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FEBRUARY / MARCH 2020  •  MONTANA SENIOR NEWS                                                                ALL ABOUt MONtANA             PAGE 9

         Discover the International Suites at Winifred, Montana




                                                                                                                           The  suites  are  decorated
                                                                                                                        and named for International
      BY SUZANNE WARING                                                                                                 sites,  including  the
                                                                                                                        Amsterdam, Shanghai, San
          Leaders in rural Montana                                                                                      Francisco, Paris, Grecian,
      towns have tried  numerous                                                                                        and New York. Most have
      approaches for saving their                                                                                       kitchenettes, and the apart-
      communities from extinction.                                                                                      ment-sized Grecian Suite
      Some have established coop-                                                                                       has a full kitchen plus a hot
      erative stores. Others have                                                                                       tub. In addition to the suites,
      brought in businesses that add        Four-lane bowling alley on the main floor of the International Suites.      a hostel has eight beds and
      value  to  products  raised  by       Photo by Suzanne Waring.                                                    restrooms across the hall.
      adjacent  farms  and  ranches.                                                                                       All the rooms have natural
      Some have marketed the tourist attrac-                After graduating from high school in           gas  fireplaces.  The  rooms,  except  for
      tions nearby.                                      Winifred and serving in Korea with the U.S.       one New York Room and the hostel, are
          Winifred, at the end of a paved road           Army, he earned a mechanical engineering          located on the second floor. Because the
      in northcentral Montana, has been for-             degree from Montana State University and          building had to fit between two active
      tunate to have a benefactor to assist              eventually found himself in Tulsa, Okla. He       businesses on Main Street, murals of
      them in building up the community with             bought the HVAC division of a company,            a view of each respective international
      improved infrastructure and businesses             and from there his ingenuity and hard work        site can be seen out the windows on the
      that draw visitors.                                paid off as he built AAON, Inc., to become a      wall of the sign company next door. For
          Built by Norman Asbjornson, the                NASDAQ-traded company.                            example, a view of the Eiffel Tower is
      International Suites, along with the 1028             As the years went by, he wanted to give        outside the Paris Room.
      Steakhouse, is the pinnacle of visitor-related     back to his hometown that gave so much                An exercise room and four-lane, state-
      businesses in this Montana community with          to him. Along with improving the airport          of-the-art bowling alley is found on the
      a population of about 200 people.                  and swimming pool; providing scholar-             main floor along with the steakhouse, which
          Asbjornson grew up in Winifred. His            ships for Winifred High School graduates;         is open on Friday and Saturday evenings.
      mother was a teacher, and his father was           and  building  a  community  center  that         Thursday evening is pizza night when cus-
      a mechanic and a farm implement dealer.            has space for the ambulance, library, city        tomers can eat in or take their pizzas home
          Norman learned the advantages of hard          offices, post office, and meeting rooms, in       baked or ready to be cooked. Desserts are
      work from an early age by hauling garbage          2013 he completed the International Suites        made at the restaurant. People come from
      for 25 cents a barrel. At the time, he thought     and 1028 Steakhouse.
      that was good money.                                                                                                         CONtINUED ON PAGE 10


                                  Seven years without a cold?




          More and more people are saying  again every time.                     several times a day on travel days for  viruses on a CopperZap. No viruses
        they just don’t get colds anymore.     He asked relatives and friends to  2 months. “Sixteen fl ights and not a  were found alive soon after.
          They are using a new device made  try it. They said it worked for them,  sniffl  e!” she exclaimed.             Dr. Bill Keevil led one of the teams
        of pure copper, which scientists say  too, so he patented CopperZap® and    Businesswoman Rosaleen says  confi rming the discovery. He placed

        kills cold and flu viruses.          put it on the market.                when people are sick around her she  millions of disease germs on copper.
          Doug Cornell invented the device     Now tens of thousands of people  uses CopperZap morning and night.  “They started to die literally as soon
        in 2012. “I haven’t had a single cold  have tried it. Nearly 100% of feed- “It saved me last holidays,” she said.  as they touched the surface,” he said.
        since then,” he says.                                                                                           People have used it on cold sores
          People were skeptical but EPA                                                                              and say it can completely prevent
        and university studies demonstrate                                                                           ugly outbreaks. You can also rub it
        repeatedly that viruses and bacteria                                                                         gently on wounds, cuts, or lesions to
        die almost instantly when touched by                                                                         combat infections.
        copper.                                                                                                         The  handle  is  curved  and  finely

          That’s why ancient Greeks and                                                                              textured to improve contact. It kills

        Egyptians used copper to purify wa-                                                                          germs picked up on fingers and hands
        ter and heal wounds.  They didn’t                                                                            to protect you and your family.
        know about viruses and bacteria, but                                                                            Copper even kills deadly germs
        now we do.                                                                                                   that have become resistant to anti-
           Scientists say the high conduc-                                                                           biotics. If you are near sick people,
        tance of copper disrupts the electri-        New research: Copper stops colds if used early.                 a moment of handling it may keep
        cal balance in a microbe cell and de- back  says  the  copper stops colds  if  “The kids had colds going round and  serious infection away from you and

        stroys the cell in seconds.         used  within  3  hours  after  the  first  round, but not me.”            your loved ones. It may even save a
           So some hospitals tried copper  sign. Even up to 2 days, if they still   Some users say it also helps with  life.
        touch surfaces like faucets and door- get the cold it is milder than usual  sinuses. Attorney Donna  Blight had   The EPA says copper still works
        knobs. This cut the spread of MRSA  and they feel better.                a 2-day sinus headache.  When her  even when tarnished. It kills hun-
        and other illnesses by over half, and                                    CopperZap arrived, she tried it. “I  dreds of diff erent disease germs so it
        saved lives.                           Pat McAllister, age 70, received  am shocked!” she said. “My head  can prevent serious or even fatal ill-
           Colds start after cold viruses get  one for Christmas and called it “one  cleared, no more headache, no more  ness.
        in your nose, so the vast body of re- of the best presents ever. This little  congestion.”                      CopperZap is made in America of
        search gave Cornell an idea.  When  jewel really works.”  Now thousands     Some users say copper stops night- pure copper. It has a 90-day full mon-
        he next felt a cold about to start, he  of users have simply stopped getting  time stuffi  ness if used just before bed.  ey back guarantee. It is $69.95.
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        rubbed it gently in his nose for 60    People often use CopperZap pre- years.”                               code MSN12.
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           “It worked!” he exclaimed. “The  ci used to get colds after crowded  early and for several days. Lab tech- call toll-free 1-888-411-6114.
        cold never got going.” It worked  fl ights. Though skeptical, she tried it  nicians  placed  25  million  live  fl u   Buy once, use forever.
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