Abortion is murder
Dear Editor, “Abortion” Another terminology for murder in the first degree. Those who commit this act are no different than a person that kills another person in cold blood.
Christianity and original sin
Dear Editor, Over 15 years ago my wife Sherry and I were living back in California for a while. We went to a presentation on the Muslim religion put on by one of the local catholic parishes. An individual who was identified as an Imam from one of the local Muslim congregations spoke to us. […]
Martin James (Red) Beckman
Martin (Red) Beckman was born on November 21, 1928, about 20 miles south of Lemmon, South Dakota in a little town called Shade Hill. The farm where he was born is now under the waters of the Shady Hill Reservoir. As a young child, his parents, James Edward and Johanna Beckman moved to Belgrade, MT. […]
Raul Sanchez
Raul Sanchez, 75, passed away April 16, 2019 at his home in Lockwood where he was cared for consistently by his loving wife, Pam, beloved daughter, Gabrielle, and the light of his life, grand-daughter Nevaeh. He was born in Billings on March 25, 1944 to Ysmael and Librada (Garcia) Sanchez. Raul was the oldest of […]
Russell Vernon Salisbury
1939 – 2019 Russ favored green, but the life of this remarkable man is a portrait in full color! Russell Vernon Salisbury was born in Great Falls on July 26, 1939 to Ralph and Verneva (Lewis) Salisbury. On February 10, 2019, he died refusing to follow the doctors’ orders, being stubborn and coloring outside the […]
I simply disagree with Shepherd Bond
Dear Editor, I would like to address a few things regarding the Shepherd School bond issue. I’ve attended a meeting at the school and talked to different people, both for and against. Not all were fully informed. Our property taxes are $2250 per year. With the proposed increase they would be $2858 per year. That’s […]
There is a difference between wants and needs
Dear Editor, In 1963, I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education and a Master degree in 1991. After my 1963 graduation, I was hired to teach in the reading clinic at EMC. I also taught in the Shepherd, Roundup, and the Billings school districts. When not teaching full time, I substituted in […]
Rule of law not in the U.S. Constitution
Dear Editor, The other night I listened to Trey Gowdy pontificate and expound on the rule of law. I felt that I had been taken back to Nazi Germany during the Second World War and was listening to Hans Frank . Hans Frank was one of Adolf Hitlers chief lawyers and traveled throughout the […]
Obituary: Kathryn A. Zurbuchen
Kathryn A. Zurbuchen – Kay of Billings Montana Died April 16, 2019, at Riverstone Health Hospice Home of congestive heart failure. Mom was born the 12th of 13 children of Frederick Nipple and Edith Tracy on the family farm in Rosebud County on February 28, 1919. Upon graduating Forsyth High School she went to Beauty […]
Give Shepherd the school it deserves!
Dear Editor, Recently, I drove my son through the Shepherd Schools. A few years ago, I had the chance to eat lunch with my nephew in the same lunchroom where I ate lunch 30 years ago. Now I can’t do that because they eat in classrooms. I then found out that the building where I […]