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One of two massive P&H 2300 shovels at the Spring Creek Mine loads a truck with 250 tons of coal.

Coal at a crossroads....................................................................................................................................................................................... 6

Photo by JAMES WOODCOCK

Montana looks at challenges presented by Clean Power Plan

The big bounce................................................................................................................................................................................................. 26 Trampoline park headed to former Sutton’s building

Construction zone: Olsen Ortho Studio...............................................................................................................................30 Construction zone: 3 North Bar & Grill ................................................................................................................................37 Construction zone: Burgeoning Businesses at 32nd Street West and Central ...............41 Construction zone: Montana Health Federal Credit Union.........................................................................49 Construction zone: New Day Behavioral Health Care......................................................................................54

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Deanna Langman - PTAC can help your business sell to the government Billie Ruff - Now more than ever, travel etiquette matters

Jeffery Gitomer - Want to make changes in your life? Improve your self image for starters

Strategies for Success.............................................................................................................................................................................16 Joe Michels - Simply following up on promises can lead to success

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Chamber News................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Bruce MacIntyre - BillingsWORKS seeks to address the shortage of skilled workers

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B ILLINGS C HAMBER OF C OMMERCE IS ON A ROLL When Jeff Walters joined Vertex Consulting Group three years ago, he joked that the upstart computer services company had established a goal of “world domination.”

Vertex is still growing. Meanwhile, Walters has become involved in another effort that has put Billings on the map.

He is chairman of the Billings Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors for 2015-16. Walters, other board members and staff were on hand recently when the Billings chamber received the Chamber of the Year Award at a meeting in Montreal, Canada.

Billings was among five award winners recognized by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives.

“It’s an exciting time. The trip to Montreal was amazing,” Walters said. “It was very positive for us to measure where we stand from an initiative standpoint and within the Chamber industry as a whole.”

Billings won in the Category III competition, beating out finalists from Waco, Texas, and Gainesville, Fla. The Billings chamber received the award for demonstrating organizational strength and making an impact on key community priorities, the ACCE said.

John Brewer, Billings Chamber president and CEO, said the application process for Chamber of the Year requires many hours of work and thorough documentation. Initially, a chamber submits benchmarking information that quantifies budgetaqry and operational practices. Chambers that make the first cut then go through a more extensive review. The Billings chamber ended up submitting about 1,000

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pages of information, including tax information, strategic plans, community initiatives and communications with the public. That was followed by an in-person interview of two chamber staff members by a four-judge panel.

The Billings chamber highlighted a couple of specific projects in its application: the trails initiative that has led to improvements in cycling and walking trails in the Billings area, and the “Chamber of the Future” project that launched a couple of years ago, Brewer said.

In developing its Chamber of the Future project, the Billings chamber solicited comments from the public about important community initiatives and what direction that the chamber should take in the future.

As part of the project, the chamber sought to collect 1,000 creative ideas that could be put into play and benefit the community.

Instrumental to the chamber’s success has been its close relationship with Visit Billings, the Visit Southeast Montana tourism promotion agency and the Tourism Business Improvement District, Brewer said.

This is a great time to be involved with the chamber, Walters said.

“We have a great marriage of the right people in the right chairs,” Walter said. “I like the composition of the board. We have a group that’s not afraid to challenge the status quo and take on some tough issues. We’ve developed a vision of the future for the Billings chamber, and the staff has done a great job of implementing that vision.”

So, congratulations to the Billings Chamber of Commerce. It’s almost as good as world domination.

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MONTANA ENERGY REVIEW

Photo by JAMES WOODCOCK One of two massive P&H 2300 shovels at the Spring Creek Mine loads a truck with 250 tons of coal. The shovel has a 40-yard bucket, and the truck holds 130 yards of coal.

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emissions reductions without having to make drastic cuts in emissions from coal-fired power plants. But Bullock said the Clean Power Plan When the Obama Administration unveiled represents a game changer. a plan to address climate change by reeling in “I am extremely disappointed by this,” Bullcarbon dioxide emissions last month, Montana ock said in a prepared statement. “I understand elected officials reacted with a mix of disapthat we need to address climate change, but how pointment and hostility. we do so has to work for Montana. The rule is Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, said the very complicated, and we will carefully review it Obama plan, commonly referred to as the and make sure we fully understand the implica“Clean Power Plan,” will complicate efforts to tions for Montana’s economy and the future of achieve emissions-reduction goals that had been energy in our state.” outlined earlier by the Environmental Protection Nationwide, the plan seeks to achieve a 32 Administration. Just a year ago, it appeared that percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions Montana would be able to achieve its goals for compared to 2005 levels by 2030. That’s up from Billingsbusiness

Photo by JAMES WOODCOCK Antelope run across reclaimed mining land on the Spring Creek Mine.

a 30 percent goal announced last year over the same period. But states that produce a higher percentage of power from coal would be required to reduce their emissions by a larger percentage.

Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said the Clean Power Plan would wreak havoc on Montana and other coal-producing states. The plan could even force the closure of the massive Colstrip coalfired power plant, he warned.

“As President Obama was announcing his plan to devastate Montana’s coal industry and the good-paying jobs it provides, yet another coal company filed for bankruptcy,” Daines said.

“At the same time, J.E. Corette Power Plant in Billings is being dismantled in the aftermath of President Obama’s previous anti-coal regulations.”

In Wyoming, which produces more coal than any other state, Gov. Matt Mead labeled the plan as “fundamentally bad for Wyoming,” and questioned its legality.

Wyoming produces about 40 percent of the nation’s coal, and about two-thirds of all electricity generated within Wyoming is exported to other states. The vast majority of that power is from coal-fired power plants.

The Montana AFL-CIO also expressed reservations over the Clean Power Plan, fearing that it would eliminate union jobs in mines, at power plants and on railroads.

“It’s too early to know what this means. We’re still trying to sort it out,” said Al Ekblad, Montana AFL-CIO executive. “What the president did made the challenge significantly harder.”

Photo by JAMES WOODCOCK

Please see Coal, 8 Gov. Steve Bullock, center, speaks with Signal Peak Energy CEO Brad Hanson, left, and Wayne Boich, owner of Boich Cos., during a tour of the Signal Peak mine.

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Photo by JAMES WOODCOCK Railroad cars are filled with coal at the Spring Creek mine. The cars hold 120 tons of coal and are loaded in six to eight seconds, then sprayed with water and a binding chemical to reduce dust during their shipment period.

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”That’s important for Montana’s children, older adults, people with low incomes and those with chronic disease, who all face greater Continued from 7 health risks from air pollution and climate Meanwhile, environmental groups and change.” health advocates have welcomed Obama’s plan In another coal-related development, to reduce carbon emissions.

Bureau of Land Management officials have “Climate change threatens our fish and been holding a series of meetings to gather wildlife resources in a very real way,” said public comment on the management of federal David Chadwick, Montana Wildlife Federation coal leases. Critics charge that taxpayers are executive director. “When I talk to people, they being shortchanged by up to $1 billion per year want the politicians to just put aside all of the because coal companies are underpaying for rhetorical arguments and deal with the basic federal coal royalties. facts that they’re seeing out in the wild.”

Critics claimed the federal coal leasing pro“Nationwide, the Clean Power Plan will gram is unfairly subsidizing private industry. prevent up to 90,000 asthma attacks and Coal company representatives say the issue 3,600 premature deaths each year starting in boils down to another skirmish in the Obama 2030,” said Ronni Flannery, the American Lung administration’s war on coal.

Association of Montana healthy air director.

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century. Former Gov. Brian Schweitzer frequently touted Montana as the Saudi Arabia of coal, because of its vast reserves.

But throughout the nation, coal operators are facing challenges that are unprecedented in U.S. history. Many analysts question whether the coal industry will ever recover from its current slump.

Even before the Obama Administration introduced its Clean Power Act, demand for coal has been soft nationwide. That’s largely due to competition from cheap natural gas, which has muscled in on coal’s market share in electrical generation thanks to the boom in shale gas production.

Wall Street has shown little enthusiasm for coal companies, and at least three coal producers have filed from bankruptcy within the past two years: Longview Power LLC, Dynegy Inc.

and Edison Mission Energy.

Peabody Energy Corp., the world’s largest coal producer, has seen its stock price plummet from around $70 per share in 2011 to a little more than $1 a share today.

Given the unfavorable market conditions for the domestic market, coal producers are increasingly looking to coal exports for a chance to grow their markets. But plans to develop coal export terminals have met stiff opposition from environmentalists.

Last month the Crow Tribe announced that it has entered a partnership to develop a Puget Sound coal terminal. Under the proposal, the Crow Tribe would own 5 percent of the proposed terminal. Cloud Peak Energy, which owns the Spring Creek Mine near the Crow Reservation, is a 49 percent shareholder in the Gateway Pacific Terminal.

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MONTANA ENERGY REVIEW Dakota refinery loses money

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olis-based Calumet Specialty Products Partners built the $430 million plant that can DICKINSON, N.D. — process 20,000 barrels of North Dakota’s newest oil western North Dakota oil each refinery lost money in its first day into diesel fuel and other few months of operation. products. A barrel is 42 gallons.

The Dakota Prairie Refinery Crews broke ground on the near Dickinson lost nearly $3.9 refinery in March 2013, and million in the second quarter, it began selling fuel in May. the Bismarck Tribune reported. About 90 people work full time MDU Resources Group cited at the plant. “extremely difficult market MDU said it expects market conditions” for diesel fuel. conditions to improve slowly Factors included higher into 2016 as the diesel invenprices for western North Datory decreases. Demand from kota crude and an increase in fall harvest machinery could demand for Bakken oil due to a help. drop in Canadian oil produc“Refinery-related market tion because of wildfires. At the conditions are expected to same time, demand for diesel fluctuate as we have seen nationally dropped because of recently,” Goodin said. ample stockpiles of the fuel.

“It really is commodity driven,” MDU Resources CEO Diesel supplies Dave Goodin said. to be adequate Bismarck-based MDU ReBISMARCK, N.D. — The sources Group and Indianap- slowdown in North Dakota’s

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oil patch should help keep fuel supplies adequate for the state’s fall crop harvest due to the dramatic drop in the number diesel-thirsty drill rigs, officials say.

The harvest, which already has begun for some crops, often spurs diesel shortages for farm machinery in the Upper Midwest. The problem was particularly acute in North Dakota in recent years because of the oil drilling activity in the western part of the state.

Mike Rud, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Marketers Association, and Mark Watne, president of the North Dakota Farmers Union, said there is no indication that diesel supplies will be tight when the harvest ramps up to full speed next month.

“I have not heard of anything anybody is concerned

about,” said Watne, whose group has about 41,000 members in North Dakota.

Dawna Leitzke, director of the South Dakota Petroleum Marketers Association, said an expected “phenomenal harvest” this fall puts the odds of a diesel shortage in that state “at better than 50 percent” and petroleum dealers may look to North

Dakota for relief.

“If there is not a supply, marketers will drive wherever they can to get it,” she said.

The oil industry replaced agriculture a few years ago as the biggest user of diesel in North Dakota. State Tax Department records show that diesel fuel consumption in the state has nearly doubled to more than 925,000 gal-

lons annually since 2008, when its oil boom was in its infancy.

North Dakota’s seven coal-fired power plants and lignite mines also are big users of diesel. But it’s the equipment supporting the drilling in the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations in North Dakota that are the biggest guzzlers.

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Today there are nine Montana centers from Billings to Kalispell, serving more than 1,500 clients. Through the Department of Defense, the government provides matching funds with a local organization such as a university or an economic development agency to run these programs.

Selling to the government — or subcontracting to prime contractors — can be good for your business.

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In addition to providing contracting assistance, Montana PTAC advisers have been assisting farmers and ranchers across the state with registration in the federal system known as the System for Award Management or SAM. In 2012, the Montana PTAC was asked by staff at the Natural Resource Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture and Farm Services Agency to assist agricultural producers with SAM so they could receive financial awards to implement conservation initiatives on their farms and ranches. The producers cannot receive these awards if their companies are not registered in SAM. Since 2012, the Montana PTAC has assisted producers in obtaining $59,316,475 in awards.

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T IFFANY M ILLER EXPRESSES HER CREATIVE SIDE BY TRANSFORMING CASUAL GARMENTS — T- SHIRTS , TANK TOPS , HOODIES AND MORE — INTO ONE - OF - A - KIND FASHION STATEMENTS .

She is the owner of Tiffany Miller Designs, www. tiffanymiller.com. Besides the website and Facebook page, several Billings retailers carry Miller’s clothing lines. Here, she talks about her unique contribution to the fashion world.

How long have you been operating Tiffany Miller Designs?

Since about 2001. I did freelance design and styling/ fashion show production in Seattle until moving back to Billings in 2009. Once in Montana, I tried to cater to the market here — comfortable, affordable basics with an artistic flair. I painted on garments at first, then moved to a bleach process, and am now continuing with those techniques as well as creating one-of-a-kind items using vintage and recycled/repurposed materials.

How old were you when you first started taking an interest in fashion? Do you remember the first garment that you designed?

Probably since birth, or shortly after. My grandma had an interest in Western wear, so I always had lots of satin snap shirts with fringe and cowgirl boots. One of my first memories about fashion was falling off my bike and ruining my ‘80s style hot pink crosshatch pants.

I wasn’t worried about the gash in my knee, but was devastated that my favorite pants were destroyed in the crash.

Your Facebook video gives a pretty good demonstration of how your designs come together.

Do you sketch designs ahead of time before you decorate garments, or are your creations truly freehand?

Occasionally I will sketch the idea out. But they are always drawn individually by hand on the garment so they get their own unique lines and textures. I’m contemplating doing a line of lower-priced screen-printed designs, but will always have a large collection of unique hand-drawn items and one of a kind pieces for the individualist.

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Please describe the process where you lay out several garments and create a design that overflows to all of them, creating garments that are similar but unique. Is this garment-as-canvas technique your innovation?

Basically, I lay out a collection of shirts so they all connect.

I pin them together where they overlap and paint one giant image.

Then I disconnect and sell them separately. I’m pretty sure I came up with this idea myself. Ideas in art are recycled or taken as “inspiration” all the time, so hopefully I didn’t plagiarize. I’m always cautious about saying an idea was my own because of that. But as far as I know this was an original concept from my brain alone.

You’ve designed a number of products for local retailers. How else do you market your designs, besides your website?

Word of mouth has always been successful. But dressing my two daughters in designs has proven effective as well for selling my kids line. Who doesn’t love a cherub-cheeked blue-eyed girl? I’m pretty sure I could dress them in paper bags and start a fashion trend.

What’s your advice for somebody who wants to pursue a career in fashion?

Go for it! But proceed with caution: It can be a very cutthroat, dirty, shallow industry. I don’t need to bring up the trends of models on runways and the “heroin chic” look that devastates and manipulates our young girls or the underprivileged nations whose youth toil away the day in a factory rather than in a classroom. So keep your wits about you and make it your own world.

You don’t have to follow what the fashion world does — carve your own path and create the vision you see.

Tiffany Miller of Tiffany Miller Designs, creates one-of-a-kind garments.

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THE SHORTAGE OF SKILLED WORKERS

For years past, Billings has enjoyed a growing economy, a steady available workforce and a great work ethic.

Bruce MacIntyre Bruce MacIntyre is director of business and government affairs for the Billings Chamber of Commerce. Contact him at 406-869-3723, or at bruce@ billingschamber.com

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As of June 2015, unemployment was 2.6 percent in Yellowstone County. Traditionally, when you reach an unemployment rate of 4 percent, you are considered to have full employment. For years past, Billings has enjoyed a growing economy, a steady available workforce and a great work ethic. When you entered the workforce, you were selecting a career, not a job. You worked in that career path until retirement and, more often than not, retired from the very company where you first started. The Billings work world was Eastern Montana and northern Wyoming and we enjoyed an inflow of workers from the farms, ranches and small communities around us.

Today we have a net outflow of workers as a mobile workforce moves from opportunity to opportunity.

At a recent presentation, Greg Gianforte encouraged skilled professionals who used to live here to “come home and bring your job with you.”

Telecommuting is growing in popularity as well as necessity, and many in the business community look at the quality of the work, not the bricks and mortar of their business location filled with employees. This is a growing concept; however, it is far from filling today’s workforce needs.

Three years ago the Billings Chamber, Big Sky Economic

Development Authority, MSU Billings, City College and the Billings region of Montana Job Service began meeting to talk about how to plan for the workforce shortage anticipated with the growth of workforce needs of current and future Billings employers. Over the intervening months, critical sectors were identified, a strategic plan was developed, a general concept was agreed upon and BillingsWORKS was born. We’ve come a long way in three years and now have over 50 working partners from business, industry, nonprofits, education and city, county and state government strategizing to deal with workforce issues, particularly in key or critical areas.

As a partner in BillingsWORKS, the Billings Chamber saw a need to create a link between our Chamber member businesses and the potential workforce. Job seekers now have a number of tools available to them to find the next job. Gone is the sole reliance on the want ads, job service postings and employment agencies. Now there’s Monster, Craigslist, jobs boards and social communication that all come into play. The Chamber’s recently released Jobs Board was developed to help the 1,200 member businesses of the Chamber find qualified employees. In many cases, the first stop someone new makes

is to the Billings Chamber for information. They need maps, phone books, places to go, events in our area, visitor or relocation packets and foremost, job information. For every person who stops in to visit, there are many more who visit our website looking for the same information.

For our members, the jobs board becomes one more in an array of member benefits we offer. The new Jobs Board is

accessible at BillingsChamber. com/job-board/.

