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After 18 years of teaching in Glasgow, Dr. Brad Persinger is retiring this spring. Originally from Kansas, Persinger moved to Glasgow in 2001. He has taught band for 18 years, and for 12 of those years, he has also taught choir. From recorder to guitar, Persinger has done it all. I went to the GHS band room to interview him on Monday, March 18, just as the school day ended. I waded through a sea of dismissed concert band students while Persinger straightened up his classroom. We settled in at th...
Lustre Christian High School hosted their annual fundraiser known as Schmeckfest March 22. This was the 54th year for the school's only major fundraiser. According to Susan Fast, one of the organizers, this year's totals have not been fully realized, but in the past she said they bring in around $80,000 just from the evening of food and vendor sales. As a private Christian school, Lustre Christian uses the annual fundraiser to help keep tuition fees low. Fast explained that Schmeckfest is the...
Three Glasgow High School seniors will be participating in the Business Professionals of America (BPA) National competition April 30 through May 5 in Anaheim, Calif. Micah Tweten, Natosha Sand and Dillon Godwin will be participating in competitions related to the business world. Approximately 315 Montana students, as well as students from across the country, will be attending and vying for a shot at a National title. At Nationals, Tweten will be competing in Advanced Spreadsheet Applications,...
The dietary manager for Valley View Home, Carmen “Cammi” Simpson, was recently awarded the 2018 Ancillary Services Award provided by the Montana Health Care Association for her work at the facility. This award is prestigious in that only one award is given for each department in the state and the Montana Health Care Association chooses award winners based upon a nomination process. Simpson has been working at the facility since 2016, first starting off as a cook for a very brief time and then decided to step into the dietary manager role. She h...
The First Lutheran Church of Glasgow hosted their annual Lutefisk dinner this past Sunday, March 24. The traditional dinner, usually enjoyed by Norwegian Americans on Christmas Eve, has been held for many decades at the local church, albeit at different times of the year. An acquired taste, lutefisk is a specialty of air dried cod, soaked in water and lye before cooking, and served with a cream sauce. The meal is served with meatballs, mashed potatoes and gravy, coleslaw, lefse and orange...
The Glasgow Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture has moved. The new office is located at 54147 Hwy. 2, Suite 2, the new brick building in front of Shopko. The new location offers more space for staff and members to serve the public. Chamber President Josh Sillerud is glad the move is over and pleased to be in the new space. He told the Courier, with a laugh, “Moving sucks, but it was worth it.” Executive Director Lisa Koski said the organization is tentatively planning to host a barbecue in the parking lot later this spring to cel...
Leighton Hughes was found guilty of criminal possession of a dangerous drug (methamphetamine) March 20. The one-day trial featured testimony and body camera footage from local law enforcement that demonstrated that Hughes had been carrying methamphetamine when he was arrested by the Glasgow Police Department and Valley County Sheriff's Deputies. On June 22, 2018, a GPD officer and a VCSO deputy went to Hughes' house to serve a misdemeanor warrant for assault. According to an account of the incid...
The Montana legislature has at hand the future of Medicaid expansion. The current program, which was approved by the legislature in 2015, will sunset by the end of 2019. An attempt was made in 2018 to fund the state's share of expanded Medicaid funding through an increase in the tobacco tax by way of a ballot initiative. That initiative was narrowly defeated. The legislature has before it for consideration HB 658, sponsored by Republican representative Ed Buttery, which would lift the sunset...
Dear Editor, The 2015 Montana legislature passed the Medicaid Expansion program in Montana, providing healthcare coverage to low income and disabled individuals. Importantly this act included work/training programs, premiums, as well as a four- year expiration "sunset" date to allow the legislature to review the data and consider whether to leave the program unchanged, make reforms or discontinue it. Initially the Federal government paid for 100 percent of the program, tapering down to 90...
Dear Editor, Traditional Medicaid was created to lend a hand to our most vulnerable populations. Unfortunately, the Governor, Democrat legislators, and more than a few Republican legislators are trying to prop up an entitlement program for the able-bodied, Medicaid Expansion. Expansion is the brain-child of the Obama Administration and the gateway to a socialist and broken single-payer healthcare system like Canada's. Socialism is a repeatedly failed ideology (Venezuela), and destroys the...
Dear Editor, An Amendment attached to House Bill 2 (the State's budget bill) provides the Legislature the opportunity to reduce local government revenues and divert them to the Office of Public Defender (OPD). OPD is a state agency that has nearly doubled in size since the Legislature assumed the program from Montana counties. The Legislative Fiscal Division (LFD) reports that the public defender system appropriations in 2007 were $18.6 million. The budget request, including supplemental...
Dear Editor, This spring marks the 10-year anniversary of Healthy Montana Kids. Until 2009, tens of thousands of Montana children had no health coverage; no way for their families to pay for a doctor visit or a hospital stay. Thousands of Montana families, working to make ends meet, were one childhood medical emergency away from bankruptcy--praying every day that their son or daughter would not get sick. I met hundreds of these families face to face and saw first-hand their stress, their...
