The Billings Gazette (Billings, MT) articles from December 2005

The Billings Gazette (Billings, MT) archives from December 2005

VS vanquished in Montana, for now.
December 1, 2005... Byline: Jan Falstad Dec. 1--After scaring livestock owners for nearly four months, Montana is officially free of vesicular stomatitis, a disease that has made transporting livestock a bureaucratic nightmare. Montana State Veterinarian...

Increased fuel costs cast a pall over Montana agriculture industry.
December 4, 2005... Byline: Jim Gransbery Dec. 4--BROADVIEW -- A late fall snowstorm was putting an insulating blanket on Keith Schott's winter wheat Wednesday. He had a dryer running in a grain bin and his dog, Chicago, was close at heel. Over at...

Cookbook for lean beef is simple and quick.
December 10, 2005... Byline: Jim Gransbery Dec. 10--Richard Chamberlain, the Dallas chef, wasn't looking to write a cookbook out of vanity. What he did want was to write a cookbook that people will use. "It is for everyday people to enhance their...

Israelis sell skin-care products in Billings, Mont., mall.
December 11, 2005... Byline: Olivia Koernig Dec. 11--For three Israelis and one Israeli-Italian working a seasonal kiosk in Rimrock Mall, getting shoppers' attention is tough. "It's so hard to get them to stop," 26-year-old Yamit Rubin said of approaching...

Bustle on King Avenue West grows with addition of new La Quinta Hotel.
December 11, 2005... Byline: Jan Falstad Dec. 11--Former Billings car dealer Ted Godwin and Realtor Charlie Gamble were standing near Johnny Carino's Italian Restaurant last spring talking about what to do with 2-acre lots just off of King Avenue West. ...

Billings, Mont., airport director laments 'too many cold seats'.
December 18, 2005... Byline: Jan Falstad Dec. 18--Billings Airport Director Bruce Putnam ran his pink highlighter down the list of major airlines immersed in Chapter 11 bankruptcy: Northwest Airlines, Delta Airlines, United Airlines and US Airways, which...

Business makes unique candy using honey, no artificial ingredients.
December 18, 2005... Byline: Ruffin Prevost Dec. 18--LOVELL, Wyo. -- Bessie Zeller says her Queen Bee Gardens candy company is named after a Japanese business she and her husband, Clarence, saw while visiting their son in the Navy more than 30 years ago. ...

Billings, Mont., attorney finds difficulty using frequent-flier miles.
December 18, 2005... Dec. 18--Some of the troubled travel tales of Billings attorney Bill Mattix sound like prize scenes from the 1987 movie "Planes, Trains and Automobiles." That's where actor Steve Martin misses a flight home for Thanksgiving and is forced...