As we face an anticipated growth of approximately 2 percent per year in Yellowstone County and Billings, our need for workforce for our existing and emerging industries will become more of a challenge.

As partners in BillingsWORKS, we all have our own areas to help solve our workforce needs.

How can we keep our graduating students from high school,

college or vocational training here in Billings? What can we do to make it a seamless transition from school to workforce?

How can we encourage our alumni to think about coming home? This is a small part of the planning to address future workforce needs. For now, the Billings Chamber will be the talent attraction piece in the employment toolbox, connecting our member businesses with potential workforce.

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TRAVEL &leisure

N ow more than ever , travel etiquette matters

Good manners are appreciated everywhere, but especially in crowded airplanes.

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Today’s travel environment in the air can be a big challenge, or your chance to have that often elusive “me time” for reading, watching movies or catching up on emails.

Whatever your choice, some travel etiquette tips can prove invaluable.

First, let’s talk food. With snack and dining options inflight offering little to none, you are on your own to make sure your tummy doesn’t growl. I recommend keeping things light and healthy by packing fruit and nuts. Don’t be that flier who brings the stinky taco on board an already crowded flight. More and more, modern airports are offering healthy alternatives to burgers and pizza; such as whole fruit and salad bars on the fly. They understand the need for speed when it comes to making your flight or connections.

Another important item for privacy and entertainment inflight is a set of noise-canceling head phones. They are instrumental in calming your already tense nerves with Zen music, or enjoying a movie on your electronic device of choice. Keep the volume at a reasonable level so as not to “share” your music or movie with the passenger right next to you. It’s also important to keep the movies you watch family-friendly. For me, I favor my iPad with my most recently downloaded and newly released movies that I never have time to watch while traveling or at home.

While it’s nice to smile and say hello to the passenger

Courtesy photo Respect the space of those around you. No one likes travelers who use more overhead space than they should.

seated next to you, when you see a seat mate with earphones on, that is a definite indicator that they are not interested in a chat with you.

Respect the space of those around you. No one likes travelers who use more overhead space than they should. The same thing goes for the arm rests. Most airline seats have one arm rest per passenger.

Please use only one. If at all possible, avoid reclining your seat. Remember, when you fully recline your seat, the passenger

behind probably can’t even put their tray table down. I find that using a travel neck roll on longer flights is actually better for sleeping than reclining my seat.

Be respectful of others. I always use the restroom before I board the flight in case I get stuck in a middle or window seat. That way, I don’t have to bother the others in my row unless absolutely necessary. Be cognizant of putting things in and taking this out of the seat pocket in front of you. Every

movement is a jostle for the person in that seat in front of you. Don’t stand and rummage through your carry on in the overhead bin. Take what you want in your seat out of your carry on before you board the airplane. That way, you can simply place it in your seat, place your carry-on in the overhead bin then take your seat in an efficient manner.

That really speeds the boarding process for all passengers. If you have to talk on your cell phone, do so softly or wait until you are

in the terminal to have a louder conversation. When flight attendants indicate it’s time to turn devices off or to flight mode, please do so. The flight can’t depart until you do.

If you are sick, don’t fly. It’s that simple. Sneeze into your elbow and use hand sanitizers often to help prevent sharing germs. Close quarters, recirculated air and germs are not good partners.

Good manners are appreciated everywhere, but especially in crowded airplanes.

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Pretty powerful question when you think about it. Some of you are thinking handsome or pretty, some overweight or average, some successful or struggling. Some pictures are happy, some are not. Very not.

Tell me about the picture.

Was it a physical picture (tall, pretty), or a mental picture (self assured, confident)? Was it a positive picture (great attitude, successful), or a negative picture (failing, in debt)? Did you picture the “now,” or “what you want to become?”

The interesting thing about picturing yourself, I have found, is that most people don’t want to see it. They don’t like it, or they don’t like themselves. And then there’s that ever-present, unavoidable, bathroom mirror.

Suppose I told you that the more vivid the picture, the more accepting of yourself you will be today, and the more you can see that tomorrow is the fast track to success. Would you at least take a peek?

FIRST TRUTH: The picture you have of yourself, combined with the self-belief structure that goes with it, is what you are likely to become.

If you look at (read) some of the books written on the subject of self-image and visualization, you’ll be surprised to find that they all have a common theme: The easiest way to get where you want to go is picture yourself there in advance.

The breakthrough book “Psycho-Cybernetics” by Dr. Maxwell Maltz shows the classic example of what self-image is about. I read the book back in the early 1970s, and continually read a few pages as part of

Courtesy photo The picture you have of yourself, combined with the self-belief structure that goes with it, is what you are likely to become, Jeffrey Gitomer says.

my commitment to lifelong learning.

Maltz says, “We react to the image we have of ourselves in our brain. Change that image for the better and our lives improve. Self-image is changed for the better or worse, not by intellect alone, not by intellectual knowledge alone, but by experiencing.”

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SECOND TRUTH: You are in complete control of the beliefs and pictures that you put in your head.

Not only are you in total control of your mind, you can also alter (control) your environment to enhance that control. Where you are can affect the way you think.

HERE’S A DEEPER THOUGHT: If you don’t like your job, or boss, it will be really hard for you to have the positive mental picture necessary for achievement. You gotta love what you do (or at least like it a lot). How can you visualize success in a place you don’t like, or have a job you don’t like, or work for someone you don’t like? Answer: You can’t!

THIRD TRUTH: If you change your self-image in your mind, you will begin to achieve mental image, and live your thoughts.

In her book “Creative Visualization,” Shakti Gawain says, “Imagination is the ability to create an idea, a mental picture, or a feeling sense of something.

In creative visualization you use your imagination to create a clear image, idea, or feeling of something you wish to manifest. Then you continue to focus on the idea, feeling, or picture regularly, giving it posi-

tive energy until it becomes objective reality ... in other words, until you actually achieve what you have been imagining.”

These two books, “Creative Visualization,” and “PsychoCybernetics,” are books you may want to add to your library as you seek to improve your self-image, build stronger self beliefs, eliminate self limitations, and block self-defeating thoughts. Just a thought.

If you would like a few words about each book mentioned above, just go to www. gitomer.com — register if you’re a first time visitor — and enter VISUALIZE in the GitBit Box. “Jeffrey,” you ask, “Can I do all this just by reading?”

Heck no! This is not about just thinking or visualizing. That’s the BEGINNING. You still gotta take action to make it happen.

Committed passionate, selfbelief leads to action. Achievement action. Action (with a dash of passion and positive anticipation) leads to results.

And those results will be your vision fulfilled.

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S imply following up on promises can lead to success

It costs about eight times more to gain a client than retain an existing one.

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I was in a sushi bar the other night after a hard day at the office. All the televisions were dark, and the server explained that recent lightning storms had damaged all of the electronic equipment.

She was told that it would be several months before the televisions were back on, at least that is what she understood.

About that time, the new bar manager came around and talked to each table, asking how the food was, and telling everyone that he was the new manager and wanted guests to have a positive experience. When he got to our table, I asked him about the televisions.

“Didn’t the girls tell you what happened?” he asked. I said, “Yes, they did. How can we help?” Well, the manager said that he had called five different audio-visual service providers. Everybody promised to send a technician right out, but nobody showed up, three or four days later.

“Nobody wants our money — we want to pay,” the manager said.

I told him that I would have a professional AV technician at the bar within an hour to assess the matter and make recommendations.

If you have ever frequented an establishment that serves adult beverages, you hear a lot of discussion, most of which can be easily dismissed.

“I tell you what — if you can get this fixed, I’ll give you a $75 gift card for your

Courtesy photo If a prospective client calls and asks for help, be it a bid, a quotation or a service inspection, make sure you follow up.

troubles,” the bar manager said. Well, not even expecting anything, I was now ready to get into action.

A member of our Rotary Club owns a professional audio/visual company. They install sound systems and television equipment in big halls, churches and other venues where service and professionalism are demanded. I called my fellow Rotarian, told him of the problem that the sushi bar manager had experienced and asked if he could stop by on his way

home to see what he could do.

“Sure, I would love to. We are going out tonight anyway — we’ll just have sushi,” he said.

A couple of days later, the AV service company owner called me, told me that he stopped by by the sushi bar and sent out a crew to inspect the equipment and see what needed to be done.

The lightning had indeed damaged some equipment, but the replacement cost was substantially less than the bar manager had envisioned.

He was delighted. In the end, everyone was in a win-win situation.

If a prospective client calls and asks for help, be it a bid, a quotation or a service inspection, make sure you follow up. Do not make a commitment and then forget to follow through with the client. It costs about eight times more to gain a client than retain an existing one. In this example, I was fortunate that I knew someone who just happened to perform the service needed. That is not

always the case, however.

With a small gift card riding on the deal, I was highly motivated to help the bar owner get his AV equipment operational again.

Little incentives go a long way to motivate people. In my case, I gave the gift card to a young seminarian I know who is finishing seminary here in town. I know that he likes sushi, and after a hard year of seminary training, having some good sushi with his wife will make the summer more enjoyable.

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Federal officials say the new transformers represent an environmentally friendly improvement for the giant hydroelectric dam, which provides electricity for millions of customers.

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“To date, we have done close to 30 transformer installations for the Bureau,” said George Haddenhorst, vice president of Yellowstone Electric. “It’s kind of a unique market. There aren’t a whole lot of players who can do these sorts of things.”

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Design, manufacture and installation work for the new transformers will take place between August 2017 and the spring of 2020, the Bureau said in a news release. The project is a first for Reclamation, as it will be the first to use transformers of this size filled with natural ester oils derived from seed and nut oils as the insulating liquid rather than petroleum-based mineral oils typically used in most transformers.

“It’s a very significant environmental project,” Haddenhorst said. Many older transformers used insulating oil that includes PCBs, which are toxic and difficult to clean up in the event of a spill.

The sustainable, biobased ester oils are safer because of the higher flash point, which reduces the risk of fire, and they are environmentally beneficial because they disperse quickly in water and biodegrade readily

in oxygen and sunlight in the unlikely event of an oil spill, Bureau officials said.

“Bringing sustainable design to our power plants is key to guaranteeing their length of service,” said Upper Colorado Regional Director Brent Rhees. “It is important to our region and across Reclamation that we support green initiatives when and where we are able.”

Haddenhorst said Yellowstone Electric crews will work in Arizona from November to May, when water flows are lower and when less recreational activity is going on.

Yellowstone Electric crews of 12 to 15 workers will relocate to Arizona during the peak construction season, he said.

“We’ll remove the old transformers and scrap those out and install the new ones,” Haddenhorst said.

Each of the transformers being replaced is original equipment that has been in service since the plant became operational in 1964.

The plant’s eight generation units are connected to the transmission grid through these transformers. Electric-

ity generated by the Glen Canyon Powerplant is transported hundreds of miles to communities throughout the southwest, Bureau officials said.

All power plant maintenance and replacement activities are scheduled in full coordination with the Western Area Power Administration, which sells power to municipalities, rural electric cooperatives, Native American tribes and government agencies in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.

Glen Canyon Powerplant has a total capacity of 1,320 megawatts and annually produces approximately five billion kilowatt-hours of power to help sustain the electrical needs of about 5.8 million customers.

Yellowstone Electric was named the successful bidder for the Glen Canyon project about one year ago. But the Bureau withdrew that contract after another party protested. After bids were resubmitted, Yellowstone Electric was again the successful bidder.

“Bringing sustainable design to our power plants is key to guaranteeing their length of service. It is important to our region and across Reclamation that we support green initiatives when and where we are able.”

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Bob Wilts works a farm near Big Lake, Minn. Wilts, who has a small beef herd, is concerned about imported beef from places that have a history of foot-andmouth disease.

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Despite concerns like Wilts’, the World Trade Organization handed Argentina a win on July 24 in a ruling that stated the U.S. continuWASHINGTON — Bob Wilts was 10 years ing to ban imports of beef was unlawful and an old when the Big Lake, Minn., farm where he act of protectionism. grew up got its first beef cow. Fast-forward 45 Bill Watson, a trade policy analyst at the years to today, and Wilts still lives in Big Lake, Cato Institute, said he doesn’t see a reason to about 35 miles northwest of Minneapolis. He be concerned about beef safety. still raises cattle.

“The reason the ban is being lifted is beWilts and his wife, Judy, manage about 30 cause it’s safe,” Watson said. “It has been steers that they sell to individual families and recognized internationally as safe for quite a stockyards annually. while. The (WTO) decision was that the ban But Wilts and other Minnesota ranchers itself is protectionist; it’s not designed to worry about something that they say could deal with an actual safety problem, but just threaten their livelihoods and the integrity of to keep prices up and protect producers from the U.S. beef market. competition.”

At the end of June, the U.S. Department Protectionist policies drive up prices in a of Agriculture announced that it was lifting way that is bad for U.S. consumers, Watson bans on chilled or frozen beef from Argentina explained. Nevertheless, renewing the beef imand 14 Brazilian states for the first time since ports has drawn the ire of the nation’s powerful 2001, when foot-and-mouth disease was farmers’ lobby, and politicians have paid heed. detected among cattle in those South AmeriOnly a few days after the USDA announced can countries. the lifted ban, the Senate appropriations com“Beef is high (priced in the U.S.),” Wilts mittee passed a bill to delay funding for reinsaid. “I know that. You go to the store and stating Brazilian and Argentine beef sales until meat is expensive. But the cow herds are the Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack jumps coming back. To risk bringing in a disease through a new set of time-consuming regulathat could basically start wiping out everytory hoops. thing … to me, it’s not worth the risk to save a Before any money gets spent, the secretary few bucks.” must update a comprehensive risk evaluaWhere ranchers in Minnesota and across tion for importing the Argentine and Brazilian the country see a problem, trade experts see products. But he must also update the entire a product that is safe and a ban that has been Animal Disease Risk Assessment, Prevention, in place for far too long. The USDA says the and Control Act of 2001. And he must report areas approved for trading have been disease to Congress a specific plan for responding to free since 2007. an animal disease outbreak.

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WBS specializes in star drive construction screws and specialty structural fasteners widely recognized in the construction industry and sold under the Big Timber® brand.

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Dale Rife, a 12-year veteran of Pan American Screw and currently vice president of finance, will relocate to Montana to lead WBS. “My goal is to continue the WBS tradition, begun by the Saunders family, of superior products and customer service while continuing to grow sales and expand the company,” Rife said.

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David Mitchell, a broker Get Air has developed at least at Coldwell Banker Com21 trampoline parks throughout mercial, said the Utah-based the region. company will lease 25,000 “We felt this is a perfect square feet of space within location for people to bring the former Sutton’s Sportstheir kids here,” Mitchell said. wear building. Get Air’s “People will get really excited

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12,000 square feet of office space that can be remodeled or used as it is.

“The idea is to glass the front and make it really nice, with high visibility and natural lighting,” Mitchell said, pointing to the vacant area at the west side of the building.

The parcel includes a huge parking lot that can accommodate about 500 cars. A space that large lends itself to developing a wide variety of businesses, such as restaurants or retail outlets, to the parcel, Mitchell said.

“It’s so close to the retail space we have like Costco,

Lowe’s and Home Depot,” Mitchell said. “We feel there is a lot of interest in this property.”

Over the next couple years, the investors plan to improve landscaping, lighting and the parking lot, Mitchell said. “We feel like this is a great location.

The building is still a fairly good, solid structure. But we plan to update it.”

Chandler Griffin, Mitchell’s brother in-law, is joining him in the venture and is excited about the project. Griffin’s parents, Max and Janine Griffin, who have developed about a dozen commercial real estate properties in the Billings area, are also

part of the partnership.

Griffin said the former Sutton’s building is one of several commercial projects that the investors are working to develop.

“We want to bring national exposure to Billings, and this is what we can do to improve the city,” Mitchell said.

Sutton’s Sportswear, a custom clothing printing company, operated in the building from 1993 until its closure in 2009.

Prior to that, a business named Club Wholesale occupied the building. After the Sutton’s closure, CASS Homes manufactured trailers in the building

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Olsen Ortho Studio A new model for orthodontic cAre

By Brenda Maas Photos by Hannah Potes

When orthodontia patients visit the new Olsen Ortho Studio, they may mistakenly identify the

facility for a day spa.

That is exactly what Dr. Marc Olsen, along with his wife and business partner, Janine Olsen, intended.

“When you walk into a medical office, it doesn’t have to feel like a medical office,” noted Janine, who manages the day-to-day operations and has also worked as a dental hygienist.

“We want our patients to feel like a VIP every single time they visit.”

Above: The open, airy waiting area of Olsen Ortho Studio includes several seating pods, a digital “bar,” a calming interior water feature, gas fireplace, access to the rear patio, a beverage bar and a plethora of natural light. Inset: The Olsen Ortho Studio staff have started seeing patients in their new location, at 1241 Transtech Way.

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“We want that treatment to be personalized, customized to that individual,” he said.

To accomplish that, they needed more space than what was available at their long-time location at 2370 Ave. C. They looked at both existing buildings and at empty lots. A tree-backed lot in Transtech Center caught their eye.

“Transtech is unique,” said Dr. Olsen. “The walking paths give it a campus feel, and they have an incredible fiber infrastructure—something we did not have in our old location.”

After speaking with several architects about their vision, they selected CTA to bring their dream medical office into reality.

“They didn’t ask us to choose a design from a catalog,” noted Janine. “They have the open-mindedness to look at the project with no bias.”

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CTA project manager, Shannon Christensen, noted that the Olsens had a strong sense of what they wanted.

