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Naval Academy Midshipman Dalton Sand gives the 2022 Glasgow High School graduate! Overall, it was an
keynote address at Monday morning’s Memorial Day amazing Memorial Service spearheaded by Joe Yeoman
Service in the parking lot of the VFW Fort Peck Post and Gloria Kuntz and very well attended. Thank you all
#3107 in Glasgow. It was an extraordinary speech for a for your service, and more photos to come.

Honoring and Edward Funk of Fort Peck.

The two were members of the
Holter, remembered some things that
her dad told her. But unfortunate;y
Our Veterans Montana National Guard 163rd
Infantry Company G, Casper O.
most of the men that came back did
not talk about what happened. Cap
By Mike Brandt Holter and Edward P.Funk. The Holter spent a year at Fort Benning,
We have had several area men group spent three years and two Ga. He was in Papuan and New
and women serve our great country months serving in New Guinea, Guinea. Holter married once he got
in the past, now and in the future. Papuan, and Philippines liberation back and they lived in Billings where
Two of those to serve during World campaigns. he worked as a mechanic.
War II were Cap Holter of Glasgow Joyce Miller, daughter of Cap continued on back page
Heavy Rain Potential Thursday Letter to the Buzz
Afternoon through Friday Night Common Sense Or Foolish Actions?
• Flood Watch valid for the following counties from Thursday
3pm through Saturday 6am: Valley, Garfield, Petroleum
and Phillips Counties
• Widespread rain totals of 1-2”+ and localized flash flooding
possible with frequent showers and thunderstorms
Thursday afternoon through Friday night.
• Lesser chances for showers and thunderstorms persist
into the weekend as unsettled warm and humid conditions
Quite a
continue.
light
show
It rattled quite a few of us out of bed early this morning,
along with still not having to water the tomaters.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then
showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between midnight
and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after
2am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Low
around 60. Light and variable wind becoming north northeast
8 to 13 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18
mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Friday: A 90% chance of showers and possibly a
thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy
rain. High near 79. East wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as
high as 20 mph.
Friday Night: A 90% Showers and possibly a thunderstorm
Low around 61. East northeast wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts
as high as 18 mph.
Saturday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of
showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a
high near 79. East wind 8 to 11 mph becoming south in the
afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Saturday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and
t-storms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60.
Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms
after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.
Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms
after noon. Sunny, with a high near 85. .
Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. East southeast wind
9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of
precipitation is 40%.
Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. East wind 9 to 11 mph
becoming south in the afternoon.
Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.
What has happened over the last 30 years in St.
Marie? Were Boards of Districts and Associations
run by folks with business, mechanical, and ethical
experience? ... Or were they run by volunteers with
limited understanding?
Did they lead for the good of all, or were they
