[From the Big Timber, Montana, Pioneer of December 6, 2012:]
Nov. 22 - A woman reported finding a black cow in her front yard.
Nov. 22 - Dispatchers received several calls regarding a buffalo on Highway 191.
Nov. 23 - An officer responded to a burglar alarm at a local business. It was a false alarm.
Nov. 24 - A woman requested information about fatal crashes in the area during November. There weren't any.
Nov. 25 - A man reported a cat stuck on a power pole near I-90. An officer was notified.
Nov. 26 - A woman reported a roping bull out on her property.
Nov. 26 - An officer helped with a locked vehicle.
Nov. 29 - An officer assisted in unlocking a vehicle at a local gas station.
Nov. 29 - An officer assisted in unlocking a vehicle at a local business.
Nov. 29 - A woman called 911 accidentallly.
(What is it with these folks and their car keys?)
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Sunday, December 2, 2012
FROM THE BILLINGS GAZETTE, 2012 (so far)
November 16, 2012. 2 killed; child critically injured.... The woman died at the scene. The man...was taken by helicopter to a Billings hospital, where he died. A child who was a passenger in the woman’s car was ejected. The child is hospitalized in critical condition.
November 12, 2012....man dies....The car rolled several times before it stopped, and [he] was ejected from the vehicle. [He] was the only person in the car, and he was not wearing a seatbelt.
October 30, 2012. Teen killed....The boy was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the pickup, which rolled over him when it rolled a second time.
October 20, 2012....man killed in single-vehicle crash....The driver, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the car. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
October 1, 2012....man dies....partially ejected and died at the scene.
September 27, 2012. 1-year-old boy killed, 8 injured....The driver apparently overcorrected.... “I’ve never seen so many people all being ejected”.... The Montana Department of Transportation lists failure to use seatbelts as the leading contributor to motor vehicle fatalities.
September 14, 2012. Second victim named in fatal accident....He over-corrected... was not wearing a seat belt and was partially ejected through the front windshield.
August 29, 2012....man killed in 1-vehicle crash....ejected and died at the scene....Neither he nor the passenger were wearing seatbelts.
August 24, 2012....man dies in rollover....was ejected in the crash and died at the scene.
August 18, 2012....man dies....The man, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the vehicle, the MHP said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
August 14, 2012....man dies after one-vehicle rollover....His Ford Ranger pickup truck rolled several times and he was ejected from the cab of the pickup. He was not wearing a seat belt. He was thrown approximately 50 feet north of where the truck came to a rest. [He] was pronounced dead at 11:45 p.m.
August 9, 2012. 1 killed, 3 seriously injured in 1-vehicle rollover....The vehicle rolled several times and ejected three of the four occupants.
August 6, 2012. Woman dies....The SUV went off the road and rolled. The woman was partially ejected and died at the scene.
August 5, 2012. 2 killed....The man was ejected from his truck upon impact and died at the scene of the collision. An 8-year-old boy who was riding in the Honda was also killed.
August 3, 2012....girl dies in crash....The SUV flipped and rolled several times. The patrol says the girl was wearing her seat belt improperly and was ejected from the vehicle. She died at the scene.
July 12, 2012....man dies after rolling motorcycle....The motorcycle rolled and he was ejected from the bike. He was not wearing a helmet.
July 7, 2012. 2 killed, 1 injured in rollover accident....The driver was thrown from the vehicle and was pronounced dead on the scene. The back seat passenger...was partially ejected from the rear side window and was also pronounced dead on the scene. Both men were not wearing seat belts.
June 26, 2012....man killed.... lost control of his vehicle in a turn and slid off the road. The vehicle rolled twice. He was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle. He died at a Whitefish hospital.
June 14, 2012....woman dies....ejected....
June 8, 2012. Teenager killed in rollover crash....The boy was partially ejected and died at the scene.
June 4, 2012. 2nd rollover crash victim dies....sitting unrestrained....ejected....
June 4, 2012. Woman killed....[The passenger] was ejected from the vehicle and died on scene. [The driver] was not injured and was wearing a seat belt.
June 4, 2012....man dies, 1-year-old injured. The driver overcorrected, went off the other side of the road, skidded and rolled three times. The driver was ejected and pronounced dead....The toddler was flown to a Great Falls hospital.
June 1, 2012. Rollover crash kills 1, injures 3. The driver...overcorrected causing the vehicle to trip and roll two and a half times before coming to a rest on the vehicle top. Two passengers...were ejected. The third passenger...was wearing a seatbelt and suffered minor injuries. [The driver] died at the scene....
May 30, 2012. Two men sought after fatal crash....During the rollover, two unrestrained passengers seated in the second row of seats were ejected. [One] died at the scene. [The other] was taken to Ivinson Memorial Hospital for treatment of serious injuries.... The driver and a front-seat passenger fled the scene on foot....
May 8, 2012....man victim of Jeep crash....went off the side of the road and down an embankment. It collided with a tree and then rolled and flipped. The driver was ejected and died at the scene.
