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Published by BS Central
515 2nd Ave. S • Glasgow, MT 59230
406-228-4558 • fax: 406-228-4578
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Blast from the past! Josie Kemp and Caylen Jankowski country. In other sporting news, Glasgow Activities
seemed to be enjoying their run as 8th graders during Director Brenner Flaten has announced that Roundup
the September 18, 2021 cross country meet at Kiwanis is forfeiting this Friday night’s varsity football game vs.
Park. They’re now running in the high school ranks the Scotties. The Panthers have very low numbers this
as freshmen. The Scotties host their annual meet this season and are also dealing with player illness this week
Saturday, complete with the Fort Peck Senior Citizens as well. They are very sorry for this unfortunate situation.
hosting their annual Pancake Breakfast at Shelter #4. That being said, the Scotties have just two home games
Other than a 30% chance of rain in the forecast before left: vs. Conrad for Homecoming on October 7th, and
noon, the weather is looking to be fantastic for cross the Scotties wrap up the regular season vs. Wolf Point.
Acrylic Painting BUZZIFIEDS
Classes at the WAG BUZZ
FARMERS MARKET Saturday, September 17, 8-3 Heritage Park.
Every Friday, September 16th Cucumbers, beans, tomatoes, potatoes, cabbage, Brussel sprouts,
through October 14th carrots, onions, zucchini, mexi bell, jalapeños, chill, habanero, baby
K-3rd 8:30-10:00 4th & up 10:30-12:00 bell and reg bell peppers, leeks, regular and golden beets, rhubarb,
COST $185 mashed potato, delicata(peanut), and carnival squash, all veggies are
Sign up at the local and homegrown. A wide variety of jams and jellies, fresh breads,
Wheatgrass Arts and Gallery cookies, doughnuts, Carmel rolls, Herbalife, Leather bags, stretches
knives, and more. Complimentary coffee and cookies. THANKS FOR
or contact Sara at SUPPORTING YOUR LOCAL FARMERS MARKET.
smwbadroutre@gmail.com BUZZ
for more information LARGE MOVING SALE, Saturday, 8 am, 122 Sawney Dr. Go west out
of Glasgow, turn right on Sunnyhills drive, then left on Sawney, watch
for black mailbox on your right, just a short ways. Beautiful King bed
– new foam mattress, 2 Queen beds, dressers, night stands, chairs
and couches, lamps, pictures, large area rugs, flowered tile top table,
water dispenser, new art frames, art clay, patio furniture, Stressless
Great day chair and foot stool, upright freezer, lawn mower, yard tools, antique
for a wedding
corner cupboard, desks, nice cameras, Duke Peterson iron & cedar
chair, Footprints in the Valley books. 406-263-7936
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Today: Sunny, with a high near 72. East wind 6 to 11 mph. BUZZ
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Partly sunny, with a high near 76. East southeast wind 5 to
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Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.
Southeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21
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Baker, Larsen post wins competition.
“It felt good and against some tough competition,”
By Mike Brandt said Larsen on his victory. “I was a little worried that I
It’s only the third week of cross country competition wouldn’t, but I just kept thinking to myself that we’re
and there are some amazing times and surprising both tired and we’re pushing each other. I just tried to
finishes. Havre hosted its invitational on Saturday with win it.”
the race held at the golf course. Going into the meet the Havre’s Caleb Tomac was right behind Larsen,
athletes knew it was a fast course and with the times, it running a time of 16:52.51. Larsen crossed the finish
was truly a fast course. line in a time of 16-minutes 37-seconds.
The Glasgow girls had all of their athletes recording “The odd thing that happened when I was crossing
faster times with Tanae Baker leading the pack. The the finish line I had my hand over my bibb, which stops
sophomore won the race, running a personal best time the tracking (time),” said Larsen.
of 19-minutes, 20.20-seconds. Right behind her was Larsen had to go back around to the finish line so
teammate Emily See, also with a personal best time of his time would stop,so it recorded his time of 19:50.16.
19-minutes, 38.73-seconds. It was adjusted, giving him a correct time of 16:37.
