The Kootenai River Stampede PRCA Rodeo committee relies on the support of the community and individuals who step up to provide the necessary funding and labor.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Addressing mental health and substance abuse issues is usually put on the backburner in the culinary world.
Seeing friends and family suffer from issues in the kitchen and behind the bar inspired Chef Tristin Rogers to take action. His first thought was to connect with a program in the United Kingdom that brought mental health and substance abuse issues in the food and beverage industry to the forefront. Food purveyor Stacy Wilson encouraged Rogers to start his own program rather than wait to connect with someone from across the pond.
Chef Tristin Rogers has founded Project Mis En Place that helps people in the culinary industry cope with mental health and substance abuse issues. (Courtesy of Tristin Rogers)
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Hollow Spirits Lavender Vodka is used to create the distillery’s Lavender Moon cocktail, which will be canned in the near future. (Courtesy of Alex Volek)
The sky is the limit for Hollow Spirits Distillery.
It relied on creativity to keep sales flowing and maintaining revenue during pandemic shutdowns. Its originality in marketing not only kept the distillery afloat but also helped it excel beyond expectations.
“We were actually pretty fortunate, because chef (Tristin Rogers) is amazing, and then (manager/mixologist) Kicker (Gonzales) and those guys that did a lot of different ideas in order to make sales during the pandemic,” Hollow Spirits founder Frank Holloway said. “So we were actually up last year in sales, believe it or not. So now because of that, we’re in the process of building an elevated patio at Hollow Spirits. … And then we’re going to expand the bar, then we’re