GLENDIVE RANGER REVIEW Sunday, February 28, 2021 • Vol. 59, No. 17 • Glendive, Montana $1.00 Momentum Black History Month builds for downtown master plan By Hunter Herbaugh Ranger-Review Staff Writer After nearly four years of stagnation, momen- tum may finally be building toward an active implementation of Glendive’s downtown mas- TOURNEY SEASON: ter plan. Local artist Pamela Harr added a nudge Both Red Devil teams recently when she shared an idea with sever- win their first games of al stakeholders, including downtown business owners and community leaders in an email say- the tournament, ing that she envisions a scene of kids digging up dinosaur fossils as an excellent addition to Page 7 downtown. Harr is a bronze sculptor who “I think there’s has already commit- people out there ted many bronzes to the downtown land- with ideas and scape. willing to get to Last year, the East- ern Plains Economic work on it, so my Development Council request to Dara was tasked with nom- inating a committee Hunter Herbaugh photo ... is that we get that would steer the this committee in implementation of Cynthia Johnson, a travelling nurse serving at Glendive Medical Center, participated on a panel called “Black Voices” place as quickly the Downtown Mas- Tuesday evening at Dawson Community College. Associate Dean of Students Jon Langlois facilitated the discussion and LEAKY SITUATION: ter Plan after being helped organize the event. as possible,” appointed the “com- Forest Park water tanks Jerry Jimison, munity champion” show evidence of ongo- by the city council in Glendive Mayor November. Panel explores being Black ing leaking as ice forma- Dara Deines, com- tions developed during munity development specialist for the bitter cold, Eastern Plains Eco- in Glendive nomic Development Council, has said previ- By Hunter Herbaugh with this?’ And it can be simple nation and followed them through- Page 2 ously her aim is to fill the committee with a Ranger-Review Staff Writer things. What’s your experience out the years, beginning with a good mix of downtown business owners and walking down the street? If you Black man being abducted from advocates, which she now believes she has As part of Black History Month, talk to some of the students here, his village in Africa and ending identified. Dawson Community College host- they have a very different experi- with emancipation following the Those nominations for the Downtown Master ed a panel featuring Black mem- ence from what you or I experi- Civil War. Plan Committee will be going to the city council bers of the student body and the ence. They think about things that “When ‘Roots’ came out, it was for approval next week, according to Deines, community who shared their expe- we don’t because these are things absolutely horrible for Black who hopes that will mark the beginning of a rience with race on Tuesday night. that have shaped there lives,” Lan- people in North Carolina... When process of implementing the plan in earnest. The panel was organized by sev- glois said. Roots came out I remember being According to Mayor Jerry Jimison, the nomi- eral members of the DCC faculty. Panel participant Cynthia John- spit on, in my face, just walking nations are eagerly anticipated. During Mon- Associate Dean of Students Jon son, a travelling nurse at Glendive down the street and I was a young day’s meeting of the city ordinance committee, Langlois, an organizer and mod- Medical Center, has lived in Glen- adult. I just didn’t really under- Jimison noted that he is hoping to get the com- erator for the panel, said the idea dive for about a year. stand why people were so hateful mittee in place as quickly as possible, as he for the event was inspired by the Growing up in North Carolina, because of the color of my skin,” knows there are several people that are excited diversity of the student body, she was introduced to racism in she said. to start seeing more change in the downtown knowing that they have likely had her home state. She said it was a Johnson eventually attended col- area. He also noted that the city will need to a variety of experiences. He noted difficult thing to learn and live lege in her hometown of Greens- know pretty soon whether any implementations that the main goal of the event with, saying just being Black in boro and joined the army looking of the plan will have to include investment from was to give Black members of the South was “hurtful” and dif- for adventure. the city, as the budget for the next fiscal year the college and the community a ficult, as attitudes towards Black After leaving home, her experi- RESET AND WATCH will begin being worked on in April. forum to share their experience in people were generally spiteful. ence with race changed quite a bit. “I think there’s people out there with ideas hopes that it would start a larger She related how things got even Johnson explained that she didn’t OUT: and willing to get to work on it, so my request dialogue. worse when the show “Roots” pre- encounter as much racism in the to Dara when she gets back is that we get this “Most people don’t just sit down miered. army as the whole organization Columnist says even and talk with someone and just That show followed a Black fam- after a reset there is See PLAN, page 2 say, ‘hey what’s your experience ily during the earliest days of the See PANEL, page 2 really no such thing as ‘normal’, Page 4 Contract for new terminal will be awarded April 12 By Hunter Herbaugh the process at their meeting on Tim Lytle. on terminals already,” he said. Ranger-Review Staff Writer Tuesday. According to Hostetler, KLJ The bidding process is cur- According to Hostetler, a pre- Engineering, the architect and rently open. The bids will be The Dawson County Air- bid meeting was held at the consultant on the project, was opened on March 16 during a port board is seeing positive airport and it was “fairly well pleased with the companies that meeting of the Dawson County early signs as they get closer attended,” with three contrac- were represented at the meet- commissioners at 2 p.m. Award to opening the bidding for the tors being there, along with ing, believing they all had the recommendations will be made new terminal building. At the some sub-contractors. This news ability to get the project done on March 23 and awarding of the An architect’s rendering January meeting of the airport was received well by the board and get it done well. contract will be done on April 12. board, it was estimated that bid- as the prospect of more bid- “KLJ recognized them all and The Dawson Community Air- of the new Dawson Com- ding for the project would open ders means a more competitive they were pleased with the atten- port board meets the last Tues- munity Airport terminal in mid-February, but specific process. dance. They thought the people day of the month at 5:30 p.m. at is depicted below. The dates were not given. Airport “I’m just tickled to death that were there really had the the Dawson County Courthouse. project is out for bid. The manager Craig Hostetler deliv- that there’s at least three that expertise to do this job and do it Reach Hunter Herbaugh at contract will be awarded WILD WIND: ered a refined scheduled for showed up,” said board member well. Some of them have worked [email protected]. on April 12. Central Montana winds resulted in one destroyed house and other damage, Page 14 Pag e 2Glendive Ranger-Review Sunday, February 28, 2021฀•฀Page 2Glendive This weather report for Glendive and the area is www.americanford.us brought to you by: 100 Ford Ave • (406) 345-3673 weatherforyou.com 100 Ford Ave. Glendive, MT We Believe in Glendive (406) 345-3673 Chris Reynolds Mandy Johnson Jess Johnson Submitted photo Water can be seen spraying from one of the two water tanks serving the Forest Park neighborhood. The PANEL: from page 1 water leaks drew attention because of the ice formations that developed during the cold spell that hit the area in recent weeks. was “like a big melting pot,” you know what I like about it? noted the size of the commu- made of so many different When I am confronted with nity was a vast adjustment she people. As a registered nurse, questions like that, it is done on had to make. Being from the she has also travelled up and a respectable level and I love East Coast, she said that she is down the East Coast and when that,” she said. used to having a lot of differ- Leaking water tanks will she had the opportunity to take ent service, like fast food and an assignment in Montana a “Some of the com- shopping malls, within rela- year ago, she took it as she was tively close proximity. Though happy to have an opportunity ments I get are she laments the lack of large to see a new place. really amazing, but shopping centers, she said it eventually need repair When she arrived in Glen- has helped her grow as a per- dive though, she said the you know what I son and she has at least found By Hunter Herbaugh we’ve been trying to limp it which really only happens change was “shocking” as like about it? When a spot to get her hair done and Ranger-Review Staff Writer along but obviously some- when they are full.