Distinctly Montana Magazine

W W W. D I S T I N C T LY M O N TA N A . C O M 11 PUBLISHERS Bill Muhlenfeld and Anthea George EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Valerie Harms ART DIRECTOR Robert Rath PRINT MANAGEMENT Pam Koehler, Koehler + Co. CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Cou Cou Studio Noah Clayton Ty Morrison-Heath Donnie Sexton For inquiries, distribution, advertising or subscription information call (406) 600-7660 or email sales@distinctlymontana.com. Distinctly Montana is owned by Star Ridge New Media, LLC, a Montana company. ©2002-2015 All Rights Reserved. Reproduction in any form, in whole or in part, without our written permission is prohibited. Distinctly Montana welcomes freelance contributions. See "submissions" on our Web site at www.distinctlymontana.com. Neither Star Ridge New Media, LLC nor Distinctly Montana are responsible for loss, dam- age or any other injury to unsolicited manuscripts, photography, or artwork in any form. PRINTED IN THE USA. Published by Star Ridge New Media, LLC. 1425 W. Main St. #101 Bozeman, Montana 59715 www.distinctlymontana.com Distinctly Montana Spring 2015 issue (ISSN pending) is published in March, 2015. Distinctly Montana is a quarterly, seasonal publication (December, March, June, September) of Star Ridge New Media, LLC. Star Ridge New Media LLC is a Montana company. PLEASE KEEP, PASS ALONG, OR RECYCLE. LIKE THE MAGAZINE? COMMENTS WELCOME AT DISTINCTLY MONTANA'S FB PAGE We welcome your comments! STAR RIDGE NEW MEDIA llc words for her daily radio series, "Chrysti the Wordsmith," produced at KGLT-FM in Bozeman; it can be heard on public radio stations throughout Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and worldwide on Armed Forces Radio. www.wordsmithradio.org MONTANA'S IRISH RENAISSANCE PAGE 42 TOMÁS Ó SÚILEABHÁIN (THOMAS SULLIVAN) is an Adjunct Profes- sor of Geography at the University of Montana, who explores the philosophical meaning of people's attachment to place and dabbles in exploits usually on his bicycle. He is a fi fth-generation Irish-Mon- tanan and founder and past-president of the Montana Gaelic Cultural Society. FOR THE LOVE OF... PAGE 44 FRANK CARTER is an award winning teacher, writer, naturalist, artist, and musician. Frank works as the communications and development director for the Taft-Nicholson Center for Environmental Humanities Education. He lives in Bozeman with his wife, Louisa. WARRIOR IN THE RING PAGE 46 BRIAN D'AMBROSIO lives in Helena, Montana. His biography about the life of Flathead Reservation boxing champion Marvin Camel, Warrior in the Ring, was published by Riverbend Publishing in both paperback and hardcover.

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