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This will be the first in a series of travel segments focusing on various sections of Valley County and beyond. A special thanks to Glasgow's Dave Pippin for providing insight, personal connections, and transportation. A quartet of area elders headed out early June 12 from Happy Flats in Hinsdale on a mission of general education for the Courier's newest managing editor. The lesson was a profoundly edifying one. The group included Sherman Lacock (79), John Mogan (88), and one of Hinsdale's...
Milk River Motorsports hosted their annual Spring Demo Derby on June 13, at the Glasgow Fairgrounds. While the number of participants was down from last year (29 to 10), the excitement was not. Rocky Thompson of Glasgow commented on the low number, "For only being a 10-car field, the drivers put on a great show for MRM and the Glasgow fans. After a tough final heat, Winston Anderson from Chinook edged out Fred Potter and Brad Olson from Glasgow. If these 10 cars can put on this kind of show, I...
Undersheriff Vernon Buerkle was honored for 37 years of service in the Glasgow area with a Distinguished Career award by the Montana Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association June 11 in Missoula. Buerkle moved to Glasgow from Southeastern Montana 37 years ago to take a job with the Police Department. After 21 years with the GPD, Buerkle moved to the Sheriff's Department, where he has served for 16 years. He has been Undersheriff since October of 2000. Sheriff Meier nominated Buerkle for the award...
Questions and comments from the public at the June 15 City Council meeting put a temporary halt to the passage of Ordinance No. 952 regarding limits on the number of cats and dogs residents can own and maintain within city limits. The proposed number is three animals in any combination, but after objections from concerned citizens, the ordinance was tabled for further consideration. Mayor Erickson took the lead in stating that while the pet owners and shelter operators present at the meeting were more than likely responsible animal caregivers,...
Few things bring up the standard of living more effectively than a really good coffee shop. For residents of Nashua, Park Grove and Fort Peck--as well as a steady stream of Corps workers, tourists, and sportsmen--the living is very good indeed around Stillwater Brew. After securing their location at 9 Stillwater Road near the dam on the way to the Downstream Campground and the Fort Peck Interpretive Center and Museum in 2008, business owners Marlyce and Kiley Braaten opened their smartly...
City workers fill potholes downtown just before 5 a.m. on Friday, June 12. Street Foreman Karl Krause assured attendees at the June 15 City Council meeting that road crews are hard at work despite intermittently inclement weather conditions and a long list of damaged streets to patch up....
This column originally ran Aug. 27, 2014. We are reprinting it due to its author's recent win for Best Column Writing at the 2015 Montana Newspaper Association's Better Newspaper Contest. In church last Sunday, I felt a very light touch on the back of my hair. Wondering what was touching my hair, I suddenly realized it was my almost 3-year-old granddaughter, who was ever so carefully using one tiny finger to gently go from about the middle of my hair to the end of the strands. And then I smiled as I heard her whisper to her mother, "Mom, I...
It was a good week for us here at the Courier, at least when it comes to wins and placement in the Montana Newspaper Association's Better Newspaper Contest Awards for 2015. Our own Sandy Laumeyer took First Place in the Column Writing category. Her submission was titled "The Touch of a Hand." Congratulations, Sandy! The Courier also took Second Place for Best Newspaper Promotional Ad for a selection from our popular special section, "Hi-Line Farm & Ranch." Second Place for Best Sports Story went to former publisher Jim Orr for his entry, "The...
I live in Fort Peck, but I spend much of my time in Billings. Because of that, I didn't read last week's Courier until Sunday. I was very disappointed in the review of Krakauer's book. Although DK Holm's level of detail indicates that he actually read the book, somehow he missed Krakauer's overall message, which is that rape is on college campuses is commonplace and handled poorly by the justice system. Just reading the book jacket makes it clear that what happened in Missoula is representative of a "national plague of campus rape." Holm's...
Branding of the current year calf crop has been finished by a lot of our rancher friends. Who remembers the days of a wood fire for the purpose of heating branding irons? I know that many of us have seen an occasional branding using a wood fire, but have you ever wondered about the early day brandings, and just where the wood for these branding fires came from? Sometimes, in the eastern part of our state, we can drive for miles without seeing a tree so it is pretty certain that preparing for those early day brandings must have included wood...
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Ethel Lenore (Rasmussen) Partridge passed peacefully at Valley View Home in Glasgow, Mont., on Thursday, May 21, 2015, at the age of 95. Services and a celebration of her life will be Friday, July 3, at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Glasgow. She was born in Hinsdale, Mont., on April 5, 1920, to John and Tillie Rasmussen and was the second of eight children. She grew up on the farm and was the valedictorian of the Hinsdale class of 1937, where she played basketball for the...
Bessie O. (McKeage) White-Beautry, 97, a 29-year East Wenatchee resident, passed away on Thursday afternoon, June 4, 2015, at Avalon Adult Care Home in East Wenatchee. An inurnment graveside service will be held at a later date in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery in East Wenatchee. She was born on Nov. 18, 1917, at Saco, Mont., to the late Thomas and Lulu (Ferguson) McKeage. She was raised and received her schooling in Saco and graduated from Saco High School. In 1936, she moved to Grand Coulee, Wash., where she remained until moving to Seattle...
