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OUTREACH WORKERS ACROSS THE STATE FIGHT TO KEEP HIV AND HEPATITIS C PREVENTION PROGRAMS FROM DISAPPEARING. by Jessica Mayrer
Up Front: Dan Savage talks gay marriage, politics, Sarah Palin Scope: The Magpies bring a little country to local punk Flash in the Pan: Ari LeVaux finds mush to his liking
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OUTREACH WORKERS ACROSS THE STATE FIGHT TO KEEP HIV AND HEPATITIS C PREVENTION PROGRAMS FROM DISAPPEARING. by Jessica Mayrer
Up Front: Dan Savage talks gay marriage, politics, Sarah Palin Scope: The Magpies bring a little country to local punk Flash in the Pan: Ari LeVaux finds mush to his liking
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nside Cover Story In June, the Missoula AIDS Council lost a $325,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to deploy outreach workers across the state for HIV and hepatitis C testing. Without that primary funding, officials worry about the long-term fallout while those administering the tests look for other ways to continue their work .......................14
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News Letters Food, backcountry rules and snowshoes ......................................................4 The Week in Review Griz win big, sheep rebel and Crowes cancel ........................6 Briefs Greenough bridge, mercy killing and Walkin’ Jim Stoltz ................................6 Etc. Anti-abortion protesters met by more protesters ...............................................7 Up Front Dan Savage on gay marriage, Montana politics and Palin .........................8 Ochenski Current political climate couldn’t get much worse ................................10 Writers on the Range How exactly does ground become hallowed? ....................11 Agenda 15th annual Hempfest. .................................................................................12
Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan Mush to my liking.........................................................................18 Happiest Hour Rhinoceros recipes .........................................................................19 Ask Ari Tree trouble .................................................................................................20 8 Days a Week Looking for a Sarah Palin miracle...................................................21 Mountain High Blue Mountain Observatory’s public observing night ..................29 Scope The Magpies keep it a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll.................30 Noise Laura Stevenson and the Cans, Cloud Cult, Blue Giant and Bobby Bare Jr. .....31 Books Powerful poetry anthology tackles human rights .........................................32 Film Rodriguez cuts to the chase with Machete ......................................................33 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films..................................................34
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by Alex Sakariassen
Asked Tuesday afternoon on the campus of the University of Montana.
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This week Missoula welcomes two very different celebrities to speak at two separate events—syndicated sex columnist Dan Savage at UM and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin at a fundraiser for Teen Challenge. Which event would you rather attend, and why? Follow-up: If you could ask either of them a question, what would it be?
Kelley Ziegler: Sarah Palin, because she’d have more interesting things to say. Especially considering what’s going on in the world—the economy, the drawdown in Iraq, the church in Florida that’s burning the Quran. She’s always been interesting to watch and follow. Quittin’ time: I’d ask her, “Why’d you quit being governor?” The reasons I’ve seen published in the media don’t really feel like the whole reason.
Neil Haydon: Probably Dan Savage, because I used to live in California and would read him in the Guardian. He’s always interesting. Besides, while you can’t go wrong or disagree with sex, I feel you could go wrong or disagree with Sarah Palin. Levi agrees: I’m not sure, but I’d rather see someone with a view of sex that didn’t relate so heavily to procreation.
Erin Kuyper: Sarah Palin, because I’ve never heard of the other dude. I lived in Alaska when she was just getting picked to be the vice president. It was a lot of big hype. Sash stories: Gosh, I would ask her what it was like to be Miss Alaska. I was a Miss Junior Great Falls, and a runner up to the Junior Miss Montana Pageant, back in eighth grade.
Andy Vale: I’d go see Sarah Palin, because I’d like to see if she is the woman the media portrays. Her mistakes have been emphasized so much that they now define her. I’d like to see what else she has to offer. Silent treatment: No questions. She’s so peculiar, such an anomaly, I’d go purely to listen, just to have The Sarah Palin Experience.
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Aw, shucks I recently picked up the latest issue of the Independent and it is the best issue ever. I love the article on restaurants (see “How safe is your food?” Aug. 19, 2010). Please make this a regular part of the paper. I think we should know about the worst and the best of Missoula restaurants. Ronda Whitmire Missoula
Personal responsibility After reading Alex Sakariassen’s article on search and rescue organizations in western Montana I am left with an overwhelming urge to weigh in on the subject (see “A call for help,” Aug. 26, 2010). Generally speaking, a civic-minded public has a reflexive response to human distress and suffering. The thought of someone lying suffering and dying when something might be done to save them is incomprehensible to most of us. However, most of us are not qualified to do anything more than call for help. But who answers the call for help in the wilderness? If you fear your child is lost or lying injured in the back country, you may not know how to get in touch with Colin Chisholm but you certainly know how to dial 911. Even though the sound of “911, what is your emergency?” may ring like the “William Tell Overture” in the ear of a distraught parent or friend, the existence of such publicly funded search and rescue organizations creates two problematic impressions with the general public. The first is a misguided sense of sanction and security for the novice adventurer. The second is a sense of shared responsibility for the private choices an individual makes. This latter point not only applies to search and rescue, but everything “government,” and it lies at the heart of one of the principle issues that stirs up so much divisiveness between “conservative” and “liberal” political factions. (At what point is the “public” responsible for the choices of an individual?) Even though I consider myself politically progressive, I maintain that it is civically irresponsible for the public to facilitate risky behavior. It seems more civically responsible to require that anyone traveling in the backcountry, especially on public lands, post a bond for “body recovery” expenses in the event of their death. This would
resolve a number of issues, not the least of which is eliminating the frantic urgency of mandated rescue attempts that put even more people at risk. I know this is neither sexy nor romantic; it is counterintuitive to the “hero complex” that lives in most of us; and it must seem macabre and utterly cold hearted—and yes, even right-winged, politically. But if a person should choose to expose themselves to such peril, they must do it carrying the full weight of responsibility on their shoulders alone in order
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that they can more accurately measure each step with the appropriate amount of caution. I did not know Chris Spurgeon, nor do I know Colin Chisholm. But I do know something about the potential risks of “extreme” adventure sports like mountaineering, white water kayaking and sky diving. I have had dear friends die in all of these activities and still I share a passion for these things. But activities like these are elective, self-indulgent and expose the individual to a barrage of lethal risks from the moment they start until the moment they stop. Unfortunately, the most skilled and experienced adherent and the most inexperienced novice are equally at risk of making bad decisions or being victimized by something unexpected. The difference is simply a matter of how far each is capable of going before the next step is their undoing. These are “no mistakes” clubs with little tolerance for naiveté or arrogance. Unfortunately there is always a poten-
tial for both in each of us. We are always on probation when we play among the forces of nature where good behavior is defined as prudence. As more and more people explore the exhilaration of romancing nature, and nature becomes more and more accessible, the risk and grim consequences do not change—just our perception of them. So, here is a good rule of thumb when deciding whether or not to head out into the backcountry and it includes an old mountaineers’ cliché: If you choose to go into the backcountry for any reason, and you carry with you the slightest expectation that you will, or even can be rescued when things go wrong, it is the wrong choice. Because no matter what your experience level, and no matter how many highly experienced friends you have, “the mountains don’t care!” And if you are traveling into dangerous territory relying on a partner to “have your back,” an important question to ask is, “Who has their back?” Keep in mind that Colin Chisholm and friends were not able to save Chris Spurgeon. That is not their fault. Nor is it the fault of the Missoula County Search and Rescue. But even if Colin had been traveling with Chris on that fateful day, the most likely scenario would have been two bodies to recover. Jim Watts Missoula
Slamming snowshoes Your story on Missoula County Search and Rescue touched on an important point that needs more emphasis: snowshoes are not suitable for serious backcountry travel. AT skies with skins are far faster in nearly every snow condition on the flat or while climbing. I have watched powerful, young hikers on snowshoes lag far behind geezers on skis. Descents that would be terrifying at best without skis are routine with them. With modern equipment, skill is less important than it once was. Aging baby boomers can comfortably ski steep tight trees in rotten slush or crusty powder, conditions that only 15 years ago, younger and more athletic, they would have found unskiable. It is time for Search and Rescue to join the 21st century and ditch the snowshoes. Don Gisselbeck Missoula
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The Black Crowes arrive at Ryan Creek Meadows east of Missoula for a scheduled concert, but promoters say a torrent of rain short circuits the band’s equipment and forces the Crowes to cancel before ever taking the stage. Roughly 1,000 concertgoers are left seeking refunds.
• Thursday, September 2 David James DelSignore pleads guilty to felony negligent vehicular assault, the final charge stemming from a hit and run crash in East Missoula last December that killed two teenage girls and injured two others. DelSignore has admitted to drinking and taking prescription medications prior to the accident.
• Friday, September 3 A six-piece brass band plays at the corner of Higgins Avenue and Spruce Street in front of the Merrill Lynch Building to a crowd of roughly 75 celebrants during First Friday’s Art Walk. The evening marks the final First Friday of the summer season.
• Saturday, September 4 Lightning prompts an hour-long evacuation of Washington-Grizzly Stadium during the Grizzlies’ season opener. The storm does little to slow down UM, however, as the team steamrolls Western State, 73–2, in head coach Robin Pflugrad’s debut.
• Sunday, September 5 The annual Great Montana Sheep Drive fundraiser in Reed Point is a bust as 350 sheep—apparently distracted by unseasonably brisk and damp weather— refuse to parade through the eastern Montana town. Instead, The Associated Press reports, the sheep appear disoriented and, at one point, get lost behind a tavern.
• Monday, September 6 A man leaves a suspicious-looking cardboard box outside the Missoula Police Department, prompting law enforcement to put the area on lockdown. Missoula’s hazardous material team and bomb squad discover a jar of iced tea inside the box. The suspect, Brian Kitts, is charged with disorderly conduct and taken to the hospital for a mental evaluation.
• Tuesday, September 7 Big Sky Conference officials announce the additions of University of California-Davis and Cal Poly to the conference’s football family. Commissioner Doug Fullerton says league and team representatives are attempting to work the schools into the conference schedule as quickly as possible.
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Missoula public schools are back in session, meaning residents of the Rose Park Neighborhood are once again blessed with the sounds of the Washington Middle School Marching Band as it practices in the area.
Walkin’ Jim Stoltz Remembering a troubadour In 1985, “Walkin’” Jim Stoltz teamed up with former Montana state legislator Paul Richards for a roadshow called the Wild West Exposition. Stoltz had already spent the last 15 years traveling across the United States singing songs like “It Ain’t Easy Being an Ol’ Grizzly Bear” and “These Are Ancient Forests” for school assemblies and benefits supporting wilderness policy and wildlife organizations. The Wild West Exposition was a way for the two activists to combine policy with entertainment. “I laid out the political story for the show and Jim was the singer and multimedia specialist,” says Richards. “The people I couldn’t reach, Jim reached with his moving poetry and lyrics and photography.” Stoltz died on Friday, Sept. 3, in Helena at the age of 57 after a battle with tonsil cancer. For more than 35 years he traveled the United States, hiking more than 27,000 miles through wild country and penning several albums’ worth of
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songs that revealed his passion for the natural world. Stoltz had strong ties to Montana: He spent 30 winter seasons working at Lone Mountain Ranch in Big Sky, where he drove winter sleighs for visitors and played music nightly. In 2006, Stoltz organized a 45-state outreach tour with other musicians and authors to support clean water and public roadless wildlands policy. In reaction to the tour, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gave Stoltz an Outstanding Achievement Award for wilderness advocacy. His last show was in Missoula on March 6, 2010, when he played a benefit concert for the Last Best Place Wildlands Campaign and Wilderness Watch. Bill Mors, co-founder of Wilderness Watch, is a retried Forest Service employee who helped the agency implement the 1964 Wilderness Act. He says Stoltz made an impact on numerous policy advocates. “What Walkin’ Jim brought was as much credibility as anyone working with policy,” Mors says. “He not only understood the policy and direction that Congress had intended, but he lived it and demonstrated it.”
Wilderness Watch Executive Director George Nickas notes: “We will sorely miss him. Having spent most of his life traipsing through and fighting for America’s Wilderness, I can’t help but note that he left us on Sept. 3, the anniversary of the Wilderness Act.” Erika Fredrickson
Mercy killing Suicide sparks debate A late-August mercy killing in Libby has generated a broader discussion of Montana’s ongoing debate over end-of-life care, steering the focus away from the more controversial issue of physician-assisted suicide. William “Ted” Hardgrove, 81, shot and killed his wife, Swanie, in their Libby home on Aug. 28 before setting fire to the house and shooting himself. According to Lincoln County Sheriff Daryl Anderson, Swanie suffered severe pain as a result of cerebral palsy. Anderson says he’d known the couple for many years and believes Ted Hardgrove acted out of compassion for his wife, also 81.
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“If you knew old Ted like most of us [in Libby] did, there wasn’t nothing domestic about it,” Anderson says. “He just didn’t want her to suffer.” Compassion and Choices, a national nonprofit advocating physician-assisted suicide, released a statement shortly after the incident linking the deaths to the state’s contentious endof-life debate. The Montana Supreme Court last December ruled in Baxter v. Montana to uphold a physician’s right to prescribe life-ending medication to terminal patients, and the Legislature is expected to pick up the issue next year. However, details regarding Swanie Hardgrove’s medical situation have been scant. “We don’t know if either one was terminally ill,” says Compassion and Choices President Barbara Coombs Lee. “What we are saying is that the Baxter decision and the affirmation of that decision in the Legislature will change the culture of end-of-life care so that the people in Libby will not feel that isolation and desperation that drives them to violence.” To date, Compassion and Choices has been careful to focus its case specifically on terminally ill, mentally competent patients in Montana. Coombs Lee says she doesn’t know if the Hardgroves’ would have qualified for life-ending medication, but she does know these types of mercy killings are all too common. “It’s appalling, the violence that people feel cornered into,” she says. Anderson doesn’t doubt the Libby incident has a role to play in the greater debate. In fact, he expects the case will be repeatedly mentioned not to defend physician-assisted suicide but to illustrate that people simply need more options. “Suicide’s a tough thing, and I don’t think the Good Lord intended you to suffer either,” Anderson says. “But there’s other ways of doing it.” Alex Sakariassen
Parks Greenough gets its bridge For nearly three years, Greenough Park’s well-worn trail system has been missing an integral connection: a footbridge at the north end of the tree-shaded oasis that once tied the park’s 42meandering acres together. That’s about to change. At the end of this month, finally, a new bridge will be unveiled. “It really took a long, long time,” says Allen White, project manager with the Missoula City Parks and Recreation Department.
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Engineers removed the footbridge in 2008 to protect it from floodwaters rising up from Rattlesnake Creek. Since then, a series of bureaucratic, environmental and financial challenges branded the first bridge obsolete and prevented a new bridge from being installed. After the footbridge was removed in 2008, natural water flow widened Rattlesnake Creek at the crossing, compromising the bridge’s existing support structures. City engineers and partnering stakeholders were then forced to rebuild those foundations—rocky abutments on the edge of Rattlesnake Creek—and fabricate a new, longer bridge. Financing the $20,000 project proved to be another hurdle. But stimulus money came
through last year, as well as donations raised by the nonprofit Friends of Missoula Parks. Permits posed the last challenge. Since Rattlesnake Creek is prime bull trout-spawning habitat, and bull trout are a federally protected species, the city had to jump through multiple hoops before getting the official green light from regulatory agencies. “Two and a half years later, we finally got a permit,” White says. Today, the new bridge is complete and ready to be installed. Engineers are at work rebuilding bridge abutments and installing natural diversions upstream to protect the structure’s future integrity. Missoula Parks and Recreation Director Donna Gaukler says her department has had to hustle to get the bridge off the ground. But pro-
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tecting the integrity of Rattlesnake Creek and its inhabitants makes the work worth it. “It takes a lot of extra effort in how we manage Greenough Park,” Gaukler says. “While it’s a hassle, would any of us give that up? No.” Jessica Mayrer
The Pov Salcido Center funds secured Poverello Center Executive Director Ellie Hill was relieved last week when the Missoula Board of County Commissioners agreed to pick up the tab on construction work required to transform the Ryman Street homeless shelter’s basement into a new Salcido Center. “It’s such wonderful news,” Hill says. Commissioners voted unanimously to provide $20,400 in community building grants to the Poverello Center. The funding ensures Poverello staffers will continue offering the Salcido Center’s daytime services, like vocational assistance, referrals to area social service providers and a place to go that’s off the street. The Pov was scrambling to find a new home for the Salcido Center after First Baptist Church announced earlier this year it would not renew the Pov’s lease when it expires in December. County grants will be used to create a separate entrance into the existing Poverello Center basement. The basement will serve as a standalone drop-in center and remain detached from the rest of the facilities. Partitioning the two is necessary, Hill says, because intoxicated guests are not allowed at the overnight shelter. The shelter’s mandate differs from that of the Salcido Center, where no one is turned away. Last week’s news is a relief, but as winter approaches the Pov faces other challenges. The shelter’s 100-year-old structure routinely operates well over capacity, especially once the temperature drops. Hill says she asked the Missoula Ministerial Association, comprised of churches from across the area, to help house any overflow the homeless shelter can’t accommodate. “We can’t be the only part of the solution,” Hill says. “We need the whole community to respond to its homelessness problem.” It remains to be seen if the churches will get on board this winter. As for the immediate future, Hill says the new Salcido Center is slated to open Oct. 1. Jessica Mayrer
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Missoula’s torrid affair with rally signs and sandwich boards dates back a long way, well before contentious 21st century issues like wolf delisting or the legitimacy of President Obama’s birth certificate. This region doesn’t suffer any lack of opinions, and locals have always felt that if you don’t like what the demonstrators are demonstrating, protest in turn. The social debate playing out every Wednesday morning on the corner of Russell Street and West Broadway is no exception. Earlier this summer, Chris McGraw decided he’d had enough of the graphic photos of mutilated babies brandished on homemade signs by anti-abortion protesters. He appeared alongside them one June morning with a sign of his own: “Honk if you think these people are nuts.” McGraw’s outrage over the images quickly spread to several friends. One, Gregg Landry, went so far as to create the Dirty Picture Rush Hour Club (DPRHC) on Facebook, asking similarly concerned citizens to join the counter-protest. The club now has 494 online members—pro-choicers and pro-lifers alike, they claim—and Landry says their group has outnumbered the photo-toting protesters two-to-one on numerous occasions. “It really all comes down to protecting the innocence of children as much as we can for as long as we can by removing those photos,” Landry says. The anti-abortion images are troubling to the DPRHC not only because of their graphic nature, but their inaccuracy. Most of the photos date from the 1960s and ’70s, before late-term abortions were declared illegal. Today in Montana, abortions can only be conducted through the first trimester of a woman’s pregnancy, unless the pregnancy threatens the woman’s life. Landry and his fellow DPRHC members have attempted to make that point known to the anti-abortion folks, but to no avail. The conversations take a predictable detour from civility, as evidenced by a video posted to the club’s Facebook page a few weeks ago. In it, DPRHC members question an offcamera protester on whether the photo she’s displaying is from a legal abortion. She loudly defends the image’s legitimacy, and both parties begin talking over one another. All semblance of rational debate is quickly lost amid shouting and finger pointing. But the DPRHC isn’t there to change anyone’s stance on abortion. Landry says it’s the protesters’ method—not their message—that has caused his club to gain momentum. For Landry, a father of two with a third child on the way, this issue comes down to the kids. “I don’t mind the idea of telling my children about abortion when they’re old enough,” Landry says. “[But] I don’t want to explain abortion on the way to McDonald’s or the swimming pool.”
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Straight shooter Dan Savage on gay marriage, Montana politics and Palin by Jessica Mayrer
Syndicated sex advice columnist Dan Savage hosts an interactive version of his column in Missoula on Friday, and his arrival couldn’t be more timely. Savage, who is also editor of Seattle alt weekly The Stranger, has a long history as an outspoken and often radical advocate of gay rights. Montana’s had its fair share of debate on gay rights in recent months, most notably when seven same-sex couples took the state to court in July, arguing they deserve the same benefits that come from marriage as their straight peers. Before his visit, we spoke with Savage about gay marriage, discrimination and, of course, sex.
Indy: I read your recent blog post on how the national GOP attacks “the other,” specifically immigrants, Muslims and gays. That theme is currently playing out in Montana, as the state GOP advocates criminalizing homosexual acts. What’s your take on the Montana Republican Party’s stance? Savage: I’m sure the Montana GOP has heard of the judiciary—at least I hope they have. That would be the co-equal third
Savage: Before 9/11 Bauer compared gay marriage to terrorism. I thought, well, maybe I should go terrorize him then. This was back when terrorism was still cheap hyperbole for the likes of Bauer, and a jokey stunt for the likes of me. I don’t regret the piece at all, and it was all true. But I wouldn’t do the same thing today—terrorism isn’t so funny anymore. Sadly, though, the right hasn’t grown up, and the likes of Bauer still slink around the country describing gay marriage as a threat to “homeland security.” Which would be appalling if it weren’t so revealing and comical. They’re really scared to death that two men or two women who love each other might…find happiness, and security, and have their commitment and bond honored and respected.
Indy: Is it true that the idea for “Savage Love” sprang from a tongue-incheek idea to have a “faggot” educate straight people about sex? Indy: You’ve said publicly that gay Savage: Yes! The original idea marriage critics triggered your contrary was that I would approach questions nature and, as I understand it, influfrom straight readers with the same enced your decision to get hitched. contempt and disgust that most— How’s married life treating you? not all—straight advice columnists Savage: Well, I didn’t marry my approached questions from gay boyfriend six years ago just because it readers (when they condescended would piss off Rick Santorum. That was to run questions from gay readers). just the cherry on the sundae. We are It turned out that straight people still married—in Canada, at least, and liked being treated with contempt, the handful of U.S. states that recognize and they responded to the column, same-sex marriage. Mexico is on the and to me, and the mail came pourverge of legalizing same-sex marriage, ing in, and more papers picked up which means that shortly the “land of the column. Honestly, I was still the free” is going to be the only place in pretty angry with straight people as Photo courtesy of Dan Savage North America that still discriminates a group when I started writing “Savage Love.” (Unfair and hypocrit- Sex advice columnist, newspaper editor and against same-sex couples. ical of me, I know). My heart grew gay rights activist Dan Savage presents “Savage Love Live” this Friday at the Indy: Sarah Palin is coming to three sizes one day, though, while University of Montana. Missoula two days after your reading the mail, and I decided to appearance. It seems like an ideal start actually helping the poor, branch of gov’mint that our founding fathers opportunity to pitch the idea you initialdeluded straight people out, instead of set up in part to protect individual liberties. just pissing all over them (although some The Supreme Court ruled that we all have a ly presented in 2008, when you offered of them would enjoy that—some gay peo- constitutional right to engage in sodomy— to become Palin’s “gay friend” and her children’s “cool gay uncle,” capable of ple, too). gay or straight sodomy (yes, most of you providing needed advice about sex and Indy: I understand a newspaper in people are sodomites too)—and that’s the birth control. Fayetteville, Ark., pulled “Savage Love” at the end of that. Montana can criminalize Savage: Unfortunately, I have to be end of last month after running it for just sodomy until it’s blue in the face but it won’t back in Bloomington, Ind., before Momma one week. Why do you think papers catch be able to actually prosecute anyone for G. touches down in Missoula… sodomy—not anymore, not so long as flak for publishing your column? The offer still stands—and clearly Savage: Because I tell the truth about Montana is a part of the United States. Bristol needed a little relationship advice So…you know…suck that, bigots. We before deciding to go public in such a huge sex. People don’t just have vaginal intercourse in the missionary position with their didn’t like the Bush v. Gore ruling, you way with her briefly on-again engagement to opposite-sex, legally married spouses. don’t much care for Lawrence v. Texas. Levi. I would’ve talked her out of breaking People have anal, oral and vaginal sex. Lots Them’s the breaks. the news to her parents on the cover of Us of people are kinky. Some people are gay, Indy: A story you wrote in 2000 titled, Magazine, or whatever it was. some are bi, and some straight people have “Stalking Gary Bauer,” chronicles how you Planned Parenthood of Montana same-sex encounters now and then. Men infiltrated Bauer’s Republican presidential presents “Savage Love Live” Friday, Sept. use porn, cheating isn’t always wrong, etc. campaign headquarters and, irritated by the 10, at 7:30 p.m., in the University Seeing what everyone knows to be true in candidate’s stance on gay rights, intentional- Theatre. $35/$25 students. print is more than some folks—and some ly worked to give him the flu. Did you really newspapers—can handle. jmayrer@missoulanews.com lick doorknobs?
