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In This Issue 2 Bringing World-Class Exhibits To The Gallatin Valley 6 Bozeman Health Reaches Out 8 Architecht Bayliss Ward 12 Should I Stay or Shoul I Go? 15 Varicose Veins 16 Streamline, Serving The Community For 10 Years 18 An Introduction To The Bozeman Clinic 22 Sharing Montana With The World 26 Adventure In The Backcountry 28 American Made 32 Pizza Campania 34 Bozeman’s Finest Pet Care Facility 36 Integrative Dentistry 38 That’s A Wrap 40 AMI Promotes Cancer Screening 42 Big Growth, Big Opportunity 44 Montana Expressions 49 Geyser Whitewater 50 NPS in YNP - 100 Years of Stewardship 54 Cherry Creek Guest House - Your Home Away 56 Alpenglow Construction 58 Midwest Welding and Machine, Inc 60 High Flying ‘endeavors’ over Bozeman, Big Sky 62 Hearing Aid Institute 63 Sweet Pea The Magazine 80 The Midwifery Difference 82 Hops and History at the Living History Farm 86 Heebs Grocery / Western Drug 88 Head West 89 Smiling Moose / Sign Solutions 3 90 Coffee is 98.5% Water Gallatin Valley Life 2016/2017

Bringing World-Class Exhibits To The Gallatin Valley

by Sheldon McKamey

Executive Director, Museum of the Rockies

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n June of 2014, Museum of the Rockies (MOR) Director of Exhibits Patrick Leiggi looked out over the archeological dig site of Oplontis, near Pompeii, Italy, with one question on his mind: “How do I present a compelling exhibit of ancient Roman artifacts – buried for centuries under the ash of Vesuvius – to our museum visitors back in Bozeman, Montana?” Though daunting in its scope, this wasn’t the first time Mr. Leiggi faced such a monumental task when bringing remarkable exhibitions to the Museum.

staff, usually to reflect new research or scholarship, or to highlight collections. For example, an exhibit titled Welcome to Yellowstone: Tourism in America’s First National Park was created around items in the Hamilton Povah Yellowstone Collection, gifted to MOR by Eleanor Hamilton Povah in 2009. In-house shows can take as long as five years from concept through execution. Others, such as The Tyrant Kings, which featured Montana’s T.rex—one of only five real Tyrannosaurus rex skulls on display in the world— and a growth series of six T.rex skulls, was completed in a few months.

Since 1989, when MOR moved into its latest facility on the Montana State University (MSU) campus, the museum has presented more than 60 world-class exhibitions to its guests. From poison dart tree frogs to the inventions of Leonardo Da Vinci, the artifacts of King Tut to Warner Bros. cartoons, MOR stretches the imaginations of its visitors in the heart of the Rocky Mountains.

CEWT studies exhibit catalogs, websites, recommendations from the public, and ideas from the staff as its starting point. The team then rates every prospective exhibit against a 40-point questionnaire starting with the basics—size, available dates and cost. Many large exhibits popular in the nation’s metropolitan areas and big museums are simply too large for MOR to display. Size is more than square footage, too. Exhibit elements have to fit through the museum’s front doors and weights cannot exceed load limits. Available dates have to match MOR’s calendar and audience preferences, as well: summer tourists are a different demographic than winter visitors, when local residents make up the majority of the attendance.

Mr. Leiggi leads the museum’s Changing Exhibits Work Team (CEWT). Comprised of dedicated and talented individuals from different disciplines within the museum, CEWT’s main responsibility is to research, select and plan – two to three years in advance – the exhibits that will be presented by MOR. MOR presents two to five exhibitions a year depending on whether the museum’s two 3,000-square-foot exhibit halls can be combined for a large exhibit or if exhibits will be installed separately. Exhibits are usually booked in three-month increments, with time between bookings for set-up and take-down. Summer “blockbuster” exhibits are sometimes combined with spring or fall months to accommodate school tours and university classes.

Many changing exhibits are rented from commercial exhibit houses or institutions such as SITES, the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibits program, or National Geographic. Wonderful exhibits also come from well-known museums; MOR’s 2015 summer exhibit, Chocolate, was organized by the Field Museum in Chicago.

Some temporary exhibits are developed by MOR

Dave Kinsey Taking Measurements-Oplontis

As for cost, MOR allocates more than $300,000 annually to bring the best exhibits it can to Bozeman.

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in-bound shipping. Some shows require an exhibits team from the organizing institution to be present for set-up and take-down. Exhibits with live animals, such as Frogs and Geckoes, require a full-time on-site zookeeper. If an exhibit makes it past this first round of scrutiny, other staff gets involved with questions such as attractiveness to potential sponsors, suitability for docent tours, merchandise options for the Museum Store, and any special security requirements.

Once MOR determines an exhibit is right for us, the organizing institution starts asking questions of it.

The museum has to submit a Facility Report, which assures the lender that MOR has appropriate security and environmental controls in its gallery spaces.

Humidity and temperatures cannot vary more than a few degrees within a 24-hour period, documented by dataloggers in halls and exhibit cases. The museum has to satisfactorily answer questions about security, lighting, staffing, and adherence to best practices when handling artifacts and artwork.

By the time a rented exhibit arrives in Bozeman, a floor plan has been designed and approved, gallery walls painted, curriculum developed, sponsors secured, docents and volunteers trained, and museum members have their invitations to the opening in hand. As the exhibit is unpacked, each photograph, piece of artwork or artifact’s condition is carefully checked and documented; when the exhibit leaves, the process is repeated. The exhibit team goes to work on

the installation and, a few days later, the doors open on yet another exciting exhibit at MOR. When the Oplontis exhibit opens, it will be the culmination of two years of planning, preparation and fundraising. Although similar to other traveling exhibits in many ways, the challenges faced in bringing the ancient Roman artifacts of Oplontis to MOR were quite unique.

MOR is one of only three museums in the U.S. to host Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero, the Villas of Oplontis Near Pompeii, an exhibit featuring artifacts that have never left Italy before. The opportunity arose because the expert on frescos for the Oplontis Archaeological Project, Dr. Regina Gee, is an associate professor of Art History at MSU and now an Adjunct Curator of Art History at MOR. Mr. Leiggi and Associate Director of Exhibits Dave Kinsey made an early decision to use its galleries’ physical dimensions to their fullest potential. Since MOR’s main gallery has a 24’ ceiling, they decided to replicate several rooms in Villa A as they would have looked when the Roman elite gathered at this seaside villa to enjoy themselves, complete with a view of the Bay of Naples and Capri in the distance. They wanted to give visitors the experience of being at the villas and put the artifacts in context.

The museum decided to use Dr. Gee’s expertise to further interpret the exhibit through text panels and video statements. Instead of the customary written curator’s panel at start of an exhibition, the staff decided to capitalize on her extraordinary gift for teaching and videotaped her statement.

At six locations throughout the exhibit, visitors will hear her explanations on such things as Roman bathing and fresco styles.

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What would it take to do this?

Funding – which, thanks to MSU and very generous donors and corporate sponsors, the museum had received – and a very organized work plan and staff. Unbelievably, MOR has only two exhibit preparators on staff, but their creativity and skills as woodworkers, painters, electricians, welders and mountmakers is superb. Supplementing their efforts are contract professionals and vendors in the Bozeman area who helped make a vision a reality. What MOR didn’t have was space!

With only 17 days to switch shows, Exhibit Preparator Jeff Holloway and Mr. Kinsey pre-built as many elements as they could. MOR rented off-site storage space and built walls that could be quickly assembled in the galleries. Set pieces, such as the lararium—a worship center in early Roman houses—were completed and stored alongside columns of varying sizes. MOR purchased a new large-format color printer to produce the large murals and text panels needed for the exhibit.

Dr. Gee enlisted university colleagues to help enhance the Oplontis experience. Students in geology and architecture collaborated to produce a 3-D model of the land mass affected by Vesuvius’ eruption. Visitors can watch how the ash and pyroclastic flows covered the land and how prevailing winds destroyed Pompeii and spared Naples. Visitors will meet the entire Oplontis research team through video statements and get a better understanding of how archaeologists, anthropologists and art historians study the past— perhaps a young visitor might see a new career path!

Mr. Leiggi and his team knew that people were fascinated by the human lives lost at Pompeii. Two groups of skeletons, possibly citizens and their slaves, were found in a storage vault of Villa B, a commercial center built next door to Villa A. Many of the exhibition’s most spectacular items—gold jewelry, coins and a very large strong box—were found among the bones of these unfortunate people who waited by the seashore for a rescue that never came. MOR will set the context for these artifacts through a photo montage of the skeletons in an enclosed theatre so visitors can choose whether or not to view them.

Kids are always an important part of any exhibit MOR does. The museum designed a children’s area where kids can learn to build columns or put together a fresco wall of charming little birds and animals using reproductions from the wall that ran alongside Oplontis’ 80-meter swimming pool. Children’s books and activities in the Museum Store can help youngsters further explore their interests. Kids of all ages can use gaming technology to explore Villa A. In early June, The Villas of Oplontis installation kicked into high gear. With galleries empty, the crew quickly built a new floor and ramp in the main gallery, assembled the walls, put up wall coverings and put down floor coverings, and installed the set pieces. The artifacts themselves arrived in early June, accompanied by a pair of Italian curators who installed them. The last of the graphic panels were hung, videos double-checked, security finalized, docents trained, plexiglass vitrines polished, and finally, it was opening day.

Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero: The Villas of Oplontis near Pompeii will appear at MOR through December 31, 2016. While visitors are in the galleries enjoying the exhibition, below them the exhibit staff is hard at work on their next project.

What lies ahead in the exhibit line-up? Crocodiles, guitars and polar expeditions. So plan to visit the Museum of the Rockies again in 2017, where there is always something new to explore and enjoy!

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Bozeman Health Reaches Out

People needing healthcare in the Gallatin Valley know they can find quality care at Bozeman Health’s hospital, clinics and more than a half-dozen off-site locations around Bozeman, Belgrade and Big Sky. Now, residents further afield can avail themselves of specialty care offered by physicians with Bozeman Health Medical Group in their own communities, and in some cases, their own homes.

Outreach clinics for both new and returning patients are conducted on a regular basis in Butte, Dillon, Ennis, Livingston, Belgrade, Townsend and West Yellowstone.

Additionally, residents at local senior care facilities receive scheduled visits from a number of BHMG internal medicine and family medicine physicians. These outreach clinics are part of Bozeman Health’s commitment to increasing convenient access to health care and improving overall community health.

The need for that commitment was reinforced by the findings of the 2014 Community Health Needs Assessment, which found that fully half of low-income residents in the county reported accessing healthcare was a challenge, as did 41% of female residents. Overall those rates are better than national statistics, but patients also reported increased issues in getting an appointment with their doctors.

While Bozeman Health is proud to have improved access to care since the previous Community Health Needs Assessment was completed in 2011, according to the 2014 report, there still is room to improve. The outreach clinics are one way Bozeman Health is addressing these issues.

“From any angle, it’s valuable for both us and our patients,” said Bruce Robertson, MD, of Bozeman Health Urology Clinic. “The distances in Montana are great, and 65% of our urology patients are senior citizens. If they had to drive 120 miles several times a year to see their doctor, many would not be able to do so due to the expense or lack of transportation.”

The range of care offered by Bozeman Health in nearby communities is extensive. In Butte, for example, physicians from both the GI Clinic and Nephrology Clinic see patients for general office visits and procedures twice a month while a Nephrology Clinic physician sees patients receiving out-patient dialysis once a month. Cancer Center patients in Dillon, Ennis and Livingston can be seen by providers in their home towns once a month and Ennis patients also can schedule appointments with providers from the GI Clinic.

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“It’s nice to see patients in their home town,” said Annie Castillo, MD, of Bozeman Health Cancer Center. “They are so happy they don’t have to travel for medical care, and they make us feel very welcome.”

Patients of Bozeman Health Cardiology Clinic from the Ennis area can see their provider once a month for follow-up consultations and echocardiograms, and four times a year a nurse makes the trip to do pacemaker checks. Cardiology Clinic providers recently started seeing patients in Livingston as well.

Urologists also provide care in Dillon and Belgrade once a week, Livingston twice a month, and Ennis and Townsend once a month each. The Big Sky Medical Center physicians rotate visits to West Yellowstone weekly to serve Community Health Partners (CHP) patients, providing assistance with complex cases or more advanced primary care than CHP’s staff nurse practitioner may typically offer.

“I went into medicine to help people,” said Jeremy Mitchell, DO, of Big Sky Medical Center who has provided care for conditions ranging from bloody noses to big lacerations, fractures to acute gall bladder at CHP, “so it’s nice to do outreach to very rural areas that have limited health care.”

Along with health services, offering health education is also part of the goal, and many of the physicians spend part of their time with patients toward that end. Finally, many Bozeman Health Medical Group internal and family medicine providers make regular or occasional visits to area senior facilities, reaching out to patients who may have a difficult time getting to the doctor’s office.

While the outreach clinic days are long, between travel time and seeing as many as 20 patients in a day, the Bozeman Health providers know their efforts make a difference.

“We are providing medical services that are not otherwise available in those towns, and meeting the needs of the southwest Montana population is a very important part of what we do,” Dr. Robertson said.

“I really appreciate the opportunity to meet face-to-face with a patient’s primary care provider and answer their questions,” added Dr. Castillo. “Outreach also helps us develop potential plans for establishing additional services in these communities to better serve our patients.”

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Architect bayliss ward takes cues from bozeman’s history to modernize its future

by Skip Anderson

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Long before Bayless Ward became one of southwest Montana’s most influential architects and board member

on the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, he was a small-town kid in rural Indiana, racing motorcycles and, later, driving fast cars.

“I was born in Lubbock, Texas, and lived in Carmel, Ind., until I was 21,” Ward said. “When I grew up there, it was a little farm town. Now it’s blossomed into the place to be.”

Rather than diving into college upon graduating from high school, Ward pursued his then-passion to drive fast — a budding need for speed.

“I laid out for almost four years after high school. I worked, and drag-raced. We did some street racing and went to the quarter-mile drag strips, also,” Ward said, who strongly preferred Chevys to Fords. “My favorite car was a 1966 Chevy II. It was a fast car, especially at that time. Then I had a ’68 Camaro and a ’70 Nova.”

Although racing never materialized as a career option, he immersed himself into the culture, rubbing elbows with those who eventually would make careers of driving intensely fast and arrow-straight, including eventual racing legend Bob Glidden.

“I was a mechanic and I drag raced,” Ward said. “I was a jack of all trades and a master of none, as they say.”

That is, until he found a passion that surpassed racing. When Ward was 21, he began his pursuit of architecture.

“By that time, I had settled upon going to architectural school,” Ward said. “Some of my parents’ friends were architects in Indiana, and they told me Montana State University had one of the best schools out there.”

He enrolled and headed to Bozeman. By today’s career path, which typically calls aspiring architects to complete two years of graduate school after earning and undergraduate degree, the MSU program was unorthodox.

“It was kind of odd, when I went to school here,” Ward said.

“It was a five-year program that covered the core curriculum and graduate work — it was intense, with little time for a social life. MSU eventually went to undergraduate/graduateschool model. They’ve stretched it out; what we did in five years, today’s students now do in six.”

After graduation, Ward settled in Bozeman, launched his career, married Stacey Chabot and brought two children into the world — Sierra Ward, now 26, lives in San Antonio, Texas, and Keaton, 21, who inherited his father’s penchant for adrenalin.

“Keaton is a professional Supercross and Motocross rider, which are very difficult, and highly technical, sports,” Ward said. “These kids are phenomenal athletes. It’s not like the old days when they were giant partiers, it’s truly amazing what these athletes do.”

Nowadays, Ward and Stacey spend their weekends traveling

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across the country to see Keaton’s high-flying, dirt-bike

Bayliss Architects, based in Bozeman but works throughout

competitions.

the Western region of the U.S., develops large-scale

“These events are held inside major venues, such as Ford

commercial/office projects, medical facilities, classroom

Field and the infield of Daytona Speedway,” he said. “We go

facilities, and large custom residential homes. Architectural

to a lot of major cities, and it reminds me of how awesome

Record and other respected publications have featured

Bozeman is. The weather here is awesome: The winters are

its work within their pages. Bayliss Architects, which also

fantastic for skiing, And I don’t think there’s a better place in

does project planning and construction management, has

the summer than Montana, with the hiking and biking around here. It’s nice. Plus, there are a lot of very genuine people here.”

