Sars Virus in 2002 is a strain of the NEW Wuhan Virus.Swine Flu all compliments of China.This nation is still a third world country and I hope that President Trump's new Bill will curtail and maybe stop all trade with that communist country. Sadly,this pandemic as it is being called,is in a election year. And now to make matters worse,we have insolent disrespectful idiots like Bernie Sanders telling us that we should "Shut the Presidents mouth up on this."Take a good look at how stores look now.If someone like commie Bernie was in the WH this is how they would always look.A word of hope. Billions of years ago life started as a Bacteria.Without these microbes we would not be communicating on Roundup Record newspaper now. Have faith in our medical knowledge and researchers. And do not allow greedy and self centered politicians to put out your light on life and how beautiful it really is.P.S. Yes I call it Wuhan virus as it started in Wuhan China. I am not giving the Chinese a free pass on this disease.

Nancy Kemler

Roundup

My husband and I sold our home in Northern California in August 2019 and was looking for a small community either in Wyoming or Montana. After doing months of research I found that Roundup, Montana seemed to fit our wants and needs with a close-knit community, slower pace of life and everyone knows your neighbors as friends.

We had lived north of Redding for years in a small community called Mt. Gate and population is 900 people. Our home was in a very rural area with very few neighbors. But all the years we lived there, we rarely saw our neighbors and very few people we could call our friends. We installed a power gate to protect our property, installed a burglar alarm and kept our doors locked at all times. We thought that was the normal way of life. But we knew there had to be a better way to live out our retirement!

We met Mr. Ken Minnie, Big M Realty and he helped us purchase our home in Roundup. I felt if everyone was anything like Mr. Minnie, we did the correct choice of moving here! He was extremely friendly, very helpful, and welcomed us to Roundup with open arms! Then we met our neighbors and everyone was so friendly and neighborly! All the businesses owners we have dealt with also have been very helpful and pleasant to work with and when I talk to them for the first time, then always treat me like I’ve lived here for years and not as an outsider from California.

The town has so much to offer! It feels more like a “community” than a small town. I hope everyone here realizes how lucky they are to be living here; raise your family, enjoy the community events and hopefully grow old here! It’s so refreshing for me this past summer one evening I heard kids playing in the alley on their bikes, and across the street neighbors were playing basketball with friends and their dad! I haven’t heard that wonderful sound or saw this in years while living in California! I was trying to find the “ambulance barn” for my first meeting with the Cross Country Piecemakers Quilt Club and finally went to the local grocery store for directions. As I pulled up in the parking lot, a lady spoke across the lot and said “You’re a long way from home” as I still had my California plates on my vehicle. I stated to her that my husband and I just moved here and she told me her name, welcomed me to Roundup and said to call her any time as she’s in the phone book! You will never get such a friendly person like that in California!

I have heard a few people state that there isn’t much for their kids to do here. I disagree! The community comes together to make Halloween safe and enjoyable for all the kids including the hospital had a wonderful haunted house. Saw kids of all ages by themselves walking the neighborhood with their costumes and safe. 99% of the children said thank you after giving them their candy! Very polite children! Roundup has the Christmas Stroll with a parade and Santa Claus. Every summer is the 4th of July week which has so many events including a household name entertainers, a parade on Friday & Saturday, two days of a Rodeo, all sorts of events for kids of all ages and the price is very inexpensive for the whole family to enjoy! You would NOT find an event this reasonable for the whole family in California!! All the schools and community supports local school football, basketball, volleyball, & baseball. Roundup also has a community swimming pool. There is beautiful mountains for hiking, camping, lakes for fishing and ice fishing, River Trail Walk, and a wonderful Youth Center for our kids to come together with their friends with activities and a safe retreat with adult supervision! So, if you are raising your family here in Roundup, feel very greatful that you don’t have to worry much for the safety for your family! You’re ver fortunate being here! Or you could live where you have to have driveway safety gates, burglar alarm on your home and kids cannot be out on their own in the large cities in California especially after dark! I believe so much in the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child”. Roundup lives by that!

I have heard from several families that the parents were raised here, the kids went to college in another state, but came back to Roundup to raise their children here. A large percentage of children raised in Northern Californai moved to another state after college and never returned but to visit family. How sad! Roundup has so much value with families!

If you commute to Billings for employment, it’s 45 minutes one way but after living in California, the 45 minute drive is enjoyable! That distance in California would be a 4-lane road, heavy with traffic and constantly passing and back to the right lane; slowing down and passing again and again. The drive from Billings to Roundup on Highway 87 is relaxing, beautiful and easy drive! You see deer, antelope, tons of livestock, alfalfa fields, beautiful rock formations and very little traffic. When I head home from Billings, I feel I’m pretty much home by the time I turn on Highway 87!

There’s not a bunch of million dollar homes in Roundup but the history flows down every street! I enjoy looking at the older houses and always try to imagine that someone has grown up in that home and has never “relocated”. The boards may be old and worn on the siding, but still very loved through generations.

I have heard many people speak of the flood a few years ago and then the hail storm. Everyone said that the community of Roundup basically “circled the wagons” with all the residents and everyone came together checking on neighbors. That means alot!

I understand the water issue that Roundup has, but sure could be worse! Redding and most all of California uses tons of chlorine in public water and also adds fluoride as almost state law. California wants to place a tax on your well water and public water is getting higher demand, higher cost and cut backs coming. So Roundup water issue to me is not a large enough issue to complain about currently.

Roundup, Montana has such a community closeness and a very friendly, safe place to live. This is our home now and so proud being a part of the “family” of Roundup! Thank you to everyone for welcoming myself and my husband! If I ever hear anyone speak badly about Roundup, you’re going to have one good fight on your hands!

Roundup, Montana you rock!

Connie Gunter

Roundup

Editor,

As with any crisis such as fuel shortage and severe weather, and now with the COVID-19, people react by trying to catch up with being prepared, usually by 'panic buying'. We especially see this with the acute shortage of filter masks and T-paper. And a lot o store shelves are empty of other consumable products also.

What is not as noticeable is the rush to buy firearms for defense of self, family and property. There are reports of people standing in line at firearms stores that are following the 'no more than ten people at a time' rule. And the reason most buyers are giving is to protect themselves and their families from people who would attempt to take their supplies away from them.

When you consider that there are already reports of folks being mugged on their way home from the grocery store, this is not an unreasonable concern. The potential for an increase in burglaries to steal consumables is also a valid concern. But, if someone were to overreact and use their firearm improperly or unlawfully, their problem(s) may well become larger than they had ever anticipated.

I strongly urge anyone who currently owns a firearm, or who is considering purchasing one, with self-defense in mind, to make it a high priority to be familiar with the laws regarding self-defense, with or without a weapon. And that they also make themselves very familiar with safe handling of their firearm(s), and proficiency with them.

Always keep in mind that what seems the right thing to do, may not be the legal thing to do, and when a firearm is involved, the scrutiny the situation will receive will be excruciatingly meticulous. The use of a firearm is, and should be, only an option of last resort. It should not be a panic reaction, but a considered response to a perceived life threatening situation.

If you have questions and/or concerns, I'd be happy help you avoid these kinds of problems. As a retired law enforcement officer, and an NRA Firearms Instructor, I can help you with proper firearms ownership and handling, but I'm not an attorney and cannot give legal advice.

Ed Raastad,

Roundup