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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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"I just nerded out on the science." Chelsea Dodd, who holds a degree in chemistry, is a self-taught tanner in Glasgow trying to keep a dying art alive. Tanning is a relatively new hobby for the woman who works for the Glasgow Water Department. She has been learning and refining her technique for roughly three years, working primarily on her own hides while occasionally taking on projects for friends. This is how I found her – through mutual friends. Dodd had prepared a taxidermy ear for her n...
In Valley County, it is no longer the case of smoke it if you can find it, but smoke it if you want it. As of Jan. 1, Montanans age 21 and older can legally purchase and use marijuana for recreational purposes. In Valley County, legal marijuana is available for sale at CannaOrganics, 54315 Highway 2, on the outskirts of Glasgow. Rod and Debra Lambert, co-owners, first opened the shop as a dispensary for medical marijuana patients in Feb. 2019. Now, they can legally sell marijuana for...
The Richland Rangers came to Glasgow for a rare mid-week game against the Ice Dawgs Dec. 29. Glasgow scored first in the non-conference game but the team from Sidney got the last word and the win by a score of 6-4. Michael Hoyer found the back of the net first, scoring unassisted at 9:30 in the first period. The visiting team answered with 2:09 left in the period. They took the lead with a mere 23 seconds left before the buzzer. The Rangers increased their lead to two goals at 9:35 in the...
Scottie standout Kyler Hallock announce on Dec. 21, 2021 he will be continuing his academic and athletic career at Dickinson State University. Hallock was a critical two-way player for Glasgow at running back and linebacker. He also served as kicker and punter. He led the Scotties in rushing yards with 938 on 158 carries with 14 touchdowns. On defense, he had 40 total tackles in his senior year, 32 unassisted. "I chose Dickinson because I felt like it was gong to be a really good fit for me,"...
Glasgow High School Student Council will be hosting its 2nd Annual Teddy Bear Toss between the varsity basketball games on Thursday, Jan. 6, (Glasgow vs North Country) at Glasgow High School gymnasium. The girls' varsity game is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and the boys' game is set to begin at 8 p.m. Those attending are asked to bring new or gently used stuffed animals that they are willing to donate for the event. At the given time, people are asked to throw their stuffed animals on the gym floor....
6U 45 - Taryn Sundeen’s place is 4th and has scored 15.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Jaxon Cardinal (Summit Wrestling Academy) won by tech fall over Taryn Sundeen (Glasgow wrestling club) (TF 20-5) Cons. Round 1 - Taryn Sundeen (Glasgow wrestling club) received a bye () (Bye) Cons. Round 2 - Taryn Sundeen (Glasgow wrestling club) won by fall over William Mann (Central Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:30) Cons. Round 3 - Taryn Sundeen (Glasgow wrestling club) won by fall over Ryan Bosl (LPGE) (Fall 2:22) Cons. Semi - Taryn Sundeen (Glasgow wrestling c...
The Glasgow Wrestling Club welcomed 50 kids to their Seventh Annual Glasgow Scottie Wrestling Clinic Dec. 28. Members of the Glasgow High School wrestling squad and wrestling club coaches worked with new and experienced grapplers on the mats at the Club's facility. With signups that day, the Highlanders set a new club participation record for the 10th consecutive year. More than 100 Valley County kids are set to participate this year....
Valley County residents employed at minimum wage jobs will see an increase in their paychecks this month. As of Jan. 1, Montana’s Minimum Wage has increased to $9.20, pursuant to §39-3-409, Montana Code Annotated. Montana statute requires the minimum wage be adjusted annually based on changes in inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) from August of the year in which the calculation is made, and is rounded to the nearest $0.05. The Department of Labor and Industry is required to make this adjustment by Se... Full story
The Valley County Sheriff’s Office has received $10,460 in grant funding to obtain and train new canine units to crack down on illegal drugs being trafficked into Montana. The grant was announced recently by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, following 18 initial $10,000 grants approved by a selection committee in October, with five new agencies receiving funding and 14 receiving additional funding. Twenty-three agencies have now been approved to receive a total of $300,000 through this program. All of the funds appropriated by the l... Full story
“And how about the Federal government? Well, unsurprisingly, it managed to keep spending money we don’t have on things we don’t need,” U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) says in the 2021 “Festivus”’ Report on Government Waste, an annual compilation of how the federal government wastes taxpayer money on often absurd programs. So how much did our esteemed representatives and senators waste this year? A whopping $52,598,515,585 in government waste, according to the Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight (ETSO) Subcommittee for the Homeland Secu... Full story
