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Combine a love of driving with the desire to help out neighbors, and you have Wilma Prevost, Savage, who has been driving beet truck for growers off and on for the past 40 years. She hauled her first load of beets during harvest as a senior in high school. She then drove truck off and on during the ‘60s and ‘70s, and returned to driving on an annual basis in 1999, driving for neighbors who required help at harvest. “I grew up on a farm and drove tractor as a teenager, but the first time I drove...
For the 38th straight year, Sidney Sugars Agriculturist Kerry Rasmussen has supervised beet harvest, organizing and training pile ground employees, working with growers, and doing everything possible to ensure that beet harvest runs as smoothly and trouble-free as possible for everyone. Rasmussen, who plans to retire from Sidney Sugars in the spring, expects harvest 2011 will be his last harvest as an agriculturist. “It’s been a good run,” Rasmussen remarks. “I’ve served at every pile ground in...
Extreme times call for extreme measures, and sometimes these extraordinary efforts lead to innovation and invention. Growers today may complain about the difficulty of finding harvest help, but today’s situation doesn’t compare with the acute labor shortages growers faced during World War II, particularly during the 1942 harvest year. With all able bodied men off to war, growers worked with communities and state agencies to find solutions to labor problems. They also turned their creativity into...
Savage Football wins over Terry & Savage Volleyball Packs it in Pink!...
Savage School will host its third annual “Pack It In Pink” fundraising event, scheduled this year for Saturday, Oct. 15 as part of the girls’ volleyball games. All proceeds from the fundraiser will go to the Sidney Health Center’s phase II cancer center. “This is the third year for Pack it in Pink, an event which the school started to raise awareness about breast cancer and to urge women to get screenings,” says Michele Smith, Savage School. “The past two years all proceeds from the day’s vol...
This article is to clarify the Richland County Commissioners position in regards to the Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority (DRWA). The decision we made was to table this project at this time, not to reject it. We have several questions that need to be answered before we go ahead with this project. The DRWA presented a funding request to the Commissioners in the amount of $450,000 to be used for the preparation of a formal Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between DRWA and the City of Sidney to provide water to the DRWA; that the funds will be ut...
4 Sidney Homecoming activities included the Homecoming Parade, football game against Hardin and the crowning of Homecoming King & Queen. Go to the Photos Section for more Sidney Homecoming pictures....
Savage Football vs. R&L Fusion and Volleyball vs. Fairview Warriors...
Savage Senior Bridger Rice tips the ball over the net against Brockton. Savage won the mach 3 to 0....
Savage held its 2011 homecoming festivities last week. Go to the Photos Section for more Savage Homecoming pictures....
With the start of sugarbeet harvest, we all realize summer has truly come to an end. Area growers began the 2011 fall beet harvest last week, and Russ Fullmer, Sidney Sugar Agriculture Manager, expects harvest will take between two to three weeks to complete, depending on weather. "The Eastern Ag Research Center harvested their plots in late September, and the neighbors harvested Nathan Langwald's beets on Sept. 28," says Fullmer. "Sugar Valley and Sidney started on Sept. 30 with some quotas...
Savage Volleyball vs. Fairview Savage Football vs. Hysham...
Kathy and Rocky Obergfell, Sidney, have worked for several years to turn their home into a more efficient and friendly space for themselves and their frequent guests. They have added on and reconfigured existing space to suit their taste and needs. Three small bedrooms have been remodeled into two large ones. A significant improvement was the moving of the stairway so it no longer splits the house in half. Obergfells now have a large space for the downstairs family room, plus the other basement...
Mass of the Christian Burial for Viola Fischer, 76, Savage, MT, was at 10 a.m., Friday, Sept. 9, 2011 at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church, Sidney, with Father Ned Shinnick and Father Jim O’Neil presiding. Wake services were at 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Fulkerson Memorial Chapel, Sidney. Interment was in the Sidney Cemetery under the direction of Fulkerson Funeral Home, Sidney. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Viola died on Monday, Sept 5, 2011 at the Sidney Health Center....
It’s been a disappointing crop year for everyone. Yields are down, and in many cases quality also is not up to usual standards. Overall, this will not be a banner year for anyone, sugarbeet growers included. “Our last root sample taken last month was 16 tons, and last year at the same time it was 24 tons,” says Russ Fullmer, Sidney Sugars agricultural manager. “We’re expecting a 22-23 tons per acre crop, which is definitely not a record crop year.” He adds, “Other crops didn’t do so well eith...
Local volunteer fire departments kept busy on Thursday, Aug. 11 fighting three grass fires that broke out between Savage and Intake. A Burlington Northern train passing through the area started all three fires when sparks from the wheels ignited dry grass along the tracks. By the time volunteer firemen had the blaze under control, four local fire departments, Savage, West Glendive, Sidney and the City of Glendive, had responded to the situation. “There were three fires in all, started by a s...
It’s one thing to see pictures and hear horror stories that others have to tell after a vicious weather system has passed through an area. It’s quite another to find oneself at the center of that raging storm, unable to do anything but wait until the event ends before picking up the pieces. Brad and Peggy Ann Strupp, Crane, found themselves caught on the road, pulling a 16 foot loaded cargo trailer when the horrific hail and 110 mph windstorm struck Savage on July 29. The wind flipped their trai...
Savage residents cleaned up fallen trees from homes and survey the damage Saturday. An intense storm with 110 mph winds and damaging hail hit the Savage area Friday night. Pictured above is the clean up effort at the Karsten residence....
Warm summer weather, coupled with plenty of moisture, has allowed beets to grow well this past month. Due to bad weather in early spring, however, Russ Fullmer, Sidney Sugars Incorporated agriculture manager, expects a light tonnage year even if the weather remains warm and sunny for the next few months. “The beets are growing well with lots of water, and the heat is good,” says Fullmer. “Beets love the mid 80 or lower temperatures; the 90º and higher temperatures shuts them down a bit during...
Thanks to historic high water levels on both the Yellowstone and the Missouri rivers this spring, the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project (LYIP) faced unusual problems this season. Crews not only dealt with collapsed banks and washouts, but they also had to take steps to prevent the flooding of 1500 acres that lie below the river bank in the Nohly area. LYIP closed off three open drains in that area this spring to prevent water from flooding farmland. “We’ve never had this situation bef...
Twins, Thaddeus Reino and Cailyn Joy were born to Naomi and Garrick Carter, Savage, June 30. They join brothers, Tytus and Boaz. Grandparents are Don and Joyce Carter, Savage; Onalee Shipstead, Homestead. Great grandparents are DoLoras Carter, Lambert; Barbee Shipstead, Scobey; and Ruth Erickson, Devils Lake, ND....
On Sunday, July 10 the Grace Lutheran Church of Skaar will celebrate 100 years of providing spiritual guidance to the community. The congregation invites people to attend this celebration and to recall what the church has meant to the community through the years. “I’ve been attending this church since I was ten years old,” says Elizabeth Hatter, church member. “I was baptized in this church, and my husband, our children, our grandchildren, and great grandchildren were baptized in this church...
