Last Best News (https://montana-mint.com/lastbestnews/author/edkemmick/page/81/)
Thank God for Donald Trump. Now that someone has finally had the guts to call John McCain a fraud, a schmuck and a loser, maybe we can bring other so-called heroes down a few notches. (more…) Continue Reading →
Gregory Frazier, the adventure motorcyclist whom we have had the pleasure of writing about several times—most recently when he released a full-scale account of his five trips around the world—will be in Billings this Saturday. (more…) Continue Reading →
Mary Queen of Peace Parish will sponsor the 62nd Mexican Fiesta this Saturday in Billings’ South Park. It’s going to be a big year, said Bill Contreraz, one of the festival organizers. (more…) Continue Reading →
Two childhood friends have made a movie that quietly, beautifully captures the rhythms of life on a Montana cattle ranch. Andrew Renzi and Tylee Abbott, who were reared in Pennsylvania and now live in New York, will bring clips of their documentary, “Fishtail,” to the annual summer fundraiser for the Stillwater Protective Association this weekend. (more…) Continue Reading →
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS—Reflecting on the nine years since she started Red Ants Pants, Sarah Calhoun shook her head and let out a satisfied sigh. “It’s been a whirlwind, that’s for sure,” she said. (more…) Continue Reading →
Sydney Hedges was not able to attend the Rosebud-Treasure County Fair in Forsyth over the weekend, but she was there—and not just in spirit. While the 15-year-old was in Denver being treated for a recurrence of brain cancer, other members of her Red Rock 4-H Club in Colstrip were showing her miniature steer and lamb, which they had spent weeks feeding, bathing, grooming and clipping. (more…) Continue Reading →
Oasis Church, 2102 Old Hardin Road, Lockwood
Service: 10:30 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014
Length of service: 1 hour, 5 minutes. Length of sermon: 33 minutes
I don’t know how people get to church in the summer, or during most of the fall, for that matter. I had not consciously decided to take a summer break, but if you live in Montana you know how painfully short that season is. (more…) Continue Reading →
I don’t mean to boast, but my people go way back. One branch of the family, the one that takes the Bible literally, says we go back to Adam and Eve. Some of them even claim to have a sliver of the fig leaf once owned by Eve. I’m a little skeptical about that, but who knows? (more…) Continue Reading →
Visitors to the opening day of the Yellowstone Valley Farmers’ Market in downtown Billings on Saturday will have a special treat. On each corner under Skypoint at Broadway and Second Avenue North there stands an “Angel Horse of a Different Color.” The life-size fiberglass horses were painted by local artists and installed at the intersection earlier this week. (more…) Continue Reading →
Jolene Burdge does not look at Dennis Hastert and see a man who used to hold one of the most powerful positions in the United States. “This whole thing of him being the speaker of the House and the third in line to the presidency—I know it’s there, but it’s just not as prominent in my mind as being a teacher from a small town,” she said. “He’s just a teacher that all of us kids had that hurt my brother.” (more…) Continue Reading →
