Missoulian back issues from November 1996:
School of jobs: At UM College of Technology, the job market drives the curriculum
Nov 03, 1996; ... Nine weeks ago, 23 students gathered in Missoula to begin a new program that could lead to jobs. They're studying "pharmacy technology," learning things to help them assist pharmacists. It's a one-year course of study that was launched this year a the University of Montana College of ...
Accord limits log exports
Nov 08, 1996; ... A coalition of environmentalists and timber cutters reached a legal agreement with the U.S. Forest Service this week that will start to close a loophole that permits log exporters to purchase public timber. "We've had a situation where companies were exporting from the West Coast and ...
New recycler picks up where other left off
Nov 09, 1996; ... Two Missoula entrepreneurs have responded to Missoula's glass-recycling problem by starting a business immediately. "It's the urgency," said Sean Kelledy of the newly formed Our Glass Recyclers. "We can't just say, 'Well, there's another 60 tons gone. Let's hope this gets off the ground ...
Time for a soybreak?
Nov 09, 1996; ... POLSON -- You've tried your morning coffee with cream, with hazelnut extract, with mint, with whiskey, maybe even with croutons. Now how about trying your morning coffee without any coffee at all? Michael and Dawne Kirkwood of Polson have just the product for you -- soybean ...
Mission Power users to get rate cut
Nov 12, 1996; ... POLSON--Mission Valley Power customers will get a taste of the benefits of electric power deregulation with a new rate structure that will actually decrease the cost of electricity. Mission Valley Power, the federally owned, tribally managed power company will hold a series of open ...
E-mail made simple
Nov 10, 1996; ... Just a few years ago, Steve Saroff was running his software business out of the laundry room of his Missoula home. Now, in a downtown office building, the venture has become the leading provider of a specialized type of software for the quick-print industry. "Originally, when we started, ...
Counties launch sales-tax push
Nov 14, 1996; ... HELENA--The Montana Association of Counties began soliciting money Wednesday to conduct a poll to show lawmakers in January that people will support a sales tax, if it's accompanied by significant property-tax relief. Gordon Morris, the association's executive director, asked people from ...
HMO collapses; Local hospitals lose $1.3 million
Nov 17, 1996; ... A plan to form a community-based HMO in Missoula has fallen apart and Missoula's two hospitals are out their $1.3 million investment. Missoula Community Medical Center and St. Patrick Hospital each put up $650,000 to begin the Rocky Mountain Health Alliance, "an expensive education" ...
The anatomy of growth
Nov 17, 1996; ... HAMILTON--Ravalli County continues to grow at a quick and steady pace. In 1995, county officials approved subdivisions for residential development on 465 lots, encompassing 2,500 acres. And in the first nine months of 1996, subdivisions totaling 472 lots were approved, taking in 4,387 ...
Home at the office
Nov 17, 1996; ... Emily Miller-Chumrau runs the kind of business night find in an office building. But she the market-research firm from her Missoula home. "You can't beat the overhead," Miller-Chumrau said of the office in her house. "I have a nice space here--it's what I need. More of my money can go ...
Home at the office
Nov 17, 1996; ... Emily Miller-Chumrau runs the kind of business night find in an office building. But she the market-research firm from her Missoula home. "You can't beat the overhead," Miller-Chumrau said of the office in her house. "I have a nice space here--it's what I need. More of my money can go ...
The anatomy of growth
Nov 17, 1996; ... HAMILTON--Ravalli County continues to grow at a quick and steady pace. In 1995, county officials approved subdivisions for residential development on 465 lots, encompassing 2,500 acres. And in the first nine months of 1996, subdivisions totaling 472 lots were approved, taking in 4,387 ...
Counties launch sales-tax push
Nov 14, 1996; ... HELENA--The Montana Association of Counties began soliciting money Wednesday to conduct a poll to show lawmakers in January that people will support a sales tax, if it's accompanied by significant property-tax relief. Gordon Morris, the association's executive director, asked people from ...
Columbia Falls plant suffers malfunction
Nov 16, 1996; ... Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. emitted 3.3 tons of particulate pollution during a malfunction that left the plant without pollution-control equipment for 21 hours earlier this week, a state air quality officer confirmed Friday. But Karen Clavin, an environmental engineer with the state ...