But, alas, he said, the secret is out, as evidenced by new-home

received multiple Historic Preservation Awards

“architects today must lead the way in educating the clients on the importance of preserving these historic structures.”

for Excellence, including a renovation of John Bozeman’s Bistro on Main Street, a high-profile

above: Blackwood Barn

Top left: Trooper Trail Residence

Middle left: Great Horn Residence

residence on Willson, and the beautiful two-

Bottom Left:

story brick-and-mortar corner masterpiece on

Grey Drake Residence

Main Street — a former bank that now houses

construction hat continues to sprout up around the valley.

the Berg Law Firm. The latter is also on the National Registry

“Bozeman has been discovered since I first moved out here

of Historic Places.

way back when,” said Ward, who is also president of the

“Historic architecture is a way for people today to experience

Montana State Board of Architects & Landscape Architects.

the craftsmanship and attention to detail that our forebears

“It’s a beautiful place. But, it’s expensive to build here, which

utilized in projects long ago,” Ward said. “Today, this seems

is the only part of this job I don’t like. We pay for the beauty

to be utilized less and less with the costs rising and attention

and the limited amount of resources we have here. I really

to detail taking the backseat to the bottom line of a project. I

shouldn’t’ complain, since, if people weren’t coming, the only

feel that architects today must lead the way in educating the

work we, as architects, would have would be renovations and

clients on the importance of preserving this historic structures

add-ons.”

so we will always have these examples to pass on to the next

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generation of professionals.”

‘Lipstick on a Pig’ Part of the challenge of designing structures that will affect the aesthetic of an area, especially ones as notably gorgeous as the Gallatin Valley, is working with the surroundings. Fighting it, Ward said, is a common mistake. And sometimes, especially when it’s a renovation of an existing structure, that means steering a building that may have been a misguided from the start toward contemporary tastes, which is generally more complex, sophisticated even, than in years past. There was a time when people built largely to suit their own personal tastes or bowing exclusively in effort to satisfy particular pragmatic needs, veering from the vision only enough to

“Architects need to be mindful of the impact of what they design, both inside and out.

You can’t put lipstick on a pig.” conform to get the plans approved by the community’s planning commission.

“It’s difficult to make a simple architectural structure interesting,” Ward said. “It really boils down the level of detail inside and out. How does somebody envision a space, and how do they pull it off—or did they?”

When pressed for a specific structure to criticize, Ward diplomatically points to a building 1,600 miles due east.

“We were in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Detroit,” he said. “It’s an older building, and it’s horrible. The scale of it is just all wrong, and you almost have to turn sideways when you walk into its rooms; it’s actually unsettling to experience space that way. And, even if it’s on a subconscious level, it’s hard to be oblivious to your surroundings when you walk into space.

Architects need to be mindful of the impact of what they design, both inside and out. You can’t put lipstick on a pig.”

Ward and his colleagues approach their work as looking

“Some of the best compliments we’ve had are when people

for ways to blending into, and even enhance, the scenery —

say, ‘We didn’t know you did an expansion,’ ” Ward said.

“There was an old bungalow on Willson Avenue that I‘ve

“You’re taking people’s dreams and making them reality.”

done four renovations to, and you can’t tell. That, to me is a winner. It looks like it’s a winner. The scale, the proportions are carried throughout. It blends right in.”

Ward says it takes passion, and personal investment in the

especially in a region famous for it’s natural splendor.

community, to deliver on those standards.

“Architects need to be very, very sympathetic to the public

“I love architecture, I really do,” he said. “I love the fact that

when developing projects, because the building and the

you’re taking people’s dreams and making them a reality.

public are both going to be here for a long time,” Ward said.

And you listen to everybody’s ideas and concepts. And

“I am always mindful, concerned even, with a visual impact

every piece of ground is different, so it allows you to let your

my is going to have on a community.”

imagination go while you’re meeting their needs. When the

Other times, he said, blending into the surroundings has

client is happy, it’s a win/win for everybody.”

nothing to do with nature.

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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Tom Gibson, Owner of Cafe M

"I don't know, Pythias, should I make a cup at home or go down to the cafe?" Aristotle mused to his wife in the year 338 B.C. Since then, we've learned a thing or two about our world and how to control it. And yet, we're still asking this same question. "Should I even bother trying to make a decent cup of coffee at home or show some humility and leave it to the professionals (with the cool aprons and tattoos)?"

Well, the answer is ... drum roll ... yes and yes. The reality is that you can make a fantastic cup of coffee in your very own abode. And, just as surely if not a bit more, you cannot make certain kinds of coffees decently at your house (unless you're willing to drop twenty thousand dollars, hire a plumber, electrician, and aforementioned Barista nerd, and likely lose your spouse and mind).

Brewing a great cup of coffee is quite a bit more science than art. In order to brew a great cup with any reliability, you need control over a few variables -- coffee quality and freshness, grind quality, time, 14

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water temperature, and weight (of coffee grind and water). Ok, that might sound overwhelming already.

Don't panic, let's break it down.

Try this at Home

A Quick Tangent -- Electric home brewers are a blunt instrument for a precise science (of brewing).

Many name brand home brewers cost over $500.

The logo, price, manual, and shiny stainless steel all lead to consumer confidence that is, frankly, misplaced. Home brewers do a generally mediocre job of preparing coffee. They are inaccurate (in stable water temperature), unforgiving (in programming how quickly the water is dispensed over the grinds), and provide little to no feedback about how the grinds reacted to the water. With a little simple gear, practice, and interest, you can do a much better job of brewing coffee by hand than an expensive brewer will ever do for you. And, it's so much more satisfying to know that you (and not the Coffee-ATron 3000) did it. So, here we go.

Quality Coffee -- There has never been better, more easily available, more carefully sourced coffee on your grocery store shelf than there is today. The only problem is that it often sits right next to a bag of coffee that's nine months old (bad), burned to a charcoally demise (really bad), and blessed with a catchy name or attractive label (suckers, they play you for). Look for a local roaster. Ensure that you can read what's actually in the bag -- "French Roast" is another name for "burnt to death." "Select" means usually the opposite. "Choice" isn't. And "Premium" would be labeled differently if it actually were. Insist on seeing the actual geographic origin of the coffee, aka the country of origin. Note the roast level -- "dark" roast was/is a marketing ploy.

No conscientious roaster purposefully burns their beans, unless the beans had little to offer in the first place. Look for a light to medium roast and a roast date no longer than a few weeks out. Coffee ages quickly, even when in a sealed bag. And be adventurous. Brilliant coffee is grown in many countries and regions. Look for tasting notes on the bag as you would on a bottle of wine.

Grind -- There is no more overlooked aspect of a good cup of coffee than the grinder that enabled it. Coffee shops can spend over $3,000 on a good commercial grinder.

You probably shouldn't. You've got a few practical options. Plan A -- Spend a few hundred dollars on a good, burr grinder (never a "blade" grinder -- they're for veggies). The Baratza Encore ($130) or Virtuoso ($230) are both well worth the money and will provide years of good home grinding. Or, Plan B -- Buy your coffee from a good, local coffee shop and have them grind it for you (on their $3,000 grinder).

Grind only as much coffee as you need. Coffee ages especially quickly once ground.

Time -- You'll need to time your brew. Any reasonable stopwatch will work. That phone you're staring at will work just fine.

Cost What you Need

Aeropress $30 Tea Kettle, Scale, Good Coffee, Timer, Filters

Water Temperature -- Coffee extraction is highly sensitive to temperature. Even a few degree difference in water temperature greatly affects the flavor of your coffee. You've got a few options, thankfully, to control your water temperature. At nearly a mile high, The Gallatin Valley is blessed with a boiling point for water around 203 degrees. Most coffee responds to an ideal brewing temperature of right around 200 degrees. So, you can put a kettle on the stove and bring it to boil. Pull it off the stove for 30 seconds and you'll start your brew at a near ideal temperature. Or, invest a little more money on an electric kettle and you can dial in the temperature exactly. Bonavita offers a stovetop, gooseneck kettle for around $35 and a programmable electric kettle for around $80.

Weight -- Weighing your coffee and your water is crucial to a great cup of coffee. Most everyone enjoys coffee within a fairly narrow ratio of strength. "Strength" refers to the ratio of water to coffee in a finished cup. A 15-1 ratio (water to coffee grinds) is a "strong" cup. A 20-1 ratio is a bit weaker.

And a 25-1 ratio tastes downright watery. We suggest a ratio of about 15- to 17-1. It'll give you a full, rich cup without staring at the walls at 11 pm, wishing you were able to go to sleep. You'll need a gram scale to accurately weigh the beans and water. Most any gram scale will suffice, but look for some water resistance, as a splash or two is inevitable. $20 gets you into a goodenough scale. $45 gets you a combo gram scale and timer from Hario (ooh, sexy).

Gear that Works at Home -- We recommend one of three brew methods -- the Aeropress, Hario V60, or Chemex. See each manufacturer's website for a baseline brewing recipe, and then play off that recipe until your palate sings. There are endless blogs and online articles to hone the craft once you've got the basics down.

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Leave these Drinks to the Pros

Espresso -- Espresso is fickle. A modern cafe will invest literally $20,000 on equipment to try to pour espresso that is "good" 80% of the time. Said gear includes a heavy duty espresso machine, a highly engineered espresso grinder, a sophisticated water filtration system, a water pressure stabilizer, 220 volt electricity, a static water line, and various other small stuff. Do not -- I repeat, do not -- try this at home. You can spend $800 on a home "espresso" machine and another $500 on a home "espresso grinder" and they will leave you equally disappointed and poor.

Pulling great espresso takes serious commercial equipment, a lot of training and skill, repetition, wasted coffee grinds, and a little luck. (Snazzy aprons and tattoos certainly help.)

Nitro Coffee -- Nitro coffee is taking the specialty coffee industry by storm. Nitro coffee is cold-brewed coffee, infused with nitrogen

gas, chilled, and then served on tap. It's creamy, delicious, strong, and refreshing. To produce nitro, you need thousands of dollar in gear, access to kegs and commercial keg cleaning, sophisticated training, a good amount of space, and the patience of a saint (the process takes up to a week). Leave this to the pros. Nitro can be found at select local coffee shops.

The Take Home (or not) Message

There's never been a better time to brew coffee at home and also to visit your local specialty shop. With a little investment (less than the cost of an electric home brewer), you can make delicious coffee in the comfort of your pajamas. Invest a little time and consult your trusted local coffee shop. Ask them about home gear and have them demonstrate their technique and recipes.

Buy locally roasted, fresh coffee, and challenge your palate. Great coffee is worth a little time and investment. In short order, you can add into your life a daily treat with the taste and experience of a carefully brewed cup, and the satisfaction of knowing that you made it.

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Varicose Veins

Modern Treatment for a Common Problem Andrew W. Grace, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Varicose veins are a common medical condition and occur when the blood doesn’t efficiently carry blood back to the heart. Most frequently seen in the legs and feet, they can appear at the skin surface as small networks of blue or red veins (often called spider veins) or larger veins that bulge under the skin. Varicose veins are frequently related to leg discomfort. Common symptoms include itching, burning, throbbing, fatigue, cramping, and heaviness of the legs. Symptoms are usually worse at the end of the day. Untreated varicose veins slowly get worse with time and can cause problems such as superficial blood clots, leg swelling, skin changes or, in severe cases, skin ulcers. Anyone can get varicose veins but risks factors include a family history of varicose veins, female gender, pregnancy, aging, and occupations that involve prolonged standing.

The diagnosis and treatment of varicose veins has been fundamentally changed by modern medicine.

Most people pursue treatment to alleviate discomfort, improve appearance, or prevent new veins from forming. Accurate diagnosis requires a physical exam by a physician (preferably with expertise in varicose vein care) and a high quality ultrasound test to identify abnormal veins. Modern treatments utilize minimally invasive techniques to close or remove poorly functioning veins. These procedures are safely done in the office, usually require only local anesthesia, and typically take less than one hour. Discomfort afterwards is minimal and most people resume normal activities the day of treatment. Larger surgeries which were common years ago, such as vein stripping, are essentially obsolete with today’s modern vein treatments.

Varicose vein treatment is safer and more effective than ever. A careful assessment and ultrasound evaluation is critical for success. Montana Vein Clinic is a dedicated, experienced, and community oriented varicose vein treatment center. We see and take care of those with all types of varicose veins using the most current technology available. www.MontanaVeinClinic.com

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Bozeman, Montana is undoubtedly an attractive place to live; with a growing economy and countless opportunities for recreation in stunning landscapes, it’s easy to see how Bozeman’s population is growing exponentially.

Despite Bozeman’s burgeoning population and the commensurate number of automobiles flooding the city’s roads, in 2006 when Bozeman’s Human Resource Development Council led the initiative to implement a public transportation system, an onslaught of criticism ensued. Even with the HRDC’s previous success with Galavan, a service that provides door to door transportation for people with disabilities and the elderly within our community, naysayers emerged; taking the form of editorials in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle that scoffed the idea of public transportation ever being a reality in what many consider to be a small community, to estimates given by consulting firms predicting a humble twohundred riders per day at a maximum for all four routes, a massive amount of gloom was cast upon the initiative. Undeterred by the dim outlook, the

HRDC forged ahead with the project, with little more than rented buses obtained through an initial federal grant and a desire for an effective fare-free city-wide transportation system.

In the first year of operation alone, Streamline shattered the doubts of everyone who believed a public transportation system in Bozeman was an unattainable dream. On the first day of operation, in August of 2006, over one-hundred people climbed aboard what to this day continues to be the only public buses operated by a community action agency in the state of Montana, setting the pace for what would be an average of 252 rides per day in the first year alone. Following its initial success, Streamline adapted to the now apparent need for public transportation in Bozeman by purchasing its first iconic yellow “bustle-back” buses and leasing an additional four buses which were decommissioned from prior service in Yellowstone National Park. Exceeding expectations from its inception, Streamline and the HRDC have carried forward in offering Bozemanites reliable fare-free transportation.

Presently, this August marks the ten-year milestone since the day the first Streamline buses took to Bozeman’s streets; while many believed such an achievement would never come to fruition, the last decade has yielded nothing but success, as Streamline now operates a total of fourteen buses and continues to advance its services to the community while remaining fare-free.

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Streamline has offered countless benefits to the community. Because the associated cost of vehicle operation presents a burden to many Bozemanites, Streamline minimizes these burdens to many residents with its fare-free system which is made possible by federal grants and an array of contributors such as the city of Bozeman and Belgrade, Gallatin County, the Associated Students and Office of the President of MSU. Currently seventy-percent of Streamline riders are MSU students and faculty. To provide additional services to its largest following, during the second year of operation Streamline began a late night service on the weekends which serves to offer students with safe transportation from Bozeman’s vibrant downtown to campus; this service is funded entirely by the Associated Students of Montana State University and praised by the Bozeman Police Department as well as the DUI Taskforce.

Streamline riders are not the only Bozemanites that receive the benefits of a public transportation system. As Bozeman continues to grow, the

community faces the problems associated with an increasing number of personal vehicles on the road.

Increased pollution that comes with those personal vehicles operating in the city is a high price to pay for the daily commutes. Additionally, increased numbers of private vehicles on Bozeman’s roads also create traffic congestion. By now serving over 500 people every day, many of whom would be commuting in private vehicles without the alternative of buses, Streamline benefits the community by improving local air quality and traffic flow.

In the last decade, Streamline has provided a plethora of benefits to the community, and has no intention of slowing down. As Bozeman continues growing, Streamline plans to continue offering a growing population with low-cost, reliable transportation. With the recent purchase of two new transit busses, which are better equipped to handle the stresses of increasing usage, and plans for expanding in-town routes, including plans for a route servicing Bozeman-Yellowstone International Airport, Bozeman will continue to lead the state in public transportation for many years to come.

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Bozeman Clinic Bozeman Bozeman Clinic Clinic AAnnAnIntroduction IntroductIon the Introduction toto to the the by dr. gabor benda

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by Dr. Gabor Gabor Benda Benda

We, at the Bozeman Clinic, would like to introduce you to our practice. We are seven physicians – all board certified in Family Medicine – with the goal of providing our patients with compassionate, We at Wethe at Bozeman the Bozeman Clinic Clinic would would likeevery like to introduce to introduce to to our practice. practice.

We are We 7are Family 7 Family comprehensive healthcare through stage of you life.you Asour an independent practice, we are able to Physicians, Physicians, all board all certified certified in Family in Family Medicine.

Medicine.

Our goal goal is toisprovide torestrictions provide our our patients focus on caring forboard our patients, unencumbered byOur any corporate orpatients requirements. We withwith compassionate, comprehensive comprehensive health carecare through every every stagestage of life. life.

We are We an areand an friendly think youcompassionate, will find that our clinic is health small enough tothrough provide you with aofpersonable independent independent practice, practice, and and therefore therefore we are we able are able to focus to focus on caring on caring for our for our patients, patients, environment. unencumbered unencumbered by any by any corporate corporate restrictions restrictions or requirements. or requirements.

We think We think you you will will findfind thatthat our our clinic clinic is small is small enough enough to provide to provide you you withwith a personable a personable and and friendly friendly environment. environment.

Since we are a primary care practice, we are prepared to meet nearly all of your healthcare needs, from health maintenance to diagnosing and treating a broad scope of conditions. If a situation Since Since we are we aare primary a primary carecare practice, practice, we are we prepared are prepared to meet to meet nearly nearly all ofallyour of your health health carecare arises that specialty care, be your advocates, arranging any necessary consultations needs, needs, fromrequires from health health maintenance maintenance to we diagnosing towill diagnosing and and treating treating a broad a broad scope scope of conditions. of conditions. with specialists and coordinating your care along the way.

