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Proud to be an American
So wonderful to see at the Northeast Montana volley went off. Take a look at the crowd, folks, even
Fair PRCA Rodeo last Wednesday, the fans in the the lady running the video camera to capture the
stands saluted a “mock military funeral service” at full moment had her hand over her heart! What a sight
attention (for the most part...). It was heart-touching to behold... thank you to all our Veterans... May
to see so many people in the grandstands, all the way God Bless America... and Let’s Make America Great
to the top of the rafters, who believe in the American Again... for Our Youth! To you younger generations,
flag and what our Veterans have done to serve and please study the Constitution and know that our
protect this great nation. The little guy in the forefront forefathers wanted us all to have the greatest nation
with popsicle in hand, who did have his hand over on this planet — it’s now up to you. Are you up for this
his heart, elected to plug his ears as the three-round task? Us older folks hope so.
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17 from 8-12. There are several of us having the sales. Women & kids
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& 841 are house numbers).
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Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 89. Northwest wind 6 to
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southeast wind 6 to 10 mph. CALL ROSS 406-359-9322
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Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and
VALLEY COUNTY has an open position for Refuse District #1 Manager.
thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. East The Refuse District Manager is responsible for administration, operation and
southeast wind 8 to 10 mph. management of Valley County Refuse District #1. The position requires a
Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers and valid driver’s license, operation and maintenance experience, administrative
thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 89. East southeast and communication skills. This is a full-time position, $26.50 to $28.50
wind around 8 mph becoming south southwest in the per hour DOE. The position has full County benefits package including
health, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; vacation starting with
afternoon.
three weeks per year; two-week sick leave; PERS retirement (employee
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. West contribution 7.9%; County contribution 9.07%). Job description and
wind 7 to 9 mph becoming east northeast after midnight. application are available in the Valley County Commissioners Office
and online at valleycountymt.gov.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 91. East wind 7 to 9 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. East American Legion & Auxiliary meeting
wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. There will be an American Legion and Auxiliary
Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Meeting Thursday, August 15th at 7:00 p.m. at the
Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. VFW.
Monday Night: A slight chance of showers and On the agenda: District Convention, State
thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Convention,Boys and Girls State and Fair All are
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 88. welcome to attend
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JOB POSITIONS AVAILABLE The Valley County Road Department has BUZZ
two job positions. The first job opening is a full-time position bridge crew/ D&G SPORTS & WESTERN: Looking for Sales Clerk, responsible for
operator. Starting wage is $18-$21 hr. depending on experience. The ordering merchandising, waiting on customers. PT or FT with flexible hours.
second job opening is a Truck driver/gravel Crew, Class A CDL required, $14-18 DOE. APPLY AT D&G SPORTS & WESTERN. ANY QUESTIONS
also full-time position. Starting wage $18-$21 hr. Job includes vacation, PLEASE CALL (406) 228-9363
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the Road Department, The Valley County Commissioner’s Office or HOMECARE MONTANA is accepting resumes for a P/T Scheduler/
online at valleycountymt.gov. Receptionist position located in the Glasgow office. Duties include:
BUZZ scheduling personal care attendants to clients assigned shifts and
VALLEY COUNTY TRANSIT is looking for a self-motivated individual to administrative tasks. Must have computer experience, great communication
clean buses 5 hours a week. Flexible Hours. Interested Applicants can and organizational skills, work well with all types of personalities. Previous
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or CONTACT 406-228-8747 Please send resume to [email protected] or visit our website
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and managing professional outreach. Requires a registered nursing of our furniture/appliance store by assisting with deliveries and providing
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 OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP
September 14th, 2024 • 8AM-5PM
Saint Marie will be cleaning up the town.
Any and all trash you need disposed of needs to be
on your curb by 8AM the 14th.
The Fire Dept will also be doing fire mitigation.
Free lunch at 1PM at the Townhall.
See you all there.
