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For the first time in the cooperative's history, the R&L Fusion captured the Eastern C divisional championship in boys track. The Fusion won the meet in Sidney Thursday with 119 points. Fairview placed second with 89 and Savage earned third with 85 points. "The kids worked hard," Fusion Coach Larry Sommerfeld said of the title. One of the keys was the program's distance runners, who scored 47 points at the divisional meet. Sommerfeld credits distance "guru" Cesar Morales with the strong...
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...
The results are in! A total of $760.00 was raised through this year’s Lost Penny Days and the school that raised the most pennies was Bainville School. Together, their student body raised a total of $304.93. Froid School came in second, raising $262.04 and Culbertson School raised a total of $193.88. The traveling plaque will be delivered to Bainville School where it will stay for the next year. This year, Sionix Oilfield Solutions of Culbertson, offered to match the amount raised by the s...
Culbertson Cheer Squad lit up the audience with their half-time show during the Class 2-C District Championship girls' game where Plentywood beat Froid/Lake 51-33. Earlier in the evening, MonDak Thunder Boys took the championship with a very close win over Fairview at 56-52....
The Roosevelt Memorial Healthcare Foundation welcomes scholarship applications for 2016! For area students interested in pursuing a career in healthcare, RMHF is currently offering two, $500 scholarships to graduating students from the Culbertson, Froid and Bainville School Districts. Students must be attending, or planning on attending a two, or four year accredited college or university. The scholarship is also available to current college or graduate students in the healthcare field of study...
People still get sick around the holidays and so when everyone else is carving the turkey, opening presents and gathering around the family tree, Roosevelt Medical Center is fully staffed with nurses, activities, housekeeping and dietary staff to care for the sick and the 20 residents who call RMC home. This year, Vickie Grimsrud, Activities Director, implemented Holiday Heroes, an appreciation program geared toward ensuring staff know how much they are needed and appreciated for working on the...
Froid High School was dishing out Christmas spirit this year as they held their K-12 Christmas Concert Thurs., December 11. The musical feast featured song-writers and composers Teresa and Paul Jennings, Hal Moore and Bill Fredericks, John Riggio, Randall Standridge and much more. Kindergarten through 4th grade started the concert by performing "Jingle Bell Parade", written by Teresa Jennings. There were students dressed as nut crackers and Christmas elves as they danced around the gym singing,...
After months of planning, the Roosevelt Memorial Healthcare Foundation is set to host their annual fundraiser on Sunday, Oct. 11. Fall Fest, formally known as Harvest for Health and Pheasant Phest, will take place at the Culbertson High School gymnasium and will include a steak dinner, set to begin at 5:30 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by, The Cold Hard Cash Show, a tribute to the late, great Johnny Cash. Merle Travis, the band’s lead singer, will take the crowd on a chronological journey through Cash’s music, telling his story thr...
A new speaker has been added to the Froid Research Farm Field Day roster for Thursday, June 25th. Dr. Rex Crick, Chief Operating Officer with Sionix Corporation and President of Sionix Oilfield Solutions (SOS), will be speaking about SOS's new oilfield water reclamation operation in Culbertson. The company purchased the former Montola oilseed crushing facility in Culbertson last summer and is building a new operation at the 45-acre site to treat, reclaim and market production and flowback water...
A “drone 101 workshop” with flight demonstrations; discussion of a new on-farm energy audit program and a unique rainfall simulator demonstration are among the activities to be featured at this year’s annual Froid Research Farm Field Day set for Thursday afternoon, June 25. But that’s not all, by far. Tour goers will also meet the new Superintendent at Montana State University’s Eastern Agricultural Research Center in Sidney, Dr. Chengci Chen, who will not only discuss his current research and plans for the Sidney facility, but also give a pr...
A “drone 101 workshop” with flight demonstrations; on-farm energy audits; rainfall simulations; wheat stem sawfly, Canada thistle, cover crops and more are among the featured topics at the Sidney Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS) 2015 Dryland Field Day set for Friday morning, June 19. And that’s not all! The day will also include a new software demonstration that allows ranchers to tag their alfalfa bales with a unique Relative Feed Value calculated for that specific bale. The half-day event is co-hosted by the USDA-ARS Northern Plains...
Both the dryland field days co-sponsored by the USDA Agricultural Research Service’s Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory in Sidney, MT will include a special hour-long “Drones 101” workshop designed to acquaint tour goers at both sites with the basics of the machines. Formally known as unmanned aerial systems (UAS), these small aircraft hold big promise for agriculture. Two models will be featured at the Sidney ARS Dryland Farm Field Day to be held on Friday, June 19th, as well as at the annual Froid Research Farm Field Day on Thur...
Residents living within the service area of Roosevelt Medical Center, in Culbertson, identified alcohol/substance abuse (49.2%), cancer (48.1%) and obesity (34.4%) as the top-three area health concerns in the community, following the recent compilation of the healthcare organization’s community needs assessment survey. Collectively, 49% of responders indicated they felt their community was healthy. On March 19, a community-based steering committee meeting was held where attendees were asked t...
The results are in! This year’s Lost Penny Days winner was Froid School. Together, their student body raised a total of $333.13. Bainville School came in second, raising $276.14 and Culbertson School raised a total of $139.49. The traveling plaque will be delivered to Froid School where it will stay for the next year. This year, the Town Pump Charitable Foundation donated $500 in support of the Lost Penny Days Project and an additional $100 donation was given by Dennis Buxbaum, of Sidney, in memory of his parents, Harold and Lila Buxbaum. T...