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Smoke on the water Current political climate couldn’t get much worse As summer fades into fall, the political season hits high gear while America’s two major political parties unleash all they’ve got on each other. And this year the smoke they’re blowing is so thick voters may well have to wear respirators to the polling booths. Ironically, while more people are unemployed and losing their homes to foreclosure every day, the politicos are raising and spending record amounts to obfuscate their records, distort history and mislead what few members of the public continue to have interest in politics. In this battle, as in war, the first victim is the truth. It seems impossible that a mere two years ago the Democrats were on top of the world, predicting the downfall and perhaps eventual collapse of the Republican Party following the endless policy debacles and blatant corruption of the Bush-Cheney administration. Then again, only a few years earlier, the Republicans had been making the same foolish predictions about the Democrats following the sad and ignominious end of Bill Clinton’s presidency. But no, the Republicans didn’t disappear after Bush, although given the condition in which they left the nation, mired in two unwinnable wars and plunged deep in economic trauma, disappearing would have been the honorable thing to do. Instead, they bunkered up, dug in their heels and kept their votes firmly in the “No” column for virtually every policy initiative presented by the Democrats. As President Obama, hoping to rally his dispirited party at a Labor Day speech, quipped: “If I said the sky was blue; they’d say no. If I said fish live in the sea, they’d say no.” Indeed, for the last two years—except on kicking military spending into the stratosphere—Republicans have simply voted no and watched in amusement as the hapless Democrats tumbled over themselves, abandoning their base, their campaign promises and whatever good sense they may have had, to try and wring Republican votes out of the House and Senate. In the meantime, the Tea Party cranked up its own version of reality with a two-century step-back under the banner of the American Revolution. But what they meant, instead of “Don’t Tread on Me” is “We’ll Tread on You.” As recently illustrated by the well-deserved unseating of Montana’s Tea Party leader, Tim Ravndal, they slipped a gear in the logic department and let the roots of their many hatreds rise to the surface. Of
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course, this is no real surprise to those who can recall the obvious intimidation and open threats delivered at congressional public meetings all across the nation last summer. The Tea Party, it turns out, is not really about being “taxed enough already” but actually the
more “ While people are unemployed and losing their homes to foreclosure every day, the politicos are raising and spending record amounts
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far-far-far-right faction of the GOP, which is already so far to the right it’s only got one wheel left on the road. It would be wonderful if voters could simply see through the religionlaced Glenn Beckian bombast and realize these guys are actually the equivalent of the Taliban in their “tolerance” of others. Ravndal’s not-so-oblique reference to the Wyoming murder of Matthew Sheppard is how far away from the barbarous Taliban stoning of women for adultery? Or how about the foaming-at-the-mouth Arizona border vigilantes? How far are those Tea Party supporters from the “lawless” tribes of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border? Closer than we’d like to admit— much closer. It would also be great if we had a cohesive Democratic Party to counterbalance the madness. But that, sadly, is not the case. Instead, we get the same old, same old from the Democrats whenever they feel their butts are on the line. Namely, they scuttle to the middle, or in this case, well right of middle, to try to wrest the so-called “undecided voters” away from the Republicans. It is a wellknown aphorism in political circles that
if voters want to support Republicans, they won’t vote for Demos who act like Republicans, they’ll vote for real Republicans every time. But for some mysterious reason, this truth has escaped the shadowy Demo strategists and the limp-spined politicos they work for. Instead of keeping their campaign promises to actually change America after the Bush debacle, the Democrats did what? They bailed out Wall Street first, then the banks, then the auto companies, then funded more wars, until they ran out of money. And the “little people” who have always looked to the Democrats to save them from the avaricious extremes of the ruling class? Well, sorry folks, but you know how it is…we can’t save everybody. And unlike the “too big to fail” banks and financial institutions, you’re small enough to let slide beneath the waters with nary a gurgle. The history of the Democrats’ failure to deliver on their high-minded campaign promises is already written. Unfortunately for the Dems, it’s not in invisible ink. We know it, we see it, and we’re living it. But most of all, we’re not liking it and we’re not taking much more. The sand has run through the hourglass and time is up for the Dems to produce the change and hope they so fervently promised the nation. Nothing illustrates it better than the recent promise by President Obama to launch a new program dumping another $50 billion into building or rebuilding highways, airports and railroads. But nowadays, the president’s mighty oratory falls on deaf ears. It is too well known by too many that the creation of any such program will take an immediate and concerted act of Congress to pass the legislation and appropriate the funds. As the last two years have illustrated beyond doubt, Congress doesn’t act that way these days. If anything, there’s even less chance that will happen just before elections. And so it goes. Smoke from the Republicans. Smoke from the Democrats. Insane blather from the Tea Party. Meanwhile, voters are headed for the exits. I’d like to say it couldn’t get much worse, but somehow, I have a bad feeling it will. Helena’s George Ochenski rattles the cage of the political establishment as a political analyst for the Independent. Contact Ochenski at opinion@missoulanews.com.
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Politics of place How exactly does ground become hallowed? by Ed Quillen
Most of us live far from the island of Manhattan in New York City, where a local zoning matter has turned into a national argument about what might be built near “hallowed ground” or a “sacred place.” But it is the sort of controversy that pops up often in the West, from Martin’s Cove in Wyoming to the San Francisco Peaks of Arizona. As everyone knows, on Sept. 11, 2001, Islamic terrorists flew two planes into the World Trade Center in New York, collapsing both towers. All told, nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks—2,753 of them in New York at “Ground Zero.” That’s the “hallowed ground” we hear about when politicians denounce the “Ground Zero Mosque,” which is actually two blocks away and is more of a community center than a mosque. And within those two blocks are bars and strip clubs and fast-food joints—hardly anyone’s idea of the sacred. Just what does it take to sanctify a piece of real estate? Native Americans speak of traditional holy places, as with the San Francisco Peaks north of Flagstaff, Ariz. The Navajo say they mark the boundary of their homeland and offer a place to collect herbs for healing ceremonies. The Hopi say the three 12,000-foot summits are home for half of each year to ancestral kachina spirits who bring rain. But to most Americans, hallowed ground means “something really terrible happened here.” President Abraham Lincoln used a variant of the phrase on Nov. 19, 1863, during his brief remarks at the dedication of a national cemetery at Gettysburg, Pa. Something terrible happened there—the bloodiest battle of America’s bloodiest war with nearly 60,000 casualties. As Lincoln explained matters, it wasn’t the invocations of the preachers, but all that blood shed by Americans shooting at other Americans, which made for holy ground: “…The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it.” The Civil War gave us some other hallowed ground. Or so says a history of
Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, which calls it “America’s most sacred ground.” It wasn’t the site of a battle; it’s a burial ground for warriors, one that started out as an act of spite. Arlington was a plantation owned by Robert E. Lee, who resigned from the U.S. Army to command the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Arlington was occupied early in the war by Union soldiers, and to be sure that Lee would never want to return to the estate, Union Gen. Montgomery Meigs
As a history “buff, I’m all for preservation. But I don’t get how tragedy creates a sacred spot.
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began burying Union dead on the grounds—more than 16,000 before the end of the war. So in the East, we have bloody battles and spite to sanctify American ground. How about out here in the West? Consider Martin’s Cove, about 55 miles southwest of Casper, Wyo., and the Mormon Handcart Visitors Center. While it may be rather out-of-the-way today, four major routes once ran through it—the Oregon Trail, the California Trail, the Pony Express and the Mormon Trail that took Latter-day Saints (LDS) from Iowa to Salt Lake City. Some of those LDS pioneers made the trek, not with teams and wagons, but pulling 300-pound handcarts. One group of nearly 600 Mormons, the Martin Handcart Company, left Iowa City in late July of 1856—too late to beat the weather, which caught them with a Wyoming blizzard in early November. They found some shelter against a bluff near the Sweetwater
River, but were stalled for five days. Some 56 pioneers died of cold and exposure before they could resume their journey. The Mormon Church bought an adjacent ranch and has tried to buy Martin’s Cove from the federal Bureau of Land Management. When the BLM balked, Mormon lobbyists got Congress to order a 25-year lease to the church, which in turn inspired litigation from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Alliance for Historic Wyoming. Why the LDS push for the property? The manager of the church’s visitor center explained in 2005, “It’s sacred to us because so many people have died here.” In other words, something terrible happened there, and that sanctifies a place. As a history buff, I’m all for preservation. But I don’t get how tragedy creates a sacred spot. For all I know, my home might sit on such land. In late April 1855, Col. Thomas Fauntleroy led a punitive expedition against the Utes north out of the San Luis Valley and over Poncha Pass. They surprised 150 warriors at a bonfire. One U.S. soldier died and two were wounded; about 50 Utes were killed. Still, I’ve missed experiencing any reverence or awe on that account. Perhaps that’s because I was raised in a different spiritual tradition, by parents who were hard-shell Baptists. Though I’ve strayed far from that straight and narrow path, I still remember being taught that God was everywhere, not in a “place.” In Sunday school, we learned that God buried Moses in a secret spot, so that the grave could not become a shrine. Given that, it’s hard for me to see any tangible spot as hallowed or sacred—especially when it was the site of death, bloodshed, tragedy and horror. We might suffer less tragedy and bloodshed if people gave up on the concept of “hallowed ground” and quit fighting over it. Ed Quillen is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He writes in Salida, Colo.
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Let’s get one thing straight: You can’t get high from hemp. Even if you tried to smoke it, you’d probably get sick. And if you didn’t know it yet, hemp is pretty much where it’s at in terms of its utilitarian uses. In fact, you can find it in products like soap, milk and paper. Still, hemp has gotten a bad rap over the years, and it’s currently illegal to cultivate it. The Montana Hemp Council (MHC) hopes to change the perception with Hempfest, an annual celebration of the industrious plant that aims to educate the masses about its many uses. It’ll have a host of info tables for your perusal, plus vendors hawking everything from hemp jewelry to hemp food, along with live tunes from bands like Boulder, Colo.’s Oakhurst and
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 9 If you’d like to help the city of Missoula learn how much our trails, sidewalks and bike facilities are used, consider becoming a non-motorized traffic count volunteer during a training session at 5:30 PM in Missoula’s City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Free. The counts occur on Sat., Sept. 11 from noon–2 PM at various locations in town and on Tue., Sept. 14 from 4–6 PM. Call 258-4989 to sign up.
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See the literal fruits and veggies grown by Missoula youth when Garden City Harvest and Youth Homes present an open farm for the North Avenue Youth Farm—an urban farm where teens from Youth Homes learn how to grow high-quality food—with the opening running from 5:30–7:30 PM at the farm, 2824 W. Central Ave. The event includes appetizers and a short presentation at 6:30 PM. Free. Call Genevieve at 5233663.
Climate change skeptics need not apply: Confront the root causes of climate change with creative conflict (and no mediation) by heading to a weekly meeting of Northern Rockies Rising Tide, an environmental/ social justice organization which meets this and every Thu. at 6 PM at Break Espresso, 432 N. Higgins Ave. Free to attend. Visit northernrockiesrisingtide.org. Learn to make positive behavior changes to improve your health and personal finances during Small Steps to Health & Wealth, a presentation with Kathy Rovello of the Missoula County Extension that runs from 6–7:30 PM at the community room of WORD Inc., 2525 Palmer St. Ste. 1. Free, with dinner provided for a $5 suggested donation. RSVP with Jeanne by calling 543-3550 Ext. 248. Child care will also be provided, but you should call to confirm a spot.
local power popsters Secret Powers. You can also get the good word on the benefits of the plant from speakers like Nebraska farmer and hemp activist Bill Hawkins, as well as MHC President Jeremy Briggs. “I’m going to touch on how hemp could help redistribute wealth along the most idealistic lines, from the bottom up,” says Briggs. “Hemp is the ultimate green crop; it doesn’t require any toxins in its growth or processing.” –Ira Sather-Olson Missoula’s 15th annual Hempfest is Saturday, Sept. 11, from noon–10:30 PM at Caras Park. $5. No dogs or drugs allowed. Visit missoulahempfest.com.
Labor Picnic, which features a barbecue, music by Beyond the Pale, as well as talks with candidates for elected office, from 1–5 PM at Bonner Park, on the corner of Beverly Street and Ronald Avenue. Free. Call 549-5931 Ext. 4. Enjoy an afternoon with a flat-picking rabble rouser when political folk singer/songwriter David Rovics plays at 4 PM at the Glacier Brewing Company, 6 10th Ave. E. in Polson. Off in the Woods opens. This also doubles as a fundraiser for Montana state legislative candidate Cheryl Wolfe. $10.
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 14 Missoula’s YWCA, 1130 W. Broadway, hosts weekly support groups for women every Tue. at 6:30 PM, where groups for Native women and children meet as well. New group members with children are asked to arrive at 6:15, without kids at 6:25. Free. Call 5436691. If you’d like to help advocate for children who’ve experienced abuse and neglect, consider becoming a volunteer with Missoula’s Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) during a public info session with CASA staff and volunteers, which starts at 6:30 PM at Zootown Brew, 121 W. Broadway St. Free. Call 542-1208 and visit casamissoula.org. Get active with local Democrats when the Missoula County Democrats host Activist Training, which covers volunteer opportunities, explains the local organization, solicits ideas for projects and plenty more, starting at 7 PM in Missoula’s City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Free. Call Jason at 542-3232 and visit missoulademocrats.org.
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Be one with peace during Ewam Montana’s sixth annual Peace Festival, which features music by The Drum Brothers and Joan Zen, a plethora of exhibits, plus panel discussions/talks on topics like “Creating Spiritual Solutions to Social & Cultural Challenges,” from 1–7 PM at Ewam’s Garden of 1000 Buddhas, 34574 White Coyote Road, two miles north of Arlee. Donations accepted. Call 7260555 and visit ewam.org.
Enjoy a local brew and support a local organization during the Kettlehouse Northside Tap Room’s Community U-NITE Pint Nights, which occur this and every Wed. from 5–8 PM at the tap room, 313 N. First St. W. Free to attend. A portion of proceeds from each pint sold goes to a different nonprofit organization each week. Visit kettlehouse.com.
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 12 Enjoy food and music with your laboring friends during the Missoula Area Central Labor Council annual
Be the benevolent roof raiser for those who need a home during “Habit for Humanity 101,” an info session about becoming a volunteer for the organization which starts at 5:30 PM in the small meeting room of the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 549-8210.
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I N OTHER N EWS Curious but true news items from around the world
CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - Police accused Anthony Parkhurst, 20, of stealing a 2001 Honda van advertised on Craigslist by taking it for a test drive but never returning. Orlando police Sgt. Stanley Klem said Parkhurst then listed the vehicle on Craigslist himself and sold it to a couple for $4,000. He promptly stole it and listed it on Craigslist the next day. The couple spotted the ad, alerted police and identified Parkhurst as the seller of the van. Suspecting Parkhurst of belonging to a statewide car-theft ring that stumped investigators for months, Klem said, “Stealing back the car they had just sold could be the break we needed.” FBI agents had no trouble identifying Alan Garrett, 43, as their suspect in a bank robbery in Galloway, Ohio. Bank employees not only got the license number of the getaway car, which was traced to Garrett, but also recognized him as a regular customer at the bank. SECOND-AMENDMENT FOLLIES - Police charged Cedric R. Newton, 52, with reckless discharge of a firearm after he used a .38-caliber revolver to chase a bat from his home in Maplewood, Minn., claiming it “attacked” his wife. Newton wounded the bat but not before shooting into an adjoining townhouse, where officers found three bullets in its freshly painted walls, a dent in a metal closet door and a dent in the stove. “Newton told police that he had the presence of mind to have his wife go upstairs while he shot at the bat,” the criminal complaint said, “but apparently gave no consideration to the surrounding townhomes.” Arnold Morris, 77, explained that he accidentally shot his wife of 54 years in the chest while the couple was training for “robbery scenarios” at their home in Cocoa, Fla. Brevard County authorities said Patricia Morris, 72, underwent surgery and is expected to recover. FIRST-AMENDMENT FOLLIES - A California appeals court declared that a Roseville shopping mall’s attempt to regulate conversation is unconstitutional. The Westfield Galleria behavioral-enforcement rule banned anyone in the mall’s common areas from “approaching patrons with whom he or she was not previously acquainted for the purpose of communicating with them on a topic unrelated to the business interests” of the mall or its tenants. Anyone intending to talk about anything other than the mall, including the weather or to ask directions to somewhere outside the mall, must submit a written application for permission “four days in advance.” The three-judge panel’s opinion cited the deposition of Gavin Farnam, the Galleria’s senior general manager. Asked by an attorney for plaintiff Matthew Snatchko, who challenged the rule, if it prohibits approaching strangers to talk about any other subject than the mall, Farnam testified: “It doesn’t prohibit you. It just means you have to come in and fill out the application for third-party access for noncommercial” speech. When the attorney asked if a sports fan would be violating the rules to tell a stranger, “Hope you’re supporting the Giants this week,” Farnam answered: “You can go in and again fill out a third-party access.” FATAL DISTRACTION - Kathleen Gomez Collier, 47, drowned after she drove her Ford Expedition off a boat ramp and into the Sacramento River near Isleton, Calif., while she was on her cell phone, asking her daughter for directions. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Michael Bradley, just before the call was cut off, Collier told her daughter the car was filling up with water and to phone her insurance company. NOT-SO-SAFE HIDING PLACES - While Nicholas Ryan Harris, 19, was being booked into Florida’s Bay County Jail, officers conducting a strip search reported “several dollar bills … fell from Nicholas’ buttocks area.” A thorough search recovered $45. After being booked at the Martin County, Fla., jail, Elizabeth Athenia Progris, 22, showered and was drying off when a deputy noticed a clear bag drop “from her genital area to the floor by her feet.” The bag contained pills, which were later identified as generic Xanax. Jason Graham, 33, was changing into his jail uniform while being booked into the Manatee County, Fla., jail when a supervising deputy said he heard a rubber band snap as Graham pulled up his pants. After recovering a package containing prescription pills, the deputy reported, “It is apparent that Graham had this package secured around the genital area, and it popped off during the changing of his pants.” AVOIRDUPOIS FOLLIES - A woman flying standby from Las Vegas to Sacramento, Calif., paid full fare for the last available seat, boarded and stowed her bags, only to be told she had to deplane because a latearriving passenger assigned the seat next to her required two seats to accommodate her girth. The tardy overweight passenger was just 14 years old. “It didn’t seem right that I should have to leave to accommodate someone who had only paid for one seat,” the 5-foot-4, 110-pound bootee said, adding that Southwest Airlines personnel berated her when she questioned their action. Airline official Marilee McInnis admitted Southwest “should have handled it better” and promised the airline would apologize. A nail salon in DeKalb County, Ga., charges overweight customers $5 extra for pedicures. Kim Tran, manager of Natural Nails, explained that she instituted the surcharge to cover the $2,500 cost to fix broken chairs, which have a 200-pound weight limit. LEST THEY FORGET - Concerned about the number of children who die from heat or cold after being left in cars by allegedly absent-minded parents, David Bell of Menlo Park, Calif., invented a device that he declared would help parents remember not to leave their children in the back seat when they get out of the car. VizKID is a 2-pound, 24-inch-tall, blue Hawaiian-print construction cone with a bright yellow ball on top with a painted-on happy face that rides in the passenger seat. FELONIOUS INSPIRATION - New York City authorities accused Jennifer Mercado, 20, of stealing a credit card belonging to John Postrk when the two of them were serving on a jury hearing a burglary case involving a stolen credit card. Mercado was charged with using Postrk’s card to buy more than $500 worth of shoes and clothing at stores near the Bronx courthouse.
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n a recent afternoon, Eddie Rudd heads west from Bozeman in a white Chevy van, smoking unfiltered Camel cigarettes and drinking Mountain Dew. In the front seat, he carries a bagful of condoms, lube and what’s known as a “vein care kit” or “fit pack,” which includes bleach for disinfecting syringes. The goods are a gift for a Gallatin Valley couple that’s been mainlining meth. “I’ll bring them water, oranges, whatever,” Rudd says. “I build up a relationship with them. And trust is the main thing, because they’re always paranoid. They’re always thinking that you’re a cop.” Rudd is clearly not a cop. Fading prison tattoos line his forearms—light-
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intravenous drug users. Each MTAP representative is uniquely equipped to communicate with a defined demographic. The Rudds, for instance, work mainly with drug users. The couple, along with a third MTAP outreach worker affiliated with their Bozeman nonprofit, Connections, administer roughly 60 HIV and HCV tests monthly. But the Rudds’ workload is in danger of significantly dropping off. CDC did not renew MTAP’s grant in June. That leaves the Rudds and 13 other outreach workers across the state with fewer resources to stop the preventable, incurable and costly diseases. “We are going to run out of money shortly to do outreach work like we used
to,” Casey Rudd says. “It is frustrating that we’ve built up all these bonds with people and now we don’t have what we need to do our work. It’s extremely frustrating, not to mention dangerous—not only for them, because they’re using drugs, but for the entire community.”
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ddie Rudd picked up a heroin habit while serving time for burglary in California’s Folsom State Prison in the 1980s. Even for Rudd, a repeat offender who was hardened early in life, Folsom was tough to stomach. The drug helped him ride out his time. “When you’re in a maximum security prison,” Rudd explains, “you can’t go and
run and tell the guard that some guy is getting stabbed or some guy is getting thrown off the tier. For me to deal with that, I took to using heroin.” Rudd isn’t sure if he contracted HCV from sharing a syringe or from the jailhouse tattoo needles that etched gang markings into his arms. It’s a moot point now. “It doesn’t matter what I take for it,” he says. “It’s not going away.” HCV spreads through contact with infected blood. Blood transfusions were a common transmission route until 1992, when more efficient screening procedures were introduced. Today, the disease is most frequently spread through intravenous drug use. Sex with an infect-
WITH THE RECENT LOSS OF A MAJOR GRANT, OUTREACH WORKERS ACROSS THE STATE FIGHT TO KEEP HIV AND HEPATITIS C PREVENTION PROGRAMS FROM DISAPPEARING.
ning bolts, skulls and “FTW,” which stands for “Fuck the World,” among others. Rudd, 46, says he’s been sober and law abiding for 10 years, and the once hard-edged felon is, admittedly, softening. The items he’s delivering to the Gallatin County couple are part of a statewide outreach effort to keep highrisk residents from getting sick from sharing needles. “I do it from my heart, because I’m [hepatitis C] positive,” says Rudd, who was diagnosed with the virus in 1999. “And I want to go out there and make a difference.” Until June, Eddie Rudd and his wife Casey worked with the Montana Targeted Prevention program (MTAP). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) distributed $325,000 last year to the Missoula Aids Council, which then hired subcontractors like the Rudds into the MTAP program, deploying the outreach workers across the state to test residents for HIV and hepatitis C (HCV ). The subcontractors also armed their target populations with tools to ward off blood-borne illnesses. MTAP outreach workers focus on those most at risk of contracting HIV, such as men who have sex with men, and those disproportionately affected by HCV, like
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Martha and Bill Spotted Eagle, who conducted HIV testing on the Blackfeet Reservation, say a funding loss leaves them running low on HIV tests like the one pictured above. In 2007, only 35 percent of Montanans between the ages of 18 and 64 reported they’d been tested for HIV, according to the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
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ed person is a possible infection route, as well, although the CDC says it’s rare. HCV causes nausea, fatigue, joint pain and fever. Chronic liver inflammation develops in as many as 75 percent of people infected. About 20 percent of those testing HCV positive develop cirrhosis, or advanced liver scarring, from long-term inflammation. Liver failure from chronic HCV is one of the most common reasons for liver transplants in the United States. There were 943 cases of HCV on record in Montana in 2008, the most recent data available. Because symptoms can take decades to appear, the CDC and hepatitis experts like the Rudds say the virus is drastically underreported, especially among intravenous drug users. “It is running rampant in this state, especially among young people,” says Casey Rudd. “I’m talking high school, junior high—they’re coming up positive, and they know nothing about hep C. That’s not education that they get in school. They get HIV education. But they don’t get hep C education. We’re trying to reach them on the street at a young age, so they know about this disease.” By the time Eddie Rudd started developing symptoms in 1999, he was serving time in the Missoula Pre-Release Center for his fourth DUI, a felony. His body ached and he slept more hours than he spent awake. When the doctor told him he had HCV, Rudd thought he was about to die. “I closed up right then and there. That’s all I heard—that I was positive,” he recalls. He says the doctor didn’t even look at him. “I think it is because of the stigma,” he says. “He probably thought that I was a junkie. I had tattoos all over me. And you know that’s the first thing that comes in their mind, that you’re a junkie.” Eddie Rudd was a junkie. But that’s not the case anymore. In the ’90s, he began a transformation. Rudd’s diagnosis motivated him and his wife—also a former drug addict—to become certified hepatitis C prevention specialists. When the CDC started funding MTAP in 2000, the Rudds eagerly hopped aboard. The couple’s Bozeman-based nonprofit, which Casey Rudd founded in 1998, also helps rehabilitate felony offenders and assists newly released inmates in finding jobs and homes. The Rudds’ background puts them in an ideal position to combine MTAP outreach with their nonprofit’s goal: helping disenfranchised individuals who have drifted to the fringe become productive members of the community. “Eddie and I, we make no bones, we speak their language,” says Casey Rudd. “We come from the same place.”
