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The Roundup is holding a photo contest to celebrate Harvest Festival 2011. Weather it's in the field or in the kitchen, women play an essential role in agriculture. Send in photos of your great grandmother homesteading or pictures from this year's harvest. We want to see them all! Top prize is two 2012 Richland County Fair packages including fair buttons, tickets to the rodeo and concert. Send your photos to PO Box 1207, Sidney, MT 59270 or drop them off at our office at 111 West Main. To be...
Friends and neighbors of Gary and Travis Rindahl are putting on a benefit Oct. 8 at the Richland County Fair Event Center to help defray medical and travel costs for the family. Gary was diagnosed with stage 3 squamous cell carcinoma on Jan. 5. He had been in the Sidney hospital for pneumonia when they discovered the mass in his lung. It is in the left bronchia tube attached to his aorta so surgery is out of the question. He has undergone a series of radiation and chemo treatments in Billings and was in and out of the hospital many times from...
The Sidney Wrestling Club will be hosting their 6th Annual Fundraising Raffle and Dinner Saturday, Oct. 1 at the Ranger Lounge. The cost is $30 per ticket which is good for dinner for two with chicken fried steak and fried chicken and gives you 26 chances to win cash prizes with the grand prize of $1500. There will be lots of other silent auction and live auction items and great door prizes too. Waiters and waitresses for the evening will be wrestling parents and wrestling alumni....
Anyone who has ever watched dementia or Alzheimer’s destroy a loved one knows the heartbreak this disease brings to families. In an effort to deal with dementia and to pass along what she learned while coping with her mother who developed Alzheimer’s disease, Kim Syth, Fairview, has written a book, A Long Walk with my Mom. This book, written from notes made during the time Syth helped care for her mother, contains a personal viewpoint of dementia, lessons learned, and how family members lea...
Sidney Health Center hosted the MonDak All-Nursing Conference on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at the Richland County Fair Event Center, Sidney. More than 150 nurses from all over the MonDak region attended the conference. Educational topics presented were “Beyond Bandages and Home Remedies” by Carolyn Hammer, RN, WOCN; “The Power of a Good Night’s Rest” by Rajohn Karanjai, MD, Internal Medicine; “Treating Cancer… One Size Does Not Fit All” by Jorge Nieva, MD, Oncology and Lyle Harrison, MD, Radiation O...
The Roundup, along with Fairview businesses is holding a sugar beet decorating contest in conjunction with Harvest Days. Decorated beets need to be dropped off at The Powder Keg between now and Tuesday, October 11. Prizes will be given to the top three in each of three age categories: five and under, 6 to 9 years and 10 to 12 years. Top prize in each age group is a $20 gift certificate to the Powder Keg. Prizes will be awarded and pictures taken at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 12 at the Powder Keg....
In the spirit of observing Co-op Month, Lower Yellowstone Rural Electric Association will be holding its annual coat and food drive the month of October. With the rising cost of food and necessities there is an overwhelming need for help. It’s a great time of the year to clean out your closets and find any hats, gloves, scarves, mittens, boots and coats that you no longer have use for. You can drop off any monetary donations, non-perishable food items or hygiene supplies such as laundry d...
The Nurtured Heart Approach (NHA) parenting class, designed to create healthy, positive relationships with the people in your life, will be held from 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. CT on Oct. 4, 17, 25 and Nov. 1 (please plan to attend all classes) at the McKenzie County Courthouse meeting room, Watford City. Cost to attend is $75 per individual or $85 per couple, which includes class materials and workbook. These classes are based on the book, Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach by...
Friends of Angel Avenue will hold their 2nd Annual Dementia/Alzheimers walk in Fairview, Sunday, Oct. 2 from 2–4 p.m. Meet at the Fairview High School Cafeteria. All donations given will go to Angel Avenue at Sidney Extended Care to help get items that will benefit the residents. Information pamphlets will be available to help caregivers, friends and the loved ones who are experiencing dementia/alzheimers. You are not alone, there are others going through what you are. Together we can make a difference! Copies of Kim Syth’s new book “A Long...
Food Safety education is a good investment for food related businesses. The upcoming food safety workshop is one that employees and managers can benefit from and ensure a higher level of food safety to their customers. Tuesday, Oct. 11, from 2-4 p.m. or Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 9-11 a.m., a food safety workshop will be held in the MSU Richland County Conference Room, 1499 N Central, Sidney. The program will be presented by food safety educator Judy Johnson, MSU Richland County Extension Agent. The program is offered free of charge. Participants,...
