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As Glasgow families start getting ready for the first day of school, Wednesday, Aug. 26, and as students have started practices for their fall sports, parents and students will notice changes as their children enter the classroom and the field for the new school year. With discussions around the country of either canceling fall sports all together or postponing the sports to spring, at the regular school board meeting on Aug. 12, during the board comment period Chair Mona Amundson expressed concern regarding what Glasgow sports will look like...
Field data collection for the 2020 Census is expected to end Sept. 30, a full month earlier than the original extension, which was established due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham, the shift in deadline is to speed up the completion of the data collection and apportionment counts while protecting the health and safety of the public and the Bureau’s workforce. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States suspended all field operations from March to early May as a way to slow the spread o...
It has been a long five months for Valley View Home. Since the governor’s directives were issued in March and the Center for Medicaid/Medicare Services issued guidance for long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, a toll has been taken on the care providers, staff, residents and loved ones associated with the facility. As a direct result of the pandemic and the restrictions meant to keep the populations most vulnerable to the coronavirus safe, many of the residents have not directly interacted or had physical contact with their l...
The Valley County Health Department and Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital confirmed 13 cases of COVID-19 over the past week, with eight cases announced on Aug. 14 and five cases announced on Aug. 16. As of Aug. 17, at 5 p.m., Valley County has 36 cases total, with 25 cases recovered and 11 active cases. Case 24 is a female in her 40s who is not hospitalized and is isolating at home. The investigation and contact tracing are complete. This individual is symptomatic with the source of her infection unknown. Case 25 is female in her 50s who is not...
Dear Editor, To whom it may concern: Our Medical Staff, as an independent body of physicians and advanced-practice professionals (including nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, and nurse anesthetists), convene regularly to discuss the global COVID-19 pandemic, our national response, the latest scientific breakthroughs, and the situation here in Valley County. We care for patients who live in many areas of Northeastern Montana and we work collaboratively with our county health department t...
Dear Editor, I was encouraged to read, in the Aug. 12, 2020, edition of the Glasgow Courier, that Glasgow School District's Superintendent Sundby wanted to assure parents "that while the school will have tentative plans in place, any plan that is implemented will be done in conjunction with recommendations from the Valley County Health Department and Dr. Anne Millard." Unfortunately, based upon my recent conversations with Valley County Health Department Director Lynn Miller, I understand that...
Dear Editor, There is no better place to be during the summer than Montana. Wide open spaces and long August days have been treasured more than ever this year. As summer comes to a close, though, we shift our focus to harvest and sending the kids back to school. It's a good time to remind friends and family about safety near railroad tracks. Remember that if you see railroad tracks, there will be a train! As you approach railroad tracks, remember that trains are big, heavy, fast, and extremely...
The Glasgow City Council voted unanimously—with four members present—to approve the ballot language that will appear on November’s ballot asking if residents want to allow a household to own up to six female chickens inside city limits. The vote, which occurred on Aug. 12, is the final step in presenting the question to the public. The ballot language will read: Do you support allowing property owners to maintain six (6) domestic chicken hens, within the incorporated Glasgow City limits, subject to the regulation by the Official Code of the C...
In the wake of growing COVID-19 cases in Valley County and increases in community spread, the Glasgow Downtown Association (GDA) has opted to cancel the “Alive at Five” event scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 19. Discussions with county health officials helped to lead to the decision. Worries of complicating the reopening of local schools also weighed heavily on committee members. It’s the hope of GDA that the Sept. 16 event will still be possible. “Hump Day,” a promotion of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, will still be running t... Full story
Summer hours for the Pioneer Museum through August are Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Fort Peck Interpretive Center is now open daily, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors are asked to wear masks and remain six feet from others outside their household while in the building. WEDNESDAY – AUG. 19 Lustre Elementary and Lustre High School first day of School Opheim School first day of school. SATURDAY – AUG. 22 10 a.m. - Horseback ride at the Ridge Runners Club House, 162 Skylark Road followed by a BBQ lunch at 12:30 p.m. SUNDAY – AUG. 23 7... Full story
Christian Skylar Henning, of Billings, Mont., went to be with Jesus on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, three short days after celebrating his 25th birthday. Burial will be at a later date. Christian was born in Tacoma, Wash., to Tamara Henning and Phillip Calfy Jr. When he was one years old, he gained an amazing stepfather, Michael, who taught Christian the art of basketball. Christian, his sister Angel and brother Brett grew up in Tacoma until 2005 when the family moved to Glasgow, Mont. Christian... Full story
The Glasgow Clinic recently added a new face to their already established repertoire of doctors and nurse practitioners, Dr. Curtis Campbell, Doctor of Osteopathy. Dr. Campbell started earlier this month after coming from the Glendive Medical Center where he had worked since 2018. Dr. Campbell is originally from Georgia and obtained his Bachelors of Chemical Engineering at Brigham Young University, in Provo, Utah, in 2011. He then went on to obtain his Doctor of Osteopathy degree at the...
Montana Highway Patrol Sergeant Jeff Kent says Valley County resident Charles Dunn, 65, died in the afternoon hours of Monday, Aug. 10, when he rear-ended a farm truck on Highway 24 between Glasgow and Fort Peck while riding a motorcycle. Kent said Dunn had been traveling southbound on Highway 24 near mile marker 66 in excess of the posted 70-mph speed limit on a 2006 Buell XB-12X sport bike when he attempted to overtake a Ford F-350 pickup—which was modified to haul hay bales—and his right side struck the flatbed edge of the truck’s left-...
This week's column will be almost all recipes. I'm using up my remaining raspberries without just freezing them 'as is'. Save these winners for next summer. They'll be worth it, I promise! I'm in between Whole Life Challenge sessions (the next one starts the day after Dennis' birthday, yay), so I'm back to using regular flour and real sugar for the next six weeks. No need to look for almond flour or fake sugars. First up, I made these bars, but I'll warn you right away, where it says "ungreased...
