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RESIDENTS RAISE CONCERNS OVER LACK OF PUBLIC INPUT IN COMMUNITY MEDICAL’S SALE

WHEN NO ONE SHOWS UP DEEPEST CAVE DISCOVERED IN WHISKEY & MUSIC BOOKS SWEDES, NEWS FOR THE SUPERSUCKERS BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS A DOSE OF HISTORY

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NEWS

RESIDENTS RAISE CONCERNS OVER LACK OF PUBLIC INPUT IN COMMUNITY MEDICAL’S SALE

WHEN NO ONE SHOWS UP DEEPEST CAVE DISCOVERED IN WHISKEY & MUSIC BOOKS SWEDES, NEWS FOR THE SUPERSUCKERS BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS A DOSE OF HISTORY

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tNews Voices/Letters Charter, Daines and water ....................................................................4 The Week in Review Tinkle, Mariani and Krakauer.....................................................6 Briefs Caves, consignment and Highlander..................................................................6 Etc. The sheriff ’s race that’ll never end ........................................................................7 News Locals wonder why hospital sale avoids public input.........................................8 News Congress deadlocks on solutions to wildfire funding.........................................9 Opinion One more thing to celebrate as the Wilderness Act turns 50 ......................10 Feature Inside the search for Lucius Robbi ................................................................14

Arts & Entertainment Arts Ashley Rhian McKee focuses her lens on Missoula’s streets................................18 Music The Reverend Horton Heat, Your Pest Band and Action Bronson...................19 Music When no one shows up for The Supersuckers ................................................20 Books Montana Medicine Show delivers doses of history.........................................21 Film Robin Wright gets meta in The Congress.............................................................22 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films ....................................................23 Flash in the Pan Montana-made tabouli ....................................................................24 Happiest Hour Great Burn Brewing ..........................................................................26 8 Days a Week Who’s ready to get mucked up?.........................................................27 Mountain High The inaugural Missoula Mucker .......................................................33 Agenda “Trigger for Change: Theatre as a Tool for Social Dialogue” .........................34

Exclusives

Street Talk.....................................................................................................................4 In Other News ............................................................................................................12 Classifieds .................................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess.................................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrolog y ..................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle.....................................................................................................C-6 This Modern World ................................................................................................C-11

PUBLISHER Lynne Foland EDITOR Skylar Browning PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Joe Weston ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Heidi Starrett CIRCULATION & BUSINESS MANAGER Adrian Vatoussis DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROJECTS Christie Anderson ARTS EDITOR Erika Fredrickson PHOTO EDITOR Cathrine L. Walters CALENDAR EDITOR Kate Whittle STAFF REPORTERS Jessica Mayrer, Alex Sakariassen, Ted McDermott COPY EDITOR Kate Whittle ART DIRECTOR Kou Moua GRAPHIC DESIGNER Pumpernickel Stewart CIRCULATION ASSISTANT MANAGER Ryan Springer ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Sasha Perrin, Alecia Goff, Steven Kirst SENIOR CLASSIFIED REPRESENTATIVE Tami Allen MARKETING, PROMOTION & EVENTS COORDINATOR Tara Shisler FRONT DESK Lorie Rustvold CONTRIBUTORS Ari LeVaux, Brad Tyer, Nick Davis, Ednor Therriault, Jule Banville, Matthew Frank, Molly Laich, Dan Brooks, Melissa Mylchreest, Rob Rusignola, Josh Quick, Brooks Johnson

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[voices]

STREET TALK

by Cathrine L. Walters

Asked Tuesday, Sept. 2, near the corner of Higgins and Broadway.

Who is your favorite Missoula character?

Follow-up: Give me your story in two sentences or less.

Kaylen Krebsbach: Asaph Adonai, the guy who plays the piano really well. I work at Taco del Sol and see him play on North Higgins a lot. He’s really talented.

Bubble breaker: I grew up in Missoula and left for the first time in January to go on a spoken word tour with Buddy Wakefield. I learned there’s more out there than I originally thought. It was awesome and I was overwhelmed. A good overwhelmed.

Merrill Bradshaw: Mike Foote, the runner. He travels the world, has a great sense of humor and a great vision for the running community in Missoula. Best of both worlds: I live in the Jocko Valley, but I always have one foot in the Missoula Valley and one foot in the Jocko Valley and always feel pulled apart because I am involved in both communities. I do custom woodworking with reclaimed lumber and recreate in both valleys.

Michael Bentley: Socrates. He was a transient who lived here in the ’70s who always quoted Socrates. He was a very intelligent man. Tree hugger: I love the earth and wild animals more than people. There should be a mandatory birth control at age 25. Human beings are psycho-selfish.

Andrea Fitzpatrick: Chad Strickland, the manager of Liquid Planet. He’s truly genuine and it’s hard to find that. Adjustment period: I was born in Arizona but grew up in Idaho on top of a mountain with no electricity or running water.

When I came to Missoula for college it was a complete culture shock, but it helped me break out of my painful shyness and develop my analytical mind.

Ke’vin Bowers: A man named Steve who plays the piano. When I first saw him he was on the piano by the bank playing Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” —perfectly. I walked over to him and noticed nobody was listening. I don’t know his history but he was incredible. Mass mediums: I am a teacher, a professional artist and a renaissance man. I have spent all my years studying the old masters and I want to bring art into our culture on a mass scale.

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Digital dilemma

Pay scale

This is in regards to your recent article on Charter Communications requiring cable subscribers to get a digital receiver (see “Concerns in a box,” Aug. 21).

I got a call from my 80-year-old parents asking for help setting up their digital “box.” No problem, I thought, they’re old and not very tech savvy. Thing is, they’d done everything right. It was Charter who screwed up.

Try getting tech support from Charter. You’ll never talk to a human being. On the phone, after dozens of computer-generated prompts, I finally figured out that my folks were given a bad remote control.

Maybe next week, after the lines at the Charter office on Third Street aren’t out the door, I’ll go pick up a new one.

I heard that you can have a technician come to your house for $30 to fix the problems that Charter has created.

Thanks for the great customer service.

NOT. That’s four hours of my life I’ll never get back.

Pete Talbot Missoula

I think we should make the corporations pay their fair share. CEOs should only get paid what McDonald’s managers get paid, and the corporations should pay the same tax that a young vibrant working male pays. This would help repair the roads that are in disrepair like the railroad tracks crossing by Ace Hardware and the Fairgrounds. I think property taxes should decrease, and make the corporations pay for schools to provide better employees and “free lunches” for everyone.

I think we should all get government jobs so that all wages can be provided by our neighbors and controlled by the bureaucrats (government workers) and equalized by forced arbitrary wage laws.

This sounds fair to me. Never-mind that

Do-nothing Daines Everybody says Steve Daines has it easy. He’s going to win this election, no sweat. Really? Maybe “everybody” should think again.

According to David Parker, a political scientist at Montana State University who has crunched the numbers, Steve Daines is unequivocally the most conservative politician Montana has ever sent to the House of Representatives, far to the right of Rehberg, Hill and Marlenee.

Daines is so far to the right; he comes close to poking a hole in the borders of Parker’s charts. He truly is a Tea Party crazy, a nut case on the loose.

Daines is one of the reasons why Congress is such a dysfunction mess, with a historically low approval rating, just ahead of Ebola fever, but below bankers, lawyers and used car salesmen.

Republicans like him are why Congress has done nothing, absolutely nothing, on all the issues we desperately need addressed—immigration reform, job creation, infrastructure decay, improving education and global warming. You name it, Republicans aren’t going to do it.

Why would we send Steve Daines back to Washington, to do more of what he isn’t doing now, when we could send Amanda Curtis, a truly exceptional woman, who could do so much for Montana and the nation if we just gave her a chance.

Amanda Curtis is one of the most competent, charismatic and caring politicians I have ever met. Vote for her, and she will do everything Steve Daines isn’t doing now.

Wade Sikorski Baker

“Thanks for the great customer service.

NOT. That’s four hours of my life I’ll never get back.”

the money needed to pay all the people working would come from where? Thinair or property tax or where, exactly?

All the new buildings the government builds, I think I deserve one of those too.

I drive through cities which have beautiful old buildings that are being renovated for government offices. I have work to do and need a “free” place to do business. Why can’t I get one of those free buildings for my business? I want someone else to steal money from property owners and people with jobs so that I can have some of that great stuff for my nonprofit and my benefits to humanity. I should write a grant. Do I sound like a 2-year-old throwing a tantrum?

As the available “free” money grows, the people stop working. Why work and innovate and produce when you can steal from your neighbors’ property? As the productive people stop providing for the unproductive, taxes (I mean stolen money) decreases, and loans and bailouts increase. As our money is devalued, no one benefits.

Let’s use force and theft to create more prosperity and peace. That makes sense to me!

Chris Martin Hamilton

Water worries The Department of Natural Resources and Conservation is working with citizens to update the Montana State Water Plan.

The outcome is incredibly important due to the growing drought spreading across the west, and the findings of a recent study, “Understanding Oil and Water Challenges in the Northern Great Plains.”

Due to the intense levels of drilling in the Williston oil basin, Montana must develop and implement proactive and careful water management practices to protect regional resources. The sheer number of wells needed to produce the Bakken creates a huge demand on freshwater for drilling, hydraulic fracturing, and maintenance.

Oil and wastewater produced as a byproduct during oil production is brought to the surface through these wells. This water is correlated to oil yields, so as oil production increases, produced water quantities and the associated contamination risks and disposal needs will accumulate.

Further complicating these concerns are Montana’s irregular data reporting, insufficient regulatory oversight, inconsistent rules and inadequate contamination cleanup.

The Fox Hills–Hell Creek aquifer, for example, is the only groundwater source capable of consistently producing large amounts of freshwater. Overuse has caused rapid long-term reduction in aquifer pressure. Therefore, it is overdrawn and some of the artesian wells have stopped flowing and more will dry up.

The Williston basin may be the most difficult region in America to balance oilwater risks. This balance is crucial if we are not to be drained of oil and left with dwindling and contaminated water resources in the future.

Cindy Webber Big Timber Corrections: In last week’s story “Shifting forces,” the number of current and projected Knitting Factory shows at the Wilma were incorrect. Over the last three years, the Wilma has been booking around 70 Knitting Factory shows a year.

The company’s goal is to double that over the next two years.

Also, in The Answers Issue (Aug. 21), we quoted local historian Allan Mathews saying Caras Park had been named after George Caras. The family reached out to clarify that it was actually named after George’s father, James K. Caras.

The Indy regrets the errors.

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missoulanews.com • September 4–September 11, 2014 [5]

[news]

WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Cathrine L. Walters

Wednesday, August 27 An attorney representing author Jon Krakauer asks a judge to rule on a request for documents relating to how the Montana University System handled sexual assault allegations against University of Montana quarterback Jordan Johnson.

Thursday, August 28 Searchers in a private helicopter locate the body of Lucius Robbi off Highway 21, near Stanley Lake in Idaho. Investigators determine Robbi died Aug. 19, the day he was last seen, when his car went off a 60-foot embankment.

Friday, August 29 The Tennessee Titans cut former University of Montana standout Marc Mariani, who made the Pro Bowl in 2012. While Mariani didn’t stick with his squad, eight other former Griz did survive the final cut with their respective NFL teams.

Saturday, August 30 Kevin Joseph Lino, a fugitive wanted for the July 30 murder of Gilbert “Jack” Berry in Missoula, is captured in Shreveport, La. Lino allegedly shot Berry and dumped his body in the Clark Fork, where it was found on Aug. 5.

Sunday, August 31 News breaks that the U.S. Forest Service’s Region 1 headquarters will leave its longtime home at 200 E. Broadway for Fort Missoula, saving the Forest Service nearly $2 million a year and removing some 230 employees from downtown Missoula.

Monday, September 1 At 1:13 a.m., Missoula police respond to a report of a shooting outside the Fox Club Cabaret. A 27-year-old male identifies himself as the shooter, and a 23-year-old male dies after being taken to the hospital. No arrests are made.

Tuesday, September 2 Hellgate High School standout Tres Tinkle commits to play basketball at Oregon State University, where his dad, Wayne, recently took the head coaching job after eight seasons at the helm of the University of Montana team.

A visitor marvels at giant western red cedar trees within the Ross Creek Cedars Scenic Area near Troy. A short interpretive trail winds through the protected grove featuring trees more than 500 years old and measuring up to 12 feet in diameter.

Beer

A home for Highlander Just over six years ago, Missoula Brewing Company revived Missoula’s original hometown label, Highlander.

Now owner Bob Lukes is preparing to take the next step: constructing a 15,000-square-foot facility off North Reserve to house a full taproom, brewhouse and pizza kitchen. The plan, Lukes says, is to roll out a host of new brews on tap and in bottled six-packs under the Highlander name as well as a line of speciality products in 22-ounce bottles. MBC expects to break ground on the new building in September and open by the middle of next year.

“The craft beer industry in Montana is thriving,” Lukes says. “They’re incredibly fun places to go to, they end up being great community centers, so we’re so excited to be able to do that here. It’s something I’ve personally dreamed about doing for most of my life.”

Since spring 2008, MBC has contracted with Great Northern Brewing in Whitefish to produce its Highlander Scottish red ale. Lukes says the company will now work with Great Northern to determine when the transfer of production will take place. “They’ve been

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great,” he adds. “We’ve had a great relationship with them, and they’ve made great beer for us.”

MBC’s purchase of the 1.5-acre plot at 200 International Drive is expected to close within the next couple weeks. Despite the commercial nature of the area, Lukes calls it “a charming little spot.” Once complete, the taproom—set to include an outdoor seating area— will join a host of new Montana breweries including Meadowlark Brewing in Sidney and Great Burn Brewing in Missoula, both of which opened just last week.

The state now has 47 craft breweries, up from 40 since the end of 2013.

MBC aims to start its new operation with 12 tap handles and a bottling line, with the possibility of canning in the future. Lukes confirms the company does have a brewer lined up but declined to comment further except to say “he’s not local. We haven’t gone in and stole somebody’s local brewer.” The existing Highlander Scottish red ale recipe will remain unchanged.

“The plan, hopefully within a year, is to have four different types of Highlander,” Lukes says. “Exactly what those are going to be right now is undecided, but we believe that one of them will be a robust lager.”

Alex Sakariassen

Exploration

Deepest cave discovered To get to the entrance of Tears of the Turtle, what’s now the deepest known cave in the continental United States, Jason Ballensky and a team of 12 others had to hike 22 miles through the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area. To get to the deepest known point of the cave, which is 1,629 feet below the surface, Ballensky and a smaller team had to crawl through a narrow seam in the limestone rock that makes up Turtlehead Mountain, using ropes to make 44 different descents.

The hike in took two days and the 1,629-foot descent took five hours, but it was worth the effort for Ballensky.

He’s been searching for the bottom since first discovering the cave’s entrance in 2006. On Aug. 7, he made it far enough down to have discovered the deepest limestone cave in the country. (Three lava tubes in Hawaii are deeper.) However, the cave keeps going. The team was stopped from further progress by quicksand-like mud.

“It’s the sort of thing where we’re worried about getting stuck in it and not getting out,” Ballensky says.

Though cavers have been aware of the potential for deep caves in the Bob Marshall since the 1970s, wilder-

[news] ness regulations that prohibit motorized and mechanized equipment have impeded substantial exploration.

For Ballensky, who is from Miles City and now lives in San Diego, the difficulty of access is central to the area’s appeal.

“You’re only going to find those [unexplored entrances] in a really remote wilderness sort of setting like this,” he says. “There’s first the sort of adventure of finding areas like this in general, of finding some opening that hasn’t been seen by other humans before. And then once you find it, further exploring it.”

Tears of the Turtle is not the first deep cave Ballensky has discovered in the Bob Marshall. In 2007, he found the second—now third—deepest cave in the continental United States, also on Turtlehead Mountain.

Ballensky plans to return to the Bob to find the end of Tears of the Turtle. Doug Warner, president of the Northern Rocky Mountain Grotto, a caving club, believes there are more deep caves to find. He says they will be hard to discover due to the small size of the entrances and the huge size of the search area, but “there’s more potential” for discovery and exploration.

“With caving,” Warner says, “you absolutely have no idea what’s gonna be around the next turn.”

Ted McDermott

not with Knife River itself, but from how the city awards bids. Johnson says Knife River typically works about four hours a day on the Cedar project, while maintaining the contractually mandated timeline set by the city. Based on the contractor’s time investment thus far, Johnson believes the city should have required the contractor stick to a tighter schedule.

“I think (the city’s) policy should be questioned, because it’s affecting businesses all over,” Johnson says.

Third Street business owners are also complaining to the city that the pace of roadwork is dragging on, thereby hurting their bottom line.

City life

Roadwork goes slow It’s more than four weeks into the Missoula Redevelopment Agency’s Cedar Street reconstruction project, and Ken’s Barber Shop owner Ford Johnson is frustrated by what he perceives as slow progress.

“You can see what Knife River is doing today,” says Johnson on a recent Tuesday, looking out his shop window to a worksite noticeably absent of construction crews.

Johnson says since the project started on Aug. 4 his business has declined by 30 percent. Customers trying to access his business from Hawthorne Street off Broadway are greeted by a “Road Closed” sign, an unpaved street and yellow caution tape.

“One problem is, we’ve lost the business of the disabled and the elderly,” Johnson says. “They can’t make it here.”

In addition to the construction of the new Poverello Center homeless shelter, MRA contracted in July with Knife River for $322,222 to build sidewalks, create 60 new parking spaces and make other improvements, including landscaping.

Knife River’s portion of the work is scheduled to end Oct. 13. The city, meanwhile, is slated to pave Cedar on Oct. 20.

Three months is a long time to weather such a disruption, says Johnson, who believes the problem stems

In response to such criticisms, Missoula City Engineer Kevin Slovarp says the city sets project deadlines based on its calculations of how long work should take, while accounting for things like weather delays. Charting a realistic schedule is important, Slovarp says, because imposing too brisk of a pace leaves contractors poised to accrue expenses such as overtime.

“It’s a balance to get the work done as quickly as you can,” Slovarp says.

Knife River Vice President Alrick Hale adds that it makes sense for the city to allow some flexibility in scheduling, because contractors required to commit more time to municipal projects will also require more money. “If the contract gets too restrictive,” Hale says, “it really limits the ability to bid on them.”

Jessica Mayrer

Consignment

On a shoestring Soon after Avorie Lohman moved to Missoula from Knoxville, Tenn., in 2011, her marriage fell apart and she was left to raise her three young children alone.

Without much money or much of a support network,

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Lohman needed to provide for her family, so she applied for food stamps and organized a consignment sale for kids clothing. She didn’t know what else to do.

“I was just totally plowing forward on faith and hope that it would somehow all work out,” Lohman says.

She took her $20,000 divorce settlement, signed a licensing agreement with a Knoxville-based chain of children’s consignment events called Duck-DuckGoose, rented a billboard, booked a space and spread the word. The first sale didn’t go perfectly— Lohman’s youngest son fell off a shelf and fractured his skull the night before the sale began—but it was a definite success. Some 60 consignors brought wares, and shoppers lined up.

Since then, the biannual sales have steadily gained in popularity; the most recent sale this spring featured approximately 300 consignors.

“We all have this problem that our kids grow,” Lohman says.

For an increasing number of parents in Missoula, Duck-Duck-Goose has become the solution to the problem of providing clothes for kids who continually outgrow their wardrobes. Melissa Bangs, who found out about the event soon after her daughter was born, credits Duck-Duck-Goose with helping her meet a critical need during a difficult time.

“We’ve been in a period where we have added a third member to our family, and yet we’ve been the most financially limited we’ve been, really, in our adult lives,” Bangs says. “I’m not exactly sure how we would’ve gotten [our daughter] all the clothes and shoes she needs on the budget we were on.”

Not only has the sale provided clothes, toys and even a Halloween costume for Bangs’ daughter, it has also put money in Bangs’ pocket, as she has become a consignor.

Bangs will be there on Sept. 10, when doors for Lohman’s fifth Duck-Duck-Goose event open in a warehouse space connected to Zootown Church. Lohman expects about 2,500 shoppers and 350 consignors to participate.

“Consignment is a vital element, in my mind, in this creative way that we carve out the good life on a shoestring,” Bangs says.

Ted McDermott

ETC. Detective Sgt. T.J. McDermott has been Missoula’s sheriff-elect for nearly three months.

In a Democratic primary marred by internal departmental strife, McDermott scored a nearly 3,000-vote victory over his closest challenger, Undersheriff Josh Clark. And with no Republican running on the November ballot, the tense back-and-forth that came to characterize the race this spring appeared to be a thing of the past.

