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Scholarship winner The Minot State University College of Business proudly recognized scholarship recipients, outstanding students and student clubs at the College of Business Awards Banquet held May 4 in the MSU Conference Center, Minot, N.D. Aaron Cummings was recognized for serving the College of Business as SIFE (Students in Free Enter- prise) president, PBL (Phi Beta Lambda) vice president, and a member of the BOB (Beaver’s on Business) Exec- utive Council. He graduated from MSU on May 11 with a double major: International Business and Marketing. He is from Sidney and is the son of Michelle Cummings. 310 2nd Ave. NE, Sidney, Montana 433-2403 • www.sidneyherald.com $2 Locally produced 2012 | 2013 Original watercolor by Afton Rossol Richland County Phonebooks Are Here Get Yours Today! 310 2nd Ave. NE • 433-2403 www.sidneyherald.com $ 2 A Piece 310 2nd Ave. NE, Sidney, Montana 433-2403 • www.sidneyherald.com $2 Locally produced 2012 | 2013 Original watercolor by Afton Rossol (Subscribers of the Sidney Herald received a phonebook FREE) WEDNESDAY MAY 30, 2012 104th year, No. 44 Sidney, Montana www.sidneyherald.com 75 CENTS Area athletes earn state titles. Page 2B. SERVING RICHLAND COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR OVER 100 YEARS Bulletin Board Lambert polling place The polling place for precincts 7A & 7B, Lambert area, has been relocated to the Lambert School old gym. It was previously held in the Lambert Senior Center. For the primary election held on June 5, and the general elec- tion held on Nov. 6, please go to the Lambert School old gym to cast your ballot. Happy birthday The Sidney Herald wishes happy birthday this week to friends Jessica Fitzgerald, Dawn Rehbein, Cindi Salves- on, Dana Conlee-Dockweiler, Terence Neff, Ryan Sullivan, Kimberly Chase-Phillips, Hayley Brodhead, Kira Lake, Haven Burshia, Karen Wendorf Schledewitz, Jerry Price, Frank Wladyslawski, Casey Palmer, Cassandra Tripp, Patrisha Emly, Shan- non Miller, Kathy Hurley, Cody Steinbeisser, Kathleen Shannon, Braden Ler, Brett Lapham, Amber Banderob, Tanya Seitz, Shirley Niles, Ray Kortes, Jordan Sullivan, Mandy Tostenson, Laken Moore, Allison Hastings, Denise Heppner, Lisa Wams- ley, Ronda Votava, Rylee Peterson, Jayme Bartelson, Carla Christofferson, Evelyn Carlisle, Charelle Johnson, Dylan Klasna, Josh Torger- son, Billy Reyes, Ian Macfar- lane, Terran Hillesland, Pam King and Kiana Uran. Fireman’s breakfast The Sidney Fire Depart- ment’s annual breakfast is Sunday from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the fire hall. Breakfast will consist of french toast, scrambled eggs, sausage, juice and coffee. Newsmaker Deaths Cathy Lynn (Zaputil) Barber, 63 Wallace D. “Wally” Daeley, 80 Page 3A Inside Around Town . . .2A Classifieds . . .5-10B Deaths . . . . . . . .3A Dial an Expert .6-7B Opinion . . . . .... .6A Richland Living . .3B Sports . . ..... . .1-2B BY SAMANTHA JOHNSON SIDNEY HERALD Jade Brunsvold, the 17-year-old daughter of Lance and Mary Jo Brunsvold of Sidney, won the title of Teen Queen dur- ing the 2012 Miss Southeast- ern Montana Rodeo Pageant that was held at the Miles City Community College on May 18. Brunsvold, who also en- joys volleyball and playing center position in hockey, has looked up to previous “Queens,” who gave out signatures at local fairs since she was very little. They inspired her to do what she liked best, riding and training horses, and to learn good leadership skills to further her education and career. This meant the opportu- nity to become Teen Queen was too good to pass up. To get ready for the com- petition, Brunsvold had to prepare and memorize a 2-3 minute speech, which could be on one of several topics. She chose to talk about her home, Montana. She also had to study for a test that included ques- tions on horsemanship and current events. Although she was nervous, the judges were impressed with her initial interview; with that and the equally impressive score on her written test and her speech, she secured the title for the second time out of the three times she has competed. Brunsvold was awarded a Montana Silversmith Buck- le sponsored by Miles City Saddlery, an embroidered sash sponsored by Carolyn’s Embroidery and a crown presented by the MSMR Board. She also received the Katie Russell Memorial Scholarship award. Brunsvold has also won nine belt buckles and one saddle during her rodeo years since she started with 4-H at the age of 13. Con- sidered a family sport, her cousin Lauren Brunsvold also won Rodeo Queen in 2011. Brunsvold has three prized horses, her eldest being the one she rode dur- ing her competition to win Queen. Her second horse at the age of 16 is her barrel racing horse and her last and youngest horse, at 6, is the one she wants to use to resume her rodeo career during college after she