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NEWS COMICS
GRIZ FOOTBALL PLAYER, FAMILY THREATEN CIVIL LAWSUIT OVER CONTROVERSIAL ARREST
JOSH QUICK DEBUTS “CAMP SLEEPOVER”
MUSIC
PEARL JAM TAPS LOCAL TALENT FOR NEW VIDEO
OPINION
STANDING UP FOR OUR SACRED LAND
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cover photo by Cathrine L. Walters
News Voices/Letters A letter about letters ..................................................................................4 The Week in Review Missing boater, Whizpops and new bar ..........................................6 Briefs Ammo, bison and internet predators ......................................................................6 Etc. Fire in the family..........................................................................................................7 News Former Griz player, family threaten lawsuit over controversial arrest.....................8 News Authorities say shake-and-bake production on the rise ...........................................9 Opinion The real problem with city council’s ban on soup kitchens .............................10 Opinion Conservationists can use the term “sacred”......................................................11 Feature Dinosaur wars in Montana..................................................................................14
Arts & Entertainment Arts Pearl Jam’s new music video gets the Andy Smetanka treatment ............................20 Music Moondoggies, Titus Andronicus, Pinback and Blue Dream..................................21 Books The Indy staff reveals its favorite summer reads ..................................................22 Books Mary MacLane’s fierce diary returns.....................................................................23 Film Woody Allen’s newest offers a twist on sympathy....................................................24 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .........................................................25 Flash in the Pan Coast-to-coast green chili .....................................................................26 Hangriest Hour Imperial Red Lager................................................................................28 8 Days a Week Excited to watch Jurassic Park again......................................................29 Mountain High Montana Atlatl Mammoth Hunt.............................................................41 Agenda Cuban journalist Magda Resik ............................................................................42
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-5 Camp Sleepover ..........................................................................................................C-11 This Modern World .....................................................................................................C-12
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One solution
STREET TALK
by Cathrine L. Walters
Asked Tuesday, Aug. 27, near the corner of Higgins and Broadway. This week the Indy covers the highly competitive and controversial practice of digging up dinosaur bones in Montana. What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever found? Follow-up: How do you envision a fight going down between a Tyrannosaurus rex and a Triceratops?
Alex Snyder: I found a fully intact beer can floating in the river when I was 17. It was Busch Light and I drank it. Dino sore: I see the T. rex losing that fight. The Triceratops stabs him in the gut and the T. rex’s arms are too short to stop him.
Piper Kamins: I heard my grandparents had a department store in Cambridge, Mass., so I went to the historical museum there and found an old 1930s storefront photo with my last name on it. Barney & Friends: I think maybe they’d sit down and have a community meeting with a restorative justice talk.
Chad Strickland: Sharks teeth in the upper Mississippi where a bunch of mining was going on. I found hundreds of them throughout the years. Short-lived: Bloody. Tyrannosaurus rex would win because he’s taller.
Shane Zenker: When we did the remodel of Office City we found an old wallet that belonged to a boxer in the 1940s that had his prize fight cards in it. The best offense: Triceratops wins because he has his shield and the pointy things. He plays good defense.
Jason Christ: I used to do some archaeology in northern California and for a school project I went out with my dad and found 100,000- to 300,000year-old Pre-cambrian fossils of crustaceans. Darwinian: It would be analogous to gazelles and lions in the Serengeti. Only the strong would survive—the weaker and older Triceratops would be eaten by Tyrannosaurus rex.
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Nice column on sidewalks (see “Cracks in the pavement,” April 15). What we did in Hamilton 11 years ago was pass a 10 mill levy per year.This made available about $100,000 per year to fix our sidewalks. Cities and towns have to fix their sidewalks because they are a liability! No one wants to pay. So, everyone pays a little on their tax bill every year.The Public Works director inspects and hears complaints as to which sidewalks present the greatest hazard.We felt it was not fair to fully tax the present landowner, because they might only be there a few years.They should not have to pay for the neglect and damage before they owned the property! We have fixed thousands of feet of sidewalk, and most folks are happy with the compromise. Feel free to bring this idea up at a council meeting. After all a reporter is a member of the public!! Joe Petrusaitis City Councilor (and former mayor) Hamilton
Part of the problem Montana has the highest rate for DUIs. There are a lot of Republicans or rednecks in this whole state—the kind who have motorcycles and thirty packs of Icehouse out for a day of ripping up the seams of the earth; the kind who are repeat offenders. It is too perfect of a fit for the mindset around here; both rationales go hand-in-hand. There are more bars, storage units and churches than there are day care facilities, schools, hospitals and nonprofit organizations to help the poor, like the Poverello Center. Everywhere I go, there is drinking in heavy doses and it’s accepted. I think that psychedelics are illegal because no one would be unaware of how apathetic they’ve become. Alcohol is legal strictly for profits off of self-inflicted addictions and they’re for the dumbing-down effect. It even keeps the court systems going. Almost every crime I read about is alcoholrelated. When I stepped back, I clued in to what I should be disappointed about. One of them is the fact that the courts aren’t clear on how they “protect” the citizens. They dole out ticket after ticket with jailtime after jail-time without anything in turn to give back—send them back wher-
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ever they came from. No counseling. No posters behind the steel bars that say, “Hey! We are here because you keep coming back so stop wasting your money. You are getting our wallets fatter.” It’s Russian Roulette, a dangerous keno gamble for the people who haven’t clued in yet, who’ve lost too much into these systems with no real jackpot wins. Why do the casinos keep the blinds closed, entrapping colorful blinking lights in the dark and not one clock on the wall? Those owners own them because the customers can’t own up to their addictions. They don’t want these customers to real-
“They should not have to pay for the neglect and damage before they owned the property!” ize the true meaning of “gamble” because they’ll spend more time in there without even realizing how pathetic their choice is rather than being at home with their kids. That’s where dreams go to die at the bottom of every bottle. I couldn’t believe it when I opened my eyes enough to see how often alcohol is glamorized. Rarely will I see anything about Alcoholics Anonymous or any suicide hotline advice for those sitting at home alone with a barrel of a gun sitting in their mouth. Once you connect the dots, from the reports of people dying from cancer, liver failure, hit and runs, unresolved abuse such as domestic violence, and suicide, you’ll begin to realize the source of this blame. The source is that sad excuse of a social lubricant—too much drink on a daily basis. It is denial and cognitive dissonance. It’s bad enough that they sell the crap right next to the baby-care aisle in Safeway. It’s bad enough it’s streamed on the streets,
coming out of car radios like the party hasn’t died. But the cover of the Indy? (See “Big Spirits Country,” Aug. 1.) You are not the solution. You are part of the problem. Hillary Burnham Hamilton
Dear Jon (and Max) Think we have a representative form of government? Nothing could be further from the truth. Want to prove it to yourself? Try writing to either of our “good senators” with a question or concern and wait for a response. The reply, if you even get one, will be political double speak, a non-committal statement or a form letter. I have called the office of Sen. Baucus on several occasions and was told by senator’s staff that the senator was too busy to answer letters for constituents. Try telling your employer that you don’t have time to answer their questions; you would quickly join the ranks of the unemployed. So, why do we tolerate this kind of behavior from our elected officials? Our senators seem to have forgotten that they are accountable to the people who sent them to Washington. Both Sens. Tester and Baucus have faithfully followed the party line while promising the people of Montana everything under the sun. They have supported our president and his policies to the detriment of all Americans. They have passed bills without reading them, voted for unpopular amendments, advocated use of the IRS to intimidate and mislead the people of Montana. Form letters, dodging issues important to Montanans, blindly supporting the current administration policies, abject loyalty to the Democratic Party, ignoring the will of the people and political double speak—these are not the attributes of an elected officials. Think we have a representative form of government? Think again. Our senators are only representing their party’s interest. They really don’t care how their votes affect the rest of us as long as they blindly follow party doctrine. John Mello Kila Correction: A story in the Independent’s Fresh Facts special section, “Good ol’ days,” incorrectly identified Zoe O’Neill as a native Missoulian. She arrived in Missoula to attend grad school. The Indy regrets the error.
etters Policy: The Missoula Independent welcomes hate mail, love letters and general correspondence. Letters to the editor must include the writer’s full name, address and daytime phone number for confirmation, though we’ll publish only your name and city. Anonymous letters will not be considered for publication. Preference is given to letters addressing the contents of the Independent. We reserve the right to edit letters for space and clarity. Send correspondence to: Letters to the Editor, Missoula Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801, or via email: editor@missoulanews.com.
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WEEK IN REVIEW
VIEWFINDER
by Cathrine L. Walters
Wednesday, August 21 The Missoula City Council begins to vet a proposal from former Ranch Club owners John and Colleen Powers, who aim to erect a four-story building at the corner of Main and Pattee. The proposal calls for a bar, casino and restaurant on the ground floor.
Thursday, August 22 Dontye Rouje Northcutt, 22, is arrested for allegedly hitting a woman in the face and assaulting a police officer. As Northcutt is handcuffed, he breaks free and runs. The police try to restrain him but he escapes again, until he’s stopped by the policeman’s Taser.
Friday, August 23 DelRae Seaman, 69, of Great Falls, goes missing after taking his boat to Placid Lake. Witnesses alert authorities after seeing Seaman’s boat floating unattended.
Saturday, August 24 Locals in flip-flops and tank tops flood downtown for the eighth annual River City Roots Festival. The Whizpops start things off on the Main Street stage with a set of family friendly jams and Railroad Earth closes out the first night of music.
Sunday, August 25 Law enforcement is alerted to the sound of gunshots being fired from a vehicle near the Missoula County Fairgrounds. When police attempt to pull over the car, it pulls away, triggering a chase. When the vehicle finally stops, Shelly Marie Turbitt, 39, is arrested. A male suspect remains at large.
Monday, August 26 A small crowd gathers at the corner of Dore Lane and 39th Street holding signs that say, “Do the right thing,” and “Honk for workers.” The group seeks increased staffing at Hillside Health Care Center, along with wage increases.
Tuesday, August 27 The Lolo Creek Complex Fire burns to 10,902 acres. Breaks in the weather allow firefighters to contain 60 percent of the blaze, but crews express worry about the fire’s active northern front.
Ben Bonesz, left, and Daniel Paladino of the Castle Fire Engine from White Sulphur Springs mop-up a hillside Aug. 23 along Highway 12. Last week’s Lolo Creek Complex fire forced officials to close the road because of safety concerns, before reopening it on Saturday.
Politics
No-love letter Earlier this summer, Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Illinois, sent a letter to more than 300 corporations asking about their ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council. Durbin focused specifically on ALEC’s past work pushing “Stand Your Ground” bills in statehouses, and whether those corporate backers had supported the model legislation. ALEC wasn’t pleased with Durbin’s digging. During its 40th annual conference in Chicago in early August, ALEC circulated a letter telling Durbin he had no right probing for information that “no group is required to disclose.” Among the signatories were several Montana names: Rep. Dan Salomon, R-Ronan, an ALEC member since his first term in the 2011 Legislature; Sen. Verdell Jackson, R-Kalispell, who received $2,969.20 in corporate scholarships to attend ALEC events in 2007; and Henry Kriegel, deputy state director for the national conservative nonprofit Americans for Prosperity. “I actually thought it was a little cheap, to be honest with you,” Kriegel says of Durbin’s requests. “Silly and cheap.” Salomon didn’t attend the conference, but signed
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the letter electronically. He echoes Kriegel’s concerns, calling Durbin’s letter “a ridiculous ploy for publicity.” An analysis done by ProgressNow later revealed that of the 293 signatures ALEC collected, 55 were either fake or duplicated. One ALEC member signed the letter, “Hey Dick Kiss My Ass! Shooter From Arizona,” which may come from Arizona state Sen. Don Shooter, who served on ALEC’s Civil Justice Task Force. Wisconsin state Rep. Chris Taylor, a Democrat, offered a different view from inside ALEC’s conference. According to her accounts for The Progressive magazine, Taylor donned her most conservative outfit and “did my best Michele Bachmann impersonation.” What she found was a policy-making “menage a trois” that “produces a corporate agenda to elevate private profits over the needs of most people.” “I realized that ALEC has invaded Wisconsin in a far more comprehensive way than I had believed,” Taylor wrote, specifically citing ALEC’s promotion of policies that weaken unions and restrict worker rights. “Our state has become an ALEC petri dish in preparation for what they hope is an ALEC nation, where free market principles and freedom from government and regulations reign.”
The Center for Media and Democracy recently identified 466 ALEC model bills introduced nationwide in 2013. Several, including a set of charter school initiatives, were introduced in Montana. Alex Sakariassen
Guns
Low calibers in high demand Hunters looking to prepare for the upcoming season with a little target practice may need to reconsider what they’re loading into their guns. Small caliber ammunition, especially .22s, are nearly impossible to find and there seems to be no end to the shortage. Some local retailers say 500-round bricks of .22 shells that once sold for roughly $20 now can go for upwards of $75—but that assumes the shells even arrive from distributors. It has been months since most local small businesses have received any .22 shells. The big box stores usually get a shipment once a week but it’s a very small amount. Kris Bonner, owner of Accu-Arms on Third Street, says his trouble stocking .22s started last summer. He had placed his annual order of 1,000 boxes in January thinking he’d be fine.
[news] “But once people knew I was selling them for $17 a box, people rushed in and bought me out completely,” he says. “Then my order didn’t get here until November and it was only a third of what I asked for.” Demand is high across the munitions spectrum, but it’s especially bad in small calibers. Handy for target practice and varmint hunting, .22s are one of the most popular calibers on the market. But unlike its larger counterparts, its used shells can’t be reloaded. While there are rumors of the federal government manipulating ammunition supplies, local shop owners attribute the demand to general fears over more gun regulations. The result is a demand that manufacturers can’t keep up with. “We saw demand surge when Obama was elected, then it calmed down for a little while, but it jumped even higher after the shooting in Sandy Hook,” says Tobey McGuirl, owner of Outdoor Supply & Rental on Brooks Street. “The manufacturers are working 24/7 to try and meet demands but people are buying in bulk and hoarding.” Sportsman’s Warehouse receives ammo shipments every Friday, but their .22 shells usually sell within 30 minutes of hitting the shelves. Customers are only allowed three 100-round boxes or one 500-round box. Bonner at Accu-Arms says his shipments arrive periodically, but the rounds are sold before they’re unpacked. “I have a waiting list of customers specifically for .22s,” Bonner says. “After being in business for 25 years, I’ve never had trouble with my supplies. It’s unreal.” Dameon Pesanti
Bison
A new chapter begins The prayers and drum song that rang out over the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation Aug. 22 were supposed to have arrived a year ago. So were the bison. Months of legal wrangling prevented both from happening. But the frustration that’s built among tribal members gradually morphed into joy last week, says tribal wildlife manager Mark Azure, as 34 bison exited their trailers and loped across the prairie to the sound of the buffalo-calling song. “We welcomed them home in true Indian fashion—let them know they’re welcome, we’re glad they’re there and that we’re going to look after them,” Azure says. “It was a good day.” For Azure, that “good day” came after three days of work at Fort Peck, where 61 Yellowstone bison were released last year. Azure traveled to Fort Peck Aug. 19 to help corral the bison and transport them to tempo-
rary pens, where they were again tested for brucellosis. He then oversaw the movement to Fort Belknap. “They held true to being buffalo and being wild,” Azure says. “They don’t like to be contained, and they made that perfectly clear throughout the whole four days.” Several conservation groups including Defenders of Wildlife have spent the past few years helping both reservations expand their bison ranges and improve fencing for the new herds. Jonathan Proctor, Rockies and Plains director for Defenders, says the move to Fort Belknap is “definitely the beginning of a new chapter, and this is just the beginning.” The ultimate goal for those involved in bison conservation, he adds, is to see herds of 1,000 or more ungulates at
numerous locations throughout the region. “We’re not talking about bison roaming the entire Great Plains,” Proctor says, acknowledging the already historic opposition ranchers have to new bison herds. “We’re talking about bison on large landscapes, but those landscapes, when you put it in perspective, are a fraction of the Great Plains.” Bison have finally come to Fort Belknap, but Azure agrees that the end goal is still a long ways off. This fight has never been exclusively about Fort Peck or Fort Belknap, he says, but about a solution to managing bison that guarantees the future of the species. “We’ve gotta continue to work,” Azure says. “And I would hope that other tribes and other organizations that are watching this see that it can happen.” Alex Sakariassen
Crime
Detective fears policing void For the past four years, Missoula Police Detective Chris Shermer has tracked down internet predators
BY THE NUMBERS former Billings teacher Stacey 30 Days Dean Rambold will serve in prison after failing to complete a sex offender treatment program for raping a 14-year-old student who later committed suicide. who prey on children. Now that a federal grant that paid for him to police cyberspace full-time is slated to run dry in September, he’s worried that local kids will become increasingly vulnerable. “We’re going to be hammered,” he says. The Missoula Police Department received a $500,000 federal grant in 2009 to fund local Internet Crimes Against Children enforcement efforts. Since then, Shermer has often adopted the persona of a teenage girl to cruise chat rooms. All too frequently he says he encounters adults online who seek to sexually victimize children. Shermer estimates that during the past four years he’s helped secure 20 convictions. That number includes individuals found guilty of trading in child pornography. With the one-time grant drained, Shermer says he will return to the more general detective work he did prior to 2009. He’ll continue to police the internet—maybe 25 percent of his allotted time, he says— but he doesn’t believe it’ll be enough. “I don’t have time to do a sting,” he says. The Missoula Sheriff ’s Department employs a parttime ICAC detective, and the federal government continues to fund similar efforts in communities such as Billings, Butte and the Flathead. In Missoula, Assistant MPD Chief Mike Brady says that in addition to Shermer’s continued part-time efforts, the department is looking at “incorporating those duties into the division.” Brady acknowledges, however, that certain outreach efforts, such as Shermer speaking in area schools, could end. “We may not be able to do as much of the proactive work that we’re doing,” Brady says. “But that kind of remains to be seen.” Shermer says that spreading his work around to other law enforcement officers won’t be easy because ICAC policing is specialized. For example, before he was hired onto the task force, the federal government had Shermer fill out an 800-question personality test to evaluate his psychological stability. “Nobody else has the training that I have,” he says. Overall, Shermer is disappointed that MPD didn’t have a public conversation before the funding ran out about how losing the full-time ICAC position could impact locals. “The community needs to know,” he says. Jessica Mayrer
ETC. Firefighting crews continued their work over the past week to contain the Lolo Creek Complex fire southwest of Missoula, strengthening fire lines and redoubling their efforts on the fire’s northern front. Highway 12 was reopened Saturday, but residents along the roadway were still under evacuation warning. The Blue Mountain Lookout Tower was wrapped with foil Tuesday as a precautionary measure. According to InciWeb, “the potential threat the fire represents is far from over.” One of the men calling the shots on the scene is Incident Commander Greg Poncin. Just weeks ago, Poncin was organizing the effort to fight the massive Gold Pan Complex in the Bitterroot National Forest. As of Aug. 22, he’s redirecting crews in Lolo and briefing visitors like Gov. Steve Bullock and Sen. Jon Tester on what the National Interagency Fire Center called the top priority wildfire in the nation. Poncin’s name may ring a bell for those following the annual summer wildfire season. His Type 1 Incident Management Team has taken the lead on wildfires like the 2011 Monument Fire in Arizona and the 2012 Southeastern Montana Complex fire. Just as notable is the work of his father, Dave Poncin, who worked as a district ranger, smokejumper and one of the first Type 1 incident commanders in the country several decades ago. Locals may remember that he worked as an incident commander on several of the wildfires that blazed through Yellowstone National Park back in 1988. He appeared years later in an educational video series, speaking to how dry fuels and bad weather made containing those historic fires impossible. Despite cooler nights and a few scattered rain showers, the weather hasn’t fully cooperated with Greg Poncin’s work on the Lolo Creek Complex. Officials are now holding out hope for a season-ending event. The forecast calls for temperatures to dip slightly going into this weekend, but there’s no guarantee of heavy rains in the near future. The Indy attempted to catch up with Poncin to chat about his family’s history fighting major Montana fires. The request was politely turned down, primarily because Poncin felt the public’s attention should be focused exclusively on the fire. Of course. That’s where the focus has always been for this family.
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The other side Former Griz player, family threaten lawsuit over controversial arrest by Jessica Mayrer
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••• O’Day, UM’s former athletic director, spoke with several people who were at the party in the days that followed the incident. Many of them said that the police that night frightened them. “It scared them, to say the least,” O’Day says. “I had different groups through the next couple of days come in (with) very similar (stories). Another group came in later that afternoon, the same thing. And their stories all were similar. And so, it made us wonder really about what did happen. … We really knew that there was quite a bit more to it than we initially heard.” Fallout from the party played a central role in the NCAA’s findings from an investigation into the UM football team. The NCAA stated in its report that UM and, more specifically, former head coach Pflugrad, violated NCAA rules by not reporting that UM boosters helped bail out Trumaine Johnson and Gerald Kemp after the October 2011 arrests. The NCAA also stated that Kemp and Johnson received inappropriate legal assistance from a UM booster who represented them against charges filed after the house party. Kemp and his family maintain, and the NCAA report acknowledges, that they paid back the bail money. But the NCAA found that allowing a booster to bail out the two student-athletes constituted preferential treatment and, therefore, was a violation. The Kemps also argue that their Missoula attorney, Darla Keck, was working for them on a contingency basis, meaning that she agreed to receive payment upon completion of the pending civil lawsuit. The NCAA noted that Keck is a shareholder in a Missoula law firm that leases a suite in Washington-Grizzly Stadium, making it “undisputed that the law firm meets the definition of a representative of the institution’s athletics interests.” Violations stemming from Johnson and Kemp’s arrests contributed to the NCAA’s decision to place Grizzly football on three years probation. The program will also lose four scholarships and any wins tallied while Johnson or Kemp played after Oct. 23, 2011, will be vacated. UM cooperated fully with the NCAA’s investigation, which troubles O’Day. In light of what witnesses and the Kemp family have
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••• On that night of Oct. 23, 2011, the Griz had just returned from Flagstaff, Ariz., where they beat Northern Arizona 28-24. Roughly 30 people, including football players and their friends, gathered at an apartment leased by Kemp’s teammate,
Trumaine Johnson, who now plays for St. Louis Rams. What happened next is disputed. MPD says it responded to a noise complaint and found a combative Johnson and Kemp. According to an MPD investigation conducted after the incident, Kemp allegedly slapped an officer’s hand and hit another patrolman in the chest prior to being shot with a Taser. In light of Kemp’s “size and strength, apparent consumption of alcohol and overall demeanor,” MPD stated in that report that using a Taser constituted an appropriate use of force. Kemp says that’s false, noting that he couldn’t possibly have hit the officers. He was recuperating from a shoulder injury sustained the week prior during a game against Portland State and that left him unable to lift his left arm. In his right hand, Kemp held a cellphone. At the time he was hit with the Taser, Kemp was talking to his grandfather, whom he called for advice as additional police arrived on the scene. While on the phone, Kemp observed two or three officers approaching him. “I kind of froze,” he says. Police asked him for identification. Kemp answered, “Why?” and told officers he wasn’t doing anything wrong. He had had a few beers that evening, but he was of age and he wasn’t driving. “I was not belligerent,” Kemp says. Kemp says he was scared and unwilling to put down the phone. “Basically, I just turn, and I just rip my arm away. … That’s when they tased me the first time. … From there, I was yelling for help … I was still standing up … and then that’s when the officers from the other side … tased me again right in my sternum.” Gerald’s grandfather, 68-year-old George Kemp, helped raise Gerald. He remained on the phone from his home in San Diego while police shot his grandson with the Taser. George Kemp says he heard Gerald screaming. “I thought they were killing him,” he says. According to MPD’s investigation, Johnson then jumped on officer Pat Erbacher’s back. Video footage from that night obtained by the Independent appears to reinforce that finding. That same footage captures police chastising Johnson for intervening in the arrest. Erbacher yells at Johnson: “That was the dumbest thing you’ve ever done in your entire life. (Unintelligible) people have served
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On Oct. 23, 2011, former University of Montana football player Gerald Kemp says that he briefly lost consciousness after a Missoula Police Department officer shot him with a Taser for the second time. The stun gun’s barbs landed in the player’s sternum, causing him to temporarily blackout before being placed in a police cruiser and arrested. “It’s definitely something that’s not easy to forget,” says Kemp in his first interview since the police responded to the North Russell Street house party that garnered national headlines and added to nearly two years of investigations surrounding the UM football program. Last month, the National Collegiate Athletic Association released findings from an 18-month investigation into Grizzly football. On July 26, the oversight body penalized the program for a series of rule violations. Many of the violations stemmed from the fallout of the October 2011 house party during which Kemp was arrested. When the NCAA announced its findings against UM, former football coach Robin Pflugrad and former Athletic Director Jim O’Day, both of whom were fired in March 2012, said the report failed to take into consideration the full extent of what happened at the party. Neither elaborated, although Pflugrad told Utah’s StandardExaminer, “If you read through the NCAA (report), I did have concerns that there was the possibility of some civil rights violations that did exist. My concern was to control the emotions of my minority players and my minority coaching staff.” Kemp and his family are now talking about why emotions ran high during the arrest. They accuse the Missoula Police Department of using excessive force and potentially singling out black players at the party. They are preparing to file a lawsuit against the city. Kemp’s friends and family add that the former player is still not wholly recovered from the October 2011 incident. The Independent obtained video footage from the arrest, and one section captures the sound of Kemp weeping while detained in a police cruiser at the scene. “I didn’t touch the cop,” Kemp says today, maintaining that he was arrested for no reason.
