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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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It was a warm one at Kiwanis Park for the CHS barbeque June 27. Strolling into the gathering at the invitation of the Honrud family (Opheim), I made the acquaintance of Lyle Wall. Head of a fifth generation ranching and farming family in Lustre, Wall remarked that anyone interested in visiting a ranch currently raising the bison for hunting, meat and other products in Northeast Montana could do worse than his Five Diamonds Bison Ranch situated on Wall Street north of the school on the Fort Peck...
Smoky Air moved into Northeast Montana Monday Evening We’ve had a lot of calls about the smoke. Here are some updates on the source and movement of the air, and potential health concerns: The fire source region is in the boreal forest of northern Saskatchewan, Alberta and Northwest Territories. There are multiple fires burning, with acreage as of June 29 at 148,000 acres or 231 square miles. Air quality at the two eastern Montana stations in Malta and near Sidney is “Hazardous” according to the sensors that MT DEQ has there. This is the first...
An accident with a firearm claimed the life of 4-year-old Summer Miller of St. Marie on the morning of June 27 around 10 a.m., according to Valley County Sheriff Glen Meier. The fatality was instantaneous. Miller was alone with her mother, Matilda Miller, in their residence at 308B Willow when the accident occurred. No charges have been filed. Meier described the incident as, “just an absolutely tragic accident.” He categorized it further as a no-fault situation with unthinkable consequences for everyone involved....
On June 28, eight weary bicyclists pedaled their way into Glasgow. The students, from St. Paul's School (SPS) in Concord, NH, are biking across the northern US and parts of Canada to raise money and awareness for Ride 2 Recovery. The latter company is dedicated to helping veterans suffering from PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury. Their 50-day, 3,800 mile journey began in Anacortes, WA, and will end at their school campus in Concord, cycling anywhere between 70 and 120 miles a day. The group of...
This week, I'm happy to include a letter from one of our staff on the subject of gay marriage. I should say a thing or two about that. Firstly, we welcome letters from anyone who wants to have their voice added to the broader discussion on virtually any topic relevant to this community. That said, if a staffer wants to chime in, I tend to err on the side of featuring their commentary as a column. Given more time, we would have done just that with Georgie Kulczyk's fine letter. In this case, the letter in question is short and was originally...
To our community: I’m seeing a lot of posts (Facebook) about gay marriage. Lots of words being used like abomination, sinners, Christians, opinions, morality, etc. (I’m no expert, but I’m thinking a lot of those words were used during the civil rights movement). I can only say how thankful I am that I live in America where people can express their opinions freely. I am thankful for the men and women who fought and continue to fight for our freedoms. I am thankful that I am alive to see the world changing. I am thankful for those who are not i...
Youth today face many challenges in terms of financial management, decision making and the use of credit, which may either lead them to or prevent them from, achieving financial success. Student loan debt, estimated at over $1 trillion is just one example of how young people today begin their adult lives in a less than ideal financial position. Credit scores and wise use of credit also play a role in the success or lack of success of today’s youth. The need for improved financial knowledge and behaviors is increasingly important and as adults,...
Once again it seems time for a bits and pieces column. A couple of weeks ago, I decided to dye my hair. No particular reason for it other than I thought it would be fun to do. Because my hair was completely white, the light golden brown dye I chose turned my hair to a copper color. It’s been a good 30 years since my hair was that color. But that’s okay. I like it enough I just may keep it that color for a while. One of my sons said he wasn’t shocked at the color change. He told me that he and his siblings know to expect the unexpected from...
Most of my 12.438 readers know that I have been a trucker in a past life. Up until my retirement in February 2000 I had set a tire on every foot of United States Interstate save I-4 which diagonals across Florida, and assorted bypass routes. In my nearly 2.5 million miles I never received a moving violation. That’s not to say that maybe sometimes I warranted a speeding ticket but I managed to dodge the bullet on a couple occasions. One of those times was in Nevada on I-80 coming off Golgonda Summit which is a pretty straight 6% grade of m...
The Fourth of July will soon be here. Do you remember how you used to celebrate this holiday? You may even remember when it wasn’t a three-day holiday. My thoughts turn to fireworks. Remember when fireworks were done on an island in Fort Peck Lake? You may remember the bumper-to-bumper traffic returning home from the night’s entertainment. That might have been before camping at the lake was so common. There may still be a lot of you that never spent the night camping at Fort Peck or the Pines unless you attended a summer camp there. You may rem...