The Valley County Pioneer Museum is open Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. For further information or special arrangements call 406-263-7344. WEDNESDAY – MARCH 27 5-8 p.m. - Glasgow Elks Open House at 309 2nd Ave S., Glasgow. Everyone is welcome to learn more about the Elks. 6 – 9 p.m. - Bible Study at the Cottonwood Inn facilitated by Pastor O’Connor. THURSDAY -MARCH 28 10 a.m. - Books and Babies Story Time at Glasgow City-County Library. 7 p.m. - GHS All-Class Reunion Meeting at the Chamber Office, Highway 2, across from Durum...
MSU-Valley County Extension will be offering an eight-week Master Gardening class this spring. The earliest classes would begin is April 15. Topics covered during the class include soils and fertility, plant growth development, flowers, growing food from your garden, lawns and irrigation as well as an introduction to integrated pest management. There is a cost for a manual and materials. Contact the office at 406-228-6241 or [email protected] for more information and/or put your name on the list....
The Glasgow Elks will be hosting an open house tonight, Wednesday, March 27, from 5 to 8 p.m. Everyone is invited to stop by to learn more about the Elks and what they do for the community. Members will be available to answer questions for anyone interested in joining the organization. Zak Peterson, board member of the local lodge, stresses new members are free to determine their level of involvement. “I know many people in town are involved in so many groups and so giving of their time elsewhere, they don’t want to join anything else,” he sa...
Judy Loendorf and/or Steve Mulonet, service officers for the Montana Veterans Affairs will be visiting Malta and Glasgow 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 on Wednesday, April 10, from 1 to 4 p.m., at the Glasgow VA Clinic. They will also be in Malta on Thursday, April 11, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., at the Malta City Hall. If bad weather exists on days of travel,...
The American Legion, Sons of the American Legion and Auxiliary District 1 will meet on Sunday, March 31, at the VFW in Glasgow. Registration will be $15, including lunch, and will start at 9 a.m. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m and will include a discussion with a Veterans Affairs representative from Helena as well as input from local VA provider Joy Lynn and local veterans. Lunch will be at noon with the State American Legion Commander as speaker. After lunch there will be a discussion on American Legion Boys’ State, baseball, and other t...
Terry "T.Y." Edward Young died peacefully the morning of Friday, March 22, 2019, at his home in Glasgow, Mont., 13 days after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Though his illness was sudden and shocking, his struggle was mercifully short and with minimal pain. He was 76 years old. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, March 29, at the Valley Event Center in Glasgow with Pastor Bonnie Novak officiating. Burial will follow in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. A reception will be at the...
Robert "Bob" Bushman passed away at his home surrounded by his family on Thursday, March 21, 2019. Bob was born March 30, 1924, in Wolf Point, Mont. The eldest of 10 children, he was born to Thomas and Victoria Beauchman. Bob and siblings were raised and went to school in Wolf Point. He worked doing miscellaneous jobs around Bainville, Wolf Point, Frazer and Poplar, until May 21, 1943, when he enlisted into the Army as a Private 1st Class for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War II...
Joseph George Hariper Jr., 76, Coleharbor, N.D., passed away at Sanford Health in Bismarck, N.D., Friday, March 15, 2019, with family by his side. Joe had decided late in his battle with Myelofibrosis, a rare disease, that he would donate his body to the Deeded Body Program at the UND School of Medicine. It took a lot longer than expected, but, Joe is finally going to college. Joe was born Oct. 4, 1942, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Joseph George and Regina Ann (Skerl) Hariper. He was a proud 1960 grad...
Shirley Marie (Engstrom) Fuhrman, 88, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2019, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho, surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow, Mont., with Pastor Todd Wright officiating. A visitation was held with family and friends from 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. prior to the service. Food was served at the First Lutheran Church following graveside services at Highland...
The Highlanders competed at the Annual Brodie Gorder Memorial dual tournament on March 22, and the individual tournament on March 23. The Highlanders finished 3-2 in the dual portion and finished seventh out of 16 of the toughest teams in the region. Dual Results Highlanders 74, Fort Peck Reservation 46 Miles City 74, Highlanders 49 Highlanders 104, Circle 9 Huntley Project 69, Highlanders 35 Highlanders 62, Team Champs 49 Top Records: Khye Gamas 5-0, Saunten Gamas 4-0, Kohl Kittleson 5-0, Jack...
Local law enforcement and first responders came out March 22 to raise funds for the local Relay For Life committee which has decided to initiate a "HOPE" (Help Others Pay Expenses) fund. The fund is intended to remain local and will be used to help all Valley County and neighbors with expenses resulting from accidents, emergencies and illnesses. Skate for a Cure was back for its sixth year. Started as a way for the local Relay committee to "kick off" the fundraising season, this year's event...
Another week has gone by without me cracking open a single seed catalog. We have had a few sunny afternoons, but the mornings have mostly been foggy. There's an old saw (adage? old wife's tale? farmer's lore?) that says you'll have moisture 90 days after a fog. If so, it could mean a late, muddy seeding of our wheat crop. Right now most of our fields are still snow-covered, although some hill tops are peeking through. It's been warm enough that the snow is trying to melt away. It makes the...