told him, in addition to the videos he’s seen that were taken during the October 2011 house party, O’Day thinks that UM administrators should have taken a stronger stand in support of its student-athletes. “The university did not want to fight a battle with the NCAA over what was right— and the right was to tell the real story about why any of these things happened. That was very disappointing to me as a former administrator and equally as important as an alum,” O’Day says. “I think they just wanted to get it over with. And I can understand that. But I don’t think they did justice to the hundred members of that team and the coaches. I don’t think they did go to bat for them.” UM’s Vice President for Integrated Communications Peggy Kuhr notes that the NCAA faulted the football program for what occurred after Johnson and Kemp were taken into custody, rather than what happened while they were being detained. “I don’t think that the NCAA were looking at the arrests per se,” Kuhr says. Those two incidents are not easy to separate, however. When talking with the Standard-Examiner, Pflugrad said he didn’t report the particulars of how Johnson and Kemp were bailed out to UM administrators because the situation was so chaotic and emotionally charged. “It was just down on the totem pole because of all the other things that were going on with these mitigating circumstances,” he told the paper. “It was somewhat like a war zone at the time. The minute I knew none of our coaches had bailed players out, I moved on from that.” After the 2011 Taser incident and his arrest, Gerald Kemp was briefly suspended from the football team. He was also injured, which kept him from playing for much of that season. At the start of 2012 season, UM athletic officials declared him ineligible to take to the field. George Kemp says that while the family repeatedly asked for an explanation of Gerald’s ineligibility, they received little information in return. “We spent months trying to get them to tell us why they were suspending him,” George Kemp says. At the end of the 2012 season, Gerald was reinstated, enabling him to play in the team’s last three games. Despite the controversy, Gerald Kemp has returned to UM this semester to finish the final two classes required for him to complete a bachelor’s degree in organizational communication. The events of the past two years have made returning to Missoula from his California home somewhat daunting, he says. “But I’m ready to face it.” jmayrer@missoulanews.com
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Meth in minutes Authorities say shake-and-bake production on the rise by Dameon Pesanti
The so-called shake and bake method Ravalli County Drug Free Communities The investigation started in mid-May. Someone tipped off the Montana Drug gets its name for being a quick and inex- Task Force. “Once they’re done they can Task Force to a couple of labs cooking pensive alternative to traditional meth discard the containers wherever. The methamphetamines somewhere in the production. Originally, it took up to six potential danger to the environment is Flathead Valley. Agents combed through hours and large volumes of chemicals to really high.” The Montana Drug Task Force reports local pharmacies’ pseudoephedrine logs produce low-quality product in a relalooking for red flags—people who were tively large space. The shake-and-bake that in-state meth production isn’t nearly buying unusually high amounts of over- method uses fewer of the same chemicals the problem it was a decade ago in westthe-counter cold medications. According and requires only a two-liter bottle and a ern Montana. This year, MDTF has discovto court documents, that’s when Jonathan few hoses to produce a small amount of ered five labs in the region and at least four of them were shake-and-bake operaand Rachel Kemppainen landed on purer product, in less than an hour. MDTF’s radar. At the time, the couple was living in a trailer on Jonathan’s parent’s property in Columbia Falls. Just days after officials focused their investigation on the couple, an informant claimed Jonathan was making meth via the one-pot or “shake-and-bake” method in a dog kennel on his parent’s land. The investigation broke open on May 30, just two weeks after the initial tip, when a woman named Donna Edwards reported her vehicle stolen. That same day, agents investigating the Kemppainens drove by their trailer and found Edwards’ car at the propphoto by Cathrine L. Walters erty. While following up on the stolen vehicle, one of So-called “shake-and-bake” meth is a faster, more efficient and more dangerous way the agents spotted the ken- to produce the drug, and has become a concern for law enforcement. nel described by the informParticularly frustrating to authorities tions. That number pales in comparison ant and asked to search it. According to court documents, Jonathan grabbed his is the fact that a shake-and-bake opera- to the height of the meth problem in the tion can spring up basically anywhere. In mid-2000s when MDTF was reportedly bicycle and fled the scene. Later that day, with a warrant in 2011, a woman was arrested in a Tulsa, closing nearly a lab a week. MDTF officials credit the decline to hand, agents discovered empty lithium Okla., Wal-Mart for trying to make meth batteries, cold medicine boxes and in the store with materials she had increased education and a 2006 state law Drano—all of the necessary ingredients shoplifted. A couple months earlier, a that regulated sales of cold medicine conto make meth—among other things at the man was arrested in the same store for taining pseudoephedrine. The overall Kemppainens’ property. Rachel was ar- carrying an active shake-and-bake lab in number of large-scale operations dropped significantly, but the demand was met in rested that night; Jonathan the next day. his backpack. While faster and cheaper than the tra- different ways. MDTF officials say Mexican Both were charged with unlawfully operating a clandestine laboratory. They ditional methods, authorities liken the manufacturers started to enter the U.S. pleaded not guilty and are scheduled for shake-and-bake method to making a market and, in recent years, the shakea jury trial in mid-October. If convicted, bomb. The chemical reactions involved and-bake method gained popularity. Authorities say western Montana each faces a $25,000 fine and up to 40 in the production of the drug create high amounts of heat and, under intense pres- meth users still seem to prefer to buy years in prison. Law enforcement officials believe the sure, can easily explode if mishandled. An product rather than produce their own, days of large-scale meth labs in America Associated Press survey released in 2012 although that trend may be changing. “We’re seeing a slight increase in are over, and most meth production has revealed that hospitals in states with the switched to smaller operations like the most reported meth use show up to a (overall meth use) in the last year,” says one allegedly run by the Kemppainens. In third of patients in burn units were in- Owens. “But we’re also seeing more production, so I suspect we’re going to have 2010, the federal Drug Enforcement jured while producing meth. “[People] are turning to shake-and- to revisit it as a priority again.” Agency says 80 percent of the labs it closed down were using the one pot or bake because it’s easier and it’s mobile,” says Charmel Owens, director of the shake-and-bake method. dpesanti@missoulanews.com
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Inventing solutions The real problem with city council’s ban on soup kitchens by Dan Brooks
Those who know me personally know that I am something of an inventor. Hardly a day goes by when I do not build some device that addresses a pressing human need or, failing that, identifies a problem to be solved or, failing that, duplicates a previously-existing invention. Just yesterday I thought of a recorder that answers my cellphone while I am away, and I would have invented it, too, if I hadn’t gotten distracted. My point is that I am a mechanical genius, as anyone will tell you. They will also tell you I am extraordinarily selfish. My worst fear is that one of my inventions will change human society so fundamentally that I don’t get paid for it. My secondworst fear is that someone will ask me for money, and my third-worst fear is that they will look at me when they do it. Fortunately, my new invention solves 67 percent of those problems. The details are too scientific to describe here, but I have developed a suit that renders the wearer invisible to panhandlers. I started out trying to build an invention that turned panhandlers invisible to me, but I ran into technical problems. My early prototypes relied on carbon-polymer tarps, but the test subjects kept wriggling out from under them. I thought I had successfully modified a kitchen colander to amplify my brainwaves and block all light within a 10-foot radius, but it turns out it had slipped down over my eyes. Finally I settled on a modified snowsuit covered in microphones and old iPhone screens, which instantly camouflages me whenever someone says the words “change,” “bus ticket” or “sir.” Powered by an 18,000-watt generator that can be pulled in a convenient rickshaw, my invisibility-to-panhandlers suit runs on common household uranium and emits only hot dogs. And therein lies the problem. I would love to share my invention with the world, but I’m afraid it qualifies as a soup kitchen. And as Missoulians who read or sleep under the newspaper know, the city council’s Land Use and Planning Committee recently proposed an “urgency meas-
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ure” that would prohibit new soup kitchens for the next six months. Certainly, the problem is urgent. Under bridges, in parks and throughout our public spaces, Missoula is overrun with soup kitchens. I can barely walk downtown without someone offering me a sandwich. The committee’s proposal to address this urban blight is long overdue, but it is also timely, because it will prevent the relocation of the Union Gospel Mission.
“You work your whole life to buy a house near a pawn shop, an adult novelty store and an abandoned bakery, and then some charity moves into the bakery and ruins the neighborhood.” You may know Union Gospel by its old name, the 3:16 Mission. The soup kitchen and religious outreach organization has undermined our community with free sandwiches for the poor at its Toole Avenue location for years, but it recently secured a lease for the former Sweetheart Bakery building on West Broadway. Neighborhood residents have complained that Union Gospel Mission did not seek enough input from the community before moving ahead with its reckless plan to rent a warehouse and feed poor people out of it, and they brought their concerns to Councilman Adam Hertz, co-sponsor of the soup kitchen ban. I understand their
frustration. You work your whole life to buy a house near a pawn shop, an adult novelty store and an abandoned bakery, and then some charity moves into the bakery and ruins the neighborhood. Is there no limit to what the poor will ask from us? Those people are takers, pretty much by definition, and so Land Use and Planning has wisely moved to block Union Gospel’s relocation by making the ban on new soup kitchens retroactive. It sounds like the perfect law, prohibiting new indigent services not just within the city’s geographic borders but also across a substantial swath of time. Like other historic attempts to create a utopian society, however, this ban on soup kitchens and homeless shelters could have an unintended chilling effect on entrepreneurs like myself. How am I to test my new invention without accidentally getting some hot dogs near homeless people? Where would I go? That is why, with a heavy heart, I urge the city council to reconsider its urgency measure. Sure, we’d all like to live in a world free of poor people and the soup kitchens that produce them. But at what cost? How many food-emitting invisibility suits must be consigned to history’s junk heap before we realize that we are addressing the symptom and not the disease? For years, scientists who studied poverty agreed that soup kitchens were the problem. Then, like Copernicus at his telescope, a few brave minds dared to suggest that the problem was poor people themselves. Only I—like Copernicus looking through his telescope and seeing, frighteningly, another telescope—have the vision to realize that the problem is poor people can see us. Will government finally unshackle me so I can do something about it? I’ll have to wait until the council hearing on Sept. 9 to find out, but frankly, I am not optimistic. Genius is never understood in its own time. Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and lying at combatblog.net.
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Emotional response Conservationists can use the term “sacred” by Dave Stalling
It is difficult to know what’s sacred nowadays because somehow, money has come to top the list. It may be that one person’s “sacred” place is another person’s gas and oil field. Why else would anyone consider drilling around a place called Chief Mountain in northwest Montana, along the border of Glacier National Park and the Blackfeet Nation? The peak stands out along the Rocky Mountain Front, that rugged 200-mile wall of steep reefs that rise up from the Great Plains. Elk, bighorns, pronghorn, badgers, wolverines, lynx, mountain lions and wolves all thrive on this land. Clear, clean rivers along the Front sustain some of the last remaining healthy populations of west slope cutthroat trout. And grizzlies still wander out onto the plains as they did when the explorers Lewis and Clark came through in 1805. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, this is the place that contains the “top 1 percent” of wildlife habitat remaining in the Continental United States. So if anything can be called “sacred,” I think this is the place. Seven years ago, I assisted a coalition of local hunters, anglers, ranchers, outfitters, businessmen and tribal leaders in a successful effort to protect a significant chunk of the Rocky Mountain Front from gas and oil development, mostly around the Badger-Two Medicine area south of Chief Mountain. As a professional conservationist, I had to be cautious about using emotional arguments, about calling a place sacred, focusing instead on the economic importance of hunting, fishing, clean water and wildlife. But then at a community meeting, I had to wholeheartedly agree with Stoney Burke, a local man from Choteau, who
was accused of being “emotional” about Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front. In reply, he pounded his fist on a table and shouted, “You’re goddamn right I’m emotional; if you can’t be emotional about a place like this, then what the hell can you be emotional about?” He compared putting roads and gas wells along the Front to permanently scarring his daughter’s face. When someone noted that Forest Service lands must be managed for multiple use that includes
“Multiple use doesn’t mean you take a crap in your kitchen.” gas and oil development, Burke replied, “Multiple use doesn’t mean you take a crap in your kitchen.” I thought then: If only everyone were as passionate and emotional about sacred places. While working along the Front, I got to know Earl Old Person, chief of the Blackfeet Nation. While eating breakfast with him at the Two Medicine Cafe in East Glacier one day, I shared with him some personal problems I was facing. The chief suggested two simple remedies: Medicine Grizzly Lake and Chief Mountain. “Go there,” he said. “You’ll feel better.” Of course, he was right. The mountain has been sacred to the Blackfeet for centuries, and it remains sacred to many First Nation people throughout North America who travel to the
mountain for sweetgrass ceremonies, placing prayer flags and other religious rites. When white settlers came through in the early 1900s, they observed Native burial sites along the base of the Chief. But what protection does a sacred place have these days? Recently, the Bureau of Indian Affairs allowed leasing a large swath of land around Chief Mountain for gas and oil development, with the blessing of some tribal leaders and members eager for profit. Others were angered, sickened and saddened. The Blackfeet can be as divided and conflicted as the rest of us when it comes to such things. I envy and can only imagine the bond Native people once enjoyed to the land and wildlife. Through a lifetime of hunting, fishing and roaming through remote and wild places for as long as 10 weeks at a time, I’ve tried to create my own connection to wild animals and wild places. I think that people living close to the land—needing the land—naturally find reverence for it. These days, our society is so divorced from our planet that we forget that clean air, clean water and wild places continue to sustain us all. Elders from Southern Alberta’s Siksika Band pass on this tale: Near the end of days, a Great White God will appear from the top of Chief Mountain, and upon his departure the mountain will crumble and be destroyed. I wonder what drilling, what attack on the mountain, will have occurred before the mountain crumbles. I hope we can avoid this atrocity. Dave Stalling is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org ). He is a writer and wildlife advocate living in Missoula.
photo by Jonathan Marquis
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CURSES, FOILED AGAIN – Police accused Troy Ridling, 29, of stealing a computer from his former church in Owasso, Okla., after the software tracking company Covenant Eyes alerted a church staffer that the computer was being used to look up pornography. Upon being told that the company had received a call about removing the laptop’s Internet monitoring software, the Owasso First Assembly of God notified police. They traced the call to Ridling, who confessed. (Tulsa’s KRMG Radio) To celebrate getting permission to remove the ankle monitor that held her in house arrest in Osceola County, Fla., Angela Estrella, 37, rented a car and headed for New York City. A few hundred miles up I95, the rental car broke down. When the tow truck sent to rescue her arrived, Estrella asked driver Mike Frazier if he’d take her to New York. He declined, but when he turned his back to call the car rental company, authorities said she jumped into the rig and drove off. The truck was equipped with a GPS, however, allowing law enforcement to track and arrest her. (The Daytona Beach News-Journal) REVENGE OF THE MOBILE DEVICES – Texting contributed to the crash of a medical helicopter near Mosby, Mo., according to National Transportation Safety Board investigators. Despite the helicopter operator’s rule forbidding pilots to use electronic devices during flight, pilot James Freudenbert, 34, had exchanged 20 personal text messages in the two hours before the crash, including one 19 minutes before. Officials said the texting apparently prevented Fruedenbert from noticing the helicopter was running out of fuel. (Los Angeles Times) Smartphone accidents are on the rise. The Chinese website Xianguo.com reported that a Hong Kong man named Du blamed his Samsung Galaxy S4 phone for burning down his house. Du said he was playing the game “Love Machine” on the phone when its battery popped. Startled, he threw the phone on a sofa, which burst into flames that quickly spread. Later that month, an 18-year-old Swiss woman received third-degree burns on her leg after her Samsung Galaxy S3 exploded in her pocket. In the same month, a Chinese woman reportedly died from an electric shock when she answered a call on her iPhone while it was charging; a similar occurrence sent a Chinese man into a coma. (The Huffington Post) Believing that he may have accidentally dropped his cellphone down a garbage chute in his Palatine, Ill., apartment building, Roger Mirro, 56, went looking for it in a trash compactor, which crushed him to death. (Chicago Tribune) ILLUMINATING CONCLUSION – Police responding to a burglary alarm went to the wrong house in Fort Worth, Texas, shot the 72-year-old homeowner, then blamed “poor lighting around the home” for their mistake. Limited to using their flashlights, Officers B.B. Hanlon and R.P. Hoeppner encountered homeowner Jerry Waller, who they reported “was armed with a handgun standing near the corner of the home” and shot him six times, explaining that they acted in self defense. Waller’s son, Chris, disputed the officers’ account, insisting that his father “never stepped outside of his garage” and “was shot multiple times in the chest only a few steps away from the doorway to his kitchen.” (Fort Worth’s Star-Telegram) DOUBLE JEOPARDY – Ye Mengyuan, 16, a passenger aboard the Asiana Airline flight that crash landed in San Francisco in July, survived the crash and was thrown from the plane but died when she was run over by a rescue vehicle responding to the emergency, according to San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault. (CNN) AVOIRDUPOIS FOLLIES – New Zealand authorities declined to renew the work visa of Albert Buitenhuis, a chef from South Africa, because he’s too fat. Weighing 286 pounds, Buitenhuis is at “significant risk” of medical complications, according to an immigration official, who pointed out, “It is important that all migrants have an acceptable standard of health to minimize costs and demands on New Zealand’s health services.” His wife, Marthie Buitenhuis, noted that their annual work visas had been renewed with “very little problem” since they moved to Christchurch six years ago, even though her husband now weighs 65 pounds less now than he did then. (BBC News) COLD CASE – When Canadian authorities featured the case of Lucy Johnson in their missing-persons file, her daughter used the information to advertise the disappearance in newspapers, including in the Yukon, where her mother once lived. Royal Canadian Mounted Police official Curtis Harling said it wasn’t long before the daughter, Linda Evans, heard from a woman saying she’s Johnson’s daughter from a later marriage. Johnson disappeared in 1961, but her husband, Marvin Johnson, didn’t report her missing until 1965, arousing police suspicions. Marvin Johnson died in the late 1990s. Harling said the sisters were pleased to find out they had other family members but added that their mother, now 77 and living under a different name, has a lot of questions to answer. (The Canadian Press) BUCKET-LIST FOLLIES – After 44 years of dreaming and 38 years of being overruled by his wife, Barry Strang, 59, finally bought a motorcycle. He picked it up at the dealership in Lander, Wyo., but had driven it just three miles when he collided with a tractor-trailer and was killed. “It was something he wanted his whole life,” Pam Strang said. “It’s like my son said, ‘Dad went out with the biggest smile on his face.’” (Casper Star-Tribune) RESPECT YOUR ELDERS — OR ELSE – Chinese legislators amended a law to require people to visit or keep in touch with their elderly parents or risk being sued. “It is mainly to stress the right of elderly people to ask for emotional support,” Xiao Jinming, a law professor at Shandong University who helped draft the measure, explained. “We want to emphasize there is such a need.” (Associated Press) DRONING ON – In the latest backlash against unmanned aerial vehicles, town officials in Deer Trail, Colo., are considering a proposed ordinance that would grant hunting permits allowing residents to shoot down drones. The permits would cost $25, and anyone who presents evidence of shooting down a drone would receive $100. “This is a pre-emptive strike,” said Phillip Steel, 48, who proposed the measure and collected enough signatures on a petition to require local officials to act on it. “I don’t want to live in a surveillance society.” The Federal Aviation Administration responded that people who fire guns at drones could be prosecuted or fined, but Steel insisted, “The FAA doesn’t have the power to make a law.” (Associated Press)
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Park your car at Ogren Park Allegiance Field – watch the Osprey game then take a FREE bus ride to watch the Montana Grizzlies take on Appalachian State. Then ride the bus back to Ogren Park Allegiance Field to get your vehicle. Griz Tailgate Party, $15 for ticket to game and All-You-Can Eat BBQ on Blackfoot Party Deck ($10 for Osprey season ticket holders.)
The game is centered on kid’s promotions, music & activities. Following the game, all fans can run around the bases and play catch on the field.
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Senior Night: 2-for-1 Tickets for anyone 55+ Sponsored by Dr. Torrie Mauerman at Maximized Living & Cherry Creek radio Gates open at 4:30; Game time 5:05.
Bring your dog to the ballpark to enjoy the baseball game with you. Each fan will need a game ticket and each dog will need a ticket as well ($4 in advance and $5 at the gate) which also get the dog access to water during the game and a treat. One dog per person. To go along with the dog theme, it is Dollar Dog Night – Hot Dogs are just $1. Gates open at 6:30; Game time 7:05.
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It is a night to celebrate the best fans in the Pioneer League. All fans will receive a free Missoula Osprey Team Photo brought to you by Coca-Cola & KGRZ 92.7 FM. These team photos are numbered. Numbers will be called throughout the game – over 100 prizes will be given away including autographed team memorabilia and gifts from Missoula Osprey sponsors. It’s also Senior Wednesday: so those fans 55+ can get into the game 2-for-1. Gates open at 6:30; Game time 7:05.
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layton Phipps often spends his weekends rambling around the badlands of eastern Montana on foot and horseback. The landscape is littered with dinosaur fossils, and Phipps is seeking bones to sell. Mostly he finds fragments—a claw here, a tooth there, a skull if he’s lucky. But on a bright summer day in 2006, near Jordan, Mont., one of his companions spotted a huge, chalky-brown pelvis weathering out of a sandstone canyon. Individual dinosaur bones are not uncommon, so Phipps finished his lunch before wandering over for a closer look. It was only when he saw a massive femur sticking out of the ground next to the pelvis that he began to suspect they’d stumbled onto something exceptional— perhaps an entire dinosaur. As it turns out, that wasn’t even half the story. Eventually, Phipps, a rancher known as the “Dinosaur Cowboy,” and his partners would uncover not just a single complete dinosaur, but two of them—carnivore and herbivore. Even more unusual, the two skeletons had been buried together, entwined in what looked like a death match. A find with great potential for paleontological study and education, the “Dueling Dinosaurs” became one of the highest-priced fossils ever offered for sale: $9.8 million. Then the trouble began. Museums refused to host the fossils. Scientists didn’t publish papers about them. The dinosaurs haven’t even been named, although it’s traditional for fossil discoverers to do so. Seven years after their discovery, the dinosaurs are still stuck in stone blocks, clutching each other in a cold storage shed, waiting to tell a story that reaches back 66 million years to the Cretaceous Period. But though the bones are silent, another drama is unfolding—a story of ranchers struggling during economic recession, of warring principles and scientific feuds. Robert Bakker, the Harvard-educated curator of paleontology at the Houston Museum of Science, believes the Dueling Dinosaurs hold one of the most important scientific stories yet to be told. Bakker, who is easily recognizable by his white cowboy hat and unruly beard, believes the carnivorous dinosaur will help resolve a longstanding controversy over whether the proposed species Nanotyrannus lancensis, a “pygmy” version of Tyrannosaurus rex, is merely a juvenile T. rex. He also believes its herbivore partner is a new ceratopsian species, a cousin of the iconic Triceratops, one of a group of robust dinosaurs with frilled skulls and horns. Even more exciting, Bakker says, is the fact that the dinosaurs apparently died in gruesome combat. “It’s a CSI story,” Bakker says. “Cretaceous Crime Scene Investigation.” The fossils could provide much-needed evidence about dinosaur behavior. And a museum exhibit of them could spark scientific interest in everyone, especially children—if the fossils ever enter a museum. But because the dinosaurs were excavated by commercial fossil hunters rather than academic paleontologists, some researchers worry that they were collected without sufficient care or documentation and thus don’t belong in a museum. Others think that even if the fossils merit serious study, it is in the best interest of science to avoid buying specimens. “Big museums like to have (fossils) they collected themselves so that they know what scientific information was found (with the specimen),” says Jack Horner, curator of Montana’s biggest dinosaur collection, Bozeman’s Museum of the Rockies. No one has stepped forward to buy the bones, so this fall they’re headed for the auction block. Auctioned dinosaurs sometimes find museum homes, but more commonly disappear into the lairs of wealthy collectors and investors, never to be studied. Only a special type of philanthropist would fork over millions for fossils and donate them to a scientific repository, so they can be described and discussed in peer-reviewed journals. “If you like dinosaurs, and I do, and if you like fossils, and I do, and if you think that the reality of the Dueling Dinosaurs belongs to every fourth-grader in the world,” says Bakker, “then you have to share my concern that they go to a good proper museum.”
