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and activities across the region. In the following five editions, you’ll find a
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August 12 - Fishing
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Happy Father’s Day!
Free Fishing
For the first time ever, Montana is offering free fishing for all on Father’s Day
Weekend. This new promotion by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks was approved by the Montana Legislature and recently signed into law by Gov. Brian
Schweitzer.
“It’s a wonderful idea because it provides everyone in Montana with the opportunity to get hooked on fishing,” said Joe Maurier, Director of Montana FWP.
“You can legally fish without a license on June 18 and June 19.”
Celebrate Dad over a Lone Mountain Ranch
brunch and complimentary mimosa
Big Sky’s Lone Mountain Ranch is celebrating Father’s Day with a Sunday
Brunch Baron of Buffalo (smoked overnight), an array of breakfast items, such
as french toast with an apple compote, sockeye salmon with meyer lemon dill
hollandaise, and an assortment of fabulous pastries and desserts. 10 a.m. - 1
p.m. Call the Ranch for reservations. (406) 995-2782
Big Sky Chamber of
Commerce plans for
Annual Meeting, Dinner and
Awards Banquet June 22
The Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for its annual meeting, dinner and
awards banquet, Wednesday, June 22 at the 320 Guest Ranch in Big Sky’s Gallatin Canyon. Held each June as a precursor to the new fiscal year and a wrap up of
the current fiscal year, this event sets the stage for the Chamber’s first annual Big
Sky Business Expo this October.
June’s event will also be a chance for Chamber membership to hear what the organization has been working on the past year, as well as outlining which items will
be the points of focus for continued work, marketing and business development
in the coming year. During the business portion of the meeting, the Chamber
will introduce the three newly elected board members, and will also approve the
fiscal 2012 budget. Annual community awards will be presented, including Business of the Year, Community Person of the Year, Green Business of the Year, and
Non-Profit of the Year.
This year, the Chamber has invited local photographers Ryan Turner and Kene
Sperry to provide the evening’s entertainment: a slide show showcasing their
talents and the breathtaking landscapes, lifestyles and natural surroundings of
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Discover Gallatin Canyon’s
first annual Summer Solstice
Poker Run
In celebration of the first day of summer
and the longest day of the year, Discover
Gallatin Canyon, a new association of Big
Sky’s Gallatin Canyon businesses is hosting
its first annual Summer Solstice Poker Run.
This fun event will have cash prizes, raffles
and one-day only specials to showcase the
many different businesses in Big Sky’s summer recreation corridor. For more information, check out our business profile on page
22-23.
Big Sky Fire Department
CPR and First Aid classes are offered at Station 1 as needed. Please call 995-2100
for information or to schedule a class.
5/29 – 17:27-17:58 – EMS personnel responded. Patient received BLS assessment and refused transport.
6/2 -13:29-13:44 – Fire personnel responded to a False Alarm at Big Sky Resort.
6/3 – 17:05-18:09 – Fire personnel responded to a Hazard Alarm. Hazard was
mitigated and property turned over to property management
Big Sky in the running to become
future home of Montana Cowboy
Hall of Fame By Abbie Digel
A committee met on Wednesday, June
15 to discuss further action in bringing
the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame
and Western Heritage Center (MCHF
& WHC) to the Big Sky Area.
This was the first meeting for the
committee, which is made up of
prominent community members who
are in favor of bringing the hall of
fame to Big Sky. They discussed how
the museum’s presence would better the interests of both Big Sky and
Montana. Bill Collins, a member of
this group, stressed the importance of
becoming a finalist in the running.
The MCHF and WHC Board of Directors, made up of representatives from
all over the state, will announce finalists after approximately 50 candidates
submit requests for proposals. The
future building site will be awarded in
November. The Board wants to choose
the best location that represents the
Montana way of life.
The Big Sky committee has until July
29 to submit their RFP, and in the time
being they will submit a cover letter
and a video to the MCHF and WHC
Board explaining why they think Big
Sky is the best candidate.
At the meeting, the committee discussed the advantages Big Sky has that
will be presented to the board. First,
the building should be constructed
on Highway 191 because of the
high traffic between Yellowstone,
Bozeman and Gallatin Field Airport.
Also, Big Sky has a strong population of young equestrians, experienced cowboys and dude ranches.
Meg O’Leary, Director of Sales and
Marketing at Big Sky Resort, said
Big Sky’s rich history and the Chet
Huntley tie-in is also an advantage.
Big Sky has all of the amenities in
place, as well as a conference center,
and plenty of shopping, dining and
recreation opportunities.
“All the cards are in place for Big
Sky to be a front-runner for the Hall
of Fame,” said Ryan Hamilton.
The committee agreed they’ll need
to be diligent ensuring important
details are presented in front of the
Board, including land space, economy, transportation, services and
utilities.
If you have input or suggestions,
there is still an opportunity to join
Big Sky’s committee or get involved.
Contact Ryan Hamilton at ryan@
bigskytowncenter.com or Eric Ladd
at [email protected].
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Gallatin County
Commission passes Big
Sky Park District resolution
By Katie Morrison
Integrity.
Vision.
On Tuesday June 14, the Gallatin County Commission passed a resolution of
intent to create the Big Sky Meadow Trails, Recreation and Parks Special District.
This resolution is one step toward creating a multi-jurisdictional district encompassing both the meadow and mountain villages of Big Sky.
Since Nov. 2010, a collaborative group representing numerous Big Sky entities
and residents has worked toward a solution for Big Sky to maintain control of the
parks, trails and recreation in our community. The answer: create a self-funded
multi-jurisdictional park district. In order to accomplish this, both Gallatin and
Madison counties must pass a resolution and an inter-local agreement allowing
a single five-member board to administer the combined district. This district
would benefit Big Sky in numerous ways, from qualifying for additional grant
funding sources, to providing Big Sky with a locally controlled public infrastructure for parks, trails and recreation.
Craft.
With the passage of the resolution in Gallatin County, the next step is to present
a similar resolution and inter-local agreement to the Madison County Commission on June 21, 2011. The Madison County Commission has been in support
of such a resolution up to this point, including a memo to the Gallatin County
Commission stating their support. After both Commissions have passed the
resolution, they must also agree upon an inter-local agreement to administer the
district through a single board comprised of residents from each county.
Gallatin County will also be mailing a notice to property owners within the
Gallatin County portion of the district to notify them of a 30-day protest period,
allowing them to make a written protest regarding the proposed program or
improvements in the district, which will be self funded and will not be assessing
fees or taxes. During the 30-day protest period, the Big Sky Community Corporation (BSCC), along with other partners, will be hosting a public meeting to
answer any questions at noon on July 13, at the Big Sky Chapel. Comments submitted thus far to Gallatin County have all been in support of the district. Barring significant protests to the resolution, the Commission will finalize both the
inter-local agreement and resolution, and the district will be officially created.
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With questions regarding the Big Sky Park District, or to make a contribution toward this effort, please contact Katie Morrison, Executive Director of the BSCC,
at [email protected] or (406) 993-2112.
Big Sky Community
Corporation Trails Day
a Success
The Big Sky Community Corporation (BSCC) hosted its annual Trails Day celebration Saturday, June
4. The event had a great turnout, with 30 people
volunteering their time to work on Big Sky’s trails.
Groups collaborated to pick up trash, clear brush,
stain picnic tables and improve erosion issues. The
sunny weather contributed to an enjoyable day for
all who participated.
Steve Johnson, Chair of the BSCC Board and BSCC Trails Committee noted,
“It’s terrific to see so many people turn out to put our trails into shape. Everyone’s
eager to get out and hike.”
The Big Sky Community Corporation is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit entity which exists
to promote, acquire, preserve, and maintain land, parks, trails and easements for
the people of Big Sky and the general public. If you would like more information
on the BSCC, including other volunteer opportunities, please call 993-2112 or
visit bsccmt.org
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PBR fever has hit Big Sky
The famed Professional
Bull Riding circuit is
coming to Big Sky for
the first time ever on August 3. Since the event’s early June
announcement, excitement has
been overwhelming, according to
the event committee.
“We are getting phone calls from
people around the state wanting to get involved,
become sponsors and buy tickets,” said Andy Watson, one of the committee organizers.
“This is becoming an amazing community event,” said
Eric Ladd, who has been instrumental in bringing the
PBR to Big Sky. Ladd said businesses and sponsors are
“really pulling together to help make this happen—from
the Big Sky Town Center who donated the land, to businesses like Geyser Whitewater, which is donating raft
ing for the bull riders, to Dr. Jeff Saad who is donating chiropractor adjustments
for the riders. The Big Sky community is alive and well.”
Montanan Beau Hill, one of the top bull riders in the world, will be attending.
“What a cool event in the making,” Hill said.
The event committee also announced the lineup of music, including Montana native and Nashville recording artist Jessica Kilroy, who will play a
pre-party event on Aug. 2 (location TBA), and The Dirty Shame will play
the after party on Aug. 3.
For more information, visit explorebigsky.com.
SPONSORSHIP
Some limited sponsorship opportunities are still available, including
spots in the vendor village, banner sponsorship slots, and a chance
to be the business sponsor of the live music. Interested businesses
should contact Eric Ladd as soon as possible at [email protected].
Current sponsors include:
Presenting Sponsor – Yellowstone Club
Big Screen Sponsor and Barrel Sponsor – Continental Construction
Media Sponsor – Outlaw Partners
Lodging Sponsor – Big Sky Resort
Mutton Bustin Sponsor – Moonlight Basin
Chute Gate Sponsors – Fay Ranches, 320 Guest Ranch, Sotheby’s,
Big Sky Town Center
August 3 Pre-Party Sponsor - Choppers
Food and Beverage Vendors – Wrap Shack, Trailhead Pizza, Choppers, Broken Spoke, Scissorbills and Kettle Korn
Vendors – Willow Boutique, Four Corners Saddles, Eagle Ridge Beef,
Stronghold and Morningstar
Banner Sponsors – Lone Pine Builders, Big Sky Western Bank, Hammond Property Management, Black Bull, Grizzly Outfitters, Explorebigsky.com and Stifel & Nicolas.
TICKETS
9 a.m.
Tickets go on sale June 22 at
explorebigsky.com, 320
Ticket outlets include: online at
Partners, Country Market,
Ranch, Bugaboo Café, Outlaw
il & More and Big Sky Resort.
Choppers, Trailhead Pizza, Ma
Big Sky Broadway presents Willy Wonka, Junior
Twenty-five Big Sky kids will take
to the stage at Big Sky Resort on
July 1, when Big Sky Broadway
presents Willy Wonka, Junior on
the ballroom stage at 6 p.m. This
abridged version of Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory features all
the characters you know and love,
played by kids you’ve seen around
town. Directed by Big Sky’s muchlauded musical talents John Zirkle
and Klaudia Kosiak, audiences can
expect a professionally produced
show, with some Oompa Loompas
having just completed first grade.
