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Voices/Letters Climate change, Zinke and HELP............................................................4 The Week in Review Jason Isbell, softball and a grizzly attack......................................6 Briefs Floral arrangements, sheep and the Rattlesnake..................................................6 Etc. The circus comes to city council ..............................................................................7 News Armed militia brings unwanted attention to Lincoln ............................................8 News Montana unions critical of new federal carbon reduction plan............................9 Opinion What could possibly go wrong with the Oath Keepers in Lincoln? ...............10 Opinion Powder River Basin coal is fast becoming a “stranded asset”.........................11 Feature Will western Montana reach a saturation point with craft beer?.....................14

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Total Fest’s last hurrah ...........................................................................................18 Music Lake Street Dive, Darci Carlson and Sun Kil Moon............................................20 Music Wilco had to evolve, just not like this................................................................21 Film Woody Allen offers the anti-blockbuster ...............................................................22 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films.......................................................23 Flash in the Pan I heart broccoli hearts .......................................................................24 Happiest Hour “Montana Brews” class ........................................................................26 8 Days a Week Don’t make me steamroll you..............................................................27 Mountain High Montana Hell Ride ..............................................................................33 Agenda Garden City Harvest’s Farm Party ....................................................................34

Exclusives

Street Talk .......................................................................................................................4 In Other News ..............................................................................................................12 Classifieds....................................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess ...................................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrolog y ....................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle .......................................................................................................C-9 This Modern World...................................................................................................C-12

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STREET TALK

by Alex Sakariassen

Asked Tuesday, Aug. 11, along N. Higgins Avenue What’s your favorite craft brewery in western Montana?

Followup: What’s second on your list, and how often do you hit that local brewery?

Shawness Church: Big Sky Brewing is my No. 1. I’m all about the memories, and it’s got the best memories—concerts and a beer in-hand. Dreaming of Stevi: That one in Stevensville, Blacksmith. They have some tasty beers. I don’t even remember what they are, but good memories.

Jordan Creveling: Big Sky, for sure. They sponsor my rugby team, the Missoula Maggots. I’m a big fan of Summer Honey and I do like a Powder Hound in the winter. A Scotch ale fan: My second favorite has to be the Kettlehouse because I like Cold Smoke a lot. It’s actually my second favorite beer in the state. I’m down at the southside once or twice a month.

Saluting Zinke As a veteran mentor in the Missoula Veterans Court I want to thank Congressman Zinke for his support of our returning service men and women, especially those that are suffering from serious wounds, both physical and mental, from their military service.

I applaud him for work with our senators to introduce legislation adopted by the VA to make health care more available for veterans who live more than 40 miles away from the closest VA facility.

I know we can count on him to support the effort to build a second phase of Valor House in Missoula to provide safe and secure housing for those veterans being treated for their wounds and addictions suffered during their military service. Safe and secure housing is critical to those veterans that require special housing arrangements while they undergo the difficult task to complete their treatment and adjust to civilian life.

I thank Congressman Zinke for his service in the Navy and in Congress. He’s proven to be a good fighter for all Montanans.

Larry Anderson Missoula

Self-inflicted wound Tess Scanlon: My favorite has to be Blacksmith. They have an IPA that’s super citrusy and I am an IPA snob. So many of us are these days. The loyalist: I feel pretty loyal to the southside Kettlehouse because I meet good people there. I get there probably twice a week, when I’m in town.

Kiah Abbey: I would have to say Bridger Brewing, for their atmosphere and their support of the local community. Plus they’ve got great pizza. Bit of a stretch: Is Billings western Montana? ’Cause I’d have to say Carter’s. Great beer, great atmosphere and you always know you can run into a good progressive at Carter’s. I get there probably five times a year.

Francis Gjefle: That’s a hard question to answer, but I’d say my favorite overall is Lolo Peak. I like the combination of the beer, the ambiance and great food. Instant convert: It’s really new and it’s the Highlander brewery. We’ve only been there once, but with the trees along the patio there you can hardly tell you’re near Reserve. And the beer’s good.

[4] Missoula Independent • August 13–August 20, 2015

“Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us…”

As fires rage, violent storms obliterate families and possessions, floods kill and record heat and drought annihilate crops and our way of living, it must be asked: When will the self-proclaimed political party of “pro-life” admit to reality and find the moral courage to fight the biggest threat to lives, livelihoods and our planet’s existence?

When will Republicans rise to this seminal challenge—one which is surmountable and obligatory to future generations’ survival? How can an extremist minority political party of one country singlehandedly drive humans and all life forms over the cliff? How can Republicans deny unassailable science and what any rational, clear-eyed person sees is happening to our one and only planet?

Why does the self-purported “party of the military” obstruct our respected military’s call to arms—that climate change is real, human-driven, the greatest national security threat to the U.S., and requires immediate action?

How can Republicans ignore a growing chorus of eminent global religious leaders who urge we face this threat—that we’re morally obligated?

In his encyclical on climate change Pope Francis said, “This sister now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her. We

have come to see ourselves as her lords and masters, entitled to plunder her at will.”

Climate change is not some preordained, apocalyptic bible prophecy; nor a “natural cycle.” It is a self-inflicted wound that’s capable of healing—but only if we find the moral fiber to act.

It must be said: If Republicans remain denialists and obstructionists, the calamitous death and destruction that lie ahead will be shouldered by Republicans, answerable to God. Van P. Keele Hamilton

More HELP needed This week marks National Health Center Week and there is no better way to recognize the work of Montana’s Community Health Centers than to tell the story of our patients.

“When will Republicans rise to this seminal challenge— one which is surmountable and obligatory to future generations’ survival?”

Holly lives in the Flathead Valley with her husband and her mother. Five years ago, she was diagnosed with a lung disorder that began attacking her kidneys. Within six months she was in kidney failure and in need of a transplant. Holly had employer-sponsored insurance coverage when she got sick, but she eventually lost her job because of her illness. Without insurance, she can’t get on the kidney transplant list, her best chance at living a normal life. Holly is only 35.

“I am able to see a primary care doctor at the Flathead Community Health Center, but I still have to pay out-of-pocket to see a specialist. An appointment with the kidney specialist is $350. My kidney specialist has me on a payment plan and continues to see me, but I have thousands of dollars ” of medical debt.

Holly is not alone. Montana’s 17 Community Health Centers serve more than 100,000 patients at more than 60 sites across the state with integrated primary care, including medical services, pharmacy services, dental services and mental health services.

Health centers see every person who walks through the door, regardless of their ability to pay or their insurance status.

Despite Montana’s large gains in insurance coverage with the new Health Insurance Marketplace, like Holly, many Community Health Center patients remain uninsured, without access to specialists, waiting for coverage under Medicaid expansion.

Montana’s Community Health Centers are proud to have been part of the passage of the HELP Act, a hard-won bipartisan compromise that allows Montana to pursue a waiver to cover 70,000 Montanans living in the Medicaid coverage gap. And while the legislation was not perfect, it is a workable solution for the thousands of Montanans for whom doing nothing is simply not an option. Community Health Centers are counting on Washington to move swiftly in approving the waiver so that we can get people like Holly coverage as soon as possible.

Once our waiver is approved, Community Health Centers will continue to play a vital role in ensuring access to primary care for Montanans. And for the Montanans who remain uninsured, and some will, health centers will be ready and able to continue to meet their primary care needs.

With humble beginnings as a modest demonstration program in the mid-1960s, Community Health Centers have evolved over the past 50 years into the largest and most successful primary care system in the country. As we celebrate National Health Center Week, we are proud of our past and hopeful for the future.

Roughly 70,000 of our neighbors and patients are on the brink of access to health insurance, many for the first time. Our patients, like Holly, who are in a holding pattern until they get insurance, will be able to see the specialists and get the care that they need. We look forward to continuing to serve our patients and communities for many decades to come.

Bob Marsalli Executive Director Montana Primary Care Association Helena Correction: Due to a production error, a letter in last week’s paper was misattributed. “Stop fear mongering” was written

by Andrew Malucelli of Arlee. The Indy regrets the error.

missoulanews.com • August 13–August 20, 2015 [5]

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WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Alex Sakariassen

Wednesday, Aug. 5

Americana musician Jason Isbell plays the Dennison Theatre to an enthusiastic crowd.

Afterward, he posts on Facebook, “If you don’t know how kickass Missoula is, you need to ask around. Really great night!

Great music town.”

Thursday, Aug. 6 Scientists at Hamilton’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories announce results of a new study showing that a single dose of an experimental Ebola vaccine successfully vaccinated small monkeys. It marks an encouraging step in the path to eradicating the deadly virus.

Friday, Aug. 7 On an otherwise subdued edition of the First Friday artwalk, dozens gather at the Real Good art studio on the Northside for artist Mike Workman’s Mass exhibit reception, which featured performance art and samples of pink gelatin blobs as a commentary on consumer culture.

Saturday, Aug. 8 The Garden City Softball Little League captures the Senior Softball World Series title with a 10-0 win over a team from Michigan. The game, played in Roxana, Del., was broadcast on ESPN.

Sunday, Aug. 9 In other sporty news, Missoula Osprey first baseman Austin Byler belts three home runs in the team’s 12-6 victory over Grand Junction. The dingers earn Byler Player of the Week honors in the Pioneer League.

Monday, Aug. 10 Yellowstone National Park officials release the name of a 63-year-old man who was killed and partially eaten by a grizzly in the Lake Village area. Lance Crosby, of Billings, was a long-term seasonal employee in the park.

Tuesday, Aug. 11 NorthWestern Energy estimates as many as 9,000 Missoula customers remain without electricity after Monday’s thunderstorm that knocked down trees and power lines. The largest outage is in the Linda Vista neighborhood.

Missoula County Sheriff’s Department personnel blockaded a portion of South Seventh Street West Monday evening after a powerful storm toppled a large shed and a tree over a set of power lines. The storm uprooted dozens of trees, started several fires and knocked out power for thousands of residents throughout the Missoula and Bitterroot valleys.

Western Montana Fair

Escape to floriculture In the midst of the Western Montana Fair’s carnival and noise, the air-conditioned floriculture building is a cool, quiet oasis. Gardener Jim Sadler says Missoula’s fair is home to some of the best floral displays in the state—and he would know, since he’s been the superintendent of floriculture since about 1994.

“Floral designs are very much like doing a mandala of colored sand in a beautiful picture on the floor,” Sadler explains. “They’re meant to only be enjoyed for a moment.”

Floriculture offers competition in two main divisions: cut flowers and elaborate still-life arrangements. The latter, called line-mass floral design, is a purely American art form, Sadler says. It’s a different style from commercially sold bouquets that are based on European aesthetics. American line-mass

arrangements are inspired by Japanese floral traditions, which call for minimalism and more naturalistic displays. In one of Sadler’s arrangements, branches bearing gold and red Chinese lanterns spring out of a yellow stand, with dried love-liesbleeding cascading down the center. He’ll often make last-minute adjustments to his designs in the hours before entering a competition, based on whatever’s freshest.

Arrangements are judged based on creativity, aesthetics and theme, whereas cut flowers are judged for their color, health and conformity to standards.

“The enjoyment is in doing the design,” Sadler says. “And it’s extremely relaxing in itself to sit and think about balance and how to communicate an idea using flowers and plant material as symbols.”

Sadler competes in flower shows throughout the year with the blossoms that he grows in his tidy, 1-acre, English-style garden behind his Target Range home. There, white doves coo overhead as chickens

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wander through the paths pecking for bugs. Sadler’s plants are arranged so that throughout the year something in every plot is blooming.

But this year has been tough for gardeners, since June’s heat wave prompted many plants to bloom too early and too small. Sadler says the floriculture judges take that into consideration when examining entries. He demonstrates one of his cabbage-sized ruffled peach begonias, which have white spots where the sun’s heat bleached out their color.

One of Sadler’s fellow gardeners, Donna Dowell, says her plants are nearly three weeks ahead of typical growth cycles. Win or lose, she says the point of the flower show is to encourage other gardeners and celebrate an old-fashioned skill. “What we want is to encourage novices,” Dowell says.

Competing in flower shows isn’t so much about the prize itself—blue ribbons earn a cash prize of $3—but about the fun of participating.

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Kate Whittle

Marshall Woods

No commercial logging The Lolo National Forest put an end to the most controversial aspect of its proposed Marshall Woods Restoration Project this week, releasing a draft decision notice that effectively nixes previous suggestions to treat portions of the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area through commercial timber harvest. The notice instead recommends proceeding with a mix of two other alternatives involving noncommercial thinning, hand-piling and burning on roughly 896 acres of the NRA. “For me, it was really about what good could we still do in the ecology out there and could we still make a difference,� says Missoula District Ranger Jennifer Hensiek. “I believe we can, it just won’t be to the degree that we perhaps could have using that commercial tool.�

Logging in the main stem of the Rattlesnake emerged as the greatest point of contention in public comments and during public meetings this spring. Some politely questioned the level of support the recommendation had in the community.

Others directly challenged its legality based on congressional records and the law establishing the NRA. Those critics voiced measured enthusiasm in the wake of this week’s victory. “My initial reaction is I’m very grateful that the district ranger and the supervisor obviously heard and listened to our concerns as far as the commercial aspect of it,� says Friends of the Rattlesnake President Cass Chinske, adding the draft decision is proof that “the public process works.�

But Hensiek’s choice to heed the public’s demands regarding commercial activity in the Rattlesnake doesn’t mean the Forest Service has suddenly embraced the views espoused by opponents. In fact, the Lolo National Forest responded to comments submitted by Chinske, Mike Bader and former Missoula Ranger District recreation staff officer Andy Kulla by repeatedly defending the now-dead logging proposals as perfectly legal. Bader and others nonetheless stand by their interpretation of the 1980 Rattlesnake Na-

tional Recreation Area and Wilderness Act. “I’m relieved that the Forest Service agrees that the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area was just no place for commercial logging,� Bader says. “It was inconsistent with the act of Congress and it didn’t match up with the [Lolo] forest plan, and I think the most important thing is that it just didn’t match up with the values that the community has for the Rattlesnake.�

Overall, Chinske sees the draft decision as a sign of how quickly Hensiek—now just over a year into her position—can clue into local sentiments.

Hensiek herself acknowledges that what she heard and saw from the public greatly influenced her final approach to the Marshall Woods project. And while the noncommercial method may not be the most effective, she already plans to prioritize thinning in the areas of the NRA most used by the public. “I’m proud of the project,� Hensiek says. “It’s not the full extent that we described in Alternative B, but that’s why this NEPA process is just that: a process.�

Alex Sakariassen

Agriculture

Sheep munch weeds An unusual program to eradicate weeds in Missoula has been so successful, its woolly workers are almost out of a job.

Since 2007, Missoula’s Open Space Program has grazed sheep on the city’s conservation lands on the North Hills and Mount Jumbo in an effort to control invasive weeds.

Rotational grazing has been effective in mowing down weeds, transporting beneficial insects and allowing native species to flourish once again. Morgan Valliant, the city’s conservation lands manager, has even heard from other communities interested in ways to battle persistent weeds without resorting to harsh herbicides. “We’ve seen some amazing transitions in some of these lands,� Valliant says. “We used to see some

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Vendors at the Western Montana Fair, which runs through Aug. 16 at the Missoula County Fairgrounds. The total includes 32 nonprofit food vendors.

Missoula City Council meetings can sometimes turn into a circus. But on Monday night, council addressed the literal circus and an ordinance to ban exotic animal performances inside city limits.

A few dozen residents spoke at the hearing, most in favor of the ban, but the proposal fell just short of the required eight votes, 7-5. The result disappointed animal rights activists who for years have picketed the annual Shrine Circus and written letters condemning performances by captive wild animals. “I’m feeling extremely disappointed,� says Kathleen Stachowski, founder of Other Nations animal rights group. “I went there with really high hopes for passage.�

Council sent the ordinance back to committee for reconsideration. If it’s not rewritten, or if a council member’s mind doesn’t change, the ordinance will die.

Stachowski is confused by the council’s decision and flabbergasted by the rhetoric some used to oppose it. “We were treated to a diatribe about bush meat in Africa, about poaching, about the fact that Target was going to do away with boys’ and girls’ (toy) departments,� she says. “They see compassion and justice for animals as simply a manifestation of political correctness.�

Stachowski is referring to comments made by Western Montana Shrine Club member Barry Hartman, who described a ban on circus animals as opening “Pandora’s box.� Hartman couldn’t be reached for comment to explain his thinking, but the hearing wasn’t the first time he’s used provocative analogies when discussing the issue.

In a 2013 Indy article, he compared protests by Stachowski’s group to “flies at a picnic.�

Council member Ed Childers says he objects to the ordinance as currently written because it fails to protect humans from animals or animals from humans. “Nothing in the ordinance other than banning them from performances addresses either of those two things,� he says.

Childers isn’t keen on a blanket ban in part because circuses let children see exotic animals they might not otherwise encounter. He’s open to rules that ensure they are treated well, but adds that existing city ordinances already prohibit cruelty toward animals.

This is true. Current rules do give animal control officers the ability to issue complaints and impound any animal being mistreated. But can you imagine an officer having to seize an elephant?

That’s a circus act no one wants to see.

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properties with waist-tall knapweed, and they’re now down to very little knapweed.�

But now the sheep have done about all they can do in weed reduction, Valliant says. At first, sheep were pastured on the hillsides six months out of the year. Now, they’re only up for about a month.

That leaves the sheep owner, John Stahl, at what he calls a “crossroads� with his flock. Stahl operates a family farm in the western part of the Missoula Valley, where he raises sheep, goats and other livestock and produce. “Anybody who’s paid attention can see that we’ve won the war,� Stahl says. “We’re to a point that we’re not affecting the populations of knapweed and leafy spurge anymore.�

Stahl says it’s too expensive to buy hay yearround and forage is limited on his property. He’s had to cut his sheep herd from 300 at the height of the grazing program down to 160 ewes, he says.

He’ll sell off even more before this winter.

During the summer, Stahl experimented with pasturing goats and sheep on the city’s greywaterfed poplar orchard on Mullan Road. But the trees and dense grass made it too difficult for the guard dog to protect the sheep, so Stahl pulled his livestock off the land in early August.

Stahl’s looking at other longterm options for his operation, including the possibility of setting up a goat milk dairy. But he does plan to continue grazing sheep on the city’s conservation lands in some capacity. “Now it is my feeling that there will always be sheep on the mountain to a certain extent, but nothing like we’ve had in the past 10 years,�

Stahl says. “When agriculture is used correctly, it definitely can be of benefit to the environment.�

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Uninvited guests Armed militia brings unwanted attention to Lincoln

by Derek Brouwer

marks, Oath Keepers spokespersons sought Residents in Lincoln are still trying to woods without others thinking ill of it. scrub the black mark left by Ted Kaczynski But Frisbee says he wants no part of to distance the group from “thugs” and crimnearly 20 years after the murderous anarchist an armed militia’s antics, which came just inals, noting they had touched base with law was arrested in their town. No material trace as residents were looking forward to a enforcement about their plans. They had also of the Unabomber remains—even his tiny weekend of barn dancing, art and music. pledged not to don their gear on Main Street. cabin was hauled out by the FBI—but his He wants the Oath Keepers to stay in the “We are not here to create havoc for legacy has continued to linger. woods, out of sight. this city or this county or this state,” said So it’s not surprising that many who live “Go play Daniel Boone,” he says, “and Joseph Santoro, a retired sergeant major in Lincoln groaned last week when members whatever you need to do.” in the U.S. Army. of an anti-government group called the Oath A local man named Frank, who reMany other residents won’t share their Keepers showed up with fatigues and assault thoughts with the media. In one bar last fused to give his last name, pulled up to weapons to guard a patch of land from the Thursday, a TV reporter was turned away. the meeting on a white Harley-Davidson U.S. Forest Service. They’re worried the situ- As she left, conversation among patrons motorcycle and challenged the speakers. ation could further color Lincoln’s image, shifted from cooking recipes to memories “I can understand the legal aspect,” he particularly if it escalates. said. “But my understanding is there are people in “The people of Lincoln camo with guns running are trying to do positive around. That’s pretty things,” says Bill Frisbee, a scary in this little town.” businessman who chairs the community council. “When “This is ridiculous.” something like this happens, he added. it wipes out that stuff.”