“They knew they wanted the functional treatment areas and support spaces to be behind the scenes,” she said. “By moving the scheduling desk, and thus the phone calls, to the back, we created a relaxed waiting area. They also knew how they wanted the space to flow.”

With a concierge-type reception a few steps inside the front door, the spa-like experience begins immediately. The front space is quiet and calming, with a serene environment. Highlighted by a gas fireplace and subtle water feature, guests can relax as they wait, with four stations at the “digital bar” or with a hot or cold drink at the beverage station.

They can also choose to wait on the rear patio where the exterior water feature continues, offering a sanctuary for the duration for the visit.

Space & flow

The concierge area also serves as a “triage” of sorts. Those who are in for a consultation will be directed to one of the four consultation rooms on the right, while patients will be directed to the treatment area at the left.

This design fits the Olsens’ desire for emphasis on patient service. Each of the four new consultation rooms can comfortably fit the doctor, an assistant, the patient and four to six family members. That scenario would have been impossible in the previous location.

Each of seven treatment areas, or operatories, faces floor-to-ceiling windows and is separated by work stations topped with clear rain-glass style resin “semiwalls.” They give privacy and style while still allowing light to wash through the entire treatment hall.

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In the former location, Janine noted, much of the business end of things were done in a basement office with very poor lighting. So, natural light, as provided by the many large windows was a priority for Janine.

On hand, onsite

Hardy Construction, which has previous medical facility experience with Billings Clinic and Big Horn Hospital, was named general contractor after an interview process. They broke ground in August of 2014.

Despite caring for patients at five locations, Dr. Olsen was on the construction site often, asking questions, learning how things worked.

“I knew that Hardy were people who would listen to what we wanted,” Dr. Olsen said. “This is our investment, and I didn’t want to miss anything.”

Kevan Pfeifer, project superintendent for Hardy Construction, has more than 15 years of commercial building experience.

“You don’t always have an owner as attentive as Marc was. We have good relationship; he had very keen interest in what we were doing and why,” noted Pfeifer.

With a late summer start on ground work, the crew framed during the cold winter months; while that could have been an obstacle, Dr. Olsen noted that Pfeifer and Hardy

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“Sometimes you just have to buck up and do it,” Pfeifer noted.

With the unique building design, Hardy developed an equally-unique construction process that didn’t waste time and money.

According to Pfeifer, they first constructed the east end of the building and established the roof line. Next they built the western side of the building and created that roof, before connecting the two.

Basically, they built the two sides into each other, using their newly-built infrastructure as their way to meet in the middle.

“It has the appearance of being two buildings,” said Pfeifer. “We built from east to west to avoid having an idle crane and operator just sitting there.”

Polished and perfected

The finished product, 6,000 square feet, is more than four times larger than the Olsens’ previous space. The upstairs offers private and sectional offices for Olsen Ortho’s “corporate center” support staff such as marketing and insurance claims in addition to employee restrooms, lockers and a kitchenette. Eventually, the Olsens hope to centralize the calls for all four of their locations, plus the large space, which includes an open-air deck, could be used as a lecture hall or meeting space for the dental community.

Olsen Ortho Studio marries the elements of water and fire with an open-concept and focuses on positive energy. The edgy-yet-simplistic finishes intimately match the vibe that the Olsens wanted—it puts client comfort and service at the forefront of their business.

“The new facility has a drastically different energy from before,” said Christensen. “The patients will definitely enjoy that.”

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3 North Bar & Grill Revamped business at long-time location

By Brenda Maas Photos by Bob Zellar and Casey Page

Long time Broadview resident Lynette Downs remembers when the business she now co-owns

at 8369 Highway 3 North was an informal community gathering place during the early 1960s.

Over the years the building filled many roles—post office, general store, bar and restaurant.

After selling her business, Montana Seed and Grain in Billings, Lynnette along with her daughter and business partner, Jen Downs, considered several types of business ventures but none seemed to fit both partners.That is, until they decided to purchase the former Action Bar in April 2014 and give it new life.

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Opposite page: Located at 8369 Highway 3 North, the renovated restaurant takes its name from its location.

The large sign calls to travelers, race goers and area patrons. Inset opposite page: The expansive patio faces south-southwest, offering a sunny location for drinks, dinner or a casual game of corn hole. Future events could include bands or impromptu musicians under the starry skies. Clockwise from top: The U-shaped bar boasts a custom “penny rail” and ample room to spread out while socializing. The back of the renovated bar at 3 North Bar & Grill waits to be filled.

The establishment holds a full liquor license.

Servicers can access water and the “soda gun” from outside the bar, creating a more efficient work flow.

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Situated just 10 minutes from Billings along Highway 3 North, the location became the moniker. And work started in earnest.

“If we would have just cleaned up and reopened, we wouldn’t really have cut the ties,” said Jen. “We very much knew what we wanted and what we didn’t want. We had to make it our own.”

The existing business just wasn’t our style, Lynnette added.

It was time to get busy.

More than a year after the purchase, the newly-renovated, expanded building re-opened as 3 North Bar & Grill. The business is a true testament to the mother-daughter duo’s persistence and determination.

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The original structure was 2,400 square feet and included the bar, kitchen, bathroom and dining area. During the renovation, the original footprint became a vaulted, open-concept bar, and the building was expanded to the north and east to include what is now the dining room, event room and kitchen, Large coolers, freezers and bathrooms were also added on to the existing building.

The end result, nearly 6,000 square feet of entertaining and cooking space, gives customers the room to kick-back and relax.

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special advertising section According to Lynnette, Jen basically designed the revised space. At the top of the “wants” list was a way to enter the building without having to walk through the bar. Plus, they wanted the restrooms accessible from all areas without having to walk into the bar.

“Families don’t necessarily want to walk their young kids through the bar to use the bathroom,” said Lynnette.

Jen also noted that an event room that could be open or closed to the main dining space was important.

Decorative barn doors can be closed to keep the event private, or the doors may remain open to serve as overflow for the dining space. The event room also has a separate exterior patio that is sure to be popular for family gatherings, graduation parties, groom’s dinners, baby showers and the like.

More than pots & pans

The new kitchen covers about 1,000 square feet and gleams with stainless steel. Although the Downses tried to re-use equipment from the original building, they could only salvage the bar and kitchen sinks. The remaining items are a combination of refurbished equipment and new, including a six-burner gas range and griddle, two convection ovens, a salamander (similar

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Opposite page: The heart of the kitchen, the stove and cooking line remains idle before operating hours. Clockwise from top left: The prep line stands immaculate before serving hours. The new, modern restrooms carry the edgy look from the rest of the building. Bright patches of red, including the 3 North logo, punch up the hall that accesses the restrooms. A separate room off the main dining room is available for small, private parties, or for overflow from the dining room.

to a broiler), steamer, alto-shaam oven (for things like prime rib), fryer, warmer and, dish pit.

Other behind-the-scenes upgrades include full-view security cameras throughout, a new, larger cistern system, firewalls and other fire code improvements and new HVAC system, plus an employee-dedicated bathroom.

With a maximum capacity of 190, the new business offers ample space for casual inbar dining or a more family-type setting in the dining room. They are also certified as a caterer, so the options abound.

The new normal

Like many renovation projects, challenges reveal themselves during demolition and re-construction. The end result is more than double the size of the prior building, a product of the Downses’ strong resolve to make their business a success.

“We learned so much during this process,” said Jen. “Don’t assume that you can’t fix an issue—there’s an answer to every problem. Just don’t throw in the towel.”

Jen will serve as the general manager while Lynnette will focus her energy on the financials of the business, like payroll and accounts.

“And she loves Windex,” Jen teased. “It will be clean.”

In addition to daily specials, 3 North’s menu will include extensive and varied appetizers and salads, like fried pickle chips or the customized 3 North salad. For the main meal they offer pasta, fish, chicken, pork, burgers and steaks.

“We’ll have really good steak—certified Angus beef,” said Jen. In addition to casino in a separate room off the bar, guests can also socialize on the large exterior patio just outside the bar. With the expansive views that give Broadview and Montana their names, it’s a perfect place to relax with a beer or play a game of corn hole.

Like the building from 50 years ago, the long-time gathering place at 3 North Bar & Grill still fills that role—it’s just wearing a new party dress these days.

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Burgeoning Businesses InfIll constructIon project transforms central and 32nd street Into sought-after busIness locatIon

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Amid one of the busiest intersections in Billings—maybe Montana—the scent of freshly-

baked bread wafts through the air.

Busy business professionals pause briefly at the light at Central and 32nd, then decide— almost instinctively—to pull into the parking lot of the new Great Harvest Bread Co. the restaurant that anchors the new business development in that locale.

Hustle and bustle has no place inside.

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For a few moments, the hungry customer can enjoy a savory sandwich served on freshly-baked bread while watching the world drive by. In a more leisurely pursuit, families on bicycles park their rides outside and enter for lunch.

The juxtaposition of haste and ease is almost palpable, like the alcove was strategically positioned in the middle of a busy intersection just to be seen as an oasis of sorts.

That’s exactly what developers Ed Jordan and Jerry Neumann had in mind.

Well-established, well-traveled

Where three vacant lots and two old homes once stood now resides a contemporary, eye-catching building that features Great Harvest Bread Co., State Farm Insurance agent Victoria Hayes, Grant Chiropractic & Wellness Center and coming soon, Re/Max of Billings.

“The high density of the area made it less desirable as a residential project, but favorable commercially,” Jordan said, who is an equal partner with Neumann on this particular project. “Because it’s an infill

Opposite page: A suite of businesses developed by Ed Jordan and Jerry Neumann has opened at the corner of Central and 32nd St. W. These include Great Harvest Bread Co., State Farm Insurance-Victoria Hayes, Grant Chiropractic & Wellness and coming soon, Re/Max of Billings. Above: The business center features contemporary touches and fixtures.

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Both Jordan and Neumann have extensive construction experience—Jordan with 15 years and Neumann with 43. They understood that retrofitting the parcel of land would mean re-zoning and a handful of other logistical hoops.

“It has been a difficult site, but everything has gone as smoothly as possible, “Neumann said. “And all the tenants are excited about the location and the look of the building,” Jordan added.

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On the western-most side of the building is Great Harvest Bread Co., which is a second location for owners Susie and Bryan Layton.

When the couple started their Poly location more than 15 years ago, it was always a goal to grow and expand.

“We had been eyeing that spot for quite some time,” Susie said.

The Laytons liked that the location was densely populated but also that it had neighborhood walkability and great access to the area bike paths.

Susie said the couple now has the “best of both worlds” with their two locations—the Poly St. Great Harvest offering an intimate, neighborhood-style feel with the Central location featuring more restaurant space. The new restaurant can serve approximately 45 guests at capacity in a location strategically located between the Shiloh corridor and 24th Street traffic.

Opening the second location on June 8 also allowed for the Laytons to take on a business partner.

Heather and Lorenzo Snyder are the managing partners of the new location with the Laytons remaining majority owners.

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Great Harvest will continue to offer their signature fromscratch menu items (try the cinnamon swirl bread French toaststyle) and looks for ways to expand its baked goods offerings.

“Some people don’t realize we also offer a variety of gift items like dry mixes for cookies, oatmeal and whole grain cereal,” Susie said.

The helpful staff is eager to serve, so don’t be shy about asking questions.

State Farm-Victoria Hayes

Victoria Hayes, long-time agent with State Farm Insurance, knows what a difference a few feet can make.

She is relocating to her new office from just across the street.

“This is a fantastic location offering additional parking, better access and much more space,” Hayes said.

After 14 years at her previous location, Hayes said the expansion has been a long time coming.

The new office features an inviting lobby/reception area with four administrative offices and a break room. A contemporary color palette of charcoal grey and crème colors the interior, with photos of classic and antique cars adorning the walls.

Hayes is planning an open house for her customers to see the new space on September 10 from 4-10 p.m.

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Dr. Bart Grant, D.C., also didn’t have far to relocate.

Previously stationed at 3429 Central Ave., Dr. Grant opted to move his practice to 3133 Central Ave. because he thought the location was prime.

Having practiced in Billings the past five years and for 24 years prior to that in Mesa, Ariz., Dr. Grant brings a wealth of experience to his practice, which also includes a chiropractic massage therapist.

“We love Billings and look forward to continuing to serve our patients,” Grant said.

Continued growth

The building that houses these three businesses (and coming soon, Re/Max of Billings) is dubbed “building 1” and covers 8,000 square feet. A second adjacent building named “building 2” is currently still under construction but will offer an additional 7,500 square feet of business space.

The site is slated for Fringe Salon and a dog grooming business—but Jordan and Neumann are still considering possible tenants.

The design and exterior of the second building will mirror the first, featuring a neutral color palette accented by black steel fixtures and lights.

“We went with a design and color scheme that we knew would still look good in 20 years,” Jordan said.

Opposite page top: The drink and condiment bar at Great Harvest Bread Co. Opposite page bottom left: Great Harvest Bread Co. offers a wide variety of made-to-order sandwiches with freshly-baked bread, made-from-scratch mixes and whole grains to-go. Opposite page bottom right: An industrial-chic vibe was implemented inside Great Harvest’s new location, including corrugated steel accents and an exposed ceiling. Top from left: The storefront for Grant Chiropractic. Storefront for State Farm-Victoria Hayes. Coming soon: Re/Max of Billings.

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The lunch hour.

Forget visions of sit-down dining while nibbling Cobb salad and sipping Perrier.

It’s morphed into an errand-running catch-all for busy business professionals.

Drop off the dry cleaning (check).

Wash the car (check).

Hit the grocery store (check).

Deposit funds in the bank and still make it to the market in time to actually eat some lunch (check).

Above: Montana Health Federal Credit Union, located at 3100 2nd Ave. N., was recently remodeled to include a state-of-the-art deposittaking ATM in the drive-thru as well as posh, comfortable accommodations inside. Left: Day or night, members of MHFCU can make deposits or withdrawals via the convenient drive-thru ATM.

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Below: The reception area inside the credit union features an attractive two-tiered counter with metal accents. The new business model eliminates the need for teller lines, as customers will be able to sit comfortably in the waiting area until they can be helped.

Thanks to the new improvements at Montana Health Federal Credit Union located at 3100 2nd Ave. N., members can enjoy the benefits of more efficient service, whether they opt to come inside for a personal consultation or are time-crunched and need to zip through the convenient drive-thru.

As a member of MHFCU, you’ll be saving more than time—more than money— you’ll be saving your sanity.

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MHFCU provides a wide range of financial services for its members, who share one thing in common—they are all employed in the health care industry.

Doctors, nurses, health care support staff, janitorial staff, emergency care technicians, they all qualify to become a member, according to MHFCU President and CEO, Dennis Wizeman.

“We have a well-established member base here in Billings and do everything a bank does, except because we’re a credit union, our members are also our owners,” Wizeman said.

This translates into more personalized service and often, better rates, he added.

Wizeman and his staff also acknowledge that professionals in the health care industry often work beyond the typical 8-5 norm. This is, in part, why MHFCU chose to replace its outdoor teller line with a deposit-taking ATM, accessible 24 hours a day.

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This feature also accommodates the time-crunched, noon-hour customer who simply wants to make a deposit or withdrawal and be on her way.

The modification also reflects the amount of Internet and mobile banking done by MHFCU members.

“Our transaction numbers are up, but our indoor-branch transactions are going down,” Wizeman said.

But that’s not to say that Wizeman and his team don’t appreciate or value the customers who take the time to come inside and see them face-to-face—quite the contrary.

“The interior remodel is for them—to offer them a superior, comfortable and personalized banking experience.”

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MHFCU no longer has teller lines—not in the traditional sense, anyway.

“We found the term ‘teller’ to be very limiting, considering the broad-based skill set of our member service officers, who are qualified to do so much more than dispense money,” Wizeman said.

A plush greeting area with comfortable seating, WiFi, courtesy iPads, TV and coffee nook is now situated at the entry, almost beckoning guests to sit down and relax.

“Members who take the time to come inside want a different experience, and we recognize that,” Wizeman said. “For years the business model was efficiency—to help as many people as quickly as possible. With this remodel, we flipped that concept on its head.”

The drive-thru is all about speed and efficiency while the interior is about comfort, personalized care and one-on-one service.

The bi-level concierge desk accommodates customers who still want to sit down and discuss finances or, for those who prefer to stand, an attractive granite-lined counter serves as the perfect platform.

The proximity of the concierge desk and the seating area means no one will be waiting in line.

“Our employees typically know members by name and will acknowledge who will be helped next while they sit and relax,” Wizeman said.

And for customers who prefer to conduct their business inside the privacy of a secluded office, that is still an option as well.

Nuts and bolts

During the course of the remodel, which spanned mid-June through late August, the credit union remained open but with adjusted hours.

“The only hiccup was that customers had to park and get out of their car to access the

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Clockwise from opposite page top: A comfortable seating area with flat screen TV, complimentary tablets and coffee is situated adjacent the main reception area so guests can relax until they’re waited on. Ample natural light and a trio of windows highlights the back wall of MHFCU. Administrative offices line the periphery of MHFCU. Opening up the atrium of the building created some additional noise, which will be absorbed by the newly-installed sound clouds.

ATM,” Wizeman said.

Hardy Construction acted as general contractor for the project, and Wizeman said he was more than pleased with their professionalism and results.

Sean Wyman, project superintendent, said the remodel could basically be broken down into two phases: the bank interior and the drive-thru ATM. “Everyone did their homework on this project and things went relatively smoothly,” Wyman said.

The original footprint of the building remained much the same, with the interior and drive-thru receiving contemporized improvements.

“The remodel was really an operational one,” Wizeman said. “It completely changed the way we interact with our members.”

