ARTS
PETE FROMM GOES BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE FILM BASED ON HIS BOOK, AS COOL AS I AM
MIX-A-LOT MUSIC SIR VS. MACKLEMORE
A EULOGY FOR COUNTY LOOK TO NEWS CITY, NIGHTLIFE DEAD HIPSTER DISMISS INFORMANT CASE
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ARTS
PETE FROMM GOES BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE FILM BASED ON HIS BOOK, AS COOL AS I AM
MIX-A-LOT MUSIC SIR VS. MACKLEMORE
A EULOGY FOR COUNTY LOOK TO NEWS CITY, NIGHTLIFE DEAD HIPSTER DISMISS INFORMANT CASE
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News Voices/Letters Bored readers, no hope and Mark McLaverty .....................................4 The Week in Review Jeff Gordinier, new candidates and a good cause .....................6 Briefs Deer, coffee and haunted houses.........................................................................6 Etc. Why are Baucus and Tester so eager for another pipeline?.....................................7 News City, county file for dismissal of fatal informant case ...........................................8 News New report cites how costly crop subsidies endanger local lands.......................9 Opinion Trying to explain the unexplainable in Ravalli County .................................10 Opinion Time to stand up for wildland firefighters.....................................................11 Feature The hatemonger next door .............................................................................14
Arts & Entertainment Arts A eulogy for Dead Hipster Dance Party ................................................................18 Music P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S., Bauhaus Montana and Sir Mix-a-Lot ......................................19 Books Christine Byl on working in the dirt .................................................................20 Film Author Pete Fromm takes us behind the scenes of As Cool As I Am ....................21 Film Inequality spins a tragic, entertaining tale ..........................................................22 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................23 Flash in the Pan Chili meets cheese ............................................................................24 Happiest Hour Tuesday Date Night.............................................................................26 8 Days a Week We prefer hugs over hate.....................................................................27 Mountain High The Tread of the Undead Zombie 5K.................................................33 Agenda Forward Montana’s Trick or Vote campaign....................................................34
Exclusives
Street Talk..............................................................................................................4 In Other News......................................................................................................12 Classifieds ..........................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess ...........................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrolog y.............................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle...............................................................................................C-7 Camp Sleepover .................................................................................................C-9 This Modern World...........................................................................................C-11
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[voices]
Thank you?
STREET TALK
by Cathrine L. Walters
Asked Tuesday, Oct. 22, on the Hip Strip.
What scares you most? Follow-up: What’s your favorite part of Halloween?
Well, ya folks scared me with the last issue. It was so dull I fell asleep just carryin’ it to the truck! However, your Oct. 17 issue is back up to standard. Thanks. Angelo Pecora Seeley Lake
Unchecked exotics
Erin Nuzzo: The zombie apocalypse. Good mummy: Being able to dress up and eat candy and do the old tradition of bobbing for apples.
Rebecca Mitchell: Besides zombies? Nothing. Day of the dead: The fact that it is about death. Death needs to be recognized more.
Jon Linton: Cars, because they’re a rolling wreck and nobody knows how to drive here. Old soul: The history of it, the roots of where it came from in Ireland.
I’m writing to commend Allison Mills and the Missoula Independent for your article “Western native plant societies urge USDA to ban exotics,” published Sept. 12, 2013 on the Indy Blog, highlighting the threat of invasive species. Your coverage educating and informing people of the dangers of exotic invasive species is welcome in the battle to control and eradicate these non-native threats. Not all non-native plants become invasive, but the rapid proliferation of invasive non-native plants in our wildlands can have a devastating effect. Even though some invasives may look beautiful to the eye, if unchecked they present a real threat to wild species diversity and degrade many natural areas. Invasive species are the No. 2 cause of plant endangerment in the United States, forcing native species to the edge of extinction, and they also cost millions of dollars in damage to agriculture and infrastructure. The Center for Plant Conservation has developed information about invasive species, including resources, contacts, and proactive measures that will help prevent the introduction of new invasive
“Mark McLaverty, as far as I know, is much more honest and forthcoming than Jenks. He is for the people not himself. He is humble not arrogant. He is a family man and understands compassion. He will treat Municipal Court with the authority, compassion and sensitivity it needs. It is not Justice Court...it is a people’s court and it should be led as such. Please, Missoula, do your research.” Posted Oct. 17 at 5:24 p.m.
“I believe that I understand why Kathleen Jenks was originally appointed. Louden was definitely too much of a good
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need to be hard on true crimes, but I felt as though she was coming after me in a needlessly aggressive manner.”
Rhetorical questions Is there any hope? What kind of world are we living in? It’s almost like everything is upside down and backwards. The newspaper headlines include wars and more wars, genocide, economic collapse, drought, famines, floods, cancer epidemics, viruses, pandemics, toxic environments, increasing earthquakes, nuclear
Correction: In last week’s endorsement’s package, Mark McLaverty’s name was misspelled. The Indy regrets the error.
Backtalk from “New kids on the block,” Oct. 17
More McLaverty
Mark McGrath: Spiders. Well, anything but daddy longlegs. Harvest moon: Probably just fall in general—the change in the season, hunting and my birthday.
“I understand the
threats and power grabs. Elderly tourists are held at gunpoint at Yellowstone Park! Forest Rangers are ordered to “Make life as difficult as possible” for citizens! (Illegals, no problem.) Vets and relatives are barricaded from the U.S. War Memorial! Unaffordable health care! Double and triple premiums and deductibles! Many are losing their health care as a result. Are we about to go over the cliff or have we already gone over? It’s almost like we are leaping towards self-destruction! In a world gone berserk, is there any hope for us? Let us ask one of the most respected men of the past century, a spiritual councilor to many modern presidents: Billy Graham. Mr. Graham will celebrate his 95th birthday on Nov. 7 with a message especially for America at this critical time. The My Hope America message titled “The Cross” will be airing all over the United States and Canada from Nov. 7 to Nov. 10. It will also be available on demand, via DVD and internet streaming, along with “Defining Moments” and “Lose to Gain” bonuses. “The Cross” will contain life-changing testimonies and one urgent message from Mr. Graham filmed at his North Carolina mountain home earlier this year. Donna Lundquist Fort Benton
[Comments from MissoulaNews.com]
Vote McLaverty
Tiffany Zal: People dressed up as Miley Cyrus. Worse than tight jeans: Probably going out that weekend and seeing everyone in crazy costumes, like at Dead Hipster and the Union Club.
plants. We invite your readers to visit our website for additional helpful information Kathryn Kennedy President and Executive Director Center for Plant Conservation St. Louis, Mo.
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thing. He handled offenders with a soft touch, but obviously there are two sides to that coin. So Jenks was a direct reaction to that soft style. Well she certainly is the opposite of that. I think Jenks goes too far though. I have been in her court for one minor offense and she was absolutely horrible. I understand the need to be hard on true crimes, but I felt as though she was coming after me in a needlessly aggressive manner. She is the judge, not the prosecutor. (Perhaps that's a naive view of the court system, oh well...). Friends of mine who have gone before Jenks have expressed similar sentiments. I will be voting for McLaverty because I feel that he stands a better chance of de-
feating Jenks. But if Jenks wins, a mob of people carrying little yellow tickets, pitchforks, and torches may very well run her out of town anyways...” Posted Oct. 17 at 8:35 p.m.
No payment, promise “One sided, indeed! Sounds like a jagged right-wing Fox news broadcast! How much did Jenks pay you Indy?” Posted Oct. 17 at 8:50 p.m
Ignorant goofs “Who are these ignorant goofs who don’t understand what an endorsement is? ‘How dare a newspaper endorse a candidate!’” Posted Oct. 22 at 1:09 p.m..
etters Policy: The Missoula Independent welcomes hate mail, love letters and general correspondence. Letters to the editor must include the writer’s full name, address and daytime phone number for confirmation, though we’ll publish only your name and city. Anonymous letters will not be considered for publication. Preference is given to letters addressing the contents of the Independent. We reserve the right to edit letters for space and clarity. Send correspondence to: Letters to the Editor, Missoula Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801, or via email: editor@missoulanews.com.
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[news]
WEEK IN REVIEW
VIEWFINDER
by Cathrine L. Walters
Wednesday, October 16 Missoula Police Department Assistant Chief Mike Brady updates the Missoula City Council on how many cellphone ordinance violations have been tallied since the new local law took effect this year. Brady says officers have issued 1,241 citations, worth roughly $52,000.
Thursday, October 17 Three state agencies issue a “do not eat” order for northern pike along a 105-mile stretch of the Clark Fork after discovering high levels of toxins downstream from the former Frenchtown mill. The warning includes a “four meal per month” limit on rainbow trout.
Friday, October 18 A rift between the Indy’s own Erika Fredrickson and New York Times food writer Jeff Gordinier goes national when media blogger Jim Romenesko details the friction that ensued when the two met at a high-end “Girl Hunter” weekend.
Saturday, October 19 News organizations report that Missoula’s Community Medical Center plans to eliminate 20 jobs, and furlough dozens of additional staff, in an effort to save $3 million in operating costs. The cuts come as area hospitals face reduced demand for post-surgery hospital stays and other services.
Sunday, October 20 More than 400 locals, including musicians Tom Catmull and Andrea Harsell, attend a fundraiser at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts for long-time Rockin Rudy’s manager Molly Huffman, who was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Organizers were still tallying donations when the Indy went to press.
Monday, October 21 Republican Ryan Zinke, a former state senator from Whitefish, announces his candidacy for the U.S. House during a press conference in Billings, where he emphasizes his ties to eastern Montana.
Tuesday, October 22 Montana Insurance Commissioner Monica Lindeen decries problems with the newly launched federal health care exchange. She says Montanans would not be subject to glitches if state lawmakers in 2011 opted to support a homegrown exchange.
Women’s Elite winner Elizabeth English charges the run-up during the seventh annual Rolling Thunder cyclocross race in Missoula on Saturday, Oct. 19.
Halloween
Tour aims for terror On a recent Friday evening, several students crowd into the women’s bathroom in the basement of Main Hall at the University of Montana. A woman wearing a black dress and kerchief over her blond hair stands in front of the vanity. Her face is painted white, with ghoulish dark circles around her eyes. “A janitor was cleaning in the middle of the night,” she says, “and he looked up in the mirror and saw a figure standing behind him, a young girl with long, beautiful black hair. And they say that you can still see her if you look hard enough.” She coaxes the group to come in closer. As everyone leans toward the mirror, there’s suddenly a startling shriek. A small girl wrapped in a blanket has appeared standing behind the group. Giggling, everyone rushes out of the room. The ghostly skit is part of a dress rehearsal for the haunted buildings tour given by UM Advocates to visiting high school seniors and their parents. UM Players, the acting group for non-theater majors, play the ghosts. The tour might be genuinely spooky, if the ac-
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tors weren’t trailed during this dry run by TV news cameras, chatty Advocates and Stephen Seder, the Players director, interjecting suggestions. “Definitely try to get them as close to the mirror as possible so the little girl can surprise them,” Seder says after the bathroom performance. UM’s campus is a good place to start for any wouldbe ghost hunters in Missoula. Throughout the years, staffers working at night have reported strange episodes like doors slamming and equipment moving in old buildings like Jeannette Rankin Hall and Brantly Hall, a former dormitory that now houses offices. In Brantly, during the tour’s last stop, UM photographer Todd Goodrich mentions a ghostly presence he felt there late one evening a couple years ago. His story isn’t part of the act and only mentioned as an aside. “So I stepped into the elevator, and my knees went weak, and there was this cold—not a breeze, but a spine tingling or hair sitting up on the side of your neck [sensation],” he says. He hit the button, but the door wouldn’t close, so he ran upstairs to his third-floor office. As he got there, he says, the elevator arrived and the door opened. “That was it. Not like a big thing.”
Costumed actors and sudden screams make for a fun Halloween tour, but it’s stories like Goodrich’s that are memorably creepy. Kate Whittle
Ungulates
Oh, deer Despite the sudden death of more than 450 deer in the Missoula Valley in recent weeks, local politicians are not off the hook when it comes to solving the city’s ungulate overpopulation. Beginning in early fall, deer started dropping dead in the greater Missoula area. Many were found near water, their noses bleeding, ravaged by a strange fever. Tests identified the cause as epizootic hemorrhagic disease, a virus carried by biting midges. Wildlife biologists say the disease is showing signs of abating, and so far it has had no real impact on Missoula’s urban deer population. The vast majority of deaths took place west of the city, near Frenchtown. But once EHD establishes itself in an area, it is more likely to reappear in the future, according to Fish, Wildlife and
[news] Parks biologist Vickie Edwards. This has implications for Missoula, which faces a deer problem of its own. For years, Missoula has grappled with the overpopulation of its urban deer herd. In early 2012, the Missoula City Council initiated a search for solutions, looking to Helena, where deer are trapped and killed, as a model. But the discussions went nowhere, because many Missoula residents oppose using lethal force to reduce the population. The presence of EHD may change the situation. If 450 deer were to die within the city limits next year or the following year due to disease, it would put a major dent in the population. It would also spare council from having to address the city’s urban herd. Councilman Jon Wilkins, who heads the Public Safety and Health Committee where the deer debate has taken shape, says he is “leaning toward birth control” as the solution. He has discovered a Billings-based veterinarian who specializes in shooting deer with sterilizing darts. But even contraception snipers would cost the city money it would rather spend elsewhere. “There are people who are very adamant about it, and there are people who are against it. It is a very divisive issue,” says Wilkins. “If this disease happened within city limits, it would probably take that tough decision away.” Wilkins says he would like his committee to resume discussions about Missoula’s urban deer before the end of the year. Jimmy Tobias
Roasting
Black Coffee goes green Missoula’s Black Coffee Roasting Company welcomed a new, high-tech piece of machinery last week called a Loring Kestrel, something BCRC co-owner Matt McQuilkin describes as “the Prius of coffee roasters.” Manufactured in San Francisco, it is the only one of its kind in the state of Montana. McQuilkin and partner Jim Chapman opened BCRC in 2010. With a seven-person crew they produce wholesale organic roast coffee beans, with the vast majority of their customers in and around Missoula. Faced with a growing demand that challenged the capacity of their traditional roaster, and with goals to expand regionally, BCRC applied for and won a green energy grant from NorthWestern Energy that enabled them to purchase the Loring. What makes the system so green? For starters, the Loring is 80 percent more efficient than a traditional roaster. It accomplishes this by operating as a “closed”
system, meaning air pulled into the roasting chamber remains there, depleted of oxygen, throughout the roast. A traditional roaster constantly circulates ambient air, subjecting the roast to seasonal variations in air temperature and humidity. Heat is lost up the exhaust pipe as smoke, and chaff from the beans becomes an additional byproduct. But the Loring—with a single burner positioned in front of the exhaust stack—incinerates both byproducts. This recycles the heat back into the roasting process and reduces the amount of gas necessary to
BY THE NUMBERS Inactive voters within Missoula city limits, according to the Missoula County Elections Office. Those voters will not receive municipal ballots by mail for the Nov. 5 election.
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request. Coal from Wyoming and Montana destined for China would pass through Missoula, prompting unease over increased rail traffic and health issues. The city’s last resolution, adopted in May 2012, asked that the Army Corps consider those concerns over a proposed terminal in Cherry Point, Wash. The Army Corps declined, but the resolution did compel the Washington Department of Ecology to assess problems tied to coal shipments to the Gateway Pacific Terminal. Missoula City Councilman Jason Wiener hopes the latest resolution will at least result in similar attention. “It would also be nice if the Army Corps decided to look at the terminal as a catalyst for impacts that are going to happen further up the line,” Wiener says. “I don’t have great hope of that.” Public comment overwhelmingly supported the photo courtesy of Chris La Tray proposal. But Wiener’s resolution did spark opposition from some in Montana. Count on Coal Montana, maintain temperature. Waste is negligible, and the ex- a state-based pro-mining campaign, issued a statement haust up the pipe is essentially smoke-free. The oxygen- alleging that the resolution was the result of pressure free roasting chamber also creates an inert environment, from outside environmental groups. Spokesperson so the flavor comes from the beans themselves, without Shelby DeMars says this proposal was “even more ludivariable influences caused by the roasting process. crous” than the 2012 resolution in light of the Army The truck transporting the Loring arrived last week, Corps’ previous refusal. and the roaster is now installed at the BCRC shop on the “It just goes to show that this is not an effort that is corner of Russell and Wyoming. Final plumbing and util- stemming from Montanans,” DeMars says. “This is not ity connections are being made, and the BCRC hopes to an effort that is even stemming out of valid concerns … start roasting their first coffee beans on the new machine It does nothing more than give environmental groups within the next two weeks. something more to rally around.” “The best coffees roasted in the most efficient and Crow Tribal Chairman Darrin Old Coyote sent a letclean-burning machine on the market. Sustainability tied ter last week urging the council to “at least remain neudirectly to high quality,” Chapman says. “The Loring re- tral on this issue.” The tribe entered into an agreement ally ties our goals together.” earlier this year with Cloud Peak Energy to extract up to Chris La Tray 1.4 billion tons of coal from the reservation, promising jobs and economic stimulus. “We must do all we can to see that the construction of new coal export facilities is Coal not impeded unreasonably,” Old Coyote wrote. New port renews concerns Wiener understands the tribe’s concerns, but he’s Missoula City Council passed a resolution Monday not even sure the Millennium terminal will be a destinanight requesting that the Army Corps of Engineers ex- tion for coal from Crow. Cloud Peak began negotiating pand the scope of an environmental impact statement at last year for permission to ship 5 million tons of coal a a West Coast coal port to include potential dangers to year through Longview, but those negotiations stalled the local community. The Millennium Bulk Terminal in out this summer. Longview, Wash., is the second port to prompt such a Alex Sakariassen
ETC. Back in July 2011, Alexis Bonogofsky caught a whiff of something putrid while checking on her goats at her farm along Montana’s Yellowstone River. The smell was oil. The source was an underwater leak in ExxonMobil’s Silvertip Pipeline upstream in Laurel. It’s a story Bonogofsky has shared repeatedly over the years. And it’s alarmingly similar to the tale recently told by North Dakota farmer Steve Jensen who, on Sept. 29, discovered a 20,600-barrel spill while harvesting wheat. The North Dakota spill originated from a pipeline owned by Tesoro Logistics, and critics are now assailing Tesoro for failing to respond to anomalies detected during a pipeline inspection mere weeks before the spill. The incident comes just months after a rupture in a Phillips 66 pipeline released 400 barrels of gasoline on the Crow Reservation and caused an estimated $1.9 million in property damage. The oil industry appears largely inept when it comes to monitoring its own infrastructure, even after British Petroleum’s devastating Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico sparked global criticism in 2010. Federal officials fined ExxonMobil $1.7 million in March of this year for violations leading to the Yellowstone spill. Four days after the penalty letter was mailed, a nearly 70-year-old ExxonMobil pipeline ruptured in Mayflower, Ark., releasing 5,000 barrels of crude onto the streets of a residential subdivision. Some 40 homes were evacuated, and residents complained of headaches, nausea and other health problems. Cleanup was ongoing in Mayflower when, a week after the rupture, ExxonMobil received the Green Cross for Safety medal from the National Safety Council during a fundraising dinner in Houston. Despite annual pipeline failures and scores of subsequent lawsuits, these oil companies continue to exhibit a kindergarten-level inability to learn from their own mistakes. U.S. Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester have put Montana at the forefront of the push for increased scrutiny. The two responded to the Yellowstone spill by demanding federal officials conduct a nationwide study of pipeline crossings at waterways. Yet the senators undercut that diligent work with unwavering faith in the promise of another pipeline, the Keystone XL. Baucus and Tester have both made a habit of pressing President Barack Obama, as recently as this September, to approve the pipeline and allow construction to begin as soon as possible. Keystone boosters trumpet things like jobs, energy independence, economic stimulus. But Montana—and, now, North Dakota—should know better than most that until the oil industry proves it can do better, it might be best to ease off the quest to add 800,000 barrels of pressurized crude a day to the equation.