But like a boxer after the bell, Clark kept swinging last week when he filed a formal complaint against McDermott with the Montana commissioner of political practices.

Among his allegations were a failure on McDermott’s part to disclose in-kind donations by Missoula law firm Datsopoulos, MacDonald and Lind, including use of the firm’s phone system, use of the corporate offices and the hosting of a May 8 meet and greet. Clark’s complaint went on to emphasize that direct corporate contributions are expressly prohibited under Montana’s Corrupt Practices Act. McDermott wasn’t the only candidate courting donors under a law firm’s roof. According to an email invite and Facebook event posting, Clark’s campaign hosted a meet-andgreet of its own March 26 at Garlington, Lohn and Robinson. Clark’s disclosure forms show his campaign did pay for the food and drink, but do not list any reimbursement for or donation of the actual office space used to house the event.

Clark told the Indy this week that he’s preparing an amended filing to rectify the issue. In it , he’ll claim use of the space as an in kind dontation from his wife, a Garlington employee.

McDermott’s campaign manager, Jim Parker, released a statement in response to Clark’s allegations claiming the campaign had never taken donations from any corporations— the law firm included. The campaign is still studying the allegations and plans to respond in full to Commissioner Jonathan Motl and the public. If McDermott did violate any reporting provisions, he could be on the hook for a fine of $500 or three times the amount of the unlawful contributions, whichever is greater.

It will likely take Motl a couple months to reach a decision. Hopefully that will be the end of it. Truth and accountability are critical in the electoral process, but they’re also going to be important elements in fixing whatever the hell is going on inside the sheriff’s department.

That’s one mission we can all agree shouldn’t revolve around winners and losers.

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[news]

Community vs. community Locals wonder why hospital sale avoids public input

by Jessica Mayrer

Beer Drinkers’ Profile "We Love Our Lives"

Mike & Cheryl

What brings you to the 'Horse today?

We're practicing our "visiting Missoula" ritual: go have a beer (or 2), eat a burger at the Mo Club, stay at the T-bird and watch TV after dinner, which is a treat because we don't have a TV. Then we walk Bumper (our near -human dog) who goes potty on command.

What shows will you watch?

We run estate sales so Pawn Stars and Storage Wars are amusing.

Beverage of choice?

Double Martini, Up, and Bayern Amber.

Make us your football HQ for college and NFL games.

Go Griz!

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Margie Hendricks sits at a table in the the money from Community’s sale. While health services.

Carlson says secondly that RegionalMissoula Public Library and sifts through state law mandates that proceeds generated stacks of documents labeled with slender from the dissolution of a public benefit cor- Care’s deep pockets will help improve care, green, pink and blue sticky notes. Each note poration such as Community remain dedi- not limit it, by funding services and encouris dated in the 75-year-old Hendricks’ tidy cated to charity, the board has said nothing aging top-notch staff recruitment.

In response to criticisms about cursive to mark milestones in Community about its future plans for sale revenue.

Community CEO Steve Carlson tells transparency, Carlson says public input has Medical Center’s history.

“Don’t let it intimidate you. It’s just the Independent the hospital board con- impacted board decisions. In fact, he says stuff,” Hendricks says, as she shuffles vened on Aug. 28 to deliberate where to in- residents who contacted the board in through the hospital’s 1976 articles of in- vest sale proceeds and its decision could support of preserving Missoula as a two-hospital town contributed to the decicorporation and letters from the 1950s de- come as soon as this week.

“We continue to work on finalizing the sion to partner with RegionalCare. tailing how Community acquired its 40-acre “I think they parcel at Fort Missoula by way would respectfully say of the county from the federal that input that they regovernment. ceive is very important In the months leading up in helping them to the impending sale of Misshape—perhaps not soula’s Community Medical make, but helping Center, Hendricks, a soft-spothem shape—what they ken mother of six, has spent believe is the right dedays digging through the hoscision for Community pital’s founding and guiding Medical Center on bedocuments. She’s trying to half of the community,” understand how a nonprofit Carlson says. entity built by local donations Carlson encourand taxpayer-supported photo by Cathrine L. Walters ages anyone with opinbonds could be converted into a for-profit operation ben- Community Medical Center admits nearly 6,000 patients each year ions on the sale to efiting out-of-state investors. and employs more than 1,100 people, and its annual payroll totals email the board through Community’s She’s especially troubled by more than $38 million. website, and notes that the fact that Community has yet to invite any public discussion of the deal. agreement, but we have a few things yet to once the board decides where it intends to “Citizens have contributed to this non- complete,” Carlson says. “We’re working to place sale proceeds, the Montana Attorney General is by law committed to vetting the profit entity for years,” Hendricks says. clarify and resolve some issues.”

As the board continues its quiet delib- deal.

“They didn’t even give us an opportunity to “Just because we’re for-profit, paying erations, Hendricks isn’t the only one critiknow.”

In March, Community Medical Cen- cal of the process. Dr. Philip Barney, who taxes, doesn’t mean we’re any less interter’s Board of Directors announced its in- worked at Community Medical Center for ested or less engaged in this community,” tention to sell the local nonprofit hospital nearly 25 years, including as vice president Carlson says. “When we look back at this to Billings Clinic and the for-profit Region- for medical affairs, says the deal has far- process, I think we will be able to say, ‘You alCare Hospital Partners of Brentwood, reaching implications. The hospital admits know, that was transparent. That was Tenn. RegionalCare is funded by global pri- nearly 6,000 patients each year and employs open.’” vate equity firm Warburg Pincus. According more than 1,100 people, and its annual payAttorney General Tim Fox intends to to the firm’s website, it has invested $50 bil- roll totals more than $38 million. Barney hire an appraiser to ensure Community is lion in 35 countries since 1966. Warburg worries that locals could lose out without a sold at fair market value, says Anastasia BurPincus employs former U.S. Treasury Secre- seat at the table. ton, the AG’s deputy communications di“I think the for-profit motive is going to rector, in a statement to the Independent. tary Tim Geithner and has committed $300 million to RegionalCare, which owns eight result in the owners looking at the services The state will also “undertake other invesa little bit differently. They’re going to be tigative inquiries to ensure … sales prohospitals nationwide.

Hendricks has a personal connection looking at the services more from the stand- ceeds will be devoted to non-profit to Community. As part of a decades-long point of whether they can make a profit or purposes. As part of these inquiries, the Atbottom-up effort to grow and sustain the not, more the bottom line,” Barney says. torney General will seek public input, hospital, her mother went door-to-door “There also is more of an element of chari- which may include a public forum,” she raising money to help build Community table care in a nonprofit than there is in a says. in the 1970s. Hendricks notes that for-profit corporation.”

Hendricks, for her part, says extending In response, Carlson notes first that Re- an invitation for public comment after the fundraising drives such as that, in addition to low-interest industrial bonds backed gionalCare has a solid philanthropic track board decides what action it intends to take

by Missoula County, built Community record. “Their historic performance shows sounds like putting the cart before the Medical Center into what it is today—a that their charity care rates are on average horse. “I think there should have been a lot health care facility dedicated to serving higher than ours,” he says. In 2013, Com- more public information,” she says munity donated $17.7 million in total charthe public.

Now, her primary concern is who gets ity care, including $8.85 million in direct jmayrer@missoulanews.com

[news]

Smoke and mirrors Congress deadlocks on solutions to wildfire funding

by Jodi Peterson

Central Washington is not where you $2.7 billion federal disaster relief account. limit public comment on many projects, and want to be right now. As of mid-August, wild- That would enable agencies to fully fund ex- make it much harder to file lawsuits. President fires had killed one person and burned some isting programs, including those that reduce Obama has said he would veto it.

Yet another approach is espoused by 370 homes and nearly 400,000 acres—more fire danger.

The Senate bill was introduced by Sens. Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and John Barthan triple the average acres of recent years.

Thunderstorms have brought some rain but Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Mike Crapo, R- rasso, R-Wyo., who in July introduced a bill also sparked new fires; as Gov. Jay Inslee put Idaho; the House version, sponsored by meant to reduce firefighting costs as well as it, “We’re still very much at the mercy of the Reps. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, and Kurt end borrowing. It would fully fund estimated weather gods and wind and lightning.” Schrader, D-Ore., has 60 Republican cospon- needs for fighting wildfires and allow agenMajor fires were burning in Oregon and Cal- sors, including Rep. Steve Daines of Mon- cies to also tap limited emergency dollars— tana, and 71 Democratic cosponsors. More as long as they spend at least half as much ifornia, too.

Every year, the same story plays out than 200 organizations have endorsed it, in- trying to prevent fires as they do putting them out. The bill doessomewhere in the West. The n’t provide additional Forest Service allocates about funding for such fuels 40 percent of its budget to treatment, so the Forest firefighting, but in extreme Service and Interior years, that funding burns up would have to pay for

by July or August, a month or that at the expense of more before fire season offiother programs, like cially ends. Then the borrowrecreation and wildlife, ing begins. Staffers call it “fire or contract with private stealing”—taking money to companies. fight fires from research, forest Amid mounting stewardship and recreation. frustration over the Congress is supposed to photo by Cathrine L. Walters stalled Wildfire Disaster return that borrowed money, but even when it does, the Smoke billows over the Missoula Valley from last year’s Lolo Creek Funding Act, House Dework has already been dis- Complex Fire, which cost an estimated $12.5 million. Congress re- mocrats in mid-July tried rupted. Ironically, funding is mains deadlocked on several proposals to adequately fund wild- to force a vote with an fire fighting without borrowing money from other U.S. Forest unusual maneuver often yanked from projects Service programs. called a “discharge petithat could help reduce the risk and intensity of wildfires. During 2012 and cluding the American Farm Bureau Federa- tion,” which would have required the signa2013, roughly $1 billion was pilfered, leaving tion, the American Loggers Council, The tures of each of them plus about 20 the agency too broke to thin trees in the Nature Conservancy and even the National Republicans. The Hail Mary failed; no RepubVerde watershed wildland-urban interface in Rifle Association. Five Western governors lican would sign, even Simpson. “Discharge Arizona or reduce hazardous fuels in Califor- sent letters supporting the bill, and Interior petitions are a tool of the minority party,” says Secretary Sally Jewell has urged its passage. Simpson spokeswoman Nikki Watts, “and are nia’s Tahoe National Forest.

Yet the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act has rarely, if ever, effective in actually passing legFederal and state officials and policymakers agree that the current budgeting gone nowhere, apparently due mostly to op- islation into law.”

In August, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilmodel, also used by the Department of In- position from two powerful House members: terior, is broken. And firefighting costs keep Budget Chair Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Natural sack warned Congress that the Forest Service’s $1.2 billion firefighting pot could be climbing: Wildfire season is two months Resources Chair Doc Hastings, R-Wash.

In July, Ryan sent his colleagues a letter empty within a month and that $400 million longer than it used to be, and since the 1970s, the average acreage burned has in- stating that the bill would break the federal to $500 million in other projects would have creased five-fold. Plus, development keeps budget by increasing spending and deficits. to be put on hold. The Obama administraencroaching on forests, forcing firefighters Simpson and Schrader countered that their tion has proposed an emergency infusion of to defend homes, an expensive—and dan- proposal doesn’t change total spending. $615 million. But that request, bundled with (The Congressional Budget Office concurs, a controversial immigration measure, hasn’t gerous—task.

“We haven’t talked to anyone who does- but notes that the bill could lead to greater passed either chamber.

On Aug. 15, the Western Governors’ Asn’t acknowledge the idiocy of stealing money spending in future years.)

Ryan and Hastings are pushing instead sociation sent an urgent letter to House and from the very programs that are supposed to prevent wildfires or mitigate their effects,” for Senate action on Hastings’ Restoring Senate leaders asking them to “resolve this says Jim Ogsbury, executive director of the Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, burgeoning problem for the West without which the House passed last fall. It doesn’t ad- further delay.”

Western Governors’ Association.

“There’s always the possibility that comThe most promising remedy has stalled dress the fire-borrowing problem, but would out in the House. The bipartisan Wildfire purportedly reduce fire danger, and hence mon sense will break through the ideological Disaster Funding Act would treat the biggest suppression costs, by expediting projects that arguments,” Inslee says. “Especially if people wildfires like any other natural disaster (the remove fuel from forests, including grazing in the House could stand next to a charred same approach proposed by President and logging. The Forest Service would have family home.”

Obama’s 2015 budget). When firefighting to designate “revenue” areas in national This article first appeared in High costs exceed 70 percent of the 10-year aver- forests, and log at least half of each area. The age, land-management agencies could tap a bill would reduce environmental review and Country News (hcn.org).

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[opinion]

A place to hide One more thing to celebrate as the Wilderness Act turns 50

by Jimmy Tobias

No Place To Hide is the name of a new book by the investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald, who worked for The Guardian newspaper in England. In the book, he writes about whistleblower Edward Snowden and the grim reality of surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency.

The book’s title is drawn from a famous quote by Frank Church of Idaho, the U.S. senator whose hearings in the 1970s uncovered widespread domestic surveillance. During the hearings, Church warned that the NSA’s vast surveillance capabilities “at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left … There would be no place to hide.”

Many of Church’s fears have come to pass as we’ve learned about this country’s wholesale spying on Americans, our secret and illegal wiretapping, and the proliferation of privacy-destroying technologies. By using the NSA’s own documents as evidence, Greenwald and his fellow journalists have revealed that millions of United States citizens are under surveillance by their own government.

But Church was wrong about one thing.

There is still a place to hide in America today, and it’s called wilderness. As we approach the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act this Sept. 3, we should remember that many of our forebears in the wilderness movement were also civil libertarians who saw a clear link between the right to walk on untrammeled land and our personal freedom.

Church himself was the floor sponsor of the 1964 legislation that created the National Wilderness Preservation System on our public lands, and he pushed hard for the designation of vast wilderness areas in his home state, the largest of which, at 2.3 million acres, still bears his name. Church’s fight for wild land and against domestic surveillance lasted until he lost his seat in the Senate in 1980.

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Bob Marshall, another legendary wilderness proponent and a lifetime supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union, believed that wilderness, freedom and privacy were bound up together.

“In a civilization which requires most lives to be passed amid inordinate dissonance, pressure and intrusion, the chance of retiring now and then to the quietude and

“These very different individuals shared a belief that wilderness is the place you go to for relief from societal pressure, from surveillance, from noise, from sheer stupidity.” privacy of sylvan haunts becomes for some people a psychic necessity,” he wrote in his seminal article, “The Problem of the Wilderness.”

Then there’s Edward Abbey, author of The Monkey Wrench Gang, who argued for wild land almost as an anarchist’s hidey-hole: “The wilderness should be preserved for political reasons. We may need it someday not only as a refuge from excessive industrialism, but also as a refuge from authoritarian gov-

ernment, political oppression,” he wrote in Desert Solitaire, adding that “the value of wilderness … as a base for resistance to centralized domination is demonstrated by recent history.”

Marshall. Church. Abbey. A forester. A U.S. senator. A rabble-rousing writer. These very different individuals shared a belief that wilderness is the place you go to for relief from societal pressure, from surveillance, from noise, from sheer stupidity. You go into the wild because security cameras and spying bureaucrats hold no sway there. Even surveillance drones have yet to invade the backcountry (with some exceptions along our nation’s northern and southern borders). In the wild, privacy is still supreme; you can strip off your clothes and jump in the creek, you can praise America or utter seditious slander, you can be as weird as you please and rest easy in the knowledge that no one is watching.

As the abuses of state surveillance become better known, wilderness advocates have an opportunity to bring a new generation of privacy-minded young Americans into the fold. Encourage them to turn off their smartphones and walk into the woods. Tell them that wild land is where they can be free from the subtle and debilitating fear that someone else is watching them everywhere and always.

There are more than 109 million acres of federally designated wilderness in America, and every acre is a sanctuary worth defending. Civil libertarians and wilderness lovers have common cause here, and both groups need all the help they can get.

Jimmy Tobias is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a column service of High Country News (hcn.org). He is a freelance journalist and former staff writer at the Independent. Last summer, he worked with the Forest Service in the Frank Church–River of No Return Wilderness.

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WE’RE ALL HOMOS, NOT ALL SAPIENS – A blogger for a Utah English-language learning center was fired after he posted an explanation of homophones — words that sound the same but have different meanings. “Now our school is going to be associated with homosexuality,” Tim Torkildson said his boss, Clarke Woodger, told him. Noting that most students at Provo’s Nomen Global Language Center are foreigners with only a basic understanding of English, Woodger explained that they “may see the ‘homo’ side and think it has something to do with gay sex.” (The Salt Lake Tribune) CAPITALIZING ON THE PAST – AOL reported that it still has 2.4 million dial-up Internet subscribers, paying an average of $20.86 a month. The company said its dial-up business costs little to operate, so 70 percent of its revenue is profit, amounting to $138 million in this year’s first quarter, compared with $122 million total for the company. (Mashable.com) WHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED – State police charged Stacy Varner, 47, and Glenda Snyder, 64, with attacking each other with a stuffed deer head during an argument in Cromwell Township, Pa. Troopers said Snyder was injured during the fight when she was hit with an antler. (Harrisburg’s The Patriot-News) A police officer in Seattle, Wash., stopped a one-legged man who was attacking a two-legged man with his prosthetic limb. The two-legged man started walking away when a third man, undeterred by the officer’s presence, clobbered him over the head with an aluminum baseball bat and fled, but was arrested. (Seattle’s KOMO-TV) Babanto Chauke, 38, died during an argument with two men, according to police in South Africa’s Limpopo province, after he was “hit very badly by oranges,” police Lt. Col. Moatshe Ngoepe said. “They started pelting the deceased with all those loose oranges, killing him on the spot.” (Associated Press)

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J

ake Gillis knew it. There was something about that stretch of road, that patch of ground. Even though it had been scoured by dozens of volunteers, he kept going back to it.

“One more time,” he said.

Climbing into the cockpit of a helicopter with Dave Everson, a pilot from Northern California, Gillis hoped this would be it—he wanted to find 21-year-old Lucius Robbi.

Robbi, a raft guide for Cascade Raft and Kayak, left Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, on Tuesday, Aug. 19. He was on his way to school at the University of Montana in Missoula, but he never made it.

On the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 28, the helicopter took off with Everson, Gillis and another friend from California known as “Monkey.”

The three traced Robbi’s possible route to Montana again. They circled around Deadwood Reservoir, checked the areas north of Crouch and, in one final effort, looked closely along Highway 21 from Lowman to Stanley.

That’s when they spotted Robbi’s vehicle.

“Monkey kept yelling, ‘I found him, I found him, I fucking found him,’ and I

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said, ‘Wait, what? Bank right, I want to see this,’’’ Gillis said.

Sure enough, Robbi’s forest-green Subaru Outback lay at the bottom of a 60foot embankment off Highway 21, only five miles from Stanley. The extent of the impact made it clear his death was instant.

The wreck went almost undetected.

Despite search teams comprised of more than 20 of Robbi’s friends, and the combined efforts of the Boise and Custer counties sheriff ’s offices, all combing the area for almost a full week, the wreckage was invisible from the roadside.

“I even had a thought when we were about six miles from that location,” Gillis said.

“I thought, ‘This area had been pretty well covered. Maybe we can just turn around.’ But I kept my mouth shut and decided to go all the way to Stanley. There he was.”

“WHAT’S WRONG?” When Robbi left Horseshoe Bend, he drove off with two bright orange kayaks strapped to the top of his 1997 Subaru Outback. Only a few days after his disappearance, I took my dog for a hike in the Boise Foothills. The night before, I had driven back from Missoula, where I stud-

ied at the University of Montana, and, like Robbi, came back with two orange and red kayaks on top of my black Subaru Outback—a 2001 model.

As I descended my usual trail, I saw a police car parked alongside my Subaru, the light bar blinking. My heart started pounding and my face felt hot. Who was in an accident? How did they find my car?

What did I do wrong?

My dog hopped into the back while I kept my eyes on the patrol car.

“Jessica?” the officer said from inside.

I leaned into the open passenger-side window.

“What’s wrong? What happened?”

“No, everything is okay,” he said. “It’s just that someone saw your car and called it in as the car that fits the description of a missing person.”

“Oh, you mean that kid going to Montana,” I said.

It dawned on me that the pictures floating around on Facebook of his missing car looked a lot like mine. The officer and I talked for a few minutes about his disappearance, both of us speculating on what could have happened—both of us at a loss.

I drove home, thinking about Robbi, feeling guilty for giving anyone false hope

that he was in Boise. I was stuck on someone mistaking me for the missing man. A man only a few years younger than me. A kayaker like me. A student at the University of Montana, like I was.

And he was lost on a road that I have driven countless times after four years of traveling between Missoula and Boise. I took the boats off my car as soon as I got home.

