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Karen Louise (Dokken) Jellum, 70, died from complications from Alzheimer's disease, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, at Sweet Nursing Home in Chinook. A celebration of life was held in Chinook at 11 a.m. on Oct. 25, at the Lloyd Sweet Auditorium, under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Another service was held at 11 a.m. Oct. 26, at First Lutheran Church in Glasgow, with interment in the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. She was born to Jorgen and Marion Dokken on Sept. 16, 1943, in Bremert...
More than 20 years ago, when he was a trustee on the Glasgow School Board, Rod Ost wrote a successful DNRC grant for trees. He planted 50 trees of different varieties around all the schools and at Alumni Park. Recently, he rescued one of them at East Side School, where a major construction project is going on. The tall blue spruce at the school entrance was supposed to be spared, but Ost got word that a contractor was going to cut it down. On Oct. 6 he rented a track hoe and with his daughter,...
Eleanor Dale (Alley) Pratt, 79, died on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, at her home in Billings, just after the midnight of her 59th wedding anniversary, with her two sons at her side. Cremation has taken place. Mass will be at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, at St. Raphael’s Catholic Church in Glasgow, with a luncheon to follow. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, a month and a half premature on Dec. 13, 1933, when her parents, Clarence Dale Alley and Elizabeth Helena “Betty” (Horvath) Alley, were...
At the Oct. 9 meeting of the Glasgow School Board, Shane Swandal, one of the school district’s owner’s reps in the building project, said contracts will be available soon for the design and construction teams working on the new Irle School. Trustee David Irving said the board got all the protections in the contract that they wanted. The Glasgow Fire Department will visit Irle School on Monday and stage a fire drill in the cafeteria, said Principal Rachel Erickson. Events are planned at East Side...
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...
Galen “Mike” Maas, 92, died Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, at the Billings Clinic Hospital to join his wife of 71 years, Doris, who preceded him in death by just 10 weeks. At Mike’s request, there will be no funeral. Family will gather for a graveside memorial at Highland Cemetery on Oct. 12, followed by a public reception at the Glasgow Elks Club at 2:30 p.m. He was born to Phillip and Mary (Werner) Maas at Baylor, Mont., on May 27, 1921. His given name was Galen Abraham Maas, though his brothers quic...
Surrounded by students and staff, members of the Glasgow School District officially broke ground at the front of East Side School and celebrated the beginning of the much anticipated building project. "This brings opportunities for the kids – that's what it's all about!", said school board Chairperson Alison Molvig. Sletten Construction plans to start mobilizing equipment this week and complete the concrete foundation before winter sets in. Digging in at the ceremony were, from left to right, G...
Students and teachers alike suffered in the heat during the first two weeks of school, according to reports by the principals at the regular meeting of the Glasgow School Board on Sept. 11. The temperature in a high school hallway was 100 degrees one afternoon. With fans and lots of attention to hydration (at Irle School they got Popsicles), everyone carried on and they expect true fall weather soon. Superintendent Bob Connors said air conditioning is not normally used in Montana schools. It is an expensive item, and usually only needed during...
Ruth Fossen Allman joined the exclusive centenarian club on Saturday, Aug. 31. She celebrated her 100th birthday with her family at her daughter’s house on Millionaire Mile in Fort Peck. She agreed to be interviewed the day before the big event. “To get 100 – which I never, never, never expected to do!” Born on a dryland wheat farm in Fingal, N.D., Allman came to Montana in 1918 when her parents proved up their homestead. They went back to North Dakota, then moved to a farm 36 miles north o...
With the construction season getting shorter every day, the architects and builders for the school project are eager to get started. At the Glasgow School Board meeting on Aug. 14, they decided on Monday, Sept. 23, at noon as the official ground breaking at East Side School. Eric Hulteng, the owner’s representative for the school district in its building project, said he had met with the design team of L’Heureux-Page-Werner and the Sletten Construction team the week before and gotten a good start on the communications, the budget and the sch...
David Clinton Nelson, 66, died from an aneurysm at his home in Opheim, Mont., on Aug. 7, 2013. He was born on Feb. 24, 1947, in Glasgow, Mont., the youngest of four children, born to Clinton and Elsa Nelson. He attended the North Bench School until second grade and went on to graduate from Opheim High School. Following high school, he attained an associate’s degree in agriculture at Northern Montana College in Havre. In 1967 he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was in the military for two years, and...
William “Dean” Newton, 85, beloved husband, father, friend, died Monday, Aug. 5, 2013. A Service of Remembrance will be held on Friday, Aug. 9, at 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Lewistown. Military honors will be presented by the Fergus American Legion Post #16 and the Montana Honor Guard. He was born on June 14, 1928, in Hobson, Mont., to William W. Newton and Annie (McLellan) Newton. His father died of cancer at the age of 46 in 1945, but Annie lived into her nineties and died in...
At a special board meeting on Tuesday afternoon, the Glasgow School Board heard presentations from two major construction firms, Sletten Construction of Great Falls and Swank Enterprises of Valier and Kalispell. Each company wanted to be the construction manager for the $18.6 million project to replace Irle School, enlarge and improve East Side and refurbish the locker rooms and kitchen at the high school. “There is a guaranteed maximum price,” said Shane Swandal, one of the school district’s owner’s reps. “We want to select the efficient...
