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The Children’s Museum of Northeast Montana and the Glasgow Area Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture were recipients of the fiscal year 2023 Eastern Montana Initiative Tourism Grant Award. The awards are effective Jan. 25, 2023, and both organizations were notified last week via a letter signed by Montana Governor Greg Gianforte. The Glasgow Area Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture was awarded $50,850 which will be used for a mobile office and sales trailer with an onboard generator. One of the ways the trailer will be utilized is to upgrade the e...
The UNITE's Arrive Alive Tour visited northeastern Montana high schools last week, with Glasgow High School being the first stop on Feb. 20, followed by Poplar High School, Plentywood High School, Medicine Lake School and Scobey High School. The tour was sponsored through a grant with the Montana Department of Transportation, Governor's Highway Safety Association and in partnership with Nemont, Independence Bank, Pro Coop and Daniels-Sheridan Federal Credit Union. Glasgow High School's Family,...
Michael Hoyer, center, accepts a $500 check for the Damon Heck Memorial Officiating Scholarship Feb. 25 during the MAHA State Hockey Tournament in Bozeman, Mont., from High School Commissioner Carin Barnett, left, and Pete Kamman, MAHA Executive Director, right. Hoyer earned the scholarship for his numerous hockey achievements. The Glasgow Ice Dawgs senior is in the top five percent of his class and plans on attending Montana Tech in Butte to study electrical engineering. He served as the...
The Glasgow City Council met for their regular council meeting on Feb. 21 in the Council Chambers. Regular business was voted on including payment of claims in the amount of $131,839.68; payment of Valley Court Apartment claims in the amount of $1,709.37 and approval of the Feb. 6 regular council meeting minutes. There was a huge crowd in the public sitting area of the council chambers as the Siding 45 Skatepark committee and supporters were in attendance to discuss working with the city in order to find a location for a future city skatepark....
As a part of his continued effort to lower costs for families and businesses, on Feb. 14, U.S. Senator Jon Tester called on the Biden Administration to fully reopen all ports of entry in Montana to pre-pandemic hours and terminate the vaccination requirements for Canadian truck drivers entering the United States through land ports of entry. Tester’s letter comes after meeting with Montana farmers and business owners who rely on trade and travel across the northern border via Ports like Raymond, Opheim, and Morgan. “Too often folks in Was...
Editor’s Note: This is part two of a five part series regarding e-cigarettes. The first part was printed in the Feb. 22 edition. According to the 2022 National Youth Tobacco Survey, more than 2.5 million students used e-cigarettes in the last 30 days, and more than a quarter of high school aged users report daily use. Given those concerning numbers, many teens may find themselves on the path to nicotine addiction. This article is geared toward parents, though educators and other influential adults can also use these resources to make a p...
How about the nickel candy bar? It is hard for me to believe what they do cost today. I am sure there are still a few of us around that remember going to the grocery store or maybe stopping at the local drug store for a treat for yourself. I remember my high school days when we would stop at the drug store after school for a bottle of Coke or Pepsi and a bag of salted peanuts. I do not remember for sure the cost, but I do remember asking my Dad for a quarter one day so that I could make the stop and I was told that he was sure there were some...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Deadline for calendar additions is Mondays at noon. Please email your event to [email protected] or submit in person at the Courier office, 531 2nd Ave. S., Glasgow. The Valley County Pioneer Museum is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. Nemont Manor has activities scheduled throughout the month for the entire community as well as the residents of Nemont Manor. If you would like a calendar, please contact 406-228-4306 or e-mail [email protected] and they will mail one to you. Events are also listed below. N...
The Glasgow High School Educational Trust recently awarded financial aid for the Spring 2023 semester to 14 GHS graduates attending trade school or college. These awards are in addition to the those given last fall to 12 students, 11 of whom received aid for both semesters of the 2022-2023 academic year. The Glasgow High School Educational Trust was established in 1964 by the GHS Class of 1938 to help GHS alumni achieve their post-secondary educational goals. Since its inception, hundreds of generous donors have built the corpus of the trust...
Deadlines have been set for this year’s grants and scholarship applications from the Valley County Community Foundation. The first is March 31 for grants, April 15 for the Feda Scholarship, June 15 for the Fuhrman Scholarship, and Sept. 30 for the Markle Scholarship. Applications, along with 2023 requirements, are found at www.valleycountycf.net. Over the years, VCCF has awarded $332,587 in grants, including eight last year that ranged from $10,000 to $1,200. Projects expected to be completed by Oct. 1, 2023, are eligible to apply. O...
Veteran service officers for the Montana Veterans Affairs will be visiting the following locations and times to meet with veterans who are interested in applying for benefits. If you are interested in applying for benefits, please bring a copy of your discharge paperwork (DD214) with you. Service officers will be in Glasgow at the VA Clinic from 1-4 p.m. on Wednesday, March. 8. They will also be in Malta on Thursday, March. 9, from 9:30-11:30 a.m., at the Malta City Hall. Officers will visit nursing homes and assisted living centers by...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Hunter Education course dates have been set for Glasgow. An in-person classroom course will run March 13-17, ahead of the first big game application deadline of April 1. All hunter education classes are free of charge. In-person, instructor-led hunter education classroom courses are available to anyone age 10 and older and provide new hunters with a hands-on learning experience. In-person courses are led by volunteer instructors who are passionate about preserving Montana’s hunting tradition, teaching firearm s...
