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Feb. 5 Stardust

Published by admin on Mon, 02/05/2018 - 2:45pm

25 YEARS AGO (1993)

Miles City cowboys and cowgirls put on a fine performance at the Northern Rodeo Association Finals this weekend in Billings. Marty Penrod was again named as year-end bull riding champion by placing in all three rounds at the finals. Chris Walker walked away with the year-end calf roping title, something he also did in 1990. Jody Wacker placed third in Friday’s go-around and took second on Sunday to overtake Lyle Baumann of Hardin to end the year in second.

DEAR ABBY Transgender splinters family

Published by admin on Mon, 02/05/2018 - 2:45pm

DEAR ABBY: Our daughter, “Joan,” and her husband, “Frank,” have been married 19 years. Their only child will be 4 next month. A year and a half ago, Frank came out as a transgender female. Joan is handling this well. Our son, “Alex,” is not. 

Our family will never have the traditional holidays again because Alex doesn’t want his daughters, ages 13 and 10, around Frank.

Don’t insult Nixon by comparing him to Trump

Published by admin on Mon, 02/05/2018 - 2:44pm

“Nixonian” is not the right word to use to describe the behavior of President Trump. In important ways, that characterization smears Richard Nixon.

#Fairness

Published by admin on Mon, 02/05/2018 - 2:44pm

Just minutes before the start of President Trump’s State of the Union address, Hillary Clinton dumped a mea culpa onto her Facebook page, explaining why, a decade earlier, she hadn’t fired a campaign staffer accused of sexual harassment.

Feb. 2 Stardust

Published by admin on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 2:42pm

25 YEARS AGO (1993)

Sgt. Dick Taylor of the 5th Infantry presented a program at the January meeting of the Powder River Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Dressed in a uniform worn by members of the 5th Infantry of 146 years ago, he presented a glimpse of history, covering the time the 5th Infantry arrived at the mouth of the Rosebud in 1876 to the Tongue River Encampment, Fort Keogh and the beginning of Miles City.

DEAR ABBY Pregnant worker worries

Published by admin on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 2:42pm

DEAR ABBY: A few months ago, I informed my bosses I was pregnant. Within a week, they were trying to fire me and blame it on other things at work that made no sense and hadn’t been issues before.

I spoke with a co-worker who told me she had a similar experience. A couple weeks later, I miscarried and everything at work went back to normal.

The Great Knife Drive of 1943

Published by admin on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 2:41pm

The stories in the 1943 Miles City Star are fascinating. I knew some things about the collection drives of World War II but I never knew about the knife drive. 

Trump’s Unifying Nationalism

Published by admin on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 2:39pm

Donald Trump gave a notably unifying State of the Union address that didn’t back down an inch from his controversial nationalism.

This might sound like a contradiction. It’s not. It’s a step toward fulfilling the political promise of his style of nationalism that could appeal much more broadly than to Trump’s intensely devoted base.

Theology in the Trenches: Christus Mansionem Benedicat

Published by admin on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 1:00pm

My wish for you and those who enter your homes this 2018 is that all be blessed beyond measure. May the comings and goings be sacred as sacred can be. I pray that faith be written within through Jesus Christ both now and forever. “May Christ bless this house” breathes life into the Latin term above.

Winter: Western Wyoming taps into new recruiting mecca of London, England

Published by admin on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 12:53pm

I was somewhat intrigued prior to last week’s men’s basketball game between Miles Community College and Western Wyoming College at the Centra.