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On Saturday, Feb 6, the Nashua Por-Q-Bots team competed in the State's First Lego League Championship in Bozeman. There the team was judged in four different categories: Robot Game, Robot Design, Core Values and Project. In the Robot Game portion, the kids have 2.5 minutes to complete as many missions as they can on a game board, and they take the best score out of 3 rounds. For the other three categories, the students go to judging all by themselves, no coaches are allowed to go with them. They...
Jim Uphaus, left, and Bob Walden, right, along with man's best friend, lead 110 head of Uphaus' cattle to the Glasgow Stockyards Tuesday morning. Keeping an eye on things from behind were (L-R) Josey Uphaus, Cal Shipp, and Bill Murch. After growing up and working cattle on his folks' ranch, Uphaus has been running his own herd for approximately 30 years.... Full story
Bushnell has recognized Andrew McKean with the 2016 Bill McRae Lifetime Achievement Award. The Bill McRae Lifetime Achievement Award was established by Bushnell to honor the legendary writer and photojournalist for the vast contributions he made to the optics and outdoor industry throughout his 50-year career. Introduced in 2011, the annual award was created to recognize McRae and the journalists who have made a profound impact in the industry. As Editor-in-Chief of Outdoor Life, and the leader...
Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) is joining forces on the Senate floor with Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) in efforts to improve the federal circuit court system as a whole and expedite the justice process for the people within the overburdened Ninth Circuit. An excerpt of Daines’ remarks from the presentation are below: “At 64.4 million people served, the current Ninth Circuit is the largest circuit by population, as well as the largest land area. It includes Montana and Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, California, and Hawaii – not... Full story
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...
The Glasgow School Board held a meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 3 for a board work session, and to address an agenda item from a previous meeting held Jan. 20. The meeting began with discussion of language arts curriculums presented to Superintendent Bob Connors and the Trustees. Three different programs had been presented for consideration: ReadyGen, Journeys and Wonders. At the Jan. 20 meeting, support was overwhelmingly for the Journeys curriculum. A recommendation was not made at that time by Supt. Connors because the trustees and himself had no...
The picture in the Feb. 3 issue of the Glasgow Courier triggers some additional memories concerning the early day sheep and wool industry. Many of our Western states, including Montana, grew and prospered because of sheep. If you sit down with area history books you will find that many of our early day residents, as well as present day cattle ranchers, got their start with sheep. We may have a few local residents who can remember how wool was transported before grain trucks and semis were on the scene. Wool was an important source of income...
This week, at my request, the Glasgow Courier is honoring Chinook’s Jesse Dannels as Athlete of the Week. Jesse was killed in a motor vehicle accident on Sunday. As many of you know, when your child is involved in sports for any length of time, that sport and its participants become family. Jesse had a huge family. He was a Sugarbeeter, participating in multiple sports. In Glasgow, our student athletes knew him from swimming and wrestling. At the divisional wrestling meet in Big Sandy last weekend, Jesse placed second in his weight class and w... Full story
There are thousands of rules, regulations and laws that supposedly control guns in the United States. We do not need MORE laws. We simply need to enforce the ones already on the books, leaving the stupid laws and keeping the ones that actually make sense. Here’s some personal data from my life that maybe will shed some light on a couple gun laws. It will shed some new light for a few of the newer listeners of Thanks for Listening who are not privy to my past altercations with the law. I wrote some hot checks for which I paid with three years o...
Along with others, I attended a rally on Feb. 1 in Missoula protesting the bringing of un-vetted refugees to Montana. I intended to write a letter to the editor but after reading this article by Leo Hohmann (a writer for wnd.com), it occurred to me that it might work better. Mr. Walling has agreed to play along by running the following excerpt. To read the article in full, visit mobile.wnd.com/2016/01/plan-to-infuse-small-towns-with-muslim-migrants-meets-resistance/#ORBH2vu6xGHY0FIU.99. – Dave Pippin, Glasgow “Rural folks in Montana are pus...
Many of us applaud the Courier for the fine publicity given to the art scene in Glasgow. It is a pleasure to bring out of town guests for a cup of coffee at the Loaded Toad and then proceed through the building to view Sean Heavey’s fine photos of the Montana scene and on to the Wheatgrass Gallery to see what local artists and craft persons have to offer. With more empty spaces being available in our downtown area I wonder what might occupy them? Maybe an antique store? It is sad to see empty store fronts but some towns have revitalized main s...
