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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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Our summer reading program drew to a close with a celebration of everyone's accomplishments. There was drink, cake, snacks and prizes. The free summer reading program, FIZZ BOOM READ, kicked off in June with over 200 registered participants excited to explore science, technology, engineering, math and art though hands-on programs and reading. Our goal was to keep kids reading through the long homework-free drought that we call summer break. Studies show that children who do not read over the...
Changes are still settling in at the Valley County Health Department as back to school immunization and flu season starts. Not only are they sporting a new executive director and a new RN, they also have expanded their office and have gotten a new look. “We're encompassing the newness,” Health Department Executive Director Connie Boreson said. “We're there where the people are to keep the community healthy.” The new RN (registered nurse) joining the staff is Leslie Simensen and a new secretary, Tisa Seiler, has also been welcomed to the dep...
Not a lot of opposition showed up to the city council meeting on Monday, Aug. 18, as the Glasgow City Council made a final motion to approve the change to an ordinance allowing standing headstones on certain sections of the Highland Cemetery. The city council has faced opposition on their decision, along with questions from the community. Comments at the recent meeting questioned whether or not family members with deceased relatives in plots next to standing stones would be notified, as the standing stones would be grandfathered into the new...
A U.S. congressional candidate with Glasgow ties visited town Monday, Aug. 18. He explained that his mother was from Glasgow and his father from Glendive. He grew up in Whitefish and could remember, clearly, a football game for the championship against Glasgow that is still talked about by those who remember. This candidate, Ryan Zinke, held a campaign rally at Glasgow's Sunnyside Golf Course to generate support for the November election. A good crowd showed up to listen to Zinke's values and issues he hopes to focus on. He also stopped at The...
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. filed a natural gas rate increase request with the Montana Public Service Commission Friday. If approved, it would increase residential customers’ monthly bill by an average of about $3.21 a month. “We have worked, and continue to work, extremely hard at watching our operating expenses and looking for ways to be more efficient each day. That is one facet of our business,” said Frank Morehouse, president and chief executive officer of Montana-Dakota. “But we also have made significant investments in our natural...
This column comes from the group One Montana, which promotes a statewide program to build and sustain basic connections between rural and urban Montanans. Now that the primaries are over, it is a good time to take the temperature of the political climate in Montana. And wherever politicians in this state might stand on the issues of water and weather, they would all probably agree that, when it comes to politics, our state is going to get a whole lot warmer in the next few months. Primaries challenge individual candidates to gather support...
To say the last few weeks have been a roller coaster is an understatement. If you've ever had a life changing moment you will understand that life is difficult. We can't control the things that come our way, but somehow we face those difficulties and keep on going. I spent time talking to our new health department executive director, Connie Boreson, this week. She explained that she listened to a motivational speaker who used those three words, “Life is difficult.” I myself have given a few motivational speeches in my past. Most of the tim...
I love my computer, and really appreciate all of the time it saves me, especially in my bookkeeping. But is it so useful as far as gathering information goes? Just the other day, there was a featured article on how to peel peaches and tomatoes. How many of you readers, guys and gals, remember your mom requiring your help with the canning of the above mentioned? I still use the method my grandmother and mother taught me. So, I read this article wondering what this great method might be. Surprise – it involved blanching the peaches and t...
With all the hoop-la about “carbon footprints” it's important for you to know some interesting facts. Well, maybe not facts but just stuff I think about in my spare time. Environmentalist try to stymie and confuse us uneducated people by using words of more than two syllables along with some convoluted mathematical figures to show how much carbon we are spewing into the atmosphere every day. First off, I guess the carbon they're talking about is the smoke emitted by everything that burns fossil fuel. It's said that those who burn coal are the w...
Dorothy Broadbrooks, 78, retired custodian from the Saco schools, died Aug. 14, 2014, in Malta. She was born Feb. 11, 1936, in Malta, the daughter of Leo and Barbara (Hyde) Klotz. She was raised and educated in the Wagner and Green Acres area. She married Jack Broadbrooks on Dec. 3, 1953. They worked the ranch in the Saco area and she worked as the custodian in the Saco Schools. She later worked in housekeeping at the Sleeping Buffalo. She enjoyed gardening, garage saling, antiques, working on her home and having coffee with her neighbors and...
Memorial Services to Celebrate the Life of Wayne J. Putz Jr. Family, friends and community members are gathering to celebrate the life of Wayne J. Putz Jr. (Aug. 25, 1925 to Sept. 23, 2012). From Saturday to Monday, Aug. 23-25, in Glasgow, there are planned activities that reflect some of the things Wayne enjoyed doing with his family and friends in and around the area. Feel free to come and celebrate with those who knew Wayne and Shirley. Please bring your memories, stories or jokes to tell. Wayne was well known for his quick wit and jokes...
Gerald Francis Myers, 62, passed away Aug. 16, 2014, at Benefis East Hospital in Great Falls, Mont. He was born Feb. 24, 1952, in Paris, France, the son of Gerald F. Sr. and Alpha Mae Myers. As a child with eight siblings, he lived in Texas, Minnesota, California, Alaska, Utah, Australia and Montana. He graduated from high school in Provo, Utah. He was an Eagle Scout and went on a Mission to Northern Sates for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He never married, but was an active...
