Business Journal - April 2016

BUSINESS F O R S O U T H W E S T M O N TA N A

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Clocking in with Tim Gallagher of 7 Spruce Farm PAGE 3 APRIL 26, 2016

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NOTEBOOK B Y L E W I S K E N DA L L BUSI N E S S JOU R NA L E DI TOR

First off, I’d like to thank all of those who responded to my call for feedback from last month’s issue. I got quite a few suggestions, ideas for stories and general pieces of constructive criticism. To everyone who didn’t reach out, my door is always open.

Spring is in the air this week, and the warm weather is bringing people out of the frozen woodwork. Businesses have opened their doors, set out their patio furniture and sandwich signboards, and welcomed in rosy-faced customers.

Spring and summer are prime time for many existing enterprises in the Gallatin Valley, but the warm months also seem to coincide with the creation of a number of new and budding businesses. Entrepreneurs aim

for summer openings, hoping to capitalize on the outdoor tendencies of locals.

Construction also ramps up in the spring, with longer days allowing for new projects and buildings. In a place where new shops are popping up year round, the spring, with its inherent air of optimism, seems to be the best time to be in business.

The articles in this month’s Journal are about three such ventures hoping to tap into the positive power of spring.

They are three trendy, fashionable and perhaps industry-changing ideas, and whether or not they reach the heights their owners hope, these entrepreneurs should be applauded for having the courage to step outside of the box.

ON THE COVER: Vogue Mobile owner Kelley Krekelberg, left, and Moda Fashion Truck owner Kelsey Schuerg are bringing the trend of mobile fashion to the Gallatin Valley.

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CLOCKING IN ...

... with Tim Gallagher of 7 Spruce Farm

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BY LEW IS K E NDA LL BUSI N E S S JOU R NA L E DI TOR

ON A SMALL FARMHOUSE tucked away north of Bozeman city limits, Tim Gallagher is hoping to change the way Gallatin Valley residents get their produce.

Over the past several months, Gallagher has been hard at work constructing a 3,000-squarefoot greenhouse on his property and filling it with 600 tomato plants, from which he plans to harvest 30,000 pounds of fruit to distribute to local consumers year-round.

A humorous man with the thick hands of a lifelong farmer, Gallagher and his wife Darcy moved to Bozeman more than two years ago from Boulder, Colorado, where he owned a nursery for decades and she worked at the University of Colorado-Boulder.

But even before they made the journey north, the couple was already thinking about how they would spend time in their new home.

“We were trying to think of things to do, and my wife suggested that I go back to doing something that I enjoyed,” Tim Gallagher said.

The 66-year-old’s love for gardening (and it is love: The family has a personal garden bigger than most backyards) is rooted in the tangible creation of things; the ability to measure one’s work with a cursory glance.

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Tim Gallagher, 66, of 7 Spruce Farm in Bozeman, has finished building a greenhouse dedicated to growing tomatoes with hopes to begin harvesting 700 pounds of tomatoes a week and begin distributing the tomatoes throughout Gallatin Valley.

“It’s always something (where) you can go back and see what you’ve done, what you’ve planted,” he said.

So fresh off retirement, Tim Gallagher got back to work, contracting out much of the construction of the greenhouse and enlisting his stepson, Zac Collins, to help with the more technical bits like how to program the $10,000 computer that controls the structure’s temperature and humidity. The build started

in January and took around three weeks, longer than Tim Gallagher wanted, as he had hoped to have a crop ready to pick by now.

As for the tomatoes themselves, he reached out to Ruben Houweling, the propagation manager of a 50-acre nursery in Vancouver, B.C., a man described by Tim Gallagher as a “guru of tomato seedlings.”

Houweling’s company owns dozens of greenhouses full of tomato plants, which it then sells

to producers across the U.S. Taking the guru’s advice, Tim Gallagher settled on the Rebelski, a beefsteak slicer variety — multi-purpose, large and flavorful. When the shipment of plants arrived in Montana about a month ago, they were already around two feet tall. They have since tripled in size, the largest towering around seven feet and weighing more than the average 6-year-old.

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COMINGS &GOINGS

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Surgical Assoc. joins Bozeman Health Surgical Associates and their staff have joined Bozeman Health. The new clinic is named Bozeman Health Surgery Clinic.

They’ll be supported by Bozeman Health MyChart electronic health record, linking their patients and their practice to Bozeman Health’s regional network, to coordinate and improve care.

New car shop opens on Huffine Lane

New Goodwill store in Belgrade Easter Seals-Goodwill is opening a second Goodwill store in the Gallatin Valley area. This new store, currently under construction, is located at 6161 Jackrabbit Lane in Belgrade. The store will offer Gallatin Valley shoppers a new source for affordable, gently used clothing and brings 30 new full and part-time jobs to Belgrade.

Bridger Orthopedic opens new office Bridger Orthopedic opened the second phase of its new west side facility on April 6 at 3406 Laramie Drive. The newly renovated space includes acute care walk-in services, an occupational health department and treatment space utilized by their board certified surgeons.

New childcare center Dino Drop-In childcare center recently opened in Bozeman. The owners built a childcare concept to fit

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the lifestyle of busy Bozeman families.

The center is open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and reservations are available on weekends for parties.

Twisted Wrenches Diesel & Auto repair is open for business now at 8262 Huffine Lane. Open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 1 to 3 p.m.

Anyone can come in on Saturday between 1 and 3 p.m. for the free basic maintenance class. Owner Aaron Tuck graduated from MSU-Northern in Havre, Montana with a bachelor’s degree in diesel technology and has been working on locomotives since he graduated before deciding to move on to repairing consumer vehicles.

YMCA receives grant for building The Gallatin Valley YMCA announced it has been awarded a $300,000 grant towards the construction of the new YMCA facility. To date, $3.5 million has been privately raised towards the $6 million dollar building goal, for construction of a new 21,000-square-foot community YMCA. Once completed the new YMCA will house many of the current YMCA programs, such as summer day camps, youth sports leagues and teen leadership programs, as well as allow the YMCA to increase capacity to serve more than 12,000 individuals with programs that build a healthy mind, spirit and body.

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“It’s a great tomato,” Tim Gallagher said.

The entire $200,000 system is a closed one, with preventative measures in place to keep out invasive bacteria. There are quite a few signs of life, however. Bees zip from flower to flower, while thousands of predatory mites and ladybugs act as guards against potentially damaging thrips and aphids.

The five rows of plants are embedded in a type of foam called rockwool, and are watered and fertilized through individual spigots.

With the help of the computer, the building is maintained at roughly the temperature and humidity of a Florida resort, with fans and vents kicking on at regular intervals. On a cold winter month, the heating bill will run around $4,000, Tim Gallagher said.

Ideally, the greenhouse should produce tomatoes 10 months out of the year, beginning this May, with a two-month break for disinfecting and replanting. Tim Gallagher has already contacted grocers, restaurants and Montana

Missoula

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U.S. 2 Feed Barley U.S. 1 Dark Northern Spring Wheat 14% U.S. 1 Hard Red Winter Wheat 12%

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State University, and also plans to sell the beefsteaks at farmers markets and directly from his farm.

“There’s a real need out here in the Valley for fresh, locally-grown produce,” he said. “The biggest factor that we always like to drive home is that these tomatoes are picked fresh the day they go to market. They’re not put on a semi from Florida, Mexico, California, picked green and sprayed with ethylene gas so they kind of turn red by the time they get up here.”

With the state’s short growing season and the lack of large-scale tomato producers in the area, Tim Gallagher believes his ability to provide the fruit throughout the year will drive up demand.

“No one’s going to have tomatoes in Bozeman in May, I guarantee that.

And we will. No one in Bozeman will have tomatoes in October and November. We will,” he said.

