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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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Glasgow resident Betty Stone was awarded the Tourism Ambassador of the Year award on April 15 by Lt. Governor Mike Cooney at the Governor's Conference on Tourism and Recreation in Butte. Stone was one of five people nominated for the award from throughout the state and upon hearing her name called to receive the award, "I have been told I screeched out loud, but I don't remember doing that!" laughed Stone. The award is a lifetime achievement award, encompassing all of the projects she has...
The Valley County Pioneer Museum is open Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. For further information or special arrangements call 406-263-7344. WEDNESDAY – FEB. 27 6:30 p.m. - GHS Class of 1980 reunion meeting at the Glasgow Elks Lodge. THURSDAY – FEB. 28 10 a.m. - Books and Babies Story Time at Glasgow City-County Library. 5:30 – 9 p.m. - Glasgow Wrestling Club Spaghetti Feed and Pie Auction at Glasgow Elks Lodge. 5:30 – 7 p.m. - Cal Ripkin Baseball sign-ups at the Glasgow Middle School. 6 p.m. - “Love by Choice” a voluntary s...
Marion (Bissell) Warren, of Nashua, Mont., passed away at Valley View Home in Glasgow, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, at the age of 97. Services will be held on Saturday, April 20, at Bell Mortuary, Glasgow. Burial will be on Saturday, April 20, at the Nashua Cemetery in Nashua. She was born May 25, 1921, to homesteaders Harvey and Avis Bissell. She lived with them at their homestead on the North Bench nine miles from Nashua with her two sisters, Lois and Ruth. Marion's children are now...
William"Bill" Henry Sugg, Jr. (Shunga Wakan Ska), age 70, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, at the VA Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. A vigil service will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 6 p.m., in St. Raphael's Church. Mass of Christian burial will be on Thursday, Feb. 14, at 3 p.m., in St. Raphael's Church with internment and military honors at Highland Cemetery, followed by a meal at the VFW. Bill was born June 6, 1948, in Great Falls, Mont., to Mary Evelyn Beauchamp and...
Marie Olive (Tarum) Ostrem, 89, passed away in her home in Shelby, Mont., on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. Funeral services will be held Friday, Jan. 11, at 10:30 a.m., at the First Lutheran Church with burial in Highland Cemetery. Luncheon to follow. She was born Jan. 12, 1929, in Somers, Mont., to Mentz and Olga (Lee) Overby. In high school, she and her friends raised enough money to build the first cabin at Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp. After a year at Pacific Lutheran University, she came to...
June Marie (Kopp) Myhre, 80, passed away at Josie Harper Hospice House in Omaha, Neb., on Monday, Nov. 19, 2018, in her daughter, Judi's arms, with her grand-dog, Stella, by her side. A Celebration of Life will be held at Bethany Lutheran Church in Elkhorn, Neb,. at 10 a.m., on Dec. 8. She was born on June 20, 1938, in Kathryn, N.D. As a child June was active and happy. She was diagnosed with diabetes at age 16. She loved spending time with her six siblings on the farm until her dad, Carl Kopp,...
Mary Lillian (Oliver) Pattison joined her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. She left this world due to natural causes, one week after celebrating her 95th birthday, surrounded by her three children and many loved ones. Her daughter, Shirley, was with her when she died. Her memorial service will be Monday, Oct. 29, at Glasgow's Evangelical Church at 11 a.m. Mary, the middle of three daughters, was born in Wolf Point, Mont., on Oct. 8, 1923, to William and Helen (Hines) Oliver. Will and H...
Come celebrate National Fossil Day on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at the Fort Peck Interpretive Center. There are plenty of opportunities to get close to those creatures and their bones from 65 million years ago. The Fort Peck Interpretive Center remains open in October and November from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In October, the Center is open Tuesday through Sunday. In November, the open days are reduced to Tuesday through Friday. The remainder of the year through mid-April, the Interpretive Center is open by appointment only. Powerhouse tours are also...
Dennis Lee Jansa, of Glasgow, Mont., died on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, surrounded by his family at the Billings Clinic Hospital in Billings, Mont., at the age of 79, from natural causes. He was born in Omaha, Neb., to his parents, Louis Edward and Maxine (Todd) Jansa, on May 27, 1939. He lived at Nemont Manor in Glasgow for the past three years where he met many friends and enjoyed dining and visiting with them. He was a U.S. Navy veteran, having served on the Heavy Cruiser USS Albany and the Aircra...
The Glasgow Scottie Wrestling Club held their annual wrestling camp at the Glasgow Civic Center last week. The program drew a crowd of 120 wrestlers ranging from kindergarten to 12th grade, and spanning from Glasgow to Billings. By comparison, last year the program drew 97 wrestlers, and the first year, held four years ago, brought in 50. Organizer and Glasgow High School coach Jory Casterline, developed the camp four years ago bringing in Iowa State University Assistant Coach and NCAA National...
The Montana Warriors on the Water wrapped up their flagship week on July 28 with a feast, an auction and a concert by the Southern Drawl Band. But not before helping 18 veterans get out on the beautiful waters of Fort Peck Lake and snag some amazing fish, build camaraderie and help them reach out for support from the dozens of programs that offer them help. According to one of the groups many organizers and volunteers, Jace Ball the emergency department physician's assistant at FMDH and a...
