Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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Glasgow and Valley County are full of giving people. The community gives in times of need. The children’s Christmas store has been an annual tradition for nearly two decades. It may have switched through hands of different organizations, but it has always somehow continued. In the last few years, Milk River Inc. has taken on the torch. The store is all about the season of giving. Children, ages 2 to 14, gathered at the Elks Lodge in Glasgow on Saturday, Dec. 21, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. They weren’t there for their own needs; they were the...
You may have seen the lights on the east side of town near the East Side School. A Nativity scene sits on display for the second year. The scene is a traditional one that was put together by Glasgow's youth. Several church youth groups came together last year to put the scene together. The driver of the idea was teacher and city council member Rod Karst. Karst said he saw a Nativity scene on a hillside in California and he thought Glasgow should have something similar. He spoke to several...
A Dec. 18 bond vote count after a mail election brought a narrow win for facility improvements at Frazer High School and a larger win for Frazer Elementary School. Both bonds passing will raise nearly $1.5 million to repair, restore and replace certain facilities. Voters registered in Frazer School District 2 in Valley County mailed out their ballots from Dec. 2 to 17. There were 181 ballots sent in. The $980,000 requested for the high school was a little tougher to swallow for voters, as 96 voted for it and 83 voted against it. Because the vot...
Irle Elementary first-graders, directed by music teacher Christine Gilchrist, presented a musical called "The Reindeer Whisperer" during the school's annual Christmas program Dec. 19 at the Evangelical Church. The elves eavesdrop on a phone call from Santa and come to the conclusion he's going to California to replace all the reindeer, which causes some trouble....
Santa Claus was kind enough to share the following letters from Irle students in kindergarten through the third grade for publication in The Courier. Santa again tells us he's going to be quite busy delivering around here Christmas morning – because kids in these parts aren't naughty, they're nice. Santa's helpers at The Courier extend their own thanks to Irle teachers and students for helping make this section so special. Many more letters appear on pages 4A through 8A. Enjoy reading, e...
Every year I hear "Merry Christmas" less and less when I really want to hear it more and more. By the time this week's paper comes out I will have aged another year, having joined the septuagenarian generation last year. For 60 or more of those years I have heard Merry Christmas said, with sincere gusto and true feeling for the season, a million times or more. Merry Christmas never used to be a bad way to say hello or goodbye. When did it become socially incorrect to wish someone a hearty "Merry...
Do you remember when Glasgow had a community Christmas tree during the holiday season? These lovely trees were set up on 2nd Avenue South at the 5th Street intersection for some years. These were large trees, however not so large that traffic could not flow on either side of them. I remember the lights, but do not remember that there were any other decorations on them. When was the last year a tree was erected? Some of those old practices, such as this, are missed. I remember the occasional trips made during the holidays. It was always a...
Snow. Big flakes, little flakes, wet flakes, dry flakes – lots of flakes. Winters in northeast Montana can bring a little snow or a lot of snow or an outrageous, unbelievable amount of snow. Sometimes records of snowfall amount are broken – much to the despair of many. One of my mother’s favorite Christmas songs was “White Christmas.” Of course, since Mom loved it, I did, too – and still do. I was born and grew up in southeastern Iowa, where the snow is always wet and heavy, and sometimes in abundance. If you are into lifting weights to...
Dear Editor: In the midst of holiday celebrations, we want to update everyone on the Northeast Montana Veterans Memorial. We also want to thank everyone for the generous contributions toward fulfilling the vision and beginning construction at Fort Peck next summer. Fundraising commenced on Veterans Day, and since then more than $250,000 has been contributed, putting the effort well on the way to the goal of $300,000-plus by year’s end. Located in the center of the town of Fort Peck, the centerpiece of the park will be a monolithic memorial d...
In politics, timing is everything and that certainly appears to be the case with Lt. Gov. John Walsh and Congressman Steve Daines. A year from no one of them will likely be a U.S. senator, something unimaginable a year ago. Then no one imagined Sen. Max Baucus would announce his retirement, let alone that he would resign his seat before the end of his term so he could move to China of all things. Baucus will become ambassador to China at a challenging time, and we wish him well. The major beneficiary of Baucus’decision to retire was freshman D...
I have always been fascinated with sports. It started at an early age. According to my mother, I was picking up bats and balls by the age of 3 and trying to play with kids who were years older than myself. At the age of 6, my dad took me to my first baseball game in San Francisco. From that moment on, I was sold into having sports being a part of my life in some shape or form. As I grew older and realized like many others, that playing anything professional was out of the question, I began to discover that writing about it was not. That...
The Scottie boys basketball team appears to be firing on all cylinders, but the torrid pace that they've been on may come to a screeching halt. Not by an opponent waiting on their schedule, but lack thereof. Glasgow enters winter break and won't have another game until Jan. 3. Closing out their remaining two games before hitting the break, Glasgow hosted Sidney Friday night. Sidney proved to be a formidable challenge for the Scotties. Glasgow went into halftime only leading by four. To make...
On Friday, the Hinsdale Raiders traveled to Nashua to play the Porcupines. It was the first conference games for the Raiders boys and girls. The boys had to work hard for their "W". They found the Porcupines to be a scrappy bunch and every time the Raiders opened up a sizable lead behind pinpoint shooting by Dallas Capdeville, the Porkie's Lane Nickels popped for a couple three pointers to close the gap. But with Wyatt Pattison controlling the boards for the Raiders (11 points, 11 rebounds),...
The U19 Ice Dawgs are on a roll. Glasgow secured its third consecutive win Sunday as they beat Watford City 1-0 at the Valley Event Center. The Ice Dawgs were once again led by the offensive tandem of Carley Wesley and MaKenzie Wesen. Wesen found Wesley in the third period for the game’s only goal in what proved to be a hard fought match throughout on both sides. Minutes after Glasgow found the back of the net, Watford City thought they tied the game at one, but a blown whistle by a referee signaling that the net had become detached from the c...
On Saturday the Glasgow Ice Dawgs High School team traveled to Billings for a pair of games against the Bulls. Due to a scheduling issue on their end, the 10 a.m. game was moved to 9 a.m.. The problem was that they did not let the Ice Dawgs know until 8:30 that morning. Everyone made it in the nick of time after several frenzied calls and text messages. The game got underway at 9:30 a.m. and needless to say, the Dawgs took some time to find their rhythm after the hectic morning. In the first period, Billings came out red hot scoring 4 goals...
The Glasgow girls basketball team ran into their toughest challenge on the season so far as they hosted Sidney on Friday. Sidney came out with a suffocating pressure defense that stymied Glasgow the entire first half in which the Scotties scored a total of eight points. "They were a very physical team that we weren't ready for," said Glasgow head coach Emilee Morehouse. "They pushed us where they wanted us to go instead of us going where we wanted to." Trailing 36-8 to start the second half,...