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

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

Growing Zoot Enterprises appoints new president.
May 3, 2005... Byline: Jan Falstad May 3--Rapid growth at Montana's Zoot Enterprises has prompted the Bozeman company to name Dennis Dixon as the new president and chief operating officer. That puts Dixon in the second-in-command post behind founder...

Former Montana Power Co. employees to get day in court.
May 7, 2005... Byline: Jan Falstad May 7--Twenty-three former Montana Power Co. workers whose supplemental pensions were cut off without notice after Christmas will get their day in court in Butte, rather than before a bankruptcy judge in Delaware. ...

Nick Blake, haberdasher, knows your size at a glance.
May 15, 2005... Byline: Jim Gransbery May 15--At a glance, he determines the gentleman's coat size at 44 long, the waist at 36. For half his life, Nick Blake has earned his livelihood as a haberdasher, knowing what works and what doesn't for men who...

Spring rains and late freezes have been hard on crops, perfect for insects.
May 15, 2005... Byline: Jim Gransbery May 15--Mother Nature is a cruel temptress, sometimes singing a siren's song. Sunny days for early planting. A dousing storm enticing sprouts through warming soil. Sugar beets up without irrigated...

MTS Freight buys Molerway.
May 15, 2005... Byline: Jan Falstad May 15--MTS Freight, which has a branch office in Billings, has increased its trucking reach by nearly 40 percent by buying long-time rival Molerway Freight Lines. The deal announced Friday means MTS Freight will...

McDonald's contributes to China's changing landscape.
May 22, 2005... Byline: Jan Falstad May 22--The photo of a young girl sitting in Ronald McDonald's lap in a McDonald's restaurant in mainland China illustrates the empire's rapid and complete change during the past 35 years. Harvard University...

China's expansion presents challenges, opportunities for US.
May 23, 2005... Byline: Jan Falstad May 23--In just one amazing decade, the rice paddies to the north of Shanghai have been transformed into one of the most modern cities in the world: the Pudong. Shanghai remains the Paris of Asia with its historic...

Montana sheep ranchers turn woolly market into specialty store.
May 29, 2005... May 29--Broadus sheep rancher Rebecca McEuen saw the beginning of the end in 1997. The population of sheep in the state had been dropping for decades and the price of wool was headed for an all-time low. By 1998, fleece was bringing about...