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I quit! Safety and sanity no-longer worth it.

DEAR EDITOR, Don’t know exactly how to say this but – I quit. Writing THE OUTDOORS column these past five years has been fun, and I love sharing about critters and the outdoors. Couple of years ago political comments were added. This amounted to ‘coloring outside the lines’ meaning I should stick to birds and […]

Obituary: Richard Seder

Obituary: Richard Seder

Richard Seder, 81, of Ballantine, beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather and friend, died peacefully December 27, 2019 in Billings.  He was born November 1, 1938 in Dayton, Wyoming to Henry and Katherine (Lehman) Seder.  Richard attended and graduated from Hardin High School. 

Obituary: Ellen D. Carlson

Ellen D. Carlson

Early Christmas morning Ellen D. Carlson passed peacefully, entering Heaven on the biggest and best birthday celebration of all.  She was born in Billings on February 10th, 1931, to Daniel E. Nelson and Ellen D. Nelson (Flynn).  She was the second youngest of 7 siblings.  She graduated from Billings Central Catholic High School in 1949 […]

A look back into my personal Vietnam

Dear Editor, I became a commissioned officer in the USAF in September 1966. I remembered the orders that I received right after I was commissioned stating “pipeline SEA”. Of course SEA meant South East Asia. In December 1966, I was starting flight training in Texas.

Things are definitely different in California

Dear Editor, Recently I was contacted by the State Bar of California. I was asked to update my personal information and my present contact information. I noticed that there were five choices that I had to describe my sex. Thank God two of the choices were still male and female. One choice I believe was […]