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An oddball
Harvest!!!
Have you ever seen
a buck in velvet well
past September?
Commonly called a
“stag,” the oddball buck
exhibits unusual antler
growth and retains
velvet on the antlers
due to low testosterone
levels. Scientists refer
to this condition as
cryptoridism, and it’s
rare.
10 year old Gage
Waarvik spotted this
Stag while antelope
hunting with his Dad,
Trevor Waarvik. Five
days later during the
Youth Deer Only Hunt,
patience paid off for the
apprentice hunter, as he
spotted the deer right
before dusk. This first
and quite unique deer
head will definitely be
mounted and hung on
his bedroom wall! As
said, this is very rare.
continued on page 2
An oddball continued Nemont Changes In Internet
Any hunter that comes across a stag should take the
shot because it could very well be a once-in-a-lifetime Outsourcing Is Addressed
moment. And it’s not like you’re taking a reproductive
by Daniels County Leader
buck out of the ecosystem because a stag’s neck doesn’t
Five Nemont employees, internet support
swell and he doesn’t mate. In fact he doesn’t even shed
coordinators in Glasgow, were notified last week that
his antlers and he stays in velvet year-round!
their positions were being eliminated in the next
Reason-being, a birth defect or disease causes a
few months. Visiting with Nemont’s CEO/GM, Mike
buck’s testicles (one or both) not to drop normally, or
Kilgore, after the news broke last week, here’s what
maybe he underestimated the height of that barbed-
came out of that discussion.
wire fence (as Virgil would say, “YIKES!). Is that why
Nemont Telephone Cooperative has relied on
they’re called “oddballs”? We’re not sure on that one.
Vision Net to provide Tier I internet support since
But anyhow, Gage certainly has one unique muley
it’s early days of offering internet service dating back
“cactus buck” for his first-ever deer harvest this past
to the 90’s. This provided Nemont customers 24/7
Thursday, a perfect heart shot with his .243.
technical internet assistance.
Great Guns, Gage!
Over the years the level of support has gone from
Nice, cool business hours to overflow call handling to after hours.

weather for
In all cases Vision Net would answer the phone as if
they were Nemont employees.
the hunters In 2018 Vision Net began the process of evaluating
the profitability of providing this support service to
A weather system will move across northeast Montana not only Nemont, but many other rural telephone
this afternoon into Wednesday. Light rain is expected companies within the state of Montana.
to affect the region as early as this afternoon. Day time During this same time frame, many of the rural
rain showers should transition to snow across the far Montana telephone companies took their business
northeast around midnight with falling temps overnight. to other providers. These were individual company
By Wednesday the cold will settle in and remnant decisions based upon different factors.
moisture will lead to further diminished showers. As Vision Net began to consider exiting the
Tonight: A 60% chance of rain and snow showers. Technical Assistance Center (TAC)division of its
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Southeast wind 5 to business, Nemont in January of 2019, began looking for
13 mph becoming northwest in the evening.
alternatives for this support, should Vision Net follow
Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow showers before
through and actually drop the TAC service. Nemont’s
10am, then a chance of rain showers. Cloudy, with a
high near 44. Northwest wind 7 to 13 mph. Chance of subscriber base does not justify operating and staffing
precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less it’s own 24 hour /7 days a week support center.
than a half inch possible. In late September, Vision Net made the final
Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. decision to exit that business.
Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 On October 1st Vision Net notified 31 employees
mph.
that they would be shutting down the Technical
Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48. West wind
6 to 9 mph.
Assistance Center in Great Falls on December 31,
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. 2019.
Southwest wind around 7 mph. Immediately following Nemont’s Annual Meeting on
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 63. Southwest wind 6 October 5th, the Nemont Board was provided with an
to 13 mph. update regarding Vision Net’s decision and the impact
Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, on Nemont.
with a high near 50. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to This included an update on options, which
24 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.
included the selection of a third party to provide 24 x
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 36. North
7 support for Nemont at a significant savings.
northwest wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26
mph. On Monday, October 7th Nemont met with the five
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 35. impacted employees in the Glasgow office. At that time
Nemont provided 6 months notice
to those employees and encouraged
them to seek other opportunities
within Nemont between now and
March 31, 2020. In the event the
impacted employees are unable
to secure another position within
Nemont during this time frame,
they will be provided a severance
package to further assist them as
they seek other employment.
Over the course of the next 3
months, Nemont will begin the
process of transitioning internet
support to a provider in order to
continue to provide 24 x 7 support
to customers once Vision Net shuts
down their TAC on December 31.
In summary, Nemont has
relied on Vision Net for a very
long time for services such as this.
As noted in Vision Net’s media
statement, “increased national and
global competition, Vision Net is
closing its Technical Assistance
Center (TAC) in Great Falls on
December 31, 2019”.
