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PEOPLE IN BUSINESS

IMMANUEL SKILLED CARE REVOLUTIONARY “MONTANA FLATHEAD BOOSTER CLUB Simpson and Marlin Hanson, who cited
CENTER HIRES BRAD CHEEK AS MADE” RIFLE LAUNCHED ON PRESIDENT EARNS STATEWIDE the groups’ outstanding contributions
CARE CENTER ADMINISTRATOR
WORLD STAGE
HONOR
of time, labor, equipment and capital to-
Brad Cheek has joined Immanuel Miller Precision Arms, of Colum- Trina Stivers, president of the Flat- wards the building of the Championship
Lutheran Communities as the executive bia Falls, made a big impact among the head Booster Club, received the annual 18-hole golf course.
These committees will be formally
director for the Immanuel Skilled Care international shooting community at a statewide Community Partner in Edu-
Center. He will be responsible for the two-day January event preceding Shot cation Award. Stivers was nominated introduced at the KGA’s annual meeting,
overall operation of Immanuel Skilled Show in Las Vegas. The invitation only based on her involvement in heading the April 16. All Bufalo Hill members, past
Care Center, including staing, patient (media outlet and industry buyer) event newly reformed Flathead Booster Club. and present, are invited to attend the in-
care and compliance with state and fed- ofers insiders the unique ability to han- Under her guidance, the club raised over duction ceremony at the annual meeting
eral regulations.
dle and assess this year’s new irearms $40,000 last year to help support more to celebrate with the committees’ living
“Our goal of providing a personal- for themselves.
than 20 FHS activities and this year members and families of the deceased
members.
ized, caring approach to health care ex- “The MPA300 Guardian is my pick looks like it will be another record set-
tends beyond our medical services to ev- for the best rile at Media Day” said ting year for monetary support for the
ery touch point with our residents,” said Steve Johnson of the Firearmblog.com.
club largely due to Trina’s vision and MOODY NAMED
Brad Cheek. “We are wholly committed “We deinitely relived our ield trials direction, according to those who nomi- NORTHWESTERN’S KALISPELL
to our resident-centered care model and for the folks at media and buyer days,” nated her.
DISTRICT MANAGER
will ensure every aspect supports our said Kevin O’Reilly, marketing direc- “She works tirelessly and for the ben-
promise to residents that they will drive tor and partner at MPA. “We ran 2,600 eit of all students. This is evident by her
every key decision about their health rounds through the MPA300 Win Mag presence at numerous athletic contests,

care and activity choice from the minute AR before needing to break it down and concerts, and speech meets,” Flathead
them move in.”
clean it. We then ran an additional 1,400 principal Pete Fusaro said in his nomi-
Brad has 20 years of experience rounds before all test shooters were in- nation letter. “She is a dedicated parent
working in longterm care, working for 18 ished.”
who cares deeply about Flathead High
years at Delmar Gardens in Las Vegas. Made from 7075-T6 aircraft grade School and about the health and well-
While at Delmar Gardens, Brad worked aluminum, the MPA300 is tailored being of all students.”
irst as the director of environmental for the serious precision shooter. The Stivers has also been involved for

services and inally as the assistant ad- Guardian is designed to weigh the same two years with the FHS Touchdown
ministrator for this 242-bed nursing as the M110 sniper rile, but yield twice Club and has made contributions in that Tom Moody has been named manag-
home. Since leaving DelMar Gardens, the range – 1,600 yards. The MPA300 arena as well. Also, to provide assistance er of district operations for NorthWest-
Brad has been the administrator in sev- Guardian also comes in a lightened ver- to Elrod Elementary, Stivers created ern Energy’s Kalispell district. The Ka-
eral facilities in Nevada and Wyoming. sion for the sportsman weighing in at ap- the Flathead Christmas Book Drive to lispell native is currently the construc-
Brad has expressed that he is very excit- proximately 8.5 pounds.
get FHS students involved in donating tion manager in the company’s Butte
ed about joining the Care Center team “We are talking about a huge stride books to their library.
division.
in an efort to continue God’s mission in here for sport hunters. To be able to get Stivers will be recognized at the The Kalispell district is focused on

