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The upcoming municipal elections are featuring contested seats, write-ins and shoo-ins. Glasgow Mayor Dan Carney, who is seeking a third term, has competition from an 18-year veteran of the City Council, Becky Erickson. Glasgow Wards 1 and 2 are both having three-way races for the City Council. Incumbent Neil Chouinard will not run again in Ward 1, but Nancy Schoenfelder, Stan Ozark and Shawn Andersyn are vying for the job. In Ward 2, incumbent Melanie Sorensen is facing challengers Doug Nistler and Curt Clampitt. Dan Carr is the shoo-in for... Full story
City, county and state officials received a 25-page “memorandum of law” from a St. Marie man on Monday that painstakingly outlined legal reasons why the government has no right to require that he have a driver’s license. Terry-Lee, as he styles himself, quoted scores of legal opinions that he said established his unfettered right to travel on public roads as long as he was not using the road for gain (engaged in business for profit). He concluded that applying for a license is forfeiting the basic right to travel. Along the way his memor...
The Glasgow City Council agenda Monday night included a new building for the Long Run Fire Department and two water issues. Long Run firefighters have been shuttling between the City Council and the Valley County commissioners, trying to get permission to add a new building at their current location on Lasar Drive. Long Run is a county fire department, but it has a long-standing agreement to maintain its fire hall on this piece of city land. According to Mayor Dan Carney, Long Run was formed in 1988. Dan Taylor acquired a 40-by-100-foot buildin...
Gage Anderson, 5, was the first child to climb into a truck Tuesday during the annual display of fire equipment in the Shopko parking lot for National Fire Prevention Week. Tyler Malnaa, who serves on both the Glasgow and Long Run fire departments, told Gage to press on a floor pedal – and he was almost lifted off the seat by the booming air horn.... Full story
The Opheim School’s athletic co-op agreement with Scobey will terminate at the end of this school year. The big question for the Opheim area is whether they want to enter into another three-year agreement with Scobey and, if so, which sports? This is the question posed to the Opheim school board, especially in regard to girls’ basketball. The Montana High School Association, which sets game schedules, needs a decision from Opheim for their early December meeting. This means Opheim will have to decide by Nov. 28 – the probable date for the N...
A man is in jail in Glasgow, charged in the burglary of the Fort Peck Post Office last year and for damaging the rest area west of Glasgow. David Michael High, 39, is facing one count of felony theft, two counts of misdemeanor theft and two counts of misdemeanor criminal mischief. He has made an initial appearance in Justice Court and the case will be sent to District Court. He was brought to Glasgow last week after he finished serving a sentence in Missoula on felony charges of theft and forgery. A number of mailboxes were broken into at Fort...
The Valley County commissioners set all county levies in September. This year the total county-wide levies are 85.74 mills, slightly more than last year, which was 84.3 mills. According to Commissioner Bruce Peterson, the increase is due to two things. The new county-wide taxable valuation came in at $25,891,793, which is $122,000 higher than last year. Also there was an increase in the three-year average of the Consumer Price Index, which counties may divide by two to increase the mills without going to the voters. The value of one mill in...
I was sitting in my recliner on a chilly March day a little over three years ago when my phone rang. Answering it, I heard, “We want you to come down to the bowling alley and pick up your prize.” Prize? I knew the women’s league bowling tournament was taking place that day but I hadn’t entered it. Three weeks prior to the tournament, I’d had a mastectomy after being diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. I asked how could I have won a prize when I wasn’t even in the tournament. “Just come down to the bowling alley and pick up your prize,” came... Full story
Remember when all vehicles had crank up windows, no air conditioning and no seat belts? I am surprised there are so many of us who survived to remember those days. Actually, a Courier reader was remembering those days and commented on the days of riding in the back, or box, of the pickup during the summer months and enduring the constant hits from grasshoppers. These could be most irritating as they sometimes actually hurt. Or you could make of game of it and see who got the most tags, or hits, from point A to point B. I remember that you...
It is very scary that DTM, LLC, of St. Marie has not been mentioned to the public of Valley County as having sovereign citizen members; and what is worse, the fact that they have said they will be teaching their philosophy at St. Marie. For those who are not familiar with what a sovereign citizen is, please check the words “sovereign citizen” out on the Web, to include the FBI link. The history to date of DTM is they wanted to declare eminent domain at St. Marie, make 31 zones within St. Marie, take over the Village Association, charge the St....
