Fort Peck Summer Theatre proudly announces the opening of the Application process for the Jake Etchart Scholarship. Jake Etchart grew up spending summers at Fort Peck Lake, with much of his time spent around the Fort Peck Theatre where his family was actively involved as volunteers. He loved watching his sisters, Alexa & Christen, perform on the Fort Peck stage. Jake's family & friends established a theatre scholarship fund in his memory which is invested within the Fort Peck Theatre Preservation Endowment of the Montana Community Foundation. The interest from this investment provides up to 2 scholarships per year for undergraduate or graduate students pursuing a career in the Fine Arts. To be eligible, applicants must have a history of volunteering, or participating in some program sponsored by the Fort Peck Fine Arts Council, & they must be at least a full time undergraduate at an accredited university with at least a 2.50 GPA. Priority will be given to undergraduate applicants. Visit www.fortpecktheatre.org for complete instructions & an application. Applications must be postmarked by July 15, 2024 & mailed to the Fort Peck Fine Arts Council at P.O. Box 973, Glasgow, MT 59230. Questions may be directed to 406-228-9216 or via email: fptheatre@nemont.net. Jake's family & the Fine Arts Council would like to thank the donors who have made this scholarship possible. Scholarships will be awarded at the Fort Peck Summer Theatre's Performing Arts Camp Showcase on August 8, 2024.

The Knierim family is offering scholarships to students currently enrolled in higher education, either in Montana or out of state, if the student is from Valley, Daniels, Sheridan or Roosevelt counties. A new feature of the scholarships is that the information can now be found at knierimfamilyscholarships.com & applications can be sent to Box 29, Glasgow before the July 15, 2024 deadline. The scholarships were established by the Knierim family as a memorial to Dr. & Mrs. FM Knierim, a doctor who came in the early days of building Fort Peck Dam & treated men who were injured while constructing the Dam. Dr. Knierim was one of the first physicians in Fort Peck & went on to serve as Chief of Staff at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital for over 40-years. Mrs. Knierim was active in the community concerns like the Library Board, Girl Scouts & was the organist at the Episcopal Church for many years.

St Raphael Church Invites children ages 3 & potty trained through Grade 5 to attend Scuba Vacation Bible School: Diving into friendship with God. A summer kids’ event called Scuba VBS will be hosted at St. Raphael’s Parish Center from July 15th - 19th in the afternoons from 1:30 - 4:30p.m. At Scuba, kids explore what it means to have a friendship with God! They will participate in memorable Bible-learning activities, sing catchy songs, play teamwork-building games, devour yummy treats, experience one-of-a-kind Bible adventures, collect Bible Memory Buddies to remind them of God’s love, & test out sciency-fun experiments that get imagination bubbling. Plus, kids will learn to look for evidence of God all around them through something called God Sightings. Each day concludes with a Fin-tastic Finale that gets everyone involved in living what they’ve learned. Kids at Scuba VBS will join a mission’s effort to provide much needed food for the Valley Community Food Bank. So, while there is not a charge for this event, we encourage families to be generous in their donations to the Food Bank. Register online at straphaelparish.net or stop by the Parish Center at 412 3rd Ave. N. in Glasgow. For more information, call the Parish Center office, 406-228-9800.

Vacation Bible School at First Lutheran Church will be held Mon. July 15th - Thurs. July 18th, from 9a.m. - 12:30p.m. Students ages 4-12 welcome to attend. Registration packets are available at the church office for pre-registration, or register Mon. July 15th at 8:30a.m. Snack will be provided. No lunch will be provided. Call 406-228-4862 for more information.

Veteran Service Officers for the Montana Veterans Affairs will be visiting the Glasgow VA Clinic Tues. July 16th from 1 – 4p.m. to meet with Veterans who are interested in applying for benefits. If you are interested in applying for benefits, please bring a copy of your discharge paperwork (DD214) with you.

The monthly Valley County 4-H council meeting will be held Tues. July 16th at 5:30p.m. at the Valley County Courthouse. All clubs are encouraged to have representation. Call the Valley County Extension Office, 406-228-6241, for more information.

Congregate meals at the Glasgow Senior Citizens Center will be served at the Cottonwood Inn for the month of July. Please call 406-228-9500 by noon the day before the meal service to reserve your spot. Please note that there will be no change in the home delivered meal program, & all other Senior Center activities remain the same, including normal operating hours. Please call the Commissioners at 406-228-6219 for additional information.

The Valley Community Food Bank, located at 1020 1st Ave. No., is open the 3rd Tuesday of every month from 12noon-3p.m. If this is your 1st time applying for assistance from the food bank, please bring a photo ID & proof of your physical residence. The mailing address is P.O. Box 63, Glasgow. For more information or if you need assistance, contact Jeff – 406-263-6676, Mary – 406-794-8498 or Kathy - 406-263-0605.

Fore the Kids Cup Tournament is scheduled for Sat. July 20th at Sunnyside. Registration is at 9a.m. with Tee Off at 10a.m. with Chapman Format, 2 person teams, 18 holes. Cost is $75 for adults (18 & up), $25 for youth, price includes lunch & mulligans. ALL ages encouraged to play. Money raised is used to support local youth golf scholarships. Call Sunnyside to sign up, 406-228-9519.