FOR MORE INFO CALL MARY-JEAN AT 406-350-2218

The Younkins

Whitewater community’s Sally Austin

Osh-Cosh-by-Gosh caught it
Larry Ochsner came in Tuesday afternoon while
CEREMONY the Buzz was luke-warm off the press to inform us that
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2024 Sally Austin isn’t from Turner, rather Whitewater. He’d
ST. RAPHAEL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH know, he hails from Whitewater.
412 3RD AVENUE | GLASGOW, MONTANA Also, Jeff Cole popped in from across the street this
FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON
morning to grab a few extra copies of the Buzz featuring
RECEPTION Sally and her ranch to send to family, noting that Sally
DINNER AND DANCING TO FOLLOW
VALLEY EVENT CENTER is from the Whitewater community — if you look at
54141 US HIGHWAY 2 | GLASGOW, MONTANA the bird’s eye photo of her home on page 4, you can see
the town of Whitewater in the upper right hand corner.
JOIN US IN YOUR BEST MONTANA FORMAL
Jeff still considers Sally a mother-in-law and Sally still
Do you like Money?
treats Jeff like a son, he noted.
And, we received an e-mail Tuesday evening from
Would you like to have more of it? Great!! the author of the story, Haylie Shipp, who wrote, “Well
Join the TEAM! motivated,
The Cottonwood is looking for
reliable and organized even little ’ol me can make a mistake now and again. I’d
individuals to add to our team. listed Sally’s nearest town as Turner when it is in fact
Audit, Dishwasher, Whitewater.”
We have openings for: & Housekeeper
No worries, Haylie, it is an outstanding write-up
• Audit - 10pm-6am 1 full time or 2 part-time positions
• Dishwasher - Friday & Saturday 6am-2pm. of a wonderful woman for the Ranchers Stewardship
Sunday & Monday 3-11 pm or until done Alliance. Keep up the great work!
Benefits include but are not limited to: A women is getting lunch ready when the phone
BlueCross BlueShield Health Insurance • Aflac Secondary Insurance rings.
Vision & Dental Allotment • Holiday Pay/Paid Time Off
On Premise Discounts • Bonuses “This is the middle school calling about your son
IRA Retirement w/ Employer Match
For physical applications, please see the
Johnny. He’s been caught telling unbelievable lies.”
Front Desk, or head to our website “I’ll say he has,” the woman replies, “I don’t have a
cottonwoodinn.net for an online application. son.”
Elon and Donald, Part 2
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’
presidential campaign sent a fundraising email to
supporters on Monday, hours ahead of her Republican
opponent Donald Trump’s much-anticipated X
(formerly Twitter) conversation with Elon Musk. The
email’s subject line read: “The two worst people you
know are live this evening.”
“Right now, Elon Musk is interviewing Donald
Trump live on Twitter (we’re not calling it ‘X’),” began
the Harris-Walz team’s email.
“It’s not enough that Musk has pledged to donate
millions of dollars to help reelect Trump,” the message
continued. “[Musk is] using his purchased platform —
one of the largest social media sites in the world — to
spread Trump’s unhinged and hateful agenda to millions
of users.”
Widely regarded as a centrist figure, Musk
announced he was endorsing Trump on July 13, just a
half-hour after a would-be assassin’s bullet nearly ended
the 45th president’s life at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. FREE BLOOD PRESSURE
“The richest person in the world is a lackey for CLINICS
Team MAGA,” the Harris-Walz email added:
August 15 from 1pm - 3pm
“Musk already ruined Twitter by allowing hate Nemont Manor
speech and disinformation to flood the platform. Now,
Musk is using his vast fortune and broad reach to try to August 16 from 11am - 1pm
Reynolds Market
control our democracy.”
