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News Voices/Letters Westside concerns and a welcome return ..........................................4 The Week in Review Griz win, project delayed and fire ..........................................6 Briefs Buskers, Lake County cops and TEDx .................................................................6 Etc. Missoula College complaints ..................................................................................7 News Public attention alters the trapping ban debate ...................................................8 News 21 things to learn from brewery book’s sudsy history ........................................9 Opinion Ski industry joins together to combat climate change .................................10 Feature Fred Van Valkenburg keeps on fighting...........................................................14

Arts & Entertainment Arts Collage artist Henry Freedman picks up the pieces ............................................20 Music Typhoon, The West, Muhammadali and Ty Segall..............................................21 Books Russell Rowland’s High and Inside doesn’t connect........................................22 Film Our Nixon reveals the ordinary footage of scandal ............................................23 Film Blackfish makes a compelling argument .............................................................24 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................25 Flash in the Pan Pink tabouli.......................................................................................26 Hangriest Hour Zpizza ................................................................................................28 8 Days a Week You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth! .................................29 Mountain High Bike Walk Bus Week ...........................................................................41 Agenda Ravalli County SAFE Crisis Line.......................................................................42

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Street Talk..............................................................................................................4 In Other News......................................................................................................12 Classifieds ..........................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess ...........................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrolog y.............................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle...............................................................................................C-7 Camp Sleepover ...............................................................................................C-11 This Modern World...........................................................................................C-12

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Westside story

STREET TALK

by Cathrine L. Walters

Asked Tuesday, Sept. 3, at the Orange Street Food Farm. Where would you like to see the new Missoula College located? Follow-up: The legislature allocated $29 million this year to build it. What would you build with that much money?

Brian Myers: We like our open space, so I’d hate to see them pave over the golf course. If the college wants it and they’re going to build over something, tell them to build over the oval. College funds: Build the college, but make it affordable for students to go to school.

Joe Kirkendall: I think ideally they should expand from where they currently are now. Go east: I’d put the campus five miles out of Missoula in the mountains east of town, that way people would love to go there.

Tom Helgerson: I’d like to see it put on the golf course—that place doesn’t affect me at all. Pedal push: I’d like to see the city be a helluva lot more bike friendly. It kind of is, but not enough. I’d like to see the bike lanes expand out of downtown to the residential areas.

Casey Snowdon: There’s not much room in Missoula for that. We don’t have open meadows for large complexes. Feeling green: Rooftop gardens and solar panels for every building downtown.

Joanna Nasvik: How about out by the airport? There’s a lot space out there. It’s pretty compacted here already. Park it: I would put it towards parks. There are enough buildings.

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Dan Brooks just wrote the manual on being too clever by half in last week’s opinion piece (see “Inventing solutions,” Aug. 29). It always smarts to be mocked and when you’re the object of ridicule from someone with the writing chops of Mr. Brooks, it’s hard not to defensively fire off ad hominem attacks. So I’ll first acknowledge what is right in what he wrote—the retroactive aspect of the ordinance is a murky-at-best way to respond to a relocation decision that displeases neighbors. The rest, unfortunately, is straw man stuff. Mr. Brooks characterizes opposition of the Union Gospel Mission’s relocation as a petty, selfish desire to whisk away the inconvenience of seeing the homeless. He so poorly captures the sentiments of westsiders like myself that I wonder if he’s actually listened to anyone who has spoken up about it. I’m hoping he might listen to me. Three-fourths of the children my kids go to school with are at or below the poverty level. They play at our house. Their parents, living paycheck to paycheck, move all the time. I go down the street and I walk by trailer courts and middle class houses and low-rent apartments and nod at people who just got off the Greyhound as we pass on the sidewalk. Most of my neighbors are poor. I like living here. I’m reminded on a daily basis that so many people have it way worse than me. That my sons are lucky that they haven’t had to move three, four, five times in a year. We know, better than probably any other part of town, how poverty impacts the lives of Missoula. And here is where it gets complicated and where Mr. Brooks’ rhetorical savvy stings with the two-pronged sword of condescension and trivialization. I also see on a daily basis five “discount” motels, the YWCA, three thrift stores, HomeWORD, two tattoo parlors, Missoula Youth Homes, a liquor store and casino, and of course the “coming attraction” of the Poverello and the Union Gospel Mission. Stay with me now. I don’t object to the location or merit of any one of those establishments individually. But when you look at it combined and as a whole and you see that it’s the southern border of a neighborhood with all of the issues de-

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to fall into a category with very few safeguards to protect the public. Safety, sanitation, parking, handicap accessibility and oversight regarding the qualifications of staff to deal with extremely volatile populations are but a few of the issues that need to be resolved. The city has a responsibility to protect its citizens. The lack of regulations regarding these kinds of businesses must be addressed before these projects continue. The residents of the Westside need the support of all Missoula residents. This is not a “Westside” problem. This is a citywide problem. Just like you, our neighborhood is made up of women and children, senior citizens and hard working people. We are being put in harm’s way. Please stand beside us, your neighbors, and help us make this change for the better for our city, our home. Heather Hammond Missoula

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scribed above, it seems reasonable to me that some of us wonder why so much of Missoula’s economic strife is consigned to such a narrow part of town. We have little to no say in what goes

“When you’re the object of ridicule from someone with the writing chops of Mr. Brooks, it’s hard not to defensively

attacks.” where in our neighborhood. The ordinance is, at best, an imperfect way of dealing with the subject. But I support it because I think we should at least have a public forum to talk about not just what homeless services should be and how they should function, but where they should happen. And call me crazy, but it would be nice if this issue could lead the city to talk about that section of West Broadway in a way that addresses the symptom and the disease. Then maybe we won’t need Mr. Brooks’ cute invention after all. Greg Martin Missoula

In harm’s way I am extremely concerned that Missoula has no zoning regulations regarding homeless shelters or soup kitchens. The yet-to-be-built Poverello Center has a permit to run a hostel. The Union Baptist Church wants to open a soup kitchen, life skills center and residence for “recovering” addicts. Under current zoning regulations this is a “daycare.” The lack of proper zoning forces these establishments

Quite coincidentally, I arrived back in Missoula after five years of being away, pulling up in a 26-foot U-Haul just weeks before the Independent’s article “The Good Ol’ Days” appeared in the recent Fresh Facts special issue. During that time, my wife Joyce and I spent three years in Bend, Ore. (we likened it more to Bozeman than to Missoula) and two years exile in New Jersey, where the stereotypes of rude people are stereotypes for a reason. That being said, it’s hard to list all the things we missed and are now happily rediscovering again: from the new Top Hat and Kettlehouse to the Big Dipper and Shakespeare and Co. Like everywhere, Missoula has changed and stayed the same. Also like everywhere, locals—as the article alluded to—are proud and smug of where they live. The difference is in Missoula they have a right to be. A place where happy hour means something, and I’m just another guy with a ponytail cycling by. Charles Finn Missoula Correction: The Blue Dream music review in last week’s issue botched the name of musician Clark Grant. The Indy regrets the error.

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WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Cathrine L. Walters

Wednesday, August 28 The Missoula City Council is advised that the Third Street reconstruction project will be delayed another year. As Councilman Bob Jaffe writes in his online listserv, “I think that makes 15 years and counting.”

Thursday, August 29 Ikaika Kamaka, 20, is sentenced to two years of intensive supervision with the Department of Corrections, with five years suspended, for his part in a January convenience store robbery in which a clerk was beaten with a baseball bat.

Friday, August 30 Wildland firefighters gain ground on the 10,902-acre Lolo Creek Complex fire, containing 85 percent of the blaze that started Aug. 18. The progress prompts the Lolo National Forest to reduce the size of area closures.

Saturday, August 31 The University of Montana football team trounces Appalachian State 30-6 in front of a record crowd of 26,293 under the lights at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. Transfer running back Travon Van leads the team with 118 rushing yards and a touchdown.

Sunday, September 1 A smokejumper remains hospitalized in stable condition after sustaining a hip injury on Friday while parachuting into the Two Top Fire on the Montana-Idaho border near Yellowstone National Park. As of Sunday, the fire is estimated to be 130 acres.

Monday, September 2 By the conclusion of the three-day holiday weekend—and the first weekend of the University of Montana’s fall semester— Missoula law enforcement tallies 24 quality of life complaints stemming from loud parties.

Tuesday, September 3 Construction begins on a new “urban miniroundabout” at Scott Street and Toole Avenue. The roundabout is designed to ease traffic congestion. As a result of the project, detours will be in place for roughly five weeks.

The McDonald Creek wildfire continues to burn on the Flathead Tribal Wilderness side of the Mission Mountains Sept. 2. Lightning started the wildfire on Aug. 14, but has been left to burn due to the extremely difficult terrain and its remote location.

Lake County

Strike three for Polson cop? Late last year, members of the Montana Public Safety Officer Standards and Training Council, or POST, the quasi-judicial board that certifies police officers, debated how to appropriately punish Polson Police Officer Cory Anderson. He and Polson Police Chief Wade Nash, while off-duty and drinking, had called and allegedly intimidated a witness in a poaching investigation implicating several Lake County cops. POST called it “strike two” against Anderson. They had already suspended him once, in 2005, for alcoholrelated domestic abuse. And he’d been involved in a few other drunken incidents over the course of several years while working for the Polson Police Department and Lake County Sheriff ’s Office. Still, the council went easy on Anderson, letting him keep his badge as long as he underwent a chemical dependency evaluation, which he completed a couple months ago. Assistant Attorney General Sarah Hart, who serves as POST’s counsel, said during the December 2012 meeting, “My gut, for what it’s worth, is that this guy is going to toe the straight and narrow.”

It appears Anderson toed it about as far as Swanee’s Bar & Grill in Polson. That’s where strike three may have occurred late Saturday night, when Anderson allegedly assaulted someone. He wasn’t arrested, but on Monday Polson Police Chief Wade Nash placed Anderson on administrative leave while Nash’s department conducts an internal investigation and the Missoula County Sheriff ’s Office leads a criminal investigation (the Lake County Sheriff ’s Office passed it off to avoid a conflict of interest). “I’m handling this properly. It’s not being overlooked,” Nash says. “Do I like members of my department to have that type of reflection upon our community? Absolutely not, and it’s not going to be tolerated.” Missoula County Sheriff ’s Capt. Mike Dominick, who’s leading the criminal investigation, declined to provide details of the incident. A Swanee’s Bar & Grill employee confirmed Anderson was there Saturday night but wasn’t aware an assault may have occurred. Last year, POST brought complaints against Anderson, Nash and five other officers in Lake County law enforcement agencies, accusing the officers of a range of dishonorable and criminal acts, including poaching, perjury, nepotism, ethics violations, false claims of military combat, and witness tampering and intimidation.

Only one officer, former Lake County Sgt. Dan Duryee, was stripped of his badge. Ronan Police Chief Dan Wadsworth was suspended for 15 years. Anderson and Nash were issued minor sanctions. POST dismissed the three other cases. Matthew Frank

TEDx

Big ideas come together Jace Laakso isn’t the type of person who believes fate will resolve the future, but after organizing TEDx UMontana he’s given the notion some thought. “I don’t believe in those things, but everything just fell into place, like it was supposed to happen,” Laakso says. TED, which stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, started in 1984 as an annual conference focused on “Ideas Worth Spreading,” conveyed via short lectures and artistic performances. The events are limited to 100 attendees but all of the content is made available via the TED website. TEDx events are locally organized spinoffs that follow the same format. Since 2009 more than 5,000 TEDx lectures have happened around the world.

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[news] When University of Montana student Lance Pellerin approached Laasko in February with the idea of hosting a TEDx event, Laakso thought it’d be as easy as finding a couple people to speak on a stage somewhere on campus. “Little did we realize how much work this was going to be,” Laakso says. Before he knew it, between 40 and 50 people were involved somewhere along the six-month process to help pull things together. When the call went out for speakers, about 125 people applied for nine slots. All the speakers are from the University of Montana. A few of their talks cover similar topics, but unlike most TEDx events there isn’t one central topic. “Our goal was to take the best speakers with the biggest ideas with the best topic. So we were hoping a theme would grow from that but nothing real solid emerged,” Pellerin says. “If we do one next year we’ll start with a theme and go from there.” The event is scheduled for Sept. 19 at 7 p.m., but the event is already sold out. Roughly 1,000 people applied for tickets and were entered into a lottery. For those who missed out, organizers have arranged to broadcast the event in the UC Theater on UM’s campus, and online at umt.edu/tedx. Dameon Pesanti

The law goes on to state that anyone wanting to play music in public is required to get a permit from the chief of police. Patrol Captain Chris Odlin says the ordinance is written to protect the quality of life of anyone who might be bothered by the musicians. He knows of only one person to ever actually buy the $35 permit. “It’s rarely enforced,” Odlin says. “I think in most instances if a musician is playing downtown at a reasonable hour and at a reasonable volume I don’t think the police would mess with it.” Regardless of how often it’s enforced, Clapp says he’ll apply for the permit as soon as he’s able. Another musician told Clapp the permit costs $35, but they are purchased so infrequently that Odlin and city officials

Busking

Got a permit for that? At about one in the morning last Sunday, Dan Clapp, 33, and Jeanne Pencek, 23, were playing their accordions downtown when their performance was cut short. A police officer handed Clapp a $40 ticket for “conveyance of a musical device.” “We were trying to make a little money after the Griz game,” Clapp says. “We weren’t long into it and we had a hat full of ones. ... Then the cops shut us down.” Clapp says he’d heard of the city ordinance against unregistered musicians once before but didn’t believe it was actually enforced. “I passed dozens of musicians [Saturday] morning and another 10 that night. Every one of them had a case out [for money] and I didn’t see them getting in trouble,” he says. “Conveyance of a musical device” falls under Title 9 of the Missoula Municipal Code, a section of the law titled, “Public Peace, Morals and Welfare.” The law, which was written in 1979, states that “The construction, maintenance, operation, moving, carrying or transportation beside, along or upon any street, alley or public highway within the city of any radio, phonograph or other musical instrument, or other sound producing device, while same is producing, or reproducing sound, song, speech or music is declared to be a nuisance and is prohibited ...”

could not confirm the price. “It’s a worthy investment, considering you should be able to [pay for it] in a night,” Clapp says. Dameon Pesanti

Development

County trumps land barons In a decision that stands to impact development statewide, the Montana Supreme Court last week struck a portion of what’s been referred to as the “Land Baron Law,” a mandate that provided large property owners the power to veto local growth plans. “A large landowner such as Plum Creek won’t be able to throw a wrench in local community efforts to chart their own destinies,” says Missoula attorney Tim Bechtold, who represented the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Williams vs. Missoula County Commissioners, et al.

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Until last week, the statute enabled Montana landowners who claimed 50 percent of agricultural or forested land within any given district to veto pending county development directives. That’s what five landowners attempted to do in 2010, when protesting growth restrictions being crafted by the Board of Missoula County Commissioners for 422 acres north of Lolo. The health and safety implications of a proposed gravel pit prompted area residents to lobby the County Commissioners to create the new restrictions. Commissioners complied, first with an interim zoning ordinance and then with permanent mandates that were slated to go online in 2010, when the five landowners filed their protests. Under the Land Baron Law, such a protest automatically stalled any new restrictions for one year. Subsequent vetoes could enable large property owners to fend off growth plans indefinitely. Bechtold’s client, L. Reed Williams, owns property adjacent to the proposed mine. He didn’t think the law was fair and filed a lawsuit arguing that the Land Baron Law violated constitutional guarantees to equal protection, voting rights and due process. The Supreme Court sided with Williams and tossed the provision. Missoula County Deputy Attorney James McCubbin, who represented the county in the case, says that the decision is significant because community leaders have historically been hesitant to invest time and resources developing growth plans under fear that protests could derail the entire process. “Zoning hasn’t really been attempted in the state in many cases because of these provisions,” McCubbin says. In Missoula County, the change means that the Lolo gravel pit won’t be allowed. It also means that county commissioners, rather than large landowners, will have the final say in growth decisions. McCubbin notes, however, that county officials will continue weighing all interests, including those of entities with significant property holdings, when planning for the future. “We take public participation very seriously,” he says. Jessica Mayrer

ETC. The University of Montana took a beating last week. On Aug. 29, locals gathered for the third of three independently hosted public forums on the future of Missoula College, venting for two straight hours about past and present frustrations with the university’s administration. The panel seat reserved for UM remained empty, the President’s Office having declined to participate further after sending a representative to the first forum in June. Professor Linda Frey kicked off the event with concerns that the administration is attempting to “squish together” UM and Missoula College. That course would dilute the core missions of both, Frey said, and would be like trying to “blend chili and crème brule.” Rep. Doug Coffin, a UM professor and state Senate candidate for 2014, questioned how something as simple as a building project had become such a point of contention. Lewie Schneller with the Advocates for Missoula’s Future piled on, likening the past few years at UM to “a mystery novel” and adding that the campus is smelling more like “a fish factory.” Schneller hypothesized that UM’s behavior regarding the Missoula College debate is perhaps indicative of a broader shift in administrative mentality. It started with “the gutting of the athletic department,” he said, referring to the 2012 firings of Athletic Director Jim O’Day and head football coach Robin Pflugrad. “Nobody knew that was coming down until [President Royce] Engstrom jerked his knee.” At times the complaints seemed to originate from some long-lost cache of anger. When the panel turned to suspicions that UM is attempting to shift its entire liberal arts program to Missoula College in order to cut costs, ASUM President Asa Hohman rolled his eyes. Hohman stood, as he had in previous forums, as the lone counterbalance in the debate, politely rebuking the zanier allegations while maintaining distance from the administration itself. By the end of the first hour, the forum felt more like a family gathering with UM cast as the absentee black sheep, unwilling or unable to counter the scathing denunciations about its behavior. Panelists repeatedly pointed to the empty chair as a sign of how much UM truly values the public’s input. “Skipping a public forum is not a gesture of good will,” Coffin said. Perhaps when UM begins hosting forums on its own time and turf this fall—as the administration has intended to for months—the community will have blown off this steam. Then the discussion might proceed, as Hohman suggested, with “an open mind.”

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Like the MWGA, Footloose has had to Late last month, the Montana Wool wolves through any combination of hunting Growers Association composed a letter to and trapping. The new rules also allow react quickly to the growing fervor against Attorney General Tim Fox urging him not hunters to shoot wolves over baited traps. trapping. When they first tried to get a trapto approve a proposed 2014 ballot measure FWP issued the changes “with the intent to ping ban on the ballot in 2010, Footloose to ban all trapping on public lands. The reduce the abundance of wolves across was pretty much “a band of us that were in nine-point letter argued against the pro- Montana,” and to increase opportunities for the Flathead, Ravalli County and Missoula County,” Poten says. They picked up volunposal on every level, from impacts on state hunters and trappers alike. revenue to the fiscal toll on the private secThose opposed to trapping were al- teers as they went, but gathering the signator. Ultimately, the organization emphasized ready up in arms about the expansion of the tures elsewhere in the state proved difficult. “This time around, we actually have that such a ban would violate Montanans’ 2012 season. Many pointed to Idaho as an people in Billings and constitutional right to harvest Red Lodge and Bozewild game. man and Helena and Fox’s office is reviewing Great Falls setting up as the legal sufficiency of the regional coordinators proposed initiative, and has to get signatures for opened the issue to public those cities,” she says. comment. In the meantime, “We’re way far ahead.” the MWGA and other trapIt’s not just ping advocates are busy craftwolves that have proing an opposition strategy pelled the trapping that could include polling in debate. Last year, sevadvance of the 2014 election. eral photos of a U.S. The anti-trapping nonprofit Forest Service emFootloose Montana and its alployee posing in front lies are working the other photo courtesy Footlose Montana of a trapped and side, preparing to gather the 25,000 signatures statewide Last year, Montana opened its first trapping season on wolves bloodied wolf in that are required to get the since the species’ reintroduction to the Northern Rockies. That Idaho went viral. The season has brought more attention to the trapping debate in the news quickly hit the measure on the ballot. state, even as activists attempt to ban the practice on public lands. international stage, MWGA’s stance comes as and trapping oppono surprise. The organization opposed a trapping ban the last time it example of how dramatic wolf harvest num- nents loudly called for the employee, Josh came up in Montana in 2010—an initiative bers can be under more liberalized regula- Bransford, to be fired. When more stories that fell roughly 2,000 signatures short. Jim tions. Of the 379 wolves taken in Idaho in of federal agents allegedly torturing Brown, director of public affairs for the 2011, 124 were killed by trappers. Last sea- trapped animals came out, the entire deMWGA, says his organization has been un- son, Idaho’s harvest dropped to 319, but bate exploded. FWP hadn’t even anflinching in its main concern: The ability to trappers still accounted for nearly a third— nounced its regulatory changes yet. As Poten says, those grisly images of Branstrap predators, mostly coyotes, that can 120—of those kills. cause significant financial loss for livestock “These extreme trapping proposals are ford grinning in front of a wounded wolf growers. But the broad nature of last tailored to meet demands by special interest “opened people’s eyes all over the world.” Brown agrees that support for Footmonth’s letter symbolizes a shift in the trap- groups, while misleading the public with ping debate in the past year. Montana false claims that trapping is fair chase,” KC loose and other anti-trapping groups has hosted its first official trapping season on York, interim executive director for Foot- swelled. He says the MWGA has had to “take wolves last fall. Of the 225 wolves harvested loose Montana, wrote in response to FWP’s a higher profile stand” in opposition to the in 2012-2013, 97 were killed by trappers. changes earlier this summer. “There is noth- proposed ballot initiative. The organization And state officials, believing wolf numbers ing ethical, nor is there any real wildlife developed strong partnerships with other to be “well above conservation minimums,” management here. The increase to five agriculture and sportsmen groups opposrecently passed a string of regulatory wolves to be legally trapped is excessive, ing the 2010 push. Now they’re using changes that will make for an even more lib- ecologically damaging, ethically repugnant “every arrow in the quiver” to increase their own base of support among the public. eral trapping season this fall. and further compromises public safety.” “In previous years, our opposition was “There’s no doubt about it,” Brown Footloose Montana spokesperson Consays. “The level of attention by the public to nie Poten partly credits the high-profile na- primarily based on the fact that the trapping trapping has obviously been increased with ture of the wolf trapping debate for the ban would make it extremely difficult for the allowance of FWP of a wolf trapping sea- increased attention her group’s received in livestock owners in Montana,” Brown says. son. It’s just made the whole issue of trap- the past year. The donations Footloose re- “But we’re broadening it out this time to ping more high profile.” ceives are still small and mostly from in-state make the public understand it’s more than Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks pro- supporters, she says. But now they get the about banning the trapping of wolves. This posed a host of regulatory changes to the odd check from Germany or Brazil. “Our has real economic consequences for the upcoming wolf hunting season earlier this Facebook page likes went from about 500 to state treasury and for private industry in year. Building on the addition of a trapping almost 6,000 just in the last year and a half,” Montana.” component last year, the agency is now al- Poten says. “We get calls from reporters from asakariassen@missoulanews.com lowing sportsmen to take as many as five out of state now about trapping.”

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Passing the bar 21 things to learn from brewery bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sudsy history by Skylar Browning

Montanans pride themselves on many things, and fine craft beer is at or near the top of that list. With that local pride comes a certain sense of ingrained knowledge about our hometown breweries. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s widely known, for instance, that Bayern Brewing is the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldest continuously operating brewery. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also common knowledge that Big Sky Brewing is the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest brewery, with distribution as far east as Illinois. And most everyone knows the rapidly expanding Kettlehouse Brewingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which just remodeled its Myrtle Street taproom and reorganized its entire business to meet de-

mandâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;started as a U-brew for patrons to make their own beer. These are the kinds of facts that get dropped to impress visiting relatives over a pint, but they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t begin to scratch the surface of Missoulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or Montanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;rich brewing tradition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of our United States beer history runs through Montana,â&#x20AC;? says Ryan Newhouse, author of the new book, Montana Beer: A Guide to Breweries in Big Sky Country. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think one of the things I found out was how closely Montana is tied to the national beer scene.â&#x20AC;? Newhouseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new book is the natural extension of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s booming craft beer

industry. Montana now boasts 32 licensed breweries, second most per-capita in the nation. The state also produces more barley than any other in the country, supplying both craft brewers and major mainstream brands. Newhouse captures this burgeoning beer business with a fact-filled brewery-bybrewery guide, as well as a bit of pre-Prohibition history on Montanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earliest brewing operations. With Newhouseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s help, we picked out 21 things youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re bound to learn from reading his bookâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and that could come in handy next time youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to impress an out-of-towner at the taproom. Ryan Newhouse hosts a tasting and book signing at Shakespeare & Co. Friday, Sept. 6, at 6 p.m.