To open up the building’s atrium, the contractor’s knocked down a privacy wall that ran down the center of the building. With the open floor plan, though, came the issue of increased sound.

“To combat that, we installed some carpeting and a sound cloud above the concierge desk,” Wizeman said.

The sound cloud not only adds to the overall audio comfort, but creates a sort of textured, contemporary aesthetic.

A state-of-the-art board room just off the entry will also serve as a training room, Wizeman said, with administrative offices encircling the periphery of the credit union.

Members will note the return of the striking concentric circle tile designs lining the right-hand wall, an artistic element Wizeman and his team wanted to preserve.

A rich, neutral color palette of caramel, mocha and terra cotta paint the inside of the building, evoking a sense of warmth and comfort.

“We want to reward the members who make the effort to come inside to see us by making their experience as pleasant as possible,” Wizeman said.

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Lasting Legacy

A new fAcility for Assisted cAre opens in Billings HeigHts

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Leaving a legacy is very important—especially to Chad Green.

As his grandmother moved along her end-of-live journey, Green witnessed, first-hand, the difference that dignified, loving care can make. Additionally, he met one of those ultimately responsible for that care—Berni Brown.

This unlikely duo opened the doors to the town’s newest assisted-living facility, Lasting Legacy Assisted Care. Each brings a specific skill set to the collaboration, making for an amazing pairing.

Above: The front of Lasting Legacy Assisted Living, at 1663 Inverness Dr., provides a warm welcome to guests and residents alike. They can move seamlessly from the exterior to the interior without steps. Left: The patio, located just off the great room, is a favored place for visits and simply enjoying the weather. This past summer, the raised bed gardens—and the resulting produce—were popular among the residents, so Brown and Green plan to expand next year.

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Brown, who is a registered nurse and nurse educator, brings a wealth of experience to Lasting Legacy. Additionally, she has prior experience owning and operating an assisted living facility.

Green, who works in engineering, serves as the business’ manager while Brown handles more of the day-to-day operations on-site.

Finding home

Located just off of Wicks Lane in Billings Heights, Lasting Legacy has easy access to both the West End, via the new Skyway Drive, and the outlying areas of Huntley and Shepherd, as well as the rest of the city.

The partners did much of their own legwork, looking at locations across the city before settling on the 1.37-acre lot at 1636 Inverness Dr. The first of two buildings opened in June; building two, a mirror image of the existing, is already designed.

“There are a multitude of assisted living facilities on Billings’ West End, and we were blessed to find this convenient location,” said Green.

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With a maximum occupancy of 19 residents in 16 rooms (three are for couples), Lasting Legacy staff focuses on a family-like environment over 8,111 square feet. Additionally, the resident-to-caregiver ratio is an amazing 4:1.

“That’s like the cream on the peaches,” said Brown.

Green agrees, pointing to physical aspects of the business that support that mission, like spacious rooms and en suite bathrooms.

Many residents bring their own furniture and personalize their rooms with family portraits and the like—that is exactly what Lasting Legacy strives for: an intimate space in which residents feel comfortable, safe and loved.

Additionally, Lasting Legacy offers a plethora of on-site services including a weekly church service, salon (the ladies love having their hair done), two physicians who will make “house calls” if requested, plus physical and occupational therapy.

“We set the bar at Lasting Legacy,” Green noted of the extensive offerings.

Wants list

That “bar” started with the design process.

When it came to the facility’s “wants list,” Brown had some very definitive ideas: large rooms; easy-access shower; therapeutic spa; dedicated salon room with a window for ventilation; and hard-surface floors with texture (no carpeting).

“Berni’s knowledge and experience really came into play during the planning process,” said Green.

For example, Brown knows, from hands-on work, that the space between a toilet and wall needs to be wide enough so that caregiver has room to maneuver when providing assistance to a patient.

She worked closely with architect Dave Hurlburt to meet both ADA codes in the handicap rooms and practical guidelines in all the rooms.

“I call that Berni’s code,” Brown said with a smile.

Hurlburt worked with Brown on a different assisted living facility, 13 years prior, so they had a previous working relationship. Hurlburt was an automatic choice for this project, too.

Above and right: The kitchen at Lasting Legacy is actually licensed as a restaurant. Both Berni Brown and Chad Green know that quality, healthy food is essential for their residents’ comfort and care, so the culinary space was a priority. Next page: An on-site salon is a must for assisted living. Based on her experience, Brown knew an exterior window would help both with natural light and with ventilation when necessary.

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The biggest challenge, noted Hurlburt, was the lot’s topography.

“Anytime you have 13 feet of grade change, you are going to move a lot of dirt,” he said of the site’s design plan.

But, working closely with builders Christianson & Muller, the team got the job done. The average person visiting the new facility has no clue as to the invisible challenges that were overcome.

No place like home

Upon approach, Lasting Legacy Assisted Living resembles a chalet, with the pointed entrance. Just inside, visitors step into the great room and are immediately enveloped into a warm, welcoming environment enhanced by vaulted ceilings, framed with dark, exposed trusses and spacious windows that allow natural light to flood the space.

Similar to many open concept homes, the great room encompasses living, dining and kitchen spaces without walls. Not only does this keep the familial feel, but it also allows for an open line of sight between the caregivers and the residents. The large space opens to the covered patio and raised garden beds that the residents enjoy. When the second building is complete, a covered walkway will connect the two homes.

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Construction partners, David Christianson and Steve Muller have been in business for more than 15 years. In addition to residential building, including townhouses, they built the Grains of Montana building and remodeled the current Rock Pile from its previous life as The Red Door.

Green and Brown turned to Christianson, a family friend of Green, when selecting a general contractor.

“This was a satisfying project that turned out quite well,” said Muller. “Lasting Legacy has a smaller, homier feel than most assisted living facilities. It’s all on one level and without that institutional feeling. A lot of thought went into the concept, design and construction.”

Details, details

There are many nuisances that can make a big difference in the daily life of the residents. For example, Brown notes that contrasting colors are important to help those with poor eyesight. A simple pocket door in place of a swing door can save one from stubs, run-ins or even falls.

The flooring, a luxury vinyl tile product, is very important in this sort of facility. It must be textured, to avoid slips, yet smooth, to avoid tripping while allowing for walkers and wheelchairs. Unlike carpet, it must be easy to clean and sanitize. And, to fit the Lasting Legacy scheme, it needs to be aesthetically pleasing.

The team put a great deal of thought and consideration into each aspect of the building—a true testament to their depth of care and commitment.

However, while the physical pieces are important, Brown and Green operate the entire business by honoring its name: Lasting Legacy. From hiring only the most-caring, competent staff, to sharing resident’s life via their Facebook page, to simply sitting down for a chat over coffee, they follow the age-old adage: Treat others the way you would like to be treated.

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P reparation can help your business avoid insurance fraud You can alleviate employee fear and uncertainty by being proactive with procedures and training.

Erin T. Dodge Erin T. Dodge, is an editor for the Better Business Bureau of Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho and Montana in Spokane.

Contact the bureau at spokane.bbb.org.

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Insurance is necessary for running any business in order to cover theft, damages or injury that may occur at your business or while doing business. Some people will take advantage of this by staging a fall and falsify injuries or creating a scenario so that a driver of a company vehicle rear-ends them. So insurance fraud is a problem of which every business owner should be aware.

Those making false insurance claims or creating fraudulent situations are in it for monetary gain. Such people know that businesses need to carry insurance, whether its property, liability or auto insurance, to protect consumers and their businesses alike.

Also, accidents happen.

In the moment, it may be difficult to tell the difference between an accident and fraudulent activity. More often than not, emotions will be on high and those involved may not be thinking clearly.

One of the best ways to prevent an incident or accident from spiraling out of control is to be prepared and have a process in place.

Training your employees on the steps to take in such situations is also important.

If you have company vehicles, every driver should be trained on the procedure to follow should they be involved in an

automobile accident. If your business is open to the public, all employees should know how to respond and document any claims of injuries that occur at your place of business.

Without guidance on what to do and assurance that they won’t be immediately terminated, some employees will not be able to think clearly and act rationally in the moment. You can alleviate fear and uncertainty by being proactive with procedures and training.

Better Business Bureau offers the following tips for you and your employees to consider when a situation occurs that could result in an insurance claim or lawsuit: n Be sure to gather witness statements whenever an incident occurs, including contact information for all witnesses. n Document the verbal statements of those claiming injury. Depending on the situation, what a person says may have some legal bearing should a lawsuit ever arise. n Take pictures at the scene of the incident or auto accident to help prevent inflated insurance claims. n Consider investing in video surveillance equipment in high traffic areas of your business, and, if your operation includes well-marked company vehicles, in-dash

n Don’t be intimidated by people claiming they fell at your business on a previous date and that their injuries cost more than anticipated, so they must sue you unless you pay up. Call their bluff by letting them know you can get them in touch with your insurance company, which will undoubtedly investigate the facts, including witness statements. n Report incidents and car accidents to your insurance company as soon as possible. Also, understand that you are not likely to force your insurance company to pursue legal action when you suspect fraud, but the insurance company decides to settle the claim. n If you suspect insurance fraud, report it to the commissioner of securities and Insurance at the Office of the Montana State Auditor at Courtesy photo csimt.gov/complaints-fraud/ For auto accidents, call the police to file a report. Be sure to record names, addresses, or by calling 800-332-6148.

At some point, nearly license plate and driver’s license numbers of those involved and anything else that all businesses must file an may be important. insurance claim for an injury, video and GPS equipment.

Be sure to record names, accident or even theft and n If your business addresses, license plate and damage. Knowing that insuris open to the public and driver’s license numbers of ance premiums will likely rise receives high customer trafthose involved and anything as a result can be stressful. fic, consider hiring security else that may be important.

By doing your best to be guards. The presence of a Even if the police decide not proactive and understandsecurity guard alone may to visit the scene of the acci- ing that not all situations can deter attempts at fraudulent dent, you can file an accident be prevented, you can help slip and fall claims. report to create a record reduce the stressfulness of n For auto accidents, should the other party try to these situations for yourself call the police to file a report. inflate their story later. and your employees.

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New Day Behaviorial Health Care — Adolescent Outpatient Clinic New treatmeNt facility expaNds outpatieNt treatmeNt services

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Vernon Mummey sees a world of potential in young people – especially those struggling with emotional issues and addiction.

As the Executive Director of New Day, Inc., Mummey is at the helm of an organization which provides therapeutic, educational and recreational services to emotionally disturbed and at-risk youth – many of whom are Native Americans.

The scope of services Mummey oversees is broad, and includes seven therapeutic group homes, a mental health day treatment center, a community-based services center, the Four Dances outdoor adventure experiential treatment program and an equine therapy program.

Yet there was still an underserved population, Mummey noted.

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“There are many young people in the community who need mental health services, but they encounter barriers to treatment,” Mummey said. “We want to provide an outpatient treatment facility that focuses on outreach and case management.”

Serving a need

New Day’s new Behavioral Health Care – Adolescent Outpatient Clinic was conceptualized with this population in mind.

In the past, therapy typically focused only on substance abuse. Over time, however, studies showed that substance abuse was often related to underlying mental health issues, creating what “If we can get these health care providers call “co-occurring disorders.”

“Basically, there is more than one kIds Into recovery diagnosis you’re dealing with, and to be successful you need to treat both the and reconnect addiction or addictions and underlying issues,” Mummey said. them back Into The New Day program applies an integrated treatment protocol, marrying cognitive behavior therapies, which theIr communIty work to change patterns of thinking and behavior, along with skill-building and and schools, they education.

“If we can get these kids into recovery have a much greater and reconnect them back into their community and schools, they have a much greater chance of living substancechance of lIvIng free, fulfilling lives,” Mummey said. substance-free,

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A call to healing

With no room to expand in the current facilities, Mummey called on contractor Eric Hulteng, of Hulteng, Inc., to help jump-start the process for — vernon mummey, designing and building a new facility. executIve dIrector “It was the 10th project we had worked on for this client, so we understood their needs and their desire to get into the construction phase as quickly as possible,” said Hulteng.

Also joining the team was Brian Johnson, AIA, a partner with Collaborative Design Architects.

Mummey wanted a simple, rectilinear design for the building along with design elements that reflect Native American culture and the Montana landscape. fulfIllIng lIves.

Opposite page: The newly constructed New Day Behavioral Health Care – Adolescent Outpatient Clinic effuses an eastern Montana modern aesthetic, with a shed-style sloping roof, hand-hewn logs, locally quarried rock and an exterior clad in ghost wood. Inset: The colonnade of logs was intended as a metaphor for walking through a dark forest of lodge pole pines toward the light (the entry) at the end of the tunnel.

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The structure needed to house two large classrooms with state-of-the-art technology, including smart boards and video-conferencing capabilities, an outpatient clinic, roomy training center and individual offices. In addition, Mummey envisioned creating something very special – a “Cultural Room” where clients could take part in a smudging ceremony that allows for a more authentic setting than institutional.

Montana-inspired architecture

To achieve Mummey’s vision, Johnson started by creating a footprint using two perpendicular rectangles.

Applying an eastern Montana modern aesthetic, he added a shed-style sloping Top left: Hand-hewn lodgepoles and granite evokes the natural roof reminiscent of the high plains landscape of the region. Above: Created by Pulitzer Prize winning desert vernacular, and clad the exterior in artist and sculptor Lee Hulteng, the cave features a gathering ghost wood, a reclaimed Montana barn area for smudging. A high-powered vent pulls the smoke out of wood that effuses an aged, driftwood the building, maintaining air quality inside. Right: Lee Hulteng works on the smudging cave. Next page: The Cultural Room appearance. features a replica of a natural sandstone cave and outcropping near The walkway to the entrance is Roundup that Mummey visualized as an ideal for using in smudging spectacular in its simplicity. Massive, ceremonies. hand-hewn logs appear to rise organically from a base of locallyquarried limestone, leaning backwards to intersect with the roof.

“The colonnade of logs was intended as a metaphor for walking through a dark forest of lodge pole pines toward the light (the entry) at the end of the tunnel,” Johnson expressed.

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Finished in soothing tones of grey, sandstone, crème and bark, the interior evokes a welcoming vibe not commonly found in clinical facilities.

“Our interior designer, Alex Faught, has a great eye and was invaluable in helping to select the finishes,” said Johnson .

While the building is exquisite, it is also highly functional. Clients can attend school in one of two state-ofthe-art classrooms – either on site or via video conferencing.

“This is an accredited educational facility. Kids can get treatment and also earn their high school diploma,” Mummey said.

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According to Mummey, an important part of the healing process is to “go inside your heart and begin to get honest with yourself.”

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“Originally, plans called for a fireplace. But the client expanded on that concept, asking if we could create a sandstone rock formation with a cave inside the building to use for smudging ceremonies,” noted Hulteng. It was a unique request – and Hulteng delivered a unique solution.

While real sandstone would be cost prohibitive, Hulteng devised an idea to build a replica out of glass fiber reinforced cement (GFRC). However, he needed an artist to concept and create the feature.

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The final result was nothing short of extraordinary.

“The cave Lee created is exceptional Opposite page from top: Each classroom is fitted with state-of-the-art technology including smart boards and video-conferencing capabilities.The classrooms can be confgured multiple ways. A hallway with large windows lead to the reception desk. Right: The reception area marries industrial finishes with soothing tones of grey, sandstone, crème and bark.

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The cave connects to a high-powered vent that clears the smoke from the building, maintaining air quality, Hulteng noted.

Team effort

Mummey noted that the new Behavioral Health Care facility exceeded expectations in every capacity.

“Eric did an exceptional job building this facility, and the smudging cave built by Lee is extraordinary.” Mummey said. “Brian’s design, Eric’s construction and Lee’s artistry really came together. This was the best team I could have worked with.”

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Above: Yellowstone Bank President Ty Elkin and New Day Executive Director Vernon Mummey look over the outdoor prayer and meditation area. When completed, seven large sandstone boulders will encircle a large, sandstone slab inscribed with uplifting life attributes. Middle: Sunlight streams through the large windows, washing the interior in natural light. Below: A close up of the hand-hewn logs.

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Triangle Co-op plans $30M upgrade

and ensure that families can more quickly access the information they need,” said Sen. Jon Tester, Triangle Telephone CooperaD-Mont. tive will receive a $30 million loan Triangle Telephone will use the from the U.S. Department of Agri- loan to upgrade its system with culture to upgrade its system to fiber, providing better service and increase speed and service quality faster Internet to its subscribers in in central Montana: Montana.

“Triangle does a great job Tester, who has long advocated providing reliable service to folks for greater broadband access in in central Montana. Continued rural Montana, recently included investment in broadband will language in the Fiscal Year 2016 keep Montana small businesses Agriculture Appropriations bill connected to the global economy that calls on USDA to invest in

advanced networks that meet the needs of a 21st century economy.

He also urged Federal Communications Commission Chair Tom Wheeler to modernize the Universal Service Fund, a fund that provides financial assistance to telecommunications carriers who supply services to rural customers.

issued a temporary restraining order against a Miles City man state authorities believe is running an illegal Ponzi scheme that has already depleted the life savings of one 100-year-old victim and siphoned another $50,000 from a 75-year-old victim with dementia.

Both of the alleged victims live in Miles City.

District Judge Kathy Seeley Judge halts issued a temporary restraining Ponzi scheme order June against Richard Brandt, HELENA — A Helena judge has also of Miles City, after attor-

neys from the Office of Montana Securities Commissioner Monica J. Lindeen began investigating him upon hearing of a century-oldMiles City woman who had lost more than $73,000 to Brandt’s investment scheme.

