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Evelyn Rose Niland, 87 - Montana Standard

Evelyn “Evie” Niland peacefully passed away on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, surrounded by family at the Anaconda Community Nursing Home.Evelyn was the matriarch of her large family, and spent most of her 87 years providing care and upbringing for her nine children, 18 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. She was a pillar of strength and resilience for both her close, and extended family.Evelyn was born on Oct. 13, 1928, to James and Loretta Burgess in Anaconda, Montana where she was raised, and lived her entire life. She was the second in line of four children. She attended St. Peter’s Catholic Elementary School, and graduated from St. Peter’s Catholic High School. Evie recalled fondly working at the Montana Standard office before marrying Bill Niland in 1949. Bill and Evelyn raised their family in the St. Paul’s Catholic Church. She also was a member of the Daughters of Isabella, Fraternal Order of Eagles and Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians. A very proud moment for her was when she was chosen to the Grand Marshal of the AOH St. Patrick’s Day Parade. As a woman of faith, she star... http://mtstandard.com/news/local/obituaries/evelyn-rose-niland/article_ec6ce633-6618-5245-b9a5-4c4fd501ee47.html

How does Encore Boston Harbor keep its flowers so fresh? Meet the shrub whisperer - The Boston Globe

You’re at Encore.”If casino flowers as transformational sounds like a load of corporate hooey — and it does — spend an hour or two with Chadwick, a redwood tree of a man with a quiet demeanor, a Montana accent, and nearly 40 employees in his department.First, he’ll hit you with the numbers. There are 900 trees, 100,000 shrubs, and 55,000 flowers — and that’s just outside.Inside, mingling with the slot machines and table games, the conference space and hotel rooms, are 4,000 potted flowers, many of which are switched out daily, all of which are swapped every two weeks. Special color schemes are coming for the fall, Christmas, Chinese New Year, and spring.“The lobby also evolves as the seasons evolve,” he said.Mums surrounded a decorative urn in the lobby at the casino.(David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)Amid the array of flowers are 4,000 pots of foliage plants, including 95 kentia palms, native to Australia.Each of the casino’s 671 hotel rooms have at least one plant. More than 120 have a five-orchid arrangement. The top-end rooms have even more greenery.All the casino resort’s plant razzle-dazzle isn’t something you can just go and buy at Mahoney’s. Chadwick and his team of gardeners, florists, supervisors, and managers plan and plan and plan, he said.AdvertisementThey purchase flowers about a year in advance and work with a range of ve... https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/08/18/everett-casino-charge-green/0IdI0WQBNr1CF6KiDWeYtM/story.html

BBB consumer warning: Graduation gifts that never arrive - KTVZ

There are local, independent BBBs across the United States, Canada and Mexico, including BBB Northwest + Pacific, which serves more than 15 million consumers across Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Hawaii and Western Wyoming. https://www.ktvz.com/news/bbb-consumer-warning-graduation-gifts-that-never-arrive/1083986113

'The Fire Within': 9 years of honoring Great Falls women in business - Great Falls Tribune

Crocker who kept his nomination a secret. "I was shocked...I had no idea," she said. "It was pretty humbling. There's a lot of pretty amazing people in Great Falls, Montana, and so to know people thought I was doing something awesome felt really good." The Good Wood Guys live by their words as "born ra... https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2019/04/01/the-fire-within-9-years-honoring-great-falls-women-business/3314905002/

Bullard, ‘Top Chef’ finalist Doug Adams’ Texas-inspired Portland restaurant, opens Saturday - OregonLive.com

Jennifer Quist are finally opening in downtown Portland this Saturday.The five-foot-nothing chef, who spent time studying, fishing and playing bluegrass music in Montana, found his real voice cooking in Portland, first rising through the ranks at his mentor Vitaly Paley’s restaurants, then watching his career take off after a top three finish on season 12 of Bravo TV’s “Top Chef."Bullard the restaurant has come a long way too. First announced more than two years ago, Adams’ and Quist’s passion project has been among Portland’s most highly anticipated restaurants ever since, even as delays at the surrounding Woodlark hotel pushed the restaurant’s opening back by more than a year.But now the brown leather booths are in place. The whiskey is arranged behind the bar. The hearth fire is burning in the open kitchen. And the fictional flag of Bullard -- a custom cross between the flags of Texas and Oregon, complete with Texas longhorns pulling a covered wagon -- is hanging on the wall.As first reported by The Oregonian/OregonLive way back in September 2016, Bullard is meant to reflect both Adams’ Texas upbringing and his current Oregon home. In practice, that means carefully sourced meat, fish and produce, much of it treated with smoke or live fire... https://www.oregonlive.com/dining/2018/12/bullard-top-chef-finalist-doug-adams-texas-inspired-portland-restaurant-opens-saturday.html