There’s that word the democrats absolutely love to August 20 from 11:30am - 1pm
use, democracy. So let’s go back to Virgil Vaupel’s Fort Peck Fish Hatchery

most recent article he wrote on July 23rd: August 22 from 11am - 12pm
Democracy. The right says the left will ruin Glasgow Senior Center
Democracy and the left espouses the same claim about
the right. None of them on both sides know the real
definition of the word Democracy. A Democracy is
ruled by Democrats, thus the name. A republic is ruled
by Republicans. In a Democracy ALL the people meet in
one place to make rules and regulations. In a Republic
the people select certain agents or representatives to

&
FMDH EMS
go to one place and represent them. The United States
was meant to be a Constitutional Republic. We operate
FIRST AID, AED
best as a Constitutional Republic. I purposely dumbed-
down the definitions to help our democrat friends and CPR TRAINING
neighbors understand the difference betwixt the two. FMDH EMTs are hosting a
Saturday, August 17
community Heartsaver CPR,
In the past Democracy has always led straight into AED, and First Aid class! FMDH Ambulance Barn
310 Mahon Street
Socialism and impending failure. Get Certified in First Aid, 9:00am - 1:00pm
CPR & AED for 2 years!
By the way, Musk wrote via a post on X early Cost: $30 Training includes:
Tuesday morning, August 13th, that he is “Happy to Register today by calling Connie
Learn about Emergency
Situations
host Kamala on an X Spaces too.” at (406) 228-3648.
You can leave a message.
Basic Life Support
Get started with CPR,
You think she’ll take him up on it? Probably not. Registration deadline is AED and First Aid
Demonstrations
Thursday, August 15 at 5:00pm.
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Pool progress
The Valley County
Pool Committee is excited
to report that work on
a new swimming pool
for Glasgow and Valley
County is moving right
along.
In the last week:
• Final lift of the main pool
wall was poured.
• Part of the zero-depth
entry area was poured.
• Mechanical building
footing has been poured
and forming has begun on
the foundation walls.
As the Valley
County Pool Committee
continues to fundraise
for the final portion of
the bathhouse, every
dollar counts! If you’d like
to help finish the project,
go online at valcopool.
com, stop by the City of
Glasgow Office or contact
a VALCO Pool Campaign
committee member.
The new pool is
anticipated to be open in
May of 2025.
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Wow! History repeats itself Twain (1835- 1910)

We hang petty thieves and appoint the great ones to I don’t make jokes. I just watch the Government and
public office. ~ Aesop, Greek slave & fable author report the facts! ~ Will Rogers (1879- 1935)
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are I contend that for a nation to try and tax itself into prosperity,
punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~ is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself
Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher up by the handle. ~ Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a A Government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always
bridge even where there is no river. ~ Nikita Khrushchev, depend on the support of Paul! ~ Will Rogers (1879- 1935)
Russian Soviet politician
The problem we face today is because the people that
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a
President; I’m beginning to believe it. ~ Quoted in living. ~ George Bernard Shaw
‘Clarence Darrow for the Defence’ by Irving Stone.
HELP WANTED
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end
of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. ~ John
Dale Plumbing & Heating, Inc.
Customer Service and Office Clerk
Quinton, American actor/writer
Salary: 14.00 - 16.00 per hour, DOE • Hours: Part-Time or Full -Time
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor Job Description: Clean & organize store. Wait on customers. Answer phones.
and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect Check in, price & put away inventory. Make work orders. Process returns.
each from the other.~Oscar Ameringer, “the Mark Twain Quickbooks & computer data entry. Payroll. Various other duties as assigned.
of American Socialism. Benefits: We offer benefits for Full-Time employees after probationary
I offered my opponents a deal: “if they stop telling lies period: Health & Dental, 401K & personal time.
about me, I will stop telling the truth about them”. ~ Adlai Stop in for application or email [email protected]
Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952.
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for
his country. ~ Texas Guinan. 19th-century American
businessman
I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious
a matter to be left to the politicians. ~ Charles de Gaulle,
French general & politician
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might
be better to change the locks.~Doug Larson (English
middle-distance runner who won gold medals at the 1924
Olympic Games
I am reminded of a joke: What happens if a politician
drowns in a river? That is pollution.
