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Northside

Linda Eaton was a supper guest of Bill and Susan Edwards, Lindsay, Monday.

On New Year’s Day, Brad and Holly Eaton and Abby, Aaron and Heather McIntyre, Hayden and Jett, Lindsay, Alex Eaton, Macy Schipman and Lindsay Gseller, Glendive were all guests of Linda Eaton.

Most of the Hubing family attended the wedding of Jennifer Trotter Berkeley to Dusty White, Saturday in Circle New Year’s Eve. New Year’s Day, they were all guests of Dale and Phyllis Hubing.

Peabody News

Weekend company at the Harold Peabody ranch were Tana Walker, Annamoose, ND the Jonas Tonneson’s, Glasgow, MT and Darek Walker, Warroad, MN. A nice time of visiting and catching up.

Pat O’Neill, Norma and Harold Peabody were supper guests at Jim and Norma Reilly’s. Following a delicious meal, cards were played with Norma taking away the honors of first place. Christmas dinner at Tam

Southside

Bob and Nancy Birkholz celebrated Christmas Day dinner at their house with Virginia Rhoades, Kyle and Nora McGuire, Taylor McGuire and Raymond Ferguson.

On Dec. 29, Virginia Rhoades and Taylor McGuire were in Terry helping Nancy Birkholz with some projects.

COVID Relief Funds; final reports and more PPP

2020 has been difficult for businesses, non-profits, ag producers and so many others due to COVID-19. In late April the first round of COVID Relief Funds through the CARES Act rolled out for Montanans, in the form of grants and loans. $1.25 billion was allocated to Montana with almost $700 million being allocated to grant and loan programs.

County Agent Corner

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One of my favorite resource materials is a publication titled “Alternative Feeds for Ruminants” by Greg Lardy and Vern Anderson. This week I thought I’d highlight some information from that publication on grazing crop residue.

Grazing is the easiest way to harvest crop aftermath. Grazing crop residues allows animals to select a higher-quality diet than would otherwise be obtained by harvesting and mechanically feeding. This is an important consideration when developing diets based on crop residues.

Mule deer buck poached near Bloomfield

A two-point mule deer buck was shot and left to waste near Bloomfield, about 20 miles northeast of Glendive, during the last week in November. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is asking the public for information about the poached animal, which was discovered next to the road leading north from the church in that area.

The buck may have been shot from the county road next to an oil pump station.

Montana Chamber outlines legislative agenda

HELENA - With the start of the 2021 Legislature fast approaching, Montana’s premier business advocacy organization is laying out its top policy priorities for the new year, the focus of which is aimed at near-term recovery and maintaining long-term, sustainable economic growth.

SBA extends COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan application deadline through Dec. 31, 2021

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Small Business Administration today announced that the deadline to apply for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program for the COVID-19 Pandemic disaster declaration is extended to Dec. 31, 2021. The deadline extension comes as a result of the recent bipartisan COVID-19 relief bill passed by Congress and enacted by President Trump on Dec. 27, 2020.

To date, the SBA has approved $197 billion in lowinterest loans which provides working capital funds to small businesses, non-profits and agricultural businesses making it through this challenging time.

Glacier National Park announces entrance fee-free days for 2021

WEST GLACIER – Glacier National Park will waive its entrance fee on six days in 2021.

The entrance fee-free days for 2021 will be:

• Monday, January 18 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

• Saturday, April 17 – First Day of National Park Week

• Wednesday, August 4 – Great American Outdoors Act anniversary

• Wednesday, August 25 – National Park Service Birthday

• Saturday, September 25 – National Public Lands Day

• Thursday, November 11 – Veterans Day

‘Pages from the Past’

Jan. 5, 1912

The top stories in The Terry Tribune this week in 1912:

Oliver Van must serve his time

The supreme court last week affirmed a decision of the district court of Dawson County in the case of State vs. Oliver Van, accused to taking sheep that belonged to another man and rebranding them with his own brand.

The case was tried in Glendive last year and Van was sentenced to serve five years in the penitentiary.