23 March 2023
Humanities Montana Funds Fort Peck Stories
Humanities Montana recently awarded $42,367 to humanities projects across the state, including First Voices’ Three Fort Peck Stories: Assiniboine, Chippewa, and Sioux.
First Voices is a digital storytelling project working with students at reservation high schools and Tribal colleges to create digital performances of ancestral stories that are published on an online portal. Students will
Rosendale Honors Photographer
U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., honored Billings Gazette photographer Larry Mayer for capturing some of the first images of China’s spy balloon and uncovering the national security risks posed by the previously undisclosed surveillance equipment.
“Larry pointed his lens skyward when federal regulators shut down Billings Logan International Airport and captured one of the first public
Yvonne Guldborg
Yvonne Edna “Vonnie” (Chambers) Guldborg, 82, died March 15, 2023, at Mc-Cone County Health Center in Circle.
She was born March 18, 1940, in Ronan to Fred Chambers and Caroline Finkbeiner Chambers. In 1943, the family moved to a farm at Vida. In 1946, they moved to Circle.
She attended school in Circle, graduating in 1958. She was proud of the time she spent working at Chapin Drug in her younger years and also being a cheerleader for Circle High School athletics, a passion that continued up until her death.
On July 6, 1958, she married Robert Guldborg of Brockway. They farmed alongside of his brothers, forming Guldborg Bros., Inc. They had three children: Kari, Kurt and Kevin.
Her passions included cooking, gardening, taking care of her yard and flowers, teaching Sunday school and attending her children’s activities. She could often be found in the gym bleachers or on the hill above the baseball field keeping her own scorebook. She joined the Order of the Eastern Star in 1963.
After the children were older, Bob and Vonnie enjoyed golfing, winter snowmobile rides with area
