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Adam Morehouse was approved as a hire for a vacant position in the city's street department at the March 21 meeting of the Glasgow City Council, marking a return to the crew after a stint with the Glasgow Police Department. Also approved for rehire was Robert Webber, who is returning to the GPD after a stint with the Billings Police Department. Mayor Becky Erickson took the opportunity to thank City Clerk-Treasurer Stacy Amundson for preparing an environmental report which was sent to Montana's...
The March 7 Glasgow City Council meeting saw discussion of employee longevity pay, approval of a vacation extension for Joe Horn (GPD), updates on the proposed Valley Court Apartment acquisition, renovations on the T-33 airplane at the Pioneer Museum, committee and department head reports and other council business. A council tour of the Glasgow Fire Department was tentatively scheduled for March 21 following the regular council meeting. At the March 9 meeting of the Valley County Commissioners, outgoing Valley County Attorney Nick Murnion’s r...
Republican Michael Burns is relatively new to Glasgow. Having grown up in Texas, the 27-year-old candidate for House District 33 migrated northward to be near his parents, who have resided here in town since 2011. The candidate sat down with the Courier recently over a plate of wings at the Cottonwood to discuss his personal history, road to politics, and life on the Hi-Line as an conductor for BNSF. After graduating with a degree in pre-law from University of North Texas in Denton, Burns...
Beginning March 9, Mrs. Winchester's second grade Challenge Group class will be dressing the part of 16 bonafide American heroes and figures from history. The 2nd Grade Living History Museum will feature students dressed as Abraham Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony, Sacagawea and Booker T. Washington, among others, while reciting lines of dialogue, facts and quotes. The Challenge Group is made up of students who have demonstrated excellent reading skills, and the performances, now in their fifth year,...
Glasgow's Cathryn Sugg is teaching a paint-and-take style workshop at Wheatgrass Arts & Gallery March 6 from 2-4 p.m. The workshop, a variation on classes offered by Sugg for several years running in the area, is open to kids ages 1-16 accompanied by an adult, with youth/adult pairs working collaboratively. Sugg says she will be focusing on a combination of, "art material play 'loose style' and careful rendering 'tighter style,' which seeks to teach some basic skills, letting kids experiment,...
As has been widely reported, Wolf Point’s Maci Lilley was found late Sunday morning by Roosevelt County Undersheriff Corey Reum. The 4-year old girl was kidnapped from a playground near her home on Friday night, prompting a statewide Amber Alert and coordinated search efforts involving local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. According to Roosevelt County Sheriff Jason Fredrick, “Countless civilian volunteers” also contributed to the search. According to the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office, Lilley was found at approxi...
Carlos Valle (pronounced VIE-yay) had been planning on a little downtime this winter, but his clients just won't leave him alone. The photographer regularly balances what must amount to one of the longest cross-country commutes (though Andrew McKean might have him beat) with family commitments here in Glasgow. To give you an idea, here's how Valle described some of his travels in a recent email to the Courier: "The year started with a bang and I shot out of Montana. I photographed a swim...
The Glasgow Tourism Business Improvement District is launching a "Selfie Circle Spots" social media campaign. TBID's Tami Burke explains the goal as an effort to, "showcase our assets in Glasgow and Fort Peck, increasing our social media presence by inviting people to take a selfie and share it on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter by using #glasgowmt or #ftpeckmt." You can join in at the Children's Museum, the Valley Event Center, Pioneer Museum, Wokal Field, Glasgow High School, Busted Knuckle...
Gubernatorial candidate Greg Gianforte visited Glasgow and Malta on Feb. 10 to speak to supporters and members of the public. The stops were part of the candidate's Regulation Roundup tour, which will include 41 cities throughout the state. He pointed out that he has visited Glasgow eight times in the past six months. At Farm Equipment Sales in Glasgow, Gianforte addressed a small crowd and discussed the necessity of bringing good jobs to both the state and the region. The candidate also took...
Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital hosted the 12th Sara Bell Memorial Nursing Conference at the Cottonwood Feb. 11-12. The conference was organized by FMDH Director of Nursing Brenda Koessl to honor Dr. Gordon Bell's wife Sara Bell, who passed away several years ago from inflammatory breast cancer. According to Koessl, "We had extra slots open on day two of the conference so I invited the Glasgow high school science teacher and 11 of his students to attend." She added, "One high school science...
In early January, Tanja Fransen from the National Weather Service attended the 96th Annual American Meteorological Society meeting in New Orleans, La. While there, she presented a poster highlighting the public health impacts in NE Montana from our wildfire smoke events last summer. She also spoke to students about the importance of an integrated warning team between the NWS and its partners and then led two exercises with approximately 100 students who were able to learn from operational...
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services has received a gift of $3.2 million from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to implement a three-year Cardiac Ready Communities initiative in Montana. Valley County Health Department Director Connie Boreson encourages area residents to attend a preparedness meeting in Glasgow on Feb. 17 to learn more about the program and possibilities for local participation. In collaboration with stakeholders including EMS services, hospitals, community leaders and the public, this...
I wasn’t planning on writing about the Super Bowl. It seems to me that Virgil Vaupel covered the subject pretty well last week, and anyway, the game sort of speaks for itself. However, the entertainments transcended the competition so profoundly that I was moved to take up the pom poms. Messages of inclusion and togetherness infused Lady Gaga’s rendition of the national anthem, and the weird assemblage of Coldplay, Bruno Mars and Beyoncé proved to be much more than the sum of their parts (mainly thanks to Queen Bey). Think about it. This year’s...