“John and Klaudia are skilled at
expecting and getting excellent
results from the kids, while still
making the experience fun,” says
Producer Barbara Rowley. “Last
year, we thought we were reaching
when we had the kids learn three
Broadway songs for a benefit performance, but we quickly learned
they can do much more than we can
imagine.”
Imagination is the key-word for
this stand-alone performance and
the two-weeks of rehearsal that
precede it, says Director John
Zirkle. “Roald Dahl’s book is all
about stretching your
imagination and not
being confined by what
others say is possible,”
says Zirkle. In rehearsals and in the show,
Zirkle plans on daily
exercises of the imagination which he hopes will
infuse this classic show
with new and unexpected flair. The kids
will be involved in their
costumes, set designs,
and the back-stories of
their characters as they
prepare to put on the
first-ever summer musical in Big Sky.
The production is being Some of the Big Sky Broadway staff: Eric Corliss, John Zirkle, Klaudia Kosiak and Steph Brink.
Zirkle and Kosiak have assembled
nical Director and Michel Tallichet
sponsored by Big Sky
a team ready to teach the actors all
is the lighting designer.
Resort, which is providing all rethe finer points of production and
hearsal and performance spaces, the
theater, including Stephanie Brink,
Tickets for the show will sell for
Big Sky Community Chorus, and
a choreographer, opera singer and
$5 and will be available at the door
Camp Big Sky, of which Big Sky
vocal coach from Colorado Springs
and also at tables outside the post
Broadway is a part. As a special (litand
Eric
Corliss,
who
as
Camp
Dioffice during lunch hour during
eral) treat, La Chatelaine Chocolat
rector, will keep rehearsals up-beat
the two weeks before the perforCompany of Bozeman will sell their
and creative. Anna Middleton, a
mance. For more information on the
trademark chocolates as well as speLPHS
student,
will
serve
as
General
show, contact Barbara Rowley at
cial chocolate bars--five of which
Stage
Manager.
Ambrose
Locker,
[email protected].
will contain a golden ticket good for
another LPHS student, is the Techa box of La Chatelaine chocolates.
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Big Sky Resort Area District Appropriations
FY 2012 Resort Tax Applicants
By Amy Smit
Resort tax funds were awarded to applicants Wednesday, June 15 at the Big Sky
Chapel at 1 p.m. The Big Sky Resort Area
District (BSRAD) Board of Directors has
the difficult job of assessing all of the
applications and deciding how to appropriate the funds. The Board discusses and
votes on the applications at the meeting,
and no decisions have been made prior
to this. The Board must follow certain
guidelines during appropriations.
Note: Excess funds ($178,951.82) went back into the BSRAD’s bank accounts. (The Water & Sewer Dist bond payment
for $500,000 is part of an ongoing agreement). Rollover funds were appropriated last fiscal year, but not used. Organizations can apply to “roll them over” for use in the next fiscal year.
The Big Sky Resort Area District is a
governmental subdivision. Therefore, it is
subject to legal requirements concerning
the appropriation of tax revenues. Section
19 of the Big Sky Resort Area District
Ordinance No. 98-01-ORD reads:
Appropriation, Expenditure, and Purpose of Resort Tax: The revenue derived
from the imposition of the resort tax will
be appropriated by the District Board
and expended for infrastructure facilities
(as that term is commonly defined) in
the Big Sky Resort Area District; public
services, including but not limited to
the establishment and maintenance of an
adequately-sized post office; ambulance
and other emergency medical services;
public transportation systems; snow
plowing; tourism development for the
Big Sky Resort Area District; other services that provide for the public health,
safety, and welfare within the Big Sky
Resort Area District; and reimbursement
or payment to the resort area district of
the costs associated with the collection,
administration, and litigation of the
resort tax.”
Over the years BSRAD has requested
several legal opinions to assist it in
interpreting the ordinance. Legal Opinion #49, which has been influential for
BSRAD, states:
“Projects that serve a “public purpose”
and benefit the community at large may
be funded by resort tax dollars. The recipient must be legally capable of implementing the public purpose and have the
capacity to be accountable for doing so
… The particular purpose must benefit a
substantial group of beneficiaries or the
community at large, not a single person,
organization, or corporation.”
Many community members joined us at
the appropriations meeting to see their
government in action. Public comment
was allowed at the beginning and at the
conclusion of the meeting. If you have
any questions regarding this process or
the 3% resort tax, please send an email to
[email protected].
New Request
Funded
Gallatin County Sheriff's Office
Big Sky / Canyon Division / Patrol Services
$122,498.00
$122,498.00
Special Event Fund
$10,000.00
$0.00
$82,775.00
$82,775.00
$302,078.00
$290,000.00
$15,000.00
$15,000.00
$10,000.00
$10,000.00
$452,250.00
$430,000.00
Community Counseling Program
$20,800.00
$20,800.00
Community Counseling Program
Rollover - $9,200.00
$9,200.00
Arts Council of Big Sky
Building the Arts in Big Sky…for our Residents and Visitors
Big Sky Transportation District
Skyline
Gallatin Valley Snowmobile Association
Buck Ridge Snowmobile Trail Grooming
Big Sky Search and Rescue, Inc.
Operations
Big Sky Fire Department
Big Sky Fire Department
Women In Action
Big Sky Chamber of Commerce
Wayfinding Signage & Entry Monument Project (Permitting & Design)
$40,000.00
$33,000.00
Strategic Planning & Community Branding Initiative
$20,000.00
$20,000.00
Biggest Skiing in America, Winter Marketing Campaign
$200,000.00
$200,000.00
Chamber Publications Printing; Area Guide/Area Map
$31,000.00
$25,344.00
Signature Summer Event & Regional Promotion
$23,000.00
$12,000.00
$48,690.00
$33,000.00
$57,000.00
$52,000.00
Blue Water Task Force, Inc.
Watershed Group Funding
Friends of the Big Sky Community Library
Big Sky Community Library
Application
Withdrawn
Big Sky Institute
Community and Educational Greenhouse
$0.00
Lone Peak Partners
Big Sky Recreational Plaza
$1.00
$0.00
$60,000.00
$0.00
$69,480.00
$0.00
Morningstar Learning Center ,Inc.
Excellence in Education and Childcare
Westfork Meadows Homeowners Association
Westfork Road & Drainage Improvements
Big Sky Community Corporation
Community Park Project
$179,000.00
$179,000.00
BSCC Operating and Maintenance 2011-12
$100,000.00
$95,000.00
$24,170.00
$0.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$19,000.00
$19,000.00
Gallatin County Business Association
Marketing
Jack Creek Preserve Foundation
Jack Creek Water Quality Monitoring Project
Northern Rocky Mountain RC&D
Gallatin/Big Sky Noxious Weed Project
Montana State University Ski Team
Not eligible
Alpine Competition Funding
$0.00
Big Sky County Water & Sewer District No. 363
Existing Water & Sewer Project Debt Service Cost Sharing
$300,000.00
$250,000.00
Pilot Snowmaking Project
Rollover - $15,000.00
$15,000.00
$44,000.00
$44,000.00
$15,600.00
$15,600.00
The Post Office, LLC
The Big Sky Post Office
Montana State University - Gallatin County Extension
Big Sky Forest Health and Fire Safe Program
TOTALS $2,248,342.00
Total New and Rollover Requests $2,272,542.00
Water & Sewer District No. 363 - 2011-2012 Water & Sewer Bond
$500,000.00
TOTALs Requested
$2,772,542.00
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Awarded
$1,925,217.00
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Work on Hebgen Basin Fuels
Reduction Project Begins
Work on the Hebgen Basin Fuels Reduction Project in the Gallatin National
Forest began the second week of June outside of West Yellowstone. The
project will reduce the threat to the lives and property in the wildland-urban
interface areas near the Madison Arm of Hebgen Lake, according to the Montana Forest Service
Treatment will reduce the risk of crown (treetop forest fires) and wildland
fire spread. Workers will thin trees to reduce crown closure and remove dead
and downed trees. Treatment will also help maintain evacuation routes for
the community of West Yellowstone along highways 191 and 20. These highways provide access to and from the city in the event that an evacuation from
a large fire is needed.
Project treatments include understory thinning (vegetation on the ground
level), commercial thinning, hand piling, and prescribed burning. Over the
last five years the Forest Service has implemented all aspects of the project
with the exception of work that had to be done by the contractor. This commercial aspect of the project that is underway is the final step in the project.
“The work that’s occurring now will go on throughout the summer,” Forest
Service spokesperson Marna Daley said. “We’re hoping it’s no longer than
three weeks, but it’s based on weather.”
Human entry is closed while heavy equipment is working in the area. The
southern boundary of the closure is the West Yellowstone town limits, and
extends north to mile marker 2 on Highway 191. Yellowstone National Park
forms the eastern boundary and the west is Highway 191.
-Gallatin National Forest wire services
Big Sky schools receive
technology, nutrition, music grants
YCCF partnership with Ophir School District continues to grow
Students at Ophir and Lone Peak high schools
will have access to the latest educational technology and software in their classrooms next fall,
thanks to a grant from the Yellowstone Club
Community Foundation.
“As a district, we’ve been able to outfit most
of our classrooms with the LCD projectors and
document cameras our teachers need—but not
all of them. So, some teachers were able to have
these devices easily available to integrate into
their teaching while others could not,” said Andrea Johnson, Superintendent.
The YCCF funds will be used to remove this
inequity so teachers from kindergarten through
high school, will have these tools. In addition, the
YCCF grant included the purchase of necessary
software to use with these technologies, as well as
with the laptop computers a previous YCCF grant
helped fund last fall.
The YCCF’s investment in school technology
is particularly important for a small rural school
district like Ophir, Johnson said. “The technology we will now have in place will not only
allow our kids to access the world much more
readily, but will allow them to reach the high
achievement standards which are a priority goal
in our district.”
These grants, like other YCCF awards to Ophir,
exemplify the foundation’s approach to partnering
with the school district to provide outside funds imperative for the school’s educational goals. Through
another grant, the YCCF is making possible the
school district’s firs ever cafeteria salad bar.
“Our hope is that with the ability to purchase and
fill a salad bar, we will be able to increase participation in our school lunch program enough to
qualify for us for federal awards and become more
financially self-sustaining,” said Wellness Com-
mittee Chair and Board Trustee Barbara Rowley.
“We are excited that our students will have daily
access to fresh fruits and vegetables.” Without
the grant, the district likely wouldn’t ever have
had money to buy, stock and operate a salad bar
on its own, she added.
Finally, students in the Ophir District will have
a music education otherwise out of reach for the
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BYEP Spring Runoff raises
much-needed funds
McHugh to host
fundraiser in Bozeman
for injured friend
By Taylor Anderson
It’s not the sort of rejection letter a troubled
child would like to receive in the mail, being
denied acceptance into the Big Sky Youth
Empowerment program. That’s something
that would leave the troubled in a perhaps
eternal hole.
But that’s exactly what founder and executive
director Pete MacFadyen wants to avoid with
fundraising events like the Spring Run Off.