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world away from the Rudds’ office in Bozeman, MTAP outreach workers Bill and Martha Spotted Eagle tell a similar story. Situated on the 1.5-million acre Blackfeet Reservation in northern Montana, the Spotted Eagles worry about
how to proceed with their work knowing a primary funding source has dried up. The condom supply MTAP provided is already dwindling. HIV tests are also a scarce commodity. Bill Spotted Eagle says when the tests are gone, that’s it—he won’t be able to test on the reservation anymore. “[The lost grant money] really hurts us, because of that simple fact,” he says. As a child, Bill Spotted Eagle learned how to dance in traditional Blackfeet style. He loved the sound of songs and prayers passed on by his elders, and the lessons those songs and prayers taught him. But he says he drifted away from those native customs as a young man, and he began to drink. He’s sober today
ed those teachings into his HIV and HCV prevention outreach. “It’s really important that they see it from an individual who is the same nationality they are,” Bill Spotted Eagle says. Even so, persuading Browning residents to get an AIDS test isn’t always easy. As in much of rural Montana, gay members of the community face possible discrimination and ridicule, and, in turn, often keep their sexuality under wraps. “There’s a real homophobia,” says Martha Spotted Eagle, Bill’s wife and a registered nurse who oversaw MTAP outreach efforts on the Blackfeet and Fort Peck reservations.
people coming in for testing and/or follow-up.” What’s most frustrating, Martha Spotted Eagle says, is the couple’s longterm investment in the program, and how their strong standing in the community may suffer. “It has taken so long for us to build that trust relationship,” Martha Spotted Eagle says. “And then it just stopped.”
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ick Holman, 63, remembers when HIV was called GRID, or “gay related immune disease.” He recalls doctors who, unsure of how the disease was transmitted, wore protective gear that
Christa Weathers assumed her position as the executive director of the Missoula AIDS Council in February. Since then, a financial crunch at the nonprofit has forced her to lay off 14 outreach workers, one supervisor and the AIDS Council’s office manager. “The impact is huge,” she says.
and aims to reconnect others in his community to the strength provided by Blackfeet tradition. “They told me that one day, this is going to be an important tool for me,” he says, referring to his parents’ teachings. Bill Spotted Eagle believes that addiction—and many of the unhealthy behaviors that go along with it—is symptomatic of a society losing sight of its roots. When one drifts between two cultures, he says, it’s easy to get lost. That’s why he teaches indigenous people how to reconnect through Native spirituality. As an MTAP subcontractor, he incorporat-
That fear makes the back door to the Spotted Eagles’ Browning office all the more vital; it’s a convenient way for patients to surreptitiously slip in for a free AIDS test. The $5 gas card provided by MTAP also lured clients. Every little bit helps to get tribal members tested for what is often referred to as simply “the gay disease.” “A large portion of our pull to get these people to come in for testing was the incentives that were provided,” Martha Spotted Eagle says. “So, of course, with the cut in the program, we are already seeing a major decline in
looked like moon suits to prevent from becoming infected. In the early 1980s, as a wave of sick and dying men flooded inner city hospitals, Holman lived in Houston and watched as the epidemic took hold. “I was going to as many as three funerals a week,” Holman recalls. “I just saw death after death.” Holman returned from Houston to his hometown of Butte in 1992. But even in Montana, he couldn’t escape the virus. His partner of 14 years, Tony Montgomery, died in 1997 from AIDSrelated pneumonia at 37.
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Shortly after Montgomery’s death, Holman began losing weight and developed flu-like symptoms he couldn’t shake. At first, he ignored it. When finally he succumbed to an HIV test in 1998, Holman had 27 T-cells; a healthy individual typically has more than 500. Doctors told Holman he’d contracted HIV and that he probably wouldn’t live six months. “The first thing the doctor told me was get my stuff in order,” Holman says. He immediately began taking the immune system boosting medicines prescribed by his doctors. Holman credits those drugs for his longevity. He still takes four pills a day, every day. Now balding and with a paunch, Holman says his T-cell count is up to 500. He feels good enough, which is important because he keeps a busy schedule. As the executive director of Butte AIDS Support Services (BASS), Holman started conducting HIV outreach in Montana the same year he was diagnosed with AIDS. MTAP hired him as a subcontractor in 2000. He estimates that through MTAP he tested roughly 10 men for HIV monthly. As is the case with the Spotted Eagles, the Rudds, and the other MTAP outreach workers, Holman knows his demographic. “So many of our clients are very secretive about their lives,” Holman says. “A lot of married men test with us on a regular basis, bisexuals. It’s just a very, very difficult population to reach.”
Through his work with the Missoula AIDS Council, outreach worker John Neumann mingled among the population most susceptible to HIV: gay men. While at work, Neumann handed out condoms and educated people about the disease and the importance of getting tested.
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Also like the other former subcontractors, Holman is watching his supplies run low. He doesn’t want to charge for HIV tests and says he’ll take measures to prevent any fee. Asking people to cover even the expense of an HIV test—about $15—would create yet another excuse to keep from getting tested. Although the MTAP cut hurts, Holman insists BASS will persevere. The organization has to, he says. Thirty years after the virus emerged, decimating a generation of gay men, Holman worries that people are forgetting its impact. Despite the staggering statistics—25 million dead across the globe, 33 million more living with the disease—it’s not talked about anymore, it’s not on television and it’s not discussed in schools like it was in the past. “If we don’t educate [young adults],” he says, “we are going to see deaths down the road.”
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IV remains a threat in Montana. New infection rates have steadily trended up since 1985 and, as of last year, the state Department of Health and Human Services recorded 445 HIV-infected people in the state. In 2007, only 35 percent of Montanans between the ages of 18 and 64 reported they’d been tested for HIV, according to the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Nationally, new infection rates have remained relatively stable, with roughly 55,000 new cases per year since the mid-1990s, according to the CDC. But gay men continue to contract the disease at an alarming rate. In fact, CDC charted a 12.4 percent annual increase in new diagnoses among men between the ages of 13 and 24 who reported having sex with other men between 2001 and 2006. Health experts say the increase is likely a result of growing complacency fueled by the reassurance of improved HIV drugs. Medicines are becoming increasingly effective, switching a positive test from a death sentence to a life battling a chronic disease. That’s not to say living with HIV is easy. Antiretroviral medicines cause a range of side effects including heart, liver and kidney dysfunction. The meds can also trigger diarrhea, vomiting and lipodystrophy, or fat cell redistribution, which causes thinning of the limbs and an accumulation of fatty tissue at the base of the neck. The latter leaves a telltale sign of HIV—a hunchback. At least one in five persons living with HIV does not know they are infected, according to the CDC. Forty percent of people with HIV are not diagnosed until they have already developed AIDS, meaning they have a seriously impaired immune system. That process can take up to 10 years from the time one acquires the disease. Newly infected people carry huge amounts of the virus in their blood. Health experts say that unknowing population—the one in five who don’t know they carry HIV—is responsible for about half of all new infections. “If you can get it stopped and get them tested right away, that’s the key,” Holman says. John Neumann, MAC’s Missoula MTAP outreach worker, echoes the same warning as Holman. Armed with MTAP-supplied condoms, lube and HIV tests, Neumann received an hourly rate—MTAP subcontractors earned, on average, $10.50 per hour—to conduct outreach in sexually charged atmospheres around Missoula. The longtime local regularly navigated porn stores, Internet chat rooms and favored queer watering holes, knowing exactly what to look for. “I could quickly see when there was a couple that were new, and I also knew which of the young guys were really kind of spreading the oats all around the neighborhood,” Neumann says. “Little did they know that that 20 year old that slipped into
the bar that is playing the whole innocent Montana boy routine has been with everybody west of the divide. So, my job would be just to go up and introduce myself to these guys and tell them what I do. And, simple as that, it puts it in their head.” Neumann’s approach signifies the difference between MTAP education and that employed by mainstream health care. He witnessed the contrast firsthand once when MTAP subcontractors practiced testing scenarios alongside public health nurses. “A couple of us who had been around a long time with this would often start bringing up scenarios that we knew darn well that these straight women had never thought of,” Neumann says. Specifically, gay and bisexual men aren’t necessarily going to talk about sexual behavior with someone outside their community. “These are the nurses, these are the ones that when they get a guy in their office, the guy is not going to tell this woman what they’ve been doing,” Neumann says. Now that MTAP’s funding is gone, and Neumann’s outreach work is over, he wonders whom those men will talk to now—or whether they’ll talk at all.
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issoula AIDS Council Executive Director Christa Weathers, once charged with administering MTAP, doesn’t skirt the issue: Losing the CDC grant cripples the nonprofit’s statewide prevention efforts. What makes the situation even worse is the reason why the nonprofit lost the grant in the first place. The AIDS Council’s board of directors acknowledges an internal problem prompted CDC to deny the grant application. According to a statement from the board released Aug. 30: “It appears that there were some deficiencies in the MTAP grant application that resulted in denial of the Agency’s request.” The board says it’s taking measures to correct the problem and implementing a more stringent grant screening process to ensure a similar scenario doesn’t play out again. MAC can’t apply for the CDC grant for another four years. Meanwhile, Weathers is left to pick up the pieces. She assumed her position as executive director in February, long after the funding request was submitted. Sitting at her desk in MAC’s underground Higgins Avenue office, she fidgets while explaining how the nonprofit will move forward. A thin strip of paper taped directly above her computer screen reads, “Stress is a Choice.” “It’s a big deal for Montana,” she says. “The impact is huge…But we have every hope possible of providing statewide outreach again.” Weathers says the lost grant exposed MAC’s financial vulnerability. In other words, the nonprofit was relying too heavily on one funding source. It’s clear now that diversifying revenue streams will be necessary to ensure the organization’s survival. Weathers and the nonprofit’s board of directors are strategizing ways to bring in additional resources, applying for grants and asking Montana’s congressional delegation for help. “You keep bugging them,” Weathers says, “until someone pays attention to you.”
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espite Eddie Rudd’s comparably healthy lifestyle as of late, he has headaches just about every day, vomits frequently and is losing weight. An annoying “brain fog,” not unusual for people with chronic HCV, makes even simple tasks difficult. For instance, he sometimes forgets how to get where he’s going and is forced to call his wife for help.
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Eddie Rudd is an ex-con and recovering drug addict who tested positive for hepatitis C in 1999. His illness and experiences make him especially equipped to do outreach work with at-risk populations in Gallatin, Park and Madison counties.
Before he got sick, Rudd was never one to sit around. Now when he exerts himself he gets nosebleeds and coughing attacks. “It’s no fun to be living with hep C,” he says. Once chronic HCV develops, as is the case with Rudd, treatment becomes even less of an option. Doctors tell him that he’s not a viable candidate for HCV therapy. They also tell him that complications from the disease will significantly shorten his life. That prognosis leaves Rudd acutely aware of the urgency involved with his mission to prevent the spread of the disease. MTAP paid the Rudds’ nonprofit $17,000 last year to perform outreach work. Casey Rudd estimates 80 percent of the IV drug users they tested through the program turned up positive for hepatitis C. With MTAP funding gone, even fewer resources are being devoted statewide for HCV prevention. According to the state Department of Health and Human Services (DPHHS), Montana’s general fund contributes nothing toward outreach or testing. The federal government allocates roughly $56,000 annually—$34,000 of that pays for training and technical assistance and roughly $22,000 is used to purchase HCV tests. Those tests are distributed to public health departments.
“We’ve just recently acquired hepatitis C prevention money,” says Judy Nielsen, DPHHS’ HIV programs coordinator. “But it’s very little. The feds don’t invest much money in hepatitis C, which is going to bite us down the road, because there are many infected persons with hepatitis C who are going to end up needing liver transplants if we don’t find them and get them treatment.” HCV treatment consists of immune system boosting drugs and antiviral therapy, usually interferon injections combined with ribavirin pills. The drugs fend off chronic liver inflammation in fewer than half of those treated, according to several studies, including a recent one by the Indiana University School of Medicine. Therapy must be administered for at least six months and costs upwards of $1,000 per month. The Rudds hope they can continue their prevention work so the state’s larger treatment expenses never become an issue. An HCV test costs just $40. Even inexpensive tools like those MTAP-furnished “vein care kits” help prevent blood-to-blood contact among users. But Casey Rudd says she and her husband have now used up everything MTAP provided. jmayrer@missoulanews.com
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Mush to my liking FLASHINTHEPAN Some months after my new baby is born, it will be ready to expand its culinary horizons beyond the breast. The inexplicable yet inevitable switch from milk-filled boob to bland mush has inspired me to begin researching the ways of baby food cookery. Cooking for an important person you haven’t yet met has its challenges, but at the same time, the process is an introduction of sorts. You learn things about baby anatomy, like how their little mouths and throats and bellies can’t handle food that’s sharp, spicy or long-fibered. For some, thoughts of baby food don’t extend beyond semi-informed decisions and store-bought Gerber. Looking back on the baby steps I’ve taken so far along this culinary adventure, my baby’s food is the cheapest of them all, but my choices have been informed less by what’s for sale and more by what’s about to rot in the fridge and garden. A bunch of swiss chard from the farmers’ market, two days old and already wilting, was my first ingredient. While a big pot of salted water rose to a boil I sliced away the chard stems from the leaves, and then cut the bottom stubs off the stems. I boiled the stems for 10 minutes, added the leaves, and cooked another five. I removed all chard from the water and tossed it with ice cubes in a ceramic bowl until it all cooled down. Finally, I pureed my chard leaves and stems. I had two thoughts when I tasted it: “This baby is going to eat well,” and “I need to make a batch of chard pesto, pronto.” I was already halfway there. I mixed some of my dark green cuisine pour baby with pressed garlic, crushed pine nuts, grated Parmesan and olive oil, and tossed it into some hot pasta that itself had just been tossed with raw garlic and olive oil. It’s somewhat like basil pesto, but with more bass and less treble. Chard packs almost as much chlorophyll as spinach. A baby food chef needs at least one pureeing tool, like a food mill, blender or food processor. I have an old Champion juicer that has a “homogenize” function that re-blends juice and pulp. My next batch of baby food was made from calabacita, a bulbous and beloved summer squash in New Mexico that turns up in many dishes. And somehow, three calabacita plants turned up in our garden. Like their prolific cousin the zucchini,
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squash). After 15 minutes at a boil, I tossed the squash wedges with ice cubes, and homogenized them when they were cool enough. The result was a bright, almost neon-green slurry with an oyster aroma and mild creamy flavor, altogether stunning in the mouth. Conveniently, inspector Baby Mama was quick to fail this batch of baby food because not all the fiber from the calabacita rind had been adequately shredded. Now I have to peel the calabacitas for future batches, and we had
to eat that first test batch ourselves. We poured it into a hot greasy pan in which we had just broiled meat with garlic. We stirred it around and ate from the pan like soup. Most commercial baby foods that contain zucchini tend to mix it with other vegetables, as in the “vegetable medley” produced by Earth’s Best. Their medley also contains corn, green beans, garbanzo beans, brown rice and carrots. I’m not going there, yet. Instead, I’ve been making single-ingredient purees of whatever produce I can get my hands on, and freezing the resulting purees in thin sheets. The sheets are thin enough— an inch or less—to allow me to break off a small piece, even when it’s completely frozen. That way I can thaw only what’s needed. This way I can figure out which ingredients and medleys are worth trying, thaw the appropriate chunks of frozen puree, then whip up custom batches of mixed-and-matched mush. I freeze my baby mush in freezer bags by filling them halfway, sucking out the air, and sealing. I lay these bags on their sides on a hard surface like a cookie sheet, so their contents spread out into a thick square pancake. Thanks to my new line of research, I began feeling sorry for my chickens. Much of the fridge and garden surplus that used to go to them is now going to the baby. For a moment I wondered if we even needed chickens anymore. But no, they still perform valuable, garden fertilizing defecations. No sooner had I thought this did I begin speculating on the possibility of transferring the responsibility of creating manure fertilizer to the baby as well. “Put it to work,” said Baby Mama. If only I could find some biodegradable diapers, I thought, I could compost them, fully soiled, and turn baby poop into garden fertilizer. If you can imagine it, you can find it online, and compostable diapers are no exception. Our new gDiapers are supposed to decompose in 45 days. Sounds hard to believe, but if it’s true we should have lots of garden-ready compost for next year. At least my baby won’t be laying any eggs. That would really put the chickens out of business.
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these plants pump out massive amounts of fastgrowing squash, and we quickly got behind on them. Luckily, my new line of research is helping us catch up. With a dozen calabacitas, each a bit larger than a softball, we had about 50 pounds. After trimming and cooking off water, I figured we had maybe 25 pounds of baby food, worth a couple hundred bucks retail. I trimmed the ends off a calabacita and cut it like a pie into eight pieces, which I dropped into boiling salted water (for drawing water from the
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ride into Front Street Pasta and Wraps. Just next to the Carousel on West Front Street. Open M-F, 10am-8pm. $ Good Food Store 1600 South 3rd West 541-FOOD Our Deli features all natural made-to-order sandwiches, soup & salad bar, olive & antipasto bar, fresh deli salads, hot entrees, rotisserie-roasted free-range chickens, fresh juice, smoothies, organic espresso and dessert. Enjoy your meal in our spacious seating area or at an outdoor table. Open every day 7am - 10pm. $–$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins 541-4622 Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. We also offer catering. www.justinshobnobcafe.com MC/V $-$$ Indulge Bakery 700 SW Higgins Ave. 544-4293 indulgebakery.wordpress.com Now open! Enjoy international flavors from baci di dama to pizzelles, gourmet cupcakes, scones and decadent cinnamon rolls. Specialty breads hot and fresh between 3 and 5pm daily. Open M-F 7am-6:30pm; Sat. 9am-4pm See us on Facebook! Call to find out more (406)523-3951. $ 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. Getting ready for outside seating? So are we. Not matter what you are looking for, we'll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza Asian Restaurant 529 S. Higgins Ave. 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com All our menu items are made from scratch and we use no MSG products. Featuring dishes from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Nepal, and Malaysia. Extensive hot and ice tea menu including bubble tea. Join us in our Asian themed dining room for a wonderful IZA experience. Open Mon-Sat, lunch 11:30-2PM and dinner 5PM-close. $-$$
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Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve • 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Liquid Planet 223 N. Higgins Ave. • 541-4541 From Latté to Lassî, Water to Wine, Tea Cup to Tea Pot, Liquid Planet has the best beverage offering this side of Neptune -- with a special focus on all-natural, organic, and sustainability. Their distinctive and healthy smoothie menu is worth the visit too! Quick and delicious breakfast and lunch is always ready to go; pastries, croissants, bagels, breakfast burritos, wraps, salads, and soups. Open 8 am to 10 pm daily. $-$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. • 543-3188 Don't feel like cooking? Pick up some fried chicken, made to order sandwiches, fresh deli salads, & sliced meats and cheeses. Or mix and match items from our hot case. Need some dessert with that? Our bakery makes cookies, cakes, and brownies that are ready when you are. $-$$ Paul’s Pancake Parlor 2305 Brooks • 728-9071 (Tremper’s Shopping Center) Check out our home cooked lunch and dinner specials or try one of 17 varieties of pancakes. Our famous breakfast is served all day! Monday is all you can eat spaghetti for $8.50. Wednesday is turkey night with all of the trimmings for $7.75. Eat in or take-out. M-F 6am-7pm, Sat/Sun 7am-4pm. $–$$. Pearl Café & Bakery 231 E. Front St. • 541-0231 Country French Specialties, Bison, Elk, Fresh Fish Daily, delicious salads and appetizers. Breads and desserts baked in house. Reservations recommended for the warm & inviting dining areas, or drop in for a quick bite in the wine bar. Now, you may go to our website Pearlcafe.US to make reservations or buy gift certificates, while there check out our gorgeous wedding and specialty cakes. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Red Robin 2901 Brooks Street • 830-3170 www.redrobin.com Half the price, twice the fun! Halfy Hour at the Southgate Mall Red Robin®! Half price bar drinks Monday – Friday, 4-6 p.m. and Monday – Saturday, 9-10 p.m. Enjoy a drink with one of our insanely delicious Gourmet Burgers, Bottomless Steak Fries. Or, snack on one of our shareable starters with friends! $-$$ Scotty’s Table 131 S. Higgins Ave. 549-2790 Enjoy the best patio dining in Missoula with our seasonal menu of classic Mediterranean and European fare featuring the freshest local ingredients. Come in for happy hour Tues-Friday 5:00- 6:30. Serving lunch Tues-Sat 11:00-2:30, and dinner seven nights a week 5:00-close. Beer and Wine available. $$-$$$
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Sean Kelly’s 130 West Pine 542–1471 Located in the heart of downtown. Open for Lunch and Dinner, featuring a Sat.-Sun. Brunch 11-2pm Great Fresh food With Huge Portions. Featuring international & Irish pub fare as well as locally produced specials. FULL BAR, BEER, WINE, MARTINIS. $-$$ The Stone of Accord 4951 N. Reserve St. • 830-3210 Serving Award Winning Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinners 7 days a week! All of your favorite Irish classics, plus a daily selection of Chef's specialties. A fully stocked bar, wine and liquor store and the Emerald Casino make The Stone of Accord the perfect place for an enjoyable meal. 6:30am-2:00am $-$$ NOT JUST SUSHI Sushi Hana Downtown offering a new idea for your dining experience. Meat, poultry, vegetables and grain are a large part of Japanese cuisine. We also love our fried comfort food too. Open 7 days a week for Lunch and Dinner. Corner of Pine & Higgins. 549-7979. $$–$$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Drive 549-8703 • www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Enjoy a Rocky Mountain summer high with Albert, vineyard dog, who says “bring a picnic ~ I’ll share.” $$ 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. $-$$
HAMILTON Spice of Life 163 S. 2nd St. Hamilton 363-4433 Spice of Life welcomes you to the Bitterroot’s best locavore dining experience. Serving up fresh and fun food in a conscientious manner. For lunch try one of our hand made burgers from Lolo Locker or one of our fabulous fresh salads. Dinner selections include natural beef which contains no growth hormones or antibiotics ever, sustainable seafood selections and pasta dishes made from Montana wheat from Pasta Montana. Quench your thirst with beer from right here in Hamilton or try one of our reasonably priced yet fantastic wine selections. Children’s menu available. No reservations. So come as you are to Spice of Life! 163 S 2nd St. Hamilton, MT. Lunch: Mon - Fri 11:00 to 2:00 Dinner: Tues - Sat 5:00 to 9:00. 363-4433.
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ASKARI Tree troubles Dear Flash, About seven years ago my partner talked me into driving a hundred miles to some amazing garden warehouse to buy a bunch of trees on the cheap—we’re talking young, skinny fruit trees full of promise. We planted those trees and today they still look young and skinny and not so full of promise anymore. They’re not dead—just not much bigger than before, and certainly not bearing any fruit. It’s been so long I don’t even know what fruit is supposed to be on them. Peaches, maybe? Anyway, what are we doing wrong? —In Search of Tree Steroids
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mound, and gently fill in the hole. There’s no need to plant your tree heroically deep—as long as the roots are covered, that’s enough. Use any excess fill dirt to landscape around the tree so water will pool at the base. Assuming you did in fact plant the trees correctly, the other most likely sources of your problem are that it’s not getting enough light, water or nutrients. If light is the issue, there isn’t much you can do about that, because it’s a result of where you planted the trees. If water is the issue, making sure the trees are never thirsty will remedy that. You might want to test your soil—a cheap kit from the hardware store will test for pH and the important nutrients. If you discover that your soil is deficient in some way, the missing nutrient in question will be the equivalent of the tree steroids you seek. Send your food and garden queries to flash@flashinthepan.net.