A few locals sympathetic to the cause also Self-described constituattended, including two tional advocates from Oreyoung men and a friend of gon, Montana and other Kornec. So did a trio of emwestern states started arriving ployees who are part of the last week at the request of photo by Derek Brouwer ongoing reclamation projlocal proprietors of a small ect taking place at the Mike mining claim who are in a dispute over surface rights with Constitutional vigilantes arrived in Lincoln last week to patrol Horse mine. The only gravel the Forest Service. The Oath a local resident’s mining claim they say is under threat by the road to Kornec’s home is U.S. Forest Service. Members of the “logistics team” were closed to traffic so semis can Keepers fashion themselves a staying at the Three Bears Motel. haul out truckloads of mine peacekeeping force for whom weapons are only a “contingency plan,” the vof the media malaise that followed the Un- tailings, and employees are worried the Oath group’s public information officer Mary abomber’s arrest. A man joked that Lincoln Keepers could interfere with the work.

In an interview, Emerick says the situaEmerick says. Members intend to occupy should have kept Kacynzski’s cabin for all tion in Lincoln will not unfold like the highly the mine site until owners George Kornec the trouble it endured. and Phil Nappo get a day in court.

Still, at 5:30 p.m., someone clicked on publicized standoff at the Bundy ranch in NeThe site of the “security operation” is ac- the television, and everyone craned their vada last year, though some of the particitually 12 miles east of Lincoln, above the necks to watch for news about the Oath pants are the same. “What happened there is Mike Horse mine, where Kornec lives. Some Keepers. That’s when they learned of a “com- not what is happening here,” she says.

Frisbee hopes not. The local Chamber members have rented motel rooms in town. munity meeting” the group was hosting later of Commerce has already received an email Several residents, taking notice, called the that evening to address local concerns.

Lewis and Clark County Sheriff ’s Office about The last time the Oath Keepers staged from a would-be tourist saying he won’t atthe unsettling presence. a security operation, in Southern Oregon, tend an upcoming event because Lincoln Camouflage and holstered firearms some residents grew impatient. Business hasn’t booted the Oath Keepers, he says. If aren’t uncommon sights in Lincoln. Nor are owners gathered at the county court- the occupation prolongs, Lincoln could again frustrations with the U.S. government, which house, to call upon the militiamen to put show up on national cable news.

“As soon as that happens,” Frisbee says, manages the forest lands and wilderness away their guns. areas that encircle the town. And Lincoln’s The Thursday night community meeting “things will change 100 percent.” self-reliant mentality makes for a place where in a Lincoln public park, however, drew as dbrouwer@missoulanews.com men like Kornec can live privately in the many reporters as local residents. In their re-

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A final version of the federal Clean Power Plan released by President Obama and the EPA last week calls for a 32-percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions nationwide by 2030, sparking concerns among Montana labor unions over jobs at the coal-fired Colstrip power plant.

Power play Montana unions critical of new federal carbon reduction plan

by Alex Sakariassen

Last week was a time to celebrate or decry the overreaching arm of the federal government, depending on which side of the Clean Power Plan debate you were listening to. President Barack Obama and the EPA rolled out a final rule Aug. 3 calling for an even more ambitious level of carbon emission reduction than initially proposed last year—9 percent more ambitious, according to Obama’s official fact sheet. Exactly what that means for Montana remains unclear, but the reactions were swift and dramatic, from environmentalists proclaiming it the largest step ever taken to curb climate change in the country to Attorney General Tim Fox stating his office would consider “all available legal options” to resist the plan.

One of the more stirring responses, however, spoke not of environmental degradation, detriments to public health or an abuse of federal rulemaking but of fears over the hundreds of jobs the Clean Power Plan allegedly threatens. Labor unions like the AFL-CIO and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers openly questioned the new proposed reduction goals, with the former stating in a press release that the number contained in the final rule was “unexpected and seems unreasonable.” Their concern extends to the 360 people employed at the coal-fired power plant at Colstrip as well as workers at instate mines and on BNSF’s railways.

“We just got handed a whole new set of rules for a game we thought we’d been playing for a year, and we have to look at all of this,” says Bob Funk with the AFL-CIO,

pointing out that the Montana-specific reduction figures are being reported as anywhere between 33 and 47 percent of 2005 emission levels. “But the one thing I can definitely tell you is labor will be engaged on this because there’s way too much at stake.”

Over the past year, unions have been among those brought into discussions with Gov. Steve Bullock’s administration regarding how Montana might proceed with a state-based approach—an option afforded under the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. The labor community was “comfortable” with the draft plan announced last year, Funk says. But in the final rule, “the goal posts got moved on us.” Funk feels any approach to reducing carbon emissions has to be a state-initiated plan, and in light of last week’s changes, unions and other groups will need to once again meet with Bullock’s office to “ensure that when the governor comes up with a plan, it protects people’s good-paying jobs and protects the tax base and protects communities like Colstrip.”

Bill Ryan, former Democratic state representative and business manager for the IBEW Local 44 in Butte, agrees that Montana needs to continue with a rational, inclusive dialogue on how to achieve the Clean Power Plan’s goals moving forward. It’s not just the environment or public health or private industry on the line, he says. It’s families and livelihoods. That’s not to say the labor movement isn’t supportive of measures to ensure clean water and clean air, or of weening off our dependence on fossil fuels.

“By no stretch of the imagination

does anybody over here think it’s coal or nothing, or gas or nothing, or oil or nothing,” Ryan says. “That’s not reasonable.

But don’t disregard us to get to there. …

Make it sensible so you’re not just putting people out of work.”

Funk says there is a misconception among more extreme activists that the transition from fossil fuel energy to renewables can happen overnight, “with the flip of a switch.” But while the interests of unions and environmental groups—which tend to occupy the same side of the political aisle— may seem to be at odds with the Clean Power Plan, Funk and Ryan feel it’s a far less divisive issue than many would assume.

Both say there are ways to reduce the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels gradually, a sentiment echoed by Montana Environmental Information Center Program Director Anne Hedges. Labor has a valid concern when it comes to the future of Colstrip, Hedges says, but that plant is destined for hard economic times regardless of the EPA’s rule. What the rule presents is an opportunity to thoughtfully react to changing markets and help workers transition to a “new energy economy.”

“There are certain things that are inevitable with or without the Clean Power Plan,” Hedges says. “With the Clean Power Plan, we can create resources to help with a transition to cleaner energy.

Without the Clean Power Plan, we don’t have that opportunity.” asakariassen@missoulanews.com

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by Dan Brooks

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[10] Missoula Independent • August 13–August 20, 2015

Like any true patriot, I despise the United States government. America is the greatest country in the world, our people are hardworking and good, and we could really accomplish something if all these laws and agencies weren’t holding us back. As it is, I can barely keep up with HBO. Restoring our manufacturing sector or even holding a job is out of the question, what with this damned government.

I was therefore pleased to learn the Oath Keepers—a group of “patriots who believe the Constitution of the United States is the sole law of the land,” according to spokesman Joseph Santoro—had traveled to Lincoln to oversee a mining dispute (see news story on page 8). At this moment, an Oath Keepers security team is patrolling the claim of miner George Kornec, who has received noncompliance letters from the U.S. Forest Service for building an unauthorized garage on his claim.

First they came for the noncompliant miners, and I said nothing, because I was not a mineral rights attorney. But by such letters does tyranny usurp freedom.

The Forest Service claims Kornec needed approval to build a garage on his claim, citing a law passed by Congress— another branch of the federal government—in 1955. The Oath Keepers say Kornec’s claim predates that law and is subject only to the General Mining Act of 1872. But the Forest Service says he missed a deadline to file renewal paperwork in 1986, so technically his current claim originated then.

That’s the kind of complicated legal disagreement only armed patriots can resolve. This isn’t the first time the Oath Keepers have defended Lady Liberty against the groping hand of the government. You may remember them from 2014, when they supported rancher Cliven Bundy in his grazing dispute with the Bureau of Land Management.

For approximately 20 years, Bundy had refused to apply for a permit to graze his cattle on federal land. After the Oath Keepers and other groups de-

scended on the area, the BLM released cattle it had confiscated from Bundy, who subsequently remarked to reporters, “I’ve often wondered, are [African-Americans] better off as slaves, picking cotton and having a family life and doing things, or are they better off under government subsidy?”

Score one for individual liberty.

Now, over a year later, the Oath Keepers are once again protecting freedom by wandering around with guns—this time in Lincoln.

“This mineral rights dispute will benefit from the sound guidance that only armed citizens who are not geologists or attorneys can provide.”

“We are not thugs,” Santoro told a meeting of anxious residents and curious media. “We are not criminals. We ensure that the people we bring here into your community have been thoroughly vetted.

If they are any type of a lunatic fringe, I swear to you they aren’t coming here.”

I’m relieved to hear there will be no lunatics—just patriotic Americans like you and me, who heard there was a mining dispute, packed up their weapons and traveled across the country to watch it. None of them are there to provoke violence. They’re not thugs. They just want to ensure that, should violence erupt,

they have enough armed veterans in the area to protect their understanding of everyone else’s rights.

Thank God, the first American, that enough patriots care about the Constitution to protect it from federal legislation, the courts that interpret it and the Forest Service employees who enforce their decisions. Besides the Oath Keepers, doesn’t anyone care about the law of the land?

The only way I can see this operation going badly is if retired Sgt. Major Santoro’s interpretation of the General Mining Act of 1872 is wrong somehow, and the lawyers find against Kornec’s garage.

But I’m sure the Oath Keepers would abide by the court’s decision in that case, and they only brought their guns in case something unconstitutional happens.

Barring that outlandish scenario, this mineral rights dispute will benefit from the sound guidance that only armed citizens who are not geologists or attorneys can provide. Kornec’s conflict with the Forest Service isn’t about mining rights or paperwork or land use regulations.

It’s about the Constitution—and who better to determine if the actions of the federal government are constitutional than a posse of volunteers?

Freedom isn’t free. You have to lease it, and the rent payable is your interpretation of whether the last 60 years of mining law are constitutional. But rent isn’t due once a month. No, it’s due every time you hear about a dispute between an ordinary citizen and the unconstitutional government that stands athwart his right to build a garage.

That’s when some people might give up. In France, probably, that’s how they do it—just sit back and hope their king decides to fix matters for them. But we are Americans. We have a Constitution and the guns to interpret it. When a tyrannical Forest Service threatens our freedom, we do not stand down. We load up our weapons and stand around.

Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and killing time at combatblog.net

[opinion]

THIS IS BIGGER THAN US.

Burned out Powder River Basin coal is fast becoming a “stranded asset”

by Tom Sanzillo

Nine years ago, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company embarked on a campaign to improve its freight service in and out of the coal-rich Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming.

Times were good, the coal industry was booming and BNSF was getting political pressure to beef up its Powder River Basin infrastructure to help meet the nation’s seemingly endless appetite for fossil-fuel energy.

“The administration and Capitol Hill strongly believed that our investment in our coal network was insufficient and that much more investment was needed if we were to meet the forecast of demand going forward,” Matthew K. Rose, the BNSF executive chairman, recalled the other day at the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s annual conference in Washington. “We invested heavily, and now the capacity and the operations of the Powder River Basin lines are very, very impressive.”

Then came Rose’s headline remark: “Less than 10 years later, I don’t anticipate that we’ll see that level of coal volume again. That leaves us with millions of dollars in investment in what will eventually be stranded assets.”

Say again? BNSF, the second biggest railroad in the country and the main regional rival to Union Pacific Railroad, the No. 1 rail company, sees an end to growth in the Powder River Basin coal industry?

That’s what the man said.

And BNSF isn’t alone. Union Pacific, which splits the Powder River Basin market with BNSF, reports similar hurdles, as noted in an item a few weeks ago on Forbes.com: “Even in late 2014, Union Pacific’s management was forecasting—and

adding manpower and equipment for—a fantastic 2015. But so far, this year has proved to be a disappointment. The biggest surprise has come in coal. Electric utilities shifted en masse from coal to natural gas as gas prices dropped sharply in late 2014 and early 2015.”

The railroad industry’s hard realism stands in contrast to Peabody Energy’s upbeat insistence that a coal-market uptick is imminent. One thing about Peabody, the largest private coal company in the world, is that it is consistent in its outlook, even if it is consistently wrong.

“Then came Rose’s headline remark: ‘Less than 10 years later, I don’t anticipate that we’ll see that level of coal volume again.’”

BNSF, on the other hand, is a pragmatic company with pragmatic leadership (wholly owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway) that sees little sign that the coal producers’ dreams are likely to come true.

Powder River Basin coal is competitively priced, but its market falls short of

what the region’s four major producers— Peabody, Alpha Natural Resources, Arch Coal and Cloud Peak Energy—need to achieve sustainable growth. The entire business model for the basin’s coal-production expansion turns on exports that would go overseas via as-yet-unbuilt export terminals in the Pacific Northwest.

But buyers for that coal are becoming increasingly hard to find, with many looking to other energy sources. Unfortunately for U.S. coal producers, global seaborne thermal-coal prices are poised, by most accounts, to stay low for years to come.

Rose’s admission may not have been an easy one to make. He said Powder River Basin coal now accounts for about 20 percent of BNSF’s traffic, down from 25 percent, and that it is “the fastestchanging story in railroading.”

He noted also that U.S. electricity producers rely on coal today for less than 40 percent of their energy needs, down over 50 percent from a decade ago, and that he expects further “significant volume disruptions” as energy markets continue to evolve, in part as a result of pollution regulations.

Rose added that the railroad’s loss of coal business is not going to be offset by shale-oil shipments. Ultimately, it all adds up to a net loss on the fossil fuel side of the railroad business. In the end, it always comes down to business, and no business wants to be left with stranded assets.

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This week, the Indy takes a look back on some of the best of the late Roland Sweet’s “Curses, Foiled Again,” a regular feature of his long-running In Other News. These particular quirks star criminals who made the cops’ jobs easy, because, let’s face it, ineptitude of this caliber deserves a second chuckle.

FROM APRIL 22, 2010: Police looking for a man who stole two phones from a convenience store in Orem, Utah, apprehended suspect John White after he flagged down the investigating officers to ask for directions. They noticed that White matched the description given them by the store clerk and said the address he asked about was the same as that on a slip of paper the thief had left behind.

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FROM FEB. 10, 2011: During a routine traffic stop in Dallas, Texas, Mario Miramontes, 22, hoped to conceal his arrest warrant by giving the officer the name of his cousin, Christopher Ayala, 25. He’d used the name before, but this time the officer’s search disclosed that the cousin also had a warrant, on charges of fondling an underage relative. “I thought the name was clean,” said Miramontes, who wound up spending 13 months in the Dallas County Jail without access to a lawyer. He was finally released after Ayala’s attorney, who said he told prosecutors many times that they had the wrong man in custody, finally convinced Judge Larry Mitchell of the mix-up. (The Dallas Morning News) FROM OCT. 27, 2011: Stephen Frankie Daniel, 21, was caught robbing a gas station convenience store in Snellville, Ga., by police Lt. B.W. Brown, who happened to be waiting in line behind him. “The manager was laughing at the time he was putting the money in the bag because he was looking at me over the guy who was robbing him,” Brown said, noting that Daniel apparently didn’t notice Brown’s uniform or the plainly marked Snellville Police Department pickup truck parked outside the store. (Atlanta Journal Constitution)

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FROM APRIL 19, 2012: Police had no trouble catching Chester Michael Schaffer, 30, who they suspected of robbing a convenience store in Hampton, Va. “He was located immediately,” police Cpl. Mary E. Shackelford said, trying to make his getaway on a moped. (Norfolk’s WVEC-TV) FROM FEB. 21, 2013: While serving time in the Gwinnett County, Ga., jail for paying an undercover police officer $3,000 to murder his neighbor and former business partner, Joseph Memar, 65, was caught again trying to have the man killed. Police Cpl. Jake Smith said Memar spread the word among inmates, met with a plainclothes officer during his visitation time, offered the officer $10,000 to kill the man and told him where to go to collect the money. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) FROM JUNE 20, 2013: A police officer stopped a car for a traffic violation in Clayton, Mo., and asked driver Joseph Meacham, 39, to step out. Meacham obliged but then shoved the officer and fled on foot.

He ducked into a building, which turned out to be St. Louis County police headquarters. After Meacham was arrested at gunpoint, Officer Korey Golcynski noted, “It appears the subject had no idea where he was going.” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) FROM SEPT. 5, 2013: When police encountered shoplifting suspect Levar Fulgham, 34, with $4,500 in designer handbags outside a TJ Maxx store in Farmington, Conn., he ran off and hopped into an idling car.

He couldn’t get the car moving, however, because it was equipped with an ignition interlock system, which the driver has to blow into to put the car in gear. The car’s owner had been required to install the device after a drunk-driving charge, and Fulgham didn’t know how it worked. “Otherwise,” police Lt. Colin Ryan said, “he would have been long gone.” (The Hartford Courant) FROM JUNE 26, 2014: Andrew James Joffe, 24, called 911 to report that he was lost and being chased by wild hogs in Pasco County, Fla. Deputies who responded located Joffe and then discovered he had an open warrant for driving with a suspended license. While his backpack was being inventoried for safekeeping at the jail, a deputy found a GPS whose “home address” wasn’t Joffe’s. Joffe admitted taking it and other items from a car. “We have had people with warrants call us to turn themselves in before,” Sheriff Grady Judd said, “but it’s unusual for someone with an active warrant, who just burglarized a car, to get lost and call us for help.” (Sarasota’s WWSB-TV) FROM SEPT. 4, 2014: Roger Beasley Jr., 30, abandoned his car at a routine traffic stop in Biloxi, Miss., but didn’t get far because he ran into a building where police academy training was underway. Police Chief John Miller said Beasley was quickly arrested on multiple charges. (Biloxi’s The Sun Herald) FROM DEC. 4, 2014: Police arrested a 50-year-old man in Folehill, England, after observing him steal the license plates from a parked van that was actually an unmarked police vehicle on assignment. (United Press International) FROM APRIL 23, 2015: Micah Hatcher, 36, was charged with auto theft after he drove a stolen vehicle into the Washington State Patrol district office parking lot in Bellevue. Hatcher had been arrested a few days earlier and came to the district office to retrieve some belongings that had been taken then. Troopers said they were alerted to the stolen vehicle by a witness who recognized it from a Facebook post and followed Hatcher to his destination. (Seattle’s KOMO-TV)

[12] Missoula Independent • August 13–August 20, 2015

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MONTANA’S CRAFT BREWING INDUSTRY HAS EXPLODED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. WITH MORE NEW BREWERIES AND EXPANSION PROJECTS ON DECK, IS THERE A POINT WHERE IT BECOMES TOO MUCH?

by Alex Sakariassen [14] Missoula Independent • August 13–August 20, 2015

n early February, Flathead Lake Brewing Company flung open the doors of its lavish new pubhouse on the site of what was once Bigfork’s North Shore Lanes bowling alley.