We are eager to provide this care for all If a situation If a situation arises arises thatthat requires requires specialty specialty carecare or consultation, or consultation, we will we will be your be your advocate, advocate, stages of life, including expectant mothers, newborns, children and adults.

Bozeman Clinic and and arrange arrange the consultation the consultation withwith the best the best person person or institute or institute for you, for you, and and thenthen continually continuallyprovides abefull range of services including, but not limited to: available be available to coordinate to coordinate youryour care.care.

We are We eager are eager to provide to provide this this carecare for all forstages all stages of life, of life, beginning beginning withwith newborns, newborns, children, children, expectant expectant mothers, mothers, and and for adults. for adults.

Please Please referrefer to a to a partial partial of listthe of services the services we provide: we provide: • list Obstetrical care;

• Pediatric care;

• Obstetrical • • Obstetrical carecare Adult preventative care; • Pediatric • • Pediatric care care Urgent care for acute illnesses and injuries and lacerations • Adult • Adult preventative preventative carecare (with X-Ray available in the office); • Urgent • Urgent carecare for acute for acute illnesses illnesses and and injuries, injuries, lacerations, lacerations, withwith X-Ray X-Ray available available in the in office the office • Workman’s Compensation claims and injuries; • Workman’s • Workman’s Compensations Compensations claims claims and and injuries injuries • Screening colonoscopies; • Screening • Screening Colonoscopies Colonoscopies Upper endoscopies; • Upper • • Upper Endoscopies Endoscopies Vasectomies; • Vasectomies • • Vasectomies • FAA flight physicals; • FAA • FAA Flight Flight Physicals Physicals • DOT physicals; • D.O.T. • D.O.T. Physicals Physicals Proctology; and • Proctology • • Proctology • Dermatological • • Dermatological evaluation evaluation and and skinskin lesion lesion removal removal when when necessary necessary Dermatological evaluation and skin lesion removal (when necessary).

Weare are Weone one are one of only aa few a few primary primary care practices practices who will continue continue totocare to care forforour for our patients patientsin the We of only few primary carecare practices thatwho willwill continue care our patients in the in hospital. the hospital.

This This means means that that even even during during the challenges the challenges of an of acute an acute illness, illness, you you will will havehave hospital. This means that even during the challenges of an acute illness, you will have your primary your your primary primary physician physician help help you you through through it, and it, and to be to able be able to coordinate to coordinate whatever whatever specialty specialty physician to help you through it and to coordinate whatever specialty expertise may be required. expertise expertise maymay be required. be required.

In summary, we are eager to have you consider one of our physicians at the Bozeman Clinic to In summary, In summary, we are we eager are eager to have to have you you consider consider one one of our of our physicians physicians at the at Bozeman the Bozeman Clinic Clinic be your primary physician, to make the Clinic your home base for all your healthcare needs. Our to betoyour be your primary primary physician, physician, where where we can we can be your be your home home basebase for all foryour all your health health carecare clinic isOur theOur oldest clinic in Bozeman our desire is toour serve in caring needs. needs. clinic clinic isestablished the is oldest the oldest established established clinic clinic in and Bozeman, in Bozeman, and and our desire desire isyou toisserve to aserve you youand compassionate way for many years to come. in a in caring a caring and and compassionate compassionate wayway for many for many years years to come. to come.

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SomeSome of theofmost the most important important people people in a town in a town are itsare its The The father father and two and sons two sons continued continued to practice to practice together, together, physicians, physicians, and doctors and doctors havehave beenbeen calling calling Montana Montana homehomeoftenoften dressing dressing in a suit in a and suit tie andtotiemake to make house house calls calls or or Some of the important people inworking a town its sincemost since its earliest its earliest days.days.

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In fact, In fact, Dr. Dr. physicians, doctors have been calling Montana home dressing inmany a suit and tieown to make house or to and running to running modern modern hospitals, hospitals, medical medical professionals professionals touchtouchoften Heetderks Heetderks mixed mixed many of his ofown his medicines medicines for patients forcalls patients since its earliest days.

From working atOne military deliver babies in the middle of the night. In fact, Dr. everyevery part part of the ofregion’ the region’ s history. s history.

One of theofoutposts longest the longest usingusing meticulous meticulous notesnotes he kept he kept in a in a to runningcontinually modern hospitals, medical professionals continually operated operated medical medical providers providers is theisBozeman the touch Bozeman Heetderks mixed many of his own medicines for patients, smallsmall notebook. notebook.

SuchSuch was awas doctor’ a doctor’ s s every part of the region’s history. One of the longest using meticulous notes he kept in a small notebook. Such Clinic, Clinic, which which has called has called Bozeman Bozeman homehome sincesince the the life on lifethe onfrontier. the frontier. continually operated medical providers is the Bozeman was a doctor’s life on the frontier. beginning beginning of the of1930s. the 1930s.

Clinic, which has called Bozeman home since the The The family family continued continued to practice to practice together together untiluntil 1969,1969, beginningDr. of Bernard the 1930s.

Dr. Bernard Heetderks Heetderks started started the Heetderks the Heetderks Clinic Clinic in in The family continued to practice together until 1969, whenwhen the eldest the eldest Dr. Heetderks Dr. Heetderks passed passed awayaway at ageat74. age 74.

Bozeman Bozeman in 1930 in 1930 afterafter taking taking over over Dr. Clem Dr. Clem Seerley’ Seerley’ s s when the eldest Dr. Heetderks passed away at age 74.

His sons His sons continued continued to grow to grow and modernize and modernize the practice the practice Dr. Bernard Heetderks started the Heetderks Clinic in His sons continued to grow and modernize the practice locallocal practice. practice.

Dr. Heetderks Dr. Heetderks trained trained in medicine in medicine in in through through the years, the years, offering offering a broad a broad rangerange of medical of medical Bozeman in 1930 after taking over Dr. Clem Seerley’s thesurgical years, offering a broad range of medical care Chicago Chicago before before heading heading off tooffserve to serve his country his country in France in Francethrough care care and surgical and procedures. procedures. local practice. Dr. Heetderks trained in medicine in during during World World WarWar I. Following I. Following the war, the war, he worked he worked for the for theand surgical procedures.

Chicago, before heading off to serve his country in France Northern Northern Pacific Pacific Railroad Railroad hospital, hospital, treating treating the workers the workers Writing Writing aboutabout the Clinic the Clinic in thein1980s, the 1980s, the doctors the doctors notednoted during World War I. Following the War, he worked for the Writing about the Clinic in the 1980s, the doctors noted layinglaying the tracks the tracks to to that that The The Bozeman Bozeman Clinic Clinic “offered “offered quality quality diagnostic diagnostic and and Northern Pacific Railroad hospital, treating the workers that The Bozeman Clinic “offered quality diagnostic and connect connect the country. the country. treatment treatment facilities facilities including including a clinical a clinical laboratory, laboratory, withwith laying the tracks to connect the country. treatment facilities including clinical laboratory, with registered registered laboratory laboratory personnel; personnel; a aradiology a radiology department department registered laboratory personnel; a radiology department In 1936, In 1936, Dr. Roland Dr. Roland G Scherer G Scherer joined joined his brother-in-law his brother-in-law withwith hospital hospital gradegrade diagnostic diagnostic x-rayx-ray equipment equipment including including Following his work for the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Roland G. hospital gradeunder diagnostic equipment including at theatHeetderks the Heetderks Clinic Clinic following following his work his work for the forMayo the Mayo with [an] [an] image image intensifier intensifier under the direction thex-ray direction of registered of registered Scherer joined his brother-in-law at the Heetderks Clinic [an] image intensifier under the direction of registered Clinic.

Clinic.

The The doctors doctors practiced practiced together together for two for decades two decades x-rayx-ray technicians. technicians. ” ” in 1936. The doctors practiced together for two decades, x-ray technicians.” untiluntil Dr. Scherer Dr. Scherer departed departed in 1955. in 1955. until Dr. Scherer departed in 1955.

Dr. De Dr.retired De retired in 1987 in 1987 and left andthe leftclinic the clinic in theinhands the hands of of Dr. De retired in 1987 and left the clinic in the hands of By then, By then, Dr. Heetderks’ Dr. Heetderks’ son, son, John,John, had finished had finished medical medical his brother. his brother.

Dr. John Dr. John continued continued the practice the practice untiluntil 1995,1995, by by By then, Dr. Heetderks’ son, John, had finished medical his brother. Dr. John continued the practice until 1995, by school school and was and ready was ready to join to his joinfather his father at theatclinic. the clinic.

Dr. Dr. which which timetime the number the number of physicians of physicians had grown had grown and they and they school and was ready to join his father at the clinic. Dr. which time the number of physicians had grown and they JohnJohn had previously had previously served served in theinNavy the Navy before before studying studying werewere readyready to take to take the reins. the reins.

Dr. Gabor Dr. Gabor Benda Benda joined joined the the John had previously served in the Navy before studying at were ready to take the reins. Dr. Gabor Benda joined the at Montana at Montana StateState University University and the andUniversity the University of of clinicclinic in 1989 in 1989 and was and joined was joined

by Drs.

by Drs. David David McLaughlin, McLaughlin, Montana State University and the University of Minnesota, clinic in 1989 and was joined by Drs. David McLaughlin, Minnesota, Minnesota, where where he earned he earned his Doctor his Doctor of Medicine of Medicine LarryLarry Sonnenberg Sonnenberg and Leonard and Leonard Ramsey Ramsey before before where he earned his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1954.

Larry Sonnenberg and Leonard Ramsey before Dr. John degree degree in 1954. in 1954.

Following Following his education, his education, Dr. John Dr. John decided decidedDr. John Dr. John retired. retired.

Following his education, Dr. John decided to join his retired. to join to his joinfather his father backback in Bozeman. in Bozeman.

Though Though it remained it remained father back in Bozeman. Though it remained a family a family a family business, business, theythey renamed renamed the clinic the clinic The The Bozeman Bozeman Today, Today, the clinic the clinic has expanded has expanded to seven to seven physicians physicians business, they renamed the clinic The Bozeman Clinic, Today, the clinic has expanded to seven physicians Clinic, Clinic, cementing cementing its connection its connection withwith the town. the town. specializing specializing in theinfull thespectrum full spectrum of medical of medical care care for the for the cementing its connection with the town. specializing in the full spectrum of medical care for the whole whole family. family.

The The clinic clinic has added has added Drs. Drs. Heather Heather Wheeler, Wheeler, whole family. The clinic has added Drs. Heather Wheeler, Soon Soon thereafter thereafter in 1957, in 1957, another another son, son, Dr. Albert Dr. Albert De De Steven Steven Roberts Roberts and Christine and Christine Mitchell Mitchell to provide to provide a Soon thereafter in 1957, another son, Dr. Albert De Steven Roberts and Christine Mitchell to providea a unique Heetderks Heetderks – known – known as Dr. as De Dr. – De united – united with with his family his family unique unique breadth of individualized of individualized care under under thebanner banner the banner Heetderks – known as Dr. De – united with his family at breadth of breadth individualized carecare under the of a at theatclinic. the clinic.

Dr. De Dr.also De studied also studied at Montana at Montana StateState and and single practice. The Bozeman Clinic offers everything of a single of a single practice. practice.

The The Bozeman Bozeman Clinic Clinic offersoffers everything everything the clinic. Dr. De also studied at Montana State and the the University the University of Minnesota. of Minnesota.

He went He went on toonearn to earn his his from fromfrom pregnancy pregnancy care care to minor minor surgical surgical procedures, procedures, University of Minnesota. He went on to earn his Bachelor pregnancy care totominor surgical procedures, Bachelor Bachelor of Science of Science and M.D. and M.D. from from Stanford Stanford University University continuing continuing the clinic’ the clinic’ s long s long tradition tradition of of of Science and M.D. from Stanford University in 1954. continuing the clinic’s long tradition of offering in 1954. in 1954. offering offering compassionate compassionate carethe care to the toBozeman the Bozeman community. community. compassionate care to Bozeman community.

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Sharing Montana with the World: The Museum of the Rockies Engaging Communities in Kumamoto, Japan Patrick Leiggi & Carrie Ancell, Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University For decades, outreach at the Museum of the Rockies (MOR) at Montana State University (MSU) has extended far beyond the borders of Montana and the nation. In the late 1980s and again in 2010, MOR designed and delivered original dinosaur exhibits to Japan, Taiwan and Singapore, sharing the most current research being developed at MSU. But in the spring of 2011, community engagement on a global level took on a whole new meaning for this university museum in Bozeman, Montana.

Kyushu, the southernmost island in mainland Japan, is home to some of the most famous and beautiful geologic landscapes in the northern Asiatic region. Volcanoes such as Mount Unzen – located in Japan’s first national park – and Mount Aso are still active in Montana’s sister state of Kumamoto. The Amakusa (pronounced Amoxa) island group, located across the Yatsushiro Sea from the Kumamoto coastline, is a tranquil region where abundant fresh fish and seafood supply the many towns and villages in the prefecture, including Kumamoto City. The peaceful coastal towns attract many tourists year-round from all over Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China.

This story takes place about 12 miles from the bustling city of Kumamoto, where the small agricultural town of Mifune – home to the Mifune Dinosaur Museum (MDM) – had a growing need for professional training and guidance in best museum practices.

In the spring of 2011, Dr. Naoki Ikegami, Chief Curator at the MDM, traveled to Bozeman to speak to the MOR’s Administrative Director of Paleontology about an idea that would involve MOR loaning unprepared dinosaur fossils to the MDM and using them to train his staff in paleontological 24

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techniques. The popularity of dinosaurs in Japan is so great that he hoped his idea would bring more attention and visitation to his museum and help the local economy.

Accepting the challenge, MOR paleontology staff proceeded with what Dr. Ikegami called the Preparation

This phrase from the Museum of the Rockies mission statement – “We bring the world to Montana, we share Montana with the world” – will continue to guide the future.

Project. Under MOR’s direction, the MDM technical staff learned to prepare dinosaur fossils in a viewing lab where museum visitors could watch the delicate practice of cleaning and repairing dinosaur fossils.

In the first phase of the project, a series of dinosaur neck vertebrae encased in a large plaster field jacket was selected for training and shipped to the MDM in early 2012. The MDM staff carefully removed dirt and rock from the neck of the animal, but soon discovered something spectacular: a rare skull from a Jurassic-aged, long-necked sauropod dinosaur. This was exciting news for the MDM, but also everyone at MSU. Graduate student and sauropod expert Cary Woodruff described the find as, “One of the most scientifically important sauropod specimens being currently researched.” Dr. Ikegami’s Preparation Project was off to a good start with a new discovery, and it began popularizing the MDM.

The sauropod replica was placed in the Montana display case in the lobby of the MDM.

In just a matter of a few months, the Paleontology Project and

Mount Aso is the largest active volcano in Japan. the relationship developed between MOR and MDM had become so strong that the institutions decided to officially become sister museums. On July 20, 2012, MDM Director Shinsuke Masunaga and MOR Executive Director Sheldon McKamey signed a sister museum agreement written both in English and Japanese. MSU President Dr. Waded Cruzado attended the ceremony, along with dignitaries from Mifune Town and Kumamoto Prefecture.

The primary tenet of the sister agreement was to “agree to establish a sister relationship with each other, and will endeavor to contribute to the friendship and exchange between the United States and Japan by strengthening their relationship through the cooperation and promotion of exhibits, scientific research and educational outreach.”

By increasing levels of engagement through media, public lectures and visiting local schools, the town of Mifune capitalized on its public presence by securing federal funding to construct a new museum, which transformed the rural town into a major dinosaur attraction across the island of Kyushu, and throughout Japan.

On April 26, 2014, the new MDM opened to an excited crowd of visitors and the second phase of the Preparation Project began. Montana University System Commissioner of Higher Education Clayton Christian, MSU President Cruzado and MOR Executive Director McKamey attended the ceremonies, along with dignitaries from the town of Mifune and the Kumamoto prefectural government.

As the ribbon was being cut, an enormous round of applause reverberated across the museum galleries.

Attendees were ushered into a large reception hall where congratulatory speeches were underway, but there was another surprise in store for the large audience. The MOR’s mascot Rocky Rex had also traveled the 6,000 miles from Bozeman to present a special gift to the new MDM. Rocky Rex and friends rolled a large cloth covered table to the stage, and when the cloth was lifted everyone could see a full-size replica of the sauropod skull and vertebrae that had been prepared by the MDM staff during the first phase of Dr. Ikegami’s Preparation Project. Excitement filled the room and it was quickly decided to place the replica in the Gallatin Valley Life 2016/2017

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front lobby Montana display case for all to see. More than 150,000 visitors travel to the new MDM annually, five times the attendance level prior to opening the new facility.

to Dr. Ikegami and the MOR staff was the lack of knowledge each museum had about each other institution. In fact, none of them had ever met before.

The ideas began to flow as everyone learned about each other, and another idea was born.

