Articles from the September 30, 2015 edition
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The Candidates Are In
Glasgow High School has announced the 2015 homecoming royalty. The candidates are: Tavia Fairclough, Abigail Kolstad and Alexandrea Simensen for queen, and Ethan Etchart, Logan Gunderson and Trevor...
WebsiteXL Pipeline Update
The projected annual tax influx is $12 million. The two, year-long construction camps would bestow short-term economic tidings on the county, buoying regional business and padding the local government’s coffers. The fiscal boon of the pipeline is...
Tucker Dees: A Friend in Need
It's been 12 years since Tucker Dees won his first fight against cancer. Now he's in the fight for round two. Dees was born in Glasgow in 1996 and was first diagnosed with cancer in 2003 at the age of...
BLM to Restrict Mine Claims for Sage Grouse
BLM has proposed to withdraw 983,156 acres of public land in Montana from “location and entry under the United States mining laws” to protect a key greater sage grouse conservation area. If approved by the Secretary of the Interior under the...
Survivor's Bell Rings Out
It was quiet in the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital chemotherapy ward last Wednesday. Nurses smiled at passersby and they milled from room to room; patients checked in at the front desk, received by...
Dr. Mirich to Depart FMDH
Many residents of Valley County have seen a wave of opinions in forms of letters to the editor and on social media who are upset that Dr. Thomas M. Mirich III will be leaving Glasgow. Dr. Mirich is the full-time surgeon with the Orthopaedics and...
Rock On
Football mom Tanja Fransen painted "Rock On 2016" in tribute to Wayne Shipp and the seniors of the Scottie football team. Cheerleaders, cross country and volleyball parents also painted red, white... Full story
Manly Mustaches and Close-Mindedness
When I am at a community gathering, I like to admire the men around me. I am of the opinion that an adult man should be clean-shaven, wear a cowboy hat and Wranglers, and boast a belt buckle. Most of the men in this area meet these expectations very...
Making 'Sunshine Week' Every Week
The Tenth “Sunshine Week” ended about six months ago, on March 21. This annual celebration of open government was created by the American Society of News Editors with a grant from the John L. and James S. Knight Foundation. Now co-sponsored by...
A Return to Founding Values
Recently, my older sister posted this on social media: “So I just got an email from the RNC. Some chick in Florida wants me to donate so she can help return this country to the conservative values it was founded on. I don’t think she knows our...
Ending the Raid on the Land Conservation Fund
In 1964, Congress enacted the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to set aside a portion of federal revenues from offshore oil and gas development to pay for parks, wildlife habitat, and other natural areas. In other words, the money the federal...
Calendar of Upcoming Events In Our Area
MONDAYS SEPT. 14 – DEC. 7 7-8:15 p.m. - GriefShare weekly seminar and support group designed to help rebuild your life after the death of a loved one at the Glasgow Evangelical Church located at 152 Aberdeen St. THURSDAY – OCT. 1 Chamber Board... Full story
Wayne E. Shipp
Wayne E. Shipp, 53, loving husband, father, grandfather, son, brother and friend, went on wings of angels to be with our Lord, following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He passed...
Edgar 'Eddie' Orval Garwood
Edgar "Eddie" Orval Garwood of Nashua, Mont., 94, died Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, of natural causes at his home on the family farm south of Nashua. Services will be held Friday, Oct. 2, at 11 a.m. at...
Evelyn Carol Watterud
Evelyn Carol Watterud, 98, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away on Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow. She was born to Axel and Hilda (Dahl) Watterud on Aug. 29,...
Warren 'Nick' Gamas
Warren "Nick" Gamas of Glasgow, Mont., passed away on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, of natural causes. A celebration of life will be held at a later date to be announced. He was a longtime teacher and...
Green Spaces in Rural Places:
First, a correction: Last week my column had a glaring error. I'd stated that green beans can be sliced or chopped and frozen as-is for cooking later. It should have said "green peppers." Beans need t...
A Whole Lot of Pumpkins
Nikolas Kulczyk loads up on gourds at this year's 2 Pups Pumpkin Patch east of Glasgow on Hwy 2. A scheduled second weekend (Oct. 3-4) at 2 Pups has been cancelled due to heavier than expected public... Full story
Book Review: Author Brings Dashiell Hammett, Butte to Life
No one knows when detective fiction writer Dashiell Hammett first heard of Butte, Montana, but we know when the narrator of Red Harvest first heard of Personville, Butte's novelistic stand-in. In the...
Film Shorts: Valley Cinemas, Streaming, the Worx, and Beyond
The new “fall” season of television is already a washout. On the four main networks, ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC, there is a deadening similarity to most of the shows, which fall into four categories: sitcoms about big families; sitcoms about loser...
Running Scotties Settle for Second in Fort Peck
A soft September breeze whistled through Fort Peck as young men and women, bedecked in myriad, wild-colored singled, lined up across the Kiwanis Park grass. They crouched low, awaiting the starting...
Football Undone in Fairfield
A winless Glasgow squad traveled west last Friday to meet the undefeated Eagles of Fairfield. Though they fought to annul the specious indicators which pointed to an impending defeat - comparative...
Scotties Persevere at Dickinson Invitational
It was a weekend full of experiences and opportunities for the GHS volleyball team and while it doesn't seem all that successful on paper, the girls learned some valuable team lessons and also earned...
Jada Sudbrack Leads Lady Mavs
Although fighting a bout with what she thought was stomach flu, North Country Mavericks sophomore Jada Sudbrack had a stellar game which started off with her hitting two KWAs, a normal point and a BWA in the first minute and a half of play. Yikes,...
