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The Savage High School volleyball team celebrated Pink Night and Senior Parent Recognition on Oct. 10. Savage Pink Night is held annually for cancer awareness and to raise money for the local American Cancer Society. In varsity action, Savage beat Froid 3 games to 2 (25-16, 25-22, 27-29, 22-25, 9-15). Fairview bested Savage on Oct. 12 in Fairview 3 games to 2 (17-25, 11-25, 25-17, 25-23, 15-9)...
Pastors Alvina Olstead and Melanie Martin-Dent will be hosting a musical program called “A Fiddle, A Flute, and Some Friends”, at Pella Lutheran Church in Sidney on Sunday, October 1, at 3:00. Pastors Olstead and Martin-Dent developed the program after weeks of unsuccessfully planning to practice music together. Olstead, Pastor of the Ebenezer and Froid Lutheran congregations, is a fiddle-player, and Pastor Martin-Dent, of Lonsdale Methodist Church in Sidney, is a flute player. The pair had intentions to practice together, but could never see...
Savage's Tyler Lien sets the ball for Haylie Conradsen (left) and Brynn Salsbury (middle) against Froid/Med. Lake on Sept.16. The Warriors beat the Redhawks 3 games to 1 (25-27, 25-22, 25-20, 25-15). Savage also won against Culbertson 3 games to 0 at home on Sept. 14 (25-8, 25-17, 25-18)....
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) will honor Montana Centenarians Tuesday, September 12 at noon in Glendive at the Eastern Plains Event Center. The luncheon is part of the 49th annual Governor’s Conference on Aging. Lt. Governor Mike Cooney will serve as the event’s keynote speaker. “I have so much respect and admiration for our Montana Centenarians who live life to the fullest each and every day,” Cooney said. “These individuals are wonderful representatives of our state, and set an excellent example for all of...
Pastors Alvina Olstead and Melanie Martin-Dent will be hosting a musical program called “A Fiddle, A Flute, and Some Friends”, at Pella Lutheran Church in Sidney on Sunday, October 1, at 3:00. Pastors Olstead and Martin-Dent developed the program after weeks of unsuccessfully planning to practice music together. Olstead, Pastor of the Ebenezer and Froid Lutheran congregations, is a fiddle-player, and Pastor Martin-Dent, of Lonsdale Methodist Church in Sidney, is a flute player. The pair had intentions to practice together, but could never see...
A popular Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 6 program that allows children and their families to check out free fishing rods and tackle is in full swing again this year. In time for summer fishing, FWP staff has restocked the 44 different location sites across Montana's Hi-Line. The "Kids to Fish" program lets youngsters check out fishing rods and reels and use basic tackle, such as hooks, bobbers, and sinkers. Typically, eight rods are at each location, and usually a tackle box is...
The 36th Swank Variety Plot Tour on Tuesday, July 18th, 2017 will be held at the Swank farm north of Poplar. Registration will begin at 5:00 pm at the Swank family farm, with the tour starting at 5:15 pm at the test plot. This year’s speakers include Mike Giroux and Luther Talbert from MSU Bozeman’s Collage of Agriculture’s Plant Sciences, and Chengci Chen and Frankie Crutcher, MSU Eastern Agriculture Research Center in Sidney. The test plot this year includes 12 varieties of spring wheat and 12 varieties of durum. Following the variety tour,...
Pesticide points have been awarded for two local dryland field days coming up on Thursday and Friday, June 22nd and June 23rd. Two private applicator points will be awarded for attendees at each event, along with a mix of commercial points, organizers reported. The field days include the Annual Froid Research Farm Field Day on Thursday, June 22, from 1-5 pm and the Sidney ARS-MSU Eastern Ag Research Center dryland field day set for Friday morning, June 23 from 9 am-12:30 pm. The June 22 Froid Field Day line-up is as follows: FEATURED TALK:...
Pesticide points have been awarded for two local dryland field days coming up on Thursday and Friday, June 22nd and June 23rd. Two private applicator points will be awarded for attendees at each event, along with a mix of commercial points, organizers reported. The field days include the Annual Froid Research Farm Field Day on Thursday, June 22, from 1-5 pm and the Sidney ARS-MSU Eastern Ag Research Center dryland field day set for Friday morning, June 23 from 9 am-12:30 pm. The June 22 Froid...
Froid, Sidney, and Williston have held annual Field Day Tours for many years to showcase their involvement and research within the agricultural world. The main purpose of Field Days is to inform and make the public aware of what the research centers around our area are performing and accomplishing. It is now that time of year where research centers are planting seeds in the ground and getting ready to present new ideas and studies for the public to analyze. Froid Research Farm Field Day will be...
The Savage girls basketball team took 1st place at the Eastern Class C Basketball Tournament in Wolf Point last Friday against Froid/Med. Lake. It was the first time in school history for the girls basketball team. The team will compete in the state tournament in Belgrade March 2-4....
The Eastern 2C District Tournament was held in Sidney last week. Boys Eastern 2C placers, first Mon/Dak; second, Fairview, third, Savage, fourth, Froid/Lake and the fifth place game between Bainville and R&L Fusion will be Monday 7:30 p.m. in Culbertson. Girls Eastern 2C placers, first Mon/Dak; second, Plentywood; third, Froid/Lake; fourth, Savage and the fifth place game between Bainville and Circle will be Monday at 6 p.m. in Culbertson....
