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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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The Milk River at Glasgow jumped ahead of predictions and rose to 25.6 feet late Tuesday night. Flood stage is 25 feet, so there is minor flooding in low-lying areas. The latest forecast from the National Weather Service office in Glasgow (1:30 a.m. on Wednesday) is that the river will hold near 26 feet from Wednesday through Friday, and be at 27.5 feet early on Sunday. The situation changed quickly from the middle of the afternoon on Tuesday, when the river was at 23.15 feet and a height of 27...
Dr. Cliff Montagne, of Montana State University’s Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, brought grad students Lora Soderquist, Rebecca Kurnick, Badamgarav (Badmaa) Dovchin and Sarina Bao (from Mongolia and Chinese-controlled Inner Mongolia) out to Horse Ranch on Timber Creek for a seminar on Eastern Montana ranch ecology and management philosophy May 10 to 13. Thanks to our generous community, we had a number of interesting seminar stops on our way to the ranch. Rose Teske o...
Derrick Simons graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., on Friday, May 24. Graduates numbering 1,047 marched through the rain to the 163rd commencement exercises that were held at the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium to be sworn in as the newest members of the Navy. President Barack Obama gave the commencement address, challenging the men and women to hold on to their values they have been taught through this difficult and trying time. The graduating class consisted of 80 percent men...
Because of repeated vandalism at its shooting range on private land south of Saco, the Saco Shootist Society has closed the range to the public. “This has been going on for several years,” said Richard Barnard, vice president of the Saco Shootist Society, “but this last round is the worst.” Barnard said the first damage occurred a couple of years ago. An empty old trailer house on the range was shot up. Now some small metal targets have been damaged and a large metal target has been shot to pieces. This target was made of old railroad tie pla...
A virus has infected several computers in this area, locked them up and demanded money to release them. Dale Bender of Glasgow was a victim recently, and said, “It’s really sick.” Bender was watching an evangelist on the computer when suddenly the screen showed a picture of a young girl. Then it showed Bender on his own screen, using the webcam mounted on his computer. The hijacked computer screen accused him of watching porn, claimed the FBI locked up the computer and demanded $300 to unlock it. Bender said he knows of at least three people in...
No bids to repair the roof of Glasgow’s south side fire hall were received by the deadline last week. Director of Public Works Bob Kompel said three contractors picked up bid packets. He was following up with two of them to ask why they chose not to bid the project. He recommended re-advertising the project with an increased length of time to complete the project to make it more desirable, saying the problem could be “nothing more than a scheduling conflict with only two potential bidders.” At Monday’s Glasgow City Council meeting, Kompel said...
Dear Editor: I am shocked and disappointed, by the events that have occurred at the shooting range south of Saco. It is evident that a person or persons unknown, do not understand the meaning of the word “no,” such as: “No” jacketed bullets shot at our hard targets, but you went and shot them to pieces, anyway. “No” driving off of the roads, but you went and spun brodies out in the grass, anyway. “No” longer open to the public, but you went and shot and pried our locks off, anyway. The last one says it’s obvious that you think you have a...
A few weeks past I caused an incident in town, which in turn caused much consternation, angst and some downright anger amongst some of the citizenry of our fair village. Please, allow me to explain my deplorable actions. I had just spent most of a wonderful morning and early afternoon at the doctor place getting poked, prodded and probed and I was in a tizzy. I thought it might be nice to treat myself after being mis-treated for the past few hours so I stopped by for a burger at one of our...
When did the sage grouse become a national priority surpassing energy independence, and does this fowl really require millions of acres of energy-rich land to survive? Those are the obvious questions that arise when reading the Bureau of Land Management’s recent 812-page Resource Management Plan for the Hi-Line. The document, released this Spring and currently out for public comment, is a good example of the unfortunate trend toward declaring Montana off-limits to development. It contains a few bright points, but mostly the plan deprives the H...
Joy E. Rogers, 72, of Glasgow, died Tuesday, May 28, 2013, from heart failure at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow, Mont. She was born on Feb. 7, 1941, in Wolf Point, Mont., the daughter of Lawrence and Nola (Kline) Holtberg. She was raised and attended schools in Frazer, graduating from Frazer High School. She attended Business College in Spokane and her and a friend moved to Anchorage, Alaska, where she worked at RCA. She met Charles Rogers on a blind date and they were married six...
Roy Dale Smith, 74, died Thursday, May 30, 2013, from a pulmonary embolism at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. He was born on July 17, 1938, in Pedro, Calif., to his mother, “Charlie” Smith. He was raised and attended schools and two years of college in Pedro. He worked as a contractor in California in partnership with his dad building houses. Later they also got into the tire business together. On July 12, 2008, he married Gladys Lindell in Glasgow. He enjoyed fis...