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The Daly Mansion, 251 Eastside Highway near Hamilton, announces that its guided tours continue through Oct. 10 at the mansion, with the first tour starting at 10 AM and the last beginning at 3 PM at the mansion. $8/$7 seniors/$5 children/free children under age 6. Call 363-6004 and visit dalymansion.org.
nightlife If you’d like to help the city of Missoula learn how much our trails, sidewalks and bike facilities are used, consider becoming a nonmotorized traffic count volunteer during a training session at 5:30 PM in Missoula’s City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Free. The counts occur on Sat., Sept. 11, from noon–2 PM at various locations in town and on Tue., Sept. 14 from 4–6 PM. Call 258-4989 to sign up. See the literal fruits and veggies grown by Missoula youth when Garden City Harvest and Youth Homes present an open farm for the North Avenue Youth Farm—an urban farm where teens from Youth Homes learn how to grow high-quality food—with the opening running from 5:30–7:30 PM at the farm, 2824 W. Central Ave. Free. The event includes appetizers and a short presentation at 6:30 PM. Call Genevieve at 523-3663.
Envisioning the next great chord change. J.J. Grey and Mofro play rock, blues, R&B and soul at the Wilma Theatre Thu., Sept. 9, at 8 PM with openers the Hot Buttered Rum String Band. $22/$20 advance.
presentation with Kathy Rovello of the Missoula County Extension that runs from 6–7:30 PM at the community room of WORD Inc., 2525 Palmer St. Ste. 1. Free, with dinner provided for a $5 suggested donation. RSVP with Jeanne by calling 543-3550 Ext. 248. Childcare will also be provided, but you should call to confirm a spot. Teens ages 13–18 get the good word on creating cartoon characters from a local master when the Missoula Art Museum presents its Teen Open Studio Night: Josh Quick: Comic Book + Character Creation 1, where teens learn the basics of drawing cartoon figures, developing a character, and incorporating it into a storyline, from 6–8 PM at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free. Call 728-0447.
Climate change skeptics need not apply: Confront the root causes of climate change with creative conflict (and no mediation) by heading to a weekly meeting of Northern Rockies Rising Tide, an environmental/social justice organization which meets this and every Thu. at 6 PM at Break Espresso, 432 N. Higgins Ave. Free to attend. Visit northernrockies risingtide.org.
A mix of saxophone, guitar and vocals ought to cleanse those chakras when the Joan Zen Duo plays the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-PINT.
Learn to make positive behavior changes to improve your health and personal finances during Small Steps to Health & Wealth, a
Jam out with a fine glass of wine and your best chops when Kevin Van Dort hosts the Musicians Jam at the Missoula Winery,
which runs this and every Thu. starting with sign-ups at 7 PM at the winery, 5646 W. Harrier. Free to spectate, and to sign up. Call 830-3296. Celebrate healthy sexuality with some sex experts in the know when Birds & Bees LLC, 1515 E. Broadway St. Ste. B, presents the “BirdDay Party: Celebrating One Year of Montana Sexuality,” a birthday party for the local organization that features food, games and music starting at 7 PM at Birds & Bees. Free. Call 544-1019. Get intimate with a legal case that pits 30,000 rainforest dwellers against a corporate giant when The Peace & Justice Film Series presents a screening of Crude, with the film starting at 7 PM at UM’s Urey Underground Lecture Hall. Free, with a discussion including guest speaker Larry Evans following the film. Visit peaceandjusticefilms.org. end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., Sept. 10, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Calendar Overlord c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367.
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Take a breather from hitting the books with something musical when soprano Maria Jooste performs with pianist Aneta Panusz during a faculty and guest artist series performance, which begins at 7:30 PM in UM’s Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. $10/$5 students and seniors. Call 243-6880. Leisure suit plus beer goggles not r e q u i r e d : Tr i v i a l B e e r s u i t , Missoula’s newest trivia night for the layperson, begins with sign ups at 7:45 PM and trivia at 8 PM at the Brooks and Browns Lounge, at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St. Free. Feel free to get sizzling when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents its MAT Cabaret featuring “Hot for Teacher” and “Coming of Age,” which begins at 8:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $9/$5 students. Visit mtactors.com. Delve into something historic when UM presents “The American Century: Its Beginnings–and End?,” a lecture with presenter Walter LaFeber that begins at 8 PM in the University Theatre. Free.
September 11 Get Set to Be a Vet Grades: 2nd & 3rd 11-2pm Back by popular demand! Examine an $20 animal x-ray, perform a mock surgery, & learn how to diagnose if a dog is blind.
Get swampy when Jacksonville, Fla.’s J.J. Grey and Mofro plays southern fried rock, blues, R&B and soul with openers Hot Buttered Rum String Band (as an acoustic trio) at the Wilma Theatre at 8 PM. $22/ $20 advance at Rockin Rudy’s and ticketfly.com.
September 18 Solar Robotics Grades: 4th & 5th 11-2pm Build solar machines using super-cool $20 robotics kits that are powered by sunlight.
Bowling and karaoke go together like white meat and sunglasses at night during Solid Sound Karaoke at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 541-SING.
September 25 Movie Mania Grades: 3rd & 4th 11-2pm 3-2-1 Action! Produce your own movie using $20 iStop Motion Animation
Now’s your time to juggle a beat with your feet in a cavernous setting when DJ DC rocks the AmVets Club with hits starting at 9 PM. Free. See a plethora of patterns and colors—after a few pitchers—and muster up the courage to belt out some prize-winning classics during Kaleidoscope Karaoke every Sun.–Sat. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. Call 721-1798. Feel free to flail around like a rock star whilst busting out your best version of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” during Combat Karaoke at Deano’s Casino near Airway Blvd., 5318 W. Harrier, this and every Thu. at 9 PM. Free. Join several hundred people and revel in the glory of debauchery when cheap well drinks and laptopfueled hip hop, electronic, pop and mashed-up tunes hit the Badlander every week where Dead Hipster DJ Night gets booties bumpin’ at 9 PM. $3.
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Acrobatic rhymes rule the night when the Bay Area’s Zion I brings slick underground hip hop to the Palace at 9 PM. $10. Free Association, Slopstar and DJ Brand One open. He’ll cure your tremors with a sweet shot of country: Russ Nasset hits up the Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., for a solo set this and every other Thu. at 10 PM. Free. You need not worry about a funky filibuster when Kung Fu Kongress legislates funkiness when it plays funk with openers Keegan Smith and the Fam at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $5.
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The Daly Mansion Preservation Trust is currently looking for crafters and artisans to apply for jury consideration for the Daly Mansion’s annual Holly Jolly Craft Show in November. A wide variety of vendors who sell hand-crafted and homemade goods are encouraged to apply. The booth fee is $55, and the application deadline is Sept. 10. Call April at 363-6004 Ext. 3 for an application form, or e-mail april. johnson@dalymansion.org. This brew’s totally for you: Caras Park hosts the 12th annual Maverick Brewfest, a benefit for youth athletics in Missoula that features microbrews, brats and burgers, plus music by Reverend Slanky, from 4–10 PM at the park. $10, includes a mug and three beer tastes. Additional drink tickets are $1. Visit missoulamavs.com.
nightlife It’s time for a brew and a charley horse with Mudslide Charley when it plays blues at 5:30 P M, at Stevensville’s Blacksmith Brewing Co., 114 Main St. Free. Call 777-0680. Gypsy jazz goes hand in hand with fermented juice when EL 3-OH!, featuring members of Cash for Junkers, plays the Ten Spoon Winery Tasting Room, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive, at 6:30 PM. Free. You best eat lunch like you mean it when poet Michael Earl Craig reads and signs copies of his new book Thin Kimono, at 7 PM at Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W. Free. Call 549-9010. Charlie Seitz, Pete Hand and special guest Christine Littig get roasted with your roast duck when they play a diverse array of genres at The Keep, 102 Ben Hogan Drive, from 7–10 PM. Free. Feel free to ask sex advice columnist Dan Savage about your freakiest fetish when he comes to Missoula to present Savage Love Live, at 7:30 PM at the University Theatre.
$35/$25 students. Visit griztix.com for tickets or call 243-4051. (See Up Front in this issue.) Enjoy the electronic fuzz and buzz during the Mountain Computer Music Festival, where laptops meet traditional instruments with compositions from students as well as guest composer Gary James Joynes—aka —starting at 7:30 PM in the Clinker— UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. $10/$5 students and seniors. Call 243-6880. Don’t even think about dozing off during the Montana Rep Educational Outreach Tour’s performance of The Real Legend of Sleepy Hollow, an adaptation written by Ron —he wrote for the series Fitzgerald— Weeds—that begins at 7:30 PM at the Masquer Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $10. Call 243-4581 and visit montanarep.org/ edshow.html. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Feel free to get sizzling when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents its MAT Cabaret featuring “Hot for Teacher” and “Coming of Age,” which begins at 8:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $9/$5 students. Visit mtactors.com. Melissa Blue keeps the indigo notes growing and flowing when the vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist plays at the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs, 209 Wall St., at 8 PM. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome. Call 741-2361. Roadhouse gets you in a slaphappy mood when it plays the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W., at 8 PM. Free. It’s time for an all-request video dance party to celebrate the week’s end: Feelgood Friday featuring hip hop video remixes with The Tallest DJ in America at 9 PM at The Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway. Free. Call 543-5678. Be thankful the freedom to speak includes the freedom to sing when you sidle up to the mic at karaoke night at the VFW, kicking off at 9 PM. Free. If you liked Tolkien’s mines of Khazad-dum, you’ll love tunneling through the AmVets Club, where DJDC rocks dance music to slay orcs to at 9 PM. Free. Bust a smooth move to sizzling hip hop and Top 40 tracks when The Tallest DJ in America spins tunes at 9 PM at The Underground, in the basement of the Elks Lodge, 112 N. Pattee St. Free. Enter from the southwest basement entrance. Belt out a few bars of somethin’ sweet at Karaoke by Figmo at Joker’s Wild Bar and Restaurant, 4829 N. Reserve St., which features “Brain Strain” trivia and “Scaryoke Karaoke” and begins at 9 PM. Free. Sho Down keeps the bro hugs to a minimum when it plays country at The Sunrise Saloon and Casino,
SPOTLIGHT l e g e n d r e v i s i te d An old man awakens from a 20-year drunken nap, while a headless horseman runs another man out of town. Soon enough, the two dudes meet up— not for a beer, mind you, but in order to figure out how to woo a lady. It might sound like some surreal dream you had after taking too much St. John’s Wort, but it’s actually the thrust of The Real Legend of Sleepy Hollow—an adaptation of Washington Irving’s classic tale written by playwright Ron Fitzgerald. The show debuts in Missoula this week as the kick-off to the Montana Repertory Theatre’s 2010 Montana Educational Outreach tour. Fitzgerald’s version follows Ichabod Crane—the schoolmaster who’s pushed out of town by a headless guy on a horse—as he heads back to Sleepy Hollow in order to capture the heart of Katrina Van Tassel, the 18-year-old girl for whom he’s head-overheels. But Crane’s got a wingman, and it’s Rip Van Winkle—the old slacker who’s the protagonist of Irving’s other timeless tale, Rip Van Winkle. What follows is a quest for love overflowing with hilarious moments that tap into vaudeville and incorporate slapstick Shakespearian devices like mistaken identities and gender switching. Besides plenty of WHAT: Performance of Ron Fitzgerald’s The Real Legend of Sleepy Hollow WHO: Montana Repertory Theatre WHEN: Fri., Sept. 10, and Sat., Sept. 11, at 7:30 PM WHERE: Masquer Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center HOW MUCH: $10
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The Real Legend of Sleepy Hollow features, from left, Elizabeth Cronin, Cody Hyslop and Tim Larson.
guffaws, director Bobby Gutierrez says the “fourth wall”—that imaginary thing between you and the actors onstage—is crossed. So don’t be startled if someone without a head starts talking to you. Also, if Fitzgerald’s name doesn’t ring a bell, you ought to check his impressive credentials: He wrote for the hit show “Weeds,” as well as NBC’s “Friday Night Lights,” and is now a supervising producer for the Showtime series “United States of Tara.” Not only that, but his plays have been read and performed countless times here in town—most recently during Montana Rep Missoula’s Colony 15 series of staged readings. —Ira Sather-Olson
1805 Regent St., at 9 PM. Free. Call 728-1559. Quit being so damn lonely and rock out with Port Angeles, Wash.’s Lonely H when it plays classic rock at 9 PM at the Palace. $5. Locals The Magpies and The New Hijackers open. (See Scope in this issue.) Witness performances by some out of town guests when the Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana presents its show titled “Leather & Lace,” which features performances plus music by Dead Hipster DJs and begins at 9 PM at the Badlander. $5. Visit iscsm.org Matt Hassler and Slowly But Shirley let their axes defeat the Axis of Evil when they play Sean Kelly’s at 9 PM. Cover TBA. Bowling commingles with a laser light show and some DJ tunage from Kaleidoscope Entertainment every Fri. and Sat. at 9:30 PM at Five Valleys Bowling Center, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free. Call 549-4158. Expect a night picking, keying and plucking from some seasoned songsmiths when Love Among the
—which features Tom Tombstones— Catmull, Schmed Maynes, Nate Biehl and John Sporman—plays The Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., at 9:30 PM. Free. Jack and Jill dance and swill under the spell of Ball N’ Jack when it plays a mix of rock, blues and funk at 9:30 PM at the Union Club. Free. Prepare for the ultimate “rocktail” when Strange Brew rocks you at 9:30 PM at Florence’s High Spirits Club and Casino, 5341 Hwy. 93 N. Free. Slip off those training pants and into something more snug when Party Trained plays a range of tunes starting at 9:30 PM at Harry David’s, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $2. Call 830-3277. He lives to spin: DJ Dubwise just can’t stop the dance tracks once they start at 10 PM at Feruqi’s. Free. Call 728-8799. It’s always easy being green in more ways than one when Colorado’s Frogs Gone Fishin’ plays rock, funk and prog at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $3–$5 cover.
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Your heart, the planet and your farmer-neighbors give thanks every Sat. from 8 AM–1 PM as you head down to the Clark Fork River Market (clarkforkrivermarket.com), which takes place beneath the Higgins Street bridge, and to the Missoula Farmers’ Market (missoulafarmersmarket.com), which opens at 8:30 at the north end of Higgins Avenue. If it’s non-edibles you’re after, check out East Pine Street’s Missoula Saturday Market (missoulasaturdaymarket.org), which runs 9 AM–1 PM. Free to spectate, and often to sample. It’s bound to be a yarn-a-riffic time when the Missoula Art Museum presents its Saturday Family Art Workshop: Painting with Yarn with Loryn Zerr, where kids create images of layered yarn and learn about the yarn art of the Huichol Indians, from 11 AM–12:30 PM at
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Chicago’s Lubriphonic deliver brassy smiles when the group plays rock, funk and soul during a Hempfest after party at the Top Hat Sat., Sept. 11, at 10 PM with openers Miller Creek. $12.
the museum, 335 N. Pattee St. $5 per person. Aspiring actors of the younger set are hereby invited to audition for the Alpine Kids! Theatre Project’s production of Disney’s Mulan Jr., starting at 11 AM at the auditorium of Whitefish Middle School, 600 Second St. E. in Whitefish. Free to audition. Call 862-9050. Gnaw on a hemp cookie until your teeth turn green during the 15th annual Missoula Hempfest, a fundraiser for the Montana Hemp Council that features music by Oakhurst, Secret Powers, Not Quite Punk, Voodoo Horseshoes and others, plus vendors, informational booths and speakers, from noon–10:30 PM at Caras Park. $5 at the gate. No dogs or drugs allowed. Visit missoulahempfest.com. (See Agenda in this issue.) Get intimate with some herbal bounty when Meadowsweet Herbs’ Kimberly Devries leads an “Herb Walk at Greenough Park,” which departs from Meadowsweet Herbs, 180 S. Third St. W., at 1 PM. Free. Call 728-0543. Be one with peace during Ewam Montana’s sixth annual Peace Festival, which features music by The Drum Brothers and Joan Zen, a plethora of exhibits, plus panel discussions/talks on topics like “Creating Spiritual Solutions to Social & Cultural Challenges,” from 1–7 PM at Ewam’s Garden of 1000 Buddhas, 34574 White Coyote Road, two miles north of Arlee. Donations accepted. Call 726-0555 and visit ewam.org. Dance the afternoon away with some seasoned instructors when the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St., presents its Day of Dance, a series of free dance classes including World Rhythm Yoga, Afro-Brazilian, ballet, adult tap and Nia, from 1–3 PM at the collective. Free. Call 541-7240. Dig around in some organic matter when the Missoula Urban
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Demonstration (MUD) Project presents its Composting Basics Workshop, which runs from 1–3 PM at MUD’s headquarters, 629 Phillips St. $20/$10 members. Call 721-7513 to register or visit mudproject.org. Hop aboard a literary train for a tale about two vastly different families and their sons when author Gary Friedly reads and signs copies of Bridge Over the Valley, at 2 PM at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 721-2881. You better have fun during Faith Evangelical Free Church’s Family Fun Day, which includes face painting, music, food, a water fight and other activities, and runs from 3–6 PM at Franklin Park, on the corner of 10th St. W. and Schilling St. Free. Call 728-3966. It’s all about the puck during Fire & Ice, a benefit for the Glacier Ice Rink and the Missoula Area Youth Hockey Association that begins with an exhibition game between the Missoula Maulers and the Bozeman Ice Dogs at 4 PM at the Glacier Ice Rink, 1101 South Ave. W. The event also includes a hockey/figure skate swap at 5 PM, a dinner at 6, and a live auction at 8. $15/$10 kids/free children under five, with tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s.
nightlife Sip on some well fermented spirits 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 the winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Free to attend, but the wine costs you. Call 549-8703. Get off the gravy train and let JP Falcon Grady be your musical conductor when he plays at 5:30 PM at Stevensville’s Blacksmith Brewing Co., 114 Main St. Free. Call 777-0680. Tom Catmull gives nihilists something to believe in when he plays a slick solo set at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-PINT.
See who’ll be crowned the next king and queen of the Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana during its coronation, which begins at 6 PM at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St. $35. Visit iscsm.org for details. Honor those who passed during the Sept. 11 attacks when the United Veteran’s Council of Missoula and Ravalli Counties presents the Never Forget Service at 7 PM at Memorial Rose Garden Park, on the corner of Brooks Street and Mount Avenue. Free. E-mail Susan at bluemountain@montana.com. Don’t even think about dozing off during the Montana Rep Educational Outreach Tour’s performance of The Real Legend of Sleepy Hollow, an adaptation written by Ron —he wrote for the series Fitzgerald— Weeds—that begins at 7:30 PM at the Masquer Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $10. Call 243-4581. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Feel free to get sizzling when the Montana Actors’ Theatre presents its MAT Cabaret featuring “Hot for Teacher” and “Coming of Age,” which begins at 8:30 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $9/$5 students. Visit mtactors.com. Roadhouse gets you in a slaphappy mood when it plays the Eagles, 2420 South Ave. W., at 8 PM. Free. Hot Salsa Nights keeps your toes sizzling when the salsa dance party starts with tunes spun by DJ Drey at 8 PM with at the Elks Club, 112 N. Pattee St. $7, with free dances lessons at 8:30 PM. Let Kathy Colton & The Reluctants kick your apprehension to the curb when they play original tunes at 8 PM at the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs, 209 Wall St., at 8 PM. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome. Call 741-2361. The Wild Coyotes won’t spray you with a feral mist when it plays country and classic rock at Trixies Bar, off Hwy. 200 in Ovando. Free.
Here’s your chance to get freaky on the dance floor. AmVets Club offers up DJDC and his dance music to the hungry horde at 9 PM. Free.
The Workers two-step away from your union dues when it plays a mix of Americana, bluegrass and rock at the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.
and music during Missoula’s Germanfest, which runs from 2–6 PM at Caras Park. Free. Visit missoulacultural.org.
DJ Bionic keeps the remixes and mash-ups flowing while you shake it when he plays at 9 PM at The Underground, in the basement of the Elks Lodge, 112 N. Pattee St. Free. Enter from the southwest basement entrance.
Lubricate your innards with rock, funk and soul when Chicago’s Lubriphonic performs a Hempfest after party with locals Miller Creek at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $12.
Celebrate the hipness and hotness of the Hip Strip during the fourth annual Hip Strip Block Party, which features music from Secret Powers, F i a n c e , Ta h j B o , Vo o d o o Horseshoes and Dead Hipster DJs, plus local food, brews and a fashion show, from 2–9 PM on S. Third Street W., between Higgins Avenue and Myrtle Street. Admission is a non-perishable food donation to the Missoula Food Bank. Call Leah at 541-7171.
DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo are guaranteed to keep you dancing to an assortment of hip hop, electronic and other bass-heavy beats ‘til the bar closes during Absolutely at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free. Bob Wire & The Magnificent Bastards keep your rusty fish hooks at a safe distance when they play honky tonk at The Sunrise Saloon and Casino, 1805 Regent St., at 9 PM. Free. Call 728-1559. Support a worthy organization and some local string slingers when UM’s Women’s Resource Center presents a show with sets by Kira Means, Pony Canon, Bird’s Mile Home and Eighteen Individual Eyes, starting at 9 PM at the Palace. $5. See if you can become a star under the spotlight at Sean Kelly’s open mic night, hosted by Mike Avery every Sat. at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 on Sat. after 10 AM to register. Dance like you have red ants in your socks when a DJ spins dance music at Florence’s High Spirits Club and Casino, 5341 Hwy. 93 N., this and every Sat. at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 273-9992. Slip off those training pants and into something more snug when Party Trained plays a range of tunes starting at 9:30 PM at Harry David’s, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $2. Call 830-3277.
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September
Party down for ecology when Ecology Project International presents its second annual Swift Fiesta, which features free empanadas, music by Tom Catmull and Nate Hegyi, family-friendly activities and plenty more fun from 9 AM–2 PM at the Swift Building, 315 S. Fourth St. E. Free. Visit ecologyproject.org. Celebrate Missoula as a bikeable and walkable community during Sunday Streets Missoula, an event that occurs from 9 AM–2 PM on Higgins Avenue from the XXXX’s to S. Fifth Street W. and features a host of activities including live music, a “Missoula Mile” footrace, dance/fitness classes and plenty more. Free. Visit sundaystreetsmissoula.org for details and a map. Enjoy food and music with your laboring friends during the Missoula Area Central Labor Council annual Labor Picnic, which features a barbecue, music by Beyond the Pale, as well as talks with candidates for elected office, from 1–5 PM at Bonner Park, on the corner of Beverly Street and Ronald Avenue. Free. Call 549-5931 Ext. 4. Go ahead and get snug with some lederhosen while you enjoy a Germanic brew, authentic food
You’ll either be delighted or not-soexcited when former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin comes to Missoula to present the speech “Take a stand for God, Family, and Country,” which begins at 3:30 PM at the Hilton Garden Inn, 3720 N. Reserve St. $100, with proceeds benefiting Teen Challenge. Call 543-1912 for tickets. Alternately, if you’re not so keen on Palin, a “Support” Sarah Palin Book Burning (which isn’t actually a book burning but a sarcasm laced rally) is planned at 2 PM or so near the Hilton Garden Inn. Enjoy an afternoon with a flat-picking rabble rouser when political folk singer/songwriter David Rovics plays at 4 PM at the Glacier Brewing Company, 6 10th Ave. E. in Polson. $10. This also doubles as a fundraiser for Montana state legislative candidate Cheryl Wolfe.
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nightlife Get winded with heady stories during UM’s Second Wind Reading Series, which kicks off the fall semester with readings from UM’s Kittredge Visiting Writer David Gates, as well as MFA creative writing student Brett DeFries, starting at 6:30 PM at the Top Hat. Free.
