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North Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries personnel, along with staff from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fish hatcheries, recently stocked 8.3 million walleye fingerlings in 88 lakes and rivers across the state. Jerry Weigel, fisheries production and development section leader for the Game and Fish Department, said while this year’s goal was to meet or exceed last year’s record stocking of 11.5 million walleye, challenges from flooding and cooler spring weather reduced hatchery output. The Garrison Dam (7.7 million fingerlings) and V...
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is recommending a bag limit increase for the early Canada goose season. The annual small game proclamation, which includes early Canada goose regulations, will be submitted to the governor’s office this week for approval. The proposal includes a daily limit of eight and a possession limit of 16. In addition, Game and Fish is recommending an opening day of Saturday, Aug. 13. In previous years, the season opened Aug. 15. Limits and shooting hours for the early season are different from the regular s...
Is your house filled with too much stuff? Ours certainly is. Twenty-six years of “Conspicuous Consumerism” has taken its toll on our household. It’s a common problem. To paraphrase Thoreau, author of Walden, instead of us owning our possessions – it has gotten to the point where our possessions now own us. Thank God for Yard Sales. They are an opportunity for us to clean out our garages, basements and attics of stuff that we no longer use. And this is the season when Yard Sales are especia...
The Showcase Window of Agriculture Achievement in Eastern Montana and Western North Dakota We hope you are excited to attend the 2011 Richland County Fair & Rodeo! This year promises fun for all ages, young and old alike. We hope everyone will come out and see what we have to offer Aug. 3-6! Entertainment throughout the day includes the many commercial, agriculture, school and 4-H exhibits, food booths, carnival by Royal West Amusements, Antique Tractor Show and Pippi the Clown strolling throughout the fairgrounds. You won’t want to miss the Ki...
Once again, the Boy Scout booth at the Richland County Fair will be open for business, selling popcorn, cotton candy, hot dogs, nachos and Blue Rock products to fair attendees. The booth, manned completely by Boy Scout members and their parents, exists to raise money for the Scouts, who use the proceeds to fund Boy Scout Troop 141 activities, primarily the summer camp. The booth remains open all four days of the fair, closing at 10 p.m. each evening. The Boy Scout booth has existed at the...
The Richland County Fair and Rodeo’s theme this year will be “Friends, Family, Community”. The fair will kick off on Wednesday, Aug. 3 and go through Saturday, Aug. 6. This year’s lineup in the grandstands starts off on Wednesday night with the free-admission Horse Extravaganza at 7:30 p.m. followed by rodeo action on Thursday and Friday nights by PRCA Rodeo with Brookman Rodeo Company at 7:30 p.m. Don’t forget to wear pink for Friday night’s rodeo theme “Tough Enough to Wear Pink”. Fair g...
Experience the true tradition of friends, family and community by entering in the open class division at the Richland County Fair and Rodeo. There really is something for everyone in your family to participate in from digital photography to flowers to grains to zucchini to cozy quilts to homemade beer and wine. Pre-registration forms must be filled out and delivered to the fair office by 9 p.m. Sunday, July 31. In most cases an individual can enter as a professional, novice or in the...
Once again there will be one night of entertainment that is FREE and well worth your time to attend. During the fair on Wednesday night everyone will have the rare opportunity to see some of the most beautiful and talented horses and riders in the Mondak region. I hope you take advantage of the free show. You will again have the chance to view draft teams, rare breeds, talented riding exhibitions and horses of every color and size. We always start out with a flag presentation. We are blessed to...
Dierks Bentley with special guest Jason Jones will perform in the fair grandstands on August 6 at 7:30 pm. To purchase your tickets, stop by the fair office Monday-Friday 8:00 am to 5 pm or call 406-433-2801....
The story of the Richland Federal Credit Union of Sidney and Culbertson began at a Farmers Union meeting back in 1939. Fifty founding members saw a need for a local credit union in Sidney and the Federal Credit Union was chartered in accordance with the Federal Credit Union Act of 1934. Since that time, Sidney's credit union has experienced steady growth to get where it is today. In June 1974, the name was changed to Richland Federal Credit Union (RFCU) and in 2002, the Culbertson branch was...
It takes a lot of effort and a tremendous amount of commitment to do the work required in order to prepare an animal for show at the fair. To win the Grand Championship validates the time required and makes the whole process incredibly sweet. After spending months preparing his animal for the fair, last year Brennan Gorder won the Grand Championship with his steer, an achievement he will never forget. “I’ve been in 4-H for 11 years, and I entered a steer every year,” he comments. “Last year was...
The Richland County Fair has remained an extremely popular summertime event for decades, drawing crowds from around the area and creating lasting memories. Former fair manager, Doris Goebel, who served as fair manager from 1980-1990, recalls fair time with fondness and remembers a lot of good times associated with the Richland County Fair. “I’m a long-time fair person,” she says. “I was with the fair for 22 years. I started in 1958 as secretary for the fair manager and in 1980 I took over as...
This year, the Richland County Fair will have new and exciting free entertainment for people of all ages to enjoy. Kid Fiddlers Will be performing Wednesday-Saturday at 12:30, 4 and 6:30 p.m. Kid Fiddlers have performed in 44 of the 50 states! They played hundreds of shows and traveled thousands of miles just this summer! Not only are they quickly becoming one of the “hottest” nationally acclaimed kid bands, and clogging sensations, kid fiddlers are coming to raise the roof at the Richland Cou...
Fair time is just around the corner and it’s shaping up to be a good year for all the 4-H members. Members have been working hard for the past year on skill building projects ranging from Quilting to Aerospace to Leather Craft. This year in the exhibit building you will see projects like Cake Decorating, Robotics and Welding. Between working on projects for the fair, participating at the State Congress at the Montana State University Campus, Bozeman, and the different 4-H workshops, Richland C...
