Montana State University paleontologist Jack Horner was recently recognized as one of the top 24 scientists in the world by Newton Graphic Science Magazine, a respected magazine published in Japan.

                                                                                                                Photo Angie Ripple
The 24 scientists included individuals distinguished for their research in medicine, physics, space science and other fields. In addition to Horner, scientists recognized and interviewed by the publication included Rudolph Tanzi, who is known for his research on Alzheimer’s disease; theoretical physicist Lisa Randall of Harvard University; Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, a cardiologist and pan-zoologist; climate scientist David Vaughan; and Albert Fert, who won a Nobel Prize in physics.

Horner is Montana University System Regents Professor of Paleontology and Curator of Paleontology at MSU’s Museum of the Rockies. He is widely recognized as one of the world’s foremost paleontologists and was a leader in the now-common theory that dinosaurs were warm-blooded social creatures more like birds than cold-blooded animals like lizards. He also received a MacArthur “Genius Grant” and served as adviser for the popular Jurassic Park films directed by Steven Spielberg.

In 2013, Horner received the Romer-Simpson Medal, a lifetime achievement award and the highest honor given by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.

The Bozeman Doc Series returns for another season of brilliant, challenging documentaries from around the world. In last year’s inaugural season, the series showcased 14 award-winning films, including 11 Montana premieres, 2 films that would later be nominated for Oscars, and 1 that would go on to win the Oscar for Best Documentary. The series presented major festival award-winners from twelve different countries and screened films in ten different languages focused on subjects ranging from the mountain gorillas of the Congo’s Virunga National Park to Edward Snowden’s revelations to the lives of nomadic fishermen of Borneo.

The second season kicks off October 8th, with the Montana premiere of the critically-acclaimed 2015 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, The Russian Woodpecker.

Young, eccentric Ukrainian artist Fedor Alexandrovich was just four years old when the Chernobyl disaster struck, but the event had a profound effect on him. In seeking to learn more about what happened at the nuclear plant, Fedor becomes fascinated with the Duga - a massive, Soviet-constructed radio antenna near the Chernobyl site that remains shrouded in mystery. Fedor discovers the Duga was one of the USSR’s secret Cold War weapons built to penetrate Western communications systems and, possibly, minds. He arrives at a terrifying conclusion that not only explains the radio antenna’s role in the disaster but also lays bare the cruelty inflicted on Ukraine by its Russian neighbors. Fedor must decide if he will protect his family and himself, or tell the world what he believes. In the package of a wildly inventive paranoid thriller, The Russian Woodpecker takes us on a fascinating journey through a labyrinthine conspiracy theory that becomes more shockingly plausible by the moment.

“4 stars…a rollicking ride of masterly narrative construction unlike any other documentary in Sundance.”  Charlie Phillips, The Guardian
 
“A complex documentary about Chernobyl that is surprisingly, richly enjoyable…inventive, even buoyant in its presentation of several issues that could scarcely be more sobering.” Dennis Harvey, Variety

The series will continue with one screening every other Thursday through April. Doors open at 6:30 PM, and the films begin at 7:00. Tickets are available at the door or before the show at Cactus Records and Movie Lovers. Tickets are also available online at www.bozemandocseries.org, where you can also buy Season Passes and 7-film punch cards, learn more about the series, and view trailers for upcoming films.

The Artists’ Gallery in the Emerson Cultural Center will feature the work of Tad Bradley and Anne Danahy during the month of October.  The show will include a Featured Artist Reception where you can meet the artists and share a glass of wine.

Anne Danahy studied art and literature at the University of California, Davis.  In Bozeman since 1986, her art has won awards at the Sweetpea Festival and other juried competitions.  Anne's paintings exhibit subtle intensity and drama through a deft blend of delicate nuances reminiscent of watercolor, and the bold, vibrant brush strokes unique to oil.  Her paintings have found homes with art lovers across the U.S. and abroad.

After receiving his Master's of Architecture degree from MSU, Tad Bradley has been practicing, teaching and exploring materials as artistic and architectural expressions. He explores architectural compositions within his work, currently focusing on kiln-formed glass. Ideas of transparency, structure and relationships of relativity easily scale from art to architecture. He is compelled to create using an abstract visual language, allowing the greatest breadth of interpretation by those who view the work. Tad is continually seeking to more fully understand materials, fabrication, composition, interpretation and himself through his work. Tad believes that working with one's hands offers a level of knowledge that cannot be learned through any text, no matter how eloquently written.