at times self-serving? Did they run transparent
operations with positive goals or those with negative
hidden agendas? Was common sense thinking and
actions used to manage?
It’s been said that some foolish actions and
inactions have taken place! What? ... the Gossip
and Gotcha games. Those that know better standby
and allow failures or guidelines and deadlines to be
missed. This is childish, not business.
What is best for all 1004 owners and not just 239
owners? For instance, keeping many from getting
water service and discouraging growth which lends
to “Economy of Scale.”
Water is life! If the Water/Sewer District isn’t
sustainable and kept operational St. Marie could
revert back to grazing cattle again ... and all housing
would become worthless! The other Fire District and
other Associations would not be needed.
The key theme should be to operate Efficient and
Effectively ... not deficit spending budgets. Anybody
can raise Condo Fees and spend more than one takes
in. Cost benefit analysis appears absent. At times it
appears that cosmetic over essential functional needs
wins out.
Many have said that ALL Districts and
Associations should work together, NOT become
adversaries! Equipment and labor should be shared
at times if possible.
The Water/Sewer District is Priority over all others.
Without water, the others would cease to exist and St.
Marie would turn back into a Cow Pasture!
Clear deeds and growth are needed for the
sustainability and survival of St. Marie. It would be
a win win win for the Owners, Community~ and
Valley County.
Enough said.
Nick 0. Chiechi, Home Owner and past
President of NVC Water/Sewer District
Additions, comments,
corrections, anything welcomed
 BUZZIFIEDS
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GLASGOW SCHOOLS SURPLUS SALE June 5-8th, 6 am-2 pm: Sale at will be 15-20 hours a week and involves cleaning the church building and
GHS (only) - #1 Scottie Pride Dr; For a listing of items, go to: https://www. some maintenance. Salary DOE. TO APPLY, PLEASE CONTACT FIRST
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T&R TRUCKING Looking for a Porta-Potty cleaner. Pays good with benefits. VALLEY VIEW HOME is looking for CNAs for day shift. High paid wage
Some weekends. Good crew, good company. CALL 406-228-8746 OR for CNAs with long term care experience. We can train and certify anyone
406-672-5196 who wants to become a CNA as well. Starting wage for trainees is $15.00
BUZZ hourly. PLEASE SWING BY VALLEY VIEW HOME ADMIN OFFICE FOR
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Receptionist position located in the Glasgow office. Duties include:
scheduling personal care attendants to clients assigned shifts and
administrative tasks. Must have computer experience, great communication St. Marie Co-op FRIDAY
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BUZZ 715 6th Ave. • St. Marie
HOMECARE MONTANA, a provider of in-home personal care, is seeking Cash Only 228-8006
a RN or LPN for a Part time with potential to move to Full Time Nurse
Supervisory position in our Glasgow/Sidney area. This position supervises
and manages our Client and Personal Care Attendants for the delivery
of activities of daily living services. Must have current Montana Nursing
License, be willing to travel, and have reliable means of transportation.
Competitive wage and benefits.
BUZZ
LABORER NEEDED Underground Communication work in Montana.
Starting @ $20/hour must have valid drivers license. CALL 406-367-5174
OR 406-230-1228, OR 406-671-5007
BUZZ Locally Owned and Operated
THOMPSON & SONS is looking for a Shop Worker and a Part-time Specializing in Asphalt & Metal Roofs
Secretary. CALL THE SHOP FOR MORE INFORMATION. 406-228-4801
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 Hinsdale’s McColly
wins National crown
By Mike Brandt
Valley County is the home of two super-star athletes.
Last week in Marion, Indiana at Indiana Wesleyan

