Scoping It Out

Saturday is a big day in Williston with a number of events on tap.

Included is the 76 annual Lutefisk and Meatball Dinner served up at First Lutheran Church.

Add to that fun, food and music at the 7th annual Scandinavian Festival set to take place at the New Armory at the end of Main.

If fish and lefse doesn’t tickle your fancy perhaps chili?

You can check out the action at the annual API Chili Cook-Off taking place at the Airport International Inn throughout the day and into the evening on Saturdday.

Meanwhile, the Williston swimming team plays host to the West Region meet, bringing even more guests to our city.

Make plans now to make a splash and check out all of the excitement.

You can tune in to News Radio KEYZ 660 at 3 p.m. on Friday as we chat with Miss North Dakota Tessie Jones during “Scoping It Out.”

Tessie is busy with her school tour throughout the state and will update us on that.

She recently returned from the Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas and that proved to be a great experience.

Her future travels will include an invitation to the Miss New Hampshire state pageant.

Tune in to learn more along with an update on the many weekend activites.

Randy Hatzenbuhler, president of the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation, will be our guest at 4:45 p.m. CST Friday during a segment of “Scoping It Out,” on News Radio KEYZ 660.

This will be an opportunity to salute “Gentleman” Wade Westin who was laid to rest on Wednesday in Bismarck.

Family and friends came from near and far to pay a final tribute to Westin, a man who proved to the “Face of Medora,” after a stellar career with the TRMF.

At the young age of 34 Westin passed on, but one thing for certain, he won’t be forgotten.

Having spent seven years directly involved in the Medora Musical, Westin spent a good period of time as the marketing director and publications voice of the TRMF.

Over those 10 years he became a figure in Medora and a key figure in the famed production.

We are saddened to report that a great friend and a great friend of the state and Medora is no longer with us.

Wade Westin, a native of Zahl, passed away Friday evening at the young age of 34.

This talented individual was one of the nicest, if not the nicest, individuals we have ever had the pleasure of meeting.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

It’s hard to imagine the number of lives he touched in such a short time, starring in the Medora Musical, along with serving as the Marketing Director for the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation.

We had the pleasure of watching him grow and develop into a ‘Gentleman.’

May he Rest in Peace.