After raising more than $160,000 at the 10th annual fundraiser, it looks like the program—which
provides at-risk kids with opportunities to grow
while skiing, hiking and learning by example from
mentors—can accept more kids than ever this year.
Rob Wudlick was injured on day 19 of a month-long
raft trip in the Grand Canyon. He fractured vertebra C4
and C5 and lost sensory and muscle movement below
the fracture site. Although raised in Minnesota, Rob
calls Bozeman home.
Hundreds of donors piled into the Emerson
Center in Bozeman Friday, June 10 to bid on
items like Burton snowboards, men and women’s
bike cruisers, and trips to Bali and Patagonia. This
event alone raised funds to cover 36 percent of
BYEP’s 2010 budget. One
donor called in and placed a
$15,000 bid on a trophy elkhunting trip in Montana.
According to his friend Zach Mchugh, “Rob is the most
optimistic and adventurous person you’ll ever met.
He has reached the summit of the Grand Teton, skied
endless powder in the backcountry of Montana and has
rafted hundreds of miles of wild rivers.”
With an annual budget that
has grown in 10 years from
around $15,000 to more than
$500,000 last year, the program has seen more success
than its founders could have
imagined, so turnouts like
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from the organization.
Youth in the BYEP program rafting the Gallatin
Mchugh is organizing a fundraiser for Wudlick, who is
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By Taylor Anderson
After a state agency requested a new judge for the Montana Stockgrowers Association lawsuit over 75,000 acres of bison grazing grounds north of Gardiner,
the trial has been set to continue; but not until October.
The proceedings came after Yellowstone National Park bison were hazed or migrated back into the park, and fresh after heated debate between conservation,
cattle and private property groups.
District Judge Nels Swandal appointed last week judge E. Wayne Phillips to
take over ruling in the case, and a scheduling conference took place yesterday to
rehash the details.
Phillips granted four groups’ motion to intervene and sit in on the case. Three
of the groups are conservation groups and the other is the Montana Farm Bureau Federation.
Phillips also combined two lawsuits – each against the Interagency Bison Management Plan – into one. The stockgrowers filed a restraining order against the
IBMP working in the area, along with the closure of a 75,000-acre pasture for
the Yellowstone National Park bison that left park boundaries last winter.
Despite a four-month break before trials (May 25 was the original date) a legal
official at the Montana FWP (which requested finding a replacement for judge
Swandal) said there would be ample time to settle the issue before the bison
leave the park again.
Bison carry brucellosis, a disease that causes miscarriage and can be passed from
elk and bison to cattle. If the disease were passed onto Montana’s cattle, the
industry would lose “Brucellosis free” designation across the state and would
lose face against other states’ products. Because of this, 770 bison were captured in the Stephens Creek trap facility near Gardiner this winter, after trying
to leave the park.
Conservation groups argue that there has never been a case of brucellosis
passed from bison to cattle, yet bison are being trapped and slaughtered to
protect cattle. Private property owners and ranchers butted heads because of
the differing opinions on whether the bison should be allowed to roam free on
their lands in West Yellowstone and Gardiner.
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Rural Education
Q+A: Denise Juneau, Montana
Superintendent of Public Instruction
In early June, Denise Juneau, Montana’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, hosted education
leaders from 11 rural states across the country
in Big Sky. The conference was sponsored by the
Council of Chief State School Officers and was an
opportunity for heads of state education departments to address current issues in rural states.
This was the group’s second annual meeting.
The conference addressed American Indian education issues, academic achievement in small, rural
schools, and ways to leverage resources, particularly around the common core state standards and
new assessments. They also received information
on federal funding opportunities from the U.S.
Dept. of Education and the USDA and addressed
the “brain drain” in rural America.
Describe your position as the
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
I ran for election in ’08 and started
the job January ’09. It’s been great. I
travel, visit schools and set big state
policies. I work with the legislature
and other groups to focus on public
education and talk about the good
things happening.
What’s your focus?
We have an initiative called ‘Graduation Matters Montana’. We’re working with businesses and communities
to spread that message, and hopefully
[help] schools focus on keeping kids
in school and making sure they’re
graduating college and career ready.
We had a legislative agenda to raise
the legal dropout age to 18. Right now
“We had a presentation about all the definitions
of rural right now,” Juneau said. “They’re all federal definitions, and they should all be the same,
but they’re all over the place. We talked about
what that means, why those definitions matter to
us, and how the U.S. map looks according to each
definition.”
Representatives came from 12 states, including
Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New
Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming.
During the conference, Superintendent Juneau
spoke with the Weekly about rural education issues and why they matter to all Montanans.
E.S.
kids can drop out at 16—before we
let them make any major life decisions, vote or do anything an adult
would do, we let them make a decision that will change the rest of their
life. I worked with Taylor Brown
(R-Billings) on that bill, but it didn’t
pass.
What opportunities do high
school kids have for alternative or
tech programs?
They’re primarily based in our larger
cities, because they have the capacity and the number of students.
Billings, for example, has the Career
Center – a high school based on
different career pathways. They
have engineering classes, technical
writing, a pre-school and a daycare.
All over the state, schools are doing
innovative things.
The Council of Chief State School Officers
CCSSO is the parent organization for all of the state Secretaries of Education, Commissioners of Education, and Public
Superintendents of Education.
In past CCSSO meetings, “The issues discussed centered mostly on major, large populated states,” said Tom Oster (former
chief school state school officer for South Dakota). So, in 2010,
Oster worked with Supt. Juneau, and CSSOs from other rural
states to form a group of 11 rural states at the first meeting in
May 2010.
“We came up with several suggestions for improving No Child
Left Behind during the reauthorization of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act, and we sent a letter to Secretary
Duncan (U.S. Secretary of Education) and to all of our congressional delegation and our senators,” Oster said.
“We didn’t flip the world on its ear, but we felt like the folks
heard our concerns, and people started talking. Now, the
President [has] cabinet members working together on rural
issues, and the Department of Education designated a person for rural issues.” Rural education now has more of a voice,
Oster said.
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Do you work with students?
I have the first-ever state superintendent student advisory board. We
brought 40 students from 31 high
schools to talk about dropout prevention. We had valedictorians and
kids who’d dropped out of school
and then re-enrolled. It was good
to hear from across the spectrum.
I think they learned a lot being
around kids they usually wouldn’t
hang out with, on both ends.
We brought them together twice
this year. The first time we focused
on Graduation Matters Montana
and the legislation. It’s important to
get input from the people our policies most directly affect. They had
an idea about making an across the
state ‘I pledge to graduate’ initiative. We’ll kick that off in the fall.
The second meeting was about
school climate and bullying in
schools. We supported Kim Gillan’s
(D-Billings) anti-bullying policy
bill. Students from the advisory
board spoke on both of our bills.
How many staff do you have?
We have about 160 in the agency –
pretty small. About $9 million state
funds. We implement a lot of federal
programs as well, like No Child Left
Behind monitoring and distribution to
schools.
I am part of the national Council of
Chief State School Officers. Each state
varies in how they approach education,
and [my position] is different in other
states. [Many] are appointed by governors or boards of education. This group
brings us together to talk about larger
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policy issues. This meeting is an offspring of that
group. Rural states have unique challenges in our
schools – geography, travel, isolation.
What are the other challenges?
In addition to turning the lights on and paying
teachers, rural schools need busses and a bus barn
and other infrastructure and facilities that bigger
city schools have. Rural schools have all the same
needs, but enrollment is declining. There are no
kids. The population is getting older and smaller.
[At this conference], we discussed how things
work, and how we can do things more efficiently.
We’re reading about the ‘rural brain drain’. There
are leavers, stayers and returners… How do you
build infrastructure so those communities can still
be economically vibrant?
Was talking with other states valuable?
It’s important to understand what others are doing.
We’re all strapped for money, given the economics of our country... But maybe we can coordinate
efforts, [for example, we could] pay less if we had a
common [student] assessment among us.
I recently recommended adoption of the Common
Core State Standards in English Language Arts and
Math to the Board of Public Education. These standards are what students need to know, learn and
understand while they’re in school, [and they’re]
higher than our current standards, more rigorous.
About 40 states have adopted these Common Core
standards, and our Board of Public Education is
moving toward adopting those as well.
Are there advantages for students in Montana?
Oh yes, especially at small schools in close knit
communities. I talk at a lot of commencements, and
go out to small communities where there may be
four graduates, but the gym is filled with everybody
from the community to celebrate their successes, including teachers, family, grandparents. Montana is a
very special place, with all the great outdoor [activities]. I grew up in Browning, Montana and went to
school there. I moved away, but I always come back.
This conference also focused on Native American education, right?
Montana’s constitution recognizes the “distinct and
unique culture and heritage of American Indians”
and is committed to its educational goals to the
preservation of their culture and integrity. Montana
is the only state with that constitutional provision.
[Until recently] there had never been any funding
to implement that. The tribes have public schools,
and we work closely with them… Montana, like a
lot of the western states, has big achievement gaps
between American Indians and white students.
Is Governer Schweitzer pro-education?
Before Schweitzer, there was really a decline in
school funding. Since he’s been Governor, school
funding has increased. He has an education advisor
on staff that travels around. Schweitzer has [supported] K-12 and post-secondary education.
Do you like your job?
Every day there’s a new challenge, or there’s great
successes going out and watching our teachers do
what they do every day with students…. They pour
their lifeblood in to their work. It’s fun to watch kids
grasp a concept and just watch learning happening.
We have a great education system, and it’s fun to
watch all that play out.
Montana’s Public Education
System, broken down:
The State Board of Public Education:
The Governor appoints members of
the Board to seven-year terms. This
group sets rules and regulations for all
public schools, K-12.
The Montana Office of Public Instruction: This agency oversees K-12 public
education, and carries out the state
board’s rules, as well as federal regulations and programs. Its Superintendent (currently Denise Juneau) can
be elected for two four-year terms.
It also distributes money to schools,
and works with clerks, school boards
and teachers.
School districts and local school
boards: Montana has 429 school
districts, and each has a local school
board that has local control over curriculum. They deal with multi-million
dollar budgets, and they hire and
fire. “There’s a lot of power in school
boards,” Supt. Juneau said. “They’re
able to shape the future of their communities… It’s important for education to be as community-based as
possible, and reflect the values of
a community while still maintaining
overall quality of our schools.
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Climb on, Jim Kanzler
By Terry kennedy
Jim Kanzler backed over the edge and stopped 10 feet
down the rappel. He looked up the rope, his gaze fixed.
“What’s wrong?” I glanced nervously to the knot of
the runner anchoring us—it was OK. Had Jim felt the
block shift?
It was November 1977. We were retreating from an
obscure crag Jim had discovered up Bear Basin, near Big
Sky. The steel gray sky threatened snow.
Kanzler didn’t answer for a moment. He wasn’t looking at the anchor, but at the vertical slab above, with
small edges protected only by shaky wired nuts. It had
turned both of us back.
“I didn’t try my hardest,” Kanzler confessed like a
disgraced boy scout.