Lois Marie (Jellum) Morehouse, 67, died peacefully at home, Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in Billings, Mont., due to complications following kidney cancer. Lois was born on Jan. 13, 1951, in Fosston, Minn., to her parents, Ruth and Gordon Jellum. She grew up in Glasgow, Mont., and graduated from Glasgow High School in 1969. She enjoyed fishing and boating with family and friends at Fort Peck Lake. She moved to Billings in 1984. In 1993, she began working at Walmart and retired after nearly 25 years....
A boat was engulfed in flames at the Fort Peck Marina on July 15, at about 1:30 p.m. According to the Fort Peck Fire Chief Landon Holt, the only injury was minor burns. The boat, however, was completely destroyed by the ensuing fire. The vessel ignited while docked in the marina slip and was pushed out by responders to the blaze before drifting into land. According to Holt, no other structures or boats were affected by the fire. The occupants escaped the boat and were able to notify 911. A...
Franklin Lewis Johnson, 85, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away Friday, June 8, 2018, at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital with his family by his side. He was born Nov. 24, 1932, to Louis and Stella (McPherson) Johnson in Nashua, Mont. He graduated in the class of 1950 from Nashua High School. He married Ann Fay Erickson, June of 1954, and their daughter, Debra Ann, was born Dec. 13, 1955. He served his country in the Air Force and was stationed in Japan for awhile. He was discharged early, when...
Kelly Fuhrman, 67, died from natural causes on Friday, July 6, 2018. An informal gathering is planned at Bell Mortuary Thursday, July 12, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Born to Gloria and Melvin Fuhrman on Jan. 16, 1951, he grew up near Nashua, Mont., and attended school there until the seventh grade when his family moved to Glasgow, Mont. Upon high school graduation, he attended college at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., and finished his education at Montana State University in Bozeman, Mont....
Despite a few issues that threatened to delay the opening, the city pool is open for the summer. A new coat of paint and some maintenance, thanks in large part to volunteer swim team families, will hopefully be enough to get us at least one more summer of swimming. The Glasgow pool is a part of my history and present. I took swimming lessons every year I could. Getting to open swim in the afternoons was a treat on trips into Glasgow. I worked as a lifeguard for several summers many years ago. Last summer, after quitting smoking, I got myself ba...
GEORGIE KULCZYK THE COURIER The Longest Dam Race was held in Fort Peck June 16. Runners and bikers were forced to compete in the rain, but most of them finished with a smile anyway. Cesar Mireles of Richey dominated the event, winning in three categories: the 10K run, the 5K run and the 1-Mile run/walk. Tim Phillips of Glasgow earned a second-place finish in the 10K run with his time of 40:53.74. Fort Peck's JoAnn Solem won the 5K walk, finishing in 39:29.48, just ahead of DeeDee Fast of Frazer....
The 19th Annual Catfish Classic came to an end just after midnight on June 3. The festivities began with the Calcutta and street dance on Glasgow's famous Front Street on June 1, and concluded with the midnight weigh-ins in downtown Glasgow. The tournament boasted 80 teams from near and far, from Glasgow to North Carolina. Of those 80 teams, 68 were able to hook enough catfish to weigh-in. Although most of the fishermen that filed across the stage at the end of the tournament described the fishing as a “tough bite,” tournament director and fou...
The 19th Annual Milk River Catfish Classic festivities begin on Friday, June 1. A live band will be performing at the street dance and calcutta, which will be held on Glasgow's front street. Midnight weigh-ins will begin at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 2, in downtown Glasgow in front of D&G Sports and Western. Official Team Roster for the 19th Annual Milk River Catfish Classic 1. Kyle Gibson and Trevin Gibson, Glasgow. 2. Bryon Armour and Ty Thomas, Lewistown. 3. Joel Smith and Marc Kloker, Glasgow. 4. Tori Gagne and Shannon Ost, Glasgow. 5....
The Fort Peck Interpretative Center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Come learn about the construction history of the Fort Peck Dam, be greeted by a life size, fleshed-out model of Peck’s Rex, the Tyrannosaurus Rex discovered 20 miles southeast of Fort Peck in 1997, marvel at the two largest aquariums in Montana displaying the fish of Fort Peck Lake and the Missouri River and view exhibits including the wildlife, habitats and scenery of the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge and Fort Peck Lake. Every weekend during the summer m...
The 2018 Montana Cat Circuit kicked off May 12 with the 12th Annual Yellowstone Challenge. The tournament, which is based out of Huntley, boasted 49 boats on Saturday. Local angler and catfish enthusiast Brenner Flaten partnered with his brother Jason of West Wendover, Nev., to reel in a record-breaking 35.68 pounds of the whiskered mud cat. According to Flaten, 33 teams weighed in over 20 pounds on a four-fish limit for the day and the top three teams broke the previous tournament record of...
Mary Estella (Moseley) Cilz, 86, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 5, 2018, at Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow, Mont. Family will receive friends 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, April 13, at Bell Mortuary in Glasgow. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 14, at Faith Lutheran Church with Pastor John Vallie officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery, with a luncheon following burial at the VFW Fort Peck Post #3107 in Glasgow. She was born May 17, 1931, in Dover, Mont., t...
Donald "Don" Ray Bauer, age 83 of Glasgow, Mont., passed away Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. The memorial service will be Tuesday, April 17, at 4 p.m., at Bell Mortuary in Glasgow. Private family inurnment will be the next day. He was born Jan. 8, 1934, in Glasgow to George and Anna (Pulaski) Bauer. He graduated from Glasgow High School and upon completion served in the military. Following military service, he attended the School of Engineering in Milwaukee, Wis. He returned home to Glasgow and worked...
