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™ Your local source for news, culture and events Oct. 12-25, 2018 Volume 9 // Issue #21 HATCHing a better future at Moonlight Basin Celebrating birds of prey Tech summit rolls out ‘maker bus’ Halloween fest to bring the fright Making it in Big Sky: Milkie’s #explorebigsky explorebigsky explorebigsky @explorebigsky ON THE COVER: The annual fall raptor migration is happening in the skies above Montana, and you can read more about it on page 18. Great horned owls, like the one seen in this photo, do not migrate and can be seen in the Greater Yellowstone year-round with keen eyesight and a little luck. NPS PHOTO TABLE OF CONTENTS OCTOBER 12, 2018 – OCTOBER 25, 2018 Section 1: News Volume 9, Issue No. 21 Opinion...........................................................................................5 HATCHing a better Owned and published in Big Sky, Montana Local..................................................................................................6 future at Moonlight PUBLISHER Eric Ladd | [email protected] Montana.......................................................................................15 8 Basin EDITORIAL MANAGING EDITOR Section 2: Environment, Sports, Business, Tyler Allen | [email protected] Dining & Health Celebrating birds SENIOR EDITOR of prey Sarah Gianelli | [email protected] Environment.............................................................................17 18 STAFF WRITER Sports...........................................................................................20 Bay Stephens | [email protected] Business......................................................................................26 Tech summit rolls CREATIVE Dining............................................................................................29 7 LEAD DESIGNER out ‘maker bus’ Carie Birkmeier | [email protected] Health...........................................................................................30 GRAPHIC DESIGNER Marisa Specht | [email protected] Halloween fest to Section 3: Outdoors, Fun & Back 40 SENIOR VIDEO EDITOR 47 Ryan Weaver | [email protected] bring the fright Outdoors....................................................................................33 LEAD VIDEOGRAPHER Jennings Barmore | [email protected] Fun..................................................................................................43 Making it in Big Sky: SALES AND OPERATIONS Back 40.......................................................................................44 CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 26 Milkie’s Megan Paulson | [email protected] Section 44: : Arts && Entertainment...........................45 Entertainment.................49 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SALES AND MARKETING EJ Daws | [email protected] MEDIA AND EVENTS DIRECTOR Ersin Ozer | [email protected] OPENING SHOT MEDIA SALES ASSOCIATE Sam Brooks [email protected] DISTRIBUTION DIRECTOR Doug Hare | [email protected] MARKETING MANAGER Blythe Beaubien | [email protected] CONTRIBUTORS Matthew Brown, Jessianne Castle, Jackie Rainford Corcoran, Neala Fugere, Lou Ann Harris, Amy Hunter, Anna Husted, Ted Kooser, Jes Lyman, Jamie Mathis, Scott Mechura, Brooks Nuanez, Colter Nuanez, Marin Palmer, Peter Schmitt, Patrick Straub, Andrea Wick, Todd Wilkinson, Ciara Wolfe EDITORIAL POLICY Outlaw Partners, LLC is the sole owner of Explore Big Sky. 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Any unauthorized reproduction is expressly prohibited. 4 October 12 - 25, 2018 Explore Big Sky Proposed Big Sky substation moving through Hungry Moose closes for county review renovations, hosts storewide sale EBS STAFF EBS STAFF On Sept. 28, NorthWestern Energy submitted application materials for a The Hungry Moose Market and Deli in Big Sky Town conditional use permit and the owners of the proposed Rainham substation site Center will be closed for building renovations from Oct. submitted a zone map amendment, or zoning change, to Gallatin County. 29 to Nov. 9. The project will include installing a new floor and some general maintenance updates. The Big Sky Advisory Committee will review both applications and provide comments and recommendations to the Gallatin County Planning and Zoning Prior to the 12-day