1. The H.S. Gilbert Brewery opened in Virginia City in 1863, making it Montanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first official brewery.

7. Olympia Brewingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slogan, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Water,â&#x20AC;? was first used by Red Lodge Brewing Company for its Glacier Beer.

15. Great Falls Select, a light lager and once the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most popular brew, was re-released in 2008, 40 years after it went out of production, by Harvest Moon Brewing. The new version is a pale ale.

8. Kettlehouseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cold Smoke Scotch Ale claims 180 taps in Missoula, second only to Bud Light. 9. Red Lodge Alesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; distribution trucks run on used grease collected from the bars and restaurants the brewery delivers to. 2. Garden City Brewing received permission to name its signature beer Highlander in 1910, but only after getting the okay from a New York baseball team. The New York Highlanders became the Yankees in 1913. 3. In 1902, Montana breweries produced 5 million barrels of beer, or roughly 21 gallons for every resident in the state at the time (including children). 4. Miller Brewingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;High Lifeâ&#x20AC;? brand was originally used by Capital Brewing and Malting Co. in Helena. 5. Montana is the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top barley-producing state. 6. American Brewing Company in Great Falls targeted women drinkers, with one print ad noting the woman of the house is burdened by chores and prone to a â&#x20AC;&#x153;breakdown.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Such a result may be avoided by moderate use of AMERICAN BEER,â&#x20AC;? the ad stated.

10. In 1905, Butte was home to five different breweries, including Centennial Brewing Company, which claimed to serve 1 million glasses a day.

16. Billings Brewery president Phil Grein built a large beer bottle carâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;think Wienermobileâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in 1910 to promote his Old Fashioned Beer.

11. By 1907, Billings had 42 saloons serving Billings Breweryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and just 8,000 residents.

17. Great Falls is home to the largest maltster in North America, Malteurop, which processes 260,000 tons of barley each year.

12. Big Sky Brewing originally wanted to be named Rogue Elephant Enterprises, but ran into issues with Oregonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already established Rogue Ales.

18. Big Sky was the only brewery in the Americas using glass-bottleshaped aluminum vessels for its beer between 2003 and 2006.

13. Desert Mountain Brewing and Draughthaus in Columbia Falls designates the 13th of every month as Flannel Day. Those wearing flannel get 50 cents off each pint. 14. Pabst Blue Ribbon once bottled its product in Troy so the Milwaukee-based company could avoid paying a tariff for transporting beer across state lines.

19. Kettlehouseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eddy Out Pale Ale was originally named Bitters Pale Ale after a customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dog. 20. Bitter Root Brewing, which opened in 1998, claims to be Montanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first brewery to produce an India Pale Ale. 21. Missouri Breaks Brewing founder Mark â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doc Zâ&#x20AC;? Zilkoski is Wolf Pointâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s town doctor and has nine children and 17 grandchildren. His family also runs the local coffee shop.

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Fresh tracks Ski businesses step up to confront climate change by Auden Schendler and Lukas Haynes

Despite all that’s written about climate change, global efforts to address the unfolding crisis are failing miserably. With greenhouse gas emissions continuing to climb and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations higher than they’ve been in 3 million years, humanity is flirting with disaster. But now there’s evidence that some of those who have the most to lose are stirring. Last month, eight iconic ski resorts and a climate-focused nonprofit made the most significant corporate acknowledgment yet of a mortal threat to an important U.S.-Canadian industry. The resorts, including Mammoth Mountain, Squaw Valley/Alpine Meadows, Aspen/Snowmass, Alta, Snowbird and Jackson Hole, which offer a shared lift pass called the Mountain Collective, announced a partnership with the advocacy group Protect Our Winters. Its mission is to create the political will to stop climate change and preserve winter recreation for future generations. The partnership is a statement that extreme weather is not just a bellwether of climate; it’s an imminent threat to livelihoods, and it comes in the wake of growing awareness of economic loss in other industries, including agriculture, fisheries, disaster insurance and tourism. The Mountain Collective has also seen through the political fog and disinformation propagated by climate skeptics funded by fossil-fuel advocates. Science magazine recently reported that climate change is now happening “orders of magnitude” faster than at any other time in the last 65 million years. Past climate changes that wiped out species and remolded landscapes happened over vast timeframes. But the changes we are seeing, and which are in the system, are happening in decades. Recently, The New York Times reported on a new University of California-Berkeley study predicting that the “incidence of war and civil unrest may increase by as much as 56 percent between now and 2050, due to

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warmer temperatures and extreme rainfall patterns.” Environmental advocates, together with their foundation funders, have done a good job of elevating the issue and drawing up policy solutions in the face of climate denial and furious counter-lobbying in Washington, D.C. But why would the business community, faced with an existential threat, wait for the nonprofit or philanthropic community to take the lead?

“The partnership is a statement that extreme weather is not just a bellwether of climate; it’s an imminent threat to livelihoods.” The Mountain Collective partnership is a statement that companies need to address the climate crisis for economic and business reasons, the arguments that seem to matter most in Washington these days. The unpredictability—and downright undeniable warmth—of the last two winters has been an obvious drag on profits, as snow fails to fall and forest fires ravage the landscape around Western resorts in Idaho and Montana. But there’s another reason to take action: Young people, the industry’s future market, care deeply about climate change. A League of Conservation Voters poll showed that “for voters under 35, denying climate change signals a much broader failure of values and leadership.”

The other message these companies are sending is that feel-good green marketing initiatives and light-bulb retrofits are yesterday’s news. They need to be replaced by political demands for protective climate policy—just as the fossil fuel industry has so often and so effectively demanded a continuation of its drilling rights and subsidies. The fossil-fuel industry’s chant has been, “If you block our refinery/mine/drilling project, how many jobs would we lose?” To which we can now say: “How many jobs and supporting industries will we lose with a ski industry that lacks snow? How many livelihoods are threatened in the oyster industry, which is already seeing runaway climate impacts? Or in lobster fisheries? Or at all of the coastal hotels and golf resorts battered by superstorms and sea-level rise?” Nationally, more than 23 million people participate in winter sporting activities that add an estimated $12.2 billion to the U.S. economy, through spending at ski resorts, hotels, restaurants, bars, grocery stores and gas stations. In some mountain towns, the entire winter economy is based on skiing. The looming threat of a changing climate is why, this year at the Mountain Travel Symposium in Colorado, venture capitalist and former Expedia CEO Erik Blachford told resort leaders and travel industry executives: “You guys could do the world a great service by connecting the dots.” The good news for companies that take this step is that customers will admire their stand and reward it with more discerning choices and loyalty. The same is true for employees. Better yet, working together with advocates, the Mountain Collective may succeed where traditional environmental groups have come up short, by helping to achieve meaningful national action on climate. Auden Schendler and Lukas Haynes are contributors to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org).

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When police encountered shoplifting suspect Levar Fulgham, 34, with $4,500 in designer handbags outside a TJ Maxx store in Farmington, Conn., he ran off and hopped into an idling car. He couldn’t get the car moving, however, because it was equipped with an ignition interlock system, which the driver has to blow into to put the car in gear. The car’s owner had been required to install the device after a drunk-driving charge, and Fulgham didn’t know how it worked. “Otherwise,” police Lt. Colin Ryan said, “he would have been long gone.” (The Hartford Courant)

LAST WISH – After Scott E. Entsminger, 55, died in Columbus, Ohio, the death notice included his request that six Cleveland football players serve as pallbearers to lower him into his grave “so the Browns can let him down one last time.” (The Columbus Dispatch)

LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT – Geronimo Narciso, 37, fired two shots in the air in Pangasinan, in the Philippines, and was tucking his gun into his waistband when it fired again, according to ABS-CBN News, and accidentally shot off his penis. Earlier this year, the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian reported that a security guard accidentally shot off his penis. He survived, only to be charged with illegally possessing the weapon. (The Huffington Post) WHAT WERE WE THINKING? – After the New York Mets asked the American Indian Community House to help organize a Native American Heritage Day at the ballpark, the nonprofit group bought a block of 500 tickets and was invited to stage pregame festivities, including traditional singing and dancing, outside Citi Field. The Mets also agreed to print 500 T-shirts for the occasion and broadcast two public-service announcements for the group on the stadium’s video boards. Then Mets officials noticed the game was scheduled for July 25 against the Atlanta Braves. Concerned that the Braves, known for their fans’ tomahawk-chop cheer, might interpret the event as a protest over the team name, the Mets notified the AICH that there would be no public-service announcements and no pregame festivities. “This whole thing wasn’t even our idea,” AICH deputy director Kevin Tarrant said after the group canceled its participation and requested a refund for the 500 tickets. “But it just feels like we’re being marginalized again within our own community.” (The New York Times)

ODD ACCIDENTS – Police said the driver of a Ford Taurus that crashed into a sport utility vehicle in Crestwood, Ill., killing front-seat passenger Linda Shattuck, lost control of the vehicle after a cell phone charging cord became entangled with the steering wheel. (Chicago Sun-Times) Tracy Arnold, 40, and Michael Arnold, 36, died when her dirt bike and his all-terrain vehicle collided nearly head-on on a two-lane road near their home in Hernando County, Fla., throwing them from their vehicles. The husband and wife were apparently unaware of each other when they crashed, according to Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Steve Gaskins, who noted that neither was wearing a helmet. (Tampa Bay Times)

CRIMINAL CUISINE – Sheriff’s deputies who arrested Rick Frederick, 22, for resisting arrest for drunk driving and 11 other violations in LaSalle County, Ill., reported that while sitting in the patrol car, Frederick started eating the molding around the door. The deputies added criminal damage to government property to the other charges. (Associated Press)

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WANNA-BE OF THE WEEK – Firefighters arriving at a library fire in Brooksville, Fla., noticed a man on the scene wearing firefighting gear. When asked for an explanation, the man, identified as Joseph Michael Brannen, 18, said he bought the gear on eBay, heard the call about the fire on his scanner and showed up hoping to help fight the blaze. After further questioning, Brannen admitted setting the fire, which caused more than $500,000 in damage. (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

MUM’S THE WORD – After an audit by a Virginia homeowners association found at least $73,183.48 in unauthorized transactions, Albemarle police charged the association’s treasurer, Patricia Anne Cuthbert, 43, with embezzlement. The Hollymead Citizens Association advised residents to keep quiet about the incident. “They asked us not to make the audit public and to not even talk about it at cocktail parties,” Hollymead homeowner Paul Moruza said, “because it could lower our property values.” (The Daily Progress)

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UPDATE: SEE NO EVIL– Following the release of pictures taken after the July 6 Asiana Airlines crash in San Francisco showing a fire truck running over and killing a 16-year-old survivor who’d been thrown clear of the crash, the city fire department explicitly banned helmet-mounted devices that record emergency scenes, such as the one worn by a firefighter that showed how Ye Meng Yuan died. (Associated Press)

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n a July morning inside a Missoula County courtroom, a sheriff ’s deputy leads a shackled man in an orange jumpsuit to stand in front of Missoula District Judge Karen Townsend. As the shackled man shuffles toward the podium, he nods smugly at a woman in the back row. The man is being charged with failing to register as a violent offender. He was initially convicted of felony partner member assault. His girlfriend admitted to police that he choked her into unconsciousness. When released from prison, the muscular man with short hair lied about where he was living and allegedly contacted the woman that he had abused. He now faces up to 15 years in prison and a $60,000 fine. His attorney argues that the couple is in love and the restraining order creates a problem. “How do you plead?” Townsend asks. The defendant says, “Not guilty.” Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg rises. He explains that the man committed an extremely violent offense. “He gave a false address, was deliberately trying to deceive his probation officer… The woman was a co-conspirator,” Van Valkenburg says. The judge agrees with the county attorney and the man is led away. He’ll remain in jail and won’t be allowed to see the woman, who today, while leaving the courtroom, directs a hard look at Van Valkenburg. She departs holding a child’s hand. This is the start of a typical day for Van Valkenburg. As Missoula County’s chief attorney, his job is to take a stand and argue for what he believes is right for the electorate, no matter how unpopular his stance may be. He’s been good enough at his job to be re-elected three times—and he ran the last time unopposed, taking 95 percent of the vote. But after a 40-year career in public service—

Fred Van Valkenburg at his University District home. The county attorney served nearly 20 years in the state legislature before being elected to four terms in his current position.

he says he won’t run for the office again— the job is starting to wear on him. The stress is clear when he sometimes holds his head in his hands while in court. His wife says he’s crankier now than he once was. He also talks about his frustration with recent criticism of his office, which has surpassed the usual hard stares of his opponents in the courtroom. The past two years have been especially tough on the 65-year-old Van Valkenburg. In May 2012, the Department of Justice launched an investigation into how the county attorney’s office, along with the Missoula Police Department and the University of Montana, handled sexual assault investigations during a four-year period. While MPD and the university co-

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operated with investigators and accepted their findings, Van Valkenburg has consistently struck an obstinate tone, maintaining the investigation signals a significant overstep by the federal government. His stand has drawn widespread criticism from community members who wonder why he won’t just cooperate, especially if he’s got nothing to hide. It’s not the first time Van Valkenburg has taken a controversial position. Throughout his career he’s made headlines debating issues such as marijuana laws, the guilt of high-profile defendants and to what extent women should be ensured equal rights. Some of his stances have been more popular with voters than others, but in each case he’s fiercely defended his side. Van Valkenburg’s stubbornness is so much a part of his public persona that most locals likely envision him as perpetually red-faced and

argumentative, unmoved by opposing opinions. But as Van Valkenburg faces more criticism than ever before, including the ongoing scrutiny of federal investigators, he’s not about to change his ways.

n Dec. 15, 2011, the story first broke. Gwen Florio of the Missoulian reported that the University of Montana was hiring an investigator to determine whether several male students assaulted two female students earlier that month. The next day, Florio elaborated on the allegations in a second article, reporting that at least three UM football players were allegedly involved in a sexual assault of two women that may have involved Rohypnol. In an interview with the Independent, Florio recalls how the story developed. That winter, rumors of an alleged gang rape had spread across the campus community and the media. “It was one of these things that went around town like wildfire,” Florio says. “So we were scrambling to confirm it.” Former UM Vice President Jim Foley told her that the university

was looking into claims that date rape drugs were used to impair a UM student. Once the initial articles were published, additional women came forward with stories of victimization, Florio says. One young woman told Florio that she had been sexually assaulted the year prior, in 2010, by UM football players at an offcampus house party. The 2010 incident sounded strikingly similar to the one that allegedly occurred in December 2011. Florio had two separate alleged victims who both claimed that they had been gang raped in two different incidents. The woman involved in the 2010 incident reported the assault to police, but Van Valkenburg’s office declined to prosecute. The student’s mother in that case told the Missoulian that the family felt their concerns were brushed off by law enforcement. In the months that followed, Florio reported that a UM exchange student accused of one rape and one assault fled the country before charges were filed against him. In January 2012, she documented UM football player Beau Donaldson’s confession to sexual intercourse without consent, a charge that he was later convicted of. In July 2012, meanwhile, allegations surfaced that UM quarterback Jordan Johnson raped another student. Johnson was prosecuted and found not guilty after a jury trial. “I was disturbed to find the extent of it,” Florio says. “A number of people, Fred included, have said Missoula’s problem is no worse than anybody else’s and that kind of makes my hair curl when I hear that. Because it’s not that our problem is no worse, it’s that the problem exists and exists to an extent that it seems like many, many people, myself included, were not aware of.” Florio’s reporting divided the community. On one side, victim’s rights activists called on law enforcement, including Van Valkenburg’s office, to more seriously weigh allegations of sexual assault. On another side there were die-hard Griz fans and skeptics who claimed Florio was engaging in a witch-hunt. Critics called her a man-hater and a lesbian. Florio took most of it in stride. However some of the barbs were surprisingly sharp, even for the veteran journalist. “I don’t mind my reporting being criticized,” Florio says. “There are people who don’t like it. As with this case as with a lot of cases around the country involving athletes, there’s a real hair-trigger reaction when these kinds of allegations are leveled from certain quarters. What struck me about it was that the criticism was so sexualized. I’m not just a bad reporter; I’m a cunt. It’s like, ‘Whoa, okay then.’” Van Valkenburg was among those who publicly criticized Florio’s reporting, albeit using significantly less loaded language. During a City Club Missoula forum in June, he blamed the Missoulian for helping to foment a national scandal. When asked to elaborate, Van Valkenburg itemizes numerous problems with the paper’s reporting. For one, the crime

Van Valkenburg likes to think of the prosecutor as the good guy—or woman, as is the case with roughly half of his 17 deputies. “Everything pivots around what the prosecutor does,” he says.

lab has never seen a case involving Rohypnol, he says. Secondly, there simply wasn’t sufficient evidence in the 2010 case to prove there was a gang rape. “I think that clearly the evidence in the case indicates that what happened was with consent, not without consent,” he says. “There may have been sex with more than one person—that may seem sort of odd to people that someone might agree to have sex with more than one person— but I don’t think because it’s odd makes it automatically a non-consensual situation.” The alleged victim in the 2010 case was intoxicated, but not to the point that she couldn’t legally grant consent, Van Valkenburg says, while acknowledging that’s a blurry line to draw. Another problem impeding prosecution was the fact that the second woman who engaged in sexual conduct at the 2010 gathering reinforced what the men had told police— that the sex was consensual. “That’s the evidence that we’re dealing with. It’s not just one woman’s say-so against some guys,” he says. “You don’t have a case you can prosecute and you don’t have a case you can call a gang rape.” Van Valkenburg referred the 2010 allegation to the Attorney General’s Office for review. The AG’s Office agreed that there was not sufficient evidence to prosecute. Regarding the 2011 allegations, that incident, while investigated by UM, was never referred to the county prosecutor. After two years of allegations, Van Valkenburg says he’s frustrated that the Missoulian repeatedly reported unproven claims. “I’ve talked to the editor of the Missoulian numerous times about issues about accuracy,” he says, “and really haven’t gotten much satisfaction.”

downtown Missoula. It was April 30, 2012, and Van Valkenburg was upset. When he arrived at the U.S. attorney’s office, Van Valkenburg was greeted by Cotter and Jonathan Smith, who’s in charge of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division Special Litigation Section. The men sat at a rectangular conference table and talked about the DOJ’s intention to look into the county attorney’s office. On May 1, the agency would publicly announce that it was launching an investigation into allegations that Van Valkenburg and his staff had failed to prosecute sexual offenses and, thereby, discriminated against women. An indignant Van Valkenburg demanded to know what evidence the DOJ had to prove discrimination. They wouldn’t disclose anything to bolster their claims, Van Valkenburg says. “When they came, I really wanted to know what it was they said that we were

doing that was in violation of the law,” Van Valkenburg recalls. “They absolutely refused to say. They just, they won’t tell you anything and that’s true just as much today as it was in May 2012.” Refusing to provide evidence to the accused runs contrary to primary criminal justice system tenets, Van Valkenburg says. Furthermore, the DOJ’s attempted investigation of his office is unprecedented; never had the department attempted to delve into civil rights law violations allegedly made by a county prosecutor. While UM and the Missoula Police Department allowed similar inquiries, and accepted DOJ mandates about how to proceed with sexual assault allegations, Van Valkenburg has steadfastly refused to cooperate. He believes that to allow such an investigation would set a dangerous precedent, one that would invite, as he puts it, “the heavy hand of the federal gov-

our months after Florio broke the story about the alleged gang rapes, Van Valkenburg walked from his office inside the Missoula County Courthouse to meet with U.S. Attorney Michael Cotter in

ernment” into thousands of district attorneys’ offices across the nation. The DOJ has remained mum on how it will go forward in light of Van Valkenburg’s refusal. That silence leaves a looming uncertainty that the federal government will sue the county attorney’s office in an effort to force cooperation. While the situation remains unsettled with Van Valkenburg’s office, the DOJ did provide closure to those who cooperated with its efforts. On May 10, the DOJ announced its findings from a yearlong investigation into how the Missoula Police Department handled more than 350 reports of sexual assault between January 2008 and May 2012. Among other things, the report mentioned significant flaws in communication between police and the Missoula County Attorney’s Office. “MCAO generally provides no information to MPD about why it has declined to prosecute a sexual assault case,” the report stated. Similarly, federal investigators said, “attorneys rarely documented their decisions in a meaningful way” and reported that MPD officials told them “that detectives are ‘frustrated’ with MCAO’s ‘lack of follow-up and prosecution in cases of sexual assault.’” Those findings only served as fuel for community members who continue to say Van Valkenburg needs to cooperate with the DOJ’s investigation. “If the aim is restoring credibility, I think resisting any sort of outside review doesn’t restore credibility,” says Missoula City Councilwoman Cynthia Wolken. “I think it sort of prolongs the questions that people have.” Questions linger about whether law enforcement, including Van Valkenburg’s office, is adequately vetting crimes against women. Wolken says that makes the already difficult act of reporting a sex crime even more daunting.

photo courtesy of Carol Van Valkenburg

Carol and Fred Van Valkenburg celebrated their 42 children and four grandchildren.

wedding anniversary earlier this month. They have two

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She’s heard from roughly five women who have said that their reports of victimization either weren’t treated seriously, or that they were fearful of reporting due to a perception that Missoula hasn’t taken these crimes seriously. “They just felt uncomfortable with an already really hard situation,” Wolken says. She says that’s why it’s important for the county attorney’s office to do everything in its power to make victims more comfortable. “Even if you don’t want the DOJ to come in,” Wolken says, “then how about get another third party to come in and do an independent audit of your operation?” Van Valkenburg says that he is willing to open sexual assault cases referred to the county attorney for public scrutiny. But he won’t do it under the threat of litigation from the DOJ. He also admits that his office is not perfect. “There isn’t anything that you can’t always do a better job at,” he says. “I think that one of the things that we weren’t particularly good at was explaining reasons that we had declined prosecution in cases, and having better

“I was getting a lot of complaints from particularly the highway patrol,” Van Valkenburg says. “They couldn’t understand why somebody who had marijuana in their car when they got stopped on the highway wouldn’t get prosecuted in Missoula, whereas if they were in Butte or Billings or anywhere else they were going to get prosecuted.” Van Valkenburg says that for years his office de-prioritized misdemeanor marijuana possession prosecutions. But as marijuana became increasingly pervasive, he was falling under increased pressure from law enforcement to take action and undermine what local constituents had voted for. During the 2011 legislative session, Van Valkenburg recruited Republican Rep. Tom Berry of Roundup to carry House Bill 391, which aimed to make it unlawful for local voters to tweak state laws. The legislation would bar similar low-priority initiatives so, as Van Valkenburg says, “this situation couldn’t happen again in another community.” The move drew criticism from marijuana advocates, such as Councilwoman Wolken, who testified at the legislature

HB 391 ended up passing. Despite his position on the issue, the prosecutor says he personally doesn’t have a problem with marijuana. If the procannabis community wants to legalize it, there’s a way to do so that doesn’t require passing local initiatives that conflict with federal law. The more direct approach is to lobby the U.S. Congress to change federal drug laws. “I don’t think marijuana is really something that really is a scourge on society,” Van Valkenburg says.