You can learn a lot by listening to what someone has to say, especially if you disagree with them. I’m not talking about learning only about what issue they might be talking about, I mean that you can learn a lot about the person you’re listening to, you learn to respect them as a person, and I think it goes the other way, too, that they learn to respect you. My awakening about the benefits of listening came around 1993 when I returned a phone call to an irate constituent. I had been in the Montana House of Representatives for a few years and... Full story
It's only early January, and already this 2022 thing is obviously not working out. With the "omicron variant" of COVID-19 upon us, politicians and public health authorities are already off on their next round of COVID-19 Hokey Pokey: You put your school closures in. You pull your mask mandates out. You put your rising case numbers in, and you shake them all about. You do the COVID-19 Hokey Pokey and you order people around. That's what it's all about. A successful COVID-19 Hokey Pokey this time around requires ignoring the fact that, even allow... Full story
Cindy Lee Mothershead, 70, went home to be with the Lord December 20, 2021, at Billing Clinic in Billings, Montana. Cindy was born to Carl and Maxine (Scott) Hough in Bremerton, Washington on September 14, 1951. When she was two years old her family moved onto Carl's family's ranch in Tonasket, Washington. The family would later move to Colville, Washington where Cindy graduated from Colville High School in 1969. In 1972, she married Sam Allen who had moved to Washington from Missouri. Cindy... Full story
Kiwanis Sing Christmas Carols The Glasgow Kiwanis Club was joined by five students from the Glasgow High School Key Club, and 15 from the Glasgow Middle School Builders Club (2 advisors and 13 students) to sing Christmas Carols at Nemont Manor at noon Wednesday Dec. 15 . They also teamed up with local churches to ring the Salvation Army Bell at Reynolds. Kiwanis also thanked all who helped with this year's Kiwanis Salvation Army Bell Ringing project. Local churches took the first weekends raising $940.15, $883.29 and $478.90; and Kiwanis took... Full story
EDITOR'S NOTE: 5 p.m. Friday before publication is the deadline for calendar additions, which must be emailed to [email protected] or submitted in person at The Courier office, 531 2nd Ave. S., in Glasgow. JANUARY MONTHLONG: TUESDAYS • 1 p.m. - Dime Bingo - Glasgow Senior Center (Recurring). • The Valley Community Food Bank, located at 1020 1st Ave. No., is open the 3rd Tuesday of every month from noon to 3 p.m. If this is your 1st time applying for assistance from the food bank, bring a pho... Full story
There were 16 motor vehicle stops, five assist citizen/public assists, two animal control calls, two dog/cat control calls, two hazards, one inspection and one report for record. Monday, Dec. 20 • 2306 – Officer said an individual reported people spotlighting near her residence. He said they may also be night hunting. Tuesday, Dec. 21 • 0510 – RP called and said an unknown male called him and reported a female in a room who had street drugs and a pistol in her possession. An officer advised he spoke with the registered guest, who allowed...
We got to talking the other day about the city of Glasgow, Montana being in the “Middle of Nowhere” but had a question about that… just how did they come up with this? Found out that a group at Oxford’s Big Data Institute that studies the intersection of disease, geography and demographics, spent years building a globe-spanning map outlining just how long it takes to cross any spot on the planet. So the Washington Post stated that they spent hours of computer time processing every pixel and every populated place in the contiguous United States...
First off, I feel I owe all of you another apology. Maybe a double one. We are on vacation in warm, sunny Florida, and so are (aren’t?) missing out on all that delicious below zero temps you’ve been enjoying. So that’s one (that we’re warmer than you right now). The other is because of the timing of the holidays, I lost track of what day of the week it was or what the deadline should have been. So I didn’t get a column written last week. I’m crying crocodile tears over that lapse. (In other words, sorry, NOT sorry.) We haven’t just been enj...
Greetings and Happy New Year to all readers! I would say that my New Year’s resolution is to get my articles to The Courier weekly, but then I know that most resolutions are made to be broken so let me say I will just try and do better. Do you remember the large floor grate that was found in most homes in by gone days? This was the furnace vent and provided a great place to stand and warm yourself up after a jaunt outside in winter’s fridge weather. That was in the day before many women wore jeans, sweats, etc., only dresses. What a won...
Hands up who made their New Year’s resolution to take better care of themselves. Now put your hand down. Now back up again. Exercise! You’re welcome. For those of us who have decided to make 2022 the year we put our health first, but perhaps need a little motivation to keep moving; thankfully technology to both pester and reward us toward our goals is readily available and eager to assist. We aren’t quite living in a future where our cars can prevent us from caving in and visiting the drive-through, but we’re pretty close… So what’s av...
As Montana's tally of new covid cases neared 1,000 each day in September, Shelly Stanley-Lehman worried about when the virus would reach her day care in Billings. She wanted to have covid tests on hand to help prevent an outbreak from sweeping through her business, but stores were sold out. She spent days making calls and searching online. When Stanley-Lehman finally got her hands on a box of tests later that month, it was too late - a child's family member, unknowingly infected, had exposed... Full story