Doris Kathryn (Daley) Maas died Wednesday, July 14, 2013, one week before her 91st birthday. Her family was gathered around her to express their eternal gratitude for a lifetime of unconditional love and support. A celebration of Doris’s life will be held at Glasgow’s First Lutheran Church on Saturday, Aug. 3, at 10 a.m. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. She was born on July 21, 1922, on the family homestead north of Nashua, to John and Rose (Brandt) Daley, of Norwegian and German her...
Kathleen (Tritschler) Jensen, 64, died Sunday, July 28, 2013, from Lou Gehrig’s disease. She fought this terrible disease with grace, optimism and humor. Funeral services will be held Friday, Aug. 2, at 2 p.m. at the Evangelical Church, followed by interment in the Highland Cemetery. She was born April 22, 1949, in Billings, one of 13 children, to Joseph and Mary Tritschler. She grew up in St. Xavier and graduated from Hardin High School in 1967. She attended Eastern Montana College and g...
The Glasgow School Board had the hiring of activity director Willie Thibault as head girls’ basketball coach on the agenda for last Wednesday’s regular meeting, but ended up not voting on the item. Thibault was the Glasgow girls’ coach for five years, resigning in April 2012. He had earlier coached at several other schools in Montana and North Dakota. Chuck Barstad coached the girls last year but declined to continue. At the meeting, School Superintendent Bob Connors recommended Thibault as most qualified for the position. A motion to hire him...
Sleek drawings and artful computer presentations dazzled the Glasgow School Board on Tuesday as they interviewed three design teams for the $16.8 million school construction project. Each multidisciplinary team had an hour and a half to impress the board with their creativity and competence. The Glasgow project is big, complicated and tightly scheduled. The design teams recognized the opportunity it represents to create a lasting legacy here – one called it a “once-in-a-generation cha...
The Glasgow School Board hired two teachers at the regular meeting on June 12. Lily Himsl and Kevin Alt will teach fifth grade, replacing J Billingsley, who has resigned to move to another school district. A list of winter head coaches and fall and winter assistant coaches submitted by Willie Thibault was hired, but not named individually. The public’s interest in the board’s practice on hiring coaches was noted. The hiring procedure will be on next month’s agenda. Trustee Dave Irving reported a good negotiated settlement with the distr...
Escorted by kilt-clad junior honor students, they walked in two by two, the Glasgow High School graduating class of 2013, the white-robed girls carrying red flowers, the boys in red wearing white boutonnieres. As Andy Gardner, the class representative, told them in his Senior Address, their class of 47 graduates is the smallest class since 1930, and the smallest from this school building. Seventeen of them started kindergarten together. Seniors are graduating all over the country but today, he...
Clearing her final high jump gave Megan Dailey not only the event state title, but also her Scottie girls a spot on the podium. The high jump, one of the last events of the day at the Class B State Meet in Bozeman on Friday and Saturday, looked to be anybody’s event to win with five to six girls coming in with season-best marks of 5 feet, 2 inches, the same personal record for Dailey. “I wasn’t really expecting [to win],” said Dailey. “I was really hoping to place but I didn’t think I’d win.” B...
The newest member of the Glasgow School Board, Mona Amundson, was sworn in at the May 15 meeting. Board Chairman Alison Molvig and Vice Chair Patt Etchart were re-elected to their offices and Kelly Doornek was re-appointed clerk of the board. The board approved the contract with Hulteng CCM of Billings to act as the owner’s representative in the upcoming school construction and renovation project. “I have high expectations of serving your community,” Eric Hulteng said. “I feel there is a good...
Questions arose about possible new Scottie wrestling coach at the May 15 Glasgow School Board meeting. Trevor Newman, a recent hire to be an English teacher within the district, was on the board agenda to be approved, but the board tabled the item until the next meeting due to procedural hiring guidelines. However, wrestling alumni, fans, athletes, parents and AAU wrestlers showed up to voice their concerns about the hire beforehand. Brian Austin told the board he was concerned about the hiring...
The Glasgow Education Association and Glasgow School Board will host a gathering 5 p..m. Monday, May 20, at the Glasgow Elks to honor some familiar faces who are retiring from the school district. The retirees are teachers John LaBonty, Carolyn Bachtold, Cindy Taylor and Linda Allie, GHS principal Margaret Markle and head cook Rita Zeller. The public is invited to attend and wish them well....
The vacant head wrestling coach position may be filled at the Glasgow School Board meeting on May 15. Trevor Newman is scheduled to be considered for hire for the position. Newman was recently hired for a teaching position within the district. Other considerations for Fall sports coaches is on the schedule as well. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the administration building....
Gerhard “Leonard” Tweten, 93, died of natural causes on Thursday, May 9, 2013, at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow, Mont. He was born July 21, 1920, on the family farm north of Nashua, Mont., the son of Jacob and Jensina Tweten. He was raised on the family homestead, attended a country school north of Nashua, and graduated from Nashua High School in 1939. He was in a CC Camp in Missoula before moving to Seattle where he worked with Boeing. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1942 and ser...
