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City Council to pursue loan Suspects caught in for new MCPD building By DERRICK CALHOUN city council, Lott said there is Star Staff Writer around $857,000 of that money left. The Miles City City Council Lott said that the finance voted last night to approve the committee agreed that this Finance Committee recom- money would be enough to high-speed chase mendation to pursue an Inter- complete the renovations but cap or U.S. Department of would leave the city with little Agriculture (USDA) loan. to no cash on hand, so they By HANNA KAMBICH After roughly a half hour The loan payments they thought a loan would be a good Star Staff Writer of pursuit, the suspects would be applying for would idea. were apprehended on the not exceed $3,100 which is the “The loans allows us to bor- On Wednesday afternoon, 10 block of S. 10th St., current amount the city is pay- row some money, for less than, what started as a traffic between the Miles City ing for the Miles City Police but not more than we current- stop for an equipment vio- Public Library and the Department’s (MCPD) rent at ly pay for rent at the VA, while lation soon turned into a Custer County Detention the Veteran’s Administration preserving some of the reim- high-speed chase in and out Center. (VA) building. bursement cash to cover cov- of Miles City. The driver exited his car The MCPD will be leaving erages for COVID, which was Two vehicles and three and was detained by two the VA building and moving kind of the point of the reim- suspects were involved in officers. The car was still into the recently purchased bursement,” Lott said. “By the high-speed chase, but engaged in gear and rolled Woolhouse Gallery building. applying for a loan we con- specifics were not known across Main Street and hit The loans are being sought serve cash on hand. That according to Police Chief a parked vehicle. to assist the city in costs for allows us to be better prepared Doug Colombik. No one was injured dur- renovations that need to be for future events.” Two of the suspects have ing the chase. done on the Woolhouse Gallery Lott said that he will recom- been identified as Kira “We are really lucky the building. mend the loan with the most Uribe and Rudy Ramos. public was aware of the sit- URIBE RAMOS The building was pur- favorable terms for the city. Both are being charged uation and that school was chased using funds the city “We won’t agree to a plan with criminal endanger- not in session,” said Colom- pursuit due to public safety City, traveling on the inter- received as a reimbursement that increases our costs or the ment. The third suspect’s bik. concerns. state, on multiple side through the Coronavirus Aid, tax payers taxes,” he said. name has not been released. The Miles City Police Within five minutes, the streets around schools, Relief and Economic Security Lott added that the city is The chase started when a Department, Montana suspect struck a Montana Main Street and Valley Cen- (CARES) Act. familiar with Intercap loans, tan Pontiac passenger car Highway Patrol, Custer Highway Patrol vehicle on ter Drive. The suspect was According to Austin Lott, having taken them out in the was pulled over within a County Sheriffs Depart- the corner of Dickinson St. traveling at reckless Finance Committee Chair, the past, but USDA loans would be couple blocks of Sacred ment and Fish Wildlife and and Sewell Ave. by Miles speeds both in town and on city received roughly $1.452 fine as well if the rates are bet- Heart Parish School due to Park’s warden responded to Community College which the interstate. million in reimbursement ter. a fictitious license plate the incident. initiated a pursuit by the “In the 30 years I’ve money through the CARES In order to get concrete fig- and incorrect tags. The sus- (Contact Hanna Kambich highway patrol. been here, I’ve never seen Act. After the purchase of the ures on the rates available for pect sped off and the police at mcreporter@midrivers. The suspect proceeded to a chase like this,” said Woolhouse Gallery building as any loans the loans would first department decided against com or 406-234-0450.) travel in and out of Miles Colombik. well as spending on other need to be applied for. areas that had been ear- (Contact Derrick Calhoun marked by the finance com- at mcsportsreporter@gmail. mittee and agreed upon by the com or at 406-234-0450.)

STAR FILE PHOTO The old Woolhouse Gallery building needs some updating to house the Miles City Police Department.

Bill to increase penalties for damaging energy infrastructure

By AMANDA EGGERT a critical infrastructure facili- Montana Free Press ty would carry penalties of up to 30 years in prison and a The House Judiciary Com- $150,000 fine. It would also mittee heard testimony this subject “an organization found week on a bill that would cre- to be a conspirator” to fines up ate stiff penalties for defacing, to 10 times the amount levied damaging or tampering with on the person who committed oil and gas, mining, railway or the crime. telecommunications infra- Proponents of the measure

STAR PHOTO/Sharon Moore structure. included industry groups like Last Days of A local fisherman took advantage of a beautiful late winter day House Bill 481 sponsor Rep. the Montana Petroleum Asso- to spend one more afternoon ice fishing at Spotted Eagle Rec- Steve Gunderson, R- Libby, ciation and Montana Associa- reation Area yesterday. The weather is expected to stay in the said his bill protects the pub- tion of Oil, Gas and Coal Coun- 30 to 50 degree range for the next week. lic’s right to peacefully protest ties and utility companies like Ice Fishing while imposing penalties for NorthWestern Energy and property damage. Charter Spectrum. They said “Once the realm of peaceful HB 481 protects the consider- is left and there’s burning, able investments of utility pro- damage and rioting, HB 481 viders and private companies. Study shows Montana is efficient with administering vaccine would kick in. It sets forth Montana Petroleum Associ- By ASHLEY WISE “Thanks to the dedication tanans population has According to the CDC, enhanced fines and jail time ation Executive Director Alan Star Editor and tireless work of our received two doses while since the vaccine began for those who choose to Olsen in testimony mentioned health care heroes, Montana 16% has received one dose. being distributed in the become rioters rather than an individual’s attempt to shut Montana is currently one leads the nation in efficient- In Montana, 233,609 doses United States on Dec. 14, peaceful protesters,” Gunder- down a pipeline in Montana of the most efficient states ly administering the doses have been administered as more than 65 million doses son said during his introduc- four years ago by turning off a for administering COVID-19 we receive from the federal of today. There are 76,880 have been administered. tion of the bill Wednesday. valve. He said that such acts vaccines that were received government,” Governor Montanans that have been There are currently over 1.4 Under HB 481, someone can cause millions of dollars from the federal govern- Greg Gianforte said in a fully immunized. million shots administered a who trespasses on property in damage and lost revenue, ment. press release. Custer County has cur- day. containing critical infrastruc- and put people at risk of According to federal data, According to the Centers rently administered 2,451 (Contact Ashley Wise at ture could be subject to a injury or death. He said Montana is 93% efficient. for Disease Control and Pre- with 725 who are fully [email protected] or $1,500 fine and six months in such acts should be pun- New Mexico also has 93% vention (CDC), 7% of Mon- immunized. 406-234-0450.) jail. Damaging, defacing or ished appropriately. efficiency. tampering with equipment on See “Penalties,” page 5 Visit our Website at www.milescitystar.com 2 – Thursday, February 25, 2021 LOCAL / MONTANA Miles City Star

Gerontology Society Calendar Obituary to hold conference THURSDAY testing for direct contacts Wendy Hodgson nShare the Love Used and symptomatic individu- By StAR StAff chologist at Parkside Mental On the afternoon of lovable person and found Bookstore, 2-6 p.m., United als, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., by Agri- health in Wenatchee, WA. Tuesday February 23rd, happiness and companionship Christian Church, 1006 S. Sports Complex across The Montana Gerontology She is the founder and direc- Wendy Hodgson passed away in everyone, especially those Strevell Ave. 406-531-3317. from Spotted Eagle Recre- Society has announced that tor of the Suicide Prevention at St. Vincent Hospital in in need. In her early nMAHA 10U Squirt State ation Area with entrance their 39th Annual Confer- Coalition of North Central Billings, MT. Wendy life, she enjoyed Tournament, 6 p.m., AgriS- off Pacific Avenue. ence will be held virtually as Washington State, and CEO was 52 years old. playing with all ports Complex at Eastern nMiles City Public Li- well as hosted from the Holi- of Moment by Moment Sui- Wendy was born of the kids in the Montana Fairgrounds, 42 brary’s Preschool Story- day Inn in downtown Mis- cide Prevention. on November neighborhood, Garryowen Rd. time, 11:15 a.m., Miles City soula. The three available 27th, 1968 in the and had such nCuster Rod and Gun Club Public Library, 1 S. 10th St. The conference will be tracks that can be chosen town of Miles an outgoing Action Pistol Shooting, 6 Pinochle (with 4 table held on April 12 and 13. during the conference are City, MT. She personality. p.m., Sunday Creek Rifle members), 1 p.m., Drop-In The theme for the confer- current topics, dementia and was the first In Wendy’s Range. Center. ence will be “A team psychosocial. Visit www. daughter, and adulthood, she FRIDAY nMAHA 10U Squirt State approach to aging well,” and montanagerontology.org for the third child, always looked nMiles City Soup Kitchen, Tournament, AgriSports it is expected to provide more information and to reg- of Wanda and forward to visits 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., First Complex at Eastern Mon- excellent, timely opportuni- ister. William Hodgson. from friends United Methodist Church tana Fairgrounds, 42 Gar- ties for learning and con- Information and resourc- She was raised and and family. She basement, 24 N. 11th St. ryowen Rd. necting with others. es from a myriad of services attended elementary truly loved all of her 234-5013. nOpen trap shooting, 6 Keynote speakers Patrick and programs will be shared school, junior high, and nieces and nephews, and nSenior Congregate Meals p.m., Spotted Eagle Trap Arbore, Ed. D. and Julie by sponsors and Exhibitors high school in Miles City and was ready to spoil them as for anyone 60+ years, 11 Range. Rickard, Ph. D, have also for the senior population. considered Miles City her soon as possible during every a.m.-noon, 600 Cafe. Take nOpen Alcoholics Anony- been announced for the con- There will also be an Out- forever home. visit. She will be deeply out boxes available for se- mous Candlelight meeting, ference. standing Member of the Wendy was a very missed and always loved by niors who prefer not to eat 8 p.m., Historic Miles City Arbore is a nationally rec- Year who will be recognized empathetic person who her immediate and extended in the restaurant during Academy. (Nonsmoking). ognized expert in the field of as well as the Scholarship always was concerned about family, and was always COVID-19 (may come in n“How Al-non Works,” 8 elder suicide prevention and recipients being announced others in need, and during able to embrace, love, and and pick up meal or wait p.m., main floor Confer- grief services. He formed during the conference. her lifetime was able to remember everyone in her outside after coming in to ence Room 2 at Convent the Center for Elderly Sui- Scholarship fundraising maintain life-long friendships lifetime in and around the order take out, or call from Keepers Community Cen- cide Prevention and Grief for students pursuing with many of her classmates Miles City area. outside and staff will bring ter, 1411 Leighton Blvd. Related Services and found- degrees in Gerontology will from elementary and high Wendy is survived by her meal out). 406-853-5577 or 406-851- ed the Friendship Line. be held. Email conference@ school. Wendy worked at father William Hodgson, nCommunity COVID-19 1118. Rickard is a clinical psy- montanagerontology.org. Miles Community College her three brothers Wayne, for 20 years and enjoyed her Wade (Jeannie), and Wesley coworkers and especially (Kellie) Hodgson, three enjoyed being around all the nephews Cade, Bennett, students. At Miles Community and Garrett Hodgson, two Dear Abby College, she was also able nieces Sydney and Sabella become a student as well, Hodgson, and a great nephew and obtained her Associates Trevin Womack. Wendy Sunny personality turns dark in the wake of a miscarriage Degree in Electronics. Wendy was preceded in death by also worked in several other her loving mother Wanda DEAR ABBY: My hus- want to be this way. My accept my sympathy for positions while growing up, Hodgson. band and I suffered a mis- happiness has been the loss of your child. Your which included waitressing Special thank you to Becky carriage five months ago, Dear replaced with tears and depression and the fear positions at a few restaurants Chezum for her kindness in the 12th week. I’m still sadness. The hopefulness you have about another in Miles City. and support in Wendy’s final not doing well. I have put Abby is replaced by emptiness. pregnancy are not unusual She loved her Scottish days. on a facade to get by, but I’m very lost, and I don’t after a tragedy like the one terrier dogs throughout A memorial service I’m just starting to realize Advice know how to get out of this you have experienced. You her lifetime and enjoyed will be held on Saturday, how deeply this is affect- Columnist funk. are grieving, and the emo- watching dog rescue shows on February 27, 2021 at 2:30 ing my life. I no longer want to try tions you are feeling are to television. While with friends p.m. at Stevenson & Son’s I used to be a happy, to get pregnant again be expected. and family, Wendy’s infectious Funeral Home in Miles City. friendly person. Always a because the fear of the Please schedule an laugh and great sense of Interment will be held at the smile on my face and physical and emotional appointment with your OB/ humor really resonated with Custer County Cemetery. laughter to be shared and from that day or the after- pain of another miscar- GYN and tell your doctor everyone who was around Condolences can be made to hugs for my loved ones. math that floods my mind. riage has me paralyzed. about all of these feelings, her. She was a loving and the family by visiting www. Since the miscarriage, I I’m angry, bitter, mad at Any advice you might give because the doctor can put on a fake smile and try the unfairness, and I no would be greatly appreci- refer you to someone who to be who I once was, but I longer have compassion or ated. — BROKEN IN MIS- can help you work through can’t keep doing it. Every sympathy for others. SOURI this. It will take time, but I day there is a moment This isn’t me. I don’t DEAR BROKEN: Please assure you it is doable.

