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Each of the following letter winning student/athletes at Sidney High School maintained a minimum 3.5 grade point average during the recently completed Spring sports season. Track and Field: Jared Troudt, Whitney Leuenberger, Brady Bell, Mikayla Minow, Tel Hermanson, Jalyssa Gorder, Reanna Peterson, Lexi Prevost, Eliska Cvrkalova, Hailey Steinbeisser, Lakayla Nentwig, Tes Ler, Cayla Norby, Tenna Cooley, Aubrey Kessel and Lexi Haggerty. Softball: Ashley Bjork, Holly Papineau, Tudie Crosby and Madison Jurgens. Both teams had a Team Grade Point...
The Richland County Farm Bureau Federation invites you to attend a presentation given by Rick Lubkeman of the Montana Health Co-op entitled “Health Care Changes and the Affordable Care Act”. This event is purely informational and will take place on June 19th at 6 p.m. in the Eastern Ag Research Center-Extension Office building on 1499 North Central Avenue in Sidney, Montana. The Montana Health Co-op was formed as a result of the Affordable Care Act, the federal healthcare law, and was started with a loan from the Department of Health and Hum...
Attention all graduates of the Sidney Senior High School Class of 1983. The dates for the 30th reunion will be August 2nd and 3rd, 2013. We will kick off our activities with a no-host social gathering at the Elks Lodge at 7 p.m. on Friday the 2nd. Come enjoy a beverage while sharing your favorite high school memories. We will have pictures to provide visual proof that we were skinnier and had more hair. On Saturday morning, we will block off a group of tee times at Sidney Country Club for those who wish to golf. You will be responsible for...
North Dakota game wardens issued a record number of citations during the recent paddlefish snagging season. From opening day May 1until the season closed May 19, wardens cited more than 170 individuals as part of an annual saturation effort in Williams and McKenzie counties. Last year the citation total for a similar timeframe was 82. Robert Timian, enforcement chief for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, said the agency has for many years brought in wardens from other areas of the state to help during the paddlefish snagging season....
The following Montana State University Billings undergraduate students excelled academically during the 2013 spring session and have been named to the Dean’s List. The Dean’s List is an honor roll of undergraduate students who earn 12 or more credits which are not of a Pass/No Pass nature and who earn a grade point average of 3.50 or better. Asterisk (*) = 4.00 GPA Circle - Lynae Sutton, Culbertson - Alene Crowder, Fairview - Cattie Shelmerdine, Froid - Tyler Mahlen*, Poplar - Leslee Bighorn, Sidney - Kailee Anderson, Alisha Steffan, Jory Ste...
The Montana Department of Commerce Office of Tourism (MTOT) is bringing its tourism and brand workshop, entitled “Coming Together to Expand Montana’s Tourism Story,” to Sidney, June 27th at the Elks Lodge. This free workshop is an outreach effort to assist businesses in northeastern Montana in bolstering their ability to attract and retain visitors to their area, and to learn about social media sites and best practices. With tourism being one of Montana’s leading industries and a key economic driver for the state, MTOT views the worksho...
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Heavy spring rains in portions of the state have probably increased yield potentials but may also be increasing nutrient losses of nitrogen, sulfur and chloride. In addition, water-logged soils and cool temperatures increase disease potential and decrease plant nutrient uptake due to poor root growth. “To prevent yield losses and low protein, fertilizer can be added now, but only after verifying that the crop is nutrient deficient,” said Clain Jones, Extension soil fertility specialist in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Scien...
U16 Helena 6 Sidney 0 Livingston 5 Sidney 1 – Goal scored by Luke Beenken and assist by Cody Johnson. Semi finals – Helena 3 Sidney 2 in double overtime. Goals by Cody Johnson. U19 Sidney 5 Big Timber 2 – Goals Jesse Ziler – 2, Marcus Mayer, Andrew Christensen, and Cody Boyce 1 each. Sidney 1 Miles City 0 – Goal by Zach Hoffman Semi finals – Sidney 3 Havre 1 – Goals by Andrew Christensen Championship – Big Timber 4 Sidney 0...
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans announced today that its membership approved an extension of its common bond, which will allow the 111-year fraternal benefit society to serve more Christians. Seventy-two percent of Thrivent members who cast their votes during the March 1 – April 30 timeframe voted in favor of revising the organization’s articles of incorporation. Nearly 425,000 members participated in this historic vote more than double the turnout of other typical membership votes at Thrivent. “Thank you to the many members who parti...
There will be a benefit for Allison Jensen, daughter of Michelle and Shaun Jensen, on Sunday, June 23 at 3 p.m. at Sharbono Park in Fairview. There will be many items to bid on including Mary Kay, Scentsy, Pink Zebra, Spa Certs., massages, an autographed Eric Church guitar and signed NFL merchandise. All proceeds will go towards medical expenses for Allison who has been diagnosed with cancer....
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John Olson’s story is a classic American tale, from a not-so-perfect childhood, to owning one of the most successful businesses in the country. With a lot of hard work and exceptional management skills, and probably a bit of luck along the way, Olson grew Blue Rock Products from a single building facility in Sidney, to a multi-location business also serving Williston, Plentywood, Glasgow, Miles City and the surrounding areas. Olson was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Born in 1939 i...
