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1 Years Ago Wednesday, April 16, 2014 Graduate class of 2003, Cami Starr Collins recently finished her Ph.D. in plasma physics. She obtained that degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in December. The GHS graduate is now in post doctorate work studying nuclear fusion – and hoping to find a way to make the world a better place. Glasgow Flower & Gifts owner Peggy Aakre was pretty excited to receive recognition from Great Northern Development Corporation (GNDC) as Business of the Year f...
The Nashua boys basketball team went 0-3 on the week with losses to Scobey/Opheim, Harlem and Circle. The Porcupines fell 81-22 to the Spartans Jan. 30, 91-51 to the Class B Wildcats and 57-37 Feb. 1 to the Class C Wildcats Feb. 2. Nashua v. Scobey/Opheim 1st Quarter N 5 S 20 2nd Quarter N 10 S 43 3rd Quarter N 17 S 66 4th Quarter n 22 S 81 Scoring: Noah Leckie, 8; Charlie Kaasa, Damon Adkins and Jackson Abern, 3; Caden Laumeyer and John Grimes, 2; Bubba Pugh, 1. Assists: Leckie, Pugh, Blaze Bleazard and Kaasa, 1. Rebounds: Leckie, 4;...
The Nashua boys basketball team split their games last week, downing the Frazer Bearcubs 98-58 Jan. 18 before losing a 70-32 contest the following day to the Lustre Lions. Nashua v. Frazer 1st Quarter N 28 F 14 2nd Quarter N 52 F 31 3rd Quarter N 80 F 54 4th Quarter N 98 F 58 Scoring: Grady Nielsen, 48; Noah Leckie, 13; Jackson Abern, 11; Damon Adkins, 9; Charlie Kaasa and Caden Laumeyer, 6; Bubba Pugh, 5. Rebounds: Nielsen, 12; Leckie and Laumeyer, 7; Pugh, 5; Adkins, 3; Abern and Joe Morgan, 2; Blaze Bleazard and Kaasa, 1. Assists: Adkins,...
Glasgow School District General Fund Levy – 1487 ballots voted; 3042 ballots sent = 48.9 percent For the Additional Levy 755 Against the Additional Levy 732 Hinsdale School District General Fund Levies – 146 ballots voted; 269 ballots sent = 54.3 percent High School For the Additional Levy 113 Against the Additional Levy 33 Elementary School For the Additional Levy 110 Against the Additional Levy 36 Lustre Elementary School District General Fund Levy – 40 ballots voted; 108 ballots sent = 37 percent For the Additional Levy 33 Against the Addit...
Here are the unofficial results from the elections held on Tuesday, May 2, 2023: Glasgow School District General Fund Levy – 1487 ballots voted; 3042 ballots sent = 48.9% For the Additional Levy 755 Against the Additional Levy 732 Hinsdale School District General Fund Levies – 146 ballots voted; 269 ballots sent = 54.3% High School For the Additional Levy 113 Against the Additional Levy 33 Elementary School For the Additional Levy 110 Against the Additional Levy 36 Lustre Elementary School District General Fund Levy – 40 ballots voted; 108 b...
The Election Team at the Clerk and Recorder’s office will be running mail-ballot elections for four school districts, Glasgow, Hinsdale, Lustre, and Nashua, and one Special District, St. Marie Rural Fire District. All ballots were mailed on April 14. Glasgow School District’s trustee election has been canceled; Angie Page and Blaine White filed to retain their seats on the school board. Glasgow School District’s ballot includes one proposition. The District is asking to increase local taxes in the amount of $32,714.81 to support the gener...
The Nashua School has six candidates running for two positions on the school board. The candidates are, in no particular order, Sheila Toavs Miller, Tyler Skolrud, Teresa Kennedy, Patricia Sibley, Joe Laumeyer and William Philippi. The two open seats are now held by Toavs Miller and Matt Garsjo. In addition to voting for school board members, the Nashua ballot will also include a Building Fund Reserve levy proposition in the amount of $400,000 per year for five years for a total of $2,000,000. The vote will be a mail-ballot election and all...