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Montana couple sentenced for 2019 stabbing death HELENA (AP) — A Montana as part of a plea agreement. couple who pleaded guilty to Both were sentenced on Tues- killing a 56-year-old man in 2019 day. have been sentenced. Johnson’s plea included a Serena Lee Kilseimer was mental illness claim, the Inde- given 30 years in prison with 20 pendent Record reported. years suspended and Dewayne The two were accused of William Johnson was ordered to stabbing Shane White more serve a 30-year sentence at the than 30 times and nearly decapi- state Department of Public tating him. His body was found Health and Human Services at Canyon Ferry Reservoir. mental health facility with 20 years suspended. Neither are eligible for parole before serv- ing 10 years. Kilseimer, 34, and Johnson, 43, pleaded guilty to mitigated VFW deliberate homicide in January Auxiliary 1579 Hamburger Night VFW Friday • 5 - 7 p.m. th Friday, February 26 Hamburger w/chips LIVE MUSIC! Cheeseburger w/chips Dbl. 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No Membership Required th Removal 119 N. 6th • Miles City, MT • 234-1154 119 N. 6 • Miles City, MT • 234-1154 Montana House OKs bill limiting Switch to DISH Better Faster gender affirming surgery for youth TV Internet HELENA (AP) — The Mon- dures. performing genital surgery to marginalized group who’ve tana House on Wednesday “Protecting children from treat gender dysphoria for been particularly targeted from from endorsed a bill that would limit surgical procedures that are patients under 18 years of age, across the country,” Laurel gender affirming health care purely cosmetic and irrevers- and to her knowledge it has not Hesse with the ACLU of Mon- for transgender youth, a limit ible is necessary and proper,” happened in Montana. tana told the committee before $ 99 $ 99 that doctors say already exists Fuller has said. Erin Grantham, head of pedi- it voted to advance the bill to the 52 /mo. 49 /mo. in best practices. An earlier bill by Fuller, atric urology at Billings Clinic House floor. Offer ends 7/14/21. Internet not provided by DISH. Requires additional purchase of OTA antenna. Restrictions apply. The bill by Republican Rep. which would also have prohibit- told lawmakers: “I’m asking you The bill is designed to protect John Fuller of Whitefish, which ed the blocking of puberty hor- to allow trained physicians and children, Fuller said, adding: “I Eagle Call us today! would prohibit surgical proce- mones as treatment for gender other medical providers to con- deeply resent the implication Satellite 800-386-7222 dures for the treatment of gen- dysphoria, died 51-49 on third tinue to make good medical that I am doing so out of such der dysphoria in minors, was reading. Fuller’s motion to decisions with family members motives.” endorsed 59-40 on second read- reconsider that bill failed, but and not work against a boogey- Fuller is also sponsoring a ing. It faces a third-reading vote the House Rules Committee man that doesn’t exist in Mon- bill to prevent transgender before it would move to the Sen- decided last week that Fuller tana.” females from participating in ate. The bill also says physicians could introduce a bill focusing “This bill is not at all about girl’s and women’s sports on would be guilty of unprofession- on surgical procedures. protecting kids, but instead is public school athletic teams. Knights of Columbus al conduct if they refer trans- Pediatrician Lauren Wilson driven by an invidious purpose The bill passed the House 61-38 gender youth to another provid- of Missoula said guidelines and bare desire to harm trans- and has been referred to the ALL YOU CAN EAT er for gender transition proce- already recommend against gender people, a historically Senate Judiciary Committee. FISH FRY! th House Ed Committee passes Pledge of Allegiance requirement Friday,and Feb. 26 By KeilA SzPAlleR 12 to recite the pledge once a progress as they move up every following Daily Montanan week is sufficient, and impos- from one grade to the next. th ing more recitations could Children learn about citizen- Friday thru March 26 Rep. Bob Phalen’s bill that weaken the pledge. Plus, she ship, then functions of govern- tells school trustees to make said people need to be encour- ment, later the Montana and 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. sure students grades three aged to think critically. U.S. constitutions, and eventu- through 12 “receive instruc- “What that flag represents ally the duties of all three Parish Center Hall tion about the United States to Native people is continued branches of government. Constitution and the Pledge of genocide,” Little Dog said. The bill is concerning 520 N. Montana Allegiance” got a green light Dennis Parman, represent- because it is among the legis- Adults $11.00 Wednesday in the House Edu- ing the six statewide partners lation the legislature has cation Committee. that are part of the Montana taken up this session that dis- Kids age 7-12 $5.00 “We owe it to each genera- Public Education Center, said plays “an apparent disregard” 6 & Under Free tion to teach in public schools PHAleN the group unanimously for the constitutional authori- what it means to be an Ameri- opposed the bill, even as the ty of a locally elected board of $30 Family Charge can citizen,” said Phalen, a served in the military. But, members strongly support the trustees, he said. (Parents and minor children) Lindsay Republican, to the when he was in school in spirit behind it. McCall Flynn, executive committee. Great Falls, he was spanked “We believe that knowing director of the Montana Board Committee members voted for not saying the pledge. what the U.S. Constitution of Public Education, said she 11-6 to pass the bill, which, as “I was taken into the princi- says and what it does not say concurred with the arguments drafted, requires students pal’s office, and the paddle is probably never more Parman had presented. from kindergarten through that they had at that time with important than it is today,” Ruth Rater, though, praised high school to recite the the holes in it, you know I was said Parman, head of the Mon- the bill as well as the effects Pledge of Allegiance every beaten with that,” Butterfly tana Rural Education Associa- the Pledge of Allegiance had Caring for someone with day in school. It also notes the said. tion. on her own life. She said she’s recitation “may be followed Already, though, Chair Rep. But he said the Board of one of the last generations in Alzheimer’s isn’t easy. by a moment of silence.” Seth Berglee, R-Joliet, said Public Education and local her family to have had to take Some people who testified schools are required to let stu- trustees decide what is taught a government class in order to opposed the bill because they dents and teachers know they in schools, and the bill would graduate from high school: “I Reaching us is. had terrible experiences have the right to not partici- create an exception solely find that sad.” resisting requirements to say pate in the pledge. And any focused on teaching the U.S. “To stop teaching the the Pledge of Allegiance. Josh student who objects must be Constitution and the Pledge of Pledge of Allegiance is to stop Free Alzheimer's Association Butterly said he has much excused. Allegiance. teaching who we are as a 24/7 Helpline: 800.272.3900 reverence for the U.S. Consti- Laurie Little Dog said the At the same time, he said country,” Ratar said. “But or tution and the flag, and he current requirement for stu- public schools already are sometimes, that’s what the Area Agency on Aging: honors his relatives who have dents in grades seven through teaching students lessons that end game is on the other side.” 800.551.3191 Bill to limit absentee ballots tabled in committee

By KeilA SzPAlleR truth of the matter,” said overseas have to vote. And, so lawmakers in the room Daily Montanan Rep. Geraldine Custer, it would have taken away could restrict their right to R-Forsyth. “It just needs to an accessible voting option vote. A bill to place signifi- die.” for people with disabilities. “I think this is a terrible cant restrictions on absen- The bill would have “It’s like going back 100 bill, and we need to kill it,” tee voting was tabled Tues- If you care for someone with Alzheimer’s, memory loss or made it so people couldn’t years with the election Frazer said. dementia, you are not alone. We’re here 24/7 — whenever you day in committee — and receive absentee ballots at law,” Custer said. The bill was sponsored need us — offering reliable information and support. vocally slaughtered by a post office boxes, affecting Rep. Gregory Frazer, by Rep. Lola Sheldon-Gal- couple of lawmakers. much of rural Montana and R-Deer Lodge, said he loway, R-Great Falls, and Dementia Caregiver Center: alz.org/care “This bill is just proba- reservations. It would have couldn’t fathom that mili- introduced by Tony bly the worst bill I’ve seen shortened the time mili- tary members were provid- Rausch, of the Great Falls Supported in part by a cooperative agreement 90ADSG0006-01-00 from the all session if you want the tary members serving ing the ultimate sacrifice Pachyderm Club. Administration on Aging (AoA), Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). M iles City Star4 – Thursday, February 25, 2021 Miles City Star4 OPINION