During peak harvest, the greenhouse will produce 700 pounds of tomatoes each week, at which point the family will bring in outside help to assist with picking and distributing.

Long-term, Tim Gallagher said he hopes to replicate his technique, building similar houses to house other crops like peppers and cucumbers. And the endeavor is ultimately a familial one, as he plans to eventually pass on the operations to Collins.

“We’re taking it one house at a time. Someday this will be his,” Tim Gallagher said. “We’re kind of small potatoes, but you gotta start somewhere.”

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The hidden dangers of sugar

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[ Quarterly advice for business and life from a revolving cast of three columnists ]

MAURY WIEGAND

IN THE BATTLE to improve the American diet, the first decade of the millennium can boast educating and eradicating the demons of corn syrup on the shelves of most people’s pantry. In the past several years, some bitter truths have been slung at our favorite tasty treats concocted with good old cane sugar, the next dragon to slay in the war on obesity.

In 2014, the World Health Organization took a bold stand in changing the recommendation of healthy intake of sugar, slashing the previous 10 percent of calories per day to 5 percent per day. In contrast to the average American sugar intake of 16 percent of calories per day, we have some work to do.

The evidence that sugar is implicated in not only obesity, but in a long list of serious health consequences is continuing to pile up.

In a study released by the Journal of the American Heart Association Internal Medicine, 15 years of supporting data revealed some staggering results regarding mortality and sugar. For individuals who consumed more than a quarter of their daily calories in sugar, the likelihood of dying was more than twice that than those consuming less than 10 percent. These results were independent of age, gender, weight and level of activity.

Consequences of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, hypertension and even dementia have been linked to overconsumption of sugar, supported by strong scientific evidence in numerous studies.

Do most people eat too much sugar? According to the Harvard School of Public Health, more than 70 percent of Americans eat at least 22 teaspoons of added sugar a day. If we review WHO’s recommendation for 5 percent of daily calories, you should be aiming for around six teaspoons for a 2,000-calorie diet.

How can we be eating this

much sugar? No one sits in front of the sugar bowl lapping up 22 teaspoons, but it can be very deceiving at where the culprit is hiding. Think about a healthy looking breakfast of a cup of granola sprinkled on your instant oatmeal and you’ve reached your 5 percent for the day. Add a serving of fruit yogurt to your meal and you could easily consume four more teaspoons of sugar putting you well over your daily limit, by the end of breakfast.

Why is it not easier to discern the hidden sugar in the products we are buying? Much has been said about the sugar interest groups, food and beverage manufacturers and their constituents, who are working hard to keep us in the dark.

Unfortunately, the immensely profitable nature of sugar companies and corporations seems to parallel another industry’s tactics to keep the dangers of their products out of the public eye. We’ve seen many years of tobacco’s attempts to deflect the research and awareness of their product’s impacts.

Obesity as a health crisis claims more lives and puts a bigger crunch on health care than even smoking. In establishing the link between sugar and obesity, as Meir Stampfer, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health insists, “any plan dealing with

obesity has to take on sugar.” The financial impact of this continuing battle is immense with estimations that obesity inflates health care cost by at least 33 percent and medication costs by 77 percent.

One of the major contributors in the consumption of sugar is the sugar that we drink. In the Nurses’ Health Study, which tracked nearly 90,000 participants over two decades, revealed that women in the study who drank more than two servings of high sugar beverages a day exhibited a 40 percent higher risk of heart attacks or death from heart disease.

Here in our own healthy Bozeman backyard, a decision to drop out of the federal school lunch program, which restricted sales of high sugary drinks

and snacks, left me extremely disappointed. But guess what? Since bringing back cookies, Frappuccino drinks and ice cream, sales are up. Gatorade sales bounced back to 2,000 bottles a month, roughly 88 pounds of sugar. I realize that I may be oversimplifying a very complicated and difficult issue, but the responsibility to direct our children to a healthier future is in our hands.

It’s not an easy battle. There are numerous studies that compare the addictive properties of sugar to that of cocaine. We might not be able to resist all the temptations of sugar, but we can be informed about the processed foods that we buy and aim for choosing as many whole based food options as possible.

Maury Wiegand is the fitness and corporate wellness director at The Club at Bridger Orthopedics West.

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REAL TALK

Millenial housing trends

BY ROBYN ERLENBUSH

THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION, considered those between the ages of 18 and 34 years old, is making a huge impact in most every category possible — technology usage, employment ideals and the real estate market.

Jason Dorsey, considered an expert in generational relations and statistics, estimates the number of millennials to be about 79.8 million in the United States. This number bears considerable influence since they have entered the workforce and are a major component of overall market conditions. With the buying power they possess, there have been countless studies and surveys done to try to figure out trends that relate to this group and how to best market to their preferences.

Millennials use technology in the process of buying homes more than any generation before them. Buyers begin their searches online and finish with a realtor.

A reported 58 percent of them work on an iPhone versus a desktop computer, so having mobile friendly access is key. Real estate firms need to become increasingly tech savvy to appeal to this customer demographic.

Due to sheer numbers, this segment of the population has the ability to truly stimulate real estate markets once they make the decision to purchase a home. So where will they chose to settle? That is a mixture of finding a market where they can start on their career paths and take advantage of a lively social setting, yet also being able to afford what the housing market has to offer. Realtor.com published a forecast of which cities they anticipate will feel the effects from an influx of millennial home 8

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buyers. The top 10 list from first to last includes Atlanta, Georgia; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Memphis, Tennessee; Boston, Massachusetts; Austin, Texas; San Diego, California; Seattle, Washington; Houston, Texas; Denver, Colorado and Charlotte, North Carolina. Median home listing prices vary in these markets from a low of $149,000 in Pittsburgh to $585,000 in San Diego. And what places are the millennials avoiding? The unranked top five list comprises Jacksonville, Florida; Phoenix, Arizona; Port St. Lucie, Florida; Spokane, Washington and Stockton, California.

With millennials rising to the top of the homebuyer demographics, the features they are looking for become especially important to homebuilders. Information presented at the National Association of Home Builders’ annual conference at the beginning of the year reports that millennials are now making up approxi-

mately 36 percent of home purchases. And though their stated preference is for urban living, the reality is that 44 percent end up buying in the suburbs. Although they may be waiting longer to purchase their first home, it could be in part because they are very particular about what they want out of a home.

The National Association of Realtors published information last summer pertaining to this generation’s affinity for walking as a preferred mode of transportation, with further support for biking and an increase in public transportation. A portion of the survey stated, “Millennials are also shown to prefer living in attached housing, living within walking distance of shops and restaurants, and having a short commute, and they are the most likely age group to make use of public transportation.” Therefore the millennials are purchasing more than just a home, they are buying a neighborhood, community and a lifestyle. Urban areas that are being redeveloped to bring new restaurants, stores and more into areas that were not considered as desirable have become the new hip, walkable neighborhoods in many cities. Old, abandoned buildings are suddenly given new life, a new role.

We are seeing many examples of these national trends in Bozeman. Our community has long been ahead of the curve on parks

and trails, but the concept of using them for commuting to work is a newer model. There has also been a great emphasis in revitalizing downtown Bozeman and the neighborhoods that are within walking distance. A very successful example of new construction is Block M, a multilevel attached housing development, which is two blocks from historic Main Street. We are seeing countless, small in-fill projects popping up within a four to six block walk of downtown. There are three ongoing and new projects that feature luxury condos downtown.

The “Village” is just off Broadway Avenue and MainStreet and has several offerings from penthouses, stacked flats, to palatial townhomes as well as a mid-sized product. The newest addition to downtown is 5 West, located at Tracy Avenue and Mendenhall Street. This five-story complex features retail on the main level, offices on the second level and unique, trendy urban condos on the top floors. And lastly, the beautiful renovation of the iconic Willson School at Main Street and Third Avenue, which is being transformed into 17 thoughtfully redesigned condominiums.

