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Bulletin BoardSnowbirds

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds will put on an air show not to be missed for the general public. They will provide their free perfor-mance starting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday (today). Jets will begin flying at 5:45 p.m. Gates open at 4 p.m.

Fill the box driveTo help with the increased

need in the area, the Rich-land County Food Bank, Salvation Army, Richland Opportunities Inc. and the Richland County Coalition Against Domestic Violence plan a “fill the box drive” to take donated items.

ROI’s box van will be locat-ed at the Reese & Ray’s IGA’s parking lot from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday (today).

Sidney Memorial DaySidney’s Memorial Day

activities will begin with the flag pick-up at 9 a.m. at Veterans Memorial Park and the parade of Flags of Honor starting at the VFW corner at 10 a.m. The program will begin at Veterans Memorial Park after the parade. The public is invited to attend a pot-luck meal at the VFW Hall starting at noon.

Fairview Memorial DayThe Memorial Day service

to be held at the Fairview Cemetery begins at 11:30 a.m. This year’s special guest speaker is NCCM(AW) Michelle Brooks, grand-daughter of longtime Fairview resident Ethel Hawley. Brooks is a CNRFC Force Career counselor stationed in Norfolk, Va. Flowers shouldn’t be put at the cemetery until Saturday. They should be removed the following weekend.

Happy birthdayThe Sidney Herald wishes

happy birthday this week to friends Grace Shope, Janae Todd, Cozy Jacobson, Ginny Tooke-Herrick, Heidi Smith, Laurie Knoop, Stevie Andrews, Erin Christ-mann, Stephen Rea, San-dra Sheehan, Brett Zadow, Kevin Fike, Camille Clausen, Samantha Goldsmith, Jim McRae, James Basta, Charles Baldwin, Roger Demeester, Joe Brown, Dawn Pederson, Ashley Sasich, Ashley John-son, Jason Wheeler, Luke Gendron, Bonnie Breitbach, Tina Valnes, Toni Strasheim, Patricia Druffel, Wyatt Cayer, Heather King, Aimee Fry, Jennifer Lade, Darci Brown, Megan Nice, Kim Skeens, Ciara Sinks, Tom Dahl, Sarah Batty, Nicole Flaten, Shavanna Myhre, Karen Bieber, Eric Zinke, Janel Alderman, Bonny Pow-ers, Rhea Christensen, Cody Williams, Pamela Mock, Mike Sorensen, Kayla Propp, Kale Rasmussen, Kristian Shaide, Greg Adkins and Luke Malsam.

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By Bill VaNDer Weelesidney herald

A promotion by the local Masonic Lodge, Lower Yellowstone #90, propelled West Side Elementary School to hit the books these last few months.

The Books for Bikes program was highlighted with two students winning bikes donated by the lodge. Students received additional slips in the drawing for the more reading they com-pleted.

“The purpose of this program is to motivate kids to read, to increase their vocabulary and to develop skills that will stay with them the rest of their lives,” Mike Janeway, senior war-den of the lodge, said.

School librarian Dawn Greenwood said the pro-gram has been a positive

incentive for students.“They’ve been excited to

do it,” Greenwood said.West Side Principal Sue

Andersen added, “It’s been

very motivational for the students.”

The program started shortly after “I Love to Read” month in February.

“It carried on the momen-tum for reading, and the kids kept enjoying to read,” Andersen said. “If they enjoy reading, they will be good learners.”

Winners of the bike raffle were Alexis Erickson and Brenden Kindopp, each fourth-graders in Colleen Zimmerman’s class. They were able to pick up their bike selection as well as a safety helmet at Johnson Hardware.

Books for Bikes is a national program by the Masons. The local lodge de-cided to organize the project in Sidney this year.

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Mike Janeway, left, and Bob Frank of the Masonic Lodge present a bike to Alexis erickson. the other winner was Brenden Kindopp.

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Jordan skeens wishes for the best of luck during the drawing Friday.

Masonic lodge’s program promotes local students to read

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Caps launchFairview High school graduates throw their caps up at the end of saturday’s commencement exercises.

By louiSa BarBersidney herald

Stakeholders in The Shops at Fox Run shopping center will take part in a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday hosted by flagship tenant Reynolds Market.

The grocery store is celebrating the official kick start on construction which will be, upon full build out, a 120,000 square-foot shopping center featuring retail and professional of-fice space on N. Central Avenue just beyond the post office.

“We are thrilled to get started with what will be a beautiful, modern and very comfortable retail shopping experience for the people of the Sidney area,” said John Reynolds, president of Reynolds Market. Phase one of construction should be complete in October.

NeW BuSiNeSSeSFor months, rumors have circulated

concerning just who’ll join the 88-year-old grocery store, and after months of speculation and anticipation, the wait is over – at least for now.

Joining Reynolds Market as a major tenant and at the groundbreaking is ALCO Stores Inc. The approximately 26,000 square-foot store will employ 35-40 associates during the opening

process. ALCO is a regional retailer that specializes in providing a “supe-rior selection of essential consumer products for everyday life in under-served communities. The company delivers high value products in very convenient locations with friendly, per-sonal service.” The chain has a store in Wolf Point.

“Our real estate department is always searching for the right op-

portunities,” said Wayne Peterson, ALCO’s senior vice president and chief financial officer. “We had an interest in Sidney for a while.” In fact, the chain executives learned about Fox Run through Associated Food Stores, a grocer-owned association since August 2012.

“We understand the growth that is

Groundbreaking on Thursdaynew as well as existing businesses announce new home at fox run

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the new shopping center will feature Reynolds Market, newcomers ALCO stores Inc. and an extended stay hotel.

By louiSa BarBersidney herald

During Thursday’s steer-ing committee meeting, the final results from the community-wide conference back in March were revealed with some expected and some unexpected priorities to enhance the county’s of-ferings.

Results came after a two-day conference in which public participants dis-cussed, brainstormed and shared ideas on how to make the county a better place to live through various cat-egories like youth, seniors, housing, physical activity, economic development, professional development and faith.

From there, the steering committee has had several meetings to organize all sug-gestions, categorizing them into a current and new ac-tion groups to address them. Then, for each action group, the members prioritized the issues by answering the all-important question of whether such an issue is in the scope of influence and if the community is ready.

Some priorities are obvi-ous, like Partnership For Promises’s support for the new Boys & Girls Club of Richland County facility at Johnson Park, but they’ll also work to increase parent education and involvement in their children’s activities, as well as support youth-focused activities at commu-nity events.

Mental health will look at developing a crisis center, while the lifelong learning action group will take on workforce issues like job trainings with the participa-tion of Sidney Job Service.

The faith-based action group will work to put all Richland County churches together (more than 30 in all) to improve communication between each other, acting as a way to engage new people, and a communication line as well as work with RSVP to organize volunteers. The action group has also made putting together meetings a priority to get community information and resources out to newcomers. Speakers would be recruited.

Meanwhile, the neighbor-hood safety action group decided to pursue designated

committee reviews resultsfrom countyconference

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