Save the Rhino

oday’s envi- ronmental Tactivists are John so hostile to capital- Stossel ism that they end up killing animals they Syndicated want to protect. Columnist Like the African rhinoceros. Poachers kill them to get their horns, which can sell for as much as $300,000. Poachers mostly sell in China and Vietnam, to people who carve them into ornaments or sell them as aphrodisiacs. By the way: The aphrodisiacs don’t work. When I started Stossel TV, my first video covered one man’s attempt to reduce rhino poaching by flooding the market with fake horns. Matthew Markus argued that his 3D printed rhino horn would reduce demand for real horns. “One way to devalue something is to create a lot of it,” he explained. “When things are abun- dant, people don’t fight, kill or steal.” True. Bootleggers and Al Capone’s thugs dis- appeared when America ended Prohibition. South Africa, home to the largest number of rhinos, once tried something similar. For 20 years, they allowed people to own rhinos and sell their horns. Rhino farmers put the rhinos to sleep with tranquilizer darts, sawed off their horns (the horns grow back) and sold the horn. Farmers had an incentive to protect rhinos. South Africa’s rhino population quadrupled. But in 2009, under pressure from “environ- Cold weather, high demand for electricity mental” groups, South Africa banned sales of horn again. highlights need for diverse resources The sad result: Poaching increased sharply. Poachers also killed park rangers who tried to protect rhinos. By Lu NeLseN cause, numerous sourc- This crisis has high- There must also be stra- So, I confronted Masha Kalinina of the es of generation were lighted the necessity of tegic efforts to update Earlier this week, impacted by the abnor- a diverse mix of elec- and expand the electric Humane Society, one of many groups that extreme weather called Markus’ plan to sell 3D printed horn mally cold weather. tric generation and a grid to address the chal- caused power outages According to the Elec- robust electric trans- lenge of extreme weath- “greenwashing an illegal activity.” for much of the central Kalinina said legalization might increase tric Reliability Council mission grid to meet er and a shift in the way United States. Bitter demand for real rhino horn, as did happen once of Texas, about 16 giga- demand across the electricity is generated cold led to increased with elephant tusks. watts (GW) of renew- nation. Geographic and consumed. Meeting demand for electricity “It started up a new carving industry in able energy—mostly diversity matters too. these challenges stands while also forcing sig- China that had been dormant for decades,” she composed of wind—was States that join region- to not only limit the pos- nificant portions of said. taken offline due to al power pools are sibility of revisiting the electric generation I pushed back: “It needs to be long enough to freezing conditions. often better equipped events of this week, but offline, leaving millions bring the prices down, and then people say, ‘Eh, Meanwhile, nearly 30 to manage local disrup- also create new eco- of people across the there’s no money in poaching.’” GW of thermal genera- tions. nomic opportunities for “The problem is that people still see animals Midwest, Great Plains, tion including coal, gas, Investments in elec- rural America and the as commodities!” Kalinina responded, “natural and Texas in particular and nuclear went tric storage and demand country as a whole. resources for their use.” without electricity. offline because of fuel management can help (Lu Nelson is the Well, yes. I do. So what? I eat eggs. Chickens Although many were shortage, frozen pipe- provide additional senior policy associate are plentiful because people like me pay for quick to point to wind lines, or faulty equip- diverse resources to of the Center for Rural what chickens produce. energy as the main ment. meet our electric needs. Affairs.) Kalinina sneered, “Are we really going to just farm every single animal on this planet so we can endlessly continue supplying this blood- lust and thirst of people to consume wildlife stardust products?” “Bloodlust?” Give me a break. People and Perspectives from Miles City's past Even if you oppose people using animal prod- ucts, banning sales doesn’t stop the use. It just creates black markets and crime. 25 YEARS AGO (1996) 50 YEARS AGO (1971) 75 YEARS AGO (1946) Beardsley, and George Berges. Far better is letting rhino farmers trim horns The local government George Cuff, eastern Mon- An Associated Press dis- and sell them. Farming gives people incentive study commission got a help- tana parole officer stationed patch, under a Casa Grande, 100 YEARS AGO (1921) ing hand in fine-tuning a pro- in Miles City, has been Ariz., date line, brings the John Anson, for 30 years a to protect rhinos from poachers. That saves posed charter that would out- named assistant director of information today that Powder resident of this section, died both rhinos and human lives. line the powers of local gov- the Board of Pardons. Cuff, River Jack Lee, 73, widely yesterday in his home at the When I told Kalinina, “your bans have ernment. At Thursday’s for the time being, will con- known rodeo singer and com- Buckingham rooming house. failed... they are cruel to both rhinos and peo- meeting of the city and coun- tinue to maintain his offices poser of cowboy songs, was Death was due to liver trou- ple,” she replied that “education” is the way to ty commissions, Ken Weaver in Miles City. killed on Sunday in an automo- ble. He is survived by his wife stop poaching. The Humane Society runs ads in of the Montana State Univer- Bill Almy, chairman of the bile accident 23 miles north of and one son. His wife is cur- Vietnam telling people that rhino horns have no sity Local Government Cen- North Custer Soil and Water that city on the road to Phoe- rently the proprietor of the ter offered help to fine tune Conservation District nix. Powder River Jack, as he Buckingham rooming house. medical value. They claim this campaign con- the document and to catch announced today that land appreciated the title, was Funeral services will be held vinced many people. any legal or technical prob- owners and occupiers will widely known in Miles City this afternoon at the Plimpton “But what good did it do?” I asked. “People lems in the draft. have the opportunity to voice where he visited on many chapel. The services will be are still poaching the rhinos.” The clinical pediatric their opinions on whether occasions in the past. conducted by Mrs. F. W. Wool- “It takes time,” she replied. “Time for the department of Holy Rosary Custer County should be a Entertainment of merit sey of the Baptist church. trickle-down effect.” Health Center will be expand- complete Soil and Water Con- was provided by a group of The first gymnasium class It’s nice that the Humane Society tries to ed on Friday, March 1. Addi- servation District. This hear- students at the State Indus- this year for the women in tional space in the clinic will be ing will be held March 1, trial school, who were Miles City was held Monday convince people not to buy horn, but it’s outra- used for pediatric care. Patri- beginning at 2 p.m., in the trained under the direction night in the Washington geous that their hatred of capitalism blinds cia Pezzarossi, M. D. will move Bunkhouse Room of the Red of Mrs. Carl Horn and Mrs. school gymnasium. The class them to better ideas. her practice to a suite in the Rock Village. Glenn Denton, who displayed was well attended. “It’s like the drug war,” I point out. “You can front reception area across Mrs. G. J. Zignego has their talent before a weekly Plans for the eastern Mon- ban things, but if there’s money to be made, from Yellowstone Valley Youth returned from California luncheon of the Kiwanis club tana interscholastic basket- poachers will kill animals.” Clinic. Ed Young, M. D. and where she visited two sis- today, earning the well- ball tournament, which opens “This is an endless argument,” she replied. Lourdes Reynolds, M. D., will ters, one in San Diego and deserved applause expressed tonight with three games, are remain in the Yellowstone Val- another at Upland. While in in appreciation of their pro- virtually completed and the “We can’t live in a lawless society.” ley Youth Clinic space. San Diego, she and her sister gram. stage is set for the greatest But markets are not “lawless.” Jeanne Green demonstrat- drove to Los Angeles one A no-host dinner was held athletic carnival in the histo- Legal rhino farming or selling fake horn, ed how to make rubber stamp morning, unaware until they during the past week in the ry of the local school. Ten would save endangered animals. But the envi- greeting cards during the stopped to visit friends at Olive hotel banquet room by teams, representing schools ronmental groups just can’t see that. Monday evening meeting of Orange, that there had been the local M. E. A. of the ele- in the eastern part of the Now researchers from the University of the Miles City Family and an earthquake. They went on mentary schools. Miss Elda state, will meet on the bas- ketball court to determine Oxford have produced a new form of fake Community Education Club at and had dinner anyway, and Neuman, president, presided the home of Janis Meidinger. the only damage they saw over the program which was the two teams to participate rhino horn that they say would reduce demand Bradley Schlepp, son of was a broken window. Mrs. given during the dinner. Gwen- in the state tournament to be for poached horn. Mr. and Mrs. Verne Schlepp Zignego made the trip to and dolyn Smith of the Lincoln held in Bozeman under the “Environmental” groups oppose that, too. of Miles City, has been hon- from California by plane school was toastmistress and auspices of the State college. Fortunately, South Africa wised up. After my ored for his performance in from Billings. called upon various members John Leland, who has been video was first broadcast, officials decided to ignore the nationally-known sum- The Camelot Lounge, 9 S. of the staff for humorous sto- confined in the Miles City hos- the complaints from the environmental groups. mer marketing program of Sixth, has opened for busi- ries. Those taking part includ- pital for several months, left Tuesday night for the Galen They re-legalized sales of farmed rhino horn. The Southwestern Company ness, according to operators ed Superintendent W. E. Stegn- of Nashville, Tenn. A student Evelyn Parent and Wes Lars- er, Katherine Lockwood, Mil- sanatorium, and he will spend After that, the killing of rhinos fell dramatically. at Montana State University- en. Mrs. Parent said the new dred Andrews, Dorothy Reed, much of his time out of doors (For more about John Stossel, visit www.cre- Bozeman, Schlepp is a 1993 lounge opened Tuesday Charlene Moss, Frances Camp- in the mountains. He was ators.com.) graduate of Custer County under manager Shirley Gib- bell, Gertrud Hull, Esther gassed while serving overseas High School. son. Nichols, Grace Hall, Richard with the American forces. Miles City Star Markets Thursday, February 25, 2021 – 5

