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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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A crowd large enough to fill a court room showed up on New Year's Eve to welcome the newcomers and to say goodbye to those going out of Valley County Office. David Pippin stepped down as County Commissioner and Paul Tweten took over the seat. The other newcomer is Christine Hillman who is now officially sworn in as the justice of the peace. Pippin retired after two terms of service, or 12 years. David Reinhardt will be taking over the chair position this year during his third term as a...
January • Has Glasgow really been sucked into some vortex that's dropped the temperatures below zero? The easy answer is no. Tanja Fransen, warning coordination meteorologist at National Weather Service Glasgow, explains that this is actually a low pressure system that came down from the North Pole and brought cold weather with it. The Arctic cold front pushed down farther south than usual, which brought colder than average temperatures to much of the nation. • Resigning one city council sea...
HELENA -- Some lucky legislators made their way to Helena before the snowstorm hit last weekend. The 64th Montana Legislature opened for session on Monday, Jan. 5. Most senators and representatives could be seen moving into their offices or chatting with fellow comrades around the state capitol Monday. New representatives were sworn into office around noon. Sen. John Brenden of Scobey had a few minutes to chat with The Courier. He explained that he was lucky to make it into Helena on Friday befo...
Trying to peg down how the upcoming year for the ag industry will go is not an easy task. Some predictions will never be fully made, such as weather disasters or an outbreak of disease that will take a toll on crops and livestock. Knowing some numbers, though, on the local, national and global scale can help farmers predict the upcoming year in the market. Ryan Fast, who chairs the Trends in Ag seminar this year for the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture, explained that the board always tries to line up people that will be able to give...
The New Year came with a lot of snow and cold temperatures. The National Weather Service in Glasgow reported that 6.7 inches of snow fell on Monday, Jan. 5. On top of the snowfall from Friday and Saturday, the snowfall added up to over 11 inches in the month of January as of Tuesday morning. The good news is that the snowfall will slow down and not a whole lot of accumulation is expected in the upcoming week. Some areas may see about another inch at most. What followed the snow was a bitter blast of cold. Temperature fell below zero over the we...
The music world has lost a true legend with the passing of Little Jimmy Dickens. No one promoted the Grand Ole Opry and country music any more than the diminutive Dickens. During the early 1960s, the KRNT Theatre in Des Moines, Iowa, hosted a country music show the first Sunday of every month from September through May. My mother loved hearing Dickens sing, so when I saw that Dickens was on the schedule, I immediately purchased tickets for us. When he came out on the stage, my mother was completely mesmerized. Afterwards she told me that day...
How many of you remember Howell and Ellen Davies? When I first became acquainted with them, they lived in the North Country and worked for the Ruffcorn Ranch. I remember the first time I was at their home – you got your drink of water from a dipper in a water bucket. Wow, that impressed me. Well, I was pretty young and we didn’t worry about germs much. The thing that most will remember about Howell Davies was his magic entertainment. He loved to do magic shows any place there might be an audience. I think he might have entertained at the Nor...
Does anyone see the hypocrisy in that headline? Is it oxymoronically incorrect? Wouldn't that be sorta like giving a convicted burglar a set of burglar tools upon his release from the joint? Or an arsonist a box of matches? Or how about issuing a “Slim Jim” to every person who has been in trouble for stealing cars? (For those of you who have led a sheltered life, a Slim Jim is a flat, flexible tool with a hook on the end used for opening locked cars without benefit of ownership or keys.) Also, I suggest giving every yegg (safecracker in 192...
Esther Elsie (Wagner) Enkerud, 83, passed away from natural causes on Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, at the Hi-Line Retirement Center in Malta, Mont. She was born at home in Brockway, Mont., on Oct. 27, 1931, the third child, and the second daughter to Rueben and Elsie (Strobel) Wagner. She graduated from Circle High School in May 1949. Always wanting to be a nurse, she pursued her dream by riding the bus from Circle to Glendive and then boarding a train to Bozeman and enrolling at Montana State College....
Mary Ernestine (Vandall) Anderson, (Wa WoGiya Wiya), was born Dec. 31, 1934, to Edwin and Ernestine Vandall in Wolf Point, Mont. The children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews were very fortunate to have had Grandma Mary a part of their lives. She went home to the Lord on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, which also marked her 80th birthday, giving true meaning to the saying, "Angels danced the day you were born." She began working at the very young age of 14 as a waitress for the...