Phase II of the Preparation Project produced more exciting results as the MDM staff, through trainings On February 28, 2016, five conducted by MOR, was natural science museums in expertly preparing a rare Kumamoto Prefecture and Rocky Rex presents a full-size replica of the sauropod carnivorous dinosaur two from Montana – MOR skull and vertebrae to the MDM. called Daspletosaurus. Dr. and the Carter County David Varricchio, paleontologist and assistant professor at Museum in Ekalaka- established the Kumamoto Montana Montana State University’s Department of Earth Sciences Natural Science Museum Association (KMNSMA) “to stated, “The superb efforts of the Mifune Dinosaur establish and strengthen the natural science museum Museum to prepare this specimen have hugely advanced relationships between Kumamoto and Montana; and the research opportunities concerning this specimen.” inspire life-long learning within Kumamoto and Montana He went on to explain that, “this may prove to represent communities.” a new dinosaur once the final analysis is completed, and that the current and future research efforts concerning this The outreach potential of the KMNSMA was so apparent specimen are only possible given the working agreement that the Japan Foundation’s Center for Global Partnership reached by the Museum of the Rockies and the Mifune awarded the MOR a two-year grant to further develop Dinosaur Museum.” educational activities and curricula that will be used by schools in both Japan and the United States. In all, Midway through the second phase of the Preparation KMNSMA museums currently attract more than 750,000 Project, MDM’s success was inspiring new relationships. visitors annually.

On February 24, 2015,after many months of discussion, But the story of Montana Kumamoto community Kumamoto Prefecture Governor Ikuo Kabashima engagement doesn’t end there. The MDM-MOR sister and MOR Executive Director McKamey signed a museum relationship, the MOR and Kumamoto Prefecture Memorandum Of Understanding agreeing, “to strengthen partnership, and the establishment of the KMNSMA collaborative efforts related to exhibits, learning support, generated a new collaboration between the towns of research, and other museum-related activities for the Mifune and Bozeman. On May 10, 2016, Mifune Mayor purpose of deepening mutual understanding about the nature and culture of Kumamoto Prefecture and the State of Montana.” Recognizing that museums are an important resource for informal learning in the service of society, MOR and Kumamoto Prefecture became partners. This milestone document placed MDM and MOR squarely in the middle of all natural science museum activity in Kumamoto and Montana.

With over 40 cultural and natural history museums in the prefecture, MOR and MDM decided it was time to bring natural science museums together and begin discussing the significant role of museums in their communities. Through a series of several meetings, exchanges, and presentations, the MOR and MDM met with five natural science museums in Kumamoto Prefecture. What was interesting 26

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Opening day at the new Mifune Dinosaur Museum.

Masayuki Fujiki, and Montana State University President Dr. Waded Cruzado signed an agreement of understanding “to further strengthen the cooperative relationship between the university and the town for the betterment of peoples MOR’s Patrick Leiggi, Executive in Japan and the United Director Sheldon McKamey, MSU States.” The intent of President Waded Cruzado, and MUS Commissioner of Higher Education the agreement is to Clayton Christian attended the opencooperate in such areas ing ceremonies. as education and culture, economic and tourism development, sporting events, lifelong learning, and public administration. The MOR’s all-inclusive approach to partnerships between communities in Kumamoto and Montana has provided deeper community engagement opportunities in Japan for MSU faculty, students and staff.

As Phase III of the Preparation Project gets underway in 2016, the MDM and the MOR continue to work together with their partners on numerous museum and entrepreneurial activities, including an exhibit that will open at the MDM in July 2017. The exhibit will bring rare fossils from Montana to Mifune – in celebration of the five year anniversary of their sister museum relationship – and will be commemorated with members of the KMNSMA and MSU.

Since its inception, Dr. Ikegami’s Preparation Project has inspired deepening levels of community engagement in Mifune, Kumamoto Prefecture and Montana. This phrase from the Museum of the Rockies mission statement – “We bring the world to Montana, we share Montana with the world” – will continue to guide the future.

If you are interested in visiting Montana’s sister state of Kumamoto and the MDM, taking direct flights to Tokyo’s Narita and Haneda airports is easy. There are daily flights to Kumamoto from Haneda airport, or you can take the Shinkansen express train from Tokyo and enjoy the splendors of Japan’s countryside!

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American Made:

A Few Hours Walking the Lot with Dave Ressler

By Jimmy Lewis

For anyone who has spent the last decade living in the Gallatin Valley, the name “Ressler” is probably not all too unfamiliar. At the very least, you’ve probably noticed the stickers bearing the name placed on the backside of the many cars and trucks in the valley that began their odyssey of ownership by being purchased off the lot of Ressler Motors on Huffine. If you’re among the group of people who have been fortunate enough to come into contact with Dave Ressler, the name may bring to mind the man himself, or perhaps his extraordinary collection of Corvettes which he keeps housed right here in the valley, one of which is the oldest production 1953 Corvette in existence--VIN #003.

I recently had the privilege of spending a few hours with the iconic auto dealer, kicking tires at his ranch located not too far from the dealership that bears his name. One of the first things I noticed upon arriving was a meticulously constructed race track, the kind upon which you could maneuver a 2016 Corvette Z06 every so often. But then there are the 40-plus additional Corvettes parked in the garage from which you could choose, each of which is collectible for its own unique reasons, whether it be shade of paint, year of birth, VIN#, or the fact that the vehicle is one of the handful of cars that has served as the Official Pace Car for the Indianapolis 500. The reasons for the collectible appeal of these Corvettes are as varied and complex as

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the thought processes of the man who owns them, and the passion that went into designing and building these cars is matched only by Ressler’s own desire to collect and preserve them as functional art representative of an American success story.

“I’m a North Dakota kid,” says Dave. “I grew up in Mandan.” Mandan, North Dakota, that is, where you could say he was born into the car business. His father, Chris Ressler, a salesman at the local Chevy dealership in Mandan, Chase Chevrolet, died at fifty-two when Dave was still a young man. Dave describes himself as a senior in high school working as a grocery store shelf stocker and gas station attendant at the time. The gas station job wasn’t too bad in Dave’s eyes, as this was the mid-1970s, a time when “self-service” was not in the country’s lexicon, especially in Mandan, and the job involved working with cars and providing quality service to customers--two things in which Dave took a lot of pleasure. Mr. Robert Chase, the 76-year-old owner of the local Chevy dealership, noticed the personable and hard working young Ressler and, looking for someone to fill Dave’s father’s shoes, offered him a position selling cars. Ressler was doubtful, as he had just married and was not all too eager to leave what had become a secure job. Not to be denied, Mr.

Chase “caught me at a weak moment,” as Dave puts it, “he pulled in with a brand new Monte Carlo and said ‘Oh, by the way, this could be your demo if you come to work.’” Dave started selling Chevy’s for him on May 17th, 1978. Six months later, the dealership was sold to Ivan Gandrud out of Grand Forks. Being that Dave had already become the leading salesman, selling thirty out of the dealership’s average of sixty cars per month sold by a sales team of four, he was kept on.

“Things didn't get anything but better,” says Dave. “He just improved on our processes.” Six years later, Mr. Gandrud made Dave an offer that changed his life: “He walked in one morning and said ‘come into my office. Let’s talk.’ I thought ok, because I’m usually getting into a little bit of trouble, right? I said, ‘What’s the deal?’ And he said, ‘How old was your father when he passed?’ And I said, ‘fiftytwo.’ And he goes, ‘You’ve always made that comment that when Mr. Chase retired your father probably would have had a shot to be the dealer.’ And I said, ‘I believe that.’ He says, ‘Well, you’ve always made the comment that your desire is to become a dealer as well.’ And I said, ‘Yeah, but I’m twenty-seven-years old, pretty young.’ And he says, ‘No you’re not.’ And then he literally handed me the key to the front door. I said, ‘Do I have a year or so to work this through?’ And he said, ‘No. I’m out the door in two weeks.’” Having recently acquired two new dealerships in Wisconsin, Mr. Gandrud, needed to move on to his new ventures, and worked out a plan in which Dave would pay off the Mandan dealership in a period of 5-7 years. “On the eighteenth month, I wrote him the last check,” Dave told me.

It was in 1999 that Dave started his Bozeman dealership. While on buying visits to Billings to pick up used vehicles being auctioned off

by GM and Ford for his dealership back in Mandan, Dave bumped into Pat Connell. “I just knew he was kind of miserable,” Dave says, “and I thought if he got enough money, he’d probably retire. Dave came out and visited the store and saw a great opportunity. It was the same deal I’d went through. He was selling 80-90 cars a month. He was not hands-on, and I saw the opportunity. So I sat down with him and brought my investors in again who helped me out in Mandan, and they looked at the market and said, ‘It’s huge. It could be a big Toyota-Chevy market.’ And so I said ‘I’m ready.’ That was in ‘99.

So I jumped into that deal.”

The result became Ressler Chevrolet and Toyota. Seventeen years later, it is the success you see today on Huffine Lane. Following in the

footsteps of his own mentor, Ivan Gandrud, Dave turned the keys of his Mandan dealership over to Bob Kupper. “I really felt it’d be tough to be in both places and do an outstanding job,” says Ressler, “So I asked Bob if he’d be interested and he jumped on it whole-heartedly. It took him about ten years, but he now owns the Chevy store in Mandan.”

With the success of Ressler on Huffine, Dave has been able to move on to Gallatin Motors (formerly The Montana Import Group), which he claims will be his last business venture. “We call them ‘tours’,” says Dave. “I was on my first tour in Mandan; second tour was the Connell evolution, and then the third tour is now my Subaru deal. But at sixtyyears old--I'm gonna make the announcement right here--I’m done!

In this town is the only way I’ll go. A lot of dealers, when they take on a second store, they’ll go to another location like I did coming from Mandan out to Bozeman. But I’ve got grandkids now. I have four of them. One little guy and three daughters. My downtime is spent with them. I don’t go to too many car auctions anymore. And now that I’m back to work on a day-to-day at the Subaru store I’m havin’ a hoot. I wake up wanting to go to work. There are not many people who like to go to work, but I love going to work.” And it all must be working.

Gallatin Motors is now the fastest growing Subaru dealership in the country, Dave tells me, his dealership having exceeded Subaru’s sales objectives by 35% in 2015.

After only getting to know Dave for a matter of hours, it became evident to me that he is man motivated by his passions. Looking around, it is clear to me that cars--and especially the Corvette--have occupied a special place in the heart of Dave Ressler, and his passion and focus have benefitted many, from the thousands of pleased customers who have had their automotive needs met at one of Dave’s dealerships to the myriad people who have benefitted from the work of the many charities which Dave has supported throughout his life

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in the car business. “I was raised a Catholic” he says, “and my dad always told me: ‘You donate, you give, and it comes back to you times ten.’” Walking into the midst of Dave’s collection, I know my eyes should be fixed upon the white convertible which is the centerpiece of the showroom. “That’s the ‘53,” Dave says, “That’s the world’s oldest Corvette.” But the sex appeal of the 2009 ZR-1 with a one-ofa-kind blue paint job cannot be denied. The car has also drawn my attention for much more wholesome reasons. I remember it from a video I watched preparing for our interview about Dave’s acquisition of the car--VIN#0001--when it rolled off the production line at GM’s assembly plant in Bowling Green, KY. The retail price of the sports car was $99,000.00, but just who would have the privilege of paying that purchase price was being determined by a bidding war in which the final amount would go to The United Way of Detroit. To have that ZR-1 parked before us, Ressler finally made the now famous donation in the amount of $1,000,000.00. In addition, he simultaneously wrote a $50,000.00 check to both the Bozeman and Mandan chapters of

well-being. Bringing this perspective into our conversation, I came to realize that the 2009 ZR-1 was just one of many such charity-inspired acquisitions in Dave’s collection. “Along with the ZR-1, I have several other VIN#1s that were charitable donations as well,” and then adding, “There are over seventy charitable organizations my company donates to and that comes right off my bottom line.” And as we continue our tour of his collection and Dave enthusiastically continues to point out the particulars related to each Corvette, I begin to see what is possible when people reach for their dreams while considering the needs of others. The paradigm is something worth emulating.

the United Way. I can’t help but find the economic arrangement of Dave’s acquisition to be as appealing as the Corvette he acquired: An American auto manufacturer pushing the boundaries of what is possible in a sports car, an aficionado who has worked hard in providing a service to American consumers in an attempt to realize his dream of acquiring this car, and a seven-figure charitable donation.

This is America functioning well--separate dreams coming together at a confluence that forms economic success and promotes social

may also be a book in the future in which Dave plans on sharing his knowledge of Corvettes and the nuance that has made his collection the preeminent collection in the world. What can probably be said with certainty is that Dave Ressler’s idea of “retirement” will not be out of character. Be it spending time with his grandchildren or putting the finishing touches on his legacy, it’s sure to be a “hands-on” approach.

Dave loves to get up and go to work every day, he says, “because when you find something you love to do, you will never work a day in your life.”

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So what is in the future for the auto-magnate of the Gallatin Valley?

Along with spending more time with his grandchildren, Dave is considering a museum in the valley for his collection. He envisions the millions of visitors to our region from around the world people enjoying a stop by his museum, where they can experience the most extraordinary collection of automotive Americana in the country. There

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In the last couple of years alone, Bozeman’s dining scene has seen a large rise in the number of chainrestaurants, both high and low quality. With the increasing homogeneity of food in our city, it’s easy to feel that authentic dining experiences are becoming more and more unattainable. Luckily, those seeking an authentic pizza in Bozeman are in luck; Pizza Campania offers not only specialty classic Neapolitan pizzas, but a unique atmosphere and experience.

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Gallatin Veterinary Hospital (GVH) provides cutting edge technology and professional service given with compassion, courtesy and respect. Pets are members of your family; we treat them like members of ours.

Accredited by the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) since 2009, GVH was the first hospital in Bozeman to earn this distinction, which is awarded to only 12% of the veterinary hospitals in the United States and Canada. AAHA evaluates over 900 of the highest quality standards available in veterinary medicine, including: anesthesia, client service, contagious disease, continuing education,

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dentistry, diagnostic imaging, emergency and critical care, examination facilities, housekeeping and maintenance, human resources, laboratory, leadership, medical records, pain management, patient care, pharmacy, referral standards, safety and surgery to ensure the best care for your pet. A significant continuing commitment in providing the best possible care for you and your four-legged family members, AAHA accreditation is a huge undertaking, but at GVH we believe it makes us stronger.

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Computer Tomography (CT) We are excited to bring the newest and best technology in advanced 3D imaging to GVH. We are the first veterinary hospital in the state of Montana to install the NewTom 5G Vet Cone Beam CT. The technology is so advanced, that many of these machines are placed in universities, such as The University of California at Davis, or in larger cities.

Why is this important? Cone beam technology allows equal and, in some cases, better image quality when compared to traditional CT scans. It exposes

“Pets are members of your family and we treat them like they are members of ours.” our patients to less radiation and is completed in a fraction of the time, which means less time under anesthesia. All of our scans can be read by a radiologist that specializes in computer tomography and results are usually available within 24 hours.

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Montana Veterinary Surgical Service (MVSS) MVSS is Montana’s most skilled and experienced small animal surgery referral service. Dr. Mark Albrecht is the only small animal residency trained surgeon in Montana. He is one of the first 50 surgeons in the world to be trained by Dr. Slocum to do Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomies (TPLO) and the first person in Montana to offer TPLO surgeries.

In addition, GVH was a beta test site for the Canine Unicompartmental Elbow Procedure (CUE) – a revolutionary treatment for elbow dysplasia. The results of that testing are in publication and show this procedure to significantly help patients with elbow arthritis. In fact, Dr. Albrecht has now preformed this procedure on two of his own Labradors. Dr. Albrecht is a member of the Veterinary Arthroscopy Arthrology Advancement society, or VA3, making him a recognized world leader in veterinary arthroscopy.

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• Acupuncture – Dr. Sara Hann, DVM, CVA, is using acupuncture to provide complimentary care to treat arthritis, lameness, postoperative pain, nerve injury, back and muscle pain, GI problems, lick granulomas, allergies and general wellness.

• Laparoscopic surgery – Dr. Madelynn Fell is our goto veterinarian for minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures, including spays. Many clients have heard of these laparoscopic procedures, but don’t realize that GVH is the only hospital in the Gallatin Valley to offer this service. With laparoscopic procedures, the incisions are smaller and less painful for your pet.

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• Recovery facilities – Uniquely designed anesthesia recovery area and warming kennels that help provide a smoother, gentler recovery after anesthesia.

• Oncology – Experienced oncology (cancer care) for pets, from surgery to chemotherapy.

• Dental care – From prophylactic cleanings to advanced care, GVH dental care is provided by highly trained doctors and technicians. Doctors Kari Swenson, Sarah Hann and Madelynn Fell have completed training in advanced extractions and restoratives and our dental technicians have been through special dental training to ensure that your pet has the best comprehensive dental care possible. Board certified Veterinary Dentist Dr. Tony Woodward, of Montana Pet Dental, sees clients at GVH as well.

• Rehabilitation services –Jen Hill, CCRP, provides rehabilitation services, including laser therapy, therapeutic ultrasound, e-stim and customized at-home exercises. Sometimes, the best course of action is not surgery. GVH staff, in conjunction with Jen Hill, can work up an individualized plan that might include special hobbles and exercises. One size doesn’t fit all when it comes to the your pet’s care.

