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BRETT FRENCH A cross-boundary forestry project on Red Lodge Mountain has been awarded a state grant. It's one of 14 projects given a portion of $4.5 million under the Montana Forest Action Plan. The work at the Carbon County ski area will begin this summer and overlap to adjacent Gallatin Custer National Forest land as well as the nearby Palisades Ranch — all told about 1,000 acres, according to Jeff Schmidt, Red Lodge Mountain manager. “The bulk of it will be on our property, the upper Palisades and from mid-mountain down,” he said. In addition to the state fund...

A look back at ORHS grad Dick Sites’ beginnings, and the world of computers Benita Albert and D. Ray Smith/Historically Speaking Benita Albert brings us another story of an Oak Ridge Schools graduate. Thanks to Mike Coveyou, who suggested to Benita that Dick Sites would be a good subject for her to consider. You will enjoy this two-part series  *** Dick (R.L.) Sites wrote his first computer program at age 10, a project which produced a Pascal’s Triangle display, a triangular array of the coefficients in successive binomial expansions. This topic from algebra was most certainly ahead of t...

ARES Volunteers Reported Responding to Severe Weather 02/16/2021 Weather gone wild might be an apt description of the conditions in many parts of the US, with sub-freezing temperatures in areas not prepared for that sort of thing. Aberrant weather seems to be happening across many US regions. Snow has fallen in Texas and Oklahoma, accompanied by record-setting temperature readings. The severe weather has caused power and telecommunications outages, and ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) volunteers in southern Texas have been called up by served agencies to help fill the resultin...

Walker & Dunlop Completes Complex Financing for Two Green Certified Multifamily Properties in Wisconsin News provided by Share this article $28,362,000 in Fannie Mae Green financing for Maple Grove Apartment Homes and Middleton Shores Apartments, located in Madison and Middleton, Wisconsin. The portfolio comprises 462 units in total, all of which qualify as mission-driven, affordable housing under Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) guidelines. Led by Pat Dempsey, Jeff Schmidt, and Tim Cotter, Walker & Dunlop's financing team expertly navigated Fannie Mae's loan programs to refinance each...

BRETT FRENCH After 47 years as a ski area owner, George Willett sold Showdown Montana to his daughter, Katie Boedecker, in September. “I’m looking forward to Kate having a great experience here and continuing to enjoy what she’s doing,” Willett said. Boedecker could not be reached for comment. But during Willett’s ownership she has worked a variety of jobs at the Little Belt Mountains ski hill. These include director of marketing and advertising, prep work in the kitchen, busing tables, operating the ski lifts, teaching skiing and overseeing guest services...