The rest of the day I spent unfocused on work, following a Facebook group called Finding Lucius, instead. When I joined, the group included around 200 members.

Within 24 hours it reached almost 2,000. As of press time, it surpassed 3,300.

“JUST WAITING TO SAY GOODBYE” Robbi, of Orleans, Calif., worked as a guide at Cascade Raft and Kayak for the past two summers. During those summers, he lived at a private campground with the other guides along the bank of the Payette River. He spent his nights in a sleeping bag and became part of the tribe of 20-somethings that guide every fork of the river.

“They’re a pretty tight-knit group,” said Krista Long, who helps run Cascade Raft and Kayak with her family. “They all

camp together, they all live together for the summer. The locals even get together for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s not just summer camp.”

Long was possibly one of the last people to see Robbi before he disappeared. On Tuesday, Aug. 19, around 2 p.m., she recalled checking some clients in for a raft trip.

“And Lucius was standing nearby,” she said. “So I said, ‘Oh, Lucius, do you need something?’ And he said, ‘No, I’m just waiting to say goodbye, so finish up what you’re doing.’ He was waiting, just so he could give me a hug and say goodbye.

That’s the type of person he is.”

The type of person he was, according to his friends and family, was genuine.

Someone who made friends with everyone.

A goofy guy with a streak of responsibility uncharacteristic for most 21-year-olds. He had just finished junior college and talked for years of living in Montana. He was schedule-driven, paid his own tuition and planned to study his passion in life: outdoor recreation.

That’s why it was so strange when he never checked in with his new landlords in Missoula on the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 20. It was even stranger when he missed the school’s orientation the following day. Stranger yet when his professors marked him absent the first day of classes.

Sydnee Korell, another employee at Cascade and a close friend of Robbi’s, noticed Wednesday night when he never called.

“Lucius is the kind of person who, if he says he’s gonna call you, he’s gonna call you,” Korell said. “So I kind of started making jokes like, ‘Oh,‘Lucius hasn’t called me yet. He probably, like, got ax murdered in Montana or something.’”

When Thursday rolled around and there was still no word from Robbi, Korell and other guides started worrying.

“Sydnee had been saying for a few days that it was weird he hadn’t called her,” said Robbie Alder, another guide. “I didn’t think anything of it. I was like, ‘Oh well, he’s busy. He just didn’t call you.’

But then the cops showed up.”

Lucius Robbi’s employee picture at Cascade Raft and Kayak. When he went missing on his way to the University of Montana, most of his fellow raft guides volunteered to help in the search efforts.

On Friday, Aug. 22, an officer from the Boise County Sheriff ’s Office paid a visit to Cascade Raft and Kayak, asking for details on Robbi and his departure, prompted by a missing person’s report filed by his parents earlier that day.

“My stomach dropped. I thought I was going to throw up,” Korell said.

Pass and the Bitterroot Valley into Missoula. He told his friends he planned to camp somewhere along the way. The road is windy and remote, and takes about seven hours to traverse.

In those 360 miles, Robbi could have ended up just about anywhere. The area is so sprawling, his search drew in several

“This week, 90 percent of what I have been doing since Monday [Aug. 25] has been involved with this case,” Roeber said during the search. “That’s probably the same for at least three other people in my office, and I only have a staff of 11. We’ve gotten over 300 tips, so it’s a lot of information to go through.”

“The staff members who have come down, you can tell they’ve been up all night. It’s hard to watch. This is not a group that gives up.

This is a group that will go until there are answers.”

“Because in that moment, something was wrong,” Alder said. “It was an ‘oh shit’ moment.”

“WE HAVE TO NARROW IT DOWN” There are 360 miles between Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, and Missoula. Robbi planned to travel north up State Highway 55, turn east at Banks and take State Highway 21 to Stanley, then turn north and follow U.S. 93 through Salmon, Lost Trail

county sheriff ’s departments, including Boise, Custer, Lemhi and Ravalli.

For Boise County Sheriff Ben Roeber, that search started in Horseshoe Bend and spiraled outward. He ordered flyovers of the area around Garden Valley and Highway 21 during the weekend of Aug. 23-24, and once more early in the week. He sent his officers to travel a web of backroads and conduct interviews in the small towns. He looked for credit card receipts and transactions. He found nothing.

photo by Jessica Murri

Because the search area was so wide, no formal search and rescue team was ever dispatched to look for Robbi.

“To call up a search and rescue team, we have to narrow it down,” Roeber said.

“For example, with hunting season coming up, someone could say they’re going to the Stanley area. Well, even that’s a huge area. Where they could be is pretty overwhelming and you don’t want to blindly search. It’s hard for search and rescue to deploy a mission that en-

compasses all of Horseshoe Bend to Missoula.”

Using the Finding Lucius Facebook page, Clare Bresnahan, a family friend in Madison, Wisc., urged anyone interested to travel to Stanley, where a private search party had set up in the Stanley Community Center.

Of Cascade’s 40 raft guides, more than half of them headed north in search of Robbi.

Nearly two dozen of those volunteers gathered in the community center on the afternoon of Tuesday, Aug. 26. Their voices echoed off the concrete floors and wood paneling. The countertops of the community center kitchen piled high with boxes of apples, loaves of bread, family-sized jars of peanut butter, chips, popcorn, fruit trays, blocks of cheese, cookies and salami.

Jake Gillis spread a map across the table. He had pens, Sharpies and highlighters stuffed in his North Face windbreaker; a radio clipped to his EMS cargo pants. Gillis was working independently of any professional search and rescue crew on this operation. He’s worked with Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue for five years, going on more than 100 search missions, and currently serves as wilderness program director for the Idaho Center of Emergency Medical Training. He saw news of Robbi’s disappearance on Facebook and offered his expertise to the family, which took him up on it immediately.

In front of the group of volunteers— none with any search and rescue training—he laid out what he knew about Robbi’s disappearance: the last cellphone tower Robbi’s phone pinged off was the Smith’s Ferry/Lowman tower at 2:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 19.

Gillis also presented a screenshot from the security camera at Garden Valley’s Chevron station, showing a dark-colored Subaru Outback passing by with an orange kayak on the roof. It was timestamped at 2:23 p.m., matching up with the timeline of his departure at 2 p.m. and his cellphone ping at 2:40 p.m.

“There’s a lot of things that tied this vehicle to Lucius, but there are a lot of

photo courtesy of E.J. Duarte

Jake Gillis, left, who has experience with Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue and the Idaho Center of Emergency Medical Training, headed up the volunteer effort to find Robbi. The ragtag search crew included the owner of a company that makes quadcopters that can be fitted with cameras. The drones helped provide aerial images of the search area, like the one on the right.

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things that would not tie it to him,” Gillis told the searchers.

“Lucius is one of those guys who kayaks. A few of you guys kayak,” he said.

“When you pack your gear, you usually do it the same way each time. With Lucius, it seems like he likes to have his cockpit facing outward.”

In the footage of the car passing through Garden Valley, the kayak was clearly facing inward.

“But, given that he is traveling from Banks all the way up to Missoula, he might have not had as much room as he wanted to in the car, and stuffed extra gear into the kayak and faced the cockpit inward over the roof to keep gear inside the cockpit.”

Gillis also zoomed in on the footage and measured the difference in spacing between the front wheel well and the wheel, and compared it to that of the back.

The distance from wheel well to wheel in the back was smaller.

“Suggesting that this car was loaded down and it was going for a long-haul trip somewhere,” Gillis said.

Based on those observations, Gillis decided Robbi stuck to his plan of traveling along Highway 21, and didn’t take a different route to Missoula.

After discussing possible Forest Service roads Robbi might have decided to travel, Gillis assigned pairs of volunteers to new areas to search. Most searchers were young, not even 21, so he added a careful reminder before they left.

“Your safety is most important in this whole thing. It’s not our emergency, it’s Lucius’,” Gillis said. “Keep your safety in mind 24/7. If you locate him and he’s down an embankment, somewhere that’s not safe, don’t go. Call 911 if you locate anything. If you don’t have cellphone service, go to the highest point. Stick to your search area. Don’t go off that plan and get hurt. That makes it very tough for me to locate you guys. A search

within a search is not the most fun thing to try to do.”

He told the volunteers to look around tight corners, straightaways that lead to corners, washouts, registry boxes, trailheads, campsites, broken branches, skid marks on the road and “basically anywhere you can fit a Subaru.”

The teams parted in the Tuesday afternoon sun, with the promise of returning to Stanley before dark.

ONLY SO MANY PLACES The teams took hours to cover an extended area that included Redfish Lake, Stanley Lake, Dagger Falls, the Deadwood

best we can for the resources we have. For our ragtag crew.”

Part of that crew included E.J. Duarte, who owns Thrust-UAV, a Boise-based company that makes quadcopters that can be fitted with cameras. The machine is then controlled via remote, and Duarte can watch the footage in real-time from the ground. He brought two of the drones to help gather more viewpoints of the area.

Duarte flew his camera five times along Highway 21, coming up empty each time. He said it was at least useful when a cliff was too steep to safely peer down.

“I took some video along a trail that would have taken us 20 minutes to hike up. We could just buzz up it real quick,”

other guide skipping class to search for his friend. The volunteers told their professors this is where they would be, and if they were going to be dropped for missing the classes, so be it.

“Priorities,” Shoemaker said. “Our friend is missing.”

Sheriff Roeber wasn’t on the ground with

the sunlight was gone, morale was low.

More than 20 volunteers had gone out on close to 10 different forays that day; despite searching from sunrise to sunset, they felt even farther from Robbi than before they started.

They circled around the maps and spread out on metal folding chairs, heads propped up by hands, smiles gone. The buzz of fluorescent lights filled the room.

“Just because we came up with nothing doesn’t mean it didn’t give us something,” Gillis told the searchers. “We know where he’s not.”

So much of the search for a missing person involves trying to get into that person’s head. What was he thinking? Did he have a plan? Did he stick to his plan? Was he heartbroken and hiding off the grid?

Had he chucked his responsibilities and hightailed it to Washington for more river running? Did he feel overwhelmed with the thought of college and decide to skip Montana altogether? Could he have made it across the border into Canada? Would he be okay with letting his family search relentlessly for him? Would he have gotten lost checking out some new kayak runs?

Did he lose control of his vehicle? Was it a deer, or a drunk driver? Was he looking down, changing the song on his iPod when his vehicle went off a sharp turn?

Was he in the habit of speeding? Did his brakes give out?

Speculations cropped up in everyone’s minds—those actively searching for

he said. “In this situation, these the young volunteers, but he understood how they felt. are useful.”

“Everywhere you are searching that The volunteers spent the day trying to look at the bright he is not, frustration mounts,” he said. side, but after a day of fruitless “But the more areas we can cross off our searching they seemed deflated list, it is still deemed a success.” and tired. They kept running map by Kou Moua into the same feeling: There are Reservoir and along Highway 21 from only so many places he could be, right?

“WHAT WOULD HE DO?” “Too many green Subarus with too Lowman to Stanley. Not everyone looking Gathered again in the Stanley Comfor Robbi had actually met him. Drew many kayaks,” said Jeremy Shoemaker, an- munity Center on Tuesday evening, after Nienstedt, a longtime Boise area kayaker, took up the search to gain experience for becoming a firefighter.

He and his partner tackled the area around Deadwood Reservoir. They started down the dirt road at 4:23 p.m. and turned back onto Highway 21 at 8:06 p.m.

“You feel like you’re the one that’s going to find him,” Nienstedt said. “At first, you spend more time looking at every nook and cranny, then you start realizing you have a lot of ground to cover so you get more analytical. As we started going up this extensive dirt road, I thought, ‘Would he have gone down this road?’ My Subaru doesn’t like it. He was cautious about his car from what I hear.”

Even though Nienstedt wasn’t trained in search and rescue techniques, he didn’t think his efforts were a waste of time.

“Even the best search and rescue person can’t think of all the scenarios at every photo by Jessica Murri inch and every point,” he said during the search. “Could we be missing something? Gillis addresses a frustrated and tired group of volunteers after a day of searching for Robbi. “Just because we Absolutely. But I think we’re doing the came up with nothing doesn’t mean it didn’t give us something,” Gillis said. “We know where he’s not.”

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Robbi, those investigating his disappearance, those reading about him from home. When he wasn’t immediately found on the main highways, the hypotheses became weirder, even more unlikely.

But figuring out how Robbi operated was part of Gillis’ job as the search coordinator. So, during the debriefing on the night of Aug. 26, he started posing questions to those who knew Robbi best.

“How many of you knew Lucius personally?” he asked. All but two or three of the volunteers raised their hands. “I mean very personally. I’m the kind of guy where when I’m traveling places, I don’t put my cellphone on airplane mode or turn it off.

I plug it into the charger and leave it charging the whole time I’m driving. If you’re thinking about Lucius, what would he do?”

even had a conversation with him. After what the family thought was such a promising lead, they started urging Gillis to pack it up and head north as well. But he couldn’t get past the cellphone ping at Lowman.

“Do you guys understand where I’m at?” he said, addressing the volunteers.

Many of them had suggested throughout the day that the area had been pretty well covered, and that Robbi probably did go farther north.

“I want to go up there because the family is really confident in it, but at the same time, I really want to stay here,” he said.

“What if he got into trouble really, really early on?” Nienstedt asked. “I mean, it could have happened really close. It would make sense with the cellphone

“Sometimes people can become emotionally charged and want to base their search off of nothing but hasty techniques.

It’s hard to convince them to slow down sometimes and put one foot in front of the other instead of taking a big stride and skipping over a large section of terrain,” he said during the search. “Picture the next 20 feet in front of me right now. If I get up and walk it, it’s going to take me 10 seconds to go that far. If I get up and run it, it’s going to take me five seconds.

Cool, I can cover a lot of ground really quick, but my probability of detection is super low. If I slow that pace down and take 10 seconds to go that far, my probability of detection jumps double. I believe taking those small steps is crucial to finding Lucius.”

Coke, he wracked his brain for where Robbi could be.

“I haven’t slept from the time I woke up at 8 a.m. on Monday,” he said before heading to his hotel room, shared with four other volunteers. “I haven’t slept since Sunday night. I feel like I know him now.

He seems like a very smart young man. I know where he was on Aug. 19. That is ground zero. The question is flowing through my head every single time I get new information: Where the fuck is he?”

“SITTING RIGHT THERE” Two days later, Gillis boarded that helicopter with the pilot, Dave Everson, whose friendship with Robbi went back to California. They took off at 1:15 p.m. It

right, with the kayaks nearby—in a spot that every search volunteer had traveled past countless times.

“It was plain,” Gillis said. “It was sitting right there.”

The Idaho State Police are still investigating how the accident happened. But suddenly, the biggest question mark vanished.

As the news reached the other search volunteers, Nienstedt said a crash was the most likely scenario. He figured the volunteers probably drove at least 2,000 miles of dirt roads in Idaho’s backcountry, looking for an accident that could have happened to any of them.

“It’s the only thing that made sense,” Nienstedt said.

In his honor, the University of Montana held a moment of silence on campus

photo by Jessica Murri

The University of Montana honored Robbi, left, with a moment of silence on campus at noon Friday, Aug. 29. The next day, more than a dozen of Robbi’s friends, right, took to their kayaks and paddled down the North Fork and the Main Payette River in his name.

“He doesn’t have a phone charger in his car,” said one volunteer.

“Yes, he does,” said a few more.

“What I’m looking at with this question is the possibility of his phone just dying,” Gillis said.

That would have explained why it wouldn’t have pinged at any other cellphone towers outside of Smith’s Ferry/Lowman. If he continued on his journey, it should have pinged at Stanley, Salmon and farther north as well.

“He did not have an alarm clock. He used his cellphone to wake up to. It was his all-purpose device,” said another volunteer.

The group continued to analyze Robbi’s cellphone habits, looking for answers, and decided it would have been turned on.

Throughout the day on Tuesday, Aug. 26, while Gillis had his crews searching the southern area, Robbi’s family was searching farther north in Challis. They talked to someone at a gas station in Salmon who swore she saw Robbi, and

tower, but it would rule out the Salmon sighting.”

Robbi’s friends didn’t realize it, but he was only five miles from where they sat that night as they wondered where he could be.

SMALL STEPS As the search for Robbi wore on well into a week after his disappearance, emotions ran high among his friends and family.

According to Sheriff Roeber, searches conducted by friends and family members create a double-edged sword.

“We never want to discourage the family,” he said. “It is an extremely daunting emotion that they’re going through. But some of the things we want to do is sometimes very frustrating to others looking at it.”

He explained that thoroughly vetting leads and investigating sightings takes time—time the family of the missing person often feels isn’t there.

Gillis said that started to happen in the search efforts up north, in Challis.

Another danger search parties can fall into is running themselves ragged. Professional search and rescue teams usually wind up their searches once they feel like they’ve scrubbed the area clean and no more leads come in. For the family and friends of a missing person, they don’t stop until they’ve run everything dry. That was the worry for Krista Long of Cascade Raft and Kayak.

“We had some of our staff run off in the middle of the night to go up there,” she said at the time. “We have at least 20 or 30 people up there who are very close to us who we care about, driving on dirt roads with no cell service. The staff members who have come down, you can tell they’ve been up all night. It’s hard to watch. This is not a group that gives up.

This is a group that will go until there are answers.”

After sending the volunteers to bed and figuring out his plan for the next day, Gillis headed to a bar down the street, one of the only “Open” signs in Stanley, population fewer than 70. Over a whiskey and

was Gillis’ last day searching for Robbi before other obligations would have to pull him away from the area.

They looked again at spots already searched on the ground and with fixedwing airplanes, but the helicopter gave them the ability to slow down, to hover, to take those “small steps.”

Around 6:30 p.m., they made one last loop up to Stanley from Garden Valley, where they spotted Robbi’s Subaru down a 60-foot embankment.

This stretch of road wasn’t curvy like the rest. It was flat and straight, only five miles from Stanley and near the turnoff for Stanley Lake. On this road, a driver can see the Sawtooth Mountains towering to the west and old wooden fencing zig-zagging to the east.

Robbi’s vehicle had drifted into the northbound lane, and ended up off the road.

“He probably didn’t hit the brakes until he was in the air,” said Nienstedt, one of the searchers. The car hit a few large pine trees before coming to rest, up-

at noon Friday, Aug. 29. A professor offered her condolences on the Finding Lucius Facebook page.

On the evening of Saturday, Aug. 30, more than a dozen of his friends took to their kayaks and paddled down the North Fork and the Main Payette River in his name. The group wasn’t deterred by the thunder and lightning overhead, nor the pouring rain.

A close friend of his, John Webster, refused to complain about the weather or the darkness falling on the group. “This float isn’t for us,” he said.

He looked up in the rain.

“Lucius is just jealous he can’t paddle with us,” he added.

There’s a memorial for Robbi now, off of Highway 21. It’s a knobby tree trunk with wildflowers tucked inside and a pair of hiking shoes. Sprinkled over the memorial is water from the Payette River.

Jessica Murri is a graduate of the University of Montana. This article first appeared in Boise Weekly, where she is currently a staff writer.

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Rabble rouser Photographer Ashley McKee focuses her lens on Missoula’s streets

by Erika Fredrickson

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f you happen to see Ashley McKee for the first time, you might correctly pinpoint her as a young artist type: smoky eyes and blunt-cut bangs, a half-sleeve tattoo and pointed boots pulled over dark worn jeans all give her an edgy, creative look. But as with anyone, there’s more to the story.

If you asked her, she might tell you that she grew up in a single-parent home in Missoula with little money.

That when she started college at the University of Montana she began drinking and couldn’t stop. That even though she had dreams to be a photographer, people only saw the alcoholic. That she hit rock bottom a few years ago and that with help, she dug herself out.

McKee is now a photographer, and she’s releasing a new book, Missoula Rabble, a collection of intimate portraits and brief interviews with people she met walking down Missoula’s streets. It’s a project inspired by McKee’s desire to learn other people’s stories. It began one day in late 2012 when McKee was riding her bike home from work and she passed a man walking in a long, white, hooded robe. She had never seen the man before, but she decided to talk to him. McKee had two reasons to stop the man: First, she had recently accepted a challenge from her coworker to take one photo a day for an entire year, and here was a perfect opportunity for a human portrait. And, second, she was looking to use the photo-a-day challenge as a springboard for a new project: photographing and interviewing people she saw on the Missoula streets to try and tell their stories. The project, which would later be called Missoula Rabble, was just a seedling in her mind back then. But this man in the white robe seemed like a good place to start. She pedaled up to him and asked him to stop.

“There was a reason why I stopped him and he knew why,” she says. “He looked like a member of the KKK and I’m sure he got tons of discrimination because of how he was dressed. He was pretty hesitant at first, which I think anyone should be. He was pretty distant. I told him what I was doing and he kind of got defensive. But over time he eased up.”

