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Bozeman Health in Support of Our Healthcare Community Nov. 6 - Nov. 19, 2020 Volume 11 // Issue #23 A historic election and results A significant scenic designation for Montana rivers Lady Big Horns advance to semi-finals Masked pupil: School during a pandemic Local artist works from the mountains to Mars TABLE OF CONTENTS OPINION.................................................................... 4 HEALTH.....................................................................36 LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS..................................................6 BUSINESS...............................................................42 LOCAL.....................................................................10 DINING....................................................................43 ENVIRONMENT & OUTDOORS..................................17 FUN...........................................................................45 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT..........................................26 SPORTS......................................................................33 Nov. 6 - Nov. 19, 2020 Masked pupil: School during a pandemic Volume 11, Issue No. 23 10 From daily temperature checks, masked faces, frequent hand washing and blue arrows to control foot traffic Owned and published in Big Sky, Montana spacing, attending school is a surreal experience during a pandemic. Lone Peak High School 10th-grader Avery Dickerson is excited for winter skiing, but remaining physically spaced from her schoolmates has been PUBLISHER a challenge. Eric Ladd | [email protected] A significant scenic designation for Montana rivers EDITORIAL 17 Surrounded by representatives from the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, American Rivers and American Whitewaters, and a crowd of approximately 20, Montana Senator Jon Tester spoke of his intent to introduce EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, VP MEDIA new legislation that would protect 336 miles of rivers in the Custer-Gallatin and the Helena-Lewis and Clark Joseph T. O’Connor | [email protected] National Forests, including the Gallatin, Madison and Smith rivers. It would be the most significant wild and scenic designation in nearly 45 years. ASSOCIATE EDITOR Brandon Walker | [email protected] Local artist works from the mountains to Mars NEW MEDIA LEAD Mira Brody | [email protected] 26 Bill Arbanas helped build the Mars Rover “Curiosity,” painted murals around the world, taught and produced three-dimensional animation work for more than three decades with his animation work featured on the set of STAFF WRITER popular TV shows and he even owned one of the first color computers back in the 80s. Arbanas’ favorite thing Gabrielle Gasser | [email protected] to do, however, involves a slower pace: time-lapse photography. CREATIVE 33 Lady Big Horns advance to semi-finals LEAD DESIGNER LPHS’s Lady Big Horns have not allowed setbacks from the pandemic to slow them down. The dominating Marisa Opheim | [email protected] volleyball team earned themselves a five set victory in their divisional tournament matchup against the Seeley- Swan Blackhawks on Nov. 3, sending them to the semi-finals on Nov. 5. GRAPHIC DESIGNER ME Brown | [email protected] A historic election and results 50 The 2020 election brought out a historic number of voters—nearly 75 percent of registered Montana voters cast SALES AND OPERATIONS their ballots, and lines around the Gallatin County Courthouse held steady through the day on Nov. 3. EBS has you covered with the full results as of Wednesday, Nov. 4, photos and an election overview. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Megan Paulson | [email protected] VP, SALES AND MARKETING Opening Shot EJ Daws | [email protected] VP OF EVENTS Ennion Williams | [email protected] MEDIA AND EVENTS DIRECTOR Ersin Ozer | [email protected] BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LEAD Sam Brooks | [email protected] CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER Blythe Beaubien | [email protected] CONTROLLER, DISTRIBUTION DIRECTOR Treston Wold | [email protected] EXECUTIVE COORDINATOR Tucker Harris | [email protected] CONTRIBUTORS Bill Arbanas, Linda Arnold, Kara Blodgett, Kaley Burns, Bella Butler, Kate Foley, Bob Hall, Kim Holst, A frozen Ousel Falls pictured on Oct. 26 paused in time as ice and snow coated the landscape after a weather front in the days prior Ted Kooser, Brittany Ladd, Mufid brought with it cooler temperatures and deposited a healthy dose of snow. OUTLAW PARTNERS PHOTO Majnun, Scott Mechura, Samuel Orazem, Laura Pritchett, Todd EDITORIAL POLICIES Wilkinson, WNDRLSTPHOTO EDITORIAL POLICY LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ADVERTISING DEADLINE Outlaw Partners, LLC is the sole owner of Letters to the editor allow EBS readers to For the November 20, 2020 issue: Explore Big Sky. EBS reserves the right to edit express views and share how they would like to November 11, 2020 all submitted material. Printed material reflects effect change. These are not Thank You notes. the opinion of the author