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The Annual Field Day at the Montana State University Eastern Agricultural Research Center (MSU-EARC) in Sidney, MT, will be held Thursday, July 18. The day begins at 8:30 a.m. with coffee and rolls, greetings and introductions at 9 a.m. followed by the tours at 9:20 a.m., as well as a sponsored lunch at 12 noon. There will be a number of guest speakers during the tour. Dr. Jerry Bergman, Director NDSU Williston Research Extension Center will speak about safflower varieties and production; Chet Hill, ag diversification extension specialist,...
Three sisters, Becky Benson, Teresa Benson and T.J. Rost are opening TriFecta Home Center, hopefully the first week in July, in the former Finnicum’s Furniture building. The Home Center fulfills a dream for the ladies, with each one using her strengths to complement the other. Becky had been in business with their dad. Upon his retirement, she was looking for something to bring to Sidney that would also utilize her degree in business management and years of business experience. Teresa has g...
The third and final renovation of the Checkers building in Sidney is now complete. A private meeting room, which can accommodate up to 60 people, is now ready for use 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Bathroom facilities, tables, chairs, podium, white board, even coffee and water, are all provided. Companies needing space may call 406-488-5500 anytime. Once payment has been made by credit card, a key access code will be given. Catering is also allowed. Caterers listed with the Sidney Chamber...
The Sidney Fire Department will host its annual breakfast June 9 at the Fire Hall, 115 2nd St. SE. Breakfast will be served from 6 a.m.-1 p.m. The menu consists of sausage, French toast, scrambled eggs, juice and coffee. Breakfast patrons can make a free-will donation. Please come and enjoy breakfast and support our local firemen. There will be rides and fun for the kids. The Sidney Fire Department is Celebrating their 100th Anniversary....
The Savage Senior Citizen organization began the spring of 1973. In the beginning the group met at various churches with 10 to 14 members. In 1976, the new firehall was completed with room to accomodate the senior citizens. In 1979, the organization purchased the Madsen Hardware building. The purchase was realized by a grant, their savings and generous donations. The center is still open at this location today. The center serves congregate meals every Thursday at noon, with coffee and goodies...
Memorial Day Services at the Fairview Cemetery start with coffee and goodies at 9:30 am. The program gets underway at 11:30 and includes a 21 gun salute by Legion Post #114, and singing by Alyson Cayko. This year’s featured speaker is NCCM (AW) Michelle L. Brooks, granddaughter of Ethel and the late Harold Hawley of Fairview. Michelle Brooks was born 15 May 1969 in Duluth MN and is a native of Viola, Wisconsin. After graduating from Kickapoo High School in 1987, she worked as a waitress until sh...
Green technology is on the horizon, and in one of the most unlikely places; the Bakken oil patch. Innovative Montana co-founders of the Billings business G2G Solutions (Gas to Green) have created an ingenious solution for one of the Bakken’s “hottest” issues flared gas. Helena’s Mark Peterson took time from his busy day to explain over a cup of coffee more about the company which has created new opportunities for him and his family; G2G Solutions, which he is a co-founder of. Peterson, who own...
With the dynamics of today’s workforce changing, it seems the days of employees spending a lifetime working for just one employer are now the exception, rather than the rule. Yet, there are those who still devote a lifetime to their chosen profession. And some of them, like Shirlene Lawlar and Sharon Olson of Watford City, two long-time employees of Larsen Service Drug, are really happy they did. Together they have multiple decades of time devoted to a store both say they truly enjoyed w...
Come along on a cattle drive through the historic Brink ranch. Lay out your bedroll under a pine tree beneath the starry skies of Montana, as coyotes howl from the rimrocks, cattle graze nearby, and horses nicker softly and stamp their feet in the darkness. The spirit of the west comes alive in a unique new book, Montana Stirrups, Sage and Shenanigans:Western Ranch Life in a Forgotten Era, in stories of working cattle, horses, wildlife and western humor. In this old west epic with a modern touch, sisters Francie Brink Berg, Anne Brink Krickel...
When a friend asked Charley Pelvit to make something back in 2011, it turned into a business. Pelvit, of Sidney, enjoys being creative and puts it to use by making home decorations. The interesting part is that she uses materials that other people would consider trash. She buys old parts from antique stores and saves them before people throw them out. She uses many materials including: barbed wire, door knobs, keys, old Copenhagen lids, and a variety of old wood. Pelvit makes a variety of...
(BPT) - Prescription drug abuse has reached epidemic proportions across the United States. More than 6 million Americans abuse prescription drugs and much of the abuse begins at home, according to a national survey on drug use and health. In fact, more than 70 percent of those who illegally use prescription pain relievers obtained them through friends or family, including surreptitiously raiding the home medicine cabinet. However, a recent study revealed that only 19 percent of parents are...
A workshop for beginning beekeepers will be held Saturday, March 9, at Montana State University. The instructors will explain how to buy bees and equipment, establish a new beehive, register and maintain hives, prevent pests, and harvest honey and wax. They will also demonstrate candle-making. Participants will be able to taste various types of honey. Cost of the workshop is $25 per person, which includes lunch. A registration form is available at https://www.msuextension.org/Intranet/document/share/2013%20Spring%20Beekeeping%20 Workshop.pdf....