Miles City Town and Country Club hosts Mini Golf Tournament Stocks fall as yields continue By DERRICK CALHOUN “Burger and Brews 2.0” Star Staff Writer event, which will be from 5-8 p.m. to climb; GameStop surges The Miles City Town and During Burgers and Country Club will be host- Brews 2.0 customers can By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ing a Mini Golf Tourna- enjoy a specialty burger ALEX VEIGA ment on Saturday after- prepared by their chef AP Business Writers noon. paired with beers from Tee times for the tourna- Draft Works brewery, a Stocks moved solidly lower ments are available brewery based in Missoula Thursday as the recent theme between 1 and 4 p.m. Entry and co-owned by Jeff of the market — rising bond on Saturday is $10 per Grant, a Miles City native. yields and falling prices of tournament entry, and it is Mini-golf is also avail- technology companies — con- bring your own ball and able on Friday night, with tinued to weigh on trading. putter. the town and country club’s Shares of several companies Prizes and fun are “Nine and Dine” event. embraced by online retail available for everyone. Mini golf is $5 per round investors earlier this year were “It’s just something dif- and is bring your own ball sharply higher, including ferent to do in the winter and putter, open from 5-10 GameStop, which surged by time,” said Kacie Kennedy, p.m. Dinner is available as nearly 50% on top of more than who is on the social com- well, with their regular doubling a day earlier. mittee of the Board of menu available from 5-8 The S&P 500 index was 2.4% Directors of the Miles City p.m. Happy hour is from lower as of 3:16 p.m. Eastern. Town and Country Club. 5-6 p.m., with $1 off drinks. The Dow Jones Industrial According to Kennedy, All the events are open Average was down 548 points, businesses and individuals to the public. Call 406-234- or 1.7%, to 31,416 and the Nas- from town are donating 1600 to make a reservation daq Composite, which is their time to helping them for Friday night or to weighted heavily toward tech- put together the nine-hole reserve a tee time for Sat- nology companies, was down mini-golf course. urday. 3.3%. aP PHOtO Derrick Calhoun After the tournament (Contact Once again it was the bond In this Oct. 14, 2020 file photo, pedestrians pass the New York stock exchange in New York. the town and country club at mcsportsreporter@gmail. market that was driving the stocks are off to a mostly lower start on Wall street, led by drops in several big technology will be hosting their com or at 406-234-0450.) stock market’s direction and companies, while bond yields marched steadily higher as traders anticipate greater economic investors’ moods. The yield on growth and more stimulus from Washington. the 10-year U.S. Treasury note rose to 1.52%, a level not seen higher, economists believe. that have been beaten down Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in more than a year and far “The bond market is react- during the pandemic, Schutte affirmed the Fed’s commit- above the 0.92% level it was ing to the positive economic said. ment to low interest rates in a Penalties trading at only two months ago. growth,” said Brent Schutte, The Russell 2000 index of second day of testimony to leg- That indicated investors were Adam Haight with the Mon- chief investment strategist, smaller company stocks, which islators in Washington. Continued from page 1 moving money out of bonds, a tana AFL-CIO said that if an Northwestern Mutual Wealth was down 2.5% in afternoon The central bank earlier sign of worries over higher Opponents of the measure amendment were included to Management Company. “It trading Thursday, has been far indicated it would allow the inflation as well as confidence said it would have a chilling protect worker rights per- means there’s some hope on the outpacing larger indexes, a sig- economy to run hot to make in economic growth. Every tick effect on free speech and taining to strikes and lock- horizon.” nal that investors expect broad- sure a recovery is well-estab- up in bond yields recently has that the penalties proposed outs, his organization would Technology stocks, which er growth to continue. He noted lished following its deepest corresponded with a tick down by HB 481 are disproportion- withdraw its opposition to tend to have higher valuations, improvements in retail sales, slump since the 1930s. Powell in stock prices. ate to the acts described. the bill. have been one of the victims of the housing market and con- said it might take more than “The yield on the 10-year Opponents included Western Rancher Dick Iverson said the rise in bond yields. As bond sumer confidence. three years to hit the Fed’s tar- note crossed the line in the Native Voice, Northern he fears that under the pro- yields climb, more investors “All those things are strong get of 2% inflation. sand at 1.50%, which from a Plains Resource Council, the posal as it’s currently writ- shift money into those higher right now and the backdrop for Investors also are looking technical perspective further Fort Peck Assiniboine and ten, a farmer who uninten- yielding assets, which tends to further gains is still there,” for Congress to approve Presi- confirms that higher rates are Sioux Tribes and the Mon- tionally damages a pipeline negatively impact stocks that Schutte said. dent Joe Biden’s proposed eco- likely,” said Sam Stovall, chief tana Environmental Informa- with farm equipment could are priced for growth and not Global stock markets have nomic aid plan. That includes investment strategist at CFRA. tion Center. be in violation of the law. He for regular dividend payouts. soared over the past six months $1,400 checks to most Ameri- The economy grew at an Several opponents noted said he and Gunderson have Apple, Amazon, Facebook on optimism about coronavirus cans. However, the plan faces annual pace of 4.1% in the final that trespassing and vandal- discussed an amendment to and Microsoft — all companies vaccines and central bank staunch opposition from three months of 2020, slightly izing property are already address that concern. that pushed the stock market promises of abundant credit to Republicans and is still subject faster than first estimated. The illegal under Montana law, In his closing remarks, higher last year — were down support struggling economies. to negotiations. Democrats influx of new government stim- and maintained that the pen- Gunderson noted that laws 2.4% or more. Those sentiments have faltered have chosen to use the legisla- ulus efforts and accelerated alties proposed by HB 481 similar to his proposal are The market will likely see due to warnings the rally might tive process known as reconcil- vaccine distribution could lift are too heavy-handed. North- already on the books in broader growth as actual eco- be too early and that inflation iation that would allow them to growth in the current quarter, ern Plains Resource Council states North Dakota, Texas nomic growth widens to might rise. pass the bill without GOP sup- ending in March, to 5% or even member Joan Kresich said and Oklahoma. include many of the sectors On Wednesday, Federal port. that under Gunderson’s pro- There’s significant over- posal, a kid spray-painting lap between Gunderson’s equipment could be charged proposal and a “protect criti- with defacing critical infra- cal infrastructure” model A mister no more: Mr. Potato Head goes gender neutral structure, a crime that would bill that’s promoted by the be punishable by up to 30 American Legislative NEW YORK (AP) — Mr. Many toymakers have toys they are playing with.” Potato Head playset this fall years in prison. Exchange Council, or ALEC, Potato Head is no longer a been updating their classic Barbie, for example, has that will let kids create “It’s so important that we a conservative nonprofit mister. brands in recent years, hop- shed its blonde image and their own type of families, make sure that the penalties with backing from oil and Hasbro, the company ing to relate to today’s kids now comes in multiple skin including two moms or two in our legal system really, gas companies including that’s made the potato- and reflect more modern tones and body shapes. The dads. truly fit,” she said. “We don’t Koch Industries and Exxon- shaped plastic toy for near- families. Thomas the Tank Engine toy The Mr. and Mrs. Potato need this.” Mobil. ly 70 years, is giving the “It’s a potato,” said Ali line added more girl charac- Head characters will live on The sponsor indicated that The House Judiciary Com- spud a gender neutral new Mierzejewski, editor in ters. And American Girl is in some form, Hasbro said, he’s considering a number of mittee did not take executive name: Potato Head. The chief at toy review site The now selling a boy doll. but didn’t provide details. amendments that have been action on the measure change will appear on boxes Toy Insider. “But kids like As part of the rebranding, Both have appeared in the proposed during testimony. Wednesday. this year. to see themselves in the Hasbro will release a new “Toy Story” movies. today’s Markets “Get your motor runnin’ All figures from 3 p.m. EST head out on the highway All figures from 3 p.m. EST Looking for adventure” This jusT came your way!

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Cowboys, Cowgirls stumble in Lady Pioneers remain opening round of divisionals By DERRICK CALHOUN Star Staff Writer

The Cowboy’s and Cow- girl’s basketball team’s both perfect on the season stumbled in the opening round of their Eastern A divisional basketball tour- By DERRICK CALHOUN naments. Star Staff Writer Both team’s opened their divisional tournaments Lili Long helped lead the against the top-seeded The Cowboys fall into the Miles Community College teams in their respective consolation bracket now (MCC) Lady Pioneers to a tournaments. and will take on Sidney hard-fought win against The Custer County Dis- High School tonight at 8 North Dakota State College trict High School (CCDHS) p.m. of Science (NDSCS) last Cowboys faced off against The Cowgirls opened night, 57-51, at the MCC Cen- No. 1 seeded Laurel High their tournament yesterday tra. School last night at Metra- afternoon against No. 1 With the win the Lady Pio- Park in Billings. The Cow- seeded Billings Central neers move to a perfect 13-0 boys split their regular sea- Catholic High School. Bill- on the season with a MonDak son series against the Loco- ings Central finished the Athletic Conference record motives, winning their regular season 13-1, and is of 12-0. The Pioneers have a match on Jan. 30. one of the top-ranked teams firm grip on first place in the In Yesterday’s opening in all of Class A. conference. round match the Locomo- The Cowgirls struggled “I felt our girls really tives of Laurel were too to score in their opening did a good job of staying much for the Cowboys to game and turned the ball composed in a game where handle, with the Locomo- over a lot en route to their shots weren’t falling like tives winning 48-33. 69-11 loss. we were used to seeing,” Things were relatively Maddie Moore and Lain- Pioneers Head Coach Tay- close through three quar- ey Smith led CCDHS in lor Harris said. “However, ters, with the Cowboys trail- scoring in the game with late in the game we got the ing by just five points, but a three points each. Natalie stops we needed and just 17-7 scoring edge in the Notbohm, Hope Stradley enough baskets in key fourth quarter for Laurel and Alora Baker scored moments to pull out the proved to be the difference. two, two and one each. win. North Dakota Science The CCDHS Cowboys Isabelle Erickson was is a very good team with a were led in scoring by Dal- Billings Central’s leading great coach.” ton Polesky with nine scorer in the game, scoring The Pioneers were led points. Logan Muri scored 16 points. With the loss the in the game by sophomore Cowgirls fall into the conso- STAR PHOTO/Sharon Moore eight, Jayden Venable Long, who scored 18 points Pioneers sophomore Lili Long, from Melbourne, Australia, looks to drive passed her defender scored seven, Aiden Cline lation bracket where they on six of ten shooting from during the 13-0 Pioneer women’s basketball team’s home win last night over North Dakota State scored five and Ryder Lee will be taking on Fergus the field, two of four College of Science. and Zach Welch scored two High School at 6 p.m. shooting from three-point Derrick Cal- points each. (Contact range and four of four houn points on five of 12 shoot- find their points, assisting nity,” Harris said. Laurel was led by Colter at mcsportsreporter@ from the free throw line. ing from the field while on 16 of their 19 made The Pioneers are back Bales who scored 21 points. gmail.com or at 406-234- Long also grabbed seven knocking down three shots field goals. The game was in action tonight, once 0450.) rebounds and dished out from long range. Conejero the Pioneers lowest scor- against hosting NDSCS. two assists. also dished out five assists ing game of the season. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m. Freshman wing Rebekah and grabbed four The Pioneers defense The first 100 fans at the Dallinger came near a tri- rebounds. remained staunch in the Centra will receive special Miles City hosts MAHA State ple-double in the game but Sophomore Olyvia game, holding NDSCS to free t-shirts as part of had an off shooting night. Pacheco came off the just 28.8% shooting from their Australian Indige- Squirt B/C Tournament Dallinger scored 14 points bench in last night’s game, the field and 23.1% shoot- nous Awareness Night. on four of 14 shooting By DERRICK CALHOUN According to Sports nearing a double-double ing from three-point range. “They’re (NDSCS) going Star Staff Writer Tournament Director from the field but also with eight points and ten Last night was also the to be ready tonight and we Jamilee Ridenour, she grabbed nine rebounds and rebounds. Pioneers Play4Kay Pink should expect nothing less This weekend Miles City expects great things from dished out nine assists. As a team the lady Pio- Night, their second year of than another 40-minute will be home to the Montana the tournament. She also had two steals and neers struggled to find the the fundraiser. According competition between two Amateur Hockey Associa- “There is so much that a block. basket, shooting 37.3% to Harris, they raised $600 highly competitive teams,” tion (MAHA) State Squirt goes into these tourna- Freshman guard Jana from the field and 26.1% towards the Kay Yow Fund Harris said. B/C Tournament. ments,” Ridenour said. Conejero was the third from three-point range. for women’s cancers. Derrick Calhoun (Contact The tournament will be “My committee is putting Pioneer in double figures The pioneers moved the “We are so thankful for at mcsportsreporter@gmail. held at Miles City’s Agri- in so much time and the in the game, scoring 13 ball well in the game to the support of our commu- com or at 406-234-0450.) Sports Complex and starts volunteers helping out tonight with Helena taking have been huge. The on Glasgow at 6 p.m. and amount of time they put in Miles City taking on White- on top of their day jobs is fish at 8 p.m. phenomenal. I have really Pioneers lose heartbreaker to NDSCS Due to there being 10 felt the support of the vol- teams involved in this unteers and am thankful By DERRICK CALHOUN season with a MonDak Ath- year’s tournament, the for all that they have Star Staff Writer letic Conference record of tournament was broken done.” 7-6. into two divisions, B and Ridenour added that at The Miles Community “I feel like we lost by C. the beginning of the year College (MCC) Pioneers one point,” Pioneers Head The teams competing in they didn’t even know if men’s basketball team’s Coach Chase Tait said. “It division B are No. 1 seed- there would be a hockey comeback efforts fell short was a game that we should ed Butte, No. 2 seeded season, so for them to get last night in a home loss to have won had we taken Miles City, No. 3 seeded to this point, to be hosting North Dakota State College advantage of free throws Whitefish and No. 4 seed- a state tournament, is a of Science, 86-85, at the and layups.” ed Great Falls 1. testament to the communi- Centra. The Pioneers shot 20 for The teams competing in ty of Miles City as well as The Pioneers fell behind 31 from the free throw line. division C are No. 1 seed- to the resiliency of kids. by double digits in the sec- Sophomore guard Dylan ed Missoula, No. 2 seeded She also thanked the ond half and twice fought Hushaw led a quartet of Helena, No. 3 seeded Boz- leadership from passed back to within one point Pioneer double-digit scor- eman, No. 4 seeded Great tournaments for the help but just couldn’t complete ers, scoring 18 points on an STAR PHOTO/Sharon Moore Falls 2, No. 5 seeded they have given to this the comeback. efficient six of 10 shooting Freshman Pioneers guard Eli Habighorst looks to pass out of Glasgow and No. 6 seeded year’s committee. Heading into last night’s from the field and four of tough man defensive during the Pioneers heartbreaking one- Havre. Another positive that game the Pioneers had won seven shooting from long point loss to North Dakota State College of Science last night at Tomorrow’s games start Ridenour pointed to was four games in a row and range. Hushaw also the MCC Centra. at 8 a.m. with Missoula the support of the commu- seven of their last eight grabbed eight rebounds continued his hot shooting, and Havre followed by nity, both from volunteers games. With the loss the and dished out six assists. going nine of 12 from the from last game scoring 18 Butte and Great Falls 1 at and from sponsors. Pioneers move to 8-6 on the Guard Jakim Ricketts free throw line. Habighorst points on six of ten shoot- also had four rebounds and 10 a.m. Bozeman and “We were nervous ask- ing from three-point range. six assists. Glasgow play next at 12 ing for donations with Sophomore Favour As a team the Pioneers p.m. followed by Missoula COVID going on, but the Chukwukelu bounced back shot 43.5% from the field and Great Falls 2 at 2 p.m. City has been great,” she from a rocky shooting and 44% from three-point Butte and Whitefish play said. “We have phenome- night to score 17 points on range. at 4 p.m.; Helena and Boz- nal raffle baskets that six of 13 shooting from the The Pioneers will get eman at 6 p.m.; and Miles have been donated as field. Chukwukelu also their chance at revenge City and Great Falls 1 at 8 well.” grabbed nine rebounds, tonight when they once p.m. Other items that have including four on the offen- again host North Dakota “Miles City Youth been donated as prizes sive glass, and dished out State, College of Science. Hockey is very excited include a Traegar Tail- two assists. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. about hosting the Squirt gater Grill donated by Freshman guard Eli (Contact Derrick Calhoun 10U state tournament this Murdoch’s Ranch and “ Montana Farmers Habighorst scored 17 at mcsportsreporter@gmail. weekend,” MCYHA Presi- Home Supply; a hover- points, hitting four of his com or at 406-234-0450.) dent Rick Lang said. “Not board donated by an anon- Union amplifies our 10 field goal attempts and only does it benefit the ymous donor; and multiple kids being able to play in donations made by Stead- voice. When we are one front of home town fans, it man’s Ace Hardware, we can’t be very loud, is also a huge economic including a rover cooler ROAD boost to the town of Miles and a buddy heater and but when we are many City and our local busi- some other things to go we can be very loud.” - nesses.” into the cooler. REPORTS Lang also coaches Miles “Those are just some of —Ben Peterson, City’s High School team the big donations we have MFU member and Rancher and is the assistant coach received,” Ridenour said. Just Dial: of the Bantam team. “The giving this year has “The kids have put in a been amazing. The com- MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD AT THE LEGISLATURE WITH MFU. 511 lot of hard work and have munity stepped up to help VISIT MONTANAFARMERSUNION.COM come a long way this sea- out the Youth Hockey www.mdt511.com son,” Lang said. Association.” You can help ensure a safer winter driving expe- Due to the COVID-19 (Contact Derrick Cal- pandemic masks should be houn at mcsportsreporter@ rience by being prepared, alert and cautious. worn by all participants gmail.com or at 406-234- and attendees. 0450.) Miles City Star COMICS Thursday, February 25, 2021 – 7