Robyn Erlenbush is a downtown business owner and the broker and owner of ERA Landmark Real Estate, NAI Landmark Commercial and Intermountain Property Management. Contact her at robyn@eralandmark.com.

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FINANCIAL TIPS

Making better predictions

BY STEVE HAMPLE

COMPUTER PROGRAMS ARE often used to predict future results and guide decisions. Examples include the amount of savings needed for retirement or whether it would be wise for a business to borrow money to purchase additional equipment. Such calculations are usually helpful, but not always reliable.

A game-changing event can produce unexpected results. Gov. Jeb Bush raised $159 million in campaign funds compared to only $37 million by political novice Donald Trump. However, as of a March 24 count, Trump had 744 delegates while Bush got only four prior to dropping out. A gamechanging aspect is that Trump’s unconventional style attracted free publicity unrelated to campaign spending. Game-changing events in business might be the arrival of a new, larger competitor or emerging technology that makes current equipment or jobs obsolete. Game-changing events in retirement are usually health-related, but could also include a need to help a family member. Computer programs might not ask for such information, but some allowance should at least be considered.

Projections can also go awry if a tipping point is reached. A simple example is when a market becomes saturated; especially if a product or service has been a fad. More complicated tipping point events may become clear only in hindsight, such as with the subprime mortgage crisis. Bad lending practices and easy methods of shifting risk to others are well known causes, but a tipping point was also a key factor. As an example, assume that 5 percent of home loans normally go into default. Something like that was no doubt factored into projections. What was apparently not considered was a correlation or contagion effect. If one homeowner in a neighborhood defaulted and/or

sold at a reduced price to get out of a mortgage, nearby homes might be relatively unaffected. However, if two or three homeowners on a block were forced to sell, real estate values of all the homes in the neighborhood would drop. Thus, more homeowners would become “under water” on their mortgages.

Statistician Nate Silver describes the subprime mortgage neighborhood effect in more detail in his recent book “The Signal and the Noise.” As a boy, Silver was an avid baseball fan and knew the batting averages, etc. of all his favorite players. That interest led to his study of predictions in general and his book of examples and explanations.

Predicting the price of oil and how it will affect our lives continues to be a huge challenge. Here is my list of major factors: Foreign: The cartel known as OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) tries to limit production to keep the selling prices high. From the beginning of 2012 through September of 2014, the price of oil was generally in the $90 to $100 per barrel range.

Then it slid to below $30 causing a huge drop in revenue for petroleum producers. Many of the OPEC countries have additional problems due to war or politics. For example, Venezuela has been selling gasoline to their own citizens for as little as pennies per gallon and would create even more political problems if its gasoline prices rose to even just $1 per gallon. The same concept applies in other cases: several OPEC and similar countries must keep pumping and selling oil to get cash, even if at a very diminished profit, in order to provide existing services to their citizens. (Note: Some countries own significant amounts of U.S. stocks and bonds, which

they could sell to raise cash. If so, our stock and bond markets may decline, at least temporarily).

Several aspects are favorable for the U.S.: We still import oil, but now at lower volume and lower prices. Our federally mandated miles per gallon rules have made our vehicles more efficient. Low interest rates are allowing the construction of more oil storage tanks for investors wanting to buy oil at current low prices. Thus, the amount of commercial oil being stored is nearing an all-time high, making the U.S. more independent.

Ford and General Motors are now starting to produce electric cars.

Electric generating plants that run on natural gas are the easiest and cheapest to build. We now have a surplus of natural gas.

But I’m not making a prediction.

I still have to finish reading the book.

Recent business owner retiree Stephen R. Hample, CFP is now a partner in an angel fund investment group. He was the founding president of the Bozeman Area Community Foundation and of the Bozeman Sunrise Rotary Club.

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BOZEMAN AREA BUSINESS CALENDAR BOZEMAN 4/25 Bozeman Daily Chronicle B2B Networking Luncheon: Farm to Table Panel, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Hilton Garden Inn. Tickets are $35 until 4/18 and $40 after that.

Visit http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/ business/events/b2b-luncheons/ for more information and to register.

4/27 Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Meeting, 7 a.m. to 8 a.m., at the Bozeman Chamber, 2000 Commerce Way. More information at www.bozemanchamber.com.

4/27 Bozeman Business and Professional Women Lunch Program “What Mentoring Means to Women”, 11:30 p.m. to 1 p.m., at Holiday Inn, 5 E. Baxter, $9 for members, $12 for non-members. Visit www.bozemanbpw.org for more information.

4/28 Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., hosted by Riverside Country Club, 2500 Springhill Rd. Free for members, $25 for non-members. Register at www. bozemanchamber.com.

4/29 Bobcat Fest on Main, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., in downtown Bozeman.

5/2 Downtown Bozeman Association

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Board Meeting, 8:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m., Downtown Bozeman Partnership Office, 222 E. Main St. Suite 302. All are welcome.

Visit www.downtownbozeman.org for more information.

5/3 Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce Business Take the LEAD— Leading Teams: Turning Dysfunction into Cohesion, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., at Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerc, 2000 Commerce Way. $99 for members, $198 for non-members.

Register at www.bozemanchamber.com.

5/5 Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce Business Before Hours, 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., at Pine Cove Consulting, 2135 Charlotte St. Ste. 2. Free for members, $25 for non-members.

Register at www.bozemanchamber.com.

5/11 Bozeman Business and Professional Women Lunch Program, 11:30 p.m. to 1 p.m., at Holiday Inn, 5 E. Baxter, $9 for members, $12 for non-members. Visit www.bozemanbpw.org for more information.

5/11 Bozeman SCORE Workshop “Business Goals to Website Goals, Understanding Web Analytics”, 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., at the Bozeman Public Library Large Community Room. Visit www.scorebozeman.org for more information.

To contribute the Business Calendar email srandrus@ dailychronicle.com

5/12 Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce 4:44 @ 4C, 4:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., hosted by Gallatin Event Rental/ Homestead 89 Furniture Art & Design Gallery, 81549 Gallatin Rd Unit 4 & 5. Free for members, $25 for non-members. Register at www.bozemanchamber.com.

5/17 Tax Increment Fund Board Meeting, 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Downtown Bozeman Partnership office.

5/18 Business Improvement District Board Meeting, 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Downtown Bozeman Partnership office. Visit www.downtownbozeman.org for more information.

5/18 Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce Business Lunch Seminar— Using Progressive Discipline to Avoid Wrongful Termination, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Bozeman Chamber, 2000 Commerce Way. $18 for members, $105 for non-members.

Register at www.bozemanchamber.com.

5/18 Bozeman Business and Professional Women Networking Social, 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Lockhorn Cider House. Free for members, free for non-member guests. Visit www.bozemanbpw.org for more information.

5/19 Downtown Bozeman Partnership Annual Breakfast, 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., at

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The Baxter, 105 W. Main St. Free to downtown supporters and members. Visit www.downtownbozeman.org for more information.

5/23 Bozeman Daily Chronicle B2B Networking Luncheon with Jeff Choate, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Hilton Garden Inn. Tickets are $35 until 3/21and $40 after that.

Visit http://www.bozemandailychronicle. com/business/events/b2b-luncheons/ for more information and to register.

5/25 Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Meeting, 7 a.m. to 8 a.m., at the Bozeman Chamber, 2000 Commerce Way. More information at www.bozemanchamber.com.

5/25 Bozeman Business and Professional Women Lunch Program “You are in Control: It is Your Choice”, 11:30 p.m. to 1 p.m., at Holiday Inn, 5 E. Baxter, $9 for members, $12 for non-members. Visit www. bozemanbpw.org for more information.