• Digital radiography (X-rays) and digital dental radiography – This technology and our level of expertise allow us to better diagnose and treat your loved ones. Digital images facilitate fast, easy consults by board certified specialists.

• Diagnostic ultrasound –Dr. Brit Culver, one of only two board certified Small Animal Internists practicing in Montana, visits monthly to offer this service.

• On-site laboratory services – On-site service provide for fast results for critical care patients and

special pricing from Antech for outside services allows for advanced testing with great pricing.

We Care

GVH not only cares for our clients and patients, but also the community, state and world. In the last year, we have teamed up with K-9 Cares Montana to help a wounded warrior, pledging lifelong wellness care for this incredible team. We are also happy to be the top paw sponsor of the 2015 K9-9K, an event where the proceeds go to such worthy causes as the National Canine Cancer Foundation, which is working on ending cancer in our four-legged friends; K-9 Care Montana, which provides service dogs to wounded veterans and those with special needs; and Run Dog Run, an organization advocating for additional off-leash recreation facilities for Bozeman area dog owners.

Dr. Albrecht is an adjunct faculty member of the Washington State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital and Gallatin Veterinary Hospital is one of the only facilities in Montana approved to directly train the next generation of veterinarians. We also host student veterinarians and veterinary technician students from across the country.

In addition, GVH donates more than $20,000 annually to help pets that can’t help themselves. On a global scale, we are helping build schools for children around the world. We have also donated services to the following shelters: • Heart of the Valley (Bozeman), • Stafford Animal Shelter (Livingston), • Lewis & Clark Humane Society (Helena), • Chelsea Bailey Butte, • Silverbow Animal Shelter (Butte), • Albert’s Angel Fund (Butte), • Bitterroot Humane Society (Hamilton), and • Bassett Rescue of Montana (Missoula).

For more information about GVH services or our humanitarian projects, please give us a call at 406.587.4458, visit us at 1635 Reeves Rd. E. or check us out online at gallatinvethospital.com.

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That’s A Wrap There are no limits to what SCS can design, wrap and install

By Steven Feagler

Just as a chameleon changes its color to alter appearance, vinyl and latex wraps have the capacity to change the appearance of everything from boats, cars, and snowmobiles, to walls and countertops. As the only 3M certified installation wrap facility in the region, SCS Wraps leads the way for quality wrapping and large format printing. Founded in the Gallatin Valley in 1999, SCS initially produced custom stickers for motorsports athletes before diving into the largeformat printing and wrapping industry in Montana.

SCS Wraps (Signs, Concepts and Solutions) is the region’s leader in large-format design and printing for signs and banners; from vehicle decals and fleet wraps to wall wraps, they craft visual marketing tools and designs that put businesses in front of the public eye.

With the versatility of vinyl wrapping, there are no limits to what SCS can design, wrap and install.

Today, SCS employs an experienced in-house design team who can transform a rough concept into a design masterpiece. As an innovator in the industry, SCS works with local artists such as Derek DeYoung to create one-of-a-kind drift boat and Yeti cooler wraps.

SCS Wraps’ sister company, SCS Unlimited, produces pre-cut and designed wraps for a variety of off-road vehicles from snowmobiles to side-by-side UTVs. The quality of their graphics are known to powersports enthusiasts around the globe. SCS Unlimited is the official wrap manufacturer endorsed by Bombardier, who manufactures vehicles such as Can-Am, Ski-Doo, and Sea-Doo. SCS utilizes the highest quality 3M vinyl products, combined with their eye-catching designs to create 40

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an effective marketing tool for businesses and add style for consumers’ vehicles. They can also bring walls to life in homes and businesses by serving as an architectural grade finish as an alternative to paint.

SCS Wraps also offers both custom and pre-designed architectural wraps for a both residential and commercial construction. For the last eight years, SCS Wraps has implemented state-of-the-art technology to design and produce wraps that add vibrancy to any home or business. These wrap designs can take the form of a mural, fascinating clients with vivid imagery and animating a home with walls that display encapsulating photography or eloquent artwork.

Additionally, these wraps may serve as interior or exterior finishes. SCS offers pre-designed patterns which range from wood to marble and metal. These architectural finishes offer a scuff and scratchresistant, easy to clean alternative to paint or any other wall finish.

The 3M films which SCS Wraps utilize can be applied to a variety of existing materials from sheetrock to wood, metal and brick. The large-format printing capabilities of SCS Wraps allow for an endless array of possibilities.

As Montana’s premier large-format printing and wrapping business, SCS Wraps is continuously pushing the boundaries of what is possible with vinyl products. With a skilled design team and state of the art printing capabilities, SCS is known throughout the region and nationally as the go-to for high quality wrapping solutions. For more information go to www. scswraps.com.

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AMI

Promotes Lung Cancer and Breast Cancer Screenings

Cancer screenings are designed to catch cancer in its earliest stages, when it is most treatable. For example, mammograms look for breast cancer and lung screens look for the most common cancer killer in America: lung cancer.

Advanced Medical Imaging (AMI) and Bozeman Health are proud to jointly offer Low Dose Chest CT (LDCT) scans for lung cancer, a disease that often has reached advanced stages by the time patients experience symptoms. And, AMI recently added a second MRI unit, basically doubling patient access for breast MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and breast MRI biopsies.

LDCT screenings were introduced at Bozeman Health and AMI in 2013, with 83 conducted to date. Using a lower radiation dose than a normal CT scan–about the same as in a mammogram–the test recently became more affordable for more patients.

The screenings now are covered by most commercial insurance carriers and by Medicare because LDCT screenings “can detect lung cancer at an earlier stage than lung cancer would be detected in an unscreened population” according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The fiveyear survival rate for lung cancer had been only 15% since the 1970s, because of late diagnosis.

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“According to 2011 statistics from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), for every 320 individuals we screen for lung cancer using Low Dose Chest CT scans, we can prevent one death from lung cancer,” said AMI Director Courtney Funk. “I think it’s an amazing statistic.

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It’s part of the reason that Medicare adopted coverage so quickly.”

Since smoking is thought to cause up to 90% of lung cancers, candidates for this screening must be a current or former smoker, between 55-74 years old, with a smoking history of at least 30 packyears (one pack a day for 30 years, two packs a day for 15 years, etc.), and have no symptoms such as wheezing or coughing up blood. An order for the test is needed from their primary provider.

Funk would like to see more people take advantage of the lung cancer screenings, but is very pleased with the growth in breast cancer screenings at AMI. “In one year, our breast MRI volume has increased 66%, so we are now averaging more than one per day,” she said. Breast MRI is used most often in breast cancer diagnosis and staging, but NCCN recommends screening with mammography plus breast MRI for some women at higher risk of breast cancer.

“The need for biopsy of suspicious lesions has quadrupled, which led us to install a second MRI unit capable of all imaging subspecialties, including dedicated breast MRI and breast MRI biopsy,” Funk added. “Access and convenience for patients will be greatly improved. We also have a dedicated Breast Specialist, Cindy Carter, PA-C, and team of professionals that assist patients with risk evaluation, screening guidelines, even insurance pre-authorization.”

For more information on either type of screening, call AMI at 406-414-5200.

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Big Growth, Big Opportunity: Keeping Bozeman the Most Livable Place

By Carrie Hook, Executive Director Thrive

The secret’s out Montana’s wide open spaces, welcoming attitude, and thriving economy have been attracting families and business professionals to this area in record numbers. Gallatin County’s population is projected to double between 2000 and 2030, and if that weren’t startling enough, the US Census recently ranked Bozeman as the sixth fastest growing “micropolitan” area in the nation...wow.

education of our children, and who sets the next generation up for success.

As the mother of three and the Executive Director of Thrive, a local nonprofit that has been serving kids and families in this area for three decades, I could not be more proud to live in a community with so much going for it. The intelligent perspectives and good old fashioned neighborliness of the people who live in this community are at the root of why we love living here, and it doesn’t take long for new residents (or visitors!) to discover the warm community feeling that we enjoy. Couple that with a progressive business environment and a highly educated workforce thanks to award winning secondary schools and a hightech university (Ok, and the mountains, of course!) and it’s easy to see why families are choosing to live in big sky country. We are all lucky to be part of a community like this.

Yet while Gallatin Valley’s growth is exciting, it also makes me wonder about our community’s future, the future that our children will inherit. The things about Bozeman that we value the friendly neighbors, the welcoming culture and the safe, small town neighborhood feel are no accident.

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So now it’s our turn. If we want our children to have the same opportunity to live in a nurturing, welcoming place, then we must plan for tomorrow, today. Fact is, local families today face big obstacles. From a tough local job market to steadily increasing housing costs, while our economy is growing, the financial resources of families in

our community are being stretched further and further. As our population increases, more and more pressure is put on local resources; schools and daycares are full, and local nonprofits, especially those who serve kids and families, are struggling to keep up with the demand for services.

Last year alone, Thrive served over 8,000 kids and parents in the Gallatin Valley. Thrive’s five signature programs range from school based mentoring and academic support, to parenting workshops, to one on one support for teen parents and so much more. We know that raising kids is tough and that families face hardships, no matter who they are or where they come from, so our services are for everyone, no matter their background or socioeconomic level.

Despite how different our participants may be, one thread ties all of these families together: their commitment to creating successful futures for their children. But they cannot do it alone, they need the support of their neighbors.

When we invest in local families, we are doing far more than improving their children’s school performance or increasing their graduation rates; we are fostering a generation who care about their community, who seek and value education, and who will one day raise healthy, successful kids of their own. So please, as a fellow community member, I invite you to invest in our community’s future. Be kind to your neighbors. Get involved in your child’s school. Attend a free parenting class. Volunteer to mentor a young student. Donate your time or talent to local organizations. They say it takes a village, and as our village grows, it is the responsibility of everyone in our community to ensure it stays the most livable place. If we all work together, we can ensure our community remains the incredible place to live that it is now, for years to come. Together, we can invest in tomorrow, today.

Carrie Hook is the Executive Director of Thrive, a local nonprofit whose mission is to ensure that all children succeed at home, at school, and in life. For more information about Thrive programs, please visit allthrive.org, call 4065873840, or stop by their downtown Bozeman office at 400 E Babcock, by the Bozeman Bowl.

In 2056, she’ll be mayor of Bozeman.

What we do for her today directly affects her future ... and yours.

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NPS iN YNP: 100 Years of Stewardship

by Michael Fox, curator oF history, MuseuM oF the rockies

The National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2016 but it celebrates the 144th year since the founding of the world’s first national park. Yellowstone National Park was established under President Ulysses S. Grant’s administration in 1872 and operated under the US Department of the Interior for 44 years before the appearance of the first dedicated park ranger. By 1915 the system of national parks consisted of 9 parks with 3 more added the following year. Prior to creation of the National Park Service, each of these parks was individually managed under the broad administrative umbrella of the Department of Interior.

Prior to the creation of the Nation Park Service a seasoned force of US Army troops enforced park rules in Yellowstone. Sent to the park in 1886

by General of the Army Philip Sheridan, the army assisted the Department of the Interior in preventing poaching and keeping the peace within the boundaries of the 2.2 million acre reserve. The units assigned to this duty were usually cavalry troopers who had experience with the challenging terrain and unpredictable weather of the northern Rocky Mountains. The Department of Interior, long the home of orphan government programs, welcomed the army’s assistance as it had no law enforcement branch of its own.

These were formative years for Yellowstone National Park and for the idea of what national parks should, and should not, become. Federal officials and visitors alike feared the commercialization of their parks and carefully monitored the Department of the Interior’s activities. The government was not, however, in any position to offer the sorts of amenities that visitors to the park desired and from its earliest days Yellowstone hosted independent business operators who provided services such as lodging, transportation and selling supplies to tourists. Operating under federal contracts or concessions these businesses are known as concessioners in national parks and as visitation grew so did the need for the visitor services that they provided.

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By the 1910s two railroads served Yellowstone National Park and the idea of allowing automobiles into the area was also being discussed. Again, officials and visitors grew concerned about the park’s operations, fearing that increased visitorship would overwhelm the capabilities of the keepers of the nation’s parks. Eleven sites had been designated as national parks by 1911 and the broad diversity of the now growing system needed its own dedicated service. In September of that year Secretary of the Interior Walter L. Fisher convened the first Annual National Parks Conference in Yellowstone. The conference brought together superintendents of nation’s parks as well as representatives of other federal departments that oversaw national monuments, battlefields and forest reserves. The discussion quickly turned to jurisdiction and the multi-faceted responsibilities that these various agencies exercised within the parks. Additionally, the US Army had by this time grown weary of its job as the park’s police force and supported the idea of the Department of the Interior taking these duties over.

The idea of a singular division within the Department of the Interior to oversee national park operations was born at this meeting and another held in 1912. By 1915 Steven Mather, assistant to Secretary Franklin K. Lane, was ready with a plan. Meeting at the University of California at Berkeley, and in the shadow of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition across the bay in San Francisco, Mather presented his idea for the creation of a National Park Service that would operate the nation’s parks and work

with concessioners and other business interests to enhance the public’s ability to enjoy them. With the support of both federal officials and the public the organic act of August 25, 1916 creating the National Park Service was signed into law with Mather as its first director.

The agency was quickly vaulted into service and immediately set about both enforcing park laws and serving as interpreters of natural wonders placed under their care. The timing of the transition from US Army to National Park Service administration was critical in Yellowstone as automobiles had been allowed into the park for the first time in 1915. By the 1916 season the underpowered and often unpredictable machines were scaring horses and transporting tourists from one end of the park to the other. A year later, all horse-drawn passenger transportation in the park was switched to motorbuses and touring cars. A revolution in the ways in which visitors toured the park took place in the span of just a few short years.

As the world’s first national park, Yellowstone was, and is, seen as the flagship of the National Park system. It was little surprise that Mather’s protégé and assistant director, Horace M. Albright, soon took on the superintendent position in Yellowstone. Under Albright’s administration Yellowstone tourism flourished. Soldiers returning from the battlefields of Europe were inspired to see the sights of their country and a “See America First” campaign, initiated by railroads hoping to keep tourist dollars in the United States rather than overseas, rapidly picked up momentum. Albright embraced the movement seeing railroad promoters as partners in bringing new visitors to national parks. In 1929, Albright left Yellowstone to take over Steven Mather’s job as National Park Service Director.

By the mid 1920s the agency had adopted its own uniform. Based on the US Army’s uniform of the 1910s, the outfit consisted of a campaign hat, woolen military blouse and jodhpurs, riding boots and a Sam Browne belt.

Park rangers wore their own agency’s badges and divisional insignia as well. Uniforms became a topic of interest in Yellowstone as women began to join the ranks of the park rangers. Albright hired Isabel Bassett in 1920, followed by Marguerite Lindsley and Frieda Nelson in 1925.

The National Park Service evolved into the primary interpretive entity in parks like Yellowstone during the 1920s. Rangers did more than just enforce the rules, they led tours of the geological features and taught visitors about the plants and animals that lived in the park. Education and interpretation remain primary responsibilities of the National Park Service and the 1930s saw the rising importance of scientific research in the parks as well.

The 1930s and early 1940s were a time of declining visitorship in America’s national parks. The national economic depression and the war that followed it prevented tourists from reaching areas like Yellowstone and shortages and rationing of everything from gasoline to baking flour

top left: National Park service’s First Director, steven Mather in yellowstone, ca. 1920.

Courtesy Yellowstone National Park, National Park Service. above: superintendent horace albright at the 50th anniversary celebration of the founding of yellowstone National Park, 1922.

Courtesy National Park Service,Yellowstone National Park. right: automobiles lined up for touring the park next to liberty cap, Mammoth,yellowstone National Park, ca. 1925.

Courtesy National Park Service,Yellowstone National Park.

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discouraged them further. The end of World War II, however, marked a great renaissance for tourism nationwide. Just as the doughboys of WWI had flocked to their national parks, returning WWII veterans took advantage of a post-war economic boom and took to the highways. Yellowstone tourism surged. The parks themselves, however, were not ready for the onslaught and visitors encountered crumbling roads, poor accommodations and the evidence of more than a decade of neglect as the nation had concentrated its efforts on fighting the depression and the war. The National Park Service recognized their visitors’ needs and inaugurated a ten-year, system-wide program to update and upgrade park facilities in 1956. Known as Mission 66, the program built new hotels, repaired aging infrastructure and brought Yellowstone into the modern age of tourism. Space-age architecture was included in Yellowstone’s new Canyon Village while elderly structures like the Canyon Hotel were removed.

As Mission 66 concluded in 1966, the National Park Service again sought new directions as the protectors and promoters of the nation’s parks. Conservation was a new concept for many Americans who were again concerned about the commercialization of the nation’s recreational areas and the agency moved forward with plans to professionalize

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its scientific efforts. Demonstrating its commitment to conserving natural places while inviting the public to enjoy them, the park service continues to balance these often-competing missions. The great Yellowstone fires of 1988 directed national attention to the Service’s conservation strategies and though initially seen as catastrophic, fire is now recognized as a natural part of park resource management.

