How many people on milescity.com presently live somewhere other than Miles City? I'd love to see how the diaspora breaks down.

As for me, I graduated from CCDHS in 1995 and lived in Miles City from 1986-1995 (and again from 2001 through 2003). I'm originally from Billings and have been back here since 2005.

Well, as many of you know, I reside in the City of Snohomish which is located in Washington State.

Where I've lived: born in MC, grew up in Billings, spent some time in Bozeman, Eugene OR, Gillette WY, what is now Santa Clarita CA (Canyon Country and Valencia/Stevenson Ranch), moved back to MC for high school (CCDHS Class of 1985), moved to the Seattle area in 1992. I've been here since (Kirkland, Bellevue, Redmond, Snohomish).

Lived in MC from 73-89. The day after graduation I moved to Phoenix. Lived there from 89-95 where we were robbed at gun point and so I decided a small town isn't that bad. Moved back to MC and left again beginning of '99 to come here to Washington. I have lived in Everett (very shortly) moved to Marysville and commute about 40 miles to work in Seattle.

I was born in Miles City, but lived in Chester until I was about two or so, and then we lived on my grandparents place in Stacey until I was 10. It has been brought to my attention that the Stacey area once suffered from a Bonine infestation, but good farming practices and an aggressive eradication program had eliminated the bulk of the problem before I lived there (77-85).

We moved to the old Lynn McFarland place just south of MC in 85, and I lived there until after I graduated from CCDHS.

I got married in 94 to Allison Dunbar, and (mostly) attended MSU until graduating in December of 98.

We've lived in Boise since Jan 99, where I work for Micron Technology.

Let's see, fun facts, fun facts....

Would a third testicle be fun or just creepy? Not that I have one or anything.

There are some bios here too:
http://milescity.com/foru...fpid=33696

Thanks webmaster for starting milescity.com. I came to MC in 1982 to work for the MT Fish Wildlife and Parks department. Fell in love with a MC native and stayed. Now it's home and can't imagine living anywhere else.

I am Richard Bonine, Jr., the oldest of 13 kids. Born in 1961 on the 4th floor in the part of the hospital they just destroyed. Grew up on a ranch in the Pine Hills and then in the Yellowstone Valley. Graduated from SHHS in 1979 but attended CCDHS for VoAg & FFA.

Lived in:
Bozeman, MT for 2 year to attend MSU. Was more intersested in beer and girls and they invited me to leave.

Manhattan, KS - 2yrs ( graduate of Kansas State University B.S. in Agronomy. Single greatest life accomplishment.)

York, NE 3yrs
Gallup, NM 6yrs
Hastings, NE 3yrs
Currently live in a suburb of Miles City at the very south end of Hayne Ave. (Gillette, WY) 4.8 yrs

I am a Sr. Environmental Scientist/location manager for a natural resource consulting company. I am a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church LCMS. My wife Debbie (Bender) and I have been married for 20.5 years and we have three boys: Lane 18, Patrick 15, & Daniel 13.

Outside of work, drinking Guinness Extra Stout, work, watching Bronco Football and NASCAR, work, and posting here I have no life.

Bridgier: Yes, there were Bonine's in Stacy. They bought land for backtaxes (.12/ac) and sold it in the late forties or early 50's for .35/acre. And we still own the minerals. Once I get a dragline purchased...

Joking aside - do you happen to know which parcels that they owned?

Well, as many of you know, I reside in the City of Snohomish which is located in Washington State.

Where I've lived: born in MC, grew up in Billings, spent some time in Bozeman, Eugene OR, Gillette WY, what is now Santa Clarita CA (Canyon Country and Valencia/Stevenson Ranch), moved back to MC for high school (CCDHS Class of 1985), moved to the Seattle area in 1992. I've been here since (Kirkland, Bellevue, Redmond, Snohomish).

I may have been very sleepy this morning, but wasn't your original post on this thread much, much longer than this?

Yeah, quite a bit longer. Too long.

Too long of a post? That concept does not make sense to me.

"Joking aside - do you happen to know which parcels that they owned?"

They owned most of Greens and the Allens. I have the legals on everything they owned.

I know where Greens live - where's the Allen place?

Down Pumpkin Creek closer to Volborg.

"Yeah, quite a bit longer. Too long."

Maybe, but those of us earlybirds got to read the long version. I found it very interesting. You have come a long ways, and should be proud.

