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Pat Mathern and cancan dancer Tammy Leland took part in a skit performed at the Triangle Nite Club by area cowboys and the Cattle Drive Sweethearts dance team. They raised money to help cover expense for the Great Montana Cattle Drive held in September for the state's 100 anniversary.
The Montana Legislature convened in January to write a new school equalization formula. The old formula was ruled obsolete in 1988.
Lawmakers approved a Department of Natural Resources loan for the city of Fairview to build a water treatment plant.
Don Tiffany was appointed Richland County sheriff, replacing Ole Grinolds, who died in December 1988.
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More than 250 people watched Hi-Line Trucking pull down the 50-year-old Culbertson Bridge in early March.
Janet Gullikson, Cartwright, N.D., was selected to the Montana Centennial Band. Gullikson was a senior at Fairview and played bass clarinet.
Nine local women formed the Cattle Drive Sweethearts, a cancan dance troupe to promote the Great Montana Centennial Cattle Drive. They included Lois Franzen, Penny Small, Stacy Brunsvold, Tammy Leland, Jan Scheetz, Sarah Heggen, Shannon Couture, Sheri Larson and Gay Kunesh.
Construction on the Fort Union Trading Post's palisade and bastions was under way in late March.
In early April the old post office was renamed the Nutter Building for Donald G. Nutter, the only Richland County native elected governor of Montana.
Fire destroyed the MonDak Historical and Art Society's J.K. Ralston Center in April, one of the few structures in Sidney on the National Register of Historic Places. The center was the old Peoples Congregational Church and also housed the Sidney Senior Citizens Center.
In May, the local chapter of the Montana Citizens for Decency was successful in removing pornographic videos from video stores.
Organizers of the Sidney Flags of Honor program moved their collection of 289 veterans flags from the basement of Sidney City Hall to a new storage room in the Central Park Pavilion. Each flag rests on shelves with the names of the veteran on a plaque in front of them.
Centennial Activities were held in June throughout the county with celebrations held in Sidney, Fairview and Lambert.
Lawmakers were unable to agree on a formula and a month-long special session was held in June and July. A formula was reached and figures from the State Office of Public Instruction and the Office of the Legislative Auditor showed that property taxes to support education would decrease in most urban areas but rise in Sidney.
The Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site was dedicated in August, completing the first phase of the nearly $4 million project. The wooden palisades surrounding the Bourgeois House and the two stone bastions were whitewashed to appear as they would have 160 years ago. Visitation at the site was up by 75 percent from the year before which excited local business people about more tourism in the Sidney area.
A total of 250 Richland and Roosevelt County residents participated in the Great Montana Centennial Cattle Drive from Roundup to Billings. It started with a parade through Roundup on Sept. 4 and ended five days later with a parade through Billings.
Sidney Senior High queen Hallie Thiel and king Layne Massle rein over homecoming festivities in October.
In early November, the Richland County Youth Hockey Association announced plans to build a domed indoor rink near the Sidney Water Treatment Plant.
Doris Goebel retired as the manager of the Richland County Fair and was replaced by former Sidney City Judge Kris Weltikol in December. Weltikol lost her judicial position when the City of Sidney and Richland County agreed to bring the office under the county justice of the peace. County justice of the peace Greg Mohr took charge of the duties for the city as well as the county.
Footnote: Information provided by the MonDak Heritage Center's archives. Previous years can be found on the Herald Web site www.sidneyherald.com/herald_facts.
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