Today the National Park service continues to welcome visitors from to Yellowstone from every nation on earth. Record-breaking visitation numbers are almost routine as more than 3 million people pass through the park every year. Still, the National Park Service retains vestiges of its early days in the park. From the WWI era campaign hats to the rangers’ knowledge of geology, plants and animals, the National Park Service can be proud of the 100 years professional management that they continue to bring to the public in Yellowstone.

opposite: White touring cars took over park transportation from horse-drawn stagecoaches in yellowstone in 1917. canyon hotel,yellowstone National Park, ca. 1920.

Courtesy National Park Service,Yellowstone National Park. automobile Guide 1921. above, once a common sight in yellowstone, bears approaching vehicles were a danger to both themselves and visitors. in the 1970s, National Park service scientists spurred the park to discontinue this practice.

Courtesy National Park Service,Yellowstone National Park.

Postcard of the dining room at canyon lodge. built as part of Mission 66 program, this hotel brought space-age design to yellowstone. Courtesy Robert V. Goss. the 1950s saw a huge upsurge in park visitation. boy with lake trout.

Courtesy National Park Service,Yellowstone National Park.

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Michael, Jessie, Deb and Tucker . . . Spring Break, The Big Apple lingered. Over the years, the The dining room will seat 8 commitment to creating a beautiful environment for comfortably with a spectacular view. The home has guests was realized in their family home along with two separate living spaces including a cozy sitting a reputation for sharing hospitality in memorable area by the wood fireplace and a sunken living room ways. Fast forward to the empty-nester stage of with large screen TV and DVD player, library, games, life and the incredible rise in popularity for Vacation huge picture windows and glass doors looking out Rental By Owner (VRBO) properties which Michael to the yard and mountains. Cherry Creek Guest experienced during his marketing career at Bridger House is the ideal lodging solution for locals needing Bowl Ski Area. additional space for family and friends as well as for visitors seeking a convenient, home-like experience in In May of 2016, Michael and Deb became the proud a beautiful setting. new owners of Cherry Creek Guest House. Located A little piece of history just 3 miles north of downtown Bozeman, Montana, – in 1806, William Clark and this VRBO is an eclectic 4 bed/3 bath home featuring Sacajawea passed by this property a spaciously comfortable interior, breathtaking views, via the East Gallatin River when and a beautiful yard with hot tub, fire pit and outdoor returning to St. Louis after their journey cooking area. With a view to the East Gallatin River through the rugged west. They rejoined and hundreds of acres of open space out back, you’ll Meriwether Lewis at the confluence of the feel as though you are in the Montana wilderness Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers. while abundant shopping, fine dining, recreation and entertainment options are just around the corner.

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Fair-weather family offers high-flying ‘endeavors’ over Bozeman, Big Sky

By Skip Anderson

The depth of natural wonders in the Gallatin Valley is a breathtaking as it is varied, an enviable trait that’s surely been appreciated long before Lewis and Clark famously traversed the banks of Three Forks. But for a truly unique way to appreciate the majesty of Bozeman, Big Sky and Paradise Valley, according to high-flying husband-and-wife team Brittany and Colin Graham, one must take to the air.

“We get about 3,000 feet off the ground,” says Brittany, co-owner of Bozeman-based Endeavor Ballooning. “And the views are just stunning — especially of the mountains.”

Brittany runs the office, organizes the ground crew and chase vehicles, and serves as chief photographer, while Colin, a federally certified commercial pilot with balloon, airplane and instrument ratings, captains the aircraft and serves as the airborne tour guide. Both must rise early, as they exclusively offer sunrise hot-air-balloon excursions. This isn’t just a policy, is a good law enacted for public safety — winds can become tricky as temperatures rise.

“We go up once a day, and it’s at sunrise,” Brittany says.

“This is great, because it also happens to be the calmest and prettiest part of the day. And the sun coming up over the ridges is just gorgeous!”

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Brittany hopes to convince you otherwise.

“I’m afraid of heights,” she admits. “But, I can do this, because it’s very peaceful, and you just don’t feel any movement — it’s very gentle for the entire 45 to 75 minutes we’re up there.

And the only noises you’ll hear are occasional blasts from the burner [that keeps the balloon filled with hot air]. Everybody who ever said they were afraid — and I do mean everybody — have said they had a great time and would recommend others [with acrophobia] give it a try.”

While the couple might have the coolest summer gigs in the vicinity, the MVP of their staff just might be a long-faced, floppy-eared English Cocker Spaniel named Jim Bridger.

As Endeavor Ballooning’s chief mascot (and honorary co-pilot), Jim Bridger is doggone great at greeting customers and riding along in the chase vehicle from time to time. He’s also a client favorite.

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Hearing Aid Institute Competent and Compassionate Professional Care

by Steven Feagler Famous motivational speaker and business philosopher, Zig Ziglar, once said, “If you help enough people get what they want, you will get what you want.” Apply this statement to being in the business of helping people to better hear the world around them and you have the cornerstone for The Hearing Aid Institute of Bozeman, the oldest and largest hearing aid provider in Montana. Founded in 1944 by the Genest family, the HAI was purchased

by Don VanDeRiet in 1986. Over the past thirtyyears, Don’s leadership has taken the HAI from a oneemployee business to a thriving company of twenty-five employees operating six offices in two states, with five of these offices in Montana (Bozeman, Billings, Great Falls, Helena, and Butte). The HAI is proud of its heritage as a family-owned and operated business currently represented by three generations of Don’s family. The company, still operated by Don; his daughter, Sandy; his son, Mike; and Sandy’s daughter, Tanya, is now part of the All American Hearing Network, an organization that has set the standard of excellence for the patient journey in hearing health care and currently serves people at over 300 locations throughout the United States. The mission of HAI is to meet this standard of excellence by operating a business that is “driven by the needs of our patients and our commitment to listen and serve them.”

The HAI maintains a quality policy that is directed by “compassionate personal care and state-of-the-art technology.” Free hearing screenings are part of everyday work at HAI, which can be followed up by a complete lifestyle assessment in order for both patients and providers to better understand a patient’s daily hearing environments and the auditory needs they engender.

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evaluations, loaner hearing aids when use when a customer’s device needs to be sent in for factory repair or servicing, and a guaranteed trade-in value for any needed changes or upgrades.

The hearing needs of those of us in the Gallatin Valley vary widely, from the effects of aging to preventing hearing loss. Some of us may enjoy shooting sports and be in need of high quality and functional hearing protection; others may be seeking out the subtle differences in bird calls that allow them to identify what they’re hearing along a favorite hiking trail. Whatever your particular hearing needs may be, the Hearing Aid Institute of Bozeman is there to serve you with competent and compassionate professional care.

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The Sweet Pea Festival: A Celebration of Art and Community

by Corinne Richardson

The Festival Nothing signals the arrival of summer in Bozeman quite like the kickoff parade to the Sweet Pea Festival, an annual three-day celebration of the arts. Each year, in August, 15,000 natives and visitors descend upon downtown Bozeman and Lindley Park to take part in the events and activities that honor the arts. To get things started – a kids run and parade where colorful floats (this year’s theme: Find Your 66

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Park in conjunction with the National Park Service Centennial) and princesses riding horses, fire engines, and even the mayor can be seen strolling down main street. Inside Lindley Park the fun carries on all day with regional and national music, art shows, craft booths, children’s activities and theater performances, with a popular opening performance by Montana Shakespeare in the Parks. Other events are hosted simultaneously downtown, including Chalk on

the Walk, a juried art show, Bite of Bozeman and Bozeman Running Film Fest.

For locals and returning visitors, Sweet Pea Festival has come to symbolize the arts, however, it isn’t just a celebration of art; it is also a celebration of community. It’s no secret that a thriving arts and culture community invigorates and enhances the well being of a town and its citizens, so, in 1986, Sweet Pea began a tradition of giving back the money raised above and beyond operating costs to the community in the form of grants for the arts and art education, special projects and park improvements. 2015 grant recipients included, Bozeman High School, Bridger Alternative School, Bozeman Public Library, The Cottonwood Club, Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture, Gallatin Art Crossing, Gallatin Rest Home, IndepenDANCE, Kaleidoscope Youth Theater, and Verge Theater.

This year, Bozeman Junior High student and aspiring artist, Madi Tate Lapp, was the recipient of a $500 scholarship for winning the T-shirt design contest, and Bozeman artist Collette Brooks-Hops was the winner of the Sweet Pea Festival poster contest.

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2017 Sweet Pea Festival Looking Forward: 40th Anniversary Next year, Sweet Pea Festival reaches a momentous milestone, celebrating its 40th anniversary. Although the Festival has evolved over the years, it has steadfastly “remained committed to its mission of promoting and cultivating the arts,” says Marketing Division Coordinator and Board Member, Rachel Anderson. It has also remained a family oriented festival, she adds, with an underlying premise of youth engagement with the arts, hence the rich variety of children’s art activities. In fact, for many, one of the greatest joys of attending the Sweet Pea Festival is the sight of children with painted faces dancing wildly on stage, or sitting cross-legged in the grass transfixed by a magician, and then there’s the other worldly sound of hundreds of synchronized hammers tapping out from the shade trees in Lindley Park.

While reflecting back on the history of the Festival, Anderson notes that although Sweet Pea now draws people from national and regional areas, both in

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terms of visitors and artists, it is still very much a local festival nurturing creativity and connecting artists and the Bozeman community. One of the rich and lasting benefits of having national artists at the Festival is the opportunity to see art and performances one might not expect, or otherwise see, and sometimes, the chance to see artists before their careers take off.

This year’s music line up is extraordinary says Anderson, thanks to the hard work of Music Chair, Grant Gilmore. On a limited budget, he has brought up and coming musicians with national recognition to the festival. This year, country singer/songwriter Aubrie Sellers appears (daughter of songwritermusician Jason Sellers and Grammy winning country singer Lee Ann Womack) and was designated by Rolling Stones as one of the top 10 new country artists you need to know. Also not to be missed is 9-time Grammy winner country music group, Asleep at the Wheel, and of course, our home grown Montana Jazz Collective.

Considering Sweet Pea Festival’s ongoing success and humble beginnings to becoming a significant

Bite of Bozeman, Downtown Main Street economic impact on Bozeman, now estimated at $1.7 million dollars, Executive Director Kris Olenicki Quips, “A high tide floats all boats.” By this, she means that creating a successful Arts Festival will in turn create successful artists, and as Bozeman grows, she says, the city needs a strong arts community even more. Olenicki is quick to point out how many arts organizations there are in Bozeman, many remaining under the radar unless you actively walk around town or attend Sweet Pea Festival or Art Walk, citing the art on the electrical boxes, Cottonwood Club, the Gallatin Arts Crossing, the Emerson, and SLAM to name a few.

The Sweet Pea Festival is a showcase for all that’s going on in Bozeman that is not always visible.

proverb that “It takes a village to raise a child,” is aptly fitting here, with over 400 volunteers and more than 40 Board members running the Festival.

When asked what might be in store for a 40th anniversary celebration, Olenicki is full of ideas that the Board is considering, though nothing is yet finalized. She visualizes a record breaking year of the ruby - perhaps a vintage, ‘Back to Our Roots’ theme with a 1978 disco ball, expanded arts and entertainment shows, Chalk on the Walk stretching into Soroptimist park, and perhaps even a literary component. A Sweet Pea Festival poster show displaying all 40 posters with a people’s choice award is on the list as well. Whatever ideas eventually float to the surface, there’s no doubt it will be a grand party put on by the village, a tribute that underscores the evolution of beauty, creativity and culture, and a sign that in Bozeman, art and community flourish.

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The Big Sky Wind Drinkers (BSWD), in conjunction with the Sweet Pea Festival, is proud to announce the 37th Sweet Pea Run, one of Bozeman’s oldest 5k and 10k races will take place, Saturday, August 6th.

This 5 and 10k race is a great event for competitive runners and families alike. The Sweet Pea Run will start and finish on Main Street, just before the famous Sweet Pea Children’s Run and Parade. Get up a little earlier to run and kick-off a fun-filled day with some of Bozeman’s best events.

To enter the run, sign up at runsignup.com (search: The Sweet Pea Run) or come to walk-in registration at the First Security West Bank (670 S. 19th St) Wednesday, August 3rd Friday, August 8th from 10am - 5:45pm. And, if you need a little help training or are just looking for a training partner, join us at Schnee’s (35 E. Main St.) every Saturday from June 25th - July 30th at 8am for a great group run. All abilities and levels are welcome and everyone will get to enjoy coffee, bagels and a chance at some great raffle prizes afterwards.

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WELCOME TO SWEET PEA FESTIVAL 2016

This signature Bozeman community event is back with all the fun and entertainment you’ve come to know and love — arts, crafts, dance, children’s activities, theatre, music and more!

Buy your full access wristband online or at select outlets before August 5th and save! Or volunteer for a three hour shift and get complimentary admission. Love the festival? Next year is the 40th Sweet Pea – join our board and take part in planning next year’s very special event!

A special thanks to all the hard working board members, volunteers, and financial partners that make Sweet Pea possible.

Enjoy the Festival and thank you for being a part of a Bozeman tradition!

P.S. If you have time, wander over to Bogert Park and visit the SLAM Summer Festival for more Montana fun. (Sat. & Sun.)

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3rd Annual Sweet Pea Festival Photo Contest! Submit your creative photos while attending the Festival for a chance to win some great prizes. Visit our Facebook page for contest rules and details.

We extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to the following businesses for supporting the 2016 Sweet Pea Festival. Visit them and offer your own gratitude for their support of this amazing community event.

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We want everyone to have a great time at this year’s Festival so please take a moment to review some guidelines that will assist us in making everyone’s experience an enjoyable one.

• Your admission wristband must be worn around your wrist and visible at times. Sweet Pea is not responsible for lost or stolen bands.

• Pets/animals are not permitted at the Festival.

• Firearms or weapons of any kind are not permitted at the Festival.

• Alcoholic beverages (outside of the Beer & Wine Garden) are not permitted at the Festival.

• Smoking is not permitted on Festival grounds.

• Bicycles are not permitted inside the Festival. Please take advantage of the bicycle valet located at the Central Bridge Gate.

• Cash and checks are accepted at all the admission gates.

• Credit cards are accepted at the Buttonwood gate only.

• If you have lawn chairs, please sit to the side or back of performance venues so people sitting on blankets may see too.

• By entering the Festival you grant permission for Sweet Pea to use photos or video with you in them to be used in future marketing.

• There is limited access for mobility assistance due to the natural landscape of Lindley Park.

• No solicitation is allowed.

• As a courtesy to artists and the audience, please keep noise and conversation to a minimum in performance areas and quiet your cell phones.

• Lost and Found (including children) is located at the Headquarters Tent

3rd Annual Sweet Pea Festival Photo Contest! Submit your creative photos while attending the Festival for a chance to win some great prizes. Visit our Facebook page for contest rules and details.

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FESTIVAL RULES & GUIDELINES

Sweet Pea leases Lindley Park from the City of Bozeman for the Festival dates and a wristband is required for admittance. Wristbands must be worn around your wrist and be visible at all times while inside Lindley Park. Admission sales are the Festival’s primary source of financial support.

ADULTS FULL WEEKEND ACCESS $20 in advance* Gate Prices: $30 (Friday), $25 (Saturday), $15 (Sunday) KIDS (Ages 7-12) FULL WEEKEND ACCCESS $10 in advance* Gate Prices: $15 (Friday), $10 (Saturday) or $5 (Sunday) KIDS (Ages 6 & under) FREE *PURCHASE IN ADVANCE ONLINE THROUGH AUGUST 4TH at SweetPeaFestival.org or at various ticket outlets. Online purchases will be available for pick-up at Will Call located at the Buttonwood Gate. Passes purchased at gate good through remainder of festival.

Sweet Pea is not responsible for lost or stolen bands.

Everyone may attend these Sweet Pea Events for FREE • Sweet Pea Chalk on the Walk — Tuesday, August 2nd • Bite of Bozeman — Wednesday, August 3rd • Sweet Pea Art Show — July 31st-August 30th • Sweet Pea Parade — Saturday, August 6th SOUTH CYPRESS GATE

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FRI 3:30PM–11PM • SAT 9:30AM–11PM • SUN 9:30AM–7PM Sweet Pea and the Bozeman Public Library partner to provide a safe and convenient place to park your bike during the Festival.

This service is free. Donations are accepted and appreciated. Please remember that bicycles are not allowed inside the Festival.

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FRI 3:30PM–11PM • SAT 9:30AM–11PM • SUN 9:30AM–7PM Park your car at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital in lots D, E, and G and take advantage of the free shuttle that runs from these lots to the Lindley Center.

FRI 3:30PM–11PM • SAT 9:30AM–11PM • SUN 9:30AM–7PM Park your car at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital in lots D, E, and G and take advantage of the free shuttle that runs from these lots to the Lindley Center.

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Save the Dates!

Come celebrate Sweet Pea Festival’s 40th anniversary in 2017!

August 4, 5, & 6, 2017

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

The Sweet Pea Festival is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and cultivate the arts. When we realize a profit, we give it back to the community in the form of grants for the arts, art education, and special projects and park improvements.

