MONTANA
LOW...
BUT WITH THE FOURTH OF JULY...
AND THE HOT DRY SEASON STILL
AHEAD
PEOPLE STILL NEED TO USE
CAUTION...
ESPECIALLY WITH FIREWORKS.STANDS
AROUND MONTANA OPENED FOR
BUSINESS SUNDAY.M-T-N'S
JONATHON AMBARIAN FOUND OUT WHAT
SELLERS IN THE HELENA AREA
ARE EXPECTING FROM THIS YEAR'S
SEASON.###




{ACCORDING TO MONTANA STATE LAW,
FIREWORKS CAN ONLY BE SOLD FROM
JUNE 24-TH THROUGH JULY
FIFTH.}{SO, ON SUNDAY MORNING,
STANDS BEGAN TO POP UP AROUND
LEWIS AND CLARK
COUNTY.}{HOMER KEY MANAGES
BEEHIVE FIREWORKS STANDS IN THE
HELENA VALLEY AND MONTANA
CITY.}{HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN
JUST LOVE FIREWORKS, I LOVE
DEALING WITH THE
PUBLIC, SELLING FIREWORKS,
MAKING SURE EVERYBODY'S HAVING A
FUN, SAFE TIME.”}{HE
SAYS MANY OF HIS CUSTOMERS COME
BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR.}{“I'VE
BEEN HERE SO LONG THAT
I'VE HAD CUSTOMERS WHO CAME HERE
HATE TO SEE FIRES OUT THERE.
FIRES
ONLY HURT MY BUSINESS.”}{HE SAYS
HE TRIES TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
KNOW HOW THE
THINGS THEY BUY ARE GOING TO
WORK.}{“IF IT SEEMS AS IF THEY
HAVEN'T HANDLED THE FIREWORKS
BEFORE, I WILL GIVE THEM A
GENERAL INFORMATION ON HOW TO
USE THE FIREWORK.
THAT WAY THEY'RE NOT
FIREWORKS IN CITY
LIMITS.}{POLICE WILL ISSUE
CITATIONS AND FINES.}{IN
UNINCORPORATED PARTS OF LEWIS
AND CLARK COUNTY, FIREWORKS ARE
ALLOWED.}{BUT AUTHORITIES
ASK PEOPLE TO BE CAREFUL,
ESPECIALLY AROUND ANY
VEGETATION.}{AT BEEHIVE
FIREWORKS, BUSINESS STARTED SLOW
ON A RAINY SUNDAY MORNING.}{BUT
IT'S HARD TO
SELL FIREWORKS.
IF THERE'S A PLUME OF SMOKE
COMING FROM A FIRE, IT'S REALLY
HARD TO SELL
FIREWORKS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT THIS
YEAR, SO I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING
[(***JFUHRER***)]HOMER KEY SAYS
HE EXPECTS TO MAKE ABOUT HALF OF
HI
SALES FOR THE YEAR ON THE FOURTH
OF JULY ITSELF.THE




[(***JFUHRER***)]HOMER KEY SAYS
HE EXPECTS TO MAKE ABOUT HALF OF




[(***JFUHRER***)]HOMER KEY SAYS
HE EXPECTS TO MAKE ABOUT HALF OF
HIS
SALES FOR THE YEAR ON THE FOURTH
OF JULY ITSELF.THE
HELENA-LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL
FORESTALSO WANTS TO REMIND
PEOPLE THAT FIREWORKS ARE
PROHIBITEDD ONALL STATE AND
FEDERAL
LANDS.###