Dr. Jimmie Ashcraft will be doing a book signing Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. at the MonDak Heritage Center, Sidney. “Reflections of a Country Doctor”: A Collection of True Stories Told by a Montana Doctor” has been released by author Jimmie Ashcraft, M.D. What James Herriot did for veterinary medicine with his true-life stories of a country vet, Jimmie Ashcraft has done for rural primary care, taking readers into the trenches of rural family medicine. The author has collected stories from his 26 years...
Tamara Heiser, Sidney, MT, passed away Friday, Sept. 23, 2011 at the Sidney Health Center. A private memorial service for family will be held at a later date. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com....
Did you know that at least 1 in 6 of us will likely become ill from a food-borne illness this year? Food safety is everyone’s concern. September is National Food Safety Education Month and the following four common myths are brought to you by Fight Bac, a food safety educational partnership. They are presented with facts consumers need to know to help reduce their risk of food borne illness: Myth: Freezing foods kills harmful bacteria that can cause food poisoning. Fact: Bacteria can survive freezing temperatures. Freezing is not a method f...
The Li’l Wrangler Youth Rodeo Series wrapped up it finals on Aug. 14. This was the 6th year that the rodeo series has run in Watford City. The series consists of five rodeos throughout the summer bringing kids ranging from ages 1 yr old-8th grade. This season there were 91 kids coming from as far away as Bismarck and Velva. It is a fun way to watch the kids learn more about the sport of rodeo and progress with their horses throughout the summer. Thanks to the community’s continued support of...
Just about every homeowner cherishes a lawn. Many hours of labor and dollars are spent each year making sure the grass is properly manicured, watered, fertilized and free of nasty weeds. When the grass starts to grow in the spring, I can’t wait until the first mowing just to smell the scent of freshly cut grass but by summer’s end I have thoughts of covering it with scoria and ornamental rocks. To add plant life, I think yucca and big sagebrush would put a special touch and smell to the yard’s l...
Watford City vs. Sidney...
The Richland County Tavern Association was pleased to donate $500 to the Richland County All Stars Majors baseball team to help fund their trip to regionals and to donate $1000 to the Boys & Girls Club of Richland County to fund their many programs. The RCTA would also like to thank everyone that bought raffle tickets for the three prizes given away at the fair. Congratulations to Austin Jones, gas grill winner; Mike Morasko, Xoom winner; and Gail Scheetz, gas card winner. The RCTA also wishes to thank the Boys & Girls Club for conducting the...
Watford City vs. Garrison...
Back in May, when Iwona Patnaude and her family first came to Sidney, looking at possibly relocating here, the first place they went to was the Sidney Chamber of Commerce. After visiting with volunteers who happened to be working that day, they left. As they were walking outside, Patnaude said “That’s a place I want to work!” On Monday, she started her new job as the administrative assistant at the Chamber. Originally from Poland, Patnaude moved to Sidney from Las Vegas, NV, with her husba...
Savage Volleyball vs. Fairview Savage Football vs. Hysham...
The Montana Department of Health and Human Services (DPHHS) has recently received several reports of gastroenteritis outbreaks in schools, child day care settings and nursing homes. Since early September, several hundred people throughout the state have experienced vomiting, diarrhea and nausea lasting 24-48 hours. In those outbreaks where laboratory testing was performed, norovirus was found to be the cause of the illnesses. Noroviruses are the most common of the viruses that cause gastroenteritis. Sometimes the illness is called “food p...
Jordan Hall, Sidney, shot this deer Sept. 20. The deer is being processed for the Fellowship Food Pantry where members of the church donate wild game to the church pantry so that it can be given away all over the county. Currently, they are feeding multiple families each week. Food tends to get low in October because of the beet harvest, which cleaned out the pantry last year. There is no charge for this service and they give to those in need. They are also able to help truckers by providing...
Love to Bake? Love to Win Prizes? Enter your tastiest concoction in The Roundup’s Make It With Sugar Contest on Friday, October 21 at Reynold’s Market in Sidney. Categories this year include Cakes, Cookies, Pies, Candy, “Other” and Breads and Rolls. The basic requirement is that the recipe contain at least 1/2 cup of sugar. The prizes are always great, thanks to our generous Sidney merchants. The People’s Choice winner receives a $100 Reynold’s gift card and everyone receives a bag of sugar just for entering....
