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The Glasgow School District school board is looking to receive input from the community in the form of a survey to determine if students should have an early out or late start and which day of the week would work best. The survey can be taken at the Glasgow School website at glasgow.k12.mt.us. Glasgow Schools is utilizing the professional learning communities (PLC) approach, which answers four basic questions what do we want each student to learn? How will we know when each student has learned it? How will we respond when a student experiences...
Editor’s note: New additions to the list of individuals filing for county office include Ruth Dowell for Clerk and Recorder and incumbent Christina Hillman for Justice of the Peace.The filing deadline for all open positions is March 12. Arlie Gordon has filed for the open county commissioner position, joining current county planner Renee Clampitt and Mike Carney in the race. I met with Gordon over a cup of coffee last week to learn a bit about him. With a throaty and deliberate tone, he began to divulge his story. Born in Wolf Point and r...
The 3rd Annual Skip Erickson Wildlife Safari scheduled for this Saturday, Jan. 27, has been canceled and will be rescheduled for late September. According to Haylie Shipp, the event is being reorganized, and more time is needed to finalize event details. This annual fundraiser effort helps support the future viability of the Skip Erickson Wildlife Exhibit and the Children’s Museum of Northeast Montana. For more information, call 406-228-9336....
Jay Witkowski faces a sentencing hearing related to his recent plea of guilty on an aggravated kidnapping charge. He will appear before Valley County District Court on Jan. 29 at 10:30 a.m. Valley County Sheriff Vernon Buerkle told the Courier that his office processed three individuals for violations of judgement over the weekend, following incidents at area drinking establishments. Valley County Commissioner Paul Tweten expects the commissioners to move forward with plans to establish a speed zone (limit) for portions of Airport Road and...
Those who have frequented Sam & Jeff’s since their opening on Jan. 12, will have noticed the beautiful table tops their drinks and good eats sit on while socializing with friends and family. Jerry Pinder, of Nashua, made those tops by hand for the establishment and that’s not his only skill. As the sole owner and member of Whatley Woodworks in Nashua, Pinder custom and hand-makes a variety of woodwork including cabinets, furniture, trims, handrails, doors, closets, the list goes on. The man of many talents has learned all of his skills and tra...
Tim Newton recently made a gift of $10,000 to the FMDH Foundation in memory of his wife, Karen Newton. This was a very generous surprise and will be added to the endowment account, where only the dividends and interest will be spent to further provide Valley County with the best medical equipment possible. The Foundation is extremely grateful for this wonderful gift and Tim and Karen's name will be added to the Foundation's Wagon Train Wall of Honor located by the Glasgow Clinic. Karen passed aw...
February's Wheatgrass Gallery Artist of the Month, Mary Kate Teske, has been quietly infiltrating the pages of the Courier with her photographs for over a year. Last week's issue featured two of her pictures prominently. It wasn't the first time. Nor is ours the only publication following the 24-year-old's work. Teske and her 1961 Dodge Lancer have graced the pages of The Billings Gazette, Last Best News, Folk Magazine and even the airwaves over at Yellowstone Public Radio. On Jan. 7, Teske was...
Nashua resident Crystal Nordwall is a proud mother of three daughters, Adrienne, Avery and Arabella, she's a hard worker and spends each day putting one foot in front of the other in the fight against addiction. Throughout her relatively short life, she has struggled with finding productive ways to handle difficult situations, which, by her own account, led her down to a pathway of addiction. Six years ago, Nordwall started struggling with alcohol, which eventually got her in trouble with the...
Montana’s disastrous flash drought of 2017 and the million-acre fire season have left many asking: What will the new year bring? And what about all this snow? Weather may be getting harder to predict, not easier. Last year, Montana’s weather proved that a big spring snowpack does not mean moisture down the road. “By May 1, we thought that things were in really good shape,” Michael Downey, water planner with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, told lawmakers Jan. 8. “Last winter was a really good winter.” Northeast M...
Montana has become the first state to establish net neutrality requirements for telecommunications providers who wish to maintain state contracts. Governor Steve Bullock signed the executive order Jan. 22, and with the stroke of a pen protected Montanans’ access to a free and open internet. Internet service providers will not be able to block or prioritize content or charge any customer in the state of Montana more for speediness if they wish to maintain or renew contracts with the state government. As the Governor said on Monday, “the sta...
Every once in a great while we meet a special person. That one person whom we want to know more about, someone who makes us shake our head at their stories, and who, as time goes on, comes to mind in times we are having difficulties in our own lives. So it’s been with me from time to time. One of the most interesting people l’ve known is a gentleman who lived next door to me and my family when I was growing up. He insisted my brother and I call him and his wife Grandpa and Grandma, which we did. I can’t call his first name to mind, but his l...
In case you were unaware, the U.S. Government shut down over the weekend, and almost nothing came of it. In what was more or less political theater in which Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was able to use words like “negotiating with Jell-O” to describe talks with President Trump, and everyone tried to brand a hashtag that more or less went #(insert name of responsible party)shutdown it was blandly uneventful and anti-climactic. In brief, Democrats caved under political fear, and Republicans promised to tackle DACA next month. The poi...