Edward E. Williams, 79, passed away on Saturday, July 26, 2014, at his home in Nemont Manor in Glasgow, Mont. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Aug. 23, at 11 a.m. at the Bell Chapel in Glasgow. There will be a private interment. He was born Aug. 22, 1934, in Gary, Ind., the son of Charles and Gladys (Forbes) Williams. He attended schools in Gary and then joined the U.S. Navy. He was an iron worker in Indiana for U.S. Steel. He lived in California for about 30 years and he spent 10 years i...
Stanley Russell, 77, of Shelby, passed away from natural causes on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Great Falls, Mont. He was born on June 9, 1937, in Glasgow, Mont., to Stanley and Beth Russell. He attended various Valley County country schools where his mother taught. He graduated from Opheim in 1956. He then went to Northern Montana College in Havre and later North Dakota State College of Science. He worked in the oil fields for 8 to 10 years and then went to work for the railroad in 1967, where...
Todd Combs, 40, husband, father, son, brother and friend, died Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, in a car accident. He was born Sept. 1, 1974, in Great Falls, Mont., spending most of his growing years in Lewistown. His parents, Ron and Karen Combs, raised Todd and his sister, Lori, with a strong work ethic, a love of the outdoors, and to put family above all. After graduating from Fergus High School, he enrolled in Montana State University in Bozeman, receiving a bachelor of science degree in civil...
Robert Louis "Smitty" Smith, 75, of Wolf Point, Mont., passed away Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, at the Valley View Home in Glasgow, Mont. He was born on Oct. 2, 1938, in Poplar, Mont., to Charles and Emma Smith. He grew up in Oswego, attending Frazer schools until 11th grade. He was active in all sports throughout his high school years, and made many lifelong friends. He was drafted into the military in June of 1962. He was a specialist in the U.S. Army Military Police with top secret clearance...
Gladys (Thompson) Lindell Smith of Glasgow, Mont., 80, passed away on Aug. 12, 2014. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Aug. 26, at 10 a.m. at the Bell Mortuary in Glasgow, followed by interment in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. She was born in Plentywood, Mont., to Nels and Daisy (Whitish) Thompson on Oct. 27, 1933, and lived in the Plentywood and Glasgow areas most of her life. Survivors include four daughters: Linda Super and her husband, John, of Gillette, Wyo., Evelyn Graham and her...
Patricia Irene (Davenport) Badger of Glasgow and Columbia Falls passed away on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, of a tragic car accident in Hungry Horse, Mont., at 79. Funeral services will be Saturday, Aug. 30, at 11:30 a.m. at the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. She was born on Feb. 7, 1935, to Jay and Pricilla Davenport. She married Herbert Eugene Badger on Feb. 6, 1961. She worked at Johnny's Café and the Cottonwood Inn in Glasgow and Wal-Mart in Great Falls and Kalispell. She loved to travel, eat...
Cordell Younkin shows his hog around the ring while judge Levi Keyes oversees him. Younkin's hog was a little short in weight, at 179 pounds. The hog was shown in the feeder class, and the judges mentioned that it had plenty of potential for improvement. The hog did take the champion honor for the feeder class, and Younkin took the pig home....
Madison Swindler, Trey Johnson, Kate Parks and Gage Hallock show off their poultry projects. Swindler won the poultry Pre Junior Reserve for showmanship. There were six poultry entries this year. Awards were sponsored by Farmers Elevator and Stars and Stripes 4-H Club....
Bethany Lacock took a Top Quonset Award for her beef project this year. She's also pictured on following pages for other achievements at the Northeast Montana Fair....
RyLee Mix took a Top Quonset Award for her kithcen essentials project and also took home a Quonset Rossette for swine....
These kids did best in showmanship this year at the fair. From the left in the back row is JoLynn Reyling, John McColly, MyKayla Lauckner, Mickayla Johnson, Grace Carroll, CJ Nelson, Maddie Uphaus, Josey Uphaus, Randi Klind, Demi Aune and Bethany Lacock. In the front row is Jack Cornwell, Trey Johnson, Judy Pankratz, Mandy Fuhrman, Blaire Westby and Brooke Westby....
The constant wind and waves at Fort Peck Lake, mixed with the sun and sails, created the perfect environment for the first Fort Peck Can-Am Laser Regatta. Organizers of the event said that the conditions for the weekend couldn't have been better. Cars and trucks could be seen lining up on the dam to get a view at the eight sailboats that competed in the local event. The small sailboats are one of the most popular to race worldwide and a few sailors from Calgary, Canada, came with the hopes of...
A free youth shooting and archery skills event is scheduled for Aug. 27 at the Glasgow Trap Club. The event – which will include clay pigeon, turkey silhouette and pellet-gun shooting stations, as well as an archery range with 3-D hunting targets -- is open to all youths up to 18 years old. Due to safety concerns, youths 12 and under can participate in all of the events except ones involving shotgun shooting. Shotguns, pellet guns, ammunition, targets and archery equipment will be provided at no cost and participants between ages 12 and 18 c...