The first surprise was Baker winning the race that “I’m still proud of my time, no matter if it’s 10
featured competition from Belt-Centerville, Cascade, seconds slow,” said Larsen.
Fort Benton Hinsdale, Hobson, Malta, Rocky Boy, Kyler Holinde finished fourth with a time of
Shelby and Whitewater. Glasgow and Havre battled 17:44.34, Lane Thimpson was ninth with a 19:34.71,
for the team title with the host Blue Ponies edging the Eli Feezell 14th with a 20:45.51, Ted See 15th with a
Scotties 32-33. Chinook was third with 72. 20:45.976, Kyler Whitman 19th with a 21:0906, Adam
“Our team definitely came through,” said Baker. Mickelson 21st with a 21:165.79, James Seekins 27th
Baker and See pushed each other throughout the with a 21:59.91, Malin Beck 33rd with a 23:03.02, Jordan
race. The dual showed why they are leaders for the Cook 39th with a 23:31.93, Owen Thompson 40th with
Scotties. a 24:13.83, Dylan Hlad 50th with a 25:54.26, and Vic
“I did not expect to win. I was just trying to stay Overbey 51st with z 25:58.19.
with Emily and push her, but I definitely knew it would “I think we’re steadily decreasing our times,” said
be a huge confidence booster for me so I went for it,” Larsen. “Not too fast so we peak too early. But we’re
said Baker. “It was a whole minute PR.” making improvements. We want to peak at the end of
Following Baker and See were Kimber Dulaney in the season.”
eighth with a time of 22:03.54, Riley Evenson-Glasoe The weather cooperated with the athletes, finally. They
16th with a 24:26.40, Kheyerah Bilger 20th with a have been running in 90-plus degree weather, but
24:54.51, Cayden Jankowski 21st with a 25:01.01, Haylly Saturday it was cooler.
Turner 31st with a 26:35.37, Mary Dykema 35th with a “It was really nice. It was the perfect temperature,”
27:46.30, and Eve /stone 52nd with a 33:29.79. said Baker. “The sun was behind the clouds and there
“They ran really well,” said Baker. “Riley, Kimber, was a little breeze. It couldn’t be any better.”
Cayden, and Kheyerah all ran phenomenal. Those Glasgow will get another shot at Havre Saturday
girls had four minute plus PRs. All of the girls ran when the Scotties host their invitational at the Kiwanis
phenomenal.” Park in Fort Peck. But the Scotties will have to contend
The other surprise or maybe not, was Reed Larsen with Poplar and Wolf Point.
winning the boys race. That race was just as competitive “It will definitely be one heck of a meet to try to win,”
with the host Blue Ponies edging the Scotties 39-40. said Baker.
Belt-Centerville was third with 64 and Fort Benton “Fortunately, we’ll get to run against Havre again,” said
fourth with 79. Box Elder, Cascade, Chinook, Great Larsen. “We’ll have home field advantage.”
Falls Central, Harlem, Hays, Hinsdale, Malta, Rocky Fort Peck course is flat with asphalt to run on. The
Boy and Shelby did not field a full team. Scotties will have Frazer meet next week and Larsen
“It felt good to just about beat Havre, especially said the Scotties have been doing some hill workouts to
with them being a Class A school,” said Larsen. “They get prepared for that course.
have a lot of kids on their team.”
Larsen noted that there was a lot of good
It’s gonna be some wedding, Part 2 FRIDAY
SOUPS: Clam Chowder ∙ Chili
SPECIALS:
The Buzz caught
Tuna Melt
up with Jody Abernathy,
Chipotle Chicken Club
who with his great friend
Mark Mundy, formed the
Dine at the “O”
band Across the Wide,
and they’re still going
strong. In case you missed 228-8006
Wednesday’s Buzz, you
might want to grab it and
read “It’s gonna be some
wedding” (Part 1). Songwriters Boot Camp
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attend the Jeffrey Steele Railroad, Gene Watson, continued on page 7
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Concrete Valley County Health Department has Family Planning
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Construction Our provider does well-woman exams and contraceptive
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Potluck Picnic
Sunday, September 18th
Bjornberg Bridge
Church Service at 11:15 am
Lunch at 12:30 pm
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Beverages and utensils
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Horseshoes, Volleyball &
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Rather, the soon-to-be-wed Kevin and Latosha’s


country spread.
