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WEEKLY BUSINESS BRIEFING
KALISPELL BREWING CO. RELEASES CANNED PILSNER
Kalispell Brewing Co. is releas- ing 12 oz. cans of its award-win- ning Two Ski Brewski Pilsner this week.
The downtown brewery part-
nered with the Montana Can-
ning Company, a Bozeman-based
mobile canning operation, to cre-
ate a new opportunity for beer
drinkers. The brewery canned
roughly 1,000 12 oz. cans last
week and will be selling six-packs
at its tasting room at 412 Main Street, as well as at Brix Bottleshop and a bottle shop in Missoula. Snowghost Design created the label for the new cans.
“Everyone likes to camp and hike and raft, and cans do much better in the outdoors than bottles,” said Maggie Doherty, co-owner of Kalis- pell Brewing Co.
Doherty said the aluminum cans will also better store the avor of the beer compared to bottles.
For more information about the brewery, visit kalispellbrewing.com.
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Dan Getman picks peaches at his orchard in Yellow Bay.
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a little packet of seeds and I started my own tomato garden. I though that was pretty good magic and I’ve had a garden ever since.”
On a recent weekday, Getman made deliveries to area schools in Bigfork, Kalispell and Polson, which are among his biggest customers.
“It’s a great program that’s designed to get some real food into the students’ hands,” he said. “They were eating their apple slices out of little sealed plastic bags. Now they recognize what they were missing.”
Getman said he especially enjoys the schools’ crunch day, where every stu- dent in the valley, at 2 p.m., takes a syn- chronized bite.
“You can hear that crunch echo through the valley,” he said.
Teaching students about soil ecology and farming is Getman’s favorite aspect of owning an orchard, and he estimates he hosted 800 visitors in August, includ- ing loads of families.
“First, I introduce them to the trees, and then I tell them about the soil—the life that’s in the soil and the life that goes into the tree and the life that pushes out a bud and a ower and eventually the fruit,” he said. “And when you eat that fruit, that same force of life that came from the earth and entered the tree, it enters you. They get a kick out of that.”
He tells them about the origin of peaches and pronounces their Latin name, Prunus persica, and he teaches them the perfect technique for peach picking.
“To pick a peach, you want to give it a nice full hand and a little tug and a lit- tle twist and it’ll come right o ,” he said. “And that’s the lesson on how to pick a peach.”
And, of course, he hands out a few ripe peaches for them to enjoy.
“It’s just got such a nice gush when you bite into it,” he said.
To arrange a visit to Getmans’ Orchard or place an order, call (406)
871-5499.
tscott@ atheadbeacon.com
Local Kalispell dentist of over 40 years, Dr. Stephen Johnson, is happy to announce the sale of his dental practice to Dr. Dan McAllister. The practice will assume a new name, Montana Dental Works, and Dr. Johnson will continue to see patients, but on a limited basis.
Dr. McAllister is a Montana native who graduated from Montana State University and the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. Following dental school, Dr. McAllister served as a Captain in the U.S. Army, during which time he gained extensive training in oral surgery. He spent one year in Africa, where he worked with local governments to help develop dental infrastructure. After being accepted into an oral surgery residency, he chose to return to Montana to be closer to family.
Also joining the practice is Dr. Sarah Fontana. Dr. Fontana grew up in Minnesota, and graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. She has placed an emphasis on volunteer work, and has gone on several dental related service trips both inside and outside of the United States. Dr. Fontana enjoys all aspects of dentistry and has completed numerous continuing education courses with a focus on prosthodontics, including cosmetics. She recently moved to Montana and is excited to share her passion for dentistry with the Flathead Valley.
Our office welcomes patients of all ages, and we provide a wide range of services including dental implants.
3 Sunset Plaza • Kalispell, MT 59901
(406) 752-1166
www.montanadentalworks.com
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