Tax scare
Nov 23, 1996; ... HELENA -- Property values on homes and businesses have shot up by 43 percent in Montana over the past four years, preliminary figures Revenue Department released Friday show. If not adjusted, these reappraisal figures would lead to large property-tax increases for many Montana homeowners ...
FVCC proposes degree program in goldsmithing
Nov 20, 1996; ... The lab is in place, qualified instructors are on staff and several classes are already offered. All Flathead Valley Community College needs now is the green light from the state Board of Regents and Montana will have its first professional goldsmithing degree program. "We ...
Stone's workers set safety milestone
Nov 27, 1996; ... Stone Container Corporation reached a safety milestone on Tuesday, Nov. 19. One million hours were worked by employees without an accident causing any employee to miss their next shift. This is the first time in Stone Container's 39-year history that this has happened and it ...
The art of zymurgy -- It's the latest thing: Microbrewers are tapping into the new specialty beer market
Nov 29, 1996; ... Fifty-one beers are on tap at the Rhino bar in Missoula, and most of them are microbrews. "If we wanted to, we could have 300," said Kevin Head, an owner of the bar. "We're talking about super premium beer." Microbrew -- the "craft beer" from small breweries -- has grown ...
The moxie doxie
Nov 30, 1996; ... The doggie in Amy Crookshanks' window is not for sale. But she is selling dachshund note cards. And dachshund CD holders, footlockers, floor mats, paperweights, bookends and house signs. And mouse pads, cross-stitch kit and T-shirts. Crookshanks is proprietor of one of Missoula's ...
Stone's workers set safety milestone
Nov 27, 1996; ... Stone Container Corporation reached a safety milestone on Tuesday, Nov. 19. One million hours were worked by employees without an accident causing any employee to miss their next shift. This is the first time in Stone Container's 39-year history that this has happened and it ...
Tax scare
Nov 23, 1996; ... HELENA -- Property values on homes and businesses have shot up by 43 percent in Montana over the past four years, preliminary figures Revenue Department released Friday show. If not adjusted, these reappraisal figures would lead to large property-tax increases for many Montana homeowners ...
HMO collapses; Local hospitals lose $1.3 million
Nov 17, 1996; ... A plan to form a community-based HMO in Missoula has fallen apart and Missoula's two hospitals are out their $1.3 million investment. Missoula Community Medical Center and St. Patrick Hospital each put up $650,000 to begin the Rocky Mountain Health Alliance, "an expensive education" ...
FVCC proposes degree program in goldsmithing
Nov 20, 1996; ... The lab is in place, qualified instructors are on staff and several classes are already offered. All Flathead Valley Community College needs now is the green light from the state Board of Regents and Montana will have its first professional goldsmithing degree program. "We ...
Realty board weighs action against Missoula company
Nov 22, 1996; ... The state Board of Realty Regulation is considering disciplinary action against some of the principal figures at Lambros Real Estate, one of the most prominent realty companies in Montana. Allegations center on a property-management venture that has been charged with improperly handling ...
Glass recycling makes a crushing comeback
Nov 24, 1996; ... All that glitters is not gold. Around Missoula, it just might be asphalt mix. The shine around town lately has come from glass -- mountains of it that can't be recycled since late October, when the market dropped out of the economically possible range for Missoula recycling ...
The art of zymurgy -- It's the latest thing: Microbrewers are tapping into the new specialty beer market
Nov 29, 1996; ... Fifty-one beers are on tap at the Rhino bar in Missoula, and most of them are microbrews. "If we wanted to, we could have 300," said Kevin Head, an owner of the bar. "We're talking about super premium beer." Microbrew -- the "craft beer" from small breweries -- has grown ...
The moxie doxie
Nov 30, 1996; ... The doggie in Amy Crookshanks' window is not for sale. But she is selling dachshund note cards. And dachshund CD holders, footlockers, floor mats, paperweights, bookends and house signs. And mouse pads, cross-stitch kit and T-shirts. Crookshanks is proprietor of one of Missoula's ...