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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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The following questions from respected area residents were put to the American Prairie Reserve on Sept. 3. APR representatives have cooperated and agreed to continue in good faith as we delve deeper into the specifics of their plans for bison release and grasslands restoration in the region. ANDREW MCKEAN: Do you presently consider the American bison to be wildlife or livestock? Are you working to change their legal classification going forward? APR: Our bison are classified as livestock by the...
Just before Easter the Senate passed my SB416, which is the only major infrastructure bill that might have a chance to pass. Senate Bill 416 passed the Senate on a 47 to 3 vote. SB416 will be heard in the House Appropriations Committee and to pass the House it must get a two-thirds vote as it has a bonding component. This bill is one that no one particularly stomachs, but is a compromise bill that has a chance to pass. Just before Easter, Sarah Swanson Partridge and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Flowers brought two busloads of seventh graders (about 60...
With a busy legislative season only a few weeks away, legislators are gearing up for mountains of paperwork to read and several bills to review. Constituents in Eastern Montana will have a chance to talk with their legislators before the session next week as Montana Senator John Brendan, Representative Mike Lang and Speaker of the House Austin Knudsen stop by Farm Equipment Sales next week. Sarah Swanson Partridge of FES said that the event is open to anyone who wants to talk about issues that might be coming up in the legislative session, and...
Another Glasgow area native was welcomed back to town this week. Haylie Shipp, farm broadcaster for the Northern Ag Network, was given a welcome home celebration at Farm Equipment Sales. FES general manager Sarah Swanson Partridge created the gathering to welcome Shipp, who will have an office in the building for her to work and broadcast reports. Shipp graduated from Glasgow High School in 2003 and headed to Miles City Community College, where she completed her AA and AS degrees in 2005. She...
Congressman Steve Daines made two stops in Valley County on Veterans Day, capping off a long day that began with appearances in Crow Agency and Billings. Daines greeted local Republican supporters at Sunnyside Golf Club at 4 p.m. He talked about shipping Montana coal with Ben Unterseher, a BNSF conductor who is the state legislative director for the railroad union, and called the natural resource issue our opportunity for jobs and national security. "I'm working with union members and tribal...
The three-way contest for one seat on the Glasgow School Board was settled Tuesday night. Mona Amundson was elected to a three-year term with 739 votes. Sarah Swanson had 418 votes and Rod Ost had 137. Voting was running high for this election. Forty-three percent of the 3,084 registered voters requested absentee ballots. As of Monday, a large number of these 1,311 absentee ballots had been returned, so voter turnout was already near 30 percent. The 34 percent voter participation in 2011 was...
1. Describe your background: family, education, occupation, community service, involvement with local schools. I have been married to my wonderful and supportive husband, Jim, for over 40 years. We have two children and three grandchildren. I received my education through the Glasgow School system, and I credit my successes in my career to that education along with dedicated, hard work. I am retired from the State of Montana Department of Labor & Industry, where I was the manager of the...
1. Describe your background: family, education, occupation, community service, involvement with local schools. I have lived and raised my family here in Glasgow for more than 45 years. I graduated from GHS in 1972. We were the first class that had the opportunity to go to all three years at the “New High School.” I attended college at the University of Montana and Eastern. I served in the Navy as part of the Seabee Construction Battalion squad. After the Navy, I worked for Pacific Steel in Hav...
1. Describe your background: family, education, occupation, community service, involvement with local schools. I was born and raised in Glasgow. My parents, Marc and Debbie Swanson, made their home in Glasgow following college, and raised my sisters and me here, surrounded by extended family and friends. I attended kindergarten through 12th grade in the Glasgow schools and graduated from Glasgow High School with honors. I then attended MSU Billings, majoring in business and accounting. I chose...