“Man, my hat went in the air. Things were just going through my head like crazy, because here is this meat-eater in with this plant-eater, and obviously they weren’t friends.” —Clayton Phipps, aka the “Dinosaur Cowboy”
Above: Clayton Phipps. Inset: Katie Busch uses her foot for scale next to the Ceratopsian foot, seen in its plaster cast and field jacket at the CK Preparations facilities. Photo by Montana Hodges Photo by Montana Hodges
Outside the small lackluster towns that dot eastern Montana lies rolling prairie occasionally broken by abandoned houses, wind-whipped sagebrush ridges and eerie patches of badlands. Thousands of these parched acres are required to support a family in the primary local occupations of ranching or farming. Garfield County, home to both Phipps and the Dueling Dinosaurs, has around 1,200 residents sprinkled over 5,000 square miles. Average household incomes are 30 percent below the national average, and people have been moving away for the last century. The population has decreased by almost 50 percent during Phipps’ lifetime. To a paleontologist, however, the badlands are a treasure trove. “Montana is the richest state, by virtue of having the highest number of different formations that are potentially dinosaur-bearing,” says David Trexler, president of the nonprofit Two Medicine Dinosaur Center in Bynum, Mont. Trexler grew up in the unincorporated hamlet of 31 people, and he and his family have spent their lives in the region. He left long enough to get a degree in paleontology, and his mother, an amateur fossil hunter, was the first to discover baby dinosaurs in Montana. Eastern Montana contains wide swaths of the intensively studied Hell Creek Formation, a fossil-rich deposit of sediments laid down during the end of the dinosaurs’ heyday, the late Cretaceous Period. Bones from the formation are constantly surfacing and eroding away, says Trexler, and there aren’t enough academically trained paleontologists to keep up with them. That’s where the non-degreed fossil hunters come in. Clayton Phipps has bright blue eyes and wears a
Gene Autry-style neckerchief and black cowboy hat. The 40-year-old was raised on a sprawling ranch not far from the Dueling Dinosaur discovery. He always wanted to be a cowboy, although he never expected to become the Dinosaur Cowboy. With his wife and three kids, Phipps lives in a partially remodeled home tucked away down a dirt road near a rare stand of pine trees. It is the home he knew as a child and the place he wants to raise his family. Their 1,100 acres might seem a kingdom to those outside Montana, but in this dry and rugged environment, the property is simply “a little too big to starve to death on,” says Phipps. Ranching proved unprofitable, so Phipps often worked as a ranch hand. He was introduced to the fossil business more than a decade ago during a chance encounter with a prospector who was working with a local rancher. Phipps knew the land well and saw an opportunity. “I had to supplement my income somehow,” he says. “From the beginning, it has been my idea to propose to the landowners that value is there and they should be compensated for it.” The dinosaur fossil market ranges from unidentified bone chunks sold in souvenir shops, to identified teeth and claws, to complete skeletons offered by commercial middlemen, to carefully prepared museum specimens. Buyers range from impulsive one-time customers to serious collectors and investors who think the value will rise over time. Phipps is a self-taught bone hunter, relying on books and the advice of other amateurs. As a child, he combed his backyard for arrowheads and other treasures. Now he focuses on fossils, scanning the ranches of the region, sometimes with partners, then splitting profits 50-50 with landowners. Although many ranchers tend to regard fossil hunters warily, Phipps has earned their trust as “the local neighbor boy.”
“The (professional) bone hunters don’t have a really good reputation around here, because a lot of the academics haven’t done much for our community,” Phipps says. “They’ve come in and said, ‘Oh, yeah, we are going to study this,’ then no one hears anything about it after they leave.” With proceeds from his first fossil sale, Phipps bought some cows. Then, in 2003, he discovered the world’s most complete skull of Stygimoloch, a type of tall dome-headed dinosaur. That brought him the equivalent of a year’s salary—enough money to tend to his own ranch. His success inspired him to continue seeking fossils, often in the company of a friend, Mark Eatman, and later his cousin, Chad O’Connor. It was Eatman who first glimpsed the Dueling Dinosaurs on the 2006 prospecting trip. Eatman had other dramatic finds in his past, including “Tinker,” a Montana T. rex discovered in 1998. Still, the earnings from his carpentry job in Billings weren’t enough to pay for excavating Tinker, and he sold the fossil to a commercial company while it was still in the ground. O’Connor is a tall, strong-looking man with a limited range of motion due to cerebral palsy. During conversations, Phipps translates his cousin’s slurred words. O’Connor says he went out dinosaur hunting for the very first time that fateful day, hoping to “find something that could change my life.” As the trio examined the bones they’d found, Phipps spotted cattle nearby and realized he wasn’t on his brother’s land, as he’d thought. The cattle carried the brand of Mary Ann and Lige Murray’s 25,000-acre ranch; luckily, he had permission to prospect on their land. Phipps told the Murrays about the find and they planned to meet once hay-cutting season was over. When they finally did so later in June, it didn’t take long for the group to agree to start digging that day. Phipps was so excited, he says, that when it came time to break
for lunch, he opted to stay with the dinosaur instead. By the time the others returned, Phipps had exposed nearly half a skeleton, using small hand tools. A couple weeks later, they had uncovered a complete ceratopsian. As Phipps began excavating a perimeter around the ceratopsian block with a backhoe, he dumped his bucket and a large, sharp claw fell out. Ceratopsians didn’t have claws. “Man, my hat went in the air,” says Phipps. “Things were just going through my head like crazy, because here is this meat-eater in with this plant-eater, and obviously they weren’t friends.” The claw led him to a complete theropod, one of a group of big-footed bipeds popularized in Hollywood movies (think Jurassic Park’s velociraptors). This particular specimen turned out to be a tyrannosaurid that Bakker and others believe to be the controversial Nanotyrannus. “A theropod is something every fossil hunter dreams of finding,” Phipps says. “It’s the wolf of the Cretaceous.”
Realizing the significance of his find, Phipps sought help from CK Preparations, a nearby commercial company run by preparator Chris Morrow and paleoartist Katie Busch. The CK team became stakeholders, and eventually the multi-ton blocks containing the fossils, jacketed in plaster, were moved to its facility. “The matrix in the jackets is pure sand,” Morrow says, “which is really rare for skeletons. This layer is about 17 feet thick of nothing but sand, with no vegetation in it. So a massive pile of sand was dumped all around these graves.” Perhaps the animals sank in quicksand; perhaps they were buried by collapsing cliffs. It’s up to the scientists to decipher the story—provided they get the chance. To find predator and prey fossilized together is rare.
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Robert Bakker is one of the few academics who supports the work of commercial fossil hunters like Phipps.
The Dueling Dinosaurs are also preserved in three dimensions, not flattened by burial like so many skeletons. Fossil preparation has exposed about 30 percent of the specimens, enough to display interesting details. They are interwoven, with the elephant-sized ceratopsian in a near-standing position and the polar bear-sized tyrannosaurid underfoot. Both dinosaurs are articulated, meaning their bones are connected, from nose to tailtip. They are so well preserved that some soft tissue patterns, like skin, are visible to the naked eye. Other sections expose shiny licorice-black bone. The tyrannosaurid appears to be missing 22 teeth; 14 teeth have been found embedded in what were the ceratopsian’s fleshy areas and one in its neck vertebrae. Tyrannosaurids shed teeth like sharks, and replaced them just as quickly. In this case, though, some teeth are broken in half, which Morrow believes indicates an aggressive fight. And the tyrannosaurid may have gotten the worst of it—a crushed skull and cracked-open ribcage. Despite the find’s rarity, some paleontologists, like Horner, a once-casual Montana fossil hunter who now has honorary doctorates, say a serious study of the fossils would be pointless because they were excavated by amateurs. Fossil excavation is a long, complicated process when done properly: It’s common to remove specimens in plaster jackets, for example, including blocks of the rock “matrix” surrounding the bones. Just enough bone is exposed to reveal the dimensions of the creature, and then the surrounding rock is carefully cut to free the block. This can preserve sediments containing essential scientific evidence about the burial environment and the bones’ original position. Some scientists painstakingly document the exposure of each find, using time-lapse photography, laser mapping and soil samples taken every few centimeters. Because the Dueling Dinosaurs were excavated with less sophisticated methods and without an academ-
ically trained eye to oversee the site, Horner and other critics say the bones have lost their scientific potential. Burial reconstruction—analysis of the surrounding material and the position of the bones to determine the circumstances of the dinosaur’s death—is impossible, he says, since the dinosaurs were removed from the surrounding stratigraphy, the layers of rock above and below them. Because the overlying layers have already been excavated away, any scientist who wants to do a burial reconstruction would have to access the private land and use photographs to infer where the dinosaurs were located in the layers of rock. “I have seen some information on the Dueling Dinosaurs,” says Horner, “but it lacked the data that would allow the specimen to be described in rigorous scientific detail. Unless (such a) study had been accomplished at the site prior to it having been excavated, it is not possible to say anything about their behaviors prior to death.” Although he is a leading researcher of tyrannosaurid bone structure, he has no desire to even see the specimen that may settle the Nanotyrannus debate. Horner strongly opposes commercialism and believes scientists ought to avoid any association with it. “Commercial collectors say all sorts of things about the fossils they are trying to sell,” he says. “The more extraordinary they can make it sound, the more money they think they can get. It is simply a sales pitch.” Bakker, Horner’s longtime colleague from Houston, says the excavation and documentation of the Dueling Dinosaurs are excellent and that criticism of the find is simply bias against commercial collectors. He has looked over the photos and sketches the group collected during excavation, and says the burial site can be revisited for more information if needed. Most importantly, he says, the dinosaurs are still in the blocks they were excavated in, so that they retain their original positions and the sediments surrounding them. He says there is evidence that the dinosaurs dueled
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to the death in a fight so violent that the carnivore’s teeth were cracked out of its jaws. The fossils contain the “smoking tooth” of dinosaur behavior, demonstrating the way two species interacted, he says, and should be studied. “It is bizarre that strong opinions would be expressed by people who haven’t seen it,” says Bakker. “I went and I saw it. I didn’t believe that they were dueling. I didn’t believe that one had killed the other until I spent five hours with the specimens. And oh, yeah, they killed each other.” Horner and Bakker have been charismatic leaders in dinosaur paleontology for decades; each inspired a character in Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park movies. They also have a history of bickering over the prehistoric meal selections of T. rex (Horner sees it as a scavenger) and the identification of Nanotyrannus (which Horner thinks is a juvenile T. rex). But their perspectives on the Dueling Dinosaurs represent just a fraction of the larger, fiery debate about commercial paleontology.
Fossil sales fueled paleontology for over 100 years, beginning with “The Great Dinosaur Rush.” During those 19th century Bone Wars, two rival paleontologists—Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh—raced to find the greatest number of dinosaurs in the West, uncovering fossils themselves and also purchasing them from commercial fossil hunters. Today, if you visit the nation’s largest museums, you are likely gazing upon bones that were dug up by fossil hunters and then bought by legendary philanthropists like Andrew Carnegie and George Peabody. But the rivalry between Cope and Marsh may have also helped taint the reputation of bone prospecting. In their haste to outdo each other, the two made mistakes—for example, Marsh put the wrong skull on an Apatosaurus and designated it a new species,
Photo by Montana Hodges
Brontosaurus—and they were so protective of their digging sites that they’d hurriedly bury them afterwards, sometimes destroying other fossils in the process. Some paleontologists believe commercialism still has an important scientific role to play, though, because digs are notoriously time-consuming, expensive and require significant manpower. Fossils need to be found and excavated at the rate they are being exposed to the elements so that they’re not lost, says Mike Triebold of the Colorado-based dealer Triebold Paleontology Inc., which often supplies museums. It’s in the best interest of commercial companies to be stringent data collectors so they can sell to quality museums, Triebold says. He believes data collection by commercial operations can be superior to that done by academic institutions strapped by budgets and bureaucracy. “People that have those extreme views are preventing a spectacular pair of fabulous dinosaurs with a tremendous amount of science attached to them from going to a proper repository,” he says. But a growing academic circle has increasingly shunned any fossil sales, says Bakker. “The attitude toward independent, and I like to call them independent collectors, changed. Now they were considered pirates, brigands and buyers.” The change is often attributed to the much-publicized 1997 auction of “Sue,” a South Dakota T. rex that highlighted the monetary value of fossils. After 10 minutes on the Sotheby’s auction block, Sue sold for $8.4 million to Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History. The museum was able to acquire Sue only through the financial support of big corporations, including McDonald’s and Disney. The legal fight preceding Sue’s auction included a federal court ruling establishing that fossils on private land were property that could be bought and sold. This exasperates scientists such as UC Berkeley paleontologist Mark Goodwin, who says fossils represent Earth’s
Photos by Montana Hodges
Jack Horner won’t even look at a commercial find like the Dueling Dinosaurs.
Mary Ann Murray holds a Triceratops horn that Katie Busch and Rob Morrow of CK Preparations turned up on her property.
“It’s a CSI story: Cretaceous Crime Scene Investigation.” —Robert Bakker, curator of paleontology at the Houston Museum of Science natural history and therefore belong to everyone. “In the United States, there are still some things you can’t own,” Goodwin says. “You can’t own navigable waterways, you can’t buy and sell body parts, but we are (one of ) the only developed countr(ies) on the planet that doesn’t have any regulation in regards to our fossil heritage on private lands.” Shortly after Sue’s sale, Goodwin says, UC Berkeley got a bitter taste of what fossil greed can lead to when a T. rex jaw was stolen from its collection. FBI agents traced the jaw to Germany, a long journey that began after a student smuggled it into commercial hands. “At the same time that the commercial market is driving theft and the dotcom boom is going on, you have eastern Montana, where some of these ranchers are barely making a living and all they see are dollar signs,” he says. He’s dismayed by the asking price of the Dueling Dinosaurs, given that the National Science Foundation’s average annual budget for dinosaur research grants is about a half-million dollars. “I don’t have $9 million. And for anyone who does, it is just preposterous and obscene to ask for that much money.” Some scientists have come to view the Dueling Dinosaurs, asking that their visits be kept secret. But Goodwin, like Horner, refuses to look at the fossils despite their significance. “It is hard as a scientist not to want to see the material that is in private hands,” he says ruefully, “but you have to draw the line somewhere.” Chris Morrow at CK Preparations, expecting controversy, sought advice from Peter Larson of South Dakota’s Black Hills Institute. Larson is a degreed paleontologist who straddles the commercial and academic worlds by both selling fossils and publishing on specimens in repositories. He’s been in commercial fossil sales for decades and was one of the discoverers of “Sue.” His many publications are accepted within the academic community, although Horner argues they represent a conflict of interest. Larson, who is working on his
doctorate at the University of Manchester, England, says he is studying overseas because opinions on commercialism are not as extreme outside the United States. Once Larson decided that the Dueling Dinosaurs provided “definitive proof of Nanotyrannus,” the topic of his thesis, he sought to ensure that the specimens went to a recognized repository. The study of fossils is subject to policies such as those laid down by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, which publishes the premier dinosaur journal, Vertebrate Paleontology. The society’s code of ethics stipulates that specimens on which papers are published must be held in a recognized repository; they cannot be located in private collections where their future is uncertain. The rules are meant to ensure a specimen’s availability so that scientific conclusions can be verified. However, a lengthy approval process is needed before museums are considered repositories, and not all museums meet the requirements. The state of Montana has only one government-approved repository, the Museum of the Rockies. Even Larson was surprised at the fossils’ bitter reception from museums. He had hoped to interest his alma mater, the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Because he knew the school’s museum could not afford the dinosaurs, Larson offered to connect the institution with a philanthropist who could donate them. The response was peremptory. “SDSMT is not interested in obtaining the specimens by purchase or donation,” wrote then-President Robert Wharton to Larson, in a letter dated Dec. 16, 2011. (Wharton, who declined to comment on the correspondence, died in fall 2012.) Larson was shocked that the school would refuse a multimillion-dollar donation of groundbreaking specimens. “It’s almost like a religious belief,” Larson says. “It has nothing to do with reality or morality or anything else. How can you divorce yourself from private commerce? It drives the world.”
Finding the Dueling Dinosaurs felt like winning the lottery to everyone involved, especially the landowners. Mary Ann and Lige Murray came to Montana in 1971, fresh out of college and chasing the cowboy dream. They worked their way up from ranch hands to owners but haven’t yet paid off the land they bought 30 years ago. With the discovery of the dinosaurs came hope. “If you found an oil well on your land, would you be willing to just donate it or give it away?” asks Murray. “It is an investment we made when we bought the land. It’s no different than finding minerals on your place.” Phipps and his partners initially considered an auction, but their desire to have the dinosaurs available for science has kept them off the block—until now. After consultations with commercial appraisers, they priced the Dueling Dinosaurs at $9.8 million. “That’s what people don’t understand, and I don’t think our country does, because it is just three or four times in the world they have found two together. And these are the biggest and most complete,” says Murray. “Lige and I can certainly use the money, but (Clayton and his partners) can, too, and Chad is disabled. It’s a win-win for everybody.” Despite the big price tag, the Dinosaur Cowboy contends that his requests remain simple. He’s put his family’s money, along with hundreds of hours of time, into the collection and preparation of the dinosaurs, and he wants to make enough to remain on his land and pay some bills. He and his partners have watched other dinosaurs pass through the market in recent years, mostly at the drop of a gavel. Two years ago, the “Fighting Dinosaurs,” a Stegosaurus and Allosaurus found near each other in a Wyoming quarry, fetched $2.75 million
from an undisclosed buyer overseas. Offers have been made on the Dueling Dinosaurs by unnamed parties, but nothing has come to fruition. Soon the blocks will be shipped to Bonhams New York City auction house, where they’ll be offered in a Nov. 19 sale along with other fossils and collectibles. Bonhams expects the bones to fetch between $6 million and $9 million. Until then, the bones are gathering dust at CK Preparations, lingering in the hopes that Ronald McDonald, Mickey Mouse or an anonymous Samaritan will save the day. Morrow and Busch live in a trailer next to the facility they bought to house the dinosaurs. Larson’s Nanotyrannus thesis is on hold. Bakker says all the paleontological infighting has obscured the real —and important—story of these fossils, one that could change our understanding of dinosaur behavior: a duel to the death during the last days of the dinosaurs. “That comes from a sense of elitism I really dislike,” he says. “I call it the priestly caste.” For his part, Phipps wants the Dueling Dinosaurs to be publicly displayed. He’d also like to have a replica donated to the local museum in Jordan. Replicas are just fine, he says, because the town museum can’t afford to keep the heat on and icy air is bad for fossils. “I’m hoping someday I can take my grandchildren to go see them,” Phipps says, “and tell them, ‘Your ol’ granddaddy found those dinosaurs.’” Montana Hodges is a freelance writer and author of five books. She received her MA in science journalism from the University of Montana, and is currently working on her Ph.D. in paleontology. This story originally appeared in the Aug. 19, 2013 issue of High Country News (hcn.org). editor@missoulanews.com
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Rock ’n’ roll eye candy Pearl Jam’s new music video, “Mind Your Manners,” gets the Andy Smetanka treatment by Erika Fredrickson
Pearl Jam’s new music video incorporates silhouette animation created by Missoula filmmaker Andy Smetanka.
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n Friday, Aug. 23, Pearl Jam released the music video to the first single off its upcoming album, and local viewers may have noticed something familiar: “Mind Your Manners” includes silhouette animation with the distinct look of Missoula filmmaker Andy Smetanka. It looks like Smetanka’s work because, well, it is. Even if you’ve been in Missoula for just a short time, it’s hard to miss Smetanka’s stuff. He’s screened his short films at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival and displayed his prints and light boxes during First Friday art exhibits. He’s made music videos for the Decemberists and worked with Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin. A successful Kickstarter campaign afforded him the chance to make a feature-length film about World War I called And We Were Young, which is currently in production. He even got a chance to work with actress Isabella Rossellini on short films about bees. All of that exposure appears to have helped Smetanka land in front of an even bigger audience. Pearl Jam’s connection to Missoula is just as well known as Smetanka’s work: Bassist Jeff Ament grew up in Big Sandy, went to school at the University of Montana (where he started his pre-Pearl Jam hardcore band Deranged Diction) and is now a part-time resident who can often be seen around the valley at various arts and culture events. So, how’d Smetanka end up working with Ament and Pearl Jam on the project? We caught up with
Smetanka by email as he was traveling through Finland and got the scoop. How did you end up making a music video for Pearl Jam? Andy Smetanka: Jeff Ament made a generous donation to my Kickstarter campaign (for And We Were Young). I sent him a message to ask him how he wanted to take delivery on his custom light box, and he wrote back asking if I was interested in “creating some images” for Pearl Jam. Hell yes, I replied. It went from this notvery-specific request to actually starting work on greenscreen animation for a music video in less than a week. Did you approach it as a silhouette animation in the way you have with And We Were Young? AS: I approached it pretty much the same way as any other silhouette project, with the difference that I shot it digitally and not on Super 8, using a Canon DSLR camera and a program called (I think) Dragonframe. I had to do it this way because of time constraints, but it was also very liberating, very encouraging to get a peek into my post-film future if I intend to keep making silhouette movies. What was the hardest part of the project? AS: Getting to grips with this new technology wasn’t very difficult. The hardest thing about the project was the disruptive effect of the long working days on
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family life at a time when we were also getting centered down to go on a major overseas adventure. But I’d set the whole month of July aside to not work on And We Were Young, and the PJ project fit perfectly. Another great thing about the digital process was that it created, as a sort of happy by-product of the animation, literally thousands of huge JPEG files for the band to incorporate into both the Electronic Press Kit and the album artwork for the upcoming release! Double bonus! Did you get full creative reign or did Jeff Ament and Eddie Vedder have their own ideas? AS: I think Jeff takes a direct hand in designing the artwork for PJ projects, kind of the de facto Art Director, so I was mostly working with him and their frequent collaborator, Danny Clinch, who was directing the video and filming the live performances behind which the animation will be inserted via green screen. Everyone had great ideas, they usually gave me the go-ahead on mine, and I took great care to film some interpretation of theirs, from Danny and everyone else in the band filtered through him and Jeff. How long did it take you? AS: The whole thing happened lightning-fast. Starting from scratch (with a few ready-to-go silhouette trees and things from my silhouette archive), it took two solid weeks of 10–14 hour days to come up with around 8
minutes of animation. The song itself is around 2:39 in length, so there was plenty of coverage. How do you feel about getting to do this? AS: All in all, an exhilarating experience, and probably the most compact, efficient and blindingly fast film project I’ve ever had a hand in, speaking only for my part in it. Also a great weight off my shoulders. Are you a Pearl Jam fan or, if not, have you been converted in any way? AS: I don’t own any Pearl Jam recordings apart from a CD burn of just this one song, but I definitely consider myself a fan of the band, more for what they stand for than for the music itself (although the song is a corker!). As many who know me will surely point out, this has not always been the case. Along with certain other Indy writers, I used to be infamous for knocking them in print every chance I got back in the mid-to-late ’90s. But the truth is that I’ve never had any substantive beef with them, and in my experience it’s hard to find anyone who does. We were young, snotty punks and we wanted enemies. Now, of course, the idea of little punks like we were then casting aspersions on what is and is not worthwhile music and “selling out” is just comical to me. efredrickson@missoulanews.com
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Big bark The Moondoggies make Northwest-style magic When the Moondoggies sing about love it’s about missing someone in the chill of a Northwest winter. The chorus of “oohs” emanate like frost collecting around forests of whistling pines. We think of regional writers— Richard Hugo, Flannery O’Conner—capturing a sense of place, but if there’s a current band representing this corner of the country in its every note and lyric, it’s the Moondoggies. And that place-based mood the musicians create is vast and luscious. I saw the Moondoggies open for Blitzen Trapper a few years ago. I didn’t know their music—just saw them as one more group of young, bearded lumberjack hipsters. But they blew me away with the atmosphere they created in the dingy Palace Lounge. Now, listening to the band’s new album, Adios I’m a Ghost, I find myself stupid-in-love with the dark and divine songs. There’s a tinge of the familiar. You can hear in “Midnight Owl” something like a Roy Orbison song. In a few others, there’s the bone-dry echo of Bruce Springsteen. “A Lot to Give” gets down with some 1960s blues and psychedelia—but the album never falters or spins out
from taking a few different turns. Frontman Kevin Murphy delivers stories that aren’t too expository and leave you with complex characters— whether prideful, reckless, glowing or evil—floating in your head. The songs are written with a precision that doesn’t undercut the authentic depth of the album—not rehearsed but sharpened to their most effective point. I don’t often call something brilliant, but the writing on this is. (Erika Fredrickson) The Moondoggies plays Stage 112 Fri., Aug. 30, with Pickwick and Sick Kids XOXO. Doors open at 9 PM. $14/$12 advance at Rockin Rudy’s, Ear Candy Music and ticketfly.com.
Titus Andronicus, Local Business Titus Andronicus frontman Patrick Stickles knows how to tickle your thinker. He better, because if your rock and roll outfit is gonna do that mid-tempo rocking, there needs to be something special for listeners to grab onto besides hot licks and references to female erogenous zones. Stickles goes big by opening the album with the lines, “I think by now we’ve established everything is inherently worthless / and there’s nothing in the universe with any kind of objective purpose.” If that’s too much of a bummer for you, no big deal, plenty of fun’s in the tunes themselves. Tracks range from two to nearly 10 minutes, with catchy sing-a-long choruses, a trio of guitarists
joyously playing hooks and enough musical borrowing to remind you of everyone from The Replacements to RVIVR to Jackson Browne to The Hold Steady, and even Iron Maiden (sort of ). One of the better tracks, “Still Life with Hot Deuce On Silver Platter,” is a nimbly assembled number that worms its way into your ear with the refrain, “Here it goes again / I hear you took it to another level.” The song itself illustrates Titus Andronicus taking it next level, too. (Jason McMackin) Titus Andronicus plays the VFW Tue., Sept. 3, with Tweens. Doors open at 9 PM, show at 10. $8/$12 for 18–20.
Pinback, Information Retrieved The first time I heard Pinback was during season two of “The O.C.” What high school kid could forget? But while I’ve put some distance between those “fun” times, it seems Pinback is stuck in its old ways. The San Diego trio’s fourth album in 13 years, Information Retrieved, holds tight to the usual formula the band has become known for—clean riffs and well-tuned vocals that combine into catchy, familiar phrasings. “Diminished” sounds like a lost Elliot Smith track. “Drawstring” has a mellow Smashing Pumpkins vibe.