Do you remember saving all of the plastic sacks that your bread came in? Many of my parents’ generation, as well as mine always recycled those sacks. Waste not, want not. That expression must have come from depression days. Anyway your plastic sack was not thrown away when empty, but washed, dried and put away for reuse. I remember these sacks being rolled on an empty wax paper tube for storage. I must admit I still have some in my cupboard. If you were not a crust eater, this part of the bread was put in the oven or someplace to dry, saving f...
I want to respond to the article in the paper about the pet rescue (Glasgow City Council Denies Pet Rescue, Jan. 10, 2018). I live north of Glasgow on the Opheim highway in the summer, and a year ago someone, on a very hot day, dumped a big dog on the road. No water or food. The dog finally came into my yard. I fed and watered it for a month or so until I had to move to Billings for the winter. I couldn’t take the dog so I asked Cindy Ramsbacher if she could find a home for him. She took the dog and I don’t know what she did with him, but I’m...
The Valley County Pioneer Museum is closed through the end of January. THURSDAY – JAN. 25 9:30 a.m. - The Nashua Community is invited to the Ladies’ Coffee Hour every Thursday at the Nashua Senior Center. FRIDAY – JAN. 26 5 -7 p.m. - Monthly Steak Fry hosted by the Glasgow VFW. Everyone is welcome to this event. Enjoy a delicious steak dinner with all the fixings. SATURDAY – JAN. 27 10 a.m. Wills and Trusts Workshop presented by Dr. Marsha Goetting at the Valley County Courthouse. Please contact the Valley County Extension Office for more in...
Christina "Tina" Ellen (Mix) Marks, 88, died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, surrounded by family. She had been diagnosed with Leukemia two days earlier. Mom had been feeling tough for a while, but she resisted seeking medical help, as was her nature. She was born Nov. 16, 1929, to Mary Meharry Mix and Henry Earl Mix of Hinsdale, Mont. She completed high school in Hinsdale. On Dec. 29, 1948, she married the love of her life ,William Ernest "Bill"...
Donald "Don" Ray Bauer, age 83, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. Memorial service will be Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at 4 p.m. at Bell Chapel in Glasgow, with a luncheon following the service at the Cottonwood Inn. Private family inurnment will be the next day. He was born Jan. 8, 1934, in Glasgow to George and Anna (Pulaski) Bauer. He graduated from Glasgow High School and upon completion served in the military. Following military service, he attended the school of...
Delores (Bergtoll) Finley of Billings, Mont., passed away peacefully in her sleep in Mesa, Ariz., on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, at the age of 90. Per her request, there will be no service. She was born to Anna (Honrud) and Charles Bergtoll in Opheim, Mont., on May 24, 1927. She was born a farmer's daughter but grew up a city girl. After graduating from Opheim High School, she moved to Havre to attend Northern Montana College It was in Havre that she met Dell Finley at a dance and later married on...
Team Scores: 1 Glasgow 174.00 2 Malta 133.00 3 Shepherd 98.00 4 Circle 88.00 5 Chinook 71.00 6 Poplar 67.50 7 Ft.Benton/B. Sandy 64.00 8 Harlem 44.00 9 Wolf Point 39.50 10 Cut Bank 20.00 11 Hays 4.00 12 Frazer 3.00 103 – Dawson Boland - placed second (1-1) defeated Kaholo Toves (WPT) by Fall (3:33) then lost by pin (1:44) to Krayle Stormer (CIR). 113 – Alex Ost fell to Tanner Cook (SHP) (:58). 120 – Colten Fast – placed first (3-0) defeated Travis Pew by Fall (32); defeated Garrett Pruttis...
In what was their best game of the season so far, the Scotties faced the Mavericks in a non-conference game on Jan. 20, and finished with a 79-75 win in double overtime. It was Glasgow's annual superhero night, and the Scotties earned the win with super plays and heroic effort. The Mavericks were up 54-51 with just seconds remaining in the game. That's when Blaine Myrick squared up and drained a three-pointer to tie the game and send the contest into its first overtime. Both teams battled for...
Alex Fransen, a senior at Glasgow High School, has committed to play football for the Dickinson Blue Hawks. During his football career at GHS, Fransen has been recognized as an outstanding athlete time and time again. Those awards include the Steven Jimison Most Inspirational Player, the Norm Thompson Award for Homecoming MVP and the Dale Vegge Senior MVP Award. Following his sophomore year, Fransen was named All-Conference 2nd Team Defensive Lineman and All-Conference Offensive and Defensive...
(1-21-18) Game #1 Glasgow 6, Miles City 3 Period 1 Goals: Mayme Collins assisted by Kylie Lagerquist; Tatum Provencher assisted by Shanice Lagerquist; Klaire Krumwiede, unassisted. Penalties: Emma Cook, two minutes, body checking; Brooklyn Schmidt, two minutes hooking. Period 2 Goals: Tatum Provencher assisted by Ava Lloyd. Penalties: Shanice Lagerquist, two minutes, body checking; Emma Cook, two minutes, hooking; Brooklyn Schmidt, hooking. Period 3 Goals: Klaire Krumwiede assisted by Kylie...