McKee learned that the man, Mark, was of Wiccan faith and wore the white robe to symbolize purity and peace. Even as they talked, McKee says, a few people yelled at Mark with remarks that assumed his robe was racist. But when McKee posted Mark’s photo on Facebook with a short blurb about what his robe really meant, she got an overwhelmingly positive response from people who found his story illuminating.

“People were saying, ‘Oh, I’ve seen this guy! I thought he was this or that.’ And so I started to do [more street interviews] and people started to comment more on my photos. And that’s when I knew Missoula Rabble was going to be a thing.”

Over the last year and a half, McKee has been populating her Missoula Rabble Facebook page with photos and interview vignettes. This week for Blaque Owl’s First Friday show, she releases the book, Missoula Rabble, which she published through a Kickstarter campaign. The 200-page coffee-table-style

collection is culled down to 100 portraits, or “rabbles,” as McKee calls them, showcasing a diversity of her interview portraits.

If you look up “rabble” in the dictionary, you’ll find two definitions. The first is “a disorderly crowd, or mob.” The second is “ordinary or common people who do not have a lot of money, power, or social status.” McKee uses the word in the sense of the second definition (though the rebellious connotation also seems present in her portraits). As a descriptor for “common folk,” the word has often been used in a negative context. But with Missoula Rabble, McKee has refashioned the word to be a celebration of and respect for Missoula characters.

“This community is an interesting place full of interesting people,” she says. “And I think we’re all just interested in what people are about.”

As someone who grew up in Missoula, McKee was familiar with many of its characters, like chess champion Greg “The Octopus” Nowak and “Lavender Lori,” a lavender farmer who frequents the Saturday markets. Many of those familiar characters are represented in Missoula Rabble, but there are plenty of profiles that shed light on more obscure people: a hitchhiker, a couple just married at the courthouse, a breast cancer survivor, a tattoo artist who had sustained injuries in a motorcycle wreck, and addicts of all ages and backgrounds. There are two fathers who had just met their daughters for the first time. One man was just about to meet his adult daughter and the other had found out he had a 3-year-old girl and was adjusting his life to fatherhood.

McKee says she was surprised that people were so willing to tell her their stories. She’s modest, but she admits that perhaps the project was beneficial to the interviewees. “We are locked up in our heads and we think we’re alone when we’re not,” McKee says. “I think more often than not people wanted to talk to me and tell me about what was going on in their life.”

McKee has been sober for over two years now.

She’s about to leave Missoula to move to Austin, Texas, to work on more photography projects that, like this one, focus on empathy and the humanities.

Though McKee prefers to be behind the lens, the benefits of Rabble have been a two-way street; the project was a transformative experience for her, too.

Interviewing other addicts, especially, helped remind her that she also wasn’t alone. And it reminded her of how far she’s come. She credits her coworker’s photo-a-day challenge for taking her down a new path.

“It changed my life,” she says, grinning. “It’s weird when you identify with one aspect of yourself, and you look at yourself and you’re not that anymore.

I knew what I was capable of, and that’s all started to come out as I’ve recovered, which is the best part of my recovery—to show Missoula who I really am.”

Ashley Rhian McKee releases Missoula Rabble with a First Friday art show at Blaque Owl Tattoo Fri., Sept. 5, from 5 to 8 PM. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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“Bridget,” top, and “Amber and Rashid,” make up two of 100 portrait stories from Ashley McKee’s new collection, Missoula Rabble.

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World’s greatest When no one shows up for The Supersuckers

by Erika Fredrickson

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The Supersuckers at Stage 112

The Supersuckers set the bar high by proclaiming itself “The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World.”

I don’t care whether frontman Eddie Spaghetti is being facetious when he says it (he is), it’s still a risk to be that cocky, even as a gimmick. But in my opinion—and thousands of other fans—that outlandish attitude has always worked for the band. At any given show, Spaghetti summits the stage with his shitkickers, cowboy hat and sunglasses, and he and the band deliver some of the most straight-up, searingly good rock there is, with the kind of professional efficiency that could be bottled and sold on a late-night infomercial.

Last time I saw the Seattle band was in 2006 at Missoula’s The Other Side (now the Sunrise Saloon), where they played to at least 300 rabid fans. And when they opened for Nashville Pussy at the Wilma a few years ago, it was a similarly strong turnout. But last week, for a show at Stage 112, I walked in to find the opening bands playing to a mere 12 people. The empty space was glaringly painful to behold. People lounged around sipping beer like they were hanging out in someone’s basement. I was worried the low turnout would ruin the night. I’d seen bands cut sets short on better audiences, and here was the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World, preparing to play to almost no one.

The Supersuckers started its set without a word.

The band kicked off with a few songs from the 2003 Motherfuckers Be Trippin’ and the 1994 La Mano Cornuda. They sounded tight, loud and confident from the get-go. In between songs, several of us cheered as loud as we could, as if we could create the illusion of a crowd tripled in size. Even so, it was hard not to go back to sort of bobbing our heads like we were watching Bob Dylan at Ogren Park. We had no momentum. By this time, another 20 people had filtered in—still not enough to make it a party. I kept looking around thinking, “Why is nobody here?”

The thing is, The Supersuckers have been around since 1988. Members have quit—Spaghetti and guitarist Dan “Thunder” Bolton are the only originals—and the band has gone on hiatus. Its golden years were in the mid- and late-1990s. Maybe it’s the band, not us, who had lost momentum, I thought.

But then, not long into the set, the band began to really ramp up its stage antics. Bolton and “Metal” Marty Chandler put one foot each on the monitors in unison and then turned their guitar necks toward the ceiling, exchanging over-the-top solos. Spaghetti

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and Chandler did some simultaneous and impeccable rock kicks. After each song, the musicians raised their fists and made rock horns in the air. It was gratuitous and even canned, but it was also all so remarkably executed. “Hello, Missoula!” Spaghetti yelled, finally addressing the crowd. “Looks like there’s at least a few people with good taste in this town. We’re The Supersuckers—the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World!” I couldn’t see his eyes behind the sunglasses, but his smirk told me he knew just how ludicrous it sounded to such an empty room. And he didn’t care.

“Here’s the thing,” he said. “We’ve been bringing it up here on stage. You guys need to bring it, too.”

After a while people crammed sardine-style to the stage, as if the empty space around us was full of phantom fans. The rest of the show felt like a flame caught up by wind. We were raging, singing along with every line we knew. Spaghetti called out for requests, which the band played effortlessly one after the other. Midshow, the band played Willie Nelson’s “Bloody Mary Morning” as Bolton introduced the band members.

He drew out Eddie Spaghetti’s name like a circus announcer hamming it up. Until then, I’d forgotten how funny The Supersuckers are, with songs about jackalopes and smoking “non-addictive” marijuana. And it was that humor that saved the show.

When a wayward drunk stumbled over to the merch table and tried to steal and pour beer on the T-shirts, Bolton leapt off the stage, grabbed the dude and bounced him out the door, before hopping right back to finish out the song. If we were enraged by the thief, we were more impressed by the band’s cool. We raised our beers even higher.

The Supersuckers ended on “Born with a Tail,” one of the band’s rockabilly oldies, which includes the line, “It’s time to fly the finger. Yeah, that middle digit brings your point, and it drives it home.” Like good fans, we obliged, flipping off the stage as Spaghetti lifted his iPhone and took a picture. Afterward, as the musicians loaded their gear into the van, a handful of fans basked in the post-rock glow. It wasn’t the best show any of us had been to, but it was deeply satisfying in ways most shows aren’t. If anything, The Supersuckers made us into a better audience—louder, more in the moment. And if that makes them the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World, I’ll buy it. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

[books]

State of extremes Montana Medicine Show delivers doses of history

by Kate Whittle

If you were a cattle rustler in the late 1800s, tion of toughs and criminals that ever got together William “Floppin’ Bill” Cantrell was one man you did- in the west.”

Strahn begins with an autobiography of William n’t want to run into, according to historian B. Derek Strahn in his new book, The Montana Medicine Clark’s slave York, and works chronologically from Show’s Genuine Montana History. Floppin’ Bill, who the fur-trapping era to Butte glory days to the presearned his nickname from his ability to chop cotton- ent. Along the way, Strahn makes sure to include stowoods in one swing and send them “flopping” over, ries of the immigrants, Native Americans and women was driven into a rage when rustlers stole his live- who helped shape Montana, and without any sugarcoating of the tough times stock and kidnapped his these people faced. We Assiniboine wife. Floppin’ meet outlaws like Jack Bill took justice into his Slade and woman warown hands, put together riors like Brown Weasel a gang and lynched or Woman. We learn about shot more than 60 horse “hurdy-gurdy houses” in thieves “from the mouth Helena and an account of of the Yellowstone to the a legendary three-hour Canadian line.” The bare-knuckled boxing vengeful spree was rematch in Virginia City beported by The New York tween a young, sober welTimes, which wrote, terweight saloonkeeper “Flopping Bill and his and a whiskey-drinking party... are making the heavyweight Irishman. lives of the horse-stealing (After three hours of slugfraternity of the upper ging, it was declared a country a wild and terristalemate.) ble uncertainty.” Floppin’ For a book that’s not Bill eventually met his intended to be comprehenown unpleasant end sive, Montana Medicine when he was hit by a gives a more fascinating train in Kansas City. and broad scope view of Larger-than-life charMontana history than I reacters like Floppin’ Bill call getting in school. For can be found throughout instance, I had never heard Treasure State history, The Montana Medicine Show’s of the 1837 smallpox epiand their stories are capGenuine Montana History demic that spread through tured colorfully in MonB. Derek Strahn contaminated furs brought tana Medicine Show, paperback, Riverbend Publishing by a American Fur Comwhich compiles vignettes 264 pages, $15.95 pany steamboat up the from Strahn’s weekly two-minute radio program of the same name on Missouri. The disease killed an significant amount of Montana State University’s Bozeman campus sta- Native Americans, Strahn writes: “an estimated two tion, KGLT. ( You can listen to a few episodes at thirds of the Blackfeet, one half of the Assiniboines montanamedicineshow.com.) Strahn knows his and Arikaras, a third of the Crows and a quarter of stuff, too; he’s a high school teacher and historic the Pawnees,” which is on par with the Black Plague. preservationist once named Montana’s Preserve Nor was I familiar with “Sacrifice Cliff,” a spot on the America History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Rims southeast of Billings where, legend has it, two Lerhman Institute. His radio program is named after Crow warriors devastated by the smallpox epidemic the “medicine shows” of the late 18th and early 19th decided to blindfold their horses and ride to their century, where traveling salesmen and roving en- death. Chief Plenty Coups is quoted as saying the wartertainers would get together to peddle tonics, po- riors’ suicide was “big medicine” that finally stopped tions and live performance all at once. The format the epidemic.

Montana’s history in the 20th and 21st centuries is based on Chrysti the Wordsmith, which—fun fact for NPR nerds!—also started on KGLT before getting earns merit, too. The last few pages of Montana Mednationally syndicated. icine Show work up to the present day, with the Don’t look to Montana Medicine Show for in- Freemen standoff, an explanation of the Cat-Griz ridepth discussion, since every single-page chapter valry and a portrait of Elouise Cobell, the Blackfeet was adapted from such short radio episodes. But it lawyer who won the class lawsuit against the U.S. govis full of intriguing backstory and tidbits, making it ernment for money owed to Indian nations. ideal for reading out loud by a campfire or keeping We may not have as many vigilantes, but it’s a reby your bedside. Some of the quotes deserve to be minder that Montana, the “State of Extremes,” is still printed and framed, like a railroad executive’s dec- a place where intrepid pioneers and fierce personallaration, “Give me enough Swedes and whiskey and ities make history.

I’ll build a railroad through hell!” Or a merchant’s description of Virginia City as “the greatest aggregakwhittle@missoulanews.com

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[film]

Tripped out Robin Wright gets meta in The Congress

by Molly Laich

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The Congress is part science fiction, part psychedelic dream-like animation and part Hollywood satire, with an overall tone of melancholy. Director Ari Folman, best known for the Oscar-nominated, animated war film Waltz with Bashir, adapted the screenplay from Polish novelist Stanislaw Lem’s book The Futurological Congress. Lem’s also the man behind the novel Solaris, which again, explains a lot about the feel of this story. It’s like a big, yellow cake that makes you feel bad, but you keep eating it anyway. It has a lot of layers, man. And sometimes, it’s good.

The film stars Robin Wright playing an alternative version of herself. In this reality, she was definitely Princess Buttercup and Forrest Gump’s Jenny, but Netflix Presents doesn’t exist yet so there’s no mention of “House of Cards.” She lives in an airplane hangar converted to a house with her kids, Sarah and Aaron. She’s still beautiful as ever, but at 44, Hollywood is treating her like a chewed up piece of garbage. If only there were some way for the movie studio “Miramount” (love it) to digitally capture her likeness and really hold “Robin Wright” in its hands as a commodity forever and ever. This is mind-bending sci-fi that grapples with objectification, consumerism and the very nature of how we perceive reality, so yes, of course there’s a way.

Wright’s manager Al, played by Harvey Keitel in an unexpectedly great performance, urges her to take the money and sign over the rights of her likeness.

The contract demands that she give up acting forever, so naturally it’s a bittersweet moment. Wright concedes somberly, like a character out of 1984, but I don’t get it. Nobody’s holding a gun to her head; what is she thinking?

Anytime a woman has a severe neckline I think we want to say she gave a strong performance, but frankly, I found Wright a little wooden. Statuesque.

Like if a coat hanger had teeth. Or it could be that the script was so concerned with juggling its many weighty issues through abstraction and visuals that it forgot to give its leading lady anything interesting to say. (Cate Blanchett was offered the role and turned it down, which might be an important clue.)

Around the halfway mark, we jump forward 20 years to an aging but still svelte Wright on her way to a place called “The Congress,” and now the film gets reinvigorated with animation. To enter this place, you

sniff a vial of something up your nose and a few minutes later everything, including you, is a psychedelic cartoon. This terrifies me, which is sort of the idea.

For Wright, events in this other world take on nightmarish characteristics that are puzzling and confusing until you eventually catch on that not everything she’s experiencing is real.

The head of “The Futurological Congress” (Danny Huston) wants Wright to renew her contract another 20 years so that the cartoons can drink and eat her and take in her essence forever. Suddenly Wright has an opinion about the contract she’s willfully signed and blurts it out into a microphone, causing a kind of psychedelic action sequence in which the rules are unclear and the stakes are unknown. There’s some reason why Wright in particular is the only one for the job. It’s unclear why that’s the case, but there’s a good chance none of this is real, anyway. At this point, it’s better to feel out the plot instead of thinking about it.

Wright meets an animator named Dylan (voiced

by Jon Hamm) and the two of them navigate the madeup world together. They have a sex scene in a field of fire and flowers, since anything is possible. It’s stunning to look at but kind of a missed opportunity to see these characters actually relax and enjoy themselves for a second. Instead we get somber, stoic lovemaking.

The film puts the whole celebrity-as-commodity message on the shelf at this point and now has something to say about how our reality is the product of our mind’s invention. Our protagonist stops being “Robin Wright The Actress” and becomes a symbol for every person on the precipice of figuring out what’s truly important.

I’d like to think there’s a lot of depth and feeling buried in this film that might benefit from a second viewing. The animation does things to your brain and your heart and is almost worth the price of admission on its own. Perhaps the Roxy should consider handing out vials of futuristic chemicals to moviegoers as they enter the theater to get us through some of the film’s more trying moments.

The Congress screens at the Roxy Fri., Sept.

5–Sun., Sept. 7, and again Fri., Sept. 12–Sun., Sept. 14, at 7 and 9 PM nightly. arts@missoulanews.com

[film] MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT Colin Firth plays an Englishman wrapped up in screwball romantic shenanigans, in Woody Allen’s latest picture that critics so far have described as “watchable.” Also starring Antonia Clarke and Emma Stone. Rated PG-13.

Wilma.

OPENING THIS WEEK THE CONGRESS Robin Wright plays an alternative-universe version of herself where movie executives scan and copyright her body and persona.

Also starring Harvey Keitel and Jon Hamm.

Not rated. Screening at the Roxy Sept. 5-7 and 12-14 at 7 and 9 PM. (See Film.)

THE NOVEMBER MAN A former CIA operative is lured out of retirement for a personal mission involving leggy women, scheming Russians and backstabbing protégés. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey and Olga Kurylenko. Rated R. Carmike 12.

DURAN DURAN: UNSTAGED David Lynch adds surrealist touches to a live concert of Le Bon and co. doing their sexy old dude thing, which was live-streamed on YouTube in 2011. Screening at Carmike 12 Wed., Sept. 10 at 7:30 PM. THE EXPEDITION TO THE END OF THE WORLD (EKSPEDITIONEN TIL VERDENS ENDE) Documentary filmmaker Daniel Dencik accompanies adventurous scientists on a journey to Greenland on a three-mast schooner; they meet polar bears, melting icecaps and considerations of humanity’s place in the world. Featuring Per Bak Jensen, Jonas Bergsøe and Bo Elberling. Not rated. Screening at the Roxy Sept. 5-7 and 12-14 at 7:15 and 9:15 PM. THE IDENTICAL A rock star and an average joe discover they are twins, separated at birth during the Great Depression. Starring Blake Rayne, Ray Liotta and Ashley Judd. Rated PG. Carmike 12.

THE ONE I LOVE A couple trying to repair their marriage on a weekend getaway discovers a weird “Twilight Zone” dilemma. Starring Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss and Ted Danson. Rated R. Wilma.

THESE BIRDS WALK A runaway boy in Karachi, Pakistan seeks home in a documentary described as “ethereal and inspirational.” Not rated. Screening at the Top Hat Mon., Sept. 8 at 8 PM as part of the Big Sky Film Series.

WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S Two dudes pretend their dead boss is still alive, and he becomes the “life of the party.”

Time to play footsie. The One I Love opens Friday at the Wilma.

That weird scene where a lady has sex with the dead guy was pretty scarring if you watched this as a young kid, FYI. Starring Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman and Catherine Mary Stewart. PG-13. Screening Thu., Sept. 4 at 7 PM at the Roxy’s Trash and Treasure movie night.

NOW PLAYING AS ABOVE, SO BELOW Explorers venturing into catacombs underneath Paris find dark secrets, personal demons and probably a lot of baguette crumbs. Starring Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman and Edwin Hodge. Rated R. Carmike 12.

BOYHOOD Watch a kid literally grow up in Richard Linklater’s 12-years-in-the-making epic. Starring Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke. Rated R. Wilma.

THE GIVER Lois Lowry’s intriguing classic novel gets the big-picture treatment, because eventually, Hollywood will ruin every book you ever loved. Starring Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Basically, imagine Andy from “Parks and Rec” as a space pilot goofball leading a team of misfits. Totally excellent. Starring Chris Pratt, Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana. Rated PG13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

IF I STAY After a car accident puts a young girl into a coma, she has an out-of-body experience where she has to make the biggest decision of her life. (Dude, the same thing totally happened to me after I ate too many Red Vines one time.) Starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos and Jamie Blackley. Rated PG13. Carmike 12.

LET’S BE COPS Count how many felonies these dudes commit as they pose as police officers and fumble with weapons. Starring Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., and Rob Riggle. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Because nothing is sacred, now the turtles are getting the CGI-and-explosions Michael Bay treatment. Starring Megan Fox, Will Arnett and William Fichtner. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL Fall must be coming, ‘cuz here’s a feel-good sports movie based on the real life of a football coach who led the De La Salle Spartans to a 151-game winning streak. Starring Jim Caviezel, Alexander Ludwig and Michael Chiklis. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

Capsule reviews by Kate Whittle.

Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find up-to-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 7282521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.

LUCY Scarlett Johansson becomes a merciless superhuman after a scientific experiment. As a nerd, I am compelled to tell you that the plot’s science is based on a fundamental fallacy, but hey, it’s still ScarJo. Also starring Morgan Freeman and Min-sik Choi. Rated R. Entertainer.

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[dish]

photo by Ari LeVaux

Montana-made tabouli

by Ari LeVaux This time of year, with parsley, tomatoes, cucumbers and onions all in season, my thoughts inevitably turn to tabouli, the Old World parsley salad. It’s a dish with rich history across the Middle East and Mediterranean regions, from Lebanon to Israel to the Caucuses. There are wells of deep regional knowledge and traditions regarding how it should be made, and it would be presumptuous to suggest that anyone is making it wrong. But I can say with certainty that if you aren’t using the trick I learned from a farmer in Montana, then your tabouli, however you make it, could probably be improved.