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Stockman makes staff changes

Jeremy Morgret has been promoted to vice president, assistant chief of branch supervision for Stockman Bank. He was previously branch manager of the Stockman Bank Downtown location. He will remain at the downtown location until January 1, 2016, when he will move to Stockman Bank King Avenue.

Morgret will assist statewide branch managers and market presidents with planning and development, pricing and expense control, Morgret and will ensure policies and procedures are implemented in all 34 Stockman Bank locations.

Morgret has been with Stockman Bank since 2011.

Andrew Gott joins Stockman Bank as vice president, branch manager of Stockman Bank Downtown. His Gott responsibilities include overseeing bank operations, management and employee supervision, and lending activities for the downtown office.

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cial and commercial real estate lending, and business development. He most recently served as an assistant vice president and commercial loan officer for a multistate bank in Billings. His past banking experience will be an asset to Stockman Bank in expanding their growing loan portfolio.

A Billings native, Gott earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance from the University of Montana in 2004. He was also a graduate of Leadership Billings in 2013. He stays active in the community, recently serving as a board member and local president of Habitat for Humanity.

Gott is at 402 North Broadway and may be reached at 655-2418.

Chamber names new board

The Billings Chamber of Commerce announces its 2015-2016 board of directors, effective July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.

Members of the executive board are Jeff Walters, Vertex Consulting Group – Chair; Bill Cole, Cole Law Firm – Chair Elect; Patrice Elliott, EBMS – Secretary/ Treasurer; Ron Yates, Eide Bailly, LLP – Past Chair; Kris Carpenter Sanctuary/Joy of Living/Joy of Kids – Liaison, Member Development; Julie Dial, Western Heritage Center – Liaison, Business Advocacy/Government Affairs; Casey McGowan, Trailhead Spirits – Liaison, Visit Billings.

The Chamber also welcomes three new members to the Board of Directors: Brian Brown with First Interstate Bank, Lisa Perry with Northwestern Energy, and Dr. Randy Gibb with Billings Clinic.

The additional directors that make up the Chamber board are: Chris Dimock – Elation, Inc.; Ginny Hart – Residence Inn by Marriott; Allyn Hulteng - Billings Gazette Communications; Greg Kohn – Vistage Billings, Nichole Mehling-Miles – St. Vincent Healthcare; Mark Mueller - SM Energy Co. Dr. Mark Nook – MSU Billings. The Billings Chamber of Commerce also thanks outgoing board members Butch Bratsky of Stockman Bank, Karen Fagg of H-B Property MT and Jeff Junkert of Jeff Junkert Construction, Inc. for their years of dedicated service to the board.

patient-centered care, and where he’s doing it – not in the wellestablish institutions of the East and West coasts – distinguishes him as a leader with perspective important to the board’s mission.”

Based in Philadelphia and incorporated in 1936, ABIM certifies a quarter of all U.S. physician specialists. The board advances the strategic direction for the organization, formally establishes all policies, approves initiatives and sets mission, direction and strategy for ABIM. The board is composed of 12 to 15 Directors, the majority of who must have current clinical practice experience.

“This honor recognizes Billings Clinic’s transformative Internal Medicine Residency, as well as the need for end-to-end redesign of health care delivery,” Bush said. “Our project pairs patient-centered, team-based, value-driven health care with Bush joins primary care physician workforce ABIM board development. I deeply appreRoger W. Bush, MD, Billings ciate the privilege of bringing Clinic Internal Medicine Residen- these perspectives into a national cy director, has been appointed conversation.” to the American Board of Internal Bush also serves on the InterMedicine (ABIM) board of direc- nal Medicine Specialty Board for tors.

General Internal Medicine and the “Election to the ABIM board Hospital Medicine test-writing of directors is a significant honor committee.

– one we are proud to bestow on a physician of Dr. Bush’s caliNextGen names ber,” said Richard J. Baron, MD, president and CEO of ABIM. Leadership “The work Dr. Bush is doing to NextGen and the Billings establish models of high-quality, Chamber of Commerce are

pleased to announce their leadership for the upcoming 2015-2016 year. Thank you to Jeff Ewelt (ZooMontana) and Nichole Mehling-Miles (St. Vincent Healthcare) for agreeing to cochair again for our second year. *Jessica Baldwin - Billings365. com; Stefan Cattarin — Visit Billings; Katie Cline-Ellis — Bottega; Shea Dawson - Phillips 66; *Jeff Ewelt — ZooMontana; *Nichole Mehling-Miles - St. Vincent Healthcare; *Kris Eklund - Western Security Bank; Jason Harris - Radio Billings; Lee Humphrey - Edward Jones; Jonna Jones — Wendy’s of Montana; *Cassie LaGreca - Better to Gather Events; Kelly McCandless - Billings Chamber/Visit Billings; Sylvia Noble — Elation; Emily Petroff — Evolve; Patrick Parker - Beartooth Design; Kyle Schlichenmayer New York Life; Jennifer Schroeder — YMCA; Angie Stiller - Farmers Insurance; Terra Stiller - Anytime Fitness; Angela Wong - Billings Clinic. *Denotes members of the Executive Council.

Debbie Sundberg of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Billings has won the firm’s exclusive Spirit of Partnership Award for outstanding performance during 2014. Sundberg was one of only 2,036 financial advisers out of the firm’s more than 14,000 to receive the award.

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victim’s nursing home were going unpaid.

Brandt allegedly admitted to Continued from 61 the victim’s daughter that he did securities in Montana, according not have the victim’s permission to documents filed in the case. to write the checks.

Companies that sell investBrandt’s other victim, who has ment opportunities – including dementia, gave $50,000 to Brandt the buying and selling of homes in 2011 on the agreement the – are required to be registered investments would earn doublewith Lindeen’s office. Securities digit yearly interest payments. salespersons – as Brandt is alleged The investigation reveals that to to have been operating – are also date, the victim has received only required to be registered, along $15,000 in interest payments and with the investment opportunity, nothing since 2013. The principal itself. of the investment remains unpaid.

In this case, it is alleged Brandt, The state’s investigation his company, and the investment continues, however; attorneys opportunities he was selling were at Lindeen’s office determined not registered. there was sufficient concern about Lindeen’s investigation, how- further harm coming to Montanever, suggests some of Brandt’s ans if Brandt was able to continue investors may not ever have receiving funds into his business, known their money went into so they sought the temporary Brandt’s business. Brandt operrestraining order. ated a bill-paying business. In the case of the 100-year-old alleged Big Sky tops victim, Brandt paid her bills for a fee of $150 a month. In January of for meetings Big Sky Resort has been recog2013, Brandt began writing checks nized as one of the 50 “Best in the from the victim’s bank account West” for meeting properties by into his own business. He wrote at Meeting Focus magazine for the least $73,500 in checks from that western region in their September account, according to the invesissue.

This marks the 13th year tigation, to Home Investors LLC. Big Sky Resort has been awarded Brandt has allegedly not paid any the “Best in the West” out of the interest payments to the victim, 16 years Meeting Focus’s 55,000 nor has he repaid the principal of planners have been voting. the initial “investment.”

Big Sky Resort has more than The victim’s family found out about the payments only after 55,000 square feet of meeting they learned bills to the alleged and function space, featuring the

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YMCA names new officers

Billings Family YMCA has new officers elected to leadership positions on the board of directors: Jennifer Corning, chief volunteer officer; Lisa Harmon, vice

chair; and Bill Gottwals, secretary-treasurer.

Todd Preston has rejoined the YMCA board of directors.

The other current members of the board of directors include Greg Ando, Scott Black, Matt Brosovich, Ryan Brosseau, Rachel Court, Karen Costello, Stella Fong, Ed Garding, Jennifer Haarr,

Yellowstone Conference Center, and is one of the largest facilities in the state. Meeting facilities include the Lone Peak Pavilion outdoor reception venue and lodging accommodations from value to luxury for up to 2,000 guests.

Meetings Focus, with the largest meeting publication audience in the market, polls its readers on what hotels and resorts delivered superlative meeting experience.

Properties are judged on the quality of meeting space, guest rooms, guest services and amenities, food and beverage service, high-tech services and equipment, recreational facilities and activities, the efficiency and helpfulness of staff, and overall value and experience.

WOT hires ad firm

The Wyoming Office of Tourism has announced that BVK will become its new advertising agency of record. BVK is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin based full service advertising agency with a strong specialty in tourism, travel and destination advertising.

Working closely with WOT, BVK will be charged with the development and implementation of a comprehensive advertising and content strategy. At its core, this strategy will focus on delivering a unified and sustainable brand narrative that is driven by content and experiences.

“BVK is thrilled to partner

with the Wyoming Office of Tourism. We’ve long admired the work they’ve done over the years.

Wyoming is also where many of us have forged lifelong memories, which makes this extra special,” said Victoria Simmons, vice president and group director for BVK. “We’re confident that our expertise in the DMO space and proven track record for delivering category-changing ideas can deliver the vision established by WOT.” Founded in 1984, BVK has more than 250 full-time associates and will have more than 25 associates assigned to the Wyoming Office of Tourism account.

ALCOM honored for exports

ALCOM LLC has been selected as SBA’s 2015 Montana Exporter of the Year.

Since 2006, ALCOM LLC has produced the most diverse, highest quality aluminum trailer line in the industry. With operations headquartered in Winslow, Maine, the company has grown from a staff of 3 full-time employees, working from a 10,000 square foot facility, to a team of more than 400 dedicated craftsmen, sales associates and office personnel across three manufacturing facilities in Maine, South Dakota and Montana. ALCOM serves more than 450 dealerships in 50 U.S. States, 10 Canadian provinces, as

a bachelor’s of science degree from Montana State UniverBennett in sity in BozeBENNETT new position man and has Riley Bennett has joined been working the staff at Dick Anderson for the past four years in the Construction Billings as renewable energy market on a field engineer/assistant projects in multiple states project manager. Bennett has across the U.S. and Canada.

Devan Hoiness, Charles Peterson, Bill Schrock and Randy Scott.

well as China, Australia, Angola, Iraq and Ecuador.

ALCOM’s Montana manufacturing facility opened in 2013 and is located in Bonner. The Bonner facility has helped the company grow in excess of 400 percent in western Canada and over 600 percent in the Western U.S. The facility’s location and dedicated workforce of 120 employees attributes to the company’s immense success.

ALCOM’S Red Deer Canada distributor represents a significant piece of business for the company and was central to the decision to establish operations in Bonner. Its thriving Canadian business has clearly demonstrated for other companies the benefits of locating in the greater Missoula area in order to serve Canadian markets.

ALCOM manufactures more than 160 standard aluminum trailer models under the brand names Mission, E-Z Hauler, SnoPro, CargoPro, Stealth, High Country, Xpress, Polaris, Frontier and Indian Motorcycles. These products provide the dealer network top quality aluminum trailers that cater to individual market areas. They also consistently evaluate and improve upon each product line to fill in the gaps that occur in an ever-changing market.

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5967 Sandalwood Drive, Devries Jeremy N. & Kori R., $50,000 1009 Nutter Blvd., Pollock John W. & Diana Heier, America’s Choice Inc., $29,031 2219 Willowbrook Way, Ron Stanford Family Trust, S Bar S Supply Contractor, $5,040 139 Wyoming Ave., Gregersen Casey S. & Elizabeth, $21,840

New Single Family — 6834 Copper Ridge Loop, Buildwerks LLC, Buildwerks, $171,655 1712 W. Thunder Mountain Road, Jeff Junkert Const., Jeff Junkert Construction Inc., $224,740 6116 Timbercove Drive, Wells Built Homes Inc., Wells Built Homes Inc., $289,825 5474 Elysian Road, NA, McCall Development, $130,430 5466 Elysian Road, McCall Development, McCall Development, $94,190 5468 Elysian Road, McCall Development, McCall Development, $130,430 5470 Elysian Road, McCall Development, McCall Development, $160,140 5472 Elysian Road, McCall Development, McCall Development, $115,470 6348 Ridge Stone Drive S., Picard Company, Picard Development, $275,000 6334 Ridge Stone Drive N., Picard Company, Picard Development, $254,000 6342 Ridge Stone Drive S., Picard Company, Picard Development, $254,000 2306 Pine Creek Trail, Boyer Land LLC, Design Builders Inc.,

$256,915 2615 Meadow Creek Loop, BCJM Properties LLC, Hanser Construction Company, $272,540 1829 Island View Drive, NA, McCall Development, $253,400 1837 Island View Drive, McCall Development, McCall Development, $125,785 5214 Amherst Drive, Mac Leffler, Mac Leffler Construction, $238,575 1343 Twin Lakes Drive, Bill & Barbara Holloway, Green Jeans LLC, $254,500 2982 W Copper Ridge Loop, Copper Ridge Development LLC, Oakland Built Homes Inc., $169,925 2978 W Copper Ridge Loop, Oakland Built Homes, Oakland Built Homes Inc., $177,260 921 North Fork Trail, Trails West Homes LLC, Trails West Homes LLC, $195,545 929 Sandcherry St., Trails West Homes LLC, Trails West Homes LLC, $196,175 1249 Benjamin Blvd., High Sierra II Inc., Kreitzberg Jeff Homes, $176,505 825 North Fork Trail, Trails West Homes LLC, Trails West Homes LLC, $249,275 5647 Mountain Front Ave., Trails West Homes LLC, Trails West Homes LLC, $195,545 228 Rene Place E., Oldenburg C. & D., Oldenburg Const & Design, $185,000 2974 W. Copper Ridge Loop, Oakland Built Homes Inc., Oakland Built Homes Inc., $169,925 5452 Elysian Road, McCall Development, McCall Development, $130,400 5460 Elysian Road, McCall Development, McCall Development, $94,190 5458 Elysian Road, McCall

Development, McCall Development, $130,400 5456 Elysian Road, McCall Development, McCall Development, $160,040 5454 Elysian Road, McCall Development, McCall Development, $115,470 1724 Savona St., Ray & Dave LLC, R & R Builders, $154,990 1720 Savona St., Ray & Dave LLC, R & R Builders, $155,225 1728 Savona St., Ray & Dave LLC, R & R Builders, $155,225 1732 Savona St., Ray & Dave LLC, R & R Builders, $154,990 4633 N Hollow Brook Drive, Image Builders, Image Builders, $435,245 3067 Western Bluffs Blvd., Reflections At Copper Ridge Ll, New West Construction, $300,000 452 Boca Raton Road, R. J. Mac Homes Inc., RJ Mac Homes Inc., $212,980 3034 Golden Acres Drive, Tyrel Martin, $257,840 3031 Rosebud Drive, Lais Development Inc., Lais Development Inc., $166,940 1840 Island View Drive, McCall Homes, McCall Development, $254,940 1623 Hidden Cove Lane, McCall Development Inc., $150,280 5956 Foxtail Lane, Foxtail Two LLC, Classic Design Homes, $185,775 5506 Sunny Cove, Wells Built Homes , Wells Built Homes Inc., $221,395 6267 Timbercove Drive, Cougar Construction And Remodel, Cougar Construction, $310,225 2961 W. Copper Ridge Loop, Oakland Built Homes , Oakland Built Homes Inc., $196,080 5315 Clemson Drive, Olden-

burg, Oldenburg Const. & Design, $206,977 4019 Wildridge Meadows Drive, Classic Design Homes Inc, Classic Design Homes, $182,915 4011 Wildridge Meadows Drive, Classic Design Homes Inc, Classic Design Homes, $172,800 5321 Denali Drive, Wells Built Homes Inc., Wells Built Homes Inc., $175,360 4120 Buchanan Ave., Schreder David, $132,712 3087 W Copper Ridge Loop, Copper Ridge Development LLC, Newman Built Quality Homes, $210,835 6822 Copper Ridge Loop, Oakland Built Homes Inc., Oakland Built Homes Inc., $17,3475 3964 Pa Hollow Trail, Picchioni Brandon E. & Kristi, Cougar Construction, $514,440 2985 W. Copper Ridge Loop, Copper Ridge Development LLC, Oakland Built Homes Inc., $177,260 1420 Shade Tree Circle, Jeff Junkert Const., Jeff Junkert Construction Inc., $243,710 6810 Copper Ridge Loop, Infinity Homes, Infinity Homes LLC, $208,580 1907 Stony Meadow Lane, McCall Development, McCall Development, $167,940 4153 Ashford Place, L & L Construction, L & L Construction LLC, $166,735 2638 Meadow Creek Loop, BCJM Properties LLC, Hanser Construction Company, $230,795 2206 Pine Creek Trail, Design Builders Inc., Design Builders Inc., $281,790 1252 Benjamin Blvd., RJ Mac Homes Inc., RJ Mac Homes Inc., $194,435 1335 Benjamin Blvd., Randal Billingsbusiness

Residential Permits, continued Benson, Neumann Construction, $233,165 453 Boca Raton Road, Ron S Hill Living Trust, Specialized Construction, $194,400 1427 Anchor Ave., HAD Const., HAD Inc., $199,245 1135 Vineyard Way, Kisling Quality Builders , Kisling Quality Builders, $300,000 5307 N. Thunder Mountain, J & S Development Co., Jeff Junkert Construction Inc., $181,090 1816 Duran Drive, Amundsen Jeffrey M. & Jennifer, $168,000 1355 Twin Lakes Drive, Tony & Linda Montez, Green Jeans LLC, $300,000 6346 Ridge Stone Drive S., Picard Company , Picard Development, $254,000 1126 Jordan Circle, Habitat For Humanity Mid Yell, Habitat For Humanity, $160,100 2644 Meadow Creek Loop, BCJM Properties LLC, Hanser Construction Company, $201,040 6814 Copper Ridge Loop, Infinity Homes, Infinity Homes LLC, $231,130 1747 Heritage Walk, P & R Const., P & R Construction, $167,445 5935 Foxtail Lane, Classic Design Homes Inc., Classic Design Homes, $205,780