I was born in North Dakota. (Insert your own joke here) The family moved to Miles City in about 1964 or so. I graduated from CCDHS in 1976. Worked for my dad at the old Tempo store thru most of high school, actually still using lots of the things he taught me about running a business. After a winter being a ski bum in Vail Colorado, only breaking one leg, and farting around MC and Bozeman for a couple of years, I followed a good friend to Seattle in 1979. Worked the docks, doing repair and maintenance on a fleet of tugboats and barges, and then rode tugboats around the Pacific Ocean for a few years, (not the vacation it sounds like) while living in Kent, West Seattle, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace and Edmonds. Got into the flooring business, which I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. Somehow I got out of that industry mostly sane. Fled the big city to get back to Montana in 1993. Been in Bozeman ever since. Running my own business for about 10 years now, and loving just about every minute of it. Actually just started a winery with a friend here, so I guess thats 2 businesses. I will let you know how the winery goes. So far so good. I still get back to the ol cow town a few times a year to see family and friends, and do some bird hunting. Been married twice and divorced twice, no kids. Lots of great pets over the years, being a big fan of the unconditional love thing. Hence the 2 divorces. Down to 2 cats at this time, but I expect to have a hunting dog before next fall. Thats this ex-pat in a nutshell.
Odd to see one's life summed up in a single paragraph.

OH, now I know who you are, Richard. You're hiding behind the Bonine name when I knew you as a Bothirteen.

I'm down in Utah but grew up in MC. More than that I'm not telling. If my daughter put as much personal info online as y'all have I'd beat her butt (figuratively, not literally). But I suppose no one's going to bother with a little website like MC.com.

Matt: Didn't you or your family have some connection to the Short Stop in MC across from the post office or am I confusing you with someone else?

Thats us Richard. After Tempo closed, corporate decision, my folks bought the old gas station and repair shop on 7th and Pleasant, and turned it into the Short Stop. They sold it to my sister a few years ago, and she just sold it to Frank a bit ago. 07 I think.

Bothirteen! Thats pretty funny stuff right there. No offense Richard. But that is funny.

Yeah so is Mark your brother? Who worked at the short stop

Nice guy....let me dig thru the porn after he sent in the magazine covers....man the short stop was awesome

Yes Mike, Mark is my brother. He is suffering with some quite serious cancer at this time. Recently found a different medication that is helping with his pain relief though, so his quality of life is much improved at this time. I will ask him if he remembers you Mike. I suspect he does.

Yeah thanks he's a great guy. Wish him my best. Last time I talked to him I was just srarting out teaching well here we are ten years later.

WOW I spent alot of time with him at the short stop as I worked at the card shop and lived by Washington Middle School so I was in there all the time. Dan Dobie and your sister (and Mark)I think we the main workers that I remember....

Born in Baker, MT and moved to MC in 1958. Graduated from CCHS in 1974 and went to MCC until 1976 when I moved to Walla Walla to attend Walla Walla University. Got my bachelor's in education in 1978 and married that year too. Got my Master's in 1983 and then went on and got my Special Ed degree when my kids were older in 1998. Still in Walla Walla and have not been back to MC for a few years (maybe the last time was 2005 for a few days and before that I think it was 1994 and 1998 or so. I was at the 1994 class reunion as well as the 1984 one. I get back to Billings every few years where one of my sisters who is married to Steve Carter (CCHS 1976, I think) lives. I also still have one sis in MC. My parents came out here to Walla Walla in 1985 and my dad passed away in 2005. My mom still lives here. There are several Miles Citians living here in Walla Walla.

I'll pass on your kind words Mike. I know he will appreciate that.
Mark has had quite the tough road the last 2 years. His wife Sherry passed away very suddenly in April of 07, and less than 2 weeks later he was diagnosed with prostrate cancer that had already spread to his bones. So he has been in a hellish battle. If I was half as tough as he is, I would be twice the man. Pretty tough stuff to watch a brother go thru all that pain. I'd do anything to take even some of his pain on myself, just to give him some relief. But he is still the funniest guy I know. Not sure how he does it.
Keep on with the history folks. I love reading these and getting to know you all a little better.

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I was born in Miles City, grew up at Knowlton, about 50 miles east of MC. Graduated CCDHS in '95. Moved to Phoenix, AZ for school. Hated it,(Phoenix, not school) graduated college and moved to Livermore, CA in December of 1998. Worked there for Sandia National Laboratories for 10 years, and moved back to the ranch at Knowlton a shade over a month ago. I guess that makes me a re-pat (sort of since I have never technically lived *in* Miles City and still don't).