The interior boasted all the trappings of a come-of-age brewery—patio, merchandise shop, massive windows looking in on the brewhouse—and locals flocked to the event for the promise of a full menu and a bevy of Flathead brews already made popular at the brewery’s 10-year-old Wood’s Bay headquarters. The opening came more than two years after Flathead announced its plans for Bigfork and roughly four years after it opened a second location in downtown Missoula. Flathead followed up its latest expansion in June with the first-ever release of its beer in cans.

But according to head brewer Tim Jacoby, even the recent scale-up isn’t enough. The Bigfork pubhouse hardly put a dent in business at the Wood’s Bay location, and life went on as usual at the Missoula spot. Even with the new facility, Jacoby estimates Flathead is maxed out at 4,000 barrels of beer this year. He is already looking into adding new tanks to bump that number up to 7,000 barrels in 2016, a move that would both satisfy locals and help Flathead put its cans in the hands of drinkers in Bozeman and Helena before next summer.

“I thought we wouldn’t be there ’til five years from now,” Jacoby says of the level of production. “But it’s only been six months and we’re already ordering new tanks. So our long-term vision is we’re expanding, and we’re just one brewery in western Montana expanding.”

The story has become common across the state in recent years: breweries reaching capacity and expanding only to reach capacity again. In the past five years alone, nearly a dozen companies in Billings, Bozeman, Missoula, the Flathead Valley and elsewhere have announced or completed ambitious expansion plans. Some of the latest include the two-year-old Philipsburg Brewing Company, opening a second location for the purpose of packaging beer in aluminum bottles, and the year-old Kalispell Brewing Company, which more than doubled its brewing capacity this spring.

Newcomers continue to pop up regularly as well, pushing the total number of Montana breweries from barely two dozen in 2010 to 59 now. State records indicate there is one more licensed brewery that has yet to open.

“The appetite, the desire for Montana craft beer is tremendous,” says Matt Leow, who replaced Tony Herbert as the Montana Brewers Association’s executive director this summer. “And it’s growing.”

The five-year surge here mirrors a national trend in the craft beer industry. According to the Boulder-based Brewers Association, the number of operating breweries in the United States has grown from 1,813 in 2010 to 3,464 in 2014, the highest total in the nation since the 1870s.

The number of craft brewery closures has fallen dramatically in that same span.

While 615 new breweries opened last year, only 46 breweries closed.

Montana breweries now employ upwards of 500 people and, through weekly charity nights and competitive donation drives, contribute well over $100,000 a year to local organizations. A 2014 study by the University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research estimated the economic impact of craft breweries in Montana at $60 million—an increase of 20 percent from 2011.

With the grand opening of the Missoula Brewing Company off North Reserve last month, Missoula itself now has 10 taprooms. The rampant growth in recent years had prompted much speculation about a saturation point. Brewers were estimating as far back as 2011 that Missoula could support seven breweries, tops. We’ve not only hit that mark but sped past it, and at least one proposed brewery, Ice Bridge, has yet to break ground (it is, however, registered as active with the Montana Secretary of State).

The situation isn’t much different in cities like Great Falls, Helena and Kalispell.

“The more the merrier,” Jacoby says, listing the addition of Bonsai, Kalispell, Cabinet and Homestead Ales to the greater Flathead area. “As long as you make great beer, everybody’s going to go from one to the other to the other to the other. Who wants to go to the same brewery every single day? If there’s one five miles away, I want to go to that one too.”

THE TAP-HANDLE WARS When craft beer first came to Missoula in the late ’80s and early ’90s, a battleground began to take shape. Bayern Brewing paved the way for industry recognition, teaming with Worden’s Market and the Rhino to host a brew festival in Caras Park that included 20 regional breweries during its inaugural year in 1992. But domestics continued to dominate. Rainier had the market cornered on tap handles, and it was here that some of Montana’s now-stalwart breweries claimed their first victories by edging out domestics at bars. The availability of craft on tap at watering holes like the Rhino and the Missoula Club slowly grew. When Big Sky Brewing came on the scene in 1995 with its first brew, Whistling Pig Red Ale, the brewery wrestled more than 60 tap handles away from Rainier in just a few weeks.

In many ways, the recent craft beer glut reminds Big Sky Brewing co-founder Neal Leathers of that early buzz. With Bayern, Big Sky and Kettlehouse all up and brewing by the late ’90s, Missoula emerged as Montana’s microbrew capital. The following years saw numerous openings throughout the state, Leathers says, and there was a lot of talk of a bubble poised to burst.

“That was the last time we really saw a big spike in the number of breweries compared to what existed, and we’re seeing that same thing now,” Leathers continues. “The big difference is then, certainly in Montana, you couldn’t sell pints on

approach to the business—smaller operations subsisting primarily off taproom sales and limited keg distribution. By comparison, Big Sky intended from day one to be a packaging brewery. Its presence in 24 states now is due largely to that original vision and a lot of patience in waiting for the nation’s craft beer palate to evolve.

Newer Missoula breweries like Draught Works, Great Burn and Imagine Nation are working under a model that simply wasn’t an option 20 years ago.

“From that perspective, we really see it as much more of a replacement or competitor to the bars and restaurants,”

generated a shift in how bars choose what to put on draft.

“Bars are starting to carry the beers that their customers are asking for, as opposed to maybe whatever the distributors are trying to push,” Newhouse says. “I think the bars have been able to have a bigger stake in, ‘This is the beer that I want to have, this is what my people want.’”

The craft brewing explosion has also altered the politics of beer at the state level. Following the successful fight for onpremise consumption, brewers increasingly turned their attention to lifting the 10,000-barrel cap, hoping to expand dis-

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Recognizing the lack of breweries serving Missoula’s southern neighborhoods, Greg and Mike Howard opened Great Burn Brewing just off Brooks a year ago this month.

premise at all. Even nationally, a lot of people who were starting breweries were starting them with the thought of being a packaging brewery where they wanted to go national or regional or whatever.”

Kettlehouse co-owner Tim O’Leary and others led the charge in 1999 to rewrite the state’s taproom laws, bringing structure to the industry while opening up a critical new avenue for profits: the legalized sale of pints on premise. By the early 2000s, however, a wave of closures washed over the state. Smaller operations like Rocking M Brewing Company and the Lightning Boy Brewery, both in Belgrade, fizzled fairly quickly. Lang Creek, Milestown and Spanish Peaks managed to hold on for a number of years before shuttering their doors, which, in the case of Spanish Peaks, happened abruptly and with little public explanation.

Leathers attributes the staying power of players in this latest surge to a different

Leathers says. “Whenever someone says something about saturation or there are going to be too many breweries, look how many bars there are in Missoula compared to how many breweries there are in Missoula. If you’re a taproom who’s selling beer for people that come in ... you’re much more likely to be competing with other neighborhood restaurants in the area than you are with a packaging brewery.”

Today the war for tap handles has morphed. Rather than making a case for craft taps to whiskey- and domestic-drinking tavern owners who are unfamiliar with the product, Leathers and others now find themselves competing with other craft breweries or even specific beer styles.

Ryan Newhouse, a Missoula-based beer blogger and author of Montana Beer: A Guide to Breweries in Big Sky Country, concurs that increased awareness of and demand for craft beer by customers have

tribution without sacrificing popular and lucrative taprooms. The issue often pitted the industry against powerful tavern interests, and lack of legislative progress on this front has prompted several breweries to undergo complex legal restructuring to meet their goals. The lead-up to the 2015 Montana Legislature saw the emergence of a proposal to allow breweries to obtain bar licenses and vice versa. House Bill 326, while supported by the Montana Brewers Association, drew fierce backlash from a select group of brewers and blurred the once-clear political division between breweries and tavern owners.

For Leow at the MBA, the increasing competition between craft brewers at the taps isn’t necessarily a sign of any looming bust or plateau. On the contrary, he points to another national statistic as evidence that there’s still ample opportunity for the industry to grow. Craft beer commanded just 5 percent of the total market

share for beer sales in the U.S. in 2010.

Last year, that share was 11 percent. And with only a 0.5 percent increase in the total beer market in 2014, it’s clear craft is creating converts.

“The vast majority of the beer market is held by the big breweries still,” Leow says. “At the same time what we’re seeing is a trend among consumers, both in Montana and nationally, that tastes are evolving. People are drinking more craft beer.

There’s obviously room for craft beer to take over more of that market share.”

HAVE BEER, WILL CAN The state has built an increasingly solid reputation in the craft beer world over the past decade. Montana consistently ranks in the top four states for breweries per capita. We’ve attracted the attention and admiration of bigwigs like Great American Beer Festival founder Charlie Papazian, who cruised Flathead Lake in summer 2013 for a special MBA beer tasting (and, when asked by the Indy if any particular brew had blown his socks off, replied, “My socks are long gone.”) Scores of local beers have won big at regional, national and international competitions, granting breweries and Montana residents alike some serious bragging rights.

One of the most distinguished awards to date went to Kettlehouse Brewing’s Double Haul IPA, which took home the gold from the World Beer Cup in April 2014. Montanans had long ago developed a taste for the brew, one of only three Kettlehouse products available in cans, and to have Double Haul named the best IPA in the world only reaffirmed that level of loyalty. Co-owner Tim O’Leary followed up the good news several months later with the announcement that Kettlehouse would be building an expansive production facility on an 18-acre plot of land in Bonner.

Anyone who heard of the plans was instantly reminded of the moment in spring 2008 when Kettlehouse began serving pints at its then-new Northside location. O’Leary built the facility largely to accommodate increased production and canning of Double Haul, Cold Smoke and Eddy Out. Demand in both taprooms and on store shelves maxed out both locations combined. O’Leary found himself bumping up against the state’s 10,000 barrel production cap, above which breweries are no longer allowed to sell pints on premise. A legal restructuring took place last year that let Kettlehouse breach that cap, but in a statement released last fall O’Leary explained the Bonner facility was still essential in addressing seasonal shortages and ramping up distribution to markets Kettlehouse had previously been forced to abandon.

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For some companies, expansion has emerged as a means to boost on-site business and secure more room for an evergrowing customer base. Angry Hank’s in Billings undertook such a project in 2011 to more than double its space. At the same time, nearby Himmelberger Brewing—up to that point an exclusively wholesale operation—moved into more spacious digs in the interest of finally opening a taproom. For companies like Kettlehouse and Flathead, however, the need for increased elbowroom is a reaction to another kind of war, one confined not to taps but to grocery stores and gas stations.

“Where the real battle is going to be is for store shelf space and that sort of thing,” Leathers says, citing some of the latest retail sales figures from Big Sky. “This year’s been amazing for us. We don’t have new territory. Pygmy Owl’s a new beer for us and it’s doing fine, but it’s not a huge seller for us. But the last three years combined we’ve sold like 2 percent more beer than the year before. This year we’re up 13 percent in the first half of the year, and it’s almost all in Montana.”

The swell in the number of Montana breweries since 2010 has been punctuated by increased availability of brews

statistics courtesy of Brewers Association

from new and established companies in bottles and cans. Tamarack, Bozeman Brewing, Red Lodge Ales, Lewis and Clark Brewing, Wildwood, Bitter Root and a number of others have joined the ranks of widely distributed out-of-state beers like Deschutes, New Belgium and Alaskan on retail shelves. While similar developments in states like Texas, which saw an explosion of new breweries following legislative changes last year, actually cut into Big Sky’s market presence there, demand continues to rise at home.

Leathers says sales of Big Sky beer instate jumped almost 50 percent in the first six months of 2015 compared to the same period last year. With a mere four months of can sales under Flathead Lake Brewing’s belt in the Flathead Valley and Missoula markets, Jacoby says the brewery still isn’t producing enough to meet seasonal needs and expand distribution to Bozeman.

“You just get your beer into so many more mouths when you’re in a can,” Jacoby continues. “Everybody shops at grocery stores, but not everybody goes into a bar. And the competition at your tap handles is fierce. There’s so many great beers in Montana that you’re just not going to get a whole bunch of those tap handles. Every bar wants to experiment and have new stuff and their customers want new stuff. That’s not our focus. Our focus is not going to be trying to beat other breweries up for tap-handle space.

We don’t make as much money on a keg of beer as we do in cans.”

Once thought to be the province of bland or subpar domestics, cans are fast becoming the preferred packaging option in the craft world. According to the online database craftcans.com, roughly 523 brew-

photo courtesy of Lolo Peak Brewing

This conceptual design depicts Lolo Peak Brewing’s second location, which is slated to go in adjacent to the Osprey Stadium. Co-owner Patrick Offen says there won’t be any brewing on site, but the new facility will attempt to mimic the atmosphere of the Lolo facility.

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eries nationwide can their products, and the reasons for making the switch from bottles (or starting with cans to begin with) have been argued for years. In addition to decreasing oxygen and light exposure, cans are lighter weight and recyclable, making them cheaper to transport and more environmentally sound. As Newhouse puts it, “Beyond just being able to take your beer outdoors, you’re putting better beer in a better package.”

Yet only a fraction of Montana’s breweries package their beer at all, and even fewer choose to offer those beers in aluminum. Cans are “still a pretty small portion of our business,” Leathers says of Big Sky, though he acknowledges craft cans will likely outsell craft bottles in the future. And Big Sky remains the only brewery with a substantial presence—on tap, in bottles or in cans—outside Montana’s borders. The lion’s share of Montana beer is consumed not just in-state but in a brewery’s backyard. Five-year swell or no, the local market is what continues to drive industry growth.

“The further you go out from our neighborhood, the less people are going to know about it,” Jacoby says. “That means Idaho, Washington, Calgary—we don’t know if we have any customers in those places. If we maximize this building as far as production, we still can’t cover the state of Montana. So what’s the point of going to another state? Kettlehouse isn’t even there.”

THE SATURATION QUESTION Lolo Peak Brewing marked its oneyear anniversary in late June by announcing plans to construct a two-story, 8,000-square-foot facility adjacent to the Osprey Stadium in central Missoula. The new building will house a brewpub and restaurant styled after the company’s lofty, rustic digs on the aptly named Brewery Way in Lolo. But in a twist similar to Tamarack and Flathead’s entrance into Missoula proper, Lolo Peak’s plans don’t include on-site brewing.

The project stands as a testament to how varied the craft brewery business model has become during Montana’s beer boom, particularly when compared to Missoula’s newest player, Missoula Brewing Company. Co-owner Bob Lukes went big from the start with MBC, housing it in a 17,000-square-foot warehouse on International Drive complete with a bottling line, a pizza kitchen and room for significant future expansion. In an interview with the Indy just prior to MBC’s grand opening last month, Lukes said he felt existing name recognition of his Highlander brand—the oldest label in Missoula beer history—would give the new operation a leg up.

“I think our first step is being successful in Missoula,” Lukes said. “Our second step is being successful in Montana. Is there a third step where we’re a regional player, where we’re distributing beer throughout the Northwest? That would be great. I think we’ll have the capacity to do it. Is that five years down the road or 10 years down the road? Who knows.”

New breweries and expansion projects are becoming less surprising with each passing year. Newhouse suspects the next wave of activity will be measured not in X number of breweries but in industry-related business. Missoula has already seen some craft beer-reliant ventures such as the Thirst Gear brew bike, Montana Brewery Tours and the downtown Dram Shop, which serves a constantly rotating menu of Montana beers in pints and growlers. The uptick in homebrewing fostered by local taprooms has also been vital to establishments like Summer Sun Garden and Brew. Maybe it’s an increase in agriculture we’ll see next, Newhouse says, or in beer tourism companies.

“We’ve had a big splash these last five years, and I think what we’re going to see now is what the ripple effect can cause,” he says.

Newhouse shies away from offering any guesses on how many breweries towns

like Missoula, Billings or Bozeman could sustain. No one would really want to try to pin that down, he says, because as long as people are brewing world-class beer, there’s not really a foreseeable end. Newhouse recently attended the annual Beer Bloggers and Writers Conference in

Asheville, N.C., a town not much bigger than Missoula that boasts 20 breweries and counting. The industry has grown complex enough in recent years that the saturation question is fast becoming moot. The numbers keep moving with each new opening, but the answer remains anyone’s guess.

“I don’t know why Missoula wouldn’t have 15 or 20 breweries in five years,” Leathers says. “If that number turns out to be 12 or it turns out to be 25, either one won’t really surprise me.” asakariassen@missoulanews.com

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Since opening this spring, Missoula’s Imagine Nation Brewing has gradually increased the amount of activity in its West Broadway taproom with live music and nonprofit fundraisers.

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Goodbye, party On the brink of Total Fest’s last hurrah, a totally nostalgic look at some favorite moments

by Erika Fredrickson and Kate Whittle

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very summer for the past 14 years, the Indy has previewed Total Fest, the three-night, 50-plusband music festival that has become a Missoula mainstay. We giddily anticipate the return of bands that made big first impressions onstage, like Red Fang, Vile Blue Shades and Mika Mako, as well as offstage (Vile Blue Shades, again). We look forward to the new bands we don’t even know we’ll fall in love with until it happens. We get pumped for surprise reunions of local bands we thought were broken up for good.

But this year is different. Total Fest XIV marks the festival’s bittersweet end as organizers, like founder Josh Vanek, look toward other projects.

The farewell event loads up on nostalgic acts, with groups like Humpy, Oblio Joes and Volumen getting back together to say one last goodbye. There are also heavy hitters taking the stage, such as Big Business, Naomi Punk and Black Cobra. If you haven’t attended Total Fest before, and you like any manner of punk, metal, sludgy and country-tinged rock, take our word for it: This weekend is not to be missed.

Total Fest XIV will create new memories, no doubt. But in the spirit of The Last One, we asked the people who helped make this DIY event what it was to talk about their favorite moments from years past.

Prior to performing at the VFW for Total Fest XI, Minneapolis’ Brain Tumors were in crisis mode. The band knew that if they were going to make a splashy debut at TF, their singer, Drew, had to rep the punk lifestyle by looking the part. Any alternative rocker worth their weight in expensive body modifications will tell you, no body-mod challenges the status quo more than a tattoo on your face and/or head. But Drew was too broke to go all-in on some dope ink before the gig. Our solution? Temporary tattoos, and plenty of them. Rather than going to Party City, I suggested we shop local at Rockin Rudy’s. Of course Rudy’s came through. On Drew’s face, neck and arms, we applied roughly 30 iconic punk designs: butterflies, smiley faces, lightning bolts. Needless to say, Drew’s alternativeness stunned the crowd, and no one had a clue that we had just pulled off what may be the best kept secret in Total Fest history.

