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Editor's note: For Fire Prevention Week (October 8-14), we are featuring several stories, images, opinion columns/letters and public service announcements related to this year's historically costly fire season. This story was submitted by Billings-based photographer Mary Kate Teske, who writes from her family's farm in Terry, Mont. The setting for her tale is the St. Mary's Lake area of Glacier National Park. In late July, a fire exceeding 4,000 acres prompted evacuations around the lake, and...
On Oct. 5, Larry Edward Gilbert II appeared at the Valley County Courthouse to face charges for multiple crimes, including assault with a weapon and criminal endangerment as well as lesser charges such as criminal mischief with damages in excess of $1,500, carrying a concealed weapon, criminal possession of dangerous drugs, and criminal possession of drug paraphernalia, in relation to a December 27, 2016 incident on Glasgow’s south side. A Valley County jury found Gilbert not guilty of four felony charges, but did convict on misdemeanor c...
Dry conditions plagued Montana this summer, with multiple wildfires torching over 1 million acres throughout the state. The largest fire, the Lodgepole Complex fire, impacted over 270,000 acres. Recent rain and snow, and the forecast for continued precipitation, help to suppress the fires and provide welcome relief for Montana residents. Fires aren't too uncommon in Montana, but this year's fire season has been different. Spring brought plenty of moisture from an abundant snow-pack and provided...
Following a recent market appraisal of $50,000, the Valley County Commissioners have decided to hold a public auction of the Magruder property (also known as the farmer’s market) on Oct. 25 at 9:30 a.m. at the Valley County Courthouse. The property comprises three lots along the south side of Highway 42 heading towards Fort Peck inside the Glasgow city limits. Recent concrete walkway renovations have improved use and have facilitated the seasonal farmers market held there on Saturdays. Sources indicate that the farmer’s market may be moved to...
The theme of this year’s Fire Prevention Week is “Every Second Counts – Plan 2 Ways Out!” The Glasgow Volunteer Fire Department and Valley County Glasgow Long Run Volunteer Fire Department served hot dogs, chips and sodas at no charge at the Valley Event Center on Oct. 10. The show-and-tell event included a closer look at assembled fire trucks and engines and a Q&A session with the firefighters. The National Fire Prevention Association lists some helpful to-dos for the family, including the following: Draw a map of your home by using a grid in...
Our U.S. Congress is out to give the oil and gas industry a pass –all on the taxpayer’s dime. Earlier this year, the U.S. House attached a pro-waste amendment onto a must-pass bill. Our congressmen are currently attempting to skirt the rules that would require the oil and gas industry take responsibility for what they owe the American people. The rule they are trying to cheat is called the BLM Methane and Waste Prevention rule. The Methane and Waste Prevention rule finalized last November required energy companies to capture methane from fla...
This summer’s catastrophic wildfire season and hazardous, persistent smoke pollution has all Montanans talking. The fires took the lives of two young men, destroyed homes and Sperry Lodge, blew a hole in the state budget, discouraged tourism and other businesses and burned more than 1.2 million acres of Big Sky Country. Fire and smoke throughout our region forced large-scale evacuations and school closures, curtailed outdoor recreation, threatened health, robbed us of our glory days of summer, and was red-flag risky to the chilly end. As f...
Suicide has to be one of the saddest words in the English language. It’s a word you are never ready to hear. Dr. Scott Hahn, professor at Stevensville University spoke of an episode in his life. He was enroute to a speaking engagement when he decided to stop at a nearby house, at the home of a friend, Dave, who he hadn’t visited with for some time. Dave’s mother invited him in while gesturing up the stairs. She mentioned that Dave was in his room and would be delighted to see him. Dave’s parents were divorced. Indeed, Dave was very happy t...
My family has a love for old things, and I must admit we are almost running out of room for all of our treasures. Just the other day my husband and daughter retrieve some glass canning jars from one of his childhood homes. Many of these jars have a Ball emblem on them, so I assume they were definitely canning jars, but—the opening is smaller than our present day “regular mouth” jars. Of course this is not the first time I have seen them and have to admit that I even have lids somewhere that fit them, but the question is, what might have been pr...
This past week my husband and I celebrated our 49th wedding anniversary. Those 49 years have saw lots of ups and downs. We've been through losing our house twice to fire. I say house rather than home because I've always held that a house is a bulding but a home is where your heart is. When our first house burned down and I called my brother to tell him, he said, "You lost your home to fire?" My answer was "No. We lost our house, not our home. None of us were injured so we still have our home, we just don't have a house to put it in." Raising...