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Wheat and chaff New report cites how costly crop subsidies endanger local lands by Jimmy Tobias
Alan Skari works as a wheat farmer on loss nationwide by encouraging farmers to says Katie Fite, biodiversity director of the Western Watershed Project. “Sage grouse 11,000 acres in Liberty County. Five years plant on fragile, and often marginal, land. The report, titled “Going Going Gone: are birds of wild country. To have a ago, he had 3,000 acres of grassland in the Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, a Millions of Acres of Wetlands and Fragile healthy population you need blocks of federal initiative that pays farmers to keep Land Go Under the Plow,” uses government undisturbed habitat, and row crops eat their land out of production. In the inter- data to estimate that 32,289 acres of wet- into those blocks and endanger the bird’s vening years, as wheat prices climbed, he lands and wetlands buffers were converted chances of survival.” With the ever-growing expense of began to put his CRP land back into produc- to agricultural uses in Montana in the last tion, driven by the promise of increased five years alone. Another 323,539 acres of crop insurance subsidies, as well as their profits and limited financial risk thanks to highly erodible lands—such as erosion- impact on the landscape, many are pushing Congress to reform federal crop insurance the program. And Consubsidies. The government gress has responded. The pays more than half of his Senate already passed a annual $18,000 crop insurversion of the Farm Bill ance premium, which prothat would return the tects him from crop failure conservation compliance and revenue loss. provision to the subsidy This year, he will plant program. The provision wheat on the last of his unfaces serious opposition cultivated acres. “The in the House of Reprehigher crop prices defisentatives, however. nitely played a role in my Legislators have also decision to return the land proposed a $40,000 cap to production,” Skari says. on the amount an individ“But without the crop subual can receive in crop insidies, I probably would surance subsidies. As it not have planted the least photo by Cathrine L. Walters stands now, there is no productive land. It might limit. A Freedom of Inforhave been left alone.” In the last five years, at least 323,539 acres of Montana grassland, Skari says he farms re- rangeland and sagebrush prairie have been converted to row mation Act request by EWG revealed that in sponsibly, but he knows of crops like wheat. 2011, 10,000 farming opfarmers who plant on marginal land, aware that their crops will fail, in prone grasslands and sagebrush steppe— erations nationwide each received between $100,000 and $1 million from the program. order to collect payment from their crop in- were plowed up during the same period. As Congress considers these reforms, a This “sod busting” took place in counsurance providers. “They farm as cheaply as possible just to collect the insurance,” he says. ties—from Choteau in the west to Roo- powerful coalition of bankers, farmers and That sort of behavior is fair game—a sevelt in the east—where federal spending insurers are pushing back. These groups sent a letter to Sen. farmer receiving crop insurance subsidies on crop insurance subsidies was highest. can farm any way he or she likes. Unlike According to the EWG’s farm subsidy data- Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, chairother farm programs, crop insurance sub- base, more than $1 billion was spent on woman of the Senate Committee on Agrisidies are not coupled with a “conservation crop insurance subsidies in Montana be- culture, Nutrition and Forestry, to express their “opposition to any changes to crop compliance” provision that mandates best tween 1995 and 2012. “Through crop insurance, taxpayers insurance that would discourage propractices to help prevent erosion and other environmental ills. Congress removed the have picked up most of the risk of plowing ducer participation or undermine private conservation provision from the crop insur- up fragile and marginal land,” says Craig sector delivery.” The letter’s signatories, Cox, author of the report and senior vice including the American Banking Associaance program in 1996. Skari’s experiences offer a window into president of the EWG. “It is encouraging tion, American Farm Bureau Federation the strange world of federal crop insurance conversion to crop land that would not hap- and American Insurance Association, tosubsidies, the largest, most expensive farm pen unless taxpayers guaranteed farmers’ gether spent more than $52 million durprogram in the United States. These subsi- income.” The conversion of untilled land to ing the 2012 election cycle. “We oppose both those reforms,” says dies are pumped into agricultural row crops, he notes, is also driven by John Youngberg of the Montana Farm Bueconomies, state by state, where they help record-high grain prices. Sod-busting hurts prairie species that reau Federation. “The conservation provifarmers buy crop insurance policies. They cost American taxpayers an average of $9 depend on undisturbed habitat. The sion, for instance, is a regulatory nightmare billion a year by covering up to 60 percent greater sage grouse, which is being con- and increases the cost of doing business.” As debate about the Farm Bill heats up, of farmers’ insurance premiums. Much of sidered for the Endangered Species List, the financing finds its way into insurance is of particular concern. It requires large the fight over crop insurance will test the company bank accounts. But the subsidies tracts of land to survive, and many of the power of the bank and farm lobby against lands being converted to row crops are the resolve of the reformers. Only Congress aren’t just a vast transfer of wealth. can settle the dispute. According to a new report by the Envi- prime sage grouse habitat. “Crop insurance subsidies function as ronmental Working Group, crop insurance jtobias@missoulanews.com subsidies also contribute to massive habitat federally subsidized habitat destruction,”
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[news]
Who’s to blame? City, county file for dismissal of fatal informant case by Jessica Mayrer
On a recent weekday morning, Juliena have exacerbated his rapidly changing wanted to use him,” she says. The Darlings’ lawsuit alleges that PeterDarling cries inside her attorney’s office moods in the following days. When law enforcement executed a son’s suicide was the “result of the efforts while recalling the moment nearly three years ago when law enforcement told her search warrant at Peterson’s home on July of Missoula City and County law enforcethat her 21-year-old son, Colton Peterson, 26, Darling says she welcomed the news. Fi- ment to force him to serve as a police innally, she thought, her son could get psy- formant...” The suit seeks damages to killed himself. compensate for an alleged violation of Pe“I remember going up to them,” she chiatric help. A police report indicates that members terson’s constitutional rights, for loss of insays, “and screaming at them, ‘I told you of the Missoula High Intensity Drug Traffick- come resulting from his death, and for his guys, you wouldn’t help me!’” It was July 27, 2010, when law enforce- ing Area Task Force conducted the July 26 parents’ emotional distress. ment informed Darling that Peterson shot search after receiving information that PeLaw enforcement pressure is evidenced, himself at the O’Brien Creek Trailhead. All terson, who was a registered medical mari- Darling says, by a meeting Peterson had on that day she had unsuccessfully July 27 with Missoula Police Detectried to reach Peterson by phone, tive David Krueger at Willard concerned about his increasingly School. According to the Darlings’ erratic behavior. Darling says she lawsuit, her son “expressed fear” was actually relieved when she reat participating in a sting operaceived a call from a Missoula tion, but was still “harassed” in “a County Sheriff ’s Department loud and intimidating manner” to deputy asking her to meet him at offer more names. Two and half the Darling home. She thought hours later, Peterson shot himself they had taken Peterson into cuswith a rifle at the O’Brien Creek tody. They hadn’t. Trailhead. In July 2012, Peterson’s Grief-stricken and angry, family filed a lawsuit against the Darling says she tried to channel Missoula Police Department and her feelings by asking Missoula the Missoula County Sheriff ’s Police Chief Mark Muir and Mayor Department, alleging that law John Engen to scrutinize existing enforcement caused Peterson to policies governing how law encommit suicide. This month, forcement handles informants, the city and county asked a fedespecially those who are mentally photo courtesy of Juliena Darling eral judge to dismiss the case, unstable. When nothing came of arguing in legal filings that Pe- Colton Peterson shot himself July 27, 2010, just hours those efforts, Darling filed the terson’s own behavior—specifi- after his mother says law enforcement officers lawsuit. cally, dealing drugs, engaging in “harassed” him about providing information on local Darling is part of a growing excessive marijuana use and act- drug dealers. number of advocates calling for ing “like a ‘gangster’”—ultireforms in the way law enforcejuana provider, was growing more cannabis ment and prosecutors treat informants. mately led to his downfall. During the days before Peterson killed than legally allowed and that he had at- During the past two years, there have himself he had threatened to take his own tempted to collect an unpaid drug debt by been efforts to reform such laws in Washlife. Juliena Darling’s husband, William Dar- threatening someone with a gun. During ington, Florida and Texas, as well as at the ling, called the police and later the Missoula the search, law enforcement found 15 national level. According to data compiled County Attorney’s Office to inquire about freshly harvested marijuana plants and 14 by the American Civil Liberties Union, up what they could do to help Peterson. Dar- large cannabis plants bearing maturing to 80 percent of all drug cases in this ling recalls that the county attorney’s office buds. They also discovered a brass knuckle country involve informants. suggested the family call a mental health knife and a snort tube. In Missoula, law enforcement officials As police searched Peterson’s home, and Mayor Engen’s office all declined to comprovider. She says the mental health provider said the only way to force an inter- Darling shared with them her concerns, ment for this article, citing pending litigation. vention would be through law enforce- saying that she was afraid her son would kill The defendants note in legal filings, however, ment. But first Peterson would have to get himself. Darling says Missoula County Sher- that law enforcement did try to facilitate a iff Deputy Jon Gunter promised he would mental health evaluation for Peterson. “In in trouble. At the end of July 2010, it looked in- assist in getting her son a mental health discussions with Krueger, Colton Peterson creasingly likely that Peterson was heading evaluation. denied being suicidal,” court records say, But Darling alleges no such help was “and refused Krueger’s offer of an escort to in that direction. On July 23, three men invaded his River Street home to collect what ever provided, Peterson was not taken into St. Patrick Hospital for an evaluation.” law enforcement says was a drug debt. Dur- custody (where she thought he would have The defendants argue further that Peing that altercation, Peterson pointed a been safer) and no effort was made to pur- terson was never an official “informant.” handgun at one of the assailants. But when sue those who had assaulted her son. InIf the city and county don’t persuade he pulled the trigger, the firearm did not stead, she says law enforcement focused on the federal court to toss the case, it’s slated discharge, leaving the men to severely beat pressuring Peterson to reveal information to go to trial in April 2014. him. Darling believes that head injuries Pe- about area drug dealers.“The reason they terson sustained during the beating could didn’t want to keep him is because they jmayrer@missoulanews.com
missoulanews.com • October 24–October 31, 2013 [9]
[opinion]
Unfair decision Ravalli County’s flawed rationale for rejecting funding by Dan Brooks
Earlier this month, Ravalli County Commissioner Suzy Foss wrote an editorial in the Ravalli Republic explaining her decision to reject a $50,000 federal grant for local family planning services. Ravalli was the only county in Montana to reject Title X money this year, and on Oct. 1 the public health department shut down its clinic for the first time in 40 years. According to Foss, she rejected the money because Title X does not require doctors to notify the parents of minor patients before prescribing birth control or administering treatment for sexually transmitted infections. “Water runs downhill, the path of least resistance,” she writes. “So to [sic] does human kind [sic] when enabled.” So kudos to Foss for preventing the kind humans of Ravalli County from descending into moral turpitude or getting screened for ovarian cancer. Surely a few tumors are a small price to pay for making sure that no teenage girl gets cured of chlamydia without her parents finding out. As Foss notes, “the law states that a parent cannot prevent a minor child from getting reproductive health care so why deny them the right to participate in an area where children are most vulnerable. [sic]” Demanding parental notification will only make it easier for parents to ensure that they don’t accidentally keep their kids from getting care, so that part of her argument makes sense. I am concerned, though, that the rest of Foss’ editorial forces Ravalli residents to make decisions they are not qualified to make. Specifically, they will have to decide whether she is dishonest or merely ignorant. As with any controversy, there is compelling evidence on both sides. For example, Foss claims that her decision to reject free money from the government and close the Ravalli family planning clinic was a matter of religious freedom. “Those who first stepped upon our shore did so seeking religious freedom,” she writes. “Our very foundation of liberty is based upon the rock of Judeo-Christian faith.”
That argument is intellectually dishonest in the extreme. It might pass for ignorance, since the first people who stepped on our shores were looking for herds of migratory mammals, and the next were Columbus (route to India, gold) and John Smith (gold, creepy relationship with descendants of mammal hunters.) But Foss presumably means the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay, who indeed fled religious persecution in England right be-
“Asking us to decide whether Foss is a liar or merely ignorant is like asking a woman in Ravalli County to guess whether she has ovarian cancer.” fore they started burning witches and sewing letters on people’s shirts. They probably would agree with the commissioner’s claim that religious freedom means stopping others from getting health care your religion doesn’t like. To the rest of us, that argument is kind of cynical. But maybe she just didn’t think it through. There’s reason to believe that Foss does not exactly run to ground every idea she comes across. For example, she writes that “In a July 29, 2005 press release, the World Health Organization declared that combined estrogenprogestogen [sic] oral contraceptives are carcinogenic to humans. Specifically, they said that ‘Use of OC’s increases risk of breast, cervix, and liver cancer.’” Those two sentences appear verbatim on the website chastity.com. The WHO press
release they cite, however, goes on to say that use of oral contraceptives decreases the risk of endometrial and ovarian cancers. It also says breast cancer risk returns to normal 10 years after contraceptive use ends, and that the correlation with cervical cancer is likely because women who take birth control are more likely to contract HPV. So maybe Foss only spread misinformation about oral contraceptives and cancer because she doesn’t like to read. That wouldn’t be lying, and she put a quotation mark at the beginning of the sentences she lifted from chastity.com—although not at the end, and also she didn’t cite them—so it’s at most 33percent plagiarism. Maybe, like a drunk person who urges another drunk person to climb a tree, Foss is not so much deceitful as comparably impaired. That’s the problem with her argument: It makes the race between ignorance and lying too close to call. “It was from the pulpit that the concept of freedom first took flight,” she writes. If she added “and incinerated the ancient Greeks,” we would know she was lying. By the same token, when she says that there is little to no research on how birth control pills affect the “developing reproductive organs of our youth,” we would know she hadn’t done her reading if only she’d added “except for 50 years of FDA studies.” As it is, we are forced to decide for ourselves whether Foss doesn’t know about that research or simply hopes we don’t. And that is an area where we are not qualified to speculate. Asking us to decide whether Foss is a liar or merely ignorant is like asking a woman in Ravalli County to guess whether she has ovarian cancer. It’s like wondering if poor people shouldn’t get the pill because George Washington went to church. It’s like asking a teenage girl where she can get an abortion without her dad finding out. You’d have to be heartless to do that, or maybe just stupid and proud. Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and lying at combatblog.net. His column appears every other week in the Independent.
photo courtesy of Suzy Foss
[10] Missoula Independent • October 24–October 31, 2013
[opinion]
Digging in Wildland firefighters deserve equal pay by Lindon Pronto
Federal wildland firefighters make up the single largest professionally trained firefighting force in the world. We staff fire engines and earthmovers, work from helicopters and jump from planes, and move as 20-person, well-coordinated crews of “ground pounders.” We also put together incident management teams to manage many kinds of relief efforts. Our teams have dealt with emergencies like 9/11 in New York City and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. But on paper—for bureaucratic reasons—we are not called “firefighters.” Instead, we are called forestry and range “technicians.” To us, that distinction is a longstanding joke that’s not remotely funny. The failure to recognize who we are and what we do comes at a great price. Few Americans see a green fire engine for what it is, have any idea what hotshot crews face on the fire line, or have even heard of helitack. Even those closest to us may not fully grasp the long shifts we endure or the risks we take. But we love what we do; anyone who doesn’t soon decides that the commitments are too many and the sacrifices are too great. The dangerous conditions encountered in wildland firefighting, combined with the rush of adrenaline and a sense of duty and brotherhood, are exactly the reasons we love our jobs. We not only accept these aspects of our work, we live for them! There are, however, other aspects of the job that are harder to accept, particularly for those who rely on the work to support families. Few Americans realize this, but federal firefighters are treated and paid considerably less than our counterparts in private, city and state agencies. For example, many non-federal firefighters are guaranteed hotel rooms and 24-hour pay when they’re working away from home. Federal firefighters, though,
usually sleep in the dirt, like convict crews, and we are not paid for more than 16 hours per day on incidents. Federal firefighters regularly work 112hour workweeks for two or three weeks at a time, yet we are not compensated for at least one-third of that time. The nickel-and-diming we face goes further: Firefighters are often required to staff fires overnight without pay, and lunch breaks are seldom paid. On prescribed fires, hazard pay is not given even though we are required to carry emergency fire shelters with us.
“As wildland firefighters, our faces and stories rarely make the news—unless we die on the job.” These and other discrepancies in treatment and pay contribute to dismal retention rates among federal agencies. Millions of dollars are wasted annually to hire and train new firefighters, though many will leave as soon as they’re offered fire jobs with better hours, benefits, pay and pensions. Federal firefighters are generally hidden from public view. We are stationed in the outdoors, and we are (happily) grimy, dirty, smelly and hairy during those 16-hour shifts on the fireline. The media are seldom permitted to enter our hazardous work zones. Unfortunately, this low profile means that our job is easily misrepresented and misun-
derstood. The public remains ignorant about who we are and what we do. As wildland firefighters, our faces and stories rarely make the news—unless we die on the job. The problems we face should be illuminated, but constructive dialogue is hampered by the old-school “can-do” work ethic— coupled with the “shut-up-and-doyour-job” mentality. The lack of public awareness means that our working conditions remain the same, and the problems I’ve described here go unreported, and therefore unresolved. Still, some stalwart supporters and lobbyists have fought for decades to improve our pay and working conditions. This year, for the first time, seasonal firefighters were given access to health benefits. A recent bill introduced in Congress would address some of the other issues I’ve described, but the Wildland Firefighter Protection Act (HR 2858) is unlikely to be signed into law if no one knows about it. That’s why I’m breaking my silence on the subject: I hope that public pressure and support for federal firefighters will carry this proposed legislation into law. Here’s a way to stand with federal firefighters: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/wildland-firefighter. It hurts not to be recognized for the hard work we do, and to be denied the benefits and financial support systems that other “real” firefighters automatically receive. We have no shortage of personal pride in our work, but that pride often appears to be unshared by our own government, elected officials and the public we serve. Lindon Pronto is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He has been a seasonal wildland firefighter for six years; the opinions he expresses here are his own. He lives in Auburn, Calif.
missoulanews.com • October 24–October 31, 2013 [11]
[quirks]
CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - Samantha Ellen Ward, 24, presented a driver’s license and debit card to withdraw money from a bank in Boynton Beach, Fla., but the teller looked up the account, noted the license had been reported stolen and summoned police. Ward pointed to a Chevy Tahoe in the parking lot and told officers that three black women driving it had given her the stolen identification and forced her to withdraw the money. Officers checked the vehicle and saw it belonged to an elderly white couple. (South Florida Sun Sentinel) A city bus driver in Barrie, Ontario, who searched a knapsack that a passenger had left behind, hoping to discover the owner’s identify, found it contained about a pound of marijuana. Soon after, the knapsack’s owner called Barrie Transit looking for his property. When he showed up to claim it, police were waiting and arrested the 21-year-old Port McNicoll man. (The Barrie Examiner)
TECHNO FOLLIES - A glitch in the Apple Maps app on newer iPhones and iPads directs users to a runway at Alaska’s Fairbanks International Airport instead of to the passenger terminal, according to airport official Angie Spear, who noted that twice in September, drivers continued across a runway in use. Drivers assume they’re being properly directed, Spear explained, because they can see the terminal building. (Associated Press) A Google Street View car hit a bus while taking photos for Google Maps and Google Earth in Bogor, Indonesia. Police said the driver appeared to panic and tried to drive off, but hit a second bus and then a truck. “We take incidents like this very seriously,” Vishnu Mahmud, Google’s head of communications in Indonesia said. (Agence France-Presse) Earlier this year, Google denied reports that one of its Street View cars ran over a donkey in Botswana. “Because of the way our 360-degree imagery is put together, it looked to some that our car had been involved in an unseemly hit-and-run,” Google Maps official Kei Kawai explained. “The donkey was lying in the path, perhaps enjoying a dust bath, before moving safely aside as our car drove past.” (BBC News)
WHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED - A pizza delivery driver told Indianapolis police a man pressed something hard in his back, ordered him to “step away from the vehicle,” and then robbed him of more than $30 in wings and pizza, his $250 smartphone and his wallet. As the robber ran off, the driver noticed that what he thought was a gun turned out to be a stapler. (Indianapolis’s WXIN-TV) WAY TO GO - A 68-year-old man who broke his ankle while hiking in rough terrain was being lifted by a winch into a helicopter when he apparently slipped out of the rescue sling and fell 100 feet to his death. “I understand he was at the door of the helicopter, and they were attempting to get him into the helicopter,” Ambulance Victoria chief executive Greg Sassella said, acknowledging that “helicopter operations are high risk.” (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Helicopter pilot Carl Enlow, 69, died while giving rides at a fair in Bloomsburg, Pa. Organizers said the veteran pilot had exited the chopper, but his hat blew off. When he reached for it, the spinning rotor struck him. (Associated Press)
PAINT IT WHITE - Canada’s military is testing a stealth snowmobile intended for secret missions in Arctic regions. The Department of National Defence’s top priority for the $620,000 (US$599,000) prototype vehicle is silence, which it achieves by switching from its gasoline-powered engine to a “silent mode” electric motor. Arctic policy expert Michael Byers, who teaches international law at the University of British Columbia, suggested that technology-obsessed defense officials have “been watching too many Bond movies” and questioned the necessity of developing such a vehicle. “I don’t see a whole lot of evidence that criminals and terrorists are scooting around Canada’s North on snowmobiles and that we have to sneak up on them,” he said. (The Canadian Press) GUN SHY - After a worker at Princeton University reported hearing gunshots, police locked down a campus administrative building for several hours before announcing that the report was unfounded. The New Jersey school’s Department of Public Safety later explained the sounds that triggered the alarm were from a maintenance worker using a hammer and chisel. (Associated Press) THINGS GOING BETTER - The Coca-Cola Company announced plans to offer water, electricity and Internet connections in 20 countries by erecting 150 kiosks that company official Serena Levy called “a downtown in a box.” Ideally, the company said, women will run the kiosks, which may also sell Coke products. (The New York Times) SEEING ISN’T BELIEVING - Having been declared dead in 1994, eight years after disappearing from his home in Arcadia, Ohio, Donald Eugene Miller Jr. resurfaced in 2005. In early October, Miller, now 61, went to court to have the ruling changed, but Hancock County Judge Allan Davis denied the request, citing a three-year limit on appeals. “I don’t know where that leaves you, but you’re still deceased as far as the law is concerned,” Davis said, calling the case a “strange, strange situation.” (Findlay’s The Courier) MOTHER OF THE YEAR - Authorities in Akron, Ohio, accused Deanna J. Hillyer, 31, of helping her two sons, ages 15 and 11, attack two brothers, 22 and 18, who refused the 11-year-old’s demand for a cigarette. Police said the mother used a metal tire pressure gauge to hit the younger brother in the face and did nothing to stop her sons from knocking both men to the ground with a bicycle and then kicking them. “A normal mother would tell her kids to get in the car and go,” a witness said, “but she got out of her car and got right into their faces.” (Akron Beacon) THINGS THAT GO BOOM - When a heating and air conditioning contractor heading to work in Virginia Beach, Va., pressed the key remote to unlock his truck’s door, the vehicle exploded, hurling parts into neighbors’ yards. Fire Department Battalion Chief Jack Crandell said fumes from an acetylene bottle stored on the truck likely escaped overnight and ignited when the remote was activated. (Virginia Beach’s The Virginian-Pilot) THINGS THAT GO BOO - Major retailers, including Wal-Mart and Amazon, removed a Halloween costume showing Osama bin Laden wearing a white turban and full beard after a Sikh advocacy group complained the costume “perpetuates negative stereotypes about turbans and beards that have led to violence and discrimination against Sikhs and other minorities.” (Salt Lake City’s Deseret News)
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ichard Spencer sat sipping his chai latte at the Red Caboose, a train-themed coffee shop in downtown Whitefish. Clean-cut and restrained, he reminded me of a hundred outdoors-obsessed people I had known growing up here in the Flathead Valley, a resort area nestled in the shadows of Glacier National Park. But Spencer’s tidy appearance is about more than his sense of propriety; it’s a recruitment tool. Spencer advocates for white separatism and he wants to shake his movement’s reputation for brutality and backwardness. “We have to look good,” Spencer said, adding that if his movement means “being part of something that is crazed or ugly or vicious or just stupid, no one is going to want to be a part of it.” Those stereotypes of “redneck, tattooed, illiterate, no-teeth” people, Spencer said, are blocking his progress. Organizations that monitor domestic hate groups say it’s just this unthreatening approachability that makes Spencer so insidious. Spencer said now, more than ever, it falls to people like him to be engaged and savvy if America is going to combat the growing threat of diversity. In particular, he’s irritated by the rise of U.S. minority
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photo courtesy of National Policy Institute
The National Policy Institute’s website uses wholesome images like this one to promote “the heritage, identity, and future of European people in the United States, and around the world.” NPI Chairman Richard Spencer, pictured at top, says appearance is important to his movement, otherwise “no one is going to want to be a part of it.”
