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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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What if there was a fire and no one came? This could have happened with our Saint Marie Fire Department. On Tuesday, July 27th, the Saint Marie Fire Board held their monthly meeting. This meeting started off as most board meetings do, but by the time the Chief's report came around, it was clear there were issues that needed to be heard. It was a very contentious St. Marie Fire Board meeting. Chairman Patrick Trotter did a rather magnificent job in maintaining decorum and order what with the...
I am remembering Fairs of the past. I remember hearing of the time the Valley Co, Fair grounds was located on the Airport hill. Before my time and that of many of my friends! Memories that some of many remember are when the fair was held in September. What an inconvenience for school age exhibitors, or maybe it was a real excuse not to attend school. If memory serves correct, livestock exhibitors were expected to go to the school, register, and then were able to check out to go and care for...
Crazy motocross stunts, wild horses, fair food and a demolition derby are many of the main attractions sure to thrill attendees of the 2021 Northeast Montana Fair starting Saturday. The fair was largely canceled in 2020, due to COVID-19, but is returning this year, sans a carnival. Last year, "we canceled all the big events, the night shows," said Paul McColly, Chairman of the Valley County Fair Commission. "All we did was the 4H and the Open Class entries. Livestock. They put a lot of work...
Shenanigans meet Sherlock in Fort Peck Theatre's ongoing production of "Baskerville." The farce is an adaption by Ken Ludwig of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's, "The Hound of the Baskervilles," the third of four crime novels in a series first published in 1901 and 1902 in The Strand Magazine. It happens mostly on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country. The fast paced "who-dunnit" comedy, stars Treyson Sherk as the famous detective and Mathias Oliver as trusty sidekick Watson. The play also stars...
When an ex-con arrives in a small Wisconsin town, rumors run rife. But, could this hardened criminal be exactly what this town teetering on the edge of oblivion needs? Thus unfolds "The Spitfire Grill," now showing at Fort Peck Summer Theatre. "The story line follows a young woman by the name of Percy, who has fallen on some hard times," said Director Pam Veis. "She is actually just released from prison." Veis was mum about the reason Percy was incarcerated, leaving that detail to be discovered...
A big thank you to our kind readers, both of you, who suggested that we give it a go again. Hence we met with the new editor of the Courier, Mister Chris McDaniel, and found him to be most congenial and a good find in the newspaper industry. He will do Glasgow a great service. Good on him. Water, water, everywhere ...except on the west end of Ash street in St. Marie. You just don't know how important water is until you don't have it. Those of us who live on this street have been without water fo...
We've had a short break from the brutally hot weather. Twice last week we woke to temperatures that had dropped into the high 50's. Having the windows open overnight was a treat. Blankets were wanted. Then on Thursday we were blessed with almost a half inch of rain. I almost didn't recognize the sound of it hitting the skylights. Dennis thought the ground would have absorbed that so quickly that you wouldn't know it had rained at all. He found out differently when the loaded semi couldn't make i...
July 4th and fireworks are behind us and most of us did not have fireworks to observe this year. However I do remember fireworks of the past. I do not remember if my memories connect just where and when these fireworks occurred. However, I do remember most fireworks of my young days in Glasgow were held at the Fair Grounds. I recall fireworks that maybe featured a hen followed by little chicks, as well as many other animals and of course always ended with the American flag. We still have...
Unless you've been sleeping, you'll have noticed the world has been a mess over the last eighteen months or so. Bu,t as we make more and more headway in our pursuit of a return to normalcy, why can't I walk into a store and buy a video game console or a tractor? What could they possibly have in common beyond universal appeal to boys of all ages? Chips! But not in your favorite flavor, unfortunately. No the technology industry is still very much playing catch-up when it comes to producing the...
Astronomical lumber prices led one Hinsdale man to an ingenious work around, using used pallets in place of plywood. And, while unintentional, re-purposing the resource is also environmentally friendly. "I guess we have to be pretty honest," Jerry Larsen told The Courier during a tour of his build site in the north end of Hinsdale last week. "I wanted to build a garage over here, improve this land a bit, and i did not want to pay $50 for a piece of plywood. I figured out how to do this without...
Girl Scout Troop 2077 recently went on a trip that lasted five days and composed of 1,042 miles. During our trip we earned our Geologist badge. When we first arrived at our camp, it was so windy and rainy that it was a struggle just to set up our tents. It was an even bigger challenge to cook food and stay warm. Later that night, one tent had both poles snap leaving us half as much room to sleep. The next morning, we toured Lewis & Clark Caverns. At the cave entrance we came face to face with a...
After a decade of dishing up sweet treats and coffee to the residents of Hinsdale, Sweet Memories will close following a final 4th of July extravaganza. "I started thinking about this probably a year and a half ago, that I needed to slow down and it seemed right that this was the year being our 10th anniversary," said proprietor Leona Knutson. "I turned 65 this year. We are about to be great grandma and grandpa in August and we have a lot of grand kids in high school and things I am missing out...
One might mistake the art on display this month at Wheatgrass Arts & Gallery as being professionally made. Such is the talent of the Glasgow High School students on exhibit through the end of the month. Proprietor Mary Fahlgren, a native of Houston, Texas, has graciously opened the space to the former students of Cathryn McIntyre, who has left her position at GHS to pursue her own burgeoning career. "They are the budding artists of tomorrow," Fahlgren said. "Art is from the day a person is born...