In addition to tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, parsley and lime, most formulations of tabouli also call for bulgur, or chopped wheat grains. Bulgur provides an earthy, chewy balance to the vegetable portions of the salad. It must be rehydrated in order to be used, and here is where my farmer friend’s trick can be used to take almost any batch of tabouli to the next level.

Most recipes call for soaking the bulgur in hot water until it’s soft, and then mixing the rehydrated grains with the salad’s other components. But in the height of summer, when the tomatoes have juice to spare, my farmer friend’s tomato juice tabouli trick puts that juice to much better use than what normally happens when tomatoes are chopped.

All too often this juice gets left behind on the cutting board in the form of a mess, after the tomatoes have been chopped. My friend’s trick is to select the ripest tomatoes you can find, and put their juices to work. The tomatoes go into a blender, and the bulgur is soaked in the red slurry that results. This way, no water is added to the bulgur beyond the moisture contributed by its ingredients. Bulgur that’s rehydrated in pureed tomato has more intense vegetable flavor than bulgur that was soaked in water. And it’s also red-, orange- or pink-hued, depending on the type of tomatoes that are used.

Countless tomatoes are currently sagging under their own weight on nearby vines and windowsills. At farmers markets, growers have been known to offer discounts on specimens that are so unstable you’re afraid they won’t survive the trip home. Those are the fruits you want to use in tomato juice tabouli.

If you, like half of the world, has suddenly become gluten intolerant—or if you’re otherwise

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averse to wheat—other grains can be used. Quinoa, for example, can make a tasty tabouli. But alas, the tomato juice trick won’t work with quinoa, which stays crunchy no matter how long you soak it. Thus, when employing the tomato juice trick to make tabouli with alternative grains, an advanced test-soak is advised.

While considerations of tomatoes and grains are important, it’s worth remembering that tabouli, at heart, is all about the parsley. Parsley-centric dishes like this are a rarity in the U.S., where the tasty, nutritious herb is all too often stuck on the side of the plate, next to the orange slice. Tabouli makes up for some of this insult to parsley.

Here is how I make tabouli: Tomato Juice Tabouli Ingredients: 4 cups of chopped parsley, 1 cup bulgur, 1 cup onions (finely chopped), 2 cups of cucumber chunks, 2 cups of soupy tomato puree, 2 cloves of garlic (grated, chopped or pressed), 1 half cup of extra virgin olive oil, 3 tablespoons lime or lemon juice and ½ teaspoon of salt.

How to make it: Cut the tomatoes into quarters, spilling as little juice as possible. Add a pinch of salt to the blender, then the garlic and tomatoes, with softest pieces going in first. Blend until you have a slurry with occasional tomato chunks. For every 2 cups of this pinkish soup, mix 1 cup of bulgur wheat, along with the lime juice. Let it sit for two-to-three hours.

Before washing the parsley, untie the bunches and pick out any yellow or rotten leaves. Wash the parsley by gripping the stem end and dunking the leaf end in a big bowl of clean water, with a tablespoon of added vinegar. If the water stays clean, you’re done.

If the water’s dirty, change and repeat until it stays clean after dunking.

Holding the bunch, cut off the stems at the bottom of the leafy area. Then chop the leaves.

Combine the ingredients in a bowl, including salt, onion, cucumber and olive oil. After mixing, adjust salt and lime if necessary, and mix again. It’s ready to eat immediately, but if you let the ingredients get to know each other over the course of an afternoon, that bonding will pay off.

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fees, 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. $ 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. Plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and super delicious!

Get your healthy hearty lunch or dinner here! Wi-Fi, Soccer on the Big Screen, and a rich sound system featuring music from Argentina and the Caribbean. Mon-Sat 11am-5pm. Downtown Missoula. $ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West • 541-FOOD The 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 9-7:30 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.

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Great Burn Brewing HAPPIEST HOUR Why you’re here: To celebrate Missoula’s newest brewery. While there’s no shortage of Garden City alehouses, up until last week the city’s Southside was conspicuously lacking. Great Burn’s Greg Howard says locals, in the days leading up to Great Burn’s Aug. 29 soft opening, were clearly eager to check it out. “The phone was ringing off the hook,” Howard says. Those crowds continued during Labor Day Weekend.

Meet the brewer: Hours before Great Burn officially opened, Mike Howard, Greg’s brother, was still recovering from a party Great Burn threw for its supporters the night prior and joking with colleagues that he’s not even clear about Great Burn’s hours of operation. Don’t let the laid-back demeanor fool you. Mike’s resume includes stints at California’s Stone Brewing Company and several local breweries, including Kettlehouse and Big Sky. He worked as the first head brewer at Blacksmith in Stevensville before helping to launch Great Burn.

What you’re drinking: An eclectic selection of ales ranging from the relatively mild Church Picnic Cream Ale, at 5.2-percent ABV, to the heftier Smoke Chaser Porter, which is made with smoked peat malt and roasted malted barley to deliver a bit of a chocolaty taste. Hops lovers, meanwhile, will be hard pressed to stick

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to just one Great Burn offering. There’s the Double IPA, which is delightfully bitter with a hefty dose of English malt that conveys a smooth and full flavor. The comparably light Citra IPA goes down easily. Not to be outdone, there’s the Back Burn IPA made with dark malts and New Zealand hops and coming in at 7.5 percent ABV; it’s so delicious that it’s tough to have just one.

Worth noting: Great Burn also makes its own root beer.

How to find it: 2230 McDonald Avenue, off Brooks Street, behind Jakers.

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

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. $-$$ 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. $ Lucky Strike Sports Bar. Casino.

Restaurant 1515 Dearborn Ave. 406-549-4152 Our restaurant offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. Are you looking for Delivery without all the extra charges?

Call 549-4152 and talk to Jacquie or Judy for more details. You can also get lunch and Coffee from Bold Coffee in the parking lot. Come into the casino for your chance to play Plinko, Spin the Wheel, or Roll the Dice for machine play. Open Mon-Sun 7am-2am. $-$$ Market on Front 201 E. Front St. marketonfront.com The Market on Front is more than a market with a restaurant. It is an energetic marketplace which offers an epicurean experience to excite the senses. It is also an energetic, vibrant marketplace creating an opportunity to taste and take home the products of artisans who create excellent products at awesome prices. This community centered specialty food destination features gourmet yet traditional prepared foods, sandwiches, salads, specialty cheeses, charcuterie, local brews, wines, espresso and so much more! $-$$ 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 11:30-12:30 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.

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Parkers’ Restaurant 32 East Front Street Exit 153, Drummond 406-288-2333 Find us on Facebook, Yelp or Foursquare. Offering over 125 different Burgers.

Parker’s burgers are ground fresh daily. We patty them 1/4 pound at a time. We also have 1/2 pound and pound burgers! Most burgers are available all the time too, except for seasonal items. We’re open Tuesday thru Saturday 11am to 8 pm. We’ve also got Steaks, Pastas, Salads, Daily Specials and NOT the usual variety of home made desserts. Private parties and catering available. $-$$ Pearl Cafe 231 East Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Dungeness Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Snake River Farms Beef, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ 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 allencompassing 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.

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. $-$$ Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins 327-8929 Stop in when you’re in the neighborhood. We’ll do our best to treat you right! Crowned Missoula’s best lunch for under $6. Mon.-Sat. 11-10 Sun 12-9. $-$$ 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. $-$$

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. $$-$$$

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. $$

Orange Street Food Farm 701 South Orange St. 406-543-3188 www.orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN' music.

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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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takes his bluesy talents to the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. Tunes from 6-8:30 PM. No cover.

Cheeseheads are in luck, ‘cuz the Top Hat kicks off football season with a party while watching the Packers vs. Seahawks game, with all sorts of Wisconsinite fried things on the menu. Kickoff’s at 6:30 PM. Free. The Top Hat shows Packers games on the big screen throughout the season, FYI.

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New York bluesman Guy Davis brings the real deal to Stage 112, along with Black Mountain Moan. 6:30 PM. Cover TBA. Bust out a little geetar at the Open Mic with Cheree at the Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W. Runs 7:30-10:30 PM. Bottoms up at the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot beats, cheap drinkies and people of assorted genders shaking their tailfeathers. Monk’s Bar. 9 PM. $2 for dudes, no cover for women. (Hey, gotta make up for that wage gap somehow.)

Slide on a blazer (don’t forget to roll up the sleeves) and drop some “In Soviet Russia” jokes at Missoula’s Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy at the Union Club. Sign up by 9:30 PM to perform.

Free.

The tireless Reverend Horton Heat plays the Top Hat, along with tasty Tex-Mex-punks Piñata Protest. Doors at 9:30 PM. $22/$18 in advance at tophatlounge.com.

Do them dirty deeds dirt cheap when the Badlander hosts the TNT dance party, featuring hot Top 40 trax and a rotating cast of DJs. $2 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight. No cover.

FRIDAYSEPT05 Poets gather for a call to peace in Reverberations of War: Finding Refuge in Poems, a group reading at Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W, hosted by local folks including the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 7-8 PM. Out-of-body experience. Alison May performs Tue., Sept. 9 at the Badlander, along with Jackson Emmer. 10 PM. No cover.

THURSDAYSEPT04 After a three-year streak of losses to the Northsiders, the Westsiders will valiantly attempt to reclaim the Railroader trophy at the annual NMCDC Northside vs. Westside Softball Showdown at Northside Park. Pre-game with brewskies starts at 5:30 PM, Mayor Engen throws first pitch at 7 PM. Players must gather $50 in donations; all proceeds benefit the NMCDC and neighborhood revitalization. Contact Hannah at ettemaha@gmail.com to learn more.

nightlife Start Thursday with a sizzle when Mary Place and Blue Moon host a smoky jazz Happy Hour at the Union Club, from 5:30-8 PM. No cover.

Witness the alchemy when chemistry prof Garon “Gee Whiz” Smith presents “Historical Potions That Paid Off” as part of the exhibit Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine. East Faculty Office Area of the Mansfield Library. 6-7 PM. Free.

This year’s crop of creative climate-lovers at UM FLAT host a barbecue and introduction

to the home’s variety of sustainable practices and experiments. 622 S. Fifth St. W. 6 PM. Free.

The Gallery of Visual Arts and UM School of Art get into the swing of the new school year with a lecture by professor Valerie Hedquist at 5:10 in Social Science Room 356, followed by a reception for a faculty group exhibit from 6-7 PM in the Gallery of Visual Arts. Free.

Don’t fear the reef-er when Coral Thief plays reggae-ish tunes at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 6-8 PM. No cover.

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Art aficionados and downtown revelers alike can enjoy First Friday in Missoula, wherein shops, cafes, bars and galleries host free art viewings for all to enjoy. Sometimes there’s totally excellent free wine and snax, too. Runs about 5-8 PM every first Friday of the month.

Check out missoulacultural.org/gallery-guide and our special listings.

Everything from hockey to mounted horseback shooting to rock-paper-scissors tourneys are on tap for the Whitefish Summer Games, Sept. 5-7, though this is primarily a soccer fanatic’s kinda dealio. Check out wfsummergames.com.

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mythbuster When playwright Laramie Dean was a kid, he remembers being enthralled with the 1981 epic Clash of the Titans. He writes in his playwright notes for the upcoming Once Upon a Time in Ancient Greece: “Created by genius designer Ray Harryhausen, the Medusa effect in Clash of the Titans, with her lashing snake body and head of hissing snakes, alternately thrilled and terrified me.”

WHAT: Once Upon a Time in Ancient Greece photo courtesy of Terry Cyr

WHO: Montana Rep WHERE: Masquer Theatre WHEN: Fri., Sept. 5, and Sat., Sept. 6, at 7:30 PM HOW MUCH: $11/$6 for kids 12 and under

Dean also writes that back when the Montana Repertory Theatre presented him with the idea of adapting Greek myth into a play, he jumped at the chance. The production presents a lighthearted riff on the myths about the fearsome Gorgon sisters, inspired by the recent success of stories that show sympathetic sides of traditional villains like Maleficent and Wicked. Dean, who holds a doctorate in speech/communications and teaches drama at Hellgate High, is no stranger to unorthodox takes on Mark 50 years of the Wilderness Act by venturing out to Seeley Lake for the Wild 50th Fest, featuring artists like Mission Mountain Wood Band, Jack Gladstone, and Kung Fu Kongress, plus hikes, tours, family activities, food and more, Sept. 5-7. Visit wildmontana.org/50th.

Syncopation-loving tots can express their creativity at the Rhythm Tykes class series at Tangled Tones Music Studio, 2005 South Ave. W. Fridays through fall, with basic instruction in instruments and themes for each month including campfire songs, finger plays and Halloween. Ages 1-4 meet from 10:15-10:45 AM, ages 205 from 11-11:30 AM. $50 for four classes. Visit tangledtones.com.

You’ll be in stitches at Yarns at the Library, the fiber-arts craft group that meets at the Missoula Public Library from noon-2 PM Fridays.

nightlife All the cool kiddos should check out Mismo Gymnastics’s Friday Night Children’s Party, where ages 5-plus play games and explore obstacle courses with guidance. 1900 W. Broadway St. 5:30-9:30 PM. $25/$20 for members, plus $10 for additional siblings. Limited to 80 kids, so zoom over to mismogym.com or call 7280908 to sign up ahead of time.

It’ll be a cheesy evening at Zootown Improv sketch comedy and

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classic themes; he’s also written queer fairytales, one of which ended up in the 2009 anthology Queer Wolf.

In Ancient Greece, Dean envisions Stheno, one of the Gorgon sisters, as a plucky gal who’s understandably upset when her sister Medusa is murdered. Everything plays out with just a few actors using puppets, shadow play and illusion to create a fully realized tale of Stheno’s quest into the underworld. (Friday and Saturday are Missoula’s best chance to catch the production, since afterward the cast and crew will depart to tour the state, bringing the play to schools and libraries.) There’s no Harry Hamlin or cheesy stop-motion in this Greek myth: it’s driven by the love of storytelling.

—Kate Whittle

improv evening at the Stensrud Playhouse, 314 N. First St. W. Doors at 6:30 PM for improv at 7, followed by main show from 7:30-9, and another dose of raw improv from 9:30-10:30.

Beer, wine and Tarantino’s pizza available. $12/$22 for two if purchased online. Tickets at stensrudplayhouse.com.

Chilluns can play while Mom and Pop get their whiskey on with Family Friendly Friday at the Top Hat, 6-8 PM, with a rotating group of live, local musicians. No cover.

Jazzy tunes from Kimberlee Carlson Trio and local vino are on tap at the Ten Spoon Vineyard, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting starts at 4, music from 6-8:30 PM. Biga antipasto available, or BYO snax. No cover.

Pianist Kendal Norris busts out original tunes and Broadway standards for the delight of all ages at North Valley Public Library in Stevi, 208 Main St. 6:30-7:30 PM. Tunes from Russ Nasset and the Revelators will be wafting on the fall breeze when they play outside at the Old Post, starting about 7 PM. Free.

The local divison of the American Cancer Society hosts a viewing party for the Stand Up to Cancer telecast, with music, inspirational speaker and refreshments. Dream Center, 2023 S. Higgins Ave. 7-9 PM. $15, tickets available at standup2finish thefight.org.

Have a blast when Machine Gun Kelly rolls into the Wilma on the Fans Only Tour, with OverTime. Doors at 7 PM. Proof of fan-ness is $25 in advance at Rockin Rudy’s and Ticketweb.com.

It’s all Greek to me at the Montana Rep Theatre’s Once Upon a Time in Ancient Greece, about an ornery Gorgon sister and her antics. Masquer Theatre. Sept. 5-6, at 7:30 PM. $11.

(See Spotlight.)

Bare Bait Dance’s latest production, Settle, by Missoula’s own Rachel Oliver, “pokes and prods” at domesticity and tradition. Performances at the PARTV Center, room 005, on Sept. 5-6 at 7:30 PM, plus a 2 PM matinee on Sept. 6.

Cut a rug when the Golden Age Club hosts dancing and live music in an alcohol-free environment. 727 S. Fifth St. in Hamilton. 6-10 PM. $3. Call 240-9617 to learn more.

Keep Friday-ing all nite long with New Old Future and the Workers at Monk’s Bar, plus the talents of Sista Otis. 8:30 PM. No cover.

Energy-packed Japanese outfit Your Pest Band drives ‘em wild at the VFW, along with the alphabet soup lovin’ Hermanas Y Hermanas and VTO. 9 PM. $5/$7 for ages 1820. (See Music.)

Dive on in to Fishbowl Friday at the Badlander, featuring Bassface Krew spinners like DJ Tempo Tantrum, Mr.

[calendar] Wizard, K Dub and Charlie Apple. 9 PM. No cover, plus $5 fishbowls all evening.

Portland band Dark Oz promises to pair Pink Floyd psychedelia with punk rock, and if you don’t believe it, see for yourself at the Palace at 9 PM. No cover.

Dig up a little trouble when Josh Farmer Band plays tunes at the Union Club, starting at 9:30 PM. No cover.

Cash in all the chips when Paydirt plays tunes to giddy-up to at the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM to close. No cover.

John Adam Smith and his Band bring world-inspired roots music and a love of steel geetar to the Top Hat. 10 PM. No cover.

SATURDAYSEPT06 Spot your buddies on the big screen and in the crowd when the Montana-made Winter in the Blood shows at Missoula Outdoor Cinema, 1001 Worden Ave., starting around 8:19 PM. Not rated, but this has nudity and cussing, so leave the kiddos at home. $5 suggested donation.

Get hot coffee, baked treats, fresh produce and bump into all the friendly acquaintances you can handle at the Missoula Farmers Market, now running for 42 years. 8 AM-1 PM. Get down and dirty at the Missoula Mucker, a three-mile, relatively flat obstacle course with rope climbs, hurdles, slippery slopes and plenty of mud to play in, with costumes encouraged and divisions for kids. Western Montana Fairgrounds.

Registration and more info at montanamucker.com. Proceeds benefit CASA of Missoula. (See Mountain High.)

Mark 50 years of the Wilderness Act by venturing out to Seeley Lake for the Wild 50th Fest, featuring artists like Mission Mountain Wood Band, Jack Gladstone, and Kung Fu Kongress, plus hikes, tours, family activities, food and more, Sept. 5-7. Visit wildmontana.org/50th.

Early rising produce-seekers, occasional walk-of-shamers and waffle sandwich lovers rejoice, the Clark Fork Market is back in action under the Higgins Bridge. Saturdays through October from 8 AM-1 PM. Prime people-watching is available for the Missoula People’s Market, which features all kindsa arts and crafts and tasty treats on the street at E. Pine and Higgins. Saturday mornings through September.

Discover what new-to-you treasures might be in store at the all-building rummage sale at the Missoula Senior Center, starting at 10 AM and running all day. Free to browse.

Habitat for Humanity of Missoula hosts a donation drive to help stock its future nonprofit home improvement store. Drop off new or

gently used household goods and building materials at 3655 Highway 200 East from 10 AM-4 PM on Saturdays in September. Call 549-8210 with any questions.

Waltz right on in to the registration for the River Street Dance Theater’s 2014-2015 season of classes in modern dance, ballet, tap, jazz and creative movement for kids and adults. 421 N. Second St. in Hamilton, 10 AM-2 PM. Call 363-1203 to learn more.

The wait for the waffle stand will be that much sweeter when Aran Buzzas plays Montana “folky tonk” at the Clark Fork River market, under the Higgins Street bridge. 10:30 AM12:45 PM. Free.

Take a deep breath and exhale before reading this listing: Conscious Connected Breathing, hosted

by Jack Fontana, encourages letting go of anxieties and finding peace through breathing techniques. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. 11 AM-1:30 PM. $60. Call 7210033 for info.

Celebrate everybody’s favorite dioecious flowering herb at the 19th annual Hempfest, featuring music like the Kitchen Dwellers, Locksaw Cartel and Coral Thief, plus beer, food, vendors and aerial artisans.

Noon-10 PM in Caras Park. Free.

The guild that sews together, stays together, so join Selvedge Studio, 509 S. Higgins Ave., at Craft Vigilantes, its monthly Modern Quilt Guild for beginners and pros alike. 12–5 PM. $20 (first few sign-ups are free).

Whether the Griz win or lose, Russ Nasset is here to play winning tunes at the Top Hat dinner show. 7 PM. No cover.

A bunch of ragtag musicians with who-knows-what kind of instruments get together from 7 to 9:30 PM on the first Sat. of every month for the Bitterroot Valley Good-Time Jamboree at the Grange Hall, 1436 South First St. in Hamilton. $3 donation encouraged. Call Clem at 961-4949.

Bare Bait Dance’s latest production, Settle, by Missoula’s own Rachel Oliver, “pokes and prods” at domesticity and tradition. Performances at the PARTV Center, room 005, on Sept. 5-6 at 7:30 PM, plus a 2 PM matinee on Sept. 6.