—Colin Uriah-Johnson of Skin Flowers and Shahs [Redacted] —Kate Whittle, Indy reporter and past Total Fest organizer Having Fitz of Depression play. About two to three days before they are set to come, they don’t have a bass player. Lead singer/guitarist Mikey Dees asks me, “If we still come can you find us a bass

photo courtesy of Amy Donovan

The first Total Fest took place at now-defunct Jay’s upstairs with just five bands. Over the last decade, it’s turned into a three-day, 50-plusband event drawing attendees from around the Northwest.

player?” I say ‘Yes,’ not even knowing if I can pull it off. I check with a few people and no one can do it.

I am in complete and total panic. Then I remember I forgot to ask Millie Sasshole. She immediately says yes but then panics that she only has a day to learn the songs. Mikey sends me a partial set list and says if she learns these, that will carry her over on the rest. She was nervous as hell up until she got onstage, mostly because she was in awe to get to play with them. But, damn it, she did great.

—Dennis Lynch, formerly of El Zombi Gato and past Total Fest organizer One: Getting to see my friend Millie onstage playing bass for Fitz of Depression. Two: Standing a foot away from Helms Alee for the duration of their set, without earplugs. Three: Having the singer of the Fleshies riding on my back for an entire song, and not spilling my drink. And four: Akimbo. Holy shit, Akimbo.

—Randy Palmer, editor of zines Darlene and Spaghetti Dinner & Dancing

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Jay’s Upstairs, real sweaty and packed, floor bouncing up and down. Moose Drool. Lots of Moose Drool. Pasty long-haired rock-and-rollers taking over the Blackfoot. Old friends. Missoula is a real gem.

Glad to have been able to be part of the magic!

—Lana Rebel, singer My wife is a huge Carpenters fan, but her favorite band at TF 2013 was Gay Witch Abortion.

Also, just hanging out on top of the parking garage with friends between sets, goofing off like a bunch of teenagers all weekend long. Oh, and the International Playboys’ reunion.

—Jon Van Dyke, VISTA at Zootown Arts Community Center It’s difficult to boil down Total Fest to a single memory or moment so here are a few: Total Fest VII when This Runs on Blood stepped in to play an early set when Birthday Suits’ van broke down. Seeing DEAD. The back-to-back sets of Black Velvet Elvis and The Trucks at Total Fest VII. Everything about Total

Fest X. The thing that sticks with me the most is the people. This year will no doubt tug on the heart strings, but I couldn’t think of a better community of people with whom to celebrate the final festival.

—Josh Harteis, Total Fest organizer The first year Total Fest consumed the Badlander/Palace compound I was in contact with Michelle from Panache Booking about bands who might be touring this way mid-August. To my surprise, she tells me Mika-effing-Miko ( from Los Angeles) is available and interested. I was ecstatic and trying my best to stay cool, said “uh huh,” and she said they’d need $300, or maybe it was $400. As an organizer, I knew full well that I wasn’t in a position to guarantee anything but ... I said, “Okay, sure, we can do that.” It was selfish and risky. I know now and I knew then, but it was Mika Miko and it was worth it.

—Nicole Vanek, Total Fest organizer Wolf Eyes just got in from Europe and were jetlagged to the max. All they wanted to do was hang

barefoot in my backyard and dole out the funniest tour stories ever. I think one of the stories was Neil [Michael Hagerty] taking hours to record a pencil dropping on a snare. And their set was killer: half the crowd was shrooming and I look to the back of the room and see Reggie Watts totally entranced like a hypnotized cobra.

—Bryan Ramirez of Ex-Cocaine The second night of Total Fest VIII was on fire.

Seattle’s Tacocat inspired a beautiful rash of crowdsurfing and Le Force sucked the air out of the room with their metallic power. But it was the eight-member (or more?) Vile Blue Shades, who enjoyed the riches of everyone’s good cheer that night. I don’t even know if I like their music, but they played three

Drunk Horse up for an anchor slot and it was some of the bar none best rock and roll I’ve ever seen.

—Josh Vanek, Total Fest founder A Total Fest is exactly what it is. It is when you jump totally headlong into the multi-stage frenzy. You see all of your old friends, hit some barbecues, join the black jeans at the river, walk your sore neck down to the bright light at The Big Dipper for the record swap, sit in a pickup truck and listen to heavy metal in the parking garage, and contemplate quitting your job just so you don’t have to miss a single part of the total fun, because it really is that fun, and a forever symbol of your youth when every party was worth it.

—Kia Liszak, executive director at Zootown Arts Community Center and past Total Fest organizer

photo courtesy of Amy Donovan

Portland, Ore.-based Fireballs of Freedom, formerly of Missoula, have played a few Total Fests in the past and will return this year for the 14th and final year of the festival.

layers deep into the crowd accompanied by dancers wrapped in nylon, turning everyone into a sweaty crowd of heathens who had no care but the present moment.

—Erika Fredrickson, Indy arts editor Lana Rebel. She’s been integral to Total Fest. She played the first TF with Last of the Juanitas. The after, after, after parties sitting at home with a slumber party situation watching the God channel on mute.

Playing records and talking shit. Painting each other’s toenails. The ass of Juicie’s pants [of bands Lozen and Helms Alee] ripping out that one night.

The wake up. Food. River. BBQ. Rock ‘n’ roll. Party.

Slumber party. Rinse and repeat.

—Jim Anderson, chef at Scotty’s Table and past Total Fest organizer Drunk Horse reunion, 2009. Drunk Horse is one of my favorite bands of all time. Part ZZ Top, part Allman Bros, part I don’t know what. John Fleming [from Ear Candy Music] turned me on to them. They played the first ever Total Fest, went on to record another few records and then kind of hung it up around 2005 or 2006. In 2009, KBGA helped Total Fest bring

If my first Total Fest was an episode of “Friends” it would be called, “The One with the Sparks,” aka TF IV. The sweatbox American Legion Hall was packed nuts-to-butts with a sweltering variety of humans, all of whom were thirsty, all of whom drank all the PBR before dark, all while taking in acts as varied as No-Fi Soul Rebellion and Le Force. My cohort, Chad Dundas, and I went about purchasing literal armloads of that sweet Sparks for fear it would evaporate, too. After eight or 12 hours … the sun came up and I was missing my shirt. Not to worry though, two members of the International Playboys, The Count and Monty Carlo, presented me with the key to the city of Missoula. Well, it was a key anyway, a wooden one that might hang on your grandmother’s wall, and it’s in my attic ready for Total Fest’s return in 2025.

—Jason McMackin of Total Combined Weight Total Fest XIV runs Thu., Aug. 20–Sat., Aug. 22. $60 three-day pass/single-night tickets also available at the door. Visit totalfest.org for full schedule. arts@missoulanews.com

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[music]

Real deal Lake Street Dive goes down smooth Lake Street Dive, who come to Missoula this week, have been on tour seemingly forever. Or at least a whole lot since their fantastic LP, Bad Self Portraits, hit record racks in 2014. The sound captured the analog warmth that harkens back to releases on Stax or even Philadelphia’s Gamble and Huff. The song cuts are stellar, including the smolder of “Better Than,” the Motown bounce of “Use Me Up” and their signature “You Go Down Smooth,” which has been snapped up by glee clubs throughout the country.

The major ascent of Lake Street Dive in the past few years is pretty telling of what music fans want: skip the digital and auto-tuned junk and give us the real

deal. Rachael Price’s vocal delivery proves she is quite possibly one of the best singers in the game right now, putting her above today’s spotlight contemporaries. Just listen to her phrasing and you understand she has indeed been to church and knows the gospel. But with Bridget Kearney’s righteous and flawless standup bass playing, Mike Calabrese’s multitasking drumming, Mike Olson’s Memphis-guitar ease, there’s no one star in the mix. The gang has the chemistry dialed in from 11 years of fine-tuning their craft and not just going by the numbers. We’ll be talking about this show for years to come. (Bryan Ramirez) Lake Street Dive plays the Top Hat Fri., Aug. 14, at 8 PM. Doors open at 7. Sold out.

Darci Carlson, Release Me Wisps of Tanya Tucker, Loretta Lynn, Patty Loveless and half a dozen other hillbilly queens seem to inhabit Darci Carlson on Release Me, the singer’s tantalizing 2014 outlaw country debut. I’m pretty wary of self-proclaimed iconoclasts—authentic artists can let the music do the talking. But with the crippled, bro-infested state of modern country, it’s almost a preemptive strike to distance yourself from “American Idol” and “The Voice” products or the glossy, faux-traditional country of pop crossovers.

This is hardcore twang with a lived-in voice that makes it real clear this woman isn’t gonna take your shit, boy. On the revenge tale “Death Bed,” she doesn’t just key her initials into your truck, she goes over and blows your brains out “because you couldn’t keep your dick in your pants.” While Carlson isn’t

exactly blazing a path through fresh territory, she’ll occasionally stray outside the familiar stylistic borders of classic country, as on “Tombstone,” which carries some extra heft by way of some Leslie organ-style rumbling underneath acoustic piano and a trembling electric guitar.

On the title track we’re treated to Carlson’s clear-eyed version of female empowerment, a popular theme with chart-toppers like Katy Perry and Kacey Musgraves. “You can’t fear the things that you love, you gotta trust yourself and follow your gut,” she sings, drawing out the word “gut” to rhyme. That’s what true country music is all about—straight up, no chaser, right to the heart.

(Ednor Therriault) Darci Carlson plays Stage 112 Fri., Aug. 14, at 10 PM. Doors at 9 PM. $5. 18-plus.

Sun Kil Moon, Universal Themes The first track on Sun Kil Moon’s new Universal Themes is nine minutes long and can be divided into three parts: the speaker finds a dying possum under his air conditioner, the speaker remembers a Godflesh concert, and the speaker thinks about how it is better to live than to not. In this context, the album’s title may be ironic. With more than one track about what happens when you play yourself in an Italian movie set in Switzerland, Universal Themes extends the line Mark Kozelek followed on 2014’s Benji: music as a kind of free-associating diary.

What’s crazy is that it works even better than it

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did last time. Where the arbitrariness of Benji sometimes felt edited, even affected, here Kozelek presents the events of his life as mere facts and his feelings about them as mere events. It is autobiography as phenomenology—songs that document experience without evaluating it. There are exceptions, like the incongruously mean-spirited “Cry Me a River Williamsburg Sleeve Tattoo Blues.” But for the most part, Universal Themes achieves a kind of zen perfection in its dedication to a particular artistic approach. It is the craft that feels important without thinking about why. (Dan Brooks)

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Half love Wilco had to evolve, just not like this

by Ednor Therriault

Wilco

I bought my last Wilco album in 2011. After playing The Whole Love one time through, I put the CD on the shelf and haven't touched it since. The very first sound on the opening track, “Art of Almost,” had me stopping the disc and checking my speaker wires.

It sounded like an AM radio blaring a rumble of static through a rotted out speaker plugged into a goat’s asshole. After restarting the track, I realized it was part of the song. To me, its arrogant placement at the very opening moment of the album represented a big middle finger to us fans who had lamented Wilco’s metamorphosis from charming alt-country artists to studio noise merchants, quirky darlings of the hipsterati.

Back in 1994, alt-country pioneers Uncle Tupelo split in a highly public divorce, with a lot of sniping back and forth in the media between songwriters Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar. It was fascinating theater, but for many of us Tupelo devotees, the question was, who would be the first to get his new band off the ground— Farrar or Tweedy? And which band would be better?

Within a year Tweedy was first out of the gate with A.M., from Wilco, the band he’d built from the Tupelo carcass. Son Volt, Farrar’s new outfit, followed six months later with Trace. Both albums were great— a Tupelo twofer.

Then came Wilco’s second release, Being There, which brought on much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth. It was…different. I cued up the opening track, “Misunderstood,” which kicked off with a dissonant blast from what sounded like a busted cello being played by a tweaker having a seizure as the drummer slowly passes out behind the kit. A sweet piano ballad abruptly replaced the noise, but by the end of the song I could feel my beloved, comfortable, accessible Wilco slipping away. Wilco was growing up. And I didn’t like it.

The frustrating thing is Tweedy writes great songs. He’s soaked up a variety of influences way beyond the alt-country idiom, and his themes of loneliness and wondering at his place in the universe

photo courtesy of Zoran Orlic

hang nicely on a lot of different frameworks. I love the horns. I love the strings. What I don’t love is the sound of people stabbing Phillips screwdrivers into a box full of feral cats. It almost seems they’ll write, arrange and record a perfectly good song, then look around at each other in the studio and say, “Okay, what can we add to make this unlistenable?” It’s maddening as hell, and I think it’s a safe bet that I’m not the only Wilco fan who decided not to be there for what came after Being There.

Of course, while the more traditional-minded of us jumped ship, a whole legion of new fans flocked to the increasingly alternative Wilco as they evolved from alt-country to art rock. Their music took on an angular, noisy sound, and the avant garde studio selfindulgence smacked of a band endlessly working on their own Sgt. Pepper. That’s not to say that I never want to be pushed out of my comfort zone, but if Tom Petty or the Old 97’s started sounding like Trout Mask Replica, I’d turn my back on them faster than Marco Rubio at a Planned Parenthood fundraiser. It just ain’t my cup of psilocybin. I’m not saying Wilco’s music sucks. I’m saying I would rather listen to music that doesn’t make me want to drive my car across the interstate median and vault into oncoming traffic.

Is it selfish for fans to hope one of their favorite bands can ignore the pull of artistic growth? Of course it is. Who are we to dictate a band’s direction?

And when you’re talking about a musician as smart, as talented and as restless as Jeff Tweedy, there’s no way a guy like that is going to play it safe. I get it. By all means, enjoy Wilco. Be challenged by Wilco. Grow with Wilco. I’ll be over here, grooving to A.M. in the Land of What Might Have Been.

Wilco plays Big Sky Brewing Amphitheater Fri., Aug. 14, at 7:30 PM with Vetiver. Doors open at 6 PM. $38 advance at Rockin Rudy’s, Big Sky Brewing and knitting factory.com.

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Practical power Irrational Man offers the anti-blockbuster

by Molly Laich

Menudo on the first date is never a good idea.

We don’t often stop to think about how intellectually void most movies are. There’s too much worldly trouble in the way. Summer films deal with themes such as, “Is it okay to exploit dinosaurs for sport and profit? (Sub question: Will they eat us?)”

Or, “Can four young people given superhuman powers defeat a made-up villain in order to save the Earth?” In moments like these, there’s no time to question what our lives are for or whether or not they’re worth saving.

Woody Allen’s latest film, Irrational Man, favors a more intimate focus. It’s about the malaise a man feels as his life trudges on, the women who move or fail to move him, the eventual discovery of meaning and the consequences. Irrational Man plays like a page-turning short story that enraptures and then leaves you. Legend has it that Allen immediately starts his screenplay the day after his last film wraps production, and this is just the kind of script you can see imagined on a clunky old-fashioned typewriter.

The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as Abe, a professor of philosophy who’s so thoroughly lost his joie de vivre that his existence almost circles back around to be delightful again. I liked Phoenix’s performance a lot, same as his last two films, Inherent Vice, directed

by Paul Thomas Anderson, and Her, directed by Spike Jonze. I can see why the great directors are anxious to work with him. The way he walks around drinking from a flask with brazen disregard for social conventions makes for some of the film’s best comedic moments in a movie that’s more curious than laugh-out-loud funny. We see him talking about Kant’s moral inflexibility on the subject of lying to a classroom of college freshman. He says that these tired analytical concepts have little application in the real world and that continental philosophy is the only dis-

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cipline with real world usefulness. I agree, and it’s a theme that carries throughout the rest of the picture.

Two women vie for Abe’s affection: Rita (Parker Posey), a fellow academic, and his student Jill (Emma Stone). Both of them are with other men, but a philosophy professor so gleefully untethered to convention proves just too fascinating and sexy to resist.

Soon a thought experiment presents itself, and it sends our hero Abe on a path both unexpected for the Woody Allen universe and hopelessly familiar. I’ll spare you the particulars because there’s too much fun in the surprise.

Other critics largely don’t like this movie. My admittedly cursory examination into why reveals reasons like “too expository” or “lacking in action” or “not funny” or, worst of all, “a tedious exploration into a bad man’s dark fantasies.” Without getting too heavily into it, I think to hold an artist’s work up as evidence of the quality of his character is a slippery slope, indeed.

Does it matter to our opinion of the art that Allen may have molested someone in his family? The great 16th century painter Caravaggio supposedly cut off a man’s genitals after a tennis match, but that doesn’t make David with the Head of Goliath any less visceral a portrait, does it? Maybe we just need more time.

As far as his recent work goes, Irrational Man continues in the tradition of featuring men and women tackling big questions and sad problems. It’s slightly better than Magic in the Moonlight and not as good as Blue Jasmine. Finally, at 95 minutes, Irrational Man runs at a fun and steady clip, particularly for a movie filled with such relentless conversation.

Irrational Man continues at the Roxy. arts@missoulanews.com

[film]

OPENING THIS WEEK INFINITELY POLAR BEAR Mark Ruffalo stars as a manic-depressive dad who tries to win back his wife not by going on a strict drug regimen, but by taking full control of their two spirited young daughters. Zoe Saldana stars. Rated R. Plays at the Roxy, Fri., Aug. 14–Thu., Aug. 20.

Check theroxytheatre.org for times.

KURT COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK Brett Morgen (The Kid Stays in the Picture) directs this well-received documentary on the life and music of Kurt Cobain and his struggles with the meteoric rise of grunge icon Nirvana. Screening at the Roxy, Fri., Aug. 14–Thu., Aug. 20, 7 PM. THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. In the breezy, fun-filled early days of the Cold War, CIA spook Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin naturally join forces to battle a mysterious criminal organization not named Iran that is trying to obtain nuclear weapons. Rated PG-13, screening at the Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON Credited with nothing less than the invention of gangsta rap and West Coast hip-hop, N.W.A. lit a cultural fuse with songs like their feel-good hit of the summer, “F**k Tha Police.” Their story finally comes to the big screen. Rated R, showing at the Carmike 12.

STRIPES The Roxy’s Bill Murray extravaganza Murray Me continues with Stripes. When smarmy hack John Winger loses his job, his car, his apartment and his girlfriend in one day, he joins the Army. What a great place to start. Rated R, screening at the Roxy, Wed., Aug. 19, 8 PM. TRUE STORIES Talking Heads singer David Byrne hosts a bizarre patchwork of tales, set in the fictional town of Virgil, Texas, as the town prepares for its 150th anniversary (the word for that, btw, is sesquicentennial. You’re welcome). Screening at the Roxy, Sat., Aug., 15, 7:30 PM.

NOW PLAYING ANT-MAN Paul Rudd is great as Ant-Man, but it’s Michael Peña who steals the show. Ant-Man teams up with

For the last time, stop saying Montucky! Man From U.N.C.L.E. is showing at the Carmike 12. his mentor to plan a heist that will save the world.

Rated PG-13, screening at the Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, and Mountain Cinema 4.

FANTASTIC FOUR A scant ten years after the last remake of the Fantastic Four, a fresh set of actors star in this origin story of the Marvel Comics superheroes. Rated PG13, screening at the Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex.