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WELCOME TO SWEET PEA FESTIVAL 2016

This signature Bozeman community event is back with all the fun and entertainment you’ve come to know and love — arts, crafts, dance, children’s activities, theatre, music and more!

Buy your full access wristband online or at select outlets before August 5th and save! Or volunteer for a three hour shift and get complimentary admission. Love the festival? Next year is the 40th Sweet Pea – join our board and take part in planning next year’s very special event!

A special thanks to all the hard working board members, volunteers, and financial partners that make Sweet Pea possible.

Enjoy the Festival and thank you for being a part of a Bozeman tradition!

P.S. If you have time, wander over to Bogert Park and visit the SLAM Summer Festival for more Montana fun. (Sat. & Sun.)

SUPPORTING PARTNERS

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We extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to the following businesses for supporting the 2016 Sweet Pea Festival. Visit them and offer your own gratitude for their support of this amazing community event.

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We want everyone to have a great time at this year’s Festival so please take a moment to review some guidelines that will assist us in making everyone’s experience an enjoyable one.

• Your admission wristband must be worn around your wrist and visible at times. Sweet Pea is not responsible for lost or stolen bands.

• Pets/animals are not permitted at the Festival.

• Firearms or weapons of any kind are not permitted at the Festival.

• Alcoholic beverages (outside of the Beer & Wine Garden) are not permitted at the Festival.

• Smoking is not permitted on Festival grounds.

• Bicycles are not permitted inside the Festival. Please take advantage of the bicycle valet located at the Central Bridge Gate.

• Cash and checks are accepted at all the admission gates.

• Credit cards are accepted at the Buttonwood gate only.

• If you have lawn chairs, please sit to the side or back of performance venues so people sitting on blankets may see too.

• By entering the Festival you grant permission for Sweet Pea to use photos or video with you in them to be used in future marketing.

• There is limited access for mobility assistance due to the natural landscape of Lindley Park.

• No solicitation is allowed.

• As a courtesy to artists and the audience, please keep noise and conversation to a minimum in performance areas and quiet your cell phones.

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ADULTS FULL WEEKEND ACCESS $20 in advance* Gate Prices: $30 (Friday), $25 (Saturday), $15 (Sunday) KIDS (Ages 7-12) FULL WEEKEND ACCCESS $10 in advance* Gate Prices: $15 (Friday), $10 (Saturday) or $5 (Sunday) KIDS (Ages 6 & under) FREE *PURCHASE IN ADVANCE ONLINE THROUGH AUGUST 4TH at SweetPeaFestival.org or at various ticket outlets. Online purchases will be available for pick-up at Will Call located at the Buttonwood Gate. Passes purchased at gate good through remainder of festival.

Sweet Pea is not responsible for lost or stolen bands.

Everyone may attend these Sweet Pea Events for FREE • Sweet Pea Chalk on the Walk — Tuesday, August 2nd • Bite of Bozeman — Wednesday, August 3rd • Sweet Pea Art Show — July 31st-August 30th • Sweet Pea Parade — Saturday, August 6th

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Fashion is about more than just cloths, it’s about

the ever changing trends through which individuals can convey ideas and expressions. In 1995, after Camille Kostelecky, who then recently graduated from MSU had been moving from city to city pursuing the fashion industry decided to open a fashion forward clothing store, she decided to come back to her hometown of Bozeman, her family, and her roots. With the help of family, she acquired and renovated The Roots’ current location and began bringing funky fashion and groovy shoes to Bozeman.

Twelve years later, The Root has grown, with locations across Montana, Wyoming and Hawaii. While the Root has grown, the original seed is still in the family, and continues to fuel Bozeman’s thirst for fashion with styles from Roxy, Billabong, Free People, Miss Me, and more.

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“Not Just A Roll With A Hole”

BagelWorks, Celebrating 25 Years Serving The Gallatin Valley

by Steven Feagler

Photos: Allie Shelly

In Bozeman, there are always a plethora of new restaurants opening their doors, while many others shut off the lights for the last time. Surviving the first year as a restaurant is no easy task; continuing a twenty-five year legacy is a true testament to a restaurant’s food, customers, and staff. When Bagelworks founders Amelia Cain-Kerscher and

Gary Dipaolo first came to Bozeman, they filled a hole where Bozeman was lacking, opening the town’s first bagel shop.

Twenty-five years later, Bagelworks continues to serve Bozeman with New-York Style bagels, boiled every morning at the crack of dawn, along with a variety of cream cheeses which are made fresh in-house.

Owner Mike Kerscher attributes a large amount of Bagelworks’ success and longevity to the customers who make the shop what it is today. While many restaurants are quick to begin servicing their niche, Bagelworks is unique in that it has always enjoyed a wide array of patrons who keep the business lively.

From students to families, Bagelworks is supported by a loyal customer base in the community, as well newcomers to Bozeman, and travelers passing through.

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In addition to its vibrant customer base, Bagelworks’ success is attributed to its fast-paced and upbeat staff, who serve as the foundation in keeping fresh rolls on the shelfs. The shop’s dynamic atmosphere has been the result of multiple managers who are passionate about continuing an efficient, upbeat, and friendly operation, which is focused on quality food and customer service.

Even with an assortment of mouthwatering New-York style bagels, running a restaurant is no easy task. From the customers who never cease to add variety to the shop, to the employees who provide friendly service, the owners of Bagelworks are grateful for everyone who makes their bagels special, and not just a roll with a hole.

Mike Kerscher, owner of Bagelworks, hard at work when most patrons are still dreaming about their morning bagel and coffee.

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The Most Important Meal of the Day

by Anna Visscher

The most important meal of the day is served up each and every morning (and afternoon!) of the week at the Nova and Feed Cafés, locally owned restaurants on opposite ends of Bozeman’s bustling Main Street.

Both focus on locally and sustainably sourced fresh ingredients, community involvement, and photos: Janie Osborne friendly customer service, but each café has its own unique identity.

Nova Cafe is a bright and busy spot on East Main Street in the heart of Bozeman’s vibrant and historical downtown. Owner Serena Rundberg opened Nova a little over a decade ago and it has won awards ever since, including, most recently, Best Breakfast in Bozeman in the Bozone’s Best of Bozeman Awards, and #1 restaurant in Bozeman on Trip Advisor. The lively, diner-inspired space is filled with quirky local and regional art, bright colors and a welcoming staff offering sit-down service as well as coffee and pastries to go. It’s family-friendly with a large kids’ menu and 78

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toys and kids coloring pages, as well as quirky artist-made stickers and temporary tattoos (good fun for all ages.)

The breakfast and lunch menus range from classic fare such as pancakes, omelettes and waffles to far more adventurous options like a forbidden rice hash and a locavore benedict brimming with Montana beef and locally grown micro greens. All eggs are gathered from within Montana, and meat, cheese and produce are locally sourced whenever possible. The pastries are gluten free and delectable, and there are options for a variety of diets, allergies and preferences. The welleducated staff is happy to work with every diner to come up with something delicious and nutritious.

A little over a year ago Serena joined forces with chef Sean Lehmann to open the Feed Café. Feed is housed in a lovely, historic, red barn on West Main Street with a comfy, farm chic atmosphere. Vintage kitchen implements, old photographs, and farm-inspired

art adorn the walls, while the original rough wood floorboards of the barn creak underfoot.

Most pastries and breads are baked fresh in-house, using Montana grown wheat. Rotating toast specials take advantage of seasonally available offerings, resulting in creative and beautiful combinations. For example, spring radishes, celery leaves and organic local goat cheese, or sage blossoms, apple jelly and organic butter. With a range of options from hearty to light, all the menu items are thoughtfully and creatively prepared in-house and from scratch. The mercantile is packed full of unique and hard to find edibles and gifts, with small batch bitters, gourmet salts, artisan teas, and handcrafted cutting boards.

Picnic blankets are offered to those who would like to lunch outside on the lawn, and counter service provides quick meals to diners who would like to eat inside or take their meals to go.

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Most importantly, both Nova and Feed provide spaces for the community to gather, to connect, and to be nourished. And how great is that as a start to your day?

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The Midwifery Difference Providing Primary Care for Women Across Their Lifespan Midwives are Independent Practitioners

Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs) practice in homes, birth centers, clinics, and hospitals. The majority of CNM’s attend deliveries in a hospital setting. Cassie Belzer, CNM and Brooke Cadwell, CNM with Bozeman OB/GYN Billings Clinic, are the only nurse midwives who deliver babies at Bozeman Health. They both have a full scope practice, seeing women from adolescence to menopause in addition to providing obstetric care.

CNMs work in collaboration with physicians to provide the highest quality of care for each individual.

Some states require nurse midwives to work directly with a physician while other states allow for independent CNM practice. In all cases, CNMs screen patients carefully for early signs of complications and collaborate, consult and refer to the appropriate level of care.

What does it take to be a CNM?

CNMs are registered nurses who have completed graduate-level training in midwifery that includes hands-on clinical training with an experienced CNM. Nurse midwives must pass a national certification exam.

CNMs are considered advance practice nurses and are licensed by the State of Montana board of nursing.

What services do nurse midwives provide?

Nurse midwives at Bozeman OB/GYN Billings Clinic provide primary care for women across their lifespan from adolescence through menopause with special emphasis on pregnancy, childbirth, and reproductive health. The care provided includes comprehensive physical exams, care during pregnancy and birth, prescribing contraceptive methods, ordering diagnostic tests, and providing health education. They also provide care for healthy newborns during the first 28 days of life and treatment of male partners for sexually transmitted infections.

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Benefits of midwifery

Midwifery care is individualized for each woman and family, with a focus on pregnancy and birth as a normal part of life. For many women, care with a midwife allows them to birth their way, safely and naturally, supported by the people they love. The relationship between a woman and her midwife is a partnership based on mutual respect, which values the woman’s life experiences and knowledge. Women cared for by midwives benefit from a decreased need for regional anesthesia, fewer episiotomies, earlier initiation of breastfeeding and a greater sense of control during labor and birth. In addition to personalized care, midwifery is also very safe.

Countries such as the Netherlands, Sweden, and New Zealand, which have the best birth outcome statistics in the world, use midwives as their main maternity care.

The Bozeman OB/GYN Billings Clinic Midwives Bozeman OB/GYN Billings Clinic is committed to providing the best midwifery care in the Bozeman area. Cassie Belzer, CNM, is a native Montanan and has been a Nurse Midwife since 2012. Prior to beginning her midwifery practice she worked as a nurse manager, labor and delivery nurse, neonatal nurse, and worked in an infertility practice. She has two children ages 13 and 15 in the Bozeman schools. She is also on the American Midwifery Certification Exam Board.

Brooke Cadwell, CNM, grew up in the Chicago area.

She graduated from Yale in 2014 as a Nurse Midwife and worked as a labor and delivery nurse at Lenox Hill hospital in New York City. She moved to the Big Sky in 2015 to begin her practice as at Bozeman OB/GYN. She has a love for midwifery and women’s health care. She has spent much of her early career overseas teaching and developing programs to help women and children in underdeveloped areas. She is happy to bring that experience to Bozeman and give the choice of midwifery in the hospital to the women of Gallatin County.

Just another satisified customer As the longest standing OB/GYN practice in Bozeman, we are dedicated to bring you the highest level care for both you and your baby.

For more or to make an appointment, call (406) 587-9202 or 1-866-587-9202 or visit bozemanobgyn.com OB/GYN Tyler Bradford, MD Fanee Freeman, MD Shelby Haugan, MD Amy Korten, MD Samuel Sillitti, MD

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Hops and History

at the Living History Farm

Bringing Gallatin Valley History to the Public (Along with Local Brews!)

by Michael Fox, Curator of History, Museum of the Rockies

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n spring 2014, the Museum of the Rockies introduced its Hops and History program to thirsty audiences at its Living History Farm.

Every month throughout the museum’s summer season, visitors gathered around the back porch of the farmhouse to hear Curator of History Michael Fox tell stories about the history of brewing in Montana and beyond and to sample beers brewed in the Gallatin Valley.

The program was so successful that, in 2015, a winter version was introduced that highlights regional businesses and brews.

This year, Hops and History continues to bring museum visitors along on an exploration of the craft brewing industry in Montana and the role regional farmers play in the creation of some of the nation’s finest beers.

Montana’s first brewery was built in the gold-mining boomtown of Bannock in 1862. The Gilbert Brewery in Virginia City was launched the next year. Following the building pattern of most boomtowns, breweries were among the first buildings erected in these new communities. Initially, the ingredients for beer – malted barley and hops – had to be imported from the Salt Lake Valley in Utah. Water and naturally occurring airborne yeasts made up the remainder of the brewer’s recipe. Within just a few years, however, hops and barley were both grown locally. Montana’s brewing industry was set for expansion.

As communities grew, so did the market for beer.

Montana’s gold, silver and copper rushes drew immigrants from all over the world, and no nation contributed as many trained and experienced brewers to the state as Germany. Although not originally a brewer by trade, Leopold F. Schmidt was just such a pioneer in the brewing industry. Arriving from Germany in 1868, Schmidt and his brother Louis made their way west and settled in Helena in 1871.

While pursuing their luck in the local mines, both brothers worked a variety of jobs, with Leopold taking up carpentry, a skill in great demand in the growing community. Within a few years, Leopold found himself building some of the first buildings in Butte. With the help of a friend from Deer Lodge, he founded the Centennial Brewery in 1875.

Centennial was a huge success. When the original plant's 500-barrel-per-year capacity proved to be too small, Schmidt and his partner expanded capacity to 6,000 barrels and erected the most modern and complete brewery in the northwest. Even with storage capacity for up to 20,000 bushels of barley and a steam processing facility, Centennial Brewery worked hard to produce enough beer to satisfy the thirsty miners of Butte as the population of the city exploded in the 1880s.

While Centennial’s advertising tagline of “A Million Glasses a Day” may have been an exaggeration, with Butte’s copper mines and saloons operating 24 hours a day, there was certainly a great demand for beer. Other breweries opened in Butte and, in 1895, Schmidt sold out his share in Centennial. Again, he and his brother Louis travelled west where they founded other breweries, including one that retained Centennial’s old trademark taken from the Schmidt family crest: a horseshoe. Schmidt’s new venture, Olympia Brewing in Tumwater, WA, became a familiar brand worldwide.

The late 19th century was the golden age of American brewing. Every small town in the nation boasted its own brewery or multiple breweries. Not all brewers were appreciated, however. Some towns where ingredients, including pure water, were scarce sometimes produced brews that sometimes failed to please. In search of reliable sources for regionally known beers, customers turned to large-production breweries in major shipping hubs like Milwaukee, St. Louis and San Francisco. Advances in shipping technology, like refrigerated freight cars, made this long-distance trade possible and larger breweries began to edge out smaller local producers. Talk of a nationwide prohibition against the production and sale of alcoholic beverages further heightened the concerns of small-scale brewers.

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Meanwhile in Bozeman, early day Julius Lehrkind left a booming brewers Speith and Krug used brewery business in Davenport, the waters of Bozeman Creek to IA, in search of a new location cool the lagering barrels in their and employment opportunities brewery located on Main Street, in for his growing family. Using the the heart of downtown. Lagering, profits from his sale of property a process developed in Germany in Davenport, Lehrkind set in the early 19th century, is about building a major brewing accomplished simply by storing facility near the railroad depot beer in a cool warehouse or in Bozeman. The new Lehrkind storeroom. This process is used in brewery was the largest building the production of several styles of in Bozeman until the late 1950s beer, from light to dark in color and was constructed under Julius’ and light to heavy in texture. In personal supervision. It featured 1883, one of Speith’s and Krug’s a lagering room with mechanical employees named John Kopp refrigeration and walls lined with partnered with Montana brewer eight inches of cork insulation.

Andrew Hemrich in a brewing Brewing Old Faithful Lager Beer Founded in 1867 by German immigrants Jacob enterprise that took them to along with several other varieties, Spieth and Charles Krug, this was Bozeman’s pioneer Main Street brewery that used the icy Seattle, WA, where they founded Lehrkind was successful enough waters of Bozeman Creek as both and ingredient Bayview Brewing. While Kopp to open an additional brewery in and a refrigerant for its excellent lager beers. tired of Seattle and returned Silesia, MT, and a bottling plant to Bozeman, Hemrich stayed in Livingston to serve visitors on to incorporate the Seattle Malting and Brewing venturing into Yellowstone National Park.

Company, producer of their famous beer called Rainier.

Once barley growing was established in Montana, brewers built their own malting plants to process Upon the deaths of both partners in the Speith and the grain for brewing. Malting is a delicate process Krug Brewing concern, a new, but experienced, that, through germinating and then heating barley, brewer took over the company’s operation in 1895. produces a grain with the necessary enzymes to change its starches to sugars. As the grains break down, they can be used by yeasts. Until the 1890s, most breweries processed their own barley in-house.

This changed, however, with the advent of large malting plants that could supply brewers in places far from the barley fields of Montana.

Julius Lehrkind, to the left of center with the vest and watch chain, made brewing a family affair. Seen here with his family brewery crew and tools in Davenport, IA, Lehrkind sold out Iowa his holdings in 1892 and moved his family to Bozeman where he built and operated one of the largest and most successful breweries in the state.