You can be positively sure that Absolutely DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo will juice up the joint at the Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. 2-for-1 Absolut drinks until midnight. Now free.

Cash in all the chips when Paydirt plays tunes to giddy-up to at the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM to close. No cover.

Let Idle Ranch Hands do all the work while you find all the shenanigans at the Union Club, with countryfied tunes starting at 9:30 PM. No cover.

Keep the herbal spirits high all night long with the Official Hempfest After-Party at the Top Hat, featuring tunes with Shakewell. 10 PM. No cover.

Bibliophile beasties and humans alike can appreciate the release and signing for Josh Quick’s new artwork, “Wild About the Library,” an illustrated guide to Missoula Public Library’s array of services. Unveiling at 1 PM, where you can purchase limited-edition prints of the art for the sale price of $12.

All your rowdy friends are gon’ be stoked, ‘cause Missoula football season starts proper when the Griz go head-to-head with Central Washington University at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. 3:30 PM. Check out gogriz.com.

nightlife Take a bite outta the Flathead at Taste of Kalispell, an evening of music, wine, food sampling and raffles on the lawn at the Museum at Central School in Kalispell. 5-10 PM. $25/$20 for seniors/$10 youth 1114. Proceeds benefit the Museum at Central School. Call 253-6923 for more info.

Try some top-shelf brews while the Bottom Feeders play country and bluesy rock at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 6-8:30 PM. No cover.

George Carlton is your aural sommelier this evening at Ten Spoon Vineyard, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive.

Tasting starts at 4, music from 6-8:30 PM. Biga antipasto available, or BYO snax. No cover.

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FIRST FRIDAY The Pattee Canyon Ladies Salon presents works by esteemed gals such as Nancy Erickson, Stephanie Frostad and Kristi Hager in Studies From the Figure, a four-day show at the Brunswick Gallery, 223 W. Railroad St., Sept.

4-8. First Friday reception from 3-8 PM. Rob Gappert’s endeavor to cram as much Montana beauty into every image is up for your visual pleasure in Chasing the Perfect Photograph, at the Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. Reception 4:30-6:30 PM.

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The Missoula Art Museum presents Helen McAuslan: The Kent State Paintings. The late painter and rancher produced the works in 1970 after the infamous shooting. Reception from 5-8 PM, with gallery talk by Rafael Chacón at 7 PM.

Great Falls artist Rachel Kaiser presents her concoctions and collections of drawings, paintings, and mixedmedia assemblages at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. Reception from 5-8 PM. Pretty horsies are the subject of acrylic painter Ryan Brown’s work, on display at the Freshwater Studio and Gallery, 101 E. Broadway, Ste. A. Reception from 5-8 PM, with lemonade and cookies.

Printmaker Jason Clark presents his take on mandalas in repeat offenders at the Brink Gallery. Reception from 5-8 PM.

Ladypajama whoops it up with Wood Whomp: Pieces on Wood, featuring dinosaurs, little dudes and other whimsical creations.

Reception at Betty’s Divine, 5-8 PM.

Your Energy FIx hosts a preview of the UM Trigger for Change theater project with artwork, information and UM students. 415 N. Higgins Ave., 5-8 PM.

Recent Montana transLions, tigers and bears, plant Caleb Meyer’s lusoh my, are cavorting FrontierSpace hosts a First Friday silent auction and cious paintings are about for the Wilderness art show from 5-10 PM. featured at the Dana Act-themed celebration at Gallery’s shindig, From Monte Dolack Gallery, with refreshments and tunes by Ju- Spuds to Spurs. Reception from 5-8 PM. lian Jared Ricci. 5 PM. Sibling duo William and Evelyn Genedek present ReAbstract acrylic artist Ashley Meyora promises “eye- ciprocal Rivalry, contrasting approaches in palette at the tickling” works for her display at Gecko Designs, 523 N. E3 Convergence Gallery, 229 W. Main St. Reception from Higgins Ave. 5 PM, with “suds and sundries” available for 5-9 PM with tunes by Ian Velikoff. This month’s fundraiser noshing. beneficiary is the MT Down Syndrome Association.

Intricate mandala-inspired wire jewelry by Courtney Montana-based author Kate Cholewa reads from Sawa is in store at the Tides Gallery of Bathing Beauties Shaking Out the Dead, her debut novel of love lost and Beads, 501 S. Higgins Ave. 5 PM. love gained. Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 5:30 PM. The Open Spaces exhibit features photography of wide vistas and big skies at the Lake Missoula Tea Company, 126 E. Broadway Ave. Reception with snacks, wine and iced tea from 5-8 PM.

Sibling potters Bobby Free and Emily Free Wilson compare and contrast styles with an exhibit of works at the Clay Studio of MIssoula, 1106 A Hawthorne St. Reception from 5:30-9 PM.

You might spot a familiar face (or a bunch of ‘em) at the release party for the Missoula Rabble book, Ashley McKee’s compilation of portraits and autobiographical snapshots of local folk. Reception at Blaque Owl, 5-8 PM, with refreshments. (See Arts.)

American Made Tattoo hosts its new First Friday gallery reception with, fittingly, a painter from Butte, America, Trent Curnow. 234 W. Front St. 6-9 PM.

Missoula-based Shari Montana presents Narratives, her mixed-medium works inspired by prehistoric art styles.

Artist’s Shop, 127 N. Higgins Ave. 5-8 PM.

SUNDAYSEPT07 Kommen Sie, bitte, to Germanfest at Caras Park, featuring all the bier und bratwurst you can handle, plus pop, desserts, kid’s activities, Bavarian outfits and visitors from Missoula’s sister city, Neckargemnd. I promise to refrain from attempting my lousy German 101 skills on these nice folk. Starts at 2 PM. Free entry.

Mark 50 years of the Wilderness Act by venturing out to Seeley Lake for the Wild 50th Fest, featuring artists like Mission Mountain Wood

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Teresa Garland Warner revels in bucolic Treasure State imagery with her collection of paintings, Montana: Inside and Out, on display at 4 Ravens Gallery, 248 N. Higgins St. Reception from 5-8 PM.

Support a student-run alley gallery at the silent auction and art show for FrontierSpace, between Pine and Spruce, with more than 40 artists’ works on display, plus screenprinting and general frivolity from Jack Metcalf. Bidding runs 5-8:30 PM, show goes ‘til 10 PM.

Band, Jack Gladstone, and Kung Fu Kongress, plus hikes, tours, family activities, food and more, Sept. 5-7. Visit wildmontana.org/50th.

The Target Range Farmers Market gets into the swing of the season with several local produce vendors, out at 4095 South Ave. W. 10 AM-2 PM, Sundays through Sept. 28.

nightlife Explore kinetic energy and stillness at the Authentic Movement group class at the Barn Movement Studio, 2926 S. Third St., on the first and third Sundays of the month from

6:30-9 PM, through December. $40.

Pre-registration required by calling Hillary at 541-2662.

MONDAYSEPT08 Denver musician Sara Century has packed up a pink wig, black mask, lights, glitter and assorted musical instruments, and unleashes the whole gothy/industrial deal at VonCommon, along with “one man freak fest” Orchard Thief. 1909 Wyoming St., No. 7. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $5 suggested donation.

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Emmer. 10 PM. No cover. (Trivia answer: Tennessee, with 8,400 discovered caves.)

Local Deadheads have got you covered when the Top Hat presents Raising the Dead, a curated broadcast of two hours of Jerry Garcia and co. from 5 to 7 PM. Free, all ages.

WEDNESDAYSEPT10 Political journalist Fred Martin reads from Abraham Lincoln’s Path to Reelection in 1864, a retelling of one of the most consequential elections in U.S. history. Fact and Fiction.

7 PM.

The Bonner Milltown Community Council gets together to hear from guest speakers about the Bear Aware program, Harris Thermal, and discussion stuff like recreationist parking and mitigating floater hazards. Bonner School Library, 7 PM.

The 2014 Mansfield Conference presents “The Storied Past, The Troubled Future: The Imperative of Wilderness At 50 Years,” Sept. 10-12 at the University Center, with speakers like Pat Williams and Smoke Elser and panels focusing on what role Montana plays in the big ole idea of wilderness. Visit umt.edu/ethics/ events for more info.

Larry Hirshberg is in the house to rock your socks (or melodiously accompany your boozing, perhaps) at Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. inside the Florence Building. 710 PM. No cover.

Maintain dignity for best results at Super Trivia Freakout. Winners get cash prizes and shots after the five rounds of trivia at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free. To tantalize those neurons, here’s a question: Which U.S. state is home to the most known caves? Find answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.

Live in SIN at the Service Industry Night at Plonk, with DJ Amory spinning tunes and a special menu. 322 N. Higgins Ave. 10 PM-1:30 AM. Just ask a server for the SIN menu. No cover.

TUESDAYSEPT09 Psychotherapist John Espy discusses Eat the Evidence, his volumes on the trial of serial pedophile Bar Jonah, at Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 7 PM. The new Western Montana Suicide Prevention Initiative hosts Not Alone: A Missoula Suicide Prevention Summit, a day of speakers and breakout sessions dedicated to building resources for professionals.

University Center, 8 AM-3 PM. Registration is free, email kscheel@co.missoula.mt.us to learn more.

Earn some Missoula street cred by signing up for something at the Volunteer Fair in the University Center, with an array of local non-

John Belushi would not approve. Machine Gun Kelly plays the Wilma Fri., Sept. 5, along with OverTime.

Doors at 7 PM. All ages. $30/$25 in advance at Rockin Rudy's.

profits and good causes tabling. 10 AM-2 PM Sept. 9-10.

Watch your little ones master tree pose in no time during yoga at the Children’s Museum of Missoula.

11 AM. 225 W. Front. $4.25.

Cancer survivors at any stage of recovery are invited to the Yoga Beyond Cancer class with Dena Saedi, which focuses on gentle stretching, meditation, breath work and body scanning. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. 4-5 PM. $40.

Students must have doctor’s okay.

nightlife Dangit, you slept in on Saturday again, but have no fear, the Missoula Farmers Market sets up on Tuesday evenings at the XXXXs to provide flowers, baked goods and all the servings of fruit and veg you layabouts need.

5:30-7 PM. EBT, WIC and senior vouchers accepted.

It’s always a glutenous good time when Wheat Montana, out on the corner of Third and Reserve, presents Black Mountain Boys Bluegrass from 5:30-8 PM. Free. Call 327-0900.

the Western Montana Fairgrounds. 68 PM. Bring gloves, sunscreen and a water bottle.

Visit missoulacultures.blogspot.com or call 284-1780 to learn more.

Put on your red shoes and dance at the Country Dance Lessons, Tuesdays at the Hamilton Senior Center.

The shindig steps off at 6 PM with a line dance, followed by 7 PM twostep and 8 PM country cha-cha.

Produce all the irreverent T-shirts you can think of after the Beginning Screen Printing Class at the ZACC, featuring the fundamentals of paper and fabric printing. Meets Tuesdays from 6-8 PM through September. $115/$105 for members, includes materials. Visit zootownarts.org/ Screenprinting.Class.

Yes we CAN at the Climate Action Now student group meetings, every Tuesday night at the UM FLAT, 633 S. Fifth St. 6 PM. Visit umt.edu/umflat.

Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, from 6 to 8 PM. All ages.

Lend a hand at the weekly volunteer workday at the new Freedom Gardens, a comm u n i t y garden space o n

Singer-songwriter Aran Buzzas brings his folky tonk to the denizens of Lolo Peak Brewing, 6201 Brewery Way. 6-8 PM. No cover.

Find that creative outlet ye seek at the Open Mic Night at Stage 112, starting about 9 PM. Call Mike at 2077097 after 4 PM on Monday to sign yourself up.

Folk singer-songwriter Alison May presents her multilayered sounds at the Badlander, along with experimental country lover Jackson

The Reflective Morning Movement invites one and all to get a contemplative start to the morning.

Things begin with a few minutes of silent meditation followed by music and movement at Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., at 7 AM on Wednesday mornings. $5 suggested donation. Contact Jody for more info at 529-5849.

Earn some Missoula street cred by signing up for something at the Volunteer Fair in the University Center, with an array of local nonprofits and good causes tabling.

10 AM-2 PM Sept. 9-10.

The Jocko Valley Farmers Market presents wholesome produce, tasty baked goods and general cheer at the parking lot of the Hangin’ Art Gallery in Arlee. 47 PM on Wednesdays.

nightlife The new Missoula Kid’s Choir invites li’l songbirds ages 8-13 to trala-la with directors Joshua Farmer and Caleb VanGelder in Sussex School’s music room on Wednesdays from Sept. 10-Dec. 18 from 6-7:30 PM.

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September 19th & 20th, 2014 Friday 10-5:30 • Saturday 9-4 Scott Street City Shops Mercury Fever Thermometer Exchange 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.)

Items accepted at NO CHARGE from county residents • 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 6 fluorescent tubes (no compact bulbs).

ITEMS ACCEPTED FOR A FEE Pesticides • Strong acids • Caustics • Chlorinated solvents Fees also apply to business and out-of-county residents for all wastes.

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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.

NOTE: We do NOT accept LATEX PAINT • CAR BATTERIES or COMPACT FLUORESCENT BULBS Household and Conditionall y Exempt Waste Onl y • 50 Gallon Limit

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Anticipate a slew of dudes, guitars and feelings when Matthew Gaydos, Billy Wallace, Joey Running Crane and Jake Osborne play Stage 112, starting about 9 PM. Cover TBA. DJ LRock is in the house to stack some wax at the Sunrise Saloon, from 9:30 PM to close. No cover.

THURSDAYSEPT11 Learn stuff you never knew about the venerated campus buildings where Snap-Chatting freshmen are turned into academes, via the Tour of UM’s Historic Architecture with professor Rafael Chacón. Meet at Main Hall at 5 PM. The 2014 Mansfield Conference presents “The Storied Past, The Troubled Future: The Imperative of Wilderness At 50 Years,” Sept. 10-12 at the University Center, with speakers like Pat Williams and Smoke Elser and panels focusing on what role Montana plays in the big ole idea of wilderness.

Visit umt.edu/ethics/events for more info.

The Missoula Children’s Theatre presents a live stage adaptation of modern fairytale The Last of the Dragons, at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. Matinee shows for school and homeschool groups are 10 AM Sept. 11-13, with additional 1 PM shows on Thursday and Friday. $5-$9. Group discounts available. Visit MCTinc.org.

It’s one-stop shopping if you need to dispose of old prescriptions or shred sensitive documents, ‘cuz the Drive-Through Shred Event with Missoula Aging Services and Missoula police does both at once. Rosauer’s parking lot, 10 AM-1 PM. Just no cancer meds, syringes, liquids, inhalers or illegal stuff, please. Call Renee for more info at 728-7682.

nightlife Start Thursday with a sizzle when Mary Place and Blue Moon host a smoky jazz Happy Hour at the Union Club, with tunes from 5:30-8 PM. No cover.

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As part of the 2014 Mansfield Conference on the Wilderness Act, outdoors-loving folks get together to party at the Top Hat, with readings and music from the likes of Dan Dubuque, Sharman Russell, David James Duncan, Wartime Blues and Three-Eared Dog. 6 PM-close.

21-plus after 9 PM. No cover.

Veteran singer-songwriter Kristi Neumann plays tunes at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 6-8:30 PM. No cover.

More creative types than you can shake a stick at are on display for the Missoula NOW Invitational Group Exhibition, curated by Patricia Thornton and ADelaide Every, and with performances and music from J. Sherri, the Experimental Housewife and Magic Genie.

VonCommon, 1909 Wyoming Street, No. 7. Reception 6-10 PM. Get food for thought at the artist’s talk with Sandra Dal Poggetto and her new painting exhibit, American Fork, at the Meloy Gallery in the PARTV Center.

7 PM. Check out umt.edu/montanamuseum.

Careful, cause “whiners wind up in casseroles” in the witches’ confessionary tale, Broomstick. Montana Rep Theatre performances at the Masquer in the PARTV Center at 7:30 PM on Sept. 11-12, 14, and 16-20. $16/$14 seniors and students/$10 kids 12 and under. Check out montanarep.org.

The student project “Trigger for Change: Theatre as a Tool for Social Dialogue” presents a staged reading of Carmen Aguirre’s play The Trigger, along with information about sexual assault and discussion afterward at UM Main Hall. 7:30-10:30 PM. Free. (See Agenda.)

Unofficial First Friday themes: siblings and mandalas. Submit events at calendar@missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event.

Don’t forget to include the date, time and cost. If you must, snail mail to Calapatra c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801.

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’d had high hopes for hosting a pudding wrestling tournament this year for my birthday, but alas, plans fell through. I couldn’t convince anybody to offer up their kiddie pool for potential destruction, for one thing, nor did I want to go to all the effort of opening a zillion cups of Jell-O HandiSnacks. There was also the question of who was gonna clean it up: no dibs.

My pudding tournament is gonna have to wait, but fortunately, the Missoula County Fairgrounds hosts an obstacle course race where folks can feel good about making a mess, no pudding cups required. (Full disclosure: The Indy is helping put it on.) The threemile course features rope climbs, cargo net climbs, hurdles, slippery slopes and more. No stress if you haven’t exactly been training for a marathon lately, since it’s designed to be a reasonable workout, not a gnarly endurance test. And as befits any Missoula

event, there’s brewskies available during and after the race, plus snacks.

So go ahead and make a mess at the Mucker: proceeds benefit CASA of Missoula, and its mission to help abused and neglected kids in Missoula and Mineral counties. This is one race where a little effort goes a long way.

—Kate Whittle Get down and dirty at the Missoula Mucker Sat., Sept. 6, with plenty of mud to play in, costumes encouraged and divisions for kids at the Missoula County Fairgrounds.

Waves start at 8:30 AM and depart every 20 minutes or so. $60/$10 for kids. Registration and more info at montanamucker.com. Proceeds benefit CASA of Missoula.

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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5 The Lost Trail Bike Fest and Shuttle Extravaganza presents a weekend of camping, music, movies, food and, naturally, mountain biking out at the Lost Trail Ski Area. Proceeds benefit the Bitterroot Backcountry Bicyclists, Lost Trail Ski Patrol and Ravalli Search and Rescue. Cruise over to ltbikefest.com.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 6 Channel Katniss Everdeen this year when the archery season for antelope, deer and elk kicks off and runs til mid-October. Visit fwp.mt.gov.

The fully supported Yellowstone Alpine Klimb, aka YAK.14, features a heckuva bike ride from Red Lodge through the Beartooth Pass to Wyoming and back, dodging the occasional RV along the way, making for 141 epic miles. Visit facebook.com/BYKLimo for more info.

Cool waters will come in handy at the Garden City Triathlon, which starts at Frenchtown State Park at 9 AM and features 1.5K swim, 40K bike ride and 10K run. Registration open now at mtcompact.org/gct solo or as a team. Last minute registration, AKA “Don’t Forget Me Bro,” runs Aug. 1-Sept. 3.

Missoulians on Bicycles are partying on the shores of Coeur d’Alene today, with a 7 AM meet-up at Mullan Station for a carpool to Wallace, Idaho and 9 AM start. The ride is “50 gentle miles” each way on paved old railroad to lunch in Harrison.

Visit missoulabike.org.

The 25th annual Chokecherry Festival Run cruises through Lewistown’s Frank Day Park with 1-mile fun run, 5K and 10K run and walk options, along mostly paved road.

Visit www.racemontana.com/Search/event.aspx?id=19 110.

Today kicks off the kid’s climbing program at Currents Aquatics, with basic instruction in belay-

ing, knots and more in indoor and outdoor practice spaces. Meets on Saturdays in September from 10 AM-3 PM. climbing indoors and outdoors around the greater Missoula area. $100/$80 with city card, all transportation and gear included. Call 552-6271.

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8 Plucky birder Jim Brown is back from Colombia to chat about its incredible diversity of species (1,900 native birds, yowza) at the meeting of Five Valleys Audubon in the Gallagher Business Building, room L14. 7:30 PM.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9 The always down-to-earth Montana Dirt Girls host a hike or bike ride every Tuesday at 6 PM. Check out the Montana Dirt Girls page on Facebook for ride info.

Brag about summer exploits at the Rocky Mountaineers’ September meeting, at the Trail Head at 7 PM. Bring along photos of your adventures, or just check out others’. Visit rockymountaineers.com.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11 This weekend kicks off another volunteer backpacking trip in the Frank Church Wilderness with the Wilderness Institute, where you’ll help clear trails, monitor impacts and perform other satisfying sorts of physical labor in beautiful country. Dinners provided. Visit cfc.umt.edu/wi/citizen_science.html to sign up and learn more.