IRRATIONAL MAN Woody Allen’s latest stars Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone in this dark thriller. Phoenix plays a philosophy professor whose downward path takes an unexpected turn. Rated R, screening at the Roxy through Thu., Aug. 20. (See Film.)

MINIONS The babbling, begoggled, Twinkie-shaped sidekicks from Despicable Me have spawned their own cottage industry. Now they finally get their own feature. After eons of failure serving under historical villains, they hook up with Scarlett Overkill (voiced

by Sandra Bullock) in a plot to swipe Queen Elizabeth’s crown. Rated PG. Screening at the Carmike, Pharaohplex and Showboat.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION Sure, Tom Cruise hangs on the side of an airborne plane, but he’ll never top that tighty-whitey floor slide in Risky Business. Ethan and the IMF battle the Syndicate. Stunts abound. Rated PG-13, showing at the Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

MR. HOLMES As in Sherlock, not John. Sir Ian McKellen plays the iconic detective as he looks back on his amazing life while he tries to solve a case. Rated PG-13, screening at the Roxy Thu., Aug. 13, at 5:15 PM and 7:30 PM. Also at the Pharaohplex.

REAR WINDOW (1954) Celebrate Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday with one of his most highly regarded films. James Stewart stars as a wheelchair-bound photographer who is convinced he’s witnessed a murder. Screening at the Roxy, Thu., Aug. 13, 7:30 PM. SATURDAY MORNING FUNHOUSE It’s like TV, only bigger. Kick back in your favorite jammies for some classic cartoons, wildlife films and popcorn for breakfast. At the Roxy, Sat., Aug. 15, 10 AM.

TRAINWRECK Amy Schumer teams up with Bill Hader in the story of a commitment-phobic career woman who considers settling down with a stable dude. Rated R, screening at the Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

VACATION Is there such a thing as movie karaoke? A grownup Rusty Griswold follows in his father’s footsteps by taking his family on a road trip to Wally World in a last-ditch effort to patch up things with his wife and kids. Rated R, showing at the Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

Capsule reviews by Ednor Therriault.

Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find upto-date movie times for theaters in the area.

You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 at 541-7469; The Roxy at 728-9380; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.

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by Ari LeVaux I used to grumble at grocery stores that sell broccoli heads shaped like lollipops, in which tiny crowns sit atop lanky, woody stems. I have even gone so far as to break those stems off, right there in the produce aisle, and leave them in the cooler while I only purchased the heads. And I felt completely justified in doing so. The grocer was trying to charge me crown prices for something that was mostly stem. They weren’t going to play me like that.

It isn’t news to me that the stems are edible. But until recently I haven’t been inclined to eat them, much less do the work required to prepare them. By work, I guess I mean peeling them. But my relationship with broccoli stems has recently changed. I now eat them—and not out of guilt, but desire.

This shift began when I was at the farmers market recently, hanging out near the end of market like I do, waiting for the deals to come to me. Sure enough, a farmer offered me the rest of his broccoli—about 20 pounds—for 20 bucks. It was a screaming deal on fresh, organic broccoli, and I accepted without hesitation.

Back in the kitchen, I broke the crowns into florets and prepared them for freezing. After blanching them for three minutes in boiling water, I plunged them into cold water to cool them quickly and fix their bright green color. Then I packed them into quart freezer bags.

FLASH IN THE PAN

When the steam dissipated and my bags of blanched broccoli were in the freezer, I still faced a pile of broccoli stems. One stem I could have tossed to the chickens without much of an issue, but such a mountain of stalks as I faced that day had to be climbed.

I had been operating under the assumption that the stems are not only less tasty than the crowns, but offer fewer nutrients and are more labor-intensive to cook.

But it turns out broccoli stems have nearly the same nutritional value as the crowns, plus more fiber. Those nutrients include sulforaphane, a substance that has been shown to protect against several types of cancer. Broccoli is also suspected to help rid the body of toxins, thanks to a large study in a polluted area of China. So anything you can do to eat more broccoli, and throw away less, is going to be good for your body as well as your wallet.

While there is the extra labor involved in peeling the stalks, in some ways they are also more forgiving to prepare. They aren’t as easy to overcook as the florets, which turn a dark shade of green and become mushy and bitter, while the stems only get sweeter with prolonged cooking.

Since the fateful farmers market when I acquired all of that broccoli, I’ve made broccoli stem and scallop fried rice, broccoli stems with Ethiopian berbere spices, broccoli stem chips, Thai-style coconut curry with broccoli stems, broccoli stems with bacon, broccoli stem

photo by Ari LeVaux

soup and one of my favorites: stir-fried broccoli stems with hoisin sauce. Not once during this binge did I feel like I was eating a second-class vegetable. Those stems were so good, in fact, that I think some different vocabulary is in order, words that convey the dignity and supreme edibility that these plant parts deserve.

Thus, I’m going to start calling them broccoli hearts, and the slices thereof medallions. I’m now the proud owner of a few bags of blanched broccoli heart medallions in the freezer, alongside the crowns.

Knowing what I now know, don’t be surprised if I reach for them first.

Here’s my recipe for the stir-fried broccoli hearts with hoisin sauce: Ingredients 5 broccoli stems 1 clove garlic, minced coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $

Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 Bernice's Bakery has been a Missoula Landmark business since 1978. If you haven't been in, you should! If you come in every day you should know what we're talkin' about: freshly made and baked croissants daily, iced coffee to die for, a cup o'joe like no other, crazy cheap lunches, a selection of treats, and no ESPRESSO! If you haven't had a Vegan Pumpkin Muffin lately then you don't know what you're missing. Sit inside one of Missoula's homiest of atmospheres or scoot out back to enjoy a view of downtown Missoula at one of the picnic tables. Need a special treat? Plan ahead! We've got plenty in stock, but if you want a special flavor of cake we need 48 hours. Call ahead and place your order. Heck, skip that.

There is a lot of hard rollin’ action around this joint. Just come on in and see what we're talking about. xoxo bernice $-$$ Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street • 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses.

Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Black Coffee Roasting Co. 525 E. Spruce • 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company

is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open M-F 6:30-5:30, Sat. 7:30- 4, Sun. 8-3. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $ Brooks & Browns Inside Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. • 532-2056 Martini Mania with $4 martinis every Monday. The Griz Coaches Radio Show LIVE every Tuesday at 6pm, Burger & Beer special $8 every Tuesday. $2 well drinks & $2 PBR tall boys every Wednesday. Big Brains Trivia every Thursday at 8pm. Have you discovered Brooks & Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula $-$$ Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. • 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s Historic Westside neighborhood.

Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious food does not. Mon-Fri 7am - 2pm. Sat/Sun Brunch 9am 2pm. Dinners on Fri & Sat nights 5 - 9 PM. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins • 728-8780 Celebrating 43 years of great coffees and teas.

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Cafe Zydeco 2101 Brooks • 406-926-2578 cafezydeco.com GIT’ SOME SOUTH IN YOUR MOUTH! Authentic cajun cuisine, with an upbeat zydeco atmosphere in the heart of Missoula. Indoor and outdoor seating. Breakfast served all day. Featuring Jambalaya, Gumbo, Étouffée, Po-boys and more. Beignets served ALL DAY! Open Monday 9am-3pm, Tuesday-Saturday 11am-8pm, Closed Sundays.

Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice.

Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ El Cazador 101 S. Higgins Ave. 728-3657 Missoula Independent readers’ choice for Best Mexican Restaurant. Come taste Alfredo’s original recipes for authentic Mexican food where we cook with love. From seafood to carne asada, enjoy dinner or stop by for our daily lunch specials. We are a locally owned Mexican family restaurant, and we want to make your visit with us one to remember. Open daily for lunch and dinner. $-$$

2 tablespoons hoisin sauce 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon chili flakes, or a crushed dried chili pepper (optional) 1 scallion, chopped Oil or bacon, for the pan How to make it: Peel and slice the broccoli stems. Cook the stems in oil or bacon for about five minutes, until soft, on medium heat.

While they cook, combine soy sauce, hoisin sauce and sugar.

Add the garlic and chili flakes, and stir it around.

After about a minute, add the sauce mixture. Stir-fry for another minute. Remove from heat. Garnish with chopped green onions, and serve.

The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. • 926-2038 Offering authentic empanadas BAKED FRESH DAILY! 9 different flavors, including vegetarian and gluten-free options. Ask us about our Take and Bake Service! Plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and super delicious! Get your healthy hearty lunch or dinner here! Wi-Fi, Soccer on the Big Screen, and a rich sound system featuring music from Argentina and the Caribbean. Mon-Thurs 11 am - 6 pm. Friday and Sat 11-8 pm Downtown Missoula. $ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West • 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am-10pm $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. • 549-7723 www.grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana micro-distilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 97:30 www.grizzlyliquor.com. $-$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef

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wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$

Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins • 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$

Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. • 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Dungeness Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Snake River Farms Beef, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$

Iza 529 S. Higgins • 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pm-close. $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) • 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every weekday for only $4 for those on the Nutrition Program, $5 for U of M Students with a valid student ID and $6 for all others. Children under 10 eat free. Join us from 11:30 - 12:30 M-F for delicious food and great conversation. $ Missoula Farmer’s Market N. Higgins by the XXX’s missoulafarmersmarket.com Find us on Facebook Seasonal, Homegrown and Homemade!

Fresh local vegetables, fruits, flowers, plants, eggs, honey, baked goods and coffee provided by over 100 vendors. Saturdays 8am-12:30pm. “Music at the Market” performers on Saturdays 9am-noon.

The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall • 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$

Pita Pit 130 N Higgins • 541-7482 pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week.

Call if you need us to deliver! $-$$ Romaines 3075 N. Reserve Suite N 406-317-1829 www.romainessalads.com Romaines is a Certified Green Restaurant ® dedicated to making environmentally sustainable choices in all operations. We serve salads, sandwiches, and soups made from locally grown and raised produce and meats. The menu also includes vegan, vegetarian, and gluten free options, providing something for everyone on the menu. Locally brewed beers are on tap as well as regional wines pairing well with salads and sandwiches. $-$$ Sushi Hana 403 N. Higgins 549-7979 SushiMissoula.com Montana’s Original Sushi Bar. We Offer the Best Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Town. Casual atmosphere. Plenty of options for non-sushi eaters including daily special items you won’t find anywhere else. $1 Specials Mon & Wed. Lunch Mon– Sat; Dinner Daily. Sake, Beer, & Wine. Visit SushiMissoula.com for full menu. $$-$$$

Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve • 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table.

Beer and Wine. $$-$$$

Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$

Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. • 543-3188 www.orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and

Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming • 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$

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“Montana Brews” class HAPPIEST HOUR What it is: An online course through the University of Montana’s School of Extended and Lifelong Learning where you can get the scoop on Missoula’s craft beer scene and learn how to brew your own. Once signed up for the class, students can access the course materials and videos at their leisure.

What you’re learning: You’ll get a brief history of brewing and an overview of Montana breweries, brewmasters and techniques. A step-by-step video shows the entire process of beer making and offers an equipment list and fool-proof tips for even the least crafty beer lover.

Who you’re learning from: Ryan Newhouse, principal writer at Montana Beer Finder and author of Montana Beer: A Guide to Breweries in Big Sky Country, is something of a guru when it comes to local suds. He’ll provide a brief history of brewing while Jared Robinson of Summer Sun Garden and Brew gives you the lowdown on how to make the beer.

The biggest reward: Just the mere act of learning is enough, right? Not really. In this case, the reward is getting access to clone

Bitterroot Beanery Multiple Locations Find us on Facebook Serving organic, free trade coffees, iced mochas & lattes, fruit smoothies, milkshakes & shaved ice drinks. Check out our menu on Facebook. Open daily 6:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. South Hamilton • 363-4160, North Hamilton • 363-2519, Woodside • 381-4196, Victor • 3814407, Corvallis • 274-4074. $ Bitter Root Brewing 101 Marcus St., Hamilton 363-7468 bitterrootbrewing.com Bitter Root Brewing is open 7 days a week serving delicious microbrews and tasty hand-crafted food. Live music EVERY Thursday and Saturday from 6-8:30pm. Check out our website or find us on Facebook for upcoming events, menus, and other information. Cheers! $-$$ Bouilla 111 S. 3rd Hamilton 406-361-0223 Serving breakfast and lunch. From scratch modern American cuisine served in the beautiful Bit-

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recipes that include Big Sky’s Moose Drool, Flathead Lake’s Centennial IPA, Tamarack’s Sip and Go Naked Apricot Ale and Kettlehouse’s Cold Smoke. Now that’s better than a gold star.

How to sign up: Registration costs $50 and opens Mon., Aug. 17, with the School of Extended and Lifelong Learning at umt.edu/sell/.

—Erika Fredrickson Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.

terroot Valley. Check out our menu on Facebook. Open Monday - Saturday. $-$$ The Hamilton - A Public House 104 Main St., Victor 642-6644 Enjoy traditional pub fare in a warm, comfortable atmosphere. Serving a variety of appetizers, soups and salads and pub favorites of English Style Fish & Chips to Calamari & Chips to a Grand Tattie. Open at 11a.m. Monday-Friday and 4:00p.m. on Saturday. $-$$ Taste of Paris 109 N 4th St., Hamilton (406) 369-5875 tasteofparis.info FRENCH BISTRO and Crêperie offering authentic, yet affordable French homecooked specialties. French Wines. Gourmet Gifts. The outdoor patio, open in summer, adds a lot to the Parisian experience. Open TuesSat 9am– 8pm. $-$$

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August 13–August 20, 2015

THURSDAYAUG13 Rodney Carrington brings his countryflavored comedy stylings to the Dennison Theatre. 7 PM, $38.50–$43.50. Tickets available at griztix.com.

Shine that belt buckle, slap on some sunscreen and get ready for the Western Montana Fair, Aug. 11–16 at the Missoula County Fairgrounds, with carnival, critters, games, information booths, bull riding, PRCA rodeo and everything you’ve ever dreamed of dipping in a deep fryer. Amble on over to missoulafairgrounds.com.

The MCT Performing Arts Campers are ready to mount their whopper of a production, Booking it on Broadway: A Novel Review. Several stories from well-known books are woven together in an entertaining revue. Play runs Thu., Aug. 13–Sat., Aug. 15. Reserved tickets are $15.

For times and info, visit MCTinc.org.

These pimps lord over the streetwalkers of funk. Whatever that means. The Pimps of Joytime play the Top Hat Thu., Aug. 20, 9 PM. $15/$12 advance, available at the Top Hat, Rockin Rudy’s or at tophatlounge.com.

The rhymin’ and schemin’ will be flyin’ and screamin’ at Fact & Fiction Bookstore at a poetry writing workshop and open-mic reading for teens in grades 7-12. Following the workshop, students learn how to submit their work to the 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The workshop is free. To register, email Heather.Cahoon@mso.umt.edu.

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nightlife Downtown ToNight celebrates a whopping 15 years of food, music, family fun and summertime easy livin’ at Caras Park, every Thursday from 5:30-8:30 PM through mid-September. Aug. 13: Ryan Chrys & the Rough Cuts, Aug. 20: Gladys Friday. Free to hang out.

Trampled by Turtles and Devil Makes Three team up for a major to-do at the Big Sky Amphitheater’s summer concert series. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7. $35. Tickets on sale at Big Sky Brewing Co, Rockin Rudy’s and knittingfactory.com.

Reggae, ska and classic rock ‘n’ roll are the purview of Woodblind, playing at Draught Works Brewing, 6– 8 PM, free.

fringe dwellers Some of the most innovative and thought-provoking plays produced in Missoula in recent years were from Viscosity Theatre, including the postapocalyptic shows Ringing Out and Holocene, written by Missoula writers Josh Wagner and Hugh Bickley, respectively. The independent theater company also produced Crime in a Madhouse, which was adapted by Rebecca Schaffer and Diego Burgos. It was creepy as hell, and complete with absinthe for the audience.

WHO: Viscosity Theatre as part of Zootown Fringe Festival

Basses Covered has the music covered at Lolo Peak Brewing, 6–8 PM, all ages welcome, free.

WHEN: Wed., Aug. 19, and Sun., Aug. 23, at 7 PM

Making a Life in Dance will feature Missoula Summer Dance Intensive faculty in a roundtable discussion about making a life in the dance profession. Downtown Dance Collective, 6:30–7:30 PM, free.

Small town girls, city boys and anyone else can share the night on and on and on at the Dead Hipster Dance Party of lore, at the Badlander on Thursdays, with opening guests SharkWe3k. No cover, plus $1 wells from 9 PM to midnight.

Carrion, my wayward son, but these Wild Coyotes deal in country, not carcasses. Sunrise Saloon, 9 PM, no cover.

Bottoms up at the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot beats, drink specials aplenty and attractive local singles in your area. Monk’s Bar. 9 PM. No cover.

Folky bluegrass pickers Ten Skip Stone show their pluck (groan) at the Top Hat. Local jam/folk/soulgrass practitioners Hardwood Heart get it started. 9:30 PM, free show.

FRIDAYAUG14 The classy kids of Lake Street Dive play their soulful pop at the Top Hat, with special guests. Doors at 7 PM. $25/$22 in advance at the Top Hat. 18-plus.

Shine that belt buckle, slap on some sunscreen and get ready for the Western Montana Fair, Aug. 11– 16 at the Missoula County Fair-

Jazz masters Jim Wallace and Pete Hand bring some finger-popping sounds to The Keep, 102 Ben Hogan Dr., 7–10 PM, free.

They’re boys, they play country, and they boogie. Next question?

The Country Boogie Boys play the Eagles Lodge, 8 PM–1 AM. No cover.

WHERE: Crystal Theater

HOW MUCH: $15/$12 advance

This week’s production of Fish & Beauregard, an original work conceived by Schaffer and devised by the Viscosity team, is for all ages—but knowing what I know about the theater group, that doesn’t mean it won’t be smart, weird and captivating.

The story follows a character named Beauregard who wins a fish named Jamie at a carnival. He decides to set Jamie free in a lake, and the journey leads to other adventures involving something called The Cloud of Perpetual Rain. The set was designed by Scott Morris out of found objects, with bedsheets as the primary material to evoke children’s bedroom forts. The plot has the feel of a good Neil Gaiman story, but who knows? I haven’t seen it yet. It definitely does not sound like a paintby-numbers piece.

grounds, with carnival, critters, games, information booths, bull riding, PRCA rodeo and everything you’ve ever dreamed of dipping in a deep fryer.

Amble on over to missoulafairgrounds.com.

The MCT Performing Arts Campers are ready to mount their whopper of a production, Booking It on Broadway: A Novel Review. Several stories from well-known books are woven together in an entertaining revue. Play runs Thu., Aug. 13–Sat., Aug. 15. Reserved tickets are $15. For times and info, visit MCTinc.org.

It’s girls’ day out at the rodeo. A Women’s Rodeo Clinic (for women 21+) will teach rodeo skills like roping and hangin’ on to the Mighty Bucky.

Then sit back and enjoy the Missoula

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Will this be the week some joker shows up with bagpipes? Find out at the Irish Music Session, every Friday at the Union Club from 6-9 PM. No cover.

Enjoy zee cinema at Missoula Public Library’s World Wide Cinema night, the second Friday of every month.

The series showcases indie and foreign films. Doors open at 6:45, show at 7 PM. Check missoulapublibrary .org for info. Free.