Michelle Bigelbach The Courier Valley County voters made their voices heard on Election Day, May 3. With the exclusion of Opheim, all of the other Valley County schools asked voters to either choose a new trustee and/or to vote on a funding levy. A special district election was also held to help fill three three-year terms on the North Valley County Water & Sewer District. Frazer School District ran a trustee election as they had one one-year term opening and one three-year term opening. Tihs election was held at the Frazer School Annex and...
Glasgow School District No. 1A Trustee: Erin Aune 412 Larraine Eiland 252 Stan Ozark 618 Donald Pansegrau 73 Levy: For 692 Against 706 Nashua School District No. 13E Trustee: Michele Fromdahl 179 Joe Laumeyer 120 North Valley County Water & Sewer District Director: Nick O Chiechi 36 Phillip DeFelice 46 DeLee Hustad 64 Russell Kolpin 59 Carl Millerick 61 These results are unofficial until the canvass on May 18, 2022. Hinsdale Election Results: Elementary Levy passes by a vote of 102-17 Further election results will be published in the May 11,... Full story
Frazer School District is running their own election. This is a trustee election only. They have two trustee positions open, one for a one-year term and one for a three-year term. The Frazer School election is a polling place election; absentee ballots were mailed on April 15. The polling place on May 3, will be at the Frazer School Annex; hours will be noon until 8 p.m. Candidates are: 1-Year Term: Lillie Cox Michael Cole 3-Year Term: Yancey Beston Mary Sue Jackson Adeline Smoker The Clerk and Recorder’s office is running the Glasgow School D...
5 Showmanship Awards • Round Robin - Sr. Grand Champion - Trey Johnson • Round Robin - Sr. Reserve Champion - RyLee Mix • Round Robin - Jr. Grand Champion - William Kirkland • Round Robin - Jr. Reserve Champion - Laynee Simpson • Round Robin - Pre-Jr. Grand Champion - Weston Kirkland • Round Robin - Pre-Jr. Reserve Cham pion - Tenley Allestad • Beef -Sr. Grand Champion - Kaitlyn McColly • Beef -Sr. Reserve Champion - Ty Westby • Beef -Jr. Grand Champion - Emmah Mix • Beef -Jr. Reserve Champi... Full story
*Services Have Been Postponed Until Spring* After a very long and courageous battle with cancer, our beloved mother, sister, grandmother, aunt and friend, Sandra "Sandy" Kay (Sonnenberg) Laumeyer, 76, of Nashua, Mont., was greeted with all the fanfair a true warrior and champion deserves by her Lord and all His angels Monday, March 9, 2020. A vigil will be held on Thursday, March 19, 6 p.m., at Queen of Angels Church, 206 Hobart St., Nashua. Services will be on Friday, March 20, at 10:30 a.m.... Full story
Francis Gabin Laumeyer, 87, of Nashua, Mont., beloved husband, brother, father, grandfather, friend and neighbor went to be with his Lord and Savior, his best friend, Thursday, April 18, 2019, surrounded by his wife and children. A vigil will be held Thursday, April 25, 6 p.m., at Queen of Angels in Nashua. Funeral services will be on Friday, April 26, 10:30 a.m., at Queen of Angels in Nashua with a private family interment. Francis was born May 16, 1931, at his family home and farm outside of... Full story
Personnel changes again dominated the regularly-scheduled school board meeting held in Nashua on June 21. Following board approval to hire an English teacher (Terri Kaufman) and several classified staff, the trustees also approved student attendance agreements for two students transferring to the Glasgow School District. Affected by the student transfers, the north bus route was revised and all bus routes were approved for the 2016-2017 school year. Toward the end of the meeting, the board voted to accept the resignation of Superintendent...
The Nashua lady tracksters earned an impressive second-place trophy for their efforts at the District 3-C Track Meet held May 14. Impressive because they only had six girls competing for points. Leading the way for the Porcupines was Taylor Laumeyer with two first-place and one second-place throws, a third-place finish in the 400m run (PR), and a fourth-place long jump finish. Laumeyer also achieved a PR in both the discus and the javelin. Senior Faith Keys placed second in the discus, third in...