[14] Missoula Independent • October 24–October 31, 2013
births, which outnumbered white births for the first time in 2011. “People have not really grasped that. Even if we shut off all immigration, the country is going to demographically undergo a tremendous transformation,” Spencer said. White people “need to start thinking about a new ethno-state that we would want to be a part of. This is not going to happen in the next election or in the next 10 years probably, but something in the future that would be for our great-grandchildren.” He’s open to founding such an “ethno-state” in various locations in North America and even on the moon. Until then he’s found a home in this corner of the Mountain West, where I grew up. At present, 96 percent of the population in Whitefish’s Flathead County is white. Under the auspices of his blandly named National Policy Institute, Spencer is working to create an intellectual class of white separatists. The organization’s editorial unit publishes “scientifically-based” books like Race Differences in Intelligence and The Perils of Diversity. The group rejects the calls for violence, which appear in internet chat rooms and public campaigns of hate. Spencer prefers a more professorial
“I guess ‘academic racist’ means: ‘We approach of publishing books and organizing conferences. “Our goal is to form an intellectual community around European nationalism,” he wrote in an email. Spencer and I emailed and spoke on the phone over a period of four months before I’d asked to meet him. I was living in Washington, but was planning a trip back home. Over the phone, he’d seemed radical. In person, he was easier to take. In conversation, he meandered from D.C. landmarks and comic books to the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Then we crashed into eugenics. “We are undergoing a sad process of degeneration,” he said, coming back to minority births in the United States. “We will need to reverse it using the state and the government. You incentivize people with higher intelligence, you incentivize people who are healthy to have children. And it sounds terrible and nasty, but there would be a great use of contraception.” He didn’t mean the government should encourage people to use birth control pills and condoms. He was advocating for some type of governmentforced sterilization. “They could still enjoy sex. You are not ruining their life,” Spencer said. Until this moment, I was alarmed by the number of times I had found myself nodding along with him. Spencer waxed indignant at the conquest of big box stores. And his obsession with clean living sounded like the house rules of a college co-op. Yes, I knew his views, but they were easy to forget until you breached the topic. But the way he called for a white ethno-state and forced sterilization chilled me. I had never heard anyone speak so calmly about something so abhorrent.
Spencer’s finesse may owe to the fact that he’s familiar with the culture he has come to despise. He didn’t grow up in a like-minded household. In fact he jokes that his parents probably “don’t agree” with his work entirely. Spencer, who’s now 35, came to embrace his ideology as a student at the University of Virginia and then continued further out on the ideological spectrum. He then obtained a master’s degree in humanities from the University of Chicago. After a brief stint as an English teacher in Virginia, Spencer landed a job as an assistant editor at American Conservative magazine and later joined Taki’s Magazine, a paleoconservative webzine that gives a conservative take on politics and popular culture. The site has come under fire in the past for promoting racist content. During the Trayvon Martin trial, it published an article by John Derbyshire that instructed white parents to encourage their children to stay out of predominately black neighborhoods and warned them to scrutinize black politicians more than whites. (The conservative magazine National Review fired Derbyshire after he wrote this screed.) In 2010, Spencer founded AlternativeRight, a webzine that promotes “heretical perspectives on society
don’t like you … but you’re kinda smart.’ So, I guess I should take it as a compliment!” - Richard Spencer, National Policy Institute
and culture.” The next year, he took over as the chairman of the National Policy Institute and moved it to Montana. He has since became a speaker to like-minded audiences and gives regular video addresses on his website. Spencer has appeared at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., and hosted online seminars with Jared Taylor, a similarly polished promoter of what Taylor calls “race-realism,” and South African Dan Roodt, who has spent his life promoting Afrikaner rights and culture. Spencer has spoken before Youth for Western Civilization, a student group that once took credit for chalking “white pride” around the campus of Towson University in Maryland. On Oct. 26, Spencer is hosting an international conference called “After the Fall: The Future of Identity” at the Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. With me, he was slow to unmask his feelings about race. But around sympathizers he has been forthright.
During the American Renaissance conference in April, Spencer said, “The ideal I advocate is the creation of a white ethno-state on the North American continent,” an idea he called “perfectly feasible.” During this speech he quoted Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, and said, “I have a dream.” He also said: “Today, in the public imagination, ‘ethnic-cleansing’ has been associated with civil war and mass murder (understandably so). But this need not be the case. 1919 is a real example of successful ethnic redistribution—done by fiat, we should remember, but done peacefully.” This is true if you consider setting the stage for World War II successful. Rachel Carroll Rivas, co-director of the Montana Human Rights Network, a group promoting cultural understanding and diversity in the state, says Spencer has stayed out of the community headlines, but says he shares the same goal as other white separatists in the area: to make the area all white. Spencer, she
added, is waging a marketing campaign that repackages a classic brand of hate and selling it as a benign intellectual study. The Southern Poverty Law Center has classified Spencer as a leading academic racist. For his part, Spencer rejects the notion that he is driven by hatred and considers “racist” a “slur word.” (“I guess ‘academic racist’ means: ‘We don’t like you … but you’re kinda smart.’ So, I guess I should take it as a compliment!” he wrote in an email.) His website is evidence of his own duality. On the National Policy Institute’s homepage, a photo of an attractive family gives the impression that the site is just another family values foundation, but if you click on the photo, a dark video depicting riots, shouting blacks and burning buildings unveils what NPI is really about. The organization seeks to preserve the “heritage, identity and future of European people in the United States and Around the World.” The “lesbians” and “Latinos” have advocates working for them, so why shouldn’t whites, Spencer asks in the video. In the video, his voice is mixed over an industrial soundtrack as he intones, “As long as whites continue to avoid and deny their racial identity at a time when almost every other ethnic category is rediscovering and asserting its own, whites will have no chance to resist their disposition.” This approach is far more sophisticated than that of the dozens of white supremacists who have moved to the Flathead Valley in recent years, as part of a shambolic effort to establish a white “ethno-state” there.
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Spencer doesn’t interact much with the others in Montana. His supporters are younger and scattered around the world, from India to France. When I asked Spencer about the other likeminded crusaders in the region, he dismissed them as too overtly radical. Spencer says he has no desire to advertise his
views to his neighbors. “I don’t want to get in big disputes with anyone in Whitefish,” he says. “I would like this to be a place where I have a little bit of an anonymous status.” “Our job is not to be reactionary in the sense that blacks commit a lot of crime or ‘we don’t like Mexican immigrants.’ All that stuff is real, but we
don’t want to be any stupider than that and say, ‘Mussolini is my homeboy,’” Spencer says. “We need to be ahead of the game.” Packing up, Spencer and I walked slowly out of the coffee shop together, returning to earlier conversations about Washington politics. As we shook hands and parted ways, I turned briefly to
Hate hits home Montana Human Rights Network’s co-director talks about local efforts to combat white supremacist groups Richard Spencer has garnered attention for preRichard Spencer and the National Policy Institute represent only a small part of a growing number of hate senting white supremacist ideology in a more “intelgroups across the nation and in Montana. According to lectual” or “academic” forum. How does that change the Southern Poverty Law Center, the number of hate the discussion, if at all, about hate groups in the U.S.? RCR: The idea of “intellectual” or “academic” groups nationwide has increased by 67 percent since racism is, quite frankly, an oxy2000, and at least 12 groups call moron. All the label means is a the Treasure State home. better-dressed and slightly We asked Rachel Carroll “Much of this more polished version of the Rivas, the co-director of the same hateful belief system. Montana Human Rights Netdivisiveness is The Anti-Defamation work, to elaborate on this trend, League articulates it by saying the reasons behind it and what centered on the “academic racists use pseudogroups like hers are doing to scientific studies, statistics and raise awareness. battle for the heart arguments to prove the cultural superiority of whites. The Southern Poverty Law of rural white They generally avoid crude bigCenter lists 12 hate groups opotry in favor of intellectual tererating in Montana, with five concentrated in the Flathead America, of which minology to justify their racism.” MHRN has long foValley. Why do you think these cused on the full spectrum of types of groups are drawn to Montana is a right-wing movements because this part of our state? extremist ideas at the margins Rachel Carroll Rivas: prime example.” definitely influence the politiThese radical right groups are cal mainstream. attracted to Montana because of The National Policy Institute is an example of rethe predominately white demographics and the opportunity it offers them to attempt to create a “white home- packaging extremist hard-right ideology in an attempt land.” In addition, white supremacist groups can also to make it more palatable to mainstream audiences. It’s capitalize on the anti-government sentiment that has important to point out the danger of groups like NPI been prevalent in this region and use it to further mo- and activists like Spencer so that Montanans aren’t bilize fear and resentment about the changing racial fooled into letting their guard down. By all means the makeup of the country. The rural Old West and capital headline-grabbing violence and public displays of racism “I” independent bent of the region and conservative po- are concerning, but so are the long-term impacts of letlitical nature of areas like the Flathead are also a draw ting radical racist ideas creep into mainstream thinking. for these groups. Individual activists use politics as a way An Associated Press poll found that anti-black to mainstream their message and line up behind candidates to gain credibility, but in reality they are often in- racism in America actually rose over the four years of terested in trying to create communities that look the Obama’s first term, with 51 percent of Americans expressing explicitly anti-black attitudes, compared to way they want—all white. Like the economic hard times of the 1980s with the 48 percent in 2008, and 56 percent showing implicitly farm crisis, the current economic woes—again, espe- anti-black attitudes, up from 49 percent four years earcially in areas like the Flathead—create conditions that lier. Why do you think this is? RCR: At a basic level we know that the white suwhite supremacists feed on. They scapegoat minorities, like immigrants and people of color, for the bad times premacist right has used the election of President Obama as a vehicle for organizing. We even heard one people are experiencing. The reality is that Montana does attract these racist leader suggest that conspiracy theories about groups, but the pushback that they have received is far Obama and the government are a soft way to get people greater. White supremacists like April Gaede haven’t interested in becoming active in building a white homebeen accepted in the Flathead in the way she’d like to land here in Montana. It’s been well documented that the right used sell it and that is because of groups like MHRN and our Obama’s election, economic instability, a highly polarlocal affiliate in the Flathead, Love Lives Here.
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ized political environment and the changing racial makeup of the country to create fear and resentment of certain members of the population. Based on this fear, groups and politicians are making policies that create classes of illegal people—from immigrants to LGBT people, the homeless, women, etc. Much of this divisiveness is centered on the battle for the heart of rural white America, of which Montana is a prime example. White supremacists and the broader right wing in the U.S. are hanging on to the threads of their movement and fighting for scraps, because they are rightfully worried that history is not on their side and the direction the world is headed in is counter to their core hateful beliefs. Montana is a prime battle ground where they see some of their last hope, but the Human Rights Network is working to make sure that they will not win the day. Spencer and NPI recently spoke out on immigration, critiquing the Heritage Foundation for focusing its opposition to comprehensive reform of economic issues. Spencer wrote, “I’d much rather live in an impoverished backwater where my friends and neighbors would be White than in a super-rich metropolis of aliens. Immigration isn’t all about money.” How do you respond to that statement? RCR: Spencer makes clear what we have been saying about the immigration debate—it is about race.
get a glimpse of him walking away. I couldn’t help being surprised that that same well-manicured man had just expressed so much hate. This article first appeared in Salon.com. An online version remains in the Salon archives. Reprinted with permission.
When Montana passed the anti-immigrant referendum LR 121 in fall 2011, we opened the flood gates for xenophobia like that of the National Policy Institute. Like the community of Whitefish and the state of Montana, we are a nation made of immigrants. Most of us have an immigrant story in our family history. We can’t let racism get in the way of important and good policy like comprehensive immigration reform. While economic arguments in favor of immigration reform and of policies that treat immigrants fairly are important and true, MHRN believes economics aren’t the only justification for policy decision. We believe that good public policy is based in strong progressive values of democracy, fairness and equity. Basic human rights should be at the center of our policy discussion and oftentimes that type of public policy is also good for our economy. Since 2000, the number of hate groups has increased by 67 percent. What are groups like the Montana Human Rights Network doing to combat this? RCR: Originally, the Montana Human Rights Network formed in response to white supremacist organizing in the state in the late ’80s. Since then we have broadened our definition of the right and we continue to assist local communities in responding to hateful and anti-democratic activities. We think it is important to also offer a proactive vision of a state that respects human rights and seeks a more just and equitable society. We have more than 1,800 members and 5,000 supporters that we work with to promote progressive policies like local anti-discrimination ordinances and engage in educational programming about human rights issues in our state. We encourage people who are concerned about right-wing organizing in their community or who want to promote human rights in Montana to start to take action by connecting with us online.
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Hit the floor A eulogy for Dead Hipster Dance Party by Kate Whittle
photo courtesy of Abi Halland
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to honor this thing called Dead Hipster Dance Party. For after six years of Thursday night parties, Dead Hipster is coming to a close. The monthly ’90s-themed nights will continue, but the weekly edition ends after Halloween. Nightlife is always morphing, what with our town’s ongoing influx of college kids who bring their changing tastes with them. But the hipsters-in-chief, DJs Michael Gill and Chris Baumann and photographer Abi Halland, have created an institution of Missoula’s bar scene. I’m not sure where the name came from, though my theory involves how one feels the morning after a few “shots! shots! shots!” too many. (I’m told that Pedialyte pops are the best post-party cure, by the way.) My first experience with Dead Hipster was during what I think of as the Lady Gaga era, in late 2009, when
“Bad Romance” was in regular rotation. I’d heard fellow college kids speak in awed tones of a crazy DJ night where they poured watermelon vodka into your mouth; this seemed like something I should check out. I do not specifically recall my first times at Dead Hipster, but I do remember being at work the next day, bleary eyed and frying the breaded cod at the Food Zoo, and recounting that I’d just had the best night ever. I kept going, and kept making new friends and meeting cute boys, and I was hooked. It’s hard for us to get close to one another in Missoula, thanks to our western sensibilities of awkward politeness and personal space. Dead Hipster, bless it, has the keys to loosening us up and getting us to shake our groove things: copious amounts of cheap alcohol and pop song choruses that we all know, emceed by charismatic, grinning DJs. And there’s the chance of getting
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into one of Halland’s photos, which inexplicably manage to catch people at their most lively and beautiful moments. (Let us all pause a moment and consider how many goofy drunk faces she must be very kindly deleting each week.) Dead Hipster resembles big-city club scenes a little bit, with the thumping hip-hop and girls in glittery outfits and spike heels, but it’s still got a particular Montana magic. You will not find $1 well drinks in any club in West Hollywood or Manhattan, for one thing, or free street parking. And you can be dressed to the nines, but no Missoulian will raise an eyebrow if you’re not. Looking around the Badlander on an average Thursday, I’ve seen all kinds of people: gay and straight, fat and thin, hip and nerdy and nerdy-hip. Apple Bottom jeans or boots with the fur are fun, but not really necessary in order to get low. Dead Hipster has its detractors, for sure, and navi-
gating a packed floor and avoiding potential creepers isn’t for everybody. Nor are Top 40 lyrics particularly culturally enriching, though I do not see anything wrong with a little bump and grind. I defend Dead Hipster because we have so few opportunities in life to completely give in to the joy of a moment. Every Thursday, as the clock ticks closer to Friday morning, Dead Hipster fosters those completely carefree minutes where we can move with abandon, say to hell with tomorrow, and dance like everyone—and no one—is watching. Dead Hipster Dance Party is Thursdays at the Badlander. $3, with $1 well drink special from 9 PM to midnight. $7 cover for the final night, Thu., Oct. 31. kwhittle@missoulanews.com
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Hardcore solutions P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. makes it sound easy
There is much to be celebrated when it comes to Portland’s P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. First of all, the band includes Kelly Halliburton, from the beloved garage outfit Pierced Arrows that features Fred and Toody Cole. This project doesn’t sound much like Pierced Arrows other than the two bands both offer shadowy tones and gritty layers that fit just right into the beautiful decay of autumn. Secondly, the band also sports a few veterans from favorites of the underground, like The Weaklings and Poison Idea. This is rock and roll that you don’t hear as often in Missoula anymore—the kind that builds like a tornado, whipping up a few notes here and there until it’s a virtual wind tunnel circling through the air. No bells and whis-
tles. No chorus of trumpets or preciously introspective lyrics. Just surly sneering and anecdotes of comeuppance with self-explanatory title such as “Gotta Get Away From You” and “Buzz Off.” If you were a fan of The Humpers or, locally, Humpy, you’ll enjoy the hardcore and poppunk underpinnings. If you love Mötorhead you’ll fall in love with the driving guitar solos—sorry, gee-tar—and raspy vocals. There is no sign of any new recordings from the band since it released a tour-only album in Mexico in April. How did Tijuana get so lucky? (Erika Fredrickson) P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. plays the VFW Sun., Oct. 27, at 10 PM with Vera and Buddy Jackson. $5/$7 for ages 18-20.
Bauhaus Montana In 1990, one way to be cool was to wear a Bauhaus T-shirt. The English proto-goth group’s shirts were dark, featuring either a Draculian Bela Lugosi or sharp-winged bats. In a small town, the shirt reeked of big city aspirations and, literally, of clove cigarettes. The tunes, mainly written and recorded between 1979 and 1983, are a study in contrasts. The full-throated vocals of Peter Murphy compete with the riffage of Daniel Ash’s guitar, which shrieks with layers of overabundant echo or, in other cases, simply blazes with rock and roll authority. The rhythm section is the grout in the tile, as they say, but this grout is gorgeous and—as if made from crushed pearls—with dub and R&B influences that both groove and spook. While known to most folks mainly for the nine minutes of goth heaven that is “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” (watch the group’s 2005 performance of this track at Coachella on YouTube wherein Murphy sings the entirety of the song hanging upside down), the band had a far-reaching musical influence on everyone from Nine Inch Nails to Sepultura and Jane’s Addiction to Radiohead, but it’s the social influence of the music that continues to bring people who feel like outsiders together.
That social influence is what created the Bauhaus Montana tribute group. The brainchild of Dave Parsons (Juveniles), the group features members of the Cure Music tribute band who played at the Palace last year, including guitarist Hank Donovan (Magpies) and bassist Shane Hickey (Ukulele Band and formerly of Volumen), this time adding drummer Colin Uriah-Johnson (Skin Flowers, Shahs) and vocalist Jon Richter (department chair and instructor at Salish Kootenai College). According to Hickey, “The driving force behind the Bauhaus Montana project is Dave’s and Jon’s shared experience of growing up in Havre, Mont., and loving the shit out of Bauhaus. You know, just listening to In the Flat Field and cursing your town and whatnot.” For the upcoming performance, the band intends to play some deep cuts—“Terror Couple Kill Colonel,” “God in an Alcove,” and “Sanity Assassin”—and, you know, “Bela Lugosi’s Dead,” too. And Hickey says that there is talk of a big wooden trunk with lights inside of it. (Jason McMackin) Bauhaus Montana plays the Palace Sat., Oct. 26, at 10 PM. $5.
Sir Mix-a-Lot By some cruel trick of fate, Sir Mix-a-Lot is playing the Top Hat on the same night that Macklemore and Ryan Lewis play the Adams Center. Missoula hip-hop fans are forced to weigh a difficult question: Who is the greatest rapper ever to emerge from Seattle? Both Macklemore and Sir Mix-a-Lot were born and raised in the coastal city. Neither, it may surprise you to learn, has been formally knighted. Both have platinum albums—Macklemore for last year’s The Heist and Mix-a-Lot for 1992’s Mack Daddy. Both are beloved by white people. But only one has won a Grammy: Mix-a-Lot took Best Rap Solo Performance in 1992 for—wait for it—“Baby Got Back.” Only Sir Mix-a-Lot is getting monster karaoke royalties right now, as you read this. The man born Anthony Ray 50 years ago has seen all sides of music stardom, from the approval of heads for Swass to mainstream dominance
with Mack Daddy to the frustrating failure to recapture that dominance with Chief Boot Knocka and Return of the Bumpasaurus. He has been the voice of a drunken leprechaun on a BET cartoon. The leprechaun’s name was “Nuttkase.” In short, Mix-a-Lot has been around. Macklemore’s career is less an arc than a launch. “Thrift Shop” made him famous, and alternately frantic and preachy follow-up singles (“Can’t Hold Us” and “Same Love”) have kept him that way. He is the bigger draw, but for how long? Whether he has another threesingle album in him or will simply go the way of the bumpasaurus remains to be seen. I personally will be at the Top Hat Thursday night, gazing into one of his possible futures and, for few minutes at least, singing along. (Dan Brooks) Sir Mix-a-Lot plays the Top Hat Thu., Oct. 24, at 10 PM. $15/$13 plus fees in advance.
