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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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“The bottom line is, do you want $200,000 in taxes a year or not?” said Valley Commissioner Dave Reinhardt on Tuesday. At their regular meeting the commissioners were discussing the tax abatement requested by Compass Wind. The proposed wind farm south of Opheim is still in the negotiation stage with several pieces hanging in the air. The commissioners asked themselves if the project needed the abatement. At a public meeting held in Glasgow on July 30 to introduce the Compass Wind project, their development director, Kyle Paulson, said they nee... Full story
As the deadline approaches, applications are coming in for Valley County justice of the peace. As of Tuesday, Job Service had six applications on file. The aspiring judges are Chris Gamas, Pam Heikens, Christina M. Hillman, Carol Ann Walton, James Wixson and Misty Womack. The position closes on Thursday, Aug. 15. The commissioners said they hope to make a rapid decision so the new judge can attend JP school in Helena in September. The appointment is temporary, until the end of the current term on Dec. 31, 2014. The position is then up for...
Some money remains in local CTEP funding and it has to be used by September, according to the Valley County commissioners. Glasgow acquired the sidewalk on Cemetery Road and on U.S. 2 to the Cottonwood and to the Valley Event Center through this program. Now $123,000 in Community Transportation Enhancement Program funds remains, and Commissioner Dave Reinhardt said they want to spend it in other communities. He said sidewalk problems have been identified in Nashua, Hinsdale and Opheim. Community input is required by the program. A community...
The police, the animal pound and the vets in Glasgow are all on the same page now, recommending microchipping pets so they can be identified and returned if they get lost. Police Chief Bruce Barstad recently displayed the microchip reader the department just acquired for the pound. Any stray pet will now be scanned immediately, and if it has been chipped, the owner can be identified and called to take their pet home. He tested it on the city clerk’s cat. Stacey Amundson had the cat chipped six years ago in Ohio. The reader worked perfectly, eve...
Zora Holt dressed up for her first go at mutton busting and made a good ride during the kids rodeo at the Northeast Montana Fair. “That was fun!” she exclaimed, after finally tumbling off the sheep. Lots more fair photos and 4-H thank you messages are in Section B.... Full story
Shawn Wersal of Glasgow drove his competition into the ground to win the 2013 Northeast Montana Fair Demolition Derby at the Glasgow Fair Grounds on Tuesday, Aug. 6. Engines roared, metal crunched and mud flew as winners advanced from three heats and a consolation round to the final, leaving behind those who raised white flags of defeat as their cars were beaten into submission or pushed out of the ring. “It was one of the fastest, hardest hitting derbies we’ve had in a long time,” said Judge...
The recent Courier photo of Hugh Calderwood (Yesterday's Courier Memories, July 31), early lawman and philosopher, brings to mind a new acquisition of an old gun at the Valley County Pioneer Museum. Calderwood sold a Luger pistol, purportedly the one that killed The Pigeon-Toed Kid at Bonnabel’s Ranch on Poplar Creek near Richland in North Valley County in 1908, to a local young man in the mid-1930s. That family has now placed the Luger on display in the museum’s law enforcement exhibit. Cor... Full story
With the new school year heading toward us like an out of control “One-stack Mack with a Window in the Back,” maybe it’s time to think about a few things involving highway and street safety. With the yellow busses, kids on bicycles, kids walking and 15-year-old drivers driving, safety should be on everyone’s mind. Sometimes parents put far too much responsibility on their kid’s shoulders when it comes to letting them drive. Yeah, yeah, I hear you. “But MY kid is a good driver.” Hey, I was a...
It’s been quite a party. But the hangover might be a doozy. After four straight years of trillion-dollar annual budget deficits, the news is dawning on all political parties that the federal budget is long due for serious repair, and that less spending is part of the process. As a state that historically has gotten $1.50 back for every dollar it sends to Washington, what does that future bode for Montana? Will our pain be more or less than other regions? It is not just communities like Great Falls, home to Malmstrom Air Force Base, where the f...
A golden river is beginning to flow from combines into grain trucks. Harvest is getting underway. Time is of the essence to gather the bountiful crops. It was the last day of a great harvest. A couple more loads and all the bins would be filled. Returning to the house at 10 p.m., we were beat. Walking into the entry, we noticed a sheet had been tacked across the door to a kitchen that was not very well lit. I had gone back to the house between loads to fix a quick supper for our children. Before I headed out the door, I told them to be sure...