“What?” I couldn’t put what he was saying into
context.
“I think I can get up that pitch. I didn’t try hard
enough.”
Kanzler grabbed the doubled rope, “bat-manned” up to
the ledge, and we retied into the ends. He warmed his
hands under his armpits, shook them vigorously, then
launched into the pitch, power breathing like a steam
locomotive as he disappeared over the crux. I followed
by the skin of my teeth.
That was 30-some years ago. On April 18, 2011, Jim
Kanzler was found dead outside of his tiny one room
cabin outside Jackson Hole, a few days shy of 63.
Kanzler began skiing on Big Mountain, within view
of Columbia Falls, the town where he grew up. He
became a professional ski patrolman at Bridger Bowl
in 1968 and Big Sky’s first Ski Patrol Director in 1972
(the year before the area opened). He played a major
role mapping terrain and developing routes and procedures for avalanche control on Lone Mountain.
“Jim was a good snow technician and a great leader,”
said Beep Dixon, who patrolled with Kanzler at both
Bridger Bowl and Big Sky. “He could sit down and
listen, and he could command. The guy knew what he
was doing.”
Kanzler circa 1970 in the Humburg Spires south of Butte
“Jim had an even disposition, a great sense of humor
and superior patrolling skills. We never questioned his
decisions and would have followed him anywhere.”
According to “Dougal” McCarty, “Jim had an even
disposition, a great sense of humor and superior patrolling skills.” McCarty also patrolled at Big Sky and was
a regular climbing partner. “We never questioned his
decisions and would have followed him anywhere.”
Columbia Falls in the early 1960s with his father Hal
and brother, Jerry. When the family moved to Butte
in 1966, Jim and Jerry teamed up with other teenage
climbers, discovering the Humbug Spires for climbing.
Jim named the Wedge and established its first routes.
Tragedies were just around the corner.
Kanzler left Big Sky in 1978 and joined the Jackson
Hole ski patrol. He evolved into the leadership position of avalanche hazard forecasting in Jackson in 1986,
using field data and computers. Kanzler was also a
guide with Exum in the Tetons for 22 years until he
took a full time position in the IT department at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in 1999.
Hal died in 1967. Then in December of 1969, Jerry
and four other young climbers were swept to their
deaths on Mt. Cleveland in Glacier Park. Jim and
renowned alpinists, Pat Callis and Peter Lev joined the
park service search and bivouacked in a snow cave high
on the mountain but found no survivors.
The witty and sarcastic Kanzler was an influential
figure in Montana rock and alpine climbing. He started
scrambling the peaks of Glacier Park in grade school in
In the next two years, Jim Kanzler’s resolve took him
up the Northwest Face of Half Dome and the Nose
of El Capitan, two of Yosemite’s most prominent big
In 1974, Kanzler and Pat Callis made a significant multi-day attempt on the Emperor Face
of Mt. Robson in the Canadian Rockies, one of the biggest unclimbed faces in North America
at the time. Theirs was the high point for several years.
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Jim Kanzler (on right) with American climbing legend Fred Beckey at a Bozeman climbers’ reunion in 2007. Photo courtesy of Terry Kennedy
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walls. Kanzler and Chad Chadwick of Billings
formed an early guide service in the Beartooths in
1972, called Mountaincraft. They also pioneered
the most difficult routes of the day in Montana’s
highest mountains.
In 1974, Kanzler and Callis made an epic attempt
on the 4900’ Emperor Face of Mt. Robson in the
Canadian Rockies.
“Jim wanted to go up the middle,” Callis said.
“I was in favor of a less committing route but Kanzler’s enthusiasm was catchy. We went for bold.”
Two years later, in Glacier, Jim led the crux
sections on the first ascent of the upper headwall of Mt. Cleveland’s 4000’ North Face,
something of a vindication of his brother and
friends’ deaths there. Jim and I went on to make
the first ascent on the coveted 3500’ North Face
of Mt. Siyeh in 1979. Jim later joined expeditions to Denali and China.
Grocery run
Like many who live in Big Sky, Kanzler drove
into Bozeman for supplies. On the way, he
had a regular routine: he free soloed the
Standard Route on Gallatin Tower, including
the 5.9 Direct Finish (first climbed by his brother, Jerry). He could do it under 15 minutes
from the car and sometimes repeated
the stunt on the way back.
During the years Kanzler and I focused on Mt.
Siyeh, I nicknamed him “Mad Wolf.” Si-yeh
is the phonetic pronunciation for the Blackfoot
word meaning Mad Wolf. Friends and ski patrollers referred to Kanzler as Mad Wolf during the
last years of his Big Sky tenure, and the ski run on
Andesite is named after him.
But another nickname, “Rat Hole”, “Ratty” or
“RH” developed more adhesion. Kanzler’s attitude and prowess had earned him the nickname
“Reinhold,” after the world famous Italian climber, Reinhold Messner. Jim had married Lindalee
Voss, whom he’d met in high school in Columbia
Falls. One evening at a party in their mobile home
in Big Sky, their six-year-old son Jamie asked,
“Daddy why do they call you Reinhold?” Someone misheard, and thought Jamie said “rat hole.”
The following laughter tagged Kanzler with a
name that stuck like an overdriven piton.
During winter of 1976-77, Kanzler recruited
me to climb a facet of Lone Mountain near the
terminus of the triple chair in the cirque above the
tram, called the West Wall. (Strangely, it’s on the
east shoulder of the mountain and faces south).
We rode the lift, skied up the moraine, then
climbed an exciting line of snow-covered rock
leading to the cliff’s apex, which we protected
with a few pitons. Jim thought it was a great winter training climb because of the short approach.
Kanzler’s influence permeated younger climbers
in the Bozeman area, including Alex Lowe. A
photo of Lowe is on the cover of Climbing magazine, no. 166, and when he autographed a copy for
Kanzler, Lowe wrote: “Jim—You started this non
sense—chasing you.”
Jim Kanzler would walk into the ski patrol room
full of cranky, hung over ski patrollers every
morning, two hours before sunrise and light the
place up. Climbing, he took the sharp end of the
rope when the chips were down. His wisdom and
the sound of his boots approaching will be missed
by the many people who knew him. Safe travels,
my friend.
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Volume 2 // Issue #11
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A u t h e n t i c Span i s h
food in the heart
of Yellowstone
story and photos by abbie digel
Cafe Madriz is one of the best excuses to visit West
Yellowstone since the inception of the National
Park. Elena de Deigo West, a native of Madrid,
Spain, brings generations of Spanish cooking to her
kitchen—literally.
West’s parents came over from Spain with her
grandmother Vicenta, which was her first trip to the
U.S. They brought artwork to hang on the walls,
and material to sew the red-checked curtains that
hang in the windows in West’s restaurant, a quaint
space on North Canyon Street.
West’s Aunt Pili also came carrying the expertise of
a restaurateur; she started Prada a Tope in Madrid 25
years ago, which became a franchise and is one of the
hot spots in the downtown Madrid social scene.
West created Cafe Madriz because she thought the
area needed fresh, simple food made from scratch with
Spanish influence, of course. As an entrepreneur, West
is not lacking in experience or creativity. She has 7
years of HR experience at both the Yellowstone Club
and in Bozeman, and she and her husband run the
laundromat in West Yellowstone, a booming business
catered toward both locals and tourists.
It was easy for West to design her meticulous menu,
which is a replica of spreads seen at tapas bars in
Madrid. She put together the list of soups, salads,
cold and hot tapas, and three simple and decadent
desserts all based from her favorite Spanish dishes
and family recipes.
“I try to only use three ingredients in my cooking,”
said West. That way, she said, it tastes better, it’s not
overloaded with flavors and spiced, and its exactly the
way Spaniards cook. “A low flame and few ingredients
is all it takes to make a decent meal.”
A meal at Cafe Madriz is also an education in Spanish
cuisine, which is often confused with Mexican and
South American. “Forget tamales, tacos, enchiladas or
frijoles,” said West. “You won’t be able to find rice and
beans anywhere.”
Spain. These small plates are a typical first order at
any tapas bar, and a definite hit on the menu. West
slices up quesos made from the milk of cows, sheep
and goats. The highlight was the Garrotxa, a soft
cheese with flavors remnant of blue cheese with an
herb and mushroom aroma.
The meats, from salty to sweet, are served with
a fresh loaf of country bread made right in West
Spanish food revolves around tapas, small plates of
Yellowstone. Don’t be fooled by the chorizo—this
food meant to be shared, most of the time over drinks,
time it doesn’t come served in a breakfast burrito.
especially sangria. At
The Spanish version of
Cafe Madriz, the dining “Spanish food brings you to a
the pork sausage is cured
room is filled with picnic place where food is simple, cared or cooked in red wine
tables and bar seats at the
(served both ways at Cafe
for, and prepared perfectly.”
window, which in Spain
Madrid), then seasoned
-Elena de Diego West, Owner & Chef with paprika.
“patrons would be fighting over,” said West.
West’s most popular dish is paella, a heaping tradiEating tapas is about enjoying company in a lively amtional dish of Spanish rice seasoned with olive oil and
biance. “Spanish food brings you to a place where food
saffron, and served piping hot in a special pan that is
is simple, cared for, and prepared perfectly.”
only used for cooking the dish. Paella is a century old
dish, where the most modern form originated in the
West and her small staff bring out plates full of
Valencia region of Spain in the 18th century. Traditionsautéed vegetables and seafood that taste like
ally, men cooked the dish while working in the fields,
their straight from the market. West doesn’t
and used whatever they had on hand. The ingredients
use butter in her cooking, so it is rich with
were usually rabbit, chicken or duck with vegetables.
the taste of smooth olive oil and guindilla
“Because Spain is a machista country some of the tradipepper, the main source of spice in Spanish
tions are still the same,” said West, but her paella is her
cooking.
grandmother’s recipe: She learned by watching, and
doesn’t use a recipe for any of her dishes.
Don’t forget to share the Spanish olives marinated in olive oil and spices and the meat and
Make sure to ask for more bread after the food is gone;
cheese sampler: a plate of traditional quesos
it’s not rude to soak up the leftovers. And make sure to
and ibericos (pork cured meats) imported from
save room for dessert.
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health & wellness
The Dos and Don’ts of Cooking Oils
How to enhance flavor and heath benefits
By Victoria Bentley NCTMB, CPI, LMT, HC
This is a subject with much contention and confusion, and I’d like to shed light on
the numerous kinds of fat and oils available for home cooking. We’ve been told to
eat a low fat diet and that saturated fats are particularly bad, but this is malarky.
a local farmer, or better yet, go to a farmers’ market to get lard, tallow or
schmaltz. It’s important to eat animal fat from properly raised animals. I cannot stress that enough.
The quality of all cooking oils and fats is important. Choosing organic brands
is a good way to ensure this quality. Most grocery stores offer these, and
Organic Valley and Kerrygold have pasture-style butters that are great. Find
Having a range of flavors to choose from makes food taste better. Use animal
fats like butter/Ghee, coconut oil, and palm oil. Walnut, hazelnut and avocado
oils add great flavor to your dishes, but use these sparingly.
