Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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Glasgow’s most expensive public works project doesn’t get the respect it deserves. It cost nearly $6 million and took a decade to go from planning to performance. The system is unique in Montana, packed with energy-saving features and it harnesses biological processes to keep the Milk River water pure. But it gets no respect. It slinks around under a pseudonym: WWTF. Waste water treatment facility. It’s a sewage plant, one of the fundamental services required of civilization. The full, doubl... Full story
Real working cowboys were competing Saturday at the Ranch Rodeo at the Northeastern Montana Fair. Just proving their win last year wasn’t a fluke, the Nelson Ranch team won again this year with a time of 54 seconds. With their second-place finish two years ago, this makes the third year that the Nelson team qualified to compete in the NILE in Billings. In second place was the Salveson Ranch team from Malta, followed by the Musselshell Ranch team. Ron Potter again won the top ranch horse a... Full story
Although the calendar says August, the severe weather season is still going strong across northeastern Montana. Quite a few storms moved from west to east across Valley County on Monday afternoon. They brought 40 mph wind and half-inch hail to Hinsdale. Southeast of Baylor, 1-inch hail was reported, along with more than an inch of rain. More than an inch of rain down on Lustre within 40 minutes, along with the hail. Moving on to Roosevelt County, a storm pounded an area north of Poplar with 1.75 inches of rain in just 12 minutes, along with...
Anna (Olson) and Elias Stensland, Norwegian immigrants to Valley County in 1908, could hardly have imagined the impact their family of four daughters would have on Northeast Montana stretching even to now – August 2013. Those four daughters – Agnes, Bertha, Elise and Gladys – have now been recognized by their respective families with the donation of a fine glass display case at the Valley County Pioneer Museum. Situated in the newly added foyer to the museum, the case will house temporary rotat...
OK, which would you choose? Three highly skilled waiters capable of carrying nine plates of food in just two hands or one highly skilled industrial worker capable of manufacturing three hundred plastic trays for highly skilled waiters to carry? How about a dozen EPA workers highly skilled in regulating the regulations that make manufacturing costs virtually insurmountable for anyone trying to start a business or one highly skilled and motivated entrepreneur actually building a business that hires people and that exports goods to other... Full story
The flies are biting. A sure sign of harvest. For a while now, those who garden have been harvesting the abundance of their work. And many of them have been busy canning and freezing a colorful array of vegetables. All the while I was growing up, we had a huge garden. The first session of canning was sweet peas and green beans. Dad always planted about four rows of peas because he knew my brother and I would raid them as soon as there were some to eat straight off the vine. Tomatoes were far from safe from me. When the tomatoes were ripe and...
Remember county fairs of the past? I try to remember that “change” is good, but what has happened to our fair? With all of our time saving conveniences of today, why are there so few exhibits? The majority of women today no longer garden or preserve produce, sew or even mend – therefore no exhibits in those areas. What about livestock and grains, or the farm equipment and recreational displays? Do businesses no longer feel a need to promote their services, or why the lack of booths under the grandstand? Maybe we as individuals do not care...
Sen. Jon Tester says Montanans have the right to know if the federal government is spying on them, his office reports. Tester is backing legislation to require the government to release more data about the type and amount of private information it is collecting under the Patriot Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). His bill also lets private companies – like Google and Microsoft – publicly disclose what kinds of information the government forces them to collect. “Montanans have the right to know if they’re being spied o...
Dear Editor: John Schroeder of Scottsdale, Ariz., a 1950s Glasgow Courier employee, mailed your July 17 report and photo to me about President Franklin Roosevelt visiting Fort Peck Dam Project in 1934. John and I were Courier co-workers decades ago, and we remain in contact. A copy of that original Roosevelt photograph that my dad Sam Gilluly owned was acquired in 1984, when he died. Before he died, my father had identified persons in the photograph (see enclosure). Or perhaps identification was...
Gerald F. “Jerry” Myers, 83, died of natural causes on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. He was born on Feb. 11, 1930, in Lancaster, Penn., the son of Elam W. and Thelma J. (Kimick) Myers. He enlisted in the Army at the age of 17 and served in numerous places around the world. He graduated with a bachelor of arts in criminal justice from the University of Nebraska in Omaha and a masters of science in public administration from Brigham Young Uni...