Shirley was born January 11, 1948 in Sidney Mt. to Clara and Reinhold (Micky) Wagner. She attended grade school in Froid Mt. and high school in Townsend and Helena Mt. On March 19, 1966 she was united in marriage to Roger Lassey. Of this union two children were born, son Ronald and daughter Rochelle. She remarried April 7, 1989 to Robert Grandlund. Shirley was a country girl through and through. She enjoyed camping, fishing and hunting. She enjoyed riding horses and raising sheep. One of her...
The 2016 MSU Pest Management Tour is designed as a last chance opportunity for private applicators to obtain recertification credits before the January 1deadline in PAT region 4 (eastern MT). Each program will offer 3 private applicator recertification credits for attending either the morning or afternoon sessions. A private applicator may also wish to attend both sessions to accumulate 6 recertification credits. Commercial/government applicator credits will also be offered. Day 1, Monday October 3 Glasgow, MT: Cottonwood Inn, $15 fee at door,...
Lonsdale United Methodist Church in Sidney welcomed Pastor Melanie Martin-Dent and her husband Ron in July. Pastor Melanie is a transitional minister, who leads congregations through the reflection process, learning from past church involvement and discerning where God is calling the church to go next. Additionally, she pastors the United Methodist Church in Richey, MT. She has spent most of her life in the Pacific-Northwest, graduating from college in Washington and graduating from seminary in...
On Sept. 22 the Roosevelt County Extension Office will hold a meeting discussing Narrow-Leaf Hawksbeard (Crepis tectorum) at the Dry Prairie Rural Water Building located at 5808 on MT Highway 16. Speakers that day will be Valley County Extension Agent Shelly Mills and Ed Davis who is a research associate from Bozeman. Narrow-Leaf Hawksbeard is a yellow-flowered annual weed that is a concern for both cropland and pastureland. It can quickly overtake an area, producing anywhere from 3,000 to...
The 2016 MSU Pest Management Tour is designed as a last chance opportunity for private applicators to obtain recertification credits before the January 1deadline in PAT region 4 (eastern MT). Each program will offer 3 private applicator recertification credits for attending either the morning or afternoon sessions. A private applicator may also wish to attend both sessions to accumulate 6 recertification credits. Commercial/government applicator credits will also be offered. Day 1, Monday October 3 Glasgow, MT: Cottonwood Inn, $15 fee at door,...
SSh! Don’t tell. There’s a fundraiser in the works that promises to be a costumed evening of prohibition era libations, dancing and philanthropy. This year, the Roosevelt Memorial Healthcare Foundation will host its’ annual Fall Fest “Flappers & Fellas” Fundraiser on Oct. 8 at the Roosevelt County Fairgrounds. The roaring 20s event will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a cocktail and mingling hour, followed by a three-course steak dinner. Micro-brewed beers will be on tap with seasonal Squashtoberfest and harvester cream ale from Meadowlark, as well a...
The field day programs held in Froid on June 23 and in Sidney on June 24 will feature several presentations by Dr. Brett Allen, agronomist at USDA-ARS in Sidney. The Froid Research Farm Field Day is 1-5 p.m. June 23 eight miles north of Culbertson on Montana Highway 16. Registration starts at 12:45 p.m. The Sidney ARS/MSU EARC Dryland Field Day is June 24 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Site is at the MSU-EARC farmsite located 4.4 miles north of Sidney off Highway 16. The farm turnoff is on the right-...
When I worked for the Extension service in Ohio, the responsibilities of my job, very much like they are here, were focused primarily on education related to agriculture and horticulture production. Back there, more than 90 percent (I’m guessing) of the agriculture cropping system consisted of a corn and soybean roation with occasionally some winter wheat thrown into the mix. When I got here and saw how much more diversified our cropping systems are, I was hoping that we would avoid some of the problems experienced by producers to our East. L...
On Thursday, June 23, the Froid Research Farm Field Day is at 1 p.m. The Froid Research Farm is located 8 miles north of Culbertson on MT Hwy 16 and private application points are available for those in attendance. Topics and demonstrations include a Field Soil Sampling demonstration given by Roosevelt County Extension Agent Jeff Chilson out of Culbertson, Marestail ID and Control presented by Richland County Extension agent Tim Fine out of Sidney, Common Vetch in Lentils presented by Daniels...
Area producers have two opportunities to learn more about dryland agricultural research underway in this area as well as demonstrations of a cross-slot drill and a new subsurface irrigation system at two annual dryland field days to be held on June 23 and 24. The Froid Research Farm Field Day is on June 23 and the joint Sidney ARS/MSU Eastern Agricultural Research Center dryland field day is set for June 24. Details for both events are as follows: Froid Field Day – June 23 The 2016 Froid Research Farm Field Day is June 23, from 1-5 p.m., and i...
The MonDak area is home to a unique “research triangle” featuring three agricultural research facilities in Sidney, MT and Williston, ND that regularly share the results of their work with producers through annual summer field days. This year, the group’s field days are scheduled as follows: The 2016 Froid Research Farm Field Day will be held Thursday, June 23rd, from 1:00pm until 5:00pm mountain time at the farm site located eight miles north of Culbertson, MT on MT Hwy 16. In addition to a tou...
Montana WIFE (Women Involved In Farm Economics) announces the winner of their 30th “The Art of Farming” calendar art contest. WIFE received 437 entries, wih 172 from Scobey Schools and we thank the students and their teachers for sending some excellent art that made judging them a challenge. Cash prizes and certificates have been awarded to first, second and third place winners and certificates for the honorable mention places in kindergarten through eighth grades; a total of 45 winners. Only 25 drawings can be used on the 2017 calendar tha...