Kevin told us about just how good this band is (just Call us today to apply: 406-228-4306
Jody and Mark will be making the trek, but that’s more
than plenty of talent coming in for the weddin’), saying
they were oh, so close to making it big time. So the Buzz
asked Jody about it.
“At that time in my life (20 years or so ago) I wanted
to. But now, nothing musically about that inspires me.
What you have to do to change, I don’t want it. I’m
happy with life the way it is.”
And he’s extremely excited to come to northeast
Montana and see the community that Kevin grew up in.
“He is the first for-real cowboy I’ve ever met,” Jody
said. “Not through the hat, but the first real cowboy I
knew.”
With that, Kevin says come one, come all Friday
and Saturday night.
“Hey, I paid good money to get them hear and I
expect to get my money’s worth — if it’s just me sitting
there listening or anyone else who wants to come out
and have a good time. And believe me, with these guys,
you’ll have a good time.”
Knudsen calls on Corps to delay United INSURANCE & REALTY
the Fort Peck Dam flow rate cut
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Montana Attorney General Knudsen called on the kitchen, dining room, wide hallways, utility room, 688sf attached 2 stall garage, privacy
fence, covered custom deck, underground sprinkler system, and utility shed. Sale
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to postpone includes a 1,932sf / 42x46 detached finished
for a month its hasty decision to cut in half the flow garage with an 18x10 door, with a shop
area, office, bathroom, and living area. Yard
rates out of Fort Peck Dam and protect the northeast is manicured and beautifully landscaped.
Call for a walk through today!
Montana sugar beet harvest. Listing Price $550,000
In a letter sent Wednesday to Colonel Mark Himes, 406.228.9356
USACE Commander and Engineer for the Omaha unitedinsuranceandrealty.com

District, Attorney General Knudsen explained how the


USACE’s decision to cut flow rates from 8,000 cubic feet
per second to 4,000 cubic feet per second by September
17 comes at a terrible time for sugar beet production in
northeast Montana and for American consumers.
“If USACE moves forward with this decision, it will
detrimentally impact sugar beet farmers who rely on
the Missouri River to irrigate their crops and will harm
the rural communities that depend on this agricultural CHS Farmers Elevator would like to invite you to a
commodity,” Attorney General Knudsen wrote. “At a Producer Meeting
time when American consumers are already facing Thursday, September 29th at 6:00 PM
runaway inflation, the USACE’s decision to dry out one Cottonwood Inn
of Montana’s largest agricultural products will require We will be covering our New
Americans to pay even higher prices at the grocery Zinpro Performance Mineral
store or force American food manufactures to consider PLEASE RSVP TO 406-228-4422
importing sugar beets from places like Russia. Neither
option is acceptable.”
Sugar beets require substantial amounts of water at
this stage of development, and by cutting off farmers’ access
SEPT.
to irrigation now, USACE threatens the crop’s success after 17th
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or beginning of October and can continue into November
or later depending on weather and conditions.
As of September 13, Fort Peck Lake’s water
elevation sat at 2,220.5 feet. While this is 2.3 feet below
USACE’s target level, USACE still maintains that any
water above 2,160 feet is designated for “multiple use.”
With 60 feet of water still available for use, the USACE’s
rushed decision to raise lake levels before sugar beet
harvest seems particularly inappropriate. new ow ners!
If the USACE will not accommodate the request Meet the
for a one-month postponement, Attorney General
Knudsen called on it to host a public meeting to give A BBQ lunch will be served from
stakeholders the ability to express their concerns with
the planned flowrate reductions: “At the very least,
USACE should host an evening meeting to hear from TO
affected stakeholders before implementing this rushed
and potentially harmful decision.” HWY 2 EAST · (406) 228-4041

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