“This reporter” as Nick Chiechi calls himself, attempted last week to report activity “on both sides” of the St. Marie issues. Unfortunately, his reporting is lopsided and prejudicial to those owners who somehow do not fit into his imaginary category of “29 percent folks” or the “bedrock bill paying residents (taxes and water/sewer, too.)” It is irresponsible for Nick Chiechi to report that only 29 percent of unit owners in St. Marie pay their bills. If he wants to report “factual data,” why doesn’t he tell the Courier readers the truth? Wh...
Ines G. (Thackeray) Murch, 95, died of natural causes on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow, Mont. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Oct. 12, at 11 a.m. at the First Methodist Church in Glasgow, followed by interment in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. She was born on Jan. 9, 1918, in Havre, Mont., the daughter of William and Anna (Engeberg) Thackeray. She was born and raised west of Havre on a ranch on the Milk River. She attended the Cypress Country School...
Philip Redeagle, “Kokepesni, Not Afraid,” 96, died on Sunday evening, Sept. 29, at Tacoma General Hospital in Tacoma, Wash. He was born in a log cabin at Fort Kipp on the Fort Peck Reservation on Nov. 25, 1916. He struggled courageously over the last year with his health. He is long known for his basketball skills. On Dec. 7, 2007, he was part of the first group of Indian athletes to be inducted into the Montana Indian Athletes Hall of Fame. His most memorable high school year was his senior yea...
Sherry May (Chaney) Shanks,77, died Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, at Kalispell Regional Hospital. All are invited to the viewing, which will be held at Buffalo Hills Funeral Home in Kalispell on Friday, Oct. 11, from 2 to 7 p.m. Funeral proceedings will start at Calvary Lutheran Church in Kalispell at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12, with burial at Glacier Memorial Gardens. Please join us for a celebration of her life to be held at the church following interment. She was born on Sept. 20, 1936, in Wolf...
George Russell Winderl, 92, longtime Valley County resident, died Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Mass of Christian burial will be held Friday, Oct. 11, at 11 a.m. at St. Raphael’s Catholic Church in Glasgow, followed by interment in the Highland Cemetery. He was born on March 16, 1921, to Theodore and Blanche (Rouse) Winderl. He was the fourth child of 10 sons. They lived on a farm just south of Richland. He attended school in Richland through the eighth grade and graduated from Opheim High School in 1...
James “Jim” Vernon Lund was born Feb. 10, 1931, in Hinsdale. He passed away at 9:45 a.m. Oct. 6, 2013, in Missoula. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, in Hinsdale Cemetery.... Full story
The Scottie volleyball teams traveled to Malta last Thursday, and all three teams came home victorious. The coaches were obviously pleased with the outcome. Varsity coach Lori Dailey said she was particularly proud of what a “solid team effort” her girls put together, especially on the road. “Malta always has a good, rowdy crowd that can force at least a few mental errors each match,” she said. “We were just able to maintain a level of scrappiness that led to a nice win.” The Scottie’s prevailed, beating Malta 25-22, 25-14, 25-16. Saturd...
The Glasgow Scottie football team came out of the gates on fire last Friday night against their 2B conference rivals, the Malta Mustangs, and cruised to a decisive 38-6 victory. The Scotties – stocked with key players from Glasgow, Nashua and Hinsdale this season – had their foot on the gas pedal in the first half to build a 35-0 lead and start a “running clock” before halftime. Entering the game, GHS was ranked sixth statewide in Class B and Malta seventh. Afterward, the Scotties remaine... Full story
The Richey/Lambert Fusion came to town last Friday to duel with the Hinsdale/Saco Wildfire, putting their 3-1 conference record on the line. Hinsdale/Saco sports a perfect record of 4-0 in the fourth week into this young season. The Wildfire and the Fairview Warriors are both undefeated and share the No. 1 ranking in the District 1C poll. Nothing new to either team. The met last weekend in at the Scobey Invitational Tournament. More on that later. The Wildfire JV didn't fare too well, but not fo...
The Glasgow Scotties girls cross country team took first with a score of 39 points in Havre. The boys cross country team placed fifth with 161. The day started out at 5:45 a.m., when the runners boarded the bus and set off to Havre. It was a windy and chilly day, according to coach Rod Karst, and probably the most confusing course the Scotties have run on. “It went really well,” Rachel Zeiger said. “They had a very nice packs in both varsity and JV, and hopefully that will reflect in State.” The Scottie girls took first again with 39 points....
