Category: Montana Life

I am totally flabbergasted by <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2004/03/18/build/state/10-schoolplot.inc">this</a>. Two 8-year olds and an 11-year old plan to kill a school mate. All because of the terrible crime of teasing a couple of them. I think they need a little thicker skin. Don't get me wrong, I know teasing at this age can really hurt but maybe…

I was thinking just the other day that I hadn't seen an article in the Washington Post recently from Blaine Harden about Montana's problems. There for a while it seemed like every other week there was a story from Montana by him. Well the long dry spell has ended and he is back talking about…

I really hate to wish any buisness has a bad year but in <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//testdex.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/02/29/build/state/40-firebiz.inc">this</a> case I will make an exception. I have a cousin who does this kind of work too and as much as I wish him luck, if he has a slow year it wouldn't hurt my feelings. I could say as…

There was an interesting item in Jan Falstad's column <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/02/22/build/business/35-falstad.inc">Have You Heard</a> in todays Gazette. The section on Nu 2 U states, <i>"All of the stuff – the higher quality things – come from Bozeman," she said. "So, we're not taking consignments from Billings."</i> Now it doesn't seem like good buisness practice to tell…

I see <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/02/09/build/state/45-utilityfees.inc">an article</a> this morning about the rising cost of natural gas and its affect on people. Now I heat with propane, it has gone up too, so I do understand the problems. The higher the price gets, the more people can't pay the price and get behind on their bill. This is…

Recently Craig over at <a href="http://www.mtpolitics.net/">mtpolitics.net </a> had a very good entry on <a href="http://www.mtpolitics.net/archives/001135.php">Life in a Small Town</a>. Well, the real world intrudes and gives us an addition to the list. <br />n<br />n32. The first baby in the New Year, is born on the 21st of January.<br />n<br />nOur neighbors daughter recently, you…

<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2004/01/29/build/state/35-martzsuicide.inc"><b>Martz administration working on suicide prevention plan</b></a><br />n<br />nNow I know the Martz administration is not well liked around here but i didn't know it was so bad that they were going to do themself harm. That's the way this headline first struck me. Yea I know the article is about a little more…

It always seems funny to me. Some group out there ranks the states, for some thing or another, and Montana always seems to fall either in the top of the ranking or the bottom. Well I found an interesting one this morning. <a href="http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040118-114320-9103r.htm">States ranked as most corrupt.</a> Montana ranks 6th on the list for…

Montana is getting great publicity again. According to <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A52609-2004Jan3?language=printer">Blaine Harden of the Washington Post</a> we live, fight, socialize, let in under age children, and shoot each other all in the comforts of our local bar. Reading the article he sure seems to stress the negatives more than anything else. Living here all my life…