What happens if all of them drown? That is a solution!
I have come to the conclusion that one useless man
is a shame, two are lawyers and three or more are the
government.~John Adams (1735 - 1826)
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a
member of Government. But then I repeat myself. ~ Mark
Oh, them horny toads!
FWP requests that you be on the lookout
for greater short-horned lizards this fall
GLASGOW - As you are hunting, hiking, and exploring
Montana this fall, be sure to take a break from scanning
the horizon and look down at the ground once in a while.
Not only will this help you avoid stepping on a cactus or a
rattlesnake, but you might also see one of eastern Montana’s
rarely seen critters…the greater short-horned lizard,
commonly known as a “horny toad.” If you do, Montana
Fish, Wildlife & Parks would like to know about it.
The greater short-horned lizard, Phrynosoma
hernandesi, was once considered the second most abundant
reptile along the Missouri River in Montana in the late 19th
Century, second only to the western rattlesnake. Currently,
however, these lizards are considered a ‘Species of Greatest
Inventory Need’ in Montana due to insufficient data on
their population and distribution.
According to Nicole Hussey, FWP wildlife biologist
in Region 6, “We have been conducting surveys in eastern
Montana to try and determine status and distribution as
well as fill in data gaps; however, their elusive nature and
cryptic coloration make them extremely difficult to locate.”
“This is where we can use hunters and other Greater short-horned lizards are found in the
outdoor recreationists’ help,” continued Hussey, “because eastern half of Montana, but in scattered locations
oftentimes, people just accidentally come across one.” throughout their range. They are often found on south
Hussey and other biologists are seeking the help of or east-facing slopes of coulees and ridge tops, and some
folks out trekking around the countryside to provide open flats. They prefer habitats with sagebrush, creeping
incidental observations in addition to their structured juniper, or rabbitbrush with sparse bunch grass, patches
survey efforts. of bare ground, and shale-like soil. They are even found
“If you happen to observe one anywhere in the in some ponderosa pine stands.
state,” says Hussey, “please record the location, get Although they seem like they would make a good
GPS coordinates if possible, and note the date, number pet, after you get a quick picture and GPS location, please
observed, and take a photo with something in the leave these fascinating critters where you find them!
picture for scale if you can.” ST LAWN & MOSQUITO CARE
Observations can be reported to your local FWP
biologist. A few things about the greater short-horned lizard: LAWN AERATION
As we are heading into the fall, lawn care is still very important. Compacted soil
Key ID: and thatch control are the two big obstacles to a healthy lawn. Lawn aeration or
• Adult greater short-horned lizards are diurnal, meaning
Plugging is the process of removing small plugs, or cores, of dirt at regular intervals
they are most active during the warmer daylight hours.
throughout a lawn. This cuts through the compacted soil, introducing much-needed
• Coloration is cryptic with the soil (blends in) and can vary
oxygen and water to starved roots. Core Aeration will help to alleviate these problems
by locality.
by allowing beneficial air, water and nutrient movement to reach the root zone.
• The broad, flattened body separates this lizard from
the other three lizard species regularly documented in Lawn aeration should be a regular part of any annual lawn maintenance program
Montana, and the range overlaps only with the common and will lead to stronger grass roots. The aeration in the fall allows the grass to recover
sagebrush lizard, which is much more slender. before winter dormancy, and helps it prepare for the season by strengthening its root
• The head has a “heart-shaped” appearance when viewed system. The cooler temperatures and moist soil also helps new grass seed germinate
from above. quickly. Lawn aeration is typically done in the early fall and is frequently paired with
• They are usually easiest to spot when they move and overseeding. Combining these two practices will allow roots to take hold and nutrients
catch your eye. to enter the soil before winter weather arrives.
Habitat: CALL STONE TIHISTA 406-263-8383