That rumbling you heard on Saturday and Sunday was not an earthquake. It was the ear-shredding grumble of 400-horsepower engines running down a dirt drag strip and through four-foot deep mud. Milk River Motorsports put on a two-day event showcasing some of the most powerful and meanest trucks, cars and other in Montana. On Saturday, dozens competed in five classes of dirt drag racing. Glasgow’s Matt Wilfong took first with a time of 6.6 seconds in the stock class. Roy Stroppe was second and Joan...
Champions reigned in the Milk River Catfish Classic on Saturday. The top five teams were all former winners of the title, including the top duo of Nate and Jerry Molstad, who reeled in 37.29 pounds of catfish for their fourth Classic title. The Molstad mates exacted ‘a little bit’ of vengeance in the win, edging out young newcomers Gage Gordon and MacKenzie Reid, who won last year’s title just ahead of the Molstads, who finished in second. “It was nice to take them (Gordon and Reid) out this ye...
It didn’t exactly go to plan. The breaks didn’t always go the Scotties’ way. And the weather didn’t play fair. Nevertheless, the Scotties still had a successful spring sports season and are set up to be even more successful in the seasons ahead. The smallest Glasgow High School class since 1930 graduated on May 26, including several highly-decorated athletes, such as Bryan Larson and Alex Page, who were named Scottie Athletes of the Year recently, joining a long line of distinguished Scottie com...
Register now for Montana Senior Olympics to be held in Great Falls, June 20-22. The registration deadline is Friday, June 7. Complete registration information and forms are available on the Montana Senior Olympics web site at www.montanaseniorolympics.org. Forms are also available in Great Falls at the Park and Recreation Office, Community Recreation Center, Natatorium Swimming Pool and the PEAK Health and Wellness Center; registration books are at many local fitness centers in other cities around the State as well. The games are open to...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Region 6 Citizens Advisory Council will meet from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 11 at the Fort Peck Fish Hatchery. The meeting, which is open to the public, will include a review of recent legislative changes and FWP budget and staffing issues, an overview of Region 6 big game surveys and hunting season outlooks, presentations on Fort Peck Reservoir management issues and a walleye stocking study on Fresno Reservoir, tribal bison management updates, and a member roundtable discussion. Time for public comments is reser...
The Opheim Little League Twins played their first home game last Tuesday against the Scobey White Sox. The Twins lost 9-1. Adler Morgan pitched four innings for the Twins and Haylee Fauth pitched two. Thomas Fry scored the Twins only run on a double and two errors on the White Sox. Their game on Monday, June 3, was postponed due to the rain. They play in Scobey on Tuesday, June 11, and the next scheduled home game is on Thursday, June 13, against the Scobey Red Sox. CJ Nelson is playing on the...
Defending champions JR Rasmusan and Norm Sillerud got off to a good start as they try to repeat as “Team of the Year” for the Fort Peck Championship Series. The duo took first place at the Rock Creek Tournament on Saturday with a top weight of 88.96 pounds. The two-day event kicked off the Fort Peck Championship Series consisting of three tournaments on Fort Peck Lake over the next two months. Rasmusan and Sillerud won the series last year, coming from behind in the standings with a win at Hel...
Walt Dalbey was the only Reds pitcher to receive a loss in four games this weekend. The unquestioned ace of the staff was set to lead the Reds to a four-game sweep of Glendive in the final game on Sunday. He threw five innings and only gave up three earned runs. But Glendive scored five unearned, as well, giving the Blue Devils a commanding 8-0 lead through four innings. The Reds tried to scrape back into the game, scoring eight runs in the seventh, but it wasn’t quite enough as they fell 11-9....
A black bear captured on a ranch near the McCone County town of Brockway over the Memorial Day weekend has been moved by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks wardens to a new home in the Little Belt Mountains. FWP Region 6 Warden Todd Tryan of Glasgow received a report from McCone County Undersheriff Lonny Jensen on May 24 that a bear had just been spotted in the Brockway Cemetery. Tryan immediately headed to the area and eventually located the animal in a scrap woodpile more than three miles north...
Well, I’m not sure what all is new. However, I can tell you what is new at the Pioneer Museum in Glasgow right now. For the next month or so a special attraction will be the William Standing Art Collection which is on display for all of you to visit. William Standing done wonderful work – some with a great sense of humor. Also on loan at this time from Gene Etchart is the bullet that killed the Pigeon Toed Kid when he was shot by Hugh Calderwood, a Deputy Sheriff. This was in the days before this corner of Montana had been tamed. The Pigeon Toe...
