BUSINESS ADVOCACY NEWSLETTER
July 14, 2014
CONTACT LOCAL LEGISLATIVE & COMMISSION CANDIDATES
If you wish to communicate with one or more of the local candidates, please use the list below. I am sure any of the candidates would be happy to communicate with you regarding his or her candidacy.
Senate District 11
Vonnie Brown (D)
Ed Buttrey (R)
65 Gopher Dr 59404 vonnieformt@gmail.com
27 Granite Hill Ln 59405 ebuttrey@senate13.com
788-1568
750-6798
Senate District 12
Sheridan Buck (R)
Mary Sheehy Moe (D)
Senate District 13
Carlie Boland (D)
Brian Hoven (R)
House District 19
Evan Bowser (D)
Randy Pinocci (R)
PO Box 2984 59403
PO Box 278 59403
1215 6th Ave N 59401 ccboland35@gmail.com
1501 Meadowlark Dr 59404 brian@hovenequipment.com
1509 12 Ave S 59405
66 Sun River Cascade Rd 59483 sheridansenate12@gmail.com
Mary.sheehy.moe@gmail.com
952-0983 info@bowserbrew.com
pinocci@3rivers.net
836-9848
868-1029
761-8533
899-4472
264-5391
House District 20
Steve Fitzpatrick (R)
Bob Moretti (D)
House District 21
Tom Jacobson (D)
Cleve Loney (R)
House District 22
Bob Mehlhoff (D)
Eric Tilleman (R)
3205 15th Ave S 59405
909 25th Ave 59404 fitzpatricks@bresnan.net
morettirforHD20@gmail.com
521 Riverview Dr E 59404 tomjacobsonmt@gmail.com
500 Montana Ave NW 59404 cleveloney@gmail.com
407 9th St NW 59404
701 Mountain View Cascade 59421 rmehlhoff@yahoo.com
eslasht99@yahoo.com
727-0826
868-4611
868-9814
788-8053
453-3526
799-3969

House District 23
Wendy McKamey (R)
Earl Salley (D)
House District 24
Fred Anderson (R)
Jean Price (D)
33 Upper Millegan Rd 59405 w.mckamey@yahoo.com
1104 19th St S 59405
866-3300 earlsalleyforhd23@bresnan.net
268-1628
PO Box 6366 59406
422 15th St S 59405
Professorchevy@hotmail.com
jl_price@bresnan.net
761-4042
452-9315
House District 25
Benn Koljonen (R)
Casey Schreiner (D)
House District 26
Jeremy Trebas (R)
Mitch Tropila (D)
2223 6th Ave N 59401
1013 5th Ave N #2 59401 koljonenforhd25@gmail.com
schreinerforlegislature@gmail.com
272-6744
565-0372
PO Box 2364 59403
811 5th Ave N 59401 jrtgf2672@gmail.com
troplia@mt.net
899-5445
452-9554
County Commission
Norm Anderson ( D) 3208 12th Ave S 59405 nanderson51@charter.net
761-0552
Jim Larson (R) 162 McCoy Rd Belt 59412 jimanddorrae@3rivers.net
277-3286
As has been the past practice, the Great Falls Area Chamber of Commerce will endorse candidates following interviews and/or response to a questionnaire regarding issues of importance to the business community. Look for the endorsements by the end of August.
CITY OF GREAT FALLS
CITY COMMISSION
Please use the link below to access minutes of previous Commission meetings as well as agenda for upcoming Commission meetings. www.greatfallsmt.net/citycommission
CASCADE COUNTY
COUNTY COMMISSION
Please use the link below to access minutes of previous Commission meetings as well as agenda for upcoming Commission meetings. www.cascadecountymt.gov/commission/meetings
GREAT FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Please use the link below to access minutes of previous School Board meetings as well as agenda for upcoming School Board meetings.
www.gfps.k12.mt.us/content/school-board

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United States Post Office started 5-diget zip codes, 1963
Civil Rights Act Signed by President Lyndon Johnson, 1964
Singer Jim Morrison of the Doors died in Paris at age 27, 1971
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams died, 1826; James Monroe died, 1831
Salvation Army founded in London, 1865
First Baseball All-Star game was played in Chicago, 1933
The United States annexed Hawaii, 1898
First public reading of the Declaration of Independence, 1776
Louisiana and South Carolina re-admitted to the Union, 1868
The Beatles album, A hard Day’s Night , was released, 1964
United States Air Force Academy was dedicated at Lowry Air Base, Colorado, 1955
Congress authorizes the Medal of Honor, 1862
Northwest Ordinance was issued, 1787
William H. Bonney, “Billy the Kid” was shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett, 1881
The Boeing Company founded in Seattle, 1916
First atomic bomb detonated in New Mexico, 1945
Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California, 1955
Elias Howe invented the sewing machine, 1847
Christa McAuliffe was selected to be the first school teacher to ride a space shuttle, 1986
Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to set foot on the moon, 1969
The First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) Virginia, 1861
Bank robber John Dillinger was shot and killed by FBI agents, 1934
The ice cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches, 1904
Brigham Young and his followers arrive at the Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1847
The Central Intelligence Agency was created, 1947
Benjamin Franklin becomes first Post-Master General and Postal Service created, 1775
Bugs Bunny made his cartoon debut, 1940
Johann Sebastian Bach died, 1750
First telephone conversation between San Francisco and New York City, 1914
Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit, 1975
President Andrew Johnson died, 1875