William “Dean” Newton, 85, beloved husband, father, friend, died Monday, Aug. 5, 2013. A Service of Remembrance will be held on Friday, Aug. 9, at 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Lewistown. Military honors will be presented by the Fergus American Legion Post #16 and the Montana Honor Guard. He was born on June 14, 1928, in Hobson, Mont., to William W. Newton and Annie (McLellan) Newton. His father died of cancer at the age of 46 in 1945, but Annie lived into her nineties and died in...
Hjalmar Arnold Tweten, 91, died Thursday, July 18, 2013, of natural causes at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. Although our hearts are broken, we celebrate his joyous return to the arms of our Heavenly Father. He was born in a little log house in Nashua to the late Jacob and Jensina (Hartvikson) Tweten on March 17, 1922. He went to grade school at a country school and then went to Nashua for high school where he graduated in 1941. In the fall of 1941, he went to sheet...
Lenore (Mrs. Albert). Wilson, 82, system engineer, of Wolf Point died Aug. 2, 2013 at a Billings care facility, following a stroke. A viewing will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at 15 Airport Road in Glasgow on Thursday, Aug. 8, at 2 p.m., followed by a graveside service at the Highland Cemetery. She was born in Indiana, grew up in Texas, graduated from the University of Texas in Austin, and taught mathematics in high school in Amarillo, Texas. She later moved to...
Kevin Charles Newman, 53, firstborn son of Clifford Cleveland and (Lavita) Mary Newman died unexpectedly from cardiac complications July 26, 2013, at his home in Frazer. He taught science at Frazer Public School in Frazer for the past five years among the people he loved. He was born Dec. 17, 1959, in St. Louis, Mo. He served in the Army for 10 years. After his military career, he graduated from the University of Montana in Missoula. When he died, he was completing graduate studies in native plants and developing a computer app to catalog and...
Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1926, his family moved to the Glasgow area when he was 3 and he grew up there on farms. He graduated from high school in 1943, enlisting in 1944 on his 18th birthday, attended infantry training and was sent to the Philippines and Japan. He married Nadine Scott in 1949. He worked 22 years as a sheet metal worker, 7 with his own shop. The family also farmed 7 years near the Milk River. A lifelong interest in repairing and customizing firearms led to his next career as...
The Glasgow Reds’ mostly sizzling summer of 2013 ends like this: third place among eight teams in Montana-Alberta American Legion Class A Baseball Conference championship tournament. It was third place with an exclamation point, even if the Big Red Machine sputtered at the end in an 8-1 loss to Belgrade that put the Bandits in the title game against eventual champion Laurel. This summer goes down as one to remember for the Reds. They went 53-11, winning the Eastern A conference title. That m... Full story
Seven event championships. A fourth place team finish. The Glasgow Kiwanis Swim Team made a nice, big splash at the Montana State Swim Meet. As a team, the 32 Kiwanis Kids competing Aug. 3 and 4 at Sidney made good on their qualifying performances at the Eastern Divisionals in their home pool. The top five teams at State, in order, were Bitterroot, Sidney, Lewistown, Glasgow and Chinook. Five Kiwanis swimmers were involved in the local club’s seven event championships. The 13/14-year-old g...
There will be a parent meeting 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12 at Glasgow High School for all parents of students participating in high school football and cross country. The GHS volleyball meeting will be 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at GHS. The doors will open both days at 6 for anyone wishing to purchase activity tickets and pay participation fees along with sports travel lunch fees. Preseason Practice Schedule GHS Football Friday, Aug. 16 – 6:30-8:30 a.m., 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17 – 6:30-8:30 a.m., 6-8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19 – 6:30-8:30 a.m., 6-8 p...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks invites hunters, landowners, outfitters, and others to get involved now to help set hunting seasons for 2014 and 2015. The public can comment online beginning Friday, Aug. 9, and at a series of statewide open houses later this month at most FWP regional offices. The open house meetings will include a brief overview of the season setting process, and the public can stop by any time during the open house to visit with FWP biologists and game wardens. The meeting in Glasgow will be 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, at...