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When author Christine Byl took a seasonal job building trails in Glacier National Park in 1996, she assumed it would be something she would do a season or two before moving on to a “real” job. Nearly 20 years later, she’s still building trails—from her home in Alaska—and has written Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods, published in April. The book is a story on the pleasures of hard work, Byl’s personal experiences with the wild and what it is like to be a woman in a “man’s world.” Byl, who briefly lived in Missoula in 1995, took time from her book tour of the Pacific Northwest to answer a few questions for the Indy. In Dirt Work you show us how hard the work was. Where did you find energy to write? CB: As long as I’ve done trail work, I’ve written very little during the field season. I am constantly thinking and mulling over things while I work, but all my writing on the page happens in the off-season. The book was written intermittently over a span, about 2002–2009. All of the Glacier stuff was written way after the fact, and I think it started because of how much I missed Montana. I had never written about it when I lived there, but once in Alaska, I thought about it a lot. The book itself began with the stuff about tools, particularly the ax. I never meant to write a non-fiction book, let alone a memoir, but once I started on the tools, it drew me into the larger story of the subculture—which I think is fascinating, and not well enough known—and then my own story became the lens through which to explore that world. Have you often encountered an attitude that any woman who writes an “outdoor” book needs to be sharing some deeply emotional “finding herself ” type story, particularly given the success Cheryl Strayed has had with Wild? CB: For sure some people have an expectation for a more emotionally disclosing story, especially since Strayed’s book came out just a year before mine. And yes, I think there is definitely a bias, or perhaps an expectation, regarding women writing non-fiction, that we will be more personally confessional, more focused on the self than the larger world, more interested in “our own story.” There is, of course, much good writing like this. But if this isn’t what you write, it can be frustrating to be pigeon-holed, or critiqued for writing another way. I don’t think men get this personal pressure. I have not seen Barry Lopez or Michael Pollan critiqued by people who wish they felt more connected to them, who want to know how they met their spouse, etc. It’s also frustrating when reviewers or readers pass over the larger ideas
in books by women (in my case, about work and gender and wilderness and apprenticeship) in order to focus on the more personal details. I would much rather talk about the subculture than about my personal life, let’s put it that way! In the early days of your career, working in and around Glacier National Park, you are one of a handful of women. When you move to Alaska, you are about the only one. Has that changed? CB: I don’t know how the Glacier crew looks these days, but I think that was an unusual experience, working with four or five female crew leaders. I think there’s been a gradual increase in women in labor and trades overall, but certainly not exponential, and although there are women on crews, a small percentage of them stick with it for much more than a few years. There’s still a lot of cultural bias, and subtle institutional barriers, that prevent women from committing to a manual career. One of the themes running through the book is the crude humor among the workers—behavior that isn’t considered particularly “female” by the culture at large. Some readers critiqued you for not attempting to change that kind of behavior. Have you been challenged along those lines? CB: I strongly disagree with the notion that women exist in order to attempt to change anything about men, about male culture, whatever. We can certainly try if we want to, but women exist for the same reason men do—to be our fullest selves. I think I’d be betraying the cause of feminism far more by prescribing certain behavior as appropriate for women than I would by cussing. In general, those criticisms come from men who want women to be a certain way, not from women, who just want to be whoever they are already, whether it’s culturally appealing or not. And I’ve got news for those who think that women are generally not inclined to swearing or dirty jokes or voracious appetites. I’ve worked with bawdy women and prudish men, and everything in between. As with any quirk of personality that is often ascribed to gender, I found there is actually far more variety within the genders than there is between them. Christine Byl reads from Dirt Work at Shakespeare & Co. Fri., Oct. 25, at 7 PM. Free. arts@missoulanews.com
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Lucy in the sky Author Pete Fromm takes us behind the scenes of As Cool As I Am by Erika Fredrickson
In As Cool As I Am, Missoula-based writer Pete Fromm introduced his readers to a young tomboy named Lucy Diamond. The story of Lucy’s sexual awakening and struggle with family tension was published 10 years ago, and Fromm won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Literary Award for the book. (He also won the same award for three other books, including his memoir Indian Creek Chronicles.) This week, the film version of As Cool As I Am screens in Missoula for its Montana premiere as a benefit for Planned Parenthood, sponsored by the Montana Film Office. The adaptation stars Claire Danes and James Marsden as the parents and Sarah Bolger (“The Tudors”) as Lucy. In anticipation of the screening we talked with Fromm about the book-to-film process, surprising scenes and how he learned to write like a girl. For somebody who has read the book, what might they expect from the movie? Pete Fromm: In the book, Lucy, the main character, has a shaved head through much of it. But they couldn’t get an actress who wasn’t filming something else at the time, which prevented anyone from shaving their heads. That’s actually a bigger change to the story, but something that they knew going into it. And so there’s stuff like that where real fans of the book will say, “Oh my god she doesn’t have a shaved head.” But often there’s real reasons why that doesn’t work. Were there parts of the movie that stood out to you as exciting or surprising? PF: I went down for just a little bit of the filming so my sons could be extras in it. That was a gas. The [filmmakers] were showing me a scene from the daily shoots … where the mother and daughter are maybe going to split up, and so Claire Danes and Sarah Bolger were in it. Sarah got a lot of the camera time and she choked me up. And so I was kind of patting myself on the back, like, “Man, that’s a hell of scene you wrote!”
But then I went back and looked for it in the book and realized it wasn’t in the book. [He laughs] So, I said, “Oh. I’m maybe not so cool.” What brought you to the character of Lucy? PF: It’s such a stupid story. Almost all of them are because the stories start with nothing and then you see where it goes. I was working on another novel of mine that was translated into French this year. I was on a tour with my publisher at the time, who is a good friend now. The [French audience] asked what the origin of this story was and I told them this completely coincidental, inconsequential [backstory]. When I finished, my publisher said—[Fromm goes into a French accent]—“Don’t ever tell that story again. In France they want you to be a genius, not just some idiot who follows something.” The story behind As Cool is that I once worked with a park ranger who would say all these old sayings like, “That’d be icing on the cake,” but inadvertently he’d screw them up ... The first time I ever heard him do it he said, “Wouldn’t that just be the gravy on the cake?” He did it constantly. I decided to write a story where somebody does this but it quickly became impossible to make it believable that somebody would do it without knowing they were doing it. So then I had to have a guy doing it on purpose. I decided maybe he’s a dad who’s never home but when he is home he tries to make things constantly over-the-top, goofy and fun … while avoiding everything that goes along with having a family. I thought it would be more interesting to tell it from a kid’s point of view, and more interesting if the kid was a girl. So I wrote a short story called “The Gravy on the Cake” and Lucy was born. When people talk about your book they always bring up the fact that you’re a man writing from the point of view of an adolescent girl. Was that as hard as people make it out to be?
PF: What I should say, and what my French pal would say is, “Yes, tell them it was incredibly difficult and you sweat blood when you write.” I think that’s what a lot of writers throughout the ages have said when really what they do is sit around and play with their imaginary friends. I sit alone for most of the day— about 365 days a year—and make stuff up. You get good at it with practice. For Lucy’s character I talked to high school kids and my friends’ kids and I went to Planned Parenthood. But, mostly, I think if you can put yourself into that person’s skin and you work to make the emotions true, the emotions are kind of universal. In that sense the genders aren’t that different. When you read really bad writing with a guy writing poorly from a woman’s point of view it can seem really misogynistic almost—it comes off as a stereotypical woman and there’s no such thing. You can blow it, for sure. But also you can piss people off just for trying. There’s a panel discussion after the film with you, screenwriter Virginia Spragg and director Max Mayer. What will you talk about? PF: There will be a lot of questions about the process going from a book to a movie. When I used to go to read it at a literary circle or at a conference or a reading there’s a real anticipation—almost like sharks in the water. Jim Crumley used to say that the best thing that can happen to you is you get an option for your book and the worst thing that can happen is that they make the movie. I think a lot of writers anticipate that. So people want stories about how much [the filmmakers] fucked it up or how much you hated it. But these guys were fabulous to me. When we were down there for the filming … I expected to be the tourist. I warned the boys we are nobody, we are not big shots. I said, “Stay the hell out of the way.” But when we broke for lunch Claire Danes came down and sat with us—she knew who we were—and she was there, being cool. I don’t have bad experience stories.
What do you have coming up next? PF: It’s a big fat love story. A couple of river runners meet on the Snake River and fall for each other big time. They end up getting married and starting their own white-water business in Oregon as she’s started to develop signs of something that turns into MS. So it’s their life story together. Will Lucy ever show up again? PF: I had sketched out plans for much more of the story and then it kind of reached an ending that was a surprise for me. I was like, “Oh shit, that’s the end of the story.” If it had sold a gazillion copies and they said, “I’ll give you a gazillion dollars to write a sequel,” I probably could have done it. But this isn’t something that anyone but Stephen King does for money. My interests shifted to the next story rather than continuing one that I felt was finished. What kind of films do you like to watch? PF: God, I hate to sound like I’m wearing a beret but I like small French films. I can do without all the action stuff—I don’t need explosions and car chases. I like an emotional drama. When you’re constantly editing your own stuff you’re pretty much ruined for watching for entertainment sake. I’m always muttering during movies, things like “Oh, that was unearned emotion,” or “that was shitty dialogue.” Get a couple of people into an emotional situation where you don’t see how they’re going to get out of it and then play it out—that’s the kind of stuff I like. As Cool As I Am screens at the MCT Center for Performing Arts Sat., Oct. 26. The benefit for Planned Parenthood begins with a reception at 6 PM featuring music by Baby & Bukowski, followed by the screening and panel discussion at 7. $50–$75. Call 830-3483 for tickets and info. efredrickson@missoulanews.com
missoulanews.com • October 24–October 31, 2013 [23]
[film]
Lucy in the sky Author Pete Fromm takes us behind the scenes of As Cool As I Am by Erika Fredrickson
In As Cool As I Am, Missoula-based writer Pete Fromm introduced his readers to a young tomboy named Lucy Diamond. The story of Lucy’s sexual awakening and struggle with family tension was published 10 years ago, and Fromm won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Literary Award for the book. (He also won the same award for three other books, including his memoir Indian Creek Chronicles.) This week, the film version of As Cool As I Am screens in Missoula for its Montana premiere as a benefit for Planned Parenthood, sponsored by the Montana Film Office. The adaptation stars Claire Danes and James Marsden as the parents and Sarah Bolger (“The Tudors”) as Lucy. In anticipation of the screening we talked with Fromm about the book-to-film process, surprising scenes and how he learned to write like a girl. For somebody who has read the book, what might they expect from the movie? Pete Fromm: In the book, Lucy, the main character, has a shaved head through much of it. But they couldn’t get an actress who wasn’t filming something else at the time, which prevented anyone from shaving their heads. That’s actually a bigger change to the story, but something that they knew going into it. And so there’s stuff like that where real fans of the book will say, “Oh my god she doesn’t have a shaved head.” But often there’s real reasons why that doesn’t work. Were there parts of the movie that stood out to you as exciting or surprising? PF: I went down for just a little bit of the filming so my sons could be extras in it. That was a gas. The [filmmakers] were showing me a scene from the daily shoots … where the mother and daughter are maybe going to split up, and so Claire Danes and Sarah Bolger were in it. Sarah got a lot of the camera time and she choked me up. And so I was kind of patting myself on the back, like, “Man, that’s a hell of scene you wrote!”
But then I went back and looked for it in the book and realized it wasn’t in the book. [He laughs] So, I said, “Oh. I’m maybe not so cool.” What brought you to the character of Lucy? PF: It’s such a stupid story. Almost all of them are because the stories start with nothing and then you see where it goes. I was working on another novel of mine that was translated into French this year. I was on a tour with my publisher at the time, who is a good friend now. The [French audience] asked what the origin of this story was and I told them this completely coincidental, inconsequential [backstory]. When I finished, my publisher said—[Fromm goes into a French accent]—“Don’t ever tell that story again. In France they want you to be a genius, not just some idiot who follows something.” The story behind As Cool is that I once worked with a park ranger who would say all these old sayings like, “That’d be icing on the cake,” but inadvertently he’d screw them up ... The first time I ever heard him do it he said, “Wouldn’t that just be the gravy on the cake?” He did it constantly. I decided to write a story where somebody does this but it quickly became impossible to make it believable that somebody would do it without knowing they were doing it. So then I had to have a guy doing it on purpose. I decided maybe he’s a dad who’s never home but when he is home he tries to make things constantly over-the-top, goofy and fun … while avoiding everything that goes along with having a family. I thought it would be more interesting to tell it from a kid’s point of view, and more interesting if the kid was a girl. So I wrote a short story called “The Gravy on the Cake” and Lucy was born. When people talk about your book they always bring up the fact that you’re a man writing from the point of view of an adolescent girl. Was that as hard as people make it out to be?
PF: What I should say, and what my French pal would say is, “Yes, tell them it was incredibly difficult and you sweat blood when you write.” I think that’s what a lot of writers throughout the ages have said when really what they do is sit around and play with their imaginary friends. I sit alone for most of the day— about 365 days a year—and make stuff up. You get good at it with practice. For Lucy’s character I talked to high school kids and my friends’ kids and I went to Planned Parenthood. But, mostly, I think if you can put yourself into that person’s skin and you work to make the emotions true, the emotions are kind of universal. In that sense the genders aren’t that different. When you read really bad writing with a guy writing poorly from a woman’s point of view it can seem really misogynistic almost—it comes off as a stereotypical woman and there’s no such thing. You can blow it, for sure. But also you can piss people off just for trying. There’s a panel discussion after the film with you, screenwriter Virginia Spragg and director Max Mayer. What will you talk about? PF: There will be a lot of questions about the process going from a book to a movie. When I used to go to read it at a literary circle or at a conference or a reading there’s a real anticipation—almost like sharks in the water. Jim Crumley used to say that the best thing that can happen to you is you get an option for your book and the worst thing that can happen is that they make the movie. I think a lot of writers anticipate that. So people want stories about how much [the filmmakers] fucked it up or how much you hated it. But these guys were fabulous to me. When we were down there for the filming … I expected to be the tourist. I warned the boys we are nobody, we are not big shots. I said, “Stay the hell out of the way.” But when we broke for lunch Claire Danes came down and sat with us—she knew who we were—and she was there, being cool. I don’t have bad experience stories.
What do you have coming up next? PF: It’s a big fat love story. A couple of river runners meet on the Snake River and fall for each other big time. They end up getting married and starting their own white-water business in Oregon as she’s started to develop signs of something that turns into MS. So it’s their life story together. Will Lucy ever show up again? PF: I had sketched out plans for much more of the story and then it kind of reached an ending that was a surprise for me. I was like, “Oh shit, that’s the end of the story.” If it had sold a gazillion copies and they said, “I’ll give you a gazillion dollars to write a sequel,” I probably could have done it. But this isn’t something that anyone but Stephen King does for money. My interests shifted to the next story rather than continuing one that I felt was finished. What kind of films do you like to watch? PF: God, I hate to sound like I’m wearing a beret but I like small French films. I can do without all the action stuff—I don’t need explosions and car chases. I like an emotional drama. When you’re constantly editing your own stuff you’re pretty much ruined for watching for entertainment sake. I’m always muttering during movies, things like “Oh, that was unearned emotion,” or “that was shitty dialogue.” Get a couple of people into an emotional situation where you don’t see how they’re going to get out of it and then play it out—that’s the kind of stuff I like. As Cool As I Am screens at the MCT Center for Performing Arts Sat., Oct. 26. The benefit for Planned Parenthood begins with a reception at 6 PM featuring music by Baby & Bukowski, followed by the screening and panel discussion at 7. $50–$75. Call 830-3483 for tickets and info. efredrickson@missoulanews.com
missoulanews.com • October 24–October 31, 2013 [23]
[film]
Wealth of nations 10/24 • 7pm Alfred Hitchcock's VERTIGO 10/25-27 • 7 & 9 pm WINTER IN THE BLOOD
Inequality For All spins a tragic, entertaining tale by Nick Davis
10/25-27 • 7:15 & 9:15 pm TALES OF THE NIGHT 10/28 • 7pm TWIN PEAKS episodes 2 & 3 $5 admission
Weapons of mass education.
The Great Recession. Spiraling unemployment. The bank and auto bailouts. Thirteen-figure national debt. Sequestration. The possible insolvency of Social Security. Government shutdown. Near-default on U.S. global credit. The past five years has supplied a seemingly endless procession of potential financial catastrophes, along with an attending black cloud of vituperations as politicians, pundits, economists, activists, think-tankers and the guy next to you at the bar all weigh in on who is to blame and how to fix it. One thread of the national discussion focuses on the increasingly disparate distribution of wealth in the United States. That issue got plenty of play in the 2012 presidential elections, as Mitt Romney’s campaign took a major body blow when it was revealed that he paid a mere 14percent effective tax rate (far lower than rates on most members of the beleaguered middle class) on an income of nearly $14 million over the previous year. While that WTF!?! moment of clarity helped ensure a second Obama term, the issue of wealth inequality has largely been bumped out of the spotlight in recent months by the specters of political dysfunction and the nascent implementation of the Affordable Care Act. But Inequality For All, the new documentary built around Robert Reich, aims to push wealth distribution back into the forefront of the debate. Reich owns an impressive pedigree: He’s the son of a clothing store owner in Scranton, Pa., who graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth, interned under RFK, won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford (where he first met and befriended Bill Clinton), graduated from Yale Law School, served in the Ford and Carter administrations, and became Clinton’s Secretary of Labor from 1993 to 1997. He’s the author of 14 books, a number of which have become best sellers—including Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future, the work that inspired director Jacob Kornbluth to make the movie. In terms of merit as a documentary subject, Reich has two things going for him. The first is that he’s a brilliant public speaker, possessed of a rare combina-
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tion of passion, timing and articulation. The second is that he’s short—a genetic disorder prevented him from reaching the five-foot mark—and has developed an extremely endearing, self-deprecating sense of humor as a result (clips from the movie show him in a detective skit next to the 6’ 4” Conan O’Brien, jumping to shoot over a car, and on the “Tonight Show,” jumping off his chair and asking the audience, “Do I look like big government?”) Given Reich’s speaking talents, Kornbluth wisely uses Reich’s own voice as the principle narrative tool. The lion’s share of Inequality For All is driven by interviews with Reich (in a break from documentary tradition, he addresses the camera directly, to great effect) as well as clips from a lecture to his class at UC Berkeley and other public appearances. Additionally, Kornbluth shot profiles of several disenfranchised middle-class has-beens and wannabes, and includes them just enough to add a nice touch of humanization without overreaching into sentimentalizing. The director weaves these different narrative threads in seamless fashion, resulting in a gratifyingly coherent argument throughout the film. Kornbluth also frames the many components of Reich’s argument—that the single biggest financial crisis facing the United States is a gap in wealth distribution unmatched since 1929—in brilliant fashion. Aided by Reich’s knack for simple but precise metaphor, Kornbluth unleashes an array of graphics that consistently—and startlingly—drive home how the laws and prevailing culture in this country have given the United States the largest distance between haves and have-nots, by far, of any developed nation. All of this makes Inequality For All a critically important film, for people of all political and social classes. The fact that Reich and Kornbluth have somehow put an entertaining spin on such a tragic story is simply icing on the cake. Inequality For All continues at the Wilma Theatre. arts@missoulanews.com
[film] THE FIFTH ESTATE Benedict Cumberbatch plays Julian Assange, as he runs a li’l ole website called WikiLeaks. Also starring Daniel Brühl and Carice van Houten. Rated R. Carmike 12.
OPENING THIS WEEK THE COUNSELOR A lawyer bites off more than he can chew when he gets into drug dealing. Starring Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt and Goran Visnjic. Rated R. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex, Showboat.
GRAVITY A space shuttle accident leaves two astronauts untethered in space and struggling to survive in director Alfonso Cuarón’s intense drama. Starring Sandra Bullock, George Clooney and Ed Harris. Rated PG13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat, Village 6.
SEVEN EVES A filmmaker deals with a mysterious accident that leaves him blind. Directed by Missoula’s Mark Nordhagen. Starring Zac Thomas, Corey Grace and Caitlin Smith. Not rated. Showing at the Roxy Theater Wed., Oct. 30.
INEQUALITY FOR ALL As the country’s income gap grows ever wider, former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich dissects why that is and what we can do about it. Rated PG. Wilma. (See Film.)
JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA Johnny Knoxville plays an 86-year-old Irving Zisman on a trip with his 8-year-old grandson, Billy. Heartwarming situations will ensue, I betcha. Also starring Jackson Nicoll and Spike Jonze. Rated R. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex.
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY The 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 SUMMIT Archival footage and reenactments retrace the Aug. 2008 accident that killed 11 climbers descending from the summit of K2. Starring Christine Barnes, Hoselito Bite and Marco Confortola. Rated R. Wilma.
RUSH Fast cars, fast women and slick hairdos feature in Ron Howard’s drama based on the real-life rivalry between Formula One racers James Hunt and Niki Lauda. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl and Olivia Wilde. Rated R. Carmike 12.
TALES OF THE NIGHT Animation director Michel Ocelot leads us through six kid-friendly, eye-popping tales traversing from the Aztecs to Tibet. Starring the voices of Julien Beramis, Marine Griset and Michel Elias. Not rated. Showing at the Roxy Theater Oct. 25-27 at 7:15 and 9:15 PM.
THE SPECTACULAR NOW A hard-partying high schooler reconsiders his “live in the now, man” attitude after meeting a cute, quirky nerd girl. Starring Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley and Kyle Chandler. Rated R. Wilma.
VERTIGO (1958) Hitchcock’s classic dissects obsession and masculinity. Starring James Stewart and Kim Novak. Rated PG. Showing at the Roxy Theatre Thu., Oct. 24 at 7 PM.
NOW PLAYING CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Yar, there be bloody pirates! Tom Hanks plays Captain Richard Phillips during the Climb the highest mountain, swim the deepest river. Tales of the Night opens Friday at the Roxy Theater. 2009 hijacking of an American cargo ship by Somali criminals. Also starring Barkhad Abdi and CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 old for sloppy seconds! Starring Julia Louis-DreyBarkhad Abdirahman. PG-13. Carmike 12, Watch out for shrimpanzees, apple pie-thons fus, James Gandolfini and Catherine Keener. and snarling tacodiles when inventor Flint Lock- Rated PG-13. Pharaohplex. Pharaohplex, Entertainer. wood finds out a machine he’s created is churnCARRIE ing out mutant food-beasts. Voiced by Bill ESCAPE PLAN Strap in your dirtypillows for the ride when Car- Hader, Anna Faris and Will Forte. Rated PG. Sly Stallone is “structural-security authority” Breslin, who winds up incarcerated in the top-secret rie gets her revenge in director Kimberly Peirce’s Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharoahplex. prison that, oddly enough, he designed himself. version of Stephen King’s 1974 classic. Starring Scharzenegger and 50 Cent get in on the action, Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore and ENOUGH SAID Gabriella Wilde. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaoh- A middle-aged woman seeking love realizes the too. Rated R. Carmike 12. fella she likes is a friend’s ex. You’re never too plex, Showboat.
