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Valley County Sheriff Vernon Buerkle told the Courier that area residents and businesses have reported that a telephone scam related to tax season is making the rounds. Please don’t share personal information without confirming the identity of any caller claiming to represent the IRS or any out-of-state tax preparation organizations. Sheriff Buerkle also confirmed one DUI arrest over the weekend. Jay Witkowski’s sentencing hearing for aggravated kidnapping charges has been moved to Feb. 20, in Valley County District Court. Todd Young has added...
Save the date and plan to attend the second annual conservation fundraising dinner hosted by the Hi-Line Sportsmen on Saturday evening, Feb. 24, at Glasgow’s St. Raphael’s Parish Center gymnasium. Tickets for the banquet are limited in number and are available from more than a dozen members of the local chapter committee. Deadline to purchase early-bird tickets—which include a chance to win two tickets to the John Michael Montgomery concert at this summer’s NE Montana Fair—is Monday, Feb. 12. Doors open on Feb. 24 at 4:30 p.m. for drinks and ga...
Pam L. Veis and Andy Meyers are re-teaming for a reading theatre production of The Duck Variations on Friday, Feb. 9, at the Valley County Pioneer Museum and on Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Cottonwood Inn. The show will start at 7 p.m. both nights. Tickets for Friday’s show are $15 while tickets for Saturday’s show are $25, which also includes light hors d’oeuvres. Written by American playwright David Mamet, The Duck Variations examines the relationship between two elderly friends who meet on a lakeside bench to observe and discuss ducks. That...
The Glasgow City-County Library hosted their first story time of the month at Valley View Home on Feb. 1. Residents and children alike had a great time interacting with one another through songs and dances, led by children's librarian Karen Anderson, and listened to two stories by librarian Trish Collins that had a balloon theme. Special guest to story time was Dillion Godwin, who made balloon flowers, dogs, hats and swords for those in attendance. Children had a great time seeing loose...
The impression I want to relay about candidate for Valley County Clerk and Recorder Ruth Dowell is one of competency and attention to detail. Weekly, I find myself speaking to our sitting county commissioners about county business and meeting agendas, always with Dowell present in her current role as the commissioners' administrative assistant. The conversations, always collegial, can cause a crook in my neck as I glance back repeatedly to Dowell's desk in council chambers for confirmation on...
Valley County Montana State University (MSU) Extension agent Shelly Mills was awarded the Anne Wiprud Memorial Award during the MSU annual conference in Bozeman, Oct. 23-27. The Anne Wiprud Memorial Award recognizes a MSU Extension professional with fewer than 10 years of experience for their outstanding achievement. In order to receive the award, colleagues need to nominate a peer and then all applications go through a review process. All agents in Montana from all program areas were eligible...
I applied for a permit to have my NE MT Pet Rescue at my residence in the City of Glasgow. I was already active and decided that since I helped out with the ordinance for this, I should abide. The open City Council meeting was Jan. 2, 2018. (Meeting minutes are public if you would like to read them.) My voice failed my rescue. I couldn’t utter the words that I had in my heart. I just sat there and listened, barely comprehending what I was hearing statements like, “Your heart is in the right place, but you do not belong in town, not in our neigh...
I cannot for the life of me figure out why everyone is freaking out over Ram’s use of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Speech in their Super Bowl Ad. For one the Ad had a good message. Two it followed a long line of nostalgia driven ads by Ram aimed at firing people up today using nostalgic motivation. And lastly the message was a good thing, and whether your selling a brand, or garnering support for a cause the message still matters. The ad uses a sermon given by Dr. King exactly 50 years to the day earlier. So, on February 4th, 1968, those same wor...
There are many issues in the country to be addressed. Whether your issue is healthcare, climate change, education, or any others, chances are the root problem is the disproportional influence of money in our political system. This stems from the Supreme Court decisions of Buckley v Valeo and Citizen's United v FEC. These two rulings by the court have opened up the floodgates for corporate money to buy our politicians. And this is not a partisan issue. An overwhelming majority of the country reject the current system and have expressed the need...
Do you remember when you were 20? Of course, what a stupid question as most of us like to remember those “good old days.” I know that we all have a tendency to exaggerate our hardships, like walking to school x number of miles and probably in the snow, packing a lunch while you were at it. Actually, today my thoughts on remembering are not on the inconveniences we had, [but] rather the lack of some of the irritating and annoying things that we endure today. Those little things like turning on the radio or TV, remember very little TV back the...
We hear a lot right now about our collective societal need to find common ground. This place sounds so mystical and alludes us as our citizenry grows further apart. The state of our society today is divided, to be sure. Some say we are more divided than ever as a nation and research attempts to confirm that sentiment. A Pew Research Center study from the end of 2017 shows that since the mid-1990s, political divides have more than doubled, from 15 percent to 36 percent based on ten key measures. I must believe that in our American history, divid...
After visiting with a friend awhile ago, I was thinking about our conversation. We had talked about many topics, one of them being ripples. I was reminded of high school age students in a Sunday School class I’d taught some years ago. At the time, the students I was working with asked if they could write a church service. Since it happened to be the season of Lent, I felt it would be a great learning opportunity. So I set down some basic rules for them. The night of the service, they brought out a large old galvanized wash tub. One by one t...
To Gwen Cornwell. Love your article on skating! I grew up in Nashua where the rink was across the road and behind the CONOCO gas station. They gave us old tires to burn and we kept warm all winter by the heat of those tires AND none of us died! Thanks for the memories!...