Matt,
Tell Mark I'm sending my prayers his way.

Levi,i didnt no you moved back.Are you going to stay and run the ranch?Anyway welcome back!

Matt, do you also have a brother Jim? Both Jim and Mark were in my class I think.

Thanks Casey. Yep, I'm a professional chipkicker now.

I hope you're glad to be back, but I was hoping to see your name on a pro cycling team roster soon!

Haha, I'm not even fast enough for an amateur team! And yeah it's great to be back, even if all this snow and ice does interfere with cycling a bit.

Thanks Kacey. I will pass that on to Mark. And yes Wendy. Jim is my brother also. He is married to Holly Barlow. I think she was class of 1982 at Custer. They live in Tulsa Oklahoma and have 2 great daughters. And they just became grandparents about 6 months ago. Thats a little weird for me having a little brother that has a grandchild. Very cool, but kind of weird just the same.

Hmmm... as for me, I was born in Miles City in 1984; we lived in Forsyth at the time. We moved to MC in 1985 or 1985, and then on to Markham, TX in 1987 for about a year. We came back to MC, and left again the end of 1990 for Granbury, TX. We stayed there until the summer of 1992, and moved back to MC "for good." I lived there from 1992 through 2001, with a very brief stay with my sister in Glendive after my mom died. In 2001 I gave it a go in Billings, moved back to MC, and then moved with my family to Sandersville, GA (which I still miss greatly). Came back to MC the summer of 2002, and finally moved to Glendive in the spring of 2005 - April will be 4 years here for me.

Matt, Holly Barlow was my next door neighbor (2 doors down) when growing up. I always wondered what happened to her after she graduated. It sounds like she is doing well. Tell her Jody Collis from Doeden Street said hello, the next time you talk to her.
jody

My bio:
I was born in New Jersey, but spent my school years in Miles City, graduating from CCDHS in '85. I spent 3 1/2 years in Bozeman while attending MSU then spent five years in Wyoming (Laramie & Cheyenne) finishing my undergrad degree at UW and starting my career. Moved to Minnesota for a job transfer in 1994 and have been here ever since. My parents moved to Billings so I only get back to Miles City when it's time for a class reunion.

Born and Raised in Miles City, graduated from CCDHS in 1995 and been in the military ever since. I don't get to make it back as much as I'd like.

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I was one of the late comers to Miles City. Born in Wilmington, Del., started 1st grade in Birmingham, Alabama, moved back to Delaware, then to Richmond and then Hampton VA, until TAHDAH I moved with my family in the middle of a January 1964 blizzard to Miles City. My dad was the the personnel chief for the VA Hospital. I was a sophomore. I had an older brother John who was a junior and a brother and sister in junior high. I was pretty active in high school at CCHS and graduated 1966. I graduated MSU in 1970 and moved to Dallas, TX, while my husband attended SMU law school. We moved to Houston, TX in August 1974, and I sort of reside in the area today. (He and I divorced after 30 years of marriage, I married in 2001 a wonderful man who lived about 45 miles NW of Houston, where I now work, but then we bought a house an additional 50 miles from Houston, closer to Bryan-College Station at Lake Somerville). I spend my time on the road it seems either going to work or into the Houston for my doctoral work. Typically I drive 1 hour in and 1 hour back each day unless I stay in our much bigger home near my job. My husband has been retired for about 4 years and he loves the lake house. Soooo, if I want to have a relationship with him I need to spend some time with him.

My family is fairly spread out. My sis Peggy married Mike Wohlgenant of Kinsey and they live in Raleigh, NC., where Mike is a professor at NC State; my brother John is in Hawaii where he manages a resort on the garden island which I cannot spell; and my brother George owns several businesses in Polson MT, including a convenience store, etc.

Although not originally from Montana we quickly became big advocates for the state. My sis and I both graduated from MSU-Bozeman, our two brothers from U of M-Missoula. Our Dad taught for a while at Carroll College in Helena when they lived there when I was in college.

All of us love Miles City and appreciate how we were treated while there.

I was born in Bismarck and lived on a farm/ranch at the edge of the ND badlands near Medora until age 5. My parents moved us to Miles City in 1948. At first we lived on the corner of Stower and Merriam. I 'helped' my father build the apartment building at the corner of S. Custer and Fort, and then the house next door where my mother still lives.
I graduated from CCHS in 1960, then Bozeman until 1965 and Boulder, CO until 1970. I lived in Calgary from 70-76 and then moved back to Boulder where I have been ever since. I am retiring this year, after 30+ years with the Boulder County Land Use Departement as Zoning Inspector, Planner, and for the last 18 years, GIS Manager.

