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Park Service Accepting Bids to

SAFETY

Operate Historic Chalets in Glacier

Find and
The new 10-year
still require the concessioner to provide as “a preferred oferor” for the new con-

overnight private lodging accommoda- tract, which would give the company an concession contract
tions, food and beverage service, cook- opportunity to match or exceed another
ing facilities and environmental educa- concessionaire proposal after the open is anticipated to take
tion and interpretative workshops for application process, according to the
YOUR
guests.
NPS.
efect Jan. 1, 2015
SECURITY
Sperry and Granite Park are the only “Their business is just a little too
remaining historical chalets in Glacier big,” Jennifer Parker, chief of conces-
By DILLON TABISH of the Beacon
and ofer overnight lodging opportuni- sions for the NPS, said of Belton Chalet,
ties during summer. This year’s over- Inc.
The National Park Service is accept-
night reservations at Granite Park cost The provision aims to encourage ing applications to operate two historic
$97 per person and $78 for each addi- competitiveness among prospective bid- — and lucrative — chalets in Glacier Na-
tional person in the same room, plus a ders, Parker said.
tional Park.
state accommodations tax. At Sperry, it For more information about the con- The NPS released a prospectus for
in banking with
costs $201 per person and $141 for each cession contract, visit the National Park the award of a new concession contract
additional person in the same room.
Service Commercial Services website, for both Granite Park and Sperry cha-
a local bank
Despite the seemingly high costs, www.concessions.nps.gov.
lets, two backcountry lodges that are
reservations go fast for the idyllic cha- All ofers must be received by Park- turning 100 years old this summer.
that knos you.
SAFETY
lets that sit hidden away from civiliza- er at Intermountain Region, P.O. Box The current concession contract,
tion in the heart of the national park. 25287, Denver, Colo., 80228-0287, no held by Belton Chalets, Inc., since 2005,
Belton Chalet, Inc., has made about later than 4 p.m. MST on May 19.
will expire Dec. 31. The new 10-year con-
$500,000 annually in gross receipts, ac- A public centennial celebration for tract is anticipated to take efect Jan. 1,
cording to the NPS, which exceeds the Granite Park and Sperry chalets will be 2015. The contract is for seasonal con-

threshold laid out in the concession con- held Aug. 20 at 2 p.m. at the Glacier Out- cession operation of the chalets. Propos-
tract regulations.
door Center in West Glacier.
als must be iled by May 19.
Belton Chalet, Inc. does not qualify
[email protected]
The new concession contract would

Whiteish Legislative Candidate Has

Restraining Order Against Him

Allegations of physical,
According to the original document Lieser is running unopposed.
signed by Whiteish Municipal Judge Reached by telephone, Myers said
verbal abuse leveled
Bradley Johnson, Jacobs sought the re- the order of protection does not under-
straining order due to a “general history mine the strength of his candidacy or his against local attorney,
of uninvited physical con-
ability to serve efectively
tact/abuse” by Myers.
in the state legislature.
House candidate
“Based upon the peti- “I feel motivated and
tioner’s testimony Judge hopeful about the future, By TRISTAN SCOTT of the Beacon
Johnson found that she and I’m conident that I

has a reasonable belief can be a strong candidate A candidate for Whiteish’s House
that bodily harm/injury and represent my commu- District 5 has a restraining order against
could befall her during nity if elected,” he said. “I him prohibiting contact with a former
contact with the respon- have had some personal girlfriend due to allegations that he
dent,” the order states.
demons in the past but physically abused and threatened the
According to court
I’ve dealt with them and woman on multiple occasions.
papers, a February 2013
emerged a stronger per-
John Michael Myers, 30, a White-
hearing on the order of
son.”
ish attorney running as a Republican

protection was disrupted
Myers is a graduate
in the race for HD 5, which encompasses
when Myers, who did not
of Flathead High School
Whiteish, is restricted by court order
attend the hearing, called
and an honors graduate of from having contact with his ex-girl-
the court clerk on the telephone and Gonzaga University. He earned his law friend, Angela Jacobs, with whom he
used profane language until Johnson in- degree from Washington and Lee Uni- previously lived, as well as her young
structed the clerk to hang up.
versity in Virginia and had a legal prac-
son. The order of protection, issued in
In an emailed statement to the Bea- tice in Pennsylvania.
February 2013, was set to remain in ef-

con, Myers said he’s since learned from He’s since opened his own legal
fect through February 2018.
the relationship’s tumult and moved on.
practice in Whiteish, specializing in A stipulated order of protection,
“As with all failed relationships there civil litigation, family law, oil and gas entered in District Court last month,
are lessons to be learned. I am grateful law, immigration law, NFA gun trusts reduces the duration of the order’s ef-
though that both parties were able to and criminal defense. Myers serves on fectiveness by two years, ending in Feb-
reach an agreement on the matter and various nonproit boards, once served ruary 2016. The case ile is now sealed,
move on with our lives,” he wrote.
on Kalispell’s school board and coaches according to the clerk of court’s oice
The race for HD5 includes one other legislative debate at Flathead High.
administrator, though the Beacon ob-

www.ThreeRiversBankMontana.com
Republican, Doug Adams, in the GOP [email protected]
tained a copy of the outstanding munici-
primary, while incumbent Democrat Ed
pal court order.