The Fort Peck Interpretive Center is open for the summer, through Labor Day, weekly Thursday through Monday, 9a.m. - 4p.m. Call for more information, 406-526-3493, or follow us on Facebook for activities & events: @USACEFortPeck.

Please join the Valley County Hope Project for a Luau by the Lake Fri. July 19th from 5 – 8p.m. This is a fun night of dinner & games for the whole family at East Kansas Street in Fort Peck. Dinner, catered by the Fort Peck Hotel, will be served at 6p.m. Cost is $45 for adults, $20 for students & preschool ages are free. Get your tickets from Karla Zerbe, Willie Plouffe, Becky Stein, Darla Larson, Stacey Reddies or by calling 406-263-4673.

The NEMT Fair events begin July 26th with the 4-H Horse Show Friday & Saturday beginning at 8a.m. both days. Tuesday & Wednesday, Aug. 6th & 7th is Torgerson’s Equipment PRCA Rodeo – Slack at 8a.m., Calcutta at 6p.m., Jump-N-Buck Ice Cream Wild Pony Race at 6:30p.m., Rodeo at 7p.m. both nights. Tuesday is Tough Enough to Wear Pink Night, Wednesday is Honor The Military & First Responders Night. Friday, Aug. 9th Chisholm Christensen will be performing in the Beer Gardens following the 4H Farm Olympics. Saturday, Aug. 10th is the Demolition Derby with Calcutta starting at 6p.m. & Derby to follow. The Independence Bank Free Stage will have Hypnotist Corrie J, Magic Ben & Bachelor Chris: The Dashing Escape Artist. The Dreamland Carnival will be here the 7th – 10th, with P.O.P. pre-sale tickets on sale through Aug. 6th for $25 each. Oink Quack Moo Zoo will be open from 3 – 10p.m. & the Flatland Cruisers’ Car Show will be open from noon – 7p.m. in the Event Center, Aug. 7th – 10th. For more information call the Fair Office, 406-228-9843.

Valley County Transit & the Valley County Council on Aging have planned a 3 day/2-night trip to 4-Bears Casino in New Town, ND Aug. 14th – 16th. The cost per person is $235 for double occupancy or $300 for single. Price includes transportation & motel room. The casino will provide promotional credits plus food & drink coupons to each person. Reservations & payments for this trip are due by noon on Tues. July 30th. Call Valley County Transit, 228-TRIP (8747), to reserve your seat. This trip is open to the public.

Applications are now available for the Theo & Alyce Beck Foundation Trust Scholarship. These scholarships are for Valley County graduates who are past their 1st year of education with a GPA of at least 2.5 on a scale of 4.0 & considered full-time status in a college, university or vocational-technical institution. Applications can be picked up from Ruth Ann Hutcheson, 54229 US HWY 2 or from Edward Jones, 317 Klein Avenue. An electronic version can be requested at hannah.barras@edwardjones.com. Applications must be mailed & postmarked no later than July 22, 2024. Incomplete applications will not be considered for the scholarship. Theo & Alyce Beck were northeast Montana people who cared about the communities they lived in, whether it was Baylor where they farmed, or Glasgow where Alyce spent her retired years after Theo passed away. Alyce was active in 4-H and Homemakers Club, as well as entering plants, sewing projects & homemade baked goods in the Northeast Montana Fair almost every year. Shortly before Alyce passed away, she generously decided to set up the Theo & Alyce Beck Foundation Trust for the benefit of people in Valley County.

Valley County Transit will be providing transportation to the Fort Peck Summer Theatre the 1st Sunday of each play: July 28, August 18. Call Valley County Transit, 228-TRIP (8747) to reserve your seat & for more information.

Paths to Serenity A.A. meetings are as follows; Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday at 7p.m., Saturday at 10a.m. & Sunday at 11a.m. N.A. meetings are Wednesday at 8a.m. & Sunday at 7p.m. All meetings take place at the Glasgow VFW, 1222 Hwy #2 West. AL-ANON meets every Monday at 7p.m. in the Blue Room of St. Raphael’s Parish Center. For more information call 406-228-4095.

Bureau of Land Management, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks & the Montana Moth Project invites you to come learn about bats & moths in Phillips County, & their importance to agriculture, Fri. Aug. 2nd at 8:30p.m. at Trafton Park in Malta. The program will highlight the different species of bats & moths found in Phillips County, & the important relationships between them & local plant communities. Moths are a major food source for bat species, & it's being discovered that they are also key pollinators for many of the crops grown in Phillips County, Montana, (alfalfa, mustards, peas, cover crops, etc.). This is especially important due to increasing interest in using cover crops as a part of managing soil health. Organizers will set up a light screen to attract & illuminate moths, & mobile bat recorders to identify bats. Speakers include Nicole Hussey, non-game biologist for Montana FWP, & Mat Seidensticker, executive director & lead researcher for the Montana Moth Project. Hussey hosts bat walks across Montana’s Hi-Line, & Seidensticker conducts moth sampling across the state. Through its partnership with the Gilette Museum at Colorado State University, the Montana Moth Project owns the largest collection of Montana moths. Besides discussing the connections among bats, moths & agriculture, Hussey & Seidensticker will describe their efforts to protect bats & moths.