“He’s one of few people in the state of Montana when the dust settles the state will be a better place because of him,” former state Rep. Dorothy Bradley says of Van Valkenburg.

cancer. The drug’s stigma kept her mother from using it to ease symptoms of pain and nausea, she says. Wolken felt that Van Valkenburg was actively working to trump the will of the local electorate with HB 391. It’s telling, she says, that he had to recruit a lawmaker from the eastern part of the state to spon-

“I don’t understand why, when it affects victims of violence, there is a huge jurisdictional issue, but not when it’s over non-violent marijuana possession and growing. That’s a puzzling angle for me,” she says In response to such criticisms, Van Valkenburg says he examined how Mis-

an Valkenburg wasn’t always such a lightning rod for criticism. In fact, he made his mark in Montana politics by fighting for such popular issues as equal rights and fair representation. Van Valkenburg grew up in Billings and attended Catholic school during a volatile time in U.S. history. His adolescent hero was John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic to be elected president. In 1963, when Van Valkenburg was a sophomore at Billings Central Catholic High School, Kennedy was assassinated. Five years later,

communications with victims. We can certainly do a better job at that.” Van Valkenburg is willing to work with the community and his colleagues in law enforcement to make improvements. With those concessions, however, he’s drawn a line in the sand, one that the DOJ will have to file a lawsuit to cross.

against HB 391. She called Van Valkenburg’s proposal “an end-run around the voters of Missoula County.” Wolken, who previously served on the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws board in Montana, first became interested in marijuana prohibitions when her mother fell ill with pancreatic

sor the bill. “It’s a bit troubling, I think, when an elected official so clearly goes and tries to get the sentiments of his own voters overturned at the legislature.” She also notes that it’s somewhat ironic to compare how the county attorney responded to medical marijuana and cases of sexual abuse.

soula voted on Initiative 2 and that it was city residents who supported the measure, not voters in the county. He says that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense in light of the fact that the initiative directed county law enforcement, not the Missoula Police Department, to back off marijuana arrests.

n February 2011, marijuana activists and law enforcement alike felt under siege as Montana legislators deliberated how best to tweak the state’s 2004 Medical Marijuana Act. As passed by 62 percent of voters, the law made it legal to use cannabis for debilitating medical conditions. In the years after the law’s passage, the state’s marijuana industry thrived. In June 2011, there were roughly 30,000 people listed on a state registry of medical marijuana patients. But as cannabis dispensary storefronts popped up across Montana, law enforcement complained that policing drug crimes had become extremely challenging. While the Medical Marijuana Act opened a can of worms for police statewide, Missoula was grappling with another layer of complexity. In 2006, 55 percent of Missoula County voters passed Initiative 2, which called upon Missoula County law enforcement to make marijuana its lowest priority. Cannabis proponents praised the initiative as a move toward a saner drug policy. Law enforcement was confused about how to proceed.

Carol Van Valkenburg says the stress of the past two years, specifically the Department of Justice investigation, has weighed heavily on her husband. “I think he comes home kind of mentally exhausted,” she says.

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Martin Luther King was gunned down in Memphis. The next year, a jury convicted Sirhan Sirhan of killing Bobby Kennedy. While attending high school, Van Valkenburg played quarterback on the football team and served as student body treasurer and class president. His penchant for leadership surfaced early. He met his wife, Carol, at Gonzaga University in Spokane, where they were both students. He was a junior. Carol was a freshman. She applied for a job with the school food service, where Van Valkenburg was a manager. Van Valkenburg initially didn’t want to hire her. “He knew that my father was a doctor,” Carol says. “He decided therefore I didn’t need a job, and so somebody else should get it.” Fred’s supervisor overruled him. Carol got the job and set to work running utensils from the food service kitchen to the dining area. Carol wasn’t initially smitten with her future husband, but she was drawn to his ability to lead. “I liked the fact that he was a sort of a boss,” she recalls. “He was a student, but was one of the bosses. He was the studentmanager boss.” In 1970, Fred Van Valkenburg earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Gonzaga. He and Carol returned to their home state (Carol is from Great Falls), and they both enrolled at the University of Montana. Carol studied journalism and Fred started law school. The couple married in 1971.

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After graduation, Fred Van Valkenburg worked as an assistant city attorney for Missoula and then went into private practice. Through his practice, he began accepting public defender work. Carol recalls that Van Valkenburg was far from calloused at the beginning of his career. He invited his first public defender client to store his belongings in the family’s garage. When Van Valkenburg lost the case after a trial, his client was sent to prison. “Fred actually cried about it, because he really felt for this guy,” Carol says. “I think that he felt that he was not guilty.” In the course of defending indigent clients, Van Valkenburg quickly realized that prosecutors were receiving significantly more funding than public defenders. Aiming to remedy the inequity, he crafted a bill to fund a statewide public defender system and found a lawmaker to carry it. During the 1977 Montana Legislature, he headed to Helena to make his pitch. A hopeful Van Valkenburg waited at the Capitol for more than two hours before his bill was called. It was late, maybe 9 p.m., when he presented the idea to the House Appropriations Committee. Within minutes, the body tabled Van Valkenburg’s proposal. They barely even considered it. The admittedly naïve Van Valkenburg stewed, as is his nature. “It was a real eyeopener to go in there and find out that your bill could be killed within five minutes of the time you made a presentation in front of a committee,” he says. Unwilling to give up, Van Valkenburg took note and made a plan. If he wanted to change the system, he figured he had to do it from the inside. He set to work planning an electoral campaign and declared himself a Democratic candidate for the Montana Senate. After winning the primary by just 40 votes, Van Valkenburg took on Republican Bill Murray in the general election. Murray had an inconsistent track record voting on the Equal Rights Amendment, which was among the most contentious issues of the time, and had alienated female voters, according to Van Valkenburg. “I had a whole squadron of women who wanted to take out Murray who got behind my candidacy,” Van Valkenburg told Bob Brown during a 2009 interview conducted for the Montana Oral History Project. The ERA, as passed by the United States Congress in 1972, sought to implement stronger prohibitions against gender discrimination. In order to codify the legislation, a supermajority of states was required to endorse it. During the ’70s and ’80s, battles raged over ERA ratification throughout the nation, and Montana was no different. In 1974, Montana lawmakers signed off on the amendment. During nearly every subsequent legislative session through 1982, however, “pro-family” groups, such as the Daughters of the American Revolution, the John Birch Society and the National Council of Catholic Women, lobbied lawmakers to reverse that decision.

In 1978, voters elected the 29-yearold Van Valkenburg to the Montana Senate for what would become a 20-year legislative tenure. His former colleague, Democratic Rep. Dorothy Bradley, says that Van Valkenburg was a natural lawmaker. That’s why his peers repeatedly voted him into senior positions, including Senate president and Democratic minority leader. “When it came to leadership, he was one of the greats,” Bradley says. “When it came to style, I always thought he was two-thirds gifted debater and one-third rascal.” Van Valkenburg’s rascally side came out when a Great Falls legislator introduced a bill aiming to require newspapers to sign their editorials. At the time, Carol Van Valkenburg was employed at the Missoulian, writing the newspaper’s opinion pages. Van Valkenburg argued that constitutional protections ensure a free press, but was making little progress and decided to change tactics. He pointed out that the bill was flawed because it omitted a penalty provision. With tongue firmly planted in cheek, he proposed an amendment to make the penalty death. The move showed Van Valkenburg’s sense of humor and his relentlessness. “He thinks it’s his job to go to the mat for an issue that he holds as important,” Bradley says. “I really respected his ability to fight, even if I wouldn’t go that far myself.” Van Valkenburg’s commitment to “go to the mat,” as Bradley says, is perhaps best illustrated by his support of a statewide sales tax, one that aimed to increase funding for the Montana University System, among other priorioties. When Bradley ran in 1992 for governor, her sales tax plan was central to her platform. The pitch was politically volatile, one likely to alienate some voters. But Van Valkenburg told Bradley that if she won the election, he’d like to carry the legislation. “I can tell you this: He was the only one that ever said that,” she says. “It’s the worst of the worst issues.” One of Van Valkenburg’s most contentious debates stemmed from his goal to prohibit insurance companies from setting gender-based rates. As Van Valkenburg recalls the issue, insurance companies had deemed women inherently sicklier than men and also more prone to automobile accidents and, therefore, were charging them more for coverage. In 1983, he won that fight, persuading his colleagues at the legislature to create the Unisex Insurance Law. It constituted the first such prohibition against rate discrimination in the nation. During the past three decades, attempts to reverse the mandate have occurred at nearly every legislative session, most recently this year. Van Valkenburg’s efforts to create a public defender system—his original reason for entering state politics—were unsuccessful, but a 2002 lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union led to the creation of something similar to what Van Valkenburg proposed in 1977.

As for the ERA, Montana did not reverse its ratification, as other states did. But the legislation fell short of the 38 states required to become law. Bradley says that Van Valkenburg’s imperviousness to political fallout—his fearlessness—makes him an unusual politician, especially in today’s hyper-partisan climate. “I have thought in a lot of my career that there are two types of legislators, and I’m sure there’s more than that, but there

Today he’s reviewing charging documents filed by law enforcement the night prior. One of the allegations comes from a 5-foot-3, 130-pound woman who alleges that her 6-foot, 310-pound husband assaulted her. Roughly 25 percent of the cases that came through Van Valkenburg’s office are related to sexual and domestic violence. Like so many other things the county prosecutor deals with, the details in these types of cases are ugly.

“Sometimes it’s just unbelievably horrible. You just think, “Where do these people come from?’ I don’t live in this world. It’s just amazing.” —Fred Van Valkenburg

are those that go to the mat and those that go to the wind,” she says. “And what it’s always meant to me is that, when you go to the mat you’re not obsessing about the next election—it’s the furthest thing from your mind. You’re obsessing about that issue and the importance of it, and what its mark is, what its milepost is in the history of Montana. And he was a go-to-the-mat legislator.”

n a recent weekday morning, it’s hot and smoky outside, but cool in Van Valkenburg’s office at the Missoula County Courthouse. The prosecutor wears glasses and a checkered shirt. His grey hair is messy in the back. Sticky notes are affixed on legal filings piled on his desk, not far from a gold coin branded with the Montana state seal. White boxes filled with court documents are stacked in corners. Hanging on the wall is a picture of two bison, horns locked. It seems a reminder of the antagonism inherent to Van Valkenburg’s position.

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“Sometimes it’s just unbelievably horrible,” he says. “You just think, ‘Where do these people come from?’ I don’t live in this world. It’s just amazing.” Van Valkenburg’s skin has thickened since 1998, when he was first elected Missoula County Attorney and charged with overseeing all felony prosecutions within Missoula County, along with misdemeanor offenses that occur outside of city limits. “You sort of get numb to it over time,” he says. When he first became a prosecutor, Van Valkenburg had a harder time sending people to prison, he says. That’s typical of the profession. “When you first start out, it can be really emotionally difficult,” he says. “The first time you get up and argue that somebody should go to prison, and they actually go, and you hear the handcuffs getting put on them, and they’re hauled off, it can be kind of taxing.” Even now, Van Valkenburg is admittedly emotional. He cares what people

think about him. His wife says he reads online comments posted on news stories about his cases. He’s nervous about being profiled by a newspaper because it may open him up to even more criticism. He likes to think of himself, and the people who work for him, as the good guys—or women, as is the case with roughly half of his 17 deputies. “The prosecutor is wearing a white hat, because the prosecutor by and large is representing victims of crime that through almost no fault of their own have been subjected to injury, to theft of their property, to intimidation by other people,” Van Valkenburg says. “And the only way that they get any justice is if the state, in the person of the prosecutor, stands up and makes their case on their behalf.” Van Valkenburg’s time wearing the white hat is coming to a close and Carol, for one, is excited about the opportunity to travel with her husband. She expects they’ll spend more time with their two children and four grandchildren, who live in Baltimore and Denver. But she’s also apprehensive about her husband growing bored quickly. He’s not a “tinkerer,” she says. And he doesn’t have any real hobbies outside of golf. While she’s strikingly candid about her husband’s idiosyncrasies, she’s also fiercely protective. She gets angry when she feels he’s been unfairly targeted. For instance, she respects her husband’s stance on the DOJ investigation and has spoken with others who do, too. She notes that the National District Attorneys Association has lent him support, with NDAA President Michael S. Wright in June opining that the DOJ was treading into dangerous territory by attempting to exert its oversight upon autonomous district attorneys. She also notes that her husband has been the only one to stand up to outside investigators who descended on Missoula the last two years. “There are a lot of people who would have liked to stand up to the Department of Justice, who didn’t, or to the NCAA, or whatever, who didn’t because they politically couldn’t,” she says. Support such as that helps alleviate the sting of the criticism, but it doesn’t change what’s been a challenging stretch at the end of her husband’s long career. “He always loved his job. And in the last couple of years, he hasn’t loved it,” she says. “It’s so much stress—and that questioning about well, ‘Are you really doing your job correctly? Are you really an ethical, principled person?’ And that’s how he sees what he’s being asked—that his ethics aren’t really what they should be, that he’s not charging cases that he should. And to be under that criticism, with no evidence, I think it’s very pressing on him. And I think he comes home kind of mentally exhausted.” Fred admits he’s looking forward to a period of recuperation. In fact, he actually smiles when talking about the future. “Hopefully it doesn’t involve arguing with people,” he says. jmayrer@missoulanews.com

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[arts]

Sacred and profane Collage artist Henry Freedman assembles the pieces of life’s great mysteries by Erika Fredrickson

enry Freedman’s Missoula home is nestled in a suburban neighborhood where everything seems like a variation on beige, contrasted only by the neatly cut green lawns. Inside the house Freedman shares with his wife, the scene appears much more radical. Like a cross between a museum and a curiosity shop, there is a carefully curated collection of things—hand-carved walking sticks, for instance—plus antique furniture adorned with engravings and tiny drawers, and tables of brightly painted folk art. In Freedman’s art studio, the walls burst with his 3D artworks—collages encased in glass, built with layers of found photographs, embossed paper and rusted knickknacks. “I love old things,” Freedman says. “And it’s a great joy looking for material. We’ve never bought anything that doesn’t have a history. We always either get something from family or from a flea market. I think that a kid who touches an object with his greasy hands 40 years ago or someone who sits there [at a desk] and cries because they got a sad letter, it makes the thing go beyond its material value. It has a story. I think that’s one of the reasons I’m attracted to picking up bits and pieces and putting them together.” Freedman’s works are surreal and often eerie. In one, a photograph of a beautiful woman gazes at the viewer, but Freedman has pasted arms on her that are straight from an anatomy book, with the muscle and bone exposed to show the inevitability of death. It’s like something out of a horror movie, though the image is as angelic as it is gruesome. Other pieces have a circuslike feel: A nude woman wearing pearls lounges against a lion. A music conductor gestures to an indifferent cow. Freedman seems to be getting at a dreamlike quality where the lines between opposites are blurred. Like his house, Freedman is a bit surprising, too. He’s a kindly, well-dressed spectacled art professor with an even-keel disposition. But get him talking about the mystery behind good art and his Boston accent grows stronger and more excited. “In the subconscious opposites are often found side by side,” he says. “But in the conscious reality we separate them. For example, we don’t normally have sex in the kitchen. But in the subconscious there’s no separation between kitchen and bedroom, between love and hate, between yesterday and today.” Freedman retired five years ago and moved to Missoula to be with his daughter and her family. Before that, he was an art history professor at Keene State University in New Hampshire for 38 years. Articles about him in Keene’s brochures say that the classes grew in popularity as he taught, and no wonder, as he’s an engaging storyteller. Not only that, but every other year he has led classes of students to Italy where they learned about the great masters. For Freedman, it was also a chance to peruse the streets and flea markets for weathered objects he could turn into collage. Freedman’s current exhibit at the Montana Museum of Art and Culture, Imagining New Worlds, showcases 104 collages, some of which are inspired by those trips. The “Italian Souvenirs” series plays with iconic images like Roman numerals and also objects that evoke personal memories for Freedman. He

pulls out several books of his collages—the flat, non-3D ones—and points out a plane ticket embedded in the piece, offset by a sun-like circle peeking from behind a Roman numeral III. The ticket is from a couple decades ago, from one of his first school trips to Italy. He recalls that he arrived in the early morning with his young daughter and 20 students to find that there had been a terrorist shooting. The airport was in disarray and no shuttle bus was to be found, so he tried to get the students into separate cabs to the hotel. It was a nightmare. “I thought to myself, ‘What the hell am I doing here?’ I was holding my daughter, and thinking, ‘Why am I doing this? I don’t need this.’ And then, as we were approaching the city, the sun was rising over the Colosseum. And I said, ‘That’s what I’m doing here.’” Freedman plays with the ideas and images of the sacred and profane. He was inspired by the penny arcade near his home in the Chelsea community of Boston. He loved the look of the fortune-telling coinop with the half-naked psychic. He also enjoyed the reliquaries of cathedrals where you could find the tibia of a saint encased in glass. His hometown doctor was also an inspiration. Inside the doctor’s office was a wall of jars full of embryos and diseased organs. All these strange images spoke to Freedman because they dealt with the mysteries of life that are at the core of all things religious, scientific and artistic—even in their most horrifying forms. Looking at his collection, you can see how certain symbols appear again and again in his work. Faces of clocks to denote time. Lollipops and balloons might evoke a carefree, childlike mood, but turned upside down they become pendulums that hint at mortality. And pendulums show up often. “No matter what we do, our life is ticking away,” he says. “And that’s all right.” He laughs. “I don’t mean to be [morbid]. The realization of that should make us celebrate each moment. The truth is, everything we see is impermanent. This house, you and me. But the mystery behind what we see is permanent. And it’s that mystery I try to express.” Henry Freedman gives an artist’s talk at the Masquer Theatre Tue., Sept. 10, at 7 PM. Free. Freedman’s exhibit, Imagining New Worlds, continues at the Montana Museum of Art and Culture in UM’s PARTV center through Sat., Sept. 21. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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“Drummer in Eden.” 2012, mixed media, courtesy of Henry Freedman.

“Italian Souvenir XV.” 2012, mixed media, courtesy of Henry Freedman.

“Post Card From Berlin—1928.” 2012, mixed media, courtesy of Henry Freedman.

[music]

Whirlwind Typhoon creates a perfect pop hit White Lighter, the latest work from Portland, Ore.’s Typhoon, is lyrically awash in the imagery of death, yet it parlays a sense of optimism with quirkyin-a-good-way composition. Kyle Morton, the principal songwriter for the 11-piece (or more) pop orchestra band, nearly died as a child due to a serious bout with Lyme disease, and so it is that death reigns. On “Young Fathers,” (a song bound to appear on many 2013 “best of ” lists) Morton sings, “I was born in September / But if I die today, you know I won’t regret you / Some things I can’t explain.” Yep, death is everywhere, but the specifics of it are a bit obtuse. The thematic bummer is accompanied by some dotty studio tricks, which, at first, led me to believe my headphones were partially unplugged. But the yawning horns, spritely lady vocals and engaging group-sing vocal finale make up for any perceived technical difficulties. This is well-crafted pop music and “Young Fathers” is about as fun as Typhoon gets. “Artificial Light” is the most Typhoon-ian number on the album

Typhoon

with jingle bells, glockenspiel, sawing strings, choirs upon choirs, blaring trumpets, tympani, Morton’s quiet time whisperings—most often about his dad— and a cathartic finale that leaves your ears exhausted, but ready for more. ( Jason McMackin) Typhoon plays the Top Hat Wed., Sept. 11, at 9 PM with Radiation City. Doors open at 8 PM. $14/$11 advance at Rockin Rudy’s, Ear Candy and ticketfly.com. All ages.

The West The live-instrumentation dance band and the answering machine: each was arguably the pinnacle of its respective technology, even if progress leaves it further and further behind. Seattle’s The West proves it on “It Was Disco and It’s Over,” a jittery, four-on-the-floor nostalgia piece constructed without apparent recourse to computers. The busy high hat and anthemic chorus are more than a little reminiscent of LCD Soundsystem’s “All My Friends,” and “It Was Disco” successfully evokes the same bittersweet euphoria. Soon we will be old, The West seems to say, so tonight we dance. Is this the central message of American club music? No, it is not. As of 2003, the central message

of American club music is that your watch is both very expensive and near a vagina. The West therefore functions as a novelty act—a dance show with an actual band, ameliorating the sense of simply listening to the same music on a better stereo. That means a narrower sonic palette but a larger range of emotions, including that touch of frantic energy that only live musicians or very sophisticated androids can impart. Until we have the technology, we must enjoy the human touch. (Dan Brooks) The West plays the Palace Thu., Sept. 5, at 9 PM with Luke Dowler, Savage Gentleman, and The Boy and Sister Alma. Free.

Muhammadali If John Hughes were still making movies today, the soundtracks might include Muhammadali. The Houston pop punk band offers the kind of youthful celebration and angst that Sixteen Candles or Uncle Buck does. Fuzz-based anthems whip up into a fury of angular riffs, but none of the songs ever end in despair. “You Don’t Miss Me” is garage pop that calls for dancing on the hood of the car, even if the lyrics are about heartbreak. “Elephant” is a hyperactive track perfect for letting loose at a video arcade. You can imagine hurtling through space as hostile ships try to take you down with their star blasters (there’s such a thing, right?). But they never will—these

songs are for the heroes who always win. That’s not to say the eponymous record is only optimistic. It gets dirty and heavy when it needs to, but the happy thumping of the drums and harmonic gang vocals are an antidote to dark thoughts. There’s no reason this album, which was released on Dirt Cult Records last year, couldn’t appeal to a broad range of listeners. The Hughes effect—walking the line between melancholic angst and bright-eyed elation—has appealed to American youth for decades. (Erika Fredrickson) Muhammadali plays the VFW Sun., Sept. 8, at 8 PM with Total Combined Weight, The AllHail and Cob Cob. $5.

Ty Segall The terrible irony of garage rock, surf, revival, et cetera, is that it makes lo-fi into a sound. Music that started by rejecting the trappings of the contemporary studio has somehow become a scratchy, trebly, reverberating convention as recognizable as AutoTune. In that context—and in several others—Ty Segall’s new Sleeper is refreshing and satisfying. From the somehow perfect second chord of the title track, Sleeper makes itself about songwriting. The album hearkens to early Tyrannosaurus Rex and certainly has a recognizable sound, but that sound is less a crumbling palace than a sturdy platform for Segall’s ballads. They

are inventive without innovating, unexpected yet crafted in a way that suggests he wrote 100 and kept the best 10. They also suggest he got dumped. The breakup album is a particular form, and its emotional weight often renders stylistic conventions bathetically light. That seems to have worked to Segall’s benefit here. Sleeper showcases his songwriting gifts and dissolves the noisy genre affectations that can sometimes calcify around them. On more than just an emotional level, it is the album he needed to make. It confirms that he is not a mere garage prodigy. Ty Segall is a songwriter. (Dan Brooks)

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[books]

Strike out Russell Rowland’s High and Inside doesn’t connect by Kate Whittle

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Almost as soon as Russell Rowland’s High and Inside begins, its protagonist, Pete, gets punched in the face in a bar fight. “I see what’s coming, but my reflexes aren’t what they used to be, especially when I’m ‘impaired,’” Pete says. “Before I have a chance to respond, a white light flashes through my head, an explosion so bright and powerful I have the momentary thought I’m dying.” Many of the characters in High and Inside seem to take an instant, strong dislike to Pete, a former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. The story begins as Pete moves to Bozeman, intending to buy a plot of land, build a house and, at the same time, build a new life for himself after years of alcohol-fueled downward spiraling. Some of the Montanans in the story are suspicious of this rich East-Coaster with a romantic vision of Big Sky Country, and as a native Montanan, it touched off my irritation, too. There are moments in High and Inside that show a good observational eye, recording truths of the human condition as literature ought to do. Pete is depressed by rainy days, but another character responds that they can use it. “It’s the predictable response of a Montana native, whether the climate has any bearing on his profession or not,” Pete says. “The inbred awareness, passed for generation to generation, that moisture is always good.” The point of the story strikes true, as well: Pete thinks he can drive away from his problems, a tactic we’ve all tried in some form or another, and discovers he can’t. I didn’t like Pete, but I was still happy to see some eventual catharsis and redemption. High and Inside is also a quick read and well-paced; Rowland keeps his sentences neat and tailored. This is the third novel from Rowland, who grew up in Bozeman and now teaches writing at Montana State University in Billings. Rowland’s first novel, In Open Spaces, was well reviewed and made the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller list, so I was surprised by how flimsy parts of High and Inside are constructed. When Pete meets a love interest, for instance, he’s browsing around the property that he’s just bought and she shoves a gun in his face and introduces herself as “Annie Oakley.” We learn that she’s a local lawyer with a tragic past, and later, she steals his dog from him and then lies about it. It’s one of many plot devices that’s more like a soap opera than a serious novel. We’re also informed, early on in the story, that Pete drinks too much. Later, he suffers a seizure as result of alcohol withdrawal and learns that his liver is double the normal size. It’s not until then that we learn that he’s going through a fifth of whiskey every couple days, and sometimes daily. It’s a shocking revelation, but it

comes toward the end; placed earlier, it would have given the story much more dramatic heft. High and Inside reads like the first draft of what could be a grittier and more compelling tale. Rowland comes close but then shies away; like when Pete finally meets with his ex-girlfriend, who was paralyzed in a drunken accident, she’s described as healthy and happy looking, without any mention of whether she’s in a wheelchair or not. References to sex can be cringe-worthy; at one point, Pete refers to his difficulty getting an erection as his “limp noodle.” It feels comical and out of place in a heavy situation. But chiefly, High and Inside’s perspective does it a disservice. There’s nothing wrong with establishing a main character who’s not overtly likable, but I’m not sure Rowland meant to do so. The first-person set-up makes it difficult for us to see the multiple facets that might make an unpleasant character worth getting invested in. Rowland used first person in his debut, In Open Spaces, narrating from the perspective of a 14-year-old in the 1940s. The kid’s wise-beyond-his-years viewpoint worked well to enrich the story; but the device doesn’t function as well in High and Inside, where Pete doesn’t seem very self-aware. Since Pete doesn’t describe himself much beyond explaining that he’s tall, it leaves us guessing, among other things, why young, beautiful women keep throwing themselves at him when he comes across as an inept alcoholic. It’s not necessary to be a sports fan to read High and Inside, but the baseball passages are some of the strongest, most vivid parts of the story, and I wonder if someone who’s passionate about the Red Sox or baseball in general might be more likely to find Pete sympathetic. Besides being an alcoholic who’s had bad luck, Pete doesn’t have all that much personality. He comes across as a kind of male version of a Mary Sue—a trope common to teen lit, where the protagonist is an idealized character who readers can easily insert themselves into. (Think Bella from Twilight.) Mary Sues are common for a reason, and that’s because they can be entertaining to live vicariously through. High and Inside might make for a bit of light beach reading for a baseball fan or anyone who enjoys tales of antiheroes and redemption; I just wouldn’t recommend that anyone overthink it. Russell Rowland reads from High and Inside at Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave., Wed., Sept. 11, at 7 PM. Free. kwhittle@missoulanews.com

