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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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Teams large and small filled the track around the Independence Stage at the fairgrounds last weekend at the Relay for Life, the big fundraiser in the fight against cancer. It was a new venue for the Relay, but everything seemed to fit in around the stage with room for the luminarias and the Torch of Hope, which was lit by Skip Erickson. Rod Karst had the microphone again, introducing the teams and joking with everyone since he has known them for years. The first round on the track was the... Full story
A new airline has been chosen to fly Essential Air Service routes to five cities in Montana. After hearing presentations from three companies last Thursday, the EAS Task Force unanimously chose Cape Air, a New England-based regional airline that serves 37 cities throughout the Northeast, Midwest, Florida, Caribbean and Micronesia. Cape Air serves 15 EAS cities in Vermont, New York, Maine, Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky. It was formed in 1989 with a single Cessna that flew from Boston to Cape Co...
A young company based in Denver is trying to start its second wind farm in Montana. Compass Energies is negotiating to find a market for the energy it hopes to generate from up to 13 turbines placed on about 1,400 acres it has leased from four landowners south of Opheim. Kyle Paulson, development director for Compass Energies, explained the $40 million project to about 20 people at Glasgow High School on Tuesday night. The turbines would generate up to 23 megawatts of power, but before anything is built, a number of interconnected things have...
The vacancy for Valley County justice of the peace is being advertised by the county commissioners with Job Service. Applications will be accepted until Aug. 15. Commissioner Bruce Peterson said they hope to make a rapid decision so the new judge can attend JP school in Helena in September. Applicants must have lived in Valley County at least one year. A high school diploma is required and experience in the legal field or law enforcement is preferred. The position requires basic computer skills and writing experience is desirable. The... Full story
At a special board meeting on Tuesday afternoon, the Glasgow School Board heard presentations from two major construction firms, Sletten Construction of Great Falls and Swank Enterprises of Valier and Kalispell. Each company wanted to be the construction manager for the $18.6 million project to replace Irle School, enlarge and improve East Side and refurbish the locker rooms and kitchen at the high school. “There is a guaranteed maximum price,” said Shane Swandal, one of the school district’s owner’s reps. “We want to select the efficient...
The Glasgow Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) has awarded approximately $60,000 in Project and Event Grant money during the 2012/2013 fiscal year to local non-profit organizations for promoting the Glasgow community. The grants went to the following organizations: • Glasgow Chamber of Commerce • Walleyes Unlimited • Montana Catfish Classic Association • Friends of the Pioneer Museum • Reds Baseball • Hi-Line Youth Hockey Association • Children’s Museum of Northeastern Montana • Ducks Unlimited • Fort Peck Summer Theater • Women’s R...
Last week a storm that produced large hail stones caused a large amount of damage to crops that were not far from being harvested. As I read of lost revenue for farmers, I thought back to a storm on July 5, 1976. Our crops looked so good. We estimated that the wheat on the land we rented would yield close to 60 bushels to the acre. I remember my mother-in-law saying, " It sure looks like a great crop, but you don't have it until it's in the bin." Truer words were never spoken. We didn't harvest nearly 60 bushels to the acre. Because of a bad st... Full story
Do you remember when young men on the high school football team were all anxious to get a job on a farm or ranch for the summer? Lots of young men were hired to stack bales during the summer. This was before all of the luxurious, time saving equipment that we enjoy now. The bales lay in the field waiting for a strapping young man to first load them on a flat bed of some kind, and then convey them to the place they would be stacked for winter. Luckily for those that wanted to build their muscles, you then got to unload all of the bales you just...
Dear Editor: There are so many compelling reasons why Montana needs to step up to the plate or remain forever in lagging behind our neighbors economically. The Theodore Roosevelt Expressway extends to Culbertson from Williston on Highway 2 and then north on Highway 16 to Plentywood and the Port of Raymond. As I have warned for several years, if Montana doesn't build the four lanes from the state line to Culbertson that has been recommended by two studies, the Transportation Rural Economic Development study and the Environmental Assessment,...
Doris Kathryn (Daley) Maas died Wednesday, July 14, 2013, one week before her 91st birthday. Her family was gathered around her to express their eternal gratitude for a lifetime of unconditional love and support. A celebration of Doris’s life will be held at Glasgow’s First Lutheran Church on Saturday, Aug. 3, at 10 a.m. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. She was born on July 21, 1922, on the family homestead north of Nashua, to John and Rose (Brandt) Daley, of Norwegian and German her...
Annette Yvonne White Eagle Boxer, 72, died Tuesday, July 23, 2013, at the Billings Clinic in Billings, Mont. She was born March 11, 1941, in Poplar, and graduated from Brockton High School in 1959. After graduating, she attended Montana State University in Bozeman and was in the Bobcat Marching Band from 1959 to 1960. She started working in June 1961 for the Fort Peck Tribes, Fort Peck Housing, Brockton School, Poplar School, IHS and Bureau of Indian Affairs, and retired Sept. 3, 2010, due to me...
Kathleen (Tritschler) Jensen, 64, died Sunday, July 28, 2013, from Lou Gehrig’s disease. She fought this terrible disease with grace, optimism and humor. Funeral services will be held Friday, Aug. 2, at 2 p.m. at the Evangelical Church, followed by interment in the Highland Cemetery. She was born April 22, 1949, in Billings, one of 13 children, to Joseph and Mary Tritschler. She grew up in St. Xavier and graduated from Hardin High School in 1967. She attended Eastern Montana College and g...