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In 1893, a group of brewers from New York City sought a source for the fine malted barleys that grew in southern Germany and the present-day Czech Republic because supplies from Europe had proven unreliable. Purchasing seed in Bavaria, the brewers tried planting in several states before arriving in the small railroad town of Moreland, MT. Here they planted and harvested Saal Barley and were impressed with the results. The brewers bought a huge swath of undeveloped farmland in Gallatin County and renamed Moreland to Manhattan, after their new

partnership, the Manhattan Malting Company (MMC).

The new company invited farmers from Holland to settle in their community, which grew quickly around its new malting plant and grain handling facilities.

Soon MMC was selling its malted barley to brewers in New York and other eastern states as well as to local and regional brewers.

The Montana State College of Agriculture and Mechanics (the forerunner of Montana State University) also opened in 1893. As the state's landgrant college, the institution brought the national expertise of crop scientists and a system of extension agents to Montana. Working with farmers, the college developed new barley breeds and improved planting and harvesting techniques that boosted regional grain production, helping farmers, malters and brewers alike.

Following this national trend, Montana is now home to 53 licensed breweries that produce over 140,000 barrels (4,340,000 gallons) of handcrafted, locally made beer every year. We sell our beer here in our hometowns, throughout the state and in 24 other states as well. Montana State University (the progeny of Montana Ag. and Mech.) continues to work with Montana farmers to produce the finest malting grains in the world. We continue, and even improve upon, our history of providing malting barley to brewers worldwide as the premier barley producing state in America.

Museum of the Rockies’ Hops and History program celebrates Montana’s brewing history as well as its current renaissance as a region recognized for high quality, locally produced beers. The museum partners with local brewers and other local sponsors to support craft brewing as an industry and as an important part of the lifestyle and culture of Big Sky Country.

Sadly, MMC, like most breweries and malting facilities in Montana, was driven out of business by 1915 when Idaho, Oregon and Washington instituted the longdreaded prohibition. By this time, most of MMC’s east coast clients had already succumbed to the “dry” campaign of the early 20th century, and the demand for malted barley had largely evaporated. By the time prohibition ended in 1933, few breweries remained operational in the United States outside of major metropolitan areas. As consumers came to rely on the largest breweries for their beers, small regional brewers consolidated with rivals for a smaller share of the market and were eventually acquired by the nownationwide brewery conglomerates. The United States, which once enjoyed a wide variety of regional and local brews, was now serviced by only a handful of large breweries offering a few products targeted at an audience that equated beer with light lager and pilsner styles.

This remained the case until the 1980s, when a handful of “micro-breweries” were established on the nation's east and west coasts. Lobbying for, and then taking advantage of, relaxations in both federal and state laws prohibiting the operation of small breweries, these beer pioneers ushered in a new era of American brewing: the age of the craft beer.

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by Steven Feagler Gallatin Valley Food Bank, which amount to about 20,000 pounds a year.

When people think of Bozeman, a variety of longtime features of our community come to mind; from the Baxter hotel to the MSU’s Montana Hall, a variety of iconic features make this city what it is. Established at its current location in 1947 by two brothers, Ernie and Lauren Heeb, and still servicing the community today, Heeb’s East Main Grocery has earned a place in the hearts and minds of many Bozemanites. Since it’s founding, Heeb’s has been locally owned by four different families, but has never faltered in meeting the needs of Bozeman shoppers by responding to trends through delivering foods which are in demand and consistently preparing the best meat in town.

Seeing the increased demand for high quality, unique, and locally sourced products, Heeb’s underwent an expansion in 2009 which involved the addition of the Western Drug pharmacy within Heeb’s, truly transforming the grocery store into a shop that provides for a vast assortment of consumer needs.

Now, to meet the ever-present and growing needs of customers, Heeb’s is expanding by moving to a new, more efficient, and larger store on the corner of Main Street and Highland Avenue. The new location will provide space for an expanded selection of fresh and healthy food, including a larger variety of organics and perishables. In addition, the Western Drug pharmacy within the store will double in size to provide a greater assortment of both prescription and over the counter medications. Bozemanites who have known Heeb’s to be the best grocery for prime cuts of meat can start looking forward to a new deli which will feature improved equipment as well as a seating area.

With the new location set to open in late Spring of 2017, the Bozeman community can be assured that as it grows, Heeb’s is growing too, continuing to serve the community’s needs as it has for almost seventy years, and many more to come.

For the last eight years, current owners Mitch and Sherri Bradley have continued Heeb’s longstanding tradition of serving the community’s needs. From carrying a variety of unique products, specialty cuts of meats and foods produced by local suppliers, to offering services such as special order fulfillment and home delivery, Heeb’s is constantly striving to provide where Bozeman lacks. While customer service is a paramount part of Heeb’s mission, regular customers are not the only people who benefit from Heeb’s quest to serve the community at large. Local families who are in the greatest need for high quality food are consistently served by Heebs’ donations to the

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Times change, people change, markets change, and businesses must also change. In 2009, we moved to a new and improved space inside Heeb’s East Main Grocery. Please note that much of what you liked about Western Drug has stayed the same, and our new location is much better. Our downsized business allows us to better focus on the core of what we do, taking care of your healthcare needs. The location inside Heeb’s ensures one-stop convenience, and better parking.

The History of Western Drug

Western Drug” was originally a Havre-based pharmacy chain with stores throughout Montana. Many of the stores in the original chain are still in operation, but are either independently owned and operated, or are part of other pharmacy chains.

Many of these stores have opted to keep the Western Drug name, which was well-known throughout the state. Western Drug of Bozeman is an independent corporation. We are not currently affiliated or associated with any other stores or corporations. Our store was incorporated in 1971 (as part of the original chain), and has been independently owned and operated since March 1, 1999.

Putting Our Customers First

In the era of the chain store, when employees work for a conglomerate rather than for the customer, the family-run business and the personal service it represents has become a

rarity. Western Drug of Bozeman is a pleasant alternative to the hustle and bustle of the discount store pharmacies and the “mega-marts”. In business since 1971, our continued success business is due to many factors, but mostly customer service.

We go out of our way to take care of people. Whatever you need, we either have it in stock or we’ll find it for you. Even if you are unable to make it downtown, we offer convenient delivery service to meet your needs. The key to our store’s success has been figuring out what our customers want and providing it to them.

According to a customer satisfaction survey released in October 2003 by Consumer Reports, 85 percent of independent pharmacy customers were very or completely satisfied with their experiences. Just 58 percent of chain store customers felt the same way.

Come visit Western Drug and see the difference an independent drug store can make!

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Head West When you walk through the door of Head West at first you might think that it is a typical western store, but within only a few steps you realize it’s so much more. the inviting smell of leather and the creaks of an original wooden floor greet you. Men’s stetson hats line the walls and a great selection of handsome shirts in wools and winter plaids tactually tantalize. as you glide past the antique cases filled with turquoise and silver artisan-crafted jewelry and unique western influenced gifts, you are now inspired! the women’s section extends throughout the rest of this well merchandised store, offering many types of cross-over and western inspired pieces. no western store would be complete without the boot wall, and Head West does not disappoint! With boot eye candy from Corral to old gringo, and even hand fashioned Montana made Canty Boots, their selection is not to be missed. the most original part of Head West isn’t even on the main floor. Past the register is a special stairway that takes you down into an expanse of fabulous vintage and consignment pieces that have been hand selected from all over the country. Whatever you’re looking for, this little locally owned Bozeman boutique seems to have something for everyone!

Double D Ranchwear, Pendleton, Stetson, Ryan Michael Woolrich, Tasha Polizzi, Old Gringo, Corral, Handcrafted Jewelry, Leather Bags, Local Art and Montana Made Gifts!

Check out the Consignment Corral! Western Resale, Broken~in Boots & Vintage Clothing in the Basement. We consign too!

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SMILING MOOSE DELI is Bozeman’s awesome, fun-filled Rocky Mountain Deli! We’re open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and offer our entire menu (specials excluded) all day long. Whether it’s for one or 1001, we love to cater. We’re also happy to provide you with a hearty sack lunch for a fishing trip or a day on the golf course. In a hurry? Call 586-DELI for a quick pick up at the window.

Be sure to check our Daily Specials like FREE Cookie Wednesday and Mighty Mo Monday which features a large Mighty Mo for only $1 more!

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has been serving the Gallatin Valley since 1995. Formerly known as “Signs Now,” Sign Solutions offers every type of sign: menus, banners, logo design, etc. We do so much MORE than just “signs”! Our focus is customer service and finding the right solution for the customer’s unique individual needs. A sign is a reflection of our customers and also of us, so we take pride in what we do. It’s really a working partnership.

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Coffee is 98.5%

by Chad Kimm Coffee has distinct flavors and aromas. A properly brewed coffee only has about 1.5% dissolved coffee solids to achieve this distinctive flavor. The rest is water. Coffee brewed as espresso has a slightly higher ratio of 5% dissolved coffee solids to 95% water. With this in mind, we have to ask, why is the quality of the water used for brewing coffee so commonly ignored in the coffee preparation process? I will try to shed some light on this after a brief introduction.

My name is Chad Kimm. My wife, Clarissa Englehart and I own Ghost Town Coffee Roasters in Bozeman. We roast and distribute coffee throughout Montana and beyond.

Coffee equipment sales and service are also an important part of our business. Water plays a significant role in the success of our business. It’s important not only for proper preparation of coffee but also extends to long term functionality of the brewing equipment.

As a matter of disclosure, for certain statistical references, I used the Water Quality Handbook published by the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA). The SCAA is the world’s leading trade organization that represents the specialty coffee industry in North America and has sister organizations throughout the world. H2O is a small three atom molecule that consists of two parts positively charged Hydrogen and one part negatively charged Oxygen that bond together quite nicely to form the liquid we know as water.

Water is a liquid at temperatures between 32F degrees and 212F degrees. Water starts to boil and turn to a vapor at 212F degrees at sea level. The temperature that water boils gets lower as elevation increases. The elevation of Bozeman is around 4800 feet above sea level so our boiling point is lower at around 203F degrees.

The United States is blessed to have a very sound municipal water system that keeps us hydrated and clean. The water we drink is not 100% pure H2O. Whether you know it or not, our municipal water contains minerals and other compounds. All of these compounds have been deemed safe for consumption. There are different opinions on whether certain additions like Fluoride are necessary, but that’s not a discussion for this article. Since we are in Bozeman, we’ll be using the City of Bozeman municipal 92

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water as our example. As a matter of law, all municipalities publish water quality reports that are required to be publicly available. Bozeman does a great job with the amount of information they publish on its water quality and what’s in it. It can be found on the City of Bozeman website. http:// www.bozeman.net/waterquality. Trace minerals that are naturally in water as well as others that are added give the water ‘flavor’. Water by definition is a colorless, tasteless, odorless substance. 100% pure water with nothing else in it would qualify for this and does not occur naturally.

Reverse osmosis is a common filtration method used to remove all minerals from water. As humans, we need these trace minerals for health benefits as well as allowing the water ‘taste’ like something. Mineral content also gives the water what we call ‘mouth feel’. Mouth feel is a perception of taste that lets us know that our human senses are all interconnected. Sometime try a taste test comparison with tap water, preferably carbon filtered, alongside distilled water. The two will have a noticeable taste and mouth feel difference.

Water for Coffee Since we are in the coffee business, we will talk about how water influences coffee preparation. In comparing coffee to other craft beverages, coffee is unique in how much consumer preparation has to occur before enjoying a cup of coffee. With beer or wine for example, the people crafting these beverages are responsible for ingredient selection, production preparation techniques, the quality of water used, etc. Once they have completed the production process, the final product put in an appropriate container and is ready for the end consumer to simply open up that container, serve and enjoy. Coffee in comparison has several additional steps involved in order to consume and enjoy.

Truly exceptional coffee starts out with many of the same

steps and processes. Quality raw ingredients are used to expertly roast and package the coffee for a customer. This customer now has to go through several additional steps in order to drink that cup of coffee. You may rely on your local coffee shop or café to do it for you or you may brew your coffee at home, but a lot can go wrong in this process. The proper execution of the steps in this process is where the final quality of even the finest coffees in the world will be made or torn down.

Here is an overview of steps to create a great cup of coffee. Coffee that is left in whole bean form and stored in an airtight container will resist oxidization as long as possible and will be a fresh as possible. Exposure to air is the largest contributing factor to the staling of coffee. A whole coffee bean will resist damage from oxygen much more effectively than the tiny particles exposed to air once coffee is ground. The most aromatic and flavorful cup of coffee is only possible when grinding just prior to brewing. The ratio of coffee to the amount of water used to brew is also important. The SCAA recommends using 2 tablespoons (10 grams) for every 6 ounces of water. This is where the quality of your water enters the process. Clean filtered water that is heated to a temperature of 200F degrees is ideal for brewing. Water used for brewing coffee needs a balanced level of mineral content in it for many of the coffee flavor components to bond to it. Calcium and Magnesium are two of the naturally occurring elements in most water that play an important role in how many coffee flavor components adhere to the water. Pure distilled water is not a good choice for brewing coffee. A comparison of coffee brewed with pure distilled water and coffee brewed with water containing a balanced mineral content will yield noticeable different taste results.

We will once again use Bozeman’s water as our example.

Bozeman has two water processing facilities. One treating water from Lyman Creek and the other at Sourdough that treats water from both Hyalite and Sourdough (Bozeman Creek) drainages. Lyman Creek is fed directly from an underground spring and has a higher mineral content than water from the other two sources that come to the processing facility from above ground waterways. The water from these two facilities is combined and distributed throughout Bozeman. The end result of these two waters mixing gives us a comfortable TDS measurement for brewing coffee. TDS refers to Total Dissolved Solids in the water that produces a reading in Parts per Million (PPM).

With a calibrated TDS meter we tested Bozeman’s tap water at 137ppm. Pure water should have a 0 ppm TDS reading.

Some cities have water that reads in the 300-500 TDS range and filtration steps have to be taken to reduce that TDS.

When the SCAA hosts official Barista and Brewer competitions, water with a precise TDS reading of 150 ppm is used. With a 137 ppm TDS reading, Bozeman’s water is close to that but that’s not the whole story. Our water also contain others unwanted compounds that negatively affect flavor. Chlorine is generally the most noticeable. Chlorine is used by a large majority of municipal water distributors as a disinfectant. Bozeman is no exception. In order to rid the water of Chlorine and other unwanted flavor contributors we run all of our coffee brewing water through a carbon filtration system. Chlorine has a weak chemical bond with water and is easily removed by the carbon filter. Some amount of minerals that benefit flavor like calcium and magnesium have a strong bond with water and pass through the carbon filter.

Water in Coffee Brewing Equipment Since we are also a full service coffee equipment sales and service company, we see the effects of water on the equipment used for brewing coffee. Unfortunately minerals like calcium and magnesium that aid in coffee flavor development also can cause issues with scale build up inside coffee brewing equipment. Both calcium and magnesium leave mineral scale build up on the inside of coffee machines in areas that water passes through. The small amount of these minerals that are allowed in the water build scale very slowly but eventually a de-scaling session will be necessary. It’s kind of a Catch 22. You need the minerals for a great cup of coffee, but they do have the potential of causing mechanical failure in equipment. Proper water filtration plays a key role in balancing these two conflicting necessities. Commercial coffee equipment is designed to Gallatin Valley Life 2016/2017

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sit and hold water in their boiler tanks at 200F degrees 24 hours a day. These machines are generally not intended to be turned off unless an extended multi-day period is planned with no use. We usually recommend that the power on commercial coffee and espresso brewing equipment be left on. It does stand to reason, for the integrity of the machine, that pure distilled water be used to prevent any scale build up but as we discussed before, coffee flavor tends to be flat when distilled water is used to brew coffee.

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We remove scale of all types from equipment in our repair facility. These are examples of scale removed from espresso machine boiler tanks.

Mineral scale really likes to bind itself to the metal parts of the boiler tanks especially the heating elements. Wilbur Curtis is a long standing coffee equipment company that is our preferred manufacturer. Wilbur Curtis is a great example of a company who has placed a lot of thought into coffee brewer designs that are built with scale resistance in mind. The tanks, heating elements, and certain electronic items have to be metal, but high temperature silicone is used to move water through the machines and they use high temp safe brewing heads. The stainless steel boiler tanks are also lined to resist scale. Most moderate scale build up can be combatted with a treatment of natural citric acid.

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ANTIQUITIES Leisure & Luxury in the Age of Nero

The Villas of Oplontis Near Pompeii June 18 – December 31, 2016 In 79 AD, Vesuvius’ catastrophic eruption destroyed the seaside villas of some of Rome’s wealthiest citizens on the Bay of Naples. Now all that remain are the artifacts of leisure and luxury of the Villas of Oplontis near Pompeii, artifacts that have never left Italy before. Join us at MOR, one of only three museums in the U.S. to host this stirring exhibit.

This exhibition is organized and circulated by The University of Michigan Kelsey Museum of Archeology in cooperation with the Ministero dei Beni e delle Attivitá Culturali e del Turismo and the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Pompei, Ercolano e Stabia.

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