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University at the NAIA National Championships.
Hinsdale’s Kailyn McColly and Glasgow’s Brett Glaser
put their towns on the map. McColly, a sophomore at

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Dickinson State, won the national championship in the
women’s Heptathlon. Glaser had success as well, finishing
second in the men’s Decathlon for Carroll College.
“I was throwing the discus and I was screaming at Kaitlyn
to do well in the 800,” Glaser said. “She came up and said
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McColly added that it was nice having someone
from home be there. Her parents were also there to cheer
her on.
“They flew there. The evening after my heptathlon
was over they were flying back because I had a little sister
participating at the state track meet,” he said.
BaiLee McColly, a freshman at Hinsdale, capped off
her season by taking second in the long jump.

JUNE 3, 2023
said.
“She’s doing better than I did at her age,” McColly

McColly was ranked number one going into the

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the title. McColly was also named the Midwest Region
Women’s Field Athlete of the Year by the US Track &
Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
“That’s the thing about the heptathlon, over the
course of seven events you never know what’s going to
happen,” she said. “It turned out well. I could have done
a lot better in the shot put. You have to have some events
that you do your best in.”
McColly started the multi-event competition strong,
winning the first event, the 100 hurdles, running a time
of 14.56. She took sixth in the high jump at 5-feet, `1-
inch, 13th in shot put and seventh in the 200. That was
after the first day.
The second day McColly put up even better numbers,
taking third in the long jump at 17-feet, 1`0.75-inches
and third in the 800, She was eighth in the javelin and
clinched the title with a score of 4,922 points.
“Kaitlyn has worked really hard and come a long way
from this time last year,” said coach Shayne Wittkopp.
“It’s exciting to see that
hard work pay off for
an athlete. She’s young
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McColly, who is the fifth Blue Hawk track athlete to
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ALERT: The Young Marines in Montana Need Some Backup
by Aaron Flint, Montana Talks
On Monday, I attended a great
Memorial Day program at
Mountview Cemetery in Billings,
Montana. After the program, I got
to catch up with a local Marine
Corps veteran named Ryan Parsons.
He was there helping to guide the
Young Marines who did a great job
volunteering as the color guard for
the ceremony.
After the ceremony, Parsons
was telling me how one of these days
he wants to join us on the radio and
talk about how support is needed
for these Young Marines. Despite
the increased funding for the
Department of Defense, the Young
Marines got their budget cut and are
now relying solely on fundraising
efforts.
I mentioned this story on
the radio, and thanks to Arty in
Billings he shared a link to the
Young Marines website with more
of the back story. The website also
tells you how you can contact your
Congressional Delegation to urge
support for the Young Marines.
According to YoungMarines.
org: Each year during the federal
budget process Congress authorizes
and appropriates funding to ensure
the Young Marines program is able to
provide youth leadership education,
development, and drug prevention
and resistance education for the
coming year. In Fiscal Year 2022 and
2023, the Young Marines was cut out
of the budget process because of the
way the budget was passed, which
means that we received no federal
funding to continue the mission of
strengthening the lives of America’s
youth for our Fiscal Year 2023 and
2024. As budget negotiators make a
final decision on the yearly budget,
you can write your senators and
representative to ask for their help in
ensuring the Young Marines receive
the funding again in Fiscal Year 2024
which will impact us in 2025.
I reached out to our
Congressional Delegation to see if
they had more info or any reactions
to this news. A spokesperson for
Congressman Ryan Zinke (R-
MT01), a retired Navy SEAL
Commander, sent us the following
statement:
“Biden’s DOD is spending
money on drag shows instead of
Young Marines and that tells you
everything you need to know about
their priorities. Woke garbage
instead of war fighters.”
Another way you can support
these Young Marines here in
Montana is through your generous
contributions. The website to
contact the Billings Young Marines
is at YoungMarines.org.

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Open container permits and street closure is in effect Friday from 2pm to 2am and Saturday 8am
to 2am. VC Transit is offering rides until 11pm both nights. Call 406-228-8747 to book a ride.

FRIDAY: 4pm: Auzzy's Cook Shack on 1st Ave S

6pm-7:30pm: performing live music
8pm-10pm : Calcutta for Catfish Classic teams
10pm-12am : performing live music

SATURDAY:
8am-6pm: Vendor and Crafts on 2nd Ave S
9am: Catfish Crawl starting at Busted Knuckle Taproom
9am-2pm: Bloody Mary & Breakfast Burrito Brunch at Glasgow Elks Club
Starting at Noon:
School's Out Carnival in front of Children's Museum
Adult Cornhole Tournament in front of the Glasgow Elks Club
Drama and Key Club Fundraisers
Noon to 3pm: Youth Fishing at Sullivan Park brought to you by
Glasgow/Fort Peck Walleyes Unlimited
3pm: Montana Bar Dart Tournament
4pm: 23rd Annual Catfish Classic Tournament begins
Midnight: Weigh-ins in Elks parking lot

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 ALL GLASGOW HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
Attending College or Trade School Either Campus or Online
are encouraged to log on to the Glasgow High School Educational Trust website
at www.ghsedutrust.org to see if they might be eligible for financial aid from the trust.
Since 1964, the trust has given financial aid to over 770 different GHS graduates who have been enrolled in very
diverse fields of study. The total dollar value of these gifts exceeds $2.7 Million dollars.
The awards are based primarily, but not fully, on financial need, and all students in good academic standing are
encouraged to apply if they meet all of the other requirements.
Students should log on to www.ghsedutrust.org now in order to complete the application by the
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Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.