The Nature Printmaking workshop uses leaves, tree cookies (whatever those are) and other natural stuff to make monotype prints. Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden, near the water tower. 4-6 PM. $5. Visit MontanaNaturalist.org. calendar@missoulanews.com

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In the last few years, the University of Montana and its students have had to address sexual assault more than ever before. One student, Sydoney Blackmore, presents her senior project this year to keep the discussion going, called Trigger for Change: Theatre as a Tool for Social Dialogue.

At the event, actors will read from Carmen Aguirre’s play The Trigger, an account of her attack by the notorious Paper Bag Rapist, a British Columbia man who’s believed to have sexually assaulted more than 100 women and children in the 1980s. He earned his name for putting a bag over his victims’ heads. (He was convicted in 1987 and sent to prison, but comes up in the news cycle every so often because he’s eligible to apply for parole every two years.)

While the Paper Bag Rapist is a horrifying real-

life boogieman, it’s important to remember that statistically, rapists are likely to be friends or family; about 85 to 90 percent of victims know their attacker, according to the National Institute of Justice.

Starting college is scary enough when it comes to figuring out classes and making friends: worrying about sexual assault should not be part of that.

—Kate Whittle The student project “Trigger for Change: Theatre as a Tool for Social Dialogue” presents a staged reading of Carmen Aguirre’s play The Trigger, along with information about sexual assault and discussion afterward at UM Main Hall. Sept. 11-13, from 7:30-10:30 PM. Free.

[AGENDA LISTINGS] FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5 Poets gather for a call to peace in Reverberations of War: Finding Refuge in Poems, a group reading at Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W, hosted by local folks including the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 7-8 PM. The local divison of the American Cancer Society hosts a viewing party for the Stand Up to Cancer telecast, with music, inspirational speaker and refreshments. Dream Center, 2023 S. Higgins Ave. 7-9 PM. $15, tickets available at standup2finishthefight.org.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 6 Discover what new-to-you treasures might be in store at the all-building rummage sale at the Missoula Senior Center, starting at 10 AM and running until 3PM. Free to browse.

Habitat for Humanity of Missoula hosts a donation drive to help stock its future nonprofit home improvement store. Drop off new or gently used household goods and building materials at 3655 Highway 200 East from 10 AM-4 PM on Saturdays in September. Call 549-8210 with any questions.

The Western Montana Community Center hosts its second annual community picnic for the LGBTQQI folk and allies, with free hot dogs and burgers, and BYOB beer at Kiwanis Park. Queer tennis clinic from 2-4 PM, barbecue from 4-7 and volleyball afterward. Email outfest@gaymontana.org to learn more.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7 The Missoula Area Secular Society presents the M.A.S.S. Lunch, where atheists, secular humanists,

agnostics and other freethinkers meet the first Sunday of every month for brunch at 10 AM at the Walking Moustache, corner of Main and Ryman. Free to attend, but the food costs you. Visit secularmissoula.org.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9 The new Western Montana Suicide Prevention Initiative hosts Not Alone: A Missoula Suicide Prevention Summit, a day of speakers and breakout sessions dedicated to building resources for professionals. University Center, 8 AM-3 PM. Registration is free, email kscheel@co.missoula.mt.us to learn more.

Earn some Missoula street cred by signing up for something at the Volunteer Fair in the University Center, with an array of local nonprofits and good causes tabling. 10 AM-2 PM Sept. 9-10.

Lend a hand at the weekly volunteer workday at the new Freedom Gardens, a community garden space on the Western Montana Fairgrounds. 6-8 PM. Bring gloves, sunscreen and a water bottle. Visit missoulacultures.blogspot.com or call 284-1780 to learn more.

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10 Earn some Missoula street cred by signing up for something at the Volunteer Fair in the University Center, with an array of local nonprofits and good causes tabling. 10 AM-2 PM Sept. 9-10.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11 As part of the Unity World Day of Prayer, Unity Church of Missoula hosts an interfaith service at 7 PM. 546 South Ave. W. This year’s theme is “We Are the Light of the World: Let Your Light Shine!”

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

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His first encounter with my friends was a game of touch football on the beach.

He and another guy collided, and he lost his temper. There was a good bit of yelling, and I think people were pretty shocked. To his credit, he realized he had an anger problem. Over time, he has worked hard on it, and now he doesn't blow up anymore. He really is a changed man, and I thought people would recognize it, but I've recently learned that they all still see him as the scary-angry guy. Is there any way to change that?

—Asking For A Second Chance In touch football, you're only supposed to put a hand or two on another player—as opposed to, oh, tearing out his soul with your bare hands, grinding it into a fine powder, and sprinkling it on your cornflakes.

Sure, in the months following that friendly Sunday afternoon death match, your friends had various opportunities to see that your boyfriend's changed. Sadly, this probably hasn't made the slightest dent in their opinion of him, thanks to our brain's penchant for energy conservation. Once we've figured something out—some bit of information or how to do something—our brain creates a cognitive shortcut, shrinkwrapping and storing the knowledge set so, the next time around, we'll react automatically instead of having to think the thing through. These cognitive shortcuts work great when you, say, want more light to read by. You know to reach over and switch on a lamp; you don't have to figure out what a lamp is or whether yanking the dog's tail might make his eyes light up the room.

Unfortunately, this autothink makes undoing first impressions like trying to unspill red wine on a white rug. The next time we see a person, our brain shoves us our mental flashcard on them—"Oh, right, Explody McSploderson." There's no mulling over whether that view of them might be due for revision. Researchers, predictably, call this cognitive laziness "first impression bias." It's a form of confirmation bias, our tendency to favor information that confirms our beliefs and ignore any that suggests we might be mistaken. Information updates are especially easy to overlook when they're subtle, like an explody guy shrugging off a small affront, which is far less visual and memorable than that time he

turned into Conan The Touch Football Barbarian.

A way to overcome first impression bias, suggested by research by Kai H. Lim, is presenting new information about your boyfriend in such "unambiguous" and "vivid" ways that it becomes hard to ignore.

Tell friends straight-out that he's changed, and explain his motivation—ideally while walking past him meditating on a park bench with the Dalai Lama or running a rescue for hummingbird single mothers. At the very least, tell stories—true stories—laying out how differently he now responds.

Information presented in story form tends to be stickier, and "vivid" mental pictures of his transformation may quash the ambiguity that helps maintain first impression bias.

Finally, add a call to action—a request that friends give him a second look through the lens of this new information. They just might see that they can sit down to dinner with the guy without worrying he'll go off on them: "My name is Inigo Montoya. You bumped my arm reaching for the bread.

Prepare to die!"

HOT TO TOT Is there a way to make sure someone is on birth control? My girlfriend says she is, but I don't believe her. I know she really wants to have a baby. I'm not ready to be a father yet— or maybe ever—so I need to get to the bottom of this.

—Worried You're perhaps more of an adoption man—into adopting the sort of little rascal you can leave tied to a parking meter during brunch without anybody calling social services on you. Unfortunately, a man has limited control over whether a woman he's with gets a bun in the oven with his DNA baked into it. Of course, the single worst form of birth control is trusting that a woman—especially a woman longing for a baby—is actually taking or using hers. A mitigating factor is whether she's shown herself to be ethical. Consider whether that describes your girlfriend. If not, you might want to make that a requirement for any partner of yours—before you find yourself reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" aloud for the 300th time in a week, as it's the only way to keep your toddler from screaming like a goat being slaughtered.

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SISTANT A local engineering firm is seeking an ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. This position requires excellent customer service and general office administrative skills. Proficient computer skills and general knowledge of websites are required. Requires a valid driver’s license. Bookkeeping skills are preferred. Additional duties will be answering phones and running errands. Position is part-time (20 hours) to start with potential to rapidly grow into full time. Upon full time status, benefits will be offered.

Employer is willing to train. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

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HYPERLINK “http://www.oneworldcenter.org ” www.OneWorldCenter.org (269) 591-0518 info@OneWorldCenter.org Breakfast Bar Attendant Busy hotel in need of experienced food service employee. Primary job duties include preparation and set up of guest hot breakfast buffet. Varied days and hours 7 days a week.

There are both full and part time positions available and could be great with a college schedule.

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CDL A Driver Busy sawmill in need of skilled CDL A Driver in the Thompson Falls area. Trailer and doubles. Will be hauling sawmill by-product. Qualified candidate must have clean driving record and current medical card. This position is fulltime days Monday-Friday local delivery only. Will be working 45-55 hour work week. Benefits available after successful completion of probationary period. $15.00/hr. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

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Hiring NOW for a permanent Dental Tool Craftsman $9 per hour An established and growing Missoula manufacturing company with good benefits is looking for long term employees as Dental Tool Craftsmen. Experience operating bench grinders is preferred but not required. On the job training is available. Attention to detail and good eye hand coordination a necessity.

Quality performance as well as production necessary to succeed.

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One of Missoula’s Natural Wonders Our deli is expanding!

The Good Food Store is now hiring for the following deli positions: • Café Service Staff (PT & FT) • Deli Busser/Cleaners (FT/PT) • Café Service Shift Leads (FT) • Deli Service Staff (FT/PT) If you enjoy working for a local business with strong roots in the community, we invite you to apply. If interested, pick up an application at 1600 S. 3rd St. West, Missoula, MT 59801, or visit our website at www.goodfoodstore.com. The GFS offers competitive benefits, wages and a great work environment. Positions are opened until filled. EOE.

Missoula County Public Schools is recruiting for several positions Coaches, Noon Duty Aides, Crossing Guards, Custodians, Para-Educators, and Subs for all positions.

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EMPLOYMENT Monday to Thursday 6:00am to 3:00pm and Friday 6:00am to 12:00pm. $9.00 Hourly. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10074159 Front Desk Associate POSITION FOCUS Responds in a professional and courteous manner to arriving, departing and in-house guests by providing accurate and timely information and services. Responds to telephone and in-person inquiries regarding reservations, hotel information and guest concerns.

SERVICE CULTURE FOCUS To support Sage?s Vision of being recognized by our customers as the best in our business through ensuring a culture that ?makes the ordinary extraordinary!? You should champion this culture in every touch point of our business from our associates, guests, owners and communities. The service and courtesy you extend and promote on a daily basis will ensure a healthy and productive culture of serving others with excellence. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES Greets and completes

established check-in procedures for arriving guests on a daily basis, using both manual and computerized methods, in order to ensure guest are satisfied and in rooms as requested. Facilitates guest departure (check-out) on a daily basis by following established manual and computer procedures in order to close guest accounts and open the room for the next sell. Regularly calculates and/or posts monies, receipts, guest accounts and other forms of credit using accurate, proper cash handling methods and established procedures in order to present the customer with timely and precise hotel charges upon check-out and maintain accurate hotel records. Courteously answers inquiries and accepts reservations. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

Job# 10074440 Help Assemble Furniture 40-60 Hrs Week, for several weeks to possibly several months, depending on Production Orders to help assemble school furniture. Current hours

ACCOUNTING TECH- FT position responsible for the complete A/R cycle related to billing state agencies for nonprofit services provided to adults with disabilities. 3 years accounting experience, Microsoft Office, and strong Excel spreadsheet skills required. Medicaid billing and nonprofit accounting experience preferred. Applicants must complete a 10-key and excel spreadsheet skill available at the job service. M-F: 8a-5p. $13.00/hr.

Closes: 9/9/2014, 5p.

TRAINING SUPERVISOR- FT position providing support services to Senior Citizens with Disabilities. Monday- Friday: 7:30a- 3:30p. $9.45$9.70/hr. Closes: 9/9/14, 5p.

MARKETPLACE are 6:00am-4:30pm Monday through Friday AND Saturdays 6:00 am - 2:30 p.m. Some familiarity with power tools and ability to lift up to 50#, good physical condition, standing on feet all day. $8.00/hr + OT @ $12.00/hr applications: NORCO Products, 4985 Blue Mountain Road, Missoula, MT 59804 (across from the Peak Athletic Club) Non-CDL DRIVER for Lowe’s. Pull, load, and deliver customer purchases in a friendly, timely, safe and efficient manner.

Greet and acknowledge all customers in a friendly, professional manner and provide quick, responsive customer service. Responsible for all other duties as assigned. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

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PROFESSIONAL CHIP TRUCK DRIVERS • Local hauls • Home daily • Good pay • Benefits • 2 years exp. required Call 406-493-7876 9am-5pm M-F. Operations Manager The Missoula office of the National Wildlife Federation is seeking a FT Operations Manager. This position provides operational support to the Northern Rockies, Prairies, and Pacific Region and is responsible for managing NWF activities conducted at the center. Areas of responsibility include oversight of center operations and internal communications, budget and fiscal management, fundraising and grants support, and assisting program staff. To learn more and apply, please visit us at www.nwf.org. NWF is proud to

SHIFT SUPERVISOR- (3) FT Positions supporting persons with disabilities in a residential setting. $9.80/hr-$10.00/hr.

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Excellent Benefits Must Have: Valid Mt driver license, No history of neglect, abuse or exploitation Applications available at

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SKILLED LABOR LANDSCAPE LABORERS Missoula area Landscape Service needs LANDSCAPE LABORERS. Wage starts at $8.00/hour. Full time work until end of season.

Work from 8:00 am- 4:00 pm.

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Job# 10074140 Temporary Maintenance Technician In winter, loads sanding material and does snow removal and sanding and depending on weather conditions, cleans and maintains roadways.

Performs related work as required. $19.27 Hourly. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10074294

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SALES Sales Supervisor Franz Family Bakeries is looking for a dependable individual to join our Montana Sales Team as a Route Sales Supervisor in Kalispell, Montana. Contact Flathead Job Service at 406-758-6200 for details and application process. Job #10073837 We offer competitive wages and benefit packages.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In English, the rare word "trouvaille" means a lucky find or an unexpected windfall. In French, "trouvaille" can refer to the same thing and even more: something interesting or exceptional that is discovered fortuitously; a fun or enlightening blessing that's generated through the efforts of a vigorous imagination. Of course I can't guarantee that you will experience a trouvaille or two (or even three) in the coming days, Taurus. But the conditions are as ripe as they can be for such a possibility.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The Dutch word epibreren means that even though you are goofing off, you are trying to create the impression that you are hard at work. I wouldn't be totally opposed to you indulging in some major epibreren in the coming days. More importantly, the cosmos won't exact any karmic repercussions for it. I suspect, in fact, that the cosmos is secretly conspiring for you to enjoy more slack and spaciousness that usual. You're overdue to recharge your spiritual and emotional batteries, and that will require extra repose and quietude. If you have to engage in a bit of masquerade to get the ease you need, so be it.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): When James Franco began to learn his craft as an actor, he was young and poor. A gig at McDonald's paid for his acting lessons and allowed him to earn a living.

He also used his time on the job as an opportunity to build his skills as a performer. While serving customers burgers and fries, he practiced speaking to them in a variety of different accents. Now would be an excellent time for you to adopt a similar strategy, Cancerian. Even if you are not doing what you love to do fulltime, you can and should take stronger measures to prepare yourself for that day when you will be doing more of what you love to do.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Here are a few of the major companies that got their starts in home garages: Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mattel, Amazon, and Disney. Even if you're not in full support of their business practices, you've got to admit that their humble origins didn't limit their ability to become rich and powerful. As I meditate on the long-term astrological omens, I surmise you are now in a position to launch a project that could follow a similar arc. It would be more modest, of course. I don't foresee you ultimately becoming an international corporation worth billions of dollars. But the success would be bigger than I think you can imagine.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): I don't usually do this kind of thing, but I'm going to suggest that you monitor the number six. My hypothesis is that six has been trying to grab your attention, perhaps even in askew or inconvenient ways. Its purpose? To nudge you to tune in to beneficial influences that you have been ignoring. I furthermore suspect that six is angling to show you clues about what is both the cause of your unscratchable itch and the cure for that itch. So lighten up and have fun with this absurd mystery, Aries. Without taking it too seriously, allow six to be your weird little teacher. Let it prick your intuition with quirky notions and outlandish speculations. If nothing comes of it, there will be no harm done. If it leads you to helpful discoveries, hallelujah.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Peter the Great was the Tsar of Russia from 1682 until 1725. Under his rule, his nation became a major empire. He also led a cultural revolution that brought modern European-style ideas and influences to Russia. But for our purposes right now, I want to call attention to one of his other accomplishments: The All-Joking, All-Drunken Council of Fools and Jesters. It was a club he organized with his allies to ensure there would always be an abundance of parties for him to enjoy. I don't think you need alcohol as an essential part of your own efforts to sustain maximum revelry in the coming weeks, Scorpio. But I do suggest you convene a similar brain trust.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In Roald Dahl's kids' story James and the Giant Peach, 501 seagulls are needed to carry the giant peach from a spot near the Azores all the way across the Atlantic Ocean to New York City. But physics students at the U.K.'s University of Leicester have determined that such a modest contingent wouldn't be nearly enough to achieve a successful airlift. By their calculations, there'd have to be a minimum of 2,425,907 seagulls involved. I urge you to consider the possibility that you, too, will require more power than you have estimated to accomplish your own magic feat. Certainly not almost 5,000 times more, as in the case of the seagulls. Fifteen percent more should be enough. (P.S. I'm almost positive you can rustle up that extra 15 percent.)

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): So far, 53 toys have been inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame.

They include crayons, the jump rope, Mr. Potato Head, the yo-yo, the rubber duckie, and dominoes.

My favorite inductee—and the toy that is most symbolically useful to you right now—is the plain old cardboard box. Of all the world's playthings, it is perhaps the one that requires and activates the most imagination. It can become a fort, a spaceship, a washing machine, a cave, a submarine, and many other exotic things. I think you need to be around influences akin to the cardboard box because they are likely to unleash your dormant creativity.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I'm not opposed to you fighting a good fight. It's quite possible you would become smarter and stronger by wrangling with a worthy adversary or struggling against a bad influence. The passion you summon to outwit an obstacle could bestow blessings not only on you but on other people, as well. But here's a big caveat: I hope you will not get embroiled in a showdown with an imaginary foe. I pray that you will refrain from a futile combat with a slippery delusion. Choose your battles carefully, Aquarius.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): During the next six weeks, I suggest you regard symbiosis as one of your key themes. Be alert for ways you can cultivate more interesting and intense forms of intimacy. Magnetize yourself to the joys of teamwork and collaboration. Which of your skills and talents are most useful to other people? Which are most likely to inspire your allies to offer you their best skills and talents? I suggest you highlight everything about yourself that is most likely to win you love, appreciation, and help.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "I have a hypothesis that everyone is born with the same amount of luck," says cartoonist Scott Adams. "But luck doesn't appear to be spread evenly across a person's life. Some people use up all of their luck early in life. Others start out in bad circumstances and finish strong." How would you assess your own distribution of luck, Virgo? According to my projections, you are in a phase when luck is flowing stronger and deeper than usual. And I bet it will intensify in the coming weeks.

I suggest you use it wisely—which is to say, with flair and aplomb and generosity.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When my daughter Zoe was seven years old, she took horse-back riding lessons with a group of other young aspirants. On the third lesson, their instructor assigned them the task of carrying an egg in a spoon that they clasped in their mouths as they sat facing backwards on a trotting horse. That seemingly improbable task reminds me of what you're working on right now, Libra. Your balancing act isn't quite as demanding, but it is testing you in ways you're not accustomed to.

My prognosis: You will master what's required of you faster than the kids at Zoe's horse camp. Every one of them broke at least eight eggs before succeeding. I suspect that three or four attempts will be enough for you.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-14183 Dept. No. 1 Judge Ed McLean NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of Kenneth V. Nyquist, 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 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or their claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to John K. Nyquist, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of his attorneys, Crowley Fleck PLLP, 305 South 4th Street East, Suite 100, PO Box 7099, Missoula, MT 59807-7099, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 26th day of August, 2014. /s/ John K. Nyquist, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept.

No. 2 Cause No. DP-14-170 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOYCE ANN SPRINGER, 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 LARRY EUGENE SPRINGER, 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 13th day of August, 2014. /s/ Larry Eugene Springer, Personal Representative REELY LAW FIRM, P.C. 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201 Missoula, Montana 59801 Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Shane N. Reely, Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-14-184 Dept. No. 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DENNIS STUART MOLES, 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 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 B. Diane Crews and Margaret E. Kemper, Co-Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court.