Now, let’s enjoy cooking!
The good guys:
The bad Guys:
Butter
Coconut Oil
Mmm! This is a flavorful cooking fat that
is used for medium heat cooking. Don’t
use it for high heat cooking due to trace
levels of proteins, lactose (milk-sugar) and
carbohydrates that burn easily.
One of my favorites, this oil is extremely
stable and great for high temperature
cooking. It does have a slight coconut flavor, so I tend to melt it over a baked sweet
potato with some nutmeg and cinnamon. I
also like to put a dollop in protein shakes.
It is highly saturated, and has a bad rap
because of this, but the benefit of the
medium chained fatty acids from this oil
are proven to be very healthy.
Vegetable Oils such as Peanut
and Corn Oil
Palm Oil
This is an unstable fat that oxidizes from light, air and heat. Even
though it has Omega-3, it’s a plant source which does not offer
health benefits.
It’s very important to buy grass-fed/
pasture-style butter. Cows who have been
pastured and grass-fed are not injected
with hormones and antibiotics as conventionally raised animals are. Much better
for you and yours.
We have been consuming butter for three
millennia, and it used to be thought of as
medicinal. Only in the last century did
it come to be considered “unhealthy.”
There’s nothing unhealthy about these delicious fats. What’s unhealthy and not real
is margarine, so avoid that all together.
This oil is full of flavor and color and
chock full of vitamin E. It’s also stable and
good for high heat cooking and frying.
Worldwide, it’s widely appreciated and is
the second most used. The first is soybean
oil. Palm oil is highly saturated and is
great for meats and veggies over high heat.
These are wholly unnatural fats that are extremely high in Omega-6
fatty acids that we have far too much of in the American diet. This
high percentage of Omega-6 tends to increase inflammation in our
bodies, which is not healthy. They are refined and deodorized just
to make them shelf stable. Bottom line: Do not use them.
Flaxseed Oil
Canola Oil
The media “toots their horn” for this oil, but I do not. It’s heavily
refined and genetically engineered. There is no healthy benefit.
Sesame Oil
Ghee
This is clarified butter from Southeast
Asia used for high temperature cooking.
It is pure butterfat that is skimmed after it
has been boiling, a process that leaves the
“schorchable” proteins behind.
Lard, Tallow, Schmaltz (animal fat from
pork, beef and goose respectively) –
Buy the grass-fed/pasture-style to avoid
the dangerous toxins that are stored in fat.
Always choose the highest quality. These
are excellent cooking fats that are stable
over high heat. Beef tallow used to be the
secret ingredient that McDonalds used to
cook their French fries. Unfortunately,
that is no longer the case, due to the
intervention by some well-meaning, but
misguided nutritionists.
Get out your wok! I use this
for dishes that I want to give
an Asian flair, and it’s
definitely for medium
to low temperature
cooking. The toasted
variety adds a smoky
complexity. Use it
with cabbage, carrots,
ginger, soy/tamari
sauce at the end of the
cooking process.
Olive Oil
This is not the best choice for cooking,
especially over high heat, but it’s wonderful for salads, dipping sauces and pouring
over vegetables.
There are three types of olive oils: extra
virgin, virgin and pure. The first two are
from the first pressing of the olives. They
can be very flavorful and tasty. Pure olive
oil is refined, which renders it flavorless
and odorless. The better oils have lower
acidity and stronger flavors.
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Don’t be afraid of fat! It has
wonderful health benefits and
even more important, it makes
our food delicious.
Victoria Bentley is the Owner and Director of Bentley Bodies, a premiere mindbody wellness boutique committed to healthy lifestyle choices. Locations are Big
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sports
NBA Eastern Conference: predictions for next year
By Brandon Niles
In the previous issue, I discussed
the final four teams from the
Western Conference and what to
expect next season. This time, I’ll
cover the top teams in the Eastern
Conference.
The East has been riddled with
poor teams and marginal talent for
the past several years, allowing
teams with mediocre records to get
into the playoffs. The conference
has been top-heavy, with only a
handful of very good teams. With
some new contenders this year,
perhaps parity will finally come to
the East in the coming seasons.
Miami –
The Heat,
love them
or hate
them,
they’re here to stay.
They accomplished
a great feat this year,
relying on the starstudded trio of Lebron
James, Dwyane Wade
and Chris Bosh. As
they draft young
contributors and develop more chemistry,
they’ll only continue to improve as a
team. That spells trouble for the entire
league. Miami will be a force to reckon
with for years to come.
Chicago – The Bulls had
the look of a champion
as the regular season
ended. Led by MVP Derrick Rose, they had the chemistry and
star power to succeed in the playoffs.
However, as the games intensified, the
Bulls became a one-man army of Rose
running isolation plays and trying to
do everything himself. The Bulls will
remain highly competitive, but until
they learn to play together in the postseason, they may be doomed to second
place each year behind the Heat.
Boston – Celtics fans
hope their beloved team
will find a way back to
the post-season next
year, but with three of
their four stars a collective 103 years
of age, the window of opportunity
for Boston may be closing. They’ll
still be in the playoffs, but they may
not be a legitimate title contender
again until they reload.
Stoudemire. They’ll be back next
season, but can they get enough
help around them to truly be competitive? Philadelphia was a nice
story this season, but they remain
in rebuilding mode for the time
being. Indiana showed promise
and has some young pieces to build
on. If they can get some consistent
backcourt scoring, they should
improve next season.
Orlando – Dwight
Howard can only
do so much, and the
additions of Gilbert
Arenas and Hedo
Turkoglu proved not to be enough to
give them a legitimate title shot this
year. As long as they have Howard,
Orlando will continue to compete
in the East; but his contract is up in
2012 and if the Magic doesn’t find
some help for Howard soon, they
may lose him.
Some teams in the East that could
take the next step include: the
Bucks, with Brandon Jennings and
Andrew Bogut; the Pistons have
a chance to develop a great young
big man in Greg Monroe; the Nets
should improve with a full season
of Deron Williams at the point;
and maybe the Wizards improve
with emerging superstar John Wall
running the offense.
The Rest – The Atlanta Hawks
will continue to compete, but Joe
Johnson looks like one of those
players who can get you to the second round of the playoffs but never
further. New York has a chance to
build on their exciting combination
of Carmelo Anthony and Amare
Brandon Niles has done online
freelance writing since 2007. A
Communication Studies graduate
student at the University of North
Carolina Greensboro, Niles is also
an avid Miami Dolphins fan, which
has led to his becoming an avid
Scotch whisky fan over the past
decade. He’d love to visit Montana
one day.
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Revealing the Design Process
Exploration and Discovery
By Jamie Daugaard
The prospect of designing a home can
sometimes seem overwhelming. As
designers, we strive to make these initial steps enjoyable. Recall as a child,
the excitement of creating that perfect
fort in the living room or tree house
that just had to be shown off to the
entire neighborhood. The feeling of
accomplishment as we hid in the grand
fortress! The process of designing
your dream home can be—and should
be—just as exciting and fulfilling.
sun properly, and wind and seasonal
storm patterns.
These site discoveries are instrumental in developing the story of how the
surroundings and the building meet.
Will the project slowly rise from the
site and terrace with the land, blending into the inspiring backdrop? Or
will it stand freely with a presence
that imbues a beauty of its own?
What story does the journey to the
building tell?
As designers, it is imperative for us
to learn as much as possible about
our clients: the property they’d like
to build on, their architectural and
interior style preferences, and how
those can combine with their living
patterns. We discuss and review the
site and, in some instances, aid in site
selection. By compiling sketches and
photographs of various aesthetic expressions, materials and furnishings,
we discover a client’s “architectural
personality.” Everything else builds
upon this.
With a design concept in hand, we
can discuss in-depth the goals of
aesthetics, budget, square footage,
schedule and life-cycle costs. Lifecycle costs are the expenses required
to not only build, but to operate the
building over its lifetime. These can
be greatly reduced through implementation of self-sustaining technologies such as geothermal heating and
cooling, solar water heaters, and wind
and photovoltaic energy production.
From these discussions, a project can
evolve from a dream into reality.
With an understanding of our
client’s goals, we begin exploring
which spaces a client requires and
how those spaces will be used. Here
we recognize the values of the client
through spatial connections and desired spatial qualities. These spaces
can range from a quiet respite created
within a library/study, to secret passageways and rooms for the kids to
explore and hide, to a state-of-theart theatre room.
These first steps of the design process
are the most important and often have
the most impact. The more we learn
about the place we are designing,
who our clients are, and what they
are looking for, the more successful
we will be as a collaborative team in
creating that unique place, customtailored to those who inspired it.
After the design aesthetic and spatial
program are established, we re-visit
the site to explore connections of
interior spaces to the site, creating
the initial conceptual layouts of what
the structure may become. While
discovering the site, there are many
points to explore: lay of the land,
zoning and ecological restrictions, vehicular access, views to and from the
building, orientation to capture the
Jamie Daugaard, principal of Centre
Sky Architecture, received his B-Arch
and M-Arch from Montana State University. Sustainability is deeply rooted
in his work, which is mostly located in
mountain regions with offices in Denver,
Colorado, and Big Sky, Montana. If you
would like to comment on this article or
would like to learn more about another
topic, you can contact him at jamie@
centresky.com or (406) 995-7572.
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Because of its close location to
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Bozeman, Big Sky and Yellowstone
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easy, Debbie said, to run the lodge
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about the guests… Everything they
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the neighboring river. At the edge
of National Forest land, the property
consisting of a main lodge, five cabins
and a conference building.
bringing friends, and once their own
family grew, they brought up to five
families with children who all had their
own private lodging between the cabins
and main lodge.
The Mavrils had a full staff working
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Big Sky, oblivious to the fact
that there is a service-rich and
vibrant community here.”
Together with 21 other businesses on Highway 121, O’Connor has created a new organization, Discover Gallatin Canyon. Similar to a chamber of commerce, the involved
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Ranch, where they will buy a punch card for $5 and be given their first
playing card. They will proceed up the canyon, stopping at each business
along the way to get another playing card. Restaurants will be offering
tasty bites and beer samples from Montana breweries. Designated drivers
will enjoy complimentary tastes and non-alcoholic beverages. Each business will be offering giveaways, raffles and other incentives.
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Wild West Yellowstone
Rodeo
8 p.m.
June 15, -18, 22 - 25, 29 -30,
July 1, 2
Free Fly-casting Clinic
Art Exhibition:
Jonathan Wilde: “An
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Gallatin River Gallery
June 14 - July 30
Monday Night Pig
Roast
320 Guest Ranch
June 20, 27
6 - 8 p.m.
Discover Gallatin
Canyon Summer
Solstice Poker Run
320 Guest Ranch
June 21
4 p.m.
Chamber of Commerce
Annual Meeting
320 Guest Ranch
June 22
6 p.m.