“Denslow, You Idiot!” might have been co-written by James Mercer of The Shins. Not that Pinback is emulating all of these artists; it just isn’t blazing any trails. Play the band’s four albums in any order and it will be tough to pick out the chronology. Information Retrieved is a good, solid listen for nostalgia’s sake, but it doesn’t offer any progress. Shouldn’t it? I let go of my emo phase. Now it’s your turn, Pinback. (Brooks Johnson) Pinback plays the Top Hat Friday, Aug. 30, at 9 PM with Octagrape. $18/$16 advance.
Blue Dream People are complicated. Take Ann Szalda-Petree and Clark Jackson, the whip-crack smart-asses of Blue Dream. Their eponymous album is awash in reverbsoaked guitar soundscapes undulating beneath ethereal multi-tracked vocals that can flatten out your blood pressure and help settle your chi. But then you’re sideswiped by something like “Dog Song,” the bizarre story of a “dead dog’s wife” who dug up the skull of a blue healer to gnaw on to ease the pain of his loss. The duo can play a sincere folk beauty like “Annie Taylor,” with its earworm “rather be dead than poor” chorus, then turn around and try to keep a straight face while they ramble through “Fur Flying Furry,”
about a Sasquatch who loves a panda, although “she was just no good.” “Broken and Shattered,” a waltz featuring the lustrous vocals of Eden Atwood, is the dazzling diamond in the belly button of this album. The first time I heard this song I played it three times in a row. Then I cried. Then I threw my guitar in the river. “Eden made her voice sound like a flute,” Ann told me, her eyes wide with disbelief. Take it from me, a split personality can make an artist’s music more interesting. (Bob Wire) Blue Dream plays an album release show at the Downtown Dance Collective Fri., Aug. 30, at 7 PM. $5.
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Book it From Wayne Nance to French babies, the Indy staff reveals its favorite summer reads
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he idea of summer reading is to find a nice, indulgent beach book—brimming with romance and mystery—that you can lazily sift through as you sip on some ridiculous coconut cocktail. That would be the smart thing to do if you wanted to relax and forget about the real world and all its dastardly environmental and political issues. As it turns out, writers and, specifically, journalists, tend to be a little more dark, nerdy and masochistic when it comes to picking summer reads. Who would have guessed? From the Indy staff and contributors we’ve pieced together a mix of picks from our summer of reading, from weird humor to sex, babies to logging. And, for the traditionalist, a little mystery. What more could you ask for?
Afghan war and written by George MacDonald Fraser, who also wrote Octopussy. Harry Flashman is a peculiar hero: Cowardly, steeped in the chauvinism of his time and relentlessly self-serving, he finds his destiny despite his character. Watching him pull it off is a cynical thrill. (Dan Brooks)
Bringing up Bébé When you’re a parent in a place like Missoula, you end up thinking really hard about where you stand on every decision. Are you an attachment parent or a Ferberizer? Are you okay with feeding your baby formula or are you all breast? Do you think the cry-it-out method is cruel or merely necessary? Or are you somewhere in the middle? Wherever you land, if you are a parent, you can’t avoid these discussions with other parents even if you try. Bringing up Bébé, by Pamela Druckerman, has been around for about a year, but it’s still raising hackles on one side and parental praise on the other. Druckerman is an American living in Paris who notices that French children appear to be less prone to tantrums, more open to different foods, able to sleep through the night at just two or three months old, and fine to eat at a restaurant without chaos. Druckerman’s fascinating quest to find the root of all this good behavior digs deep into the French psyche as well as the French childcare system. For instance, day care is run by highly paid, highly educated careerists, and it’s free to attend. ( Yep, socialism really sucks, huh?) If you’re just a little bit curious about other cultures, and can get over your desire to dislike the French, it’s a good read. Even if, like me, you don’t like the idea of giving your infant formula over breast milk, you might agree that at long last we should be teaching kids the art of waiting. Understanding that the world doesn’t revolve around them allows children to eventually deal with the real world in a healthy way, which really does make them happier little citizens. (Erika Fredrickson)
The Stench of Honolulu and Flashman The funniest book I read this summer was The Stench of Honolulu by Jack Handey, in which the hero mistakes several people who want to help him for his mortal enemies and one woman, who wants to kill him, for his love interest. Funny novels are rare. I had to stop reading this one in the burrito place because I was laughing and spitting rice on myself like a crazy person. The second funniest novel I read this summer was Flashman, an adventure story starring a minor Thomas Hughes character, set during the first Anglo-
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American Savage: Insights, Slights and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love and Politics If I were in charge (a tantalizing thought, right?), Dan Savage would be required reading in every sex ed class—and maybe every American government class,
too. It’s not just that his sex advice is unflinchingly honest, rational and kind, but that he’s one of the best writers I can think of at using his own life and experiences to illustrate his points about politics. His brisk new book includes essays on everything from how the Catholic church influences government policy to the moment when his teen son, whom he adopted with his husband, comes out to them as … straight. Savage is popular among the “Daily Show”-type crowd, and no wonder: Like the show, Savage’s writing is sharp, snappy and leaves you learning much more than you expected. (Kate Whittle)
No Second Wind A dramatic later-life departure from A.B. Guthrie Jr.’s earlier western works, No Second Wind actually comes as the third installment in a five-novel mystery series from 1980 starring Sheriff Chick Charleston of the fictional burg of Midbury, Mont.—undeniably inspired by Guthrie’s hometown of Choteau. Forget your checkout-line Dan Browns and Sue Graftons for a moment. No Second Wind offers a thrilling-yet-humorous romp through a bone-chilling winter in the small-town West, as Charleston and his deputy seek answers to a murder in a contentious strip mining camp. Guthrie happens to be my grandfather, and so I’d first picked up the Charleston mysteries years ago, eager for a taste of the lighter side of his writing. The series landed on my to-read list again this summer when it came up in idle conversation, and I quickly found myself devouring the set a second time, unable to stay away from wryly named characters like Doc Yak and Loose Lancaster. Each book feels like a slice of true down-home Montana life, and comes as a refreshing reminder that the big issues don’t change much in these parts. No Second Wind is no exception as Guthrie writes of heated environmental hearings, cantankerous ranchers, wolves howling fear into the hearts of skittish locals—familiar tropes even today. (Alex Sakariassen)
To Kill and Kill Again In this book about Missoula’s only known serial killer, Wayne Nance, the author at times comes across as condescending. He refers to Missoula, for instance, as a “palm-sized metropolis,” one filled with smiling optimists. If one had never been here and read the first pages of To Kill and Kill Again, they might envision Missoula as something akin to a Mayberry of the Rockies. That said, the book provides juicy details into Nance’s life and crimes, a series of brutal sadomasochistic murders that might spook you into dead-bolting your doors and locking your windows at night. (Jessica Mayrer)
Sometimes a Great Notion From the front window of my house, I can see the outlines of ski trails in the far-off timber and every time I see them it reminds me of Ken Kesey’s epic novel Sometimes a Great Notion, which I often revisit. The story of the logging Stamper family living and dying in coastal Oregon has a singular voice that questions and celebrates the notion of manifest destiny with prose that is so beautiful one might just to decide to give up writing forever. (Jason McMackin) arts@missoulanews.com
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Mary MacLane’s searing self-portrait, the 1902 I ing-pot dynamics. There’s also a four-page tutorial on Await the Devil’s Coming, sold 100,000 copies dur- the art of eating an olive. MacLane’s narcissism makes for a solipsistic funing its first month in print and scandalized readers. The Canadian-born author was 19 and living in Butte house. She has a very literal Napoleon complex, when the collection of diaries was published. The keeping 17 little portraits of him in her dresser. She memoir revealed a new voice; MacLane was openly has an aversion to God, but also odder complaints bisexual, actively against marriage, wild in her writing with minutiae, such as how upset it makes her to see style and a blunt feminist. The book showed up on her family’s toothbrushes next to hers. (“Never does the New York Times summer reading list and was the pitiable, barren, contemptible, damnable, narrow praised by the likes of Mark Twain and Clarence Dar- Nothingness of my life in this house come upon me row, though it was banned in libraries. By 1929, how- with so intense a force as when my eyes happen upon ever, after MacLane left Montana and died in Chicago, these six tooth-brushes.”) A bold intelligence lies beshe and her book fell into obscurity. There was a hind her laconic prose, using the trivial to illuminate the universal and vice reprint of some of her work in 1993, plus biograversa, with unanticipated phies that were pubhumor coiling at the lished over the last edges, intended or not. decade. And now, Rather than alienating, thankfully, Brooklyn’s the egocentrism that ripMelville House Books ples through I Await the has resurrected the origDevil’s Coming is catharinal book. tic and gripping, told “I of womankind and with the ebullience of a of nineteen years, will Gilded Age protagonist now begin to set down as on a sugar high. full and frank a Portrayal as MacLane’s story is I am able of myself, Mary the bitter testament of MacLane, for whom the a young woman’s rage, world contains not a paralbottled up creativity lel.” So begins MacLane’s and barely concealed misanthropic evaluation of lesbianism pouring her hermetic life, surout in every word. rounded by the “sand and It’s penned in repetibarrenness” of Butte. Her tious poetics worthy story, taking up just three of Allen Ginsburg, months of diary entries, with a touch of Rimseems not so much composed baud’s derision and as unleashed. Constricted alan egotism unsurmost entirely to charting the passed this side of author’s weird thoughts and Nietzsche. Lanher constant, joyful anticipaguage here betion of the devil’s arrival—to be comes not merely her husband, no less—it takes Mary MacLane an act of commujuvenile self-expression to a I Await the Devil’s Coming paperback, Melville House nicating, but a new level. Mixed in with a 304 pages, $16 mode of analyzing litany of diabolical prayers and her struggle against oblivion, MacLane expresses her her desperation and womanhood. Had Jean-Paul unrequited love for her only friend, the “anemone Sartre been an avid LiveJournal user, his threads may lady,” and carries on dialogues with nature and with have been something like this book. MacLane’s origherself. Suicide is dreamily contemplated while inality cannot be denied, though; her diary is like strolling through the woods. She refers to herself as nothing else. The question arises throughout: What is this a “peripatetic philosopher” and a “genius” far more hateful thing I’m reading? Is it the satire of a times than I could count. I Await the Devil’s Coming is not some frilly, af- teenager’s melodramatic diary? An intermittently fected 1900s memoir with loquacious verbiage and funny joke? A genuine confession? But, whether read swooning. It’s something more serious—an extreme as a feminist tract, an ontological snapshot, or, simrant with a smirk. MacLane’s angst makes The Perks ply, a curiosa of youth, MacLane’s words are riveting. of Being a Wallflower read like a letter to Santa Claus. Speaking of the things she would like to write, she Her fancied pillow talks with the devil are entertain- announces that “they would be marvels of fire and ing, but there is very little respite from the despair intensity.” Her summary is a spot-on description of I and longing that drown the short book. Less depress- Await the Devil’s Coming. Even now, more than a ing tangents do crop up here and there, as when the century later, this tiny irreverent work manages to author muses on the merits of Charlotte Brontë or keep its shock value. Charles Dickens and fires off a brilliant stream-of-conarts@missoulanews.com sciousness regarding Butte’s turn-of-the-century melt-
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The sisters in writer/director Woody Allen’s latest film, Blue Jasmine, have a telling conversation when they’re first reunited that goes a long way toward illustrating their differences. Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) has just shown up at Ginger’s apartment (Sally Hawkins) after her harrowing flight from New York City to San Francisco. The travel is necessary because Jasmine’s life as an NY socialite has fallen apart. Her philandering, money embezzling husband, Hal (Alec Baldwin), has been imprisoned, their son won’t talk to her, the feds took all their money and Jasmine never bothered to finish her bachelor’s in anthropology so many years ago which, let’s face it, wouldn’t be worth very much anyway. So here’s Jasmine, standing in her sister’s cramped apartment, surrounded by her many pieces of luggage (engraved, so who would want to buy them?), her makeup melting in the hot sun, and she tells her sister about the dreadful first class flight accommodations. Ginger genuinely struggles to understand. “You said you were broke, so how are you traveling first class?” It’s a reasonable question, and from it we learn that for them, the word “broke” means two very different things. For the rich, it’s more relative than absolute. “I just did!” Jasmine says. She literally doesn’t know how to fly coach. Woody Allen’s excellent script exists mostly in present-day California. The rest we learn through flashbacks to Jasmine’s life in New York, where everybody wonders just how much she knew about what her husband was up to. The sisters have history. Ginger and her then-husband invested money with Hal and lost everything, and still, in one of the film’s many moments of grace, Ginger forgives and takes her sister in without ceremony. You might remember Hawkins from her Oscarnominated performance in the 2008 British comedy Happy-Go-Lucky. Here she seems right at home with an American accent in the Woody Allen universe. Andrew Dice Clay shows up as her meathead boyfriend, Augie, a character so well-written and inhabited I
wanted to jump through the screen and give him a hug. Louis C.K. brings his own energy to his small role as a sweet, sex-obsessed home stereo installation man. People talk about Peter Sarsgaard (“The Killing,” An Education) as if he came out of nowhere, but he’s been awesome in minor roles for years. Here he plays a rich, widowed man looking to make a politician’s wife out of the woman he thinks Jasmine is. Why would Jasmine lie and tell him she’s an interior decorator with no children and a husband dead of natural causes when surely the truth will catch up with her eventually? It’s as if she’s hardwired for chaos. This is a comedy, sort of, except it’s as serious as a heart attack and carries with it the dread of a horror film. We’re told early on that Hal managed to hang himself in his cell, and this fact, combined with Jasmine’s pretty serious mental unraveling, drapes like a heavy cloak over even the film’s seemingly lighthearted scenes. Coming so late in Allen’s career, it’s a gift to be given a film so fresh and current in its sensibilities. Blue Jasmine is a domestic, personal story about corporate greed and its consequences. It’s about class and entitlement and it invites you to consider your own priorities. The film’s success belongs to Blanchett, an actress who, on a dime, can go from hysterical pill-popping to graceful. As Jasmine she’s indulgent, narcissistic and privileged. She doesn’t think she’s cut out for a menial job. Of course, nobody wants to do menial work but most of us suck it up and do it anyway. Yet Blanchett manages the tremendous task of earning our compassion. The fact is, she hasn’t yet come to the edge of fully comprehending how the world really works yet. When she talks about the humiliation she suffers after she finds herself working in a shoe store in Manhattan, waiting on customers she used to organize luncheons with, you really do feel for her—and it’s startling. I didn’t know I had that kind of sympathy in me. Blue Jasmine continues at the Wilma Theatre. arts@missoulanews.com
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Wilson and Lili Taylor. Rated R. Carmike 12.
BLACKFISH Documentarian Gabriela Cowperthwaite points out the “killer” part in “killer whale,” using footage and interviews about Tilikum, the captive orca that killed three people, including a top whale trainer. Rated PG-13. Wilma.
DESPICABLE ME 2 The somewhat inept but well-meaning Gru is put to work for the AntiVillain league to fight a new super criminal in the follow-up to the 2010 family friendly animated comedy. Starring the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig and Miranda Cosgrove. Rated PG. Carmike 12.
GETAWAY A former race-car driver is forced to use his skills, a particular set of skills he’s acquired over a long career, after a mysterious baddie kidnaps his wife. Starring Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez and Jon Voight. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12. PRINCE AVALANCHE Two Texas road workers spend a summer together learning about getting along and finding connection in this adaptation of a 2011 Icelandic film. Rated R. Showing at the Roxy Theater Aug. 29Sept. 1, at 7:15 and 9:15 PM. SEVEN SAMURAI A poor Japanese village asks seven out-of-work samurai for help in this 1954 classic from Kurosawa. Starring Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura and Keiko Tsushima. Not rated. Showing at the Roxy Theater Aug. 29-Sept. 1 at 7 PM. See theroxytheater.org.
NOW PLAYING 2 GUNS Don’t you love discovering the things you have in common with buddies, like, say, being undercover agents? I suspect there won’t be many BFF necklaces, though, when a DEA agent and a naval intelligence officer form a shaky alliance after trying to sneak into a drug cartel. Starring Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg and Paula Patton. Rated R. Carmike 12. BLUE JASMINE Woody Allen brings us this tale of a narcissistic socialite, played by Cate Blanchett, who undergoes a nervous breakdown and transformation after her life hits rock bottom. Also starring Alec Baldwin and Sally Hawkins. Rated PG-13. Wilma. (See Film.) THE CONJURING You can bet your Milk Duds it’s not the cat knocking stuff over this time. Paranormal investigators arrive to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their home. Starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick
These cards are just out to have a wheely good time. Prince Avalanche opens this week at the Wilma.
ELYSIUM It’s the year 2154, and rich people live on a space station while the poors live down on the ruined earth. It’s up to Jason Bourne, er, Matt Damon I mean, to bridge the two worlds. Also starring Jodie Foster and Sharlto Copley. Rated R. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex.
JOBS Ashton Kutcher portrays Steve Jobs during his struggles for success in the ‘70s and ‘80s with an obscure company called Apple. Will it be a mission iMpossible to become wealthy based on selling iThingies? Also starring Josh Gad and J.K. Simmons. PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex. KICK-ASS 2 The young vigilantes Hit Girl and Kick-Ass are trying to live quietly as Mindy and Dave, but with a baddie on the loose, must return to deliver another dose of unsubtle butt-whooping. Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse. Rated R. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex. LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER See notable American events of the 20th century from an interesting perspective: an African-American White House butler. Starring Forest Whitaker, Lenny Kravitz and Oprah Winfrey. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex. MONSTERS UNIVERSITY This prequel to 2001’s Monsters, Inc., visits Sulley and Mike during their college days. I bet they threw some beastly frat parties. Starring the voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman and Steve Buscemi. Rated G. Village 6.
THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES New York City teen Mary Sue, I mean, cough, Clary Fray finds a great excuse to get out of school when she learns she’s a descendant of the Shadowhunters, and must travel to the alternate city called Downworld to save her mother. Supernatural adventure and makeouts with high-cheekboned dudes are in store. Starring Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower and Lena Headey. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Joss Whedon uses modern costuming to retell this classic Shakespeare comedy about romantic confusion. Iambic pentameter really gets the ladies going, I hear. Starring Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof and Fran Kranz (and watch for the ever-adorable Nathan Fillion). Rated PG-13. Wilma. PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS In this sequel to 2010’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, good ol’ Percy and crew must find the Golden Fleece and, presumably, throw it into Mordor to prevent evil from taking over the world. Starring Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario and Brandon T. Jackson. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Village 6, Showboat, Pharaohplex. PLANES The makers of Cars bring you Planes, in which Dusty, a plucky cropduster, longs to compete in a famous race, but is afraid of heights. Wah-wah. We look forward to the inevitable sequels; Boats, Trains, Amish Buggies and Rickshaws. Starring the voices of Dane Cook, Stacy Keach and Brad Garrett. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex. R.I.P.D. After a cop dies, afterlife authorities assign him to a team of undead police officers, the Rest in Peace Department. Ghostly police antics ensue! Starring Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Bacon. Rated PG-13. Pharaohplex.
THE SMURFS 2 Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy and Vanity must join forces with humans to rescue Smurfette from the clutches of the evil sorcerer Gargamel. Official film tagline,
which I am not making up: “Get ready to get naughty!” Starring the voices of Hank Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris and Jayma Mays. Rated PG. Showboat. STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS In the next Trek prequel from director J.J. Abrams, Captain Kirk and crew must save Starfleet by chasing down a one-man weapon of mass destruction. Cumberbitches, start your engines: Benedict Cumberbatch is the villain. Also starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto. Rated PG-13. Village 6. THE WAY, WAY BACK A 14-year-old boy having a rough summer vacation strikes up an unusual friendship with the manager of a water park. Brought to you from the makers of Little Miss Sunshine and Juno. Starring Steve Carell, Toni Collette and Allison Janney. Rated PG-13. Village 6. WE’RE THE MILLERS A drug dealer asks oddballs to pretend to be his family to avoid suspicion while moving a large amount of weed over the U.S/Canada border. Dude, strippers look like normal women when they put pants on! Lolz! Starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis and Emma Roberts. Rated R. Carmike 12, Village 6, Showboat, Pharaohplex. THE WORLD’S END Five buddies on an epic pub crawl have no idea they’re about to join a really epic battle for humanity’s survival. Brought to you by the Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz dudes, so British witticisms and smashed pint glasses abound. Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Martin Freeman. Rated R. Village 6. YOU’RE NEXT A family’s annual reunion gets a whole lot more interesting when, wouldn’t you know, a gang of gosh-darned ax murderers invades their secluded getaway. Starring Sharni Vinson, Nicholas Tucci and AJ Bowen. Rated R. Carmike 12.
Capsule reviews by Kate Whittle. Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit missoulanews.com’s arts section 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 and Village 6 at 541-7469; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.
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Across the American Southwest in late summer, temporary roasting stations will sprout from the landscape. They appear in parking lots, farmers markets and empty fields, and even on the side of the road. What’s being roasted is green chile—or “chili,” as it’s spelled outside of the region. Many peppers are green, but green chili refers to a type of long, thick-fleshed pepper that first appeared in New Mexico in the late 1800s. In practical terms, green chili isn’t considered edible until it’s been roasted, a process that typically occurs in a device that looks like a flaming hamster wheel. As the hot metal drum turns, an intoxicating smell emanates from the roaster. I became addicted to this smell, and chilies’ herbal, pungent flavor, at an early age, but most of my life has been spent outside the Southwest. The popularity of green chili is spreading, and you can find it freshly roasted in surprising places, from Montana to Massachusetts. This is great, but when it comes to green chili, I need more control over my destiny than the occasional chance encounter provides. So I’ve developed methods by which I can fill any house with that magical green chili smell, and flavor my food properly, wherever I am. I can roast Anaheim peppers in an electric oven in suburban Connecticut, and they will smell and taste right. Anaheim peppers are descendants of New Mexico chili seeds that were brought to California in the early 1900s. They tend to be milder than New Mexico chili, and less pungent. Honestly, they’re a less desirable substitute, but they do the trick. And while New Mexicans choose to eat the majority of their chili crop, rather than export it, the Anaheim pepper is available almost anywhere. Turn on the broiler—electric or gas—to high, with a shelf positioned at the top level. Arrange the chilies on a cookie sheet so none are touching. Broil for 610 minutes per side. When the chilies are blackened and blistered on top, turn them over, and repeat. When blackened and blistered all around, I remove the cookie sheet and flame the chilies with a propane torch, so the skins catch on fire and smolder. This brief step is not absolutely necessary, but the presence of real fire and flaming peels adds extra depth and complexity to the flavor of the chili. If you have a gas grill, hold the hot chilies with tongs and briefly flame them over a burner. The next step is to “sweat” the chili, which means enclosing them so the heat continues to cook them. Sweating loosens the skins for easy peeling, while the aroma of burnt peel permeates the chili. In New Mexico, the sweating technique of choice is to dump the hot chili into a plastic bag and tie it off. I’m not crazy about this technique, as there are potential health issues with keeping hot food in non-food grade-plastic, and the plastic bag method tends to overcook the chili.
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When roasting green chilies at home, I sweat them by covering the cookie sheet with foil for about 30 minutes. Then I transfer the chili to a vessel of ice water. This process, called shocking, fixes a bright green color to the chilies, and preserves their structural integrity so they can handle stuffing without disintegrating. After roasting, sweating and shocking my chilies, I freeze them in quart bags with the skins on. Many people peel their chilies first, but the skins are reservoirs of flavor, and leaving them on yields a better product. I’ll peel the chilies later, after thawing them— the one exception being if I grill the chilies, in which case I’ll leave the skins on so they can burn fragrantly before I peel off the remains. Many sauces are made with green chili, but most aficionados are content to simply add it chopped to whatever they’re eating. Practically anything savory you could put in your mouth, be it a cheeseburger, scrambled eggs, chicken soup, coconut curry, or a piece of cheese, will be improved with green chili. This is wellknown in New Mexico, but elsewhere the closest most people usually get to a green chili is in the form of a chili relleno, a roasted green chili stuffed with cheese and cooked in a batter-like egg meringue. Alas, all too often this dish is made with an unroasted Anaheim. To prepare a chili relleno, make a two-inch, lengthwise slit at the wide end of a roasted green chili. Remove the wad of seeds there, and rinse out the remaining seeds to tone down the heat, if necessary. Push some cheese into the slit. Mozzarella and Jack are two popular choices, but any cheese, preferably grated, will work. Allocating one egg per chili, separate the yolks and beat the whites until stiff. Stir the yolks and gently fold them into the whites. Lay a stuffed chili on a hot oiled pan, slit-side up, with chopped garlic, and scoop some big lumpy spoonfuls of the meringue on top (you can also bed the chili on a scoop of meringue placed in the pan first, for total enclosure of the chili). I prefer to not flip the thing. Rather, after cooking for a few minutes on medium heat, I add a teaspoon of water and put a lid on the pan to steam the meringue stiff. Season with salt and pepper, and serve. There are many ways to fancy up this simple dish. You can prepare the pan with little pieces of bacon before you add the chili and garlic. You can top the chili with a fried mix of onion, sweet corn and zucchini—a mixture called calabacitas—before adding the meringue. And you can push corn chips into the meringue as it cooks, so they stick out like dinosaur scales. You can even skip the cheese. You can even skip the eggs—it won’t be a chili relleno, at this point, but it will still taste good. The one thing that isn’t negotiable, either in this dish or in this lifetime, is the green chili.
