Extras

China remains our biggest export market and biggest troublemaker

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Two homemade campaign signs from last fall’s presidential election remain on the edge of a sprawling, well-kept dairy farm I recently passed. One, large and white against a green backdrop of tasseled corn, touts Donald Trump; the other, smaller and more wordy, declares that if Biden wins, all Americans soon will be “working for China.”

The parent is the first and best teacher their child will have

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Dawson County Health Department offers Parents as Teachers (PAT), a home visiting program available to families in Dawson County with children prenatal to age five on a referral basis. PAT is designed to enhance child development and school achievement through parent education. Parents as Teachers believes the parent is the first and best teacher their child will have.

Reviewing the Past

Following are articles as they appeared in the Ranger-Review, the Dawson County Review, and Glendive Independent, 25, 50 & 100 years ago this month.

That’s what cowboys do

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“Because that’s what Cowboys do!” My friend snapped back as I asked yet another rodeo question. By this time he was sorry he invited me, but I just witnessed Chet, who weighed maybe a buck fifty get his chaps handed to him by falling from a 1500 pound bucking bronc named Elmer. I watched Chet hobble back to the gate. “So, they made that bronc buck on purpose? And Chet rode that because why?” Even though I was born and raised in a state in which cows outnumber humans more than two to one, I knew nothing about the ranch life. I felt like a blond watching football. Puzzled at how this sport is so popular I asked again. “So you are telling me, that these cowboys do this every night? He can barely walk. He just gets up and does it all over again?” My friend once again replied, “That’s what Cowboys do.” in a way that Google translate in cowboy would mean to stop talking.

Together we can help stabilize our climate

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In response to “Oil, gas can fuel Montana’s economic recovery” (Glendive Ranger-Review, 8-5-21), I’d like to offer a conservative and bipartisan solution: carbon pricing in the form of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (EICDA; HR 2307).

This side of the veil is long and it is hard

The Canadian wildfires were burning and the result was not mist nor fog, but smoke. “I can’t even go for a walk!” I complained.

The game board of history: it’s time to learn the rules

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Rudyard Kipling, 19th century British author wrote the book “Kim”. In the story he coined the term “The Great Game”. The point of the story was the involvement of a young boy helping British espionage against the Russians in India about 1840. “The Great Game” became a metaphor for the centuries old use of the Khyber Pass located in the range of mountains known as the “Hindu Kush”. The pass connected Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan to India. India was “the jewel in the crown”. It was first conquered by Moghul raiders out of Central Asia and then much later became a prize for the British East India Company.

Card of Thanks

Thank you to the many people who responded to our fire at Bloomfield.

SNAP is just to fill the gap

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This year of striking contrasts continues to build: a late winter of pandemic horror, a spring of vaccine relief, a summer of social sunshine, now a Covid reprise this fall.

E-cigarettes, vape products are often hidden in plain sight

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On behalf of the Dawson County Health Department, I would like to extend warm welcomes to Wibaux, Terry, and Dawson County schools. As students prepare to adjust to the new school year, let us discuss a new and unknown danger in regards to addictions in teen behavior. While usage of E-cigarettes, or vaping, is not something new to the community, certain items and methods are now being camouflaged to assist in disguising this dangerous and illegal-for-youth practice. The common citizen may be able to pick out a vaping device from basic hand tools and household silverware, but would you believe certain E-cigarette devices are made to look and function as simple pens, cell phone cases, and wrist/smart watches? You should, because they do.

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