NEEDED: This brazen and hilarious show requires a cast of strong character performers with a great sense of humor. Men, women, dancers, and singers, ages 16 and older. Please come prepared with a short joke to tell at the audition. PERFORMANCES: November 4–7, 10–14, 2010 MCT Community Theatre | 200 North Adams Street in Missoula (406) 728-1911 • www.mctinc.org SHOW SPONSORED IN PART BY: GALUSHA, HIGGINS & GALUSHA, PC
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SPOTLIGHT
Irish eyes
Irish Catholic immigrants didn’t exactly fare well when they landed on the coast of the “Land of the Free” and moved inland. In fact, most were hated, often venomously. Much like American Indians, who were considered “savages” by exploitative whites here in the United States, the Irish were deemed untamed beasts by their English oppressors, as well as their American Anglo-Saxon counterparts. Despite the harassment, the Irish stayed and made their livelihoods, ending up in cities like Boston, and, of course, Butte. According to an excerpt from David M. Emmons’ book Beyond The American Pale, The Irish in the West 1845–1910, Irish immigrants dominated Butte in its heyday—running its city, mines and miners’ union.
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You’ll be able to hear in-depth about the Irish experience in the West this week when Emmons, a UM professor emeritus of history, reads from his book and takes questions from the audience. If you’re a history nerd, you’ll definitely dig his exhaustive research into topics about the Irish including their work experience as a cheap source of labor, their parallel experience and relations with American WHAT: Reading and signing of Beyond The American Pale, The Irish in the West 1845–1910 WHO: David M. Emmons WHEN: Tue., Sept. 14, at 7 PM WHERE: Shakespeare & Co., 103 S. Third St. W. HOW MUCH: Free
Emmons himself could be considered the go-toguy in terms of knowing the Irish experience as it pertains to Butte. He already has an award-winning book under his belt called The Butte Irish: Class and Ethnicity in an American Mining Town, 1875–1925. —Ira Sather-Olson
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Get your strings tugged when the String Orchestra of the Rockies presents the program “Violin for All Seasons featuring Angella Ahn” at 7:30 PM in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. $20/$10 students. Advance tickets are available at Rockin Rudy’s, Fact & Fiction, Morgenroth Music Center or online at sormt.org. Call 493-2990. Kick off the latter hours of your day of rest when the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night welcomes saints and sinners alike with jazz DJs and jazz bands starting at 7:30 PM. Free. This week: Jazz from Donna Smith, the Freemole Quartet, and DJs Gary Stein and Ryan Wendel. Euchre is one of those games that goes great with beer because you can tell what the cards look like even if your vision is a little blurry. See what I mean, or try to anyway, tonight at Sean Kelly’s just-for-fun Euchre Tournament at 8 PM. Free. Bellow out your favorite pop tune so you can impress your friends and perhaps win a prize during a karaoke contest this and every Sun. at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave., at 9 PM. Free. Call 721-1798.
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Fish around for somethin’ once again when Colorado’s Gone Fishin’ plays another rock, funk and prog with Bangers and Hash starting PM at the Top Hat. $3.
green Frogs set of locals at 10
MONDAY
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Veterans can find support with trained facilitator Chris Poloynis every Mon. at 2 PM, when PTSD group Spartans Honour meets at the Missoula Veterans Affairs Clinic, 2687 Palmer St. Free. Call 829-5400.
Give science your lovin’ during UM’s Integrative Microbiolog y & Biochemistry Seminar Series, which begins at 4:10 PM in Room 110 of the Interdisciplinary Sciences Building. Free. Call 243-5122.
nightlife Tom Catmull lets your wine do the talking, but not the singing, when he plays a solo set at the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 100, from 7–10 PM. Free.
Kick off your week with a drink, some free pool and an array of electronic DJs and styles for das booty during Milkcrate Monday with the Milkcrate Mechanic at 9 PM every week, at the Palace. Free. Bare it all with your laboring friends when the Badlander’s Service Industry Night presents a night of rock and southern rock with Nashville’s Bobby Bare Jr. and psych country from Portland, Ore.’s Blue Giant, starting at 9 PM. $5, with extra super drink specials for service industry workers. (See Noise in this issue.)
TUESDAY
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September
Find the strength and will to survive in the company of others during a breast cancer support group at St. Francis Xavier Parish, 420 W. Pine, at noon. Free. Call 329-5656.
nightlife Get an aesthetic rush and support a good cause during the Missoula Art
Museum’s Annual Fund Campaign for MAM: Your Investment in Community KickOff Party, which features art, music, food, libations and the chance to pledge your support to the institution, from 5-7 PM at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free. Call 728-0447 and visit missoulaart museum.org. An appreciation of farm work and a delicious organic meal is all yours during Families First Montana’s Farm Night, which runs from 5:30–7 PM at the PEAS Farm, 3010 Duncan Drive. $5 per person/free for children. RSVP requested by calling 721-7690. See if your buzzed mind can correctly guess what family of animalia the epihippus came from during Buzz Time Showdown Trivia, which features free trivia—along with drink specials—and runs from 6–9 PM this and every Tue. at the Lucky Strike Bar, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free to attend. Call 549-4152. Fine food and theater converge during Salep and Silk, a play written by local novelist Josh Wagner that follows two friends who meet once a year on the Silk Road—which also features a three-course meal and wine pairings by The Silk Road restaurant—with a performance/dinner starting at 6 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $68, visit mtactors.com for tickets. If you’d like to help advocate for children who’ve experienced abuse and neglect, consider becoming a volunteer with Missoula’s Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) during a public info session with CASA staff and volunteers, which starts at 6:30 PM at Zootown Brew, 121 W. Broadway St. Free. Call 542-1208 and visit casamissoula.org. Follow your dreams of becoming the next Willie Nelson during an open mic/jam night hosted by Louie Bond and Teri Llovet every Tue. at the Brooks and Browns Lounge at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St., from 7–10 PM, with sign-up at 6 PM. Free. Email terillovet@hotmail.com. ‘Shroom out when local mycologist Larry Evans presents photos of his recent mushroom research trip to Peru during the “Wild Jungle Mushroom Lecture,” which begins at 7 PM at the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Get active with local democrats when the Missoula County Democrats host a Democratic Activist Training, which covers volunteer opportunities, explains the local organization, solicits ideas for projects and plenty more, starting at 7 PM in Missoula’s City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Free. Call Jason at 542-3232 and visit missoulademocrats.org. Tip your hat to the Irish in the west when author and UM history prof
David. M. Emmons reads and takes questions about his book Beyond the American Pale: The Irish in the West, 1845–1910, at 7 PM at Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W. Free. Call 549-9010. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Vocalist and pianist Dena DeRose hits all the right blue notes when she plays jazz with Martin Wind and Matt Wilson as the Dena DeRose Trio, at 7 PM at DalyJazz, 240 Daly Ave. $25, includes dinner and drinks. RSVP required by e-mailing dalyjazz@gmail.com. Visit dalyjazz.com. Maxine Ramey and Christopher Kirkpatrick give their reeds good vibes when the clarinetists play a Faculty and Guest Artist Series performance at 7:30 in the UM Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. $10/$5 students. Call 243-6880.
Kettlehouse Nor thside Tap Room’s Community U-NITE Pint Nights, which occur this and every Wed. from 5–8 PM at the tap room, 313 N. First St. W. Free to attend. A portion of proceeds from each pint sold goes to a different nonprofit organization each week. Visit kettlehouse.com. Get a glimpse at how the Polish deal with bison during a screening of Gene Bernofsky’s film WISENT—which compares the treatment of bison in Poland with that of bison in Yellowstone National Park— starting at 5 PM on Missoula
Community Access Television. Free. Visit mcat.org. Shane Clouse mends the hearts of the heartbroken when he plays country at 5:30 PM at Stevensville’s Blacksmith Brewing Co., 114 Main St. Free. Call 777-0680. Be the benevolent roof raiser for those who need a home during “Habit for Humanity 101,” an info session about becoming a volunteer for the organization which starts at 5:30 PM in the small meeting room of the Missoula Public Library, 301 E. Main St. Free. Call 549-8210.
All royalty gets irie during Royal Reggae Night, which features free pool plus reggae, dancehall and hiphop remixes spun by an array of DJs starting at 9 PM at the Palace. Free. Keep it on the cool side when you listen to some hip hop and enjoy a drink special or two during Hip Hop Tuesday with Wapikiya Records, which features DJ B Mune spinning beats along with guest MCs starting at 9:30 PM at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. Free. Call 830-3276. Javier Ryan melts your butter with his sleek songwriting skills when the singer/songwriter plays at 10 PM at the Top Hat. Cover TBA.
WEDNESDAY
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September
Grab your rifle and permit (if you scored one) for opening day of the general season for black bear, moose, mountain goat and special-permit backcountry deer and elk hunting. Curse your luck if you didn’t win the license lottery at fwp.mt.gov.
nightlife Enjoy a local brew and support a local organization during the
Vocalist and pianist Dena DeRose hits all the right blue notes when she plays jazz with Martin Wind and Matt Wilson as the Dena DeRose Trio, at 7 PM at DalyJazz, 240 Daly Ave.
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Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free Pub Trivia, which takes place every Tue. at 8 PM. And, to highlight the joy of discovery that you might experience while attending, here’s a sample of the type of question you could be presented with. Ready? About 83 percent of blood is composed of what? (Find the answer in the calendar under tomorrow’s nightlife section.) Don’t even think about kissing a can when Laura Stevenson and The Cans plays indie folk at 8 PM at the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $5, all ages. Locals Tyson Ballew, Joey Running Crane and Grant Gieger open. (See Noise in this issue.)
Fine food and theater converge during Salep and Silk, a play written by local novelist Josh Wagner that follows two friends who meet once a year on the Silk Road—which also features a three-course meal and wine pairings by The Silk Road restaurant—with a performance/dinner starting at 6 PM at the Crystal Theatre, 515 S. Higgins Ave. $68, visit mtactors.com for tickets.
WASTE COLLECTION
September 10th & 11th, 2010 Friday 10-5:30 • Saturday 9-4 Scott Street City Shops Mercury Fever Thermometer Exchange. Bring your old mercury fever thermometer to Haz Waste Days for disposal and receive a coupon for a free digital thermometer. (Mercury thermometers are glass with silver temperature column)
Items accepted at
NO CHARGE from county residents
• Oil-based paints & stains • Paint thinners • Solvents • Used motor oil and antifreeze (up to 15 gallons in no-return containers) - courtesy of Oily Waste Processors • Mercury Thermometers • Household batteries (ni-cad, lead or mercury containing. Alkalines can be thrown away)
ITEMS ACCEPTED FOR A FEE Pesticides • Strong acids • Caustics • Chlorinated solvents Fees also apply to business and out-of-county residents for all wastes.
Year-Round Options for disposal of... Latex Paint - If the can is almost empty, dry it out with cat litter and put it in the trash with the lid off. Give it away! Home Resource (Corner of Russell and Wyoming) takes good, almost full latex that has not been stored outside, during business hours ONLY. Car Batteries - Allied Waste Recycling. Motor Oil - Most Allied Waste residential customers can put up to 2 gals per week in clear plastic containers for free pickup. Many auto parts stores, shops or service stations will take small quantities of used oil for free.
NOTE:
We do NOT accept
LATEX PAINT, CAR BATTERIES or COMPACT FLUORESCENT BULBS (P.E.T.E.S. Palmer Electric takes fluorescents for a fee, Home Depot & Ace Hardware take compact flourescents only, for free.
Tips to reduce Hazardous Waste • • • •
Buy the least toxic product available. Buy only the amount needed for job. Use it up, or give away what you don't use. Never dump hazardous waste down the drain or on the ground!
Household and Conditionally Exempt Waste Only • 50 Gallon Limit.
For more info call 258-4890 • www.co.missoula.mt.us/wq Sponsored By Missoula Valley Water Quality District • Missoula Wastewater Treatment Facility • Allied Waste • Oily Waste Processors • Safeway Pharmacy - Northside
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$25, includes dinner and drinks. RSVP required by e-mailing dalyjazz@gmail.com. Visit dalyjazz.com. Support of human rights collides with poetry during an anthology reading of I Go to the Ruined Place: Contemporary Poems in Defense of Global Human Rights, which features readings from Melissa Kwasny, M.L. Smoker, Lowell Jaeger, Sheryl Noethe and others, and begins at 7 PM in the Dell Brown Room of UM’s Turner Hall. Free. Call 243-5267. (See Books in this issue.) Missoula’s Trivial Beersuit, a trivia night for the layperson, expands its tentacles to the Press Box for four rounds of trivia with sign ups at 7:45 PM, followed by the game at 8, this and every Wed. at the Press Box, 835 E. Broadway St. Free. If you’re fixin’ for something to twang to, let Fixin Two be your guide when it plays The Sunrise Saloon and Casino, 1805 Regent St., at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 728-1559. You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but neither will help you emit that high lonesome sound every Wed., when the Old Post Pub hosts a Pickin’ Circle at 9 PM. Free. The answer to this week’s trivia question: Blood contains about 83 percent water. So keep chuggin’ that clear stuff, ya hear?
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Fly Fishing Fundamentals of Whitewater Kayaking Mountain Biking in Missoula Bike Maintenance Class “Climbing Montana’s Bitterroot Mountains,” an inspirational multi-media presentation by Mike Hoyt. 7pm in McGill Hall 210. Free! Fundamentals of Rock Climbing 5th Annual Reel Rock Film Tour: “Anniversary Tour,” 7pm in Urey Lecture Hall Used Outdoor Gear Sale, 12:00-5:00pm in the University Center
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The tenets of women’s lib broadens to include cheap drinks and DJs spinning dance tracks when Feruqi’s hosts Ladies’ Night every Wed. at 9 PM. Free. Just don’t speak in acronyms during WTF Wednesdays at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, where $7 all you can drink Miller Lite draft beer mixes with music by Chereal and karaoke between sets this and every Wed. starting at 9 PM at the bar. Free. Includes other drink specials as well. Don’t worry about sacrificing your precious bodily fluids to a cult when Minneapolis’ Cloud Cult plays a mix of indie rock, folk, classical and electronica at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $15, with advance tickets at Rockin Rudy’s. Portland, Ore.’s Mimicking Birds opens. (See Noise in this issue.)
THURSDAY
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Check out some young guns who know their way around a canvas when the Dana Gallery presents its Third Thursday opening for Young Guns, featuring new paintings from Caleb Meyer and Francis Switzer, with the reception running from 5–8 PM at the gallery, 246 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 721-3154. Tap into an artistic heartbeat during the Missoula Art Museum’s Artini: Native Artbeat, which celebrates the American Indian cultural scene and features a reading from poet Jennifer Greene, an interview with artist Angela Babby by Jodi Rave, as well as traditional music from Jason Heavyrunner and singers/drummers, from 5:30–9 PM at the museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free. Call 728-0447. The Acousticals flosses your mind when it plays acoustic Americana at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-PINT.
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Go deep with a story about two FBI agents trying to find their missing cohorts when author Robert Miller reads and signs copies of Deep Stepping Stones, at 7 PM at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 721-2881. Don’t worry about getting too high with Mike Hoyt, a mountaineer and photog—and author of Hikes and Climbs to Bitterroot Mountain Summits—when he presents the multimedia lecture “Climbing Montana’s Bitterroot Mountains 2010,” which begins at 7 PM in Room 210 of UM’s McGill Hall. Free. Call 243-5172. UM art history prof Rafael Chacón keeps the aesthetic knowledge flowing when he lectures about the exhibit The Original Man: The Life and Work of Montana Architect A.J. Gibson, at 7 PM in the Montana Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. Free. Call 243-2019 and visit umt.edu/montanamuseum. Expect a thriller at the intersection of politics and journalism when the The Peace & Justice Film Series presents a screening of The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsber and the Pentagon Papers, with the film starting at 7 PM at the University Center Theater. Free, with a discussion to follow including guest speakers Clem Work and Larry Howell. Visit peaceandjusticefilms.org. Get verbally slugged by an MC named Slug when Minneapolis’ hip hop stalwarts Atmosphere plays with Blueprint, Grieves & Budo, and DJ Rare Groove, at 8:30 PM at the Wilma Theatre. $28/$26 advance at Rockin Rudy’s and online at ticketfly.com. UF Okies gets sparkly with your spark plugs when it plays country at The Sunrise Saloon and Casino, 1805 Regent St., at 9 PM. Free. Call 728-1559. Double the fun with bass and hot breakbeats when RoboTrash presents Dubble Trubble, a monthly DJ night dedicated to dubstep and drum ‘n’ bass with sets by DJ Kris Moon and others, starting at 9 PM at the Palace. Free. Nate Hegyi, lead singer/songwriter of Wartime Blues, keeps the folk and Americana flowing free when he plays with a rotating cast of friends this and every other Thu. at the Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., at 10 PM. Free. Get high with some Rocky Mountain folksters when Denver’s The Lumineers plays indie folk at 10 PM at the Top Hat. Cover TBA. Locals Bird’s Mile Home open. Now that school’s back in session, you can expect some awesome things from Missoula’s music scene. I’m talking about tons of top-notch shows from out of towners, like the Bay Area’s Zion I, which plays the Palace Thu., Sept. 9. If you’re unfamiliar with this duo, know that these underground hip hoppers push a positive lyrical style veering from head-nodding cool beats to floor-burning drum ‘n’ bass. I’ve seen them several times, and they deliver on all fronts. Check it out and, in the meantime, deliver your goods to me in a timely fashion by sending your event info by 5 PM on Fri., Sept. 10 to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Calendar Overlord c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367. You can also submit stuff online. Just head to the arts section of our website and scroll down a few inches and you’ll see a link that says “submit an event.”
Helena may be no Missoula when it comes to sheer numbers of farmers’ markets and cultural events, but it sure does have some nice places to rip it up with your bike. This week, you can find out for yourself with a mountain biking trip through prime hills in the southern part of the Queen City during the WERKS Mountain Bike Race, a jaunt fit for those who like to pedal hard and fast that begins at 1 PM Sun., Sept. 12, at the Davis Street Trailhead in Helena. Once there, you’ll zoom around on 4.5 miles of trails on the hilly parts of south Helena (70 percent of it is a single track)—and you’ll do it for either five, three or two laps, depending on your race category. Raceday registration occurs at 10 AM and costs $20/$15 students, and all participants must have a USA Cycling license to participate. One-day licenses will be available on-site for $10. Call Trever at 439-8547. Now let’s change gears and pedal back to the present. On Thu., Sept. 9, those of you who need some advice on packin’ it up with your backpack should head to REI Missoula’s Backpacking Basics class, which begins at 7 PM at the store, 3275 N. Reserve St. Ste. K2. Free. RSVP by visiting rei.com/stores/72. If by chance you’re still lacking chops in the mountain biking department, feel free to use Thu., Sept. 9, as an excuse to sign up for the UM Outdoor Program’s Introduction to Mountain Biking course, which whisks you through a number of trails around town and occurs on Sun., Sept. 12. $20, with registration due Sept. 9. While we’re on the subject of biking, you might as well learn how to properly lube your hubs and tweak your two-wheeler to perfection by signing up on Fri., Sept. 10, for the Outdoor Program’s Bike Maintenance Class, which occurs at 6 PM on Tue., Sept. 13. $50. Call 243-5172 to RSVP for either class. Avoid an alien probing later on Fri., Sept. 10, by keeping your eyes on the sky during another installment of Blue Mountain Observatory’s public observing night, which begins at 9 PM. Free. Visit www.physics.umt.edu/bluemountain for directions and call 243-5179 for cancellation updates. Feel free to tape those binoculars to your face on Sat., Sept. 11, in order to tickle your irises with birds when the Five
Valleys Audubon Society presents a birding field trip to Ninepipes and Kicking Horse, which begins with a carpool meet-up at 8 AM in the middle of UM’s Adams Center Parking lot. Free. Visit fvamissoula.org. You could also cure that urge to ogle birds up north when the Flathead Audubon Society presents its fourth annual Raptor Day, which runs from 8 AM–4 PM on Sat., Sept. 11, at Lone Pine State Park, southwest of Kalispell. The day kicks off with a bird walk at 8, a family bird walk/scavenger hunt at 10 AM and then features an array of birding programs throughout the afternoon. Free. Call Mary Beth at 755-2706. Sweat out those dirty, dirty toxins on Sat., Sept. 11, during Run Wild Missoula’s Sweathouse Half Marathon, which begins and ends at Victor Park in Victor, with the marathon starting at 8 AM. $40/$35 Run Wild Missoula members. Visit runwildmissoula.org to register. Better yet, take some snappy pics of nature’s bounty on Sat., Sept. 11, when the Montana Natural History Center (MNHC) presents its Saturday Discovery Day: Nature Photography Between Seasons, which begins at 9 AM at the MNHC, 120 Hickory St. What follows is a full day of capturing beautiful scenes on Morrell Mountain with photog Lance Schelvan. $35/$25 members. Also, bring your camera. Call 327-0405 to register. Chew on a root while doing your part to clean the ‘Root during the Bitterroot River Cleanup, which occurs on Sat., Sept. 11, from 10 AM—4 PM at various locations on the river from Sula and Painted Rocks Dam, up to Missoula. Free to participate, with a barbecue at 4:30 PM at Angler’s Roost in Hamilton. Call Don at 363-3146 to sign up. Get water wise on Sat., Sept. 11, when the Watershed Education Network presents a free stream monitoring train-
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ing, which starts at 1 PM at the Greenough Park Pavilion, just off Monroe Street. Other trainings occur at the same location at 4 PM on Tue., Sept. 14, and Wed., Sept. 15. Visit montanawatershed.org. Runners can kick their heels up in the heart of our pretty city on Sun., Sept. 12, when Run Wild Missoula presents the Missoula Mile, a series of five races for various running categories that begins at 9 AM in downtown Missoula. $20 on race-day/$15 advance/free for kids. Visit runwildmissoula.org to register. Oh yeah, this is also part of Sunday Streets Missoula (see our calendar section for details on that event.) And while we’re talking about Run Wild Missoula, you should also check its seminar “How to Get Faster,” which starts at 7 PM on Mon., Sept. 13, at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Free. The organization also has two yoga classes this week tailored for runners, plus a core strength training class, so visit its website for specifics. On Mon., Sept. 13, two different groups of bird gawkers meet to discuss their obsession when the Five Valley’s Audubon Society holds its chapter meeting at 7:30 PM in Room L14 of UM’s Gallagher Business Building, and the Flathead Audubon Society gets its avian appreciation on during its monthly meeting at 7 PM at The Summit, 205 Sunnyview Lane in Kalispell. Free for both. Visit fvamissoula.org and flatheadaudubon.org respectively for details. Finish off your packed week with an Photo by Chad Harder adventurous multimedia presentation when UM presents “Michael Hoyt: Climbing Montana’s Bitterroot Mountains 2010,” a presentation by Hoyt of his recent hiking/climbing exploits that begins at 7 PM Thu., Sept. 16, in Room 210 of UM’s McGill Hall. Free. All right, now who’s up for taste testing some stream samples? calendar@missoulanews.com
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The Magpies keep it a little bit country, a little bit rock ‘n’ roll by Erika Fredrickson
Being in a band isn’t easy. First of all, you’ve “Something happened to the wheel on our car,” the drummer for Rooster Sauce, but he started with got to coordinate practice and book gigs. Then says Pollington. “It wouldn’t move anymore, so we Pollington and Harber’s first iteration of The Magpies. there’s the inevitable slew of obstacles that threat- decided to stay, ending up there for almost two years.” Before Martens rejoins the band, Pollington and en to topple even the tightest of groups: Drug The couple began writing songs and eventually Harber are finishing up yet another one of their pet hobaddictions. Girlfriends. Boyfriends. Kids. Serial moved to L.A., only to find themselves ready to come bies. Over the past few years, the couple has made severhangovers. Petty in-fighting. If you can survive back to Montana a year and a half later. SoCal just wasn’t al feature length films, including Diablo Highway, a B those factors there’s always room for other their style, Pollington says. She describes the area as hav- horror flick about their band, and Stranger Than Fiction, unknowns to pop up right before a show, includ- ing one of the most “cheesy, commercial music scenes” a hometown drama that takes place in Havre. Their curing van breakdowns and food poisoning. Not so she had ever seen. Harber sums it up with an anecdote rent project is a western, which they’re filming about 70 likely to make the list of show-stoppers? about what happened when the couple posted an ad and miles south of Havre in a little town called Cleveland. The Impromptu wheat harvesting in Havre, Mont. film stars local theater veterans like Grant Olson, Lily started interviewing local drummers for The Magpies. That is, unless you’re in a band called The “When you’re interviewing a drummer and they Gladstone and Matt Werner. Magpies. The local no-wave band is fronted by both guitarist Tolan Harber and bassist Samantha Pollington, a married couple who deliver an old-school sound with the same kind of lofi, quirky chemistry that made Exene Cervenka and John Doe so magnetic in the early punk band X. Or, they could just as easily be mistaken for contemporaries of Sonic Youth during its infant years on New York City’s post-punk scene. Pollington and Harber, however, lead a fairly different lifestyle than any West Coast or East Coast rock legends. Despite a very distinct urban sound, with songs like “Rotten to the Whore” and “Gasoline Semen,” the couple has country roots—Harber’s mom lives in Havre and Pollington grew up there. “What we play is like Sonic Youth country punk,” says Harber. “Some of what we do is city, but my relatives were bohunk cowPhoto by Chad Harder boys. I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, but I know hardcore coun- The Magpies includes Samantha Pollington, left, and Tolan Harber. try people.” To add to their country cred, the couple spent all last month harvesting wheat in ask how they should get their hair cut, that’s not “It’s about these homesteaders going to find their Havre for Pollington’s family—Harber drives the good,” says Harber. land,” says Harber. “We have covered wagons and horstruck and Pollington works the combine—until, partThe Magpies’ current drummer, John Walls, is far es and guns, renegade Indians. We have it all.” way through the harvest, rainy weather put every- from being concerned with his hair. In fact, he may After the film wraps up the couple says they plan to thing on hold. even be more country than his bandmates, having record a new album—they put out their second album, pica “It’s something we do every August,” says Harber. grown up in a small town just north of Shelby. Besides pica,last year—and perhaps hit the road for a tour or two. “We still have 200 acres to cut but we’re rained out. The Magpies, he plays for local metal band Black Jesus Last year, they toured through L.A. and got to revisit their Vomit, with whom he moved to Missoula a few years old haunts. But the show itself at the famous nightclub We’re waiting on the call to come back.” This week, the group plans to play its second show ago and with whom he plans to move to Great Falls Whisky a Go Go was a bust. The bartender charged since moving to Missoula from Havre about a year ago. within the next month so the band can all be closer to Pollington $4 for a glass of tap water, and Harber says the They’re hoping that the call to harvest doesn’t fall too home. That move means this week’s show with The whole vibe of the place was too commercial. Magpies will be his last. close to the scheduled performance. “It was like playing Disneyland,” he says. “We’re farmers, too,” says Harber, laughing. “But For now, Pollington and Harber admit they’re “When I first moved to Missoula, the plan was we were we have to be back for the show.” going to try and give it a go here,” Walls says. “But we’re all happy to visit places like L.A., but Missoula is exactly The couple hasn’t always lived the country life. from pretty small towns on the Hi-Line and Missoula caught where they need to be. Unless, of course, there’s some When Harber and Pollington first met in 2001, they us off guard. It pretty much kicked our ass the whole time.” wheat that needs cutting. had every intention of being a big city band, and Pollington and Harber have recruited a new drumThe Mag pies plays the Palace Friday, Sept. 10, at 9 they packed up their car and started driving to Los mer who’s no stranger to them or to most of the local PM, with The New Hijackers and The Lonely H. $5. Angeles. On the way, they visited friends in San music scene: Havre native Dave Martens is best known Francisco and ended up staying. in Missoula as the guitarist for Streetlight People and efredrickson@missoulanews.com
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Laura Stevenson and the Cans evoke a cozy loneliness. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the music you listen to when you pack up to leave after everything falls apart. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music for rooftop stargazing when everyone is inside clinking cocktail glasses together. These tracks remind me of how the band Beirut can have so many horns and proclamations of love, but still be a more suitable soundtrack for drinking coffee in your kitchen on a rainy Sunday morning than for a party. Stevenson has a remarkable, lilting voice. It somehow feels from another time or place, from someone untouched by the bubblegum omnipresence of Miley Cyrus or even the coolness of shoegaze rock bands. At
Cloud Cult Light Chasers Eartholog y
The best part of this earnest group of art rockers has always been frontman Craig Minowa, an excellent songwriter who records all of the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s material at his own Earthology Records, a studio â&#x20AC;&#x153;powered by geothermal energy and built partially from reclaimed wood and recycled plastic.â&#x20AC;? Minowaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision and drive, largely influenced by the death of his 2-yearold son in 2002, has made Cloud Cult what it isâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a refreshingly experimental indie rock band capable of brilliance (2006â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Advice from the Happy Hippopotamus) and tethered to a sensitive core. The problem, of course, is Minowaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s considerable
Bobby Bare Jr. A Storm, A Tree, My Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Head Bloodshot Records
Despite provocative titles like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your Goat is On Fire,â&#x20AC;? Bobby Bare Jr.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s A Storm, A Tree, My Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Head isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t immediately compelling. The elements for a country hit are here: Bareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vocalsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;equal parts velvet and gravelâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;seem perfectly tailored to classic sounding lines like, â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you said goodbye I heard hello.â&#x20AC;? But thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something so soft and easy about the overall delivery that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to listen without fully engaging. Then again, I admit my feelings were similar when first listening to the pedal steel lullabies of alt-country mavericks Whiskeytownâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a group I now list as a favorite.
