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The American Petroleum Institution (API) is a national trade association that represents the oil and gas industry, with local chapters in oilfield regions throughout the United States. The organization includes more than 600 companies in an industry that employs more than 10.3 million people nationwide. As the end of 2018 draws nigh, The Roundup reached out to office holders with the MonDak chapter of API and asked for their insights on the petroleum industry in our current local economy. Terry...
11 has been a productive year for Sidney Public Schools. Several facility improvements, educational enhancements, updates, and other changes have come along for the benefit of the students, staff, and community. I spoke with Sidney's Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Silk, who was happy to tell me about what has been happening this past year. First thing, in February of 2018, the Sidney Public School district was able to purchase a large Blue Bird diesel school bus and a smaller shuttle type bus....
Sidney has had a busy year of infrastructure improvement to utilities and highways, and there's likely more to come in 2019. The Roundup reached out to Rick Norby, the mayor of Sidney, to talk about past and present projects and what to expect over the course of the next year. Mayor Norby reported, "We did a water and sewer rate increase. We're heading into phase three in the lagoon project. We've bonded a little under nine million on phase two. Phase two was the initial building of the water...
Happy People Pizza LLC, other wise known as Domino's Pizza, will open its doors Thursday, December 27 at the Shops at Fox Run, Highway 200 N. Sidney. The tantalizing aroma of pizza, hand tossed, deep dish, thin & crispy, or gluten free, will fill the bright and cheery restaurant. Choose the size that fits your appetite, then which of the myriad of toppings that suit your taste buds. Four varieties of oven baked sandwiches, five different pasta dishes, salads and chicken wings plus breadsticks...
In just a couple short weeks, Sidney Montana will have had an O'Reilly Auto Parts Store for an entire year. They opened their doors on Tuesday, January 2, 2018, with only three full-time team members and one part-time member. Now, there are three full-time team members, the manager Nick Ludwig and a fulltime driver. Nick said the amount of team members fluctuates from time to time and they did not need to hire anyone for the Christmas season. I asked Nick how he felt the store was doing and he...
Sidney High School track athletes Garrison and Carter Hughes brought home three state titles at the MT State Track & Field meet in Laurel on May 25-26. SHS junior Carter Hughes (currently a senior) took first place in both the shot put and discus. Carter has comitted and signed with the University of Minnesota. Sidney pole vault standout Garrison Hughes won his third consecutive championship in 2018. This year he also had the state's highest jump at 17'. His junior year he broke the MT State mee...
The Sidney High School wrestling team ended their season on top of the podium at the All Class State Wrestling Tournament in Billings. The Eagles soared into first place on Friday 16 points ahead of the five-time state champion Havre Blue Ponies. By the end of the tournament that lead was extended to 62 points with a score of 250 for Sidney and 188 for Havre. It has been 11 years since the Sidney team last won a championship. The Eagles had two state champion wrestlers this year. They just so ha...
Roger Byer opened B&B Rental in March 2018 to fill a need in the community for rental equipment of all kinds and the business has been growing steadily ever since. B&B Rental Manager Stacy Kober says they cater to construction and oilfield businesses as well as home owners. Skid steers, mini excavators, boom and scissor lifts, extend-a-boom fork lifts, light towers, generators, and ground thaw heaters are among the commercial offerings. Homeowners and do-it-yourselfers can rent lawn and garden e...
Feel beautiful with a new outfit, hairstyle and pretty toes after a visit to Thee Beautique in Sidney. Owners Skyler Melby Scheetz and Megan Beyer pooled their talents and personalities to create a business they felt Sidney needed, opening the end of June. The location at 201 S. Central Ave. is perfect for their storefront full of fashions, footwear and accessories. "It's huge for us to offer affordable, trendy women's clothing and accessories," Beyer said. Clothing comes in small to plus sizes...
Since opening Sidney Mercantile in August, owner Chris Entzel has seen her store double in size, growing from 27 to over 64 vendors offering a huge variety of items from the MonDak region. There is a little bit of everything from day to day essentials to special gift items. New vendors include Country Girl Clay, and Bear Paw Knives. Entzel started the store as an outlet for all the talented craftsmen from eastern Montana and western North Dakota to display their wares, and allow shoppers to buy...
Burger King is now open for business at 416 N. Central at the Shops at Fox Run from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Sidney was chosen for their newest restaurant because of the excellent location on Highway 200. There are also plans for expansion into Williston. Burger King is based out of Ogden, Utah and is owned by Dave Harper, Meridian Restaurants Unlimited, LC. Harper's mission is "LOVE, positively impact peoples lives everyday". Director of Operations, Jen Dirk from Mandan, ND has been here every...
The love of hunting has taken Dr. John Herr from Australia to Zimbabwe and the proof of his success is displayed artfully in his rural Williston home. He enjoys the finding and the taking of the animal, but also feasts on the scenery whether in the United States or more exotic lands. Herr got a little taste of hunting when he was young, enough to get him interested. But, it wasn't until he moved to Williston that he had the opportunity and the time to explore it. He has hunted everything from...
