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The holiday season commenced in Sidney on Friday night, Nov. 25, with the annual Christmas Stroll and Parade of Lights. Prizes were awarded in the Soup Contest, held at Restorx, by a People’s Choice ballet. Tying for first place was Katy Daley with White Chicken Chili, and Ethel Schultz with Nefla. Both received $75 in Chamber Bucks. The Parade of Lights awards were selected for three categories. Chosen for Best Use of Theme was Anchor Drilling, Best Use of Lights to the USDA, and Most C...
The Sidney Kiwanis Club is hosting a Pancake Breakfast this Sunday, Dec. 4 from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Masonic Hall, West Main, Sidney. Come and enjoy pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, juice and coffee for just $6 per adults. Kids 12 and under eat free. All proceeds will go to ROI to fund their new recycling truck....
The Sidney High School BPA will be sponsoring a Children’s Shopping Event Saturday, Dec. 3 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Children will be allowed to shop for members of their family at a minimal charge. Gift choices will be available for all ages and members will assist the children with their shopping and wrapping....
A City/County Planning Board meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m. The meeting will take place at the Richland County Extension Office Conference Room, 1499 N. Central Ave., Sidney. To obtain a copy of the Planning Board Agenda or for more information please contact the Richland County Planner Office at 406-433-6886....
Watford City’s Christmas theme this year is “Watford City Celebrates A Patriotic Christmas – Honoring Our Heroes”. Red, white and blue lights adorn Main Street trees. Wake Up Santa, sponsored by the Chamber and the National Honor Society will be Saturday, Dec. 3 at 10 a.m. at the Watford City High School Commons Area. Photos with Santa will be $5. There will be a coloring contest for kindergarten through 3rd grade and an essay contest for grades 4-6. Free movies are being offered at Six Shooters Movie Hall at 1 p.m. on Saturdays, Dec. 3, 10 a...
Peoples Congregational Church, 405 10th Ave. SW, Sidney, will hold its annual Bake/Plant Sale and Auction Saturday, Dec. 3. The Bake/Plant Sale starts at 9:30 a.m. with the auction to follow at 10 a.m. There will be all kinds of home-baked goodies and the auction will have a wide variety of handcrafted items that would make wonderful gifts for Christmas. Everyone is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served....
Every year, the Richland County Tavern Association purchases the ingredients for Thanksgiving dinners which are then boxed up by Reynolds Market and distributed to needy families by the Salvation Army in Sidney. This year, 19 dinners were donated....
The Yellowstone Chapter of ABATE (American Bikers Aiming Towards Education) looks forward to participating in the 18th annual toy drive. This community project collects new toys or cash donations to buy new toys for those who face financial hardships this holiday season. ABATE, along with the Christmas Coalition and Gifts from the Heart, last year gathered over $3000 worth of toys for distribution among 141 families with a total of 358 children. The money for these toys came from donations from individuals, companies and businesses. Interested...
MSU Extension is offering a series of webinars called Solid Finances focusing on financial topics and providing consumer friendly educational materials free of charge to all who want to participate. The next set of sessions will focus on investments. Wednesday, Nov. 30 from noon-1 p.m. will be the first of four sessions at the Richland County Extension Conference Center, 1499 N. Central Ave., Sidney. This session will help participants build an understanding of various types of investment risks that investors face every cay. Investment risks co...
As the candy cane resumes its place temporarily on the top of the food pyramid and community members watch to see who will be the first to hang up their festive Christmas lights, plans are underway to celebrate a growing Culbertson tradition; the annual Christmas open house. The evening of merriment offers community members the opportunity to take in a local concert and visit fellow community members over a hot cider and tasty treats. This year’s event is taking place on Dec. 19, in downtown C...
Bill Hurlbert has joined Stockman Bank of Montana as vice president, correspondent banking officer. He will develop and maintain transactional and lending relationships with various community and regional banks. These relationships include fed funds lines, purchases and sales of loan participations, direct lending to correspondent bank customers, as well as bank stock loans and other loans to the banks and their owners. “Stockman looks forward to expanding our long-time tradition of service t...
“The Sharing Clothesline” event is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 8 from 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. at the Watford City Civic Center. The Sharing Clothes Line is a non-profit event involving a community of caring moms who would like to share their children’s gently used clothing and household goods to help those in need within Watford City and the surrounding areas. All items will be offered FREE OF CHARGE. Clothing will range in sizes infants to teens. Household items will vary. Any monetary donations will be given to the community Food Pantry. Hope...
