Keith Lauver

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Volunteers to help thousands of hungry kids this weekend

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During just four two-hour shifts this weekend in Billings, volunteers will be packaging enough food to feed almost everyone in Montana one meal. But the food won’t be going to people in Montana. It will be delivered to severely malnourished children around the world. As many as 750 volunteers are expected to show up this Friday and Saturday at the Montana Pavilion at MetraPark to make up to 150,000 food packets, each of which contains six servings. (more…) Continue Reading →

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Baking skill, business smarts launch 10-year-old’s career

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Before he founded his own bread-making business last year, 10-year-old Ian Wollschlager had had a few other entrepreneurial ideas. One involved creating an indoor go-kart racing track, for which he created his own plans. “He’s really good at art, so he drew the whole schematic,” said his mother, Lotus Wollschlager. But his father, David Wollschlager, thought maybe the idea was a little too big. (more…) Continue Reading →

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Cooksimple founder goes back to his roots

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Healthy-food entrepreneur Keith Lauver capped a nine-week national tour of grocery stores with a stop at the Good Earth Market in Billings on Tuesday—the store that helped launch his business five years ago. “This is where the magic was,” he said Tuesday morning while setting up a sample table just inside the main entrance to the downtown co-op. (more…) Continue Reading →

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