Steven Lowell Mayfield, age 68, sadly left us Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, at his sister's home in Los Angeles, Calif., surrounded by the love of his family after a long battle with cancer. Plans for a service are pending. He was born Dec. 20, 1954, at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital, in Glasgow, Mont., to Peggy and Lowell "Stretch" Mayfield, their first child and only son. He graduated high school in Delmar, N.Y., in 1973 and went on to play college basketball on scholarship for the University of...
Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) and Montana Cancer Coalition officials are promoting resources to help Montanans find cancer care services available in the state. The DPHHS Montana Cancer Coalition Program (MCCP) offers two interactive maps to support Montanans affected by cancer find available resources. The maps feature information for 214 distinct services from 57 separate providers. “Providing quality customer service comes in many forms, and in this case making it easy to find these life-saving services is so i...
USDA in Montana reminds agricultural producers of important Farm Service Agency (FSA) program dates. Contact your local service center to apply and with any questions. Visit online at farmers.gov and fsa.usda.gov/mt. March 1, 2023: Deadline to request Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) benefits for 2022 calendar year losses. March 15, 2023: Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage closing date for all spring crops except spring-seeded canola, rye, speltz, triticale, wheat, mixed forage, perennial and value-loss crops. Please no...
The market report for the Glasgow Stockyards as of Feb. 16 show 335 cattle sold with cows and bulls higher. Utility and commercial cows brought in $85 to $106, top $108; canner and cutter cows $85; young feeding/turnout cows no test and one bull 1780 pounds for $123. Thursday, March 2, is the March Feeder Special and All Class Cattle Auction with over 1,500 feeders consigned. Monday, March 6, is the Veseth Cattle Company Red Angus Production Auction. Thursday, March 9, is the Stock Cow and Bred Heifer Auction and All Cattle Auction. Thursday,...
The Lucky Clover 4-H club met at the seniors center Feb. 19. We discussed the dates of the Fair and Horse Show. The Horse Show is planned to be July 27 through 29. And the Fair is planned to be August 9 through 12. We had four demonstrations after the meeting. Isaac did a demonstration on Wood Working, Asher did a demonstration on Beekeeping, Titus did a demonstration on Emergency Kits, and last but not least, Jaydeen did a demonstration on water glassing (preserving) eggs....
The Montana Grain Growers Association (MGGA) and the Montana Grains Foundation (MGF) will each offer scholarships to be used for the 2023-2024 school year. MGGA will award two $1,000 scholarships to students pursuing an agricultural related degree at the college of their choice. Applicants or their parent, grandparent, or legal guardian must be a current producer member of MGGA. MGF will award two $2,500 scholarships to Montana State University juniors or seniors pursuing a degree in Ag Business, Ag Education, Plant Science or Environment...
The following is a weekly update of Montana Farmers Union involvement in the 2023 Legislature. MFU is the state’s largest and oldest grassroots farm advocacy organization representing family farms, and has worked more than 100 years on behalf of Montana farmers, ranchers and rural communities. Montana Farmers Union this week continued to support two bills that would give farmers and ranchers the right to repair their own equipment. House Bill 475, sponsored by Rep. Tom France, and SB 347, sponsored by Sen. Willis Curdy, were both heard s...
Tori Kaufman, of Glasgow, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Kaufman was initiated at Montana State University. Kaufman is among approximately 25,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students i...
Sixth Grade Alexa Ball Holt Huntsman Rayne Jenkins Reece Martin Ira Moore Jack Morehouse Austin Nelson Leah Potter Amani Probert Kinsley Rasmusan Colten Schaefer Violet Thompson Sadie White Seventh Grade Amelia Gilchrist Braylon Partridge Garrett Thompson Eighth Grade Tayven Bietz Paityn Britzman Eva Hlad Rowen Kloker Gina Page Mylee Rasmusan Karsyn Sillerud Kinley Strommen Molly Whitmer...
Sixth Grade Kylie Aho Gabriel Sigmunstad Aiden Aune Daniel Bailey Paxton Bilger Ryder Bilger Grace Cornwell Jenyr Fercho Cooper Gibson Natalee Hall Henry Holte Jett Johnson Jackson Kemp Weston Kirkland Mary Knierim Caeleb Messig Breckin Partridge Amiya Ryan Ava Schultz Daniel Seiler-White Marcus Seyfert Trusten Stringer Holden Stulc Hadley Thompson Harper Thompson6 Harper Wesen Paxton Wesen Seventh Grade Ian Anderson Bailey Billingsley Joseph Hall Abigail Henry Orion Henry Hank Hopstad Owen Hopstad Kenee Johnson Easton Kalinski Tyler King Cody...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, February 27, 2013 The Montana Department of Transportation is searching for wetlands that have been drained and/or partially drained that could be restored as mitigation for transportation projects. The Glasgow School Board's newly hired owner's representative for the proposed building and renovation project was introduced by Superintendent Bob Connors at a public meeting at East Side School on Monday evening. Paul Bishop, who was an architect in Montana, more than 20...
Badger versus skunk: this really doesn't have much to do with Green Spaces. But this particular battle occurred near my garden, and concluded underneath it! The column this week is going to stink, but not nearly as much as our house and garden did. (The next day Dennis discovered the fight must have started under his work pickup, which was parked outside the kitchen. The smell was intensified by a factor of 10.) In the afternoon on President's Day, Feb. 20, I was peacefully painting kindness...