New Two Family — 5945 Foxtail Loop W., D & D Siding, D & D Siding And Construction, $295,070 5931 Foxtail Loop W., Foxtail Two LLC, MJ Construction Inc., $295,070 3028 Golden Acres Drive, Rims Development LLC, Buscher Billingsbusiness

Garry O. & Xandra L., Wegner Homes, $4,000 2076 Hope Circle, McLaughlin Richard L. & Raelen, Pella Window Store, $2,400 Remodel Single/ 801 14 St. W., Virginia I. O’Brien Trust, Pella Window Store, $650 Duplex/Garage 2108 Alderson Ave., Francis Warren K. & Debora K., Win-Dor Industries, $2,613 — 1546 Tania Circle, Ketchum 5819 Rimrock Road, Staton TraConstruction & Woodworks, Ketvis W. & Jennifer, Win-Dor Industries, chum Construction & Woodworks $10,697 Inc., $26,700 2171 Rangeview Court, Bos317 Stillwater Lane, Roberts chetto Mario & Mauro J., Win-Dor Deborah L., Lynnrich Inc., $3,220 Industries, $1,789 2416 Dahlia Lane, Johnson 1942 Dogwood Drive, Love Carl Lance E., Pella Window Store, $800 A. & Donna M., C Squared Construc319 S. 32 St., Golden Marleen, tion, $750 $800 243 Avenue F, Root Susan E., 297 Quiet Water Ave., Kerbel District 7 HRDC, $3,500 Keith D. & Lynette C., Win-Dor 3208 Country Club Circle, Industries, $10,210 Marker Tom & Barbara, $50,000 2265 Greenbriar Road, Pel730 Lewis Ave., Standish Rosalersels Sean D. & Lisa, Win-Dor lina J., $500 Industries, $20,015 2216 Lewis Ave., Uzelac Jaye 656 Oasis Drive, Hanebury Louis R. & Bridget, C’s Construction Of Bill- M., Brad Bolin Siding, $2,100 3328 John O Groats Court, ings, $8,152 Landon Dean I. & Mary L., One 2619 Yellowstone Ave., Gilman Source Construction LLC, $700 Jeffrey & Lisa, Pella Window Store, 2915 Lynwood Drive, Heinrich $900 2304 Avenue B, Walen Matthew Steve A., Big Sky Exterior Designs Inc., $6,200 B., One Source Construction LLC, 611 Custer Ave., Longhorn Prop$1,200 erties LLP, Magic City Construction 2204 Canyon Drive, Trusler LLC, $1,800 Elizabeth, MCM Inc., $5,000 754 Jaque Lane, Boeckel Kelly, 2327 Wingate Lane, Drange Survivor’s Trust, C’s Construction Of Big Sky Maintenance Inc., $28,929 640 Broadwater Ave., SchwarBillings, $5,175 zrock Wesley E. & Ellen, Big Sky 337 Zion Circle, Duchensneau Maintenance Inc., $21,000 Fernand P. & Rose, Pella Window 433 Beverly Hill Blvd., Brutlag Store, $700 Donald E. & Johanna, Ban Construc627 N. 14 St., Walter Robyn R., tion Corp., $1,100 Win-Dor Industries, $3,255 4534 Loma Vista Drive, Bennett 844 Sandstone Trail, Strum James D. & Frances J., Yellowstone Charles B. & Lois M., C Squared Basin Construction, $150,000 Construction, $500 711 Highland Park Drive, 2009 Rimrock Road, Pitsch Construction Ltd., $339,555 4059 Orrel Drive, Koinonia Management Company, Koinonia Housing Construction, $123,400

Fenimore-Gilbert Family Trust, Les Nouveau Milieux-Bob Habeck, $360 1725 Avenue D, Tooke Richard, One Source Construction LLC, $1,200 770 Feather Place, Frizzell Nicole M. & Dennis S., C Squared Construction, $750 3123 Avenue D, Raymond Robert C. & Sandra M., Pella Window Store, $1,500 1141 Hardrock Lane, Walter Paula, One Source Construction LLC, $1,300 727 Anchor St., Nelson Lonnie B. & Dorothy Ire, One Source Construction LLC, $650 505 La Paz Court, Wingenbach Lori, One Source Construction LLC, $1,300 2518 Augusta Lane, Hammond Heather, Pinnacle Remodeling, $20,000 1130 Nugget Place, Laugher, Colossal Construction, $800 3682 Mount Rushmore Ave., West Mitchell A., Colossal Construction, $600 1422 Crawford Drive, Thomsen Clifford V. & Estellen, C Squared Construction, $750 3171 Henesta Drive, Hoffman Gwen K., Pella Window Store, $1,200 1723 St. Andrews Drive, Bjaaland Conrad T., American Exteriors LLC, $3,316 1325 Avenue F, Jensen Leanne R., American Exteriors LLC, $9,770 2006 LaBrea St., Kimm Weston R. & Rachel S., $100 1437 Yellowstone Ave., O’Brien Jaxson C. & Tiffany M., $9,000 645 Sled Park Drive, Moore Scott H. & Patricia J., C’s Construction Of Billings, $5,694 3733 Fairmeadow Court, Morgan Kim, Helgeson Richard Inc.,

$18,500 3673 Gladiator Circle, Osborne Joel & Traci, One Source Construction LLC, $5,200 1114 Division St., McCalla Sylvia Patterson, Craigo Construction, $1,000 374 W. Daffodil Drive, Gregg Jackson A., C Squared Construction, $500 564 Sahara Drive, Smith Wesley D. & Laura M., C Squared Construction, $750 331 Jackson St., Lapke April M., C Squared Construction, $750 1127 Reece Drive, Kostelecky Troy J. & Lori A., One Source Construction LLC, $2,000 930 Moon Valley Road, Harper Robert D. III & Shalene, Win-Dor Industries, $11,301 4154 Smohawk Trail, Weedin Leslee, Win-Dor Industries, $4,718 2714 Treasure Drive, Lackey Darryl L., Win-Dor Industries, $2,358 204 S 32 St., Foster Sally M., District 7 HRDC, $2,000 464 Sahara Drive, Phillips Colleen C., Bauer Construction, $6,000 746 Avenue F, Doucette Jeremiah, Jeremiah Dourette Rentals, $900 3717 Harry Cooper Place, Spielman James P. & Carol V., $35,000 436 Miles Ave., Verseman Michael D., $1,300 200 Quiet Water Ave., Holt Shawn E. & Katherine S., Win-Dor Industries, $8,183 227 Miles Ave., Tudor Mathew M., $2,000 2432 Rimrock Road, Rolle Kristin M., Lynnrich Inc., $15,271 4548 Rangeview Drive, Long Karen G. Trustee, Pella Window Store, $1,800 2202 St Andrews Drive, Roberts Family Trust, One Source Construc-

tion LLC, $1,105 2207 Virginia Lane, O’Dell Julie Myers, John Niezwaag Siding, $5,483 3315 Pipestone Drive, Dryer Debra J., Colossal Construction, $500 1534 Elaine St., Barisich Justin W. & Susan J., Colossal Construction, $400 419 Burlington Ave., Meide Jeffrey T., Colossal Construction, $700 3130 N Morning Glory Drive, Ostermiller Richard A., $13,300 406 Lewis Ave., Maris Susanne, $2,000 1604 Howard Ave., Lee Donald & Elaine Harue, Bozeman Green Build, $15,000 2914 Tartan Road, Cook Steven H. & Rose M., Win-Dor Industries, $891 3441 Windmill Circle, Metzger David M. & Cynthia Sue, Win-Dor Industries, $3,942 532 Avenue F, Slough Annabelle M., Phil’s Glass, $2,000 402 Roxy Lane, Chenmarc Inc., Braaton Construction & Home Repair Inc., $6,000 220 Ashley Court N., Bennett Wesley J. & Leann N., ABC Seamless Of Billings Inc., $1,058 3065 Gregory Drive W., Jacobson Robert J., Freyenhagen Construction Inc., $20,000 1420 7 St. W., Hillner Perry W., K-Designers, $25,621 2426 Icewine Drive, Sampson Kiely A., $1,700 604 Miles Ave., S & B Ross Family LLC, District 7 HRDC, $500 1127 Reece Drive, Kostelecky Troy J. & Lori A., One Source Construction LLC, $4,200 2104 11 Ave. N., Brazill Tina Louise, Big Sky Exterior Designs Inc., $5,217 September 2015

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2714 Selvig Lane, Moak Mark S. & Rhett S., Colossal Construction, $500 372 Montclair Drive, Kraft Family Trust, Colossal Construction, $600 2415 Miles Ave., Duerrwaechter John L. & Barbara, C Squared Construction, $300 2745 Windward Circle, Larango D. Craig & Helen, $6,692 4135 June Drive, Phillips William L. & Amy Jo, Pella Window Store, $900 1741 Golf Drive, Thirud Jean D, $8,000 6281 Canyonwoods Drive, Olsen Arne Merriman, Thompson Const.

Co. Inc., $14,400 4118 Pine Cove Road, Girolami James F. & Jill M., Freyenhagen Construction Inc., $38,000 914 Kale Drive, Hansen Wade & Cristina, $500

3240 Horton Smith Lane, Ballantyne Frances, Pella Window Store, $3,300 333 Clark Ave., Henrie Patricia P., K-Designers, $11,544 2902 Morledge St., Lundvall Joseph & Nicole F., Win-Dor Industries, $3,312 459 Hillview Lane, Charette Jeremy L., C Squared Construction, $750 2502 Rainbow Lane, Gohsman Donald C. & Helen D., Brad Bolin Siding, $4,100 4447 Audubon Way, Asleson Douglas A. & Linda, Win-Dor Industries, $5,731 3535 Hayden Drive, Powers Allen D., Win-Dor Industries, $4,093 2322 Quinn Haven Drive, Callen Jerry & Carol S., Win-Dor Industries, $6,017 711 Highland Park Drive,

Fenimore-Gilbert Family Trust, WinDor Industries, $11,542 1357 Governors Blvd., Hove James D. & Daphne M., Win-Dor Industries, $5,897 107 33rd St. W., Einarson Richard D. & Joann M., MCM Inc., $4,000 2113 11 Ave. N., JMS Properties LLC, District 7 HRDC, $2,500 1324 Benjamin Blvd., High Sierra II Inc., Kreitzberg Jeff Homes, $8,000 1014 Evergreen Drive, Gutierrez Roberto F. & Nina M., American Exteriors LLC, $4,206 535 Avenue C, Capser Thomas J. & Mary Ellen, Phil’s Glass, $2,200 3935 Pine Cove Road, Swoboda David W. & Judith M., Colossal Construction, $600 2 Stanford Court, Stevens Nathan R. & May H., Pella Window Store, $825 116 S. 28 St., Walters Tammie M.

& David, ABC Seamless Of Billings Inc., $17,756 2111 Colton Blvd., Richardson June E. & Blake E., Win-Dor Industries, $4,394 2916 8 Ave. S., Community Leadership Development, District 7 HRDC, $700 2020 Lewis Ave., Thomas Sean A. & Laura E., Craigo Construction, $1,000 724 Custer Ave., Christenot Jayne M., $0 6838 Copper Ridge Loop, Daniels Builders LLC , Daniels Builders, $21,360 4509 Hi Line Drive, Dundas Mark S. & Patti J., Pella Window Store, $3,200 2219 Pueblo Drive, Bogen Lindsay J. & Jayme L., K-Designers,$4,734 40 Jefferson St., Amini Arash,

Van Arsdale Construction, $5,700 105 Legends Way, Rupsis Thomas P., Freyenhagen Construction Inc., $12,000 4368 Ridgewood Lane S., Newbury Christopher D. & Shann, Freyenhagen Construction Inc., $20,000 2324 Brentwood Lane, Strutz Stephen P. & Janice L., AJ Construction Inc., $6,400 2729 Beth Drive, Kautz David P. & Beth, Billings Window & Siding Spec., $500 1912 11 Ave. N., Bermes Matthew J. & Christina, Lynnrich Inc., $2,694 880 Adobe Drive, Petrusha Michael R. & Erica J., Colossal Construction, $700 There were 1,011 Fence/Roof/ Siding permits issued in June and July.

man, Wash.: Antigen compositions and methods of inhibiting Campylobacter jejuni bacterial infection and uses of the antigen compositions.

9,047,864. June 2. Washington State University in Pullman, Wash.

Daniel Benge of Billings: Ornamental design for a golf training shoe. D730,641. June 2.

Daniel L. DeFrance, Jerry L. Byrd, Chrristopher K. Sehy and Tyson Joehler, all of Bozeman; Ross D. Wenker of Reno, Nev., and Bradford D. Brown of Sparks, Nev.: Pattern matching in a keno game.

9,053,609. June 9. IGT of Las Vegas, Nev. Gifford W. Cochran of Bozeman: Ornamental design for a table.

D731,215. June 9.

Clinton B. Camper of Billings, and Vijay Sethi and Jerrod D. Isaak, both of Laramie, Wyo.: Post torrefaction biomass pelletization.

9,057,037. June 16. River Basin Energy, Inc. of Highlands Ranch, Colo.

Ethan Frederic Imboden of San Francisco, Calif., and Jeff Wyatt of Bozeman: Ornamental design for a personal massager. D732,183.

June 16. JJ Acquisition, LLC of San Francisco, Calif.

Zachary R. Greenhill of New York City, N.Y.; Joseph J. Belbruno of Hanover, N.H., and Yuval Avniel

of Missoula: Composite material. 9,060,560. June 23. Greenhill Antiballistics Corporation of New York City, N.Y. Alan Hepner of Rexford and David Metivier of Hollada, Utah: Method of manufacturing elevated rail segments and elevated rail system including those rail segments.

9,062,418. June 23. Hilltrac, Inc. of Holladay, Utah.

Randy Dixon of Billings and Brett Howell of Spokane Valley, Wash.: Rotary lobe pump with wiper blades. 9,062,675. June 23.

Stanley Wilson of Baker: Oil deflection apparatus. 9,062,810.

June 23. Montana Oil Field Designs, LLC of Baker.

Eric A. Cordova of Bigfork: Ornamental design for a plant pot drainage saucer. D732,421. June 23.

Bryan Dingel of Boise, Idaho; Jim MacAllister of Whitefish; and Rob Gleason of Moscow, Idaho: Ornamental design for an inflatable drift boat. D732,456. June 23.

Northwest River Supplies Inc. of Moscow, Idaho.

Derek Tarrant of Kalispell; Bradley W. Epperson of Piney Flats, Tenn.; Gary Sean Carter of Bulls Gap, Tenn., and Michael T. Mather of Greeneville, Tenn.: Discrete galvanic

anode. 9,068,268. June 30. Jarden Zinc Products, LLC of Greeneville, Tenn.

Daniel J. Woodruff of Kalispell: Electroplating processor with thin membrane support. 9,068,272.

June 30. Applied Materials, Inc., of Santa Clara, Calif.

Michael Dominic Sopuch of Missoula: Design for a wheeled armored structure. D733,387. June 30.

William D. Lucas of Livingston: Bear repellant device mounted on a backpack. 9,072,289. July 7.

Khristian Bombeck of Bozeman and Shoshana Loeb of Dallas, Texas: Method for enabling complex order specifications to a hot beverage brewing system. 9,072,404. July 7.

Timothy Carolin of Kalispell: Electric motor assisted bicycle and systems and components thereof.

9,073,601. July 7. Paradigm, LLC of Kalispell.

Paul H. Norton of Trumbauersville, Pa.; Edward Vander Bush of Hershey, Pa.; Scott Young of Kennett Square, Pa., and Bernard Lahendro of Gallatin Gateway: Finger grip for a flangeless container. 9,073,649.

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. of Exton, Pa. Derek C. Tarrant of Kalispell: Galvanic panel with complaint con-

struction. 9,074,288. July 7. Jarden Zinc Products, LLC of Greeneville, Tenn.

John Arthur Bonk of Centennial, Colo.; Anthony Ryan Oskvarek of Centennial, Colo.; Scott Johns Bacon of Thornton, Colo.; Christopher James Lo Coco of Bozeman, and Bert Jeffrey Lutzenberger of Bozeman: System and method for comparing objects in document revisions and displaying comparison objects. 9,075,780. July 7. Workiva Inc. of Ames, Iowa.

Stephen A. Yanuszka of Great Falls and John W. Meyer of Cascade: Ornamental design for a tool kit and sheath combination for chainsaw.

D733,427. July 7. Joshua 2011 LLC of Great Falls.

Gilbert Fregoso and Yuval Charles Avniel, both of Missoula: Ornamental design for a tissue boring drill tip. D733,881. July 7.

American Eagle Instruments, Inc. of Missoula.

Gilbert Fregoso and Yuval Charles Avniel, both of Missoula: Ornamental design for multi-directional tissue reamer tip. D733,882.

July 7. American Eagle Instruments, Inc. of Missoula.

Mohamed Naguib Attala of Houston, Texas, and Phillippe Diaz of Missoula: Hydrazone modula-

tors of cannabinoid receptors.

9,079,854. July 14. Cleveland Clinic Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio.

Shaun Aird Cheney of Carpinteria, Calif., and Landan Alan Cheney of Billings: Automated system for laying pipe. 9,080,063. July 14. Yeti Pipeline Equipment LLC of Billings.