Elmer E. "Red" Whitten of Nashua, Mont., 57, passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2015. He was born to parents Elmer and Mary Whitten on Aug. 26, 1957, in Canyon, Texas. He was the oldest of three boys and attended Canyon High School. On March 29, 1986, he married Connie Murch. The couple had four children. He worked as a self-employed drywall finisher; at BNSF; and gunsmithing until he was diagnosed with lung and brain cancer in 2013. He enjoyed his children and grandchildren very much. He was a wonde...
Rose Marie (Unger) Friesen, 88, passed away on Saturday, June 20, 2015, at the Faith Lutheran Home in Wolf Point, Mont. She was born Aug. 23, 1926, in Endicott, Neb. She was less than a year old when she moved with her parents to Lustre. She attended schools in Lustre and Wolf Point and was a member of the First Lutheran Church. Her main interests and talents were sewing, crocheting, cooking, gardening and loving everyone, especially children. She sewed most of her daughters' wedding dresses...
The Glasgow Reds returned home from Dickinson, ND, site of the weekend's Terry Jablonski Tournament, with a quartet of victories to their name and a trophy to show for their efforts; Saturday's 15-5 drubbing at the hands of the Dickinson Roughriders, the tournament's host, was bookended by Thursday and Friday's respective wins over Spearfish, S.D., and Regina, Sask. and a sweep of Sunday's twinbill over Billings and Lewistown to seal the title. At last weekend's Lewistown tournament, the Reds fe...
The heat of Saturday's noontime sun at Glasgow's Cherry Creek Roping Arena was tempered by a wavering summer breeze, chasing from the conscious mind any stray musings of one's ability to fry an egg on a bald spot while setting the scene for a day in lassoing paradise. Each individual participant competed on three discrete teams of two ropers; one partner was selected at the entrant's discretion, while the remaining two were assigned by a name-in-the-hat drawing. In total, 118 pairs entered the...
Three hundred and two miles, 91 degrees, 47 events, 26 swimmers, two days. That all adds up to fourth place and two high point winners for the Glasgow Kiwanis Thunder. The fourth swim meet of the season was held in Glendive this past weekend. Overall, the team struggled with the heat, but many swimmers still managed to improve their times in individual events. The Thunder also managed to claim high point status in two age groups. Katie Kaiser earned high point in the 13–14 year old girls with t...
From DNRC The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) and firefighters across Montana want to help you celebrate Independence Day with wildfire safety in mind. As we draw near the Fourth of July, many of us celebrate with family and friends by enjoying campfires, barbecues and firework displays. While these activities encourage fun times and great memories, it is important to understand they may also pose serious threats and risks. The tip of a sparkler burns at a temperature of more than 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit, which... Full story
The 21st Annual Longest Dam Race held on Saturday, June 20 sent off record-breaking 443 participants from 12 states running/walking/biking in five events. If you missed the camaraderie last weekend, the 2016 race has been set for Saturday, June 18.... Full story
Is it possible that Americans, or at least American movie reviewers, don't actually watch movies? Could it be that they only listen to them? That's the complaint that movie historian Andrew Sarris made as far back as the early 1960s, when the late Village Voice writer decried the elevation of visually dull social problem movies over the work of Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford, among many others. This was because the critics at the time only listened to these movies, and in the social message...
Don’t trust reviewers. That’s the conclusion I reached, but always really knew, after making the mistake of reading a few articles about the second season of HBO’s True Detective, which made its debut on Sunday, June 21. Devising a new story and location for the second season, True Detective tells of the crime that links a gangster on the make for legitimacy (Vince Vaughn), an angry county sheriff (Rachel McAdams), a suspended highway motorcycle patrolman (Taylor Kitsch), and a city detective (Colin Farrell) in the pocket of the gangs...
WEDNESDAY – JULY 1 9:30 a.m. - Annual Northeast Montana Pulse Plot Tour at the Richland Fertilizer Plant in Richland. More info, call Shelley Mills, VC Extension at 228-6241, [email protected] or Bobbie Roos, Daniels County Ext. at 487-2861 or [email protected]. FRIDAY – JULY 3 6 p.m. - Hinsdale Rodeo SATURDAY – JULY 4 5 p.m. - The Opheim American Legion's 4th of July Picnic in the Opheim City Park. Meat, drinks and paper goods will be provided. Please bring a dish to share. Everyone is welcome. At Dark - Don't miss the fireworks at the Fairg... Full story
How does it grow, my garden? Certainly not with silver bells, nor cockleshells, which are actually a type of mollusk not found up here on the prairies of Northeastern Montana. I might speak sometime in the future about the pretty maids all in a row, as my husband and I did raise three wonderful, pretty daughters. In any case, it does grow an abundance of chives, rhubarb, and raspberries, almost carefree, now that they are well established. It has taken years of gardening to get to the point of...