Come see the artwork and meet its makers at the Featured Artist Reception in The Artists’ Gallery, Friday, October 9th, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® is a movement to reclaim the future for millions. The BOZEMAN Walk to End Alzheimer’s will take place on Sunday, September 20 at Bogert Park at 2:30pm. Opening ceremonies will begin at 2pm and registration starts at 1pm.

Opening ceremonies will begin at 2pm and registration starts at 1pm. Families from throughout the area are encouraged to attend this year’s event to raise awareness and funds to fight Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's participants will complete a two mile walk and will learn about Alzheimer's disease, advocacy opportunities, clinical studies enrollment and support programs and services from the Alzheimer’s Association. Walk participants will also join in a meaningful tribute ceremony to honor those affected by Alzheimer's disease. Exhibitor booths and entertainment will make it a fun occasion for young and old alike.

Start or join a team today at alz.org/walk or 406.252.3053

"We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!" ~ President Thomas Whitmore, "ID4"

Movie Lovers, your locally owned video store, is gearing up to throw our in-store party to celebrate the 5th Annual International Independent Video Store Day!

Beginning in the late-70's with the enterprising invention of the VHS Tape and "Home Video", Video Stores came to represent the greatest outlet for cinematic entertainment and exploration for a generation. Building in popularity, through the 80's and 90's before exploding with the advent of DVD, the local video store became as frequent a stop as the grocery store or gas station. Then, as with every industry boom, big business smelled the potential cash and over-saturated the market with disregard of the looming internet upheaval and digital media formats that were gaining steam in the mid-00's and, as we all know, they bottomed out and all but disappeared. But, the Independent Video Store did not die.

 
Nearly a decade after the big-boys packed up and called it quits, thousands of independent stores remain vigilant and still operate today on the same principles that made us stand out against the chains for over 30 years: giving great customer service, carrying a diverse and eclectic catalog, having a dedicated and knowledgeable staff, and connecting with the community...

Every year, on the third Saturday of October thousands of independent video stores stand alone, together to celebrate and promote the idea of supporting small business, the love of cinema and all the good times home videos have granted us movie lovers over the years and - more importantly -  all the future ones we at 'Movie Lovers' are committed to bringing to our community.

To celebrate the event, all day long on Saturday, October 17th, Movie Lovers will be having free popcorn, soda, rental specials, late-fee amnesty and blowout sales on DVDs and Blu-Rays. Then, beginning at 5pm, there will be pizza, beer, sweets and hourly door prizes donated by Cactus Records, Red Tractor Pizza, The Feed Cafe, Nova Cafe, Erotique, The Bozeman Doc Series, The Bozeman Film Society and more!  

After a slice and drink, please join us at 6:30pm for a Meet & Greet with the staff and local Movie Lover's writers; before a screening of the Movie Lovers Documentary short at 7pm!

So, mark your calendars and make sure to come by and join the staff, our family and friends at Movie Lovers on Saturday, October 17th for a day long celebration of brick & mortar movie stores and all-ages movie appreciation!

Big Hole Brewing is excited to announce today that our Headstrong Montana Pale Ale and Mythical White Grand Reserve ales are now available to beer enthusiasts in 16oz aluminum cans in specialty beer retailers in Kalispell, Missoula, Butte, Wisdom,
Bozeman and Big Sky, Montana.

Big Hole Brewing was founded in 1996 and began brewing that same year in Belgrade, Montana. The brewery was named in recognition and honor of the Big Hole Valley, one of Montana’s pristine wilderness regions with some of the most breathtaking scenery in the State.

Over the years, Big Hole Brewing has worked to educate and excite local craft beer enthusiasts. In May 1997 Big Hole Brewing hosted one of the first known Trappist beer tastings in America at our brewery then located in Belgrade. Twenty years ago the beer scene was really just developing and it was extremely difficult to locate all of the Trappist (beer brewed at a Monastery, under the supervision of the Monks) and Big Hole Brewing took the lead in educating local retail and beer enthusiasts on these extremely rare beers.