Patricia Elizabeth (Tisdale) Gregory, 94, died on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, in St. John’s Lutheran Home in Billings, Mont. She was born Oct. 9, 1920, in Grand Forks, N.D., to Dr. Harry and Jesse Tisdale, of Scots/Irish and Shetland Islander descent. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Dakota at age 20, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She then moved to Chicago to earn an MBA at Northwestern University. While working as the first female buyer at Marshall Fields, she met and married David Gregory, MD, and t...
Vernon Anderson, 71, of Glasgow, Mont., died of cancer in Billings on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015. There will be a memorial service Friday, Jan. 9, at 1 p.m., at Bell Mortuary in Glasgow, followed by a reception at the Oasis. He was born Jan. 18, 1943, in Great Falls, the second of five sons born to Chester and Anne (Simpson) Anderson of Glasgow. He graduated from Glasgow High School in 1960, then attended college in Bozeman with a degree in engineering. He moved to Ridgecrest, Calif., where he was employed by the Naval Weapons Center and helped...
Kiyoe Louise (Kotaki) Mapps, 80, of Crawfordsville, Ind., died peacefully on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, in hospice care while surrounded by loving family. A private burial will be held in Montana with interment in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. She was born in Glasgow, Mont., to Lottie and Art Kotaki, and graduated from Montana State College in Bozeman. She worked as a medical technologist in Oregon, Illinois and Indiana. She and her husband, Howard, met in a Civic Theater production in Fort Wayne, Ind., and were married in Geneva, Ill. Their...
The New Year feels good for the wrestling Scotties. Last week the team placed eighth in the state Class B/C power rankings with five wrestlers cracking the top 10 in their weight class – and last night they wrestled like they belong there. Glasgow took care of Glendive, 54-21, in a dual at the GHS gym, their first action since before the holidays. “You know, we wrestled tough,” coach Jory Casterline told The Courier after the dual. “During Christmas break, they beat each other up in that practice room, and I think they looked forward to comi...
The 2014 football season for the Glasgow Scotties was memorable and made a lasting impression on many both in and outside the community even though the team may have fallen short of the goals and expectations for the players, coaches and community. That being said, the Scottie football team officially concluded the 2014 season with their annual football banquet prior to the Christmas break. As head coach, I spoke about a letter received from a playoff opponent family in addition to a number of a...
The question right about now for the Glasgow Scotties basketball teams is if they are 2B or not 2B. More answers start coming this weekend. The first of two four-game stretches against District 2B competition this season begins Friday for the boys, ranked No. 4 by MaxPreps in Montana Class B, and a girls team getting a fresh start in conference play. The district games will unfold over eight days – Friday, Jan. 9, to Saturday, Jan. 17. First up: this Friday at Harlem and Saturday against v...
The Ice Dawgs Squirts played in a four-game festival last weekend in Havre. Facing Kalispell and remembering their loss to the same team last year at State, the Dawgs came out strong and fast in the first period. Colter Barnett started the scoring right away. Kalispell answered but the Dawgs stayed strong. Aidin Wilkowski added one followed by goals from Lex Fairclough, Trevor Dulaney and another by Barnett to finish a strong first period. Scoring was even for the teams in the third period with...
The final results are in at Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Havre check station for the 2014 hunting season. Overall, hunter numbers and big-game harvest were down. “In general, big game harvest was slower this year,” said Havre-area wildlife biologist Scott Hemmer. “This is likely due in part to the elimination of all Region 6 deer B licenses and buck-only harvest on the A-tag for mule deer. The weather this year also may have affected harvest. It was unseasonably warm at the beginning of the season, which may have reduced game sight...
Marc Kloker has been appointed as the Region 6 information and education program manager for Montana of Fish, Wildlife & Parks. He will be based out of Glasgow, and replaces Ron Selden, who passed away unexpectedly in August. In addition, Ken Plourde has been appointed as the new FWP Region 6 upland game bird program habitat specialist. Kloker, 37, a longtime Valley County resident, comes to FWP from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, where he worked as a land use...