Nashua's school board met in regular session April 19, in the library of the school and just over two dozen people were in attendance. Following the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call and approval of some routine items, Chairperson Dale Pugh opened the meeting to public comment. Ray Yoss, former Nashua resident and business person, addressed the board with concerns he had regarding one of the board members and their spouse; specifically, about posts on Facebook, some of which were allegedly critical of him. Chairperson Pugh thanked Yoss for his...
The Nashua Lucky Clover Club is one of the oldest branches of 4-H in the state. Chartered in 1954, the club has been a consistent contributor to community causes throughout its history. According to Clover alum Joe Laumeyer, there was talk of calling it quits this year. Thankfully, members of the Laumeyer family (Caden, Taylor and Trace) teamed up with Adi Elverud and Chloe and Sophia Koessl to keep the group alive. The Clovers may be small in number, but rumor has it that a family of Hoosiers...
joe laumeyer / for THE COURIER The Nashua Lady Porcupines had an outstanding tournament at the District Volleyball tournament in Scobey last weekend. After losing to the Spartans in the semi-finals, they fought back and made it to the championship match. They took the Lustre Lions to the fifth match, where they won 16-14. In the championship, they won the first match against Scobey 25-23, but then lost the next 3 to take home the Second Place trophy. Pictured back row (L-R): Coach Cline, Nicole...
The Scottie Qualifiers Meet at GHS next week is looking like a box of chocolates. You just don't know what you're going to get. But here they go. Montana spring weather permitting, the Glasgow track and field team will host a state qualifiers meet Monday, April 11, at Scottie Field. Running and field events begin at 4 p.m. Scotties coach Tim Phillips told The Courier that he expects a number of other squads to send at least a few athletes with state qualifying aspirations. The lineup of... Full story
Three Scotties are more than on track to qualify for the Class B state tournament. They're there. The homegrown qualifiers at Glasgow's own invite Saturday were Josie Braaten in the 3,200 meter run, Dana Hughes in shot put and discus, and Benji Phillips in javelin. The three helped GHS show well in the season opener, with the girls placing first as a team and the boys second. Local Class C schools also enjoyed success at Scottie Field. Athletes from three of those schools – Hinsdale, Nashua and... Full story
The people of the small town of Nashua have once again proven that small town characteristics are some of the most valuable assets we can possess. There was a tragic sports accident recently in the small town of Belt. Robert Back is a junior at Belt High School who was injured during a football game on Friday, Sept. 12, and as of recently, was still in the ICU in Great Falls. This sparked the people around the state in schools and communities to pay attention to how precious our children are.... Full story
While the weather would have held out for the short torch run for the state Special Olympics, scheduling conflicts prevented the ceremony. This week the top 10 from the Milk River Activity Center will travel to Billings to compete in the Special Olympics. The team competed in the area competition in Miles City earlier this year and they all came back with medals. Jennifer Franzen took home medals in bowling, walking and throwing. She said she enjoyed districts and was fairly excited to head to... Full story
Valley County had a busy school election season, as four out of six school districts held elections. The Opheim and Lustre school districts did not have elections, due to the lack of candidates. Glasgow, Nashua, Hinsdale and Frazer voters did show up at the polls to decide on board of trustee members and levies. The results here are the unofficial counts that came in late Tuesday, May 6. Glasgow Glasgow’s ballot held two three-year terms for the board of trustees. Incumbents David Irving and Patt Etchart were challenged by John Daggett and S... Full story
As the school year is coming closer to a close, schools are getting ready for their upcoming elections. School elections will be held on Tuesday, May 6. Nashua has two Board of Trustees positions on the ballot. Incumbents Joe Laumeyer and Ryan Williams will be running against newcomers Joel Novak and Ray Yoss. Williams has been a board member since 2008 and Laumeyer has been on the board for one term, since 2012. The positions are three-year terms. Hinsdale will also have two Board of Trustee, three-year positions, up for the vote. Incumbents...
It was a well researched decision for the Nashua School Board. While controversial to some of the parents and families involved, the final vote for a four-day school week came in on Tuesday, March 18. The school board approved the schedule to begin next year in a 4-1 vote. Ryan Williams, Dale Pugh, Cole Sibley and Brenda Kessel voted in favor and Joe Laumeyer against. The school calendar for the upcoming year has been posted to the Nashua school website. While Superintendent Jennifer Cunningham was out of the office for comment and wouldn’t r...
