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  • Boot Drive a Big Win for Carnival

    Michelle Bigelbach, The Courier|May 3, 2017

    On April 28, members of the Northeast Montana Fair Board and volunteers from the community took their positions at downtown intersections to accept donations. Over $6,200 was raised. The boot drive was one method of fundraising approved by the fair board to help pay for this year's carnival. According to fair board member Louise Lemieux, the boot drive was a suggestion due to the success of other drives such as Block of Bucks. "Doing this type of fundraiser really brings awareness to the...

  • County Brief

    Dane Osen, The Courier|May 3, 2017

    This week, Valley County Commissioners approved the purchase of four used Self Contained Breathing Apparatuses (SCBA) for the fire department. The SCBA’s to be purchased are certified and have a seven-year life span. The equipment will cost $1,600. The commissioners also committed $3,000 to the Valley County Fair Board. The funds will go towards repairs in the bathrooms at the fair grounds. Funding for this project were accumulated through the option tax....

  • The Special Election Comes to Town

    James Walling, The Courier|May 3, 2017

    At press time, the Courier has learned that Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte is scheduled to visit Glasgow on Monday, May 8, at Farm Equipment Sales on Hwy 2. According to FES’s Sarah Partridge, the event will be a barbecue and should run from 5-7 p.m. Montana House Speaker Austin Knudsen and Senator Mike Lang will be on hand to support the candidate and Representative Casey Knudsen (HD33) will assist in providing a wrap-up of the 65th legislative session. Gianforte is also scheduled to stop earlier on Monday in Malta at the G...

  • Valley County Health Department Receives Award

    Michelle Bigelbach, The Courier|May 3, 2017

    The Valley County Health Department received the Healthy People 2020 award for meeting the national goal of 80 percent coverage of immunizations in Valley County. This is a great accomplishment as Montana immunization rates are 68.1 percent and the national immunization rates are 72.2 percent. Assessment, Feedback, Incentives and Exchanges (AFIX) is a continuous quality improvement process designed specifically for immunizations. AFIX is part of the clinic reviews conducted by the Montana...

  • Melin, Ryan Lead with Improvements at VVH

    A.J. Etherington, The Courier|May 3, 2017

    Last month, Glasgow's Valley View Home brought in Judy Melin of Livingston to act as interim director until Amy Ryan, the current director of operations, can obtain her license as a health administrator. Melin has worked for years as a longterm care provider as both a registered nurse and as a health administrator. Ryan alluded to Melin's expertise during a recent conversation with the Courier: "This is her fourth time being called out of retirement to help a facility." Melin, for her part, was...

  • 'Sunlight & Storm' Photo Contest Open

    A.J. Etherington, The Courier|May 3, 2017

    In an effort to challenge and inspire local photographers, the Courier and Sean R. Heavey are asking for submissions to the first edition of the Sunlight & Storm photo contest to be held over the course of the 2017 summer. The challenge is to capture the weather or sky of Northeast Montana in a unique and compelling way. The photograph must contain an image involving Northeast Montana's weather or sky such as the sunset, Aurora Borealis, cloud formations, the Milky Way or a thunderstorm. Photo...

  • Considering Greg Gianforte:

    Michael Burns, Representing the Right|May 3, 2017

    The nation is watching Montana as one of the first weathervanes in a post Trump-coming-to-power world. A special runoff election for the sole congressional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives is the 25th of this month with a kickoff of mail-out ballots hitting your mailbox this week. Competing to replace the respected Ryan Zinke, now our Secretary of the Interior and first Montanan in a cabinet position, will the Democrats be able to generate a pushback to the Trump-style Americana that has taken over the nation or will the Republicans...

  • Considering Rob Quist:

    Tess Fahlgren, Truth Nukem|May 3, 2017

    Today I visited Pass Creek School, a one-room schoolhouse north of Bozeman with eight kids. We talked about Montana artists and did an art project together. Most of them drew pictures of horses, or of moving cows, or their 4-H pigs. They were smart and polite and well-spoken. For work, I visit all kinds of schools. I’ve visited a middle school with 500 kids in Bozeman and a schoolhouse with six kids in Yaak. I’ve been to Hutterite colonies and St. Labre Indian Catholic School. My favorite, though, are the one-room country schools. The kids are...

  • Making May Day Baskets

    Gwen Cornwell, Remember When|May 3, 2017

    I am writing this on May Day. Do you remember making May Day baskets out of construction paper and working on the project for a couple of days before May 1? I think that we might have gotten to make some of these baskets as our art project in school, and of course Mom was always a good resource. I think that they were supposed to be filled with flowers and given to someone, but if my memory serves me correctly, some baskets may have been filled with treats to be hung on the door knob, or left on the door step of a person you loved. Some place...

  • Calendar of Upcoming Events in the Area

    May 3, 2017

    THURSDAY – MAY 4 10 a.m. - The Glasgow City-County Library will host their weekly story-time at Valley View. Story-time is open to children ages 0-10 and the theme is Celebration of Dance. 2 p.m. - Valley County Transportation Advisory Committee meeting at the Valley County Senior Citizen Center, Glasgow. The general public and anyone interested in transportation in Valley County is invited. THURSDAY - SATURDAY MAY 4-6 Poppy Days SATURDAY – MAY 6 8 a.m. - Noon – PEO Rummage Sale at the Elks Club. Name your price on most items. 11:30...