D.K. Holm is on hiatus this week, so I'm taking a whack at standing in for the great man with a condensed version of his usual offerings. Valley Cinemas has sunk to new lows with the romcom How to Be Single. I'd tell you all about it, but they didn't screen it for critics (hint: that's a bad sign). I can tell you that it's about a woman searching for love in NYC and is based on a debut novel by Liz Tuccillo, who is known primarily for writing/directing bits of Sex and the City (strike two!). Kung Fu Panda is being held over for the...
There are performances in big cities that would be tickled with the turnout enjoyed by Pack 898 at the St. Raphael's Parish Center gymnasium last Thursday night. The mood was relaxed, but attendees (the adult variety) numbered well over 100 at this year's Pinewood Derby event. Non-scout kids milled around the racecourse and cheered along with parents, other scouts, and scouting-affiliated helpers. In the bleachers, Glasgow's Ann Kulczyk and Jimmy Freuh were among those looking forward to "open c...
The Feb. 1 meeting of the Glasgow City Council was a mixture of good news and bad. In the latter category, the council announced that hoped-for resiliency grant monies from the federal government in the amount of $18.1 million were awarded to other areas of the country thought to be in greater need. Many of the recipients were cities with larger populations and areas currently suffering critical damage to key infrastructure. Following on the heels of grant disbursements totaling nearly $700,000,...
Nashua School art and creative writing teacher Tess Fahlgren is broadening her educational scope to include Glasgow with a new private class covering the fundamentals of basic drawing. Fahlgren graduated from UM in the spring and is in her first year of teaching now. The course will take place Thursdays in February at Wheatgrass Arts and Gallery downtown. Prospective students are encouraged to sign up at the gallery or just show up Thursday night at 6 p.m. Limited drawing supplies will be...
Glasgow's Kirk Boyer was added to the Glasgow Fire Department on a probationary status (6 months) at the Jan. 19 city council meeting. Also attended to were the payment of claims in the amount of $55,488.39 and the abandonment of a portion of an alley between property owned by Newton Motors, Inc., and Farm Equipment, Inc., along Hwy 2. The council also approved the city's fingerprints and criminal background investigations policy manual. Following the meeting, Public Works Director Robert H....
The Glasgow High School Educational Trust announced Jan. 25 that Beth Goldberg Knodel has been elected to the organization’s Board of Trustees. According to a press release, she brings an extensive background in bookkeeping and a long history of community service to the board. The trust was established by members of the GHS Class of 1938 in 1964 with a mission to assist GHS alumni with the financial costs of post-secondary education. To date, the trust has awarded 2,079 financial gifts to hundreds of different GHS alumni. The total value of the...
As of Jan. 20, Bozeman businessman and high tech entrepreneur Greg Gianforte is officially running for Governor of Montana. Gianforte spoke in Billings, before kicking off a 2-day statewide tour announcing his decision. He first filed exploratory paperwork last August. In his most recent fundraising report, Gianforte outraised the incumbent governor by more than 40 percent. Gianforte is no stranger in Glasgow. In June of 2015, Greg and his wife Susan gave a talk to members of the press and area...
The Nashua Lucky Clover Club is one of the oldest branches of 4-H in the state. Chartered in 1954, the club has been a consistent contributor to community causes throughout its history. According to Clover alum Joe Laumeyer, there was talk of calling it quits this year. Thankfully, members of the Laumeyer family (Caden, Taylor and Trace) teamed up with Adi Elverud and Chloe and Sophia Koessl to keep the group alive. The Clovers may be small in number, but rumor has it that a family of Hoosiers...
The City of Glasgow is currently overseeing the distribution of $697,044.63 in grants raised beginning in 2014. A little less than half the total amount ($333,167) is designated for use by a new drug court. According to Mayor Becky Erickson, “This court will be operating by the end of this month. It is an exciting time for implementation, as the Drug Court Committee has been planning and training for two years to see this court come to fruition.” Other significant beneficiaries of grant monies include $223,482 for personnel (Misdemeanor Pro...
The Glasgow City Council met for a brief, post-holiday session in council chambers on Jan. 4. Among the agenda items addressed were the approval of two Dry Prairie Rural Water easments. Both are located along Skylark Road (from Roy Jimison's property to land leased by the city from Sunnyside Golf & Country Club). The easements will grant Dry Prairie's contractor a corridor to maintain and repair 3,500 feet of water line serving Valley County residents. Also approved was the hiring of Glasgow...
According to a study released by ConsumerAffairs.com analyzing FBI date, the City of Glasgow is among the safest cities in nation as of 2014. And it continues get safer. The company analyzed FBI and Census Bureau data to create an interactive map displaying the safest cities in the U.S., and Glasgow is ranked number one in Montana for greatest drop in burglary rate. Glasgow Police Chief Bruce Barstad told the Courier, “It [burglary] used to be bad, but we cracked down hard and it started dropping.” The FBI’s annual report Crime in the Unite...
The Bureau of Land Management issued a proposed decision on Dec. 28 approving the removal of interior fencing for the purpose of year-round bison grazing at the American Prairie Reserve's Flat Creek Allotment in Phillips County. The practice has been described as "experimental" in internal BLM documents as recently as 2008. BLM cites APR's "proven track record on both Box Elder and Telegraph Creek Allotments" as justification for the decision. Accompanying BLM documentation asserts, "Removal of...