Jeremy A. Fishel of Fullerton, Calif.; Gerald E. Loeb of South Pasadena, Calif.; Raymond A. Peck of Los Angeles, Calif.; Chia Hsien Lin of Los Angeles, Calif.; Blaine Matulevich of Kalispell, and Vikram Pandit of Irvine, Calif.: Compliant tactile sensor with fluid-filled, sponge-like material. 9,080,918.

July 14. SynTouch LLC of Los Angeles, Calif.

Gilbert Fregoso and Yuval Charles Avniel, both of Missoula: Ornamental design for a single vent directional reamer tip. D734,463.

July 14. American Eagle Instruments Inc. of Missoula.

Dennis A. Meuchel of Missoula: Sterilization cassette. 9,084,834.

July 21. American Eagle Instruments, Inc. of Missoula.

Paul Beard of Bigfork: Method and apparatus for reducing control communication delay in a remotely controlled apparatus. 9,085,353.

July 21. Unmanned Systems Inc. of Henderson, Nev.

Montana patents Below are listed U.S. patents issued to Montana inventors June 2-July 21, 2015. For assistance in patent filing, call Billings patent attorney Antoinette M. Tease at 406-294-9000.

Michael Steven DeMers of Great Falls: Foot snare triggering device.

9,044,004. June 2. Universal SelectA-Catch, LLC of Valier.

David Johnson of Hamilton: Lipidated oxoadenine derivatives.

9,044,481. June 2. GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals S.A. of Rixensart, Belgium.

Derek Campbell of Portland, Ore., and Christopher H. Pearson of Billings: Double strap carrying system and base stand for golf bags and other shoulder-borne articles.

9,044,651. June 2. Nike, Inc. of Beaverton, Ore. Sarah Teter of Menlo Park, Calif.; Michael Lamsa of Davis, Calif.; Joel Cherry of Davis, Calif.; and Connie Ward of Hamilton: Methods for transforming and expression screening of filamentous fungal cells with a DNA library. 9,045,748.

June 2. Novozymes, Inc. of Davis Calif.

Michael Konkel of Pullman, Wash.; Tri Duong of College Station, Texas; Charlie Larson of Hamilton; and Jason Neal-McKinney of Pull66

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Bankruptcies Billings-area bankruptcy petitions filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, June 1-July 31, 2015. Addresses are in Billings unless otherwise noted.

Chapter 7 Jamie Lynn Williams, 1813 Sanford Ave., June 5.

Angelica Peryl Kish, 2308 Avenue B, June 17.

Stephen P. O’Reilly, 1760 Tanner Lane, June 18.

Melissa Anne Simard, P.O.Box 518, Columbus, June 18.

Dawn Briana Steinhauser, 2520 Dover Circle, June 19.

Megan Renee Hughes, 445 S. 23rd St. W., June 22.

Toni M. Conway, 831 N. 17th St. Unit 2, June 25.

Jacqueline Antoinette Johnston, 947 Lake Elmo Drive, June 30.

Daniel Ross Petty, 1420 Sour-

dough Lane No. 2, July 3.

Rebecca Lynne Feezell, 4621 Mitchell Ave., July 5.

Paul Martin Olson II, Lynn Kristine Olson, 690 Garden Ave., July 9.

Shamai Rose Rylander, 2058 Clubhouse Way #4, July 10.

Kristian Irene Schmalz, 9240 Barton Place, July 13.

Lee Alan Barron, 1616 1/2 Virginia Lane, July 14.

Scott Michael Baker, Cas-

sandrah Kay Baker, 3919 Third Ave. S., July 16.

Wayne Zundel, 2511 Yellowstone Ave., Juy 17.

Joseph Richard Lehman, Melissa Adele Lehman, P. O. Box 324, Park City, July 20.

June Christine Sullivan, 300 N. 25th St. Apt. 402, July 22.

Michael Broch Mattson, Jennifer Marie Mattson, 2962 Millice Ave., July 29.

Dennis Ray Howell, 5400 Southgate Drive, July 29, Chapter 13 Christopher L. Blount, 5646 Hesper Road, June 25.

Monty Lynn Braunstadter, Deloris Kay Braunstadter, 236 Reda Lane, June 29.

Dean Loren Rivinius Judith Sue Lara Rivinius, 3037 E. Copper Ridge Loop, July 21.

Dale W. Myers, Terri L. Myers,

175 Stonehaven Trail, July 27.

Cody Lee Brown, 2803 Radius Circle, July 30.

Joshua Oliver Jourdan, Amanda Karoline Jourdan, 1012 Bench Blvd., July 30.

James E. Gregory Melissa L. Gregory, 4917 Coneflower Ave., July 30.

Chapter 11 Empire Lath & Plaster Inc., P.O. Box 21346, July 1.

Toxicology Consultants of Montana LLC, 582 Cherry Hills Road, 206-799-6391.

Karst Stage, 1140 Main St., 556-3500.

Premier Striping, 3491 Stone Mountain Circle, 696-9385.

Kendra Baker, 2754 Riveroaks Drive, 672-8326.

Reagle Resources Painting, 3825 Ave. B, 647-8454.

Fit It Forward, 208 Westlake Circle, 696-8193.

Construction Doctor & Handyman, 7541 Burlington Ave., 850-7019.

Global One Housing, 2011 24th St. W., 313-663-5656.

Noland’s Roofing Inc., 2010 12th St. W., 647-8421.

Heritage Timber, Bonner, 5316632.

Jerry Lee’s Onsite Welding, 1616 Lake Elmo Drive, 672-3235.

Meri Conroy, 1040 Custer Ave., 599-1817.

Wynter’s Corner LLC, 1660 Country Manor Blvd., 435-201-1143.

EQM Handyman Services, 406 Cook Ave., 670-8324.

Martin Built Homes, 5519 Billy Casper Drive, 672-0931.

Rabbits Painting, 824 Avenue D, 352-229-5934.

Osteo 1 Inc., 735 Grand Ave., 254-2620.

All About Maintenance, 405 14th St. W., 672-7524.

Big River Exteriors, 824-1/2 S. 29th St., 763-377-0894.

Lawrence Demarais Construction LLC, 820 Arlington Drive, 200-1073.

DNS Enterprise, 2658 Grand Ave., 256-0304.

Olympus Construction, Bozeman, 581-0518.

Team AFC Inc., 123 N. 16th St., 259-3900.

Productive Imagination, 2505 Montana Ave., 855-9714.

ESP Wellness LLC, 12 N. 35th St., 307-254-2915.

Cactus Threads LLC, 3015 Farnam St., 672-4895.

Trailhead Builders Inc., 2139 Broadwater Ave., 652-3142.

Billings Ink & Toner Inc., 3210 Henesta Drive, Suite 1, 652-1589.

Ms Lynn’s New Construction Final Finish Clean-Up, 1111 Bench Blvd., 860-5603.

Etoile Dance and Body, 521 Killarney St., 591-2534.

Ideal Roofing & Siding, 26 Skeena St., 672-0869.

Big Blues Photography, 2155 Monad Road, 598-1874.

Noble Gardens, Hardin, 6709933.

Speedy Sweet Corn, Hardin, 670-6923.

Trevor Brigham Drywall, 1417 Stallion Rt., 541-490-3525.

A-Plus Raingutters, 1120 Crist Drive, 860-5507.

Timeless Inspirations, 1013 Competition Ave., 861-7209.

Kaci’s Cleaning, 2524 Constellation Trail, 647-5741.

Sunshine & Snowflakes Preschool, 104 30th St. W., 256-6292.

Shades, 300 S. 24th St. W. Coffee Mill Espresso & More, 6020 Hazelwood Drive.

Bernal Metal Construction, Park

City, 855-1482.

Souter Window & Siding, 338 Grand Ave., 385-405-9463.

Taylor Math Consulting LLC, 1729 Stony Meadow Lane, 3711152.

Downtown Conoco, 2701 Sixth Ave. N., 254-1401.

McCord Construction, Roundup, 850-8421.

Silva’s Construction, 1729 Lewis Ave., 861-1685.

Diamond Building Products, Spearfish, S.D., 605-641-4976.

Balanced Coaching, 1918 Broadwater Ave., 698-5104.

Rent-A-Hubby, 3520 Tommy Armour Circle, 697-5358.

Ashley’s Saddle Horses, 4779 Sanctuary Trail, 919-996-9469.

Beartooth Electric, Livingston, 581-9455.

Taco Treat (mobile), Great Falls, 698-4807.

Equipment Source Rentals, 1139 Island Park Drive, 245-6759.

Renee Hagstrom-Custom Painting & Wall Design, 3423 Timberline Drive, 697-9482.

Bumps ‘n Bundles, 219 N. Broadway, 570-9969.

Bozeman Green Build, Bozeman, 580-6068.

The Gold Standard, 2224 Beloit Drive, 208-4664.

RRK Enterprises LLC, Laurel, 530-4525.

J & J Custodial, Joliet, 702-4423.

Southern Seafood Shack Inc., 326 N. 20th St., 598-5444.

Dun Rite Construction, 3455 Old Hardin Road, 662-212-4819.

Raven’s Cafe D’Art, 401 N. 27th

St., 670-1063.

King Distributing LLC, 1339 Custer Ave., 696-5232.

Big Sky Moving Supplies, 476 African St., 930-0369.

Schindle CME, Bozeman, 5990539.

Detailz Detailz, 4011-1/2 First Ave. S., 208-5220.

Dre’s Construction, 2933 Boulder Ave., 696-3895.

Kuntz Noxious Weed Control, 731 Terry Ave., 200-3073.

Better Maid Service, Huntley, 920-1153.

Air Pro Heating and Cooling, Columbus, 780-1430.

Montana Sue’s Baked Goods and Sweets, 401 N. 27th St., 8600243.

Hackman Excavation, Ballantine, 694-9387.

Agadas Integrated Wellness, 532 Parkhill Drive, 672-7190.

Cornerstone Exteriors Inc., Molt, 200-0100.

Frame Hut & Gallery, 1430 Grand Ave., 245-9728.

Bruno’s A Taste of Italy, 1911 King Ave., W., Suite 6-8, 652-4416.

Juanita S. Ross, MS, CRC, LCPC, 208 N. 29th St., Suite 233, 259-5555.

Pleasantview Salon, 825 Avenue D, 665-5348.

Ryan Lynch Construction, 8 Cavalier St. N., 647-9500.

Black Orchid, 2049 Broadwater Ave. Out of Site, 3047 Poly Drive, 606-0576.

Big Moose Construction, 641 Shamrock Lane, 690-8768.

Smoky Bones BBQ, 612 Zebra

St., 969-2659.

Trask Heating and Cooling, Worden, 967-2400.

Robert Pearson Properties, 1214 Oakland Drive, 861-7004.

Golden Nails, 2101 Grand Ave., 656-6050.

It’s a Bella Hair Design, 411 24th St. W., Suite 113, 652-1868.

Etiquette Revelation Painting, 106 Grand Ave., 694-5418.

Regina & Silvia Metsallik, HennaPirjo Karu, 5353 Midland Road, 694-6907.

Sovereign Tattoo, 2040 Rosebud Drive.

In-Seine Bait Company, 2224 Highway 87 East, 696-7285.

Bridger Electrical Service, Bridger, 208-9823.

Capital Roof & Construction LLC, 15 Buena Vista Ave., 548-8350.

Snowdrift Snowcones, 1220 Weil St., 855-1922.

Quality Paint and Restorations, 518 Fourth St. W., 690-0265.

Patrick Cary, 1722 Janie St., 839-1107.

Mark Lahey Construction, 5116 Middle Valley Drive, 672-8134.

Saints Speed Shop, 1045 Firth St., 679-0078.

Smartimber & Design LLC, Columbus, 321-2944.

Brandenburg Industrial Service Co., Chicago, Ill., 312-326-5800.

Haynes Store Inc., 1027 Shiloh Crossing Blvd., 697-8974.

Little Minions Childcare, 1040 Harvard Ave., 855-2151.

Citadel Construction Inc., Spokane, Wash., 509-466-2993.

West Design and Build LLC,

Business licenses The following business licenses were filed with the city of Billings in June and July of 2015.

All-Terrain Construction, 20 Hartland St. N., 591-0895.

Tucker Construction, 3313 Shenandoah Drive, 200-2983.

Freedom Fighters Bail Bonds, Cody, Wyo., 307-351-2245.

J.H.B. Services, 819 S. 32nd St., 702-5979.

Throttledownskisup, 500 Sprint Circle, 670-0364.

Fast Track Dent Repair, 72 Jonquil Circle, 839-3353.

Matriarch Construction Inc., Laurel, 628-6630.

Affordable Supply Services, 1404 Main St., 714-519-9559.

Ms Handyman, 1404 Main St., 404-4888.

Off Main Deli and Bakery, 669 Main St., 252-5576.

Yellowstone Roofing and Siding, 2038 Lewis Ave., 702-1302.

N2 Cryotherapy, 805 24th St. W., 534-8850.

Catherine Louisa Gallery, 103 N. Broadway, 670-7746.

Hospitality Solutions, 3404 Second Ave. N., 861-8763.

Blessings in Backpacks, 3404 Second Ave. N., 850-0173.

ABC Physical Therapy PLLC, 2016 Grand Ave., 672-8868.

Ahola Magic Enterprises, 300 S. 24th St. W., 707-337-9967.

Kreative Kids Childcare, 5313 Golden Hollow Road, 694-7366.

McClain Construction, 3339 Racquet Drive, 941-1230.

M.D. Collins Inc., Dearborn, Mich., 313-359-9003.

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Happy Lanes Gift Shop and Gallery, 2913 Third Ave. N., 860-8480.

J & W Mowing and Trimming Service, 844 Kale Drive, 861-6661.

Choose to Change, LLC, 2018 Main St., 839-5885.

Elite D.J. Service, Huntley, 6479370.

Liberty Painting, Broadview, 465-2787.

Q.R.T. Construction, 1324 Elaine St., 702-3856.

Lush Cleaning Care, 41 Sunset Drive, 697-5381.

Zondo Organic, 1551 Nottingham Place, 425-1485.

Precision Concrete Cutting, Provo, Utah, 801-224-0025.

Overturf Construction, 32 Gatewood Drive, 696-9959.

Minds Into Focus, 71 25th St. W., Suite 12, 912-432-1679.

Kelly Melius Consulting Services, 2048 Overland Ave., Suite 101, 702-0597.

Cornerstone Siding & Roofing, 2702 Wyoming Ave., 690-2301.

Leslie Martin, 615 N. 23rd St., 850-3959.

D & K Fencing Inc., 1820 Clark Ave., 701-509-2653.

Spray Systems Environmental, Tempe, Ariz., 480-967-8300.

JMA Framing, 1326 Lewis Ave., 702-2292.

A-1 Construction, 303 S. 34th St., 208-1353.

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Huffman and Huffman LLC, 1610 Lone Pine Drive, 670-6249.

Da Vi Nails, 2525 King Ave. W., 655-8994.

Schwend’s Construction & Repair, 3253 Tahoe Drive, 697-3626.

Weber Construction Inc., 945 Marie Drive, 245-4789.

John Beckner, 3302 First Ave. N., 839-9396.

Above All Roofing, 2007 Bench Blvd., 702-9480.

The Lunch Wagon, 911 N. 31st St., 694-6679.

Accomplish Cleaning Service, 1547 Westchester Square E., 8616562.

Sam Williams & Melissa Tullar, 12 Wakefield Drive, 697-3018.

Modern Masonry Inc., 21 Prince Albert Drive, 670-2999.

Jayde Mikkelson Construction, 943 Kyhl Lane, 794-6531.

Tucker Leenknecht, 219 Rolling Hills Road, 694-3045.

California Swagg Fashions, 2135 Grand Ave., 307-247-0354.

Carlin Events Center, 2501 Montana Ave., 245-2503.

MtSpace, 1519 Broadwater Ave., 272-8500.

Wilson Bros. Construction Inc., Cowley, Wyo., 307-548-6559.

JH Construction, Shepherd, 661-1638.

D Phillips Consulting, 4225 High Trail Road, 696-1904.

Sundelius Construction, Lewis-

town, 538-7506.

King Reaper Kustoms Incorporated, 2419 Golden Blvd., 690-3897.

The Beauty Mark Salon LLC, 805 24th St. W., Suite 5, 869-6275.

Northwest Building and Design, 5502 Frontier Drive, 534-2018.

Big Fat Lunchbox LLC, Columbus, 794-1986.

Daniel Construction, 2437 Belknap Ave., 693-1315.

DNR Excavation, Huntley, 2811406.

Residential Construction Services, 4313 Ryan Ave., 647-2181.

TeeJay Construction, 118 N. 24th St., 605-467-1552.

COG Creations, 1210 Clark Ave. Mountain Fire Protection Inc.,

Columbus, 322-6140.

Restored Investments, LLC, 530 First Ave. N., 855-1492.

James Roberts Construction, 1419 Cheryl St., 780-1880.

Alex Carmel Tattoo, 2075 Central Ave., 371-3859.

Baer Construction, 2004 Wentworth Drive, 855-2560.

Greystone Construction, Roundup, 320-2772.

Waller Hotshot, 1430 Wicks Lane, 855-1016.

Blazyn’ Salon LLC, 1216 16th St. W., Suite 35, 245-7937.

TSM Consulting LLC, 2157 Rangeview Court, 690-8730.

B’s Home Repair, 2963 Stillwater Drive, 698-0301.

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Billings Commercial Building Permits June 1-July 31, 2015 Addition

411 S 24 St. W.

RZA Land LLC

Dick Anderson Construction

Addition

2802 Belvedere Drive

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Langlas & Assoc. Inc.

