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For Taylor Sheehan, Monday has turned out to be the best day of the week. Sheehan, who was paralyzed from the waist down in a one-vehicle accident on March 7, 2010, has been walking with the aid of an Indego Exoskeleton each of the last several Mondays as part of a trial study. The Lambert High School graduate is enjoying taking part in the study at the St. Joseph's Outpatient Rehabilitation Center in Phoenix. "It makes me realize how wonderful it is to walk again," Sheehan said. She was told...
With oil revenue no longer a part of the equation for now, City of Sidney officials are facing challenges regarding its next budget. In 2014, the city received $1.2 million in oil revenue. The following year, the city received a little more than $500,000. Those figures are going down to zero for the next budget cycle. “It has sunsetted,” Sidney Mayor Rick Norby said of the legislation that brought oil revenue to cities. Norby said the city can make some cuts for a year or two, but they can...
John Olson, who is known throughout the area as a strong advocate for the University of Montana and Griz athletics, was recognized with the first lifetime achievement award given by the Sidney Chapter of the Grizzly Scholarship Association during the banquet held at the Sidney County Club on May 25. Bill Brenner, president of the Sidney chapter, noted Olson has been involved with the Sidney GSA, University of Montana Foundation and the university's hoop club. "This is the first award and it...
In the early 1980s, Mark Halvorson and Cindy Osland arrived in eastern Montana for the start of their teaching careers. Little did they know then that they would teach the area's students for more than 30 years and wind up finding their true love as well. Osland, who married Halvorson in 1990, came to Sidney in August of 1983 after graduating from Winona State in Minnesota. She remembers being interviewed in Sidney during Memorial Day weekend and accepting a high school position then....
Eagle Country Ford owner Gary Schoepp presents $100 to Reynolds Market cashier Rebecca Malcom for being the top seller for the Ford peanut butter drive. Malcom sold 62 of the 265 16 ounce jars sold during the event. Schoepp challenged cashiers by offering a cash prize for the top seller. Eagle Country Ford, Boys & Girls Club of Richland County and Reynolds Market partnered to contribute to the Ford Focus on Child Hunger. (Submitted)...
Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project faces another hurdle with public comment on the Intake Diversion Dam Fish Project Environmental Impact Statement. The draft EIS is now available through Reclamation’s Lower Yellowstone Project Website: http://www.usbr.gov/gp/mtao/loweryellowstone/index.html. The public comment period will open on Friday, June 3, when the Environmental Protection Agency publishes the Notice of Availability (NOA) in the Federal Register. The public comment period will run for 45 days, ending on July 18. Two public meetings a...
Sidney Middle School students Riley Thiessen and Gage Bloesser were selected top eighth-grade students. The Sidney Kiwanis Club has been sponsoring the awards for more than 60 years....
Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Patti Iversen is celebrating 40 years of nursing at the Sidney Health Center (SHC). She began her career in May of 1976, when SHC was still the Community Memorial Hospital, following her graduation from Montana State University Northern's Department of Nursing program in Havre. Iversen moved to Sidney with her then-fiancé, now-husband and Sidney native, Bill Iversen. Starting out, a core-group of nurses gave her and several other nurses who still work at the...
ABC Academy and teacher Bobbi Cozzens held its end of the year program and graduation on May 11, in Fairview. The afternoon class included, from left, Brynlee Deming, Lily Howell, Thea Tveit and Braelyn Yadon. Not pictured is Oralia Olson. (Submitted)...
KateLyn Mocko of Fairview has won the designation 2015-2016 Trig-Star for northeastern Montana and Fairview High School in a recent competition. She is the daughter of Gary and Monica Mocko. The contest was sponsored by the Montana Association of Registered Land Surveyors Northeast Chapter, and Interstate Engineering. Co-winner is Sadie Swenson, daughter of Donald Swenson from Fairview. Both are members of Fairview’s Class of 2016. Mocko will receive an award of $150 from the Montana Association of Registered Land Surveyors. Swenson will r...
A free chldren’s screening is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, June 3, in Dr George Scordalake’s office in Sidney. The Richland Shrine Club (Al Bedoo Shrine) is sponsoring the screening. For more information, call 488-1692 or 406-259-4384. Areas of treatment at Shriners’ hospitals for children include neurological condition, cleft palate, burn injuries and scars, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, limb, hand and toe condition, sports injuries, osteogenesis imperfecta, brittle bone disease, hip, knee and leg disorders, spinal disor...
Sidney product Abigail Haraldson, a junior at Concordia College in Minnesota, didn't only become the new record-holder for most strike-outs in a season, she shattered the school's record. The standout pitcher finished the season with 200 strike-outs. Concordia's previous record was 153 strike-outs in a season. Haraldson was tied for the record heading into a game against St. Catherine this spring. Not wasting any time, Haraldson fanned the first batter she faced to earn the record. "I struck...