  • Marvin Lee Gardner

    May 3, 2017

    Marvin Lee Gardner passed away Sunday, April 23, 2017, at the age of 76 in Glasgow, Mont. He requested that cremation take place and no service be held. He was born in Scobey, Mont., on Dec. 27, 1940, to Henry and Glenda (Fossum) Gardner. He went to school in Glasgow, graduating in 1959. In March of 1962, he opened Marv's Conoco, and on Nov. 4, 1962, he married Sandi Desonia. They had four sons and separated in 1997. In the fall of 1974, he rented his dad's farm and in May of 1976 he closed the...

  • Hulda Mae Tade

    May 3, 2017

    Hulda Mae (Fuhrmann) Tade, 89, passed away in the presence of her loving family on Saturday, April 22, 2017, in Missoula, Mont. Graveside Services will be at the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow, on Saturday, May 13, at 11 a.m. followed by a reception. The youngest of the large farming family of Elizabeth (Fauth) Fuhrmann and Peter Heinrich Fuhrmann, she was born on April 23,1927, on her family's homestead in northeastern Montana. Her early life was spent on the farm surrounded by her large and...

  • Bernard 'Barney' Schultz

    May 3, 2017

    Bernard "Barney" Schultz passed away on Thursday, April 27, 2017, at the age of 83. He was born in Glen Ullin, N.D., to Benjamin and Mathilda (Morman) Schultz. He had a habit of running through the fields after he was dropped off at country school to get home before his parents did. So, they enrolled him in Glen Ullin at the Catholic School. He graduated in 1953, after which he was drafted into the Army. He was granted a special leave to go home and marry his love, Phyllis Duckwitz, of Hebron,...

  • Norma Paro

    May 3, 2017

    Norma Ethel (Ortloff) Paro passed into heaven on Saturday, April 22, 2017, at her daughter, Cindy's, home in Dallas, Ore. Internment will be at a later date at the Rux Cemetery near Thief River Fall, Minn. She was born to Andrew and Florence (Rux) Ortloff on Oct. 6, 1920, at the home farm near Thief River Falls, and was the fifth of eight children. She graduated early from high school and Teachers Training by age 17 at St. Hilaire, Minn. She taught country school until she moved to Seattle,...

  • Courtney Carlson

    May 3, 2017

    Courtney Carlson, 90, of the Baylor, Mont. community, passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. A memorial service will be held Monday, July 3, 2017, at 10 a.m., in the Bell Mortuary Chapel in Glasgow, with internment to follow in the Highland Cemetery at Glasgow. He was born to parents Arthur and Amy (Watkins) Carlson on Sept. 2, 1926, in the family home in the Baylor community. He attended school in Baylor and Opheim as a member of the...

  • Jane E. Knudson

    May 3, 2017

    Jane E. Knudson, age 97, passed away on Sunday, April 30, 2017, at Valley View Home in Glasgow, Mont. Visitation will be held Thursday, May 4, from 5-7 p.m. at Bell Mortuary in Glasgow. Services are Friday, May 5, at 11 a.m., at the United Methodist Church in Saco, followed by interment at the Grandview Cemetery in Saco....

  • John Stanislaw Sr.

    May 3, 2017

    On April 23, 2017, John Stanislaw Sr. earned his eternal pilot's wings and is happily flying with the angels after a short illness. John Sr. joined in Heaven: his parents, Jack and Margaret Stanislaw; two brothers, Peter and Paul; his beloved, Jackie, and their fur-baby, Dijon, the "Wolf-Dog." Survivors include his loving son, John Jr., his wife, Jennifer, and their children, Jack and Julie; his daughter, Michele, her husband, Rob, and their children, Noah and Sara; and the mother of his...

  • Scottie Boys Place Second at Belt-Fairfield Meet

    Georgie Kulczyk, The Courier|May 3, 2017

    With just weeks left in the 2017 season, the Glasgow track team continues to improve. At the Belt-Fairfield Invitational meet held in Great Falls April 29, 22 Scotties achieved personal bests. It was a good day for the boys' distance and mid-distance runners, as eight p.r.s were set by six Scotties: Alec Boland, 1600m run; Gabe Hallock, 800m run; Colin Jamba, 1660m run and 3200m run; Merlin McKean, 3200m run; Wilson Overby, 1600m run and 3200m run; and Kaden Zimmerman, 1600m run. The sprinters...

  • Huntley Breaks Scottie Streak in Messy Contest

    Georgie Kulczyk, The Courier|May 3, 2017

    Following a home game against Glendive April 25, the Lady Scotties traveled to Great Falls for a two-day tournament April 28 and 29. Although the girls got off to a slow start against Glendive, they pulled it together for the 5-1 victory in seven innings. Both teams battled to gain ground against the other, but the game remained scoreless for four full innings. The Red Devils were finally able to bring in one run at the top of the fifth, but the Scotties replied with two runs and snuffed Glendiv...

  • Scottie Golfers Split Titles at Glasgow, Plentywood Invites

    Georgie Kulczyk, The Courier|May 3, 2017

    The Scottie golfers hosted their home meet at Sunnyside Golf Course on April 28, then traveled to Plentywood April 29 for a second day of competition. The Scottie boys grabbed the title for their own meet with a score of 357. Blaine Myrick led his team to the win with an 83, followed by Ike Braaten in fourth with an 89. Oden Hallock finished sixth with a 90, followed by Kaden Fossum, 95, and Cody Ross, 97. The Lady Scotties finished second overall with a 444. Lexi Pehlke finished in second place for her team with a 94, followed by Heidi Moon in...

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    May 3, 2017

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