Dr. Nancy Lee Etchart, 54, of Helena, died Friday, July 26, 2013, after surviving the effects of brain cancer for 33 years. Her life will be celebrated at a reception in Helena at Eagle’s Manor on Sunday, Aug. 4, at 1 p.m.; a funeral service will be held at St. Raphael’s Church in Glasgow on Monday, Aug. 5, at 3 p.m., and there will be a video biography of her life shown at Yellowstone Country Club in Billings on Friday, Aug. 16, from 5-7 p.m. She was born on Jan. 31, 1959, to Mitchel and Donna...
Virginia (Thievin) Gundermann, 89, died Friday, July 26, 2013, in Wolf Point, Mont. A rosary will be recited at 9:30 a.m. with Mass to follow at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1, at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Glentana. Interment will follow at the Glentana Cemetery in Glentana. She was born on Nov. 24, 1923, in Carbert, Mont., to Eugene and Jeanne Thievin. The eldest of five children, she was raised in the Peerless area and attended schools there. After high school she married Douglas...
The following was omitted from Marvin Fast’s obituary July 24 in The Courier: In addition to his wife Esther, his seven children and their families, Marvin is survived by one brother, Harvey Fast, his wife Gladys, and their children, Shirley, Joan, Jean, and Warren and their families; his late brother Ervin’s children, Don, Sharon, and their families; and his late sister Evangeline’s children, Patty, Peggy, Gordon and their families....
Ovidia Metvedt, 91, of Glasgow, Mont., died Friday, July 26, 2013, after a short battle with pneumonia. Funeral services will be held Friday, Aug. 2, at 11 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow. Interment will be with her two sons in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. She was born May 10, 1922, in Plentywood to Marinus and Carrie (Olsen) Pedersen. She grew up on a homestead near Reserve and attended school in Reserve. In 1940 she married Rueben Schroeder and they made their home in...
Virginia Irene (Anderson) Sunford, 84, died of natural causes Thursday, July 25, 2013, at the Phillips County Hi-Line Retirement Center in Malta, Mont. She was born on Feb. 27, 1929, in Glasgow, the daughter of Virgil Howard and Blanche (Johnson) Anderson. She was raised on the Milk River near Saco and graduated from Saco High School in 1946. She attended Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, St. Olaf in Northfield, Minn., and Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., graduating in July of 1985. She...
Farrel (Jackson) Strahs, 68, died of natural causes on Thursday, July 25, 2013, at the Trinity Hospital in Wolf Point, Mont. She was born on July 13, 1945, the daughter of Wilson and Josephine (Schindler) Jackson. She attended schools in Frazer and lived in the Oswego Bottom and Frazer area. On July 13, 1963, she married William Lindsay in Wolf Point, to which marriage they had two daughters, Donna Jo Lindsay Johnston and April Rose Lindsay. She later married Gary Nelligan Jr., and they had thre...
The Lethbridge Miners of Alberta, champions of Northern District A, await. The Glasgow Reds, 48-9 on the season after surviving the Eastern A District Tournament the hard way, and the Miners open the Montana-Alberta American Legion Baseball Conference championship tournament 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Helena’s Kindrick Legion Field. The Reds put in their last Glasgow practice Tuesday before packing and hitting the road today. The state tournament (a link to the full schedule is on the Reds Facebook... Full story
The Glasgow Kiwanis Swim Team, hosting the Eastern Divisionals last weekend for the first time since 2007, qualified 32 individual swimmers and 12 relay teams for the state meet. Four Glasgow swimmers were high point winners, quite a feat for one team. They were Khloe Krumwiede, Katie Kaiser, Trevor Johnson and Dalton Sand. “So many kids made big drops in time,” said co-coach Alex Leuchars. Khloe won three events in her 13-14 age group, shaving her best time in the 50-meter freestyle, cho...
ADC Purple won last weekend's annual Aaron Chatten Memorial Softball Tournament in Glasgow. From left in front are Ellen Walstad, Erika Hartsock, Randy Elletson, Jory Casterline, Brittne Wersal and Christina Hunter. In back are Mariah Stein, Sadie Sukut, Juice Fisher, Shawn Wersal, Tyson Schlabs and Nate Dorneck. Tournament MVPs were Elletson and Brittne Wersal. The all-star game MVPs were Dusting Schultz of Sidney and Sasha Fourstar of McDonald's/Wolf Point. Sidney's Eric Shulz was home run... Full story
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking public comment on fishing contests proposed for the winter season of 2013-14. Participants must comply with state fishing regulations, including daily and possession limits. Most contests require catch-and-release fishing and participants in these contests may not keep any fish. Applications for contests may be approved, denied, or approved with conditions. Conditions placed on contests may help to minimize fish mortality, regulate harvest, reduce user conflicts, or require additional access site...
There’s no wait for nonresidents still hoping to purchase a license to hunt deer and elk in Montana this fall. A number of first-come first served surplus licenses, good for antlered deer and elk in most hunting districts, can be purchase online or over-the-counter at any Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks office. Nonresident surplus hunting licenses available include: Montana’s big game combination license for $954, the elk combination license for $804, and the deer combo for $565. Montana’s nonresident combination hunting licenses allow one t...