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Beyond Watergate Our Nixon reveals the footage behind the scandal by Molly Laich

Our Nixon, a new documentary directed by Penny Lane, wasn’t what I thought it was going to be, and for that I am grateful. I expected the usual history lesson via narration and images, but this film is much more intimate, odd and meditative than the norm. The film consists primarily of Super 8 footage taken by Nixon’s closest aides, the ones who would later go down with him in the Watergate scandal: Dwight Chapin, John Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman. They assembled something like 30 hours of

out, but what this film does more than anything is humanize the players, despite all of our preconceived notions of what they must have been like. We learn that these men were friends. They joked around with each other. They were gossipy and paranoid. In one phone call, after delivering a speech to the American people about the importance of staying the course in Vietnam, Nixon calls Ehrlichman, and the conversation is nothing but verbal pats on the back. Nixon asserts that the speech was good, that it was full of

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spooky, silent footage of early ’70s Americana that was later seized by the FBI as evidence and has only just now been made available to the public some 40 years later. The home videos are supplemented with eerie audio playbacks of the infamous “White House Tapes” and old TV interviews and news clips. Look out for a young Barbara Walters, Walter Cronkite, Phil Donahue and others. Our Nixon has a narrative thread, but the images are disjointed. You’ll hear the staff talking nervously about their political fates while watching a hummingbird suck nectar or people blandly crossing the street. Super 8 is a great medium, full of rich color and texture. Take heart. If Nixon were president now, in 40 years we’d be watching this film as shot on somebody’s iPhone. As it stands, this is the kind of movie you could play in the background at a party with your own soundtrack. Before the trouble starts, we’re treated with a series of moving images. We see the administration’s trip that opened up relations with China, and it could have been anybody out there goofing off with a camera on the big wall. They try to film the Pope’s procession, but in their zeal to get the shot, the camera is sideways. My favorite is their take on the moon launch, filmed from a spot way back in the crowd behind the back of somebody’s head. Sure, Nixon and his people were drunk with power. They perpetrated the Watergate scandal, kept us in a terrible war and said racist, homophobic things when they thought no one would ever find

feeling and would resonate with the public, and Ehrlichman, the forever yes man, enthusiastically agrees. At the end of this and many other phone conversations, Nixon tells his man to call around, see what everybody else thinks, and then call him back. Always he wants his friends to call him back, and in this he displays an earnest need to be liked that’s as touching and pathetic as a preteen on her first day of school. Liberal critics accuse the movie of being soft because their Nixon is evil through and through, and this film toys with that picture. I wouldn’t go so far as to call Nixon or his cohorts ordinary men (anybody who wants to be and then becomes president could never be ordinary) but, for God’s sake, they weren’t monsters. At one moment, Nixon goes on a strange diatribe, linking the TV show “All in the Family” with the fall of the Roman Empire on account of homosexuality. It’s bad, but nothing you might not overhear one old man say to another at a gas station in Montana. Later, on the night Haldeman was made to publicly resign, Nixon drunkenly tells Haldeman he loves him, over and over again. This is more Dark Side of the Moon than All the President’s Men. Remember that when you step into the theater, and pre-game accordingly. Our Nixon plays at the Roxy Theater Fri., Sept. 6, through Mon., Sept. 9, at 7 and 9 PM. $7/$6 students and seniors. arts@missoulanews.com

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But it’s Blackfish’s second act that really begins to put the screws to SeaWorld and other parks of its ilk. Interviews with a half-dozen or so former marine mammal trainers paint SeaWorld as an organization more than willing to hire patently unqualified park staff (though trainers went through a protocol before being allowed in the water with orcas, many were hired off the street with no biological or behavioral training whatsoever), to withhold critical information about the animals from those employees (specifically,

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So here’s mine: I’m a card-carrying member of PETA—People Eating Tasty Animals. I believe that humans have transcended the food chain and, because of that, have both the right to selectively use other animals and the responsibility to steward them. I believe that wild animals and their habitats must be preserved and advanced, and that domesticated animals warrant ethical treatment in their service to and companionship with humans. But I resist the argument that animals possess the social and emotional depths of humans, and the anthropomorphism often inherent in that argument. As you might guess, these views put me a fair distance away from most animal-rights activists. So I went into Blackfish, a film that takes a deep dive into the 2010 death of veteran SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau and parlays that investigation into a call to end orca captivity, with an oversized grain of salt. As it turns out, the salt came in handy—it made the crow I was served by director Gabriela Cowperthwaite go down just a bit easier. Blackfish opens with the 911 call reporting Brancheau’s death, then quickly shifts to an efficient, effective historical summation of orca captivity. Archival footage from the ’70s depicts a fleet of orca hunters herding the animals in Puget Sound with boats, nets and explosives—a scene given a surreal edge by its uncanny resemblance to the fictional free-for-all in the seminal 1975 movie Jaws. An eloquent punctuation to this opening section comes from a contemporary interview with one of the whalers who engaged in the orca roundup—it’s more than a bit uncomfortable to watch a bearded, grizzled mariner get choked up describing events that occurred more than 30 years prior.

about animals with a history of violent encounters with previous trainers), and to contain the naturally free-ranging animals in cramped quarters to prevent them, ironically enough, from being freed by animal activists. By the time the story of Tilikum—the prized breeding male that killed Brancheau—rolls around, SeaWorld’s pattern of manipulation, obfuscation and using the cloak of science to mask profit-driven decisions is laid bare. Marine biologists directly contradict the company lines regarding “normal” behavior and physiology of the animals. Archival and spectator-generated footage show, sometimes in graphic detail, a pattern of behavior from Tilikum and other orcas that, if heeded, would likely have prevented further trainer casualties, including the death of Brancheau. SeaWorld’s grossly misguided public-relations stance on Brancheau’s death—after consulting with SeaWorld executives, a sheriff initially stated that Brancheau fell into the pool, when footage shows her clearly being pulled in by Tilikum—is the final stroke that reveals the company as the entertainment- and profit-driven beast it is. I came away from Blackfish with a greatly enhanced understanding of orcas, and a newfound respect for their social dynamics in the wild. I’m not ready to elevate them and other complex mammals to the same tier as humans, but I am convinced that operations like SeaWorld either need to undergo massive reforms or cease to exist. Free Tilly! Well played, Blackfish. Blackfish continues at the Wilma Theatre. arts@missoulanews.com

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APPROXIMATELY NELS CLINE One would be correct to guess that this 30-minute music doc is about Nels Cline, lead guitarist of Wilco and ever-experimenting musician. Not rated. Showing at the Roxy Theatre Thu., Sept. 5 at 7 PM as a double-feature with In Search of Blind Joe Death. CUTIE AND THE BOXER New Yorker Ushio Shinohara, the Boxing Painter, and his wife, illustrator Noriko, have been married for 40 years. Find out how they keep their marriage—and art—vibrant. Rated R. Showing at the Roxy Sept. 6–9 and Sept. 13–16 at 7:15 and 9:15 PM. IN SEARCH OF BLIND JOE DEATH: THE SAGA OF JOHN FAHEY Discover the late John Fahey, provocative and pioneering American guitarist, in this hour-long documentary, which includes interviews with Dr. Demento, Pete Townshend, The Decemberists’ Chris Funk and Calexico’s Joey Burns. Not rated. Showing at the Roxy Theatre Thu., Sept. 5 as a double feature with Approximately Nels Cline. Check out theroxytheater.org for info. ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US IN 3D Super Size Me director Morgan Spurlock focuses his lense on another guilty pleasure for many Americans: heartthrob band One Direction. Footage includes “gratuitous naked torsos.” Starring Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Zayn Malik. Rated PG. Carmike 12. OUR NIXON In the pre-iPhone days, Nixon aides documented his presidency with Super 8 cameras. After they were investigated for Watergate, the recordings were seized. Forty years later, they appear again in this documentary. John Ehrlichman, Henry Kissinger and Dwight Chapman are among those who appear. Not rated. Showing at the Roxy Theatre Sept. 6-9 at 7 and 9 PM. (See Film.) RIDDICK Revenge will be served colder than the vacuum of space in this latest installment of the Riddick series. Starring Vin Diesel, Karl Urban and Katee Sackhoff. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

NOW PLAYING 2 GUNS Don’t you love discovering the things you have in common with buddies, like, say, being undercover agents? I suspect there won’t be many BFF necklaces, though, when a DEA agent and a naval intelligence officer form a shaky alliance after trying to sneak into a drug cartel. Starring Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg and Paula Patton. Rated R. Carmike 12, Entertainer.

R.I.P.D. After a cop dies, afterlife authorities assign him to a team of undead police officers, the Rest in Peace Department. Ghostly police antics ensue! Starring Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Bacon. Rated PG-13. Pharaohplex.

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BLACKFISH Documentarian Gabriela Cowperthwaite points out the “killer” part in “killer whale” in footage and interviews about Tilikum, the captive orca that killed three people, including a top whale trainer. Rated PG-13. Wilma. (See Film.) BLUE JASMINE Woody Allen brings us this tale of a narcissistic socialite, played by Cate Blanchett, who undergoes a nervous breakdown and transformation after her life hits rock bottom. Also starring Alec Baldwin and Sally Hawkins. Rated PG-13. Wilma. DESPICABLE ME 2 The somewhat inept but well-meaning Gru is put to work for the Anti-Villain league to fight a new super criminal in the follow-up to the 2010 family friendly animated comedy. Starring the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig and Miranda Cosgrove. Rated PG. Carmike 12. ELYSIUM It’s the year 2154, and rich people live on a space station while the poors live down on the ruined earth. It’s up to Jason Bourne, er, Matt Damon I mean, to bridge the two worlds. Also starring Jodie Foster and Sharlto Copley. Rated R. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex. GETAWAY A former race-car driver is forced to use his skills, a particular set of skills he’s acquired over a long career, after a mysterious baddie kidnaps his wife. Starring Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez and Jon Voight. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12. LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER See notable American events of the 20th century from an interesting perspective: an African-

American White House butler. Starring Forest Whitaker, Lenny Kravitz and Oprah Winfrey. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex. MONSTERS UNIVERSITY This prequel to 2001’s Monsters, Inc., visits Sulley and Mike during their college days. I bet they threw some beastly frat parties. Starring the voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman and Steve Buscemi. Rated G. Village 6. THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES New York City teen Mary Sue, I mean, cough, Clary Fray finds a great excuse to get out of school when she learns she’s a descendant of the Shadowhunters, and must travel to the alternate city called Downworld to save her mother. Supernatural adventure and make-outs with high-cheekboned dudes are in store. Starring Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower and Lena Headey. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Joss Whedon uses modern costuming to retell this classic Shakespeare comedy about romantic confusion. Iambic pentameter really gets the ladies going, I hear. Starring Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof and Fran Kranz (and watch for the everadorable Nathan Fillion). Rated PG-13. Wilma. PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS In this sequel to 2010’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, good ol’ Percy and crew must find the Golden Fleece and, presumably, throw it into Mordor to prevent evil from taking over the world. Starring Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario and Brandon T. Jack-

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The parsley-rich Middle Eastern salad known as tabouli (among other spellings) is a summer dish that transitions well into fall. It’s light, satisfying and filled with seasonal ingredients. It won’t heat up your kitchen, either, as the bulgur wheat used in tabouli doesn’t require cooking. Many cooks simply soak their bulgur wheat in heated water. But even that step isn’t necessary, as I recently learned from a farmer friend, as long as your tomatoes are juicy enough. His trick is to make a slurry from the most bloated tomatoes on hand, in a blender or food processor, and soak the bulgur wheat in it. Without the added water, tabouli made this way has a richer, deeper flavor. It’s also nice to make use of that tomato juice, rather than watching it flow off the cutting board and onto the floor. The peak of harvest season, aka now, is a great time for this recipe, when the tomatoes are sagging under their own weight on windowsills and farmers at the market are giving 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. While these considerations of tomatoes and grains are important, it’s worth remembering that tabouli is a parsley salad at heart. Parsley-centric dishes like this are a rarity in the United States, where the vitamin-rich herb is all too often stuck on the side of the plate, next to the orange slice. I’ve even dined with people who expressed shock at my eating this normally ignored garnish. Tabouli, in its forest green glory, makes up for some of this insult to parsley. To make tomato juice tabouli, you’ll need the following ingredients: 4 cups of chopped parsley—packed cups, not loose 1 cup fine-grained bulgur 1 cup finely chopped onions 2 cups of cucumber chunks, about ½ inch per side 2-plus cups of tomato puree 2 cloves of garlic, to taste. Grated, chopped or pressed ½ cup extra virgin olive oil 3 tablespoons lime or lemon juice ½ tsp salt a handful of mint leaves To make the puree, mix and match whatever tomatoes are available and juicy, from lipstick-red slicers to yellow cherries to mottled, funky heirlooms. With low-acid tomatoes like Brandywines, you may need to add more lime. Cut the tomatoes into quarters, spilling as little juice as possible. Add a pinch of salt to the blender,

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then the garlic and tomatoes, the softest pieces first. Blend until you have a slurry with occasional tomato chunks. For every two cups of this pinkish soup, mix a cup of bulgur wheat, in a bowl or Mason jar, along with the lime juice. Let it sit for two to three hours. Before washing the parsley, untie the bunches and look through them, picking out any yellow or rotten leaves. Wash the parsley bunches by holding the stems and dunking the leaf ends 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. As you grip the stems of the parsley bunch in your hand, pick a spot to cut the stems off, at the bottom of the leafy area. Choosing where to cut is a balance between wasting some leaves that will end up with the stems, and having too much stem material in your tabouli. After cutting off the stems, grab the leafy bunch and begin chopping at the cut end; cut stems more finely than leaves. Since mint leaves come in different sizes, and you want about a dime’s worth of mint in each mouthful, chop and portion your mint accordingly. A little goes a long way, and too much mint can create a weird taste. Combine the ingredients in a bowl, including salt 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 better over the course of an afternoon, that bonding will pay off. Quinoa tabouli has gotten a lot of buzz lately—anything with quinoa has—and I had high hopes for tabouli made from sprouted quinoa, having read that sprouted quinoa can be reconstituted by soaking for 30 minutes in warm water. Alas, after 24 hours in tomato slurry, my sprouted quinoa had barely softened. I made another batch in which I soaked cooked quinoa in tomato slurry, and the resulting tabouli was tasty, but different enough that it felt wrong to call it tabouli. Bulgur wheat means whole grain wheat that has been cut into various sized grains (fine bulgur is better for tabouli). Quinoa isn’t a grain, isn’t chopped and has a different texture and more flavor than bulgur. All of these qualities make quinoa stand out in the tabouli, drawing attention to itself. Bulgur is a better team player, quietly contributing a unique, soft toothiness to the tabouli. Or maybe I just think bulgur is better because that’s what I’m used to. And that’s how it has been for ages. Regardless of which grain or seed you might choose, raw or cooked, soaking it in the juice of supersaturated tomatoes is worth a try. It’s an elegant, cool twist on a timeless summer dish.

[dish] Bagels On Broadway 223 West Broadway • 728-8900 (across from courthouse) Featuring over 25 sandwich selections, 20 bagel varieties, & 20 cream cheese spreads. Also a wide selection of homemade soups, salads and desserts. Gourmet coffee and espresso drinks, fruit smoothies, and frappes. Ample seating; free wi-fi. Free downtown delivery (weekdays) with $10.00 min. order. Call ahead to have your order ready for you! Open 7 days a week. Voted one of top 20 bagel shops in country by internet survey. $-$$ Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 Welcome Back Students!! Happy Fall!! Fall is Bernice’s time of year. The smell of fresh baked goods waft around the Hip Strip as Bernice’s prepares to serve a rockin’ cup of joe, danishes, cookies, croissants, muffins, and a whole lot more. The crisp Missoula air is the perfect complement to a slice of apple pie in the afternoon or a warm Tipus Chai around 6pm. Fall BBQ’s are topped off with Bernice's Parkerhouse Rolls, Curried Chicken Salad and an 8” Chocolate Chocolate cake for dessert. Stop by the UC, COT and Book Exchange to see what goodies Bernice’s is showcasing this school year. A spinach croissant just before class is a great wake-me-up! xoxo bernice. $-$$ Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street • 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Black Coffee Roasting Co. 1515 Wyoming St., Suite 200 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open Mon.–Fri., 7:30–4, Sat. 84. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $ The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to 10:30 pm. $-$$ Brooks & Browns Inside Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. • 532-2056 This week at Brooks and Browns... THURSDAY is Trivia Night (7:30-10 pm). FRIDAY 8/30: Britchy Duo 6-9 pm. SUNDAY: Sunday Funday (Happy Hour all day). Martini MONDAY ($4 select martinis). TUESDAY (Burger + any draught beer $8). Have you discovered Brooks and Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins • 728-8780 Celebrating 41 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Ciao Mambo 541 S. Higgins Ave. 543-0377 • ciaomambo.com The vibrant energy at Ciao Mambo is fantastically accompanied by steaming hot pizzas, delicious assortments of pastas and of course authentic Italian wine. We focus on making sure that whether it be date night, family night, or business dinners we accommodate whatever the need! And do not forget there are always leftovers! Open 5 to close every day, come make us your go to dinner destination! $-$$ Claim Jumper 3021 Brooks • 728-0074 Serving Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 7 days a week. Come in between 7-8 am for our Early Bird Breakfast Special: Get 50% off any breakfast menu item! Or Join us for Lunch and Dinner. We feature CJ’s Famous Fried Chicken, Delicious Steaks, and your Favorite Pub Classics. Breakfast from 7am-11am on Weekdays and 7am-2pm on Weekends. Lunch and Dinner 11am-9pm Sun-Wed and 11am-10pm Thurs-Sat. Ask your Server about our Players Club! Happy Hour in our lounge M-F 4-6 PM. $-$$

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El Cazador 101 S. Higgins Ave. • 728-3657 Missoula Independent readers’ choice for Best Mexican Restaurant. Come taste Alfredo's original recipes for authentic Mexican food where we cook with love. From seafood to carne asada, enjoy dinner or stop by for our daily lunch specials. We are a locally owned Mexican family restaurant, and we want to make your visit with us one to remember. Open daily for lunch and dinner. $-$$ The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. • 926-2038 Offering authentic empanadas BAKED FRESH DAILY! 9 different flavors, including vegetarian and gluten-free options. NOW SERVING BREAKFAST Empanadas! Plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and super delicious! Get your healthy hearty lunch or dinner here! Wi-Fi, Soccer on the Big Screen, and a rich sound system featuring music from Argentina and the Caribbean. 10am-6pm Mon-Thurs/10am-7pm Fri+Sat. Downtown Missoula. $ Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave. • 721-6033 Missoula’s Original Coffehouse/Café located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch 7 days a week+dinner 5 nights a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and espresso bar. HUGE Portions and the Best BREAKFAST in town. Mon - Thurs 7a.m.-8p.m. • Fri 7a.m.-4p.m. • Sat & Sun 8a.m.- 4 p.m. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD he GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, a rotating selection of six soups, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/ espresso drinks and an extensive smoothie menu complement bakery goodies from the GFS ovens and from Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day, 7am – 10pm. $-$$

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Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St 549-7723 www.grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula's Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana micro-distilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 97:30 www.grizzlyliquor.com. $-$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com Contemporary Asian cuisine featuring local, vegan, gluten free and organic options as well as wild caught seafood, Idaho trout and buffalo. Join us for lunch and dinner. Happy Hour 3-6 weekdays with specials on food and drink. Extensive sake, wine and tea menu. Closed Sundays. Open MonFri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner 5pm-close. Sat: Dinner 5pm-close. $-$$

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Zpizza HANGRIEST HOUR The 411 in the 406: Missoula’s been a happening pizza town for ages now. From established locals like Biga, Tower and the Bridge to chains like Mackenzie River, dough-tossing is practically an intramural sport around here. The latest arrived just a couple weeks ago—zpizza, a Laguna Beach-founded artisanal pizzeria that currently has locations in 17 states. The new North Higgins restaurant marks zpizza’s third foray into Montana’s pizza scene; the company already has two storefronts in Billings. Maintaining the rep: Zpizza boasts the company’s “passion for great food,” and it shows. Everything that can be organic is, from the dough to the skim mozzarella to the additive-free sausage. Put it all on top of a crust that resembles flatbread more than it does a chewy breadstick and you’ve got a product that won’t dilute Missoula’s already stellar reputation for quality “za.” Oh, and there are both vegan and gluten-free options too. Buy the slice: We normally wouldn’t touch Hawaiian pizza with a 10-foot rotisserie spit, but it seemed like the ultimate test for a new pizzeria. We were not disappointed. Each pineapple popped with the kind of freshness you wouldn’t expect from something in a display case, and the ham was thick

Jakers 3515 Brooks St. • 721-1312 www.jakers.com Every occasion is a celebration at Jakers. Enjoy our two for one Happy Hour throughout the week in a fun, casual atmosphere. Hungry? Try our hand cut steaks, small plate menu and our vegetarian & gluten free entrees. For reservations or take out call 721-1312. $$-$$$ Jimmy John’s 420 N. Higgins • 542-1100 jimmyjohns.com Jimmy John’s - America’s Favorite Sandwich Delivery Guys! Unlike any other sub shop, Jimmy John’s is all about the freshest ingredients and fastest service. Freaky Fast, Freaky Good - that’s Jimmy John’s. Order online, call for delivery or visit us on Higgins. $-$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$

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enough to shrug off any association with Canadian bacon. At $3 a slice, we’d definitely go back, especially if it meant a crack at the Casablanca, the Greek or the ZBQ Chicken. Zpizza also offers a range of salads, sandwiches and pasta dishes, as well as a line of specialty flatbread pizzas. Where to find it: Zpizza is at 525 N. Higgins, right across from the XXXXs. For delivery— and remember, Griz tailgate season is upon us—call 406-926-2770. —Alex Sakariassen Hangriest Hour serves up fresh details on western Montana eats. To recommend a restaurant, dish or chef for Hangriest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.

Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West • 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche. Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. • 543-7154 (on the hip strip) Did you know that the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $6? Anyone is welcome to join us for a delicious meal from 11:3012:30 Monday- Friday for delicious food, great conversation and take some time to find a treasured item or garment in our thrift shop. For a full menu and other activities, visit our website at www.missoulaseniorcenter.org. The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall • 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Pearl Cafe 231 East Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Dungeness Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Snake River Farms Beef, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Philly West 134 W. Broadway 493-6204 For an East-coast taste of pizza, stromboli, hoagies, salads, and pasta dishes and CHEESESTEAKS, try Philly West. A taste of the great “fightin’ city of Philadelphia” can be enjoyed Monday - Saturday for lunch and dinner and late on weekends. We create our marinara, meatballs, dough and sauces in-house so if “youse wanna eat,” come to 134 W. Broadway. $-$$ Plonk 322 N Higgins • 926-1791 www.plonkwine.com Plonk is an excursion into the world of fine wine, food, cocktails, service and atmosphere. With an environment designed to engage the senses, the downtown establishment blends quality and creativity in an all-encompassing dining experience. Described as an urban hot spot dropped into the heart of the Missoula Valley and lifestyle, Plonk embodies metropolitan personalities driven by Montana passions. Romaines 3075 N. Reserve Suite N 406-214-2659 www.romainessalads.com We provide you with the convenience of delicious salads, sandwiches and soups. Our salads include over 30 wholesome ingredients. Our homemade soups change with the season as different ingredients become available. If hearty sandwiches are your favorite, then visit Romaines for one

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of our braised meat sandwiches. We also have a Montana Hummus sandwich made from Montana grown garbanzo beans. At last, local, fresh, and healthy! $-$$ Roxiberry Gourmet Frozen Yogurt Southgate Mall Across from Noodle Express 317.1814 • roxiberry.com Bringing Missoula gourmet, frozen yogurt, using the finest ingredients (no frozen mixes), to satisfy your intense cravings with our intense flavors. Our home-made blends offer healthy, nutritional profiles. We also offer smoothies, fresh-made waffle cones, and select baked goods (gluten-free choices available). Join Club Roxi for special offers. See us in-store or visit our website for information. $-$$ Silvertip Casino 680 SW Higgins • 728-5643 The Silvertip Casino is Missoula’s premiere casino offering 20 Video gaming machines, best live poker in Missoula, full beverage liquor, 11 flat screen tv’s and great food at great prices. Breakfast Specials starting at $2.99 (7-11am) For a complete menu, go to www.silvertipcasino.com. Open 24/7. $-$$ Sis’s Kitchen 531-5034 • sisskitchen.com Wheat, Gluten & Allergen Free Foods. Frozen & Dry Mix Products. Sis’s Kitchen plays a part in Best of Missoula “Best Pizza” Winner’s for 2008-2012. Find our products at: The Good Food Store • Biga Pizza • Bridge Pizza • Pizza Cafe in Ronan (12”crust). $-$$ NOT JUST SUSHI We have quick and delicious lunch specials 6 days a week starting at $7, and are open for dinner 7 nights a week. Try our comfort food items like Pork Katsu and Chicken Teriyaki. We also offer party platters to go and catering for all culinary styles. Lunch 11:30-3 Mon-Sat. Dinner 5-9:30 Every Night. Corner of Pine and Higgins. Very Family Friendly. 549-7979. $-$$ Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins 327-8929 Stop in when you’re in the neighborhood. We’ll do our best to treat you right! Crowned Missoula’s best lunch for under $6. Mon.-Sat. 1110 Sun 12-9. $-$$ Taco John’s 623 W Broadway 2600 S Reserve West-Mex® is about fresh taste and BOLD flavors. Taco John’s recipes make you smile and yell “OLÉ”. We combine hearty helpings of seasoned meats, crispy Potato Olés®, and flavorful cheeses with fresh-made Mexican specialties like burritos, tacos, and quesadillas. All topped off with bold sauces, spices and salsas. You’ll find WestMex® cooking makes for an unbeatably satisfying meal. See you soon ... Amigo :) $-$$ Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 • tacosano.net Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. • 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ Walking Moustache 206 W. Main St. 549-3800 www.walkingmoustache.com Our aim is to offer excellent food with five star service. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, Daily Specials + 2 am Special. Restaurant Hours: 24/6. Tues–Sun 6:00am–11:00pm. Closed Mondays. Winebar Hours: Tues–Sun 11:00am–11:00pm. Closed Mondays. Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$

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team’s choosing, like planting trees in the neighborhood. Email Gabe at gfurshong@gmail.com to join in the fun. Treasure State Toastmasters invites you to get your locution on and become fixated oratorically at their weekly meeting. Community Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6–7 PM. Free.

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See art professors walk the walk and talk the talk when The UM School of Art presents Accumulation/Transformation, a faculty exhibit opening today, with reception from 6-7 PM in the Gallery of Visual Arts in the Social Sciences building. Get a taste of some rock muzik, Austrian-style, when European band The Forum Walters plays the ZACC, along with local good-for-nuthin punx Buddy Jackson and Spencer. 235 N. First St. W. 9 PM. Free, all ages. No alcohol allowed at the venue. Honor your connection to the earth and the glorious array of life on it during the Children of the Earth Tribe Song and Chant Circle at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 519 S. Higgins, enter through back alley door. 7 PM. Free will offering. Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place. $7 Bayern pitchers. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, local talented folks may titillate your eardrums. 8:30 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign up. Fight for your right to belt out tunes at the Dark Horse’s Combat Karaoke, hosted by Aaron B. and accompanied with drink specials. 1805 Regent Street. 9 PM. Free.

Stringing you along. Portland Cello Project, along with Jolie Holland, play the Top Hat Sat., Sept. 7. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $18/$15 in advance at Rockin Rudy’s, the Top Hat and tophatlounge.com.

THURSDAYSEPT05 You’ll see some grapes and some wrath, no doubt, at Of Mice and Men and Rock ‘n’ Roll, an adventure through John Steinbeck’s literary world, written by playwright Jay Kettering. Masquer Theatre in the PAR/TV Center. $11 at the UMArts Box Office.

nightlife Sip a magic potion while Band in Motion with Regmachine plays the Top Hat dinner show from 5-7 PM. Free. Grab your buddy Sally and head to Blues Alley, in the patio areas between the Rhino and the Top Hat, with tunes from Mudslide Charley. 5:30 PM. Free, all ages.

Northside peeps and Westside folks can show off their athletic prowess and beer-drinking skills at the third annual Northside Vs. Westside Softball Showdown, which starts at 6 PM with pregaming at Draught Works, then moves to the Northside Softball Field at the corner of Worden and Cooley streets for first pitch at 7 PM. All players must gather $50 in donations to play; money goes toward projects of the winning

Crash your car into a bridge, I don’t care when carousing to hip tunes and underground tracks at Dead Hipster Dance Party. 9 PM. Badlander. $1 well dranks til’ midnight, lifelong memories for free. Hone your performance skills at the Broadway Inn’s open mic night, with Big Sky Pool Party in the Cabana starting at 5 PM, singing and prizes at 9 PM. Includes $3 Big Sky beer special. 1609 W. Broadway St. Free to attend. The Wayne Renn band is out to rock your world when it plays the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave., from 9 PM to close. Free.

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[calendar] Texas country fellas Micky and the Motorcars are here to take y’all for a ride at Stage 112, 112 Pattee St. 9 PM. $15/$12 in advance. Check out stageonetwelve.com. Seattle indie-rockers The West are bringing some of that Emerald City groove to town, along with Missoula’s own Luke Dowler, Savage Gentleman and The Boy and SIster Alma. Palace. 9 PM. Free. (See Music.) Slide on a blazer 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.

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Sentinel off University Drive. 7:30 PM. $11/$6 for seniors/$5 for students. Get some produce in your sights and head to the Target Range Farmers Market, Sundays in the east parking lot of Target Range School. 10 AM. Plenty of fun is on tap at Caras Park, which hosts the 15th annual Maverick Brewfest. More than 40 beers are on tap, from Rogue to Kona to New Belgium to Sam Adams, plus plenty of Montana faves and hometown beer-oes. 4-10 PM. $10 gets a mug and two beer tokens; additional samples are $2.

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Keep track of the visions in your eyes at the Wear Your Sunglasses At Night party with Dead Hipster and Miller Creek. Monk’s Bar. Doors at 8 PM, music at 9. $3. Drink specials include $1.50 Fireball shots.

Sean Kelly’s hosts a Firefighter Combat Challenge kick-off party, with live music starting at 5 PM with Lil’ Smokies and Run From the City, and competition outside on Pine Street on Saturday and Sunday. Free to spectate. Check out missoulafirecombat challenge.com.

Breakdance in binary code at the Mountain Computer Music Festival, which features new compositions from UM students and guests, at the Phyllis J. Washington Amphitheater at the base of Mount

Stretch your body and your spirit when Inner Harmony Yoga hosts a 90-minute practice led by Heather Day with live musical accompaniment from Naked Soul. 214 E. Main St. Suite B, enter through the alley. 5-6:30 PM.

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$30/$20 in advance; check out yogainmissoula.com. Watch out for a bunch of people running around screaming with their shirts off—and that’s just the parents—at Family Friendly Friday at the Top Hat, this week with Sista Otis. 6-8 PM. Free. Discover a passion for thermal waters when author Jeff Birdby presents his new Falcon guide, Touring Hot Springs of Montana and Wyoming. Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 5:30-7 PM. You never know when pirates will attack, so you may as well be prepared by checking out fencing classes. Missoula Fencing Association hosts a free, one-hour class today, participation limited to 15 people, ages 9 and above. 1200 Shakespeare. 6 PM. Check out missoulafencing.net. Combine two excellent things— books ‘n beer—when Ryan Newhouse presents a beer tasting and signing for his book, Montana Beer: A Guide to Breweries in Big Sky Country. Shakespeare and Co, 103 S. Third St. W. 6 PM. (See News.) Fire up the hog and putt over to one rawkin’ Battle of the Bands, with two stages and Corporate

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Artists Lorraine and Howard Barlow showcase their sculptural works in 333 Fathoms. The Barlows plan to submerge the works off the Washington coast on the next blue moon in 2015. Nifty! First Friday reception at the Brink Gallery, 111 W. Front St., Fri., Sept. 6, from 5-8 PM.

Put a feather in your cap when Rocky Mountain Map Gallery showcases vintage prints highlighting the glamour of travel in the 30s, 40s and 50s, while next door the Sutton West Gallery shows new works by Kent Lovelace and Marc Bohne. 1706 Brooks Street. 5 PM. Ponder all of the pretty ponies at the reception for St. Ignatius artist Joan Mason’s Colors of the Horse painting exhibit, with reception at the Artists’ Shop, 127 N. Higgins Ave., from 5-8 PM. You’ll see she isn’t a newbie when Portland artist Sara Siestreem presents her first solo museum exhibit, Ballast, at the Missoula Art Museum. Reception from 5-9 PM, with talk at 7. Downtown Dance Collective presents The Prison Lady Collection, works from the private collection of Leah Joki, who worked in the California correctional system and recently published her memoir, Juilliard to Jail. 121 W. Main St. 5 PM. First Friday at the Monte Dolack Gallery celebrates Treasure State waterways with the exhibit Montana Rivers, plus music from the Blue Hour Jazz Ensemble. 139 W. Front St. 5 PM. Get a glimpse of Two Rivers, an in-progress documentary about the Milltown Dam removal, plus other High Plains film trailers at Bhavana,101 E. Broadway., Ste. B. High Plains is currently running a Kickstarter to finish the completion of Two Rivers. 5-8 PM, refreshments available. (See Spotlight.) Make Rube Goldberg proud at Ridiculous, a one-night-only exhibit of goofy and outrageous

would-be inventions, paintings and performances from several local artists, including Elisha Thomas, Kate Morris, Jack Metcalf, Jonathon Marquis and many more. VonCommon Studio,127 E. Main St, Ste. 316. 6-10 PM. Check out art by some classy dames during the 14th annual Pattee Canyon Ladies’ Salon group exhibition, which features Kiahsuang Lo as a special guest. Brunswick Gallery, 225 W. Railroad St. 5-7 PM. Get the message in a bottle with 333 Fathoms, an exhibit of sculptural works by Lorraine and Howard Barlow. The artists plan to submerge the works off the Washington coast on the next blue moon in 2015. Reception at the Brink Gallery from 5-8 PM. I think my dumpster-diving Grandpa Jerry would love The Things We Choose to Keep, an exhibit by artist Acton Seibel, featuring work with found objects like aluminum lawn mower parts, pipes, wood and light bulbs. Reception at Betty’s Divine, 5-8 PM. Artist Caleb Meyer presents new works in 21 Under 31, showing at the Dana, 246 N. Higgins Ave. Reception from 5-8 PM. Louise Barker presents Organic Works in Silk, an exhibit of stained and painted fabric inspired by a midwestern farm upbringing. 4 Ravens, 248 N. Higgins Ave. 5-8 PM. Along with Kendahl Jan Jubb’s brilliant watercolors, ceramic artist James Hewes and photographer Suzanne Mingo show work at the Murphy-Jubb Fine Art gallery, 210 N. Higgins Ave., Ste. 300. 5-8 PM.

Artist Marion Lavery gets a little fishy with Twelve Trout and Other Fish Tales, an exhibit of acrylic paintings of riparian interludes at Montana Art and Framing. 709 Ronan St. 5-9 PM. Get freaky when the esteemed Andrea Cross Guns and Tim Fox present Geometric Separation: Thoughts As Color, an art exhibit at the VFW, 245 W. Main St., from 5:30-9 PM. Cross Guns usually brings hella good refreshments, FYI. Go ahead and talk with your hands when viewing Finger to Thumb: A Thousand Marks of Pinching Artists, a clay exhibit with several artists that contemplates how finger marks communicate and affect with ceramic work. Clay Studio, 1106 Ste. A., Hawthorne St. 5:30-9 PM. Party down and feel good doing it for Willard Enterprises’ Poverello Center fundraiser at Stage 112, with music from James & Fogarty, Going to the Sun, Red Onion Purple, Lunacy and the Moon and Confidence Man, plus work by artist Candice Rhea. Bayern Oktoberfest on tap for $1 a cup. 112 Pattee St. $5. 6-9 PM. Celebrate “peas, love and harvest” with Garden City Garden Supply, 525 E. Spruce St., at a First Friday event with art, music, giveaways and free beer! 6-9 PM. Load up the wagon and go on an art adventure when stopping by Frontier Space, in the alley between Pine and Spruce, off Higgins. September’s exhibit showcases six MFA candidates who are sure to please and titillate. 6-10 PM.

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[calendar] Defiance, Comatose Smile, Blessidoom, High Voltage and MIP, at Grizzly Harley Davidson, 5106 E. Harrier Drive, kick-starting at 6 PM. The winner gets to open for the Sept. 14 Great White and Slaughter show at Osprey Stadium. Free.

After all the First Friday art-y, you’ll want to party with the Bassface Krew’s Fishbowl Friday. Ebrola Syndicate, Mark Myriad, KDNCE, M-AD and Deadline are all on deck to get beats bouncing. Badlander. 7 PM, and don’t forget the $5 fishbowl special.

Peter Sagal can eat his heart out when The Jeannette Rankin Peace Center hosts a series of talks discussing the Constitution. Sample topic: “Are Big Bank Bailouts allowed by the Constitution?” 7 PM. Free. Call 543-3955 to learn more.

Expect no rebuke for having a good time when Dan Dubuque plays The Keep, 102 Ben Hogan Drive, from 7-10 PM. No cover. You’ll see some grapes and some wrath, no doubt, at Of Mice and Men and Rock ‘n’ Roll, an adventure through John Steinbeck’s

literary world, written by playwright Jay Kettering. Masquer Theatre in the PAR/TV Center. $11 at the UMArts Box Office. The Soul City Cowboys, a rock and country trio, mix up a cocktail of “everything from Hank to Hendrix” tonight at Cowboy Troy’s in Victor. 8 PM. No cover. Moira Keefe presents her onewoman show, Life, Death and Numbers, a life-inspired comedy about an Irish family of nine children dealing with their mother’s death and the Catholic funeral. Crystal Theatre. 8:30 PM. $15/$10 for students.

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September 13th & 14th, 2013 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 6fluorescent 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.

Year Round Options for disposal of... Latex Paint - If the can is almost empty, dry it out with cat litter and put it in the trash with the lid off. Give it away! Home Resource (Corner of Russell and Wyoming) takes good, almost full latex that has not been stored outside. Call first @ 541-8300. Car Batteries - Republic Services Recycling. Motor Oil - Most Republic Services residential customers can put up to 2 gals per week in clear plastic containers for free pickup. Many auto parts stores, shops or service stations will take small quantities of used oil for free. Fluorescent Bulbs - Ace, Home Depot and Lowes accept household compact fluorescent bulbs for free • P.E.T.E.S Electric accepts all fluorescents for a fee.

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Rockers One F roll back into town to rule the roost, along with Copilot Eyedrops and boy toyz The Hounds. VFW, 245 W. Main St., starting around 9 PM. Cover TBA. John “Poncho” Dobson hosts open mic at Fergie’s Pub every Fri., where you’re bound to mingle with a mix of resort celebs, odd locals and dizzy soakers. You never know who’ll show up and play. It could be you. Starts at 3 PM. 213 Main Street in Hot Springs. Sign up ahead at 406-721-2416 or just show up. It’ll be a doggone bluesy good time when Black Mountain Moan, Three-Eared Dog and Sista Otis play the Top Hat. 9:30 PM. Free.

SATURDAYSEPT07 Back by popular demand, Kate Morris presents her one-woman performance, Fake Yr Death in 6 (Lonesome) Steps, at the ZACC basement, 235 N. First St. W. 7:30 PM. $2-$10 sliding fee. Want to do your part in helping local victims of domestic violence or sexual abuse? Volunteer training begins in September for the SAFE Crisis Line, which provides information and help. Call SAFE at 406-363-4600 to learn more and volunteer. If you’ve never heard of the venerated Jay’s, now’s your chance to relive the glory days and watch a bunch of now-grown-up people party their socks off during the Jay’s Upstairs Reunion, with reuniting bands including Montana Karl, Reptile Dysfunction, JC Auto and Humpy(!!). At The Loft, 119 W. Main St. More details to be announced; check out the Jays Upstairs Reunion Facebook page. (See Spotlight.) Yar, mythical beasts be afoot at the Montana Dragon Boat Festival, which brings teams together to compete in racing 46-foot Chinese

dragon boats. Races are 8:30 AM— 5:30 PM Saturday and Sunday at the Flathead Lake Lodge in Bigfork. Free to spectate. Festival also includes vendors, kids’ activities and music, plus a breast cancer survivor ceremony. Check out montanadragonboat.com. Veg out with your carrot out during the Hamilton Farmers Market, where folks can purchase all sorts of dee-lish local goodies from area farmers. Third and Bedford Streets. 9 AM to 12:30 PM. Get some produce in your sights and head to the Target Range Farmers Market, Sundays in the east parking lot of Target Range School. 10 AM. Set down your goodie basket for a spell while Russ and Sam Nasset play the Clark Fork River Market under Higgins Ave. bridge from 10 AM—1 PM. Free. Peace out, man. The Ewam Sangha Garden of One Thousand Buddhas invites you to the ninth annual Festival of Peace outside Arlee. Includes guest speakers like Namchak Khenpo and Lama Tsomo, plus live music and dancing and Tibetan superstar Tsering Lodoe (who you may remember from films such as Himalaya and Seven Years in Tibet). 10 AM-8 PM. Free. Learn more at ewambuddhagarden.org. 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

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pro confluence Sometimes, it feels like the American frontier West is a thing of the past, as we drive around the big-box-store part of town, Tweeting pictures on our iPhones while eating Taco Bell drivethru food. We could be anywhere. But more often, thankfully, we have art and film and culture to remind us that we are, in fact, not just anywhere. Go ahead and watch the trailer for Two Rivers, the forthcoming documentary about the removal of the Milltown Dam and the ever-changing course of the waterways that brought explorers and industry here and still sustain our towns. It’s a 10-years-in-the-making project from High Plains Films, the Missoula-based company that recently released All The Labor, a Gourds documentary, and Facing the Storm: Story of the American Bison. The High Plains founders, Doug Hawes-Davis and Drury Gunn Carr, are good at picking topics that tug right at Missoulians’ soft spots. WHAT: Trailer viewing of Two Rivers WHO: High Plains Films WHEN: Fri., Sept. 6, from 5–8 PM WHERE: Bhavana, 101 E. Broadway, Ste. B HOW MUCH: Free to attend MORE INFO: highplainsfilms.org

Two Rivers is about more, too, as the description says: “But for better or worse, the American West is changing with breakneck speed. Here, at the confluence of the two rivers, human society rushes forward.” So maybe those iPhones fit in the picture, after all. Two Rivers is awaiting funding before it can be completed, and the filmmakers have turned to Kickstarter, with hopes to raise $20,000 and finish it by 2014. You can see the trailer for Two Rivers and other High Plains documentaries projected on a loop at the First Friday event at Bhavana home furnishings store, plus learn more about donating. I don’t know about you, but when it comes to people documenting the place we live, it’s nice to see it done by people who are as invested in its beauty and unique culture as the rest of us. —Kate Whittle

Sista Otis plays singer-songwriter tunes with a wink and a grin for y’all at Montgomery Distillery, starting at 5 PM. Free. Reincarnate as a lord of the dance at the Life In Color Rebirth Tour, billed as the “world’s largest paint party,” featuring DJs, aerial acts, stilt-walkers, fire shows and more, all at Osprey Field. 5-10 PM. $35-$40, visit ticketfly.com. Ages 16-plus. Buckle in for the ride when Russ Nasset and the Revelators play a customer appreciation party at the Town and Country Lounge, 1616 S. Third St. W. 6-10 PM. No cover. The genre-bending and crowdpleasing Portland Cello Project (who sold out last time they played town, FYI) are back and at it again at the Top Hat. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $18/$15 in advance at Rockin Rudy’s, the Top Hat and tophatlounge.com. 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. This month there’s Irish tunes, cowboy poetry, jazz and western swing. $3 donations are encouraged. Call Clem at 961-4949. The Coke’s in the icebox, popcorn’s on the table, and you and your baby can dance the night away at the Weekly Country Dances at the Hamilton Eagles Lodge, 125 N. Second St., with the Bitterroot Dancers and appearances from live bands like Northern Lights and the Revelators. $7. You’ll see some grapes and some wrath, no doubt, at Of Mice and Men and Rock ‘n’ Roll, an adventure through John Steinbeck’s literary world, written by playwright Jay Kettering. Masquer Theatre in the PAR/TV Center. $11 at the UMArts Box Office. Be like the cool kids and bike or walk over to Free Cycles tonight for the Bike Walk Bus Jam, a pre-party before Bike Walk Bus Week. Comedian Tate Hoskins

emcees the show, which includes music by Mendelssohn, Trickshot, Adam Shulte and the Ticket Sauce Brigade. 732 S. First St. 8-11 PM. $5 donation. Absolutely DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo are like Shabba-Doo and Boogaloo Shrimp, saving rec centers one beat at at time. Get hip to their jamz, hippies. Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. 2-for-1 Absolut drinks until midnight. $2. Go on and flutter your eyelashes at that cute clerk from the auto parts store tonight when Cash For Junkers plays dancin’ tunes at the Union Club, starting around 9 PM. No cover. Boise one-man popmeister Youth Lagoon, along with Adam Schulte and Confidence Man, plays Monk’s Bar. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $15/$12 in advance at ticketfly.com, Ear Candy and Rockin Rudy’s. 18-plus. Don’t stop, make it pop at the Life in Color After Party, with Sound Remedy, KidTraxiom and SounSival at Stage 112. 10 PM. $10, 18-plus.

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SUNDAYSEPT08 Succumb to that urge to dance in the street during the annual Hip Strip Block Party, on Third Street between Higgins and Myrtle. Includes live music from Boys, Cradle Robin and Three Eared Dog, plus beer, food and activities for the whole family. The Best Damn Fashion Show in Town is at 6:30 PM. Free to chill and thrill. Yar, mythical beasts be afoot at the Montana Dragon Boat Festival, which brings teams together to compete in racing 46-foot Chinese dragon boats. Races are 8:30 AM— 5:30 PM Saturday and Sunday at the Flathead Lake Lodge in Bigfork. Free to spectate. Festival also includes vendors, kids’ activities and music, plus a breast cancer survivor ceremony. Check out montanadragonboat.com. Sunday Streets is back, y’all, and today Higgins Avenue from the XXXXs down to Fifth Street is closed to motored traffic so folks can walk, bike and skateboard on the streets. Heck, ride a pony if you want. All kinds of games, activities and food will be available, plus demonstration by MIST, the Missoula Institute for Sustainable Transportation. 9 AM-4 PM. Check out sundaystreetsmissoula.org. Get some produce in your sights and head to the Target Range Farmers Market, Sundays in the east parking lot of Target Range School. 10 AM. Take a chill pill and ride a pony during the Carousel Sunday Market, every Sunday from 10 AM to 2 PM. Produce, psychic readings, live food, music, kids’ activities and, yes, pony rides, are all going down.