The schedules have been released for the Richland County Patriots’ A and B baseball teams. A Team May 30-at Miles City, 5 p.m. May 31-at Glendive, 4 p.m. June 7-Williston, 5 p.m. June 9-at Williston, 5:30 p.m. June 12-Miles City, 5 p.m. June 14-at Billings Blue Jays, 5 p.m. June 15-at Laurel, 5 p.m. June 16-at Colstrip, 3 p.m. June 17-at Billings Cardinals, 11 a.m. June 21-Glendive, 5 p.m. June 22-Billings Blue Jays, 3 p.m. June 23-26, Tournament in Bozeman June 30-Laurel, 5 p.m. July 1-Watford City, 5 p.m. July 6-at Glasgow, 5:30 p.m. July 7...
Two members of the Sidney High School softball team received second team All-Conference honors for their performances this spring. Logan Peterson, a junior, was voted second team All-Conference at shortstop. Madison Thiessen, a junior, was selected second team All-Conference as an outfielder. All-State selections from the Eastern A were Laurel outfielder Hailey Ogle, Glendive pitcher Carrie Nagle, Glendive third baseman Lexi Pettersen, Miles City catcher Madisson Hill, Miles City utility player Tori Ogolin, Glendive shortstop Wyniah Mintz and...
Anyone interested in a rifle, black powder and pistol shooting range, should attend a meeting at the Eastern Ag Research Center, 1501 N. Central Ave., on June 14. The informational meeting will start at 7 p.m. Bring your ideas and suggestions....
The Williston Military Affairs Committee is seeking public input on a new memorial to honor veterans from the Global War on Terrorism. The monument would be placed at Memorial Plaza located in Riverview Cemetery on 9th Avenue West in Williston. Memorial Plaza was created to honor the men and women from Williams County who have served their country. The site currently has monuments for veterans of WWI, WWII, the Korean War and Vietnam War. The Military Affairs Committee, which is a branch of the Williston Area Chamber of Commerce, began consider...
The Sidney Kiwanis Club welcomed its newest member, Richard Braithwaite, last week. Sponsoring him was Garth Kallevig, left. Braithwaite is a commercial loan officer at Stockman Bank, Sidney....
The Montana Agricultural Political Action Committee (MAPA PAC) has announced its endorsement of Joel Krautter in the Montana House District 35 race, covering Richland County. The Montana Agricultural PAC includes the Montana Stockgrowers Association as a member. In announcing the endorsement, Joe Goggins, the MAPA PAC Chairman wrote that the MAPA PAC was established to support candidates who have shown a commitment to work with Montana’s ranching sector and who, “best represent the agriculture industry, producers and rural community values acro...
Sidney Lions Club member Kevin Mayer presents Sidney High School graduating seniors, from left, Tel Hermanson, Cyrus Hintz, Sean Lofthus and Sean Williams with a $500 scholarship each during the club's general meeting May 23....
Orientation and walk in registration for the fall 2016 Bow Hunter Education class will be June 9, 2016 at Eastern Ag Research Center, 1501 North Central Ave. from 6 p.m to 8 p.m. Online registration is available at https://www.register-ed.com/events/view/71402. This is a free class and late registrations will not be accepted. Orientation and all classes must be attended. No exceptions. To be eligible to take this class you must be 12 years old by Jan. 16, 2017. If you are under the age of 18, a parent or guardian must be present on the first...
Oil prices have started to make gains after a turbulent year in the Williston Basin. Just two short years ago, the Bakken was booming with activity. North Dakota was steadily producing more than 1.1 million barrels of oil every day with an average rig count of around 200. In the “shallow end of the pool”, as some say, production hovered around 80,000 barrels of oil per day in Montana, with less than 20 drilling rigs at any given time. Permit and rig counts have declined dramatically. In Montana, permits for new wells have been declining since a...
According to a poll conducted by Moore information for the Montana Chamber of Commerce, most residents are against restrictions proposed by the EPA. The poll is the result of 800 telephone interviews conducted during February. Regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s new power plant emissions regulations, 59 percent of those polled said the state should fight the federal government about the regulations. There was 28 percent who supported the plan while 13 percent were in the “don’t know...
Some people living in the Bakken area became more optimistic recently when the North Dakota director of mineral resources told Williston, N.D. leaders that oil will come back “with a rush.” According to the Forum News Service, Lynn Helms told the Williston Chamber of Commerce that he anticipates the community will have 40,000 permanent oil jobs by 2050 and a population of more than 80,000. Helms said the world’s oil supply will return to balance by the end of 2016 or early 2017. Alan Olson...
One of the key factors in the survival of the Bakken oil patch in the future will be affordable transportation options. Bakken producers receive lower realized prices for their output due to the transportation costs associated with moving the product as well as the difficulty in storing it. This issue has been a persistent problem for years, but crude by rail has helped make the issue less problematic over time. Pipelines are the next step for the Bakken if it is to become a sustainable long-term oil producing area. Yet putting in a simple...
When a Girl Scout sleepover was held more than 10 years ago, Sarah Turek and Shelby Reidle first became good friends. "Because neither of us could sleep," Reidle explained. Last week during the year-end ceremony, Kaitlyn Tibbits, Turek and Reidle finished their high school careers as Girl Scouts. They each were members since the second grade. Great relationships are one of the many positives from Girl Scouting. The three girls, who graduated from Sidney High School May 22, have remained...
