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Big Sky Water and Sewer
Sponsoring Manhole
Cover design Contest
Winner to receive $1,000 prize
by eMily StiFler
Grant Burroughs has worked at
Big Sky Water and Sewer for 16
years. In his travels, the wastewater
Superintendent always looks at
manhole covers.
“I’ve noticed a lot of different
styles,” he says. “There are some
really cool ones out there.” It really
came home when he noticed Bozeman’s
manhole covers, which have
the city’s seal of a horse drawn cart.
“I saw those lids and got to thinking
maybe it’d be neat to re-design
ours.”
Big Sky’s standard lid reads
WSD363—pretty boring.
local neWS
Burroughs approached the Board
of Directors of the Big Sky Sewer
District with an idea: hold a contest
for the best design. The Board agreed
to the idea, and together, they came
up with a set of rules and a prize for
the winning design: $1,000.
Burroughs says the city of Spokane
held a similar contest, and an eightyear
old girl won.
Big Sky’s cash prize will come from
the Sewer reserve fund. The new
lids will cost the same as the current
standard, Burroughs says. He’ll send
a drawing of the winning design to
the foundry, and once they have the
mold made, the price is the same.
The intent isn’t to replace every
manhole lid—but many of Big Sky’s
manhole covers are 35 years old,
and Water and Sewer replaces 10-15
of them a year, also providing new
lids any time a developer builds a
sewer extension.
The District will accept design submittals
until April 25, 2011. A panel
consisting of community members
and District representatives will
hold a blind judging.
fire Chief revisky
announces departure from
Big Sky fire department
by leS loble
Fire Chief Jason (“Rif”)
Revisky, of the Big Sky Fire
Department, has announced
his departure from the Big Sky
Fire Department, effective
March 2, 2011. Revisky has
served with the BSFD for 16
years, and now has accepted a
position with the Sourdough
Fire Department in Bozeman.
A celebration of his career
in Big Sky was held Monday
night at the Bugaboo Café.
bigskywatersewer.com/lidcontest.htm
After beginning as a volunteer Firefighter/EMT-B with the Big Sky Fire Department
in 1994, Revisky went on to serve the Big Sky community as a Paramedic,
Captain and Assistant Chief, and was promoted to Fire Chief position in 2003.
Prior to joining the fire department, Revisky came to Big Sky as a fly fishing guide.
He married Sandy Revisky, a local realtor, and they have three children, and—in
the Big Sky tradition—two dogs.
I worked for Rif as a volunteer for five years and know firsthand his many accomplishments.
Between 2002 and 2007, he reduced the response time by 22 percent
(four minutes) and tripled the number of training hours. The Board, the firefighters
(volunteer and paid), and the emergency medical, support and administrative staff
all wish Rif and Sandy the very best in this next phase of their busy lives.
Les Loble is Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Big Sky Fire Department.
Integrity.
Vision.
Craft.
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