5/26 Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., hosted by Bridger Orthopedic Rehabilitation-West with Craft Beer Cellar Bozeman, 3406 Laramie Dr. Free for members, $25 for non-members. Register at www.bozemanchamber.com.

ON THE RECORD LICENSES

Bar/Lounge Butte Depot, William T. Fisher, 818 S. Arizona, Butte, March 25 Sidecar Bar Services, Albert McDonald, 27 E. Main St., Belgrade, March 23 T Bar at the Red Chair, Lynne Grosfield, 407 S. Ferguson Ave., Bozeman, March 28 Contractors – Carpenters Chestnut Ridge Industries LLC, Justin J. Murphy, 1099 Winchester Road, Bozeman, March 7 Leitem Construction, 214 W. Manhattan Ave., Manhattan, March 23 Paragon Building Group, Josiah R. Young, 1211 B. Idaho St., Belgrade, March 23 Contractors – Designer/Contractor GE Bayberry Building LLC, Robert Herz Jr., 937 Josephine Dr., Bozeman, March 25 Eagle Group Northwest Inc., Russell J. Markham, 100 Financial Dr., Ste. 300, Kalispell, March 23 Earthen Custom Creations LLC, Heidi A. Ladd, 3471 Prarie Smoke Road, Bozeman, March 22 Geranios Enterprises Inc., Nick & Linda Geranios, 320 1/2 Central Ave., Great Falls, March 2 Whatever It Takes Inc., Bryce M. Johnson, 612 Griffin Dr., Unit B, Bozeman, March 2

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Contractors – Handy Persons Do Diligence Handyman Services, Glen McGiboney, 513 Hunters Way, Bozeman, March 31 High Steppin’ Handyman Service, Richard S. White, 211 S. 15th Ave., Bozeman, March 22 Contractors – Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning American Sheet Metal Inc., Dawn M. Dorrington, 1526 Hauser Blvd., Helena, March 16 JB Mechanical and Controls, Joshua L. Boyell, 3445 Blackbird Dr., Apt. 8, Bozeman, March 25 Lonnie Abelin, P.O. Box 201, Belgrade, March 2 Medley’s Heating & Cooling, Taite K. Medley, 2425 Turkey Red Lane, Bozeman, March 7 Precision Heating & Cooling, Dave & Teri Biegel, 304 S. 25th St., Billings, March 8 Sunrise Heating & Cooling LLC, Travis L. Jordan, 902 N. Wallace, Bozeman, March 11 White Heating & Air Conditioning, Curtis J. White, 1125 Fouth Ave. N., Billings, March 24 Contractors – Lawn Care & Landscaping AM Arborcare LLC, Andrew B. Mitchell, 113 S. Ninth St., Livingston, March 22 Montana Premier Landscapes LLP, William B. Franzman, 2716 W. Villard, Bozeman, March 25 Red Barn Trees, Michael Cornu, 3121 Thrope Road, Belgrade, March 8 Western Skies Landscapes LLC, Chad G. Mackey, 3425 Wildbunch Dr., Belgrade, March 21 Contractors – Mechanical Mobility Concepts of Idaho, Lyall G. Wohlschlager, 233 W. Dalton St., Ste. A, Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, March 24

Road, Three Forks, March 23 MacKnight Construction, Sean R. W. Snitko, 734 MT Hwy. 359, Cardwell, March 23 Manuel Construction Services LLC, Manuel R. Gonzales, 5190 Cooper Road, Willow Creek, March 23 Millar Construction LLC, Patrick C. Millar, 725 Solar Way, Bozeman, March 29 Monkybros Inc., Michael Tutaj, 2018 Main St., Ste. 2, Billings, March 16 Murray Builders LLC, Aaron Thompson Murray, 50 Boxwood Dr., Bozeman, March 21 Plan Submittal Service, Dave W. Johnson, 1195 Stoneridge Dr., Ste. 3A, Bozeman, March 4 Sartain Construction, John W. Sartain II, 12921 Axtel Gateway, Bozeman, March 2 Sasquatch Construction, Andrew D. Schroeder, 121 Gravel Hollow Road, Bozeman, March 17 Springfield Casework, Timothy G. Rice, P.O. Box 241, Pittsburg, Missouri, March 25 The Tile Guy, David C. Lewis, 225 Dirt Road, Belgrade, March 16 Tim Gephart Construction, Tim W. Gephart, 3090 Buttercup Lane, Bozeman, March 17 Jeff Wierda, Jeff Wierda, 618 West Shore, Belgrade, March 21 Wolf Constructors Inc., Raymond S. Wolf, 2424 Finnigan Lane, Belgrade, March 3 Yellow Rose Enterprises Inc., David R. Marx, 13336 Portnell Road, Bozeman, March 15 Contractors – Glass Brandon Hillman Construction, Brandon W. Hillman, 252 Business Park Loop, Livingston, March 25

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ON THE RECORD CON T. Contractors – Painting Michael Hart, Michael R. Hart, 1314 S. Sixth Ave., Bozeman, March 2 Paint Tech, Stephen c. Nagel Jr., 707 Church St., Belgrade, March 17 Contractors – Plumbing Bobcat Plumbing and Heating, WIlliam Powell, 211 S. 15th Ave., Unit 5, Bozeman, March 29 Contractors – Rain Gutters Yellowstone Seamless Rain Gutters, Michael R. Seydel, 7350 Churchill Road, Manhattan, March 30 Counselors Timothy Tate, Therapist, Timothy Tate, 37 N. Church Ave., Bozeman, March 16 Entertainment Bozeman Fencing Assoc., Michele S. Carey, 1109 Holly Dr., Bozeman, March 2 Golden Route Operations-MT LLC, Blake L. Sartini, 6595 S. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas, Nevada, March 22 Food Service – Catering Yummy Bites Catering, Beverly Ann Bond Johnston, 7675 West Shore Drive, Bozeman, March 24 Food Service – Food Truck Oba Acai Mobile Unit, Alden A. Antonucci, 867 S. 29th Ave., Ste. 107, Bozeman, March 22 Food Service – Restaurant Oba Acia, Alden A. Antonucci, 867 S. 29th Ave., Ste. 107, Bozeman, March 23 Panda Express #2602, Alberto Rivasplata, 1919 W.

Main St., Bozeman, March 23 Starbucks Coffee #29718, Starbucks Corporation, 1122 W. Main St., Bozeman, March 16 Wahoo Dough Inc., Kay Roach, 701 W. Main St., Bozeman, March 28 Food Service – Takeout Carisch Inc, dba Arbys, George L. Carisch, 1417 North Seventh Ave., Bozeman, March 11 Carisch Inc, dba Arbys, George L. Carisch, 3240 W. Technology Blvd., Bozeman, March 11 Graphic Design Baustrom LLC, 1711 S. 11th Ave., Apt. 128, Bozeman, March 25 Hotels/Motels Espaniola Zarndt LLC, Frederic A. Zarndt, 806 N. 15th Ave., Bozeman, March 17 Management - Consulting Service Design Nine Inc., March 22 Wide Open Networks Inc., March 22 Manufacturing – Non-hazardous Beartooth Products, Sean Elliott, 705 Bridge Dr., Ste. A, Bozeman, March 17 Gangbusters Pottery, Ryan P. Mitchell, 724 N. Wallace Ave., Ste. 3, Bozeman, March 23 The Bunkhouse Brewery, Andrew P. Stohlmann, 1216 W. Lincoln St., Ste. A, Bozeman, March 28 Photography/Processing A & J Modeling and Photography, Amanda E. Johnes, 2200 W. Dickerson, Unit 72, Bozeman, March 15 C. Petersen Photography, Craig A. Petersen, 419 N. 20th Ave., Apt. B, Bozeman, March 25 Heightened Perspectives LLC, Kayla F. Stokes, 618 Griffin Dr., Ste. I, Bozeman, March 23

