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WEDNESDAY, APRIL
Published for Richland County and subscriber Dennis & Mande Taylor
15, 2015 ~ 107TH YEAR, NO. 30 ~ SIDNEY, MONTANA ~ WWW.SIDNEYHERALD.COM ~ 75
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Bulletin Board
Kindergarten
Sidney Public Schools is
requesting that all parents
with a child who will turn
5 on or before Sept. 10, stop
in Central School to register
your child for fall kinder-
garten.
Student numbers are criti-
cal when planning teachers
and supplies for the upcom-
ing year.
Office hours are 7 a.m. to
5 p.m.
Bring a copy of your
child's birth certificate
and current immunization
records.
Brats, burgers
Burgers and Brats with
Business Professionals of
America is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sunday in the Sidney High
School cafeteria. There will
be more than 30 themed
silent auction gift baskets
offered.
March for Babies
The March for Babies
starts is at Veterans Memo-
rial Park in Sidney Saturday
The event in Sidney starts
at 9 a.m. with registration
and then the walk at 10 a.m.
at Veterans Memorial Park.
For more information
about how to register, visit
marchforbabies.org.
Funds raised will sup-
port lifesaving research,
education and advqcac~ for.
stronger, healthier babies.
In 2014, March for Babies
events across Montana
raised $290,000 and had 1,300
walkers.
Bakken Brew Fest
An acoustic band from
Bozeman and more benefits
for VIP attendees are some
of the highlights of the
fourth annual Bakken Brew
Fest to be celebrated Satur-
day at the Richland County
Fair Event Center.
General admission tickets
at the Sidney Chamber cost
$50 each. Tickets will not be
sold at the door.
Holler N' Pine, Bozeman,
will play at the event. The
band has been playing
together for more than four
years.
Gymnastics
The Sidney Gymnastics
Club has its season-ending
program starting at 2 p.m.
Sunday at the Sidney High
School gym.
Commodities
Distribution for senior
commodities will be from
9 a.m. to noon April 24 at
the back door of the Nutter
Building at 123 W. Main.
Deaths
Wilmer "Tiny" Buxbaum, 83
Dale Eugene Hajek, 59
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Cute couple
Later in Monday's com-
mittee meeting, one com-
mittee member asked Norby
Sidney Mayor Rick Norby regarding about how coun-
and City Clerk Jessica ties like Fallon and Rich-
Redfield spoke to the House land are financially strong
appropriations committee while cities like Baker and
Monday on SB 416, encour- Sidney are struggling. The
aging changes that would legislator asked Norby if he
benefit eastern Montana. has been in conversations
"(SB 416) does not aide with county commissioners.
Sidney in any way," Redfield Norby said conversations
said. have been taking place. The
Redfield noted the sub- county has committed about
stantial growth in popula- $5 million to the city.
tion in the area and the "As of right now, we are
damage it has done to infra- trying to work things out,"
structure. She questioned Norby said. "I'm not joking,
why money granted to Sid- if we don't get any help here
ney from Richland County 'I'm
energy development is 1/10 not joking, if we
of I percent, although the
county brings in 5 percent don't get any help here
of the state's revenue. This
money is also due to disap- we are going to sink.'
pear because of the drop in
oil prices, she noted.
"Triggers aren't neces- Rick Norby
sary for the state to take our
oil money, so why are they Sidney mayor
necessary to get our money
back?" she inquired. "We
have all of our skin in the
game." we are going to sink."
Norby applauded Red- Another committee mem-
field's fiery speech and con- ber'asked the bill's sponsor
tinued to push for more help Sen. John Brenden, R-Sc-
in eastern Montana, noting obey, about a way to change
the bill to direct more fund-
ing to oil-impacted az s.
could do some good. Brenden said there's not
"I still look at it as not any time left in the session
having much for Sidney," to make that big of a change
he said. "It is for the whole in the bill. He explained
state, that's why I'm for it. the bill came about when
But I don't know if we can legislators showed no other
wait for another legislative infrastructure bill was go-
session." ing to be passed. "When we
Norby said he appreci- saw there wasn't going to be
ates any help the state can any compromise."
give, but noted the funding Brenden said, "Do you
Sidney would receive from want something or do you
SB 416 is "a start." want nothing? If we say it's
SB 416 is a bipartisan my way or the highway, we
bill that combines cash, will get nothing again. It's
bonding and lending to like a baby taking its first
municipalities and counties step, you have to take that
to help with infrastructure, first step first."
