Dec

31

Cheap Fun

December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

A roundup of some free (or inexpensive) things that you can do alone, with your kids, or with your husband/wife/boy-or-girlfriend:
- 100 Ways to Have Fun With Your Kids
- Cheap But Great Dates
- 15 Things To Do During A Money-Free Weekend
Anybody have Montana-specific suggestions for free or cheap fun things to do, places to see, and [...]

Dec

17

Top 100 Montanans

December 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Here is a repost from an entry by Randy back in 2004. What do you think of the list?

People who live in Montana are always telling everyone how lucky and blessed we are to be able to call this beautiful state our home. While it is true Montana has some of the most beautiful scenery [...]

Dec

12

Win An MRI Machine for Montana!

December 12, 2007 | 1 Comment

Received an e-mail with information about how you – yes, YOU – can help Liberty County Medical Center win a brand-new MRI machine to serve their patients! Most of you know that Chester is a small community along the Montana Hi-Line, and is more than a hundred miles away from the nearest MRI. It serves [...]

Dec

10

Montana Map

December 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Back in 1996, the New Yorker magazine published a “map” of Montana that was based largely on stereotypes of Montanans. Remember that 1996 was the year of the Unabomber and the Freemen militia group in Jordan, and that Montana already had a reputation for attracting celebrities.

The comments on the Strange Maps website are interesting, too, [...]

Dec

6

Public Chanukah Menorah lightings in Montana

December 6, 2007 | 1 Comment

There are two scheduled public Chanukah Menorah lightings in Montana:
1. Saturday night, December 8th at 6:00 PM (Shabbat ends at 5:30 PM) in front of First Security Bank, 208 East Main Street (corner of Bozeman Avenue) in Bozeman.
2. Tuesday afternoon, December 11th at 3:00 PM at the State capitol in Helena.

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