[dish] Bagels On Broadway 223 West Broadway • 728-8900 (across from courthouse) Featuring over 25 sandwich selections, 20 bagel varieties, & 20 cream cheese spreads. Also a wide selection of homemade soups, salads and desserts. Gourmet coffee and espresso drinks, fruit smoothies, and frappes. Ample seating; free wi-fi. Free downtown delivery (weekdays) with $10.00 min. order. Call ahead to have your order ready for you! Open 7 days a week. Voted one of top 20 bagel shops in country by internet survey. $-$$ Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 Bernice's Bakery has been a Missoula Landmark since 1978. If you haven't been you should! If you come every day you know what we're talkin' about: Huckleberry Danishes, fresh baked breads daily, crazy cheap lunches showcasing delicious flavors, one of the nation's top cupcakes, handmade croissants and so much more. Sit inside in one of Missoula's homiest of atmospheres or scoot out back to enjoy a view of downtown Missoula at one of the picnic tables. And don't forget to try the best cup o'joe around or Bernice's toddy brewed iced coffee. There is a lot of hard rollin' action around this joint. Come and see just what we're talkin' about. $-$$ 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. $-$$ Black Coffee Roasting Co. 1515 Wyoming St., Suite 200 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open Mon.–Fri., 7:30–4, Sat. 84. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $ The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to 10:30 pm. $-$$ Brooks & Browns Inside Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. 532-2056 This week at Brooks and Browns... THURSDAY is Trivia Night (7:30-10 pm). FRIDAY 8/30: Britchy Duo 6-9 pm. SUNDAY: Sunday Funday (Happy Hour all day). Martini MONDAY ($4 select martinis). TUESDAY (Burger + any draught beer $8). Have you discovered Brooks and Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins • 728-8780 Celebrating 41 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Ciao Mambo 541 S. Higgins Ave. 543-0377 • ciaomambo.com The vibrant energy at Ciao Mambo is fantastically accompanied by steaming hot pizzas, delicious assortments of pastas and of course authentic Italian wine. We focus on making sure that whether it be date night, family night, or business dinners we accommodate whatever the need! And do not forget there are always leftovers! Open 5 to close every day, come make us your go to dinner destination! $-$$ Claim Jumper 3021 Brooks • 728-0074 Serving Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 7 days a week. Come in between 7-8 am for our Early Bird Breakfast Special: Get 50% off any breakfast menu item! Or Join us for Lunch and Dinner. We feature CJ’s Famous Fried Chicken, Delicious Steaks, and your Favorite Pub Classics. Breakfast from 7am-11am on Weekdays and 7am-2pm on Weekends. Lunch and Dinner 11am-9pm Sun-Wed and 11am-10pm Thurs-Sat. Ask your Server about our Players Club! Happy Hour in our lounge M-F 4-6 PM. $-$$
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Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ 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. $-$$ The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. • 926-2038 Offering authentic empanadas BAKED FRESH DAILY! 9 different flavors, including vegetarian and gluten-free options. NOW SERVING BREAKFAST Empanadas! Plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and super delicious! Get your healthy hearty lunch or dinner here! Wi-Fi, Soccer on the Big Screen, and a rich sound system featuring music from Argentina and the Caribbean. 10am-6pm Mon-Thurs/10am-7pm Fri+Sat. Downtown Missoula. $ Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave. • 721-6033 Missoula’s Original Coffehouse/Café located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch 7 days a week+dinner 5 nights a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and espresso bar. HUGE Portions and the Best BREAKFAST in town. M-TH 7am-8pm, Fri 7am4pm, Sat 8am-4pm, Sun 8am-8pm. $-$$
SUSHI TUESDAYS 5pm to close • Reservations accepted.
Veggie options, too!
Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD he GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, a rotating selection of six soups, 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 smoothie menu complement bakery goodies from the GFS ovens and from 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 hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com Contemporary Asian cuisine featuring local, vegan, gluten free and organic options as well as wild caught seafood, Idaho trout and buffalo. Join us for lunch and dinner. Happy Hour 3-6 weekdays with specials on food and drink. Extensive sake, wine and tea menu. Closed Sundays. Open MonFri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner 5pm-close. Sat: Dinner 5pm-close. $-$$
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BUTTERFLY HERBS COFFEES, TEAS & THE UNUSUAL 232 N. HIGGINS DOWNTOWN
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Imperial Red Lager HAPPIEST HOUR The backstory: It all started last year when the Missoula Tavern Association and local brewers at Bayern, Big Sky, Draught Works and Kettlehouse decided to tickle Missoula’s palate and raise money for local causes at the same time. Twice a year the Garden City Community Brew torch is passed and the chosen brewmeister rolls out something new. Proceeds from the new brew’s sales are donated to a local cause. This batch’s proceeds benefit the MaxWave.
Jimmy John’s 420 N. Higgins • 542-1100 jimmyjohns.com Jimmy John’s - America’s Favorite Sandwich Delivery Guys! Unlike any other sub shop, Jimmy John’s is all about the freshest ingredients and fastest service. Freaky Fast, Freaky Good - that’s Jimmy John’s. Order online, call for delivery or visit us on Higgins. $-$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$
What you’re getting: An Imperial Red Lager crafted by Bayern. With a lingering, silky head and a nice bronze body, you’d easily mistake this for an amber ale if you didn’t know better. What you’re tasting: Subtlety. Staying true to lager form, the hops are subdued and mainly contribute to this beer’s slightly fruity aroma. As with any good hybrid, this beer brings together the best of two worlds. On one hand you’re getting the caramel-nuttiness of a red ale, but without the hefty mouthfeel that it usually comes with. On the other, you’re getting the light disposition of a lager and losing the metallic or bitter edges that linger in the aftertaste. It’s a great combination with enough alcohol to give you the warm-fuzzies after one glass. What you’re thinking: This is a beer that warrants another round. It’s kind of like your friend’s Labradoodle—it’s definitely a dog, but
Jakers 3515 Brooks St. • 721-1312 www.jakers.com Every occasion is a celebration at Jakers. Enjoy our two for one Happy Hour throughout the week in a fun, casual atmosphere. Hungry? Try our hand cut steaks, small plate menu and our vegetarian & gluten free entrees. For reservations or take out call 721-1312. $$-$$$
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there’s two different things going on and it’s not clear which one stands out more. Sure, the beer’s labeled a lager, but so much about it says ale. Better have another while you think about it. Where to get it: Look for it at any Missoula Tavern Association bar; we had ours at Tamarack. Note that it is not available in Bayern’s taproom. —Dameon Pesanti Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.
Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West • 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche. Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. • 543-7154 (on the hip strip) Did you know that the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $6? Anyone is welcome to join us for a delicious meal from 11:3012:30 Monday- Friday for delicious food, great conversation and take some time to find a treasured item or garment in our thrift shop. For a full menu and other activities, visit our website at www.missoulaseniorcenter.org. The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall • 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Pearl Cafe 231 East Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Dungeness Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Snake River Farms Beef, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Philly West 134 W. Broadway 493-6204 For an East-coast taste of pizza, stromboli, hoagies, salads, and pasta dishes and CHEESESTEAKS, try Philly West. A taste of the great “fightin’ city of Philadelphia” can be enjoyed Monday - Saturday for lunch and dinner and late on weekends. We create our marinara, meatballs, dough and sauces in-house so if “youse wanna eat,” come to 134 W. Broadway. $-$$ Plonk 322 N Higgins • 926-1791 www.plonkwine.com Plonk is an excursion into the world of fine wine, food, cocktails, service and atmosphere. With an environment designed to engage the senses, the downtown establishment blends quality and creativity in an all-encompassing dining experience. Described as an urban hot spot dropped into the heart of the Missoula Valley and lifestyle, Plonk embodies metropolitan personalities driven by Montana passions. Romaines 3075 N. Reserve Suite N 406-214-2659 www.romainessalads.com We provide you with the convenience of delicious salads, sandwiches and soups. Our salads include over 30 wholesome ingredients. Our homemade soups change with the season as different ingredients become available. If hearty sandwiches are your favorite, then visit Romaines for one
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of our braised meat sandwiches. We also have a Montana Hummus sandwich made from Montana grown garbanzo beans. At last, local, fresh, and healthy! $-$$ Roxiberry Gourmet Frozen Yogurt Southgate Mall Across from Noodle Express 317.1814 • roxiberry.com Bringing Missoula gourmet, frozen yogurt, using the finest ingredients (no frozen mixes), to satisfy your intense cravings with our intense flavors. Our home-made blends offer healthy, nutritional profiles. We also offer smoothies, fresh-made waffle cones, and select baked goods (gluten-free choices available). Join Club Roxi for special offers. See us in-store or visit our website for information. $-$$ Silvertip Casino 680 SW Higgins • 728-5643 The Silvertip Casino is Missoula’s premiere casino offering 20 Video gaming machines, best live poker in Missoula, full beverage liquor, 11 flat screen tv’s and great food at great prices. Breakfast Specials starting at $2.99 (7-11am) For a complete menu, go to www.silvertipcasino.com. Open 24/7. $-$$ Sis’s Kitchen 531-5034 • sisskitchen.com Wheat, Gluten & Allergen Free Foods. Frozen & Dry Mix Products. Sis’s Kitchen plays a part in Best of Missoula “Best Pizza” Winner’s for 2008-2012. Find our products at: The Good Food Store • Biga Pizza • Bridge Pizza • Pizza Cafe in Ronan (12”crust). $-$$ NOT JUST SUSHI We have quick and delicious lunch specials 6 days a week starting at $7, and are open for dinner 7 nights a week. Try our comfort food items like Pork Katsu and Chicken Teriyaki. We also offer party platters to go and catering for all culinary styles. Lunch 11:30-3 Mon-Sat. Dinner 5-9:30 Every Night. Corner of Pine and Higgins. Very Family Friendly. 549-7979. $-$$ Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins 327-8929 Stop in when you’re in the neighborhood. We’ll do our best to treat you right! Crowned Missoula’s best lunch for under $6. Mon.-Sat. 1110 Sun 12-9. $-$$ Taco John’s 623 W Broadway 2600 S Reserve West-Mex® is about fresh taste and BOLD flavors. Taco John’s recipes make you smile and yell “OLÉ”. We combine hearty helpings of seasoned meats, crispy Potato Olés®, and flavorful cheeses with fresh-made Mexican specialties like burritos, tacos, and quesadillas. All topped off with bold sauces, spices and salsas. You’ll find WestMex® cooking makes for an unbeatably satisfying meal. See you soon ... Amigo :) $-$$ Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 • tacosano.net Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. • 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ Walking Moustache 206 W. Main St. 549-3800 www.walkingmoustache.com Our aim is to offer excellent food with five star service. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, Daily Specials + 2 am Special. Restaurant Hours: 24/6. Tues–Sun 6:00am–11:00pm. Closed Mondays. Winebar Hours: Tues–Sun 11:00am–11:00pm. Closed Mondays. Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$
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Pillars of the community. Texas country fellas Micky and the Motorcars play Stage 112, 112 Pattee St, Thu., Sept. 5, at 9 PM. $15/$12 advance. Check out stageonetwelve.com.
THURSDAYAUG29 Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons are back in town to rock some butts at Stage 112, 112 Pattee St. 9 PM. $10/$8 in advance. Check out stageonetwelve.com.
We suggest checking out the Bull-ARama at the Ravalli County Fair in Hamilton, which includes livestock shows, pie auction, music and rodeo every night. More info at rc.mt.gov/fair. On the prowl for some cash? Check out the Student Employment and Academic Enrichment Fair at the University Center
Ballroom. Representatives from on- and offcampus jobs will be hanging out, as well as chances to sign up for volunteering, internship and research gigs. 9 AM-3 PM. Release some stress during t’ai chi classes every Thursday at 10 AM at The Open Way Center, 702 Brooks St. $10 drop-in class. Visit openway.org.
Who has two green thumbs and likes learning about native plants? Potential Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden volunteers, that’s who. Work beside botanists and gardeners and become an expert on local flora. Thursdays from 4–6 PM at the Fort Missoula Native Plant Gardens. Visit montana naturalist.org.
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[calendar] Americana-type fella Luke WinslowKing plays an early show at Stage 112, 112 Pattee St., at 4:30 PM. $12/$10 in advance; check out stageonetwelve.com.
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First Place, Blog, Montana Newspaper Association
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DAN BROOKS First Place, Column Writing, Montana Newspaper Association
JESSICA MAYRER First Place, Justice System Issues
for “What happened to Gabriel?”, Montana Newspaper Association
Second Place, Justice System Issues for “Is prison making Colton Wilson sicker?”, Montana Newspaper Association Second Place, Crime and Justice Reporting for “What happened to Gabriel?”, Society of Professional Journalists First Place, Business and Economic Reporting for “Save money, live better?”, Montana Newspaper Association
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MATTHEW FRANK Third Place, Environment and Science Reporting for “Pulp Fiction,” Society of Professional Journalists
DAMEON PESANTI First Place, Social Issues Reporting for “It’s every Montanan’s land,” Society of Professional Journalists
ERIKA FREDRICKSON Second Place, Sports Reporting – Magazine for “Long Shots,” Society of Professional Journalists
PUMPERNICKEL STEWART First Place, Advertising Series for Tamarack Brewing, Montana Newspaper Association
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End your afternoon with a fine glass of grape juice when the Missoula Winery hosts its tasting room from 2–7 PM Mon.-Sat. and 2–5 PM on Sun. 5646 W. Harrier. Call 8303296 and visit missoulawinery.com. Practice being peaceful in a world of differences during the Intercultural Dialogue Group at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, where people from various backgrounds meet on the last Thur. of each month at 5 PM for an afternoon of conversation and peacemaking. Library of the Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Call Betsy at 543-3955 or email peace@jrpc.org for more info. Eleanor’s Project, a non-profit founded in memory of a Missoula girl born with cerebral palsy, is hosting a fundraiser for Peruvian children with disabilities. The event at A Carousel for Missoula includes expert wheelchair riders, wheelchair mobility skills course, handwoven bracelets and unlimited carousel rides. 5-8:30 PM. VIsit eleanorsproject.org. Get a taste of la dolce vita and a li’l vino when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs from 5–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Call 549-8703. Visit tenspoon.com. Get your grub on, but don’t pig out, and give a girl a call who you wanna take out to Downtown ToNight, where local food and beer vendors as well as local musicians have a good day down at Caras Park. 5:30– 8:30 PM. Free to hang and bang, but the grub and beer will cost you a couple ducats. Raise a toast to sustainability during a fundraiser for the Alternative Energy Resources Organization at Flathead Lake Brewing Co’s Missoula brewpub, 424 H. Higgins Ave. AERO works to promote renewable energy and local food; plus, get a nifty free pint glass. 6 PM. Treasure State Toastmasters invites you to get your locution on and become fixated oratorically at their weekly meeting. Community Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6–7 PM. Free. Sip a cold one and let Russ Nasset do the work at Draught Works Brewery today. 915 Toole Ave. 6-8 PM. Head on up the ‘Root this eve to hear Carter Freeman play old-timey acoustic blues and folk at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 6-8:30 PM. Free. Win $50 by using your giant egg to answer trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway Ave. 8 PM, plus specials on wings, pizza, domestic pitchers and $7 Harvest Moon pitchers. Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains
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Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place. $7 Bayern pitchers. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. Dance your way to a free mind and an open body at Turning the Wheel Missoula’s Ecstatic Dance. Headwaters Dance Studio, 1042 Monroe St. 8 PM. $8. Visit turningthewheel.org. Soar to new heights when the Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop and Festival twangs and strums in Bigfork, running Aug. 25-Sept. 1, with live performances at 8 PM. Instructors/performers include Pat Metheny, Lee Ritenour and Robben Ford. Flathead Lake Lodge. Register for workshops, or just get tickets to watch the shows. $35 for individual tickets. Check out cocguitar foundation.org for info. Show ‘em that pop culture knowledge is just as important as having a job during Trivial Beersuit at the Lucky Strike Casino. Prizes for podium finishers. Karaoke follows. 1515 Dearborn. 8–10 PM. During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, local talented folks may titillate your eardrums. 8:30 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign up. Fight for your right to belt out tunes at the Dark Horse’s Combat Karaoke, hosted by Aaron B. and accompanied with drink specials. 1805 Regent Street. 9 PM. Free. Gotta hydrate before you gyrate to the hip tunes and underground tracks at Dead Hipster Dance Party. 9 PM. Badlander. $1 well dranks til’ midnight, life-long memories for free, y’all. Hone your performance skills at the Broadway Inn’s open mic night, with Big Sky Pool Party in the Cabana starting at 5 PM, singing and prizes at 9 PM. Includes $3 Big Sky beer special. 1609 W. Broadway St. Free to attend. The Western Union Band packages up the country fun and mails it to everybody tonight at the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave., from 9 PM to close. No cover. Get a dose of rock this eve when Boys, Bad Naked, Copilot Eyedrops, Wild Bells and Alex Ortega play the VFW at 10 PM. $4. You just might find a pie in the sky summit when Night Circus, three esteemed Missoula DJs, play hot dance tunes at the Top Hat. 10:30 PM. Free.
FRIDAYAUG30 San Diego indie rock legend Pinback plays the Top Hat. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $18/$16 in advance. 21-plus. Tickets at Rockin’ Rudys, the Top Hat and tophatlounge.com. (See Music.) Bring the kids for some mutton bustin’ at the Ravalli County Fair in Hamilton which includes livestock shows, pie auction, music and rodeo every night. More info at rc.mt.gov/fair. Get a hit of cardiovascular exercise during Nia: The Joy of Movement, from 9 AM to 10 AM at the Downtown Dance Collective,
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Artist formerly known as prints. Igor and the Red Elvises bring the Siberian surf rok-muzyka to the Palace Fri., Aug. 30, at 9 PM. $10.
121 W. Main St. $12/$10 members. Call 541-7240. If you’ve ever felt like dancing outside on a lovely morning, don’t be bashful and join Nia in the Garden at The Women’s Club Health and Fitness Center. 10:30 AM. Call Barbara at 406-728-7130 for more info. Bienvenidos and willkommen! ‘Tis Welcome Feast on the UM Oval. Students, staff and faculty are invited to hang out and enjoy games, prizes, info booths and a free lunch. Hot dog! 11 AM-1:30 PM. The Women’s Circle Group Acupuncture at Mountain Sage Acupuncture Clinic, 725 W. Alder St. Ste. 1, focuses on women’s health issues and sounds comfy and nice. 2–5 PM, last appointment at 4 PM. Sliding scale treatments $20-40 with a first time administration fee of $10. Call (503) 593-7073. Teens go toward the literary light during the Missoula Public Library’s Teen Writers Group, which
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meets every Fri. at 3:30 PM at the library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 721-BOOK.
nightlife End your afternoon with a fine glass of grape juice when the Missoula Winery hosts its tasting room from 2–7 PM Mon.-Sat. and 2–5 PM on Sun. 5646 W. Harrier. Call 830-3296 and visit missoulawinery.com.
Get a taste of la dolce vita and a li’l vino when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs from 5–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Call 549-8703. Visit tenspoon.com. Lee Koch provides musical parenting tips he learned from Christina Aguilera while your little ones play during Family Friendly Friday at the Top Hat. 6-8 PM. Free.
Butterfly Herbs exhibits Emotascope, a giant installation with “Christensen, McTague and kids,” which will be on display through the month with a closing reception Aug. 30 at 5 PM.
Don’t yell out your ex-girlfriend’s name during Hump Day Bingo with Bob at the Lucky Strike Casino. Prizes for winners. Beware: $5 mini-fishbowls served all day. Bingo starts at 6:30 PM.
Put on your horns, Chuck, and get herbal funky at the third annual Spruce Moose festival, with headliners Ozomatli and Galactic, plus chill-meisters like Cure For the Common, In Walks Bud and Chali 2na. Big Sky Resort in Big Sky, natch. $30 passes, lodging specials start at $159 per night. Visit sprucemoosefestival.com.
Peter Sagal can eat his heart out when The Jeannette Rankin Peace Center hosts a series of talks discussing the Constitution. Sample topic: “Are Big Bank Bailouts allowed by the Constitution?” 7 PM. Free. Call 543-3955 to learn more. Hey, the weekend is here so pretend summer ain’t ending when Tom Catmull plays The Keep
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carouse to at the Union Club, starting around 9 PM. No cover.
Soar to new heights when the Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop and Festival twangs and strums in Bigfork, running Aug. 25Sept. 1, with live performances at 8 PM. Instructors/performers include Pat Metheny, Lee Ritenour and Robben Ford. Flathead Lake Lodge. Register for workshops, or just get tickets to watch the shows. $35 for individual tickets. Check out cocguitarfoundation.org for info.
Seattle’s rock-folk outfit Pickwick is in town, along with the Moondoggies and our own lovable weirdos Sick Kids XOXO. Stage 112, 112 Pattee St. Doors at 9 PM. $14/$12 in advance at Rockin Rudy’s, Ear Candy and ticketfly.com, plus $5 surcharge for ages 18-20.
Soak it up and sing it down to some 67,000 tunes when The Outpost Restaurant & Saloon, 38500 W. Hwy. 12 at Lolo Hot Springs, presents karaoke with KJ Mark, starting at 9 PM. Free. Call 273-4733. Sing a happy tune at the Evaro Bar’s Friday night karaoke and you just might win a prize. Starts at 9 PM, free to sing. 17025 US Highway 93 North. DJ Dubwise spins hot oldschool and new dance party traxxx at Feruqis, 318 N. Higgins Ave., starting at 10 PM. Free. Show all the young’uns who are back in town that you had college, too, when Josh Farmer Band play music to dance and
Igor and the Red Elvises are armed with keytars, gussied up real nice and ready to party down with their Siberian surf rok-muzyka. Palace. 9 PM. $10. Angel is back, so have a devil of a good time when Universal Choke Sign, EndEver and Uncommon Evolution get all metallic at the Dark Horse, 1805 Regent. 9 PM. Cover TBA. Gals, dames, broads and whatever dudes you bring along, show ‘em what you got at Sean Kelly’s Ladies Night, with tunes provided by Kristi Neumann, Andrea Harsell, Kristina Sager with Matt Metcalf and Kayla Hutchin. 9 PM. Free. We promise it’ll be good for your cholesterol when Missoula’s own Butter and Dear Sister Killdeer play the Roxy Theater’s heretofore secret theater, dubbed The Empress. $10.
Holy disco balls, guys, it’s the Dead Hipster Dance Party’s sixth anniversary. Put on your glad rags and celebrate six years of the sweatiest dance party in town at the Badlander with a special Friday edition tonight. 9 PM. $3 cover, infamous $1 well drink special til midnight. John “Poncho” Dobson hosts open mic at Fergie’s Pub every Fri., where you’re bound to mingle with a mix of resort celebs, odd locals and dizzy soakers. You never know who’ll show up and play. It could be you. Starts at 3 PM. 213 Main Street in Hot Springs. Sign up ahead at 406-721-2416 or just show up. Watch our former calendar editor do the Batusi when Paydirt plays the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave., from 9:30 PM to close. No cover.
SATURDAYAUG31 Two-man folktronic outfit yOya gets weird and weirdly awesome at Monk’s Bar tonight, along with Missoula fellas Foster with Adam Cole. 8:30 PM. Free.
Cold Hard Cash helps close out the Ravalli County Fair in Hamilton which includes livestock shows, pie auction, music and rodeo every night. More info at rc.mt.gov/fair. Saddle up the cayuse and leave Wild Bill at home, ladies, it’s time for the Ladyseed shooting event in Columbia Falls, an offshoot (ha!) of the Appleseed world-class rifle marksmanship and history lesson. North Valley Sportsman’s Club. $40, includes t-shirt, targets, materials and Riflewoman patch should you be so cool as to earn it. Learn more at appleseedinfo.org/ladyseed.php. Want to do your part in helping local victims of domestic violence or sexual abuse? Volunteer training begins in September for the SAFE Crisis Line, which provides information and help. Call SAFE at 406-363-4600 to learn more and volunteer. Pretty people, fresh num-nums, seas of strollers, a man eating a waffle barehanded—it must be summer and time for folks to make the pilgrimage to farmers’ markets. In Missoula at Circle Square (missoulafarmersmarket.com), on Pine Street (missoulasaturdaymarket.org), under the Higgins Avenue bridge (clark-
forkrivermarket.com) and in Hamilton at South Third and Bedford Streets. Hours vary slightly, but most take place between 8 AM and 1 PM. Get a hit of cardiovascular exercise during Nia: The Joy of Movement, from 9 AM to 10 AM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $12/$10 members. Call 541-7240. Veg out with your carrot out during the Hamilton Farmers Market, where folks can purchase all sorts of dee-lish local goodies from area farmers. Third and Bedford Streets. 9 AM to 12:30 PM. Get musical while finding your flow when Brian Baty leads a live music Vinyasa yoga class, which features music by Nathan Zavalney, this and every Sat. from 9:30– 10:45 AM at Inner Harmony Yoga, 214 E. Main St. Ste. B. $10 drop-in/$8 students drop-in, with various prices for punch-card holders. Call 581-4093 or visit yogainmissoula.com. Your bedtime tales of collegeage debauchery fall a little short of the mark. Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like storytelling, finger plays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 11 AM on Sat. and 2
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[calendar] PM on Sun. at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-BOOK. Find out if art galleries are the hangover cure we’ve all been looking for when The Missoula Art Museum hosts a tour every Saturday at noon. Various exhibiting artists, guides and teachers host. Visit missoulaartmuseum.org to find out schedule details. Free. Things could get hoppy when Ryan Newhouse signs his new book, Montana Beer, from 4:30-6 PM at Fact and Fiction at the Bookstore in the University Center. Free.
nightlife End your afternoon with a fine glass of grape juice when the Missoula Winery hosts its tasting room from 2–7 PM Mon.-Sat. and 2–5 PM on Sun. 5646 W. Harrier. Call 8303296 and visit missoulawinery.com. Put on your horns, Chuck, and get herbal funky at the third annual Spruce Moose festival, with headliners Ozomatli and Galactic, plus chill-meisters like Cure For the Common, In Walks Bud and Chali 2na. Big Sky Resort in Big Sky, natch. $30 passes, lodging specials start at $159 per night. Visit sprucemoosefestival.com. Get a taste of la dolce vita and a li’l vino when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs from 5–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Call 549-8703. Visit tenspoon.com. Take a load off, Annie, when Aran Buzzas plays Blacksmith Brewing in Stevensville, 6-8:30 PM. Free. Sista Otis, “The original goodtime girl,” brings the gospel of rock ‘n’ roll to the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 6-8:30 PM. Free. Soar to new heights when the Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop and Festival twangs and strums in Bigfork, running Aug. 25Sept. 1, with live performances at 8 PM. Instructors/performers include Pat Metheny, Lee Ritenour and Robben Ford. Flathead Lake Lodge. Register for workshops, or just get tickets to watch the shows. $35 for individual tickets. Check out cocguitarfoundation.org for info. Super humans form a super team for super time. See what comes of it when Missoula Outdoor Cinema presents its last screening of the summer with The Avengers, at 8:20 PM on the lawn of Head Start School, 1001 Worden Ave. $5 suggested donation. Call 829-0873 and visit missoula outdoorcinema.org.