What’s in the stars? Earl What kind of day will You will benefit from AQUARIUS tomorrow be? To find out your resolve. (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) what the stars say, read VIRGO In one way, you’re con- the forecast given for (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) cerned about money and your birth sign. Tomorrow there’s a cash flow. But at a deeper For Friday, Feb. 26, Full Moon in your sign, level, you are really won- 2021 which is why you feel dering what matters in ARIES t e n s i o n b u i l d i n g u p life. You want to make (March 21 to April 19) between you and others sure you put your money Be patient with co- today. (It takes 43 mus- on the right horse. workers today, as well as cles to frown and only 17 PISCES with issues related to pets muscles to smile.) (Feb. 19 to March 20) or your health. Things are LIBRA This is a powerful time building up before tomor- (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) for you because the Sun is row’s Full Moon. You are getting a lot in your sign attracting TAURUS done now because you’re favorable situations and (April 20 to May 20) working to be productive. important people to you. You look great in the You have set high stan- Make the best use of this eyes of others at this d a r d s f o r y o u r s e l f advantage! time. Be patient with your because you want to get YOU BORN TODAY kids today, because ener- better organized. Bravo! You are a dreamer who gy is building up before SCORPIO is also a hard worker. You tomorrow’s Full Moon. (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) are intuitive and a good GEMINI This is a playful, fun- judge of character. Ser- (May 21 to June 20) loving time for you! Nev- vice to others will be an With the Sun high in ertheless, it will behoove important theme for you your chart, you make a you to do whatever you this year, especially with- “THE COWS SEEM TO BE WINTERIN’ ALRIGHT... AS LONG AS WE DON’T great impression on oth- can to improve your home in your family. Therefore, LOOK DIRECTLY AT EM’...” ers. Nevertheless, you and your living situation. take care of yourself so might feel some tension, SAGITTARIUS you can be a strong because tomorrow is a (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) resource. Meanwhile, Full Moon. Home and family con- decide to invest in the CANCER tinue to be a strong focus relationships that you (June 21 to July 22) for you. One reason for value. Hang out with qual- The Moon is your ruler, this is you truly appreci- ity people. which is why you feel ate the beauty of your Birthdate of: Jackie Bridge energy around the Full daily surroundings now. Gleason, actor; Johnny A positive approach the king and must then that card (and declarer Moon. You will certainly CAPRICORN Cash, singer; Fats Domi- decide where the defense the other two aces), the feel it today, because (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) no, musician. can get three more tricks. most the defenders can tomorrow is a Full Moon! This is a fast-paced As can be seen, if he hope to collect is two LEO time for you, which is tries to cash the club ace, heart tricks. (July 23 to Aug. 22) why short trips, increased South makes the contract Next, East throws out You have a strong reading and writing, plus easily. Declarer ruffs, the possibility of West’s determination now to conversations with sib- draws trump and drives having the trump ace, as improve your health, lings and relatives will out the A-K of diamonds. in that case South will end which is why you are cut- keep you hopping. Busy The defenders cannot up with 11 tricks. The only ting back on bad habits. you! attack hearts effectively hope, therefore, is that from either side while the West has the diamond ace. diamonds are being estab- And, if he also has exactly lished, and South eventu- t h r e e d i a m o n d s , t h e ally disposes of his heart defense is in business. losers on dummy’s last Accordingly, at trick two diamonds. two East lays down the First, East should real- king of diamonds. When it ize that South started with holds, he leads a second a singleton club, since diamond to West’s ace and A defender should West almost certainly has then ruffs West’s diamond approach every deal with four clubs for his raise. return to sink the con- the attitude that the East should then conclude tract. opposing contract can be that his partner is very Tomorrow: Bidding defeated. This may some- likely to have an ace for quiz. times require him to make his bid, as little else is what appears to be a sui- missing. cidal play, but if that play The next step is to cred- This is a number-placing puzzle based on offers the only hope of it West with an ace that a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. defeating the contract, it will allow the contract to The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 be defeated. The possibili- in the empty squares so that each row, must be made. column & 3x3 box contains the same Consider East’s dilem- ty of West’s holding the number only once. The difficulty level ma on this deal. He wins heart ace is therefore dis- increases from Monday to Friday. the opening club lead with missed, since if he has