Matthew McCormick, Matthew D. McCormick, 321 W. Peach St., Bozeman, March 4 The Candid Lens, Melanie Hoff, 4489 Alexander St., Bozeman, March 25 Professional/Occupational Black Mountain Architecture, Trevor P. Pierson, 1 E. Main St., Ste. 204, Bozeman, March 11 Gallatin Valley Real Estate, 618 N. Black Ave., Bozeman, March 23 Ironwood Inc., Julien Dale Morice, 2110 Sourdough Road, Bozeman, March 11 LDP Strategies, Linda A. Dupriest, 1139 N. Spruce Dr., Bozeman, March 11 MacBride Law, PLLC, William L. MacBride Jr., 2066 Stadium Dr., Ste. 101, Bozeman, March 3 The Dotted I, Breanna M. Polacik, 10 Connor Dr., Bozeman, March 25 Velocity Developments, Jodi J. Leone, 1174 Stoneridge Dr., Bozeman, March 22 Property Managers/Agencies Abode Property Management LLC, Sheila J. Hepp, 13999 Lone Bear Road, Bozeman, March 21 Alpha & Omega Property Management, Patrick B. Sipes, 326 Mineral Ave., Bozeman, March 25 Rentals - Vacation Rentals Loft Dreams LLC, Juliana Frosdt, 626 E. Cottonwood St., Apt. 2, Bozeman, March 25 304 W. Cleveland St., Ian M. Woods, 304 W. Cleveland St., Bozeman, March 24 Retail – Accessories Andi’s Picks LLC, Andrew N. Steward, 2231 Remington Way, Apt. 105, Bozeman, March 25 Retail - Department Store 30 Below Overstock Outlet LLC, Cari Coe Rein-

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Universal Athletic Service Inc., Larry Aasheim, 912 N. Seventh Ave., Bozeman, March 8 Sales Rightpsi Inc. John Kostin Milanovich, 333 Haggarty Lane, Unit 13, Bozeman, March 2 Service – Bookkeeping LWK Associates of Montana LLC, LWK Associated of Montana LLC, 2855 N. 19th Ave., Unit J, Service – Childcare Dino Drop In LLC, Tiffany M. Cook, 1928 N. 22nd Ave., Ste. 2, Bozeman, March 16 Service – Cleaning Service Andy’s Cleaning Service, Andrea N. Sevcik, 10 S. Yellowstone, Unit 14, Bozeman, March 8 Empty Nest Cleaning Services, Christiane E. Batson, 809 W. Villard, Unit 46, Bozeman, March 25 Salon Cleaning Services, 3455 Wes Davis Road.

Valley Girl Enterprises, Michellel Abrams, 125 Blackmore Mountain Dr., March 2 Wolff Cleaning, Shayla Wolff, 300 Ninth St., Belgrade, March 23 Service - Computer Assistance and Repair Forwardslash Computing, 697 Meagher Ave., Bozeman, March 25 Service - Computer Consulting/System Design Modulus AI, Joseph Polasik, 1616 S. Rouse Ave., Bozeman, March 25Mo Splashlab Social LLC< Tyler M. Carneal, 1128 E. Main St., Ste. 1, Bozeman, March 3 Service – Consulting Discovery Consulting LLC, 716 S. 20th Ave., Bozeman, March 14 Energy 1 LLC, Michael A. Foran, 2042 Stadium

Drive, Ste. 2, Bozeman, March 31 Garnet Peak Assoc. LLC, John P. Kent, 2150 Analysis Dr., Unit C,. Bozeman, Michelle Carey LLC, Michele S. Carey, 2050 Fairway Dr., Ste. 108, March 2 Mobile Nurse, Amber C. Dubay, 4547 Perry St., Bozeman, March 2 Pyralis Sprinkler Design LLC, Eric . Thomas, 601 Nikles Dr., Ste. 2A&B, Bozeman, March 2 Richard C. Harden, Richard C. Harden, 745 N. Asater Dr., Bozeman, March 17 Service – Financial/Investment The Pellerin Co., LLC, Henri A Pellerin, 533 E. Babcock St., Unit 9, Bozeman, March 2 Service – Health and Beauty Fresh Start Health Coaching, 891 Cottage Park Lane, Bozeman, March 2 Joshua James International, Joshua J. Goodwin, 16 W. Main St., Unit 5, Bozeman, March 23 Platinum Salon and Lash Studio, Beth A. Rembold, 2630 W. Main St., Ste., 3, Bozeman, March 29 Renew Skin Care, Sherri Lynn Nassar, 1232 N. 15th Avenue, Bozeman, March 11 R2 Hair Studio, Randi Lane Rammell, 1127 Harmon Stream, in Bozeman, March 8 Service – Health Care Answers Health Care, Jennifer E. Krum, 338 Lewis & Clark Trail, Bozeman, March 11 Big Sky Strong Consulting, Big Sky Strong Consulting, 8107 Balsam Dr., Bozeman, March 25 Full Circle Therapeutic Yoga, 614 W. Griffin, Unit D, March 25 Healing Waters, 1015 W. Mendenhall St., Boze-

man, March 16 Qualicare Big Sky, Jennifer E. Krum, 702 N. 19th Studio 315, 315 Stafford Ave., March 17 Service – Interior Design Montana Dry Goods, 5150 Bozeman Trail, Bozeman, March 25 Pallet Art & Design, 59 Hyalite View Dr., Bozeman, March 25 Vonice Interior Design, Vonice L. Veltkamp, 509 E. Fulton Ave., Manhattan, 302 Money Service – Mailing/Packing Four Zero Six Delivery LLC, Brett R. Roth, 304 E. Mason St., Bozeman, 3/25 Service – Marketing/Advertising Concept Design Studios, Comfort Champeau Price, 801 W. Main St., Ste. 1-A, Bozeman, March 3 Engine 8 Inc., Brad Allen Bunkers, 521 E. Peach St., Bozeman, March 2 Infousa Marketing Inc., Infousa Marketing Inc., 1020 E. First St., Papillion, Nebraska, March 22 Service – Massage Therapy Nature’s Way Massage, Jolene A. Kristovich, 1117 N. Seventh Ave., Bozeman, March 21 Service – Other Architects Alaska Inc., Andrew C. Simasko, 104 E. Main St., Ste. 209, Bozeman, March 8 Corpsecable, 1022 Winchester Road, Bozeman, March 2 D’Vine, Peggy A. Bechtold, 308 N. Church Ave., Ste. 5, Bozeman, March 2 Emily Gonzales Artwork, Emily A. Gonzales, 112 S. Church, Bozeman, March 23 Farmers Insurance, Carey A. Leep, 1165 North

14th Ave., Bozeman, March 2 Finnigan’s Firewood LLC, March 25 FLanders Mill LLC, March 23 Gallatin Window Cleaning, Bruce Liudahl, P.O. Box 76, Ennis, March 21 Happy Day Handmade, March 2 HF Development, March 2 Leverich Partners Inc., March 2 LHGWorks, Linda H. Gonzales, 112 S. Church Ave., March 23 Mark Freedman, March 25 Montana STEM Academy, March 2 Montana West Construction Inc., March 30 Paws to Tail LLC, Amy L. Henkle, Amy Henkle, 815 W. Curtiss St., Bozeman, March 8 Plum Design Lab LLC, March 10 Southwest Bug & Pest LLC, Thane K. Bedwel, 763 Jardine Ave., in Bozeman, March 21 Space Matters, Kathleen A. Crawford, 211 S. Tracy Ave., Bozeman, March 8 The Lakes at Valley Bozeman, March 4 Tight Lines Painting, 1402 W. Crawford St., Apt 2, Livingston, March 14 Tommy’s Tarps, March 2 World Line Travel Agency, Dawnnele R. Rangitsch, 6106 E. Shadow Dr., Bozeman, March 1 Service – Outside Services Dynamic Kings Services, March 25 Service – Personal Fitness Bridger Sports Performance, 2200 W. Dickerson St., Unit 39, Celee M. Valentin, March 30 Swiss Fitness, William F. Caton, 2405 W. Main St. Service - Pet Services