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Soak it up and sing it down to some 67,000 tunes when The Outpost Restaurant & Saloon, 38500 W. Hwy. 12 at Lolo Hot Springs, presents karaoke with KJ Mark, starting at 9 PM. Free. Call 2734733. Absolutely DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo are like Shabba-Doo and Boogaloo Shrimp, saving rec centers one beat at at time. Get hip to their jamz, hippies. Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. 2-for-1 Absolut drinks until midnight. $2. DJ Dubwise spins hot oldschool and new dance party traxxx at Feruqis, 318 N. Higgins Ave., starting at 10 PM. Free. Feel the love, mon, when Muzikata plays its northwestern reggae funk at the Union Club. 9 PM. No cover. Hey, experienced partiers, Stage 112 presents the Dirty Thirty Party Debut. 9 PM. $7/$5 in advance. Howl at the moon and party til dawn when the Wild Coyote Band plays the Sunrise Saloon, 1805 Regent St, starting at 9:30 PM. No cover. Reverend Slanky is prepared to bless you with party-funk at the Top Hat tonight 10 PM. Free.
SUNDAYSEPT01 Soar to new heights when the Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop and Festival twangs and strums in Bigfork, running Aug. 25-Sept. 1, with live performances at 8 PM. Instructors/performers include Pat Metheny, Lee Ritenour and Robben Ford. Flathead Lake Lodge. Register for workshops, or just get tickets to watch the shows. $35 for individual tickets. Check out cocguitarfoundation.org for info. Catch new thoughts with the Science of Mind Community during a Sunday service via the internet when Rev. Kathianne Lewis spreads a spiritual message at the Carriage House in Hamilton, 310 N. Fourth St., at 10 AM every Sun. Free. Call Barb at 375-9996. Take a chill pill and ride a pony during the Carousel Sunday Market, every Sunday from 10 AM to 2 PM. Produce, psychic readings, live food, music, kids’ activities and, yes, pony rides, are all going down. This is the kind of mass I can really get behind. The Missoula Area Secular Society presents its
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string scorchers On the 2011 album Go Lightning, Jon Hogan takes traditional tunes and makes them sound like they’ve been lit on fire. No wonder he and his band call themselves “scorch folk.” This is music for those who love Devil Makes Three, Murder by Death, Scott H. Biram and Drag the River. Hogan and his guitarist, Maria Moss, are less punk, more folk than those bands, but the sound and sentiment is there. The group’s rendition of “Shady Grove” is intimate but still wildly danceable, lovely yet creepy. (I’ve always shuddered at the line, “If I had a needle and thread as fine as I could sew / I’d sew that pretty little girl to my side and down the road we’d go.”) The band also makes awesome old-time originals. They recently recorded six tracks in Nashville with the bass player for Robert Plant’s Band of Joy who also plays with Emmylou Harris. They also had the fiddler from Ricky Skaggs’ band, Andy Leftwich, on board for the session. Moss has an interesting background: She wrote for The New York Times, edited a few of
WHO: Jon Hogan and Maria Moss WHEN: Tue., Sept. 3, at 8:30 PM WHERE: Top Hat HOW MUCH: Free
Houston’s city magazines and freelanced for a decade. She left journalism after fighting breast cancer, and finally landed in the band with Hogan. “We’re serious songwriters with roots in Appalachia, the Carter Family, and the old-time mountain music that predates bluegrass,” Moss tells me
Sunday M.A.S.S. Lunch, where atheists, secular humanists, agnostics and other freethinkers meet the first Sun. of every month for lunch at 11:30 AM in the Elbow Room. 1855 Stephens Ave. Free to attend, but the food costs you. Visit secularmissoula.org. To hell with school, head to the pool during I’ll House Your Pool, a party with cabana bar, lawn games, swimming and tunes with DJs including Kris Moon, Mark Myriad, Hotpantz and more, plus drink specials. Broadway Inn, 1609 W. Broadway St. 1-9 PM. $5. Ages 18-plus. Your bedtime tales of collegeage debauchery fall a little short of the mark. Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like storytelling, finger plays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 11 AM on Sat. and 2 PM on Sun. at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721BOOK.
over email. “We’re more Shovels & Rope than Gillian Welch, but we share listeners with a pretty broad post-Oh Brother Where Art Thou listenership.” The band hosts an annual Townes Van Zandt tribute near Big Bend National Park. They’re big fans of the late Blaze Foley, who wrote songs that became hits for Merle Haggard (“If I Could Only Fly”) and Lyle Lovett (“Election Day”) and John Prine (“Clay Pigeons”). The duo has posthumously co-writen songs with the singer at the request of Foley’s estate. This is a group that feels like they’re on a quest. That they once received the Key to the City of El Paso for preservation of American heritage music is no surprise. Live, the band seem uncorked. Hogan and Moss both look like strumming maniacs, possessed by old time music. It’s as though if you touched them, they might electrocute you, they’re so saturated with energy. —Erika Fredrickson
Kick out the jams down the ‘Root at the dining room of the Sapphire Lutheran Homes, corner of 10th and River streets. Players of all levels are invited to bring their guitars, mandolins, harmonicas, fiddles, banjos, dobros, or other acoustic instrument. Music includes old-time country, bluegrass, swing, cowboy, folk, old standards, etc. Folks who want to play or just listen are encouraged to come. For more information, call John at 381-2483. Free.
nightlife End your afternoon with a fine glass of grape juice when the Missoula Winery hosts its tasting room from 2–7 PM Mon.-Sat. and 2–5 PM on Sun. 5646 W. Harrier. Call 830-3296 and visit missoulawinery.com. Explore the idea of open intelligence and the peace, happiness
and skillfulness that exists within you during the Balanced View open meeting, which runs every Sun. from 6-7 PM in the meeting room of the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free, but donations accepted. Enter from the back entrance. Visit greatfreedom.org for more info. Close out the weekend in style at the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night, with $4 martinis from 7:30 PM to midnight, plus live jazz and DJs. Starts at 8 PM with Front Street Jazz. Free. Bellow out your favorite pop tune so you can impress your friends and perhaps win a prize during a karaoke contest this and every Sun. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. $3 Fireball specials. Call 721-1798.
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Back against the wall. Seattle’s rock-folk outfit Pickwick, along with the Moondoggies and Missoula's Sick Kids XOXO, plays Fri., Aug. 30, at Stage 112, 112 Pattee St. Doors at 9 PM. $14/$12 in advance at Rockin Rudy's, Ear Candy and ticketfly.com, plus $5 surcharge for ages 18-20.
MONDAYSEPT02 Lay down the plow and ax (or laptop) for a while, ‘tis Labor Day, dedicated to the workers who fought for stuff we take for granted, like child labor laws and weekends. Most government offices are closed.
You’ll be seeing stars at Bingo on Broadway, with cash prizes, $3 Sam Adams pints and food specials. Broadway Inn, 1609 W. Broadway St. 8 PM. $6 buy-in. Those looking for mother-tomother breast feeding support can find it when the La Leche
League meets every first Mon. of the month at 10 AM and every third Monday of the month at 6 PM at the First Presbyterian Church, 201 S. Fifth St. W. Free. Children and babies are always welcome.
ery, 129 W. Front St., where the distillery redistributes the wealth. (It ain’t called Wall Street Wednesday, amiright?) $1 from every drink sold is donated to a non-profit each Monday. Family friendly, from noon–8 PM.
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nightlife Show how big your gray matter can get at Super Trivia Freakout. Win a bar tab, shots and other mystery prizes during the five rounds of
[calendar] trivia at the Badlander. 8:30 PM. Free. Argue whether “xi” really counts as a word during Missoula Public Library’s Scrabble group, which meets in the board room on Monday nights at 6. Boards and nerds, I mean competitors, included. The UM Climate Action Now Meeting is out to save the day, promoting sustainability and environmental action. UM FLAT, 633 Fifth St. E. 6:30 PM. Bingo at the VFW: the easiest way to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main. 6:45 PM. $12 buy-in. Nobody gets out of here alive, they say, and so the Missoula Gnosis Center hosts a four-week lecture series and discussion on Esotericism, mysteries surrounding death, cultural and spiritual ways of dealing with grief and human potential. Stensrud, 314 N. First St. W. 7 PM. $5 donation. Email gnosis.missoula@gmail.com to learn more. Get mindful at Be Here Now, a mindfulness meditation group that meets Mondays from 7:30 to 8:45 PM at the Open Way Mindfulness Center, 702 Brooks St. Open to all religions and levels of practice. Free, but donations appreciated. Visit openway.org. The good news is you don’t even have to skip school to see the Top Hat’s Monday Movie Night showing of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, which starts at 8 PM. Free, all ages. Open Mic at the VFW, 245 W. Main, seems like a fine idea, especially with 2-for-1 drink specials for musicians and the working class. 10 PM. Free.
Rock the mic when DJ Super Steve rocks the karaoke with the hottest Kamikaze tuneage this side of the hemisphere at the Dark Horse. Are you brave enough to let the computer pick your songs? 9 PM. Free.
TUESDAYSEPT03 The one and only Titus Andronicus, who’ve achieved the genre-straddling honor of being beloved by punks and hipsters alike, play the VFW, 245 W. Main, along with Ohio’s Tweens. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $8/$12 for ages 18-20. Dance cuz everybody’s watching at the American Cabaret Style bellydance class at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. This class is great for beginners and experienced dancers alike. 6–7 PM. Visit madronadance. wordpress.com. Hey hunters and other liars, come on down to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation conference room for Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters, at 5205 Grant Creek Dr., and work on your elk-camp locution with the best. All are invited. Noon– 1 PM. Free.
Square on the north end of Higgins Ave. Veggies, flowers and pretty people are bountiful. 5:30–7 PM. It’s always a glutenous good time when Wheat Montana, 2520 S. Third St. W., presents Black Mountain Boys Bluegrass from 5:30 to 8 PM. Free. Call 327-0900. Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, from 6 to 8 PM. All ages. If you’re a close family member or spouse of a person with a mental illness like schizo-
phrenia, bi-polar disorder, major depression or other issues, check out the NAMI Mental Illness family education class. Trained instructors will cover coping strategies, medications and problem solving. The 12-week series starts Tue., Sept. 3 from 6-8:30 PM. Class size is limited, call 406728-3236 or 544-9131 to register. Find your creative voice at Turning the Wheel’s Tapestry class, which is a self-expression-filled improvisational movement bonanza. Headwaters Dance Company stu-
dio, 1042 Monroe St. 6:30-8 PM. $10. Join any time; register first at lulu.steinberg@turning thewheel.org. The Unity Dance and Drum African Dance Class is sure to teach you some moves you didn’t learn in junior high when it meets Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 PM at the Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave. All ages and skill levels welcome. $10, $35 for four classes. Email tarn.ream@umontana.edu or call 549-7933 for more information.
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Knitting For Peace meets at Joseph’s Coat, 115 S. Third St. W. All knitters of all skill levels are welcome. 1–3 PM. For information, call 543-3955.
Bring your old mercury fever thermometer to Haz Waste Days for disposal and receive a free digital thermometer. (Mercury thermometers are glass with silver temperature column.)
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• Oil-based paints & stains • Paint thinners • Solvents • Used motor oil and antifreeze (up to 15 gallons in noreturn containers.) • Mercury Thermometers • Rechargeable and button household batteries (alkaline can be thrown away). Up to 6fluorescent tubes (no compact bulbs).
If early morning grub grabbing isn’t for you, head to the Tuesday Farmer’s Market at Circle
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ITEMS ACCEPTED FOR A FEE Pesticides • Strong acids • Caustics • Chlorinated solvents Fees also apply to business and out-of-county residents for all wastes.
Year Round Options for disposal of... Latex Paint - If the can is almost empty, dry it out with cat litter and put it in the trash with the lid off. Give it away! Home Resource (Corner of Russell and Wyoming) takes good, almost full latex that has not been stored outside. Call first @ 541-8300. Car Batteries - Republic Services Recycling. Motor Oil - Most Republic Services residential customers can put up to 2 gals per week in clear plastic containers for free pickup. Many auto parts stores, shops or service stations will take small quantities of used oil for free. Fluorescent Bulbs - Ace, Home Depot and Lowes accept household compact fluorescent bulbs for free • P.E.T.E.S Electric accepts all fluorescents for a fee.
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Sunshine on a cloudy day. Luke Winslow-King plays an early show at Stage 112, 112 Pattee St., Thu., Aug. 29, at 4:30 PM. $12/$10 in advance; check out stageonetwelve.com.
Learn how to give and receive empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication, a non-violent communication weekly practice group, at the Jeanette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Noon. Free. Drink from the cup of knowledge during the Socrates Café at the Bitterroot Public Library West Meeting room in Hamilton. Questions are chosen, terms discussed and thoughts given. 7–9 PM. Free. Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free pub trivia, which takes place every Tuesday at 8 PM. Here’s a question to tickle your brainwaves: What was the first dinosaur to be named?(See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.) “So much depends upon a red wheelbarrow...” Learn to mine great lines from that fabulous mind of yours just like William Carlos Williams when you join other seasoned and novice poets for Poetry Club every Tuesday at 8 PM at the ZACC, 235 N. First W. The winningest USian will get a $25 bar tab at KBGA’s Tuesday Trivia night, which includes music and picture rounds, plus drank
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specials. Pro tip: $25 is enough to buy almost everybody in the bar a Natty Light. Free to play. VFW, 245 W. Main St. 8-10 PM. The Montana Musicians and Artists Coalition hosts the Musician Showcase at Stage 112, inside the Elk’s at 112 Pattee St., an evening of tuneful live tuneage made by locals for locals. 8–11 PM. Free. 18 plus. Burn like fi-yah when Jon Hogan and Maria Moss play their scorch-folk at the Top Hat, starting at 8:30 PM. Free. (See Spotlight.)
WEDNESDAYSEPT04 No Burning Man ticket required when DJs Tygerlily, Mr. Wizard and Dawnbringer set up shop at the Palace for Milkcrate Wednesdays. 9 PM. No cover, plus $6 pitchers of Pabst and free pool.
The Jocko Valley Farmers Market offers treats, produce, tunes and more in The Hangin Art Gallery parking lot, 92555 Highway 93 in Arlee, from 4-7 PM. For more information or to become a vendor, call Kelley at 726-5550.
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nightlife Try the crackers and Havarti when James and Fogarty play the Top Hat’s dinner show from 7-9 PM. Free. Kick tomorrow when your older sister’s favorite band Jane’s Addiction plays the Wilma. Doors at 7:30 PM, show at 8:30. $49.50. Advance tickets sold out. Let me tell you something I learned the hard way: Meatloaf songs are not appropriate for karaoke. Now go forth to Kraptastic Karaoke at the Badlander, beginning at 9 PM. Featuring $6 pitchers of Budweiser and PBR, plus $1 selected shots. Free. Dance like you’re in your birthday suit when Naked Soul (AKA Alma Desnuda) plays the Top Hat, starting at 10 PM. Free, 21plus. Trivia answer: Megalosaurus.
THURSDAYSEPT05 Grab your buddy Sally and head to Blues Alley, in the patio areas between the Rhino and the Top Hat, with tunes from Mudslide Charley. 5:30 PM. Free, all ages.
The ZACC’s Printshop Orientation Class teaches peeps everything you need to know to use the print shop. In just two hours you’ll be able to impress your friends and family with your knowledge in silk-screening, relief printing, and woodcut printing. Once you get the tour, you can work there during business hours. Limited to six people per month. To register call 549-7555. Release some stress during t’ai chi classes every Thursday at 10 AM at The Open Way Center, 702 Brooks St. $10 drop-in class. Visit openway.org.
nightlife End your afternoon with a fine glass of grape juice when the Missoula Winery hosts its tasting room from 2–7 PM Mon.-Sat. and 2–5 PM on Sun. 5646 W. Harrier. Call 8303296 and visit missoulawinery.com. Sip a magic potion while Band in Motion with Regmachine plays the Top Hat dinner show from 5-7 PM. Free.
Get a taste of la dolce vita and a li’l vino when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs from 5–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Call 549-8703. Visit tenspoon.com. After the revolution, we’ll need a new Betsy Ross, which is why you should pick up some tips every Thu. at Selvedge Studio, 509 S. Higgins Ave., where its Sewing Lounge goes from 6 to 8 PM. $9–10/hour. Call 541-7171. Northside peeps and Westside folks can show off their athletic prowess and beer-drinking skills at the third annual Northside Vs. Westside Softball Showdown, which starts at 6 PM with pregaming at Draught Works, then moves to the Northside Softball Field at the corner of Worden and Cooley streets for first pitch at 7 PM. All players must gather $50 in donations to play; money goes toward projects of the winning team’s choosing, like planting trees in the neighborhood. Email Gabe at gfurshong@gmail.com to join in the fun. Treasure State Toastmasters invites you to get your locution on and become fixated oratorically at their weekly meeting. Community Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6–7 PM. Free. Win $50 by using your giant egg to answer trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway Ave. 8 PM, plus specials on wings, pizza, domestic pitchers and $7 Harvest Moon pitchers. Get a taste of some rock muzik, Austrian-style, when European band The Forum Walters plays the ZACC, along with local good-for-nuthin punx Buddy Jackson and Spencer. 235 N. First St. W. 9 PM. Free, all ages. No alcohol allowed at the venue. Honor your connection to the earth and the glorious array of life on it during the Children of the Earth Tribe Song and Chant Circle at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 519 S. Higgins, enter through back alley door. 7 PM. Free will offering. Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place. $7 Bayern pitchers. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM.
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Show ‘em that pop culture knowledge is just as important as having a job during Trivial Beersuit at the Lucky Strike Casino. Prizes for podium finishers. Karaoke follows. 1515 Dearborn. 8–10 PM. Hone your performance skills at the Broadway Inn’s open mic night, with Big Sky Pool Party in the Cabana starting at 5 PM, singing and prizes at 9 PM. Includes $3 Big Sky beer special. 1609 W. Broadway St. Free to attend. The Wayne Renn band is out to rock your world when it plays the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave., from 9 PM to close. Free. Texas country fellas Micky and the Motorcars are here to take y’all for a ride at Stage 112, 112 Pattee St. 9 PM. $15/$12 in advance. Check out stageonetwelve.com. Seattle indie-rockers The West are bringing some of that Emerald City groove to town, along with Missoula’s own Luke Dowler, Savage Gentleman and The Boy and SIster Alma. Palace. 9 PM. Free. Dinosaurs rule, boys drool. Submit events by 5 PM on Friday to calendar@missoula news.com to ensure publication in print and online. Include the who-what-when-wherewhy and a picture, if you would be so kind. Alternately, snail mail to Calapatra c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367.
Let the love-light shine down on me. Butter and Dear Sister Killdeer play the Roxy Theater Fri., Aug. 30, at 9 PM. $10.
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t’s funny how much hunting gear we use these days, what with the big rigs, fancy rifles with highpowered scopes, decoys, camo outfits and animal calls. Way back in the day, like 10,000–20,000 years ago, hunters around the world had one advanced weapon system up their fur sleeves: the two-piece atlatl. It gave humans the power to launch spears faster and farther than they could on their own, and take down the fearsome creatures of prehistory, like mammoths and giant bison. Some indigenous people in Australia and South America still use forms of the atlatl today, actually; you might be familiar with the basic idea if you’ve ever used a tennis ball thrower while playing with a dog. Experienced hunters and novices alike can prove their survival fitness this weekend at the annual Montana Atlatl Mammoth Hunt in Ulm, outside of Great
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Falls. Wooly mammoths aren’t around anymore, so you’ll have to use your imagination in that regard. Participants can also chuck hatchets and knives and shoot bows and arrows. If nothing else, you might come away with an appreciation for your ancestors who were smart enough to figure out that old-school technology. -Kate Whittle The annual Montana Atlatl Mammoth Hunt is at First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park in Ulm, where members of the World Atlatl Association will teach this ancient method of hunting. Runs Aug. 31-Sept. 2, from 9 AM to 5 PM. Visit stateparks.mt.gov or call 406-866-2217 to learn more.
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THURSDAY AUGUST 29 The Thursday Night Mountain Bike Group meets on Tuesdays to play polo. Kidding, kidding, they meet on Thursdays at 6 PM to ride trails in the Missoula area. Check thursdaynightmtbr.org to find out locations. Got sturdy ankles and enjoy running at least four miles? Have we got a class for you. Run Wild Missoula’s Trail Running course begins today and continues every Thursday until Oct. 17. Meet at Runner’s Edge, 304 N. Higgins Ave. 6 PM. Free, but limited to 30 people. Learn more at runwild missoula.org.
FRIDAY AUGUST 30 Active outdoor lovers are invited to the Mountain Sports Club’s weekly meeting to talk about past glories and upcoming activities at Bigfork’s Swan River Inn. 6–8 PM. Free. Make sure your first time is special by attending First Timer Friday at the Freestone Climbing Center, 935 Toole Ave. in Missoula, at 7 PM. Free if it’s your first visit.
SATURDAY AUGUST 31 The deadline for hunters to put in for general and special licenses for mountain lions is today. Visit fwp.mt.gov. You’ll be bright eyed and bushy tailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Runs, which start at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Grab breakfast with other
participants afterward. Free to run. Visit runwild missoula.org. Run Wild Missoula hosts an event that’s sure to please social runners and social drinkers alike: the Back of the Pack Run/Walk starts at Amy and Roger’s house, takes a 2.75-mile hilly course and then heads back for a shrimp, potato and corn dinner. 2825 Lorraine Drive. 3:30-6:30 PM. Bring a side or dessert and a beverage. Call Run Wild to learn more at 544-3150.
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 3 Meet other free-wheeling gals when Montana Dirt Girls meet every Tuesday around 6 PM on Tuesdays for hiking or mountain biking in the Missoula area. For locations and more information, visit mtdirtgirls.tripod.com. Free.
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5 It’s sweaty now, but come winter you’ll be glad you headed to Glacier Ice Rink for Missoula Figure Skating Club’s Learn to Skate basic skills classes, which offer lessons in figure skating and hockey for all ages and abilities. Runs Sept. 5-Oct. 24 on Thursday evenings from 5:15-6 PM. Check out missoulafsc.org for info and registration. The Thursday Night Mountain Bike Group meets on Tuesdays to play polo. Kidding, kidding, they meet on Thursdays at 6 PM to ride trails in the Missoula area. Check thursdaynightmtbr.org to find out locations. calendar@missoulanews.com
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While biking around Missoula, I sometimes stop to look at historic markers, like the McCormick neighborhood’s plaque on the river trail off California Street and First. Missoula was founded in 1860, and it’s fun to sit and picture how different things must have looked before the Orange Street bridge was built and people took a streetcar to downtown. But of course, American frontier history is a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of the world. Take Cuba: Its capital and major commercial center, Havana, was founded by the Spanish in 1519. Cuban journalist Magda Resik Aguirre visits Montana this week to talk about preserving the rich history of her home, which is peppered with artifacts and architecture dating from the Renaissance to now, according to H. Rafael Chacon, a Latin American arts professor at the University of Montana and one of the liaisons for the trip. Hers is a rare public visit by a Cuban to Montana, Chacon says. Aguirre is director of Habana Radio, the station for Cuba’s capital (not to be confused with the national broadcaster, Radio Havana). Habana Radio
broadcasts cultural and heritage programming, plus historic information about the capital, which was founded in, about 100 years before British settlers ever showed up on Plymouth Rock. Aguirre also produces TV programs about art, writing and literacy, and serves as director of communications for Havana’s city historian. Cuba boasts plenty of contradictions: one of the highest literacy rates in the world (99.83 percent) but a government that limits access to the internet and email, which makes it tough for us in the rest of the world to easily learn much about what’s really going on there. What’s it like to be a journalist in Havana? You’ll have to show up and ask Aguirre to find out. —Kate Whittle Cuban journalist Magda Resik Aguirre speaks at a Global Leadership Initiative event Thu., Aug. 29, at 7 PM in North Urey Underground Lecture Hall. Free.