Jacklin’s Fly Shop
Starting June 19
7:30 p.m.
Yellowstone National
Park Fee Free Day
June 21
Mountain Bike Biathlon
Rendezvous Ski Trails
June 25
Bozeman
Much Ado About
Nothing
Presented by Montana Shakespeare
in the Parks
MSU-Grove
June 17 ,18, 22-25
8 p.m.
Veteran Stand Down
Gallatin Valley Fairgrounds
June 18
9 - 3 p.m.
Gallatin Valley
Farmers’ Market
Grand Victorian Ball
of 1864
The Emerson
June 17 - 19
7:30 p.m.
montanapride.org
“I Love the Emerson”
PARTY! PARTY! PARTY!
Appreciation Night & Party
June 22
Women’s Bike
Maintenance
Bozeman REI
June 23
6:30 - 8 p.m.
Downtown Bozeman
June 30
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
virginia city
Montana Pride
Celebration
Bozeman REI
June 22
7 - 8 p.m.
Bozeman REI
June 25
3 - 6 p.m.
Music on Main
Haynes Pavilion, Gallatin County
Fairgrounds
June 18, 25
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Camping Basics
Great American
Backyard Campout
VC Community Center
June 18
7 p.m.
Mike Dowling Live
The Elling House
June 18
7 p.m.
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Guardians of the River
Gala Banquet
Old Kirby Place in Cameron
June 24
(406) 682-3148
Gallatin Canyon
Women’s Club Meeting
Big Sky Chapel
June 22
1 p.m.
Big Sky Natural
Resource Council
Free Community Barbecue
Town Center Park
June 23
5 - 8 p.m.
3rd Annual Gallatin
River Trash Pick-up &
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June 25
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
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Gallatin County
Women’s Club Big Sky
Kids Picnic
Town Center
June 26
Noon
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whiskey myers
Straight out of the Southern rock tradition,
Whiskey Myers has emerged onto the national
scene from the private parties and flatbed trailers
where they began playing in East Texas.
Cody Cannon (lead vocals/acoustic guitar) and
life long friend Cody Tate (lead guitar) were already collaborating writing songs when they and
another hometown friend, John Jeffers (rhythm
guitar), moved to Tyler, Texas to have a go at a
music career. There, the three friends added Jeff
Hogg (drums) and Gary Brown (bass) and formally became Whiskey Myers.
The band describes their style as “[winding]
around a Lynyrd Skynyrd/Led Zeppelin-centered
foundation, veering off the spokes of grunge,
psychedelia, harmony-laden pop rock and
rockabilly…a Southern rock band with jam band
tendencies.”
On their second album, Firewater, the band
brought in ex-Shooter Jennings guitarist and
songwriter LeRoy Powell to produce the album.
Recorded at the famed Panhandle Studios in
Denton, Texas, Whiskey Myers pumped out 12
tracks of country rockin’ glory. These Texas boys
are talented musicians and songwriters that know
how to have a good time.
“Bar, Guitar and a Honky Tonk Crowd” opens
the album and is a hard-charging anthem for the
country lifestyle. Following is the blues-rock
influenced “Guitar Picker,” written by Cody
Cannon. The band revels in the lyrics:
Oh, Southern wind won’t you take me higher / I got
seven ladies dancing naked around an old camp
fire / Guitar pickin’ with a bottle of wine / I’ll be
an old guitar picker until I die.
“Ballad of a Southern Man” and “Turn It Up” are
strong tracks, and “Anna Marie” has its eponymous subject chew Levi Garrett with a bible in
her hand and a flask in her shoe. Its strongest
songwriting is Cannon’s “Broken Window Serenade,” a beautiful, harmonic ballad about the realities of life in rural America. This album is good
enough to leave in the CD player
on replay from May to September
all summer.
By Hunter Rothwell
we love rock, we love blues—we just love to jam,
period. It doesn’t matter to us where the music
comes from, it just matters that it is real.”
Similar artists that should be on your radar: Cross
Canadian Ragweed, Reckless Kelly, Ryan Bingham, Hayes Carll and Randy Rogers.
The great thing about Whiskey
Myers is their relentless touring.
The road warriors played 150
shows in 2010 alone; this is how
a band hones its skills and takes
its music to the next level. Just as
Hamburg had the Beatles in the
early days of their career playing
every night, Texas has had Whiskey Myers. Their live shows have
gained a reputation of producing
intense musical interplay, and are
“knocking ‘em dead.”
A young group of talented musicians that enjoy fishing, camping
and 4-wheelers have the chops to
be the real thing in modern country
rock, and we’ll hear more about
them over the next few years.
Cody Cannon said, “We know people are going to compare us to bands
like Lynyrd Skynyrd, and that’s fine,
we take that as a high compliment.
But when they hear this new record, they’re going to find out that
there’s a whole lot more to this
band. We love country music,
“We know people are going to compare
us to bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd, and
that’s fine, we take that as a high compliment. But when they hear this new
record, they’re going to find out that
there’s a whole lot more to this band.”
- Cody Cannon, lead vocals/acoustic guitar
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Noun: wild or rough terrain
adjacent to a developed area
Origin: shortened form of
“back 40 acres”
For the Big Sky Weekly, the Back 40 is a resource: a
place where we can delve into subjects and ask experts
to share their knowledge. Topics include regional
history, profiles of local artists and musicians, snow and
avalanche education, how-to pieces for traditional or
outdoor skills, and science.
Cold Water Immersion
By Josh Olsen
It was a chilly, 65-degree spring day, and I was
guiding a group of kayakers on the river. A client
in his early 30s took a wave on the right side of
his boat, over corrected and ended up swimming.
He gasped for air and clawed at the neck of his
dry top.
I pointed to his kayak and yelled, “swim to your boat!”
He stared at me and bobbed, but because he was
stunned by the frigid immersion, he was unable
to rescue himself. I paddled to him, he grabbed
the handle on the stern of my boat, and dragged
him to shore.
There, he continued gasping and wheezing. I rifled
through a list of possible injuries or illnesses: immersion syndrome? Water aspiration? Laryngospasm?
I tried to calm his breathing by coaching. Between
stunted exhalations he blurted out, “Asthma.”
After using his inhaler, his breathing slowed. However, I couldn’t rule out the possibility he may have
inhaled water into his lungs. We continued the float,
and afterward, I recommended he visit the hospital
for a full evaluation. It would have been difficult to
fully attribute the asthma attack to the submersion
event, because fear or anxiety may have been contributing factors.
Basic rescue:
If you are involved in a rescue, remember
your priorities. First, do not make yourself a
victim.
As the saying goes: hello, reach, throw,
tow, row, go, helo (helicopter).
Hello – encourage the victim to swim to
safety. Point positive e.g. point them to
safety.
Reach – attempt to get the victim out of
the water by reaching them a paddle
Throw- throw them a flotation or a throw
bag.
Tow - tow the victim to shore or to the
boat with a throw bag.
Row - row out to get the victim.
Go - if you feel confident you can initiate
a rescue safely, as a last resort, go out to
get the victim.
Helo - get help for the victim and yourself
from other boaters or by calling search
and rescue.
“As you enjoy this season on
Montana’s beautiful rivers and
lakes, remember prevention
through preparation will be
your best defense to a cold
water accident.”
Photo courtesy of whitewater rescue institute
Cold water can pull body heat away through conduction 25
times faster than cold air. Anyone who has experienced immersion in a Montana river or lake during the early boating
and fishing season can relate to the crippling effect of cold
water. Cold water immersion, especially in swift moving
water, can make rescue very difficult, as the effects of cold
water can slow motor skills and cloud decision making.
This year, with record snowfall and heavy rains the cold
“spring” runoff could be around for months. By taking a few
precautions during cold water recreation, you can keep your
enjoyment level up and your hospitalization level down:
•
Be prepared and dress to get wet.
•
Know the flow. Check water levels at americanwhitewater.org or waterdata.usgs.gov/MT/nwis/
current/?type=flow
•
Scout rapids and have a plan if someone swims, decide
on a safe eddy, or rescue plan.
•
Wear a personal flotation device that fits. This may seem
obvious, right? But think about the last time you saw
someone at the put-in with a PFD that was too big or
none at all.
•
Take a class in swift water rescue from Whitewater
Rescue Institute (whitewaterrescue.com) and a class in
first aid or wilderness medicine.
There are also a range of post
immersion related illness and injuries. A few major concerns are:
Cold water drowning affects
both the respiratory and cardiac
systems and often causes victims
to gasp, aspirating water. This
can lead to asphyxiation. If
a victim is pulseless and not
breathing, s/he needs CPR and
advanced care.
Complications from a submersion event or death secondary to
drowning, victims may aspirate
water, filling their lungs and
leading to respiratory distress.
Sometimes this condition is
called “parking lot drowning,”
because the victim is often out
of the water and may not manifest symptoms until well after
the submersion event. Although
these victims may report they
feel “fine,” they need to be
evaluated by a medical professional. The wilderness medical
society suggests monitoring a
person involved in a submersion event for 24 to 48 hours
for signs of a wet persistent
cough or respiratory distress.
Post-immersion victims may
develop hypothermia, which is
abnormally low body temperature. Mild hypothermic
victims often shiver, act confused and present the “umbles”—stumbling, fumbling
and mumbling. They may also
be combative or display poordecision making skills. A hypothermic victim should not
remain in cold wet clothing. If
possible, encourage the victim
to exercise and eat simple
sugars to increase warmth.
Severely hypothermic people
will stop shivering and have
grossly impaired motor skills
and decreasing responsiveness.
Eventually they will become
unresponsive. Prevent further
heat loss, handle gently and
remember all hypothermic
victims should seek immediate
medical attention.
It can be challenging to differentiate between drowning,
immersion injury and hypothermia without advanced
training, as signs and symptoms can be complex and
confusing. As I experienced, a
cold water accident can trigger
other common illnesses such
as asthma or exacerbate other
pre-existing medical conditions. So, as you enjoy this
season on Montana’s beautiful
rivers and lakes, remember
prevention through preparation will be your best defense
to a cold water accident.
Native Montanan Josh Olsen
(WEMT) is a lead instructor for Aerie backcountry
medicine, a ski patroller and a
whitewater rescue technician.
He lives in Bozeman.
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Big Sky
Gallatin River Guide...34
Kayaking...35
Fishing...37
Roller Derby...37
Climbing...39
Highlining...41
Mountain Biking...43
Hiking...44
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Squaw Creek
TO
B O Z E M A N
Montana Whitewater
Hellroaring (II)
Storm Castle River Access
The Mad Mile (see detailed inset)
1.3 miles of continuous class III to IV rapids. Many rocks
create swimmers and during high water become large holes
that can flip boats. There is not much calm water throughout the Mad Mile and incidents can create a very dangerous
situation. Proceed with caution!
Hilarity Hole (III)
At high water this hole is very dangerous and located after a
sharp river bend to the right. Stay left. It has been reported
that boats have been stuck in this hole for over an hour until
the river level changed.