Blue Giant Blue Giant Vanguard
Kevin and Anita Robinson, the Portland-based artists formerly known as Viva Voce, do vocal harmony like nobodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business. Now fronting Blue Giant, assisted by some guys from The Decembrists, Swords and The Golden Bears, the Robinsons are acting all grown up: tight, professional and too safe. With all that talent in one box, Blue Giantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eponymous debut could have been amazing, but it falls shy of greatness. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Clean the Clockâ&#x20AC;? opens the effort with a rush of sunny psychedelic splendor. Anitaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slight, sweet
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the same time, A Record, doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shy away from weird ideas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Shine to Itâ&#x20AC;? is about selling blood to a hospital and the tracks â&#x20AC;&#x153;Landslide/Digâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Amphibiansâ&#x20AC;? are rambunctious enough to suggest that Stevenson has punk in her blood. The albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production only bolsters Stevensonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s angelic voice. It amplifies guitar, mandolin and violin so that you can hear the rich vibration from each pluck and strum. Likewise, the horns are enhanced to wonderful imperfectionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;played well but not without a tinny resonance here or there. Those elements give this recording an authentic flavor. (Erika Fredrickson) Laura Stevenson and the Cans play the Zootown Arts Community Center Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 8 PM, with Tyson Ballew, Joey Running Crane and Grant Gieger. $5.
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backstory and sense of purpose can also be the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest drawback Light Chasers demonstrates this precarious balance of outstanding and overwrought in spades. The good: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Running With the Wolvesâ&#x20AC;? captures the big sound and full arrangement that has made some of Cloud Cultâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local performancesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;complete with artists painting on stageâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;so memorable. The orchestration of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unexplained Storiesâ&#x20AC;? and soaring climax of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s So Much Energy in Usâ&#x20AC;? also bode well for the live show. The bad: Minowaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s song titles are longer than this review, with nearly every track carrying a subtitle like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Invocation p. 1â&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Journey to the Light p. 2.â&#x20AC;? His lyrics also preach more here, like in the indulgent â&#x20AC;&#x153;Responsible.â&#x20AC;? Longtime fans will find plenty to like, just not quite as much as past efforts. (Skylar Browning) Cloud Cult plays the Top Hat Wednesday, Sept. 15, at 9 PM. $15 advance from Rockin Rudyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Bareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s similar to that band, like watching a quiet independent film so subtle that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only later, when you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sleep, you realize itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s itching at your brain. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rock and Roll Halloweenâ&#x20AC;? comes across kooky, with images of Marilyn Monroe dancing dirty with Darth Vader. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weird about the song, though, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Bareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incessant listing of juxtaposed costumesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve all been to a Halloween partyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the melancholy strumming that accompanies the song, as if weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking about something far more profound and eternal. Maybe we are. With Bare, good poetry and sleeper films, it takes some keen observation and patience before you get the pay off. (Erika Fredrickson) Bobby Bare Jr. plays the Badlander Monday, Sept. 13, at 9 PM, with Blue Giant. $5. voice carries the country ballad â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lonely Girlâ&#x20AC;? like a breeze blows cottonwood fluff, while on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reasons to Cryâ&#x20AC;? her light touch lends the atmospheric tune a spooky sense of detachment. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re good songs, and it comes as no surprise that every track is executed beautifully. But the album suffers from over-restraint or, perhaps, even laziness. In other words, these good songs could have been great songs. Maybe my expectations are unreasonable, but when Kevin Robinson hooks up with Sleater-Kinneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corin Tucker, I expect fireworks. Instead, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gone for Goodâ&#x20AC;? is the kind of duet that any two friends might sing together, just for themselves, not trying to impress anybody. I bet they had a swell time. (Ali Gadbow) Blue Giant plays the Badlander Monday, Sept. 13, at 9 PM, with Bobby Bare Jr. $5.
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Heavy words Powerful anthology tackles human rights by Michael Peck
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or the birthdays of gods and demons, Poets have been clamorous in protesting transgresit’s probably best to dress in plain clothes sions against human rights for millennia. Unfortunately when you arrive in the United States, there is no shortage of inspiration or material; it seems and try not to talk too loud. that each subsequent generation has something pertiIn Tiffany Midge’s agonized “After Viewing the nent to include, sometimes in the form of afflicted memories, horrors lived or tragedies endured, but usually as Holocaust Museum’s Room of Shoes and a Gallery of indictments of current conflicts and genocides. Every Plains’ Indian Moccasins: Washington, D.C.” we have book published on the expanding topic would be perhaps our closest estimation of the book’s intent: opportune. With the relatively recent revelation of the “The portrait is clear:/one is art, the other evidence.” Abu Ghraib photos, constant hostilities in the Middle Throughout these poems and brief, insightful biograEast and the escalation of suicide bombings across the phies that accompany them, the line is blurred between the two, and in the end world, poets have responded with it’s apparent that neither distinccharacteristic outrage. Opposed to tion can be separated from the Theodor Adorno’s amnesiac dicother. The book confronts the tum that “to write a poem after reader with evidence of awful Auschwitz is barbaric,” the poetry crimes, but it does so in language featured in I Go to the Ruined filled with stirring images and comPlace: Contemporary Poems in pelling metaphors. Defense of Global Human Rights strives to remember when many Compiled and edited by would rather forget the horrors Montana poets Melissa Kwasny meted out to themselves and their and M.L. Smoker, the slim volrespective countries; it candidly ume is about as heavy and heartdemonstrates that the voices of unibreaking a collection of poems as versal protest have not been quietyou are likely to find. Ostensibly ed or enfeebled. Although the gathering works for an anthology poets in this anthology are not focused primarily on the concept always as aggressive as those preof torture, the editors note they I Go to the Ruined Place: sented in others, they are certainly Edited by Melissa Kwasny were “surprised at the range of clearer in their articulation and enlightissues spoken to by poets.” And this and M.L. Smoker ened views. paperback, Lost Horse Press is perhaps the triumph of the book: Its themes are global and profoundI Go to the Ruined Place is no 168 pages, $18 ly personal at once. There are stobreezy summer reading. It’s like leafries of Cambodia and child sexual ing through a diary of diverse people inexplicably persisting in the shared wreckage of their abuse, American Indian frustration and prison rape, world. Serious and horrifyingly precise, it revitalizes lynching and Rwanda, gay rights and the Holocaust. the genre of politically dissident verse to include Because it allows itself to stretch the limits of its poems of sexual liberation and cultural rights. Local ambition, the concerns of the book are as atypical as poet Matthew Kaler intimately evokes a woman held the poets, aid workers, soldiers and other activists prisoner in a chicken coup in Darfur in “Kalashnikov who created it. Staccato.” In “KZ,” Carolyne Wright reminisces walking A wise selection almost never lacking in consistenthrough the nightmare of an abandoned concentra- cy or originality, I Go to the Ruined Place mesmerizes tion camp on a frigid day, writing, “But we must learn with its unabashed honesty. With only one or two the signs: they hungered/they were cold, and in exceptions of billboard-style politicizing, the poems are Dachau it was always winter.” In the art-inspired chiseled to the essentials of the craft. The standouts of “Interrogation II,” C.K. Williams bewails the metaphys- the entire collection, however, are the editors, who ical verity of human-made misery in one sense or scoured both lesser known and influential publications another, while in her frank portrayal of a dark, for powerful works of modern poetry. They have manenforced sexual chronology, “No Exchange of aged to unify a manifold of styles into a genuine narraLivestock,” local Sheryl Noethe questions the very tive of inhumanity and its impassioned resistance. basis of morality and freedom: Finalist for a High Plains Book Award, it is a valuable No choice. No chance. addition to the rows of shelves dedicated to struggle, And where was God? survival and hardship. There is pain and dread herein, They say God saved the few he could. but somewhere amid the bruised dignity of the The rest, however, he kept oppressed who limp through these pages, a slightly Widely published poet Li-Young Lee details the tri- clouded, tiny fragment of hope sputters audibly als of fleeing his violence-ridden Indonesia and the beneath every line. contemporary anxieties and fears of assimilating into a Co-editors Melissa Kwasny and M.L. Smoker society completely estranged from familiar traditions: present a reading with local writers for I Go to the If your name suggests a country where bells Ruined Place at UM’s Del Brown Room in Turner might have been used for entertainment Hall Wednesday, Sept. 15, at 7 PM. Free. or to announce the entrances and exits of the seasons arts@missoulanews.com
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Machete is the closest thing I’ve ever seen to a because he’s a man of few words. When he does real-life animated cartoon on screen. Granted, we’re talk, it tends to be in stunted sentences with one-syltalking about a graphically violent, sexually explicit, lable words, and often in third person; “Machete overly profane cartoon, but a cartoon nonetheless. don’t text” may be my favorite line. As it turns out, a good rule of thumb for the film Imagine “Tom & Jerry” in an alternate universe in which cat and mouse gore and decapitate their vic- is the less an actor talks, the more enjoyable the tims, carouse with topless women and refer to character. Trejo is at the top of this pyramid, folthemselves in third-person, and you have the latest lowed by Marin as Machete’s long-lost brother who film from the brilliantly warped mind of Robert runs his church in a most unconventional manner. Then there’s Seagal, playing a Mexican drug lord in Rodriguez. Fans of Rodriguez will be quick to recognize his first mainstream film since 2002. He’s gained Machete and some of its main characters from a fake about 50 pounds since his Under Siege days, but trailer that aired during Grindhouse, the entertain- he’s a wonderful bad guy here, delivering kingpin ing 2007 old-school horror double feature film that Rodriguez directed with Quentin Tarantino. I re-watched that trailer on YouTube after seeing Machete and to my delight discovered a few of the exact scenes from the parody are included in the film, while others are the same except with a different actor. To enjoy Machete is to embrace a film that goes so far over the top in its violence and sheer ballsiness that it leaves you no choice but to smile as it plays out in unabashed gore. It is yet another loving homage by Rodriguez to the B-movies of 35 years ago, and perhaps one of the strangest Who wants a hug? advocacy films ever made. Yes, though convoluted by its beheadings, weed wacker maimings and crucifixions, I’m pretty sure there’s a clichés without regard to the irony. It came as a message here about the failure of United States shock to learn Seagal turns 60 next year, but he still manages to pull off the tanned, greasy-haired villain immigration policy. But it’s best not to linger on the politics. like a man 20 years his junior. Instead, enjoy a cast of characters that ranges from In what must have been a stretch, Lohan plays living legends (Robert De Niro as a deliciously evil the drugged-out wannabe porn star daughter of state senator) to certified D-listers (hello, Lindsey one the antagonists. She’s only in a few scenes, Lohan!). In between Rodriguez gives us Cheech and that may be why I found her the least annoyMarin as a pot-smoking, gun-loving priest, the tri- ing of the female characters. The two lead actressumphant return of Steven Seagal, and Michelle es are the film’s biggest disappointment. As the Rodriguez leading a revolution while wearing strip- leader of a mysterious resistance movement per outfits. And what’s not to like about a film that against anti-immigrant forces, Michelle Rodriguez “introduces” us to Don Johnson? has her moments but all her dialogue trying to Then there is the title character, a former explain that movement gets cumbersome. Even Mexican Federale who finds himself living on the worse is Jessica Alba as the U.S. immigration offistreets of Texas three years after drugpins kill his cer who forms an alliance of sorts with Machete. family. As they say, he is a man without a country In a film in which just about every character is a (no, seriously, that’s an actual line of dialogue). one-dimensional cartoon, Alba somehow manDanny Trejo, who without a doubt is the most intim- ages to be boring and unbelievable. idating 66-year-old on the planet, plays Machete. He Machete is ultimately powered by the testosis the Hispanic Hulk, scarred and tattooed, wrinkled terone of a one-man killing machine. Does it get and angry. When a smooth Texas businessman offers old? Yes, but thankfully not until the end, by Machete $150,000 cash to assassinate an anti-immi- which point we’re so desensitized to the over-thegrant zealot state senator (De Niro), our hero knows top violence that the entertainment value is it’s probably a trap but takes the job anyway. diminished. But give Rodriguez credit for turning From there we’re off and running on a one hour a three-minute joke trailer into a feature farce. We and 45 minute romp in which you can count on at can only hope that he’s not joking about the two least one person getting impaled, sliced or run over promised sequels advertised during the end credin every scene. Machete, as you might expect, its. 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Scope OPENING THIS WEEK: COCO CHANEL AND IGOR STRAVINSKY The fashionista and the pioneering composer meet, greet, and keep things ultra discreet (or at least try to) in this flick based on Chris Greenhalgh’s novel of the same name. Wilma Theatre: nightly at 7, with a Sun. matinee at 1, and no show Thu. FLIPPED Have you ever liked someone romantically, but they didn’t like you, and then somehow, magically, they changed their mind? That’s basically what this movie is about, except the characters are kids. Carmike 10: 5:30, 7:45 and 10 with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1 and 3:15. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:10, 2:20, 4:30, 6:50 and 9 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight and Mon.–Thu. at 1:30, 3:50, 6:50 and 9. RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE The fourth installment of this video gamebased series follows weapon wielding postapocalyptic arse kicker Milla Jovovich as she tries to fight off an evil corporation and save people from undead freaks by shuffling them off to, of all places, Los Angeles. Carmike 10: 4:20, 7:15 and 9:50, with a Fri.–Sun. matinee at 1:40. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at noon, 12:30, 2:15, 2:45, 4:30, 5, 7, 7:30, 9:15 and 9:45 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight and Mon.–Thu. at 1, 2, 3:30, 4:30, 7, 7:30, 9:15 and 9:45. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 7 and 9 with a Fri.–Sun. matinee at 1:30.
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KNIGHT AND DAY Tom Cruise might be summoning the almighty power of Scientology as a bad boy on the run who picks up Cameron Diaz along the way for an adventure filled with blazing machine guns and high speed car chases, all in the name of avoiding federal party poopers like Peter Sarsgaard. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4, 7 and 9.
RAMONA AND BEEZUS Beverly Cleary’s best-selling books about rambunctious Ramona Quimby and her big sister, Beezus, reach the big screen. Can Ramona help save the family home? Can Beezus help her? Can John Corbett (“Sex in the City,” “Northern Exposure”) be any more charming as the kids’ father? Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:15 with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:45.
THE LAST EXORCISM A documentary crew films a retiring evangelical minister’s attempt to rid a young girl of a demonic curse much like Missoula County tried to rid the fairgrounds of a free Sunday church service. Carmike 10: 5:20, 7:30 and 9:40 with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1 and 3:10. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:25, 2:40, 4:45, 7:05 and 9:25 with an additional
SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD The endearingly awkward Michael Cera tries to make us all forget the flat-out awkward Youth in Revolt with this big-screen version of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s cult graphic novel. After meeting the perfect girl, Cera must overcome her seven evil exboyfriends to score. Village 6: 7:10, with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 9:50, and Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1:35 and 4:20. TOY STORY 3 Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and the rest of this 3-D animated pack are at a loss when they find out their buddy Andy is going to college to do “adult stuff.” Thankfully though, this team of toys finds another set of adorers at a daycare. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:45, 3:15 and 6:05 and Mon.–Thu. at 1, 3:30 and 6:05.
NOW PLAYING: THE AMERICAN George Clooney is an assassin who claims his next kill will be his last. You won’t believe this, but Clooney’s exit strategy doesn’t go exactly as he had planned. Carmike 10: 4:20, 7:15 and 9:45 with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:30. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no shows at 9 on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:05, 2:30, 5, 7:25 and 9:50 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight and Mon.–Thu. at 1:10, 4:15, 7 and 9:25. AVATAR: SPECIAL EDITION Sam Worthington gets a 3-D makeover as an exMarine whose alien body and human mind is sent to pillage a new planet for its resources. This new, “enhanced” edition features eight extra minutes of unseen footage. Carmike 10: 9:20. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 8:40. BARBIE: A FASHION FAIRYTALE Isn’t this a reality show on the E! network? Village 6: 1 only Sat.–Sun. DESPICABLE ME Funny guys Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Will Arnett and Ken Jeong (he’s the naked dude from the trunk in The Hangover) lend their voices to this animated 3-D comedy about an evildoer’s plan to steal the moon. Carmike 10: 4:15 and 7 with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:10. Village 6 in 2-D: Fri.–Sun. only at 9:30, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 4:10. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:20, 2:35 and 7:20 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight and Mon.–Thu. at 1:50 and 6:50. DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS In this remake of a French farce, rising executive Paul Rudd tries to impress his boss in a contest over who can bring the biggest idiot to a dinner party. Rudd chooses Steve Carell and, um, we all win? Village 6: 7:05 with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1:30.
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SALT Just a few weeks after the U.S. government captured a real-life crew of clandestine Cold War-style Russian spies, Angelina Jolie conveniently stars in this big budget thriller as a CIA operative accused of being a Cold War-style Russian spy. Village 6: Fri.–Sun. shows at 9:45 only, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 4:15.