Do you remember when the standard average gift at bridal showers and weddings seemed to be sheets, blankets and towels? I don’t remember that the bride and/or groom registered at stores other than the jewelry stores that carried crystal, china and silverware. The bride most always registered her pattern choice at one of the stores that carried those items. Do brides even consider china and crystal anymore? I am pretty sure that one of the reason gifts mentioned above are not a choice is because there is the question of bed size and color s...
Joseph Daniel (Day Star) Johnston, 25, died Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013, at his home in Billings, Mont. A vigil service will be held Wednesday, Aug. 14, at 7 p.m., and funeral services will be held Thursday, Aug. 15, at10 a.m., both services at the Oswego Community Hall in Oswego. Interment will be in the Oswego Presbyterian Cemetery in Oswego. He was born on June 28, 1988, to Phillip Johnston and Clara Raining Bird in Wolf Point. He grew up in Frazer and Wolf Point, graduated from the Swan Valley You...
David Clinton Nelson, 66, died from an aneurysm at his home in Opheim, Mont., on Aug. 7, 2013. He was born on Feb. 24, 1947, in Glasgow, Mont., the youngest of four children, born to Clinton and Elsa Nelson. He attended the North Bench School until second grade and went on to graduate from Opheim High School. Following high school, he attained an associate’s degree in agriculture at Northern Montana College in Havre. In 1967 he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was in the military for two years, and...
Margie M Squires died Monday, on Aug. 5, 2013, at Billings Clinic in Billings, Mont., after an extensive battle with breast and lung Cancer. She was born July 17, 1947, in Glasgow, to Jack Fighter and Emma Redd. In 1968, she married her dear friend, Gene Lonz, where they lived on the Glasgow Air Force Base. She graduated from Carroll College in Helena, with a double bachelor’s degree in psychology and sociology. She returned home to Wolf Point where she worked as a social worker for Fort Peck T...
Jason Mitchell of the outdoor program Jason Mitchell Outdoors recently filmed a fishing segment on Fort Peck Lake. The show will highlight the trophy walleye fishing that make the lake famous. It is expected to be broadcast in April and June. "For trophy walleyes, Fort Peck remains one of the top destinations in the country and one of the best places I can think of for walleyes that are over 30 inches," Mitchell said. Mitchell fished during the production with Glasgow angler Ken Schmidt. "Ken...
The 2013 season is just a ripple in the pool now, and the Glasgow Kiwanis Swim Team is looking ahead. Most of the team’s 2014 schedule will be decided in March, but next year’s divisional and state meets already are set: • The Eastern Divisional Swim Meet will be July 26 and 27, 2014, at Chinook. • The Montana State Swim Meet will be Aug. 2 and 3, 2014, at Conrad. For those seeking results from this month’s state meet at Sidney, you can get them online at www.swimmingworldmagazine.com. Click on the “results” tab near the top of the homepage...
Professional shooter and author Julie Golob of Glasgow has joined the elite ranks of National Rifle Association's Action Pistol Distinguished Badge holders, her website announced Saturday. Having won three NRA Bianchi Cup Women's Championships, Golob is one of just four women who have earned Distinguished status in the sport of Action Pistol. Arguably one of the most challenging handgun shooting sports in the world, NRA Action Pistol competition consists of four courses – the Barricade, P... Full story
Here are the Top 10 finishers – the only teams to reel in more than 10 pounds – in this month's 2013 Women's Walleye Tournament hosted by the Glasgow/Fort Peck chapter of Walleye's Unlimited. The annual event was based at Fort Peck Marina. 1. Shar Schmidt and Yvette Phillips – 22.02 pounds, $1,200. 2. Deb Dulaney and Heather Dulaney – 16.46, $700. 3. Traci Harada and Kiyo Ruhd – 16.40, $500. 4. TeAra Bilbruck and Keegan Jensen – 14.06. 5. Penny McNary and Myla Barton – 13.92. 6. Kelly Sillerud and Kim Sillerud – 11.76. 7. Shelley Pankrat...