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The newest member of the Glasgow School Board, Mona Amundson, was sworn in at the May 15 meeting. Board Chairman Alison Molvig and Vice Chair Patt Etchart were re-elected to their offices and Kelly Doornek was re-appointed clerk of the board. The board approved the contract with Hulteng CCM of Billings to act as the owner’s representative in the upcoming school construction and renovation project. “I have high expectations of serving your community,” Eric Hulteng said. “I feel there is a good...
It’s going to take six months, but Chuck Lewis is walking the 3,300 miles from Everett, Wash., to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. He still looks like the Marine sergeant he was in 1974 and he is fiercely proud of the flags that deck his three-wheeled cart, big American and Christian flags, plus smaller ones of every branch of service and the black POW/MIA flag. Lewis calls himself Montana Honor Guard in his roles as teacher, speaking to schools and groups about patriotism and h...
As we look towards Memorial Day, Krista Fahlgren of Malta thought maybe people might enjoy an article about the Fahlgren boys from Hinsdale. Her grandfather, Carl “Swede” Fahlgren used to contribute to the Phillips County newspaper for Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day and Pearl Harbor Day. His six brothers all served during WWII, with five of them serving in the Navy on the same ship, which was hit during the Pearl Harbor attack. Carl Fahlgren, the youngest, was turned down for service and lived...
Glasgow’s annual Memorial Day program will be held on Monday, May 27, at 10 a.m. in the Civic Center. The guest speaker will be Connie Schultz, R.N., who retired from the Army Nurse Corps as a lieutenant colonel. Schultz lost a brother and a brother-in-law in Vietnam. She was director of nursing at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital and is a nurse surveyor at The Joint Commission. The Glasgow High School Band and the EQ Singers will provide music for the program. The ceremony is sponsored by American Legion Post #41, the American Legion A...
Laurel Wageman, this year’s homecoming queen at Glasgow High School, was first runner up for the title of Montana’s Homecoming Queen in the America’s Homecoming Queen Pageant held May 4 in Salt Lake City, Utah. In the event that Baylor Anderson of Thompson Falls cannot fulfill her obligations to attend the national competition in Anaheim, Calif., this July, Laurel would go in her place. Laurel is the daughter of Gary and Annette Wageman of Glasgow. Annette Wageman kept a journal of their pageant...
The Glasgow City Council heard some encouraging words about the old Magruder property, better known as Red Rock Plaza or the Farmer’s Market on the Fort Peck Highway. Long delinquent on taxes, it has not been accepted as a gift from the owners to the city because of suspected soil contamination. Shelli Isle of Great Northern Development Corporation said they have the money to assess the brownfield property. There was probably a 660-gallon underground tank that has been dry forever, but there might be a migratory problems from spills offsite. H...
On May 15, 2013, the headline for a news release from the United States Census Bureau stated, “International Migration is Projected to Become the Primary Driver of U.S. Population Growth for First Time in Nearly Two Centuries.” To understand what that means in English, one must first determine how population growth is calculated by the calculators who calculate these things. It's very simple, really. They take the number of births against the number of deaths recorded yearly. They call that “nat...
This is an open letter from Michael Fred Ereaux of Malta, a member of the Montana Community Preservation Alliance, to Tom France, the Missoula-based senior director for western wildlife conservation for the National Wildlife Federation, whose opinion piece “Planning can help to resolve bison battles” was printed in state newspapers last week. I live close to CMR, and I have witnessed what sound wildlife management brings. You say that CMR would be the best place to reintroduce bison. Have you considered that the majority of the roads that tra...
Well the 63rd Montana Legislative session has ended and time will tell the real progress made. At the present it is still difficult to see the true present and projected financial structure of our state. HB2, $4.5B over two years, is the general appropriations bill which funds the state legislative services, governor, and all education and state agencies. The governor partial veto in this bill was $400K for the plant diagnostic lab at Montana State University. I feel bad about this because it...
Farming is going full swing and our farmers of today have luxuries our fathers could not have imagined. Do you remember the days of iron wheels on tractors? That’s right, no nice rubber tires to absorb bumps. These tractor wheels were iron with lugs on them that were bolted on at the factory. There were two rows of these lugs, offset, on each wheel. I think there was sometimes a second narrower wheel that could be attached to the main wheel. This addition only sported one set of lugs. Hitching a ride on the fender of that tractor was a real ...
John A. Wesen, 89, died from natural causes on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow. He was born on June 21, 1923, alongside his twin sister, June, in Mohall, N.D., to Louis and Elvira (Osterberg) Wesen. Shortly after, the family moved to Glasgow, where they began to farm, a livelihood that would extend to generations to come. Growing up, he and his five brothers and four sisters remained busy with chores from hauling water and chopping wood to milking cows. During...