And, BTW, I am not directly related to any of the other Ziebarths in the Miles City/Kinsey, except my mother, Ann and her husband, Armin, who happens to be my late father's cousin.

One other note, Mike King(former MC Police officer mentioned here occasionally) is married to my cousin Susanne.




Ken Ziebarth

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Born in MC in 1964 and lived in and around there until 1983. Went to Sacred Heart for 12 years. Came back during summers and holidays until 1987. After college and ROTC at Seattle Univ, I became an Army Nurse. Am now a Colonel with almost 22 years and have lived in various parts of the US (WA, AZ, KS, GA, TX) and 3 years in Germany with deployments to Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Macedonia and Kosovo. Am getting ready to take command of a Combat Support Hospital in June and will likely be on my next deployment within the year.

Wow, Barb. You're having quite a life. Thank you for your service to our country.

You rock Barb!

Here goes for me...

I graduated CCHDS in '95 with quite a few of the posters on this forum, went to school at University of North Dakota. Moved to Texas in '01 just in time to lose my job as a result of 9/11. Worked for a while out of Virginia and moved back to ND in '03, back to TX in '04 and currently reside in Kingwood, TX a northeast suburb of Houston.

Wow, sad to summarize my life in a short paragraph.

Regardless, my parents and a bunch of extended family still live in Miles City. We try to return 3 or 4 times per year, but it is difficult. I am forever thankful of my education there, the safety of the community and the opportunity for good jobs to form a work ethic. I would dearly love to raise my children there, but my wife hates the cold and I couldn't find a job in my current field. I will keep dreaming though.

Are you still flying?

Yea, but I am half-heartedly looking for something closer to home and family. I either need to maintain airline pass travel benefits or live closer. Are you still in MSP?

I lived in Miles City from 1985 to 1989 and my son Isaac was born there. He's 20 now and a college sophomore, if you want any context about how time flies. I was sports editor for the Miles City Star while there. Currently I cover business and economic news, which is a lot like being a war correspondant these days, for a newspaper in the suburbs of Los Angeles. Life is good, but I always have said and believed my Miles City years were about the most fun ever.

Yes. I always thought we would move back to Seattle after I finished graduate school but we're still here.

Jack, you do not know how many times people of my generation had asked about you. I graduated in 1988 and played football. You wrote some very good articles. Bucky Haynes was our tailback if that jogs some memeories. It is good to here from you.

Brady Stone

Moved to MC in '56. Graduated from CCHS in 62 and departed in '65 to finish college in California. Served as Army Captain during the Viet Nam War during 1971 in the 27th Combat Engineering Battalion and departed the Army at the end of '71. Spent most of my career working in the nuclear power industry. We currently reside in a small town just north of Seattle, WA

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Mr. Katzanak -

I've never met you before, but I have to extend my gratitude toward you for the stories you wrote for the Star during your time there. Having as detailed articles as you did sure made it easier for me to be able to compile the CCDHS record books. The time between your departure and Dawn Dee's arrival in 1996 was rough in terms of piecing sports information together. I hope all is well for you and yours!

- Brian

Murray,

I always wondered when the day would come that I would get on an airline and hear your voice over the speaker.

My name is Marvin Glenn, I was bron in Epsie just west of Broadus. We sold our farm and moved to Miles City. I graduated Washington and attended CCHS. I worked at the International Harvester Tractor Co. After school and on Saturdays. My family moved to Spokane Washington after my Dad retired from the railroad and I joined the Navy.I now live in Pensacola ,Florida.

Jack - Were you the first Sports Editor after Gordie Spear(The Spearmentor)?

Jack Katzenak was the finest sports writer/editors to have ever worked for the Miles City Star. To this day I still remember and use, and get a few laughs out of one of his phrases where he said something to the effect that running against the (1985-86) Chicago Bears defense was kind of like "fishing for whales in a septic tank".

Thanks for that update on your career Jack. I always expected to see you on television some day.

I graduated CCHS in the late 60's, lived in Western Montana and Billings for a few years before moving to Texas. Nowadays I write computer programs for a large national retailer (think smurf blue buildings). I fill in my time with Big XII football. I have a season ticket to Texas Tech and in our office I trade seats with other season ticket holders with the Longhorns so I've watched a few games in Austin and over in Norman.

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