WINTER IN THE BLOOD This adaptation of a classic James Welch novel, shot in Montana, depicts a young Indian man’s search for his gun, his wife and another drink. Starring Chaske Spencer, David Morse and Gary Farmer. Showing at the Roxy Theatre Oct. 25-27 at 7 and 9 PM.
Capsule reviews by Kate Whittle. Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit missoulanews.com’s arts section to find up-to-date movie times for theaters in the area. You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 and Village 6 at 541-7469; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.
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photo by Ari LeVaux
Chili meets cheese by Ari LeVaux
SATURDAYS 4PM-9PM
MONDAYS & THURSDAYS ALL DAY
$1
SUSHI Not available for To-Go orders
[26] Missoula Independent • October 24–October 31, 2013
The word “cheese” might not make you think “chili” the way “oil” makes you think “vinegar.” But they show up together in many dishes, like chili and cheese fries, hot dogs, eggs with chili and cheese, not to mention chili mac and cheese. In the Southwest, where chili is spelled “chile,” green chile cheeseburgers are a regional icon, along with chile con queso, chiles rellenos and their well-traveled little brothers, the jalapeño poppers. The Himalayan nation of Bhutan might be the only place in the world where the popularity of the chili/cheese combination is greater than it is in the American Southwest. Inhabitants of this Buddhist nation are often low key, polite and soft-spoken. They enjoy doing things like praying for universal harmony, telling dirty jokes and consuming hot chilies the way many Americans eat Doritos. One Bhutanese friend of mine reminisced, “As children we would eat ema (chili) until our ears rang. We’d cut the tops off and sprinkle salt inside, then squeeze the juice into our mouths. Then we would eat them.” Bhutan’s national dish is a stew called ema-datse, made of little more than ema and cheese (datse). It can be a cruel, merciless dish. In my travels in Bhutan I’ve often waved the white flag at ema-datse, crying and laughing simultaneously, wondering how this could be possible, while tears, snot and other facial fluids I didn’t even know I had converged on my chin. In the United States, slurping while eating is considered rude. In Japan, slurping over a bowl of noodles or soup is considered a compliment to the chef. In Bhutan, slurping while eating ema-datse is a matter of survival. It’s the slurp that cools, as the air rushing over your mouth offers enough relief that you can make it to the next bite. A pile of Bhutanese red rice helps absorbs the heat as well. And while conventional wisdom states that cold beverages like ice water or beer aren’t real antidotes to chili heat, I drink them anyway. The relief may be temporary, like the cooling slurp, but I’ll take it. And, paradoxically, another bite of ema-datse offers temporary relief as well. Very temporary. The fresh injection of cheese briefly takes the edge off the effects of the previous bite, for a fleeting moment until the next bite kicks in. This vicious and delicious cycle is part food and part out-of-body experience, thanks to the endorphin rush. The absolute bare minimum ingredients for emadatse are chilies and cheese, but onion, salt, butter and water are almost always included as well. Most recipes call for tomatoes too, which, like the chilies, can be red or green. Other ingredients like ginger, mushrooms and
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green onions are also commonly included. But you don’t want the dish to get too busy. The most difficult part of making ema-datse outside of Bhutan is finding the right cheese. In the States, finding yak or mare’s milk cheese can be a challenge, and most cheeses here, including imports, fail to melt properly. They’re either too lumpy, too sticky or rubbery. In proper ema-datse the cheese melts into a thin, smooth sauce that lightly coats the chili. It must not glob everything together, and must hold that consistency after it cools. This presents a serious problem for Bhutanese expatriates. Thus, upon embarking for the United States many Bhutanese travelers are advised by their knowledgeable countrymen to use Kraft Singles or Velveeta in their ema-datse. The color might appear a bit funny to the Bhutanese, but the Kraft performs perfectly. I regard Kraft singles like a rabbi regards pork. But on a multi-day backpacking trip with my Bhutanese friend Tshewang, I converted, if temporarily. For dinners, I had packed homemade dehydrated elk stew, while he packed nothing but Kraft Singles, dried chile pods, a few onions and salt. By the end of the trip I was trading elk stew for his simple Kraft ema-datse whenever he would let me. That said, back in the American lowlands Tshewang prefers feta. A 50/50 mix of feta and queso fresco, aka Mexican farmer cheese, can work as well. Or equal parts feta and Kraft, if you can’t get queso fresco. Some use gorgonzola, too, which would get expensive if you eat as much of this stuff as the Bhutanese. Here’s an ema-datse recipe for fresh chili (dried is a little trickier): Thinly slice one onion and add it to a pan with 3 tablespoons of oil on medium heat. Add five cloves of garlic, chopped, and 1 or 2 tomatoes, in thin wedges, to the pan. Slice 1/2 pound of hot chilies—jalapeno, Serrano, cayenne, etc.—lengthwise into halves or quarters. Remove the seeds if you’re getting nervous. Add the chilies, and then wash your hands. Stir-fry briefly, then add 1 cup of water. Let this simmer for a few minutes, then add 2 tablespoons butter and a 1/2 pound of whatever cheese or cheeses you’re using, per the discussion above. With the lid on, simmer until the cheese is smooth and bubbling. Add salt to taste, and simmer until the chili is tender. Serve with rice, preferably Bhutanese red rice. With your hands, compress a handful of rice into a ball. Work some ema-datse on top of the rice ball, and eat. Have a phone close by to call 911, as necessary.
[dish] Bagels On Broadway 223 West Broadway • 728-8900 (across from courthouse) Featuring over 25 sandwich selections, 20 bagel varieties, & 20 cream cheese spreads. Also a wide selection of homemade soups, salads and desserts. Gourmet coffee and espresso drinks, fruit smoothies, and frappes. Ample seating; free wi-fi. Free downtown delivery (weekdays) with $10.00 min. order. Call ahead to have your order ready for you! Open 7 days a week. Voted one of top 20 bagel shops in country by internet survey. $-$$ Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 Bernice's wants to say THANK YOU. Thank you Missoula for buying Bernice's handmade breads for a third of a century - - 35 years! Bernice's will be stopping production of breads for retail sale beginning November 1st. Why? YOU. You Hipsters, Professors, Moms, Dads, Kids, Griz Fans...MISSOULIANS. We have been increasing our sweet treat production for the last 4 years and you want more. Bernice's has an awesome location in a 100 year-old historic building and we are not moving. We need more space to make Missoula just a little sweeter. Bernice's will still offer a full line of breakfast goodies, rich coffee, our infamous Parkerhouse Rolls and crazy cheap lunches. AND BERNICE'S WILL STILL BE BAKING DINNER ROLLS FOR THANKSGIVINGS TO COME! You'll just have to stop by the bakery to get 'em. Halloween is around the corner come in and check out Bernice's amazing line up for the Halloween holiday starting October 24th. xoxo bernice $-$$ 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 10/25: Larry Hirschberg 6-9 pm. SUNDAY: Funday (Happy Hour all day). Martini MONDAY ($4 select martinis). TUESDAY 10/29: David Boone 6-9 pm. 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. We feature CJ’s Famous Fried Chicken, Delicious Steaks, and your Favorite Pub Classics. Breakfast from 7am-
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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. $$-$$$ Dickey’s Barbecue Pit 143 W. Broadway Downtown Missoula • 203.1557 Taste why Dickey’s Barbecue is the world’s best barbecue since 1941! Try our 8 juicy hot pit smoked meats, like our southern pulled pork or our family recipe polish sausage. We even offer 11 home-style sides, like our creamy cole slaw and fried okra. Don’t forget we’re also your catering experts! Any event, any size – let Dickey’s do the cooking, and you can take the credit. Graduation parties, weddings, office functions, you name it! Dickey’s Barbecue is the perfect catering choice for groups of all sizes – from 10 to 10,000! Don’t forget-Kids Eat Free Sundays & everyone enjoys FREE ice cream every day! Dickey’s Barbecue. Seriously, Pit Smoked. Open 7 days a week. Offering a full liquor bar. $-$$ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. • 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ El Cazador 101 S. Higgins Ave. • 728-3657 Missoula Independent readers’ choice for Best Mexican Restaurant. Come taste Alfredo's original recipes for authentic Mexican food where we cook with love. From seafood to carne asada, enjoy dinner or stop by for our daily lunch specials. We are a locally owned Mexican family restaurant, and we want to make your visit with us one to remember. Open daily for lunch and dinner. $-$$
SUSHI TUESDAYS 5pm to close • Reservations accepted.
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The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. • 926-2038 FREE DELIVERY DOWNTOWN. Offering authentic empanadas BAKED FRESH DAILY! 9 different flavors, including vegetarian and gluten-free options. NOW SERVING BREAKFAST Empanadas! Ask us about our Take and Bake Service! Plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and super delicious! Get your healthy hearty lunch or dinner here! Wi-Fi and Soccer on the Big Screen. 10am5pm Mon-Sat. Downtown Missoula. $ Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave. • 721-6033 Missoula’s Original Coffehouse/Café located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch 7 days a week+dinner 5 nights a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and espresso bar. HUGE Portions and the Best BREAKFAST in town. M-TH 7am-8pm, Fri 7am-4pm, Sat 8am-4pm, Sun 8am-8pm. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West • 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, a rotating selection of six soups, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a selfserve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive smoothie menu complement bakery goodies from the GFS ovens and from Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day, 7am – 10pm. $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St • 549-7723 www.grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula's Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana micro-distilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30 www.grizzlyliquor.com. $-$$$
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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 $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins • 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$
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Tuesday Date Night Deal HAPPIEST HOUR How Date Night works: When you purchase drinks, you’ll also receive your two movie tickets. After enjoying cocktails at the distillery, just walk around the corner to settle in for one of the Wilma’s films. This week, the theater is showing The Summit, which documents, as the filmmakers say, “the deadliest day on the world’s most dangerous mountain,” and Inequality for All, featuring former Clinton cabinet member Robert Reich bemoaning income inequality What you’re drinking: in the United States. (A full reA cocktail selected from the view appears in this week’s distillery’s eclectic menu. arts section.) If death and ecoChoose from the sweetly denomics feel a little heavy for licious Moscow Mule served wooing, check out the humorin a copper cup and The ous love story, The SpectacuDude Abides, featuring vodka, photo by Cathrine L. Walters lar Now. coffee and coffee liqueur. —Jessica Mayrer Nearly everything on the menu is tasty, but if you’re looking to get lucky, Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana Montgomery’s Michael Lattanzio recommends the “Damiana Dare Me.” “We infuse our vodka with watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender damiana, which is an herb and known to be an or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com. aphrodisiac,” he says. What you’re doing: It can be tough to muster much enthusiasm to leave the house on a typical Tuesday night. Montgomery Distillery and the Wilma Theater are hoping to change that by luring locals downtown for a screaming Date Night special. This month the two businesses began offering two cocktails and two Wilma Theatre movie tickets—on Tuesday nights only—for $20.
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 Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner 5pm-close. Sat: Dinner 5pm-close. $-$$ Jimmy John’s 420 N. Higgins • 542-1100 jimmyjohns.com Jimmy John’s - America’s Favorite Sandwich Delivery Guys! Unlike any other sub shop, Jimmy John’s is all about the freshest ingredients and fastest service. Freaky Fast, Freaky Good - that’s Jimmy John’s. Order online, call for delivery or visit us on Higgins. $-$$ Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche. Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. 543-7154 (on the hip strip) Did you know that the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $6? Anyone is welcome to join us for a delicious meal from 11:3012:30 Monday- Friday for delicious food, great conversation and take some time to find a treasured item or garment in our thrift shop. For a full menu and other activities, visit our website at www.missoulaseniorcenter.org. The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Pearl Cafe 231 East Front St. 541-0231 • pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Dungeness Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Snake River Farms Beef, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$
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We have your Happiest Hours! Starting November 1st, on Thursdays and Saturdays, join us from 7-9 PM for $2.50 Sake Bombs and Half-Priced Appetizers 403 North Higgins Ave • 406.549.7979 www.sushihanamissoula.com [28] Missoula Independent • October 24–October 31, 2013
some ingredients. Our homemade soups change with the season as different ingredients become available. If hearty sandwiches are your favorite, then visit Romaines for one of our braised meat sandwiches. We also have a Montana Hummus sandwich made from Montana grown garbanzo beans. At last, local, fresh, and healthy! $-$$ 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. 11-10 Sun 12-9. $-$$ Taco John’s 623 W Broadway 2600 S Reserve West-Mex® is about fresh taste and BOLD flavors. Taco John’s recipes make you smile and yell “OLÉ”. We combine hearty helpings of seasoned meats, crispy Potato Olés®, and flavorful cheeses with fresh-made Mexican specialties like burritos, tacos, and quesadillas. All topped off with bold sauces, spices and salsas. You’ll find West-Mex® cooking makes for an unbeatably satisfying meal. See you soon ... Amigo :) $-$$ 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. $-$$
Philly West 134 W. Broadway • 493-6204 For an East-coast taste of pizza, stromboli, hoagies, salads, and pasta dishes and CHEESESTEAKS, try Philly West. A taste of the great “fightin’ city of Philadelphia” can be enjoyed Monday - Saturday for lunch and dinner and late on weekends. We create our marinara, meatballs, dough and sauces in-house so if “youse wanna eat,” come to 134 W. Broadway. $-$$
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. $$
Plonk 322 N Higgins • 926-1791 www.plonkwine.com Plonk is an excursion into the world of fine wine, food, cocktails, service and atmosphere. With an environment designed to engage the senses, the downtown establishment blends quality and creativity in an all-encompassing dining experience. Described as an urban hot spot dropped into the heart of the Missoula Valley and lifestyle, Plonk embodies metropolitan personalities driven by Montana passions.
Walking Moustache 206 W. Main St. • 549-3800 www.walkingmoustache.com Live music 10/26: Captain Wilson Conspiracy 7:30-10:30 pm. Our aim is to offer excellent food with five star service. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, Daily Specials + 2 am Special. Hours: 24/6. Tues–Sun 6:00am–11:00pm. Closed Mondays. Winebar Hours: Tues–Sun 11:00am–11:00pm. Closed Mondays.
Romaines 3075 N. Reserve Suite N 406-214-2659 www.romainessalads.com We provide you with the convenience of delicious salads, sandwiches and soups. Our salads include over 30 whole-
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Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$
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Adams Center, along with Talib Kweli and Big K.R.I.T. Doors at 7 PM. $39.50 plus fees for general admission floor seating. Advance tickets sold out. Perhaps we’ll grab our pitchforks and take down the corporate food industry after Wenonah Hauter reads her expose, Foodopoly, at Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 7 PM. Hey now, pay attention when the UM School of Theatre and Dance presents Distracted, a play by Lisa Loomer. Masquer Theatre. 7:30 PM. $16/$14 for seniors and students/$10 for kids age 12 and younger. Tickets at the UMArts Box Office in the PAR/TV building. Runs Oct. 22-26 and Oct. 29-Nov. 2 at 7:30 PM.
October 24–October 31, 2013
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. Show ‘em that pop culture knowledge is just as important as having a job during Trivial Beersuit at the Lucky Strike Casino. Prizes for podium finishers. Karaoke follows. 1515 Dearborn. 8–10 PM. During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, local talented folks may titillate your eardrums. 8:30 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign up. Fight for your right to belt out tunes at the Dark Horse’s Combat Karaoke, hosted by Aaron B. and accompanied with drink specials. 1805 Regent Street. 9 PM. Free. 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. If you wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy, head on over to the Dead Hipster Dance party to rub up against sexy beasts and carouse to hip tunes and underground tracks. 9 PM. Badlander. $3 cover. $1 well dranks til’ midnight, and remember, the last edition of Dead Hipster is on Halloween. (See Arts.) Dead leaves and the dirty ground. Greensky Bluegrass plays the Top Hat Tue., Oct. 29, along with Fruition. 9 PM. $15/$13 in advance. Tickets at Rockin Rudy's, Ear Candy or tophatlounge.com/events.
SeaCats come all the way from Washington to play pop rock for y’all at the Palace. 9 PM. No cover.
snazzy at the Top Hat, with tunes from 6:308:30 PM. No cover.
Bozeman’s singer/songwriter fella Micah Swanson plays Stage 112’s Acoustic Night, starting at 9 PM. Free.
THURSDAYOCT24 Author John Keeble reads from his new scientific intrigue novel, The Shadows of Owls, at Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 7 PM.
nightlife Acoustic tunemeisters Ten Skip Stone play Montgomery Distillery for your evening’s pleasure. 6 PM. Free.
Overcome your fears and take a stand when Treasure State Toastmasters mentors folks in leadership and public speaking. Community Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6–7 PM. Free. Be a bird of paradise when Rio plays Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 6-8 PM. No cover. Put some zen into your jazz when the JoanZ Quartet performs sultry standards at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton, 6-8 PM. No cover. The Kimberlee Carlson Jazz Trio gets all
Win $50 by using your giant egg to answer trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway Ave. 8 PM, plus specials on wings, pizza, domestic pitchers and $7 Harvest Moon pitchers. Better hit the thrift shop so you can pop some tags before heading to see Seattle hiphoppers Macklemore and Ryan Lewis at the
Sir Mix-A-Lot will inform everyone at the Top Hat this evening that he cannot lie about liking big butts. 10 PM. $15/$13 in advance. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and the Top Hat. 18-plus. Let down your hair, princess, and proceed to the VFW, where Minneapolis’ stonery, psychedelic Magic Castles trip some daisies, along with Couches, Skin Flowers and Boys. 10 PM. $3/$5 for ages 18-20.
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[calendar] Super-neat author Christine Byl reads from her book Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods, a super-neat account of her life as a trail crew worker in Glacier Park and Denali in Alaska. Come see why your faithful calendar editor is in awe of Ms. Byl. Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 7 PM. (See Books.)
FRIDAYOCT25 The Guna Foundation shows the documentary Prayers of the Ancient Ones, about exiled Buddhist monks and a Tibetan lama, at the Crystal Theatre. 7 PM. Donations requested.
Seattle chanteuse Camille Bloom plays Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier. 7 PM. $15/$10 in advance. Visit the winery for tickets.
nightlife Let the “walking zombies versus running zombies” debate be solved once and for all when The Hub hosts Zombie Lazer Tag, where players must navigate a dimly lit maze and shoot down zombies before getting eaten. PG version from 6-7 PM, PG13 environment after 7. 5055 Expressway. $8.
Count ZACCula vants to lure you to the basement for all manner of spirited debauchery, during the Zombie Tools benefit for the ZACC. There’s zombie slashery and haunted house, plus bands including the Whoopass Girls, Monks on FIre, Muhumawaldi, DJs Milkcrate Mechanic and the Mermaid, plus a Bad Brains tribute from Fearless Vampire Slayers. 7 PM. $8. There’ll be boooOOOOOze available for spooks with IDs, too.
Britchy plays the tunes to get the kids groovin’ at the Top Hat’s Family Friendly Friday. 6 PM. Free. Have a hair-raising playdate at Dragon’s Haunted Hollow, next to A Carousel For Missoula, which will play host to witches, mad scientists and a haunted corn patch. 4-6 PM. $6/$4 for kids under 12. Runs through Oct. 30. Don’t yell out your ex-girlfriend’s name during Hump Day Bingo with Bob at the Lucky Strike Casino. Prizes for winners. Beware: $5 minifishbowls served all day. Bingo starts at 6:30 PM. Hank 3 plays country-fried punk and metal at the Wilma tonight, with
Profile in wattage. New York DJ Baauer, of Harlem Shake fame, plays the Palace Sun., Oct. 27, at 9 PM, along with S-Type and DJ Mustard. $20/$15 in advance at Rockin Rudy's, Ear Candy and ticketfly.com.
guests. Doors at 6:30 PM, show at 7:30. $25/$23 in advance at Rockin Rudy’s, TicketWeb.com or by calling 866-468-7624. It’s kooky and altogether spooky at the Murder Mystery at Daly Mansion, when a 50s-era monster family
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is cast in a reality TV series, but disagreements lead to a whodunnit killing. 6:30 PM. $40, includes reserved seating and three-course dinner. Call the Hamilton Players box office at 375-9050 to learn more. The Yoga Fitness Center hosts a
kirtan concert with Leraine Horstmanshoff, featuring music and mantra, at 7 PM. 123 W. Alder St. $20/$15 in advance. Check out lerainemusic.com to learn about kirtan, AKA Bhakti yoga. Tickets available at the Yoga Fitness Center.