The week of July 7 marks the 60th anniversary of Elvis recording his first hit, "That's All Right, Mama" at the legendary Sun Studio in Memphis, TN. Like virtually every other industry, the recording business has been transformed by advances in digital technologies. I can speak from experience, having played drums on a couple of professional recordings, in saying the post-production recording tools available today ensure that singers and musicians are given every advantage to shine.
Elvis Presley recorded his first hit single, "That's all Right," at Sun Studio 60 years ago this past weekend.
Elvis Presley is the undisputed King of Rock and Roll. He rose from humble circumstances to launch the rock and roll revolution with his commanding voice and charismatic stage presence. In the words of the historical marker that stands outside the house where he was born: "Presley's career as a singer and entertainer redefined popular music." http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=yWgprZu4Hk4
Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935, and grew up surrounded by gospel music of the Pentecostal church. In 1948 the family moved to Memphis, where he was exposed to blues and jazz on Beale Street. After graduating from high school in 1953, an 18-year-old Presley visited the Memphis
Recording Service - also the home of Sun Records - to record his voice. "Heartbreak Hotel," a haunting ballad, became his first across-the-board hit, holding down the top spot for eight weeks. Presley's hipshaking performances on a series of TV variety shows, including Ed Sullivan's, generated hysteria and controversy. From blistering rockers to aching balladry, Presley captivated and liberated the teenage audience. His historic string of hits in 1956 and '57 included "Don't Be Cruel," "Hound Dog," "Love Me
Tender," "All Shook Up" and "Jailhouse Rock”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V430M59Yn8&feature=player_detailpage

Presley's career momentum was interrupted by a two-year Army stint in Germany, where he met his future wife, Priscilla. For much of the Sixties, he occupied himself with movie-making and soundtrackrecording. Presley's standing as a rock and roller was rekindled with an electrifying TV special, simply titled Elvis and broadcast on December 3, 1968. He followed this mid-career renaissance with some of the most mature and satisfying work of his career. Recording in Memphis, he cut such classic tracks as "In the Ghetto, "Suspicious Minds" and "Kentucky Rain". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUWMSVDPdGQ&feature=player_detailpage
If the Fifties were devoted to rock and roll and the Sixties to movies, the Seventies represent the performing chapter in Presley's career. He toured constantly, performing to capacity crowds around the country until his death. Presley died of a heart attack at Graceland, his Memphis mansion, on August 16,
1977. He was 42 years old. How big was Elvis? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBmAPYkPeYU&feature=player_detailpage
Statistically, he holds records for the most Top 40 hits (104), the most Top 10 hits (38) and the most weeks at Number One (80). As far as his stature as a cultural icon, which continues to grow even in death, writer Lester Bangs said it best: "I can guarantee you one thing - we will never again agree on anything as we agreed on Elvis."
Fun Facts about Elvis Presley, the King of Rock & Roll
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Elvis' famous black hair was dyed - his natural color was brown.
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Elvis purchased his first guitar when he was just 11 years old. He wanted a rifle, but his mama convinced him to get a guitar instead.
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In 1947, a local radio show offered a young Elvis (age 12) a chance to sing live on air, but he was too shy to go on.
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At 18, Elvis paid $4 to make his first record, a gift for his mama.
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In 1954, Elvis auditioned for a gospel quartet named the Songfellows. They said no.
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That same year, a local radio DJ played Elvis' version of That's All Right. He went on to play it
13 more times that day, but had trouble convincing his audience that Elvis was white.
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His breakthrough hit was Heartbreak Hotel, released in 1956 - a song inspired by a newspaper article about a local suicide.
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When performing on TV in 1956, host Milton Berle advised Elvis to perform without his guitar, reportedly saying, "Let 'em see you, son." Elvis' gyrating hips caused outrage across the U.S. and within days he was nicknamed Elvis the Pelvis.
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A Florida judge called Elvis "a savage" that same year because he said that his music was
"undermining the youth." He was subsequently forbidden from shaking his body at a gig, so he waggled his finger instead in protest.
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He played only five concerts outside the U.S., all on a 3-day tour of Canada in 1957. Many believe that the reason why he never toured abroad again was that his longtime manager, Colonel
Tom Parker, was an illegal immigrant from Holland who would have been deported had he applied for a U.S. passport.
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Elvis was 6 feet tall and wore a size 11 shoe.
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Recording Hound Dog in the studio, Elvis reportedly demanded 31 takes.
Elvis bought his mansion, Graceland, in Memphis, TN in 1957 for $100,000. It was named by its previous owner after his daughter, Grace.

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In 1956, he began his film career with a western, Love Me Tender. His second film, Loving You, featured his parents as audience members. Following his mother's death in 1957, he never watched the film again. He went on to make a total of 31 movies in his career.
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In December 1957, Elvis was drafted into the U.S. Army, earning a $78 monthly salary. During his brief two-year stint on active duty, he was unable to access his music-generated income of
$400,000.
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In 1959, while serving overseas in Germany, Elvis (then 24 years old) met his future wife, 14 year-old Priscilla Beaulieu. They were married 8 years later.
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Elvis' 1960 hit "It's Now or Never" so inspired a prisoner who heard it in jail that he vowed to pursue a career in music upon his release. The artist, Barry White, was then serving a 4-month sentence for stealing tires.
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Elvis and Priscilla's only daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, was born in 1968. Lisa Marie later married Michael Jackson and actor (and Elvis obsessive) Nicholas Cage. Mr. Cage is reportedly the only person outside of Presley's immediate family to have ever seen Elvis' Graceland bedroom.
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Elvis' popularity faded in the 1960's with the rise of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and others.
He successfully relaunched his career with a 1968 television special that came about because
Elvis had walked down a busy Los Angeles street and had no one recognize or approach him.
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He was distantly related to former U.S. Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Jimmy Carter.
Elvis recorded more than 600 songs, but did not write any of them.
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