and is not necessarily Letters should be 250 words or less, respectful, CORRECTIONS ON THE COVER: the opinion of Outlaw Partners or its editors. ethical, accurate, and proofread for grammar Please report errors to [email protected]. EBS will not publish anything discriminatory or and content. We reserve the right to edit letters “I Voted” stickers lay on a table in bad taste. and will not publish individual grievances about OUTLAW PARTNERS & EXPLORE BIG SKY awaiting distribution to Gallatin County specific businesses or letters that are abusive, P.O. Box 160250, Big Sky, MT 59716 EBS welcomes obituaries written by family malicious or potentially libelous. Include: full (406) 995-2055 • [email protected] voters who have cast their vote either members or from funeral homes. To place an name, address, phone number and title. Submit by dropping off mail-in ballots or those obituary, please submit 500 words or less to to [email protected]. © 2020 Explore Big Sky unauthorized voting in-person on Nov. 3. PHOTO BY [email protected]. reproduction prohibited BRANDON WALKER #explorebigsky explorebigsky explorebigsky @explorebigsky NOW PRE-SELLING IN THE HEART OF BIG SKY’S TOWN CENTER Moose Ridge Condos 151 Pheasant Tail Lane #B BIG SKY TOWN CENTER TOWN CENTER 5 BED + 5.5 BATH | 3,885 +/- SQ. FT. | $1,980,000 3 BED + 2.5 BATH | 2,076 +/- SQ. FT. | $950,000 EXECUTIVE OFFICE COMPLEX OVERLOOKING LONE PEAK 32 Market Place #1A 89 Summit View Drive MEADOW VILLAGE MOUNTAIN VILLAGE 5 OFFICES | 1,263 +/- SQ. FT. | $599,000 1.12 +/- ACRES | $550,000 NEW CONSTRUCTION CAN BE SUBDIVIDED The North 40 GALLATIN CANYON 3 BED + 3 BATH | 2-CAR GARAGE | 2,742 SQ. FT. | 41.92 +/- ACRES | $4,500,000 SKI-IN/SKI-OUT PROPERTY Inspiration Point Highlands Neighborhood SPANISH PEAKS MOUNTAIN CLUB SPANISH PEAKS MOUNTAIN CLUB 5 BED + 5.5 – 6 BATH | 4,275 +/- SQ. FT. | STARTING FROM $4,150,000 3 - 6 BED + 3.5 - 5.5 BATH | 2,914 - 4,620 +/- SQ. FT. | STARTING AT $3,150,000 4 Nov. 6 - 19, 2020 OPINION Explore Big Sky Veterans Day is Nov. 11. How do you honor the veterans in your life? Soren Solari Heather Porlier Joy Wadleigh Blair Mohn Big Sky, MT Bozeman, MT Seal Beach, CA Big Sky, MT “My father fought in World War II “Well this week it was to vote. And, “I live in a beach town [that] has a … “I have just one veteran in my life who [in] the Battle of the Bulge so I grew yeah, just honor all the things and all Navy base there so we do Veteran’s was my father who was in the Korean up with lots of stories about what war the sacrifices made. My granddad was Day activities at the school. There’s War. And in terms of his service every actually is. The most important thing a colonel in the army for 40 years, so 800 kids in the school and there’s 120 year on Veterans Day, I thank him for is to at least honor the sacrifices that we always have like a big dinner and that are military children. They bring it. But I can’t say that I think of that people have made, and the families then my father-in-law was a counselor out the Hummer on the playground more often with him than on Veterans have made around them. I think and maybe for 30 years … we just all and they’ll have speeches on campus, Day. I call dad and say, ‘thanks for [about] the atrocities that those battles get together and it’s a pretty huge part and so Veterans Day is usually your service.’” and wars ... incur upon our society of our family.” celebrated at some point during the and Americans and the world at large. week on campus.” And I think the more we can work toward a world where we don’t have to fight those, the better.” Letter to the Editor: Beaver // Castor canadensis RE: ‘Resort towns feel strain from J-1, other visa restrictions’ (EBS - Oct. 22, 2020) To the Editor: There are actually two temporary foreign worker programs in use in the Big Sky area and nationally. The second is the H2B seasonal visa program. I reviewed data from both programs from previous years which listed 444 temporary workers in the Big Sky - 100 colonies estimated in 2015 in Resort District. The majority of the wages were below $12 per hour. Yellowstone National Park I must take issue with a primary claim in your story that use of these low-wage workers - One colony may support 2–14 are necessary to maintain services, et al. Economic studies in other locations have found DID YOU beavers that are usually related. Six low-wage rates to be the primary drivers of J1 and H2B workers. The largest such study is considered average was conducted in 2016 in southern Florida by Harvard economist George Borjas. This study found that entry-level and lesser-skilled wage rates declined by about 25 percent - YNP’s beavers escaped most of the when the labor force expanded by just 8 percent through a foreign worker program. KNOW? trapping that occurred in the 1800s My conclusions are: due to the region’s inaccessibility 1) There might be an adjustment period for local businesses to attract a more permanent work force, but Big Sky will not be materially harmed. Unregulated trapping, deforestation, and destruction of dams due to unwanted flooding have continued to affect the beaver population.
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