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gust, 2014. /s/ B. Diane Crews, Co-Personal Representative /s/ Margaret E. Kemper, Co-Personal Representative /s/ Nancy Gibson, Attorney for Co-Personal Representatives MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-14-185 Dept. No. 1 Honorable Ed McLean Presiding. NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF JEANIE K. FERGUSON, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said Deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Herbert F. Ferguson, the Personal Representative, Return Receipt Requested, c/o Skjelset & Geer, PLLP, PO Box 4102, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 26th day of August, 2014. /s/ Herbert F. Ferguson, Personal Representative SKJELSET & GEER, P.L.L.P. /s/ Douglas G. Skjelset, Attorneys for the Estate STATE OF MONTANA):ss. County of Missoula) I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. Signed this 26th day of August, 2014. /s/ Herbert F. Ferguson, Applicant Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of August, 2014. /s/ Suzanne Geer, Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Stevensville, Montana My Commission Expires 10-02- 2016 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-13-817 Hon. John W. Larson SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION AARON JACOBSON and REBECCA JACOBSON, husband and wife, Plaintiffs, vs. BILLY LEE STAGGS JR. a/k/a WILLIAM LEE STAGGS, Defendant.

THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO DEFENDANT BILLY LEE STAGGS JR. a/k/a WILLIAM LEE STAGGS: YOU, THE DEFENDANT, ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Amended Complaint in this action which is filed in the office of the Clerk of the above-named Court, and to file your answer and serve a copy of your answer upon the Plaintiffs within twenty-one (21) days after the date of the last publication hereof, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint. The object of the above-entitled action is the possession and recovery of personal property, namely a 2012 Dodge Sport 1500 Series pickup, and claims for damages associated with the agreement between the parties and wrongful possession of said property.

MNAXL Dated this 8th day of August, 2014. (SEAL) Shirley E. Faust, CLERK OF COURT By: /s/ Andrew L. Brunkhart, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept.

No. 2 Probate No. DP-14-172 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF TONI MORGAN, 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 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 Kara J. Smith and Aileen Ast, the CoPersonal Representatives, return receipt requested, in care of Paul E. Fickes, Esq., 310 West Spruce, Missoula, Montana 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 18th day of August, 2014. /s/ Kara J. Smith, Co-Personal Representative, 2518 Latigo Drive, Missoula, MT 59808 /s/ Aileen Ast, CoPersonal Representative, 1700 Cooley Street, Missoula, MT 59802 /s/ Richard J. Samson, Attorney for Personal Representatives, 310 West Spruce Street, Missoula, MT 59802 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept.

No. 4 Probate No. DP-14-163 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MERLE SELLERS THOMAS, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Sandra A. Mielke and Dean Kromarek, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the aboveentitled Court. I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the State o Montana that the foregoing is true and correct.

DATED this 7th day of August, 2014. /s/ Sandra A. Mielke, CoPersonal Representative /s/ Dean R. Kromarek, Co-Personal Representative WORDEN THANE PC Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ William E. McCarthy MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept.

No.: 4 Judge: Karen S. Townsend Cause No.: DP-14-176 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of ROBERT ALLAN PHELPS, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate.

All persons having claims against the deceased 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 Frances Ellen McWilliams, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of Robert Terrazas, P.C., P.O. Box 9077, Missoula, Montana 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court at 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802.

DATED this 25th day of August 2014. /s/ Frances Ellen McWilliams, Personal Representative TERRAZAS LAW OFFICES, 1923 S. HIggins Ave., P.O. Box 9077, Missoula, MT 59807 /s/ Robert Terrazas, P.C. Attorney for Personal Representative NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Jeff and Julie Stewart have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Verlene Etta Stewart. Cause No. DP-14-127 Dept. No. 2, Montana Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County. All persons haviing 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. Claiims must either be mailed to Attorney Martin J. Elison at PO Box 5496, Missoula, MT 59806, the Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, at 6485 Highway #10 W. #63, Missoula, MT 59808 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 19th day of August, 2014. /s/ Jeff and Julie Stewart, Personal Representatives NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 08/28/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200821411 Bk: 826 Pg: 595, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Jeffrey R. Neville and Tresa L. Neville, husband, tenants and not as tenants in common was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and First American Title Ins Co was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Ins Co as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: A Tract of Land located in the E1/2 of Section 16, Township 14 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described as Tract 3D of Certificate of Survey No. 4057. 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

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PUBLIC NOTICES the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 05/04/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter.

As of July 3, 2014, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $309,424.93. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $268,286.39, 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 7, 2014 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 asis, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.110640) 1002.270637-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 02/03/11, recorded as Instrument No. 201102369 B: 873 P: 784, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Nancy K. Coleman, A Married Woman was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Sterling Savings Bank, a Washington Corporation, its successors and assigns was Beneficiary and Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc was Trustee.

First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc as Successor Trustee. The Deed of

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Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey No. 6227, located in the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 15 North, Range 20 West, Principle Meridian, Montana. More Accurately Described As: Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey No. 6227, located in the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 15 North, Range 20 West, Principal Meridian, Montana. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201118745 B:885 P:372, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP. 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 07/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 1, 2014, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $351,313.87. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $293,547.41, 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 13, 2014 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 asis, 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

MNAXLP trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7021.18019) 1002.264905-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 08/26/04, recorded as Instrument No. 200424963 Bk: 738 Pg: 1618, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Ann Kristine Gunderson was Grantor, Montana Mortgage Company, a Montana Corporation was Beneficiary and Insured Titles, LLC was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Insured Titles, LLC as Successor Trustee.

The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 14 in Block 2 of El Mar Estates Phase IV, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200427208 Bk: 740 Pg: 444, 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 04/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter.

As of July 17, 2014, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $148,425.55. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $117,694.59, 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 24, 2014 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 asis, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.110042) 1002.268295-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on November 3, 2014, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 5 in Block 49 of Sunrise addition #2, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.

APN #: 0519206 Charles G. Eskro and Melissa M. Eskro, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2010 and recorded August 6, 2010 in Book 863 page 1392 under document no. 201015101. The beneficial interest is currently held by Matrix Financial Services Corporation. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,202.39, beginning September 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 July 31, 2014 is $225,640.72 principal, interest at the rate of 4.5% now totaling $10,142.21, escrow advances of $1,603.63, and other fees and expenses advanced of $50.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $27.82 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 30, 2014 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 30 day of June, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared

PUBLIC NOTICES Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 Flagstar V. Eskro 42076.030 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 17, 2014, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: South 20 feet of Lot 12, and the North 50 feet of Lot 13, Block B of Rainbow Ranch Homes Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Phoebe J Patterson, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Long Beach Mortgage Company, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated May 30, 2003 and recorded June 9, 2003 in Book 708 page 713 under Document No. 200320092.

The beneficial interest is currently held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, in trust for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2003-4.

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 $767.58, beginning January 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, 2014 is $104,397.27 principal, interest at the rate of 6.475% now totaling $10,483.26, late charges in the amount of $276.46, escrow advances of $3,106.88, and other fees and expenses advanced of $256.05, plus accruing interest at the rate of $17.84 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, 2014 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 11th day of June, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 Select Portfolio V. Patterson 42085.026 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 20, 2014, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: A piece

MNAXLP or parcel of land being a part of the Northwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 35, Township 15 North, Range 21 West, P.M., Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an iron pipe driven alongside an old fence corner post, said iron pipe being 16.3 feet S.88°45’E. of a point adopted as the Southwest corner of the above described Northwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of the above described Section 35, and running from said point of beginning N.7°10’E. along the East boundary of the right-of-way of a narrow road or land of varying and uncertain width, for a distance of 147.5 feet to an iron pipe; thence continuing along said right-of-way as above, for a further distance of 61.5 feet to an iron pipe; thence S.60°30’E. along an old fence, parallel with and approximately 33 feet South of the center line of the Old Mullan Road, or MissoulaFrenchtown Road, for a distance of 130 feet to an iron pipe driven alongside an old fence corner post; thence S.27°45’W. along an old-line fence between the Bell and Taylor tracts for a distance of 150 feet to an iron pipe driven alongside an old fence corner post; thence N.88°45’W. along an old fence line, 93.7 feet to the point of beginning. Also known as Deed Exhibit No. 673. Sandra L Beers, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated September 19, 2006 and recorded September 21, 2006 in Book 783, on Page 760, under Document No. 200624108. The beneficial interest is currently held by DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee for the holders of the GSAA Home Equity Trust 2007-2 Asset Backed Certificates Series 2007-2. 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 $916.29, 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 27, 2014 is $119,138.84 principal, interest at the rate of 7.75% now totaling $13,747.33, late charges in the amount of $274.86, escrow advances of $2,861.08, and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,957.50, plus accruing interest at the rate of $25.65 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, 2014 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 11th day of June, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 Ocwen Vs. Beers 42046.217 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR

CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 21, 2014, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Tract 1A-1-E of Certificate of Survey No. 2074, a tract of land located in the Northeast one-quarter of Section 3, Township 11 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana Trini R. Campbell, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to AHM Mortgage, as Beneficiary, by Deed of trust dated on March 18, 2005 and recorded on March 21, 2005 in BK-749, Pg-734, under document No. 200506380. The beneficial interest is currently held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. 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 $955.03, beginning October 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, 2014 is $147,723.26 principal, interest at the rate of 5.25000% now totaling $6,462.90, late charges in the amount of $343.78, escrow advances of $2,052.16, and other fees and expenses advanced of $171.20, plus accruing interest at the rate of $21.25 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.

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PUBLIC NOTICES 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 18, 2014 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 18 day of June, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires:01/19/2018 Chase V Campbell 41954.944 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 27, 2014, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT

59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 1 of MICKELSON ADDITION, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.

Brian D Chernish and Holly J Chernish, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated February 1, 2005 and recorded February 7, 2005 under Document No. 200503067 in Book 747 Page 1115. The beneficial interest is currently held by THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2005-13CB, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-13CB. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana.

The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,555.74, beginning February 1, 2011, 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 July 15, 2014 is $243,349.93 principal, interest at the rate of 5.5% now totaling $30,921.41, and other fees and expenses advanced of $11,090.40, plus accruing interest at the rate of $34.69 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,

MNAXLP 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, 20, 2014 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss.

County of Bingham) On this 20 day of June, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 Resurgnt V. Chernish 41875.085

CLARK FORK STORAGE

will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 94, 152, 172.

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 9/22/2014 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 9/25/2014 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer’s bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.

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RENTALS 720 Turner St. “D” 3 bed/1.5 bath Northside, pet? $900 Grizzly Property Management 5422060

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

APARTMENTS 1 bedroom, 1 bath, $600, LEASE INCENTIVES. Downtown, coin-op laundry, off-street parking, W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333 1024 Stephens Ave. #10. 2 bed/1 bath, central location, coin-ops, cat? $675. Grizzly Property Management 5422060 109 Turner Ct. #4 2 bed/1 bath, W/D hookups, near park, pet? $650. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1801 Howell #3. 2 bed/1 bath, storage, W/D hookups, pet? $725. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

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RENTALS

REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 1020 Stoddard. 2 bed, 1 bath Craftsman on the Northside.

Hardwood floors & deck. $200,000. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential MIssoula 239-8350 shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 10955 Cedar Ridge. Loft bedroom, 1 bath on 20+ acres with guest house & sauna near Blue Mountain Recreation Area. $300,000. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

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1290 Lena Lane. 3 bed, 3 bath with 3 car garage near fishing access in Target Range. $249,900. Chris Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 544-8700 chrishonzel@lambrosera.com 1297 Big Flat. 4 bed, 2.5 bath Montana Craftsman on 7+ acres with fenced pasture & pond. $499,900. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com

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11864 O’Keefe Creek. 5 bed, 3 bath on 20 fenced acres with tack shed, hay barn & horse stalls. $389,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

2515 Klondike Court. 4 bed, 3 bath ranch style in Grant Creek. $365,000. Chris Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 544-8700. chrishonzel@lambrosera.com 2970 Sandalwood Court. 4 bed, 2 bath in Big Flat neighborhood with Clark Fork River access. $582,500. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate.

532-9229 tory@montana.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath Central Missoula home. $179,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3010 West Central. Five acres bordering DNRC in Target Range with 3 bed, 1 bath home. $450,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 309 Plymouth. 4 bed, 2.5 bath Craftsman bungalow with wood floors, sky lights, patio and claw foot tub. 1 bed, 1 bath apartment in lower level. $329,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 3411 Paxson. 4 bed, 3 bath recently remodeled with fenced

yard & double garage. $285,000. Rita Gray, LambrosERA Real Estate 532-9283. ritagray@lambrosera.com 3748 Brandon. 5 bed, 3 bath with 2 car garage in Linda Vista. $363,000. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 5312605. vickiehonzel@ lambrosera.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Lower Miller Creek home on 1 acre. $230,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4114 Melrose. 3 bed, 2 bath Pleasant View home with fenced yard, patio & double garage. $248,000. Chris Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 544-8700. chrishonzel@lambrosera.com 4415 Shepard Lane, East Missoula. 3 bed, 3 bath on 1 acre near Canyon River Golf Course & Sha-Ron river access. $330,000. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 2398350. shannon@prudential missoula.com 4700 Nicole Court. 6 bed, 4 bath high-end Linda Vista home with 3 car garage and Missoula

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1807 Missoula Avenue. 3 bed, 2 bath cottage-style near Rattlesnake Creek and park. $299,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com 1944 South 8th West. Remodeled 2 bed, 1 bath with deck on 2 lots. $149,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com

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REAL ESTATE 237 Sky Pilot Lane, Stevensville $550,000

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2 fireplaces, 2 living rooms, formal dining.

views. $419,500. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 5465816. annierealtor@gmail.com 5614 Gharrett. 4 bed, 3 bath with deck, Bitterroot views & 2 car garage. Mary Louise ZappKnapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate 4 0 6 - 4 5 6 - 2 2 6 0 . mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com 5619 Prospect. 5 bed, 4 bath well-maintained Grant Creek home with 3 car garage. $404,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula.

239-8350 shannon@ prudentialmissoula.com 6 Greenbriar. 3 bed, 3 bath in Upper Rattlesnake with hot tub, fireplace & double garage. $310,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula. 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com 6200 St. Thomas. 5 bed, 4 bath on 1+ acre in Miller Creek neighborhood. $359,900. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com 655 Woodworth. 3 bed, 3 bath 1940’s bungalow two blocks to UM. $355,900. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate. 532-9229 tory@montana.com 716 South 6th West. 3 bed, 2 bath with wood floors, arched doorways, fireplace & fenced yard with deck. $259,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000.

240-7653 720 Ben Hogan Drive. 5 bed, 4 bath on 4 Farviews acres with Pattee Canyon views. $750,000.

Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com 720 West Sussex. 5 bed, 2 bath ranch style home with many upgrades. $247,500. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com 9755 Horseback Ridge. 3 bed, 3 bath with mother-in-law apart-

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A home with character! $189,000. KD 240-5227. porticorealestate.com

CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES 1400 Burns Street #15. $150,000. A rare, spacious 3 bedroom unit in the awesome Burns Street Commons!

This upstairs corner unit is all on one level with a secure private entrance and a balcony. KD 240-5227. portico realestate.com 1420D Stoddard. 2 bed, 1.5 bath Westside condo with front porch, fenced yard & garage. $162,500. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 1861 East Broadway. 3 bed, 2.5 condo with deck & single garage. $180,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com 324B North Grant. 3 bed, 2 bath condo with fenced yard & 2 car garage. $169,900. Rita Gray, LambrosERA Real Estate 532-9283. ritagray@lambrosera.com 505 California. 3 bed, 2.5 bath stand-alone near Riverfront Trail.

No HOA fees. $285,000. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate.

531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 5530 Creekstone #2. 2 bed, 1.5 bath in Grant Creek Village near park, trail & creek. $139,500.

Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com Uniquely Missoula! 619 Phillips and 633 Phillips. $165,000 each. The former MUD demonstration site on the Northside. Many outbuildings on each and so many possibilities.

KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com Uptown Flats #210. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Missoula’s Northside. $149,000.

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

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

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5530 Creekstone #2 • $139,500 Grant Creek Village Condo • 2 bed, 1.5 bath two story • Borders community park, creek & trail system • 900 sq. ft. of living space • Storage shed & car port • Easy access to downtown, Reserve Street & airport

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. Upscale gated community near downtown. All SS appliances, carport, storage and access to community room and exercise room plus more. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 5465816. annierealtor@gmail.com www.movemontana.com 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. 2 bedroom units for $119,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

DUPLEXES 1018/1020 Worden. Great Northside investment opportunity. $250,000.

Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com Central Missoula Duplex 1779 & 1781 W Sussex. $187,500. Centrally located duplex. Close to shopping, busses, bike path, and easy access to Russell, Brooks and South. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

MANUFACTURED

HOMES

2406 McIntosh Loop. 3 bed, 2 bath Redman 28x56 in Orchard Promenade Community. $104,900. Chris Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 544-8700 chrishonzel@lambrosera.com

LAND FOR SALE 1625 Lot 12A Cote Lane. Level 1 acre with fantastic views. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate 532-9296. mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com 910 Bandmann Trail. Over 1 acre on Canyon River Golf Course with 252 Clark Fork River frontage. $275,000. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com Building lot north of Philipsburg with power 1/2 mile away & no covenants. $150,000. Pintlar Territories R.E. 406-859-3522. pintlarterritories.com Lot 33 Old Mill Loop, St. Regis.

1.02 acre with 150’ of Clark

REAL ESTATE Fork River Frontage. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate 532-9296. mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com NHN Arnica. Pattee Canyon acreage with great view of Missoula. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 5329296 mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. 11 acre Mission Mountain building site. $86,900.

Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. Over 40 acres with 2 creeks near Mission Mountains. $199,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com NHN Raymond. .62 acre in Lower Rattlesnake bordering Missoula Open Space. $148,000. David Loewenwarter.

Prudential Montana Real Estate.

LOEWENWARTER.COM. 406241-3321

COMMERCIAL 101 Church Street, Stevensville.

Currently Mission Bistro Restaurant, but zoned for commercial or residential. $255,000.

Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula. 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com

4 Bdr, 2 Bath Central Missoula home. Commercial or Residential. $185,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit...www.mindypalmer.com

OUT OF TOWN 109 Church Street, Stevensville.

Historic 3 bed, 1 bath with library, parlor & fantastic front porch. $139,000. Rita Gray, LambrosERA Real Estate, 5329283. ritagray@lambrosera.com 1229 Iron Cap, Stevensville. 4 bed, 3 bath ranchette on 15.33 fenced acres.

Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate 406-456-2260 mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com 12336 Frenchtown Frontage Road. 3 bed, 3 bath on 4+ acres with front porch, deck & UG sprinklers. $345,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 5329229 tory@montana.com

210 Red Fox Road, Lolo. 4 bed, 2.5 bath on 2.59 acres along Bitterroot River. $465,000. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula, 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 3 Bdr, 1 Bath Alberton home. $125,000. Prudential Montana.

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

15080 Big Horn, Huson. Montana Dream Home near Clark Fork River. 4 bed, 3 bath on over 6 acres. $550,000. Chris Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 544-8700. chrishonzel@lambrosera.com

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Bonner area home close to Blackfoot River & public lands. $324,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

2039 Nighthawk Trail, Victor. 3 bed, 2 bath on 20 acres near Fred Burr Trailhead off Bear Creek Road. $675,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 5329229. tory@montana.com

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Historic Stevensville home. $236,000.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

THE UPTOWN FLATS Come check out the condos at The Uptown Flats. 1 bed 1 bath plus high-end amenities.

Starting at $149,900

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Lolo area home home. $229,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

$495,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com 41608 Melita Island Road, Elmo.

3 bed, 2 bath on 1.3 acres with 400’ of Flathead Lake frontage. $1,000,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate, 532-9229 tory@montana.com

5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Stevensville area home on 3.2 acres. $529,000.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 5 Bdr, 5 Bath, Stevensville area home on 10 acres. $649,000.

Prudential Montana. For more

info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 7725 Moe Road, Lolo. Octagon House on 9.7 acres. 5 bed, 3 bath, private office, 3300 sf, views, dead-end road great backyard! $519,000 Celia Banana Belt Realty 550-1014 celiamontana@gmail.com

Easy Access to the highway and the river. 17430 Six-Mile, $250,000. Historic 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath home in great condition on stunning 12 acre setting with views, fruit trees, tons of gardening space and much more! KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

6 TIPS

FOR BUYING MORE FOR LESS 512 E. Broadway 406-728-2621 matt@clarkforkrealty.com

4158 Petty Creek. 3 bed, 4 bath log-sided home on 40 acres with 1400’ of Petty Creek frontage.

2014 Best Real Estate Agent

Anne Jablonski Broker

546-5816

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Turn-Key Home

Pat McCormick

Green Blocks Home

$149,900

Real Estate With Real Experience

• 2 Bed, 1 Bath • Hardwood Flooring • $78/Month Avg. Utilities

• Large 6500 SqFt Lot • Fenced, Garden Beds • Large Storage Shed and More!

1944 S. 8th W.

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

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