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It was a quiet weekend for local law enforcement. The Valley County Sheriff’s Office reported that over graduation weekend their concern is usually fatalities and there were none reported. The Glasgow Police Department also wants to remind pet owners that they, along with the Valley Veterinary Clinic, will be offering immunizations and licensing for pets in the area at the city’s South Side Firehall. The clinic will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m., on Friday, June 2, and from 9 to 10 a.m., on Saturday, June 3. Licenses will cost $5 for neu...
Despite being embattled by an alleged assault involving a member of the press, Bozeman entrepreneur Greg Gianforte won Montana’s sole U.S. House of Representatives seat in the May 25 special election. Facing opponents Democrat Rob Quist and Libertartian Mark Wicks, Gianforte received roughly 50 percent of the vote. In Valley County, he took home 62 percent of the vote or 1,902 out of 3,028 total votes. Quist received 855 votes and Wicks received 270 with one write-in vote cast. Only 18 percent of voters in the county cast ballots on election d...
Approximately 25 Vietnam-era veterans were honored with pins at the VFW and American Legion's Memorial Day ceremony May 29. Servicemen with dates of service ranging from Feb. 1961 to May 1975 were eligible for the commemoration. The event, held at the Civic Center, took place in a gymnasium with few empty seats. So few, in fact, that the Legion's Joe Yoeman guessed it was one of the highest turnouts in several years. The Glasgow High School band and EQ Singers provided music, with the band's...
On June 4, Glasgow area cycling enthusiasts will participate in a global event designed to encourage traveling by bicycle and spending the night at a campground, park, hotel, bed and breakfast, hostel, friend’s house or backyard. Bike Travel Weekend is being spearheaded internationally by the Adventure Cycling Association and locally by TBID, FMDH, Busted Knuckle Brewery, the Glasgow Police Department and the Glasgow Downtown Association. The schedule includes a free leisure bicycle ride to the new Smith Park bicycle camp at 11:30 a.m. The 2...
The Fort Peck Summer Theater will open their 48th annual season with Joseph Kesselring’s Arsenic and Old Lace. Directed by Heather Adams (director and choreographer of FPST hits Mary Poppins, Always, Patsy Cline, A Grand Night for Singing and The Music Man), this performance will showcase the talents of Pam L. Veis and Pat Sibley as the Brewster Sisters. An American classic, this dark comedy is sure to please. FPST bills the performance stating, “Laughs ensue, as a pair of lovable, spinster sisters ‘assist’ lonely elderly gentlemen by serving...
Readers ages 0-12 will explore the theme ‘Build a Better World’ during the summer reading program this summer at the Glasgow City-County Library. Not only does the summer reading program enhance and improve children’s reading proficiency, but various activities will also keep the children engaged with games, art, and science and engineering projects. The Fort Peck Summer Theatre will also provide a spectacular performance of The Last of the Dragons. The summer reading program is not just available for children, teens are also invited to parti...
A lot of road construction projects across the county are now one step closer to being accomplished after this week’s discussion and decision meeting at the Valley County Commissioners' office. The first project that the commissioners gave the go-ahead on was a bridge over Beaver Creek on Milk River Road, located just west of Hinsdale. After consulting with Great West Engineering Firm, whom designed the plan, the commissioners approved the bid of $717,131.25 made by Tamietti Construction. The county will perform the dirt and road work as w...
Glasgow's graduating senior Grant Morken, front, receives a handshake from his younger brother, Brock Ciafardone, as Nicholas Andersyn follows behind. The now-graduated seniors participated in a "graduation walk" through the Glasgow Middle School and Irle School on May 24. School district administration indicated the event will continue in upcoming years....
The Children’s Museum of Northeast Montana is hosting their annual summer camp program this year throughout the month of June. There will be four different camps, with each camp lasting a week. The sessions start at 9 a.m. and end at noon. This year’s programs is being sponsored by Boeing/Montana Aviation Research Co. The first camp session, “Spiders, Insects and Snakes...Oh My!” will be held June 5 through 9. Children will learn about the different species and marks of snakes and the importance of honey bees through several hands-on project...
It’s time to clear the air. Protocol was broken; there are rules for suplexing journalists. It must be done within the bounds of self-defense and even then it must be done using strict caution and measured judgement. Last week, on the eve of the election, our congressman-elect assaulted a reporter from The Guardian, a British daily paper. Allegedly it was unprovoked and no matter how good a man Greg Gianforte is, this type of action is never excusable, legal or stately. He knows this. Contrary to leftist thought, the Republican Party is not t...
I first heard the song Hometown Girl, by Josh Turner, on hour 12.5 of my 14 hour drive back to college after spring break. I was inching my way through the boondocks of southern Minnesota in a freak spring snowstorm, trying not to die, and desperately attempting not to think about how badly I had to pee. With no aux cord in my car, I had to resort to a more retro way of distracting myself from the emotional, and increasingly, physical pain of my situation. I turned on the radio. The station I got the best signal on happened to be a country...