The ESA is broken. So what can we do to fix it? Ideally, privately owned lands should be removed from all applications of the Act. However, this would take an act of Congress. Good luck! The Constitution of the United States Amendment V stated, “nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.” The questions are what constitutes private property and what is a ‘taking’? Is preventing a landowner from performing a certain act (i.e. plowing, building a fence or road, etc.) on their private property a taking? The dra...
THURSDAY – FRIDAY OCT. 12-13 Grant Writing Bootcamp for Nonprofits & Fundraising Workshops at the Cottonwood Inn, Glasgow. Thursday’s workshop from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., cost $150 per person, $125 for Two Rivers Economic Growth members, and Friday’s workshop from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., cost $75 per person, TREG members $65. To register, www.growvalleycounty.com or stop by their office at 213 Klein Ave. FRIDAY – OCT. 13 8:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. - NE MT Ag Expo at the Valley Event Center. For more info., contact the Chamber at 228-2222. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m....
Sharon Marie (Hebbelman) Lux, age 79, of Billings, Mont., passed away on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 13, at St. Bernard's Catholic Church in Billings. She was born to the late Rudy and Gladys Hebbelman on May 18, 1938. She attended North Fork Elementary School and Chinook High School. On Aug. 31, 1958, she married her husband of 42 years, the late Ronald Lux. Family and friends were her light and joy. She was a hostess at heart and often...
Diana Annette (Moore) Bruce passed away peacefully Sunday morning, Oct. 1, 2017, at the age of 92. She was born Nov. 8, 1924, in North Dakota, a daughter of Grant and Edla Moore. Her family moved to Glasgow, Mont., where her father was the Methodist minister. She attended college at Montana State University. She met Kenneth Bruce when he returned from his service in the Army Air Corps during WWII. She said it was love at first sight. Her father officiated their marriage ceremony on Sept. 14, 194...
Donald Eugene Cobb joined our Lord and Savior Monday morning, Sept. 25, 2017, at the University of Washington Medical Center at the age of 71 years. He was born on April 13, 1946, to Pauline and Richard Cobb, in Billings, Mont. As a child, his family moved to Glasgow, where he was raised and graduated from Glasgow High School in 1964. He attended the College of Great Falls, worked at Stanford University in the computer programming department and served in the Air National Guard out of Montana...
Sarah Charlotte Alma (Emanuelson) Bryant, 95, beloved mother and grandmother, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, in Glasgow, Mont. She was born Sept. 28, 1922, to Swedish immigrants Henning and Ada Emanuelson, the youngest of six children. She was born on the family homestead 16 miles east of Malta. She attended school in the small railroad town of Bowdoin, Mont. When that school closed, she finished her schooling in Saco, where she made many friends. While attending school, she made her...
Franklin R. Partridge, 65, passed away at his home in Chinook on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. Frank wishes to invite all his family and friends to a celebration of life at The Palace Bar in Havre at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28. The last round is on Frank. He was born in Glasgow, Mont., to Richard "Pat" and Ethel Partridge on Oct. 30, 1951. He was a 1969 graduate of Glasgow High School. During his 65 years of life, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and golf with his friends and family and I...
Steven Deyoung, age 48, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away suddenly on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, at his home. A visitation will be held on Thursday, Oct. 12, at Bell Mortuary from 5-7 p.m. Funeral services will be Friday, Oct. 13, at 10 a.m. at Bell Mortuary. A full obituary will follow in next week’s paper....
The Scotties competed in two meets last week. First, the squad was in Helena Oct. 5 to get a preview of the course they will be running at the state competion. The Capital City 7 of 7 Invitational utilizes a different format than most meets, with seven separate, consecutive races held on the course. Each participating team was represented by their top seven boys and top seven girls, and the races began with the runners ranked seventh on each team. The day came to an end with the top-ranked...
For homecoming on Oct. 7, GHS outlasted a tenacious Poplar team that played with full hearts and sheer energy. While it wasn't the Scotties' most stellar performance, it still counts as a win, so it was a success. But, GHS will need to re-group after the close contest, especially as the district tournament looms large. Several stunning defensive plays livened up the team and the ever-loyal crowd, but GHS was kept off-balance and struggled to really find their rhythm offensively. Still, a win is...
Registration for the 2017-2018 season with Hi Line Skating will be Sunday, Oct. 15 from 3:30-5 p.m. at the Valley Event Center. Children who need to rent skates should attend so that the proper skate size may be determined. The Basic Skills Program is for kindergarten through grade 12. Classes will be held on Wednesdays from 4:15-5:15 p.m. or Saturdays from 8-9 a.m. Cost is $50 for lessons and $15 for skate rental. Parents may skate at the same time as their children for just $16, with no charge for rental skates. The cost provides membership...