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Miles City Star eral Contractors submitting BY ORDER OF: Contractor Qualifications John Hollowell, Mayor Questionnaires (CQQ) for CITY OF MILES CITY review under the “General PO Box 910 Contractor Construction Miles City, MT 59301 PRESS PAUSE. Management” method of DATED this 11th day of project delivery. The project February, 2021. team will review qualifica- (Published: February 11, GO tions, references, and Con- 18, & 25, 2021) tractor mark-up as needed PLAY. Deadlines:Classifieds 4:00 p.m. the day prior to publication • 234-0450 To stay healthy, MNAXLP to select Contractors quali- adults aged 19-64 should Mon. through Fri. 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. try to be active daily and fied for Phase Two. MONTANA SIXTEENTH should do: at least 150 PHASE TWO: The project JUDICIAL DISTRICT minutes of moderate team will interview quali- aerobic activity such as 101 Happy Ads 102 GIVEAWAY 213 Services 501 Apts for Rent COURT CUSTER cycling or brisk walking fied General Contractors COUNTY every week, and strength and score them based exercises on two or more IN THE MATTER OF THE days a week that work FREE WOOD pallets behind AFAB SUMP & Septic 7 THE CORNERSTONE, all the major muscles on a combination of the ESTATE OF Miles City Star in parking lot. days a week. Call Howard 2007 Clark, 2 and 3 bed- (legs, hips, back, abdomen, Phase One CQQ, answers MICHAEL WALTER chest, shoulders and arms) WOOD ones only. at 406-853-0199. room units with dishwasher, to interview questions, and MELIN, laundry rooms, off street D&D HOME Improve- other information learned Deceased. 103 Announcements parking, all utilities paid, ment for all your home during the interview. Based Probate No. DP-2021-8 centrally located. Rent as- care needs. Eco friendly. on the project team's scor- NOTICE TO CREDITORS sistance available. Sec- THE LOCAL Hotline for Do- Licensed and insured. 406- ing, a preferred. General NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- tion 8 accepted. Income mestic violence and sexual 853-4383. www.milescity- Contractor will be selected EN that the undersigned limits apply. NO PETS, NO assault. 1-888-820-5437. contractor.com for Phase Three. has been appointed Per- SMOKING. For application All day, all night, toll-free PHASE THREE: Based on sonal Representative of contact MC Housing Author- a partial set of Bid Docu- In addition, when you 300 Misc. for Sale the above-named estate. perform resistance ity, 406-234-3433, or HDA 200 Help Wanted ments provided by SDI All persons having claims exercises to build strength Management, 888-837- Architects + Design, Inc., and endurance, you’ll Friday COLOR COPIES - Star against said deceased likely improve your overall 7368,(www.hdamanage- the preferred General Con- health and even help fend Brielle Critelli FULL TIME NURSING Printing Supply Co. Sizes are required to present ment.com). Equal Housing tractor will then propose off some dangerous INSTRUCTOR 8.5”x11” to 11”x17” 406- their claims within four (4) illnesses. Increasing Darci Tumquist Opportunity. a Guaranteed Maximum muscle mass will also Miles Community College is 233-1180 months after the date of help you maintain a Erika Marmon Price including schedule seeking a dynamic, learn- the first publication of this normal weight and can WANT TO save or protect 800 Guns and Archery and proposed list of sub- help you avoid accidents Peggy Billing ing-centered, student-ori- notice or said claims will that are more likely with contractors for evaluation Heidi Zentz ented individual to instruct an important document? be forever barred. weak muscles. by the project team. After nursing students for our We can laminate it for you GLENDIVE GUN Show Claims must either be Austin Urioste review and negotiations, a Associate Degree Regis- - Credit card size up to E.P.E.C. Bldg. 313 S. Mer- mailed to Cheryl Melin, the tered Nurse Program. This 11”x17”. Star Printing and rill. March 5, 6, and 7, 2021. recommendation for final Personal Representative, contract will be submitted is a full-time, nine-month Supply, 818 Main. 406- Show hours: Friday 4pm- return receipt requested, to the Owner for approval. teaching appointment which 233-1175. 8pm, Saturday 9am-6pm c/o LUCAS & TONN, P.C., DOCUMENTS: The Con- CALL 234-0450 is renewable annually based and Sunday 9am-3pm. Attoneys at Law, P.O. Box - upon satisfactory job perfor- 315 Wanted to Buy Questions call Ernie. 406- tractor Qualifications Ques 728, Miles City, Montana Two days tionnaire (CQQ) may be ex- mance. Contract start date 377-3969. CDC Guidelines 59301, or filed with the before amined and/or obtained at Physical activity, combined is August 2021. Overload WANTED: DEER & Elk Followed. Clerk of the above-entitled with a balanced diet, is the birthday! the office of the Architect, best way to help kids and and summer teaching op- antlers. Brown or white. Court. adults stay healthy and fit. SDI Architects + Design, th portunities are sometimes Sheds, racks, mounts. 406- 903 Legals DATED February 9 , Adults supervision always 909 Main Street, Miles City, available. The college pro- 853-6554 2021. recommended, so join in! MT 59301, 406-234-0777 vides a competitive benefits REQUEST FOR s/Cheryl Melin This message brought MEDICARE (phone). Schematic Draw- to you by: package. 500 Houses for Rent QUALIFICATION Personal Representative Supplements & Senior Health ings may be obtained from Qualifications: Master’s NOTICE TO CONTRAC- LUCAS & TONN, P.C. Many companies to choose from the Architect for reference Degree in Nursing required TORS: The City of Miles Attorneys for Estate Are you paying too much 2 BEDROOM houses for during Phase Two. by the current Statutes and City has determined that By: Bryant S. Martin with no service? rent. No smoking, No pets. DUE DATES: CQQ's from Rules Relating to Nursing, an “Alternative Project De- (Published February 25, $700 plus deposit. Call 234- interested General Con- issued by the Montana State March 4, and 11, 2021) Call Jeff Boggs 6169 for application. livery Contract” is justified tractors must be received Board of Nursing. Minimum for construction of the inte- 406-234-3307 by the Architect in physical MNAXLP of two (2) years’ experience 3 BEDROOM, 1 BATH, 2 rior remodels/renovations 519 Main St. Suite C (mailed to address above) in clinical nursing. Teach- Story, Partly Finished, Large (~6,800SF total) for their Miles City or digital format (emailed ing experience preferred. Yard, No Smoking, No Pets. new police department to [email protected]) RN license in the State of $800 Plus Utilities, Deposit. project – MILES CITY no later than Friday, Feb- Montana Required. Call 232-3664 POLICE DEPARTMENT ruary 26, 2021 at 12PM Application Process: To – at 419 N 7th Street (also Marjorie MST. A list of Contractors apply for this position, please 501 Apts for Rent known as the Wool House that submitted for consid- Habinck send a cover letter, resume, Gallery) in Miles City, Mon- eration, as well as those list of three references, tran- tana because the project Former Miles City AFFORDABLE, CLEAN selected for interviews, will scripts, and a completed presents a tight budget Resident will be efficiency, 1 bedroom, 2 be available Wednesday, MCC Employment Applica- and a strict timeline. The celebrating her 90th bedroom apartments. No March 03, 2021 after 4PM tion and Background Check process will involve the fol- smoking. Call 234-5382 MST. Requests for Propos- birthday on Feb. 28, Information form to Carrie lowing: als (RFP) must be received 2021! Preller, HR Specialist, Miles CUSTERVILLA APART- PHASE ONE: Gen- by the Architect no later Community College, 2715 MENTS, 210 Arrowhead Send well wishes to: than Friday, March 19, Dickinson Street, Miles City, Lane, Miles City, MT. 2&3 4010 Sweetbriar St. 2021 at 12PM MST. Inter- MT 59301 or you may sub- bedrooms available. Town The Miles City views will be scheduled/ Rapid City, SD 57703 mit your application materi- home style apartments, conducted the following als electronically on our web- income based with utili- Star will have a week and a preferred GC/ site at https://www.milescc. ties included. No smoking. route available CM will be selected no later edu/Employment/. The first No Pets, On site laundry Tired of than Wednesday, March review of applications will be- & off street parking. Call March 1st. 31, 2021. staying home? gin on March 15, 2021. This Lori, 234-7755. Profession- This is a EXPERIENCE: All submit- position is open until filled. ally managed by Prairie Part time/Full time ting Contractors accept and For further information about Homes Management. Equal neighborhood positions available understand that experience this employment opportunity Housing Opportunity. 1-701- walking route. in phased, remodel/reno- Wait & Kitchen staff and an MCC application 356-9501, TTY 1-800-366- vation construction with Will Train please view our website at 6888 East of Valley strict/limited timelines https://www.milescc.edu/ Apply in person STUDIO APARTMENT. will be an important factor Employment/. Drive please Downtown location with in selection. Miles Community College parking. Newly remodeled. is an equal opportunity em- $400.00 monthly includes Call Diney ployer. utilities. 415-845-3238 234-0450 ACROSS 41 Entry shelter buildup 600 Cafe 1 Slightly 45 High point 25 Termini 5 “Me time” 47 Table support 26 Cabbage salad NEWS STAFF Help Wanted resort 49 Actor Jannings 27 Pop choice 8 Some corp. 50 Indy event 28 Price reduction Looking for full time pressman to help keep The Livingston Enterprise newspaper is recruits 51 Texter’s chuckle 32 Getty of “The seeking a full- or part-time community up with the daily publication of papers and 12 Bryn — 52 Logical Golden Girls” journalist to assist in local coverage of maintenance of pressroom. Must able to 13 — Aviv 53 Guffaws 33 Gym member’s lift up to 50 lbs (not often), be able to reach Park County. The job includes reporting 14 Mystique 54 Compass dir. goal approximately 7ft, discern colors (i.e. not 15 Lotion additive 55 Read quickly 35 “For shame!” on a wide range of local events and issues, color blind) AND must be dependable. 16 Canine cry DOWN 36 Hardly any photography, sports coverage and other This job is Mon-Fri, maybe some weekends. 17 Rocky outcrop 1 Human rights 38 Minnesota’s 18 One- lawyer Clooney 10,000+ general assignments. Contact Josh at 406-234-0450 or dimensional 2 Indonesian 39 Two under par [email protected] 20 Caboose island 42 Apple since Resumes should be emailed to Enterprise 22 Savvy 3 Victor’s cry 1998 Managing Editor Justin Post at 26 “Vamoose!” 4 Sticky pine 43 Pinta’s [email protected]. 29 Tooth doc’s product companion 818 Main St., Miles City degree 5 Fab Four 44 Hidden valley 30 Great weight drummer 45 Snoop 31 Air show stunt 6 Capita lead-in 46 — de cologne 32 Swelled head 7 Creamy pasta 48 Very long time 33 Chow sauce 34 100 percent 8 Showy parrot 35 Airport 9 Filled tortillas screening org. 10 Altar 36 Pugilist’s constellation weapons 11 Droop 37 1987 film with 19 Cash dispenser Michael 21 UFO crew Douglas as 23 Mystery- Gordon Gekko writing award 40 Use the oven 24 Chimney Previous Day – 9Miles City Star Thursday, February 25, 2021 – 9Miles AGRICULTURE

