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A Glasgow police officer has been awarded the Montana Medal of Valor for his actions that saved the life of a law enforcement dispatcher who was trapped in a burning truck. The medal was presented to Tyler Edwards by Montana Attorney General Tim Fox at the annual meeting of the Montana Association of Chiefs of Police (MACOP) in Billings on May 16. Kim Tribby was on U.S. 2 East, just past Highway 24, driving home to Nashua from her night shift at dispatch on April 23, 2012, when her pickup was...
MISSOULA – The Glasgow Courier won two statewide awards for first place and three for second during the Montana Newspaper Association’s 2013 convention last week in Missoula. The Courier’s big winners in the MNA’s annual Better Newspaper Contest were Nashua correspondent Sandy Laumeyer for Best Column Writing and sports editor J. Levi Burnfin for Best Sports Column. The Courier’s second place winners included editor Samar Fay for Best Long Feature Story, Virgil Vaupel for Best Column Writing, and office manager Terry Trang, publisher Jim Orr an...
America’s got talent. The Hi-Line’s got talent. Justiss Firemoon’s got it, too. Firemoon, the Hi-Line’s representative at Saturday night’s Miss Montana Pageant, won the talent competition with her singing of “Phantom of the Opera.” In her first pageant ever, the Fort Peck Reservation 18-year-old also survived the first two cuts of contestants that trimmed the field from 13 to seven. “I truly enjoyed the experience,” she said. Sheridan Pope of Sidney was crowned Miss Montana 2013 and will represent the state at the Miss America Pageant i...
A Canadian oil exploration company has withdrawn the offer it made to lease minerals on land belonging to Valley County, citing the difficulty of conducting business under restrictions intended to protect the habitat of the threatened sage grouse. In an email to the Valley County commissioners sent on Tuesday, Don Lee, an attorney for Montex Oil Co., said, “Unfortunately because of the sage grouse habitat issues involving federal lands, it will be extremely difficult to conduct exploratory o...
After two weeks above flood stage, the Milk River at Glasgow dropped below the 25-foot flood stage on Tuesday and is expected to fall quickly, to around 16 feet on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service office in Glasgow. The river crested at 27.8 feet on June 11. Tampico saw moderate flooding above 24 feet for several days, cresting at 24.7 feet, but it fell below the flood stage on June 13 and early on Wednesday it was at 16.9 feet. Nashua reached 18.8 feet but never cracked the 20-foot flood stage. It is dropping too, to 16.3...
For a while now there’s been a commercial on television with a little boy saying his dad doesn’t wear a cape or can beam heat rays from his eyes or have super strength – but that his Dad is just “super.” Just as I was blessed having two moms, so was I blessed having two dads. My father began working in a coal mine at the age of 11. His job was to lead the mule that pulled cars loaded with coal out of the mine. The mules were blind because they lived their entire live underground. Dad said he received 25 cents every two weeks from his paycheck....
I was on a little road trip a couple of weeks ago and had the privilege of meeting a long string of cars heading for a car show. That will trigger memories – not all to share, you understand. However, it brought to mind a couple of the old slogans used when advertizing the automobile. How about, “Don’t Ford or Dodge mud holes, go Overland.” Where was the Overland these past weeks? Or “Ride with Lucille in my merry Oldsmobile,” and “See the USA in your Chevrolet.” At the moment, I am at a loss to come up with a present day car ad. I didn’t no...
My main comment on this Resource Management Plan is the integrity of this document and what it should be. Will the taxpayer and residents of the affected counties be confident with this document? Upon further examination, I find that many things were not completely done in regard to the fairness for the people who live in the Valley County area. A comparative analysis should be done to insure that this document does not infringe upon anyone’s individual civil rights, and that it preserves the cultural identity, heritage and well being of the V...
Hello from Brenden Farms. I have waited until all of the voting was finished on the governor’s vetoes and the override attempts to give my report. Unfortunately all of the vetoes were sustained. Gov. Bullock gave the lame excuse that the legislature handed him all these bills and then went home so he could not have a chance to negotiate with the Legislature. Where was the governor and his hirelings when all the hearings in the Senate and the House taking place? Hearings on all bills are heard in...
Everybody at Nemont Manor enjoyed the comfortable wooden bench at the end of the sidewalk, but it was getting weathered. People were afraid it would fall apart, and that was a shame, since it was a memorial to a resident, Martha Luck. Gordon Olson, a Nemont Manor resident since 2007, decided to rescue the bench. Olson disassembled the wooden slats from the iron sides. The Manor’s maintenance man, Jeff Roberton, cut oak for the new slats, which Olson sanded, stained and mounted back onto the i...
Harry Ratzky is protesting the decision to raise rates for rides on the Valley County Transit buses. He told the Valley County commissioners on Tuesday that he believes the increase is in violation of the Montana Civil Rights Act and probably the federal Civil Rights Act, because he has protected status as a senior and a person with a low income. The rate increase, announced May 29 in The Courier, is the first since 1997 and is to go into effect July 1. All rides in Glasgow will cost $1. The fare for seniors and children is currently 75 cents....
The Glasgow School Board hired two teachers at the regular meeting on June 12. Lily Himsl and Kevin Alt will teach fifth grade, replacing J Billingsley, who has resigned to move to another school district. A list of winter head coaches and fall and winter assistant coaches submitted by Willie Thibault was hired, but not named individually. The public’s interest in the board’s practice on hiring coaches was noted. The hiring procedure will be on next month’s agenda. Trustee Dave Irving reported a good negotiated settlement with the distr...