WHAT: Fish & Beauregard

David Casey brings some bouzouki and guitar-driven folk rock from Helena to Bitter Root Brewing, 6–8 PM. All ages welcome, free.

Salsa Dance, followed immediately by the aforementioned party. Downtown Dance Collective, 6–7:30 PM, $15/single, $20/couple.

Fish & Beauregard is part of the Zootown Fringe Festival this year, the third annual event that showcases alternative arts in venues across town. The Fringe Festival is a platform created from a worldwide network, and it supports self-produced, nonjuried, uncensored performances. This year’s festival takes place in venues as established as the Roxy and as temporary as under the Higgins Avenue bridge and in parking lots. The events include comedian Chris Piehler telling stories about riding horses as a young kid and character actor Frank Bukkwyld talking about the porn industry, as well as a production of Venus in Fur from Montana Rep and a Big Sky Documentary Film series screening of Danny Says about punk rock journalist Danny Fields. Not everything is as on-the-fringe as Viscosity is, but the variety offers surprises for which not many fully curated festivals make room.

—Erika Fredrickson

Stampede Rodeo. Missoula County Fairgrounds, 3–6 PM. $65. To register, go to chicksnchaps.org.

VonCommon will be on display at the ZACC, 235 N. 1st St. 5:30-8:30 PM. Free.

nightlife

Family Friendly Friday invites little ones to boogie while parental units kick back at the Top Hat, starting at 6 PM, with a rotating lineup of local musicians providing all-ages tunes.

No cover.

COMPOSITONS, a group show of artworks by Chris Maynard, Eric S. Carlson, Darcy Chenoweth and the team of Barbara Michelman and Charles Finn opens at the Radius Gallery, 114 E. Main St. Reception is 5–8 PM. Chilly landscapes. A gritty dystopia. Drinking, dancing and gun-toting youth. Bayla Arietta brings it all for her Second Friday showing at the ZACC, 235 N. First St. 5:30-8:30 PM. Free.

The artwork from the talented and creative collective that is the

The one and only Wilco plays the Big Sky Brewery Amphitheater this sultry summer day (see Music). Vetiver opens, with doors at 6 PM and show at 7:30. $38, plus fees. Tickets on sale at Big Sky Brewing, Rockin Rudy’s and knittingfactory.com.

Drop the Tostitos, lady, the Salsa and Dance Party is all about moving it on the hardwood. Heather Adams will be teaching a short lesson in

Metal, metal, and more metal thunders from the stage with Two ft Titan, Judgment Hammer and Universal Choke Sign at the Dark Horse, 1805 Regent, 8 PM. Are they bands or WOW characte r s w i t h s p e c i a l p o w e r s a n d weapons for sale? Let’s hope both.

HIVELORDS, Nequiter, Archeron Thodol and Zebulon Kosted share the bill at the Palace Lounge, 147 W. Broadway. Doors at 9 PM, show at 9:30. $5.

Push it, pull it or haul it—on the dance floor, that is, when Cash For Junkers provides the swingin’ honky tonk at the Union Club, 9:30 PM, no cover.

The Dakota Poorman Band brings their Washington state brand of country to the Sunrise Saloon, 9:30 PM, no cover.

Seattle’s Darci Carlson plays 200proof country music like she was born 50 years too late (see Noise).

Don’t miss this one. Stage 112, 10 PM, $5.

SATURDAYAUG15 I Prevail excel at post-hardcore, especially on their blistering cover of Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space.” They’re at Stage 112, doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $18, tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s or ticketfly.com. 18 and over show.

Run free at the monthly dance at the American Legion Hall, 825 Ronan St., with tunes from the Wild Coyote Band. 7–11 PM. $7. Call 240-9617 to learn more.

[calendar] popcorn available. Check out missoulaoutdoorcinema.org.

DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo completely disrespect the adverb with their Absolutely Dance Party at the Badlander, which gets rolling at 9 PM, with fancy drink specials to boot.

Was Stomp the Cat Box named after an unfortunate domestic episode? Ask them yourself when they play the Dark Horse, 1805 Regent, 9:30 PM. No cover.

Monk’s Bar sees the end is nigh, so their End of Summer Party will be a dance-fueled blowout. A host of DJs provide the beats. 225 Ryman St., doors at 9 PM. $10/$7 adv., visit OverTimeMusic.com/Tickets. 18 and over.

The Dakota Poorman Band brings their Washington brand of country to the Sunrise Saloon, 9:30 PM, no cover.

Inspired by the Pacific and its rhythms, the Brothers Gow put on a funkified, groove-heavy, harmonylaced show drenched in awesome lighting. Righteous. Top Hat Lounge, 10 PM, free.

SUNDAYAUG16 Most bands can’t make it through their first year, but Montana stalwarts the Big Sky Mudflaps are celebrating their 40th anniversary. Honor them with your dance moves at Bitter Root Brewing, Hamilton, 6–8:30 PM. It’s free!

Shine that belt buckle, slap on some sunscreen and get ready for the Western Montana Fair, Aug. 11– 16 at the Missoula County Fair-

Hey, can someone poke some air holes in the jar lid? Trampled by Turtles and Devil Makes Three play the Big Sky Brewing Amphitheater’s concert series Thu., Aug. 13. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7. Tickets are $35, on sale at Big Sky Brewing Co, Rockin Rudy's and knittingfactory.com

The MCT Performing Arts Campers are ready to mount their whopper of a production, Booking it on Broadway: A Novel Review. Several stories from well-known books are woven together in an entertaining revue. Play runs Thu., Aug. 13–Sat., Aug. 15. Reserved tickets are $15. For times and info, visit MCTinc.org.

Mingle among the sweet abundance at the Missoula farmers markets and People’s Market, with produce, arts, crafts, baked goods, hot breakfasts and strong coffee at the XXXXs, Pine Street and riverside parking lot east of Caras Park.

Things get running about 8 AM and last til 1 PM. Stop under the Higgins Bridge for Another RoadSide Attraction. This all-acoustic variety show engages the audience and sparks the imagination with instruments from around the planet. Clark Fork Market, 10 AM– 12:45 PM. All Aboard Whitefish! Celebrate Amtrak Train Days near the Whitefish Amtrak train depot, 500 Depot St. 10 AM-5 PM Saturday, noon–5 PM Sunday. Chug on over to amtraktraindays.com for more info.

nightlife Emily Ann Thompson provides some music to ease you into your Saturday night fever at Blacksmith Brewing, Stevi. 6–8 PM, free.

Artist Chris Maynard will be discussing his scientific knowledge and artistic sense in a new art form, focusing on birds and conservation. Refreshments will be available. Radius Gallery, 114 E. Main. St., 6–7 PM. The Bitterroot’s favorite funky/ soul/jazz/rock/groove/reggae goddess Joan Zen brings her magic to Bitter Root Brewing, 6–8 PM, free.

Local Yokel twangs it up at Draught Works Brewing, 6–8 PM, free.

Choreographer, teacher and performer Nicole Wolcott of Brooklyn will show two excerpts of her fulllength work PaperPieces at the Missoula Summer Dance Intensive concert. Also featured will be MSDI faculty Megan Schneeberger and Laurel Sears, along with a performance

by UM Dance Program alumna Ellie Wienman. Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., 7:30 PM, $10.

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Shine that belt buckle, slap on some sunscreen and get ready for the Western Montana Fair, Aug. 11– 16 at the Missoula County Fairgrounds, with carnival, critters, games, information booths, bull riding, PRCA rodeo and everything you’ve ever dreamed of dipping in a deep fryer.

Amble on over to missoulafairgrounds.com.

They’re boys, they play country, and they boogie. Next question?

The Country Boogie Boys play the Eagles Lodge, 8 PM–1 AM. No cover.

Missoula Outdoor Cinema screens films at the Headstart School, corner of Worden and Phillips, starting at dusk every Saturday through Sept. 5. Tonight it’s Iron Man, rated PG-13. Donations appreciated;

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[calendar] grounds, with carnival, critters, games, information booths, bull riding, PRCA rodeo and everything you’ve ever dreamed of dipping in a deep fryer.

Amble on over to missoulafairgrounds.com.

If you worship at Our Lady of the Bouncing Boo-tay, Dance Church has a spot for you on Sunday mornings. Dancers of all abilities are welcome at this mellow, guided class that lets you dance like nobody is watching. Downtown Dance Collective, 10 AM, $5.

Heidi Zielenski’s fiber arts show The Visual Spectrum is on display at the Buttercup Market and Cafe through Aug. Get a bit of fiber for yourself at a brunch from 10 AM–1 PM to welcome new chef Ian Finch.

1221 Helen Ave., free.

We can’t think of a better way to spend a Sunday afternoon (that is, if the Dolphins aren’t playing) than to stomp and clap to the Montana Fiddlers at the Sunrise Saloon. 1 PM, no cover.

nightlife Multi-instrumentalist Talia Keys brings some musical love from SLC, playing at Draught Works Brewing, 915 Toole Ave., 5–7 PM. All ages, free.

MONDAYAUG17 Russ Nasset classes up the joint at Red Bird Wine Bar with some well-aged folk and bright, tasty originals. 111 N. Higgins, 7 PM, free.

The Zootown Fringe Festival is out there, and you need to get in on it.

Running for a week at various venues throughout Missoula, this moving feast of performing arts explores the outer limits. To get involved and find out times and venues, visit zootownfringe.org.

night at the VFW, 245 W. Main St., with current events, picture round and more. Gets rolling around 8:30 PM. To get you warmed up, here’s a trivia question: In Montana, what is the most alcohol a beer can contain and still be called beer?

Find answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.

Budding rock stars can strut their stuff at Girls Rock Camp II, where campers are led through instruction in performance, songwriting and partying every day. (In age-appropriate fashion.) Meets at the ZACC throughout the week from 10 AM-4 PM, with final performance at the Top Hat’s Family Friendly Friday. Visit zootownarts.org.

Mike Avery hosts the SingerSongwriter Showcase every Tuesday at the Badlander at 9 PM. No cover. Email michael.avery@live.com ahead of time to sign up.

TUESDAYAUG18 A tribute to Ivan Doig and his new book, Last Bus to Wisdom, is at Ten Spoon Winery, 5–8 PM. Spend your lunch hour among the books when Philip Donlay signs his new work, Aftershock. Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins, 11:30 AM–1 PM.

nightlife Check out some exotic critters when Animal Wonders visits North Valley Public Library. Wildlife specialists will be on hand to answer questions about these interesting animals.

208 Main St., Stevensville. Sign up by email, mary@northvalleylibrary.org, or call 777-5061.

You some kinda wise guy (or gal)? Prove it at the Quizzoula trivia

WEDNESDAYAUG19 Who’s a rebel? She’s a rebel!

Lana Rebel, that is, playing for your enjoyment at Blacksmith Brewing Co., Stevi. 6–8 PM, free.

Escape the office and get some fresh air at Out to Lunch, the weekly festival with music and food trucks at Caras Park, Wednesday from 11 AM2 PM through August. Free to mingle.

This week’s music: Bottom Feeders.

Yoga for Round Bodies is the class for those who are a bit shy. Beginner level, slow pace yoga taught by Leslie Burgess. A doctor’s release will be required. Learning Center at Red Willow, noon–1:15 PM. $70 for seven-week course. More info: redwillowlearning.org.

nightlife Great Burn Brewing’s Charity Pint Night generates 50 cents from each pint for a deserving Missoula charity or nonprofit. This week it’s Blue

With feeling. Choreographer, teacher and performer Nicole Wolcott of Brooklyn will perform at the Missoula Summer Dance Intensive concert, which also features local dancers. Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., Sat., Aug. 15, 7:30 PM. $10.

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Live those “American Idol” fantasies at the Wednesday night karaoke with Cheree at Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W, with drink specials and the chance to win $50 big ones. 8:30-10:30 PM. No cover. Stick around for the prize drawing to be eligible to win.

Viscosity Theatre unleashes their new production, Fish & Beauregard, in conjunction with Zootown Fringe Festival. Created for an all ages audience, the story involves a carnival prize fish named Jamie that needs to be set free. Crystal Theatre, 7 PM, $15/$12 adv. Tickets available at viscositytheatre.org.

You can tell who the karaoke ringers are—they don’t need no stinkin’ monitor. Kraptastic Karaoke indulges your need to croon, belt and warble at the Badlander, 9 PM, no cover.

David Neiwert reads from and signs his new work, Of Orcas and Men. Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins, 7 PM.

Montreal bands Homeshake and Sheer Agony share the stage with Baby & Bukowski at Stage 112. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $5, 18 and over.

THURSDAYAUG20 They’re from Detroit, so when Wilson rocks, they do it right. The Real Lounge, 112 N. Pattee, doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $10, 18 and over.

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Hard rocking rockers Two ft Titan join Sleep Signals, Arms for Elephants and Strange Orange at the Dark Horse Bar, Thu., Aug. 20, 8 PM.

Mountain Clinic Family Practice. Have a glass at 2230 McDonald (behind Jaker’s), 5–8 PM. A Phish Happy Hour? Sounds like a Trey Anastasio solo. Phish music, video and more at the Top Hat every Wednesday at 5:30 PM. Free, all ages.

Let the creative juices flow, right along with the wine. An instructor will guide you through painting your own masterpiece at the ZACC, 235 N. 1st St. 6-8 PM. $20 for members, $25 for nonmembers. Call 406-549-7555 for more info.

Anyone is welcome to join the free Acoustic Bluegrass picking circle every Wednesday evening, sponsored

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$10 Adjustment Day Thursday, August 20th In appreciation of our amazing patients we are offering $10 Adjustments all day, Thursday, August 20th. Call 541-WELL to schedule an appointment.

Artists, start your palettes. It’s open studio at E3 Convergence Gallery. Artist Bobbe Almer will be working live in the gallery, and she invites other painters to join her. 229 W. Main St., 10 AM–4 PM. For more info, go to www.bobbealmer.com

nightlife Hone your chops at the Slow Jam where musicians will play celtic, old time and contra dance tunes at relaxed tempos so beginners can easily join in. Starving Artist Cafe, 3020 S. Reserve St., off the corner of Reserve and Harve.

Every third Thursday of the month from 6-7:30 PM. Visit missoulastarvingartist.com or email rocu@rocketmail.com for more info.

Nate Vernon and friends of Wartime Blues play their popular flavor of roots county rock blues at Draught Works Brewing, 6–8 PM, free.

(Current patients only. If you are interested in becoming a patient, call 541-WELL.)

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of the all-ages nonprofit festival as we know it, so this is our last chance to dance to weirdo metal, rock and punk at assorted venues downtown, Aug. 20-22. This year’s featured acts include Dead, coming all the way from Australia, plus Volumen and Sasshole reunions (see Arts).

Check out totalfest.org.

Gotta be something you like with four bands to choose from. Sleep Signals, Arms for Elephants from the Influence of Motion Tour, and

Missoula headbangers Two ft Titans and Strange Orange rock out at the Dark Horse, 1805 Regent St., 8 PM, no cover.

Bottoms up at the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot beats, drink specials aplenty and attractive local singles in your area. Monk’s Bar. 9 PM. No cover.

The Pimps of Joytime dump several musical genres into their big Blender O’ Funk, and serve up a tasty platter of heavy rhythm. Top Hat Lounge, 9 PM, $15/$12 adv., tickets at the Top Hat, Rockin Rudy’s, or at tophatlounge.com.

Local country with an authentic pedigree is what Julie Bug and Northern Exposure bring to the party. Sunrise Saloon, 9 PM, no cover.

Mr. Calendar Guy wants to know about your event! Submit your stuff to calendar@missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event to guarantee publication. Pro tip: send a hi-res photo and you'll probably see it in print. Don’t forget to include the date, time, venue and cost. If you prefer meat space, snail mail to Calendar c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. You can also submit online. Just find the “submit an event” link under the Spotlight on the right corner at missoulanews.com.

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Low-level fireworks spectacular following the game.

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KIDS’ DAY The game is centered on kids promotions, music & activities. Following the game, all fans can run the bases and play catch on the field.

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id you ever fall out of the back of a pickup truck on a gravel road? A friend of mine did, and we picked pea-sized gravel out of his back all the way to the nearest liquor store. Hopefully none of the cyclists negotiating the steep, winding gravel road of Skalkaho Pass this weekend will suffer such a fate in the Montana Hell Ride.

Gran Fondo Guide called it one of the “toughest gravel grinders” in the West, and it's definitely not for greenhorns. This event, organized by the Team Cycling House racing club, is designed for cyclists who want to check their level of grit and guts. With a 100-mile road race followed by a punishing 12-mile climb that gains 7,900 feet in elevation, the Montana Hell Race certainly earns its name.

Cycling House staged the inaugural race last September, but an unexpectedly cold, wet weekend made

many participants feel that Hell had indeed frozen over. This year they moved it to an earlier weekend to hopefully hit on some nicer weather.

Post-race awards will be followed by a well-earned party with food and beer. Afterwards, riders can stumble back to their tents and collapse into their sleeping bags, spent but content in the knowledge that they have been to hell and back. .

—Ednor Therriault The Montana Hell Ride is Sun., Aug. 16, with check-in at Red Barn Bicycles in Hamilton. Free camping the nights before and after. $140 entry fee, $3,000 total cash purse, equal payout for first 20 men and women riders.

Breakfast on race day, post-race party for riders. Visit thecyclinghouse.com.

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THURSDAY AUGUST 13 Wetland vascular plants are the subject of study in the Naturalist Field Day. The two-day workshop will be led by botanist and author Peter Lesica. Buses will take participants to field sites from the Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. 9 AM–5 PM, $190/$180 for MNHC members. Visit MontanaNaturalist.org for more info.

The Swan Valley Shintangle presents a scenic good time up at the 33 Bar Ranch in Condon, live tunes from Rob and Halladay Quist. Entrance at the gate for the concert is $20 for adults and free for kids under 12. Bring a chair and grab a brewski at the cash bar. Proceeds benefit the Swan Ecosystem Center’s conservation education programs. Call 754-3137 for more info.

FRIDAY AUGUST 14 Join experienced leaders for trips into the Great Burn Wilderness and surrounding backcountry. Volunteers will monitor weeds, trail conditions, wildlife and more to collect info for the management of our wildlands. This weekend, visit Fish Lake for a moderate 8-12 mile hike. To sign up, email drew.lefebvre@gmail.com.

SATURDAY AUGUST 15 May the best multitasker win at the YFC Seeley Lake Challenge Triathlon/Duathlon, with a 600-yard swim, 10-mile bike ride and 3.3-mile run; do the whole thang yourself, or enlist up to two other friends to make a team. Visit 406running.com.

Explore the Absarokas with the Wilderness Institute’s Citizen Science backpacking trip. Free transportation from MIssoula, dinners provided. Participants will learn about native plants and the natural history of the area. Free. To sign up, contact citizen.science@cfc.umt.edu.

Your house cat will look pretty mundane after you spend some time learning about mountain lions and other wild felines of Montana at the Montana Natural History Center. Curious Cats of Montana is suitable for kids 5 and up. 2–3 PM, $3/$1 for MNHC members.

TUESDAY AUGUST 18 The Montana Dirt Girls kick into gear with group cycling trips and hiking in the Missoula area, meeting up at 6 PM at various locations. Visit mtdirtgirls. tripod.com to find out more.