Sidney Health Center’s Extended Care held their Resident of the Year party on Tuesday, January 29th. Every year, for the last 20 years, the staff at Extended Care has voted on which resident deserves the honor of Resident of the Year. This year’s winner was Kelly Mason. Kris Radke, Activities Director at Extended Care had the following to say about Kelly Mason, “Doing stuff for others brings a lot of purposeful meaning to his life.” Mason is often seen pushing residents in their wheelch...
Tickets on sale NOW! Only $25 for members and $30 for the general public. Tables are also available for $100 and $200. Become a member and take advantage of the member rate today! We look forward to Celebrating Chocolate every year. This year, we’ve reformatted the event. We’ll have amazing entertainment, and of course lots of chocolate and a fine selection of wine and beers to compliment the evening. There will also be coffee and plenty of ice cold milk. Our entertainment will be The Bottom Line Duo – find them online to get a taste of their...
Unique Montana gifts such as coffee from Missoula-based Hunter Bay and golf balls with Grizzly paws are among the items University of Montana Entertainment Management students are collecting to put in gift bags for nearly 50 musicians who will play at a festival put together by one of music’s biggest names, Eric Clapton. Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013, sponsored by Chase, will be held in New York’s Madison Square Garden April 12-13 and is a benefit for Crossroads Centre Antigua, a chemical dependency treatment center founded by Cl...
Sidney is fortunate to have had many business start-ups and improvements in 2012 and all are very important to the economic vitality of the region. We have chosen the businesses in this section of our Top 10 as both new or existing businesses which have made an impact in Sidney. High Caliber Sports and Main Appliance High Caliber Sports and Main Appliance opened the doors at 214 S. Central Ave., Sidney late in May. High Caliber Sports stocks an extensive array of firearms, plus all the ammo and...
Richland County is your source for holiday fun and prizes. We’ve got something for everyone to get you out of the house and involved this month, and it should also get you (and us) in the holiday spirit. First, we have two month-long contests. Throughout the month, we’ll be accepting and displaying entries for our gingerbread house contest in the library. This year’s theme is “Tell us your favorite holiday story in gingerbread!” and you can enter individually or as a group. We’ll have prizes for the “People’s Choice” and best entries in each a...
Christmas, though a festival of Christian faith, is celebrated (and not celebrated) in various ways around the world by many Christians and many non-Christians alike: Some decorate trees, drink egg nog and sing Christmas carols, while others enjoy a steamy sauna and eat roasted suckling pig. Traditions vary by country and in some cases, even by state and the ways in which they are celebrated around the world are very interesting. Below is a listing of a few countries and the ways in which they...
Some of us fret over what to cook for an average sized family of four or five. We stress over how to keep the meals exciting, healthy and enticing enough to make sure everyone willingly eats it. And for many, the thought of cooking for large groups of people is enough to put us over the edge with frayed nerves and nervous stomachs. So, it’s difficult to imagine what kind of pressure a person might feel cooking for 56 people every day of the year with the exception of Sunday; for years to c...
At a time when most people were making their living farming and ranching on the vast openness of sparsely populated prairies in North Dakota, John Larsen was creating his legacy in pharmacy. In 1952, he opened Larsen Service Drug situated in the heart of Watford City on a cozy corner of Main Street. Back then Joan Crawford was the iconic figure modeling Lustre crème shampoos and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet was the hit television sitcom. Gas was just 20 cents a gallon and every woman...
Saturday, November 10, 2012, the Shepherd of the Valley Church, located 211 East Holly, Sidney, will be holding a fall bazaar and bake sale from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. There will also be soup, sandwiches, pie, coffee, baked goods & gift baskets offered for sale....
Saturday, November 10, 2012, the Shepherd of the Valley Church, located 211 East Holly, Sidney, will be holding a fall bazaar and bake sale from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. There will also be soup, sandwiches, pie, coffee, baked goods & gift baskets offered for sale....
As Montana yards fill with campaign signs, as canvassers crisscross neighborhoods in support of gubernatorial candidates, and as TV ads take turns blasting U.S. Senate candidates, the names Kim Gillan and Steve Daines rarely appear on the political radar. The two candidates for the state’s sole U.S. House seat remain largely unknown to voters as Election Day draws near. According to Montana State University political scientist David Parker, only about 20 to 30 percent of voters can identify D...
Laurie Averill may be more comfortable around pizza dough and toppings after being in the food industry for 24 years while owning MeTooPizza, in Culbertson, but over the past few months she has been developing and refining her newfound interests and talents as a barista and new business owner of Frackin’ Java, a drive through coffee house providing Culbertson residents and passersby with that much needed cup of eye opening, morning mud. Averill sold her pizza restaurant in July in the hopes of h...
Young at Heart Seniors invites you to an afternoon of music and Alaska adventure presented by Pam Haugan, Thursday, October 25, 2012 from 2:30 to 4:30 pm at Watford City Hillside Senior Center. Bars and coffee will be served. See you on the 25th!...