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...
Whenever someone tells me that the most beautiful part of Montana is the Western side of the state, I’ve countered with “Well, the West does have lovely mountains, but in the East we have the most gorgeous skies.” Skies that go on for miles and miles; beautiful horizons whose presence engulfs and enfolds. I think about these vast miles, feel them more potently than ever before, while I drive across the Northeast for my work with the Office of Public Instruction. Lately my work takes me to all the communities on the Fort Peck Reservation; back...
Andy Meyers, known to many in Valley County as the artistic director for the Fort Peck Summer Theatre, is now also known as Best Director of a Musical, taking home the accolade in the 2015 BroadwayWorld Phoenix Awards. About the award, Meyers said he feels, "Great! It's kind of a funny award, being peer voted." He described his award-winning show, The King and I, as "the little engine that could," noting that much of the production was new, from designers to his experience with the material. He...
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...
Girls Georgie Kulczyk / The Courier The Nashua Porcupines hosted the Glasgow Scotties on Thursday night with two JV games and two varsity games. The bleachers held a respectable number of fans for both teams, which is one benefit of the proximity of the communities. Squaring off for the jump-ball were Scottie junior Leinie Hughes and senior Porcupine Tasha Chamberlain. Glasgow gained possession of the ball and Khloe Krumwiede claimed the first 2-point basket of the game. The Lady Scotties...
Moccasin Square Garden in Poplar was full of activity during the divisional B/C wrestling tournament on Saturday. Ten teams were represented by the best in their division and four from each weight class advanced to compete at the state tournament in Billings. Glasgow finished fifth overall with 87 points – just after Baker (88) and just ahead of Forsyth (86). Claiming the top spot on the podium in their classes for the Scotties were Gabe Hallock (103) with a pin against Baker's Dalton Lecoe, a...
The U19 Lady Ice Dawgs finished their regular season with a shut-out against the Williston Coyotes on Saturday. Most of the action during the game was on the half of the ice the Coyotes were tending. The puck didn't make it in the vicinity of senior goalie Autumn Gault very often. When it did, she denied the goal without effort. In the first period of the game, Glasgow scored four goals. With her first of four game goals, Kennedy Schmidt sent the first puck between the pipes with an assist from...
These two pictures show the great ball handling of North Country senior Tatum Moore during the Friday night game in Scobey. In the left photo, Moore is shown giving her opponent a head fake to the left. In the photo below, she is shown as she takes the ball to the right, around the defender and to the bucket for an easy deuce. Moore ended the night with 18 points which included 11 of 14 from the charity stripe as the Lady Mavericks kept their perfect conference record intact with a win over the... Full story
The Valley Event Center will be hosting two Junior League hockey games this coming weekend for your entertainment. Brought to you by the Hi-Line Youth Hockey Board of Directors, the Gillette Wild and the Glacier Nationals will be lighting up the scoreboard in two separate games. The first game will be held Saturday night at 7:30 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. On Valentine's Day Sunday, you can catch the second game of the weekend at 3 p.m. - doors will open at 2:30 p.m. The beer garden will be open for both games as well. On the...
William F. Arvin, 89, of Havre, Mont., passed away in his home on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, 18 days before his 90th birthday. He was born on Feb. 17, 1926, to William Arvin, Sr. and Eva Ree (Sisson) Arvin in Kansas City, Miss., their oldest child, later joined by one sister, Mary Ellen. The family lived in Missouri until he was 9 years old, then they moved to Billings, Mont., because of the depression. His father's brother had a dairy farm there. His father and family worked there many years whil... Full story
CE run 02-10-16 Calendar of Events MONDAYS JAN. 25 – APRIL 11 7-8 p.m. - GriefShare weekly seminar and support group to help you rebuild your life to give help and encouragement after the death of a loved one at the Glasgow Evangelical Church, 152 Aberdeen St. in Glasgow. There is no charge to attend and materials are provided. For more info, email HYPERLINK "mailto:[email protected]"[email protected] or call 228-2755. MONDAYS FEB. 1 through APRIL 11 7-8 p.m. - GriefShare weekly seminar and support group designed to help you rebuild y... Full story