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Veterans continued from front
Holter was a mechanic and would work on
vehicles to keep them operating.
“What they would do was manufacture things
out of other things to use because they didn’t have
the right parts there,” said Miller. “He spent time in
the hospital. All he would talk about was his music.
He was thankful to the natives. He said they would
never have made kit if it wasn’t for the natives.”
If you knew Cap Holter you would know him for
his music.
“He took his accordion apart piece by piece to
ship it over there,” said Miller. “Then he would take
it appart to bring it home. He didn’t talk about doing
anything wrong. It took a year and a half to get it back
to the states.”
The GI’s needed entertainment so Cap Holter
was there for them. But he also made a washing
machine so they could do their laundry.
“He made that so they could wash their clothes
over there in the jungle,” said Miller. “He did things
like that.”
Funk, of Fort Peck at the time, was a sharpshooter.
Elizabeth “Betty’ Brandt, sister of Funk, remembers
how her brother came home.
“He was a nervous wreck. He shook and didn’t
talk much,” she said. “He would have night mares
and would wake up screaming and wake Dad and
Mom up. He saw what the Japanese did to women
and men.” (Some of the things Funk saw are not for
young eyes, so I will not print them.)
Funk was in battle in New Guinea. His job was
to lead a group of three men ahead of the main unit.
They were to find and eliminate any Jap snipers.
The Japs would hide in the palm trees where they
could get a shot at the Americans. Funk was the lead
sharpshooter of the three men.
Holter and Funk came back with malaria, a
common jungle sickness.
Four of the members of the 163rd that began
their army service in Glasgow with Company G in
1940 were discharged in 1945. They were Pfc. Funk
of Fort Peck, Technical Serg. Melvin T. Flynn, Pfc.
Peter Matthews, and Prc. Wallace Fourstar, all of
Frazer. They all received honorable discharges at Fort
Douglas, Utah.
Funk and his dad, Ferd, purchased farm land north
west of Frazer. The two farmed and ran cattle. Serg.
Casper Holter was discharged under the “point” system
in June of 1945. They all earned combat infantryman’s
badges and were entitled to wear the Distinguished
Unit Citation.
From May 17, 1945, nine Valley County men were
ordered to report to Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City,
Urah. They were Lawrence R. Hovey and Melvin M.
Johnston of Frazer, Roy D. Scholl and William D. Young
of Glasgow, Donald A. Jerrett of Fort Peck, George
P. Kracher of Nashua, James A. Renner of Glen tana,
Charles A. Squires of Richland, and Harry E. Rounds of
Wolf Point, formerly of Fort Peck.
Several area men gave their lives serving to give us
a better nation to live in. Serg. Frank L. Simmons Jr., son
of Frank Simmons of Glasgow, died in the South Pacific
April 20, 1945.
Corp. Harvey C. Lingfle of Nashua was the first
to give his life from that community. He was killed in
action in the South Pacific Jan. 14.
Seaman Leonard Richter, grandson of Mrs. Ella A.
Richter of Hinsdale, was killed in action at Pearl Harbor
during the Japanese surprise attack of Dec. 7, 1941. The
name of the ship was not given due to censorship.
From May 20, 1943, Serg. Hooken O. Hopstad
was reported as coming back to the mainland after
being wounded in New Guinea in Jan January.
Hopstad was seriously wounded in action in the
southwest Pacific area Jan. 9. Hopstad was inducted
into the army in September of 1940.
And, we have had some that were prisoners.
Angus A. Stewart of Glentana was taken by the
Japanese with the fall of Corregidor.
Another war prisoner was Private First Class
Vernon Stepper of Nashua, He was stationed at Fort
Mills, Philippine Island when it was invaded.
And we can’t forget about Kenny Newton. If I
missed anyone, please let me know.
When the war was ongoing, the United States
was busy selling bonds. In 1943 Opheim school
received a framed picture of General Douglas
McArtshur as a prize for the largest sale of war
stamps and bonds in Valley County. Miss Anna M.
Johnson was the chairman. Bonds and stamps sold at
Opheim amounted to $7,470. The Fort Peck school
was second at $4,430.
The Billingsley school received a prize of a $5
stamp as a reward for selling the most bonds and stamps
for any one room rural school. Mrs. James Billingsley,
who is teaching at the school, was the chairman. They
sold $450. Tampico was second with $114. Mrs. Ernest
Martin was the teacher and chairman.