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ON THE RECORD CON T. DZ LLC, Daryl A. Henning, March 29 Service – Research Resonon Inc., Rand Curtis Swanson, 123 Commercial Dr., Bozeman, March 11 Service – Sewing / Alterations SoSimple LLC, Louisa F. Hough, 329 N. Black Ave., Bozeman, March, 25 New Transient Merchants Boardman Chuckwagon, Darcie J. Boardman, 901 N. Black Ave., Bozeman, March 7 Wholesale – Generic Hand & June, Betsy Cope, 1208 Buckrake Ave. Bozeman, March 8 Lifeong Art, Jocelyn Stoddy, 409 Overbrook Dr., Unit 23, Bozeman, March 2 PERMITS

Commercial Tenant Alteration 1370 N. Seventh Ave., Oak Road Street Partnership, Eagle Group Northwest Inc., 1350 Sq. Ft., $150000 Commercial Tenant Improvement 1232 N. 15th Ave., Oak Roadway LLC, Walker Construction, 5500 Sq. Ft., $340000 2940 N. 27th Ave., Mazella Construction LLC, Mazzella Construction LLC, 3200 Sq. Ft., $75000 1805 W. Oak Street, Bridger Peaks LLC, Dick Anderson Construction,Inc., 3642 Sq. Ft., $400000 14 S. Tracy Ave., Masonic Temple, Walker Construction, 2250 Sq. Ft., $1300000 1919 W. Main St., Montana CVS Pharmacy, Langlas & Associates Inc., 2237 Sq. Ft., $250000 20 E. Olive St., City of Bozeman, R & R Taylor Construction Inc., 22275 Sq. Ft., $150000 726 N. Seventh Ave., Joshtine LLC, Tymarc LLC, 5817 Sq. Ft., $163468 20 E. Olive St., City of Bozeman, R & R Taylor Construction Inc., 22275 Sq. Ft., $150000 867 S. 29 Ave., Mitchell Development, Geranios Enterprises Inc., 1293 Sq. Ft., $64000 1122 W. Main St., Mary F. Palffy, Keller Construction Inc., 3341 Sq. Ft., $400000 18 E. Main St., Power Building LLC, Dick Anderson Construction Inc., 4164 Sq. Ft., $75000 33 W. Main St., Donald G. Elliot, BKS Design and Build LLC, 1492 Sq. Ft., $300000 Fire Protection Systems Permit 511 N. Seventh Ave., CJ&J LLC, Bozeman Fire Protection LLC, $9000 5 W. Mendenhall St., American Federal Savings Bank, L. Keeley Construction, $185962 901 N. Black Ave., Gallatin County, Martel Construction Inc., $67320 Demolition Permit 602 S. Grand Ave., Roland E. and Leslie L. Schmidt, Owner is General, $700 1122 W. Main St., Mary Francesca Palffy, Keller Construction Inc., 3341 Sq. Ft., $10000 Sign Permit 1919 W. Main St., Ladendorf Equities 1. LLC, Signs of Montana, $16860 726 N. Seventh Ave., Joshtine LLC, Signs of Montana, $11874 867 S. 29 Ave., Mitchell Development, Signs of Montana, $5633 14

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1805 W. Oak St., Bridger Peaks LLC, Signs of Montana, $16500 Residential Garages and Carports 358 N. Cottonwood Road, Third Street Development Inc., Cutbank Construction LLC, 336 Sq. Ft., $13383 374 N. Cottonwood Road, Third Street Development Inc., Cutbank Construction LLC, 336 Sq. Ft., $13383 Residential Single Family Dwelling 358 N. Cottonwood Road, Third Street Development Inc., Cutbank Construction LLC, 825 Sq. Ft., $87392 374 N. Cottonwood Road, Third Street Development Inc., Cutbank Construction LLC, 825 Sq. Ft., $87392 4784 Triumph, Boorman, James R. & Linda K., Kruse Enterprises Inc., 2017 Sq. Ft., $253212 2153 Lance, Southbridge Development LLC, Sunrise Homes LLC, 1688 Sq. Ft., $201314 2444 Thoroughbred, BMW LLC, Mountain High Homes Inc., 4359 Sq. Ft., $491741 2133 Southbridge, Velocity Development LLC, Bridger Peak Construction, 3548 Sq. Ft., $330628 2087 Southbridge, Velocity Development LLC, Bridger Peak Construction, 3394 Sq. Ft., $296071 3150 S. 27th Ave., Sara Blattler, Old Mill Homes, 2858 Sq. Ft., $329633 2363 Thoroughbred, Mike N. Thompson, Kirchhoff Construction, 2919 Sq. Ft., $211987 3358 Parkway, Charles & Jennifer Mann, Kruse Enterprises Inc., 3556 Sq. Ft., $321428 4 Meagher, Scott Walker, Walker Construction, 2889 Sq. Ft., $268817 8 Meagher, Scott Walker, Walker Construction, 2889 Sq. Ft., $268817 3230 S. 26th Ave., S. & P. Financial LLC, McGough Construction Inc., 2996 Sq. Ft., $273013 3457 S. 22nd, Mcintosh Construction Inc., McIntosh Construction, 1607 Sq. Ft., $189070 5363 Delft, The Lakes at Valley W. Bozeman, MC Homebuilders Inc., 2578 Sq. Ft., $238055 120 Valleyfire, Norton Ranch Homes LLC, Norton Ranch Homes LLC, 2029 Sq. Ft., $183271 3297 S. 26th Ave., ROI LLC, ROI LLC, 2076 Sq. Ft., $186993 Residential Townhouse (Attached SFD) 2316 Renee, Baxter Square Partners LLC, SMC LLC, 2317 Sq. Ft., $213910 2324 Renee, Baxter Square Partners LLC, SMC LLC, 2317 Sq. Ft., $213910 2330 Renee, Baxter Square Partners LLC, SMC LLC, 2327 Sq. Ft., $216952 4384 Brookside, First Time Home Buyers LLC, Kirchhoff Construction, 1034 Sq. Ft., $123592 4382 Brookside, First Time Home Buyers, Kirchhoff Construction, 1169 Sq. Ft., $139724 Residential Alteration 221 S. Tracy Ave., Cynthia Sansone, Free Builders, $265500 3010 Erwin, Larry R. and Mary K. Martin, Shahn Steele Corporation, $8000 3297 HiLLCrest, Brent A. and Jody L. Zanto, Owner is General, 132 Sq. Ft., $10000 1321 Cherry, Dwight E. & Katherine Phillips, Joe Steiner Construction LLC, $11988 407 Fieldstone, Erik W. & Patricia R. Carr, Gary Horn Construction, 500 Sq. Ft., $50000

3109 Augusta, Edward M. Hopkinson, Owner is General, $3000 507 N. Ida, M5 Montana LLC, Cornerstone Works, 700 Sq. Ft., $15000 507 N. Ida, M5 Montana LLC, Cornerstone Works, 700 Sq. Ft., $15000 307 S. Willson, Branding Iron Holdings LLC, Millar Construction LLC, $6500 Residential Re-roof 22 N. Ninth Ave., Justin Kraske, Meridian Roofing Services Inc., $25200 729 S. 14th Ave., Paul Kevin Loustaunau, K2 Construction, $4601 Window Replacement Permit 2101 Fairway, Robert & Joyce Lee, Owner is General, $4800 117 W. Garfield, Fish Creek Enterprises LLC, Yellow Rose Enterprises Inc., $10000 PATENTS

William D. Bauer of Gering, NE and David W. Eder of Bozeman. Intertech Corp. of Gering, NE. Efficient authorization system for multi-channel broadcast program options. 9,313,534. April 12.