Wearing white shirts, ties and name tags, Elders Lochlan Campbell and Logan Homer of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints have been busy visiting area grave sites to document the headstones for posterity. "It is really cool finding these grave sites," Campbell told The Courier last week. "There are some headstones almost all the way buried, and so it is cool to unearth those." During the post pandemic season, the missionaries with the North Dakota Bismarck Mission are busy blanketing...
Scout uniform? Check. Scout Oath recited verbatim? Check. Tent pegs inserted securely? Check. S'mores over a campfire? Check. Eagerness to get back to nature and learn lifelong skills? Double-check. With the summer season rapidly approaching in Glasgow, the Scouts of Troop 861 are eager to go camping. This weekend, the Scouts spent the weekend at the Missouri River Recreation Area for Youth near Fort Peck Dam setting up tents, cooking meals, flying Old Glory, shooting shotguns and boating. "You...
Far from her humble beginnings in Utah, Ruby steps off a bus in the Big Apple to find fortune and fame under the glittery lights on Broadway. What she finds is not quite what she expected. "She arrives as everything is going awry and saves the day," said Andy Meyers, director of "Dames at Sea," and artistic director for Fort Peck Summer Theatre. "Dames at Sea" is a musical with book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller and music by Jim Wise. It is the first show of the Fort Peck...
As is normal each spring, some things perk up faster than others. Such is the case with rhubarb, chives and asparagus. Hating to see such things go to waste, I have a couple recipes and a suggestion to share that take advantage of these spring crops. Spiced Rhubarb • 2 1/2 # sliced rhubarb • 2 C sugar • 1 C water • 1 C sugar • 1 C cider vinegar • 1/2 tsp cloves • 1/2 tsp mace • 1/2 tsp allspice • 1/2 tsp ginger • 1/2 tsp cinnamon Sprinkle the rhubarb with 2 cups sugar, let stand overnight. Reserving the juice, drain in the morning and add wat...
The Glasgow High School Swing Choir, a group that performs at school events and concerts, community functions, and various gigs locally, descended upon 2nd Avenue recently for a photo shoot while decked out in 60's and 70's era attire. Johnny Law stopped by briefly to check in on the odd sight, but let the teens go about their business soon after....
Finally, a Sunday without snow, although it’s cold and blustery, with spits of rain. Unfortunately, those spits were not nearly enough for this dry country, but they do help to keep our hopes for more rain alive. There was some advancement made towards the summer yard-to-be this week. A couple afternoons were spent clearing more flowerbeds; only three are left. Under a deep layer of dead leaves I found my daffodils were up about 6”. Flower buds appeared soon after the unveiling. Lots of other greenery was uncovered as well: day lilies, lil...
It’s starting to feel like I’m living through the movie Groundhog Day: another Sunday heralding a return of colder weather, with the prospect of intermittent bouts of snow flurries thrown in for good measure. Early on Sunday, the sky to the west of us looked bruised. That’s the direction our weather usually comes from, although last week it came out of the east. I’m not really happy with what Mother Nature keeps throwing at us. Where are those April showers? Those are supposed to be rain, not snow! We need some May flowers to cheer us up. At...
Why does it seem that every Sunday brews up some not-so-nice weather? Or is it just me that feels that way? Way up here, far beyond the Middle of Nowhere, this past Sunday gave us lots and lots of wind, sharply dropping temperatures, and snow flurries. Mother Nature in Montana goes out of her way to make sure we'll appreciate those rare, really fine days. I'd like to show more appreciation... Since the nasty weather is keeping us indoors, we're appreciating all our modern conveniences - heat,...
Yesterday I was asked why there weren’t any recipes last week. I’d simply blathered on long enough about other things that I’d run out of room. So I hope you’re prepared for a bit of an overload about cooking this week. Or you could skip on down to the last two paragraphs... Bobby’s Baked Chicken 1 (3 1/2#) chicken, cut up 3 Tbl Dijon mustard 1 Tbl mayonnaise 1 clove garlic, minced Zest AND juice of 1 lime 3/4 tsp pepper Salt to taste Chopped fresh parsley for garnish Heat oven to 400°. Rinse chicken pieces, pat dry with paper towels. Wh...
One spring afternoon I was driving home to Saint Marie. I happened to hear about a watercolor workshop at the Cottonwood. I'd done a lot of acrylics but very little Watercolor, so I signed up. That's where I met Lance Johnson. Over the next 13 years, he has become my mentor, my friend and eventually a fellow colleague. Lance Johnson has roots in Wolf Point but works out of Billings. A professional artist, he specializes in landscapes, wildlife, and Native American themes. His work can be found...
It’s definitely a Montana-style spring going on: spits of rain one day, flurries of snow the next. Between the two, we measured .08” of moisture last week, and every bit counts. The snow Friday evening measured about 3” of wet fluff. It was only 25° Saturday morning, with a stiff breeze, so I didn’t attempt making a snowman. Of course, the almost constant winds are busy sucking that much desired moisture right back up into the sky and blowing it away. Dennis tells me the soil temperature at a depth of 4” is still only 40°, so it’s much t...