Hey now, pay attention when the UM School of Theatre and Dance presents Distracted, a play by Lisa Loomer. Masquer Theatre. 7:30 PM. $16/$14 for seniors and students/$10 for kids age 12 and younger. Tickets at the UMArts Box Office in the PAR/TV building. Runs Oct. 22-26 and Oct. 29-Nov. 2 at 7:30 PM. Be a real globe-trotter at The Barn Movement Studio’s international folk dance classes led by Michael Sweet, where newcomers can explore the
[calendar] folk traditions from the Eastern Europe and Middle East. Partners not necessary. 2926 S. Third St. W. Classes meet on selected Fridays through December from 7:30-9 PM. $3 donation, Wear comfortable sneakers; leave the street shoes at home. Call 543-7060 to learn more. Leah Joki performs Prison Boxing, a one-woman play based on her experiences working in California correctional facility arts programs, at the Downtown Dance Collective. 121 W. Main St. 7:30 PM. $TBA. Soak it up and sing it down to some 67,000 tunes when The Outpost Restaurant & Saloon, 38500 W. Hwy. 12 at Lolo Hot Springs, presents karaoke with KJ Mark, starting at 9 PM. Free. Call 273-4733. Sing a happy tune at the Evaro Bar’s Friday night karaoke and you just might win a prize. Starts at 9 PM, free to sing. 17025 US Highway 93 North. DJ Dubwise spins hot old-school and new dance party traxxx at Feruqis, 318 N. Higgins Ave., starting at 10 PM. Free. Sip on some magic potions while Band In Motion plays dancin’ tunes at the Union Club. 9 PM. No cover. Get a taste of the alphabet soup during the Queer Party: Space Edition at the Palace, where everyone from the LGBTIQQA community (that includes allies, natch) can boogie with abandon and compete in the Space Queer costume contest. DJs include Kris Moon and Mr. Wizard. 9 PM. Free. Pop it, don’t lock it at the Runk Shack Revival, a night of hip-hop with everybody from Tonsofun to Traff the Wiz to Hometown Heroes to Syntax Vernac to Mac Marler, and more, at Feruqis. 9 PM. $5. 21-plus. Get totally housed when the Fox Den bumps the EDM tunes at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free. John Adam Smith band does the boogie-oogie-oogie for all the voodoo ladies at Sean Kelly’s Halloween party. 9 PM. Free. 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 406721-2416 or just show up. Lolo Hot Springs Resort hosts the weekly TomBourine Show, plus you can get your soak on and rent a cabin. 9:30 PM. No cover. Drink the Kool-Aid when Hemlock and Blessiddoom play the Dark Horse, 1805 Regent Ave., from 9:30 PM to close. The Ryan Larsen Band brings that eastern Washington country-fried flavor to the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave., from 9:30 PM to close. No cover. Do the time warp again when the Top Hat screens Rocky Horror Picture Show, followed by a raucous set from Thee Hounds. 10 PM. Free. Lumberjacks will be bringing sexy back at the Flannel Friday night
Have a hair-raising playdate at Dragon’s Haunted Hollow, next to A Carousel For Missoula, which will play host to witches, mad scientists and a haunted corn patch. 4-6 PM. $6/$4 for kids under 12. Runs through Oct. 30.
eyes open Seven Eves isn’t based on a true story exactly, but the idea for it stems from a real incident that happened in Missoula. Director Mark Nordhagen was in a car accident several years ago. He doesn’t talk much about it—he says there’s a gag order in place. But he does say that the night it happened was a strange evening. “I was leaving the bar with some friends,” he says. “I had a designated driver and when we left the bar I had this really strange feeling—hard to describe. I turned and looked at one of my friends and I said, ‘Something is going to happen tonight.’ I didn’t know what—I kind of thought something good was going to happen, I didn’t think something bad was going to happen. It was just a weird feeling. Like a premonition but nothing specific and I ended up getting into a car accident that night.” WHAT: Screening of the film Seven Eves WHO: Wheel of Dire Pictures WHERE: The Roxy WHEN: Wed., Oct. 30, at 8 PM HOW MUCH: $8/$7 if you dress in black, white, and/or gray. $6 in advance at the Lucky Strike Bar.
Seven Eves is the story of a young filmmaker who finds himself adrift in a dark reality after losing his eyes in a bizarre event. In the beginning we learn that the main character, John, is looking to be inspired. He wants his life to be meaningful, and as he sips a drink at the bar with his friend we discover that he is already feeling despair before anything bad has happened yet. Not only that, but he believes he’s being followed. Soon after the bar scene we at Monk’s Bar, with music from Ted Ness and the Rusty Nails and Gil and the Spills. Includes whiskey specials! Doors at 8, show at 10 PM. Free.
SATURDAYOCT26 Leah Joki performs Prison Boxing, a one-woman play based on her experiences working in California correctional facility arts programs, at the Downtown Dance Collective. 121 W. Main St. 7:30 PM. $10. The Met: Live in HD presents a broadcast of the New York production of Shostakovich’s dark comic opera The Nose. Showing at the Roxy Theatre at 10:55 AM. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s and mtlive.org. Bring your skeleton crew for the Missoula Art Museum’s Day of the Dead Skeleton Caricatures family workshop. 11 AM-12:30 PM. Free; but please register at least two days in advance. Call 728-0447 or email lily@missoulaartmuseum.org to learn more.
Black Mountain Moan brings their hill-country blues to the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton from 6-8 PM. No cover. Ease into your evening when Dave Baty plays Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave., from 6-8 PM. No cover.
see John typing with bandages over his eyes. The story he is writing is, he tells his girlfriend, “about what I know. And feel. It’s about what I’ve been through.” And he begins to unravel what happened to him through scenes that become the makeup of the film. He talks to his editor, who says, “I can’t tell if this is a love story. Or a psychological thriller. Is it horror or sci-fi? You want your audience to ask, ‘What’s going to happen next?’” Nordhagen has worked on films since 2000, but this is really his first film, paid for partly by the insurance money he receive from his accident. You might recognize some of the actors, including Missoula’s own Robin Rose. And Nordhagen says one of the characters (we’re guessing the editor) is based on University of Montana drama professor Randy Bolton, who was one of his mentors. The action takes place around Montana including at the Leonard Hotel in Butte. Watching the film you might briefly think of Roman Polanski’s Repulsion, or David Lynch, but mostly Seven Eves is its own universe that weaves romantic encounters, foggy appirations, a film being made inside the film, memory loss and sterile hospital rooms. It’s dark but intriguing, forcing you, like the protagonist, to piece together the whole picture bit by bit.
Get real hands-on with your liquor when Montgomery Distillery hosts a bottling party, where folks who come help out can earn themselves some fine spirits. 129 W. Front St. 1 PM. Spots are limited, so sign up in advance at montgomerydistillery.com. The Griz face off against Eastern Washington at Washington-Grizzly Stadium today. Kick-off at 1:30 PM. This game is a Military Appreciation Day. Come along, sweetheart, as the ZACC hosts a Sugar Skull Workshop, where participants of all ages can decorate pre-molded sugar ornaments for Día de los Muertos. The frosting hardens into a long-lasting piece of art. 2 PM. All materials provided. Disco Bloodbath is back for a fourth installment of the totally killer party, with the Bassface Krew and buckets o’ live bands from Musikata to Three Eared Dog to Kris Moon to Ebrola Syndicate. Big Sky Kartway, 9200 Cartage Road. 2 PM until 7 AM. $26.50, available at Rockin Rudy’s, Ear
—Erika Fredrickson Candy and online at bfk-missoula.ticketleap.com. 18-plus. Includes free shuttles from Caras Park and back.
nightlife Take a bow, kitties and pups, it just makes me purr that AniMeals hosts the first aCATemy Awards Banquet. DoubleTree Hotel, 100 Madison St. 5:30 PM. See animeals.com for more info. Let the “walking zombies versus running zombies” debate be solved once and for all when The Hub hosts Zombie Lazer Tag, where players must navigate a dimly lit maze and shoot down zombies before getting eaten. PG version from 6-7 PM, PG13 environment after 7. 5055 Expressway. $8. Planned Parenthood hosts a screening of the film As Cool As I Am, based on the novel by Missoula author Pete Fromm, at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. Reception with hors d’oeurves and no-host bar at 6 PM, screening at 7 PM. $75 for choice seating, $50 for regular seating. Call 830-3484 for tickets.
It’s kooky and altogether spooky at the Murder Mystery at Daly Mansion, when a 50s-era monster family is cast in a reality TV series, but disagreements lead to a whodunnit killing. 6:30 PM. $40, includes reserved seating and three-course dinner. Call the Hamilton Players box office at 375-9050 to learn more. Historian Nicholas Vrooman offers meticulous research on the Little Shell Tribe during a reading of The Whole Country Was... One Robe. He appears at the Grizzly CLaw Trading Co. in Seeley Lake at 7 PM. 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. Hey now, pay attention when the UM School of Theatre and Dance presents Distracted, a play by Lisa Loomer. Masquer Theatre. 7:30 PM. $16/$14 for seniors and students/$10 for kids age 12 and younger. Tickets at the UMArts Box Office in the PAR/TV building. Runs Oct. 22-26 and Oct. 29-Nov. 2 at 7:30 PM. Uncover a dreadful mystery at The Woman In Black, an MCT Out of the Box production of the play based on a novel by Susan Hill. Performances are at the ZACC at 7:30 PM. $12, limited to 50 seats, includes admission to the Haunted House at 7 PM. Call 728-7529, or visit MCTinc.org. Show ‘em you got experience when the Full Grown Men play dance tunes at the Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave., from 7:30-10 PM. Soak it up and sing it down to some 67,000 tunes when The Outpost Restaurant & Saloon, 38500 W. Hwy. 12 at Lolo Hot Springs, presents karaoke with KJ Mark, starting at 9 PM. Free. Call 273-4733. Absolutely DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo are like Shabba-Doo and Boogaloo Shrimp, saving rec centers one beat at at time. Get hip to their jamz, hippies. Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. 2-for-1 Absolut drinks until midnight. $2. DJ Dubwise spins hot old-school and new dance party traxxx at Feruqis, 318 N. Higgins Ave., starting at 10 PM. Free. The Jack Saloon and Grill (formerly the venerated Lumberjack)
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[calendar] presents live music on Saturdays. 7000 Graves Creek Road. 9 PM. Soul Sister and the Medicine have what it takes to make a body feel good when they play the Union Club. 9 PM. No cover. The Ryan Larsen Band brings that eastern Washington country-fried flavor to the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave., from 9:30 PM to close. No cover. Best Westerns and Dodgy Mountain Men play like the devil at the Top Hat, starting at 9:30 PM. $3. Bela Lugosi’s dead but he’ll roll outta the grave for the macabre Bauhaus Montana live tribute show. “Bunny and cartoon costumed patrons may be treated rather morbidly,” so there’s that. Palace. 10 PM. $5. (See Music.) You might wanna call some Ghostbusters before heading out on a Ravalli County Museum Ghost Tour, where you’ll be taken on a spooky trip through the historic county courthouse in Hamilton. 10 PM-3 AM. Ages 14-plus; anyone under 17 must be accompanied by parent or guardian. All tour-takers must sign liability waver.
SUNDAYOCT27 Beware of the spirits lurking in our fair burg when Missoula City Cemetery presents the annual Stories and Stones historic tour, with reenactments, live music and food. 2000 Cemetery Road. 12:30-3:30 PM. Free-will donations accepted. Bring the little devils and giggle ghosts to the Halloween bash at the Children’s Museum of Missoula, with entertainment from UM’s G-Wiz, the Professor of Fun, creepy critters show, SpectrUM dissection demo and Paleo Icky. 225 W. Front St. Noon. $5. Get a witches’ shawl on and a broomstick you can crawl on, the whole darn family is invited to the Five Valley Accordion Association’s Halloween dance at the Rustic Hut in Florence. 1-4 PM. $4/$3 for association members, plus there’s a costume contest with prizes. Your bedtime tales of college-age debauchery fall a little short of the
mark. Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like storytelling, finger plays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 11 AM on Sat. and 2 PM on Sun. at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Call 721-BOOK.
Box production of the play based on a novel by Susan Hill. Performances are at the ZACC at 7:30 PM. $12, limited to 50 seats, includes admission to the Haunted House at 7 PM. Call 728-7529, or visit MCTinc.org.
You’ll be seeing stars at Bingo on Broadway, with cash prizes, $3 Sam Adams pints and food specials. Broadway Inn, 1609 W. Broadway St. 8 PM. $6 buy-in.
Local Deadheads have got you covered when the Top Hat presents Raising the Dead, a curated broadcast of two hours of Jerry Garcia and co. from 5 to 7 PM. Free, all ages.
Bobo and Henry might have passed on, but are not forgotten. The Remembrance of Pets Art Therapy Group at the ZACC invites folks to bring a small, lidded box to make a memorial to beloved critters. 2 PM. Donations appreciated. Open to ages 6 and up.
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.
nightlife Show how big your gray matter can get at Super Trivia Freakout. Win a bar tab, shots and other mystery prizes during the five rounds of trivia at the Badlander. 8:30 PM. Free.
Have a hair-raising playdate at Dragon’s Haunted Hollow, next to A Carousel For Missoula, which will play host to witches, mad scientists and a haunted corn patch. 4-6 PM. $6/$4 for kids under 12. Runs through Oct. 30.
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. Enter the new millenium with the Missoula Symphony Chorale concert, featuring tunes from the aughts. Dennison Theatre. 3 PM. $10-$15. Call 721-3194 or visit missoulasymphony.org for tickets.
nightlife Snazz up your Sunday when the Kimberlee Carlson Trio plays Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 5-7 PM. No cover. Bob Wills is still the king of Western swing, but our very own Western Union is looking to commit some regicide and make some fine old Western swing tunes for you all to dance by at the Missoula Winery, 5646 Harrier Way. 6 PM. $5.
Bellow out your favorite pop tune so you can impress your friends and perhaps win a prize during a karaoke contest this and every Sun. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. $3 Fireball specials. Call 721-1798. Practice your Harlem Shake before NYC’s Baauer plays the Palace, along with S-Type and DJ Mustard, at 9 PM. $20/$15 in advance at Rockin Rudy’s, Ear Candy and ticketfly.com. Portland punx P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. play the VFW, along with local roustabouts Buddy Jackson and Vera. 10 PM. $5/$7 for ages 18-20. (See Music.)
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MONDAYOCT28 The Top Hat hosts a dinner party before the screening of the PBS documentary Indian Relay, about the dangerous bareback horse racing sport. Dinner at 6 PM. $35. Tickets available at tophatlounge.com/events or the Top Hat. Film to follow at 8 PM; free to attend the screening.
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Have a hair-raising playdate at Dragon’s Haunted Hollow, next to A Carousel For Missoula, which will play host to witches, mad scientists and a haunted corn patch. 4-6 PM. $6/$4 for kids under 12. Runs through Oct. 30. It’s Helga hats versus Cheeseheads when the Top Hat hosts a party for the Packers Vs. Vikings game, with brats, sauerkraut, deep-fried cheese curds and Bloody Marys on the menu. 6:30 PM. Free. Uncover a dreadful mystery at The Woman In Black, an MCT Out of the
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spooked Halloween is, possibly, the best holiday ever. There’s no obligation to be with your family, for one thing, or to present people with gifts, find a date or observe some religious ritual. Halloween only asks us to dress up and party down. It morphs seamlessly as we age, too. Christmas, for instance, gets more stressful as we get older. But not so with Halloween: I loved the crap out of trickor-treating as a little kid, but I could not have conceived of how much fun it is to run around late-night haunts with my buddies now. I have succumbed to the occasional attempt at a “sexy” costume, and I will not apologize. No less an authority than Dan Savage has said Halloween is and ought to remain a pride parade for everybody—a chance to flout social mores and flaunt sexuality, to try on a different persona. Racist caricatures like Indian Princess are horrible, of course, but Sexy French Fries? Sexy Bumble Bee? Hell, why not. I’m enthusiastically marking my calendar with the array of Halloween-related parties coming up in the days around Oct. 31. The ZACC hosts an 18-plus fundraiser on Fri., Oct. 25, with a haunted house, Zombie Tools weapon demos and live bands, including Whoopass Girls, Monks on Fire, DJs and a Bad Brains cover set. Since it’s a fundraiser, there’ll be
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 four-piece Basement Boys kicking things off at 7 PM and a vetted jazz jam starting at 9. $5 suggested donation. 21-plus. Feel free to enjoy an altered state of your own when Zeds Dead plays the Wilma, along with Paper Diamond, DJ Green Lantern, Kaytranada and Branchez. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $23. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s, 866-468-7624 and TicketWeb.com.
Also on Friday, you can do the time warp again when The Top Hat hosts a screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show at 10 PM, with a set from one of Missoula’s newest rock bands, Thee Hounds, to follow. On Sat., Oct. 26, there’s a Bauhaus tribute set at the Palace at 10 PM, plus another installment of the legendary EDM party Disco Bloodbath out at the Big Sky Kartway that starts in the afternoon and runs until Sunday morning. Zooming ahead to Thu., Oct. 31, Next Door Prison Hotel provides a live score to Nosferatu at the Roxy, The Badlander/Palace complex hosts local bands downstairs and the final edition of Dead Hipster upstairs, which is sure to put new meaning into “off the hook.” And you can get your “Thriller” on at the Top Hat, where Miller Creek is playing special live sets, including a cover of Dark Side of the Moon. There’s a bunch more events, too; just look through the pages of this here paper or peruse our online event listings. Happy haunting!
Free. Call Joey at 406-229-0488 to get yourself a spot. Florida’s “sexy, sinister” experimental rockers Teach Me Equals park the camper and blow minds at the Palace. 9 PM. Free.
TUESDAYOCT29 Hey now, pay attention when the UM School of Theatre and Dance presents Distracted, a play by Lisa Loomer. Masquer Theatre. 7:30 PM. $16/$14 for seniors and students/$10 for kids age 12 and younger. Tickets at the UMArts Box Office in the PAR/TV building. Runs Oct. 22-26 and Oct. 29-Nov. 2 at 7:30 PM.
Hey, David Lynch lovers, The Roxy Theatre shows episodes of “Twin Peaks,” a few at a time, every Monday at 7 PM. Homemade pie and Black Coffee Roasting Co. decaf and regular available. $5.
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Travis Yost and Ron Dunbar, as Love Is A Dog From Nebraska, will play music while looking contemplative from multiple directions at the Red Bird Wine Bar. 111 Higgins Ave. 7-10 PM. No cover.
Put on your red shoes and dance at the Country Dance Lessons, Tuesdays at the Hamilton Senior Center. The shindig steps off at 6 PM with a line dance, followed by 7 PM twostep and 8 PM country cha-cha.
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.
Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, from 6 to 8 PM. All ages.
Open mic at the VFW, 245 W. Main St., seems like a fine idea, especially with 2-for-1 drink specials for musicians and the working class. 10 PM.
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beer and wine available for purchase. Other sponsors include Biga Pizza and Burns St. Bistro, so I bet there’s food for volunteers.
Have a hair-raising playdate at Dragon’s Haunted Hollow, next to A Carousel For Missoula, which will play host to witches, mad scientists and a haunted corn patch. 4-6 PM. $6/$4 for kids under 12. Runs through Oct. 30.
—Kate Whittle
Lo, the angels are calling to remind you that the holidays are just around the corner, and the Five Valley Chorus of Sweet Adelines invite women to join in the four-part barbership harmony for performances at the Parade of Lights and Christmas concerts. Practice is at the First Baptist Church, corner of Woody and Pine streets, east entrance, Tuesdays from 7-8 PM. Call 543-8137 to learn more. Ach, there’ll be toil and trouble when the Met Live presents a recording of the 2013 Manchester International Festival performance of Macbeth. Kenneth Branagh plays the king in question. Roxy Theatre. 7:30 PM. Tickets on sale at Rockin Rudy’s at mtlive.org. $16/$14 for seniors/$11 for students and children. Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free pub trivia, which takes place every Tuesday at 8 PM. Here’s a question to tickle your brainwaves: What vegetables were originally carved by Irish children into jack-o-lanterns? (See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.) The winningest USian will get a $25 bar tab at KBGA’s Tuesday Trivia night, which 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. The Montana Musicians and Artists Coalition hosts the Musician
[calendar] for Hospice. Photo booth, carnival games, costume contest and more. Southgate Mall. 4-9 PM, with trick-ortreating starting at 6 PM. Free to attend; carnival games are $1 each or unlimited for a $15 wristband.
Showcase at Stage 112, inside the Elk’s at 112 Pattee St., an evening of tuneful live tuneage made by locals for locals. 8–11 PM. Free. 18 plus. Go into the wilds of rock with Catamount, when they play the Badlander starting at 9 PM. Free.
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Greensky Bluegrass gets hog wild at the Top Hat, along with Fruition. 9 PM. $15/$13 in advance. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s, Ear Candy or tophatlounge.com/events.
Let the “walking zombies versus running zombies” debate be solved once and for all when The Hub hosts Zombie Lazer Tag, where players must navigate a dimly lit maze and shoot down zombies before getting eaten. PG version from 6-7 PM, PG13 environment after 7. 5055 Expressway. $8.
WEDNESDAYOCT30 Might I suggest some fava beans and a nice Chianti when author Jesse Bier reads The Cannibal, a thriller about a Montana murderer. Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 7 PM. The Jocko Valley Farmers Market offers treats, produce, tunes and more in The Hangin Art Gallery parking lot, 92555 Highway 93 in Arlee, from 4-7 PM. For more information or to become a vendor, call Kelley at 726-5550. Praying For the World screens as part of the Indigenous Film Series at the Payne Family Native American Center, room 201. 4:30-6:30 PM. Visit life.umt.edu/aiss.
nightlife John Floridis plays the Higherground Brewery in Hamilton, starting at 6 PM. No cover. Have a hair-raising playdate at Dragon’s Haunted Hollow, next to A Carousel For Missoula, which will play host to witches, mad scientists and a haunted corn patch. 4-6 PM. $6/$4 for kids under 12. Runs through Oct. 30. The Missoula Alliance Church hosts a fall carnival for families with kids through sixth grade. There’s plenty of candy, hot dogs and carnival
Get a taste of la dolce vita and a li’l vino when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs from 5–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Call 549-8703. Visit tenspoon.com. Pipe dream. EDM duo Zeds Dead plays the Wilma, Mon., Oct. 28, along with Paper Diamond, DJ Green Lantern, Kaytranada and Branchez. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $23. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s, 866-468-7624 and TicketWeb.com.
games to go around. 100 East Foss Court. 6-8 PM. Free. Prep for your “Judge Judy” appearance when UM hosts a Citizens’ Law School lecture series, which covers stuff like landlord/tenant regulations, family law, criminal prosecution and defense, estate planning and the very sexy Night With the Judges. Runs through Nov. 20, and meets at the School of Law, Room 215, on Wednesdays at 7 PM. $40 for the series. Register by calling 243-6169. A juicy hirsch-burger is just what the doctor ordered when Larry Hirshberg plays the Top Hat dinner show, starting at 7 PM. Free, all ages. Hey now, pay attention when the UM School of Theatre and Dance presents Distracted, a play by Lisa Loomer. Masquer Theatre. 7:30 PM. $16/$14 for seniors and students/$10 for kids age 12 and
younger. Tickets at the UMArts Box Office in the PAR/TV building. Runs Oct. 22-26 and Oct. 29-Nov. 2 at 7:30 PM. 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. Red Solo cup, I fill you up. Let’s have a party at Stage 112’s Solo Cup Wednesdays with live music and/or DJs. One American dollar, plus $3 cup fee, gets you a 32-ounce cup of beer or well drink. Oof-da. 9 PM. 21-plus. Jon Wayne and the Pain call upon the ghost of Marley (Bob, that is) at the Top Hat. 9 PM. Free. (Trivia answer: Potatoes and turnips.)