Once again Greytak Calendars can be purchased through your local MSU Extension Office or financial institution. Don Greytak, Havre MT, is celebrating over 25 years of drawing rural life. These realistic portraits portray rural life and will help one appreciate the history of farm and ranch families and how they lived. Many of the scenes in the yearly calendar include youth, farming and ranching, and other memorable moments in time. Profits from the sale of each calendar benefit Montana 4-H youth, club and county programs, Montana 4-H...
Funeral services for Lucy May Angel, 67, Sidney, MT, are at 10 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Sidney, with Bishop Bart Stevens officiating. Interment will be in the Sidney Cemetery, Sidney, under the direction of the Fulkerson Funeral Home, Sidney. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Lucy died on Saturday morning, Nov. 26, 2011, at her sister’s home in Sidney....
Funeral services for Austin Meyer, 3, Sidney, MT, are pending in Bozeman, MT. Cremation will follow the services. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Austin died on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011 at the Sidney Health Center....
Funeral service for Louis Frison, 80, Sidney, MT, is at 10 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 at the Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Sidney, with Pastor David Huskamp officiating. Interment will be 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 Louis died on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011 in Sidney, MT surrounded by his family....
Thirty-five people joined Becky Hayes at the Sidney-Richland County Library for “All about eReaders”, a Tech Tuesday about the different types of eReaders available and how to use them to download books from Montana Library2Go, a statewide catalog of over 10,000 eBook and audio book titles. If you’re thinking about an eReader for Christmas, you can join us for another session of “All about eReaders” on Dec. 13 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the library. Call the Library for more details at 433-1917,...
A Marketing Assistance Loan (MAL) is available for producers who share in the risk of producing the crop. To be eligible, a producer must maintain continual beneficial interest in the crop from harvest through the earlier of the date the loan is repaid or CCC takes title to the commodity. Once beneficial interest in a commodity is lost, the commodity is ineligible for loan-even if the producer regains beneficial interest. Commodity loan eligibility also requires compliance with conservation and wetland protection requirements; beneficial intere...
This year’s Bovine Connection, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, Dec. 1-2 in the meeting room at the MSU EARC and Extension building, 1499 N. Central Ave., Sidney, promises to provide an interesting program, complete with a variety of pertinent information for cattlemen and agribusiness people. Committee members have worked hard to provide a quality program for those who attend. Richland County Extension Agent Tim Fine points out that people will certainly benefit by attending this year’s pro...
The Richland County Treasurer would like to remind taxpayers that the first payment of 2011 real property taxes and second payment of mobile home taxes are due by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30. Payments and payment coupons may be mailed or brought to the Richland County Treasurer, 201 West Main, Sidney, MT 59270. Office hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday. For your convenience, payment drop boxes are located at the west end of the alley by the library and in the courthouse lobby. Credit card payments are accepted online at...
BPA of Sidney will be selling a large assortment of holiday cookies, candies, bars, etc. Delivery will be the week of December 19, 2011. Cost is $25 for 12” tray and $35 for 16” tray. Payment is due upon delivery. Orders may be mailed to: BPA, c/o Elaine Stedman, Sidney High School, 1012 Fourth Ave SE, Sidney, MT 59270. Orders can be called in at 433-2330 or emailed to Elaine Steadman @ Sidney.k12.mt.us....
Lutheran congregations and organizations in the Sidney area have now received $43,172 through the Thrivent Choice DollarsSM program since its inception in July 2010. Approximately nine Lutheran organizations in the Sidney area have benefited from the good will of Thrivent Financial members. The program allows eligible Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ members to recommend how a portion of Thrivent Financial’s charitable funds are distributed. Nationwide, nearly $50 million in funding has been directed to 18,000 Lutheran congregations and org...
Fairview High School graduate Joshua Knels has published a book, The Seattle Massacre, through iUniverse publishers. Knels, currently at Bismarck State College studying English as a major with a minor in psychology, started writing this book a year ago, and he says this book is the first of seven in his fictional Ripper series. “This is a series of books that pits a serial killer against homicide detectives and eventually the FBI,” Knels says. “This is a work of fiction, not based on a true...
The Sidney Christmas Stroll was held Friday, Nov. 25....
The newly remodeled basement at JCPenney opened last Wednesday with a ribbon cutting ceremony and Open House....