Come one, come all to the Five Valley Accordion Association’s afternoon of dancing and tunes featuring guitars, banjos, drums and, you guessed it, accordions. Rustic Hut in Florence, 5341 Hwy 93. 1-5 PM. $4/$3 for members. Kick out the jams down the ‘Root at the dining room of the Sapphire Lutheran Homes, corner of 10th and River streets. Players of all levels are invited to bring their guitars, mandolins, harmonicas, fiddles, banjos, dobros, or other acoustic instrument. Music includes old-time country, bluegrass, swing, cowboy, folk, old standards, etc. Folks who want to play or just listen are encouraged to come. For more information, call John at 381-2483. Free. Tanzt mit mir, schatzie, at the 20th annual Germanfest in Caras Park, which includes music from the Bavarian Echoes, plus Bayern bier, bratwurst and sauerkraut. Prost! Caras Park. 2-6 PM. Free.

nightlife Cheer on men in hats during the grueling regional Firefighter Combat Challenge. The Kids’ Firefighter Challenge welcomes ages 4 to 11. Competition starts at 12:30 PM on Saturday and Sunday in front of Sean Kelly’s, 130 W. Pine St, with live music to follow at 5 PM. Visit missoulafirecombatchallenge.com to learn more. Everyone will be jammin, jammin’ in the Root with Louie Bond and Curtis Rathburn, who invite all you chillsters to a picking circle and open mic at the Fort Owen Inn, 3854 Hwy 93 in Stevensville. 59 pm. Call 777-3483 for more info. The Ed Norton Big Band puts some swing in the month’s second Sunday when it plays the Missoula Winery, 5646 Harrier Way, from 6–

8 PM. $5. Visit missoulawinery.com. It’ll be en pointe when the San Francisco-based Smuin Ballet waltzes through Montana for its 20th anniversary tour. Performances include a tribute to Frank Sinatra, plus music by Jazz Age greats and Patsy Clines. Montana Theatre in the PARTV building on the UM campus. $48 for adults/$25 for children and students/$38 per person for groups of six or more, available at GrizTix outlets and Griztix.com. Close out the weekend in style at the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night, with $4 martinis from 7:30 PM to midnight, plus live jazz and DJs. Starts at 8 PM with Front Street Jazz. Free. Get ready to get K.O’ed by some rawk heavyweights when Houston punks Muhummadali play the VFW, along with loveable hairmeisters Total Combined Weight, the All Hail and Cob Cob (feat. Jacob from Oll Breds.) 245 W. Main St. 9 PM. $5. (See Music.) Jason Isbell (who you may remember from a li’l outfit called Drive By Truckers) motors into town along with 400 Unit to play the Top Hat. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $12. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s, ticketfly.com or the Top Hat. 18-plus.

MONDAYSEPT09 It’ll be en pointe when the San Francisco-based Smuin Ballet waltzes through Montana for its 20th anniversary tour. Performances include a tribute to Frank Sinatra. Montana Theatre in the PARTV building on the UM campus. $48 for adults/$25 for children and students available at GrizTix outlets and Griztix.com.

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Such great heights. San Francisco-based Smuin Ballet performs at the Montana Theatre in the PARTV building, Sun., Sept. 8 and Mon., Sept. 9, at 7:30 PM. $48 for adults/$25 for children and students/$38 per person for groups of six or more, available at GrizTix outlets and Griztix.com.

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upstairs again Jayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Upstairs started gaining momentum in the early 1990s when punk-hungry listeners began storming the small, hole-in-the-wall bar to see emerging underground bands. From what I remember, it was Fargoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Godheadsilo that really put the venue on the map. After that, a wave of grunge-y, garage-y, three-chord punk and all the in-between bands rocked the stage. The Kelley Deal 6000 (Kelley Deal of the Breeders) and multiple other riot grrrl and post-punks showed up, too. I always bring up the night that Sylvain Sylvain from the New York Dolls did a solo show and there were maybe five people there. That was Jayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: The utter randomness of each night. Jayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s was also home to plenty of metal bands and a hippie group or two. Especially in the early years, bands just signed up for a night and the strange clashing of genres could end up being as weird as a Madlib. Just as important was the homegrown scene Jayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Upstairs cultivated. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been 10 years since the venue finally closed down, and a reunion hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ever seemed likely. In fact, the place is the opposite of dingy, since the second-floor bar was turned into the

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nomenon, as well as those younger music-goers whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard more than they probably would like to about that time. The reunion also serves as a benefit for Bill Goodman, a friend of the Jayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Upstairs owners, who was recently diagnosed with cancer. The reunionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early show features Goodmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s band The Montana Fiddlers, and an evening show serves up the expected WHAT: Jayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Upstairs reunion Jayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Upstairs fare like Humpy, VTO (who WHO: The Reptile Dysfunction, JC Auto, Humpy, VTO and others reunited and continue WHERE: The Loft today), Bozemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s JC Auto and hip-hop WHEN: Sat., Sept. 7, from 1 to 5 PM. Night show starts at 8 PM. wordsmith Tahj Kjelland. If you were a HOW MUCH: $5 day show/$8 night show Jayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regular, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be delighted to see that former doorman swanky place called The Loft and the downstairs of Sharkey has been asked to reprise his role. It is bound Jayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (where you could, back in the day, do your to be a surreal scene. Since those wild days of latelaundry while drinking) turned into the Downtown night power drinking and rock â&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll, people have Dance Collective. After the ban on smoking and new grown up and started businesses, had babies and music spots taking over, how could it be possible to seen each other in the light of day more often than go back? But weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to try. not. In the clean, beautiful space of the Loft we can This weekend, the Jayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Upstairs reunion is a tribtry and re-imagine that dirty little clubhouse bar that ute to a golden era in Missoulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music scene. Justin sparked a million romances with music. Maybe you Lawrence, sound-man extraordinaire and bassist for canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go home again, but you can have a good time. the Jayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s-era band Humpy, has made the noble effort to gather the people who witnessed the Jayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pheâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Erika Fredrickson

En guarde! Bust out the epee and join Missoula Fencing Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s six-week-long Olympic fencing classes for beginners, which start this week. Ages 6-8 meet Tuesdays from 6-6:45 PM; 9 year olds to adults meet Thursdays from 6-7:30 PM. 1200 Shakespeare, Ste. A. Visit missoulafencing.net for more info. Meet your mayoral candidates (at least one of whom ought to be a wee bit familiar) at the City Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forum with John Engen, Peggy Cain, Michael Hyde and Dean McCollom. Doubletree Hotel, 100 Madison St. 11:30 AM-1 PM. $5 to attend/$15 includes lunch. Reservation required by Sept. 6. Call 541-2489.

Come on down for Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St., where the distillery redistributes the wealth. (It ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t called Wall Street Wednesday, amiright?) $1 from every drink sold is donated to a different non-profit each Monday. Family friendly, from noonâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 PM. Put a lid on it during the St. Patrick Helmet Sale, which offers adult and kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bike, skateboard, ski and equestrian helmets for megacheap prices. Western Montana Clinic Building, 515 W. Front St. Noon-3 PM. Cash or check only.

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Win a bar tab, shots and other mystery prizes during the five rounds of trivia at the Badlander. 8:30 PM. Free. Hola, amigos, perhaps itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time you learned more Spanish than whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s listed on the Taco Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s menu. The Missoula International School offers adult Spanish classes for beginner, intermediate and advanced speakers starting this week and running through November. 1100 Harrison St. 5:15-6:30 PM. $200 for 20 classes. Learn more at mismt.org/other-programs. The UM Climate Action Now Meeting promoting sustainability and environmental action. UM FLAT, 633 Fifth St. E. 6:30 PM.

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Little brick houses for you and me. Jason Isbell (who you may remember from a li'l outfit called Drive By Truckers) motors into town along with 400 Unit to play the Top Hat Sun., Sept. 8. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $12. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy's, ticketfly.com or the Top Hat. 18-plus.

Bingo at the VFW: the easiest way to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main. 6:45 PM. $12 buy-in. Find an Abe’s Cabe and let’s ankle to Monk’s for Jazz Mondays with the Basement Boys. 7 PM. $5 suggested donation. 21-plus. Missoula author Carolyn Snively reads from The Smiling Photo: Images of War, a book of haikus that asks for redemption and forgiveness. Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St W. 7 PM. Find out how the Garden City grows at the weekly Missoula City Council meeting, where you can no doubt expect ranting public commenters and subtle wit from Mayor Engen. Missoula council chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Meetings are the first four Mondays of every month at 7 PM, except for holidays.

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Fill your ears with sweetness when Fresh Off the Vine, a cello, acoustic and electric guitar outfit from Whitefish, plays Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave inside the Florence Building. 7-10 PM. Free. Maybe if you ask nice, they’ll rewind the Nazi face melting scene so you can watch it again during the Top Hat’s Monday Movie Night showing of Raiders of the Lost Ark. 8 PM. Free. Sean Kelly’s presents a special show with tunester Nikki Wilkins. 130 W. Pine St. 8 PM. Free. Open Mic at the VFW, 245 W. Main, seems like a fine idea, especially with 2-for-1 drink specials. 10 PM. Free. Rock the mic when DJ Super Steve rocks the karaoke with the hottest Kamikaze tuneage this side

of the hemisphere at the Dark Horse. Are you brave enough to let the computer pick your songs? 9 PM. Free.

TUESDAYSEPT10 Let literature soothe your soul when Ed Skoog reads Rough Day, his newest poetry collection from Copper Canyon Press. Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 7 PM. Free. Pro tip: Volunteering usually comes with perks like resumeboosting, pats on the back and/or free food. Check out the Fall Volunteer Fair in the University Center Atrium to peruse more than 30 nonprofits who could use a helping hand. 10 AM-2 PM.

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[calendar] The Jocko Valley Farmers Market offers treats, produce, tunes and more in The Hangin Art Gallery parking lot, 92555 Highway 93 in Arlee, from 4-7 PM. For more information call Kelley at 726-5550.

nightlife Hola, amigos, perhaps it’s time you learned more Spanish than what’s listed on the Taco John’s menu. The Missoula International School offers adult Spanish classes for beginner, intermediate and advanced speakers starting this week and running through November. 1100 Harrison St. 5:156:30 PM. $200 for 20 classes total. Learn more at mismt.org/other-programs. The 123rd annual Chamber of Commerce banquet features Ed Hochuli, former NFL referee and currently a Phoenix trial attorney. Hilton Garden Inn. 6 PM. $90 for individual non-members/$75 for individual Chamber members. Call 542-6623 or visit missoulachamber.com’s events page to register. Hit a literary homer when Billings author Russell Rowland reads and signs his latest novel about a down-and-out baseball player, High and Inside. Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 7 PM.

Hairs of a different color. The Life In Color Rebirth Tour, billed as the “world’s largest paint party,” featuring DJs, aerial acts, stiltwalkers, fire shows and more, is Sat., Sept. 7, at Osprey Field. 5–10 PM. $35-$40, visit ticketfly.com. Ages 16-plus.

Watch your little ones master tree pose in no time during yoga at the Families First Children’s Museum. 11 AM. 225 W. Front. $4.25. Hey hunters and other liars, come on down to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation conference room for Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters, at 5205 Grant Creek Dr., and work on your elk-camp locution with the best. All are invited. Noon–1 PM. Free. Knitting For Peace meets at Joseph’s Coat, 115 S. Third St. W. All knitters of all skill levels are welcome. 1–3 PM. For information, call 543-3955.

nightlife Don’t need to be a lover nor a sinner, just a picker to join Brian Herbel and friends for an open picking session at Montgomery Distillery. 5:30 to 8 PM. Free. If early morning grub grabbing isn’t for you, head to the Tuesday Farmer’s Market at Circle Square on the north end of Higgins Ave. Veggies, flowers and pretty people are bountiful. 5:30–7 PM. It’s always a glutenous good time when Wheat Montana, 2520 S. Third St. W., presents Black Mountain Boys Bluegrass from 5:30 to 8 PM. Free. Call 327-0900. Missoula Vet Center hosts a Military and Family Advisory Night, and is seeking military members, veterans and their families and learn about opportunities like hunting and fishing trips, plus organizing groups to discuss cooking, financial fitness and fun activities. 500 N. Higgins Ave. 6 PM.

Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, from 6 to 8 PM. All ages. Learn how artists are magicians and prophets during professor emeritus of art Henry Freedman’s talk about his Paxson Gallery exhibit, Imagining New Worlds. Masquer Theatre in the UM PARTV building. 7 PM. Free. Professor Mehrdad Kia presents a talk on “Islam and the West” at the Missoula Patriots Meeting at Valley Christian School, 2526 Sunset Auditorium. 7 PM. The Unity Dance and Drum African Dance Class is sure to teach you some moves you didn’t learn in junior high when it meets Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 PM at the Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave. All ages and skill levels welcome. $10, $35 for four classes. Email tarn.ream@umontana.edu or call 549-7933 for more information. Learn how to give and receive empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication, a non-violent communication weekly practice group, at the Jeanette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Noon. Free. Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free pub trivia, which takes place every Tuesday at 8 PM. Here’s a question to tickle your brainwaves: 64-year-old Swimmer Diana Nyad recently set a new record after a 53-hour swim. Which countries did she swim between? (See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.) The winningest USian will get a $25 bar tab at KBGA’s Tuesday Trivia night, which

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includes music and picture rounds, plus drank specials. Pro tip: $25 is enough to buy almost everybody in the bar a Natty Light. Free to play. VFW, 245 W. Main St. 8-10 PM. You’ll feel so fresh and so clean when Pinegrass plays the Top Hat. 8:30 PM; 21plus after 9:30. Free.

WEDNESDAYSEPT11 It’ll be a nuclear wave of indie-pop deliciousness when Portland groups Typhoon and Radiation City play the Top Hat. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $14/$11 in advance. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s, the Top Hat and tophatlounge.com. (See Music.) Be a real multitasker and shred your sensitive documents while helping hungry Montanans during the Feed Montana Shred Event. Bring a donation of nonperishable food and shred up to two boxes of documents. Missoula police are also collecting unused or expired prescription meds, too. Playfair Park, 1600 block of Bancroft Street. 10 AM—1 PM. Call Renee at 728-7682 for more info. Missoula County Employees Council hosts a 9/11 remembrance ceremony on the courthouse lawn, with speech from Mayor John Engen and three-gun salute, at 200 W. Broadway at 12:15 PM. Folks are invited to place red, white and blue ribbons on the memorial tree.

Find out how to get along with your fellow human beings during the Cultivating Compassion Is Essential three-week class series with Dr. Georgia Milan at the Ewam Buddhist Center and Tibetan Store, 180 S. Third St. W. 7-8:30 PM. $10 suggested donation. Visit ewam.org or call 726-0555 for more. Nosh a little, sip a little, love a li’l when Curtis Rathburn plays the Top Hat dinner show from 7-9 PM. Free, all ages. Let me tell you something I learned the hard way: Meatloaf songs are not appropriate for karaoke. Now go forth to Kraptastic Karaoke at the Badlander, beginning at 9 PM. Featuring $6 pitchers of Budweiser and PBR, plus $1 selected shots. Free. Let the DJs do the heavy lifting during Milkcrate Wednesday at the Palace, with Milkcrate Mechanic and co. doing werk. 9 PM. No cover, plus $6 Pabst pitchers and free pool. Solo rocker Steven Roth invites y’all to party down at Monk’s Bar, 225 Ryman St., tonight starting at 9 PM. Cover TBA. Red Solo cup, I fill you up. Let’s have a party at Stage 112’s Solo Cup Wednesdays with live music. One dollar gets you a 32-ounce cup of beer. 9 PM. $5. 21-plus. (Trivia answer: She swam from the U.S. to Cuba.)

THURSDAYSEPT12 This must be the place to spend your Thursday night. The Top Hat presents Naïve Melodies, a Talking Heads tribute band, plus 80s party and costume contest . Top prize wins a $75 bar tab. 10 PM. $5. The Missoula Parkinson’s Disease Support Group meets the second Thursday of each month at the Montana First Credit Union, 3708 N. Reserve St. Call Cindy Cone at 728-8283 or Ann Houston at 543-8939 for more info. Free.

BUSINESS PROFILE

Roots of Roxiberry

What could be better than frozen yogurt super-fans opening a frozen yogurt store? After years of experience in the healthcare, education and service industries, Leslie Lanting and her partner, a Human Biology instructor for the University System of Montana, decided to share their great love of froyo. Selling world-class frozen yogurt sounded like selling smiles and they were anxious to broaden the choices for other froyo fans. The idea was born, “We love frozen yogurt so much that we decided to open a froyo shop.”

“Missoula helped to get us open, we are Missoula-made, we are homemade, we are Roxiberry...” With the encouragement and support of Missoula's own Southgate Mall, the idea became reality – Roxiberry Gourmet Frozen Yogurt opened in July with fanfare and acclaim. Earlier this summer, the couple tweaked their froyo recipes daily, hosting nightly froyo parties for their neighbors, who kindly devoured their concoctions and offered their critiques in exchange. “We couldn't have done it without everyone's support.” says Leslie. “We are grateful to Southgate Mall partners and management, who really wanted a locally owned froyo shop. We were also fortunate to have had a great team help build our dream. JCM Architecture and MKC Construction were brilliant in their ability to work with us, taking our ideas and turning them into a beautiful and efficient facility – and they are good folks. All of their sub-contractors were not only skilled and fast (this place was constructed in about six weeks), they are great people too. And then there are the friendly SGM business owners and their employees; it is like we have found a new family there.” “The froyo landscape has changed in the five years since

we decided to go this way. Most of the full service shops are gone and replaced by self service froyo stands. Even the frozen yogurt has changed. As frozen yogurt has increased in popularity, the flavor profiles have changed. Instead of tart flavors alone becoming more varied, the public has shown its sweet tooth – and now soft-serve ice-cream-like, frozen yogurts dominate nationally over the classic tart flavors. And this trend has mostly been influenced by the cheaper frozen premixes that are found in a majority of the nation's froyo shops. This has shifted the nation's froyo shops' focus from elevating the deliciousness of frozen yogurt to raising profit margins instead,” explains Leslie. “But we see that the public does absolutely notice the difference when tasting the Roxiberry alternative. And that is what Roxiberry is all about. We have followed the current trend of the self-service model and all of the toppings, but that is as far as we go. It's all about the frozen yogurt; so we have stayed with the 'homemade' style of hand blending our froyo from local ingredients as well as flavorings from around the world. We can control the quality of our product, from the flavors that we intensify to the sugars that we limit. Intense flavors for intense cravings, that's our motto.” Leslie's partner who knows the science of nutrition reports, “Our goal is not only to create gourmet frozen yo-

gurt with more realistic flavors exceeding the highest expectation of even the most die-hard froyo fanatics, but we also aim to offer the healthiest nutritional profiles possible…loaded with healthy probiotics, lower fats and lower sugars. And the crowds are telling us that we indeed do both, very well. We post our calories and carbs at each machine.” Even some folks with blood sugar issues are able to enjoy Roxiberry. “We make phenomenal smoothies, and we offer some lines of gluten-free baked goods, that are so yummy, you just wouldn't know that they are glutenfree.” Everything about Roxiberry is first class. Leslie affirms, “Our colorful store and signage often have people assuming that we are a franchise, many people even want us to franchise Roxiberry. We look for employees that are just as excited about Roxiberry as we are. It really has to be in your soul, just like music, just like the unique playlists of music heard in our shop. Our employees are great people who had the heart to get us open, they believe in our dream and love to turn people on to our products.” But most of all Roxiberry offers frozen yogurt like you have never tasted, with flavors like an intense Blood Orange, a more realistic Perfect Pistachio, hand-picked Wild local Montana Huckleberry, and the truest test of great froyo – the timeless Italian Tart – just to name a few. Even the froyo landscape of Missoula has changed. “Froyo shops have come and gone since we decided to do this. People ask us about opening Roxiberry as the third froyo shop in Missoula. We just smile, because we know that when your goal is to offer the best, to be the best, there is always room at the top. Missoula helped to get us open, we are Missoula-made, we are homemade, we are Roxiberry, and we have only just begun…”

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Earning his stripes. Big Gigantic plays the Wilma, along with Ill-Esha, Thu., Sept 12. Doors at 7 PM. $22/$20.50 in advance plus fees at Rockin Rudy’s, 866-468-7624 or knittingfactory.com

Celebrate 10 years of the UM Farm to College program today on the UM Oval, with an anniversary celebration dinner from 4:30-7 PM. $10.25/$8.75 for kids 6-12/$3 for ages 2-5. UM students can use their meal plans, too.

The World Affairs Council of Montana presents:

Educating the Next Generation of Global Citizens Montana Global Educator of the Year Award Reception featuring a Distinguished Speaker Program with

Mr. Brandon Busteed Executive Director for Gallup Education Monday, September 9th - 7:00pm Governor’s Ballroom, Florence Building, 111 N. Higgins Ave., Missoula MT Global Educator of the Year Award honoring

Geoff Habel, Great Falls High School

nightlife Treasure State Toastmasters invites you to get your locution on and become fixated oratorically at their weekly meeting. Community Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6–7 PM. Free. Big Gigantic ain’t no small deal when the duo plays their genre-blending provocative, danceable sound at the Wilma tonight, along with Ill-Esha. Doors at 7 PM. $22/$20.50 in advance plus fees at Rockin Rudy’s, 866-4687624 or knittingfactory.com. Get the down-low on how exporting Montana coal affects us and Chinese folks during From Otter Creek to Asia: The Coal Hard Truth about Coal Export from a Concerned Chinese Citizen. Beijing resident Lifeng Fang will give a talk on how to reduce coal use. North Underground Lecture Hall. 7 PM. Climate change has affected humans before and by golly it’ll do it again, so consider this when Doug Peacock reads from In the Shadow of the Sabertooth: A Renegade Naturalist Considers Global Warming, the First Americans and the Terrible Beasts of the Pleistocene. Shakespeare and Co, 103 S. Third St. W. 7 PM.

presented by Lt. Governor Walsh

Mark the 20th annual Unity World Day of Prayer with an interfaith service at the Unity Church of Missoula, 546 South Ave. W. This year’s theme is “Living Well: Nurturing Mind, Body and Spirit.” 7 PM.

Open to the public. Admission: $5-Council members and students; $10 non-members. Dessert reception included.

Barnaby Wild just might cut loose at the Top Hat dinner show, playing from 7-9 PM. Free.

For more information visit: www.montanaworldaffairs.org or call 728-3328.

Rock into the night when .38 Special brings its Southern rock to the Adams Center

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on the UM Campus at 7:30 PM. $25 plus fees, available at GrizTix locations, 1-888MONTANA or umt.edu/griztix. Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place. $7 Bayern pitchers. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, local talented folks may titillate your eardrums. 8:30 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign up. Fight for your right to belt out tunes at the Dark Horse’s Combat Karaoke, hosted by Aaron B. and accompanied with drink specials. 1805 Regent Street. 9 PM. Free. Crash your car into a bridge, I don’t care when carousing to hip tunes and underground tracks at Dead Hipster Dance Party. 9 PM. Badlander. $1 well dranks til’ midnight, lifelong memories for free. Hone your performance skills at the Broadway Inn’s open mic night, with Big Sky Pool Party in the Cabana starting at 5 PM, singing and prizes at 9 PM. 1609 W. Broadway St. Free to attend. Take a chill pill, brocephus, with Aaron Williams of In Walks Bud at Stage 112’s Acoustic Nights. 10 PM. Free, 21-plus. Say hi to Carol for me. Submit events by 5 PM on Friday to calendar@missoula news.com to ensure publication in print and online. Include the who-what-when-wherewhy and a picture, if you would be so kind. Alternately, snail mail to Calapatra c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367. You can also submit events online. Just find the “submit an event” link under the Spotlight event on the right of the front page at missoulanews.com.

[outdoors]

MOUNTAIN HIGH

hen I argue—er, advocate, that is—for cycling, I’m reminded of the opening chapter of In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist, in which American Pete Jordan arrives in Amsterdam and recounts his astonishment to see bicycling women wearing everything from miniskirts to tight evening gowns. And most astonishing to him at the time: “Either she was cycling to the beach with a beach ball stuffed under her shirt—or she was extremely pregnant.” Of Americans who regularly commute by bicycle, about a quarter are women. Common bike wisdom these days holds that women are an “indicator species” for the ease and safety of bicycling in a given area. Events like the annual Missoula Bike Walk Bus Week get out the word about resources for sustainable transportation. This year, part of the effort is to target women, with a chance to win prizes through the Missoula Biking Betties page on Facebook.