It has been a rocky harvest with rain, snow and frost slowing progress on what should have been an excellent tonnage crop. However, good weather has provided good digging recently and beet harvest is coming to a close with Savage and Pleasantview completed and the other stations projected to be done by the end of this week. According to Sidney Sugars Agricultural manager Duane Peters, their earlier tonnage predictions have not born out due to cold weather in September and October, which stopped...
Ryan Kopp and his father, Ron, have found success farming pulse crops on the family farm. Ron's parents grew up in the Girard area, and Ron returned in 1981 to farm with Bill Lewis. Ryan followed suit, recently reducing his hours as a Civil Engineer at Interstate Engineering to spend more time on the farm. The family farms pulse crops- dry, edible legumes that are generally high in protein. These include chickpeas, peas, lentils and beans. This growing season, the Kopp's planted yellow peas and...
In 1903 Andrew Wisness staked his claim on a piece of land seven miles north of Keene, North Dakota. He began farming his quarter then passed the farm on to his son Lester. Now 115 years later, that piece of land has expanded into a large commercial beef cattle and dryland crop operation. The farm has been passed down from generation to generation and is now managed by Lester's son Milo, and Milo's two sons, Beau and Chase Wisness. Beau Wisness has been farming as an occupation for a little over...
Savage's Alex McPherson is grateful for his family's success in the beet farming industry. McPherson is a fourth generation beet farmer, delving into farming following his 2006 graduation from Savage High School. Alex began helping his father, Craig, and more recently began taking over more of the day-to-day operations. "It's figuring out what needs to go where, and who needs to do what," he said. The family has about 550 acres of beet crop, and has an otherwise very diversified operation....
Kale? Chard? Kohlrabi? Most adults say "eww" when offered those foods. Offer them to kids and the "eww" is just a bit louder! That was the reaction at the Boys & Girls Club last Wednesday when program director Janelle Buxbaum explained to her group of kids that their "Harvest of the Month" class would be about those three foods. Once a month, the kids are able to attend the after school class which is a program from MSU Bozeman that promotes eating locally grown foods. "It's a fun activity,"...
The Roundup held it's 15th annual beet decorating contest last week, and as always, the kids did a fantastic job of turning a rather ugly beet into something charming, and fun. Special thanks go to Tim Neu and his wonderful staff at Neu's Super Valu for hosting the event, and Powder Keg for providing prizes the kids, and parents, were excited to win. Click here for full album....
Nortana Grain Company, founded in 1939, buys and sells numerous agricultural commodities and has a long-established presence in Eastern Montana. As a premier marketer for agricultural commodities, Nortana has its thumb on the pulse of the ag industry. The Roundup recently spoke with Nortana General Manager, Shane Keller, about this year's crop yields and prices. Keller has been with Nortana for about twelve years. Keller told the Roundup, "Yield-wise, the earlier crops that went in were really g...
Montana author Ryan Acra is amidst a book tour for his book series, Sugarbeet Falls, teaching kindness and creativity to students both across Montana and the nation. The Sugarbeet Falls book series follows main character Xander Zackery, a seemingly ordinary sixth grade student, who discovers that he has the power to conjure up superheroes, a family trait passed to him from his grandfather. The superheroes don't have the typical superhero powers like Superman and Batman, but help Xander with...
Savage brothers Chase and Tanner Hagler closed out their hunting season by landing a large buck each within the first four days of hunting season. The brothers began hunting at only age 15, when family friend Jim Miller convinced them to complete the hunter's safety course required by law to apply for a tag. Chase and Tanner started their hunting careers rifle hunting with their father and grandfather on the family's land outside Savage. Later, the two began bow hunting as well. "I'm definitely...
Although most hunters respect the land, property, and wildlife they are hunting, many others do not. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks would like to remind hunters and all outdoor enthusiasts to be good stewards of the land, and respect both private and public property. The FWP Region 6 Citizens Advisory Committee, recognizing that this is an ongoing issue, raised the need for more public outreach. Every hunting season, there are reports of vandalizing of Block Management Area (BMA) boxes, hunters driving off road, illegal trespassing, hunters...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will host a "Prairie Ecosystems" educator workshop on Thursday, Oct. 18 in Miles City at Miles Community College Room 106 from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. There is no fee for the workshop, an information-packed Project WILD training designed to provide K-12 educators and others who work with youths instructional tools and resources to assist in teaching about Montana's Prairie Ecosystems. Project WILD is a curriculum designed by FWP's Montana Wild educational facility in...
Montana is experiencing a large decline in conservation reserve program acreage along the northern tier of the state, which may have an impact on hunting experiences in Regions 4 and 6. CRP is a program that pays landowners to remove environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production and plant species which improve environmental health and quality of bird habitat. In Region 5, pheasant crow counts this spring in the Clarks Fork valley indicated that over-winter survival was not too good. Pheasant harvest will likely be somewhat lower...
The Montana Trapping Advisory Committee will hold its third meeting Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 6 and 7 in Miles City at the Sleep Inn & Suites, 1006 S. Haynes Ave. Saturday’s meeting will start at 9 a.m., and Sunday’s meeting will start at 8 a.m. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks assembled this citizens’ committee to provide recommendations that ensure population viability of trapped species, the humane treatment of animals and the minimization of social conflict. The committee represents the spectrum of opinions on trapping. During the meeti...
