Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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It’s a story right out of an old Western movie. A stolen horse, a chase, a shootout and a death. The story fairly leaps off the crisp, folded pages of the coroner’s inquest, stored for nearly 100 years in a narrow metal box in the depths of the District Court vault. But the story would not have come to light again if Clem Lemieux hadn’t torn down a storage shed on May 5. The shed was attached to a garage on his property on Division Street on the south side of U.S. 2. When he removed a corne...
More than 100 fifth-graders from all the Valley County schools had a beautiful day last Thursday to learn about soil and water and the growing things that inhabit their landscape. Their day began at East Side School with the annual rite of passage for fifth-graders: eating bugs. MSU Extension agent Roubie Younkin extolled the protein value of the mealworms ground up in her banana bread and the crunchy ants in the Rice Crispy treats. The kids learned there are legally acceptable levels of insect...
The city of Glasgow’s Growth Policy project team held four focus group and visioning workshop meetings at the Civic Center last week. The Housing Focus Group met Wednesday evening, and three meetings were held Thursday: Community Services and Infrastructure, Land Use and Community Visioning. Project manager Matt Ulberg said the Community Visioning group was the capstone of this effort to assemble the vision of this community. In January the team had a public meeting to launch the Growth Policy project that was well-attended. As team member J...
A new study released by the Montana Department of Commerce predicts that Valley County will experience modest population growth in the decades ahead, and then decline slightly to about present-day levels by 2060. From the estimated 2012 population of 7,604, the numbers will rise to a peak of 8,188 in 2028. This is almost exactly what the population of Valley County was in 1990. Then, just as gradually, the numbers will decline to 7,813 in 2060. The whole change is 584 people. The Census and Economic Information Center (CEIC) within the...
The Glasgow Education Association and Glasgow School Board will host a gathering 5 p..m. Monday, May 20, at the Glasgow Elks to honor some familiar faces who are retiring from the school district. The retirees are teachers John LaBonty, Carolyn Bachtold, Cindy Taylor and Linda Allie, GHS principal Margaret Markle and head cook Rita Zeller. The public is invited to attend and wish them well....
Glasgow’s Head Start is having a big birthday party this weekend and you’re invited. A 20th anniversary celebration will be held by the Head Start Parents Committee of 2012-13 with a spring fundraiser, “Hot Dog Picnic in the Park, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18. Hoyt Park, next to the swimming pool, is the place. Over the past 20 years, the program has served almost 400 children and their families in the Glasgow, Valley County, area. This year, the Glasgow center has 19 enrolled children. The staff consists of a teacher, assis...
Daisies, roses, petunias, pansies – the list is long. Beautiful flowers in many a greenhouse are just waiting to be taken home, where they will be put into planters and pots and flower beds to add a brilliant splash of color to yards. Not to be outdone in beauty are the wildflowers that are found along roadsides and on the prairie. Soon bright yellow sweetpeas will be seen all through pastures and in ditches. And bluebells will add their fragrance to the air. There's something healing about planting flowers. Something that brings joy and e...
Do you remember the days before convenience foods and delis? Of course, that means no McDonald's, A&W or other drive-thru quick stops either. I started wondering the other day just what past generations did for convenience meals. The only thing I could come up with was maybe the hot dog and/or Spam. If you do remember those bygone days, you will acknowlege just how far convenience foods have come over the years and just how simple and, yes, good they have gotten. Not that they hold a candle to homecooking. Gwen welcomes your memories at...
The Montana Farm Bureau has expressed strong disappointment in Montana Governor Steve Bullock’s veto of several bills regarding wild bison The bills had easily passed the House and Senate, but met with the ‘veto’ stamp on the governor’s desk. “Montana Farm Bureau worked hard to protect family farms and ranches this session and agriculture’s voice was heard, so we were very dismayed that after all the work the legislature did to address the wild bison issue, the efforts ended up being vetoed,” noted MFBF Lobbyist Nicole Rolf. Rolf said that at...
Hello again, but from the Brenden farm. It was great to get back home and smell the fresh air of reality! Of all my years involved in politics, especially the legislature, this past one was probably the most difficult. And, that was not just my opinion, but that of others who have been involved for a long time. Money, rules, regulations, special interests, term limits, personal responsibility and accountability are just some of the major issues facing this state. I have waited until the...
I first met Max Baucus in 1973 when he entered the Montana House of Representatives as a freshman member from Missoula. His seat was at the back of the chamber near bright and articulate Dorothy Bradley of Bozeman, the previous session's only woman and future Democratic candidate for governor. I got to know him well because we served together on the Judiciary Committee. We learned that we had the same birthday, and began a warm forty-year friendship. One evening, late in the session, I entered the House chamber to pick up some things from my...
Heading into the postseason, last year’s run to second in the state for the Scottie girls’ softball team is in their back of their mind. And yet, it isn’t. “We take it one game at a time, one inning at a time, one pitch at a time,” said junior catcher Mariah Stein. It’s a sports cliche. Everybody has heard them at every level of competition. Usually, they’re just platitudes. In this case though, it’s the mindset of the entire team. In 2012, the Scottie girls, mostly comprised of sophomores, wen...
It was complete and total domination for tracksters in red at the District 2B Meet. The Glasgow girls scored 216 points, 82 tallies in front of second-place Plentywood, followed by Malta (96), Wolf Point (49), Poplar (10) and Harlem (2). The boys were not quite as dominant, but were still solidly the best team at the meet, scoring 199 points to Malta’s 163. Plentywood was third with 99, Poplar had 20, Harlem scored 13 and Wolf Point was last with two. The Scotties “came to play,” said Head...