Lava Lake
Straightaway (II)
Long wave train located next to the road.
Bambi & Thumper (II)
Screaming Left (III)
On river left there is a large boulder resembling a
face named Chief Joseph Rock. Hug river left
corner and stay left.
New Rock (II)
Picture Rock (II)
THE MAD MILE
Beers From Heaven (II)
In 2003, a Miller High Life truck crashed on
the highway, spilling 40,000 cans into the river.
Storm Castle River Access
Magnet Rock (III)
Avoid large rock on river left. Stay
river right.
Prudential (III)
Avoid large rock pourover on river right.
Moose Creek
GoGoosh (III)
Davey Jones Locker (III)
Ray’s Bay
Large hole on river right.
Eddy on river right.
Rodeo (III)
Large hole in the center of the river.
House Rock and Bouldergarden (IV)
Super Eddy
House Rock is a giant boulder located in the middle of the river. Go left of
House. River left just before House is a large hole called Whacker. After House,
you will enter a very shallow, boulder packed section called Bouldergarden.
Calm water before House Rock Rapid.
Two Scoops (III)
Snaggletooth (III)
Showstopper and Pinball (II/IV)
Old Bridge (III)
Showstopper (II) on river left, Pinball (IV) on river right.
CAUTION - There is a seive on river right. A sieve is where
two rocks are lodged very close together; water can pass, but
objects cannot.
Portal Creek (III)
Approx. 2 river miles downstream of Green Bridge. Watch out for this
one as it comes up fast and has many large boulders throughout. It catches
many boaters off-guard. Line is center right or center left.
Entrance Exam (III)
High water straight down the middle. Low
water hug right side and right of large boulder.
Sheep Eater Falls (III)
Lava Lake
Deer Creek (Green Bridge)
Downstream of Green Bridge.
Large jagged rocks on river left.
Commercial Rafting Company
Put-in/Launch Point
Rapid
191
Eddy
Take out/Exit Point
B I G
Gallatin River
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The Gallatin River starts from Gallatin Lake in Yellowstone
National Park and runs approx 120 mi north till it converges
with the Jefferson and Madison river to form the Headwaters
TO W E S T
Y E L L O W S TO N E
Porcupine
Trailhead
of the Missouri. In July of 1805 Meriwether Lewis named the
river after Albert Gallatin who was the longest serving U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury. Many fisherman know the Gallatin
as the “blue ribbon” trout stream. As your floating keep an
eye out for Big Horn Sheep that range on the cliffs above
while enjoying what the Indians called “valley of the flowers.”
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High Water Means Fun on the Wave Train
By Tyler Allen | photos courtesy of Dave Zinn
A 10-year boy old strummed his
kayak paddle like an air guitar, simultaneously surfing the Yellowstone
River’s famous wave, Mrs. Bubbles.
His teammates from Wave Train
Kayak Team cheered, and I watched,
astounded. The big wave had kicked
me off every time, despite my furious
paddle strokes.
Founded in 1996 by Dennis Steinhauer, Wave Train Kayak Team
offers Gallatin Valley youth opportunities to learn and hone paddling
skills throughout summer runoff.
To many, kayaking is a difficult
sport to access. But if you start paddling as an adolescent, it affords a
lifetime of fun on rivers and creeks
in Southwest Montana and around
the world.
Dave Zinn, Wave Train’s Director,
has taught kayaking from Mexico
to Africa and has run the program
since 2009. Zinn says its objective
is to “provide good athletic output
in an athletic, adventure-based
town, and … promote self-discovery, growth and increase self-confi-
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water with expert instruction for 22
sessions over 11 weeks.
This year the program started May 22
and will meet Monday and Wednesday evenings until Aug. 3. From the
Bozeman Pond to the riffles of the
Jefferson River and the rapids of
the Gallatin and Yellowstone rivers,
participants work on their paddle
strokes, rolls and river running
skills. Eight of the nine participants
are returns from last summer—100
percent return, except for kids too old
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for the program. The program costs
$1,000, and gear rentals are offered at
a discount through Northern Lights
at the Barn.
This year, Zinn is also offering adult
classes starting June 14. The Junior
Wave Train program begins July 5
and is geared toward 10-15 year olds.
With a long runoff expected, Wave
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young and old to begin a lifetime of
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Fishing Report:
Salmonflies will start
hatching any day now.
Where is an angler to go
in these conditions?
Photo by Scott Heppel
By Ennion Williams
There are several spring creeks in the
The rivers have started the spring runarea with excellent fishing during high
off, but with nighttime temps in the 30s
water. DePuy, Armstrong and Nelsons
at high elevations, the snow is taking its
spring creeks are all outside of Livtime melting. Snowpack was heavy all
ingston and offer excellent dry fly and
winter and increased in May. Accordstreamer fishing in the spring.
ing to the Snotel website, the snowpack
in the Gallatin range
The M-Z Ranch in Belincreased 101 percent be- Mountain precipitation in
grade also offers chaltween May 1 and June 1. May was 118 percent of
Mountain precipitation
average. This should equate lenging sight fishing near
in May was 118 percent
to the Gallatin River running the East Gallatin River.
Just outside Dillon is
of average. This should
at 156 percent of normal
McCoy Spring Creek,
equate to the Gallatin
stream-flow this summer.
which has some exciting
River running at 156 perfishing as well. These are
cent of normal streamall private and require a rod fee. If you’re
flow this summer. The story is similar
not familiar with the creeks, it’s best to
with all rivers in Montana this year.
hire a guide, as these fish are selective
and can be difficult to catch.
Where is an angler to go in these conditions? Lake fishing is a good option. Hebgen Lake has been fishing well on some
The salmonfly hatch is not far off. This
will start first on the Firehole River in
of the sunnier days. A midge hatch there
Yellowstone Park and on the Henry’s
brings large trout near the surface.
Fork River in Idaho. Soon after, it will
hatch on
the Lower
Madison
and Yellowstone rivers, as well.
Salmonflies are large
stoneflies that emerge onto
the riverbanks. Anglers enjoy
this hatch because the fly
patterns are large, and the fish
are hungry for them. Once
temperatures warm up, this
hatch will get underway and
last for about three weeks. This
year however, high water may
prevent anglers from being able
to fish this hatch effectively.
Ennion Williams is a professional
Fishing Guide and Outfitter in Big
Sky. He can be reached at (406) 579-7094
or at [email protected]. He also runs
Big Sky Local Foods.
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The Way to Fish
Roller Derby comes to
Southwest Montana
By Marcie Knoff
Women’s flat track roller derby has arrived in Southwest Montana. No longer a
staged exhibition spectacle, Roller Derby has matured into a legitimate athletic
sport with rapidly growing popularity around the nation.
There are five skaters on each team and ten on the track. The pack closes tight,
and the jammers (scorers) look to score in the narrow spaces between skaters by
passing a player from the opposing team. The rest of the team works to block the
opposing team’s jammer. Wheels bounce off each other while girls assist their
teammates and war with opponents simultaneously. Penalties and crashes are
common. When the two-minute ‘jam’ is up, players regroup quickly for the start
of the next.
Gallatin Roller Girlz welcomes roller divas and rookies alike, non-skating volunteers and anyone else interested in helping to support and build their burgeoning,
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Montanans climbing Mount Logan
for Planned Parenthood
By Emily Stifler | photo by joe josephson
The Ridge is on the skyline. The Warbler Ridge is the big sub-peak
and ridge on the right side of the pic. This was taken from the
Seward Glacier at about 6,000 feet. The summit is 19,540.’
Peter Ramos, a Bozeman-based nurse, climber and
skier, believes in mountain karma. He believes in educating Montana teens about their health. And he loves
big adventures.
In late June, Ramos, 28, will join three Billings climbers in a bid at 19,551-foot Mount Logan, the highest
peak in Canada. And they’re doing it to raise awareness
and money for Planned Parenthood of Montana.
As a nurse at Community Health Partners and an
advanced wilderness life support certified Wildernes
EMT, this mission fits Ramos perfectly.
Ramos and his partners—Stan Price, Rusty Willis and
Daniel Burson—will drive north from Montana 36
hours. Just north of Haines Junction, at mile 1054 on
the Alaska Highway, they’ll meet their pilot and fly
an hour into their remote camp at the base of Mount
Logan. There, they’ll spend two weeks climbing, conditions dependent.
With 12 sub-summits, Logan is one the largest massifs
in North America. Livingston resident Joe Josephson,
who’s climbed it twice, said Logan is unlike any mountain in the world in terms of sheer mass:
“It’s big even compared to the Himalaya. The masRecent legislation eliminated funding for family
sif rises over 14,000 feet from the glacier, and has a
planning from the state budget and cut federal Title X
plateau at 16,000 feet that is 15 miles long and two
dollars by 5.6 percent, severely affecting income for
miles wide.” The scale, he said, is hard to describe or
PPMT and other Montana family planning clinics (like
understand—until you’re there. Part of the Saint Elias
Bozeman’s BridgerCare). AcMountain Range, the peak is
cording to Ann Vinciguerra, PPMT says patient services and
adjacent to the third largest
Planned Parenthood’s
ice cap in the world, after
contraceptive options will deBozeman Development
Antarctica and Greenland.
Associate, “This amounts to crease while patient fees will
a $300,000 shortfall” in the increase, and some rural clinics
The team has an eye on sevcoming year. Because of this, are likely to close.
eral possible ascent routes.
PPMT says patient services
and contraceptive options
“Depending on conditions,
will decrease while patient fees will increase, and some
we’d like to acclimatize on the standard East Ridge, a
rural clinics are likely to close.
snow slog that goes to the east summit,” Ramos said.
Another possibility is a new route up a technical-lookWith five clinics and five rural outreach sites, PPMT is
ing ridge that faces southeast and connects to the East
Montana’s largest provider of family planning services.
Ridge part-way up.
The organization provides general health care services
(cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes screenAfter that, they’d like to attempt a route called the
ing, flu vaccinations, mild depression/anxiety treatWarbler or the Hummingbird, neither of which have
ment, and so forth) and reproductive health services
seen a second ascent. The Hummingbird has been
(Such as STI testing, breast and annual exams, and
named one of the “50 classic climbs of North America”
contraception).
in the standard-setting 1979 book by Allen Steck and
Steve Roper. Ramos said the 13,800-foot knife-edge
Ramos likes the idea of climbing for a cause, and said,
has dual cornices and massive exposure.
“We want to help support our local communities
and our state.” PPMT’s work affects all taxpayers, he
To train as a group, Ramos, Willis and Price had a
added: “If you prevent unwanted teen pregnancies,
huge day out in the Beartooths: They climbed the
there would be fewer people on welfare.”
4000’ ice flow California Ice, carrying skis, then
skied the Cham Couloir.
“The dynamic was awesome,” Ramos said. “I feel
ready to go. I’m chompin’ at the bit.”
