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At the bargain center, a never-ending stream of stuff

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Pilon

Starting at 9 a.m. six days a week, the donations start flowing into the Montana Rescue Mission Bargain Center at 1233 S. 24th St. W.

There is clothing, great heaps and mountains of clothes for men, women and children for every season of the year. There are dishes and appliances and housewares of all kinds, rivers of fabrics and linens, back-breaking numbers of books and record albums, exercise equipment, luggage, Christmas decorations, lighting fixtures and a million and one of the gewgaws with which people decorate their homes. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Diversions, Denise Smith, Family Service Inc., Gary Drake, Goodwill, Montana Rescue Mission Bargain Center, Richard Pilon, St. Vincent de Paul

Nashville hitmakers headline Red Lodge songwriter festival

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Hicks

Some of the biggest names behind the biggest names in Nashville will be performing in Red Lodge next month. The occasion is the first Red Lodge Songwriter Festival, set for Thursday-Saturday, June 23-25, and it will feature songwriters who have penned hits for Blake Shelton, Miley Cyrus, Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam, Rascal Flatts, George Strait, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Randy Travis, Patty Loveless and Alison Krauss, among others. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Diversions, Anthony Smith, Cory Johnson, James Dean Hicks, Kostas, Mike Booth, Red Lodge Songwriter Festival

Sacred Harp: Singing purely for the joy of singing

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Young

Sacred Harp singers who gather one Sunday a month at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Billings are resolutely informal. “No auditions required,” says a flier inviting all comers to the gatherings. “No musical experience required. No rehearsals or performances required. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Culture, Diversions, Gayla Bradberry, Ryan Young, Sacred Harp, shape-note singing, St. Andrew Presbyterian

Opinion: Time to cull the herd of bipedal mammals

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vid

Being somewhat familiar with the intricacies of United States’ public land law and the extent of the federal authority to manage said property, including the wildlife therein, I believe a ready solution is available to the increasing conflicts within Yellowstone National Park. The action proposed here would be the systematic and routine culling of the bipedal mammals which seasonally invade Yellowstone National Park, also referred to as tourists. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Diversions, Opinion, National Park Service, Supreme Court, U.S. Constitution, Yellowstone National Park

Inside HELP Flight: Cool equipment, important jobs

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Chopper

I’ll be honest: one of the main reasons I wanted to write this article was so I could get paid to ride in a helicopter. I mean, what childhood dreams would be satisfied on such a ride? What anxieties quelled? This would be a transcendent experience, a dream come true. Riding on a helicopter would be a closer approximation to the ideal: flying wingless through the air, a body darting through the sky, effortless. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Diversions, Edwards Jet Center, HELP Flight, Metro Aviation Inc., St. Vincent Healthcare

New book on Yellowstone Grizzly 399 is a real-life thriller

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Bear

I need to warn you upfront: In a riveting new non-fiction book by Bozeman writer Todd Wilkinson, grizzly bears and people die tragically at the hands of each other. “Grizzlies of Pilgrim Creek, An Intimate Portrait of 399, the Most Famous Bear of Greater Yellowstone” is a real-life thriller and until the final page, we readers don’t know who the next casualty will be. But we hope it won’t be 399, who brings added meaning to the role of ursine motherhood. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Diversions, David Mattson, Great Yellowstone, Grizzly 399, National Geographic, Pilgrim Creek, Todd Wilkinson, Tom Mengelsen

Lottery: Hunting success begins with ‘luck of the draw’

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Deer

It will be months before hunters call bull elk out of the timber or track deer in the snowy dawn. But springtime in Montana defines the hunt with another kind of action. Just ask Hank Worsech, license bureau chief at Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. “It looks like a bomb went off in here,” he jokes as we walk through the bowels of FW&P’s Helena headquarters. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Diversions, Elkhorn Mountains, Fish, Hank Worsech, Lorrie Harris, Neal Whitney, Wildlife & Parks

In Ballantine, ‘We’re the church that feeds the children’

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Boys

BALLANTINE — It was a jar of pickles that convinced Doug Oltrogge that something needed to be done. Late last July, grant funding for a summer-lunch program served at the Ballantine Congregational United Church of Christ ran out three weeks before the start of the new school year. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Diversions, Ballantine, Ballantine Congregational United Church of Christ, Billings Food Bank, Doug and Rita Oltrogge, Huntley Project Schools, Project Merc, the Rev. John Dyce