$250,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

5124 Laurel Road

Randash Properties LLC

Sprague Construction Roofing Division

$400,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

4915 Southgate Drive

Kelly Midwest Ventures LP

Sprague Construction Roofing Division

$84,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

901 13 St. W.

Schlereth Deborah

Tailwind Management LLC

$17,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

701 Beverly Hill Blvd.

Arthur S Langman Trust

Tailwind Management LLC

$25,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

719 4 Ave. N.

Yurian Shirley A .Trust

Chapel Custom Handywork,

Remodel

2800 10 Ave. N.

Deaconess Medical Center Of Billings

Bauer Construction

$35,500

$1,000,000

$3,000

Remodel

239 E. Airport Road

Szillat Properties LLC

AT&T

$65,000

Remodel

1011 Intermountain St.

Inland Truck Parts Co.

Mountain Fire Protection Inc.

$26,900

Remodel

729 Parkhill Drive

School District No 2

Action Electric Inc.

Remodel-Change In Use

1830 4 Ave. N.

Jefferson Lines

Fisher Construction Inc.

$600,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

420 N. 16 St.

Stockton Daniel E. Jr.

Donahue Roofing LLC

$120,678

Fence/Roof/Siding

4340 Mariental Drive

King West One LLC

Sunset Construction LLC

Fence/Roof/Siding

4320 Mariental Drive

King West One LLC

Sunset Construction LLC

Fence/Roof/Siding

3840 Rimrock Road

Missions United Inc.

Empire Roofing Inc.

Fence/Roof/Siding

4325 Dobrinka Drive,

King West One LLC

Sunset Construction LLC

$20,057

Fence/Roof/Siding

4330 Dobrinka Drive

King West One LLC

Sunset Construction LLC

$15,571

Fence/Roof/Siding

4345 Dobrinka Drive

King West One LLC

Sunset Construction LLC

$11,265

Fence/Roof/Siding

4327 Franzosen Drive

King West One LLC

Sunset Construction LLC

$13,326

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4332 Franzosen Drive

King West One LLC

Sunset Construction LLC

$13,326

Fence/Roof/Siding

735 Kamenka Drive

King West One LLC

Sunset Construction LLC

$6,849

Fence/Roof/Siding

715 Kamenka Drive

King West One LLC

Sunset Construction LLC

$6,849

Fence/Roof/Siding

570 Killarney St.

Helmbrecht Tyler J.

Sprague Construction Roofing Division

$24,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

345 Shiloh Road

Jorden Edward E.

Kirby Roofing

$29,700

Fence/Roof/Siding

1429 Grand Ave.

Patrick & Hasty

Sprague Construction Roofing Division

$30,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

1212 Mullowney Lane

Southern Empire Emporium

Bruce Tall Construction And Design Inc.

$10,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

2212 Broadwater Ave.

Sea Oaks Inc.

Cornerstone Exteriors Inc.

New Other

5603 Interstate Ave.

Origer Land LLC

New Other

1200 30 St. W.

School District No. 2

New Store/Strip Center

5603 Interstate Ave.

Origer Land LLC

Remodel

300 S. 24 St. W.

Rimrock Owner LP

M.D. Collins Inc.

$175,000

Remodel

1801 Aviation Place

City Of Billings (Airport)

Dick Anderson Construction

$250,000

Remodel

925 Broadwater Ave.

Stevens Brothers Inc.

Stevens Brothers Mechanical

Fence/Roof/Siding

3741 Montana Ave.

L P Anderson Tire Co. Inc.

Kirkness Roofing & Supply

$42,967

Fence/Roof/Siding,

562 Killarney St.

Rensvold William L. & Louise M.

Sprague Construction Roofing Division

$15,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

528 Lake Elmo Drive

Chun Ji LLC

Mr. Mow It All LLC

$25,500 $60,000

J E M Construction

$606,813 $20,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

1313 Broadwater Ave.

Kaufman Roy & George

Commercial Roof Wtr Proof

Fence/Roof/Siding

647 S. 18 St. W.

CE Properties LLC

Dunmore LLC Montana Builders LLC

$5,000

$500 $189,000 $38,815

Fence/Roof/Siding

917 Steffanich Drive

The Church In Billings

New Parking Lot/Non-Building Structure

3605 Hesper Road

Jela LLC

Remodel

2545 Central Ave.

Dimiris Rentzies

West Design And Build LLC

$325,000

Remodel

1511 Poly Drive

Rocky Mountain College

Big Sky Cabinets LLC

$295,000

Remodel

2122 1st Ave. N.

Intermountain Transmissions

Universal Concrete & Design Co.

Remodel

451 Charles St.

Earth First Aid Recycling Center

B & B Disaster Restoration

$11,624 $58,000

$23,000 $200,000

Demolition Permit Commercial

504 N. 20th St.

Montana Rail Link/Controller Heritage Timber

Fence/Roof/Siding

30 34 St. W.

Pinnacle Development LLC

F Preston Roofing,

$10,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

30 34 St. W.

Pinnacle Development LLC

F Preston Roofing

$14,600

Fence/Roof/Siding

30 34 St. W.

Pinnacle Development LLC

F Preston Roofing

$42,900

Fence/Roof/Siding,

1008 Poly Drive

Smith Robert H. & Gayle F.

Rambur Construction Inc.

$17,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

600 S. 27 St.

Parkview Convalescent Care

Rocky Mountain Roofing

$84,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

3430 Lynn Ave.

Pinnacle Development LLC

F Preston Roofing

$42,900

Fence/Roof/Siding

3430 Lynn Ave.

Pinnacle Development LLC

F Preston Roofing,

$14,600

Fence/Roof/Siding

5337 Golden Hollow Road

McCall Development Inc.

Cornerstone Exteriors Inc.

New Other

3803 Central Ave.

Montana University System

Remodel

5179 Midland Road

Loomis Family Limited Partnership

Remodel

2718 Montana Ave.

Nelson Steve D.

Remodel

2800 10 Ave. N.

Deaconess Medical Center Of Billings

Hardy Construction Co.

$1,000,000

Remodel

4151 1 Ave. S.

Messinger Company LLC

Hardy Construction Co.

$11,400

$42,900

$26,100 $50,000

Bar S Supply Contractor

$12,000 $35,000

Addition

2152 Grand Ave.

U Haul Real Estate Company

Bruce Tall Construction And Design Inc.

$48,600

Fence/Roof/Siding

1660 Inverness Drive

Kepp Robbi R.

Cornerstone Exteriors Inc.

$13,870

Fence/Roof/Siding

710 Pebble Beach Road

Reidle Larry W. & Nina M.

Cornerstone Exteriors Inc.

$13,870

Fence/Roof/Siding

702 Pebble Beach Road

Scally Kassidy A.

Cornerstone Exteriors Inc.

$13,870 $30,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

240 Westchester Sq. S.

Lee J. R. & Mareillen P.

5 Corners Handyman Service

Fence/Roof/Siding

33 S. 8 St. W.

Northwest Pipe Fittings Co. Inc.

Foss Construction LLC

Fence/Roof/Siding

1546 Main St.

Glacier Bank

Sprague Construction Roofing Division

$52,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

517 Shiloh Road

International Church Of The

Sprague Construction Roofing Division

$95,000

New Other

725 13 St. W.

Automatic Real Estate LLP

Vertical Limit Construction LLC

$60,000

New Other

2900 12 Ave. N.

Sisters Of Charity Of Leavenworth

Billingsbusiness

$5,000

$500

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725 13 St. W.

Automatic Real Estate LLP

Vertical Limit Construction LLC

$20,000

New Warehouse/Storage

2900 12 Ave. N.

Sisters Of Charity Of Leavenworth

Vertical Limit Construction LLC

$75,000

Remodel

3133 Central Ave.

Neumann Gerald A.

Neumann Construction

$70,000

Remodel

2905 Montana Ave.

Bege Enterprises

$500

Remodel

1411 Main St.

CNJ Distributing Corp.

$9,500

Remodel

3839 Grand Ave.

Ernest Adams

$19,000

Remodel

595 Main St.

Bruce Grendahl

$1,000

Remodel

304 34 St. W.

Terrace Gardens Cemetery Co. LI

Cucancic Construction Inc.

$5,000

Remodel

304 34 St. W.

Terrace Gardens Cemetery Co. LI

Cucancic Construction Inc.

$10,000

Addition

430 Lake Elmo Drive

Linde Properties LC

Jones Construction Inc.

Fence/Roof/Siding

2460 Village Lane

IRET-Rocky Meadows LLC

PCS Residential

$440,000 $8,184

Fence/Roof/Siding

1211 1 Ave. N.

Berst David

America’s Best Contractors Inc.

Fence/Roof/Siding

44 6 St. W.

Junkert Hazel Trustee

Kohlman Construction

$2,500

Fence/Roof/Siding

505 N. 24 St.

Tumbleweed

I & E Customs

New Office/Bank

4512 S. Frontage Road

H & E Equipment Services Inc.

Dick Anderson Construction

$948,125

$25,000 $15,000

New Other

900 Barrett Road

School District No. 2

Dick Anderson Construction

$17,669

New Other

900 Barrett Road

School District No. 2

Dick Anderson Construction

$17,669

New Other

900 Barrett Road

School District No. 2

Dick Anderson Construction

$17,699

New Other

900 Barrett Road

School District No. 2

Dick Anderson Construction

$17,669

New Other

900 Barrett Road

School District No. 2

Dick Anderson Construction

$42,398

Remodel

1440 Nutter Blvd.

School District No. 2

Fisher Construction Inc.

$86,000

Remodel

1345 Elaine St.

School District No. 2

Fisher Construction Inc.

$4,000

Remodel

681 Alkali Creek Road

School District No. 2

Fisher Construction Inc.

$89,900

Remodel

2510 38 St. W.

School District No. 2

Fisher Construction Inc.

Remodel

2020 Overland Ave.

Billco Investment LLCT Inc.

Hanna Construction

$81,900 $110,000

Remodel

1011 Intermountain St.

Inland Truck Parts Co.

Langlas & Assoc. Inc.

$20,000

Remodel

3133 Central Ave.

Neumann Gerald A.

Neumann Construction

$140,000

Remodel

702 Dunham Ave.

Western Wireless Corp.

Remodel

214 N. 24 St.

R W S Enterprise LLC

America’s Choice Contracting

Remodel

17 14 St. W.

Niko Properties LLC

Niko Enterprises LLC

Demolition Permit Commercial

3317 1 Ave. S.

Montana Petroleum Supply

Current Construction Inc.

Fence/Roof/Siding

610 Claremont Road

Sprague Jack H & (Etal)

Sprague Construction Roofing Division

$24,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

1734 Yellowstone Ave.

Roman Catholic Bishop Of Gt Falls

Property Improvements Co,

$10,300

Fence/Roof/Siding

2320 3 Ave. N.

3rd Ave. N. Partnership

Brock Barney Construction Inc.

Fence/Roof/Siding

1812 19 St. W.

School District No. 2

Empire Roofing Inc.

$350,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

1315 Lewis Ave.

School District No 2

Empire Roofing Inc.

$215,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

1611 Yellowstone Ave.

Propp Thomas A.

Absolute Construction

Fence/Roof/Siding

2800 4 Ave. N.

First Methodist Church

Mountain Area Systems

$4,500

Fence/Roof/Siding

711 Grand Ave.

McFadden John J.

J & T Roofing

$6,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

504 Josephine Drive

Stan-Fuhr Inc.

KC Roofing & Construction Inc.

$19,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

1602 4 Ave. N.

Big Elmo Investments LLC

M W Construction

$83,000

$65,000 $1,700 $15,000 $8,000

$6,600

$16,640

Fence/Roof/Siding

1605 Bench Blvd.

Wicks Lane Baptist Church

Ros Roofing

$16,400

Fence/Roof/Siding

2345 Hawthorne Lane

Heights Assembly Of God Inc.

Foss Construction LLC

$15,000 $50,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

2500 Grand Ave.

Rocky Build Inc.

Cornerstone Siding Company

Fence/Roof/Siding

605 Lincoln Lane

Kirkwood Elwin G. & Joleen P.

Country Innovations LLC

New Warehouse/Storage

4512 S. Frontage Road

H & E Equipment Services Inc.

Dick Anderson Construction

New Warehouse/Storage

3145 Sweet Water Drive

Faith Evangelical Church

AJ Construction Inc.

Remodel

730 Main St.

First Interstate Bank Of Comme.

Dick Anderson Construction

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1860 Monad Road

Bresnan Broadband DBA Mt Teleg.

AC Schommer & Sons Inc.

$9,000 $250,000 $69,020 $30,000 $1,000,000

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Billings Commercial Building Permits June 1-July 31, 2015, continued Remodel

300 S. 24 St. W.

Rimrock Owner LP

Remodel

2717 King Ave. W.

Lowes Home Improvement

Beeler Construction Inc.

$2,280,000

Remodel

1220 10 St. W.

Church Of Christ Of Billings

Sundance Tile & Carpentry

$25,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

2700 Grand Ave.

Grand Ave Investor LLC

Foss Construction LLC

$60,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

1211 24 St. W.

Big Sky Floral Supply LLC

Beartooth Constructors

$52,750

Fence/Roof/Siding

1 MacArthur Ave.

Davis Gary L. & Marilyn & Etal

All Seasons Roofing

$21,500

Fence/Roof/Siding

3116 Boulder Ave.

Walter Gordon E.

B & K Roofing

$12,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

3116 Boulder Ave.

Walter Gordon E.

B & K Roofing

$12,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

3170 Solar Blvd.

Boyd Gary A.

TO Jones Construction

$30,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

3170 Solar Blvd.

Byrne John R.

TO Jones Construction

$25,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

3170 Solar Blvd.

Sutton William IV

TO Jones Construction

$25,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

3175 Solar Blvd.

Galt Allan K.

TO Jones Construction

$25,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

3175 Solar Blvd.

McGarrah Jodi L.

TO Jones Construction

$25,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

3333 2 Ave. N.

Emerling Tom

Kirkness Roofing & Supply

$35,521

Fence/Roof/Siding

1201 Kootenai Ave.

School District No 2

Summit Roofing Inc.

Fence/Roof/Siding

1345 Mullowney Lane

Khan Organization LLC

Adan’s Construction LLC

$15,000

New 3/4 Family

4410 Ducks Way

CK Land LLC

Sunset Construction LLC

$484,796

New 5 Or More Family

4419 Ducks Way

CK Land LLC

Sunset Construction LLC

$484,796

New 5 Or More Family

4409 Ducks Way

CK Land LLC

Sunset Construction LLC

$484,796

New 5 Or More Family

4421 Battlin Bears Way

CK Land LLC

Sunset Construction LLC

$484,796

New 5 Or More Family

4411 Battlin Bears Way

CK Land LLC

Sunset Construction LLC

$484,796

New 5 Or More Family

4420 Ducks Way

CK Land LLC

Sunset Construction LLC

$484,796

New Store/Strip Center

4819 Midland Road

JJRay LLC

Ray & Co Realtors LLC

$522,000

Remodel

2800 10 Ave. N.

Deaconess Medical Center

Hardy Construction Co.

$300,000

Remodel

1520 24 St. W.

Larson And Carpenter Partnership

Remodel

2611 Minnesota Ave.

Montana Rail Link

B & W Builders

Fence/Roof/Siding

1250 15 St. W.

Formanack Properties LLC

Bruce Tall Construction And Design Inc.

Fence/Roof/Siding

415 Cook Ave.

Espy Jim A.

Dynamic Innovations LLC

Fence/Roof/Siding

500 Hilltop Road

Ace Storage Center LLC

Advanced Construction

$90,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

805 Alderson Ave.

808 Grand LLC

Premier Quality Homes LLC

$47,400

Fence/Roof/Siding

5400 Southgate Drive

Supertel LP

ASAP Restoration

$70,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

2415 11 Ave. N.

Neumann Gerald A. & Ardis M.

Neumann Construction

Fence/Roof/Siding

708 12 St. W.

B & N Properties

Neumann Construction

Fence/Roof/Siding

3306 Rimrock Road

Vesta Ventures LLP

Sprague Construction Roofing Division

$14,000

$25,000

$412,678

$2,500 $200,000 $22,000 $8,500

$4,000 $8,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

1655 Shiloh Road

Sternad Jay A.

Kirby Roofing

$34,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

563 Killarney St.

Montez Angela

Sprague Construction Roofing Division

$16,000

Fence/Roof/Siding

2101 24 St. W.

Catholic Bishop Of Great Falls

Kirkness Roofing & Supply

New Other

1023 Main St.

TFC Billings JL1

Stout Build Contractors

Remodel

3443 Central Ave.

Story Distributing Co.

N.W. Canopy Structures Inc.

Remodel

1801 Bench Blvd.

School District No. 2

Plumb Mt Inc.

Remodel

1801 Bench Blvd.

School District No. 2

Plumb Mt Inc.

Remodel

1250 15 St. W.

Youth Dynamics

Bruce Tall Construction And Design Inc.

Remodel

2515 1 Ave. N.

Clock Tower Inn LLC

KJ Construction

Remodel

110 N. 29 St.

Propertie LLC

Remodel

300 S. 24 St. W.

Rimrock Owner LP

Advanced Protection Systems Inc.

Demolition Permit Commercial

1650 Avenue D

Billings Land Development

Jim’s Excavation Serv. Inc.

Billingsbusiness

$8,495 $400,000 $26,600 $750,000 $0 $40,000 $9,000 $240 $4,448 $50,000

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