Father knows best when it comes to homemade bombs. Flipped opens Friday at the Carmike 10.
and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at noon, 2:35, 4:50, 7:15 and 9:40 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight and Mon.–Thu. at 1:20, 3:55, 7 and 9:25. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:15, with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:45. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE The second installment of Stieg Larsson’s best-selling trilogy-turned-movie franchise arrives fresh from Sweden. Meanwhile, Hollywood producers just named the lead actress to play in the Americanized version—read: worse, but without subtitles—of the same trilogy. Wilma Theatre: nightly at 7 and 9:20, with Sun. matinees at 1 and 3:20. GOING THE DISTANCE Drew Barrymore and Justin Long test the thin threads of long-distance romance in this generic date flick. Possible saving graces: Supporting roles from Jason Sudeikis (“SNL”) and Charlie Day (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”). Carmike 10: 4:45, 7:35 and 10 with Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1:50. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9 with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no Sun. shows at 9. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at noon, 2:25, 4:55, 7:20 and 9:45 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight and Mon.–Thu. at 1:10, 3:45, 6:45 and 9:20. Entertainer in Ronan: 4, 7 and 9. INCEPTION Director Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight and Memento) offers up a strong cup of surrealism in this sci-fi thriller that follows subconscious secret stealer Leonardo DiCaprio as he tries to clear his bad rep with a Herculean task—to plant thoughts into people instead of ripping them off. Carmike 10: 4, 7 and 10 with Fri.-Sun. matinees at 1. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:05, 3:10,
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Fri.–Sat. show at midnight and Mon.–Thu. at 1:25, 4:10, 7:05 and 9:25. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:15. MACHETE Acclaimed director Robert Rodriguez returns with another bloody celebration of vigilante justice. This time, ex-Federale Danny Trejo launches a brutal tirade against his crooked former boss. Robert DeNiro, Don Johnson, Steven Seagal and Jessica Alba also star. Village 6: 7:25, with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 9:55, and Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1:40 and 4:30. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:10, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30 and 9:55 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight and Mon.–Thu. at 1:05, 4:10, 7:15 and 9:35. NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS Emma Thompson is the bucktooth nanny you always feared who returns to the screen to help a helpless Maggie Gyllenhaal keep a gaggle of kids in line using magical tricks. Oh yeah, pigs fly and perform a synchronized swimming routine, too. Carmike 10: 4 and 10. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 3:30 and 9:15 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight and Mon.–Thu. at 3:50 and 9:25. THE OTHER GUYS The latest incarnation of the buddy cop film stars nerdy Will Ferrell and hotheaded Mark Wahlberg as mismatched NYPD partners fighting endless taunting from coworkers and, presumably, crime. Carmike 10: 4, 7:30 and 10 and Fri.–Sun. matinees at 1. Village 6: 7 Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat.–Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 show on
TAKERS Musician Chris Brown is most famous for physically beating his former girlfriend, pop star Rihanna, before the 2009 Grammy Awards. Now, he stars as a different kind of bad guy in this action-packed heist film, which also stars Matt Dillon, Idris Elba (Stringer Bell from “The Wire”) and Hayden Christensen (aka Anakin Skywalker). Village 6: 7:15, with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 9:50 and Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1:35 and 4:20. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE Who knows if good things come in threes, all I know is that this third installment of the popular series features more pale faced vamps hungry for blood, some killings in the Emerald City, and an epic—epic—struggle for a lady between a werewolf and a vampire. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun. at 12:30, 3:35, 6:45 and 9:30 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight and Mon.–Thu. at 1:05, 3:50, 6:45 and 9:30. VAMPIRES SUCK If this parody of the current pop culture fascination with pale-skinned hunks and their puritanical love interests follows the same cheap format as other opportunistic parody films, it should suck, too. Village 6: 7, with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 9:15, and Sat.–Sun. matinees at 1 and 4. Capsule reviews by Skylar Browning and Ira Sather-Olson. Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good as of Fri., Sept. 10. Show times and locations are subject to change or errors, despite our best efforts. Please spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities by calling ahead to confirm. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 10/Village 6–5417469; Wilma–728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton–961-FILM; Stadium 14 in Kalispell–752-7804. Showboat in Polson, Entertainer in Ronan and Mountain in Whitefish–862-3130.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): My friend Alana suffered from a mysterious ailment for months. Symptoms included vertigo, stomach pains, and numbness in her legs. After being treated unsuccessfully by six health care practitioners, both mainstream and alternative, she went to see Dr. Ling, a Chinese herbalist recommended by a friend. Ling was a dour woman who made no eye contact. Her office was dingy, cramped, and windowless. Alana felt a bit depressed by the visit. Yet when she took Dr. Ling’s herbs, she felt better. In three weeks she was cured. The moral of the story, Aries: The restorative agent you need may not come in the most inviting form. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A spider spun gorgeous cobwebs on my car’s back window. Anchored on the window wiper, they’re artfully woven spiral tunnels decorated with white flower petals sent by the wind. This sculpture is so beguiling that it caught the attention of a stranger who was walking through a parking lot as I was getting in my car, and we struck up a conversation that led to him inviting me to a party where I had maximum fun. So kudos to me for not mindlessly sweeping away the cobwebs. My decision to honor the spider’s small masterpiece proved fortuitous. I encourage you to learn from my example in the coming week. Be alert for nature’s subtle gifts. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The band Tinariwen is from the Sahara Desert. Its members describe themselves as “soul rebels.” Their influences include traditional West African music, Santana, Jimi Hendrix and the Berber music of northern Algeria. I listen to them whenever I’m feeling wan and spiritually tired. Their infectious melodies and serpentine rhythms have a medicinal effect; they toughen me up, fueling the rowdy love I need to keep fighting for truth and justice. They’re your featured artist of the week, Gemini. As you face down the dangers of apathy, you could use the shot of courage and audacity they might provide. Listen here: tinyurl.com/ToughSpirit1 and tinyurl.com/ToughSpirit2.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Afghanistan is a wasteland of desert and rocks, right? Well, no, actually. It harbors huge deposits of minerals that are critical to the industrialized world. There’s a complication, though. To succeed, the arduous business of mining such minerals needs lots of water and electricity as well as political stability and a good infrastructure—all of which are in short supply in Afghanistan. In offering this scenario for your consideration, Cancerian, I’m suggesting that you make a comparable re-evaluation of a certain situation in your own life. According to my reading of the omens, someone or something you’ve considered barren may in fact harbor resources that are useful to you. Here’s the rub: Are you in position to get access to them? If not, what would it take to do so?
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I’ve been playing with a fun hypothesis lately: that absolutely everyone in the world has the power to heal someone else. At one end of the spectrum are the doctors and shamans and therapists who can summon the means to cure lots of people. At the other end are individuals with the power to improve the health or smooth out the distortions in just one other person. Wherever you fit in this range, Virgo, I’m happy to tell you that your healing mojo is now at a peak. Please invoke it in all of its intensity and point it in the direction of whomever can benefit.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): French painter Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) declared early in his career that he wanted to “conquer Paris with an apple.” He meant that he wanted to become a major force in the art world by revolutionizing the way that still-life paintings were done. He must have been successful, because two prominent modern painters, Picasso and Matisse, referred to Cezanne as “the father of us all.” Your assignment in the coming months, Pisces, is to make a splash in your own chosen field with an innovation that’s as simple and basic as Cezanne’s reconfigured apple.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): As I studied the astrological configurations for you, I realized I had to leave the bubble of my office. The omens suggested that you would benefit from escaping your usual frames of reference, and I felt I had to do the same if I wanted to get the best oracle. So I hiked out to my favorite boulder, where the creek forks into two streams. I sat down and addressed the spirits: What’s the advice Libras need most? Soon, a dragonfly landed on my shoulder. For the next ten minutes I asked it questions about how you should proceed. Here’s the gist of its telepathic message: “I gently shatter illusions. My power is graceful and lilting. I sew up the wounds of snakes. Nothing eludes my uninhibited vision. I don’t bite. I am a professional and primeval transformer.”
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “The best guide in life is strength,” said Swami Vivekananda. “Discard everything that weakens you, have nothing to do with it.” In accordance with the astrological omens, Sagittarius, I’m making that your rallying cry. You not only have the right to align yourself with only the most potent, life-giving sources; you have an urgent need to do so. So be audaciously discerning as you evaluate each person and situation that comes before you. Ask, “Will this feed my vitality or will it not?”
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): For years I’ve been in love with a woman who is also in love with me. Hooray! But when I was younger, I sometimes got embroiled in obsessive adorations for unavailable women. One didn’t want me, another was already in a committed relationship, still another lived 6,000 miles away, and a fourth was a lesbian. The pain of those impossible attractions eventually prodded me to retrain myself so as to not keep repeating the pattern. Can I convince you to learn from my hardship? According to my reading of the omens, the next few months should be a time when you put a strong emphasis on allies who are available, not on the other kind.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Of all the noses of all the famous actresses in the world, my favorite is Cate Blanchett’s. It’s strong and forceful, yet buoyant and irregular. It’s wider and fleshier than most noses that are considered “feminine,” but sensual and seductive. Best of all, it has so many different aspects, and looks so varied from a variety of angles, that it seems to shift its shape as you watch it. It’s gorgeous! Please take a cue from me as you evaluate the unacknowledged beauty in your own sphere, Scorpio. It’s crucial that you rebel against our culture’s absurdly generic standards.
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will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 35, 38, and 123A. Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting September 20, 2010 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to September 23, 2010, 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final. Missoula County Government
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The Missoula Consolidated Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on the following item on Tuesday, September 21, 2010, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana. 1. Missoula Development Park Special Zoning District Amendment Missoula County proposes to amend the Missoula Development Park Special Zoning District, which is located west of Reserve Street along Expresswa y, between Highway 10 (West Broadway) and Interstate 90 (see Map P).
The proposed amendments add new definitions and clarify certain standards relating to landscaping, paving, fencing, conditional uses, and accessory uses. The Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on this subdivision at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, in Room 201 of the County Courthouse at 200 West Broadway in Missoula. Your attendance and comments are welcomed and encouraged. The request and exact legal description is available for public inspection at the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants, City Hall, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana. Telephone 258-4657. If anyone attending any of these meetings needs special assistance, please provide 48 hours advance notice by calling 2584657. The Office of Planning and Grants will provide auxiliary aids and services.
CITY OF MISSOULA CITY OF MISSOULA BUDGET HEARING NOTICE OF HEARING ON THE CITY OF MISSOULA’S FISCAL YEAR 2011 FINAL BUDGET AND POSSIBLE BUDGET INCREASE FROM PROPERTY TAXES, THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WORK PLAN AND BUDGET, AND THE FISCAL Y E A R 2 0 1 0 C A P I TA L IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET. The City Council of Missoula, Montana is completing its final budget for FY 2011. The City Council will meet Monday, September 13, 2010, at 7:00 o’clock p.m. at the City Council Chambers located at 140 West Pine Street, Missoula, Montana, to hear public comment on any part of the proposed $117,444,785 budget and proposed property tax levy of 225.56 mills. Revenue from property taxation is estimated to increase due to new construction and the overall city property tax levy is slated to be increased for FY 2011 by 3.11 mills (1.40%). The final mill levy and final property tax revenues may change when the if the mill value is recertified by the Missoula County Assessor in late August or early September. Revenue estimates from other sources also may be revised before the budget is finalized. The City Council has also prepared a Capital Improvement Program (CIP) plan and budget for fiscal year 2011. A capital improvement is a project or equipment that costs over $5,000 and that has a useful life of at least five years. In FY 2011, the Council has proposed allocating $55,120,006 to finance capital improvements listed in the plan. The final funding levels for all capital projects have not been determined as of this publication. The Council will conduct a public hearing on the final 2011 CIP program in conjunction with the Missoula County Government
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THE MISSOULA CITY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT will be conducting a public hearing at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, September 22, 2010, Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine, Missoula, MT, on the following items: 1. A request by Dan Gilman to vary 2.75 feet from the required 10 foot street side setback for a single family residence and detached garage in the R5.4 zoning district. This property is addressed 2635 Thames and legally described as
Lot 13, Block 7 of Beck’s Home Addition, Section 33, T13N, 19W. (SEE MAP V) If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling the Missoula Office of Planning & Grants at 258-4657. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services. For additional information regarding the variance request you may contact Hilary Schoendorf at the same number or email hschoendorf@co.missoula.mt.us.
budget hearing. The Business Improvement District (BID) Board of Trustees has submitted a fiscal year 2011 work plan and budget for consideration, and the city council has approved it. The BID Board has proposed a budget totaling $463,071 for fiscal year 2011. The BID generally encompasses the downtown Missoula area. The City Council will hold a public hearing to hear any citizen objections to the BID work plan and budget for fiscal year 2011 and any tax levies necessary to defray the costs of the work plan and budget. The method of assessment was established when the BID was extended and is provided in Resolution 7511 and is on file in the City Clerk office and available for public inspection. This public hearing will be held in conjunction with the budget hearing. Any taxpayer or resident is encouraged to submit written comments to the City Clerk and/or to appear at the public hearing with comments or testimony. The preliminary budget, the BID budget and the work plan, and CIP is on file and open to inspection in the City Clerk office, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. daily and is available on line at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/finance. A decision on budgeting the increased property tax revenue will be made after considering comments made at this hearing. For further information, please contact Brentt Ramharter, Finance Director, at 552-6108, Mayor Engen, or your elected City Council representative. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein City Clerk
CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, Montana, until 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, September 14, 2010, and will then be opened and publicly read in the Mayor’s Conference Room for the furnishing of all labor, equipment and materials for construction of the following: DRIVEWAY REPAIRS DEANO’S TRAVEL PLAZA-5318 West Harrier City of Missoula Project 10-016 This project consists of trench stabilization and commercial driveway repairs at Deano’s Travel Plaza, 5318 West Harrier in Missoula, MT. Bidders shall submit sealed bids as prescribed in the Project Manual addressed to the City Clerk, City of Missoula, enclosed in sealed envelopes plainly marked on the outside “Proposal for City of Missoula Project 10-016 Deano’s Travel Plaza Driveway Repair improvements” The envelopes shall also be marked with the Bidder’s Name, Address and Montana Contractor’s Registration Number. Proposals must be accompanied by cash, cashier’s check, certified check, or bank money order drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana, or by any banking corporation incorporated in the State of Montana, or by a bid bond or bonds executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the State of Montana in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal form. Performance and Payment Bonds will be required of the successful bidder in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate of the proposal for the faithful performance of the contract, and protection of the City of Missoula against liability. A complete set of the Contract Documents and Project Manual will be furnished the Contractors making application therefore from the Office of the City Engineer, 435 Ryman, Missoula, Montana, upon payment of $50.00 by company check, cashier’s check, or bank money order (cash cannot be accepted). Full amount of payment will be refunded upon return of the plans and specifications in good condition within ten (10) days after bid opening. Contractor and any of
the contractor’s subcontractors doing work on this project will be required to obtain registration with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) except as listed in MCA 39-9-211. Information on registration can be obtained from the Department of Labor and Industry by calling 1-406-4447734. Contractor is required to have registered with the DLI prior to bidding on this project. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractor or subcontractors in performance of this construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by law. The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Successful contractors and vendors are required to comply with City of Missoula Business Licensing requirements. The City of Missoula reserves the right to waive informalities, 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 best meets the City’s requirements. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to the bid opening at 11:00 a.m. on September 14, 2010. Interested contractors are encouraged to sign up for automatic notifications and updates on this and other City projects by visiting www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. Click on the “Bid Notification” button in the upper right hand corner of the page to sign up. Invitation to Bid Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk
CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on September 27, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider an ordinance of the Missoula City Council revising the Missoula city zoning ordinance, Title 20, Chapter 20.45 (accessory uses and structures), Section 20.45.080 regarding the installation of wind energy conversion systems within city limits. For further information, contact John Newman, Office of Planning & Grants at 2584719. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on September 27, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider an ordinance of the Missoula City Council amending Title 20, Missoula city zoning ordinance, Chapter 20.05.040 Development Options, and Table 20.05-3, intended to provide a development tool for subsidized small lot projects as recommended by the Missoula Consolidated Planning Board. For further information contact Jen Gress, Office of Planning & Grants, at 258-4949. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF CLOSE OF REGULAR REGISTRATION & OPTION FOR LATE REGISTRATION Notice is hereby given that regular* registration for the General Election to be held on November 2, 2010, will close at 5:00 p.m., on October 4, 2010. *NOTE: If you miss this regular registration deadline, you may still register for the election by showing up at the fairground election center up to and including on Election Day. Between noon and the close of business on the day before Election Day, you can drop off a late voter registration card, but you will need to return to the fairground election center on Election Day to pick up and
vote a ballot. All active and inactive** electors of Missoula County are entitled to vote at said election. **Inactive electors may reactivate by appearing at the polling place in order to vote, by requesting an absentee ballot in any election, or by notifying the County Election Administrator in writing of the elector’s current residence in the county. Persons who wish to register and who are not presently registered may do so by requesting a form for registration by mail or by appearing before the County Election Administrator. If you have moved, please have your registration transferred to your present address. DATED this 5th day of August, 2010. /s/ Vickie M. Zeier Election Administrator Missoula County By Debbe Merseal, Chief Deputy MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT
NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION for the issuance of a MISSOULA AIR QUALITY PERMIT Source: Gravel Crushing Plant Applicant: Nelcon, Inc.. The Missoula City-County Health Department has received a complete application for an Air Quality Permit for a gravel crushing plant to be operated at the following location: Section 9, Township 13 North, Range 19 West just off Coal Mine Road, Missoula County. Upon review of the permit application and other information, the Department finds that Nelcon Inc. has filed a complete application indicating the proposed facility is capable of meeting applicable requirements of the Air Pollution Control Program. Therefore, the Department hereby gives notice of the preliminary determination to issue an Air Quality Permit to Nelcon, Inc. to operate the gravel crushing plant. The permit will be issued with several conditions attached. The Department will make a final determination concerning the application on September 24th, 2010. Any interested person may review a copy of the application and proposed permit at the Environmental Health Division, 301 West Alder, Missoula, MT 59802. Written comments on the preliminary determination will be accepted until 5:00 PM September 23rd, 2010. Comments should be sent to the attention of Benjamin Schmidt, Air Quality Specialist (email: schmidtb@ho.missoula .mt.us). MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FLOODPLAIN PERMIT VARIANCE REQUEST (STIMSON LUMBER – BLACKFOOT RIVER) Notice is hereby given that the Missoula Board of County Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on a variance request from the Missoula County Floodplain Regulations. The request is from Stimson Lumber to utilize large rock for bank stabilization purposes in conjunction with relocating the Blackfoot River to its historic location. Floodplain regulations prohibit the use of predominantly rock structures and riprap except when needed to protect an existing residence, commercial building, industrial use or infrastructure established prior to March 8, 2000. The Commissioners will conduct the hearing at their regularly scheduled Weekly Public Meeting on Wednesday, September 22, 2010. The Meeting begins at
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1:30 p.m., in Room 201 of the Missoula County Courthouse Annex, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana. Any person wishing to be heard on the matter may submit written or other materials to the Commissioners and/or speak at the hearing. Comments may also be submitted anytime prior to the hearing by phone, mail, fax, e-mail or personal delivery to the Commissioners at their offices in the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, Fax: (406) 721-4043, Phone: (406) 258-4877; E-Mail: bcc@co.missoula.mt.us A copy of the full application is available for review in the Office of Planning and Grants at City Hall. Additional information on the hearing may be obtained from Todd Klietz, Floodplain Administrator, Office of Planning and Grants, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802; or by calling (406) 258-4841. If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling 258-4657. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services. Dated this 1st day of September, 2010 BY ORDER OF THE MISSOULA COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT
REQUEST FOR BIDS Dental Delivery Units. Partnership Health Center, a 501(c)(3) Federally Qualified Health Center, is currently soliciting sealed bids for two complete dental chairs to include delivery systems, appropriate cabinetry and lighting and two x-ray units. The proposal should include delivery and installation on the second floor at the Partnership Health Center Clinic located at 401 West Railroad Street, Missoula, Montana. Each proposal shall specify each and every item as set forth in the attached specifications. Any and all exceptions must be clearly stated in the proposal. Failure to set forth any item in the specifications without taking exception may be grounds for rejection. Partnership Health Center reserves the right to reject all proposals and to waive any informality. Proposals must be accompanied by security in the amount of ten per cent (10%) of the amount bid and must be in a form specified in MCA 18-1-201 thru 206. The security is subject to forfeiture if the successful bidder does not enter into the contract within 30 days of bid acceptance. Bids will be accepted until 3:00 PM, Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at which time bids will be opened and read. If your firm is interested and qualified, please submit three copies of your proposal to: Barbara Berens, County Auditor, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. Bids must be sealed and marked “Proposal for Partnership Health Center Dental Chairs.” Interested firms may obtain a complete project description on Missoula County’s website at http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/bidsandproposals or by contacting Barbara Berens, 406-258-3227 or bberens@co.missoula.mt.us. If you have any questions relating to Partnership Health Center and its operations, please contact Dr. Joe Byington, Dental Director at byingtonj@phc.missoula.mt.us, 406-258-4172.
MONTANA FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY Cause No. BDR-2009-640 Summons for Publication In re the Parenting of: K.L.F., minor child; ADAM RUSSELL LUCE, Petitioner, and KARRIE LYNN FITZGERALD, Respondent. THE STATE OF MONTANA SEND GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: You, the Respondent, are hereby summoned to answer the Petition in this action, which is filed with the Clerk of the this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon the Petitioner within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Petition. This action is brought to obtain a Permanent Parenting Plan for the minor child. DATED this 7th day of December, 2009. (SEAL) /s/ Nancy Sweeney, Clerk of Court By: Lisa Kallen, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP- 10 129 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FLORENCE G. TWOGOOD, 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 Gail L. Brown,, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Scott Manning, Montana Property Law, P.C., PO Box 5043, Missoula, Montana 59806-5043, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 26th day of August, 2010. /s/ D. Scott Manning, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV- 10 412 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, Plaintiff, v.s LARAMIE LOEWEN,, Defendant. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANT LARAMIE LOEWEN: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action which is filed with the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. This action is brought to collect a debt owed by the Defendant to Plaintiff, and to repossess and sell collateral pledged by Defendant to Plaintiff to secure payment of a loan. Possession and title to a 1996 Toyota Tacoma vehicle is involved in this action. WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL this 18th day of August,, 2010. /s/ SHIRLEY E. FAUST, Clerk of Court ((SEAL)) By: Susie Wall Deputy Clerk Timothy C. Fox GOUGH, SHANAHAN, JOHNSON & WATERMAN, PLLP 33 South. Last Chance Gulch P.O. Box 1715 Helena, Montana 59624- 1715 (406) 442 -8560 Attorneys for Plaintiff MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-10-128 Dept. No. 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF BETTY J. THRASHER a/k/a BETTIE JANE FLINK THRASHER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Gerald B. Thrasher and Lynn Ann Dierking have been appointed CoPersonal Representatives of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice of said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Gerald B. Thrasher and Lynn Ann Dierking, Co-Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, c/o Dan G. Cederberg, PO Box 8234, Missoula, Montana 59807-8234, or filed
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PUBLIC NOTICES with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 19th day of August, 2010. CEDERBERG LAW OFFICES, P.C., 269 West Front Street, PO Box 8234, Missoula, MT 59807-8234. /s/ Dan G. Cederberg, Attorneys for Co-Personal Representatives MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DR-10-572 Department No. 3 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION AND ORDER TO ATTEND MANDATORY PARENTING PLAN ORIENTATION In re the Parenting of Kaydin C. Bristle, Minor Child, Samantha Bristle, Petitioner, and Ricky G. Bristle, Respondent. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: YOU, THE RESPONDENT, ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Petition in this action which is filed in the office of the Clerk of the above-named Court, a copy of which is served upon you with this Summons, and to file your answer and serve a copy of your answer upon the Petitioner within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Petition. Pursuant to Family Law Section 40-4-226 MCA, the Judges of the Fourth Judicial District have determined that “it is in the best interest of the child” that the parties involved in the dissolution of marriage, the establishment of a Parenting Plan or the amendment of a Parenting Plan (including child support or other actions) attend a PARENTING PLAN ORIENTATION program. This orientation, a free service of the Court, is mandatory for both parents. Information pertaining to your Orientation is as follows: Date: Thursday, September 16th, 2010. Time: 4:30 p.m. (Orientation will conclude by 6:00 p.m. Location: Courtroom #3 Third Floor County Courthouse (Old Part of Bldg.) 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana. A District Court Judge or Standing Master will preside over this Orientation along with other facilitators. Your Decree of Final Dissolution or Final Parenting Order will not be entered until you attend this orientation. Therefore, failure to attend this orientation could result in the delay of your Final Parenting Order. DATED this 16th day of August, 2010. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of the District Court By: /s/ Bobbi Hainline, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-10-132 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DELOS E. ROBBINS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to David D. Robbins and Jennifer J. France, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 30th day of August, 2010. /s/ David D. Robbins /s/ Jennifer J. France Co-Personal Representatives MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DV-10-1103 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED NAME CHANGE IN RE THE NAME CHANGE OF CHAD COLLIN LANDRY, Petitioner. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Petitioner, Chad Collin Landry, has petitioned the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District for a change of name from Chad Collin Landry to Chad Collin Ireland, and the petition of the name change will be heard by a District Court Judge on the 5th day of October, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. in the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway Street, 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 19th day of August, 2010. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: /s/ Gayle Johnston, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Judge Douglas G. Harkin Cause No. DV-10-278 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION. WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff, vs CHARLES L. PATTERSON and AMY L. PATTERSON, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS CHARLES L. PATTERSON and AMY L. PATTERSON: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff’s attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will taken against you by default for the relief
demanded in the complaint. This action is brought for the purpose of foreclosing the real property situated in Missoula County, Montana, and described as follows: LOT 4 IN BLOCK 12 OF EL MAR ESTATES PHASE III, PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, WITH A 1998 GUERDON MANUFACTURED HOME, HUD TAG NUMBERS ARE ORE 356983 AND 358713, commonly known as 1905 Bluebird Drive, Missoula, Montana 59808. WITNESS my hand and the seal of said Court, the 16th day of August, 2010. (SEAL) /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: Molli Zook, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-10-56 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF DENA MUELLER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to the Personal Representatives, Dylan Mueller or Van Mueller, 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 13th day of August, 2010. /s/ Dylan Mueller, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY, Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DV-10-411 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION. JACKY MEYER, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF EARL PRUYN, MINOTT PRUYN, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OF THE ESTATE OF BERTHA PRUYN, JUDY M. GRUNOW AND JANICE N. MCKINNEY, AS TRUSTEES UNDER THE WILL OF NORMAN E. THYFAULT, Plaintiffs, v. GRIZZLY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY and GEORGE R. BAILEY IV, Defendents. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, GREETINGS: You are hereby SUMMONED to answer the Complaint 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, a copy of which is served upon you, and to file your written answer with the Court and serve a copy thereof upon Plaintiffs’ attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this SUMMONS, or such other period as may be specified 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 to Foreclose Real Property. A filing fee must accompany the answer. This action is brought for the purpose of foreclosing the following-described real property located in Missoula County, Montana: Tract 4 of Certificate of Survey No. 2876, located in the S1/2SW1/4 of Section 26, Township 12 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana LESS that portion conveyed to Montana Department of Transportation in Book 504 of Micro at Page 906, records of Missoula County, Montana. AND Tract 1-A of Certificate of Survey No. 2002, located in the SW1/4 of Section 26, Township 12 North, Range 20 West P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Dated this 17th day of August, 2010. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court (SEAL) By: Susie Wall, Deputy Clerk NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Stephen S. Ellis, M.D., P.C. et al., PLAINTIFFS vs. Rick Howell et al., DEFENDANTS, Montana Fourth Judicial District Court, Mineral County Cause No. DV 09-64 TO BE SOLD at Sheriff’s Sale on the 29th day of September, 2010, at 10 o’clock a.m., at the Mineral County Courthouse, located at 300 River Street, Superior, Montana, the following real property: The following patented mining claims located in Mineral County, Montana, and commonly designated as lying within Sections 27 and 28: EUREKA, M.S. 6881; ETHEL, M.S. 6882; AMADOR, M.S. 6883; FORTY-NINE, M.S. 6884; BUCKHORN, M.S. 6885; IRON CAP, M.S. 6886, all located in Township 16 North, Range 27 West, P.M.M., Mineral County, Montana. Deed Reference: Drawer 2 of Deeds, Card No. 5468. Parcel No. Reference: 151500 This sale is to be to the highest bidder, for cash, to satisfy a judgment of $216,908.50, together with interest accruing at 14.5%, from April 2, 2010, and continuing until the date of sale, together with associated costs, fees and attorneys fees. This sale is being held in accordance with MCA 2513-704(1), upon Writ of Execution entered in the Mineral County District Court Cause No. DV 09-64, and issued July 22, 2010. DATED this 18th day of August, 2010. /s/ Mike Johnson, UNDER-SHERIFF Mineral County Sheriff’s Office.