May 5, 2012....woman dies in 1-vehicle accident....It rotated counter-clockwise on the shoulder, rolled and traveled into the ditch, where the woman was ejected. She died at the scene of the crash....not wearing a seatbelt.
May 4, 2012. Canyon crash...kills 1, injures 4....rolled five or six times....Four people were ejected....A man died at the scene....The victims' injuries appeared "very serious."
May 3, 2012....man dies in rollover crash....ejected....
April 5, 2012....man killed.... The driver was ejected from the driver's-side window and the passenger was partially ejected from the back window. Neither man was wearing a seat belt....[The driver] was pronounced dead at the scene.
March 10, 2012. 1 dead, 8 more hospitalized in rollover accident....A 6-year-old girl died.... Nine people were ejected from the SUV....[Only one was] believed to have been wearing a seat belt.
March 5, 2012....man killed in accident that injured three others.... four men, ages 20 to 26 all were ejected.
March 3, 2012....man who died in rollover identified.... The Ford pickup truck went off the road, hit an embankment, rolled once, and came to rest on its driver's side. The man, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene.
February 29, 2012....man killed....was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle.
February 28, 2012....man dies in crash....was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected....
February 15, 2012....man dies in one-vehicle rollover....partially ejected....
January 13, 2012....man killed....not wearing a seat belt. He was ejected from the truck.
January 9, 2012. State tries to revoke Montana bar's license after crash.... Seven Blue Moon bartenders were cited for serving alcohol to an intoxicated person....[The man] had been drinking at the Blue Moon for about 5 1/2 hours before the crash....His pickup fishtailed and struck [a 19-year-old woman’s] car when he tried to pass it. Both vehicles rolled into the ditch and both drivers were ejected. [The woman] was pinned under her car and died at the scene.
November 12, 2012....man dies....The car rolled several times before it stopped, and [he] was ejected from the vehicle. [He] was the only person in the car, and he was not wearing a seatbelt.
October 30, 2012. Teen killed....The boy was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the pickup, which rolled over him when it rolled a second time.
October 20, 2012....man killed in single-vehicle crash....The driver, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the car. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
October 1, 2012....man dies....partially ejected and died at the scene.
September 27, 2012. 1-year-old boy killed, 8 injured....The driver apparently overcorrected.... “I’ve never seen so many people all being ejected”.... The Montana Department of Transportation lists failure to use seatbelts as the leading contributor to motor vehicle fatalities.
September 14, 2012. Second victim named in fatal accident....He over-corrected... was not wearing a seat belt and was partially ejected through the front windshield.
August 29, 2012....man killed in 1-vehicle crash....ejected and died at the scene....Neither he nor the passenger were wearing seatbelts.
August 24, 2012....man dies in rollover....was ejected in the crash and died at the scene.
August 18, 2012....man dies....The man, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the vehicle, the MHP said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
August 14, 2012....man dies after one-vehicle rollover....His Ford Ranger pickup truck rolled several times and he was ejected from the cab of the pickup. He was not wearing a seat belt. He was thrown approximately 50 feet north of where the truck came to a rest. [He] was pronounced dead at 11:45 p.m.
August 9, 2012. 1 killed, 3 seriously injured in 1-vehicle rollover....The vehicle rolled several times and ejected three of the four occupants.
August 6, 2012. Woman dies....The SUV went off the road and rolled. The woman was partially ejected and died at the scene.
August 5, 2012. 2 killed....The man was ejected from his truck upon impact and died at the scene of the collision. An 8-year-old boy who was riding in the Honda was also killed.
August 3, 2012....girl dies in crash....The SUV flipped and rolled several times. The patrol says the girl was wearing her seat belt improperly and was ejected from the vehicle. She died at the scene.
July 12, 2012....man dies after rolling motorcycle....The motorcycle rolled and he was ejected from the bike. He was not wearing a helmet.
July 7, 2012. 2 killed, 1 injured in rollover accident....The driver was thrown from the vehicle and was pronounced dead on the scene. The back seat passenger...was partially ejected from the rear side window and was also pronounced dead on the scene. Both men were not wearing seat belts.
June 26, 2012....man killed.... lost control of his vehicle in a turn and slid off the road. The vehicle rolled twice. He was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle. He died at a Whitefish hospital.
June 14, 2012....woman dies....ejected....
June 8, 2012. Teenager killed in rollover crash....The boy was partially ejected and died at the scene.
June 4, 2012. 2nd rollover crash victim dies....sitting unrestrained....ejected....
June 4, 2012. Woman killed....[The passenger] was ejected from the vehicle and died on scene. [The driver] was not injured and was wearing a seat belt.
June 4, 2012....man dies, 1-year-old injured. The driver overcorrected, went off the other side of the road, skidded and rolled three times. The driver was ejected and pronounced dead....The toddler was flown to a Great Falls hospital.
June 1, 2012. Rollover crash kills 1, injures 3. The driver...overcorrected causing the vehicle to trip and roll two and a half times before coming to a rest on the vehicle top. Two passengers...were ejected. The third passenger...was wearing a seatbelt and suffered minor injuries. [The driver] died at the scene....
