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Montana Special Olympics 2009 State Games in Bozeman May 13-15

The City of Bozeman, Montana begins its initial year of a three-year agreement to hold the Montana Special Olympics Games. In this year's Special Olympics 2009, the 72 visiting teams, comprised of about 1,000 athletes, will compete, coached by 450, in fourteen Olympic-type sports events during the three-day event.

Logo Montana Special OlympicsThe 2009 Montana Special Olympics', 14 competitions will include track and field, gymnastics, triathlon, bowling, kayaking, aquatics, bocce ball, cycling, golf, powerlifting, equestrian, soccer, and horseshoe pitching.

Also offered will be motor activities training for participating, lower-functioning athletes.

Annually, over 1,500 local Bozeman, MT locals are involved in the massive organizing and the actual hosting of the Montana Special Olympic Games, adding $1 million to the Bozeman community.

Special Olympics Montana
P.O. Box 3507
Great Falls, MT 59403
For General Info: 1.800.242.6876

Please consider supporting these Special Montana Olympic Games in Bozeman!

To Speak to Representative: Vicki Dunham
vdunham@somt.org
Call: 406.216.5327

Yellowstone Club Bankruptcy Ruling: Judge Kirschner Rebukes Credit Suisse

On Tuesday, May 12, 2009, according to an article in NewWest.net, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Ralph B. Kirscher declared, "that Credit Suisse actions in making a $375 million loan to the Yellowstone Club were "so far overreaching and self-serving that they shocked the conscience of this court," U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Ralph B. Kirscher on Tuesday ruled that Credit Suisse's secured claim to $232 million of the remaining $310 million loan balance would be "subordinated" to the claims of tradesmen, vendors and other unsecured creditors in the case."

Montana's Madison River Fly Fishing - Montana Trout Fishing Season Is Here

According to the Bozeman, Montana Troutfitters, "Fishing has been good on the Upper Madison!"

Montana's famous, world-class trout fishing, Madison River, is born within Yellowstone National Park where the Firehole and Gibbon Rivers collide. The Upper Madison, as it is called at this point, then flows north about 20 miles to the United States' premier stillwater fishing and man-made, Hebgen Lake.

The Madison River then moves on to 1959 earthquake-formed Quake Lake, after which it flows roughly 50 miles to Montana Power's 1930's-built Ennis Lake. It continues 40 miles, now called the Lower Madison, to Three Forks, Montana, after having cut through Beartrap Canyon and the flat terrain south of Three Forks, MT, but enough history; now is the time to gear up for Montana fly-fishing season!

Yellowstone National Park Receives American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Money

Upper Falls Yellowstone National Park - Brett Fagan 2005On April 23, 2009, United States Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, announced that Yellowstone National Park, in both the states of Wyoming and Montana, will receive $14,735,000 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

The largest of the Yellowstone projects is construction of a new, $9,000,000 wastewater treatment plant near Madison Junction's small log cabin museum and visitor center.

The Montana side of Yellowstone National Park will also get $1,650,000 to construct a micro-hydroelectric facility at Mammoth Hot Springs, which should eliminate close to 700 tons of greenhouse gas and save Yellowstone Park around $80,000/year in electric bills.

All funding is predicated upon addressing critical needs, introducing green technology, stimulating local economies, and bettering your park experience.

About the stimulus monies for Yellowstone National Park, Secretary Ken Salazar said, "They are also an investment in telling the story of America to future generations through our national parks by conserving our awe-inspiring landscapes, our rich culture and our great heritage."

Tour of Bozeman Bike Race - Montana Bike Racing 2009 - Tour de Bozeman

In the sport of bike racing you've heard of the Tour de France, the Vuelta a España, and the Giro d'Italia ...now there's the Tour de Bozeman, Montana's Last Best Bike Race.

This Bozeman, Montana Bicycle Racing Event, slated for Saturday and Sunday, July 25 and 26, 2009, offers a $5,000 Cash Purse and fun for the entire family. Cycling Sprints down Main Street Bozeman; Bicycle Time Trials on Springhill Road; and a Bike Road Race in Bridger Canyon.

Bozeman Masters VeloWatch male and female cyclists burn 1000's of calories and suffer oxygen-debt, pushing their bodies to super-human levels competing in...

  • Saturday, July 25, morning: Springhill Road Cycling Time Trial on a straight, 20 kilometer out -and-back course, along Bozeman's Bridger Mountains.
  • Saturday, July 25, evening: Downtown Bozeman Main Street Bike Sprints along five blocks of Historic Bozeman's Main Street, which will be closed for these brutal 300 meter cycling sprints.
  • Sunday, July 26, morning: Bridger Canyon Road Bike Race on an unrelenting 70 mile course with long, steep climbs and petrifying descents through the Bridger and Bangtail Mountains.
  • Sunday, July 26, afternoon Tour de Bozeman bike racing awards at Bridger Bowl Ski Area.

The Tour of Bozeman Bike Race is a collaboration of three Bozeman-area cycling teams: Bozeman Team Delphine, Gallatin Alpine Sports-Intrinsik Architecture, and Bozeman Masters Velo and is sponsored by both First Interstate Bank of Bozeman and Bridger Orthopedic and Sports Medicine.

Races open to and capped at:
* Men's Pro 1/2 - 100 entrants
* Men's Cat 3 - 100 entrants
* Men's Cat 4/5 - 75 entrants
* Masters 40+ - 100 entrants
* Women's 1-3 - 50 entrants
* Women's 4 - 50 entrants

Register for the Tour de Bozeman - Photo Courtesy of Natasha Westphal