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Dec 10, 2020

Clarence Salzer Obituary - ND | The Bismarck Tribune - Legacy.com

He was a loving and devoted husband and father. Clarence is survived by his sons, Randy (Barb) Salzer, Bismarck; Barry (Rhonda) Salzer, Kalispell, Mont.; and his daughter, Cheryl Salzer, Bismarck; three grandchildren, Tracia (Nick) Deal; Matthew (Krista) Salzer; and Benjamin (Jenny) Salzer, two great-grandchildren, Jack and Ava, one sister, LuElla Blumhardt, sister-in-law Norma Ulmer and numerous nieces and nephews. Clarence was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers Raymond, Eugene, John Jr., and his sisters Irene and LaVina. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to McCabe United Methodist Church or the charity of your choice in Clarence's name. For those wishing to sign the online guestbook and share memories with his family please go to www.bismarckfuneralhome.com. Published by The Bismarck Tribune on Dec. 9, 2020.

Feb 28, 2019

A treasure in Kalispell, Bibler Gardens a geologist's wonderland and legacy - Great Falls Tribune

KALISPELL - Louis A. "Sam" Bibler rebuked visitors who asked about individual plants in his garden. "He was a big-picture person," said Tyler Hawk, Bibler Home and Gardens manager. "He thought of the landscape as a painting and believed you shouldn't look at the painting's brushstrokes," he said. "We're not so strict." Bibler, who died in 2002, created a wonderland at his home overlooking Foys Lake and the Flathead Valley. Tours of four acres of landscaping and his unusual home stocked with art and artifacts are given a few times every spring and summer, a benefit for Flathead Valley Community College scholarships. Tours divide time between the home and garden. Both are a legacy of Bibler, a World War II B-17 bombardier, petroleum geologist, community volunteer and collector, and his wife, Jean. They moved from Calgary to Kalispell in 1966. Their house, built in 1979, was meant to blend into the mountainside. Inside, it's an unusual mix of late 1970s aesthetics, European antiques from grand homes, stained glass, antique Persian rugs, some historic French furniture, animal mounts, Inuit carvings and prints and 20th century Montana artists. The gardens, though, steal the show.

Oct 19, 2017

Hurricanes, Marijuana Affecting Local Florists

Central and South America.“You’re looking at Ecuadorian roses flying into Miami,” said Penny Kiger, owner and designer at Woodland Floral in Kalispell. “They closed down the airport for each storm. If you were relying on roses for sure, and that was the only way you were getting them, you were in jeopardy.”Given the nature of flowers and their limited lifetimes, it didn’t matter if an order for a September wedding was placed back in March — the flowers need to grow and ship close to the date.“It doesn’t matter that you ordered three months ago — a storm is a storm, and Mother Nature wins,” Kiger said.Tracy Styke, owner at Kalispell’s Flowers by Hansen, said the hurricane season wreaked a bit of havoc on her business.“We had issues with Irma,” Styke said. “From all the flowers from Colombia coming in from Miami.”One way to avoid these issues is to diversify the flower supply chain, but Kiger said her shop was hit with various speed bumps this summer. A popular flower wholesaler in Spokane closed down, affecting one method of supply.A different kind of natural disaster also came into play: Shipments of carnations that come from Oregon and shipped via Yakima and Spokane were stalled because wildfires had closed Interstate 84.“A few weeks ago, I had to call (a client) and say, ‘I’m so sorry,'” Kiger said. “We had no carnations.”Economic forces are also part of the equation, Kiger said, with farms in California uprooting their flower products and planting marijuana as a cash crop instead now that it is legal there.Before the Spokane wholesaler closed, Kiger said they informed her that the prices for Gerbera daisies would be increasing because the farm they normally use was switching over to cannabis.There are plenty of places to get fl... (Flathead Beacon)

Jun 2, 2017

Memorial Day in the Flathead

Veterans of Flathead Valley have planned for Memorial Day.10:30 a.m. Ceremony at Glacier Memorial Gardens Cemetery at 2659 U.S. Highway 93 North, Kalispell11 a.m.Ceremony at Veterans Memorial, Depot Park, Downtown Kalispell11:45 a.m.Luncheon at VFW Post 2252, 330 First Avenue West, Kalispell12:45 p.m.Flag Ceremony and Ceremony at Conrad Cemetery, Conrad Drive, Kalispell1:45 p.m. Ceremony at Fairview Cemetery, 1225 Fairview Cemetery Road, Columbia Falls2:30 p.m.Ceremony at Veterans Memorial, Marantette Park, 133 13th Street, Columbia Falls3 p.m.Ceremony at Woodlawn Cemetery, Meadow Lake Boulevard, Columbia Falls3:30 p.m. Ceremony at Montana Veterans Home Cemetery, 400 Veteran Drive, Columbia Falls.Comments comments... (Flathead Beacon)

Jan 5, 2017

Family ice sculpture a beacon for holiday spirit

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — It's probably hard for drivers to not stop at the sight of a 20-foot-tall, Christmas-lit ice structure in the Olsen family's yard between their home and Helena Flats Road. At night, the stalactites make the structure look like a glacial chandelier illuminated by Christmas lights woven underneath the ice. "There will be a solid line of cars out here around Christmas," said Russ Olsen, who built the ice structure in his yard. "It's just one of those things that no one else does, so it's fun to do." The structure, which the Olsen family refers to as the ice castle, was constructed with a 1989 Ford F-150 propped up on its nose with a beam for support. After running Christmas lights around the vertical vehicle, Russ ran an underground sprinkler hose to the top of the pickup and has kept it spraying a mist of water to continue building ice over time. "We don't do anything small," said Angie Olsen, Russ's wife. Russ said he's built about five or six different ice str... (The Daily Progress)

Sep 28, 2016

Traditions and Family in Full Bloom

General Motors. It was also the year that greenhouses were built on what were then the outskirts of Kalispell. A flower shop was added in 1934, and Woodland Floral has occupied the space on Sixth Avenue East ever since. But for Fay and Wes Wolf, who bought the shop from the original owner’s granddaughter in 1979, it’s what hasn’t changed in the last 108 years that matters. “The reasons for flowers haven’t changed all that much,” Fay Wolf said. “It’s a business that is very enjoyable because we bring the joy of flowers into someone’s life.” Fay, whose favorite flower is the spicy-scented stock flower, is the matriarch of what has become a family floral business, having sold it to her youngest daughter, Penny Kiger, in 2007. Penny’s daughters, Taylor and Jordan Kiger, also work in the shop. The family has been selling floral arrangements long enough to have prepared the flowers for weddings, then for the first babies resulting from those weddings, and then for the weddings resulting from those same babies growing up. And last week, the week before Valentine’s Day, proved a busy one for the shop. The phone rang with consistency, flowers and cards were arranged quickly and expertly, and Troubadour, the floral shop’s resident canine, sought scratches from customers. It is, for all intents and purposes, a family business. When Jordan and Taylor were each born, they were placed in boxes fi... (Flathead Beacon)