Lee E. Cannon of Bozeman and John P. O’Donovan of Bozeman. IGT of Las Vegas, NV. Gaming system and method for offering simultaneous play of multiple games. 9,311,783. April 12.

Jost Deiderichs of San Diego, CA and Michael Bancroft Simmonds of Bozeman. Quantum Design International, Inc. of San Diego, CA. Modular architecture for helium compressors. 9,310,104.

April 12.

Charles Richardson of Bozeman, Thomas S. Vedvick of Federal Way, WA, Thomas R. Foubert of Bozeman, and William T. Tino of Belgrade. Takeda Vaccines, Inc. of Bozeman. Norovirus vaccine formulations. 9,308,249. April 12.

Maggie Myers of Belgrade. Reconfigurable article holder. 9,307,854. April 12.

Tim J. Watts of Billings, Craig R. Landgren of Billings, Steven A. Loar of Billings, John Kuhling of Belgrade, and Myles Watts of Bozeman. Watts and Associates, Inc. of Billings. Systems, computer implemented methods, geographic weather-data selection interface display, and computer readable medium having program products to generate usercustomized virtual weather data and user-cus-

tomized weather-risk products responsive thereto.

9,306,811. April 5.

Luke R. Mauritsen of Belgrade, Michael B. Simmonds of Bozeman, and Dan Griffing of Bozeman.

Montana Instruments Corporations of Bozeman.

Low vibration cryocooled system for low temperature microscopy and spectroscopy applications.

9,303,914. April 5.

Cory G. Kimball of Cincinnati, OH, Daniel W. Price of Loveland, OH, William E. Clem of Bozeman, and William D. Dannaher of Suzhou, CN. Ethicon EndoSurgery, LLC of Guayanabo, PR. Loading cartridge for surgical instrument and effector. 9,301,772. April 5.

Daniel W. Price of Loveland, OH, William E. Clem of Bozeman, Matthew C. Miller of Cincinnati, OH, Cory G. Kimball of Cincinnati, OH, Brennan G. McCabe of Cincinnati, OH, Jeffrey D. Messerly of Cincinnati, OH, and Shawn C. Snyder of Greendale, IN. Surgical connectoer. D752,740. March 29.

Eddie E. Allen of Manhattan, Thomas D. Strade of Orchard Park, NY, and Christopher Coley of Morgan Hill, CA. Allen Video Technology, Inc. of Belair, MD. Method and apparatus for increasing effective contrast ratio and brightness yields for digital light valve image projectors. 9,300,900. March 29.

Michael Johns of Bozeman and David Yakos of Bozeman. Michael Johns of Bozeman. Fishing rod holder. D752,176. March 22.

Michael J. Thiesen of Bozeman, Dominic J. Frost of Bozeman, Stephen Bush of Misoula, Grant Nelson of Bozeman, and Benjamin Echols of Bozeman.

Workiva, Inc. of Ames, IA. System and method for convergent document collaboration. 9,292,482.

March 22.

Mark E. Dobeck of Bozeman and Jacob Fraser of Bozeman. Techlusion Corporations, of Belgrade.

Apparatus and method for sampling and analyzing exhaust gas or liquid. 9,291,530. March 22.

Francis V. Smith of Bozeman. High tonnage trailer combination, trailer components, and method of use. 9,290,215. March 22.

Niranjan Ramanlal Gandhi of River Hills, WI, Victoria Palmer Skebba of Cedarburg, WI, and Gary A. Strobel of Bozeman.Jeneil Biosurfactant Company, LLC of Saukville, WI. Antimicrobial compositions and related methods of use. 9,288,981.

Riding in Style Mobile fashion trucks set to open in Bozeman in May FROM THE OUTSIDE, Kelsey Schuerg and Kelley Krekelberg look like longtime friends. Both are tall and blonde, 26 years old and moved to Montana in the past several years. And it just so happens that both are starting mobile fashion trucks in Bozeman set to open next month.

But before the trucks, they didn’t know each other at all. Independently, the two women both had the idea to follow the newest trend in retail fashion: drivable trucks out of which owners sell clothing and accessories.

Krekelberg first got wind from a friend that Schuerg was starting a similar business to hers, also claiming to be the first fashion truck in the area, and so she reached out to the New York native on Facebook.

“I said, ‘I’m really excited to let you know that there are going to be two fashion trucks. Looks like we’re in this together,’” Krekelberg said.

The initial realization that Bozeman was going to have not one, but two fashion trucks, was met with trepidation. But the owners knew that if they were going to succeed in such a niche market, it would have to be as friends rather than competitors.

“We’re trying to collaborate and make it a thing where something new is coming to Bozeman and there is both of us,” said Schuerg.

“Our style approach is very different, which is why we will work well together and why we hope Bozeman will be receptive to us coming in at the same time.”

Vogue Mobile owner Kelley Krekelberg and Moda Fashion Truck owner Kelsey Schuerg are bringing the trend of mobile fashion to the Gallatin Valley. Krekelberg demonstrates the items she will be selling from her truck.

Those respective styles are heavily influenced by both women’s upbringings and preferences.

Originally from Buffalo, Schuerg received her fashion inspiration at a young age from her mother, who owned a dress shop. After graduating from DePaul University in Chicago with a degree in marketing, she moved to Bozeman with her husband four years ago, trading in her “heels for hiking boots.”

But after working several jobs, including a position at the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture, she still felt the pull of the retail world.

“I’ve always enjoyed fashion because of growing up with it. It’s in my blood,” she said.

After some online sleuthing, Schuerg decided the best way to exercise this passion was through the budding trend of fashion trucks.

Following in the footsteps of the food truck boom, the fashion truck wave appears to have originated in Los Angeles around 2010. Today, there are at least 300 such trucks trundling along streets across the U.S., enough to have their own national organization, the American Mobile Retail Association.

As with their food-selling brethren, fashion trucks are a hit with entrepreneurs due to low overhead costs, flexibility and ease of startup.

Schuerg and Krekelberg said they could have gotten their projects

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up and running with as little as $15,000, though they wouldn’t specify exactly how much it had cost them.

But before the cash investment came the research. From how to install flooring in their trucks, to what type of insurance to purchase, to brushing up on local mobile vending laws, the two learned to take the advice of other first-time mobile retailers.

And though neither has experience owning a business, Krekelberg has been in the fashion industry for years.

Growing up in Minneapolis, she began modelling professionally at the age of 15, her work eventually taking her to Japan, Paris and New York City. She graduated from St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, with a degree in fashion merchandising and design, and moved to the Gallatin Valley in 2013 after her husband got a job in Bozeman.

Like her fashion truck counterpart, Krekelberg tried out several jobs, including a stint selling insurance at Trade Risk Guaranty on Main Street, but she always craved the creativity of the fashion world.

“It to me is an art. It’s all about putting together something that is unique and interesting,” she said.

“That’s what fashion is all about, it’s about invention and creation.”

Schuerg agrees, but said the allure of clothing is also in its ability to empower.

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STYLE F ROM PAGE 15 “When you look good you feel good,” she said. “For women, when you put on an outfit or a pair of shoes in the morning, your confidence level could be so much more than you thought it would be, solely based on what you’re wearing and how it makes you feel. It could just be a T-shirt, but it could be your favorite T-shirt and it makes you happy.”