Founder Jeff Dafoe states,
“We’ve recognized for a long time that Montanans really enjoy their favorite craft beer from the convenience of a can. We’ve worked over the last few years to find a brilliant solution to offer our beers in a format that provides the best packaging ensuring beer quality, quick chilling and easy handling for either the back-yard or the back-country experience. To meet this end, we have partnered with the brewing artisans at Outlaw Brewing in Bozeman to work with us to brew our world class ales and package these onsite with their new craft beer canning line.”

PacifiCAD announces a move to Bozeman Montana. PacifiCAD has been a trusted consultant to the Design and Construction industries in the Pacific and Mountain Northwest for over 25 years. Founded in 1989, it is a closely held family business with offices in Seattle, Spokane, Boise, and now Bozeman. PacifiCAD is an Autodesk Gold Partner, with authorized specializations in:  Building, Civil Infrastructure, Process & Power, Product Design & Manufacturing, Government, Education, and Advanced Structure.  

As a fixture in Helena Montana for 8 years, PacifiCAD has been dedicated as a provider of Computer Aided Design & Engineering software and services to Architects, Engineers, Construction, and Manufacturing businesses. With the relocation of the Helena office, PacifiCAD has moved into a new location at 1045 Reeves Rd. E, Suite D, Bozeman, MT 59718, and remains faithful to its Montana customers with practices that support their motto of “Customer is King”.

“We are very pleased to announce the move to Bozeman,” says Bill Inman, PacifiCAD’s President.  “Bozeman is centrally located and provides easy access to our customer base throughout Montana, allowing us to better serve our customers with world-class CAD management services, managed IT services, technical support and training.”

PacifiCAD has evolved over its 26 years doing business from the earliest implementation of CAD systems to now providing the newest and most powerful BIM technologies available anywhere. PacifiCAD provides talented and progressive professionals the tools and support they need to build the places we live and work, the roads and infrastructure that drive our global economies and the tools and products that we use to work and play every day of our lives.

PacifiCAD can address every level of your design and engineering support needs; from diverse software technology, automated design and system support tools, certified training, to managed IT services designed specifically for engineering, design, and construction organizations. PacifiCAD remains the only Autodesk Authorized Training Center in Montana and offers a wide range of training options.

PacifiCAD has taken great pride in preserving profound working connections with industry best-in-class leaders that make servicing and nurturing their customer’s with a holistic approach possible. The most comprehensive set of solutions is what you get from PacifiCAD to support your entire project delivery process from concept to completion. PacifiCAD’s many partnerships include Bluebeam PDF solutions, Panzura Global File System, Applied Software, p9 CAM, Aras PLM solutions, Eagle Point, and many others.

Through its partnership with Eagle Point, PacifiCAD has been able to privately brand its own unique version of the Pinnacle Series known as PacXone™, a revolutionary platform for interactive training, technical support, remote assistance, and searchable content in a single, concise interface that is manned and supported by PacifiCAD’s Autodesk certified technical staff.

Government agencies are a large focus of PacifiCAD’s efforts as well. PacifiCAD has partnered with DLT Solutions and Carahsoft to be Montana’s preferred Autodesk solutions provider for all Federal, State, and Local government agencies. PacifiCAD’s team helps government entities maximize their investment in CAD, civil engineering, architectural, GIS, manufacturing and media software.

For more information about PacifiCAD’s new Bozeman office and its services, visit PacifiCAD.com or call 800.722.2621.

PacifiCAD has been serving Engineering, Design, Construction, and Manufacturing Professionals in the Pacific and Mountain Northwest United States for more than 26 years. Headquartered in Spokane, PacifiCAD has offices additionally in Seattle, Boise and Bozeman.

Old Faithful, one of the world’s most iconic natural wonders, now has an even more ecofriendly surrounding thanks to the installation of a newly paved walkway that creates a porous, clean and flexible surface that uses recycled Michelin tires along with other materials.

Unlike asphalt, the new pavement, called Flexi-Pave by KBI, is a durable and permeable surface that is being used to help preserve groundwater flow and better control erosion in the area. The project was completed last week and is already being traversed by visitors who come from around the globe to see the infamous geyser that was first discovered by an expedition to the area in 1870.