Robert Dunseth, 81, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away Monday, June 15, 2015, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow. Services will be held on Thursday, June 18, at 1 p.m. at the Bell Mortuary in Glasgow with Jim O'Guin officiating. Burial will follow at a later date in Sultan, Wash. He was born to Frank and Marian (Stenger) Dunseth July 28, 1933, in Clarkston, Wash. He graduated from Charles Francis Adams High School in 1952. He enlisted in the military in 1957 and served nine years in...
This aerial shot of Hinsdale, described as "The Best Little Town in the Milk River Valley," was prepared by Glasgow's Cole Studio in 1949. For more on Hinsdale, see NORTH BY NORTHEAST, Page 1A....
As part of the 15th annual worldwide Summer Sailstice, on the weekend of June 20, the weekend closest to the summer solstice, the Fort Peck Lake Sailing Club will join sailors around the world to celebrate sailing "together." Current or prospective sailors are invited down to their docks to get on the water under sail or to contribute by demonstrating the best of the sailing world. Julie Burke of the Fort Peck Lake Sailing Club is planning to kick off another great season with the Summer...
Here's why I don't like to review animated movies. After years of dutifully attending all the animated films from Pixar, Disney, DreamWorks, Fox, the recent upstart Laika, and the animés from Japan, and after seeing the Shreks, the Toy Stories, the polar comedies, and whatnot, I realized that most animated works told one of exactly two basic stories. In the first story, someone decides to take a journey. It's either a widower going on a vacation (Up), or a zoo animal character who decides to...
Jurassic World pretends that earlier sequels Lost World and III didn't happen. Still, it seems that every time a billionaire wants to resurrect a dinosaur for spectator sport, something goes awry and soon, as Jeff Goldblum says in Lost World, it all seems like a good idea at first, and then there's running, and screaming. This time around the sheen has dimmed on the idea of Jurassic Park after 10 years in operation since the first film and so to increase foot traffic the park's corporate guides...
The Glasgow Kiwanis Thunder achieved another strong finish at the Malta swim meet this past weekend. After placing third at the first meet of the season in Harlem two weeks ago, they moved up a notch and brought home a second-place trophy. The team doubled in size from last week as 24 swimmers attended the meet. Out of 76 event entries, Glasgow scored top three in 26 of them. The team struggled however, in their usually strong relays, with three out of the seven relays being disqualified....
CLASS B ALL STARS: Four Glasgow football players and one GHS assistant coach participated in the 27th annual Big Sky All-Star Class B Football game in Billings on Saturday, June 13. Representing/cheering for the Northern B are (L to R) Rivers Sugg, Levi Sugg, Ryan Scanlan, Ed Sugg (assistant coach for the All-Star game), Joe Doney, Chase Fossum, Dallas Capdeville and GHS football head coach Greg Liebelt. Although North was only down by one with 4:38 left in the game, South did score a TD and a...
The Glasgow Reds baseball team is home again. They weathered eight games in five days on the road—two in Miles City where the Reds split with the Mavericks, then taking silver in the Buffalo Wild Wings Tournament in Billings. The result: Four wins, two losses and two ties, and an overall 12-8-2 record. Reds head coach Jack Sprague has this to say: “We’re not getting the results that we were expecting at this point in the year but this is a perfect time to evaluate our team. We usually use the Lewistown tournament to gauge where were at for t...
The Glasgow High School will host football camp from Monday, June 29 to Wednesday, July 1 at the Scottie field from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Glasgow Middle School (grades 7-8) and Youth Camp (grades 3-6) will be held on Wednesday, August 5 and Thursday, August 6 at the Scottie Field. Camp time is in the evenings from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Limited contact will occur for the high school and middle school camps. Equipment checkout for the high school and middle school will occur following the first evening of camps on Monday, June 29 for the high...
When I saw pictures of the Valley Bank minors team with their trophies, I had flashbacks. It seems like just yesterday my own daughter was playing baseball for Valley Bank and her team was celebrating their first-place win. The Cal Ripken minor league tournament was held this last weekend at Jeff Jurgens Field. Valley Bank eventually won the tournament, but they had to play Hi-Line Ford three times before it was over. They played their first game on Friday against McDonald's and outscored them...
Hunters interested in participating in “game-damage” hunts on private land or possible management seasons this year can register online beginning Monday, June 15, with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Hunters from this roster may be identified for three types of hunts: game damage, management season and dispersal. The roster is used by FWP to efficiently respond to landowners in the prevention or reduction of damage primarily caused by deer, elk and antelope. Prospective hunters must register online by July 15 at fwp.mt.gov. Click “Hunt Roste...
Montana’s welcoming summer waters annually draw anglers, hikers, wildlife viewers, campers, floaters and boaters into the outdoors because it’s still easy to have a great summer experience on Montana’s rivers. The key is river etiquette, a mix of common sense, courtesy, and respect to minimize one party’s impact on another party’s good time. Here are some examples of basic river etiquette. Respect People’s Space and Privacy—The point at which someone feels crowded is subjective, but every outdoor activity requires space. On the river, mainta...