THURSDAYOCT31 Get thrills and chills when Miller Creek takes command of the Top Hat for Halloween, with a Dark Side of the Moon set, screening of “Thriller,” costume contests and spooky drink specials. 9 PM. $5. Paul Horton presents a one-day sustainability workshop with the Natural Step Framework. University Center room 332. $450; email paul@paulhortongroup.net or call 360-918-1079 to learn more. Release some stress during t’ai chi classes every Thursday at 10 AM at The Open Way Center, 702 Brooks St. $10 drop-in class. Visit openway.org. Wander around the shopping mall like zombies during Halloween
It’ll be scary good when the Kimberlee Carlson Jazz Trio plays Higherground Brewery in Hamilton from 6-8 PM. No cover. Win $50 by using your giant egg to answer trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway Ave. 8 PM, plus specials on wings, pizza, domestic pitchers and $7 Harvest Moon pitchers. Try a slice of monster mash when Chris Timmons plays the Top Hat dinner show, starting at 7 PM. Free. Hey now, pay attention when the UM School of Theatre and Dance presents Distracted, a play by Lisa Loomer. Masquer Theatre. 7:30 PM. $16/$14 for seniors and students/$10 for kids age 12 and younger. Tickets at the UMArts Box Office in the PAR/TV building. Runs Oct. 22-26 and Oct. 29-Nov. 2 at 7:30 PM. Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place. $7 Bayern pitch-
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[calendar] I got a feelin’ that tonight’s gonna be a good night and the club will be bumpin’, bumpin when Dead Hipster Dance Party revs up for its last Thursday residency forever, and that’s a mighty long time. 9 PM. $7, includes entry to Palace show. $1 wells til midnight.
ers. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. The ghoulish duo of John Sporman and Travis Yost, as Next Door Prison Hotel, slinks into the Roxy Theater to provide a live score to the 1922 silent classic Nosferatu. 8 PM. Visit theroxytheater.org for ticket info.
MudSlide Charley’s gonna shake dem bones, dem bones at Charlie B.’s for all you creepy bar crawlers. 10 PM. Free.
Show ‘em that pop culture knowledge is just as important as having a job during Trivial Beersuit at the Lucky Strike Casino. Prizes for podium finishers. Karaoke follows. 1515 Dearborn. 8–10 PM.
You might wanna call some Ghostbusters before heading out on a Ravalli County Museum Ghost Tour, where you’ll be taken on a spooky trip through the historic county courthouse in Hamilton. 10 PM-3 AM. Ages 14-plus; anyone under 17 must be accompanied by parent or guardian. All tour-takers must sign liability waver.
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. 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. Party hard enough, boys and ghouls, and maybe you’ll summon the spirit of Jimmy Hoffa when the Union Club hosts a Halloween bash, with live music from Zeppo MT. 9 PM. The 406 Band has got all the spookiest dance numbers for
Way out there in the tall green grass. Bozeman-based singer/songwriter Micah Swanson plays Stage 112’s Acoustic Night Thu., Oct. 24, starting at 9 PM. Free.
you gargoyles at the Sunrise Saloon’s Halloween party. 9 PM to close.
Delve into the deep when Locksaw Cartel, Boxcutters and Nervous Curtains strike fear into your hearts at the
Palace. 9 PM. $7, includes entry to Dead Hipster’s final night up at the Badlander.
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n my zombie film class (God, I loved college) we discussed the divide between traditional walking zombies versus running zombies. Walking zombies are relics of old-school, cheeseball flicks, whereas running zombies present significantly more of a challenge. Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake marks the day zombies hit their stride, and since then, there’s been no turning back. Athletic horror flick fans can deal with running “zombies” face to face at the Tread of the Undead 5K, hosted by Run Wild Missoula. Humans will wear a belt with flags on it and maneuver through a course trying to avoid zombies, who will try to snatch at the flags. Lose all your flags, and you become “infected.” (The instructions note that this is not a contact sport, and
any roughhousing will get y’all disqualified.) At the end of the race, fortunately, the real prize is bragging rights for survivors; everybody gets a T-shirt and a pin at the end of the day. The poor souls in Romero movies aren’t so lucky. —Kate Whittle The Tread of the Undead Zombie 5K is Sun., Oct. 27 at Fort Missoula, with parking at Big Sky High School. Limited to 400 humans and 200 zombies. Waves start at 1 PM and depart every few minutes. $30/$25 for Run Wild Missoula members. Check out runwildmissoula.org for info and registration.
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FRIDAY OCTOBER 25 Show how much buck you got for your bang at the 28th Annual Hunters Feed and Wild Game CookOff in Ennis. Mmm, I can already taste the deer burgers. Call the Ennis Chamber at 406-682-4388 to enter your dish. 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. Outdoorsy womenfolk are invited to the 10th annual Women’s Night hosted by the Trail Head, a benefit for the Breast Cancer Fund and Partnership Cancer Screening. There’ll be ski boot fittings, beer and raffles, too. 221 E. Front St. 6-10 PM.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 26 Today is opening day for the general deer and elk season, as well as mountain lion. Runs through Dec. 1.
4-11 PM in Caras Park. Free to attend, $25 to ride the rail jam. The O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish hosts the 2013 Wild and Scenic Film Festival, including Eyes in Forest, The Return and Denali Experiment. Doors at 6 PM, screenings start at 7. $10. The Wilma presents McConkey, a Matchstick Ski Film about freeskiing and ski-base jumping pioneer Shane McConkey. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $15. Tickets at mcconkeymissoula.eventbrite.com and at the door.
SUNDAY OCTOBER 27 The dead have risen and they’re after your braaaaaaains, so get a move on during the Tread of the Undead Zombie 5K, taking place at Fort Missoula and hosted by Run Wild Missoula. Waves begin at 1 PM. Check out runwildmissoula.org.
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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.
Demonstrate the power of your glutes this season with the Ski/Winter Sports Conditioning class at Summit Athletics, designed to get your butt in gear for everything from ice skating to snow shoeing. 1920 Montana St. Wednesday nights through March. 5 PM. $5 drop-in/$20 per month.
Learn about how critters use their senses with the Animals Wonders Inc. Do You Sense That class at the Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. 2 PM. $5. Check out montananaturalist.org.
Sprint like there’s a tall frosty mug at the end of the course with the Run Wild Missoula monthly Beer Run, winding up at Flathead Lake Brewing Company. 6 PM. Visit runwildmissoula.org to get in on the fun.
Rev up for powder season with the third annual Treasure State Shred Fest, featuring a Riglet snow park for kiddos, snowboard archive museum, house music from DJ Coma, rail rides and food and beer.
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When you think of Halloween debauchery, perhaps “participating in local democracy” isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. Unless you’re paying attention, you might not have thought about the city election coming up on Nov. 5. City elections might not seem as entertaining as the latest Sexy Pumpkin or Sexy Raccoon outfit, but it’s pretty important if you live and work in the Garden City. You might, for instance, be a fan of local art projects, like the traffic box project that makes our street corners more invit-
ing and engaging. You might, then, be spurred to vote for city council candidates who say they’ll continue to support the arts. (This isn’t a perfect example, but I’m definitely not about to get into ADUs.) Forward Montana, the progressive nonprofit that works to get young people involved in local politics, hosts its annual Trick or Vote campaign on Halloween. Volunteers are invited to dress up and knock on doors to remind people to vote. You can pitch in and take a route, or just stay home and cheer on Forward Montanans if they stop by your house. Trick Or Vote runs from about 5 to 8 PM, and then there’s plenty of time to get your Halloween partying on. —Kate Whittle Forward Montana's Trick Or Vote campaign knocks on doors to remind folks to cast ballots in the Nov. 5 election. Arrive at the Crystal on Thu., Oct. 31 at 5 PM in a costume. Volunteers get into the Cabaret Follicular show at 8 PM for free. Visit forwardmontana.org.
[AGENDA LISTINGS] THURSDAY OCTOBER 24 The 2013 Gender Expansion Conference invites medical professionals, lawyers, nonprofit workers, transgender identified/questioning folks and their families. The three-day conference, at the University Center, includes workshops on youth care, surgery information, Trans 101 and more. Brought to you by Blue Mountain Clinic and The Gender Expansion Project. For info and registration, visit genderexpansionconference.org.
Warehouse Mall. Noon-1 PM. Free. Visit lotusprojectmt.org. Bridge the distance between the Garden City and China when the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center hosts the seventh annual CHINA: Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections. Guest speaker Robert A. Kapp, former president of the U.S.-China Business Council, appears, before a live webcast of former Sec. of State Madeleine K. Albright. Todd Building Rm. 203. 5 PM.
UM students can safely engage in discussion on some heavy topics at Bridging Dialogues Across Cultures, a guided event that covers race, gender, sexual orientation, class, religion and ability. 4-6 PM, Phyllis J. Washington College of Education and Human Sciences Room 241. Held on Nov. 7 and 21 and Dec. 5.
Perhaps the Beatles were on to something when they went under the sea to an octopus’s garden in the shade. Marine ecologist Rafe Sagarin presents, “Learning From the Octopus: How Observations of Nature Are Transforming Science and Society” at the Dennison Theatre. 8 PM.
Carbo-load for a good cause when the Montana A Cappella Society hosts an All You Can Eat Pancake Supper fundraiser, with apple cinnamon, chocolate chip, buttermilk, spicy pumpkin and banana, served with a side of sausage. Well, I’m hungry now. Corvallis United Methodist Church. 5:30-7 PM. Free-will offering.
TUESDAY OCTOBER 29
AFP-MT State Director Joe Balyeat presents a talk on economic freedom and prosperity and “how wasteful federal spending threatens America’s economic stability” at the Best Western Grant Creek Inn. 6:30 PM. Free, includes dinner.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 26 Learn about maintaining healthy relationships at Co-Dependents Anonymous, which meets at 11:30 AM on Saturdays at the Fourth D Alano Club, 1500 W. Broadway. Contact Koryn for more information at 493-4431.
MONDAY OCTOBER 28 Pregnant and postpartum women are invited to the Brown Bag Luncheon with Charlotte Creekmore to learn about where lactation consultation services, like consultations and breast pumps, are available in Missoula. The Lotus Project, 725 W. Alder St. in the
Brazilian student Marcelo Colomé, studying IT at UM, gives a presentation about the unrest in Brazil and protests against the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. Hosted by the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. 5:30 PM.
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 30 Go on and say the “L-word” when therapist Ty Clement presents Let’s Talk About Love, a class that uses dialectal behavior therapy skills to experience “greater self-awareness in relationships.” Meets the last Wednesday of each month at the Missoula Public Library. 7-8:30 PM.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 31 Practice being peaceful in a world of differences during the Intercultural Dialogue Group at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, where people from various backgrounds meet on the last Thur. of each month at 5 PM for an afternoon of conversation and peacemaking. Library of the Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Call Betsy at 543-3955 or email peace@jrpc.org for more info.
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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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
By Rob Brezsny
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "I had tended to view waiting as mere passivity," says author Sue Monk Kidd in her memoir. "When I looked it up in my dictionary, however, I found that the words 'passive' and 'passion' come from the same Latin root, pati, which means 'to endure.' Waiting is thus both passive and passionate. It's a vibrant, contemplative work . . . It involves listening to disinherited voices within, facing the wounded holes in the soul, the denied and undiscovered, the places one lives falsely." This is excellent counsel for you, Gemini. Are you devoted enough to refrain from leaping into action for now? Are you strong enough to bide your time?
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): "Venice is to the man-made world what the Grand Canyon is to the natural one," said travel writer Thomas Swick in an article praising the awe-inciting beauty of the Italian city. "When I went to Venice," testified French novelist Marcel Proust, "my dream became my address." American author Truman Capote chimed in that "Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs at one go." I bring this up, Cancerian, because even if you don't make a pilgrimage to Venice, I expect that you will soon have the chance, metaphorically speaking, to consume an entire box of chocolate liqueurs at one go. Take your sweet time. Nibble slowly. Assume that each bite will offer a distinct new epiphany.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Do you have any interest in reworking—even revolutionizing—your relationship with the past? If so, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to do so. Cosmic forces will be on your side if you attempt any of the following actions: 1. Forgive yourself for your former failures and missteps. 2. Make atonement to anyone whom you hurt out of ignorance. 3. Reinterpret your life story to account for the ways that more recent events have changed the meaning of what happened long ago. 4. Resolve old business as thoroughly as you can. 5. Feel grateful for everyone who helped make you who you are today.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "As a bee seeks nectar from all kinds of flowers, seek teachings everywhere," advises the Tibetan Buddhist holy text known as the Dzogchen Tantra. That's your assignment, Virgo. Be a student 24 hours a day, seven days a week—yes, even while you're sleeping. (Maybe you could go to school in your dreams.) Regard every experience as an opportunity to learn something new and unexpected. Be ready to rejoice in all the revelations, both subtle and dramatic, that will nudge you to adjust your theories and change your mind.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don't you wish your friends and loved ones would just somehow figure out what you want without you having to actually say it? Wouldn't it be great if they were telepathic or could read your body language so well that they would surmise your secret thoughts? Here's a news bulletin: IT AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN! EVER! That's why I recommend that you refrain from resenting people for not being mind-readers, and instead simply tell them point-blank what you're dreaming about and yearning for. They may or may not be able to help you reach fulfillment, but at least they will be in possession of the precise information they need to make an informed decision.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpios are obsessive, brooding, suspicious, demanding, and secretive, right? That's what traditional astrologers say, isn't it? Well, no, actually. I think that's a misleading assessment. It's true that some Scorpios are dominated by the qualities I named. But my research shows that those types of Scorpios are generally not attracted to reading my horoscopes. My Scorpios tend instead to be passionately focused, deeply thoughtful, smartly discerning, intensely committed to excellence, and devoted to understanding the complex truth. These are all assets that are especially important to draw on right now. The world has an extraordinarily urgent need for the talents of you evolved Scorpios.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "If you’re in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark." That helpful advice appears in Norwegian Wood, a novel by Haruki Murakami. Now I'm passing it on to you, just in time for your cruise through the deepest, darkest phase of your cycle. When you first arrive, you may feel blind and dumb. Your surroundings might seem impenetrable and your next move unfathomable. But don't worry. Refrain from drawing any conclusions whatsoever. Cultivate an empty mind and an innocent heart. Sooner or later, you will be able gather the clues you need to take wise action.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Have you thought about launching a crowdfunding campaign for your pet project? The coming weeks might be a good time. Have you fantasized about getting involved in an organization that will help save the world even as it feeds your dreams to become the person you want to be? Do it! Would you consider hatching a benevolent conspiracy that will serve as an antidote to an evil conspiracy? Now is the time. You're in a phase of your astrological cycle when you have more power than usual to build alliances. Your specialties between now and December 1 will be to mobilize group energy and round up supporters and translate high ideals into practical actions.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): French philosopher Simone Weil described the following scene: "Two prisoners in adjoining cells communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication." This muted type of conversation is a useful metaphor for the current state of one of your important alliances, Taurus. That which separates you also connects you. But I'm wondering if it's time to create a more direct link. Is it possible to bore a hole through the barrier between you so you can create a more intimate exchange?
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): "I’m greedy," says painter David Hockney, "but I’m not greedy for money—I think that can be a burden—I'm greedy for an exciting life." According to my analysis, Aries, the cosmos is now giving you the go-ahead to cultivate Hockney's style of greed. As you head out in quest of adventure, here's an important piece of advice to keep in mind. Make sure you formulate an intention to seek out thrills that educate and inspire you rather than those that scare you and damage you. It's up to you which kind you attract.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 2008, writer Andrew Kessler hung out with scientists at NASA's mission control as they looked for water on the planet Mars. Three years later, he published a book about his experiences, Martian Summer: Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen, and My 90 Days with the Phoenix Mars Mission. To promote sales, he opened a new bookstore that was filled with copies of just one book: his own. I suggest that you come up with a comparable plan to promote your own product, service, brand, or personality. The time is right to summon extra chutzpah as you expand your scope.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Right now you have a genius for escaping, for dodging, for eluding. That could be expressed relatively negatively or relatively positively. So for instance, I don't recommend that you abscond from boring but crucial responsibilities. You shouldn't ignore or stonewall people whose alliances with you are important to keep healthy. On the other hand, I encourage you to fly, fly away from onerous obligations that give you little in return. I will applaud your decision to blow off limitations that are enforced by neurotic habits, and I will celebrate your departure from energy-draining situations that manipulate your emotions. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.