Upon the climbing team’s return, Planned Parenthood of Montana plans to host an event in Bozeman. firstgiving.com/mtlogan
According to the Montana Department
of Public Health and Human Services,
Public Health and Safety Division, teen
pregnancy and birth rates have decreased significantly in Montana since
1995. However, since 2006 there has been
a slight increase in the pregnancy rate
among older teens.
Additionally, there are racial/ethnice disparities in teen pregnancy rates. Six percent of Montana’s population is American Indian, more than one in four teen
births are to an American Indian teen.
In 2004, teen pregnancy costed Montana
taxpayers $18 million.
Teen pregnancy costs $9
year in the U.S.
billion each
In 2009 20.3 percent of ninth graders reported being sexually active, while
50.2 percent of 12th graders said they
were sexually active.
In 2009, there were 1,265 births to
females 15-19 and two births to females
under the age of 15. Each day in 2009,
approximately three Montana teens
gave birth.
dphhs.mt.gov/PHSD/Women-Health/pdf/
pregnancyreport.pdf
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meadow. His tone was methodical and calm. It raised
the hair on the back of my
neck.
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with James and Brad. I hung back,
sucking wind and questioning my own
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fitness. I felt stronger after a few miles
talking to Scott, myself, or the bear.
when we turned off the Forest Service
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track. It got technical just as it started
through the trees on the far side of the
pouring rain. When I went to put on
meadow.
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small jacket instead of my own XL. I
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This summer hike with the Big Sky Hikers, or take
this handy guide and explore our featured
hike, Garnet Mountain, with friends and family.
Garnet Mountain
How to get there: Travel north on Rte 191 to the Storm Castle Bridge.
There are two trailheads right across the bridge, Rat Lake and Storm Castle. Make
sure to choose Storm Castle. The proximity to Bozeman affords the hikes up to
Garnet easy access. It is not uncommon to run across horse, bike, or 4-wheeler
traffic on this hike.
Distance: The distance and elevation gain is 7 miles and 2700’. It can be
modified by weather, fire, bears or trail conditions. An easier option goes via Rat
Lake TH to Garnet, and is 7.5 miles and 2045’.
STORM CASTLE
Approaching the top looking SW at Table
Mtn. in the Spanish Peaks. A Pensive Place.
The “lookout” tower we all can
see from 191 is an old Fire tower
now converted by USFS for overnight campers. It has massive
grounding wires on the structure
itself and very cool windows and
bunking spots inside. Wild Iris in the flat, low,
wet, early part of the hike.
Trailhead
HWY 191
Garnet Mtn Trail
Easier Route
Roads
On the shoulder after clearing the trees...wildflowers a-plenty. Very close to the sky.
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U.S. Geologic Survey Bench Mark set
in chert atop Garnet.
Big Sky Weekly
Big Sky Hikers at 9,999’.
Big Sky Hikers - 2011 Season
Meeting: Big Sky Hikers meet
each Thursday morning at the Big
Sky Chapel, on Little Coyote Road
across from the Meadow Village
Center. To accommodate larger
numbers of hikers and differing
abilities, three hikes are scheduled
for every Thursday in ‘A,’ ‘B,’ and
‘C’ groups. Each hike group goes
to a different trailhead, and there
is a limit of 15 people for each. All
hikes are subject to change due to
weather or trail conditions.
A hikers depart at 8 a.m., B hikers
at 8:30, and C hikers at 8:30 unless
otherwise noted. Transportation to
the trailhead will be organized by
car-pooling in each group.
Rating: None of the hikes require
technical climbing or gear. ‘A’ hikes are
strenuous, involving long distances
and significant altitude gain; these
hikes are best suited to fit altitudeacclimated and well-prepared hikers.
‘B’ hikes represent more moderate
efforts. ‘C’ hikes are easy and suitable
for hikers of all ages.
A donation of $2/person per hike
pays for administration costs, supplies, refreshments, and donations
to relevant causes or organizations.
Hiking Etiquette: Please leave no
trace when hiking in the wilderness
or YNP. No toddlers or pets. Big
Sky hikers keep groups together
and take occasional breaks. This is
grizzly bear country, and this is a
serious consideration on all hikes.
Equipment: Experienced hikers
carry a well-sorted daypack, with
plenty of water, lunch and snacks,
rain gear and other clothing layers
to cope with the abrupt changes
in weather that are typical in the
mountains. Sturdy, broken in
shoes are suggested, as many of the
trails are rocky, may cross patches
Big Sky
Hikers Summer
Special Events:
Flower Hike
July 7
Contact: Dr. Jeff Strickler 995-4768
Potluck Picnic
Big Sky Community Park
July 12
6-8 p.m.
Contact: Leslie Piercy 993-2303
Please see explorebigsky.com
for the Big Sky Hikers’ full summer
schedule. Keyword: Big Sky Hikers
Heading off into the Absarokas
of snow and streams, and at times
the footing can be unstable. Hike
leaders carry basic First Aid kits.
Hikers should bring their own bear
spray, insect repellant, toilet paper,
sunscreen and big smiles!
Please contact hike coordinators for
more information:
A Hikes: Leslie & Rich Piercy
(993-2303)
B Hikes: Lance Krieg (995-3312) &
George Tallichet (995-7292)
C Hikes: Rumsey Young (995-2629)
& George MacDonald (995-7172)
Getaway
August 22 -24
Location: Chico Hot Springs
• A block of rooms is on hold, and reservations can
be made by calling the resort. Cancellations may
be made until two weeks prior to the event.
• Open hike from Big Sky (Windy Pass) to Chico (Big
Creek Trailhead) on the 22. This is a little up and
mostly down, but it’s still 15 miles – a long hike,
requiring lots of water, food and conditioning.
Shuttles must be coordinated.
• Combined A and B 10 mile hike on August 23,
C hike also on the 23rd, TBD. Optional hiking on
August 24 for those who wish.
•
Banquet on Tuesday evening (Aug. 23).
Contact: Marisue Tallichet (995-7292)
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Big Sky’s
LARGEST GROCERY
SELECTION
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Fresh, Hand-Cut Meats
Deli & Snacks
Gourmet Items
Beer & Wine
Affordable prices
Delivery available
Call us 406-995-4636
Open Daily from 6:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
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Located in the Meadow Village Center
next to Lone Peak Brewery
Big Sky Weekly
Golf
in Southwest
Montana
By Taylor Anderson | photo by austin trayser
Golfing in Southwest Montana
provides opportunities not found
elsewhere in the state.
a chance to play one of the best
public courses in the Meadow
Village.
Gallatin County offers great options for the public. Teeing off on
the back nine at Bridger Creek
gives reason to believe a poet
created the term ‘Big Sky Country’: witness endless miles of valley
disappearing with the emergence of a sister valley heading
south.
While you’re planning a trip to the
area, pack the clubs. If you live in
the area and haven’t explored
what Gallatin and the surrounding
counties have to offer, dust off the
clubs and get out there!
Despite the exclusivity of the
courses near Big Sky, golfers have
1. Big Sky Golf Course
1/2
18 holes - $69
9 holes - $47
Big Sky’s namesake course displays
supreme planning and well-executed
design that integrates the Gallatin
River and seclusion, despite being immersed within the Meadow
Village residential area. Call (406)
995-5780 for a tee-time.
2. Cottonwood Hills
18 holes - $40
9 holes - $22
Located seven miles west of Bozeman, this course offers a sense of
seclusion from town and good
views of its surrounding ranches.
The course remains fairly flat, but
views north and south are endless
when towering trees don’t block
them. Call (406) 587-1118 for a
tee-time.
3. Spanish Peaks
1/2
(private)
This private course has been compared favorably to the ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club course.
Its panoramic views are truly
surreal and no fairway touches
another, so golfers are given the
feel of playing in the wilderness.
If you’re a member, that is. For
membership information, call
(877) 995-3100.
5. Black Bull
1/2
(private)
Pro shop: (406) 556-5011
Big Sky Country: witness
endless miles of valley
disappearing with the
emergence of a sister
valley heading south.
*Detailed reviews of the courses
can be found on explorebigsky.
com. Keyword: Golf courses
Ratings are out of five stars.
4. Bridger Creek
1/2
18 holes - $31
9 holes - $19
The course has been deeply affected by
its namesake creek that has broken its
banks and turned fairways into ponds.
The views from the back nine on this
course are spectacular. Call (406) 5862333 for a tee-time.
Check out these other
courses in the area:
6. Beaverhead Golf Course
in Dillon
9 holes - $17
Pro shop: (406) 683-9933
7. Headwaters in Three Forks
9 holes - $25
Pro shop: (406) 285-3700
8. Madison Meadows in Ennis
9 holes - $21
Pro shop: (406) 682-7468
9. Livingston Golf Course
Pro shop: (406) 222-1100
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Disc GOlf
The sport is similar to golf, except with the use of a disc, or Frisbee. It is Sometimes
played on an organized course using chain-link baskets as holes, or sometimes
the course is made up by the players, and trees and other obstacles are used as
holes. Disc golf discs are smaller than Frisbees, and can be thrown up to 800 ft.
GOLFER vs. FOLFER
Big sky courses:
Big Sky Resort Disc Golf There
is a nine hole par-three course located
just above the Snowcrest Lodge. An
additional nine holes is located at the
top of Andesite Mountain, but a $19 lift
charge applies.
Big Horn Ridge Community
Course: Just steps away from the
Meadow Village center, this 18 hole
course is free and open to the public.
Discs are not provided, and a small donation for the upkeep is appreciated.
Two years ago Jason Meyers and other
disc golfers in Big Sky received approval
from the BSCC and the Water and Sewer
District to build a nine-hole course. The
BSCC donated $3000 of initial funding,
and local business such as Grizzly Outfitters, Gallatin Alpine Sports and Blue
Moon Bakery sponsored the individual
holes, and continue to pay $50 a year
for upkeep.
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Last year, Meyers and other disc golf
players in Big Sky raised enough funds
to implement an additional nine holes,
all with official chain holes. “There are
at least 10 community members that
are completely dedicated to sponsoring holes and course maintenance,”
Meyers said. Without their support, the
course would not be possible.
Meyers invites novices and experts to
join other disc golfers on Tuesday evenings at 6 p.m. for $3 random doubles
tournaments, where the winning team
keeps all the funds. Sign up for the Community Park Celebration Tournament on
July 4, at 3 p.m. ($15, all donations go to
BSCC). There will be three days of tournaments during Cinnafest 2011, a music
and outdoors festival at the Cinnamon
Lodge, August 10 - 2. The tournament
will include random doubles, singles
and a Disc Craft Ace Race (discgolfacerace.com). “This tournament will bring
some of the state’s best players. Be prepared for a fun weekend,” Myers said.
Other Disc Golf
Courses:
Bohart Ranch X-C Ski Center Bozeman, 36 holes, $5/day
Rose Park - Bozeman, 12 holes
Battle Ridge - Bozeman 18 holes,
We suggest new players to take a guide
here, it’s very dense, and object based.
Cooke City Disc Golf Course
Hallelula Country Club - Dillon
Are we missing your favorite
course? Let us know at
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