It was created in response The hearing lasted about
to the lack of support for threehours. The commit-
infrastructure bills pushed tee didn't take any action at
by either party. However, SB that time.
416 does not set aside money
for eastern Montana that reporter@sidneyherdd.com
HB 5 and HB 402 provided.
BY MIKE FRANCINGUES
SIDNEY HERALD
BILL VANDER WEELE I SIDNEY HERALD
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crown the and queen SatUrday night:Both the prince and prJnc6s are in kindergarten, of the bill, saw that it
BY BILL VANDER WEELE
SIDNEY HERALD
After a key education funding was tabled
Friday, Sidney Superintendent of Schools
Daniel Farr was pleased the bill passed
unanimously through the House's educa-
tion committee Monday.
Farr noted it took a lot of effort from resi-
dents sending emalls to legislators and the
governor's office to keep the bill alive. Next
step for the bill is the House's appropria-
tions committee.
Senate Bill 260 would keep a form of con-
centric circles alive, where when one school
district reaches its maximum allowed for oil
and gas revenue, the additional money goes
to a neighboring district.
Farr also told trustees during Monday's
school board meeting that a teacher who
was hired in March to teach in Sidney next
school year has now withdrawn from the
position. The primary reason was the cost
of housing.
"That's a message we have to get to our
legislators, recruiting and retention in this
area are not easy/' Farr said.
Trustees approved the recommendation to
rehire the coaches back for winter activities
including boys basketball, wrestling and
speech/drama.
After that decision, resident and parent
Vince McGlothlin explained his feelings
about Sidney's athletic programs. He espe-
cially doesn't like comments that the stu-
dents aren't working hard enough. He also
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on comml
BY MIKE FRANCINGUES The topics discussed at we re going to find of the Richland County The complex is currently
SIDNEY HERALD the community conference Health Department. "It all in "the groundwork" phase.
included health, recreation, fits together. There can be Fundraising efforts are
.The Richland County safety and education. If out what can allof swimming lessons year being made to help pay
Steering Committee decided the community complex round, to prevent drowning for a planning study that
at last week's meeting to achieves its goals, it has the these different action deaths. Hopefully there will will help determine final
focus its efforts on a project ability to affect all of these be childcare inthere." numbers as well as what
that has the potential to issues positively in Richland groups contribute to The early childhood group direction the project needs
encompass all of the topics County, complex proponent could help toward the over- to be put together and what
discussed at last month's Lisa Gorder said. this agenda item to help all project by helping write entities need to run it.
community conference, "The mission statement a grant to help pay for the "This study will tell us
the Richland Community for the RCC is to support the daycare, Gorder said as an
Complex. mental, physical and spiri- move it forward.' what will work and won't
example, and other groups work," Gorder said. "Right
"One of the frustrations tual health of our commu- can help move forward on now, we're going around
from previous conferences nity," Gorder said. "I think parts of the.project that help meeting with small groups
is we have a tendency to it can be educational. This Les Anderson their goals, to get their input on what
gather huge amounts of is going to do some amazing Steering c0mmi,ee "We have a responsibilitywe need in this building. It's
data and information," Les things." to make sure we're getting a work in progress."
Anderson, steering com- The complex hopes to have something done," AndersonThe committee will focus
mittee chair, said. "Rather recreational aspects, such as Corder said. Everyone from said. "We don't want to have on getting the word out for
than trying to do everything a theater, swimming pools, churches to FFA to child meeting after meeting to the project by setting up an
all at once, let's see if there athletic fields and exercise and adult sport leagues will talk about the same thing, official website and getting
are one or two key projects, areas, as well as educational benefit from the proposed If we have a specific focused the community involved via
activities that we can all facilities that can be utilized complex, activity, we're going to find social media. Richland resi-
throw our weight behind by nearby schools or groups. "It's not like we are go- out what can all of thesedents can help by following
and for the next six months There is no one area of the ing to stop what we (early . different action groups con- and sharing the Richland
or a year this becomes our communit!} that will ben- childhood action group) are tribute to this agenda item Community Complex Face-
project together." efit most from the project, doing," said Kathy Helmuth to help move it forward."book page.
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