[AGENDA LISTINGS] THURSDAY AUGUST 29 Practice being peaceful in a world of differences during the Intercultural Dialogue Group at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, where people from various backgrounds meet on the last Thur. of each month at 5 PM for an afternoon of conversation and peacemaking. Library of the Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Call Betsy at 543-3955 or email peace@jrpc.org for more info. Eleanor’s Project, a non-profit founded in memory of a Missoula girl born with cerebral palsy, is hosting a fundraiser for Peruvian children with disabilities. The event at A Carousel for Missoula includes expert wheelchair riders, wheelchair mobility skills course, handwoven bracelets and unlimited carousel rides. 5-8:30 PM. VIsit eleanorsproject.org.
M.A.S.S. Lunch, where atheists, secular humanists, agnostics and other freethinkers meet the first Sun. of every month for lunch at 11:30 AM in the Elbow Room. 1855 Stephens Ave. Free to attend, but the food costs you. Visit secularmissoula.org.
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 2 Come on down for Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St., where the distillery redistributes the wealth. (It ain’t called Wall Street Wednesday, amiright?) $1 from every drink sold is donated to a different non-profit each Monday. Family friendly, from noon–8 PM. The UM Climate Action Now Meeting is out to save the day, promoting sustainability and environmental action. UM FLAT, 633 Fifth St. E. 6:30 PM.
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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 3
Peter Sagal can eat his heart out when The Jeannette Rankin Peace Center hosts a series of talks discussing the Constitution. Sample topic: “Are Big Bank Bailouts allowed by the Constitution?” 7 PM. Free. Call 543-3955 to learn more.
Knitting For Peace meets at Joseph’s Coat, 115 S. Third St. W. All knitters of all skill levels are welcome. 1–3 PM. For information, call 543-3955.
SATURDAY AUGUST 31 Want to do your part in helping local victims of domestic violence or sexual abuse? Volunteer training begins in September for the SAFE Crisis Line, which provides information and help. Call SAFE at 406-363-4600 to learn more and volunteer.
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 1 This is the kind of mass I can really get behind. The Missoula Area Secular Society presents its Sunday
Learn how to give and receive empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication, a non-violent communication weekly practice group, at the Jeanette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Noon. Free.
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5 Honor your connection to the earth and the glorious array of life on it during the Children of the Earth Tribe Song and Chant Circle at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 519 S. Higgins, enter through back alley door. 7 PM. Free will offering.
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WUSS IT GOOD FOR HER? I've been on three dates with a gorgeous, funny, kind, and successful woman. Two weeks ago, we met for drinks with a group of my friends, and a guy in our crowd who's in the habit of saying crass things showed up. He ended up insulting her by making a rude, totally vulgar sexual remark about her. He was trying to be funny, but I could see she was offended. I was so taken aback that I didn't say anything. Shortly afterward, she said that she had to leave. I walked her out and apologized for him, and I have since apologized by email and in three voicemails. I've tried to set up another date so I can apologize in person, but she keeps getting off the phone really quickly. Would sending flowers to her work be appreciated or seem creepy? —Friend's Foot In My Mouth Life sometimes presents you with a chance to show a woman what you're made of, like when some creep aggressively disrespects her in your presence. Your response—staring into your beer—told this woman a lot about you, like that you're the sort of boyfriend who would take her camping and, upon hearing a bear crashing through the woods, tuck a hot dog in her pocket and shove her out of the tent. If your initial response wasn't enough to make her never want to see you again, you probably sealed your romantic doom by taking immediate inaction in the wake of your inaction. Sure, you did say you were sorry...and email her that you were sorry and leave her multiple voicemails saying that you were sorry and then flap your lips some more and try to ask her out to say you're sorry in person. Unfortunately, there's a difference between a meaningful apology and regret-flavored borderline stalking. Sending flowers—immediately—might have been wise, as a number of studies find that people are more likely to be forgiven, even for serious transgressions, if their apology is accompanied by a gift, which says that they value the person they hurt enough to invest in repairing the relationship. But no amount of flora will solve what I suspect is the real problem here: She probably now sees you as a passive wimp who responds to even a minor challenge by folding like a sheet of typing paper. (If you have a favorite blood sport, it's probably crocheting.) You didn't have to challenge the guy to a parking lot duel. You just needed to say something—perhaps just a stern, "Dude,
you're really out of line." Even women who can defend themselves just fine want a man who'll stand up for them. Being a stand-up guy comes not out of memorizing a list of the right things to do but from becoming a person who can't help but do them. This, in turn, comes out of personal standards for courage, generosity, fairness, and integrity. Of course, in order to assert these standards, you'll need self-respect. If that's a problem area for you, pick up "The Assertiveness Workbook," by Dr. Randy J. Paterson, and "No More Mr. Nice Guy," by Dr. Robert Glover. Put in a year manning up, and if happy hour again becomes insulting hour, you'll take action—and it won't be scurrying to the nearest florist to ask, "Excuse me, but which color roses say 'I'm a man who will rise to the occasion instead of hiding under the table'?"
PRANCE CHARMING I'm an accomplished, caring, sensitive, and funny guy. I do well talking to women in social situations where I've had time to warm up. I'm not great at approaching women on the street. How can I increase my streetside "swagger"? —Need Game The stride itself—that wide-legged rolling gait—isn't hard to adopt. Just pop a sleeping gerbil in your underwear. But you're probably talking about the street meaning of swagger: self-assured cool. That's a way of being that you can't just throw on like a sweatshirt. Guys who try to put it on usually end up coming off cartoonishly cocky. Sometimes what's most endearing about people are the small ways they aren't totally put together, especially if they're gutsy enough to put themselves out there, flaws and all. So maybe talk to compelling women you see on the street—a tough audience for any guy—but do it as you, not with your best imitation of Jay-Z. And accept that your natural hunting ground is probably your local coffeehouse, where you won't have to charm a woman before the light changes and she won't immediately suspect that what you're really saying is, "Hi, I'm a purse snatcher, and I was wondering if I could distract you with some small talk while I root around for your wallet."
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EMPLOYMENT GENERAL Bank Teller First Montana Bank has an opening for a Bank Teller at our Higgins branch in Missoula. The Bank Teller responsibilities include providing accurate and courteous processing of customer transactions and promoting/cross-selling bank services/products. Qualified candidates must have a High School diploma or GED with a minimum of 3 months cash handling experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Job# 9980265. Missoula Job Service 728-7060
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By Rob Brezsny
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness," said the painter Joan Miró in describing his artistic process. I recommend a similar approach to you in the coming weeks. Identify what excites you the most and will continue to inspire and energize you for the foreseeable future. Activate the wild parts of your imagination as you dream and scheme about how to get as much of that excitement as you can stand. And then set to work, with methodical self-discipline, to make it all happen.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): My vision of you in the coming week involves you being more instinctual and natural and primal than usual. I have a picture in my mind of you climbing trees and rolling in the grass and holding bugs in your hands and letting the wind mess up your hair. You're gazing up at the sky a lot, and you're doing spontaneous dance moves for no other reason than because it feels good, and you're serenading the sun and clouds and hills with your favorite songs. I see you eating food with your fingers and touching things you've never touched. I hear you speaking wild truths you've bottled up for months. As for sex? I think you know what to do.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Japanese word senzuri refers to a sexual act of self-love performed by a man. Its literal meaning is "a hundred rubs." The corresponding term for the female version is shiko shiko manzuri, or "ten thousand rubs." Judging from the astrological omens, I'm guessing that the applicable metaphor for you in the days ahead will be shiko shiko manzuri rather than senzuri. Whatever gender you are, you'll be wise to slowww wayyyy down and take your time, not just in pursuit of pleasure but in pretty much everything you do. The best rewards and biggest blessings will come from being deliberate, gradual, thorough, and leisurely.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct," wrote science fiction author Frank Herbert. I urge you to heed that advice. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will oversee the germination of several new trends in the coming weeks. Future possibilities will reveal themselves to you. You will be motivated to gather the ingredients and formulate the plans to make sure that those trends and possibilities will actually happen. One of the most critical tasks you can focus on is to ensure that the balances are righteous right from the start.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The online Time Travel Mart sells products you might find handy in the event that you travel through time. Available items include barbarian repellant, dinosaur eggs, time travel sickness pills, a centurion's helmet, a portable wormhole, and a samurai umbrella. I have no financial tie to this store. So when I recommend you consider purchasing something from it or another company with a similar product line, it's only because I suspect that sometime soon you will be summoned to explore and possibly even alter the past. Be well-prepared to capitalize on the unexpected opportunities. (Here's the Time Travel Mart: http://826la.org/store.)
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Mystic poets find the divine presence everywhere. The wind carries God's love, bestowing tender caresses. The scent of a lily is an intimate message from the Holy Beloved, provoking bliss. Even a bowl of oatmeal contains the essence of the Creator; to eat it is to receive an ecstatic blessing. But those of us who aren't mystic poets are not necessarily attuned to all this sweetness. We may even refuse to make ourselves receptive to the ceaseless offerings. To the mystic poets, we are like sponges floating in the ocean but trying very hard not to get wet. Don't do that this week; Scorpio. Be like a sponge floating in the ocean and allowing yourself to get totally soaked.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): James Caan is a well-known actor who has appeared in more than 80 movies, including notables like The Godfather, A Bridge Too Far, and Elf. But he has also turned down major roles in a series of blockbusters: Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Kramer vs. Kramer, Blade Runner, and Apocalypse Now. I present his odd choices as a cautionary tale for you in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. Don't sell yourself short. Don't shrink from the challenges that present themselves. Even if you have accomplished a lot already, an invitation to a more complete form of success may be in the offing.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real," says a character in one of Miranda July's short stories. I'm offering similar advice to you, Capricorn. The "something real" you would get by sacrificing "something wonderful" might seem to be the more practical and useful option, but I don't think it would be in the long run. Sticking with "something wonderful" will ultimately inspire breakthroughs that boost your ability to meet real-world challenges.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" is a raucous love song by the Scottish band The Proclaimers. In the chorus, the singer declares, "I would walk 500 miles / And I would walk 500 more / Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles / To fall down at your door." In 2011, a Chinese woman named Ling Hsueh told her boyfriend Lie Peiwen she would marry him if he took the lyrics of this song to heart. In response, loverboy embarked on a thousand-mile hike to the distant city where she lived. His stunt seemed to have expedited the deepening of their relationship. The two are now wed. In accordance with your current astrological omens, Taurus, I encourage you to consider the possibility of being a romantic fool like Liu Peiwen. What playfully heroic or richly symbolic deed might you be willing to perform for the sake of love?
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): You seem primed to act like a ram, the astrological creature associated with your sign. I swear you have that look in your eyes: the steely gaze that tells me you're about to take a very direct approach to smashing the obstacles in your way. I confess that I have not always approved of such behavior. In the past, you have sometimes done more damage to yourself than to the obstruction you're trying to remove. But this is one time when the head-first approach might work. There is indeed evidence that the job at hand requires a battering ram. What does your intuition tell you?
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "There is more truth in our erotic zones than in the whole of religions and mathematics," wrote the English artist Austin O. Spare. I think he was being melodramatic. Who can say for sure whether such an extreme statement is accurate? But I suspect that it's at least a worthy hypothesis for you to entertain in the coming weeks, Aquarius. The new wisdom you could potentially stir up through an exploration of eros will be extensive and intensive. Your research may proceed more briskly if you have a loving collaborator who enjoys playing, but that's not an absolute necessity.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): "This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last." So says a character in Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest. I could envision you speaking those words sometime soon. Plain old drama could creep in the direction of passionate stimulation. High adventure may beckon, and entertaining stories might erupt. Soon you could find yourself feeling tingly all over, and that might be so oddly pleasant that you don't want it to end. With the right attitude—that is, a willingness to steep yourself in the lyrical ambiguity—your soul could feed off the educational suspense for quite a while. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.
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PUBLIC NOTICES Cassie R. Dellwo MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM 38 Second Ave E Dickinson ND 58601 Phone: 701-2271841 Fax: 701-225-6878 Attorney for the Plaintiff CDellwo@mackoff.com MT Bar #11880 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DV-13-460 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP, Plaintiff, -vs- Jerry R.
Allen; Donna M. Allen; Eric Shawn Allen; Robin Lin Allen, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, JERRY R. ALLEN AND DONNA M. ALLEN: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your Answer and serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty-one (21) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive
of the day of service; and in case of your failure to appear or Answer, Judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. This action relates to an action for legal reformation of real property and foreclosure of a Deed of Trust upon the following described real property in the County of Missoula, State of Montana: Commencing at the Northwest 1/16 corner of said Section 24, the true point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 54 seconds East along the Northerly bound-
ary of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 24, a distance of 665.95 feet; thence North 87 degrees 22 minutes 24 seconds East 665.62 feet to a point on the North-South Mid-section line of said Section 24; thence South 00 degrees 13 minutes 11 seconds West along said Mid-section line, a distance of 593.18 feet to the Northeast corner of Tract A of Certificate of Survey 1124; thence the following six (6) courses along the Northerly boundary of said Tract A; South 89 degrees 57 minutes 22 seconds West 216.96
feet; South 46 minutes 29 minutes 49 seconds West 105.55 feet; South 76 degrees 31 minutes 09 seconds West 158.55 feet; thence South 47 degrees 53 minutes 37 seconds West 109.18 feet; North 81 degrees 48 minutes 32 seconds West 584.60 feet; and North 89 degrees 57 minutes 50 seconds West 221.76 feet; thence North 00 degrees 02 minutes 38 seconds East 662.64 feet to the true point of beginning. Commonly known as: 10250 Miller Creek Road, Missoula, MT 59803 That there was an error in the
legal description of the property intended to secure this loan and in order to include all improvements to be part of the lien, the legal description should have been shown as follows: Commencing at the Northwest 1/16 corner of said Section 24, the true point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 54 seconds East along the Northerly boundary of the Southeast l/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 24, a distance of 665.95 feet; thence North 87 degrees 22 minutes 24 seconds East 665.62 feet to a point on the
North-South Mid-section line of said Section 24; thence South 00 degrees 13 minutes 11 seconds West along said Mid-section line, a distance of 593.18 feet to the Northeast corner of Tract A of Certificate of Survey 1124; thence the following six (6) courses along the Northerly boundary of said Tract A; South 89 degrees 57 minutes 22 seconds West 216.96 feet; South 46 degrees 29 minutes 49 seconds West 105.55 feet; South 76 degrees 31 minutes 09 seconds West 158.55 feet; thence South 47 degrees 53 minutes 37
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PUBLIC NOTICES seconds West 109.18 feet; North 81 degrees 48 minutes 32 seconds West 584.60 feet; and North 89 degrees 57 minutes 50 seconds West 221.76 feet; thence North 00 degrees 02 minutes 38 seconds East 662.64 feet to the true point of beginning. Commonly known as: 10250 Miller Creek Road, Missoula, MT 59803 and the legal description should be reformed to show the property that was intended to be described on the Deed of Trust. WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court, this 6th day of August, 2013. (SEAL OF THE COURT) Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of the District Court By; /s/ Laura M. Driscoll, Deputy Clerk of the District Court Dated this 24th day of July, 2013. MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM Attorneys for Plaintiff 38 Second Ave E Dickinson ND 58601 Tel: (701) 227-1841 By: /s/ Cassie R. Dellwo, Attorney #11880 Attorney for the Plaintiff THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. NOTICE Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that unless you dispute the validity of the foregoing debt or any portion thereof within thirty days after receipt of this letter, we will assume the debt to be valid. On the other hand, if the debt or any portion thereof is disputed, we will obtain verification of the debt and will mail you a copy of such verification. You are also advised that upon your request within the thirty day period, we will provide you with the name and address of your original creditor, if different from the creditor referred to in this Notice. We are attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on September 9, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider an emergency interim zoning ordinance which would be effective for six months to require conditional use approval for homeless shelters, meal centers/soup kitchens and similar social service uses in Commercial and M1R zoning districts and prohibit them in residential zoning districts. A copy of the ordinance is on file in the City Clerk office. For further information, contact Marty Rehbein, City Clerk at 552-6078. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC, City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on September 9, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider a resolution levying and assessing the lots and parcels within the City of Missoula Road District Number 1 in the amount of $704,498 for the costs associated with providing certain maintenance, purchasing and improvement services in fiscal year 2014 for cityowned facilities, land and equipment under the responsibility and care of the City of Missoula Public Works Department’s Street and Vehicle Maintenance Divisions and Development Service’s Engineering Division providing for a method of assessments; and providing for other matters properly relating thereto. Copies of the resolution are available at the City Clerk Office, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. For further information, contact Marty Rehbein, City Clerk, at 552-6078. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein CMC, City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing
on September 9, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider a resolution levying and assessing the lots and parcels within the city of Missoula Park District Number 1 in the amount of $628,297 for the costs associated with providing certain maintenance, purchasing and improvement services in fiscal year 2014 for cityowned facilities, land and equipment under the responsibility and care of the City of Missoula Parks and Recreation Department; providing for a method of assessments; and providing for other matters properly relating thereto. Copies of the resolution are available at the City Clerk Office, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. For further information, contact Marty Rehbein, City Clerk, at 552-6078. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein DECLARATION OF LAND PATENT Notice is hereby given to interested parties that the following property: S11, T13N, 19W, Lot one (1) and ten (10) of Block 2 of Amended Plat of MARTINWOOD ADDITION NO. THREE (3) is being brought up under United States patent #924. No claim is made herein that claimant has been assigned the entire tract described in the original patent. The filing of this Declaration of Land Patent shall not deny or infringe on any right, privilege or immunity of any other assignee to any portion of land covered in the described patent #924. Submit any questions to the Claimant: Lovella V. Torp, 3116 Old Pond Rd., Missoula, Montana 59802 Joan E. Cook LAW OFFICE OF JOAN E. COOK 2423 Mullan Road Missoula, MT 59808 (406) 543-3800 office@cooklaw.com Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: FRITZ DALE PRITCHARD, Deceased. DEPT. NO. 4 PROBATE NO. DP-13-147 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Diana Denessen has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims 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 the above-named as the attorney of record for the Personal Representative, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 23rd day of August, 2013. /s/ JOAN E. COOK MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP-13-163 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KAREN M. KOEFELDA, a/k/a Karen Koefelda, 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 (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 JAMES R. KOEFELDA, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 20th day of August, 2013 /s/ James R. Koefelda, Personal Representative. REELY LAW FIRM P.C. 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801 Attorneys for the Personal Representative. By: /s/ Shane N. Reely Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-13-137 Dept. 3 No. Hon. John W. Larson NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of PETER STUCKEY, 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 claims 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 Sharon K. Steinert, 2110 27th Avenue, Missoula, MT 59804, or filed with the Clerk of the Court. DATED this 11th day of July, 2013. /s/ Patrick G. Sandefur, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-13-161 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF LEO W. GAUB, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Steven C. Gaub 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 (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 Steven C. Gaub, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Dan G. Cederberg, PO Box 8234, Missoula, Montana 59807-8234, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 15th day of August, 2013. CEDERBERG LAW OFFICES, P.C., 269 West Front Street, PO Box 8234, Missoula, MT 59807-8234 /s/ Dan G. Cederberg, Attorneys for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-13-165 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF KATHERINE LEE DUVAL, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Nichole Williams 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 (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 Nichole Williams, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Anne Blanche Adams, PO Box 8234, Missoula, Montana 59807-8234, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 20th day of August, 2013. CEDERBERG LAW OFFICES, P.C., 269 West Front Street, PO Box 8234, Missoula, MT 59807-8234 /s/ Anne Blanche Adams, Attorneys for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-13-694 Dept. No. 4 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION STAN D. RATLIFF, Individually and as Trustee of the RATLIFF TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. GLORIA M. SCHLEINZ, SALLIE DRUCILLA ACORD, RICARDA JOHNSON and all other persons, unknown, claiming or who might claim any right, title, estate, or interest in or lien or encumbrance upon the real property described in the Complaint or any part thereof adverse to Plaintiffs MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-13-164 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RUBY L. HUCKABA, 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 deceased are required to present their claims 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 ANNA M. MARTIN and GWEN M. JEFFREY, the Co-Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 20th day of August, 2013. /s/ Anna M. Martin, CoPersonal Representative /s/ Gwen M. Jeffrey, Co-Personal Representative REELY LAW FIRM, P.C. 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801 Attorneys for the Personal Representatives. /s/ Shane N. Reely, Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-13-166 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF CATHERINE MARTIN VINCENT, a/k/a CATHERINE VINCENT a/k/a CATHRINE VINCENT, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims 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 ROBERT A. VINCENT, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 1663 Funston Ave., San Francisco, CA 94122 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 29th day of July, 2013. /s/ Robert A. Vincent, 1663 Funston Ave., San Francisco, CA 94122 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 10/27/03, recorded as Instrument No. 200341749 Book 721 Page 328, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which John S. Carlson and Rebecca D. Carlson was Grantor, Heritage Bank was Beneficiary and First American Title Company of Montana was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Company of Montana as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: The East 40 feet of Lot 10 and the West 10 feet of Lot 11, in Block 69 of Knowles Addition No. 2, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof, recording reference Book 161 of Micro Records at Page 1076. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200341750, Book 721 Page 329, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Home Mort-
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gage, Inc., a California Corp.. 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 08/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 9, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $99,200.48. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $93,568.74, 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 18, 2013 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. (TS# 7023.106538) 1002.253395-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 09/26/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200822318 B:827 P:103, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Alexa Hudson, a single person was 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: Lot 43B of Rossignol Orchard Tracts II, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded 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 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 03/01/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 12, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $175,753.35. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $169,466.74, 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 19, 2013 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. (TS# 7023.106592) 1002.253170-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/28/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200700048, Bk: 789, Pg: 1132, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Joseph T. Lacroix was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Group One Lending, a Division of Northwest Mortgage Group, Inc. was Beneficiary and Stewart Title was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Stewart Title as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 80 of Maloney Ranch Phase VII, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201307045 B: 911 P: 411, 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 02/01/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 12, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $249,924.68. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $239,464.08, 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 18, 2013 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. (TS# 7023.106255) 1002.253399-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 15, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN AND BEING PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST ONEQUARTER (SE1/4) OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 12 NORTH, RANGE 18 WEST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MONTANA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA AND BEING A PORTION OF TRACT 16 OF HELLGATE PINES ADDITION NO. 1, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBES AS FOLLOWS: TRACT A COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID TRACT 16, SAID POINT ALSO BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THAT 1.455 ACRE TRACT OF LAND AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 12 (MICRO), PAGE 1325 ON RECORD IN THE MISSOULA COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER’S OFFICE; THENCE, N. 52°32’30” W.
ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID 1.455 ACRE TRACT AND ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD (CM STP & P RR) A DISTANCE OF 75.00 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID COMMON BOUNDARY N. 52°32’30” W. A DISTANCE OF 382.26 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID 1.455 ACRE TRACT; THENCE, ALONG THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID TRACT N. 00°40’00” W. A DISTANCE OF 36.75 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID TRACT; THENCE, S. 89°58’30” E. ALONG THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OFWAY OF HELLGATE DRIVE AND ALONG THE NORTHERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID 1.455 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED IN BOOK 12 (MICRO) PAGE 1325 AND NORTHERLY BOUNDARY OF THAT 2.00 ACRE TRACT OF LAND AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 70 (MICRO), PAGE 916 A DISTANCE OF 380.85 FEET; THENCE, S. 52°32’30” E. ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF HELLGATE DRIVE AND ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID 2.00 ACRE TRACT A DISTANCE OF 50.95 FEET; THENCE, S. 26°15’14” W., 265.46 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. ALL ACCORDING TO CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NUMBER 886. RECORDING REFERENCE: BOOK 592 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 1416. Hans A Halverson and Darcy M Halverson, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., a Montana Corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2008 and recorded on August 8, 2008 in Book 824 on Page 789 under Document No 200818807. The beneficial interest is currently held by Guild Mortgage Company, a California Corporation. 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 $1,414.40, beginning February 1, 2013, 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 30, 2013 is $179,683.81 principal, interest at the rate of 6.500% now totaling $5,871.64, late charges in the amount of $586.62, plus accruing interest at the rate of $32.44 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 11, 2013 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 11th day of June, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, 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. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Guild V Halverson 41291.889 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 15, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOTS 3, 4 AND 5 IN BLOCK 22 OF CAR LINE ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Patricia Anne Webb, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., a Montana Corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated May 27, 2009 and recorded May 29, 2009 in Book 840, Page 652 of Document Number 200912813. The beneficial interest is currently held by Guild Mortgage Company. 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 $993.12, beginning March 1, 2013, 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 30, 2013 is $174,289.86 principal, interest at the rate of 5.000% now totaling $2,953.62, late charges in the amount of $248.30 and other fees and expenses advanced of $30.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $24.21 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 12, 2013 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 12th day of June, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, 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. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Guild v Webb 41291.891 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 18, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the fol-
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lowing described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: THAT PORTION OF LOTS 5, 6, 7 AND 8 LYING WEST OF THE MILLER-KELLY-CAVEGANNON CONSOLIDATED IRRIGATION DITCH IN BLOCK 21 OF LOW’S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. RECORDING REFERENCE; BOOK 756 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 110 Rory Burmeister, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Insurance Co., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated January 10, 2008 and recorded January 11, 2008 in Book 811, Page 993 as Document No. 200800760. The beneficial interest is currently held by OneWest Bank, FSB. 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 $768.37, 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 June 21, 2013 is $112,253.50 principal, interest at the rate of 6.625% now totaling $6,604.80, late charges in the amount of $422.62, escrow advances of $1,524.39 and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,547.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $20.37 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 12, 2013 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 12th day of June, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, 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. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 2/18/2014 OneWest v Burmeister 41969.972
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 18, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 14 OF RIVER PINE ADDITION- PHASE 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT
THEREOF Michele Nault-Richter and Von Richter, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 24, 2003 and recorded June 25, 2003 under Document Number 200322549, Book 709 micro records, Page 1602. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc. successor in interest to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc.. 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 $852.23, beginning June 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 June 3, 2013 is $129,026.40 principal, interest at the rate of 3.500% now totaling $4,917.03, late charges in the amount of $588.80, escrow advances of $3,165.89 and other fees and expenses advanced of $426.01, plus accruing interest at the rate of $12.37 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 10, 2013 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 10th day of June, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, 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. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires:1/19/2018 CitiMortgage v Nault 42011.799 Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Occupant 19370 Clarkson Drive Clinton, MT 59825 Mary E. Harper Elizabeth A. Harper 5151 US Highway 93 N. Florence, MT 59833 Beneficial Montana Inc. d/b/a Beneficial Mortgage Co. 3075 N. Reserve St. Missoula, MT 59808 Mary E. Harper Elizabeth A. Harper 19370 Clarkson Drive Clinton, MT 59825 Missoula County Treasurer 200 W. Broadway Missoula, MT 59802 Internal Revenue Service Center Ogden, UT 84201-0010 Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: LEWIS AND CLARK ADD, LEWIS&CLRK LOT 3 OF LEWIS & CLARK ADDITION 27-
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will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 228, 261, 248, 199, 262. 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 9/16/2013 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 9/19/2013 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.
ness address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 17th day of August, 2013. Jaci Investments, LLC Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Occupant 19450 Clarkson Drive Clinton, MT 59825 Charles L. Deibert 201 NE Salzman Road Corbett, OR 97019 Dex Media, Inc. c/o Legal Department R.H. Donnelley Corporation 1001 Winstead Drive Cary, NC 27513 Charles L. Deibert 19450 Clarkson Drive Clinton, MT 59825 Missoula County Treasurer 200 W. Broadway Missoula, MT 59802 John Peterson Shelly Peterson P.O. Box 103 Milltown, MT 59851 Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: LEWIS & CLARK ADDITION LOTS 9, 10 & 11, LEWIS&CLRK LOT 11A OF LEWIS & CLARK ADDITION OF LOTS 9, 10 & 11 27-12-17.The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: Lot 11A of Lewis & Clark Addition Lots 9, 10 & 11, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat thereof, entered on file and of record in the office of the County Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. Parcel No. 5852581. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30, 2009. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16, 2010. 4. The prop-
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Properties2000.com erty tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16, 2010, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Jaci Investments, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 6655, Helena, MT 59604, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Taxes $3295.56 Penalty/Interest $729.70 Costs $449.02 Total $4,474.28 7. The date that the redemption period expires October 21, 2013 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Jaci Investments, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 17th day of August, 2013. Jaci Investments, LLC
As the General Contractor/Construction Manager, Jackson Contractor Group, Inc. on behalf of Missoula County, will be accepting pricing for select scopes of work for the Missoula County Courthouse/Annex, Office Remodel Phase 3. Only structural steel & metal fabrication, stone panel and base, flooring and tile, and gypsum board, historic treatment of plaster bid packages will be accepted. All bids are due on September 10th, 2013, at 2:00pm MST to the Office of Jackson Contractor Group, located at 5800 Highway 93 South, Missoula, MT 59804. Bids may be faxed to 406-542-9150 or emailed to Mark Kobos at markk@jacksoncontractorgroup.com. Bid documents may be obtained through the Missoula Plans Exchange, through our ftp site or a hardcopy may be obtained for a plans deposit fee of $200.00 at the Jackson Contractor Group, Inc. office. Please contact Hattie Redmon at hattier@jacksoncontractorgroup.com or 406-542-9150 to gain access to the plans through our ftp site or to obtain a hardcopy.
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PUBLIC NOTICES Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Occupant 2340 Craftsman Place Missoula, MT 59801 Missoula County Treasurer 200 W. Broadway Missoula, MT 59802 Internal Revenue Service Center Ogden, UT 84201-0010 Mark Doty 2340 Craftsman Place Missoula, MT 59801 Bank One, NA National Direct Equity (NDE) 100 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43271 Department of Labor and Industry Unemployment Insurance Contribution Bureau P.O. Box 6339 Helena, MT 59604-6339 Mark Doty P.O. Box 5425 Missoula, MT 59806 First Security Bank 1704 Dearborn Ave P.O. Box 4506 Missoula, MT 59806 Pursuant to section 15-18212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a prop-
erty tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: CRAFTSMAN PLACE, LOT 2 OF CRAFTSMAN PLACE. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: Lot 2 of Craftsman Place, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Book 26 of Plats at page 34. Parcel No. 654903. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on May 31, 2010. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 16, 2010. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 16, 2010, by
Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Jaci Investments, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 6655, Helena, MT 59604, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax $4933.91 Penalty/Interest $591.35 Costs $464.48 Total $5,989.74 7. The date that the redemption period expires is October 21, 2013. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of re-
demption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Jaci Investments, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West
Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 15th day of August, 2013. Jaci Investments, LLC Notice to Creditors If you believe you have a claim against the estate of Margaret A. Leto, formerly of Missoula, MT, you must file a written claim within four months of the original date of this notice (8.22.13) with Charles Leto, Executor, 65 Drinkwater Road,
SERVICES CHILDCARE Diaper Service averages 18 cents per change, so why are you throwing your money away? Local cloth diaper sales & service. Missoula peeps order online and get your goods delivered during diaper route Wednesdays. 406.728.1408 or natureboymontana.com
Remodeling? Look to Hoyt Homes, Inc, Qualified, Experienced, Green Building Professional, Certified Lead Renovator. Testimonials Available. Hoythomes.com or 728-5642 SBS Solar offers design and installation services for Solar Systems: residential, commercial, on- and off-grid. We also specialize in Energy Audits for home or business. www.SBSlink.com
GARDEN/ LANDSCAPING
INSPECTION
Able Garden Design & Services LLC Summer is winding down and it is time to think about scheduling your fall clean ups and irrigation winterizations. Residential and Commercial services available. Call Rik 406-549-3667
Missoula Home Inspections Complete residential inspection and renovation design services. Insured • Licensed • Experienced. 203(k) Approved Consultant. Visit www.missosulahomeinspections.co m or call 406-531-6693
HOME IMPROVEMENT Natural Housebuilders, Inc. Building the energy-efficient SOLAR ACTIVE HOME • Custom crafted buildings • Additions/Remodels. 369-0940 or 642-6863 www.naturalhousebuilder.net
MASSAGE $45/hour Deep Tissue Massage. Zoo City Massage located at 1526 S. Reserve St., Missoula. Call (406) 370-3131 to schedule an appointment. zoocitymassage.com.
WINDOWS Abbott’s Glass Vinyl Windows • Wood Windows • Small Commercial Jobs • “The Meticulous Glass Professionals” Since 1992 728-6499 Alpine Window Cleaning Commercial and Residential. 406-880-6211 ImprovingYourOutlook.com
MISCELLANEOUS Beginning Banjo Lessons. Monday September 16th 7pm. A few rentals available. Bennett’s Music Studio 721-0190 BennettsMusicStudio.com
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Hampton Falls, NH 03844 or be forever barred from doing so. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS(RFP) SNOW REMOVAL SERVICES PLEASANT VIEW HOMES SUBDIVISION - MISSOULA, MT. The Pleasant View HOA is requesting proposals for professional snow removal services for a 600 plus home subdivision. Snow removal will include PVHOA common sidewalks, homeowner sidewalks, and alleyways as dictated in the RFP. Tasks will be done on a contractual scheduled basis. Contract will be for 1 year, starting this October, with the option to renew annually for 3 years. Must be licensed and insured in the State of Montana. No proposal can be withdrawn
from a period of 90 days from due date. Proposals must be received by certified US mail before 5:00 pm October 4th, 2013. Information about submitting proposals can be obtained by contacting Bill McGlynn at secretary@pleasantviewhomes.org. Dated: 08/29/13
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RENTALS
SUSTAINAFIEDS Natural Housebuilders, Inc. Energy efficient, small homes, additions/remodels, higher-comfort crafted buildings, solar heating. 369-0940 or 6426863. www.naturalhousebuilder.net
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Gold Dust Apartments. Gold Dust Apartments. 3 bedroom $798 all utilities paid. Contact Jordan Lyons at 406-549-4113, ext. 127 or jlyons@missoulahousing.org
205 1/2 W. Kent. Studio/1 bath, lower level, shared yard, all utilities included. $600. Grizzly Property Management 5422060
APARTMENTS
ment 542-2060
Palace Apartments. (2) 1 bedrooms $438-$556. (1) 2 bedrooms $575-$668. h/w/s/g paid. Contact Matty Reed at 406-549-4113, ext. 130. mreed@missoulahousing.org
720 Turner St. “D”. 3 bed/1.5 bath. Northside location, offstreet parking, HEAT PAID, pet? $900 Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
Quiet, private 1 bedroom 8 miles from town with Bitterroot River access. NS/NP. $600 + deposit includes utilities, satellite TV & Internet. 273-2382
825 SW Higgins Ave. B7. 2 bed/1 bath, single garage, DW, W/D hookups, near Pattee Creek Market $800. Grizzly Property Management 5422060
Solstice Apartments. Solstice Apartments. 1 bedroom $517. (2) 2 bedrooms $620-$751 w/s/g paid. Contact Colin Woodrow at 406-549-4113, ext. 113 or cwoodrow@missoulahousing.org
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RENTALS PUBLISHER’S NOTICE
EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY
All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal and State Fair Housing Acts, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, marital status, age, and/or creed or intention to make any such preferences, limitations, or discrimination. Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, and pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination in housing call HUD at toll-free at 1-800-877-7353 or Montana Fair Housing toll-free at 1-800-929-2611
1324 S. 2nd St. W. “B”. 3 bed/2 bath, central location, shared yard, W/D hookups, DW. $1025. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1885 Mount #1. 1 bed/1 bath, centrally located, off-street parking, shared yard. $550. Grizzly Property Management 5422060 2 bedroom, 1 bath $650 W/S/G paid, across from Public Library, carport, coin-op laundry, off-street parking. No pets, no smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333
921 Helen: 1 bedroom, By the University, 2nd floor, laundry, free cable, $725. $100 Costco Gift Card! GARDEN CITY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 5496106;
2 bedroom, 1 bath $675 W/S/G paid, DW, W/D hookups, off-street parking. free standing gas stove. Cat upon approval. No Smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333
Equinox Apartments. 1 bedroom $517. 2 bedroom $479 w/s/g paid. Contact Colin Woodrow at 406-549-4113, ext. 113 or cwoodrow@missoulahousing.org
MOBILE HOMES
430 Washington 1bed/1bath, downtown, coin-ops on site. $700 Grizzly Property Manage-
Garden District. 2 bedroom $711 w/s/g paid. Washer/dryer included. Contact Jordan Lyons at 406-549-4113,
Lolo RV Park Spaces available to rent. W/S/G/Electric included. $425/month 406-273-6034
Studio, $450 ALL Utilities paid, true one room format, coin-op laundry, off-street parking, storage. No pets, no smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333
722 1/2 Bulwer. Studio/1 bath, lower level, shared fenced yard, pet? $525. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
HOUSES 107 E. Kent. 2 bed/1.5 bath, single garage, fenced back yard, extra storage. $1050. Grizzly Property Management 5422060 119 Cotter Court: 5 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, Family room, Double garage, Deck, Small pet, $1495. GARDEN CITY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 549-6106; 1-YEAR COSTCO MEMBERSHIP! 120 South Ave East. 3 bed/2 bath, close to University, fenced back yard. $1450. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
1944 S. 8th W. 2 bed, 1 bath on two lots. Wood floors, garden & front deck. $158,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653. pat@properties2000.com
4 bedroom, 3 bath house $1,400. Garage, DW, W/D in unit, fenced backyard, S/G paid. No pets, no smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333
2017 W. Sussex: 3 Bedroom house, 1 1/2 Baths, 2-story, Porch, By the mall, Storage shed, Dishwasher, $1095. GARDEN CITY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 549-6106; 1-YEAR COSTCO MEMBERSHIP!!
4972A Potter Park Loop. 3 bed/1.5 bath condo, newer unit, close to shopping. Double garage, yard, pet? $1200. Grizzly Property Management 5422060
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RENTALS Two bedroom unfurnished basement. W/D hookups, fenced yard, small dog friendly. University area. 204 Livingston. $950/12 month lease. Available 9/1. 880-5261
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The Missoula Housing Authority complies with the Fair Housing Act and offers Reasonable Accommodations to persons with Disabilities.
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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 1010 Vine. 2 bed, 1 bath in Lower Rattlesnake close to Mount Jumbo trails, UM & downtown. Many upgrades. $169,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240—7653. pat@properties2000.com 11689 Stolen Rock Court. 5 bed, 3 bath, 2 car garage on 3.15 acres. $315,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 880-4749. montpref@bigsky.net 1716 Schilling. Adorable 2 bed, 1 bath in central Missoula. Patio & double garage. $190,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 541-7355 milyardhomes@yahoo.com 1807 Missoula Avenue. Lovely Bavarian-style 3 bed, 2 bath in Lower Rattlesnake. Mount Jumbo views & 2 car garage. $319,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com 2 Bdr, 1 Bath North Missoula home. $160,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 216 Tower. Cute 2 bed, 1 bath on 1/2 acre close to Clark Fork River. 750 sq.ft garage/shop. $185,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com 2607 Deer Canyon Court. 6 bed, 3 bath on Prospect Meadows cul-de-sac. Fenced yard, deck, hot tub and sweeping views. $449,000. Properties
2000. Pat McCormick 2407653. pat@properties2000.com 2607 View Drive. 3 bed, 2 bath ranch-style home in Target Range. Hardwood floors, fireplace & 2 car garage. $239,500. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate. 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath Windor Park home. $195,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2.5 Bath, Big Flat home on 5.3 acres. $451,250. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3010 West Central. 3 bed, 1 bath on 5 acres in Target Range. Borders DNRC land. $499,900. Properties 2000. Pat McCormick 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com 309 Benton. 3 bed, 1.5 bath home upgraded throughout. Large fenced yard, patio, deck, fruit trees & 2 car garage. $259,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Central Missoula home. $247,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Miller Creek home on 1 acre. $250,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
KD 240-5227 alestate.com
4834 Scott Allen Drive. 4 bed, 3 bath 4-level on approximately 1/3 beautifully landscaped acre. $372,500. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 541-7355. milyardhomes@yahoo.com
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Cute Westside Home 1312 Phillips. $189,900. 2 bedroom, 1 bath. Established garden and fruit trees. Close to downtown, parks, bike trails. KD: 240-5227 porticorealestate.com
6544 McArthur. 3 bed, 2.5 bath with gas fireplace and 2 car garage. $240,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net
Grant Creek Frontage. 4 bed, 3 bath with open floor plan, fireplace, deck & 2 car garage. $655,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 541-7365 milyardhomes@yahoo.com
9755 Horseback Ridge. 3 bed, 3 bath on 5 acres overlooking Clark Fork River. Missoula Valley and Mission Mountain views. $420,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com
Wanted FSBO owner contract. Missoula area. Have down collateral and guaranteed income. Non-traditional housing considered. 406-821-1016 WESTBROOK Property Management WANTED! Residential Rentals in Missoula, Lolo and Florence. 544-1274 www.westbrookpm.com
CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES
Call me, Jon Freeland, for a free comparative market analysis. 360-8234
Location Location Location! 1289 River Street: 4 bed, 2 bath newer home near the river, bike trails, Good Food Store, Home Resource and more! This location rocks! $208,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com
1845 B West Central. 3 bed, 1.5 bath on quiet cul-de-sac. Large, open kitchen, patio & garage. No HOA dues! $158,900. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com
Central Business District Home! 426 W Alder. 3 bedroom, 2 bath. Great location, blocks to downtown and easy access to interstate. Detached garage with built-in workbench and storage. $244,900. MLS# 20134457
Missoula Home Inspections Complete residential inspection and renovation design services. Insured • Licensed • Experienced. 203(k) Approved Consultant. Visit www.missosulahomeinspections.com or call 406-531-6693
2025 Mullan Road. Mullan Heights Riverfront Condos. Large secure units with affordable HOA dues. Starting at $159,900. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 8804749. montpref@bigsky.net
THE UPTOWN FLATS Unit #103 One bedroom, one bath with full washer and dryer. Handicap accessible unit. Ask Anne About The Great Investment
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PORTICO REAL ESTATE
3811 Stephens Ave #23. 2 bed 1-1/2 bath with fireplace, single garage and 1 parking space. $117,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546.5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 526 Minnesota #B. 2 bed, 1.5 bath energy-efficient condo with large front yard. $120,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 541-7355. milyardhomes@yahoo.com 6614 MacArthur. 2 bed, 2.5 bath townhome with amazing views. $194,500. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properites. 240-6503 riceteam@bigsky.net 6632 MacArthur. 3 bed, 2 bath with gas fireplace, Jacuzzi and wonderful views. $273,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties. 240-6503, riceteam@bigsky.net Burns Street Commons 1400 Burns St. #15. $159,9000. 3 bedroom, 1 bath. Coveted 3 bedroom home in the Burns St. Commons, next to the Burns St. Bistro and the Missoula
Community Co-op. KD: 2405227 porticorealestate.com Condo With Views 1545 Cooley, Apt C. 2 bed, 1 bath Westside condo close to downtown, Burns Street Bistro & Missoula Community Co-op. $128,500 MLS# 20134747 KD 240-5227. porticorealestate.com Uptown Flats #103. 1 bed, 1 bath with W/D, patio and handicap accessible features. $155,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats #306. 1 bed, 1 bath top floor unit with lots of light. W/D, carport, storage & access to exercise room. $162,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats. From $155,000. Upscale gated community near downtown. All SS appliances, car port, storage and access to community room and exercise room plus more. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-
REAL ESTATE 5816. annierealtor@gmail.com www.movemontana.com
ing. Email info@cabinmt.com 546-4797
Why Rent? Own Your Own 1400 Burns. Designed with energy efficiency, comfort and affordability in mind. Next to Burns Street Bistro and Missoula Community Co-op. Starting at $79,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com
Near Riverfront Park. 1265 Dakota #B. To-be-built, 3 bed, 2 bath with 2 car garage. Lot: $55,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com
LAND FOR SALE 531 Minnesota. Building Lot 9. $55,000. Robin Rice Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net Florence Acres 944 Pathfinder. 330 gorgeous acres with 1 bed cabin and double garage. This little slice of perfection can be yours! Build your dream home here. $650,000 MLS# 20134863, 20134864 KD: 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Frenchtown area, 14.9 Acres, existing well, adjacent to Forest Service land. $225,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com Georgetown Lot Liquidation Make offer - motivated seller, best prices for great lots at Georgetown Lake, ready to build, easy access, half mile to lake, 6 miles to Discovery, may consider trade or seller financing. Email info@cabinmt.com 546-4797 Georgetown Lot Liquidation Make offer - motivated seller, best prices for great lots at Georgetown Lake, ready to build, easy access, half mile to lake, 6 miles to Discovery, may consider trade or seller financ-
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NHN Mormon Creek Road. 12 acres with Sapphire Mountain views. $150,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653. pat@properties.2000.com
RICE TEAM
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NEW LISTING! • SELLER MOTIVATED! 19655 Mullan Road, Frenchtown $319,900 • Log & frame 3 bed, 2 bath on 15 acres • Mother-in-law apartment • Oversize garage with 1 bed, 1 bath apt.
Noxon Reservoir Avista frontage lots near Trout Creek, MT. Red Carpet Realty 728-7262 www.redcarpet-realty.com
Stensrud Building Downtown Missoula • $868,000 FIRST TIME ON THE MARKET!
GREAT LOLO PROPERTY 11082 Cherokee Lane $237,900. Well-maintained 3 bed, 3 bath. Large kitchen & dining area. Large deck with great view of the Lolo Valley
SELLER MOTIVATED! BRING OFFER! 13465 Crystal Creek $244,000 3 bed, 2 bath. Two wood stoves, large deck & bonus room for small shop. Near Turah fishing access
HOME & SMALL BUSINESS 102 Boardwalk, Stevensville $283,000 3 bed, 2 bath, Landscaped. Zoned commercial for small business. Shop is 48' by 30' w/three 10 x 9' doors
Mullan Heights Riverfront Condos $144,900 - $249,900 Under new ownership! 1 and 2 bedrooms. Large units, nice finishes, secure entry, secure U/G parking, riverfront, affordable HOA dues and much more. Owner financing comparable to FHA terms available with as little as 3.5% down! Units, pricing and info available at www.mullanheights.com
With it's Excellence in Historic Preservation Award. Lovingly and completely renovated by Mark Kersting, this turn key building offers a tasty treat for the discerning history buff! Mark has kept the original flare and flavor of this 1890's building alive and beautiful. The zoning designation offers many varied uses from residential to commercial, and many other uses in between. The back 900 sq ft area is ADA compliant.
1845 B West Central $155,000 3 bed, 1.5 bath 2 story townhome with open floor plan on quiet cul-de-sac. AC, UG sprinklers, patio & garage. No HOA fees!
MLS# 20132764 For location and more info, view these and other properties at:
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Missoula Properties Glasgow Cell:(406) 544-7507 • glasgow@montana.com
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REAL ESTATE COMMERCIAL Commercial Lease Space Fantastic opportunity to be neighbors with the award-winning Homeword Organization. New, LEED registered, high quality, sustainably-built office space close to river and downtown. $11-$15 per sq.ft. KD 240-5227. porticorealestate.com
$868,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-9270. glasgow@montana.com
OUT OF TOWN 11082 Cherokee Lane, Lolo. 3 bed, 3 bath with basement, deck, 2 car garage & fantastic views. $237,900. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503, riceteam@bigsky.net
HISTORIC STENSRUD BUILDING. Renovated 1890’s building with 95% original hardware. Residential or commercial zoning. Lovely opportunity. 13475 Crystal Creek, Clinton. 3 bed, 2 bath with large deck, 2 wood stoves & 2 car garage. $240,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net 15305 Spring Hill Road, Frenchtown. Beautiful cedar 4 bed, 2.5 bath with 3 car garage & deck on acreage bordering Forest Service. $430,000. Robin Rice @ 2406503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.
Ronan, Montana 406 Main Street SE
$249,900 PRICED BELOW MARKET VALUE
19655 Mullan Road, Frenchtown. 3 bed, 2 bath log/timber home on 15 acres with pond, fenced pasture, 2 car garage & 1 bed rental. $319,900. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties. 240-6503 riceteam@bigsky.net 3 Bdr, 1 Bath Alberton home home. $130,000. Prudential
Beautiful large family custom built home.
This home features 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, wrap around covered porch, triple car garage, large fenced yard with lots of trees. There is separate living quarters with its own bath and kitchenette. Judy Coulter, GRI • Wright Real Estate Co. • 406.249.4101
Homes: 1515 Van Buren . 426 W. Alder . . . 403 Mount . . . . 508 Evan Kelly . . 406 Aspen View . . 1289 River Street 2607 View Dr. . . 450 Speedway . .
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Homes With Land: 1961 Blaine . . . . .Potomac Log Home . . . . . . . . . . . .$195,000 20135 Wambli . . . .Executive Home on 5 Acres . . . . . . .$599,000 2348 River Road . . .2.23 Acres in Town . . . . . . . . . . . .$535,000
Land: 330 Acres in the Bitterroot With Elect & Water . . . . . . . .$650,000 East Missoula Building Lot With Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$55,000
Townhomes/Condos: 1400 Burns . . . . . Uptown Flats #305 Uptown Flats #103 1545 Cooley #C . .
.Cheaper Than Rent .Third Floor Views! . .ADA Configured . . .Rooms With a View!
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Commercial: 1535 Liberty Lane . .New Lease Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$11-$15
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Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville area home on 6+ acres. $325,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2.5 Bath, Florence area home on 12.6 irrigated acres. $500,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Florence area home on 3.2 acres. $575,500. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com
5905 Ocean View, Clinton. 4 bed, 3 bath on 1.63 acres with 3 fireplaces, 2 car garage and many new improvements. $300,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 541-7355. milyardhomes@yahoo.com Corner Lot in East Missoula! 450 Speedway. 1 bed, 1 bath, garage with attached workspace. Mature trees, easy access to downtown and the UofM. MLS# 20135333 $139,500 KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com LotB MacArthur. 3 bed, 2 bath to be built with fantastic views. $189,900. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties. 240-6503 riceteam@bigsky.net
Potomac Log Cabin 1961 Blaine, Potomac. $195,000. 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, 8.77 acres. Light-filled log cabin with an open floor plan with high ceilings and large windows. Hiking in the summer with a great little sled hill in the winter! KD: 240-5227 porticorealestate.com
MORTGAGE & FINANCIAL Looking for a local mortgage lender? Call Lisa Holcomb, Loan Officer at Guild Mortgage Company. 1001 S Higgins Suite A2, Missoula. Cell: 406-370-8792 or Office: 258-7519
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