Check out some exotic critters when Animal Wonders visits North Valley Public Library. Wildlife specialists will be on hand to answer questions. 208 Main St., Stevensville. Sign up by email, mary@northvalleylibrary.org, or call 777-5061.

THURSDAY AUGUST 20 Aquatic Invasive Species are no joke, and they are slowly choking the life out of native species in area waters. The AIS Field Tour will visit Flathead Lake with a stop at the Watercraft Inspection Program station in Ravalli, as participants learn from area botanists and researchers. Lunch is provided, the event is free. Space is limited, RSVP by Mon., Aug. 17. bryce@missoulaeduplace.org.

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Nowadays, you have to take a couple of minutes to check your chicken before you fire up the grill.

With the USDA green-lighting Chinese plants that will process U.S.bred birds and ship the meat back for consumption, the provenance of our food is getting hazier all the time. Garden City Harvest is doing their part to keep it local with their annual Farm Party. The gathering will feature a homegrown meal consisting of food harvested from GCH’s local gardens, and the hamburgers will be made from beef raised by the Oxbow Cattle Company on their Miller Creek Ranch just south of Missoula.

Oxbow represents a conservationist mindset in the beef industry. Their grass-finished cows take longer to reach maturity, but the result is a healthier animal with more developed fatty tissue, which means a better, tastier end product for the consumer. What exactly does “grass-finished” mean?

When cattle are fed grain as they approach maturity, they fatten up quicker and get to market sooner.

That's good for the rancher's bottom line, not so good for beef lovers. Since the flavor and fat content of the beef comes largely from external fat and marbling, it’s not just the amount of fat in the cows, but the quality of it that makes a difference. Grass-finished cattle are never fed grain and are allowed to

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The Bitterroot Public Library’s Fellowship Club will discuss Pema Chödrön’s Practicing Peace in Times of War. Meeting is in the West Meeting Room, 306 State St., Hamilton, 6–7:30 PM.

Sara Rinfret of UM’s Dept. of Political Science will appear on this month’s “UM Political Science on the Radio” segment on KGVO, discussing environmental politics and policy. 8:30–10 AM.

SATURDAY AUGUST 15

The Community Food and Agriculture Coalition’s summer field day series continues, with five locations around the Missoula area, including St. Ignatius and Lifeline Farms in Victor, where beginner and experienced farmers and ranchers can learn the ins ‘n’ outs of the business. Make sure to head over to missoulacfac.org/field-days-2015.html to register in advance and learn more.

Notorious B.I.G. would say, “Mo money, mo problems,” but that doesn’t have to be the case. Check out the Financial Fitness Class offered by Homeword at the Solstice Building, 1535 Liberty Lane. 9 AM-6 PM. Free. Call 406-532-4663 for mo information.

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The PEAS Farm hosts Garden City Harvest’s Farm Party Thu., Aug. 20 at 5:30 PM. Tickets are $25/$10 for kids at the gate, or $18/$8 in advance. Visit gardencityharvest.org.

THURSDAY AUGUST 13

To your health! The Health Mart Healthy Living Tour’s health screening unit will be at Palmer’s Drugs to provide complimentary health screenings for risks associated with high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol and obesity. 918 S.W. Higgins, 9 AM–noon, free.

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Taste the difference for yourself at the Garden Party, then celebrate the waning days of summer by dancing to the funk and soul of Reverend Slanky and the gritty Delta blues of MudSlide Charley. Draught Works will provide beer and nonalcoholic root beer, and wine will be available. This is a big one, get your tickets early.

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Join the Mule train at the Montana Distillery. A dollar from every Moscow Mule sold every Tue. in August will go to the Poverello Center. Today the Pov will be on hand to pass out information about the shelter, and raffle off prizes from 5–8 PM.

THURSDAY AUGUST 20 Aquatic Invasive Species are no joke, and they are slowly choking the life out of native species in area waters. The AIS Field Tour will visit Flathead Lake with a stop at the Watercraft Inspection Program station in Ravalli, as participants learn from area botanists and researchers. Lunch is provided, the event is free.

Space is limited, RSVP by Mon., Aug. 17. bryce@missoulaeduplace.org.

The six-week Reducing Stress and Anxiety course aims to help you chillax, with instruction at the Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave., from 6-8 PM. $155. Visit redwillowlearning.org.

AGENDA is dedicated to upcoming events embodying activism, outreach and public participation. Send your who/what/when/where and why to AGENDA, c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange, Missoula, MT 59801. You can also email entries to calendar@missoulanews.com or send a fax to (406) 543-4367. AGENDA’s deadline for editorial consideration is 10 days prior to the issue in which you’d like your information to be included. When possible, please include appropriate photos/artwork.

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SLEEPLESS IN FALLUJAH I just broke up with my girlfriend of seven months. We fought constantly, but the sex was amazing.

Reviewing my relationships, it seems I have the best sex in the volatile ones—those where we argue all the time and really don't get along. I'm wondering whether there's a connection between anger and sex.

—Just Curious Sex can be a form of peacekeeping, since your girlfriend can't be screaming that you loaded the dishwasher wrong if she's screaming, "OHGOD!OHGOD!OHGOD!" But is there a thin line between longing and longing to throttle someone? Justin Garcia, an evolutionary biologist at The Kinsey Institute, told me that "in general, relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction seem to correlate." In other words, when your love life is in the toilet, your sex life is quick to join it for a swim.

That said, Garcia says there's some evidence for a "subgroup of people who can have very volatile relationships but very passionate sexual lives together." This seems to have something to do with the body's response to stress. (Researchers call this stress response "arousal"—which is cute, because it's erotic on the level of having a condominium placed on your chest.)

Sex researcher Cindy Meston and evolutionary psychologist David Buss explain in "Why Women Have Sex" that a stressful situation activates a "fight or flight" reaction in the sympathetic nervous system, making your heart race and your blood pressure zoom and leading your brain to release norepinephrine, a brain chemical that, molecularly, is the first cousin of speed.

This helps explain why prolonged activation of the sympathetic nervous system— as in, prolonged stress or anxiety with no physical outlet—can be physically unbearable. Many who regularly experience this sort of stress-athon take anti-anxiety drugs like Xanax to calm down. But in Meston's research on female arousal, some women found sex to be a substitute chill pill (and, depending on the partner, far less tedious than climbing six tall buildings on the StairMaster). Some women even reported that stress makes them feel turned on. Which makes stress sound like it has its sexy points—that is, unless you're a man, because sympathetic nervous system overarousal is the body's little erection-killer.

Seeing as this doesn't seem to be a problem for you, when you're in one of those boringly healthy relationships, sure, you could pick fights and hope this leads

to more exciting sex and not less sex, no sex, or no more girlfriend. Or … you could opt for a more positively energizing activity, like paintball, Super Soaker tag, or an intense pillow fight. Aerobic exercise and competition both boost testosterone—a libido picker-upper in both men and women. They also increase energy and arousal—and probably more so if you add a little playful goading and teasing to the mix. But, as Meston and Buss point out, what you should definitely avoid is the advice of many self-help books to "romance" a woman with soothing music, a bubble bath, or a massage. Remember, you're trying to get a woman in the mood, not put her in a coma: "Oh, baby, you make me so—wait … are you snoring?"

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HAT CRIME My boyfriend of six months lives an hour away. We've had weekend overnights, but now he wants to come visit for an entire week. I'm super-excited but—don't laugh—worried about his seeing me in my shower cap. (My hair takes 45 minutes to blow-dry, so I wash it only once a week.) My ex-husband used to make fun of me for wearing it, telling me how unsexy and stupid-looking it was. How do I introduce my boyfriend to this thing?

—Embarrassed Introducing your boyfriend to your plastic shower hat? Easy: "Hi, meet the end of your erections."

Consider that there are lots of hot sex scenes in movies that take place in showers.

Note that no woman in any of them is wearing a shower cap. This is not an accident or omission on the part of countless movie directors. Male sexuality evolved to be visually driven—and no, not by the sort of visuals that scare a man into thinking he's walked in on Aunt Bea. (And—nice try, shower cap manufacturers!—calling it "Bath Diva" or making it in an animal print doesn't change that.)

Yeah, I know, it's what's on the inside that counts—but not if a guy doesn't want to have sex with what's on the outside. And by the way, it's hard enough to find a romantic partner attractive over time. Do you really want to give your boyfriend a visual obstacle course? Instead, be open about your deepest hopes, fears, and dreams—right before you lock yourself in the bathroom with the elasticized stepsister of the plastic grocery sack.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): In 1504, Michelangelo finished his sculpture of the Biblical hero David. But he hadn't been the first person to toil on the 17-foot-high block of marble. Forty years earlier, the artist Agostino di Duccio was commissioned to carve David out of the stone.

His work was minimal, however. He did little more than create the rough shape of the legs and torso. In 1476, Antonio Rossellino resumed where Agostino had stopped, but he didn't last long, either. By the time Michelangelo launched his effort, the massive slab had languished for 25 years. I see parallels between this story and your own, Cancerian. I suspect that you will be invited to take on a project that has been on hold or gotten delayed. This may require you to complete labors that were begun by others—or maybe instigated by you when you were in a very different frame of mind.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Two-thirds of us don't know what our strengths and talents are.

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Here's the good news, Gemini: If you suffer from even a partial ignorance about the nature of your potentials, the coming months will be a favorable time to remedy that glitch. Life will conspire to help you see the truth. (Read more: bit.ly/truestrengths.)

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): To ensure the full accuracy of this horoscope, I have been compelled to resurrect an old-fashioned English word that isn't used much any more: "gambol." It means to cavort and frolic in a playful manner, or to romp and skip around with mad glee, as if you are unable to stop yourself from dancing. The astrological omens seem unambiguous in their message: In order to cultivate the state of mind that will enable you to meet all your dates with destiny in the coming weeks, you need to gambol at least once every day.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Muslims, Jews, and Christians are collaborating to erect a joint house of worship in Berlin. The building, scheduled to be finished by 2018, will have separate areas for each religion as well as a common space for members of all three to gather. Even if you don't belong to any faith, you may be inspired by this pioneering effort to foster mutual tolerance. I offer it up to you as a vivid symbol of unity. May it help inspire you to take full advantage of your current opportunities to heal schisms, build consensus, and cultivate harmony.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In some phases of your life, you have been a wanderer.

You've had a fuzzy sense of where you belong. It has been a challenge to know which target you should aim your arrows at. During those times, you may have been forceful but not as productive as you'd like to be; you may have been energetic but a bit too inefficient to accomplish wonders and marvels. From what I can tell, one of those wandering seasons is now coming to a close. In the months ahead, you will have a growing clarity about where your future power spot is located—and may even find the elusive sanctuary called "home." Here's a good way to prepare for this transition: Spend a few hours telling yourself the story of your origins. Remember all the major events of your life as if you were watching a movie.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You have been slowing to a crawl as you approach an exciting transition. But I'm here to advise you to resume normal speed. There's no need for excessive caution.

You have paid your dues; you have made your meticulous arrangements; you have performed your quiet heroisms. Now it's time to relax into the rewards you have earned. Lighten your mood, Capricorn. Welcome the onrushing peace and start planning how you will capitalize on your new freedom.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "Most people reach the top of the ladder of success only to find it’s leaning against the wrong wall." Aquarian actor Paul Sorensen said that. It's no coincidence that I'm bringing this theory to your attention right now. The coming months will be a good time to determine whether the ladder you have been climbing is leaning against the right wall or wrong wall. My advice is to question yourself at length. Be as objective as possible. Swear to tell yourself the whole truth. If, after your investigations, you decide it is indeed the wrong wall, climb down from the ladder and haul it over to the right wall. And if you're satisfied that you are where you should be, celebrate!

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When he served as Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi denigrated the cuisine of Finland. "Finns don't even know what prosciutto is," he sneered. At best, he said, their food is to be "endured." He mocked the "marinated reindeer" they eat. But Finland fought back against the insults. In an international pizza contest held in New York, their chefs won first Prize for their "Pizza Berlusconi," a specialty pizza that featured marinated reindeer. The Italian entry finished second. I foresee you enjoying a comparable reversal in the coming months, Pisces. And it all begins now.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "No tree can grow to Heaven unless its roots reach down to Hell," wrote psychologist Carl Jung in his book Aion. My interpretation: We earn the right to experience profound love and brilliant light by becoming familiar with shadows and suffering. Indeed, it may not be possible to ripen into our most radiant beauty without having tangled with life's ugliness. According to my understanding of your long-term cycle, Virgo, you have dutifully completed an extended phase of downward growth. In the next extended phase, however, upward growth will predominate. You did reasonably well on the hellish stuff; now comes the more heavenly rewards.

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Cassie R. Dellwo, #11880 MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM 38 2nd Ave East Dickinson, ND 58601 701-227-1841 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-15-138 NOTICE OF HEARING IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MADELYN S. DILWORTH, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Cassie R. Dellwo has filed an APPLICATION OR PETITION FOR FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF LIMITED SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR of the Estate of Madelyn S. Dilworth which may be examined in the office of the Clerk of this Court. Hearing has been set at the Courtroom of this Court in Missoula County, Missoula, Montana, on the 23rd day of September, 2015 at 1:30 o’clock p.m., at which time and place all interested persons may appear and object. Applicant, Cassie R. Dellwo, will appear at said hearing via telephone conference call. DATED this 7th day of August, 2015. /s/ Cassie R. Dellwo, #11880 Mackoff Kellogg Law Firm 38 2nd Ave East Dickinson, North Dakota 58601

$30.00 filing fee must accompany Defendant’s answer. DATED this 3rd day of August, 2015. By: /s/ Marie A. Anderson

IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA BEFORE KAREN A. ORZECH, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Case No.: CV-2015-2094 SUMMONS FOR POSSESSION

BY PUBLICATION PROFESSIONAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, Plaintiff, v.

BRIANNA PAYNE et al., Defendant. TO: Brianna Payne 104 Camelot Court #3 Missoula MT 59801 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer a Complaint filed in Justice Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer upon Plaintiff’s attorney, Thomas C. Orr, Thomas C. Orr Law Offices, P.O. Box 8096, MIssoula, Montana 59807, within ten (10) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in the case of your failure to appear or answer, relief sought by Plaintiff will be taken against you as requested. A $30.00 filing fee must accompany Defendant’s answer. DATED this 3rd day of August, 2015. By: /s/ Karen A. Orzech

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-15-152 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL C. WONG, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to David G. Shors and Crystal W. Shors, the co-personal representatives, return receipt requested, at 203 N. Ewing Street, Helena, MT 59601, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED: August 4, 2015. /s/ David G. Shors Co-Personal Representative /s/ Crystal W. Shors Co-Personal Representative

IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA BEFORE MARIE A. ANDERSEN, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Case No.: CV-2015-2089 SUMMONS FOR POSSESSION

BY PUBLICATION INDIGO REAL ESTATE, INC., d/b/a COPPER RUN APARTMENTS, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL NORTON et al., Defendant. TO: Michael Norton 2200 Great Northern Avenue, Apt. #M12 Missoula MT 59808 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer a Complaint filed in Justice Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer upon Plaintiff’s attorney, Thomas C. Orr, Thomas C. Orr Law Offices, P.O. Box 8096, MIssoula, Montana 59807, within ten (10) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in the case of your failure to appear or answer, relief sought by Plaintiff will be taken against you as requested. A

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Leslie Halligan Probate No. DP-15151 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FRANK THOMAS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be certified mail, return receipt requested, to Penni Keersemaker, c/o Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 23rd day of July, 2015. /s/ Penni Keersemaker, Personal Representative WORDEN THANE P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Patrick Dougherty

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-15-119 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JILL L. PERELMAN, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to WENDY L. SCHRIMPER and THE TRUST COMPANY OF OXFORD, the Co-Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 18th day of June, 2015. /s/ Wendy L Schrimper, Co-Personal Representative /s/ Eileen McCaulay, Its: Fiduciary Officer, c/o Worden Thane P.C. PO Box 4747, MIssoula, Montana 59806-4747 WORDEN THANE

P.C. Attorneys for Co-Personal Representatives By: /s/ Gail M. Haviland, Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-15-157 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DONALD LEE SCHMITZ, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to WANDA FREYHOLTZ, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806-4747 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 4th day of August, 2015. /s/ Wanda Freyholtz c/o Worden Thane P.C. PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806-4747 WORDEN THANE P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Gail M. Haviland, Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Karen S. Townsend Probate No. DP-15-159 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM ARTHUR ANDERSON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be certified mail, return receipt requested, to Victor Bruce Anderson, c/o Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 3rd day of August, 2015. /s/ Victor Bruce Anderson WORDEN THANE P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative /s/ Patrick Dougherty NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 13, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 1 in Block 8 of the corrected Plat of Hillview Heights No. 3 and 4, a platted Subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof Greg Ternes, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated July 9, 2007 and recorded July 19, 2007 in Book 801, Page 1287 under Document No. 200718438. The beneficial interest is currently held by THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE

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PUBLIC NOTICES FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2007-23CB MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-23CB. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,092.04, beginning September 1, 2012, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of May 12, 2015 is $183,922.58 principal, interest at the rate of 7.125% totaling $36,432.25, late charges in the amount of $491.40, escrow advances of $10,267.46 and other fees and expenses advanced of $6,073.92, plus accruing interest at the rate of $35.90 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: June 4, 2015 Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss.

County of Bingham )On this 4th day of June, 2015, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez,, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 Select V Ternes 42085.095 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 16, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: TRACT A OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 3272, LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 12 NORTH, RANGE 18 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA Rick D. Lloyd, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 30, 2006 and recorded July 6, 2006 in Book 778, Page 536 under Document No. 200616476. The beneficial interest is currently held by U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association, as Trustee, successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Washington Mutual Mortgage PassThrough Certificates WMALT Series 2006-8 Trust. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,179.32, beginning December 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of May 31, 2015 is $243,927.52 principal, interest at the rate of 5.00% totaling $55,899.80, late charges in the amount of $353.82, escrow advances of $17,725.05, and other fees and expenses advanced of $8,376.64, plus accruing interest at the rate of $33.41 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property

MNAXLP and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: June 3, 2015 Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ) ) ss.County of Bingham ) On this 3 day of June, 2015, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, known to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same. Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 Chase Vs. Lloyd 41916.681 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 08/25/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200622199 Book 782 Page 239, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Alfonsina Hohman, A Single Person was

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Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee.

The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lots 27 and 28 in Block “D” of SUPPLEMENT TO GLENWOOD PARK ADDITION, a Platted Subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s death and is grounds for acceleration on the Deed of Trust under paragraph 9 (a) (i) A borrower dies and the Property is not the principal residence of at least one surviving Borrower. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due in full. As of June 10, 2015, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $210,774.43. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $210,774.43, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on October 20, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee .com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee .com or USA-Foreclosure.com.

(TS# 7023.111391) 1002.281346-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/08/99, recorded as Instrument No.

199900837 Bk: 568 Pg: 2221, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Richard A. Sandefur and Wendy L. Sandefur, husband and wife was Grantor, North American Mortgage Company was Beneficiary and First Montana Title & Escrow, Inc was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First Montana Title & Escrow, Inc as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 7 of Huson Heights, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200704460 Bk: 792 Pg: 735, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 11/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of June 11, 2015, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $116,000.23. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $89,840.91, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on October 21, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks).