May 30, 2012. Two men sought after fatal crash....During the rollover, two unrestrained passengers seated in the second row of seats were ejected. [One] died at the scene. [The other] was taken to Ivinson Memorial Hospital for treatment of serious injuries.... The driver and a front-seat passenger fled the scene on foot....
May 8, 2012....man victim of Jeep crash....went off the side of the road and down an embankment. It collided with a tree and then rolled and flipped. The driver was ejected and died at the scene.
May 5, 2012....woman dies in 1-vehicle accident....It rotated counter-clockwise on the shoulder, rolled and traveled into the ditch, where the woman was ejected. She died at the scene of the crash....not wearing a seatbelt.
May 4, 2012. Canyon crash...kills 1, injures 4....rolled five or six times....Four people were ejected....A man died at the scene....The victims' injuries appeared "very serious."
May 3, 2012....man dies in rollover crash....ejected....
April 5, 2012....man killed.... The driver was ejected from the driver's-side window and the passenger was partially ejected from the back window. Neither man was wearing a seat belt....[The driver] was pronounced dead at the scene.
March 10, 2012. 1 dead, 8 more hospitalized in rollover accident....A 6-year-old girl died.... Nine people were ejected from the SUV....[Only one was] believed to have been wearing a seat belt.
March 5, 2012....man killed in accident that injured three others.... four men, ages 20 to 26 all were ejected.
March 3, 2012....man who died in rollover identified.... The Ford pickup truck went off the road, hit an embankment, rolled once, and came to rest on its driver's side. The man, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene.
February 29, 2012....man killed....was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle.
February 28, 2012....man dies in crash....was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected....
February 15, 2012....man dies in one-vehicle rollover....partially ejected....
January 13, 2012....man killed....not wearing a seat belt. He was ejected from the truck.
January 9, 2012. State tries to revoke Montana bar's license after crash.... Seven Blue Moon bartenders were cited for serving alcohol to an intoxicated person....[The man] had been drinking at the Blue Moon for about 5 1/2 hours before the crash....His pickup fishtailed and struck [a 19-year-old woman’s] car when he tried to pass it. Both vehicles rolled into the ditch and both drivers were ejected. [The woman] was pinned under her car and died at the scene.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
MY CLAIBORNE BIOGRAPHY IS ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S "BEST OF 2012: 50 NOTABLE WORKS OF NONFICTION"
Holy smokes! I just found out today that they published the list more than two weeks ago.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/best-of-2012-50-notable-works-of-nonfiction/2012/11/15/4f55d43a-116b-11e2-be82-c3411b7680a9_story_1.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/best-of-2012-50-notable-works-of-nonfiction/2012/11/15/4f55d43a-116b-11e2-be82-c3411b7680a9_story_1.html
BAG THAT PEAK!
"The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit a record high of 390.9 parts per million in 2011, the World Meteorological Association reported on 20 November. Levels of the potent greenhouse gases methane and nitrous oxide also reached new highs last year."
--Nature, 29 November 2012
Thursday, November 29, 2012
ELECTORAL POLITICS IN MONTANA
First please let me apologize for my absence from this space. I'm renewing my commitment to blogging here starting today. And now:
A pre-election letter to the editor of the Big Timber, Montana, Pioneer. I am omitting the writer's name to spare him the embarrassment that a less congenial fellow would say he damn well deserves:
CITIZEN OR SURF:
THE CHOICE IS YOURS
ON ELECTION DAY
The current administration has vowed that if it is put back in office, they are going to take away our second amendment rights. An armed man is a CITIZEN and an unarmed man is a SURF. On election day you will have the chance to decide which one you would like to be.
A pre-election letter to the editor of the Big Timber, Montana, Pioneer. I am omitting the writer's name to spare him the embarrassment that a less congenial fellow would say he damn well deserves:
CITIZEN OR SURF:
THE CHOICE IS YOURS
ON ELECTION DAY
The current administration has vowed that if it is put back in office, they are going to take away our second amendment rights. An armed man is a CITIZEN and an unarmed man is a SURF. On election day you will have the chance to decide which one you would like to be.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
BABBO GETS ITS JUST...DESSERTS
As is said, a dish best served cold:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thomas-mcnamee/babbo_b_1879042.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thomas-mcnamee/babbo_b_1879042.html
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
BABBO. ITALIAN FOR BAD JUJU. OR: WHEN THE PERSON AT A RESTAURANT PODIUM USES THE WORD "POLICY," YOU MAY JUST WANT TO LEAVE RIGHT THEN
BABBO in New York (Mario Batali's baby) is everything you don't want in a restaurant--disorganized, unfriendly, and stupid. After half an hour waiting for the table I'd been promised "in ten minutes," I was told that "policy" forbade seating single persons. And now that I'd waited half an hour, and tables were obviously available? No, sorry, policy. Policy. This is a place that persons of sensibility should assiduously avoid--and please tell your friends.
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