Lance Averett has come a long way with Blue Rock, from mowing lawns to Vice President and general sales manager. He started in 1967, working part-time through high school mowing, trimming trees and loading trucks. After graduating from college in 1975, he became assistant manager at the sales center in Plentywood for a few months, then manager for 4 ½ years. He relocated to Sidney in 1979 as sales manager. “I can’t imagine working for better people than John and his family,” Averett said....
When Tracy Hagen talks about Blue Rock, she is as enthusiastic today as she was in 1981 when she joined the company. She truly loves her job, and the people she works with. Hagen started in the office, just when Blue Rock was beginning to computerize and do their own data entry in house. “It was wonderful,” she said. “It was my introduction to the computer world and I loved it. We would do data entry for hours every day. It was a good education on the computer and the company itself.” The Sid...
Ron Messmer has worked for two companies in his life – Mon-Kota Fertilizer in the summers during high school, then Blue Rock beginning December 7, 1979. The Fairview native started as a warehouse worker. After about a year, he started doing routes part-time and then full time as a route salesman, delivering soft drinks and beer. In 1985, he was promoted to sales center manager in Glasgow, a position he held for six years. 1992 saw him back in Sidney taking over Les Pierce’s job as a sales center...
Blue Rock Products Company, also known as Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company, was established in 1913 at Fairview, Montana. At that time, the town of Fairview was a trading center for area farmers in the Yellowstone Valley and the dry land hill country. During the first years of its existence, the company was primarily a beer distributorship with soft drink sales accounting for a much smaller portion of the total business. Both beer and soft drinks were shipped by rail to customers in outlying areas...
Tim Feeley worked for Blue Rock in Sidney from 1973 until his retirement in December of 2011. He started as sales manager when the company had three facilities - Sidney, Plentywood and Williston and since added two more facilities – Glasgow and Miles City. He was promoted to general sales manager and then general manager as the company grew. Feeley knew John Olson from way, way back, when Feeley was a student and Olson his teacher in Hysham. “My family had a high regard for John,” Feeley state...
Cpl. C.O. Johnson is expected to arrive in Fairview this weekend from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where he has been discharged from the army after two years and seven months of service. “Brub” as he is known by most Fairview people began his hitch in the army at Camp Beale, California. After the initial phases of army training he was transferred to ASTP and was given special courses at the university in Salt Lake City, Utah. Later, Corporal Johnson was placed in the artillery and subsequently trained at Little Rock, Arkansas, and Camp Gordon, Georgia....
Lois Frank came to Sidney in 1963 from Ennis, MT to join her fiancé Bob who was teaching school. She worked at Sidney National Bank which was located where the Cheerio is now. “There were no computers back then,” she laughed. She then joined Blue Rock as an administrative assistant and stayed for 20 years, retiring in 2004. “Each gal in the office is responsible for the book work for each plant,” she explained. Frank took care of Sidney Blue Rock Products (pop), then Blue Rock Beverage...
Jill Hill knew when she walked in the door that Blue Rock was where she wanted to work. “It was the feeling and the people,” she said. That was over 20 years ago, after Hill moved to Sidney from Billings. She started as an office bookkeeper and administrative assistant to John Olson. In January of 2011, she was promoted to Controller for the company. “It’s been a great ride,” she said. “I’ve been treated so wonderfully. It’s like a big family. To be part of this team is fantastic, espe...
Karen Olson Beenken, Executive Vice President of Blue Rock, delivered the key note address to the 2013 Leadership Class at their graduation in April. As a former graduate who also was Sidney Chamber President, Karen praised the efforts of the program and encouraged the graduates to get out and make a difference in the community. Karen also gave a brief history of Blue Rock Companies and spoke of some of the keys to their success. Following is an edited version of her address that day. How does...
Connie Tabbert of Fairview joined Blue Rock August 18, 1981. “There were four of us. We worked in the warehouse, sorted bottles and helped with the bottling,” she explained. She worked part-time at Blue Rock until 1993. After moving full-time into the production department, Connie currently makes syrup, runs the RO system and other tasks as needed. “I like the people,” she said of her years at Blue Rock. “Especially the ones who have been here as long as I have.” Connie is justifiably...
Mark Hauge began his career with Blue Rock in 1981 in Williston loading trucks and then becoming a service tech. Blue Rock had purchased Wildwood Beverage in Plentywood in the early 1970s. “In 1982, John and Tim (Feeley) asked me to relocate there. They had a new manager and needed a dedicated service guy.” Wildwood was an old established soft drink manufacturer and distributor. The building was old and decrepit, but nine or ten months after Hauge’s move there, Blue Rock built a new facil...
The Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Sidney, bottlers and distributors of Pepsi-Cola, Orange Crush, Hires Root Beer, Cliquot Club mixes and a full line of Blue Rock flavors, is also the distributor for Pabst Blue Ribbon, Blatz and Lucky Lager beers and is one of the leading firms engaged in its special field in this part of the country. The operators of this firm have always produced quality products to the retailers that have been and is excellent in every respect. The sale of soft drinks has...