The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwest trustee.com and are incorporated by

the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.106 495) 1002.252209-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/14/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200533743 BK 766 Pg 391, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which James K. Harbison and Susan E. Harbison, as Joint Tenants was Grantor, Wells Fargo Financial Montana, Inc. was Beneficiary and First American Title Company was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: The E1/2 of Lot 25, all of Lot 26 and 27 and the W1/2 of Lot 28 in Block 61 of Supplement to Car Line Addition, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official recorded Plat thereof. Recording Reference: Book 522 of Micro Records at Page 733. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 01/31/14 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of June 23, 2015, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $219,307.98. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $193,022.70, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any).

Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on November 2, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis.

Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender

of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee .com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee .com or USA-Foreclosure.com.

HARBISON, JAMES K. and SUSAN E. (TS# 7023.111330) 1002.276205-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 04/29/10, recorded as Instrument No. 201008075 Bk. 858 Micro Page 1361, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Cinna Mary Boyle,. was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Mann Mortgage, LLC. its successors and assigns was Beneficiary and Western Title and Escrow was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Western Title and Escrow as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot B35 of CANYON CREEK VILLAGE PHASE 11, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201320171 Bk. 858 Micro Page 1361, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 08/01/14 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of June 26, 2015, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $129,310.39. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $119,050.21, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on November 6, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale.

The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or

PUBLIC NOTICES warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred.

Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale.

The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. Boyle, Cinna Mary (TS# 7037.106357) 1002.278326-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 5, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 24 of Block 1 of Rehder Homesites, a platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof Glenna S. Ward, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Co., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Missoula Federal Credit Union, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated January 26, 2004 recorded January 30, 2004 in Book 725, Page 1416 under Document No. 200402587.

The beneficial interest is currently held by Missoula Federal Credit Union. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $820.78, beginning July 21, 2014, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of May 1, 2015 is $100,545.09 principal, interest at the rate of 6.00000% totaling $5,597.84, late charges in the amount of $752.84, suspense balance of -$353.81 and other fees and expenses advanced of $45.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $16.76 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of

the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: May 28, 2015 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 28th day of May, 2015, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, known to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 02/18/2020 Missoula Federal Credit Union V Ward 42087.004 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 5, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 9 in Block 7 of Seeley Lake Homesites No. 4, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, According to the official recorded plat thereof. Mignon R. Diskin, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Insurance Company, a California Corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Express America Mortgage Corporation, an Arizona corporation, as Beneficiary, by Deed

MNAXLP of Trust dated January 11, 1995 and recorded January 11, 1995 in Book 432, Page 2357 under Document No. 9500778. Modification Agreement recorded October 10, 1995, Book 454 of Micro Records at Page 154 under Document No. 9520428. The beneficial interest is currently held by M&T Bank. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $176.01, beginning August 1, 2014, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of May 24, 2015 is $1,668.46 principal, interest at the rate of 3.18000% totaling $47.30, late charges in the amount of $35.20, escrow advances of $1,696.38, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,850.74, plus accruing interest at the rate of $.15 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced.

The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an asis, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30

days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: May 28, 2015 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 28th day of May, 2015, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, known to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 Bayview V Diskin 41902.355 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 5, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 29 IN BLOCK 26 OF EAST MISSOULA, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT OF RECORD IN BOOK 2 OF PLATS AT PAGE 39. Dennis T. Wilson, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated November 18, 2009 and recorded November 23, 2009 in Book 851 Page 139 under Document No 200927689. The beneficial interest is currently held by Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”).

First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $499.24, beginning October 1, 2014, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of May 12, 2015 is $85,827.65 principal, interest at the rate of 5.00% totaling $2,971.87, late charges in the amount of $99.84, escrow advances of $1,015.25, and other fees and expenses advanced of $112.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $11.60 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced.

The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the

Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an asis, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: May 28, 2015 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 28 day of May, 2015, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene known to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 Seterus V Wilson 42125.017 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 9, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 1 IN BLOCK 38 OF EAST MISSOULA ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. David O. Larson, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by

Deed of Trust dated April 8, 2008 and recorded April 9, 2008 in Book 816, on Page 1000 under Document No. 200807824. The beneficial interest is currently held by Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $854.63, beginning January 1, 2015, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of June 5, 2015 is $200,789.64 principal, interest at the rate of 4.0% totaling $4,103.82, late charges in the amount of $256.38, escrow advances of $3,288.66, and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,505.81, plus accruing interest at the rate of $22.00 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30

days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: June 3, 2015 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham On this 3 day of June, 2015, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, known to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 BAC Vs. Larson 42048.354 YOU, JEFFREY WILLIAMS, RESPONDENT, ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Petition in this action which is filed in the office of the Clerk of the Fourth Judicial District Court in Missoula County Montana, a copy of which can be obtained from Petitioner’s attorney, Martin J. Elison, PO Box 5496, Missoula, MT 59806 and to file your answer and serve a copy of your answer upon the Petitioner’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the last publication of this Summons. If you fail to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Petition. Pursuant to Mont.

Code Ann. §40-4-121(3), the Petitioner and Respondent are hereby restrained from transferring or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal without either the consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life. This does not prevent either party from using any property to pay reasonable attorney fees in order to retain counsel in the proceeding. VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE UNDER MCA §45-5-626

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will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 37, 41 & OS31.

Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting 8/17/2015 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to 8/20/2015 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.

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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 THEODORE•

Theodore is a 1 1/2-year-old male American Pit Bull Terrier. This sweet fellow loves big plush ball toys and will carry them everywhere he goes. Theo might take a little time to form a bond with a new family, but once he does, the affection never ends. He definitely needs a cat-free home, and doesn't get along with most other dogs.

Theodore would make a great family dog as well as outdoor-adventure buddy.

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LENA•Lena is a 6-year-old female Rottweiler/German Shepherd mix. Lena loves people, but really does not enjoy dogs or cats. She would need to be in an only-pet household, but would love to have a few older kids to play with.

Lena has been adopted and returned to the shelter twice in her lifetime. She's really looking for a forever home where she can retire and never have to leave.

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BRADFORD•Bradford is a 3-year-old Pit Bull mix. His goofball personality keeps everyone entertained. He is a rather playful boy but will react if he feels threatened by another dominant 2330 South Reserve Street, Missoula, Montana, 59801 dog. In the shelter, he is a ball of energy. Once Lobby: 9:00am-5:00pm (Mon-Fri) • Drive-thru: 7:30am-6:00pm (Mon-Fri) you get him out on a walk, Bradford has great manners and a happy, silly disposition. He would 3708 North Reserve Street, Missoula, Montana, 59808 Lobby: 9:00am-5:00pm (Mon-Fri) do well in a single-dog home.

CALEN•Calen is a very affectionate cat who loves to head-rub against you. He would do best in a home where he is the only cat. He is good with other cats but he has a medical condition that makes him prone to upper respiratory infections. This condition does make him contagious to other cats. He has enough love to fill your home by himself so you won't need any other cats to fill that void.

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TIGER•Tiger is a 7-year-old female brown tabby. She is an affectionate cat, but also independent. Tiger likes having her head scratched and brushes against your ankles searching for affection. She is a lap lover, but really doesn't enjoy being picked up. Tiger's owner passed away and now she is searching for a new forever home.

CHASE• Chase is a 4-year-old male black tuxedo cat. He is the life of the party, and with his high society tuxedo, he could fit into the most sophisticated gatherings. Chase loves to play with string toys, really enjoys catnip, and gets along well with other cats. This is one classy cat with a sense of humor. Come meet Chase today!

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Cat adoptions at the Humane Society include a bag of food, collar and id tag, carrier and an awesome scratching board. Come meet this beautiful girl Tuesday through Friday from 1:00 to 6:00 and Saturdays from 12:00 to 5:00.

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ROSIE• Rosie is almost certain she will be adopted very soon (she is just so beautiful with intense blue eyes), but she wants to remind everyone that Pet Fest is right around the corner on August 22nd. Join the Humane Society of Western Montana and other pet-related rescues, shelters and businesses for a day of adoptions, contests and entertainment, all pet themed.

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KIZMET•Kizmet is feeling better thanks to a day at the spa (she had quite a few mats) and some TLC in one of our dedicated foster homes.

She has gained a few pounds and has decided she is ready to find her furever home. Being a youngat-heart 8-year-old, Kizmet qualifies for our Senior for Senior program, meaning her adoption fee is waived for adopters over 60.

SUMI• Sumi is a sweet Border Collie/Beagle mix recently transferred to the Humane Society from the Polson shelter. Smart, active and friendly, she's looking for a home where she'll get plenty of exercise and mental stimulation, as well as love. Sumi just adores people and finds most Missoula’s Locally Owned Neighborhood Pet Supply Store dogs pretty OK, too. She says she'd prefer a home www.gofetchdog.com - 728-2275 South Russell • North Reserve without any pesky cats, however.

SPOCK•Spock has the calm, logical demeanor of his namesake. He will spend his days with you contemplating and logically solving problems like if he should nap or snack first.

Spock is friendly, vocal and loves attention. He is looking for a quiet family who can give him a predictable home due to his limited vision. Adopt - it is only logical!

YIKES• Yikes is a good, fun dog to have around. He enjoys spending time with people, taking walks, playing with other dogs and going for car rides on cool days. Please remember to leave your dogs at home during warm weather; the inside of a car can quickly reach 100 degrees even if it seems comfortable outside.

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7 Cole Porter's "___ Do It" 8 "The Ego and the Id" author 9 Bud 10 "This way" 11 "Famous" cookie guy 12 Modernists, slangily 13 TV component?

19 Aquafina competitor 21 Snoop (around) 25 "___ a biscuit!"

27 Newman's Own competitor 28 Burn, as milk 29 Assistants 30 Drug store?

32 "Wildest Dreams" singer Taylor 34 Curie or Antoinette 35 Big name in the kitchen 36 Comes clean 38 Aardvark's antithesis?

39 Feature with "Dismiss" or "Snooze" 44 "I give up [grumble grumble]" 47 Instruction to a violinist 48 Interpol's French headquarters 50 Get there 54 Take-out order?

56 Wranglers, e.g.

57 "Don't be a spoilsport!"

58 Light headwear?

59 Dwarf planet discovered in 2005 61 Guitarist Clapton 63 Dance party in an abandoned warehouse 64 "Length times width" measurement 65 Hose snag?

67 "___ the land of the free ..."

68 General in Chinese restaurants

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SERVICES Natural Housebuilders & Terry Davenport Design, Inc. Building net zero energy custom homes using solar thermal & solar PV.

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HOMES FOR SALE

Downsizing • New mortgage options • Housing options for 55+ or 62+ • Life estates. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 7282621. www.clarkforkrealty.com

10955 Cedar Ridge. Loft bedroom, 1 bath on 20+ acres with guest house & sauna near Blue Mountain Recreation Area.

GREEN CLEAN Tough on dirt, gentle on earth.

Lic/Ins/Work Comp Free Estimates

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$289,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 13705 Harper’s Bridge. 3 bed, 1.5 bath cabin on 4.99 acres near Clark Fork River. $349,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2 000.com

Affordable Homes 863 Discovery Way, East Missoula $189,500 PRICE REDUCED!!!!!!

1526 Philips. 5 bed, 2 bath Westside charmer with fenced yard & double garage. $274,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 1701 Stoddard. 3 bed, 1.5 bath on double lot. Greenhouse, patio & garage. $209,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula.

239-8350 shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 2 Bdr, 1 Bath, Rose Park / Slant Streets home. $200,000.

BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 2233 West Kent. Low-maintenance 2 bed, 1 bath with unfinished basement & patio. $149,900, Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 286 Speedway. 3 bed, 3.5 bath with spa, full finished basement & 2 car garage. $249,000.

Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate.

546-5816 annierealtor@gmail.com

Sweet & bright 2 bed, 1 bath with fenced backyard full of perennials & tiered garden beds. Unfinished but insulated lower level plumbed for second bath with egress window. Double garage & AC. For location and more info, view these and other properties at:

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Missoula Properties

Rochelle Glasgow

Cell:(406) 544-7507 • glasgow@montana.com

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Missoula home. $249,000. BHHSMT Properties.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2.5 Bath, Lewis & Clark home. $239,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3839 Duncan Drive. Prairie style 3 bed, 2.5 bath in Upper Rattlesnake. $725,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000.

240-7653 pat@properties 2000.com 4107 Rainbow Dr. $245,000. 4 bed 3 bath Townhome in lower

South Hills. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 515 Cooley. Northside 2 bed, 1 bath with double garage across from park & community gardens. $264,500. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula. 239-8350 shannon@prudentialmissoula .com 5442 Prospect Drive. 4 bed, 3 bath in Grant Creek with lower level, deck & double garage.

Next to open space. $369,900.

Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula. 239-8350 shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 619 North Curtis. 4 bed, 3 bath energy-efficient home with gas fireplace & large fenced yard. $229,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 863 Discovery. 2 bed, 1 bath in East Missoula with lower level & double garage. $189,500.

Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com 909 Rodgers. At $152,000 this three bedroom, one bath house on the Northside is going to make someone a very nice home! Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com www.movemontana.com 9250 Sharptail, East Missoula. 3 bed, 2 bath with walk-out basement. Huge yard & mountain views. $199,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 7288270 glasgow@montana.com 9755 Horseback Ridge. 3 bed, 3 bath on 5 acres with MIssion Mountain & Missoula Valley views. $385,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com

Lewis & Clark Large house PLUS rental cottage, large, beautiful lot.

Wood floors, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, fireplace MLS# 20154627 $359,900.

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REAL ESTATE Are your housing needs changing? We can help you explore your options. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 728-2621. www.clarkforkrealty.com Buying or selling homes? Let me help you Find Your Way Home.

Please contact me, David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM Custom Log Home Packages.

Our patented log building system eliminates settling problems and saves money. Call Nordique System Log Homes, Condon, Montana: 406-754-5647. Email: info@nordiqueloghomes.com.

East Base of Mount Jumbo 970 Discovery. Awesome 3 bedroom East Missoula home in a great ‘hood with gorgeous views! $190,000 KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com House hunting downtown? Stop by the Missoula Farmer’s Market. N. Higgins by the XXX’s. Sat. 8am-12:30pm. Tuesday 5:30-7:00. missoulafarmersmarket.com. Find us on Facebook.

If you’ve been thinking of selling your home now is the time. The local inventory is relatively low and good houses are selling quickly. Let me help you Find Your Way Home. Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM

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Please contact me, David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM Lewis & Clark Neighborhood 631 Pattee Creek Drive. Across from Splash, wonderful, spacious, light, beautiful Lewis & Clark area home. Over 3300 s.f. of living space. $350,000. KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com Lower Rattlesnake. 1149 Harrison St. $475,000. 4 bd 2 ba, Mt. Jumbo trail across the street, short walk to downtown. 1922 Craftsman Home in excellent condition. Huge modern kitchen, formal dining, family rooms and office. forsalebyowner.com #24037586. Buyer’s agents welcome. Call 406-5493506 to schedule a showing.

Natural Housebuilders and Terry Davenport Design, Inc. Building net zero energy custom homes using solar thermal and solar PV. 3690940 or 642-6863 www.naturalhousebuilder.net Northside 3 bed, 2 bath near community gardens & park. Lots of low-maintenance upgrades. $254,500. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential MIssoula.

2398350 shannon@prudentialmissoula.com “There once was an agent named Dave/Whose clients they all would rave. He’ll show you a house/loved by both you and your spouse. Both your time and

money he’ll save.” Tony and Marcia Bacino. Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM We’re not only here to sell real estate, we’re your full service senior home specialists. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway.

(406) 7282621. www.clarkforkrealty.com WHO CARES? We do, in good times & bad... Auto; SR-22; Renters; Homeowners. JT Zinn Insurance. 406-549-8201. 321 SW Higgins. Find us on Facebook.

CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES 2004 Silver Tip Clusters. 4 bed, 4 bath in gated Circle H Ranch.

Backed by conservation easement land. $675,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor @gmail.com Burns Street Condo 1400 Burns #16. Burns Street Commons is a very special place to call home and this three bedroom upper level unit offers spacious, convenient, and beautiful living space. $160,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

Uptown Flats #303. Top floor unit looks out to the “M” and includes all the wonderful amenities that The Uptown Flats offers. $159,710. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546.5816. annierealtor@gmail.com

LAND FOR SALE 1 acre building lot with incredible views. Mullan Road West. $115,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com 18 acre building lot with incredible views. Lolo, Sleeman Creek. $150,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 2 acre building lot with incredi-

ble views. Mullan Road West. $125,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com LOWER RATTLESNAKE LAND FOR SALE- NHN RAYMOND.62 ACRES. Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM Missoula Lot 310 Sussex.

Residential Lot in a very desirable neighborhood, close to the University, downtown, bike trails and more! 6,000 square foot, ready to build. $137,500. KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. 40.69 acres with 2 creeks & Mission Mountain views. $199,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

3338 Hollis Street $320,000 MLS# 20153915 A lovingly cared for rancher in the desirable Lewis and Clark neighborhood.

4 bed, 2 bath, functional floor plan, sunken living room, formal dining room, spacious kitchen, main floor laundry and mudroom off garage, large private backyard. Easy access to schools, shopping and downtown.

Uptown Flats #210. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Missoula’s Northside. $149,000.

Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com

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NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. Approximately 11 acre building lot with Mission Mountain views. $86,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com NHN Rock Creek Road. 20 acres bordered on north by Five Valleys Land Trust. Direct access to Clark Fork River. $155,900.

Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

www.mindypalmer.com

MORTGAGE

Lolo Acre 5565 Brady Lane, Lolo. An acre with a view, large shop/garage; beautiful setting. $170,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

EQUITY LOANS on nonowner occupied realestate. We also buy Notes & Mortgages. Call Creative Finance & Investments @ 406-721-1444 or visit www.creative-finance.com

6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Florence area home on 3.2 acres. $449,500.

BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit

3917 PAXSON 4 bed 2 bath completely updated home. Nearly 2000 finished sqft. $245,000.

NHN Roundup. Two 20 acre, unzoned, bare land parcels. $3,000,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Old Indian Trail. Ask Anne about exciting UNZONED parcels near Grant Creek. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com

OUT OF TOWN 15520 Mill Creek, Frenchtown.

High-end 5 bed, 3.5 bath with 3 car garage. Basketball court & gym. Fantastic views. $675,000.

Pat McCormick, Properties 2000.

240-7653 pat@properties 2000.com

THE UPTOWN FLATS Contact Anne about available condos in THE UPTOWN FLATS Sales beginning at $149,000

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville Home. $209,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

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2 Bdr, 2.5 Bath, Alberton / Petty Creek Home on 20 Acres. $245,000. BHHSMT Properties.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

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4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Nine Mile Valley home on 12.3 acres. $350,000.

BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-

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619 North Curtis • $229,900 Affordable, energy effecient 4 bed, 3 bath with open floor plan, large fenced yard and double garage.

Pat McCormick Real Estate Broker Real Estate With Real Experience

pat@properties2000.com 406-240-SOLD (7653)

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Contact Matt for more information 406-360-9023