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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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Valley View Home will reopen their doors to the public on March 22 after more than a year of excluding open visitation to non-residents. According to Valley View Home administrator, Wes Thompson, the home is calling it a soft open and it comes with some caveats. Mainly, unscheduled visitation can only occur during business hours on weekdays, and even then, the visitors must check in with the office secretary before they can visit their resident. Visitors will be screened for symptoms, must wear a mask, must wash hands and can opt to be rapid te...
District Judge Yvonne Laird either affirmed or modified four key findings from the Human Rights Commission’s decision in the sexual harassment case of Shalaine Lawson Vs. NorVal Electric Cooperative in late February. In the Feb. 24 decision, Laird affirmed or reinforced every challenged aspect of the HRC’s findings that NorVal Electric and General Manager Craig Herbert sexually harassed Lawson, created a hostile work environment and retaliated against her once she filed a complaint with the HRC. Laird also affirmed the findings of emo...
The Glasgow School Board held their regular board meeting March 10. A brief deviation from the agenda was made so that the board could recognize the Glasgow Wrestling squad on their state championship before returning to scheduled business. The news most stressed by school faculty was the decision to not ask for additional monies this year, i.e. the school board opted not to raise taxes during the coronavirus pandemic. The board also opted to move to a four-day school week next year, with the option to return to a five-day week if negotiations...
Dear Editor, We all know what happens to the frog in a gradually warming pot of water. Too slow to react it eventually boils to death. Since the Industrial Revolution humans have been steadily turning up the heat in this big pot we call planet earth with ever increasing carbon pollution from the burning of fossil fuel. Even hard core climate change skeptics are finding it harder to deny the harsh reality of global "weirding," as dramatized by the recent extreme winter storm in Texas where...
Every two years, tens of thousands of Montana hunters gather in community centers, school cafeterias, and church basements to comment on proposed deer and elk hunting regulations. It's Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks' biennial "season-setting" process, and I'm eternally surprised at the passion and knowledge that hunters bring to these meetings. They push back against department proposals to raise cow-elk permit quotas by as few as 25 tags. They alternatively admonish biologists to cut back or...
Montana hunters are being shut out of major decisions on future access to elk. The new approach in Helena, led by Speaker Wylie Galt and Fish, Wildlife and Parks Director Hank Worsech, is to spring legislation on us. Making major wildlife management changes without public input benefits few and hurts Montana hunters. I never thought it would happen here, but we must meet this full-on effort to limit public hunter involvement in wildlife management decisions if we are to maintain the title of...
Do you remember when we didn't have 24 hour access to the news? Maybe the news was accessible many hours of the day, but most families gathered around the radio in the evenings. Some of you may remember the radios of early days, probably before electricity. A couple memories shared were radios using car batteries (makes me wonder just what size a vehicle battery was back then) or maybe a dry cell battery was used. Maybe that is what we need today, it might be less depressing to only have once a...
The Valley County Pioneer museum’s hours for February through April will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Fort Peck Interpretive Center is open Monday through Friday by advanced appointment only. Masks are required and group size will be limited. Call the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at 406-526-3493 for more information. Links to the menus for area schools are listed below: Hinsdale School https://hinsdale.k12.mt.us/District/1128-Untitled.html Saco School http://sacoschools.k12.mt.us/District/1571-Untitled.html Opheim School https:/...
To parents of preschool children in the Hinsdale Community who would like to have them participate in a free Early Childhood Screening, it has been set for: Date: Monday, March 29, 2021 Place: Hinsdale School Time: 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM By Appointment Only Call Gwyn at 364-2314 for appointments. Masks are required Sponsored by the Bear Paw Cooperative....
The Valley Care Coalition will host a community meeting on Tuesday, March 23 from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at the Glasgow Evangelical Church. In addition to discussing the community’s wants and needs as they relate to the coalition; the meeting will also include dinner and a raffle drawing. RSVP by contacting the Valley County Care Coalition at [email protected]....
The show will take place in the GHS auditorium April 16 at 7 p.m., April 18 at 7 p.m. and April 18 at 3 p.m. and all tickets must be reserved and purchased in advance. Tickets will cost $5 for adults and $3 for students. Due to COVID we will have a socially distanced audience and tickets will be available on a first come, first serve basis. We are very happy that we were able to work together with the Valley County Health Department to find a way for an audience to be present for our shows. There is a form at https://forms.g...
Marianne Costin passed away March 9th, 2021 surrounded by her family in the Malta Retirement Center at the age of 78. Marianne was born September 5th, 1942 in Heilbronn, Germany. She was the last of 3 children born to Fredrick and Gertrude Scharpf. It was a difficult time during World War II and the depression immediately following shaped Marianne for the rest of her life. Marianne finished her schooling and began working as a bookkeeper for the Knorr Company. She met Leroy in 1960 while he was...
Barbara Ann St. Clair Christman entered into eternal life on March 10, 2021 at the age of 90. She was born February 8, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York, the first child of Ward K. (of Glasgow, Mont.) and Marion H. (Ralston) (of Lonaconing, Md.) St. Clair. She lived in East Williston, Long Island, graduating from Roslyn High School in 1949 and Montana State College in 1953 where she was a member of Sigma Beta of Chi Omega. She took her American Dietetic Internship at Indiana University, graduating in...
Lifelong Saco, Mont. Resident, Brett Allen Whitaker, passed away peacefully in his sleep with his wife by his side Wednesday morning, March 10, 2021 from pancreatic cancer. Brett was born on May 6, 1962 to Donald and Barbara Whitaker in Malta, Mont. He was raised on the Whitaker Ranch north of Saco where he was involved with farming and ranching. He attended elementary and high school in Saco, graduating in 1980. During high school, he participated in basketball, pep band, 4-H and FFA and was...
Let me start with a quick apology for having been missing from the Courier for the past month. I really wasn’t procrastinating. Family matters kept me from even thinking about either gardening or cooking. I’ve noticed lots of geese flying north lately. We’ve seen several gophers out basking in the sun alongside the highway between Opheim and Glasgow. All these critters may be confused, or they may be correct that spring is actually on its way to rejoin us. The snow is rapidly disappearing from my yard and garden area. Of course, it could alway...
Coach Amber Erikson expected some tough competition from Roy-Winifred and Fort Benton at the girls Class C State basketball tournament and her Mavericks found it. North Country rolled over Garfield County, 66-27, before moving on to face Roy-Winifred. After a back-and-forth first half followed by an even second half, the Mavs won by a five-point margin, 43-38. The win sent them to the championship game against Fort Benton, who handed North Country their sole loss of the season, 74-60. The...
The Glasgow Ice Dawgs bantam team traveled to Miles City this past weekend to take their shot at the state champion title. Though the team fell to the eventual champions, they brought home the third-place trophy in a 4-1 victory over the Missoula Bruins. Glasgow started the tournament Friday morning against Whitefish. The Dawgs rallied after going down 2-0 at the end of the first, but were unable to overcome the deficit and dropped the game, 7-5. Captain Connor Koski put his team on the board...