serving the current residents and sup- on target with large game and get of 2014 Montana Association of Secondary natural-gas distribution operations in
porting the Kalispell community.
rapid follow up strikes with virtually no School Principals Annual Spring Con- the Flathead Valley communities of
recoil is a major advantage and far more ference April 9 - 11 in Bozeman.
Kalispell, Whiteish, Columbia Falls,
NORTH VALLEY HOSPITAL humane,” said Dean Grommet, SCI Somers and Bigfork. The district is part
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST member and partner at MPA.
NEW HEAVEN SCENT of NorthWestern’s Missoula division
PLACES TO WORK
Miller Precision Arms is made and WAREHOUSE AND SHOWROOM
and has about 15 employees.
manufactured in Montana and is vet- Heaven Scent Solutions recently Moody, a graduate of Flathead High
eran owned. For more information, you opened its manufacturing warehouse School, holds a bachelor’s degree in

can ind them online at MillerPrecision- and showroom in Whiteish, where civil engineering from Montana State
Arms.com, Facebook and Twitter.
clients can choose their own custom- University-Bozeman. He has earned
blended scents for their cleaning prod- the professional engineer designation
AMERICORPS NCCC HELPS ucts. Through its online website, Heav- in Montana and California. He also has
BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING
en Scent ships product as far west as an associate’s degree in surveying from
AmeriCorps National Civilian Com- California, east to New York City, and Flathead Valley Community College and
munity Corps (NCCC) sent a team of 10 south to Texas. The company is soon to holds the Montana professional land

young adults to partner up with Habitat be adding two distributorships in Cali- surveyor designation.
for Humanity of Flathead Valley (HF- fornia with future plans to develop dis-
HFV). The team served with HFHFV to tributorships in the top ten nominated RE/MAX AGENT RECOGNIZED
North Valley Hospital has once again build afordable housing in the Flathead “green” cities in the U.S.
WITH REGIONAL SALES
been recognized for being one of the Valley located.
Heaven Scent intends to stimulate PRODUCTION AWARD
best places to work in the Flathead Val- HFHFV was founded to build aford- the local economy with healthy “green, Cherie Hansen, with RE/MAX Big-
ley. The Flathead Job Service Employ- able housing for low-income families sustainable products” and servant lead- fork, ranked No. 3 overall in the state of
ers Council awarded North Valley as the in the Flathead Valley. With monthly ership based business practices both in Montana for total sales in 2013.

Employer of Choice in the large employ- mortgage payments as low as $301.00, the homes and businesses they serve Hansen has been working in the real
er category for 2014.
families with as little as $18,000 in an- and the products they provide. Their estate industry in Bigfork for more than
North Valley was recognized for its nual income are able to qualify for Hab- mission: to refresh the world; to inspire 35 years. Among Hansen’s achievements
Planetree philosophy of patient-cen- itat homeownership. Using donated through optimism; to create value and are Montana Association of Realtors
tered care that focuses on respect for materials, donated professional ser- make a diference.
salesperson of the Year, RE/MAX Pres-
each other and creating a collaborative vices, homeowner “sweat equity” and For more information, please visit tigious Hall of Fame Inductee, and RE/
environment of teamwork. Its compen- volunteer labor, HFHFV keeps its con- http://www.yourheavenscent.com or MAX top 1 percent of all agents in Paciic

sation and beneits package, education struction costs low. A quality that sets email [email protected].
Northwest Region.
and development, and encouragement of HFHFV apart from other low-income “Hansen has been an integral mem-
mental and physical wellness were other housing programs is their commitment BUFFALO HILL GOLF CLUB ber of our team and is more than de-
assets that put North Valley at the top of to the environment. By building to the HALL OF FAME NOMINATIONS
serving of this very prestigious award,”
the list. This is the third time in the last highest Northwest Energy Star certii- The expansion and inance commit- said Jef LaGrange, Paciic Northwest
year that North Valley was recognized cation standards and by recycling build- tees of the 1970s and former Kalispell regional vice President. “Winning this
for being a great place to work with the ing materials through the ReStore, they Mayor Norma Happ have been named as award is a tremendous accomplishment.
two earlier awards from Montana West demonstrate their commitment to envi- the 2014 inductees into the Bufalo Hill Cherie Hansen continues to raise the

Economic Development and Becker’s ronmental stewardship.
Golf Club Hall of Fame.
bar in real estate, making us and this
Hospital Review.
This group was nominated by Larry
community proud.”