You probably already know the reasons why it’s a good idea to get out of the car and onto a bike: It’s good for your body, your wallet and the environment. It can seem daunting to start cycling, but a well-fitting helmet, bike with decent brakes and a clip-on headlight are all you really need to start cutting down on trips in the car. If pregnant Amsterdammers can manage to hop on, then so can we. —Kate Whittle During Bike Walk Bus Week, the Missoula Bicycle Ambassadors and The Women’s Club are teaming up to promote women cycling. Visit Missoula Biking Betties on Facebook to learn how to receive prizes for commuting. Check out missoulainmotion.com/BikeWalkBusWeek for a full list of the week’s events, which include free Mountain Line bus rides and special deals at shops and cafes.

Photo by Cathrine L. Walters

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5 It’s sweaty now, but come winter you’ll be glad you headed to Glacier Ice Rink for Missoula Figure Skating Club’s Learn to Skate basic skills classes, which offer lessons in figure skating and hockey for all ages and abilities. Runs Sept. 5-Oct. 24 on Thursday evenings from 5:15-6 PM. Check out missoulafsc.org for info and registration. The Thursday Night Mountain Bike Group meets on Tuesdays to play polo. Kidding, kidding, they meet on Thursdays at 6 PM to ride trails in the Missoula area. For info thursdaynightmtbr.org.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6 Active outdoor lovers are invited to the Mountain Sports Club’s weekly meeting to talk about past glories and upcoming activities at Bigfork’s Swan River Inn. 6–8 PM. Free.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7 Time to stock the freezer: Archery hunting of antelope, deer and elk opens today and goes through Oct. 11. General hunting season runs Oct. 12 to Nov. 10. Visit fwp.mt.gov.

You’ll be bright eyed and bushy tailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Runs, which start at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Grab breakfast with other participants afterward. Free to run. Visit runwildmissoula.org. I bet you’re in such good shape that the Huckleberry Hillclimb Mountain Bike Race will be easy as pie. The competition covers about 12 miles and climbs 3,700 feet to the summit of Big Mountain in Whitefish. Check out skiwhitefish.com. It’ll be one big three-way competition during the Garden City Triathlon, which begins at Frenchtown Pond State Park and includes a 1,500-meter swim, 40K bike race and 10K run. Register at mtcompact.org/gct.

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 9 Spread your wings and glide on down to the Five Valleys Audubon meeting, where author and biologist Radd Icenoggle presents a talk on photographing birds. Gallagher Business Building at UM, room L14. 7:30 PM.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 10

You and yer “dirtiest, filthiest and uncouth friends” are hereby invited to the Dirty Dash, a 3.1-mile sludgy, muddy obstacle course run, including beer chug, at the Missoula Equestrian Park, 3500 North Ave. W. First wave at 9 AM, with others following every 20 minutes. Check out thedirtydash.com.

Meet other free-wheeling gals when Montana Dirt Girls meet every Tuesday around 6 PM on Tuesdays for hiking or mountain biking in the Missoula area. For locations and more information, visit mtdirtgirls.tripod.com. Free.

If an overnight camping trip to help monitor local streams seems up your alley, check out the Watershed Education Network’s Weekend STREAM TEAM training and sampling, which departs from WEN’s office, 315 S. Fourth St. E., Saturday and returns mid-afternoon Sunday. No previous stream monitoring experience required. Call 541-9287 or email Shelby at water@montanawatershed.org to sign up.

Check out some dizzying exploits during the Rocky Mountaineers September meeting, in which members share photos and videos from their trips. Trail Head, 221 E. Front St. Free. Learn more at rockymountaineers.com. calendar@missoulanews.com

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If you’ve ever needed to dial a call for help of any kind, you know how much the person on the other end of that call can make a difference. For folks suffering from emotional abuse or domestic or sexual violence in Ravalli County, the number they might call, besides 911, is the SAFE Crisis Line. Supporters of Abuse Free Environments is the go-to agency in Ravalli County for domestic and sexual violence services; and if you’d like to do your part in being the empathetic voice on the other end of the line, SAFE is looking for Ravalli County residents to step up and volunteer for the 24-hour phone line. (For Missoula County readers, the YWCA’s SAFE Crisis Line holds periodic volunteer training, too; check

out ywcaofmissoula.org.) Advocate and volunteer trainer Theresa Rivera explains that volunteers don’t have to be an expert right off the bat. She says 45 hours of training, done over the course of a few evenings a week for about a month, teaches people how to provide emotional support and resources to someone who’s in crisis. Crisis takes many forms, not all of them what you’d necessarily expect; Rivera says callers might ask how to apply for food stamps or file a restraining order. It’s not necessary to stay in an office or at the shelter; the system sends calls to volunteers’ phones when it’s their turn. Sometimes a situation is more urgent, and volunteers might need to help a caller check in to the shelter in the middle of the night, which is why Rivera asks that volunteers live in the area. Rivera says SAFE answers between 300 and 400 calls a year, in a county of about 40,000 residents. “We’re just here to listen and help,” she says. —Kate Whittle Volunteer training begins Sept. 16 for the Ravalli County SAFE Crisis Line, which provides information and help to victims of sexual and domestic violence. Call SAFE at 406-363-4600 to learn more and volunteer.

[AGENDA LISTINGS] THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5 Honor your connection to the earth and the glorious array of life on it during the Children of the Earth Tribe Song and Chant Circle at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 519 S. Higgins, enter through back alley door. 7 PM. Free will offering.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6 Mullan Reserve combines the best of regional design and environmental sensitivity with amenities that promote an exceptional lifestyle. The result is Missoula's most innovative and comfortable apartment community.

Energy-Efficient Features: LED Site Lighting Energy Star Appliances High-Grade Insulation Exterior features include an extraordinary clubhouse, private gardens, open spaces and a pool and fitness center. Residences include oversized storage and balconies, bike hangers, shaker cabinetry, plank-style floors and custom finishes.

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 9 Meet your mayoral candidates (at least one of whom ought to be a wee bit familiar) at the City Club’s forum with John Engen, Peggy Cain, Michael Hyde and Dean McCollom. Doubletree Hotel, 100 Madison St. 11:30 AM-1 PM. $5 to attend/$15 includes lunch. Reservation required by noon on Sept. 6. Call 541-2489. Put a lid on it during the St. Patrick Helmet Sale, which offers adult and kids’ bike, skateboard, ski and equestrian helmets for mega-cheap prices. Western Montana Clinic Building, 515 W. Front St. Noon-3 PM. Cash or check only. The UM Climate Action Now Meeting is out to save the day, promoting sustainability and environmental action. UM FLAT, 633 Fifth St. E. 6:30 PM. Find out how the Garden City grows at the weekly Missoula City Council meeting, where you can no doubt expect ranting public commenters, PowerPoint presentations and subtle wit from Mayor Engen. Missoula council chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Meetings are the first four Mondays of every month at 7 PM, except for holidays.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 10 Knitting For Peace meets at Joseph’s Coat, 115

4000 Mullan Road • Missoula • 406 543 0060

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S. Third St. W. All knitters of all skill levels are welcome. 1–3 PM. For information, call 543-3955. Professor Mehrdad Kia presents a talk on “Islam and the West” at the Missoula Patriots Meeting at Valley Christian School, 2526 Sunset Auditorium. 7 PM. Learn how to give and receive empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication, a non-violent communication weekly practice group, at the Jeanette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Noon. Free.

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 11 Be a real multitasker and shred your sensitive documents while helping hungry Montanans during the Feed Montana Shred Event. Bring a donation of nonperishable food and shred up to two boxes of documents. Missoula police are also collecting unused or expired prescription meds, too. Playfair Park, 1600 block of Bancroft Street. 10 AM—1 PM. Call Renee at 728-7682 for more info. Missoula County Employees Council hosts a 9/11 remembrance ceremony on the courthouse lawn, with speech from Mayor John Engen and three-gun salute, at 200 W. Broadway at 12:15 PM. Folks are invited to place red, white and blue ribbons on the memorial tree.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 12 Get the down-low on how exporting Montana coal affects us and Chinese folks during From Otter Creek to Asia: The Coal Hard Truth about Coal Export from a Concerned Chinese Citizen. Beijing resident Lifeng Fang will give a talk on how to reduce coal use. North Underground Lecture Hall. 7 PM. Mark the 20th annual Unity World Day of Prayer with an interfaith service at the Unity Church of Missoula, 546 South Ave. W. This year’s theme is “Living Well: Nurturing Mind, Body and Spirit.” 7 PM.

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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BARN YESTERDAY For two summers, I've traveled to work on a small organic farm. There, this woman and I had this amazing romance, including lovemaking during summer thunderstorms and dancing naked in the fields! It was all very romantic, and this spring, I moved across the country to live with her. I soon discovered that she was infatuated with a man living several hours away. She even pointed out ways she wanted me to be more like him. After a heartbreaking month feeling worthless, foolish, and ignored, I left. In retrospect, she showed signs of her self-centeredness on the farm (such as compulsively talking about herself) and a habit of dropping friends instead of working out conflicts. Somehow, I still long for her, and I can't bring myself to unpack my things because they remind me of the love we shared. —Stuck The opportunity to dance naked in the fields with some hot hippiechick does explain some of the allure of your "haycation." Still, my ancestors clawed their way out of some peasant existence in Eastern Europe not that long ago, so if I'm going to pick lettuce, it'll be from a menu handed to me by a guy who also asks whether Madame would like more wine. How could you not see that you were just another crop to be rotated? Well, because you allowed yourself to fall prey to "confirmation bias," our tendency to seek out information that confirms what we want to believe and to shut out information that says, "Come on...really?" When we make up our minds about something—especially something that shines up our selfimage—we tend to make them up like beds with the sheets glued to the mattress. Understanding this tendency is the best way to root out the ugly truth, the one suggesting that the summer romance is just a summer romance, since trying to squeeze love (or a scrap of empathy) out of a narcissistic person is about as productive as trying to squeeze orange juice out of a desk lamp. Sure, in the moment, it's more fun to believe "She loves me, she really loves me!" but forcing yourself to take a few skeptical walks through the less than ideal bits about a woman can help you avoid spending a long winter weepily harvesting everything in sight at another farm— Pepperidge Farm. To begin giving yourself a muchneeded hippiechick-ectomy, unpack your things. As long as they're together in your suitcase, they're about her, but a lone shirt

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WORM FEELINGS My girlfriend and I broke up, and I want to move on, but she keeps trying to talk to me. I finally told her that we cannot talk anymore. She said that if I'm unwilling to talk to her, it means that we never had a relationship at all. I feel bad that she's hurting, so I pick up the phone sometimes, but I have nothing to say, and I'm weary of the drama. —Finished There comes a time in a man's life when he's so desperate to be abducted by aliens that he goes to Roswell and tries hitchhiking: "Yer galaxy or bust!" But don't stick your ex with all the blame. After all, nothing says "I never want to speak to you again" like picking up the phone to have yet another conversation about it. Talking probably seems kind, but giving her what she wants in the short term is cruel in the long term because it gives her hope—and reason to call back. Answer one last call. Tell her only that you will no longer be answering her calls and that you need to move on. If, somehow, she sneakily gets through, gently reiterate that message and immediately hang up. Sure, it's a stock plot of chick flicks, a girl annoying a guy into loving her. Unfortunately, if this were a movie, it would be the sort shot by your doctor using a tiny snaking camera, with your girlfriend typecast as the polyp.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you were about to run in a long-distance race, you wouldn't eat a dozen doughnuts. Right? If you were planning to leave your native land and spend a year living in Ethiopia, you wouldn't immerse yourself in learning how to speak Chinese in the month before you departed. Right? In that spirit, I hope you'll be smart about the preparations you make in the coming weeks. This will be a time to prime yourself for the adventures in self-expression that will bloom in late September and the month of October. What is it you want to create at that time? What would you like to show the world about yourself?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land. It's the foundation of the most politically powerful nation on the planet. And yet when it originally went into effect in 1789, it was only 4,543 words long—about three times the length of this horoscope column. The Bill of Rights, enacted in 1791, added a mere 462 words. By contrast, India's Constitution is 117,000 words, more than 20 times longer. If you create a new master plan for yourself in the coming months, Cancerian—as I hope you will—a compact version like America's will be exactly right. You need diamond-like lucidity, not sprawling guesswork.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): There are two scientific terms for tickling. "Knismesis" refers to a soft, feathery touch that may be mildly pleasurable. It can be used to display adoring tenderness. The heavier, deeper kind of tickling is called "gargalesis." If playfully applied to sensitive parts of the anatomy, it can provoke fun and laughter. Given the current planetary alignments, Leo, I conclude that both of these will be rich metaphors for you in the coming days. I suggest that you be extra alert for opportunities to symbolically tickle and be tickled. (P.S. Here's a useful allegory: If you do the knismesis thing beneath the snout of a great white shark, you can hypnotize it.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In his "Song of the Open Road," Walt Whitman wrote some lyrics that I hope will provide you with just the right spark. Even if you're not embarking on a literal journey along a big wide highway, my guess is that you are at least going to do the metaphorical equivalent. "Henceforth I ask not good fortune—I myself am good fortune," said Uncle Walt. "Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing. Strong and content, I travel the open road."

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Mystical poet St. John of the Cross (1542-1591) was one of Spain's greatest writers. But not all of his work came easily. When he was 35, a rival religious group imprisoned him for his mildly heretical ideas. He spent the next nine months in a ten-foot by sixfoot jail cell, where he was starved, beaten, and tortured. It was there that he composed his most renowned poem, "Spiritual Canticle." Does that provide you with any inspiration, Libra? I'll make a wild guess and speculate that maybe you're in a tough situation yourself right now. It's not even one percent as tough as St. John's, though. If he could squeeze some brilliance out of his predicament, you can, too.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The American naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) traveled widely and wrote 23 books. "I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think," he testified, "all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see." Let's make that longing for abundance serve as your rallying cry during the next two weeks, Scorpio. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you have a cosmic mandate to push to the limits—and sometimes beyond—as you satisfy your quest to be, see, and do everything you love to be, see, and do. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Punk icon Henry Rollins did an interview with Marilyn Manson, rock and roll's master of the grotesque. It's on Youtube. The comments section beneath the video are rife with spite and bile directed toward Manson, driving one fan to defend her hero. "I love Marilyn Manson so much that I could puke rainbows," she testified. I think you will need to tap into that kind of love in the coming days, Sagittarius: fierce, intense, and devotional, and yet also playful, funny, and exhilarating. You don't necessarily have to puke rainbows, however. Maybe you could merely spit them.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you want to know a secret, I talk less crazy to you Capricorns than I do to the other signs. I tone down my wild-eyed, goddess-drunk shape-shifting a bit. I rarely exhort you to don an animal costume and dance with the fairy folk in the woods, and I think the last time I suggested that you fall in love with an alien, angel, or deity was . . . never. So what's my problem? Don't you feel taboo urges and illicit impulses now and then? Isn't it true that like everyone else, you periodically need to slip away from your habitual grooves and tamper with the conventional wisdom? Of course you do. Which is why I hereby repeal my excessive caution. Get out there, Capricorn, and be as uninhibited as you dare.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Germany's Ostwall Museum displayed a conceptual installation by the artist Martin Kippenberger. Valued at $1.1 million, it was called "When It Starts Dripping from the Ceiling." Part of it was composed of a rubber tub that was painted to appear as if it had once held dirty rainwater. One night while the museum was closed, a new janitor came in to tidy up the premises. While performing her tasks, she scrubbed the rubber tub until it was "clean," thereby damaging the art. Let this be a cautionary tale, Aquarius. It's important for you to appreciate and learn from the messy stuff in your life—even admire its artistry—and not just assume it all needs to be scoured and disinfected.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Urbandictionary.com says that the newly coined word "orgasnom" is what you call the ecstatic feelings you have as you eat especially delectable food. It's derived, of course, from the word "orgasm." According to my reading of the astrological omens, you are in an excellent position to have a number of orgasmic-like breakthroughs in the coming week. Orgasnoms are certainly among them, but also orgasaurals, orgasights, and orgasversations—in other words, deep thrills resulting from blissful sounds, rapturous visions, and exciting conversations. I won't be surprised if you also experience several other kinds of beautiful delirium.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): "No regrets? Really?" asks author Richard Power. "I have regrets. They are sacred to me. They inform my character. They bear witness to my evolution. Glimpses of lost love and treasure are held inside of them; like small beautiful creatures suspended in amber." I think you can see where this horoscope is going, Aries. I'm going to suggest you do what Powers advises: "Do not avoid your regrets. Embrace them. Listen to their stories. Hold them to your heart when you want to remember the price you paid to become who you truly are." (Find more by Richard Power here: tinyurl.com/RichardPower.)

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In her novel White Oleander, Janet Fitch suggests that beauty is something to be used, "like a hammer or a key." That's your assignment, Pisces. Find practical ways to make your beauty work for you. For example, invoke it to help you win friends and influence people. Put it into action to drum up new opportunities and hunt down provocative invitations. And don't tell me you possess insufficient beauty to accomplish these things. I guarantee you that you have more than enough. To understand why I'm so sure, you may have to shed some ugly definitions of beauty you've unconsciously absorbed from our warped culture.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MISSOULA COUNTY THE CITY AND COUNTY OF MISSOULA WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC MEETING to identify housing and community development needs and activities, primarily those benefiting low- to moderate-income households. This meeting will be the public’s opportunity to make comments and ask questions about projects sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the State of Montana, including The City’s performance under its CDBG and HOME Pro-

grams; Potential City, County and Community Housing Development Organization applications for CDBG, HOME, Treasure State Endowment Program (TSEP), Department of Natural Resources & Conservation and other housing and community development funds; City and County community-wide needs and priorities for economic development (job creation or retention), housing (such as firsttime homeownership opportunities or affordable rentals), public facility projects (such as sewer, water or special community needs projects), pub-

lic service projects, and programs to assist homeless persons. The meeting will also be used to identify needs and projects, as well as possible changes to community development strategies, to further the City’s strategic objectives during the next five years for inclusion in the City of Missoula’s Consolidated Plan for federal fiscal years 2014 - 2018. The Consolidated Plan is a document adopted by the Missoula City Council that guides housing and community development activities funded by HUD. The current plan covered federal fiscal years

2009 – 2013 and included ten strategic objectives for HUD spending in Missoula. Persons interested in offering comment should attend the public meeting at: City Council Chambers 140 W. Pine Street, Missoula, Montana Friday, September 13, 2013 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. If there are projects you would like to see funded or if you wish to comment on any of the current programs or projects in general, please attend the meeting. If you cannot attend, but would like additional information or prefer to submit written proposals, or if you would

like to request special accommodations in order to participate fully in the meeting, please contact either Nancy Harte, 258-4934, or Melissa Gordon, 258-4980, at the City/County Department of Grants and Community Programs, office location and mailing address: 127 W. Spruce, Missoula MT 59802. Persons using a TTY device may contact the Montana Relay Service by dialing 711.

Lot one (1) and ten (10) of Block 2 of Amended Plat of MARTINWOOD ADDITION NO. THREE (3) is being brought up under United States patent #924. No claim is made herein that claimant has been assigned the entire tract described in the original patent. The filing of this Declaration of Land Patent shall not deny or infringe on any right, privilege or immunity of any other assignee to any portion of land covered in the described patent #924. Submit any questions to the Claimant: Lovella V. Torp, 3116 Old Pond Rd., Missoula, Montana 59802

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IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA BEFORE

JOHN E. ODLIN, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Case No.: CV-2013-0043344 SUMMONS FOR POSSESSION BY PUBLICATION PROFESSIONAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, Plaintiff, v. KARRIE SERRANIA, DAVID SERRANIA, MARQUES BEVEL, et, al, Defendants. TO: Marques Bevel, 5324 Bigfork Road, Missoula, MT 59803 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer a Complaint filed in Justice Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer upon Plaintiff’s attorney, Thomas C. Orr, Thomas C. Orr Law Offices, P.O.Box 8096, Missoula, Montana 59807, within ten (10) days after service of the Summons,exclusive of the day of service; and in the case of

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PUBLIC NOTICES your failure to appear or answer, relief sought by Plaintiff will be taken against you as requested. A $30.00 filing fee must accompany Defendant’s answer. DATED this 27th day of August, 2013. /s/ John E. Odllin, Justice of the Peace IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA BEFORE JOHN E. ODLIN, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Case No.: CV-2013-0043344 SUMMONS FOR POSSESSION BY PUBLICATION PROFESSIONAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, Plaintiff, v. KARRIE SERRANIA, DAVID SERRANIA, MARQUES BEVEL, et, al, Defendants. TO: Karrie Serrania, 5324 Bigfork Road, Missoula, MT 59803 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer a Complaint filed in Justice Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer upon Plaintiff’s attorney, Thomas C. Orr, Thomas C. Orr Law Offices, P.O.Box 8096, Missoula, Montana 59807, within ten (10) days after service of the Summons,exclusive of the day of service; and in the case of your failure to appear or answer, relief sought by Plaintiff will be taken against you as requested. A $30.00 filing fee must accompany Defendant’s answer. DATED this 27th day of August, 2013. /s/ John E. Odllin Joan E. Cook LAW OFFICE OF JOAN E. COOK 2423 Mullan Road Missoula, MT 59808 (406) 543-3800 office@cooklaw.com Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: FRITZ DALE PRITCHARD, Deceased. DEPT. NO. 4 PROBATE NO. DP-13-147 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Diana Denessen has been appointed Personal Representative of the 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 the above-named as the attorney of record for the Personal Representative, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 23rd day of August, 2013. /s/ JOAN E. COOK MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP-13-163 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KAREN M. KOEFELDA, a/k/a Karen Koefelda, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to JAMES R. KOEFELDA, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 20th day of August, 2013 /s/ James R. Koefelda, Personal Representative. REELY LAW FIRM P.C. 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801 Attorneys for the Personal Representative. By: /s/ Shane N. Reely Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-13-153 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PHILIP EDWARD OWEN, 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 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 Valerie Dawn McGee, Personal Representative, 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. DATED this 22nd day of August, 2013. GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Petitioner I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 22nd day of August, 2013, in Missoula, Montana. /s/ Valerie Dawn McGree, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-13-161 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF LEO W. GAUB, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Steven C. Gaub has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the

first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Steven C. Gaub, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Dan G. Cederberg, PO Box 8234, Missoula, Montana 59807-8234, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 15th day of August, 2013. CEDERBERG LAW OFFICES, P.C., 269 West Front Street, PO Box 8234, Missoula, MT 59807-8234 /s/ Dan G. Cederberg, Attorneys for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-13-165 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF KATHERINE LEE DUVAL, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Nichole Williams has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Nichole Williams, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Anne Blanche Adams, PO Box 8234, Missoula, Montana 598078234, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 20th day of August, 2013. CEDERBERG LAW OFFICES, P.C., 269 West Front Street, PO Box 8234, Missoula, MT 59807-8234 /s/ Anne Blanche Adams, Attorneys for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP-13-171 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLAYTON OWEN GALLAGHER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lela C. Tillotson 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 (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice, or their claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Christian, Samson & Jones, PLLC, Attorneys for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 310 West Spruce, Missoula, MT 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 23rd day of August, 2013 /s/ Lela C. Tillotson, Personal Representative of the Estate of Clayton Owen Gallagher /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-13-164 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RUBY L. HUCKABA, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the abovenamed Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to ANNA M. MARTIN and GWEN M. JEFFREY, the Co-Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 20th day of August, 2013. /s/ Anna M. Martin, Co-Personal Representative /s/ Gwen M. Jeffrey, Co-Personal Representative REELY LAW FIRM, P.C. 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801 Attorneys for the Personal Representatives. /s/ Shane N. Reely, Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-12-109 Dept. No. 4 Hon. Karen A. Townsend NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF JOSHUA KEN GRUEBELE, 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 said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to the Personal Representative, Alvin J. Gruebele, Jr., return receipt requested, at Tipp & Buley, P.C., PO Box 3778, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 29th day of August, 2013 /s/ Alvin J. Gruebele, Jr. Personal Representative. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-13-166 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF CATHERINE MARTIN VINCENT, a/k/a CATHERINE VINCENT a/k/a CATHRINE VINCENT, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent

are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to ROBERT A. VINCENT, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 1663 Funston Ave., San Francisco, CA 94122 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 29th day of July, 2013. /s/ Robert A. Vincent, 1663 Funston Ave., San Francisco, CA 94122 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 10/27/03, recorded as Instrument No. 200341749 Book 721 Page 328, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which John S. Carlson and Rebecca D. Carlson was Grantor, Heritage Bank was Beneficiary and First American Title Company of Montana was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Company of Montana as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: The East 40 feet of Lot 10 and the West 10 feet of Lot 11, in Block 69 of Knowles Addition No. 2, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof, recording reference Book 161 of Micro Records at Page 1076. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200341750, Book 721 Page 329, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., a California Corp.. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 08/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 9, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $99,200.48. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $93,568.74, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on November 18, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all 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# 7023.106538) 1002.253395-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 09/26/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200822318 B:827 P:103, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Alexa Hudson, a single person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 43B of Rossignol Orchard Tracts II, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest

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and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 03/01/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 12, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $175,753.35. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $169,466.74, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on November 19, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all 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# 7023.106592) 1002.253170-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/28/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200700048, Bk: 789, Pg: 1132, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Joseph T. Lacroix was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Group One Lending, a Division of Northwest Mortgage Group, Inc. was Beneficiary and Stewart Title was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Stewart Title as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 80 of Maloney Ranch Phase VII, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201307045 B: 911 P: 411, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 02/01/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 12, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $249,924.68. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $239,464.08, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on November 18, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at

any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all 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# 7023.106255) 1002.253399-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 06/21/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200716281 Bk-800 Pg-486, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Michael A. Maney and Victoria A. Maney, as joint tenants was Grantor, Wells Fargo Financial Montana, Inc. was Beneficiary and First American Title Company was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 14 in Block 8 of Wapikiya No. 1, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof. . Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 05/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 18, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $276,460.93. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $261,290.76, 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 27, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all 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# 7023.106589) 1002.253917-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 15, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN AND BEING PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST ONEQUARTER (SE1/4) OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 12 NORTH, RANGE 18 WEST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MONTANA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA AND BEING A PORTION OF TRACT 16 OF HELLGATE PINES ADDITION NO. 1, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBES AS FOLLOWS: TRACT A COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID TRACT 16, SAID POINT ALSO BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THAT 1.455 ACRE TRACT OF LAND AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 12 (MICRO), PAGE

1325 ON RECORD IN THE MISSOULA COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER’S OFFICE; THENCE, N. 52°32’30” W. ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID 1.455 ACRE TRACT AND ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD (CM STP & P RR) A DISTANCE OF 75.00 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID COMMON BOUNDARY N. 52°32’30” W. A DISTANCE OF 382.26 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID 1.455 ACRE TRACT; THENCE, ALONG THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID TRACT N. 00°40’00” W. A DISTANCE OF 36.75 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID TRACT; THENCE, S. 89°58’30” E. ALONG THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF HELLGATE DRIVE AND ALONG THE NORTHERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID 1.455 ACRE TRACT DESCRIBED IN BOOK 12 (MICRO) PAGE 1325 AND NORTHERLY BOUNDARY OF THAT 2.00 ACRE TRACT OF LAND AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 70 (MICRO), PAGE 916 A DISTANCE OF 380.85 FEET; THENCE, S. 52°32’30” E. ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF HELLGATE DRIVE AND ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID 2.00 ACRE TRACT A DISTANCE OF 50.95 FEET; THENCE, S. 26°15’14” W., 265.46 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. ALL ACCORDING TO CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NUMBER 886. RECORDING REFERENCE: BOOK 592 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 1416. Hans A Halverson and Darcy M Halverson, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., a Montana Corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated August 6, 2008 and recorded on August 8, 2008 in Book 824 on Page 789 under Document No 200818807. The beneficial interest is currently held by Guild Mortgage Company, a California Corporation. The beneficiary has declared, a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,414.40, beginning February 1, 2013, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of June 30, 2013 is $179,683.81 principal, interest at the rate of 6.500% now totaling $5,871.64, late charges in the amount of $586.62, plus accruing interest at the rate of $32.44 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: June 11, 2013 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Suc-

cessor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 11th day of June, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Guild V Halverson 41291.889 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 15, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOTS 3, 4 AND 5 IN BLOCK 22 OF CAR LINE ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Patricia Anne Webb, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., a Montana Corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated May 27, 2009 and recorded May 29, 2009 in Book 840, Page 652 of Document Number 200912813. The beneficial interest is currently held by Guild Mortgage Company. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $993.12, beginning March 1, 2013, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of June 30, 2013 is $174,289.86 principal, interest at the rate of 5.000% now totaling $2,953.62, late charges in the amount of $248.30 and other fees and expenses advanced of $30.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $24.21 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: June 12, 2013 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 12th day of June, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Mar-

PUBLIC NOTICES tinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Guild v Webb 41291.891 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 18, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: THAT PORTION OF LOTS 5, 6, 7 AND 8 LYING WEST OF THE MILLER-KELLY-CAVEGANNON CONSOLIDATED IRRIGATION DITCH IN BLOCK 21 OF LOW’S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. RECORDING REFERENCE; BOOK 756 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 110 Rory Burmeister, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Insurance Co., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated January 10, 2008 and recorded January 11, 2008 in Book 811, Page 993 as Document No. 200800760. The beneficial interest is currently held by OneWest Bank, FSB. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $768.37, beginning September 1, 2012, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of June 21, 2013 is $112,253.50 principal, interest at the rate of 6.625% now totaling $6,604.80, late charges in the amount of $422.62, escrow advances of $1,524.39 and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,547.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $20.37 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: June 12, 2013 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 12th day of June, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 2/18/2014 OneWest v Burmeister 41969.972

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 28, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 11 IN BLOCK 2 OF SEELEY LAKE HOMSITES NO. 10A, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, OF RECORD IN BOOK 6 OF PLATS AT PAGE 40, RECORDS OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA Randy Livingston, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on March 4, 2008 and recorded on March 11, 2008 on Book 814 and Page 684 as Document No. 200805119. The beneficial interest is currently held by Fannie Mae “Federal National Mortgage 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 $727.07, beginning July 1, 2012, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of June 28, 2013 is $145,549.83 principal, interest at the rate of 3.625% now totaling $5,666.47, escrow advances of $3,023.73, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,912.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $14.46 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 25, 2013 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 25th day of June, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Seterus V Livingston 42008.208 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 29, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real

JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r d s property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Unit A in Building 1823 as shown and defined in the Declaration of Condominium for Orchard Village Condominiums, together with its exhibits as recorded September 14, 2005 in Book 760 Micro Records, Page 418 and recorded as Condo 000095, records of Missoula County, Montana, located in a parcel of ground located in and being a portion of the Northeast one-quarter (NE 1/4) of Section 20, Township 13 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana and being more particularly described as follows: Lots 1A, 2A, 3 through 9, 10A, 11A, 12 through 18, 19A and 20A, Block 16, and Lots 1A, 2 through 5, 6A, 7A, 14A, I5A, 16 through 19 and 20A, Block 17, Orchard Village, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana. TOGETHER WITH an undivided 1.4% ownership in the general common elements and right of use of the limited common elements appurtenant to said Unit A in Building 1823 as said general common elements and limited common elements are defined in the Declaration of Condominium and Condo 000095 as referenced above. Debby J. Gore, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Insurance Co., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 18, 2007 and recorded on June 22, 2007 in Book 800, Page 76 as Document No. 200715871, The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc. successor in interest to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc.. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $749.40, beginning February 1, 2013, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of June 30, 2013 is $139,876.29 principal, interest at the rate of 2.00% now totaling $1,387.92, late charges in the amount of $188.51, escrow advances of $486.67, suspense balance of $-26.98 and other fees and expenses advanced of $381.26, plus accruing interest at the rate of $7.66 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 24, 2013 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 24th day of June, 2013, 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/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 Citimortgage Vs. Gore 42011.878 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEES SALE on October 28, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 16 IN BLOCK 8 OF HILLVIEW HEIGHTS NO. 6, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Heather A. Adams, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated July 30, 2004 and Recorded on August 2, 2004 in Book 737, Page 317 as Document No. 200421883. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc.. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,250.78, beginning July 1, 2012, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of June 30, 2013 is $142,357.56 principal, interest at the rate of 6.25% now totaling $9,604.31, late charges in the amount of $547.32, escrow advances of $2,395.83, suspense balance of $-519.74 and other fees and expenses advanced of $531.57, plus accruing interest at the rate of $24.38 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 24, 2013 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 24th day of June, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Citimortgage vs. Adams 42011.882 Notice to Creditors If you believe you have a claim against the estate of Margaret A. Leto, formerly of Missoula, MT, you must file a written claim within four months of the original date of this notice (8.22.13) with Charles Leto, Executor, 65 Drinkwater Road, Hampton Falls, NH 03844 or be forever barred from doing so. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS(RFP) SNOW REMOVAL SERVICES PLEASANT VIEW HOMES SUBDIVISION MISSOULA, MT. The Pleasant View HOA is requesting proposals for professional snow removal services for a 600 plus home subdivision. Snow removal will include PVHOA common sidewalks, homeowner sidewalks, and alleyways as dictated in the RFP. Tasks will be done on a contractual scheduled basis. Contract will be for 1 year, starting this October, with the option to renew annually for 3 years. Must be licensed and insured in the State of Montana. No proposal can be withdrawn from a period of 90 days from due date. Proposals must be received by certified US mail before 5:00 pm October 4th, 2013. Information about submitting proposals can be obtained by contacting Bill McGlynn at secretary@pleasantviewhomes.org. Dated: 08/29/13

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As the General Contractor/Construction Manager, Jackson Contractor Group, Inc. on behalf of Missoula County, will be accepting pricing for select scopes of work for the Missoula County Courthouse/Annex, Office Remodel Phase 3. Only structural steel & metal fabrication, stone panel and base, flooring and tile, and gypsum board, historic treatment of plaster bid packages will be accepted. All bids are due on September 10th, 2013, at 2:00pm MST to the Office of Jackson Contractor Group, located at 5800 Highway 93 South, Missoula, MT 59804. Bids may be faxed to 406-542-9150 or emailed to Mark Kobos at markk@jacksoncontractorgroup.com. Bid documents may be obtained through the Missoula Plans Exchange, through our ftp site or a hardcopy may be obtained for a plans deposit fee of $200.00 at the Jackson Contractor Group, Inc. office. Please contact Hattie Redmon at hattier@jacksoncontractorgroup.com or 406-542-9150 to gain access to the plans through our ftp site or to obtain a hardcopy.

"Mouthpieces"–take this oral exam. by Matt Jones

ACROSS

1 Baylor University city 5 Far from slack 9 Surgeon on daytime TV 13 Airline that flies to Tel Aviv 14 Nintendo franchise 15 Awfully bloody 16 "Brave New World" drug 17 Place where cuts are part of the profit 18 Bad sign, maybe 19 "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" band 22 Roosted 23 Dye family 24 Box cover 25 Uplifting company? 27 Brit's submachine gun 29 Chiding sound 32 It's made with a lot of folding and chewing 36 India.___ who covered "Imagine" 37 DMV issuance 38 Flight org. (anagram of CIAO) 39 Item for an exhaustive search, so to speak 44 Gave grub to 45 Woody Allen animated film 46 Big name on 5th Avenue 47 "Crouching Tiger" director Lee 48 Work undercover 49 Modest shelter 52 "Unique New York" and "Cinnamon aluminum linoleum" 57 Albert of sportscasts 58 Aquarium buildup 59 Exile for Napoleon 60 50% of sechs 61 Cowboy's controls 62 Banned fruit spray 63 "How ___ is that?" 64 Dict. entries 65 Some employee data, for short

DOWN

1 Bridge positions 2 Hawaii, the ___ State 3 Was thought of 4 "Lemony Snicket" evil count 5 "I love you," in a telenovela 6 "You're ___ Need to Get By" 7 Japanese wheat noodle 8 Knotty sort? 9 iPhone rival 10 Access for a wheelchair 11 Galena and bauxite, for two 12 Kind of Buddhism 14 Gabor who slapped a cop 20 Villain's den 21 "The Mod Squad" role 26 Oh-so-precious 27 1972 Olympics star Mark 28 Texas or Georgia follower 29 They may be crunchy or soft 30 "The King and I" country 31 Drawer handle 32 Big fishhook 33 "Ugly Betty" actor Michael 34 Piece of land 35 The ___ from French Lick (Larry Bird) 40 Orange drink on some of Portland's Voodoo Doughnuts 41 Vigilant against attack 42 Catches sight of 43 Weekly septet 47 Blacksmith's block 48 Gift on the seventh day of Christmas 50 Citified 51 1917 marked their end 52 Hawaiian root 53 Cookie that can be "Double Stuf" 54 "Waiting for the Robert ___" 55 "At last, the weekend!" 56 Afternoon social activities 57 1600, to Caesar

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406.241.2432

RENTALS

SERVICES

Gold Dust Apartments. Gold Dust Apartments. 3 bedroom $798 all utilities paid. Contact Jordan Lyons at 406-549-4113, ext. 127 or jlyons@missoulahousing.org Palace Apartments. (2) 1 bedrooms $438-$556. (1) 2 bedrooms $575-$668. h/w/s/g paid. Contact Matty Reed at 406-549-4113, ext. 130. mreed@missoulahousing.org Quiet, private 1 bedroom 8 miles from town with Bitterroot River access. NS/NP. $600 + deposit includes utilities, satellite TV & Internet. 273-2382 Solstice Apartments. Solstice Apartments. 1 bedroom $517. (2) 2 bedrooms $620-$751 w/s/g paid. Contact Colin Woodrow at 406-549-4113, ext. 113 or cwoodrow@missoulahousing.org Studio, $450 ALL Utilities paid, true one room format, coin-op laundry, off-street parking, storage. No pets, no smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333

MOBILE HOMES Lolo RV Park Spaces available to rent. W/S/G/Electric included. $425/month 406-273-6034

RENTALS APARTMENTS 1324 S. 2nd St. W. “B”. 3 bed/2 bath, central location, shared yard, W/D hookups, DW. $1025. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1502 Ernest 1 bed/1 bath, W/D hookups, recent remodeling, central location. $600. Grizzly Property Management 5422060 2 bedroom, 1 bath $650 W/S/G paid, across from Public Library, carport, coin-op laundry, off-street parking. No pets, no smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333 2 bedroom, 1 bath $675 W/S/G paid, DW, W/D hookups, off-street parking. free

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 gas stove. Cat basis. standing upon To report discrimination call HUD approval. Noin housing Smoking. at toll-free at 1-800-877-7353 or GATEWEST 728-7333 Montana Fair Housing toll-free at 1-800-929-2611

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DUPLEXES 205 1/2 W. Kent. Studio/1 bath, lower level, shared yard, all utilities included. $600. Grizzly Property Management 5422060

722 1/2 Bulwer. Studio/1 bath, lower level, shared fenced yard, pet? $525. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

HOUSES

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RENTALS OUT OF TOWN

119 Cotter Court: 5 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, Family room, Double garage, Deck, Small pet, $1495. GARDEN CITY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 549-6106; 1-YEAR COSTCO MEMBERSHIP!

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120 South Ave East. 3 bed/2 bath, close to University, fenced back yard. $1450. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE

place & 2 car garage. $239,500. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate. 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com

1010 Vine. 2 bed, 1 bath in Lower Rattlesnake close to Mount Jumbo trails, UM & downtown. Many upgrades. $169,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240—7653. pat@properties2000.com

2808 Rustler Drive. 5 bed, 3 bath Edgell home on Ranch Club Golf Course. $539,900. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate. 532-9229 tory@montana.com

11689 Stolen Rock Court. 5 bed, 3 bath, 2 car garage on 3.15 acres. $315,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 880-4749. montpref@bigsky.net 1807 Missoula Avenue. Lovely Bavarian-style 3 bed, 2 bath in Lower Rattlesnake. Mount Jumbo views & 2 car garage. $319,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com 2 Bdr, 1 Bath North Missoula home. $160,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 216 Tower. Cute 2 bed, 1 bath on 1/2 acre close to Clark Fork River. 750 sq.ft garage/shop. $185,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com 2316 Craftsman. 3 bed, 1.5 bath 2 story on quiet cul-de-sac near Milwaukee Trail. $229,500. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com 2550 Pattee Canyon. 3 bed, 2.5 bath on 8 acres. Gourmet kitchen, deck, patio, 2 car garage. $495,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com 2607 Deer Canyon Court. 6 bed, 3 bath on Prospect Meadows cul-de-sac. Fenced yard, deck, hot tub and sweeping views. $449,000. Properties 2000. Pat McCormick 2407653. pat@properties2000.com

3 Bdr, 2 Bath Windor Park home. $195,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2.5 Bath, Big Flat home on 5.3 acres. $451,250. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3010 West Central. 3 bed, 1 bath on 5 acres in Target Range. Borders DNRC land. $499,900. Properties 2000. Pat McCormick 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com 309 Benton. 3 bed, 1.5 bath home upgraded throughout. Large fenced yard, patio, deck, fruit trees & 2 car garage. $259,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Central Missoula home. $247,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Miller Creek home on 1 acre. $250,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 425 King Street. 5 bed, 2.5 bath ranch with 2 fireplaces, patio, fruit trees & 2 car garage. $299,000. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531/2605. vickiehonzel@aol.com

4449 Johnsrud Park Road. Incredible 3 bed, 2.5 bath on 2.52 acres along the Blackfoot River. $675,000. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605 4475 Quaking Aspen. 4 bed, 2.5 bath Prairie-style home on almost one Rattlesnake acre. Built by professional woodworker with lots of natural light and beautiful details. $599,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate, 532-9229 tory@montana.com 509 Simons. 6 bed, 3 bath Farviews home with 2 car garage. Backs Mountain Water owned park, City Park & open space. $365,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com 524 Spanish Peaks Drive. 4 bed, 3 bath Mansion Heights home with 3 car garage near park & common area. $585,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 5329229 tory@montana.com 5606 Hillview. 2 bed, 2 bath with fireplace and deck & 2 car garage. $219,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com 6544 McArthur. 3 bed, 2.5 bath with gas fireplace and 2 car garage. $240,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net 720 Ben Hogan Drive. 4 bed, 3 bath on 4 private acres with Missoula & Pattee Canyon views. $789,900. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate. 532-9229 tory@montana.com 9755 Horseback Ridge. 3 bed, 3 bath on 5 acres overlooking Clark Fork River. Missoula Valley and Mission Mountain views. $420,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com Call me, Jon Freeland, for a free comparative market analysis. 360-8234

2607 View Drive. 3 bed, 2 bath ranch-style home in Target Range. Hardwood floors, fire-

Rochelle Glasgow Cell:(406) 544-7507

Rita Gray Lambros Real Estate ERA 406-544-4226 www.ritagray.com

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Missoula Properties 728-8270

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Central Business District Home! 426 W Alder. 3 bedroom, 2 bath. Great location, blocks to downtown and easy access to interstate. Detached garage with built-in workbench and storage. $244,900. MLS# 20134457 KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

Real Estate 532-9229. tory@montana.com

Cute Westside Home 1312 Phillips. $185,000. 2 bedroom, 1 bath. Established garden and fruit trees. Close to downtown, parks, bike trails. KD: 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES

Grant Creek Frontage. 4 bed, 3 bath with open floor plan, fireplace, deck & 2 car garage. $655,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 541-7365 milyardhomes@yahoo.com Lot 42 Jeff Drive. To be built 2 bed, 2 bath Hoyt home in Linda Vista with 3 car garage. $369,500. Tory Dailey, Lambros

WESTBROOK Property Management WANTED! Residential Rentals in Missoula, Lolo and Florence. 544-1274 www.westbrookpm.com

1845 B West Central. 3 bed, 1.5 bath on quiet cul-de-sac. Large, open kitchen, patio & garage. No HOA dues! $155,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com 2025 Mullan Road. Mullan Heights Riverfront Condos. Large secure units with affordable HOA dues. Starting at $149,900. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 8804749. montpref@bigsky.net

2121B West Kent. Immaculate, energy-efficient 3 bed, 1.5 bath with covered front porch, fenced backyard & single garage. $159,900. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 6614 MacArthur. 2 bed, 2.5 bath townhome with amazing views. $194,500. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properites. 240-6503 riceteam@bigsky.net 6632 MacArthur. 3 bed, 2 bath with gas fireplace, Jacuzzi and wonderful views. $273,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties. 240-6503, riceteam@bigsky.net Burns Street Commons 1400 Burns St. #15. $159,9000. 3 bedroom, 1 bath. Coveted 3 bedroom home in the Burns St. Commons, next to the Burns St. Bistro and the Missoula Community Co-op. KD: 2405227 porticorealestate.com

Condo With Views 1545 Cooley, Apt C. 2 bed, 1 bath Westside condo close to downtown, Burns Street Bistro & Missoula Community Co-op. $128,500 MLS# 20134747 KD 240-5227. porticorealestate.com Uptown Flats #103. 1 bed, 1 bath with W/D, patio and handicap accessible features. $155,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats #306. 1 bed, 1 bath top floor unit with lots of light. W/D, carport, storage & access to exercise room. $162,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats. From $155,000. Upscale gated community near downtown. All SS appliances, car port, storage and access to community room and exercise room plus more. Anne Jablon-

RICE TEAM

Robin Rice • 240-6503

Ronan, Montana 406 Main Street SE

$249,900 PRICED BELOW MARKET VALUE

Beautiful large family custom built home.

This home features 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, wrap around covered porch, triple car garage, large fenced yard with lots of trees. There is separate living quarters with its own bath and kitchenette. Judy Coulter, GRI • Wright Real Estate Co. • 406.249.4101

11689 Stolen Rock, Frenchtown $319,000 5 bed, 3 bath on over 3 acres Great valley & mountain views Mullan Heights Riverside Condos Large secure units with affordable HOA dues Starting at $144,900

REAL ESTATE ski, 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. Starting at $79,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

LAND FOR SALE 531 Minnesota. Building Lot 9. $55,000. Robin Rice Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net Florence Acres 944 Pathfinder. 330 gorgeous acres with 1 bed cabin and double garage. This little slice of perfection can be yours! Build your dream home here. $650,000 MLS# 20134863, 20134864

KD: 240-5227 alestate.com

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Frenchtown area, 14.9 Acres, existing well, adjacent to Forest Service land. $225,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com Georgetown Lot Liquidation Make offer - motivated seller, best prices for great lots at Georgetown Lake, ready to build, easy access, half mile to lake, 6 miles to Discovery, may consider trade or seller financing. Email info@cabinmt.com 546-4797 Georgetown Lot Liquidation Make offer - motivated seller, best prices for great lots at Georgetown Lake, ready to build, easy access, half mile to lake, 6 miles to Discovery, may consider trade or seller financing. Email info@cabinmt.com 546-4797

Near Riverfront Park. 1265 Dakota #B. To-be-built, 3 bed, 2 bath with 2 car garage. Lot: $55,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com NHN Edgewood, East Missoula. 3.5 acres bare land. $89,900. Vickie Honzel, LambrosERA Real Estate 531-2605 vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com NHN Mormon Creek Road. 12 acres with Sapphire Mountain views. $150,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653. pat@properties.2000.com NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. 40+ acre parcel with Mission Mountain views. $199,000. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com NHN Old Freight Road. Approximately 11 acres with Mission Mountain Views. $86,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com Noxon Reservoir Avista frontage lots near Trout Creek, MT. Red Carpet Realty 728-7262 www.redcarpet-realty.com RANCH - 740 acres located in beautiful B.C. Canada. Quiet, excellent summer pasture, hay.

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COMMERCIAL Commercial Lease Space Fantastic opportunity to be neighbors with the award-winning Homeword Organization. New, LEED registered, high quality, sustainably-built office space close to river and downtown. $11-$15 per sq.ft. KD 240-5227. porticorealestate.com HISTORIC STENSRUD BUILDING. Renovated 1890’s building with 95% original hardware. Residential or commercial zoning. Lovely opportunity. $868,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-9270. glasgow@montana.com

OUT OF TOWN 11082 Cherokee Lane, Lolo. 3 bed, 3 bath with basement, deck, 2 car garage & fantastic views. $237,900. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503, riceteam@bigsky.net

11901 Lewis & Clark Drive, Lolo. Cute 2 bed, 2 bath farmhouse on nearly 1 acre. $220,000. Rita Gray, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 532-9283 ritagray@lambrosera.com

210 Red Fox Road, Lolo. 4 bed, 2.5 bath on 2.59 acres along Bitterroot River. $495,000. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula, 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

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3 Bdr, 1 Bath Alberton home home. $130,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

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3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville area home on 6+ acres. $325,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

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3 Bdr, 2.5 Bath, Florence area home on 12.6 irrigated acres. $500,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

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