Janice Inge Elvsaas, a true pioneer Froid resident, passed away March 1, 2015 at the Sheridan Memorial Hospital after a very brief stay. Janice was born July 29, 1921 at the family home east of Froid to Nels I. and Clara Nelsen. Janice attended rural schools through the eighth grade and graduated from Froid High School in 1940. Janice was unique even then, as many rural students could not attend high school; but she was determined to get a high school education so she cleaned for room and board...
The opinions and feedback of community members recently collected through a mailed Community Needs Assessment Survey conducted by Roosevelt Medical Center is being compiled to help RMC continue to improve its services in the community, while identifying healthcare strengths and gaps. “This survey is the perfect opportunity for the community to have their voices heard,” said Sharon Schmitz, Better Health Improvement Specialist for RMC as part of the Frontier Medicine Better Health Partnership. The brief, random survey was designed to assist RMC...
Submitted By Roosevelt Medical Center Tucked between sofa cushions. Stuck to the floorboards of vehicles. Tossed into jean pockets. Thrown inside purses. Sitting in jars, laying in wait. Pennies can make a difference! That’s exactly what Roosevelt Medical Center is counting on during their annual Lost Penny Days competition set to begin Feb.1. During the month of February, Culbertson, Bainville and Froid Schools will rally to raise the most money for RMC through penny jars placed at their respective campuses. They are also competing for the c...
Roosevelt County, Froid - The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) would like to notify the public and seek comments on a proposal to overlay about 7.5 miles of Highway 16, north and south of Froid, MT., in Roosevelt County. The project begins south of Froid and just north of county road 2044, at reference post (RP) 81.4 and extends north for 7.5 miles ending near county road 2051, reference post 73.8. Proposed work includes applying a new overlay, and finishing with a seal & cover (chip seal), upgraded pavement marking, and signage. The...
Dear Santa, This year I want a remote control car. And a remote control tracter. Last a remote control truck. A toy helicopter. What kind of cookies do you like? Thank you for the elf. I been good! Sincerly, Ryder. P.S. I really like your hat. Another thing I want is a blue case for my Ipad. Ryder Westlund, Froid, Age 5 To: Santa From: Timmy I want something that has a letter toy to play with. I will give you a cookie and milk, I will also give your’e reindeer lettuce. I’ve been good! Sincerely, Timmy Timmy Nunn, Froid, Age 6 Dear Santa, I hav...
Funeral services for Jaxen Purvis, infant son of Shawn Purvis and Jessica Bergstrom were at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, December 7, 2014 at Fulkerson Memorial Chapel in Sidney, MT with Brother Bede Baldry officiating. Interment was at Froid Cemetery, Froid, MT under the direction of Fulkerson Funeral Home of Sidney. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Jaxen died on December 1, 2014 at the Roosevelt Medical Center in Culbertson, MT....
Montana State University’s Eastern Ag Research Center (EARC) and the USDA Agricultural Research Service’s Northern Plains Agricultural Research Lab (NPARL) are teaming up for a joint Dryland Research Field Day set for Tuesday morning, July 1st near Sidney. “We share adjoining research space and already work together on a number of projects, so it only made sense to combine our dryland field day efforts, too,” NPARL Research Leader John Gaskin said, in announcing the joint venture. “We both host other Field Days – ARS at Froid in June and ou...
A slate of speakers on topics as varied as orange wheat blossom midge, cover crop mixes, and oilseed plant breeding for jet fuel highlight this year’s annual Froid Research Farm Field Day on Thursday afternoon, June 26th, beginning at 1 pm. This year the event begins in Culbertson with a tour of the new United Grain Corporation’s (UGC) recently completed 1.4 million bushel capacity elevator. Field Day participants are asked to meet at the elevator located at 111 1st Ave SW in Culbertson at 1 pm. Following the UGC tour, activities will move to...
4th Quarter, Senior: Layne Johnson, Andy Engelke, Kassandra Smith, Raymond Smith, Dallas Reiland, Tanner Holtan. Juniors: Jordan Smith, Tessa Slater, Jeannie Schneider, Emmitt Reiland. Sophomores: Bailey Christoffersen, Destiny Long, Michael Eylander. Freshmen: Veronica Orcutt, Paige Robertson, Chantelle Strandlund, Anistyn Young. 8th grade: Morgan Mason, Karrington Kjos, Nicholas Eylander, Connor Cameron. 7th grade: Hunter Krogedal, Lexie Kintyhtt, Nicholas Strandlund. 2nd Semester seniors:Layne Johnson, Dallas Reiland, Raymond Smith, Andy...
A slate of speakers on topics as varied as orange wheat blossom midge, cover crop mixes, and oilseed plant breeding for jet fuel highlight this year’s annual Froid Research Farm Field Day on Thursday afternoon, June 26th, beginning at 1 pm. This year the event begins in Culbertson with a tour of the new United Grain Corporation’s (UGC) recently completed 1.4 million bushel capacity elevator. Field Day participants are asked to meet at the elevator located at 111 1st Ave SW in Culbertson at 1 pm. Following the UGC tour, activities will move to...
Montana State University’s Eastern Ag Research Center (EARC) and the USDA Agricultural Research Service’s Northern Plains Agricultural Research Lab (NPARL) are teaming up for a joint Dryland Research Field Day set for Tuesday morning, July 1st near Sidney. “We share adjoining research space and already work together on a number of projects, so it only made sense to combine our dryland field day efforts, too,” NPARL Research Leader John Gaskin said, in announcing the joint venture. “We both host other Field Days – ARS at Froid in June and ou...