Drought-stricken West holds Ag News Briefs MT Wheat and Barley Committee out for more than just dry snow to host research review panels A series of research review panels will be hosted by the BERNALILLO, N.M. (AP) — Montana Wheat and Barley Committee in cooperation with It’s a picture-perfect scene — the Montana State University College of Agriculture and the snow-dusted Sandia Moun- Montana Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES) on tains providing a backdrop to March 3. The events are open to the public and will take the dormant willow and cotton- place via Zoom. The event is titled “The Future’s Promise wood trees lining the Rio in Agriculture.” Grande. The three 40-minute panels will be moderated by MAES While the recent snow has Associated Director Mary Burrows. Those panels include: provided a psychological salve What innovations are on the horizon in Montana Agricul- to the pains of a persistent drought, it won’t go far in easing ture?, at 10:30 a.m. and featuring Lovreet Shergill and Kent the exceptional conditions that McVay, Southern Agricultural Research Center and Perry have taken hold of New Mexico Miller, Department of Land Resources and Environmental over the past year. Sciences; What is the future of plant breeding in Montana?, Every square mile of the arid at 11:10 a.m. and featuring Jason Cook, Jennifer Lachowiec state is dealing with some level and Mike Giroux, Department of Plant Sciences and Plant of dryness, with more than half Pathology; and What pests are on our horizon and how can locked in the worst category — we work now to mitigate them?, at 11:50 a.m. and featuring exceptional drought. And much David Weaver, Department of Land Resources and Envi- of the West is no better off, with parts of Arizona, Utah and ronmental Sciences, Alan Dyer, Department of Plant Sci- Nevada among the hardest hit. ences and Plant Pathology, and Frankie Crutcher, Eastern Agricultural Research Center. DROP IN THE BUCKET Contact Tammy Suek to receive the Zoom meeting The problem is the recent information. Contact her by email at [email protected]. storms were accompanied by — by Star Staff frigid temperatures and wind, aP PHOtO making for a double whammy this feb. 17, 2021, image shows rows of trees stretching across a farm in Corrales, New Mexico, of sorts. Forecasters explained as snow covers the Sandia Mountains in the background. Much of the West is mired in drought, Noxious Weed Management that snow tends to be drier with New Mexico, arizona, Nevada and Utah being among the hardest hit. when temperatures are that Council to meet on March 8 cold, so there’s less water con- we must recognize that this is as it flows through the town of Irrigation District on the lower A virtual business meeting for the Noxious Weed Man- tent in the snow. The wind then only a drop in the bucket in Bernalillo. Its meager flows fol- Rio Grande, said the northern agement Advisory Council will be held on Monday, March blows it away, leaving patches replenishing our reservoirs,” low a year in which municipal, mountain ranges are feeling the 8. of bare ground. said Mary Carlson, a spokes- state and federal water manag- effects of La Nina, a weather Typically, about 12 inches woman for the Bureau of Recla- ers had to ink sharing agree- pattern that results in drier con- Applications for the 2021 Noxious Weed Trust Fund (30.48 centimeters) of snow mation, the federal agency that ments to keep it from drying up ditions. grants will then be reviewed through a series of hearings make for an inch (2.54 centime- manages water in the West. through the Albuquerque “Water and farm managers March 9-11. Funding deliberations will take place March ters) of water when it melts, stretch. are recommended to plan 12. said Kerry Jones, chief meteo- DEEPER IN THE HOLE accordingly for likely low The meetings will be held via Zoom, and an agenda is rologist with the National Many places already were HARSH REALITIES spring runoff and a critically available on the Montana Department of Agriculture web- Weather Service in Albuquer- dealing with deficits as winter Cities across the West have short year with an allotment of site at agr.mt.gov. Contact Carol Bearden, Noxious Weed que. With colder air, those ratios snowpack and spring runoff made exponential progress with 6 inches or less,” he said. Still, Program Specialist, at [email protected], to request infor- climb and nearly triple the have become less reliable in conservation efforts over the that would be better than allot- mation to join a meeting. amount of snow is needed to recent years. Add to that a con- years, while farmers have been ments in 2011 and 2013, which produce that same inch of tracting monsoon season. installing drip systems, pipe- were also dry years. The mission of the Montana Department of Agriculture water. Summer rains were spotty at lines and high-tech monitors to is to protect producers and consumers, and to enhance and That means less water to best across New Mexico, while eliminate evaporation and HANGING IN THERE develop agriculture and allied industries. Visit agr.mt.gov recharge the soil and less that the mountain city of Flagstaff, waste. Still, farmers and ranch- Rough. That’s how ranchers to view all current public meeting notices and find more will find its way into rivers and Arizona, marked its second con- ers are preparing for what they have described current con- information on the Montana Department of Agriculture. reservoirs this spring. secutive driest monsoon season call harsh realities as long-term ditions to Megan Boatright, a — by Star Staff “Ultimately that’s kind of on record in 2020. forecasts call for more dry, rangeland ecologist with the what matters in terms of water “The scary part about it is warm weather. State Land Office. supply — how much water is in the fact that we count on mon- Along the Pecos River, which Like ranchers always do, NILE scholarships due soon the snowpack,” Jones said. soon season to kind of help out, supplies farms in New Mexico they found a silver lining The deadline is quickly approaching for those interest in A good example can be found especially with agriculture, and Texas, irrigation managers with the recent storms. applying for the NILE Scholarship. on Sierra Blanca, a mountain farming and ranching and that in Carlsbad recently set the While the snow might be too Over $30,000 will be awarded to deserving agriculture peak in southern New Mexico. sort of thing,” Jones said. allotment for this growing sea- dry to put a dent in the The snow-water equivalent “We’ve come to rely on it son at one-quarter of an acre- drought, they say at least it students. measured there is less than an because we’re not getting the foot of water based on snow- has a better chance of soak- The criteria for applicants includes being actively inch, or about 10% of normal, water supply with our snow- pack and expected runoff. ing in rather than causing involved in the community, leaders in their respective pro- even after the storms. pack and if we don’t get a good According to district records runoff and erosion. Boatright grams, excelling in the classroom and participating in The Rio Chama basin in monsoon season, it puts you that that go back to 1908, never has said that bit of soil moisture NILE events. Available scholarships include High School northern New Mexico has fared much deeper in the hole.” the allotment been that low. It could have a positive effect One time Scholarship, Secondary One Time Scholarship, better, but even after the storms That means whatever water came close in 1953 with just on cool season grasses Shining Star, and Needle in The Haystack and the NILE it lagged at about 86% of nor- can be squeezed out of the over one-third of an acre-foot. sprouting in the spring. Legacy Award. mal. Meanwhile, the headwa- recent snowfall is likely to be An acre-foot equals nearly Continued drought has Applications must be submitted by March 2 by 4 p.m. ters of the Pecos River in the soaked up by the dry soil before 326,000 gallons (1.2 million forced many ranchers to sell Sangre de Cristo range dropped it can feed any rivers or reser- liters) and is enough to serve cattle and reduce their herds Applications will be awarded and announced in April. to just 44% of normal. voirs. one to two average households a as they deal with the cost of — by Star Staff “While we welcome each and The Rio Grande — one of the year. supplemental feeding and every storm and the benefit longest rivers in North America Phil King, engineering con- water tanks and wells going they bring to our water supply, — has been reduced to a trickle sultant for the Elephant Butte dry.

Montana Food Bank Network’s The Taste is virtual for 2021

By Star Staff between three Missoula Each Taste Passport includes and can be purchased at bit. chefs, as well as information eight businesses in the Mis- ly/thetaste2021. The Montanan Food Bank and stories about MFBN. soula area offering special The Taste will also have a Network’s (MFBN) The Taste This year’s The Taste is menu items with proceeds silent auction and everyone- will be held virtually on sponsored by First Security benefitting MFBN. There is wins drawing, the Spoon March 5. Bank, Albertsons, BlueCross a grand prize that Taste Pull, with items donated by The Taste is an evening BlueShield of Montana, and Passport holders who visit local and national business- dedicated to bringing people KPAX. four of the eight businesses es. Both are live at bit.ly/the- together to celebrate local Tickets and information listed at mfbn.org/events/ taste2021 and anyone can bid food, drink, and relationships about the chefs can be found the-taste will be entered to and win. All proceeds benefit while helping MFBN raise on MFBN’s website at mfbn. win. MFBN, and bidding closes at $70,000 for Montana’s fami- org/events/the-taste. Taste Passports are $10 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Mar. 5. lies. The Taste will include a The virtual event will be Passport event until Mar. 4 at 6:30 p.m. and will feature this year to help support a cooking competition locally owned businesses.

Hunting and fishing regulations posted on FWP’s website By Star Staff email at the conclusion of their online transaction that Montana Fish, Wildlife and includes a web link to print Parks has posted the regula- their licenses and tags if the tions for deer, elk, antelope print-at-home option is select- and moose, sheep and goat ed. The link is valid for five online on their website. days. Be certain that your The new license year printer is functional prior to Thursday March 4th, @ 1:00 PM MST At Ranch NE of Fallon, MT opens on March 1 and the clicking the link in the email. deadline to apply for deer and Customers can also have elk permits is April 1. their licenses and tags print- 632 CB Rt Rd, Glendive, MT 59330 Your application must be ed and mailed to them by verified prior to submission, FWP. License and permit pur- Selling 50 Registered Black Angus Yearling Bulls By: as changes after submission chases requiring a decal /clip will not be permitted. Permits will be mailed within 10 days will be printed and mailed to of purchase or successfully • Deer Valley Growth Fund • SAV Rainfall hunters after the drawing. drawing the license. Remember that licenses It cost $5 for each License • Woodhill Blueprint • Plus More! and carcass tags may be replacement or reprint, and printed from your home the first replacement can be printer on 8.5x11-inch paper, done at any license provider. For More Info Contact Kim Anderson @ 406-945-4411 if you elect the print at home Subsequent replacements option. must be done at an FWP or Haley Stevenson @ 406-945-2657 Customers will receive an office. 10 – Thursday, February 25, 2021 WEATHER / NEWS Miles City Star

“ Local 5-Day Forecast Miles City Thur Fri Sat Sun Mon Weather 2/25 2/26 2/27 2/28 3/1 Only in LOCAL CONDITIONS Temperatures: High yesterday: 35 47 / 26 43 / 19 32 / 16 45 / 24 53 / 26 Overnight low: 20 Increasing clouds, with Partly sunny, with a high A 20 percent chance Mostly sunny, with a high Sunny, with a high near As of 12:00 p.m: 37 America ... a high near 47. South near 43. West wind 16 to of snow. Cloudy, then near 45. 53. Record high: 72, 1995 southwest wind 11 to 23 mph. gradually becoming Record low: -23, 1993 mostly sunny, with a high Sunday Night: Mostly Monday Night: Partly 139-year-old house rolls to new 17 mph. Precipitation: Friday Night: A 20 near 32. Northwest wind clear, with a low around cloudy, with a low around As of 5:00 a.m.: .00 Tonight: Cloudy, then percent chance of snow 7 to 13 mph. 24. 26. San Francisco address gradually becoming showers. Mostly cloudy, Month to date: 0.26 partly cloudy, with a with a low around 19. Saturday Night: Mostly Year to date: 0.48 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After 139 years at 807 low around 26. West West northwest wind 10 clear, with a low around Normal for month: 0.19 Franklin St. in San Francisco, a two-story Victorian southwest wind 15 to to 15 mph. 16. Normal for year: 0.51 house has a new address. 18 mph. Humidity Avg: 73% The green home with large windows and a brown front door was loaded onto giant dollies and moved Barometer: Sunday to a location six blocks away. 30.27 at 12:00 a.m. Onlookers lined the sidewalks to snap photos as 30.11 at 5:30 a.m. the structure rolled — at a top speed of 1 mph — to 29.89 at 12:00 p.m. 635 Fulton St. mm - data is missing Sunrise: 6:50 am Sunrise: 6:48 am Sunrise: 6:47 am Sunrise: 6:45 am Sunrise: 6:43 am Credit NOAA The house’s journey has been in the planning Sunset: 5:43 pm Sunset: 5:44 pm Sunset: 5:46 pm Sunset: 5:47 pm Sunset: 5:48 pm stages for years, the San Francisco Chroni- City Elevation Hi/Lo/PCPN/SNFL City Elevation Hi/Lo/PCPN/SNFL City Elevation Hi/Lo/PCPN/SNFL Moon cle reported. Baker Muni Apt 2929 : 32 / 19 / 0.01 Bredette 4SE 2643 : 31 / 19 / Plains Airport 2467 : 41 / 31 Phases Veteran house mover Phil Joy told the newspaper Billings Logan 3567 : 35 / 23 / 0.01 / / M Chinook Apt 2414 : 34 / 25 Plentywood Apt 2250 : 30 / 12 Bozeman Yell Apt 4475 : 32 / 4 / 0.01 / / M Choteau Apt 3947 : 36 / 27 / 0.00 Poplar Airport 2036 : 34 / 18 he had to secure permits from more than 15 city Butte Mooney Apt 5550 : 28 / -6 / 0.01 Circle 2421 : 30 / 12 / 0.00 Poplar 13NE 2085 : 35 / 10 / 0.00 Cut Bank Muni Ap 3838 : 33 / 25 / T / / M Culbertson 1953 : M / M / 0.00 Power 7NE 3778 : M / M / 0.00 Full agencies. Dillon Airport 5200 : 28 / 10 / T / / 0 Deer Lodge Apt 4693 : 34 / 5 Raynesford 3W 3998 : 30 / 24 / 0.00 Feb 27 Glasgow Wokal Ap 2285 : 34 / 16 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0 Denton 7NE 3585 : 26 / 13 / 0.00 Ronan Airport 3084 : 34 / 16 / 0.00 Joy said this move is tricky in part because the Glendive Airport 2457 : 31 / 14 / 0.02 Ennis Airport 5383 : 25 / 9 / 0.00 Roy 1E 3562 : 27 / 18 / 0.00 Great Falls Apt 3664 : 33 / 22 / 0.03 / 0.6 / 0 Fairfield 6N 3867 : 28 / 20 / 0.00 St Mary 4575 : 27 / 21 / 0.07 first part of the journey involves going downhill. Havre Airport 2585 : 32 / 22 / 0.00 / 0.0 / M Fort Benton Apt 2869 : 36 / 25 Scobey Airport 2432 : 31 / 21 Last “That’s always difficult for a house,” he said. Helena Airport 3828 : 37 / 19 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0 Geyser 6E 4048 : 27 / 22 / 0.00 Simms 13SW 4300 : 25 / 19 / 0.00 Mar 5 Jordan Airport 2662 : M / M / 0.00 Grass Rnge 11NW 3808 : 26 / 16 / 0.00 Stanford 5SE 4385 : 26 / 15 / 0.00 Along the route, parking meters were ripped up, Kalispell Glac 2965 : 35 / 22 / 0.00 Hamilton Apt 3642 : 37 / 19 Thompson Fls Ap 2467 : 36 / 31 Lewistown Apt 4145 : M / M / M Hardin Big Sky 3025 : 34 / 23 / 0.00 Three Forks Apt 4089 : 34 / 21 tree limbs were trimmed and traffic signs were Livingston Apt 4653 : 31 / 20 / T Harlowton 1N 4362 : 26 / 17 / 0.00 Twin Bridges Ap 4777 : 32 / 12 New Miles City Apt 2628 : 35 / 18 / 0.00 Judith Gap 1NE 4638 : M / M / 0.00 Ulm 8S 3634 : 29 / 18 / 0.06 Mar 13 relocated. Missoula Airport 3202 : 38 / 19 / T / 0.0 / 0 Laurel Airport 3517 : 36 / 23 / 0.00 Utica 11SW 5070 : 30 / 16 / 0.00 Sidney Airport 1985 : 36 / 15 / 0.00 Libby Airport 2601 : 43 / 25 W Yellowstone 6644 : 29 / -22 / / / 32 The owner of the six-bedroom house, San Fran- Wolf Point Apt 1980 : 38 / 7 / 0.00 Malmstrom AFB 3527 : 29 / 20 / 0.07 / / M White Sulphur S 5061 : 27 / 16 / 0.00 Anaconda Apt 5030 : 28 / 16 Malta Airport 2254 : 36 / 18 / 0.00 Winifred 7S 3663 : 26 / 17 / 0.00 First cisco broker Tim Brown, will pay about $400,000 in Bannack 5971 : 25 / -5 / M Moore 4NE 4120 : M / M / 0.00 Mar 21 Big Timber Apt 4492 : 32 / 19 / 0.00 NBar Grass Rng 4446 : 28 / 7 / 0.00 fees and moving costs, the Chronicle said. US jobless claims at 730K, still high but fewest in 3 months