Backed by a small bank loan and the support of their families, the two set out to make their visions a reality, buying secondhand trucks from Minnesota and Pennsylvania, gutting them and redesigning the interiors. The result is a small, wood-floored room with overhead lighting reminiscent of an oversized walk-in closet, that customers enter from the back of the truck.

Krekelberg’s vehicle, painted a dark pink with Vogue Mobile etched on the side, holds around 50 items of clothing — tops, bottoms and accessories in a retro, vintage style aimed at a younger demographic.

Schuerg’s rig, Moda Fashion Truck, is slightly bigger, and houses closer to 75 “classic, timeless pieces,” marketed to a broader but more upscale audience.

Almost all the clothes in both trucks will be for women, sourced from trade shows like the one recently in Las Vegas where the two owners first met.

For Schuerg and Krekelberg, the trucks are an attempt to fill a gap in the Bozeman retail marketplace somewhere between the current selection of independent boutiques and chain box stores.

“It’s no secret that Bozeman is growing at a crazy pace. And with all this growth, fashion here needs to catch up a bit,” said Schuerg. “I think we’re complimenting what’s already here, we’re not trying to step on anyone’s toes.”

But with an untested market, there is plenty of fear that the idea could fall flat.

“Is this just a big waste of time? That does cross my mind,” Krekelberg said.

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business model has succeeded in the past. With us, yes the business model succeeds in other cities, but this is a completely new endeavor.”

However, both owners said that jumping into the unknown alongside each other has made the leap a little easier.

“It’s pretty cool that we’re starting at the same time and we’re able to collaborate and come to Bozeman as a force, rather than a weird, solo idea,” Schuerg said.

“It’s definitely comforting knowing that Kelsey is going through the same thing. Someone else is feeling the turmoil,” Krekelberg added.

Krekelberg has planned a fashion truck party in her neighborhood on April 29, followed by a grand opening at Dry Hills Distillery on May 5.

Schuerg’s soft opening is set for Give Big Gallatin Valley at The LARK on May 3, with a grand opening planned at the Baxter on May 8. While the two plan to spend most of their time parking on the street (where they are legally allowed as long as they follow parking laws), they also hope to partner with local businesses and arrange special parties where customers can enlist their services privately.

If the idea gains traction, both Schuerg and Krekelberg hope to add online sales and eventually move into storefronts. Unless, of course, the mobile version turns out to be more effective.

“If we’re killing it, why fix what’s not broken. I might just open a few more trucks around the state,” Schuerg said.

And nerves about feasibility aside, the owners are happy to be back in the industry they love.

“I’m excited to take this all on and know that our success is mostly from our blood, sweat and tears,” said Schuerg. “How cool is it to wake up and be like, ‘This is my baby and I love it.’ It’s rewarding to see.” “(It’s been) really, really rewarding, and now the magic happens,” added Krekelberg. “Once you get it built, now the magic happens.”

Kendall can be reached at lkendall@dailychronicle.com. Kendall is on Twitter at @lewdak

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My Two Cents “My career has stalled and I’m not exactly sure why. I have always seen myself moving into the senior leadership team and now I’m not sure that’s going to happen. I don’t want to leave my company, but I want to make staying worthwhile. I could use your help in how to jump-start me.”

-V.B., senior director, Bozeman Perhaps a tune-up is in order before the jumpstart, V.B. I’d start with a self-assessment and some reflection time to fully understand what you really want and what “worthwhile” means.

Then have a conversation with your boss.

Without knowing what you want before that conversation, it could be difficult to show up in an open, proactive way. Here’s why. When under stress or pressure, we often operate from irrational beliefs about our situation on how we “should” be treated. Does “I should be rewarded for all the work I do,” or “My team should carry more of their load,” or “It shouldn’t be the way it is” sound familiar?

These beliefs of “shoulding” on ourselves and others become stories we live into, leading to an unrelenting negative outlook. The more we say them over and over in our head, the more “real” they feel. We literally talk ourselves into being upset. The good news is that we can also talk ourselves out of being upset. That’s where the self-assessment comes in.

Set aside some quiet time and ask yourself the following questions, writing down all your responses.

Some will jump out at you and some will quietly appear. Notice that. Notice what themes emerge.

Notice how you feel. Then mull over the question of what “worthwhile” means to you. n What do you really want? n If you had a choice, what would you do? n What do you want to do differently? n What are the three steps to achieve that? n What gets in your way? n What do you most need right now? n What kind of support would be helpful and how can you get that? n What is currently motivating you? n What are you tolerating? Why? n What is your vision?

n What

actions could you take? might you get stopped? Why? That last question about where you might get stopped requires taking a hard look at what behavior works or doesn’t work at your company. Each company has its own set of norms, or unwritten rules, that either enhance a career or stall and stop careers. These unwritten rules are as much a part of the company’s culture as the policies and procedures manual.

One of the fascinating things about this list of career stallers and stoppers is that they differ at each company, so your assessment of this list and how you rate yourself could offer insight about inclusion or exclusion on the senior leadership team. The following list of stallers and stoppers was adapted from Lominger Limited, Inc.’s Leadership Architect competencies.

As you read through these 16 items, pick out the ones that are key in your company’s culture. Then rate yourself on those selections and consider what you learn about yourself. What changes, if any, could you make to make a difference?

Are you: n Unable to adapt to differences? Can you work with people you disagree with?

Do you have trouble adapting to new or different bosses, strategies, programs or technical developments? n A poor administrator? Are you bad at details? Do you let things fall through the cracks?

How are you at following through and keeping your commitments? n Overly ambitious? Are you excessively focused on yourself and your upward career, sometimes at the expense of others? Do you step on people on the way up? n Arrogant? Do you always think you are right with the only answer? Do you dismiss the input of others? Do you keep your distance from others, being cold and aloof? n Untrustworthy? Do you fail to do what you say you will do? Are you reliable and consistent? n A blocked personal learner? Are you open to learning new skills, approaches and personal insights? Have you grown when faced with new challenges? n Unable to handle pressure and stress? Do you n Where

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become hostile, sarcastic or withdraw as stress increases, when things don’t go as planned? Do you snap or make poor decisions under pressure? n Defensive? Are you open to criticism? Do you deny mistakes or faults? Do you blame others for your problems? Are you able to listen to and hear feedback? n Lacking ethics and values? Do you push the limits of tolerance? Do you lack the necessary sensitivity to the operating ethics and values of your company? n Failing to build a team? Do you share credit for successes? Do you build team spirit? Do you resolve problems within the team? Do you pull the group together to accomplish tasks? n Insensitive to others? Do you care how you affect others? Do you ask and listen to others? n Non-strategic? Can you create effective strategies without getting mired in tactics and details? n Over dependent on an advocate? Have you relied on a mentor or boss so long you can’t stand on your own without help? n Over dependent on a single skill? Do you rely too much on a single strength for career progression? n Over managing? Do you develop and empower others? Do you overcontrol and meddle without delegating? n Taking political missteps? Can you get things done in complex political environments? Do you say or do the wrong things? Do you share sensitive information with the wrong people?

If you really want to know about your status with the senior leadership team, consider asking your boss to weigh in on this list as well. Compare your list with his, and in your discussion ask if any of these are stalling your inclusion in the senior team.

What a rich conversation that could be.

The self-awareness you gain from this insightful tune-up will give you lots of ideas for jump starting behavioral change. Focus on the ones you believe will make a difference, as well as the ones you are most willing to do.

And then remember what Oprah Winfrey once said, “What you believe has more power than what you dream or wish or hope for. You become what you believe.”

Ris Higgins is a leadership coach, change agent and innovative thought-leader at Leadership Outfitters. Contact her with at 406586-5504 or at ris@leadership-outfitters.com.

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