While the most important benefit of this new pavement material is the porous surface, it is also heat tolerant and durable with low maintenance requirements. In addition, much of the material comes from recycled Michelin tires used by the park’s fleet of vehicles. Importantly, this repurposed tire rubber and other components create a stable material that does not leach oil—as asphalt can—into a sensitive area.

The new path, which used 900 end-of-life Michelin tires, covers 6,400 square feet in the park. Interestingly, those same tires were donated to Yellowstone by Michelin for use on their vehicles several years ago. After 100K miles, the tires were then recycled for use in this new path.

“The material used to create KBI’s Flexi-Pave is completely benign and therefore can be used safely with the delicate aquifers here in Yellowstone,” said Kevin Bagnall, CEO and founder of KBI. “The path allows 3,000 gallons of groundwater to pass per square foot. It also is designed to diffuse the water’s force, helping prevent erosion.”  

The project was made possible through a partnership between Yellowstone National Park, park concessioners, the Yellowstone Park Foundation, KBI (FlexiPave) and Michelin, which has been a Yellowstone Park Foundation corporate partner since 2008.

In fact, Michelin, which donates about $300,000 worth of its tires and maintenance expertise to the Yellowstone National Park fleet every year, flew in employees from across North America to help complete the path’s construction last week.

“We held a company-wide contest in which we gave our employees from the U.S., Canada and Mexico a chance to spend a week here at Yellowstone and work eight hours a day on this innovative new pathway,” said Leesa Owens, the director of community relations for Michelin. “More than 2,200 entered and 10 were chosen from our facilities to help be a part of this important project and also experience the natural beauty of one of America’s great national treasures.”

“We take the ecological integrity of Yellowstone very seriously,” said Steve Iobst, deputy superintendent of Yellowstone.  “This important project would not have happened without Michelin’s vision and the support of its employees.”
As a major corporate sponsor of the Yellowstone Park Foundation, Michelin donates and helps maintain thousands of tires to equip Yellowstone National Park’s fleet of more than 800 vehicles and equipment, which includes everything from electric carts, patrol cars and garbage trucks to giant earthmoving vehicles, rotary snow plows and large load-hauling tractor trailers.

“The Old Faithful Walkway Project is a great example of what a difference a company devoted to sustainability can make in the world’s first national park,” said Karen Bates Kress, president of the Yellowstone Park Foundation.  “We are fortunate to have a corporate partner as farsighted, public spirited, and generous as Michelin.”

Through the partnership Michelin’s goal is to help Yellowstone National Park reduce its operating expenses and significantly lower the consumption of raw materials, mostly through the implementation of Michelin’s industry leading green tire technologies that save fuel and reduce emissions.  These sustainability goals for tire performance are significant given that, on average, these vehicles collectively travel 3.75 million miles per year on the park’s more than 420 miles of roadways.

“Helping build and provide material for this new pathway is very much in line with Michelin’s goal of working with the Yellowstone Park Foundation,” Owens said. “It has been a very exciting project to be involved in. It doesn’t get more hands on than this.”

About Michelin
Dedicated to the improvement of sustainable mobility, Michelin designs, manufactures and sells tires for every type of vehicle, including airplanes, automobiles, bicycles, earthmovers, farm equipment, heavy-duty trucks and motorcycles. The company also publishes travel guides, hotel and restaurant guides, maps and road atlases. Headquartered in Greenville, S.C., Michelin North America (www.michelin-us.com) employs about 22,700 and operates 20 major manufacturing plants.

About the Yellowstone Park Foundation The Yellowstone Park Foundation (YPF) has been the official fundraising partner of Yellowstone National Park since 1996, and has more than 18,000 individuals, corporations and foundations that donate to YPF each year.  Its mission is to fund projects and programs that protect and preserve the natural and cultural resources, and enhance the visitor experience in Yellowstone.  YPF has raised more than $70 million, and funded more than 250 important projects and initiatives since its inception, including cutthroat trout restoration, wildlife research, trail restoration, and youth education.  For more information, please go to www.ypf.org.

The papers of the late Ivan Doig, called “a presiding figure in the literature of the American West,” will return to the writer’s native state, finding a home at Montana State University, university officials announced today.
 
