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August
9, 2002, groundbreaking for lab and office complex at Fort Keogh Livestock
and Range Research Laboratory, Miles City, Mont.
Sidney
dedication
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 Taking
part in the groundbreaking ceremony, left to right: ARS Northern Plains
Area Director Will Blackburn; Randy Vogel, aide to U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg;
Fort Keogh Research Leader Rod Heitschmidt; U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns;
ARS Acting Administrator Edward B. Knipling; Liz Ching, aide to U.S.
Sen. Max Baucus; and Mike Tess, who heads the Animal and Range Sciences
Department at Montana State University.
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 Between
250 and 300 people braved chilly temperatures and threatening skies to
attend the Fort Keogh open house and groundbreaking ceremony. Many stayed
after the formal program to listen to a local band and enjoy free barbeque,
courtesy of the Montana State University Agricultural Experiment Station. |
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 Fort
Keogh Research Leader Rod Heitschmidt (left) presents John Munsell, president
of Montana Quality Foods of Miles City, an ARS-Fort Keogh Producer Recognition
Award. Another winner of a producer award, Keith Bales, was not able to
attend the ceremony. Bales, a member of the Montana House of Representatives,
is an Otter Area rancher prominent in beef industry organizations. |
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August 10, 2002,
dedication of new facility of the Northern Plains Agricultural Research
Laboratory, Sidney, Mont.
Ft. Keogh
groundbreaking
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 Members
of the Fort Peck Color Guard present the Montana and U.S. flags to open
the dedication ceremony. More than 500 people attended the ceremony
and toured the new facility.
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 From
left to right, participants in the ribbon cutting ceremony: NPARL research
leader Robert Evans; ARS Northern Plains Area Director Will Blackburn;
Randy Vogel, aide to U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg; U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns;
Montana Future Farmers of America President Travis Brown; Acting ARS Administrator
Edward B. Knipling; Fort Peck Community College representative Jodi Smith;
Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture President Jim Steinbeisser;
North Dakota State University (NDSU) Agricultural Experiment Station Director
Ken Grafton; Liz Ching, aide to U.S. Sen. Baucus; Jerry Bergman, Research
Director of the NDSU-Williston and Montana State University Eastern Agricultural
Research Center; and NPARL research leader Tom Shanower. |
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 Completed
new lab and office complex at the Northern Plains Agricultural Research
Laboratory in Sidney, Mont. Construction on the 21,470-square foot facility
began in May 2000. |
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