Ralph Pierini, 71, died Monday, May 13, 2013, from lung cancer in the care of Rainbow Hospice of Ark in Chicago, Ill. He was born on March 12, 1942, in Chicago to Carmella (Stramaglio) Abern and the late Frank Pierini. Carmella and Paul Abern moved from Chicago to Glasgow in 1949 where Ralph was raised, worked on various farms, and attended grade school and high school. Two weeks before he graduated from high school in 1960, he joined the army and was station in the Panama Canal zone. Following...
Questions arose about possible new Scottie wrestling coach at the May 15 Glasgow School Board meeting. Trevor Newman, a recent hire to be an English teacher within the district, was on the board agenda to be approved, but the board tabled the item until the next meeting due to procedural hiring guidelines. However, wrestling alumni, fans, athletes, parents and AAU wrestlers showed up to voice their concerns about the hire beforehand. Brian Austin told the board he was concerned about the hiring...
After a slow start to the 2013 high-school track and field season due to inclement weather, things finally started heating up for the Hinsdale Raiders at the District 2C meet held in Glasgow on May 8. Dallas Capdeville won the pole vault and 100-meter hurdles. Brett Johnson won third in pole vault and Courtney Capdeville won third in 300 hurdles, second in high jump and second in pole vault. The ‘person of interest’ at the meet, however, was Hinsdale junior, Bethany Lacock. Earlier in the sea...
The Scottie girls didn’t know it at the time, but their defeat of Shepherd, 10-5, on Saturday gave them the Eastern B/C Divisional Championship. With the tournament pounded by rain, the divisional championship game was cancelled, giving the Scottie girls, the only undefeated team remaining in the tournament, the title, completed the third of their four goals for the season. “We got our first three objectives out of the way. We took first in our conference, finished the regular season strong and...
The Scottie girls led from wire-to-wire. Starting the day with the 3,200-meter run, the Scottie girls tallied 18 points to jump start their 164-point domination of the Northern B Divisional meet on Saturday in Glasgow. Josie Braaten finished first with a time of 11:44 and Amanda Wolff was just behind in second at 12:18.7. It was the first of five events that the Scottie girls had multiple placers. Walker Allen scored the first points for the boys in the 3,200, finishing in sixth for one point. H...
A young team, the Glasgow Reds B team found some confidence after their last road trip to Sidney and beat Glendive in a pair of games on Saturday. The Reds, led by starting pitcher Keil Krumwiede, beat Glendive 10-3 in their first contest on Saturday and then came back to win 9-6 in the night cap. "Confidence was a big thing for a lot of us," said Krumwiede. And confidence in Krumwiede grew with each strike out on Saturday, as he racked up 11 Ks in 4.1 innings of work. Krumwiede also only...
Four of the five Nashua qualifiers placed in two events, Lustre’s Gabby Pierre was impressive on her own, placing in three events and Frazer’s Daniel Horsman placed in one in Sidney to punch their tickets to state. On Wednesday, May 15, Porcupine Lane Nickels took home bronze in both the long runs, finishing the 1,600-meter in 4:42.6 and the 3,200 in 10:55.1. Ryan Padden was third in the 200 with a time of 24.3 and sixth in the 400 at 56.3. Sean Bengochea had a similar day with a bronze in the s...
The Nelson family, Floyd and Deanna Nelson and Don and Sheila Nelson, held their annual bull production sale on May 2 at the Glasgow Stockyards with Ed Hinton as auctioneer. Their bulls are black and red Simmental/Angus composites. The 71 bulls averaged $2,615. The top 10 sold for an average of $3,650. The six top bulls all sold for $3,750. Four of them were red, three sired by the Red Angus bull Code Red. Travis Nelson of Richland took home three of these top bulls. Lot 62, a half...
The Scottie Booster Club is sponsoring the Scottie Strength and Agility Challenge for all Glasgow High School athletes. This challenge, which begins this summer, includes both strength and plyometric exercises and continues throughout the school year. The challenge will include three levels of achievement based on participation and completion of at least one sport. Each level achieved will earn a uniquely designed Scottie shirt by local graphic artist Brittany Archambeault. (Images of the...
Please log in or subscribe to the online edition of The Courier to receive access to the updated scores from the Class B/C State softball tournament in Great Falls posted below. Current print subscribers receive free online access to the full digital edition. You can do it one of two ways. 1. Fill out the 'free trial' form and we'll set up you up for the remainder of your subscription. 2. Call us at 406-228-9301. — Thank you, The Glasgow Courier May 23: Opening Round Glasgow 4, St. Ignatius 3 W: Shyla Bergtoll L: Erickson HR: Sadie Sukut...