically during the week as migration events occur, until the season ends or geese have left the state. North Dakota’s spring light goose season continues through May 5. Season information, including licensing r...
Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Todd J. Verhasselt has been decorated with the Bronze Star Medal. The medal is awarded to an individual who, while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, has performed a heroic act, meritorious acts or achievements, or distinguished service not involving participation in aerial flight, in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United States; or while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party....
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department, Townsquare Media and Sykes are sponsoring the Missouri River SPLASH – a recreation and boating safety event for everyone who enjoys the Missouri River. The event is Thursday, May 16 in Mandan from 3-6 p.m. at Moritz Sport and Marine. Displays, hands-on activities, demonstrations, regulations, registrations and prizes are included. The event is free, and people of all ages are invited to attend. Individuals who bring a completed boating safety exam to the event are eligible to win a prize. State law r...
Snow, snow go away, we need you gone for clean up day! Clean-up Williston Day, a semi-annual event where the community comes together to help beautify the city by cleaning thoroughfares, sidewalks, parks and schools will take place on Saturday, April 27th from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Everyone from the community is invited to volunteer for a great cause! The vision for Clean-up Williston Day originated last year thanks to Mayor Ward Koeser. “We want to be viewed as a clean oil city, but due to the increase in activity and population, the need to m...
Funeral services for Leonard Strand, 77, of Sidney, MT were held at 10 a.m. Monday, April 22, 2013 at Pella Lutheran Church, Sidney, MT with Pastors George Karras and Charlane Lines officiating. Cremation followed services under the direction of Fulkerson Funeral Home of Sidney. Interment of his cremains will be at a later date in the Sidney Cemetery. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Leonard died early Thursday morning, April 18, 2013 at the Billings Clinic in Billings, MT....
On behalf of the Montana Board of Crime Control, I am writing in honor and recognition of Montana crime victims. This week marks the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 21-27, 2013, a week dedicated to raising awareness of crime victims’ issues and to remember crime victims across Montana and the United States. During 2012, there were 37,013 reported victims of crimes in Montana. Almost 17 percent of reported victims were Montana’s most vulnerable citizens: children and the elderly. 3,723 victims of domestic violence, 367 adult victims o...
(L-R) Tevis Eleson, ROI and Randy Olson, Recycling Advisory Committee, get ready for Trashy Tuesday, with the sign held up by a snow bank from Monday’s storm. Rain, snow or shine, Trashy Tuesdays occur. The next recycling event will be held on July 16th. (Picture submitted by Cindy Eleson)...
John White and the “Pikes Peakers” began an era that changed the heritage of Montana, with the discovery of gold in Grasshopper Creek. The first boomtowns were born as thousands rushed to Bannack, Virginia City and other outposts in the 1860s. News of the strike spread fast, and led to the greatest flood of prospectors to the west since the California gold rush in 1848. Miners lived in tents, caves, dugouts, shanties, huts and wagons. It wasn’t long before Montana’s gold and silver mines began to falter as the majority of easily recoverable pre...
In the oil industry, most workers don’t have the luxury of a typical nine to five hour work schedule. They work long hours, both day and night. So, in their off-time, shopping for work related clothing probably doesn’t make the top of the list of things to do. For an oil worker needing to buy fire retardant clothing, one-stop shopping probably couldn’t sound better. Sonda Shandy, of Sonda’s Solutions, was betting that was the case when she opened her fire retardant clothing store at 2221 S....
This year all the proceeds will benefit the Local Cancer Coalition Relief Fund, which monetarily assists individuals fighting cancer in Sidney and the surrounding area. The decorated bras with associated items will be auctioned off by RK Auction on the evening of April 26 at the Sidney Elks Lodge. Appetizers and music by K-Hook will also be part of the festivities. Pictured here is one of the bras which was created by Jacklyn Damm. “This event draws a lot of attention for a cause that is near a...
Montana State University Extension is offering a new, two-year leadership program for professionals in agriculture and natural resource industries. The Resource Education and Agriculture Leadership (REAL) Montana training will include participant classes, tours, networking opportunities and travel. The two-year program features eight in-state seminars, a five-day national study tour in Washington, D.C. and a two-week international trip. Seminars will include: training in agriculture institutions and agencies, natural resource development,...
This is an annual tournament held every year in Rapid City. The girls qualified by winning state this year in the North Dakota state hockey tournament. There were seven teams, three from North Dakota and two each from South Dakota and Wyoming. While they were there they played both teams from Wyoming, beating them; and one team from South Dakota. In the final game they played a mixture of Bottineau and Watford, which are their rival teams. Also, it just so happens that they played Bottineau in...
Come 2014, it’s up to voters to decide the fate of Montana’s primary election system and late voter registration date. The Montana House and Senate cleared two referendums last week that could change the state’s voting laws. The measures passed largely along party lines, with Republicans voting in favor. Senate Bills 408 and 405 are the same proposals that led Senate Democrats to pound on their desks and shout at the Republican Senate president earlier this month as they sought to halt legislation’s passage. The first of those measure...
Green technology is on the horizon, and in one of the most unlikely places; the Bakken oil patch. Innovative Montana co-founders of the Billings business G2G Solutions (Gas to Green) have created an ingenious solution for one of the Bakken’s “hottest” issues flared gas. Helena’s Mark Peterson took time from his busy day to explain over a cup of coffee more about the company which has created new opportunities for him and his family; G2G Solutions, which he is a co-founder of. Peterson, who own...
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s annual bighorn sheep survey revealed a minimum of 297 bighorn sheep in western North Dakota. The 2012 count was second highest on record and 5 percent above last year’s survey. In total, biologists counted 87 rams, 156 ewes and a record 54 lambs. Not included are approximately 30 bighorn sheep in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Big game biologist Brett Wiedmann said the northern badlands population was the highest on record, but the southern badlands herds declined slightly. “Al...
Jerry P. Sticka, resides in Dakota Land Housing, Lot 21, Bruegger St., Alexander, ND. Sex Assault. Convicted: March/1993 MT-Register, MT-NonExp ND-Status: Registered, ND-Risk Level: Undetermined...