Effective Feb. 1, the Valley County Pioneer Museum will be open Tuesday – Friday; 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. through April 30. THURSDAY – FEB. 08 9:30 a.m. - The Nashua Community is invited to the Ladies’ Coffee Hour every Thursday at the Nashua Senior Center. 3 p.m. - Valley County Transit Board meeting at the Valley County Transit Office. Use the back door/east entrance. 4 p.m. - Vote Yes Valley View Home Meeting at Lustre Christian High School. 6:30 p.m. - Vote Yes Valley View Home Meeting at American Legion Hall in Hinsdale. FRIDAY – FEB. 09 12 noo...
Rosalie Marie Palazzo went peacefully surrounded by loved ones to be with our Lord on Friday, Feb 2, 2018, at the age of 86. She was born on March 12, 1931, in Bronx, N.Y. She was the youngest child of Anthony and Carmella DeCarlo. Since the day she was born, Rosalie was a vibrant and genuine soul. Growing up, she loved to dance. Throughout her childhood and teenage years, she danced alongside her brother, Peter, in numerous recitals and performances. She met the love of her life, Lawrence Palaz...
Theodore "Ted" Gerhardt Urban, as he wrote, "took that long journey never to return" under the loving care of the staff at Daniels Memorial Healthcare Center on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. At the age of 86, he died peacefully. A service will be held Saturday, Feb. 10, at 1 p.m., at the Opheim Community Church with burial per Ted's explicit instructions to follow. Ted, as most people knew him, was born Sept. 12, 1931, to Alfred and Agnes (Stannebein) Urban, on the farm his parents homesteaded just...
Yvonne "Tillie" Cox-Hopkins, 86, our beautiful and loving mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, at Faith Lutheran Home in Wolf Point, Mont. Visitation will be Friday, Feb. 9, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Bell Chapel. Services will be Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Frazer Community Hall with a viewing at 11 a.m., and the service beginning at 1 p.m. She was born July 24, 1931, to Joseph and Julia (Grandchamp) Cox at home in Frazer, Mont. She attended school in...
James "Jim" Henry Lipscomb, age 72, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, at Advanced Care Hospital in Billings, Montana, with his wife Margaret "Margie" by his side. He did not want others to be inconvenienced in any way. True to his nature, he requested that there be no funeral services held. In respect of his wishes, his memory and life will be commemorated in a private family gathering. He was born and raised in Glasgow, Montana, and it was there that he met Margie (Thornton)...
Lona B. (Hanson) Highfill, 87, of St. Marie, Mont., passed away Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow. She was born on April 16, 1930, growing up in the south bay area of Los Angeles, Calif. She moved to St. Marie in 1994, always loving Montana. She did things her way and was very well liked and respected. She lived a full live and had five husbands, Ray Watson, Fred Karr, Barney Barnes, Carl Rogers and Paul Highfill. She is preceded in death by her husband, Paul...
Teresa (Watson) Lenart, 61, passed away Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, in Dallas, Texas. She was born on July 4th, 1956, in Texas, and lived most of her life there, until moving to St. Marie in 2004. She eventually made her way to Glasgow, where she was a casino manager at Aces and Eights, and then went back to school to become a counselor. Upon graduation, she started working for Eastern Montana Community Mental Health, and helped lots of people who crossed paths with her. In 2017, she moved back to...
Glasgow's 2018 wrestling squad is on its way to the state tournament in Billings, and they plan on returning with hardware. Head coach Jory Casterline is pleased with the Scotties' performance at the divisional tournament in Baker Feb. 3, where they captured the team title and crowned two individual champs. But, he said, "We want more." Glasgow is sending 12 hungry competitors to the state competition, which will be held Feb. 9 and 10, at the MetraPark. "We had a great weekend (in Baker),"...
10U Game #1 – Feb. 2 Sidney 12, Glasgow 0 Period 1 Goals: 0 Penalties: E. Kolstad, two minutes, roughing; M. Knodel, two minutes, hooking. Period 2 Goals: 0 Penalties: 0 Period 3 Goals: 0 Penalties: 0 In the net: K. Moore, 42 saves. Game #2 – Feb. 3 Watford City 5, Glasgow 3 Period 1 Goals: 0 Penalties: 0 Period 2 Goals: K. Kaiser assisted by K. Schmidt; M. Knodel assisted by K. Schmidt. Penalties: H. Moon, two minutes, roughing; E. Kolstad, two minutes, tripping. Period 3 Goals: K. Schmidt, una...
Pre-Pony Rumble 2-3-18 (Havre) Tot 40A - Anders Aune's place is 4th and has scored 5 team points: Round 1 - Claire Buck (Chinook) won by decision over Aune (Dec 4-3); Round 2 - Aune won by fall over Kace Scheele (Havre) (Fall 1:30); Round 3 - Ryker Pedersen (Glasgow) won by fall over Aune (Fall 1:00); Round 5 - John Caven (Havre) won by fall over Aune (Fall 0:55). Tot 40A - Ryker Pedersen's place is 3rd and has scored 9 team points: Round 2 - Claire Buck (Chinook) won by fall over Pedersen...
2-03-18 Scobey 51, Glasgow 33 (Girls) Scobey 10 18 6 17 – 51 Glasgow 7 9 8 9 – 33 Scobey: E. Linder 16, T. Hallock 4, G. Lekvold 16, J. Cahill 1, S. Danelson 3, K. Nelson 6, A. Boze 5. Three-point field goals: G. Lekvold 1, S. Danelson 1. Glasgow: A. Peters 4, T. Campbell 3, K. Fossum 2, A. Myrick 10, T. Pederson 6, Z. Chamberlain 6, R. Glaser 2. Three-point field goals: A. Myrick 2. Fouled out: D. Aune. Scobey 64, Glasgow 36 (Boys) Scobey 22 8 15 19 – 64 Glasgow 4 8 11 13 – 36 Scobey: P. Crom...