The Glasgow City Council discussed contracts with its unionized employees, police department and city attorney at the regular meeting on Monday. The counter offer from the union was a $.50 raise and an increase in health insurance for two years, but the council voted to offer a one-year contract. They voted to do the same thing with the counter offer from the police department, make the same offer as last time. The Council agreed to renew a revised six-month contract with City Attorney Dave Gorton for criminal cases only, with an added...
Leonard J. Boos, 83, died Thursday, June 13, 2013, of respiratory failure at St. Vincent’s Healthcare in Billings, Mont. He was born on Jan. 27, 1930, to August Antone and Anna Loretta (Young) Boos. He grew up on the family farm 18 miles north of Wagner, Mont., and attended school in Dodson, where he was proud to be a Coyote. He was an exceptional athlete and excelled in football and basketball. He graduated from Dodson High School in 1948. He entered the workforce and later joined the Army, i...
Harry Leon Buchanan, 101, of Helena, Mont., formerly of Big Fork, Mont., died Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in Helena. A Memorial Service will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, June 28, at Retz Funeral Home in Helena, with a small reception to follow at the funeral home. A Graveside Service with military honors will follow the reception at the Montana State Veterans Cemetery at Fort Harrison, Mont. He was born Jan. 14, 1912, in Stanley, N.D., to Isaac and Nellie Buchanan. The family moved to Poplar when he...
Elizabeth “Bettie” (Tryon) Hall, 93, formerly of Glasgow, died of natural causes on Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Joseph, Ore. Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 22, at 3 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Glasgow, followed by interment in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. She was born on Sept. 22, 1919, in Westfield, Mass., the daughter of Paul and Marguerite Tryon, and raised in Westfield. She was a graduate of Westfield High School and attended two years of college. She pla...
Irvin Neil Stahl, 84, beloved dad, grandpa, great-grandpa, brother and uncle, was escorted into heaven Tuesday, June 11, 2013, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. A Celebration of life for Irvin Stahl will be held Saturday, June 22, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Glasgow, followed by a luncheon. Interment will follow at the Lawndale Cemetery in Opheim. He was born July 31, 1928, at the “Good” homestead near Richland, Mont., to Harry and Ruth (Lasater) Stahl. He attended schoo...
The slugging Reds continued their offensive outpour for a perfect 7-0 record on the week. Coming into the Aaron’s Tournament in Billings on Saturday and Sunday, the Reds were averaging nearly 10 runs per game, racking up 51 extra-base hits in only 15 games. Those trends continued in Billings, even if not immediately. The Reds began the tournament on Saturday night with a 4-2 win over the Billings Blue Jays. The Blue Jays struck first, scoring two runs in the bottom of the first, capitalizing o...
Over 280 participants ran, walked or biked the Longest Dam Race on Saturday, enjoying near perfect weather at the 19th annual event. A brisk wind that gave runners, walkers and bikers trouble on the home stretch of the course was the only flaw on a day where two-year old Sadre White completed the 1-mile walk/run with her dad, Blaine White, and 65-year-old Donna Kloker finished the 10K run in an outstanding time of 55 minutes, 51.5 seconds. Mel Hoffman, 49, was the first to cross the finish line...
At Glasgow High School, student really does come before athlete in student-athlete. Across three sports, GHS had 28 student-athletes qualify for academic all-state. To qualify, students must earn a varsity letter in a MHSA sanctioned sport, and earn a 3.5 or higher GPA in the final quarter of the school year. Glasgow has 18 student-athletes qualify with a 4.0 GPA, the highest GPA recognized by MHSA. “I think it’s really a tribute to how hard they work in the classroom and what [the stu...
There were close to 10,000 collisions in Glasgow on Saturday. All of them were with malicious purpose as 17 drivers and cars participated in the 80s & Up Demolition Derby at the Glasgow Fairgrounds. With a calcutta immediately preceding the wreckage, and thousands in prize money on the line, the drivers weren’t holding back any steel-crunching punches. Coming out of the twisted ball of metal was Fred Potter, who took the top spot in the finals over second-place finisher and defending champion W...
For the 15th time in 20 tries, Montana defeated North Dakota in the Knights of Columbus Badlands Bowl on Saturday in Miles City. Montana jumped out of the gates for a 29-point lead in the first quarter en route to a 43-29 victory in the 20th annual game between the two states. North Dakota tried to wage a comeback in the second half, causing a few turnovers, but Montana ultimately defended their home turf at Connors Stadium, raising their record in Montana to 9-2. The game is comprised of stars...
Only 17 Glasgow Kiwanis swimmers made the trip to Roundup for a two-day meet over the weekend. Glasgow still came home with a third-place trophy. Even after an impressive opening meet the weekend before, coaches Matt Dangleis and Alex Leuchars were thrilled with the progress in just one week. “The biggest [difference] from this point in the season last year is DQs (disqualifications),” said Leuchars. “Even our older swimmers were DQing all the time, but this year, I think we only had two DQs t...
Not Pictured: Nashua Purple Roster: Gavin Adkins, Dylan Sanner, Daniel Parpart, Toby Glasoe, Eli Zeluff, Dillon Yoss, Trace Laumeyer, Jace Nickels, Anika Peters, Brennen Peters, Ethan Viste....