For the past several years,
Nemont’s General Manager,
Mike Kilgore, has talked about
changes in the regulatory, and
competitive environments, as
well as the rapid advancement
of technology and the potential
impact these changes could have
on Nemont. “Unfortunately, this
is one such change and Nemont
must adapt to these changes as
well,” he said.

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ALL the students and ALL the faculty at the Irle School’s Unity Day had red shirts on today. Not been embraced by teachers
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Scotty boys prepare for state cross country meet
By Mike Brandt
The race that all runners train for is Saturday
in Great Falls. The Electric City plays host to the All
Class State Cross Country Meet. Glasgow boys run
at 11 a.m. followed by the Class C boys at 11:35. The
awards will be held after each vent.
Jacob Meiers noted that the course is a fast one.
“I was talking to Coach (Rod) Karst and he said
that a lot of times have improved at the state meet in
Great Falls,” said Meiers.
Glasgow has had success at the state finale in
recent years. The Scotty boys fell six points shy
of winning the state championship last year as
perennial power Manhattan edged Glasgow 80-86.
Glasgow has won one state championship; the
Scotties did that in 1973 in Class A. They came
close a few times, finishing fourth in 2015 and again
in 2017. In 2017 the Scotties finished behind, you
guessed it, Manhattan, and had a repeat performance
last year.
Manhattan lost Zak Meeker (2nd) and Bryce
Love (3rd) to graduation. The Tigers do return two
juniors, Wyatt Barney (14th), Luke Meeker (41st),
and senior Quinton Johnson (49th).
“They lost a lot of seniors last year,” said
Glasgow senior Wilson Overby. “They will still be in
the meet. They still can be contenders. But they’re
not the powerhouse they have been.”
Glasgow also lost Ellis (13th) and Merlin (21st)
McKean, Colton Pewitt (42nd), and Colin Jamba
(70th) to graduation. Senior Ike Braaten, who was
sixth last year, opted not to run this year. Ellis
McKean finished second in 2017.
Poplar’s Hudson Atkinson won last year’s
race as a sophomore. However, Atkinson did not
compete in cross country this year so there will be a
new champion crowned this Saturday.
“The boys are in the thick of it,” said longtime
Glasgow coach Rod Karst in a pre-season interview.
“It says a lot about the quality kids we have.”
Karst feels that Eureka is at the top of it.
“They have been on top all season,” he said.
“Manhattan has been closing the gap. Our boys,
Townsend and St. Labre should be battling for the
top five. I think we have a shot at making up a couple
of slots. Would be nice to bring some hardware back.”
Overby has been the top runner for the Scotties
this year. The senior finished fourth as last year’s
meet held in Missoula on the University of Montana
Golf Course.
“My biggest goal is to win,” said Overby. “If
I want to win I have to run at 16:30. I think that
would probably do it.”
Overby, who has won two meets this year, noted
that practice has been good this year.
“Everyone seems to be working out really well,”
he said. “I think it’s going to pay off.”
Carl Zabrocki has been another top runner for
the Scotties. The senior’s highest finish has been
third, twice. He was 56th as last year’s state meet.
Bergen Miller, a sophomore, has also been in
the top 10 this year with his highest finish being
fifth. Another runner for Glasgow that has run well
is Lane Thompson, who has finished eighth in one
race this year.
Meiers will also be running in his final state
meet. The senior will be competing for the first time
at state.
“I’m hoping to get a good time there,” said the
senior. “Hopefully get in the top 15. This has been
my goal for three years now. To get all-state.”
As a team, the Scotties has won a race and
finished second a few times.
“We definitely have a shot at getting into the top
three,” said Wilson. “I don’t know about winning it.
The team from Lincoln County (Eureka) is really
good. I’m thinking maybe we can get second or third.”
Everybody seems to be healthy going in to the
grand finale. But the Scotties did lose Ted Tryan
earlier this year.
“Ted got hurt a few weeks ago,” said Overby.
“He was our sixth or seventh runner. Everybody
else seems to be doing well. We all ran well in
Culbertson last week and we’re hoping to carry it
over this weekend.”
Overby said that his time in Culbertson was
slow as he didn’t have anybody to push him in
winning the meet, running a 17:27.41.
“Culbertson was a good meet to warm up for
state,” said Meiers, who ran an 18:43.60 for sixth.
Besides Overby, Meiers, Zabrocki and Miller,
also going to state are Lane Thompson, Reed
Larsen, Blake Lloyd, and Tim Wageman will be the
alternate. Overby, Meiers, and Wageman are seniors.
Zabrocki is a junior, Miller and Lloyd sophomores,
and Thompson and Larson are freshmen.
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