graduates from high school next year. With many parades under her belt, including the 2012 Miles City Bucking Horse Parade and the Grand Entry for Bucking Horse Sale, she plans to attend more with her oldest horse, which is what she says “is the most tame.” Some of these future parades include the Town and Country Parade and the Youth Rodeo Teen Queen Entry, both taking place in early June. This world traveler has visited Bangkok and has ridden in parades across the globe. She can speak Thai and is in her second year of Spanish. To fulfill her Teen Queen title, she will hold a special class for girls between the ages of 6 and 15 at the fair this summer, where she will teach them proper leader- ship skills involving horse- manship, modeling, inter- viewing and preparing them for their own rodeo careers. She will be continuing her rodeo career and will spend two weeks in Bozeman to run for High School Rodeo Queen, and hopes to run for the MSMR Queen title in the future. After graduation in 2013, Brunsvold plans to attend Texas A&M University to earn a degree in petroleum engineering. She looks forward to attending many rodeo events this year as she represents Miss Southeast- ern Montana Rodeo Teen Queen, and encourages rodeo activities to anyone who likes horses and riding, and adds that “your horse is your best friend!” PICTURE PERFECT After winning the Teen Queen title in Miles City, Jade Brunsvold is planning a leadership skills workshop in the area. Sidney student reaches goal of winning Teen Queen title BILL VANDER WEELE | SIDNEY HERALD Area residents take part in Monday morning’s Memorial Day parade in Sidney. BY BILL VANDER WEELE SIDNEY HERALD Wind and temperatures in the 40s didn’t stop Memorial Day activities, including the annual parade, from being conducted in Sidney Mon- day. After the parade, the program was held inside the VFW Hall instead of the tra- ditional location of Veterans Memorial Park. Guest speaker Art Wid- halm, past VFW commander in Glasgow and past VFW commander for District 5, noted his military career be- gan when he joined the Air Force at the age of 19 years. Now that he’s older, he mentioned how emotional it is to see the cemeteries for World War I and II casual- ties in Europe. He said those cemeteries were kept up extremely well by local citi- zens of those communities. This was the first Memori- al Day recognized since the end of the Iraq War, where about 4,500 Americans died in an eight-year period. “No other country on earth’s sacrifice is as great as ours,” Widhalm said of the United States’ history. He noted Memorial Day is not only to remember the fallen but “it’s our duty to teach youth that nothing comes without a price.” Widhalm saluted those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. “This is the land of freedom and liberty.” The program also featured Cammy Heck singing “The Star Spangled Banner,” Hans Halvorson signing “I’m Proud to be an Ameri- can,” Jacki Poland reciting a poem, and Violet Tharp singing a solo. Pastor Gary Fix provided the invocation and benediction. [email protected] Honoring their country Memorial Day activities held despite poor weather BILL VANDER WEELE | SIDNEY HERALD David and Karen Munoz walk in the parade. BY BILL VANDER WEELE SIDNEY HERALD The Sidney School District already has 100 students reg- istered for next fall’s kinder- garten classes. “Traditionally, we haven’t had that kind of number,” Sidney Superintendent of Schools Daniel Farr said. “We’re usually around 65.” In anticipation of larger kindergarten enrollment, the school district has hired an additional teacher for that level. “Our big thing right now is focusing on staff housing and on-going registration so we can make projections of what we will have in Au- gust,” Farr said. Registration for all grades will be done from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays at Central School throughout the sum- mer. The school district ended the year with a total enroll- ment of 1,227 students. Between September and the end of April, the school district experienced 174 new students and 138 withdraw- als. Next school year, fifth- grade classes as well as kindergarten will be held at Central School. The school district is considering improving seven classrooms in Central’s up- stairs. If anticipated enroll- ment increases occur, one of the possible plans is having fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade classes in Central for the 2013-2014 school year. The Sidney City Council approved the first phase of infrastructure work for the Sunrise Village subdivision last week. Farr says the subdivision has a projected maximum student enroll- ment impact of 570 students. “It will be pretty telltale for us how that will play out,” Farr said. Other proposed subdivi- sions and their projected Kindergarten registration much higher SEE SCHOOL, PAGE 12A ´