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PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, 59802-4297 until 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 5th, 2013 and will be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room, City Hall at that time. As soon thereafter as is possible, a contract will be made for the following: Purchase of one (1) Asphalt Paver. Bidders shall bid by City bid proposal forms, addressed to the City Clerk’s Office, City of Missoula, enclosed in separate, sealed envelopes marked plainly on the outside with the bidder’s company name and address and the words: “Bid for one (1) Asphalt Paver, Closing at 2:30 p.m., November 5th, 2013.” Pursuant to Section 18-1-102 Montana Code Annotated, the City is required to provide purchasing preferences to resident Montana vendors and/or for products made in Montana equal to the preference provided in the state of the competitor. Each and every bid must
be accompanied by cash, a certified check, bid bond, cashier’s check, bank money order or bank draft payable to the City Treasurer, Missoula, Montana, and drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana or by any banking corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Montana for an amount which shall not be less than ten percent (10%) of the bid, as a good faith deposit. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal forms. No bid will be considered which includes Federal excise tax, since the City is exempt there from and will furnish to the successful bidder certificates of exemption. The City reserves the right to determine the significance of all exceptions to bid specifications. Products or services that do not meet bid specifications must be clearly marked as an exception to the specifications. Vendors requesting inclusion or pre-approved alternatives to any of these bid specifications must receive written authorization from
the Vehicle Maintenance Superintendent a minimum of five (5) working days prior to the bid closing. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids and if all bids are rejected, to readvertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials best meets the City’s requirements. The City reserves the right to waive any technicality in the bidding, which is not of substantial nature. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to bid opening at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 5th, 2013. Bidders may obtain further information and specifications from the City Vehicle Maintenance Division at (406) 552-6387. Bid announcements, bidding documents, and bid results are posted on the city’s website at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will
be received at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, MT 59802 until 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 5th, 2013 and will be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room, City Hall at that time. As soon thereafter as is possible, a contract will be made for the following: Purchase of one (1) Parks Department Tractor. Bidders shall bid by City bid proposal forms, addressed to the City Clerk’s Office, City of Missoula, enclosed in separate, sealed envelopes marked plainly on the outside, “Bid for Parks Department Tractor, Closing 2:30 p.m., November 5th, 2013.” Pursuant to Section 18-1-102 Montana Code Annotated, the City is required to provide purchasing preferences to resident Montana vendors and/or for products made in Montana equal to the preference provided in the state of the competitor. Each and every bid must be accompanied by cash, a certified check, bid bond, cashier’s check, bank money order or bank draft payable to the City Treasurer,
Missoula, Montana, and drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana or by any banking corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Montana for an amount which shall not be less than ten percent (10%) of the bid, as a good faith deposit. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal forms. No bid will be considered which includes Federal excise tax, since the City is exempt there from and will furnish to the successful bidder certificates of exemption. The City reserves the right to determine the significance of all exceptions to bid specifications. Products or services that do not meet bid specifications must be clearly marked as an exception to the specifications. Vendors requesting inclusion or pre-approved alternatives to any of these bid specifications must receive written authorization from the Vehicle Maintenance Superintendent a minimum of five (5) working days prior to the bid closing. The City reserves the right to reject
any and all bids and if all bids are rejected, to re-advertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials that best meets the City’s requirements. The City reserves the right to waive any technicality in the bidding which is not of substantial nature. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to the bid opening at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 5th, 2013. Bidders may obtain further information and specifications from the City Vehicle Maintenance Division at (406) 552-6387. Bid announcements and bid results are posted on the City’s website at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, MT 59802 until 2:30 p.m., November 5th, 2013 and will be opened and publicly
read in the Mayor’s Conference Room, City Hall at that time. As soon thereafter as is possible, a contract will be made for the following: Purchase of one (1) Parks Department Chipper. Bidders shall bid by City bid proposal forms, addressed to the City Clerk’s Office, City of Missoula, enclosed in separate, sealed envelopes marked plainly on the outside, “Bid for Parks Department Chipper, Closing 2:30 p.m., November 5th, 2013”. Pursuant to Section 18-1-102 Montana Code Annotated, the City is required to provide purchasing preferences to resident Montana vendors and/or for products made in Montana equal to the preference provided in the state of the competitor. Each and every bid must be accompanied by cash, a certified check, bid bond, cashier’s check, bank money order or bank draft payable to the City Treasurer, Missoula, Montana, and drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana or by any banking corporation incorporated under the
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PUBLIC NOTICES laws of the State of Montana for an amount which shall not be less than ten percent (10%) of the bid, as a good faith deposit. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal forms. No bid will be considered which includes Federal excise tax, since the City is exempt there from and will furnish to the successful bidder certificates of exemption. The City reserves the right to determine the significance of all exceptions to bid specifications. Products or services that do not meet bid specifications must be clearly marked as an exception to the specifications. Vendors requesting inclusion or pre-approved alternatives to any of these bid specifications must receive written authorization from the Vehicle Maintenance Superintendent a minimum of five (5) working days prior to the bid closing. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids and if all bids are rejected, to re-advertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials that best meets the City’s requirements. The City reserves the right to waive any technicality in the bidding which is not of substantial nature. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to bid opening at 2:30 p.m., November 5th, 2013. Bidders may obtain further information and specifications from
the City Vehicle Maintenance Division at (406) 552-6387. Bid announcements and bid results are posted on the City’s website at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on November 18, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider an ordinance to amend Chapter 8.52 Missoula Municipal Code entitled “Fireworks,” to clarify definitions, enhance enforcement and revise penalty provisions to support the City’s efforts to increase enforcement of the Fireworks Ordinance to preserve public peace, health and safety. A copy of the ordinance is on file at the City Clerk office. For further information, contact Marty Rehbein, City Clerk at 552-6078. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC, City Clerk DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for Missoula County, Montana and Incorporated Areas The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued a preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report, reflecting proposed flood hazard determinations within Missoula
County, Montana and Incorporated Areas. These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway. Technical information or comments are solicited on the proposed flood hazard determinations shown on the preliminary FIRM and/or FIS report for Missoula County, Montana and Incorporated Areas. These flood hazard determinations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that your community is required to either adopt or show evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. However, before these determinations are effective for floodplain management purposes, you will be provided an opportunity to appeal the proposed information. For information on the statutory 90-day period provided for appeals, as well as a complete listing of the communities affected and the locations where copies of the FIRM are available for review, please visit FEMA’s website at www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/bfe, or call the FEMA Map Information eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1-877FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627). 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 DEPT. NO. 1 PROBATE NO. DP-13170 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: KATHARINE BAUBLIT Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Diana Six has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against
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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 16th day of October, 2013. /s/ JOAN E. COOK MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Case No. DV-13-1144 Department No. 2 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED NAME CHANGE In the Matter of the Name Change of DANIEL JOHN PAYETTE, JR. Leslie Anne Kazandjian-Dimmick, Petitioner. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Petitioner, Leslie Anne Kazandjian-Dimmick, has petitioned the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District of Montana for a change of name from DANIEL JOHN PAYETTE, JR. to DJ JORDAN ROSE KAZANDJIAN-DIMMICK, and the Petition for Name Change shall be heard by the District Court Judge on the 26th day of November, 2013 at 11:00 a.m., in the Missoula County Courthouse, located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802. At any time before the hearing, objections may be filed by any person who can demonstrate good reasons against the change of name. DATED this 16th day of October, 2013. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By /s/ Maria Cassidy, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-13-197 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FRITZ D. HOLMBERG, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed 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 Leah Martin, 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 abovenamed Court. DATED this 2nd day of October, 2013. /s/ Leah Martin, Personal Representative /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-13-1112 Dept. No. 2 Robert L. Deschamps, III Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Loren W. Chapman, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Loren Warwick Chapman to Loren Warwick Bartulovich. The hearing will be on 11/26/2013 at 11:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 10/17/2013 /s/ Shirely E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Maria A. Cassidy, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-12-1247 Dept. No.: 1 Notice of Hearing on Name Change of Minor Child In the Matter of the Name Change of Emily Mae Solomon, Genevieve McGrath, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court to change a child’s name from Emily Mae Solomon to Emily Mae McGrath. The hearing will be on 12/4/13 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: September 13, 2013. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Cady Sowre, Deputy Clerk of Court
MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 1 Cause No. DP-13-189 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JESSE ARCHIBALD HENDERSON a/k/a JESSE A. HENDERSON a/k/a ARCHIE HENDERSON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed as Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Debra Jean Glennon at St. Peter Law Offices, P.C., 2620 Radio Way, P.O. Box 17255, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 23rd day of September, 2013. /s/ Debra Jean Glennon, Personal Representative DATED this 23rd day of September, 2013. ST. PETER LAW OFFICES, P.C. /s/ Rochelle L. Loveland I declare under penalty and perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. /s/ Debra Jean Glennon MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 1 Cause No. DP-13-191 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NATHAN S. BIRD, a/k/a NATHAN SCOTT BIRD, a/k/a NATHAN BIRD, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed as Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Christina Lee Bird, at St. Peter Law
Offices, P.C., 2620 Radio Way, P.O. Box 17255, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 26th day of September, 2013. /s/ Christina Lee Bird, Personal Representative DATED this 26th day of September, 2013. ST. PETER LAW OFFICES, P.C. /s/ Rochelle L. Loveland I declare under penalty and perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. /s/ Christina Lee Bird MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP13-207 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: MARY MARGARET CRAMM, 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 Sylvia Wahoske, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Bjornson Law Offices, PLLC, 2809 Great Northern Loop, Suite 100, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 16th day of October, 2013. /s/ Sylvia Wahoske, Personal Representative Bjornson Law Offices, PLLC By: /s/ Craig Mungas Attorneys for Sylvia Wahoske, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-13-193 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LINDA G. BUXTON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-
PUBLIC NOTICES named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Charles Marlin Buxton, III, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane PC, PO Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 27th day of September, 2013. /s/ Charles Marlin Buxton, III, Personal Representative I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. /s/ Charles Marlin Buxton, III WORDEN THANE PC Attorneys for Personal Representative /s/ Gail M. Haviland MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP13-194 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF ARNOLD I. FINKLIN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that First Interstate Bank 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 be mailed to First Interstate Bank, Susan K. O’Neil, Vice-President, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Timothy D. Geiszler, GEISZLER & FROINES, PC, 619 Southwest Higgins, Suite K, Missoula, Montana 59803 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 1st day of October, 2013. GEISZLER & FROINES, PC /s/ Timothy D. Geiszler, Attorneys for the Personal Representative. I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 1st day of October, 2013 /s/ Susan K. O’Neil, Vice-President, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP13-196. Honorable Robert L. Deschamps, III Presiding. NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF RAYMOND JEROME LEI-
THEISER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said Deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to MARY LOUISE MANN, the Personal Representative, Return Receipt Requested, c/o Skjelset & Geer, PLLP, PO Box 4102, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 2nd day of October, 2013. /s/ Mary Louise Mann, Personal Representative. SKJELSET & GEER, P.L.L.P. /s/ Suzanne Geer, Attorneys for the Estate MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DV13-892 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION JOHN R. MECREDY, Plaintiff, v. CHESTER L. KRAGE, DIANE D. KRAGE, JOSEPH A. GUTHRIE, JR., CAROL W. GUTHRIE, ROGER THOMAS ALMER, BOBBE ROBBINS ALMER, SCOTT C. CHINN, BRETT HARDY, a/k/a BRETT F. HARDY, TAMMY SUE ASBURY, AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWN HEIRS, OR ANY UNKNOWN DEVISEES OF ANY DECEASED PERSON, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, UNKNOWN, CLAIMING OR WHO MIGHT CLAIM ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE OR INTEREST IN OR LIEN OR ENCUMBRANCE UPON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT ADVERSE TO PLAINTIFF’S OWNERSHIP OR ANY CLOUD UPON PLAINTIFF’S TITLE THERETO, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM OR POSSIBLE CLAIM BE PRESENT OR CONTINGENT, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANTS, GREETINGS: You are hereby SUMMONED to answer the Complaint to Quiet Title in this Action which is filed with the above-named Court, a copy of which is served upon you, and to file your written answer with the Court and serve a copy thereof upon Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty-one (21) days after service of this SUMMONS, or such other period as may be specified
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$309,900 1807 Missoula Ave 3 bed, 2 bath, charming cottage like home near Rattlesnake Creek and park. Majestic views of MT Jumbo from the large deck. Newer energy efficient furnace, water heater, vinyl windows and a newer roof. There's lots of trees and landscaping creating a country retreat in the heart of the Rattlesnake. by law, exclusive of the day of service. Your failure to appear or answer will result in judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. A filing fee must accompany the answer. This action is brought for the purpose of Quieting Title to the following-described real property located in Missoula County, Montana: The West one-half of the Northwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 12, Township 15 North, Range 23 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, Missoula County, Montana. Dated this 26th day of September, 2013. /s/ Shirley E. Faust By: /s/ Heather Olean, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-13-186 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES M. CLAWSON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Diane M. Clawson, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane PC, PO Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 2nd day of October, 2013. /s/ Diane M. Clawson, Personal Representative PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE’S ATTORNEY RONALD A BENDER, ESQ., WORDEN THANE P.C., PO BOX 4747, MISSOULA, MONTANA 59806 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-13-190 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY JANE BLAKELY, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Shae Blakely Cole, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane PC, PO Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 26th day of September, 2013. /s/ Shae Blakely Cole, Personal Representative I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. /s/ Shae Blakely Cole WORDEN THANE PC Attorneys for Personal Representative /s/ Gail M. Haviland
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Properties2000.com MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-13-201 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RAYMOND G. HICKS a/k/a R.G. HICKS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Gerald Hicks, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane PC, PO Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 9th day of October, 2013. WORDEN THANE PC By /s/ William E. McCarthy /s/ Gerald Hicks, Personal Representative
PUBLIC HEARING The City of Missoula Design Review Board will conduct a public hearing on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 in the City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine Street, Missoula, at 7:30 p.m. to consider the following application: A request from OZ Architects on behalf of Community Medical Center for a Sign review for the new Community Cancer Care building. The subject property is located at 2837 Fort Missoula Rd. (SEE MAP G).
EAGLE SELF STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units: 182, 234, and 659 Units contain furniture, clothes, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc. household goods. These units may be viewed startingm Monday, October 28, 2013. All auction units will only be shown each day at 3 P.M. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage office at 4101 Hwy 93 S., Missoula, MT 59804 prior to Thursday, October 30, 2013 at 4:00 P.M. Buyers bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All sales are final.
Your attendance and your comments are welcome and encouraged. E-mails can be sent to kcolenso@ci.missoula.mt.us. Project files may be viewed at the Missoula Development Services at 435 Ryman St., Missoula, Montana. If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling 552-6636. The City of Missoula will provide auxiliary aids and services.
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PUBLIC NOTICES MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF OWEN C. MALONEY, Deceased. Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-13-199 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned 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 months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Shirley F. Maloney, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Boone Karlberg P.C., P. O. Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807-9199, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 4th day of October, 2013, at Missoula, Montana /s/ Shirley F. Maloney BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Julie R. Sirrs, Esq. P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for Shirley F. Maloney, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate Case No. DP-13177 Dept. No. 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of BARBARA E. MEAD, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Mark A. Mead, Personal
Representative to the estate of Barbara E. Mead, return receipt requested, at c/o Katherine C. Holliday, Esq., Carmody Holliday Legal Services, PLLC, PO Box 8124, Missoula, MT 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED October 16, 2013 /s/ Katherine C. Holliday, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-12-198 Dept. No. 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ELISE F. ZAWADA, 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, Scott Ochsner, 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 2nd day of October, 2013 /s/ Scott Ochsner, Personal Representative. Montana Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County. Cause No. DV-13-1040, Dept. No. 3. Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Kelly Sedgwick-Read, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Kelly Sedgwick-Read to Kelly Lynn Sedgwick. The hearing will be on November 7, 2013 at 9:00am. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Dated: September 23, 2013, /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District
Court By; /s/ Andy Brunkhart, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA MONTANA Dept. No. 2 Robert L. Deschamps III Case No. DV-13-1054 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED NAME CHANGE In the Matter of the Name Change of Anna Rose Gordon-Norby, Petitioner. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Petitioner, Anna Rose Gordon-Norby, has petitioned the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District for a change of name from Anna Rose Gordon-Norby to Anna Rose McComb and the petition for name change will be heard by a District Court Judge on the 5th day of November, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. in the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, in courtroom number 2S. At any time before the hearing, objections may be filed by any person who can demonstrate good reasons against the change of name. DATED this 25th day of September, 2013. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: /s/ Maria Cassidy, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP-13-154 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF: HARRY C. COOK, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Toni L. Mantei 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 months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Toni L. Mantei, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at P. Mars Scott Law Of-
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fices, PO Box 5988, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 30th day of September, 2013. /s/ Ryan A. Phelan, Attorney for the Personal Representative NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 06/29/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200516250, BK-755, PG-298, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Kelly J. Keintz, a single person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Title Services, Inc was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Title Services, Inc as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Parcel I: Lot 23A of Daly’s Addition, Block 64, Lots 23A and 24A, a Platted Subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official recorded Plat thereof. Parcel II: Together with a 15 foot permanent water and private utility service easement across Lot 24A as delineated on the Plat of said Subdivision. 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 August 27, 2013, the amount
necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $150,025.35. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $134,612.20, 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 January 6, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of
auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.103504) 1002.236401-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on December 4, 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: LOT11A OF SOUTHSIDE ADDITION TO BLOCK 11, LOTS 11A AND 12A, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Abraham F Schulz and Lyudmila N Schulz, 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 29, 2005 and recorded August 5, 2005 in Book 757, Page 989 as Document No. 200520109. The beneficial interest is currently held by Green Tree Servicing LLC. 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 $1,018.43, beginning May 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 August 7, 2013 is $110,801.46 principal, interest at the rate of 6.25% now totaling $2,422.28, late charges in the amount of $109.44, suspense balance of $384.81, plus accruing interest at the rate of $18.98 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: July 29, 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 29th day of July, 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 State Idaho County Bingham Commission expires: 2/18/2014 Green Tree v Schulz 42072.052 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on December 4, 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 7 IN BLOCK 5 OF LINDA VISTA 5TH SUPPLEMENT, PHASE 5, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Jeffery L Borchers, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Surety Title, LLC- Mr. John Barker, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated August 2, 2006 and recorded August 7, 2006 in Book 780, Page 723, under Document No. 200619831. The beneficial interest is currently held by RMS Mortgage Asset Trust 2012-1. 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 $2,581.75, beginning December 1, 2011, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of June 13, 2013 is $365,492.97 principal, interest at the rate of 7.2500% now totaling $105,973.81, late charges in the amount of $5,503.39, escrow advances of $6,795.20, suspense balance of $-1,547.39 and other fees and expenses advanced of $7,839.80, plus accruing interest at the rate of $72.60 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an 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 procla-
PUBLIC NOTICES mation 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: July 29, 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 29th day of July, 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 SLS vs. Borchers 41807.581 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on December 4, 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: THE EAST ONEHALF OF THE SOUTH ONE-HALF OF LOT 1 IN BLOCK 74 OF SUPPLEMENTAL PLAT TO R.M. COBBAN ORCHARD HOMES, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF, AS FILED IN THE CLERK AND RECORDER’S OFFICE, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA Denise M. Sherman, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on February 15, 2006 and recorded on February 15, 2006 in Book 768, Page 1510 under Document No. 200603511. The beneficial interest is currently held by GMAC Mortgage, LLC. 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 $1,052.23, beginning November 1, 2011, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of September 1, 2013 is $212,394.61 principal, interest at the rate of 4.25% now totaling $17,301.29, late charges in the amount of $119.10, escrow advances of $9,035.41, and other fees and expenses advanced of $6,806.01, plus accruing interest at the rate of $24.73 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: July 29, 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 29th day of July, 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 Gmac vs. Sherman 41965.453 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on December 9, 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: THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF Missoula, STATE OF Montana, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: TRACT 4A OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 1088, A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 11 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MONTANA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. TOGETHER WITH: A RIGHT OF WAY FOR ROADWAY PURPOSES OVER THE ROADWAY SHOWN IN THE SAID CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY AND OVER THE EXISTING ROADWAY. Parcel ID: 2285853 Gary L. Cleveland, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real prop-
erty to First American Title Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated March 18, 2010 and Recorded March 26, 2010 in Book 857, Page 479 as Document No. 201005794. 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 $2,178.92, beginning August 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 July 5, 2013 is $298,865.60 principal, interest at the rate of 5.25% now totaling $15,862.43, late charges in the amount of $938.41, escrow advances of $2,559.39, and other fees and expenses advanced of $115.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $42.99 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: July 30, 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 30th day of July, 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. Cleveland 42011.897 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on December 9, 2013, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 14 OF MALONEY RANCH, PHASE VI, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL
RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Dawn Wahl, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated April 23, 2007 and recorded April 27, 2007 in book 796, page 95, under document number 200710053. 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 $1,860.72, beginning November 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 August 2, 2013 is $382,230.08 principal, interest at the rate of 5.00% now totaling $15,978.61, escrow advances of $4,111.86, suspense balance of $1,419.34 and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,365.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $52.36 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 o 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: July 30, 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 30th day of July, 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 Seterus Vs. Wahl 42008.283
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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 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 1965 Raymond. 4 bed, 2 bath Rattlesnake home with 2 kitchens & 3 garages. $339,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.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 2607 View Drive. 3 bed, 2 bath ranch-style home in Target Range. Hardwood floors, fireplace & 2 car garage. $239,500. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate. 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com
LotB MacArthur. 3 bed, 2 bath to be built with fantastic views. $189,900. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties. 240-6503 riceteam@bigsky.net
CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES 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
2272 South 10th West. 3 bed, 1 bath bungalow with wood floors, basement, 2 car garage & fenced yard. $200,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 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. $120,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats #306. 1 bed, 1 bath top floor unit with lots of light. W/D, carport, storage &
access to exercise room. $162,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats. From $155,000. Upscale gated community near downtown. All SS appliances, car port, storage and access to community room and exercise room plus more. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 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 53 acres overlooking Missoula in the South Hills. Utilities and septic approved. $927,500. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
1 Bdr, 1 Bath, University District condo. $210,000. www.mindypalmer.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
3 Bdr, 2.5 Bath, Big Flat home on 5.3 acres. $440,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 6614 MacArthur. 2 bed, 2.5 bath townhome with amazing views. $194,500. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properites. 240-6503 riceteam@bigsky.net
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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 FIND YOUR WAY HOME! David Loewenwarter, Prudential Montana Real Estate, 406.241.3321 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 Lewis and Clark Area Home! 839 W Central. $220,000 MLS# 20136229. 2 bedroom, 2 bath. Double detached garage and many other sweet features. KD: 240-5227 porticorealestate.com
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Mullan Heights Riverfront Condos $144,900 - $249,900 Under new ownership! 1 and 2 bedrooms. Large units, nice finishes, secure entry, secure U/G parking, riverfront, affordable HOA dues and much more. Owner financing comparable to FHA terms available with as little as 3.5% down! Units, pricing and info available at www.mullanheights.com
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12250 Buffalo Speedway $360,000 • MLS# 20135613 PROGRAM FEATURES • No required down payment
4 bdrm, 3.5 bath on 5 gently sloping acres. One horse per acre allowed. Energy efficient, on demand hot water. Utility sink in utility room. Unfinished bedroom over garage that would bring this to a 5 bdrm home with just under 4000 sq ft of livable space! Amazing views, large windows facing all directions, vaulted ceilings across the entire main floor. Bright kitchen, lite Hickory wood cabinets, large pantry, eat at bar, and garden window over kitchen sink.
First time on the market! With it's Excellence in Historic Preservation Award, The Stensrud Building truly lives up to this MT state award. Lovingly and completely renovated by Mark Kersting, this turn key building offers a tasty treat for the discerning history buff! Mark has kept the original flare and flavor of this 1890's building alive and beautiful. The zoning designation offers many varied uses from residential to commercial, and many other uses in between. The back 900 sq ft area is ADA compliant.
• Must be a Veteran, Active duty or • Credit scores down to 600 FICO Reserve member to be eligible • Borrowers may be eligible to purchase a home two years after a Bankruptcy • No Monthly Private Mortgage discharge (Borrower must reestablish Insurance • Seller can pay up to 4% towards closing costs • No Prepayment Penalty
Call Team Astrid Today! Astrid Oliver NMLS 395211 O: 406-258-7522 M: 406-550-3587 F: 1-800-584-4218 aoliver@guildmortgage.net
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REAL ESTATE East Missoula Lot At 559 Speedway (Next Door) $55,000. 4,800 square feet. Mature trees, sewer available. KD: 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Florence Acres 944 Pathfinder. 330 gorgeous acres with 1 bed cabin and double garage. This little slice of perfection can be yours! Build your dream home here. $650,000 MLS# 20134863, 20134864 KD: 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Frenchtown area, 14.9 Acres, existing well, adjacent to Forest Service land. $225,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com NHN Ryans Lane Tract B. 103+/- treed acres with year-round creek near Evaro Hill. $517,250. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 541-7355. milyardhomes@yahoo.com Noxon Reservoir Avista frontage lots near Trout Creek, MT. Red Carpet Realty 728-7262 www.redcarpet-realty.com
COMMERCIAL HISTORIC STENSRUD BUILDING. Renovated 1890’s building with 95% original hardware. Residential or commercial zoning. Lovely opportunity. $799,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-9270. glasgow@montana.com
OUT OF TOWN 102 Boardwalk, Stevensville. 3 bed, 2 bath zoned commercial with 48x30 shop. $283,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503, riceteam@bigsky.net 11082 Cherokee Lane, Lolo. 3 bed, 3 bath with finished basement, 2 car garage and amazing views. $232,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net 13475 Crystal Creek, Clinton. 3 bed, 2 bath with large deck, 2 wood stoves & 2 car garage. $225,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net 15305 Spring Hill, Frenchtown. 4 bed, 3 bath cedar-sided home bordering Forest Service. $430,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties. 240-6503 riceteam@bigsky.net 19655 Mullan Road, Frenchtown. 3 bed, 2 bath log/frame with 1 bed rental on 15 acres. $305,000. Robin Rice, Montana Preferred Properties 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net 3 Bdr, 1 Bath Alberton home. $130,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer
@ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Historic Stevensville home. $239,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville area home on 6+ acres. $325,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2.5 Bath, Florence area home on 12.6 irrigated acres. $500,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
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5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Florence area home on 3.2 acres. $575,500. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com Potomac Log Cabin 1961 Blaine, Potomac. $195,000. 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, 8.77 acres. Light-filled log cabin with an open floor plan with high ceilings and large windows. Hiking in the summer with a great little sled hill in the winter! KD: 240-5227 porticorealestate.com
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Robin Rice 240-6503 PRICE REDUCED! 11082 Cherokee • $232,000 3 bed, 3 bath in Lolo. PRICE REDUCED! 19560 Mullan • $305,000 3 bed, 2 bath in Frenchtown. MAKE OFFER! 13465 Crystal Creek • $225,000 3 bed, 2 bath near Turah. 102 Boardwalk • $283,000 3 bed, 2 bath zoned commercial in Stevensville.
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