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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
By Lisa Schmidt for the Independent-Observer
 FREEHAND PERFECTION – Jerome Glimm is a perfectionist, says his wife of 43 years, Louise. “We compliment each other. Photo for the I-O by Lisa Schmidt
“Jerome Glimm is one of the best engravers in Montana, if not the best,” says Fairfield gun dealer Jim Gray.
Gray knows that a gun engraved by Glimm will bring hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars more than a plain firearm.
“He does it the old-fashioned way, by hand. He doesn’t use an electric engraver,” Gray says of Glimm. “Electric engraving is really nice, but not as fine and delicate as hand work.”
Firearm enthusiast Harvey Hollingsworth agrees.
“A hand-engraved firearm is a one-of-a-kind, unique work of art. The laser engravings are nice, but they make 300 to 400 carbon copies,” says the Brady resident.
Glimm, as quiet and modest as his surroundings, would never brag about his art; he lets his engravings speak for themselves. They must speak loudly because Glimm is always busy at work.
“Ninety percent of my orders are from outside Montana,” he says. He has shipped engraved guns as far away as Sweden, Australia, England and Spain.
One of Glimm’s guns is as close as Fairfield, in Jim Gray’s hands. Gray traded for it after it had been auctioned at a banquet for the Friends of the National Rifle Association.
“Jerome engraves for serious gun people,” Gray says. “I’ve sent several people to him for engraving work.”
Glimm’s peers respect his work, too. As a charter member of the Firearms Engravers Guild of America, Glimm had to submit his work to a committee before being accepted into the guild.
“That’s a pretty exclusive club of a select few,” says Hollingsworth. In fact, Glimm estimates only 100 guild members are professional engravers. |
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
Now is the time for college students to be making applications to the Conrad Dollars for Scholars (CDS).
CDS is accepting applications for $16,250 in scholarships that are available for students who have completed at least one year of college. Applicants must have graduated from Conrad High School.
“By filling out one application, students will be eligible for 36 different scholarships this year,” says Jim Meier.
Awards include the $390 Everett and Helen Elliott scholarship that will be awarded to a student preparing for a career involving music or business and the $500 Mike and Blanche Moritz scholarship that will be awarded to an education major.
For those students majoring in an Ag field of study, there are two awards this year.
They include the $290 Marvin and Vivian Cheek scholarship and the $500 Tom C. McCracken Memorial.
The $300 McDonald Family scholarship, in memory of Chuck and Delores McDonald is given to a student enrolled at a vocational school.
A $290 scholarship is from the Calie Keil Snoddy Endowment and is awarded to someone attending nursing school. A $2,300 scholarship from Lester and Kaye Johnson in memory of Todd Johnson goes to a student entering a field in sports medicine or physical therapy.
Two other scholarships, one honoring Ira Perkins for $290 will be awarded to someone studying music or education and another from Conrad Building Center for $480 is for someone pursuing a degree in business.
The Bliss Family has an endowment that will award four $500 scholarship for students pursuing a music degree, Ag-business degree or a religious background.
Two other scholarships, one honors the memory of Margaret Graham for $1,225 and is awarded to a person going into education and another $1,650 scholarship is from the Rossberg Family endowment and is based on financial need.
Another award is in memory of Dola McCoy, which awards five $300 grants to full-time students enrolled in the University of Montana system.
The single application will also make a student eligible to apply for the $400 Stockman Bank scholarship, which includes 12-$300 awards from the community endowment and a $335 award from the All 50s Reunion.
Other scholarship[s this year include the $250 Jean Aitken Memorial for those interested in computer science and the Dr. Wayne E. Walston scholarship that will be awarded to a student that intends to be a teacher.
The local selection committee grades all scholarship applications objectively.
Requests for a scholarship application may be mailed to Conrad Dollars for Scholars, Box 787, Conrad, 59425.
An application may also be issued by calling Meier at (406) 271-5637. Applications must be returned to CDS by Aug. 1. |
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
 BIG POP – Carly Behr on the girl’s PeeWee Orioles team eyes the ball as it comes in and raps out a big hit during play at the baseball complex. Photo courtesy of Jim Finlayson
After dropping a pair at home to Lewistown, the Cards turned around to visit them and were stopped again by identical 8-1 scores in a doubleheader. The team collected four hits in the two games.
Next up was a single game with the Black Sox in Great Falls where they suffered a tough loss, 4-3.
The Cards led throughout the game, but an error and a walk put two runners on for the Sox in the ninth and a walk off single got the winning run home.
This week the Cards go to Havre to play the Northstars in the start of conference play with games scheduled for 3-5 p.m.
The next home game for the team is June 17. The Great Falls Stallions will be in Conrad for a doubleheader. The first pitch will be tossed to the plate at 3 p.m. |
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