It’s been one week and one day. My initial shock hearing that Chris Cornell died quickly moved to terror the next day when I heard it, he had committed suicide. Suicide? My stomach reeled. Chris Cornell’s band, Soundgarden, had been a favorite of mine in the grunge scene that came out of Seattle. I was heartbroken!! Reading the news stories, I learned that he had long battled depression. Much like another musical influence of mine, Kurt Cobain, Chris had looked to substances to mask his pain, only to find a different demon there. Twe...
The night before the special election, as the news broke of Gianforte losing his temper, a friend posted a report on social media by rawstory.com, titled ‘Reporter decked by Montana candidate Greg Gianforte was just hauled off in an ambulance.’ The very first comment was “pretty sure this is a fake article!,” immediately followed by “I believe they will say anything at this point.” The first commenter did eventually allow that this report was ‘partly true.’ Other comments included “too bad he didn’t break more than his glasses,” “more med...
From Valley Dems: On the heels of Gianforte's act of violence, the vandalizing of a Rob Quist sign in a private yard seems unremarkable. The sign was pulled and destroyed and left. Left as a threat? Felt like it to the homeowner. Small acts excused and normalized lead to the acceptance and normalization of larger acts. We need to return to the recognition that democracy is based on a two-or-more party system. Each side has a right to voice their opinion without fear and in recognition that no one party gets it all right all the time. Our...
Virginia W. (Smith) Plouffe, age 94, of Wolf Point, Mont., passed away on Thursday, May 25, 2017, at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. She was born Aug. 21, 1922, 54 miles north of Malta on the family homestead. She was the youngest of 10 children born to Lee M. and Loretta (Williams) Smith. She attended school in Lowrane and Loring, then graduated from Malta High School and later in life attended some classes in Bozeman. She married John H. Plouffe on June 12, 1942, in Malta....
Tasha Marie Rush, age 25, died in Great Falls, Mont. Cremation has taken place. The O'Connor Funeral Home in Great Falls assisted in the arrangements. She will be buried with her grandmother in the Havre Cemetery. She was born in Havre, Mont., on Aug. 7, 1991, the daughter of Cindy (Roberts) Stidham. At age 3, she went to live with her grandparents, John and Joyce Roberts. On Aug. 6, 2010, she married Travis Rush. They had three children together. She was preceded in death by her grandparents,...
Services will be held for Richard “Dick” Rohde on Friday, June 9, at 2 p.m., at Glasgow Evangelical Church. Burial will follow. He passed away Dec. 14, 2016, at the age of 89 in Glasgow....
THURSDAY – JUNE 1 Early registration available for the Glasgow City-County Library Summer Reading Program at www.glasgowlibrary.org 9:30 a.m. - The Nashua Community is invited to the Ladies’ Coffee Hour every Thursday at the Nashua Senior Center. 4:30-5 p.m. - St. Marie Rabies Clinic in a room across the hall from the post office at St. Marie. 4 – 8 p.m. - Glasgow Reds Baseball Fundraiser – Show support to the Glasgow Reds at Busted Knuckle Brewery. Hot dogs, baked beans and chips will be available. $1 will be donated from every pint sold to...
The Scottie track and field squad were in Butte for the Class AA and B meet on May 25, 26 and 27. The Scotties left town at 6 a.m. Thursday morning and reached their destination just before 3 p.m. "That's a lot of time on the bus," said head coach Tim Phillips. "It's always a little tough for the athletes to adjust to the long trip." The pole vault competition for class B boys was held Thursday afternoon. Matt Reyling and Kyle Ross represented the Scotties in the event to start off the...
Expectations for the Scottie Softball team were high. The girls practically sailed through their regular season with most of their games ending in mercy rule scores. They traveled to Frenchtown for the state tournament May 25-27 with a state title in their sights, and as far as any Scottie fans were concerned, they were the favorites to win it all. The Lady Scotties, however, eventually fell to the team from Mission/Arlee/Charlo (MAC) twice to get knocked out of the tournament. "The outcome in...
Area Class C athletes competed in their final meet of the season May 26 and 27 in Laurel. The meet was originally scheduled to be held in Missoula, but was moved to Laurel following concerns that the venue would not be ready in time. The move was likely beneficial to our northeastern Montana competitors, with travel time cut in half and lower altitude levels. The Frazer Bearcubs had the most individual medalists, with three of their athletes making the podium. Dallas Reese won silver in the...
The City of Glasgow recently announced various projects scheduled to utilize $395,200 in funds earmarked for road improvements. The projects are starting this week with some areas receiving payment overlay and in other areas the road will be removed and replaced. Areas receiving pavement overlay will include 10th St. N. from Kampfer Drive east to Airport Road, all of Meadow Court, a portion of Valley View between Jet Drive and Valley Drive, a portion of 8th Street N. between 4th Ave N. and the alley, all of Laser Drive, 11th Street S. between...