MSU’s President Waded Cruzado said the university was “overjoyed” at the acquisition of the archive.
 
“Few times in our lives we have an opportunity to witness a transformational event. This is exactly what the acquisition of the Doig collection represents for our library and for Montana State University,” Cruzado said. “The Doig collection will continue to establish Montana State University not only as a great school in agriculture and STEM, but also as a land-grant university fully committed to the humanities."

 
Carol Doig, widow of the celebrated writer who died in April at age 75, said she chose MSU over two major West Coast universities as a location for the archive, which will be housed in the MSU Library’s Special Collections and Archives. In addition, the MSU College of Letters and Science will integrate the papers into several teaching, research and scholarly activities, including a future conference.

 
“Ivan's archive is coming home,” Carol Doig said in announcing the commitment of her husband’s manuscripts, file cards, drafts, slides, tapes and other materials to MSU.
 
“He considered Bozeman as home territory: the shopping center for his family when they lived in Ringling and White Sulphur Springs, and when his family ran sheep in the Bridgers. Montana State University welcomed him early in his writing career, and recognized him with an honorary doctorate. I'm delighted that MSU will make his archive available both locally and globally."

 
Doig, who grew up in White Sulphur Springs and Dupuyer, was a writer of international acclaim who published 16 volumes of fiction and non-fiction. His first book, “This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind,” a poetic memoir published in 1979, was a finalist for the National Book Award. Doig then turned to writing fiction that perennially hit best-seller lists. His final book, “Last Bus to Wisdom,” which was published last month, is currently number 13 on the New York Times fiction best-seller list and number 9 on the National Independent Booksellers Association list.

 
Although he had lived in Seattle for many years, the lives of his characters more often than not shared Doig’s Big Sky roots. In his obituary, the New York Times wrote that Doig “created a body of work that helped shape our understanding of rural working-class life in the postwar American West.”
 
Doig held both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from Northwestern University and a doctorate in history from the University of Washington. He was a former editor of The Rotarian magazine prior to turning to writing books. In 2007, Doig won the prestigious Wallace Stegner Award, named for the fellow prominent novelist and Western historian.

 
A frequent visitor to Bozeman, Doig received an honorary doctorate from MSU in 1984. Doig was profiled in a 2009 issue of MSU’s Mountains and Minds magazine about his book, “The 11th Man,” which was inspired by MSU lore -- the death of 11 players on Montana State College's football team during World War II. In the Mountains and Minds article, Doig spoke about his friendship with MSU’s late President Michael P. Malone, a historian whom Doig considered a colleague.

 
Kenning Arlitsch, dean of the MSU Library, said the library will digitize the entire collection and make it available to the public on the Web as well as in print in the library’s Special Collections and Archives.
 
"By committing Ivan’s archive to MSU, Carol Doig is placing immense trust in the institution and its people," Arlitsch said. “Our proposal to Carol was unique in that it offered a partnership of the MSU Library and the College of Letters and Science that will ensure open access to print and digital versions of the collection, as well as integration with MSU’s teaching and research programs.”

 
Nicol Rae, dean of the MSU College of Letters and Science, said the college plans a scholarly conference on Doig’s legacy to be held in 2017. He added that the arrival of the Ivan Doig Collection at MSU, following the appointment of Rick Bass as the college’s first Western writer in residence earlier this year, cements MSU’s standing as a major center of excellence for teaching and scholarship on the American West.

 
“The arrival of the Doig collection will have a transformational impact on teaching and scholarship on the American West at MSU,” Rae said.  He added that the college will be raising funds for a visiting professorship at MSU named in honor of Doig.
 
Arlitsch and Rae said 26 people, including scholars, local writers and members of the community, wrote in support of housing the archive at MSU.
 
“(The proposal) rallied an enormous expression of support from the Bozeman-area literary community and MSU faculty and administrators,” Arlitsch said. He added that funding the acquisition will be made possible, in part, by a lead gift to the MSU Alumni Foundation by long-time MSU Library supporters Jim and Sue Hamilton of Bozeman.

"We are grateful to Carol Doig for entrusting this extraordinary collection to MSU, and we were delighted to participate in the collaborative effort to make the acquisition," the Hamiltons said in an email statement.