The Valierian

03/12/2025

KINDERGARTEN ROUND UP
AND
PRESCHOOL SCREENING

The Valier Public School is having a Preschool Screening and Kindergarten Round-up on
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at the Valier High School MPR from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
The screening is open to all children birth through kindergarten age.

Any parent having questions regarding the screening or to arrange for an appointment,
please call 279-3314. (No appointments are necessary for our kindergarten students as
they spend the morning at the school. An appointment is required for preschool students,
if you walk-in you will have to wait.)

09/20/2024

Funeral services for Donald Charles DeBoo will be held on Saturday, September 21 at 10:30 at St. Francis Catholic Church in Valier. A full obituary will run in next week’s paper.

08/27/2022

Valier Library Summer Reading went out with a blast! The kids had a wonderful time this summer learning about the ocean, pirates and how to survive on a deserted island! Our end of the year party was attended by 17 youths. To qualify for the drawing they had to read at least one book this summer.

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Valier Library Summer Reading went out with a blast! The kids had a wonderful time this summer learning about the ocean, pirates and how to survive on a deserted island!

08/26/2022

Chris McCormick of Valier EMS poses with a new “jump kit” donated by Pondera HealthCare Foundation. The new equipment can be readily available, even faster at times than the ambulance.
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Pondera HealthCare Foundation (PHCF) recently donated a new EMT bag with supplies for Valier’s EMS unit. The new bag is in addition to current ambulance equipment and can be stored

08/10/2022

Mother Nature was in a good mood Saturday as Dupuyer celebrated Grizzly Days 2022. The mild weather made for an enjoyable day of fun, food and friendship.

The day kicked off with the Firemen’s Pancake Breakfast at the Dupuyer Fire Hall. Attendance was average, but they ran out of eggs and blamed the chickens for “not keeping up.”

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Mother Nature was in a good mood Saturday as Dupuyer celebrated Grizzly Days 2022. The mild weather made for an enjoyable day of fun, food and friendship.

08/05/2022

The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center (CCRLC) and biologists from the University of Memphis are recruiting and training 45 volunteers to identify, classify and record behavior of bighorn sheep in Glacier National Park this season.

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The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center (CCRLC) and biologists from the University of Memphis are recruiting and training 45 volunteers to identify, classify and record behavior of bighorn

08/04/2022

The second annual Sah Ko Mii Tah Pii (Land and All Things Living Together) Blackfeet cultural camp is planned for Aug. 8-11 at the Pondera County campground at Swift Dam.

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The second annual Sah Ko Mii Tah Pii (Land and All Things Living Together) Blackfeet cultural camp is planned for Aug. 8-11 at the Pondera County campground at Swift Dam.

08/04/2022

Father Matthew Christiaens recently visited family and friends in his hometown of Valier where he held Mass at St. Francis Catholic Church on Friday, July 15. Father Matthew was ordained on June 24, 2022 by Bishop Austin Anthony Vetter in Helena at St. Helena Cathedral. He is assigned to Resurrection Parish in Bozeman.

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Father Matthew Christiaens recently visited family and friends in his hometown of Valier where he held Mass at St. Francis Catholic Church on Friday, July 15. Father Matthew was ordained

07/28/2022

Valier students have received free breakfast and lunch for two years, but the funding that afforded that luxury are no longer available. The school board approved proposed meal prices Tuesday night at the July meeting of the Valier School Board of Trustees.

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Valier students have received free breakfast and lunch for two years, but the funding that afforded that luxury are no longer available. The school board approved proposed meal prices Tuesday

07/27/2022

About 75 attendees join Bishop Vetter of Helena Diocese in prayer as he blesses the restored Old Belgian Church on July 13, 108 years after its original dedication.
Photo by Daniel Thies

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To restore is “to bring back to or put back into a former or original state.”

07/23/2022

The Bear Paw 4-H Club’s Shyanna Leon led a cooperative lamb into the auction ring at this year’s 4-H Fair.

This year, the 4-H Fair held near Charging Home Stampede Park during and in advance of the Celebration of Healing was, by any measure, a true success. Young people were supported by phalanxes of adult volunteers who worked with them to prepare the exhibition barn, food service area and parking around the site.

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This year, the 4-H Fair held near Charging Home Stampede Park during and in advance of the Celebration of Healing was, by any measure, a true success. Young people were