Tamrah Pewitt and Makkell Baillargeon will make their Scottie golf debuts at the state tournament this season. The pair will be the only representatives for the Scotties after Pewitt took 11th and Baillargeon was 14th at the Northern B Divisional in Malta on Saturday. Pewitt shot a 118 and Baillargeon shot a 120, both below their season averages. Pewitt came in to the day with a 131 average on the season, including a 126 in Malta on May 4. Baillargeon was sitting at a 123 average coming into...
The vacant head wrestling coach position may be filled at the Glasgow School Board meeting on May 15. Trevor Newman is scheduled to be considered for hire for the position. Newman was recently hired for a teaching position within the district. Other considerations for Fall sports coaches is on the schedule as well. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the administration building....
Nashua and Scobey swapped spots in the team scores at the District 3C Meet in Glasgow on May 8. The Nashua boys took the top spot with 132 points, edging out Scobey’s 122. On the girls’ side, the Lady Porcupines were second, 25 points behind Scobey. Hinsdale was third on both sides, with the Lady Raiders finishing with 98 and the boys with 78. Bethany Lacock scored a monster 50 points for the Lady Raiders, finishing in first in all five events she competed: the 100-meter hurdles, the 300 hur...
The B-Team Glasgow Reds christened the season on Sunday in Sidney, splitting a pair of games with the Patriots. With a dozen new kids in legion this year, there was bound to be some bumps and bruises early, according to Head Coach Jack Sprague, such as losing command of the strike zone for the pitchers. Reds pitchers walked 11 batters in 13 innings of work split between the two contests. But there were many positives, as well. “We did a lot of things right, there’s a lot of things to get bet...
Track scores for the May 8th District 3C Track Meet are in. Gabby Pierre placed second in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.6 seconds, third in the 200 with a time of 28.5, second in the long jump with a 14-foot jump and third in high jump with a 4- 2 leap. James Ryu ran a 12.4 time in the 100 to place fifth and placed fourth in the triple jump with a 34- 8 distance. Timothy Lenihan took fifth place in the triple jump with a close 34- 5 jump. Timothy also took sixth place in the high jump with a height of 5- 2. Serena Weide placed fourth in...
Sign up time is here for the popular Open Fields for Game Bird Hunters program. Open Fields for Game Bird Hunters is a voluntary program that pays landowners an add-on payment for lands enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program. Open Fields is aimed at conserving Montana's productive game bird habitats enrolled in CRP—and at providing additional public hunting access for upland game bird hunting. Counties eligible for program participation are: Cascade, Chouteau, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus, Glacier, McCone, Pondera, Prairie, R...
Every spring Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks issues its traditional message to Montanans to leave new born fawns and other infant wildlife where people find them. "If you care, leave them there" said Jeff Hagener, director of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks in Helena. "It is the best thing to do for young wildlife, because more times than not, the mother is nearby." Hagener said wild animals commonly cache their young for periods of time to protect them from predators while the adults are feeding. "Keeping dogs on a leash or otherwise under your...
On Saturday, May 18th, the public is invited to a day of celebration at the newly established Bailey Reservoir Fishing Access Site. Bailey Reservoir is located 25 miles west of Havre on the South Kremlin county road. This event will be a way to recognize and properly thank the Bailey family and the several partners involved that secured access for future generations to this important ‘Hi-line’ reservoir. In September of last year, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) acquired a portion of the privately owned Bailey Reservoir in order to dev...
A new advisory council appointed by Gov. Steve Bullock to develop measures to conserve Montana's sage grouse populations and sustain related land uses is set to meet in Helena, May 21-23. "The council will lead the effort to develop and carry out management options to ensure sage grouse are maintained as an integral part of Montana's wildlife heritage while still allowing other managed uses of the land," said Jeff Hagener, director of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. The group's first meeting is set to begin at 9 a.m. on May 21, and continue...
Gerhard “Leonard” Tweten, 93, died of natural causes on Thursday, May 9, 2013, at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow, Mont. He was born July 21, 1920, on the family farm north of Nashua, Mont., the son of Jacob and Jensina Tweten. He was raised on the family homestead, attended a country school north of Nashua, and graduated from Nashua High School in 1939. He was in a CC Camp in Missoula before moving to Seattle where he worked with Boeing. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1942 and ser...
Bessie Carolyn (Copenhaver) Ruth, 91, died Wednesday, April 24, 2013. A memorial service will be held on Friday, May 17, at 1 p.m. at First Christian Church, 1st and Kennedy in Grand Junction. Inurnment will be at a later date in Kremmling. Memorial services will be held on Friday, May 17, at 1 p.m. at First Christian Church, 1st and Kennedy in Grand Junction. Inurnment will be at a later date in Kremmling. She was the last of seven children born to Franklin Edward and Bessie (Martin)...
Myrna Rae (Wolden) Fairclough, 71, died Friday, May 10, 2013, of heart failure at her home in Glasgow, Mont. She was born on Aug. 2, 1941, in Glasgow, the daughter of William and Inger (Christophersen) Wolden. She was raised in Glasgow and graduated from Glasgow High School in 1959. She was a “Glasgow Scottie.” She was married to George Fairclough on Oct. 31, 1959, in Glasgow. She enjoyed shopping, car racing activities, following the kids with their many activities, and her yearly visits to...
