Artist Lisa Gleim Captures Surrounding Contours LPHS Fall Athletics All-State, All-Conference Honorees Hannahs Leaving His Mark at BSSD TABLE of CONTENTS OPINION
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Dec. 4 - 17, 2020 Volume 11 // Issue #25 Big Sky Resort kicks off ski season Big Sky Relief launches weekly COVID-19 surveillance testing Artist Lisa Gleim captures surrounding contours LPHS fall athletics All-State, All-Conference honorees Hannahs leaving his mark at BSSD TABLE OF CONTENTS OPINION.................................................................... 4 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT..........................................21 LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS..................................................6 SPORTS......................................................................33 LOCAL......................................................................... 8 HEALTH.....................................................................35 OP NEWS.................................................................... 8 BUSINESS...............................................................42 OBITUARY...............................................................13 DINING....................................................................42 ENVIRONMENT & OUTDOORS..................................17 FUN...........................................................................43 Dec. 4 - 17, 2020 Big Sky Resort kicks off ski season Volume 11, Issue No. 25 Owned and published in Big Sky, Montana 50 Thanksgiving Day marked more than turkey, mashed potato and stuffing-filled tables, it was also Big Sky Resort’s opening day of the 2020-2021 ski season. After an extended layoff between seasons due to COVID-19, skiers and riders were eager to indulge their craving for the slopes. PUBLISHER Eric Ladd | [email protected] Big Sky Relief launches weekly COVID-19 EDITORIAL 8 surveillance testing EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, VP MEDIA Beginning Dec. 7, the partners of Big Sky Relief are offering weekly COVID-19 surveillance Joseph T. O’Connor | [email protected] tests to members of the Big Sky community. Surveillance testing will be available until spring ASSOCIATE EDITOR and results are anticipated to be available in a day or less. Brandon Walker | [email protected] NEW MEDIA LEAD Artist Lisa Gleim captures surrounding contours Mira Brody | [email protected] 21 Imagine painting a landscape, more specifically, the natural beauty of the mountainous terrain STAFF WRITER southwest Montana has to offer—all while experiencing it firsthand. That’s the experience artist Gabrielle Gasser | [email protected] Lisa Gleim immerses herself in as she creates her stunning paintings. CREATIVE LPHS fall athletics All-State, All-Conference honorees 34 Fifteen Lone Peak High School fall athletes were selected to postseason honors at season’s end. LEAD DESIGNER Marisa Opheim | [email protected] Each of the four fall LPHS varsity athletic teams had at least one player receive All-State or All- Conference honors. GRAPHIC DESIGNER ME Brown | [email protected] Hannahs leaving his mark at BSSD SALES AND OPERATIONS 33 A Montana native, Big Sky School District athletic director and middle school English teacher John Hannahs was raised in Parkman, Wyoming. The three-sport athlete attended Montana CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Megan Paulson | [email protected] State University before accepting a position at BSSD supporting students on the court and in the classroom. VP, SALES AND MARKETING EJ Daws | [email protected] Opening Shot 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 Linda Arnold, Jessianne Castle, Sierra Cistone, Dan Egan, Kim The vantage point from Beehive Basin provides stunning views of all the mountains in and around Big Sky. Standing on a ridge that marks the beginning of the Spanish Peaks range, a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, provides a view point of Lone Mountain on the Holst, Michelle Horning, Ted Kooser, left and Fan Mountain on the right. PHOTO BY GABRIELLE GASSER Derek Lennon, John McArthur, Scott Mechura, Samuel Orazem, Wes Overvold, Harrison Raine, Kene EDITORIAL POLICIES Sperry, Bay Stephens, Jonathan Stone, David Tucker, Todd Wilkinson, 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 December 18, 2020 issue: Explore Big Sky. EBS reserves the right to edit express views and share how they would like to December 9, 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. 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What am I missing here? Designation would certainly ensure that more people from outside Montana would visit the valley. Look at what happened following the When I consider “wild,” or wildness, I seldom think of huge gravel trucks designation of the Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River: party and construction vehicles speeding up or down the road at excessive rates boats by the score hoping for an authentic Lewis and Clark experience. of speed, belching exhaust fumes and producing enough engine noise Try finding wildness or solitude or a campsite on the Missouri these days to obliterate the sounds of moving water or bird life. Where “scenic” is during peak season. concerned, I do not often seek out views of bumper-to-bumper vehicles filled with impatient people jostling for position so they can pass any But wait … designation would certainly bring more dollars into the vehicle that dares to be driving the posted speed limit. Most of my wild area. Maybe this is precisely why Mr. Scholz is urging support. Every destinations do not include seeing people flipping each other off or commercial venture that relies on the river could advertise the river’s new hearing vehicle occupants shouting profanity at people walking along status and bring forth even more dollars. Impact on the river be damned. a highway. Designation does nothing toward restoration unless all the new dollars I also seldom seek out rivers that have hordes of fishermen competing for are so directed. I won’t hold my breath on that one. We can watch the places to fish and I certainly do not look for views of stacked lines of rafts algae bloom expand and the volume of trash on the shoreline increase. filled with bobble-headed paddlers who shout and cheer loudly as they survive each run through life-threatening Class 2 rapids while waving at Continue to use up the resource, wildness or whatever it may be … use it fishermen who now must hope the fish will start feeding again before the up, exploit it, despoil it and then look for the next best place. Abandoned next flotilla arrives. And I generally prefer water free of algal blooms