By CHRISTOPHER people who have given up on in Texas to about 35,000. increase and government res- short-term interest rate near the Great Recession of 2008- RUGABER their job searches is closer to Yet last week’s decline in cue aid works its way through zero to encourage more bor- 2009. AP Economics Writer 10%. applications was broad-based, the economy. The Federal rowing and spending. Chair But on Wednesday, Richard All told, 19 million people with 36 states and the District Reserve’s ultra-low-rate policy Jerome Powell stressed in tes- Clarida, a Fed vice chair, sound- WASHINGTON (AP) — The were receiving unemployment of Columbia reporting fewer is providing important support timony to Congress this ed a more optimistic note in number of Americans seeking aid as of Feb. 6, up from 18.3 people seeking unemployment as well. week that the Fed plans to remarks to the U.S. Chamber of unemployment benefits fell million the previous week. benefits. That suggests that Retail sales soared last keep its rate ultra-low until the Commerce. Clarida pointed to sharply last week in a sign that About three-quarters of those employers might be cutting month as many Americans job market has recovered – the distribution of vaccines and layoffs may have eased, though recipients are receiving checks fewer jobs. spent the $600 checks that were even if inflation has begun to the economic relief package applications for aid remain at a from federal benefit programs, “The drop may be signaling included in a relief package surpass the Fed’s 2% target that the government enacted historically high level. including programs that pro- a turning point for labor mar- enacted in December. Factory level by then. That soothed the late last year as reasons for a Jobless claims declined by vide jobless aid beyond the 26 ket conditions,” said Nancy output also rose and has nearly stock market, which had fallen sunnier outlook. 111,000 from the previous weeks given by most states. Vanden Houten, lead economist regained its pre-pandemic lev- in the past week on fears that “The prospects for the econ- week to a seasonally adjusted Last week’s drop in applica- at Oxford Economics. els. And sales of newly-built rising interest rates and the omy in 2021 and beyond,” Clari- 730,000, the Labor Department tions was concentrated in two Still, she cautioned, “the data homes soared last month. threat of inflation might lead da said, “have brightened, and said Thursday. It is the lowest states, California and Ohio, continue to suffer from noise Michelle Meyer, an econo- the Fed to raise rates too the downside risk to the outlook figure since late November where they fell by a combined related to issues of backlogs mist at Bank of America, on quickly and potentially derail has diminished.” and the sharpest one-week 96,000. Ohio officials had said and fraud. We expect a more Monday upgraded her forecast the economy. Even the ice storms and decline since August. Still, earlier this month that a surge sustainable labor market recov- for growth this year to 6.5%, The yield on the 10-year widespread power outages in before the virus erupted in the in new applications was driven ery to take hold closer to mid- which would be the fastest Treasury note has risen sharply Texas, damaging as they were United States last March, in part by a jump in potentially year with broader vaccine dis- since 1984. Daily coronavirus in anticipation of more robust to residents and businesses weekly applications for unem- fraudulent claims. That now tribution and the arrival of infections are down more than economic growth and is now there, are unlikely to inflict a ployment benefits had never appears to have faded. more fiscal support.” 70% from their peak, Meyer 1.45%. At the start of the year, major blow on the overall U.S. topped 700,000. California’s system operates In the meantime, economists noted, which should lead to the 10-year yield was below 1%. economy, according to Oxford The latest figures coincide on a biweekly bases, which can say, widespread business shut- more states and cities relaxing In his testimony this week, Economics. with a weakened job market make its weekly data choppy. downs in states hit by the ice business restrictions. Powell downplayed the infla- Oren Klachkin, lead U.S. that has made scant progress in This month’s devastating storms could cause an increase Further economic relief is tion risk and instead under- economist at Oxford, estimates the past three months. Hiring winter storms and power outag- in applications for jobless aid in also likely, she said, as Con- scored the economy’s strug- that the harsh winter weather averaged just 29,000 a month es in Texas and some neighbor- coming weeks. gress considers President Joe gles, including the 10 million will slightly lower growth in the from November through Janu- ing states might have also dis- Despite the weakened job Biden’s proposal for a new aid jobs that remain lost since January-March quarter to a ary. Though the unemployment rupted the filing or processing market, key sectors of the package amounting to $1.9 tril- the pandemic erupted nearly still-blistering 6.8% annual rate, rate was 6.3% in January, a of some claims. Applications economy are showing signs of lion. a year ago. That’s a deeper down from a previous estimate broader measure that includes for jobless aid fell by one-sixth picking up as vaccinations The Fed has pegged its job loss than was inflicted by of 7.1%. Amid COVID-19 pandemic, flu has disappeared in the US

By MIKE STOBBE schooling — were a big factor Monto, a flu expert at the Uni- the head of the emergency Across the globe, flu activi- uary, before beginning a AP Medical Writer in preventing a “twindemic” of versity of Michigan. department. ty has been at very low levels recent decline. flu and COVID-19. A push to Nationally, “this is the low- Ditto in Oregon’s capital in China, Europe and else- Flu-related hospitalizations, NEW YORK (AP) — Febru- get more people vaccinated est flu season we’ve had on city, where the outpatient where in the Northern Hemi- however, are a small fraction ary is usually the peak of flu against flu probably helped, record,” according to a surveil- respiratory clinics affiliated sphere. And that follows of where they would stand dur- season, with doctors’ offices too, as did fewer people travel- lance system that is about 25 with Salem Hospital have not reports of little flu in South ing even a very mild season, and hospitals packed with suf- ing, they say. years old, said Lynnette Bram- seen any confirmed flu cases. Africa, Australia and other said Brammer, who oversees fering patients. But not this Another possible explana- mer of the U.S. Centers for “It’s beautiful,” said the countries during the Southern the CDC’s tracking of the year. tion: The coronavirus has Disease Control and Preven- health system’s Dr. Michelle Hemisphere’s winter virus. Flu has virtually disap- essentially muscled aside flu tion. Rasmussen. months of May through Flu death data for the whole peared from the U.S., with and other bugs that are more Hospitals say the usual The numbers are astonish- August. U.S. population is hard to com- reports coming in at far lower common in the fall and winter. steady stream of flu-stricken ing considering flu has long The story of course has pile quickly, but CDC officials levels than anything seen in Scientists don’t fully under- patients never materialized. been the nation’s biggest infec- been different with coronavi- keep a running count of deaths decades. stand the mechanism behind At Maine Medical Center in tious disease threat. In recent rus, which has killed more of children. One pediatric flu Experts say that measures that, but it would be consistent Portland, the state’s largest years, it has been blamed for than 500,000 people in the death has been reported so far put in place to fend off the with patterns seen when cer- hospital, “I have seen zero 600,000 to 800,000 annual hos- United States. COVID-19 this season, compared with 92 coronavirus — mask wearing, tain flu strains predominate documented flu cases this pitalizations and 50,000 to cases and deaths reached new reported at the same point in social distancing and virtual over others, said Dr. Arnold winter,” said Dr. Nate Mick, 60,000 deaths. heights in December and Jan- last year’s flu season.

Mars rover’s giant parachute carried secret message

By MARCIA DUNN Only about six people knew Mars rovers in increasing size family car decals seen on AP Aerospace Writer about the encoded message over the years — similar to the Earth. before Thursday’s landing, CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. according to Clark. They wait- (AP) — The huge parachute ed until the parachute images used by NASA’s Perseverance came back before putting out a rover to land on Mars contained teaser during a televised news a secret message, thanks to a conference Monday. puzzle lover on the spacecraft It took just a few hours for team. space fans to figure it out, Systems engineer Ian Clark Clark said. Next time, he noted, used a binary code to spell out “I’ll have to be a little bit more “Dare Mighty Things” in the creative.” orange and white strips of the “Dare Mighty Things” — a 70-foot (21-meter) parachute. line from President Theodore He also included the GPS coor- Roosevelt — is a mantra at JPL dinates for the mission’s head- and adorns many of the center’s quarters at the Jet Propulsion walls. The trick was “trying to Laboratory in Pasadena, Cali- come up with a way of encod- fornia. ing it but not making it too obvi- Clark, a crossword hobbyist, ous,” Clark said. came up with the idea two As for the GPS coordinates, years ago. Engineers wanted an the spot is 10 feet (3 meters) AP PHOTO unusual pattern in the nylon from the entrance to JPL’s visi- This illustration provided by NASA shows a diagram added fabric to know how the para- tor center. over the parachute deployed during the descent of the Mars chute was oriented during Another added touch not Perseverance rover as it approaches the surface of the planet descent. Turning it into a secret widely known until touchdown: on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Systems engineer Ian Clark used a message was “super fun,” he Perseverance bears a plaque binary code to spell out “Dare Mighty Things” in the orange and said Tuesday. depicting all five of NASA’s white strips of the 70-foot (21-meter) parachute.