Unsettling Times

I see this morning a new multimedia item on the Gazette sidebar called <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/modules/flash/20050408eastmt/20050408eastmt.html" target="_new">Unsettling Times</a>. It's about a new series the paper is putting together about Eastern Montana and the ever shrinking population. The pictures alone in the intro are wonderful and the first part of the series is supposed to be out tomorrow. I am looking forward to their take on the problems of Eastern Montana and to see if they end the series with any proposed solutions.<br />n<br />n<b>When a friend speaks to me, whatever he says is interesting. Jean Renoir</b><br />n<br />n<b>UPDATE:</b>The <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/05/08/build/state/30-rearview-mirror.inc" target="_new">first article is out</a> and as normal Lorna Thackeray has done her normal bang-up good job of explaining things. The mechanization of agriculture and CRP are what is really doing in most small Eastern Montana towns and it's covered well.