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 05/27/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200512679, Bk 753, Pg 623, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Eric J. Zarn, Connie Zarn, as Joint Tenants was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for American Home Mortgage was Beneficiary and Stewart Title Insurance Company was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Stewart Title Insurance Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 3 in Block 2 of West View Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. Book 851 of Micro Records at Page 386, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 07/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 1, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $168,711.15. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $154,146.27, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on November 12, 2010 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, whereis basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.08462) 1002.139086-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 06/18/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200716085, Bk 800, Pg 290, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Michael R. McVey, a married person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey No. 5641, located in the Northeast one-quarter of Section 33, Township 15 North, Range 21 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, Missoula County, Montana. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 04/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 9, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $239,514.20 This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $234,586.91, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because
of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on November 22, 2010 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, whereis basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.76472) 1002.164097-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 09/30/97, recorded as Instrument No. 9721844 Book 518, Page 926, and modified by Agreement recorded 5/14/2007 as Instrument No. 200711704 Book 797, Page 300, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Barbara A. Larsen, a single person was Grantor, Norwest Mortgage, Inc. was Beneficiary and Insured Titles Inc. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Insured Titles Inc. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Tract 5: A parcel of land located in and a portion of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 25, Township 16 North, Range 20 West, Principal Meridian, Missoula County, Montana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of said Section 25, a fence corner; thence S. 00 degrees 14’57” W., along the East line of said Section 25, a distance of 1119.00 feet to a set rebar on the West rightof-way of a road, said point being the true point of beginning; thence continuing S. 00 degrees 14’57” W., along said Section line and along said right-of-way, a distance of 200.00 feet to a set rebar; thence S. 64 degrees 39’01” W., 1471.43 feet to a set rebar on the West line of the Southeast onequarter of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 25; thence N. 00 degrees 06’52” E., along said West line of the Southeast onequarter of the Northeast one-quarter, a distance of 455.84 feet to a set rebar; thence N. 74 degrees 17’06” E., 1381.34 feet to the true point of beginning, as shown on deed. Exhibit No. 2798, filed December 7, 1971, records of Missoula County, Montana. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. , beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to. 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 09/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 16, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $111,012.18. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $88,377.90, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on November 23, 2010 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-
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is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.19334) 1002.108693-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 08/29/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200622506, Bk 782, Pg 546, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Irving W. Levikow, a married person and Denise L. Levikow, a married person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and First American Title was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: A tract of land located in the SW1/4 of Section 25, Township 15 North, Range 21 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described at Tract 39 of Certificate of Survey No. 343. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 03/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 13, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $263,081.97. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $238,465.14, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on November 22, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.76468) 1002.164067-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/26/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200702634, Book 791, Page 655, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Mark W. Knight and Laura A. Knight, husband and wife was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Home123 Corporation was Beneficiary and First American Title Insurance Company was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Insurance Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 55-B of Snider Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument
recorded as Instrument No. 200807848, Bk. 816, Pg. 1024, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Deutsche Alt-A Securities Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-AR3. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 01/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 20, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $782,363.05. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $599,322.54, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on November 29, 2010 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, whereis basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7777.26264) 1002.97599-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on November 1, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 49 of Maloney Ranch, Phase VI, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof Robert J. Bickel and Shelly M. Bickel, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Pinnacle Title & Escrow, LLC, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated May 22, 2008 and recorded on May 28, 2008, Book 819, Page 804 as Document no. 200811827. The beneficial interest is currently held by PHH Mortgage Corporation. Charles J. Peterson, 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 $2,718.82, beginning September 1, 2009, 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 16, 2010 is $324,619.26 principal, interest at the rate of 7.75% now totaling $18,610.04, late charges in the amount of $1,527.11, escrow advances of $1,536.89, and expenses advanced of $95.25, plus accruing interest at the rate of $68.93 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be
paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: June 23, 2010 Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On June 23, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, 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. Stephanie L. Crimmins Notary Public, Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Phh V. Bickel 41392.629 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on November 3, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in MISSOULA County, Montana: Lot 6 of Pleasant View Homes, Phase II, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Floyd J. Ashcroft and Judy D. Ashcroft, 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 MARCH 26, 2007 AND RECORDED MARCH 30, 2007 IN BOOK 794 PAGE 720 UNDER DOCUMENT NO. 200707423. The beneficial interest is currently held by GMAC Mortgage, LLC. Charles J. Peterson, 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 $1093.70, beginning March 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of July 16, 2010 is $171683.26 principal, interest at the rate of 6.12500% now totaling $4813.65, late charges in the amount of $218.72, escrow advances of $148.93, suspense balance of $ and other fees and expenses advanced of $2307.75, plus accruing interest at the rate of $28.80 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
PUBLIC NOTICES time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: June 28, 2010 Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On June 28, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, 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. STEPHANIE L. CRIMMINS Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Gmac Mortgage Llc V. Aschcroft/ Floyd And Judy NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on November 8, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in MISSOULA County, Montana: A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 19 NORTH, RANGE 16 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS TRACT B OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 145 THOMAS J. MONAGHAN AND REBECCA G. MONAGHAN, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property 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 ON NOVEMBER 8, 2006 AND RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 09, 2006 IN BOOK 786, PAGE 1214, UNDER DOCUMENT NO. 200629021. The beneficial interest is currently held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Trustee. Charles J. Peterson, 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 $3,891.67, beginning March 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of July 25, 2010 is $460,244.43 principal, interest at the rate of 6.5% now totaling $1,4432.02, late charges in the amount of $756.10, escrow advances of $2,231.59, and other fees and expenses advanced of $2010.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $81.96 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 2, 2010. Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark). On July 2, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, 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. Stephanie L Crimmins, Notary Public, Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 41965.308 GMAC V. Monaghan/Thomas & Rebecca NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on November 8, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in MISSOULA County, Montana: MT-55346 UNIT 1615 IN BUILDING A, DESIGNATED AS 1615 CLEMENTS OF CLEMENTS PINES CONDOMINIUMS, A RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX AS SHOWN AND DEFINED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION OF THE MONTANA UNIT OWNERSHIP ACT, AND SURVEY MAP AND SET OF PLANS, AS RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 27, 2007 AS CONDO 000131 IN RECORDS OF MISSOULA, MONTANAAND ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION AND TOGETHER WITH ITS EXHIBITS AS RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 27, 2007 IN BOOK 792 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 925 AND BY-LAWS OF SAID CONDOMINIUM RECORDED IN BOOK 792 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 927. TOGETHER WITH AN UNDIVIDED 12.5% INTEREST IN THE GENERAL COMMON ELEMENTS, AREAS AND FACILITIES APPERTAINING TO SAID UNITS, AS DEFINED IN THE DECLARATION AND DEFINED IN THE PLAN’S SPECIFICATIONS ATTACHED THERETO. TOGETHER WITH SUCH UNIT’S INTEREST IN THE LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS APPERTAINING TO SUCH UNIT AS SET FORTH AND DEFINED IN THE DECLARATION AND THE PLANS AND EXHIBIT ATTACHED THERETO. NANCY E ANDERSON, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to WESTERN TITLE AND ESCROW, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, by DEED OF TRUST DATED ON AUGUST 21, 2007 AND RECORDED AUGUST 22, 2007 UNDER DOCUMENT NO. 200721880. The beneficial interest is currently held by FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION. Charles J. Peterson, 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 $851.59, beginning December 1, 2008, 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 02, 2010 is $126,298.85 principal, interest at the rate of 7.0% now totaling $14,759.09, escrow advances of $4,608.24, and other fees and expenses advanced of $4,353.35, plus accruing interest at the rate of $24.22 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 1, 2010 Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark), On July 1, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, 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. STEPHANIE L CRIMMINS, Notary Public, Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 42008.024 LBPS V. Anderson/Nancy NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 18, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 80 OF MANSION HEIGHTS PHASE I, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Brett Tischler, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated April 24, 2007 and recorded April 25, 2007, Book 795, Page 1632 as Document No. 200709937. The beneficial interest is currently held by PNC Bank, N.A.. Charles J. Peterson, 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 $1,561.00, beginning May 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of May 24, 2010 is $416,000.00 principal, interest at the rate of 3.25% now totaling $4,443.24, late charges in the amount of $675.96, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,617.80, plus accruing interest at the rate of $37.04 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the
trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: June 8, 2010 Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM, P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097. STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On June 8, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, 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. Stephanie L. Crimmins, Notary Public, Stark County, North Dakota. Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Pnc V. Tischler NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 22, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: A tract of land located in the Southwest one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 36, Township 14 North, Range 21 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the center of Section 36, Township 14 North, Range 21 West; thence due East on and along the North boundary of Missoula County Route #16 for 330.0 feet; thence North and parallel to the center of section line of said Section 36 for 860.0 feet; thence due West for 330.0 feet to the center of section line for said Section 36; thence South on and along the center of section line for said Section 36 for 860.0 feet to the point of beginning, as shown as Tract A on Deed Exhibit 3836 LESS AND EXCEPTING THEREFROM that portion conveyed by Warranty Deed to the Frenchtown Irrigation District recorded in Book 120 of Deed Records at Page 157 Recording Reference in Book 172 at Page 68 Micro Records Marcia L Seymour, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to WMC Mortgage Corp, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated August 22, 2002 and recorded August 28, 2002 at 4:18 o’clock P.M., in Book 687, Page 1031, under Document No. 200224636. The beneficial interest is currently held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of GSAMP Trust 2002-HE, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series, 2002-HE. Charles J. Peterson, 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 $1,096.88, beginning March 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of June 1, 2010 is $120,347.66 principal, interest at the rate of 7.875% now totaling $3,152.49, late charges in the amount of $143.34, escrow advances of $114.75, expenses advanced of $1669.70, plus accruing interest at the rate of $26.33 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The
scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: June 14, 2010. Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On June 14, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, 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. Stephanie L. Crimmins, Notary Public, Stark County, North Dakota. Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Ocwen V Seymour 41495.356 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 22, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in MISSOULA County, Montana: LOT 7 IN BLOCK 7 OF WEST RIVERSIDE ADDITION NO.1, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. LESTER A BETTS AND CHERICE R BETTS, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to PHH MORTGAGE SERVICES, as Beneficiary, by DEED OF TRUST DATED ON MAY 26, 2005 AND RECORDED ON MAY 31, 2005 IN BOOK 753, PAGE 875 UNDER DOCUMENT NO. 200512931. The beneficial interest is currently held by PHH Mortgage Corporation fka PHH MORTGAGE SERVICES. Charles J. Peterson, 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 $847.77, beginning March 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of July 10, 2010 is $131,876.97 principal, interest at the rate of 6.000% now totaling $3,446.88, late charges in the amount of $127.14, escrow advances of $839.30, suspense balance of $ and other fees and expenses advanced of $394.61, plus accruing interest at the rate of $21.68 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: June 14, 2010 Charles J. Peterson,
Successor Trustee, MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss County of Stark) On June 14, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, 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. STEPHANIE L CRIMMINS Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 41392.651 Phh Mortgage V Betts/lester & Cherice NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 25, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in MISSOULA County, Montana: LOT 3 OF MART ADDITION NO. 1, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. MICHAEL ANNE LEPOLE, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Home123 Corporation, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust Dated January 13, 2006 and Recorded January 18, 2006 in Book 767, Page 1149, under Document No. 200601319. The beneficial interest is currently held by U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for J.P. Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Trust 2006-NC1, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-NC1. Charles J. Peterson, 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 $1,213.28, beginning August 1, 2009, 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 02, 2010 is $164,744.47 principal, interest at the rate of 7.65% now totaling $12,672.06, late charges in the amount of $181.98, escrow advances of $5847.82, suspense balance of $ and other fees and expenses advanced of $1249.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $34.53 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. Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On June 16, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State,
personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, 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. Joan Meier, Notary Public, Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 Chase Home Finance V Lepole 41954.440 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 25, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 9 IN BLOCK 1 OF WEBBER ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF. A.P.N.: 0497003 Eugene Karl Schafer and Janet Lindquist Schafer, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Co., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Equity Direct Mortgage Corp, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated May 8, 1998 and recorded May 13, 1998 at 3:58 o’clock P.M. in Book 541, Page 0296, as Document No. 9812132. The beneficial interest is currently held by Aurora Loan Services LLC. Charles J. Peterson, 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 $1,109.48, beginning January 1, 2009, 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 10, 2010 is $97,135.05 principal, interest at the rate of 10.00% now totaling $14,809.79, late charges in the amount of $141.75, escrow advances of $3,469.43, suspense balance of $-233.34 and other fees and expenses advanced of $4107.72, plus accruing interest at the rate of $26.67 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: June 16, 2010 Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 586021097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On June 16, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, 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. Joan Meier, Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 Aurora/schafer
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PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that sealed bids for the construction of: Silver Park Phase III, Trail Completion, Pedestrian Bridge, Landscaping, Irrigation, & Lighting Project, STPE 8199(85), MDT UPN 6664 will be received by the City Clerk, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, Montana, 59802-4297 until 10:00 A.M., local time, on Thursday, September 30, 2010. The bids will then be publicly opened and read aloud at the: Missoula Redevelopment Agency Conference Room, MRA office, 140 West Pine Street, Missoula, Montana on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 10:00 A.M. local time. Bidders shall submit sealed bids as prescribed in the Project Manual addressed to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula, MT, 59802, enclosed in a sealed envelope plainly marked on the outside "Proposal for Silver Park III, STPE 8199(85), MDT UPN 6664 – Trail Completion, Pedestrian Bridge, Landscaping, Irrigation, & Lighting Project.” The envelope shall also be marked with the bidder’s name, address and Montana contractor's registration number. This project consists of installation of lighting, landscaping, and irrigation along the riverfront trail and the parking lot built in Phase II. Also includes completion of existing river front trail and installation of a bridge over the irrigation ditch at the west end of the trail to connect the concrete apron to the California Street Bicycle/Pedestrian Bridge. A complete set of the project manual, drawings and specifications may be furnished or reviewed at Territorial Landworks, Inc. 620 Addison Missoula, Montana (406)721-0142, upon a non-refundable payment of $50.00 (plus shipping) by company check, cashier’s check, or bank money order (cash cannot be accepted). In addition, the project manual, drawings and specifications may also be examined at the Missoula Plans Exchange, (406) 5495002 and iSqFt® website: http://www.isqft.com. There will be a non-mandatory pre-bid conference at the parking lot of Ogren Park, Allegiance Field, 4:00 P.M. on Tuesday, September 14, 2010. Interested contractors are encouraged to attend. Questions regarding the project manual, drawings and specifications shall be directed to the Engineer Territorial-Landworks, Inc.; 620 Addison, PO Box 3851; Missoula, MT 59806. (406) 721-0142 Proposals must be accompanied by cash, cashier's check, certified check, or bank money order drawn and issued by a national banking association located in the State of Montana, or by any banking corporation incorporated in the State of Montana, or by a bid bond or bonds executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business in the State of Montana in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the required contract. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal form. Performance and Payment Bonds will be required of the successful bidder in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate of the proposal for the faithful performance of the contract, and protection of the Missoula Redevelopment Agency against liability. Contractor and any of the contractor’s subcontractors doing work on this project
will be required to obtain registration with the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) except as listed in MCA 39-9-211. Information on registration can be obtained from the Department of Labor and Industry by calling 1-406-444-7734. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractor or subcontractors in performance of this construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by law. The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, age, marital or familial status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or because of their association with a person or group of people so identified. Successful contractors and vendors are required to comply with City of Missoula business licensing requirements. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in performance of the construction work shall be paid wages at rates as set out in the bid proposal. Silver Park Phase III Federal-Aid Project # STPE 8199(85) Missoula Redevelopment Agency MDT UPN –6664 02.InvitationToBid Section 00100 INVITATION TO BID Page 2 of 2 Any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement is subject to all appropriate federal laws, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Missoula Redevelopment Agency hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this invitation, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation. The Disadvantaged Business Enterprises’ contract goals are 0%. In accordance with Section 49-3-207, MCA, and Chapter 9.64, MMC contractors agree that for this contract all hiring will be made on the basis of merit and qualifications and that there will be no discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, age, marital or familial status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or because of their association with a person or group of people so identified, by the persons performing the contract. The Missoula Redevelopment Agency reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any and all bids received, 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 best meets the Agency's requirements. No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled time for the public opening of bids, which is specified above. The City of Missoula provides accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with a person’s ability to participate in any service, program, or activity of the City. To request accommodation; please contact the City of Missoula Public Works Office at 406-552-6345. City of Missoula is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Bid announcements and bid results are posted on the city's website at www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids. Any objections to published specifications must be filed in written form with the City Clerk prior to bid opening, until 10:00 A.M., local time, on Thursday, September 30, 2010.
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order to adhere to the article of the Code of Ethics that prohibits the interference with an existing agency relationship. The buyer’s response helps the REALTOR® determine the appropriate way to host the buyer at the open house in their role as the seller’s representative. If the buyer is represented, their REALTOR® will have reviewed the options with them and they will be prepared for the open house circuit. But unless buyers have done their homework, what they say in response to that question isn’t as obvious as it may seem. A search of www.realtor.org for ‘buyer representation’ will bring up an article titled “Agency Options: Risks and Rewards” which is a good place to start understanding the issues. But, of course, nothing can replace the guidance and discussion with a REALTOR® who can address individual concerns and unique situations. Because buyers’ representation is relatively new in the annals of real estate (prior to the early 1990s, by law only sellers could be represented in a transaction), some sellers who have chosen not to be represented in the sale of their property may not be familiar with buyers’ representation either. The fact that a seller is not represented does not preclude a buyer from securing representation in the transaction. All parties need to be clear about who is represented, how the representative can interact with both parties, and who is responsible for paying for that representation. While it’s important to do your homework, it’s equally important to consider open houses as a unique opportunity to tour the properties and the neighborhoods. You can preview properties at www.missoularealestate.com and neighborhoods at www.livemissoula.com but nothing replaces walking through
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This little sweetheart has had a real run of bad luck lately, but thanks to the person who rescued her and to Friends of the Shelter for paying her medical bills, she is now healthy, happy, and ready to be someone's lap-warmer in a new home.
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This handsome guy was in great shape and wearing quite a spiffy collar when he came to the shelter, so we assumed he would be reclaimed right away. That didn't happen, so now some lucky new family will have a chance to take him home! Help us nourish Missoula Donate now at
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Shiloh was simply left on the shelter porch, and it took us several days to lure him inside. No wonder he's shy and really uncertain about what to expect from people! He needs a loving family to show him that people really can be all right.
Kaiser just moved to Montana from a shelter in Idaho. It's all the same to him though, cold (isn't it still summer??) and lonely. He'd so much rather be sleeping at your feet than his current bed in a kennel. He misses going for relaxing walks at your side, but he mostly misses being your best friend.
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In appearance, Cliff has quite a handsome, regal look. In personality, he is a friendly, active talker who will tell anyone who comes by that he really doesn't belong in a cage! He is more than ready to have a real home and family again.
PROMO
Promo's had quite a streak of bad luck. First his original owners brought him and their other dog to the shelter because they were moving, then he was adopted just to be returned for the same reason! That's a bit like getting struck by lightning, twice!
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This little lady just may be the perfect new puppy for your family. At 4 months old Delilah is as cute as they come with those signature hound ears no one can resist. She loves everyone and pretty much thinks life is about playing with toys and going for walks!
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They were out of money. They hadn’t paid the rent in months and the landlord had run out of patience. The family lost everything and Sophie lost her family. She tried to do her part by bringing mice to pay the rent, but the landlord wanted nothing to do with that.
COCO
In her desperate attempt to seek refuge from the raindrops that pelted her malnourished body, Coco found herself underneath the only source of shelter in sight—an old box on the ground next to an overflowing garbage bin. Her matted fur was dripping with dirty rainwater, and she was very vocal about her discomfort.
MOO
Life has not been easy for Moo. She spent two years in isolation. Someone came in weekly and cleaned her litter box and gave her fresh water, but that was the extent of any interaction. When her person finally ended her own life, Moo came to AniMeals.
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He is the most interesting cat in the world. He has dashing good looks, but is somewhat humble and soft-spoken. Everything you have heard about him is true. Other cats aspire to be him. His charm is so contagious, vaccines were created for it. He has led mysterious expeditions that he refuses to talk about. Help us nourish Missoula Donate now at
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All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal and State Fair Housing Acts, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, marital status, age, and/or creed or intention to make any such preferences, limitations, or discrimination. Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, and pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination in housing call HUD at toll-free at 1-800-877-7353 or Montana Fair Housing toll-free at 1-800-929-2611
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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 1 Bed, 1 Bath, Garage, U area Condos. Assume contract for deed! Buy one condo or all three. MLS#’s 10004276 / 10004273 / 10004274. Priced starting at $143,900. Lara Dorman, Realtor, GRI. (406) 531-5582 laradorman@aol.com 10250 Valley Grove Dr., Lolo MLS#902264 - $289,000 Beautiful 2 bed, 2 bath, artsy log home on 1.84 acres 5 minutes from Missoula - Anne Jablonski - Windermere Real Estate - 546-5816 2 bdrm 2 bath manufactured home. Addition for possible den or office. Shop & extra space in dbl garage. Zoned for multifamily or commercial. $124,900. MLS#906610. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@ bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. 2 Bed, 1.5 bath adorable home completely remodeled. Seller will put a wall up in the bonus room upstairs to make into a 3rd bedroom. $145,000 MLS # 10002211. Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com 2663 Stratford, Target Range MLS#907889 - $212,000 Well maintained 3 bed, 2 bath ranch with fenced yard. Anne Jablonski - Windermere Real Estate - 546-5816 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage. On acre west of Frenchtown. Main bathroom remodeled. Gorgeous yard w/ small pond. $230,000 MLS #907392. Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com 3 bed, 2.5 bath, 2 car garage. Huge living room. New tile floors, and roof. Comes w/ garden & fruit trees. $275,000 MLS #10004073. Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com 3322 B Connery Way MLS#908163 - $191,000 Unique 3 level condo. 2 bedrooms, plus loft & 3 bath. Anne Jablonski - Windermere Real Estate - 546-5816 4 Bed/3 Bath/ Double Garage. Lovely home with views on 1 acre. So close to town yet out in the country. New roof, wood floors, 2 decks, large master, formal dining room, 2 fireplaces. $309,900 • MLS 10005140. 2475 Humble, Missoula. Pat McCormick, 240SOLD (7653). pat@properties2000.com 4322 Capy Ln. - MLS#904419 $435,000 Wonderful executive style 4 bed, 4 bath home on 1 acre lot. Anne Jablonski - Windermere Real Estate - 546-5816 Affordable home in East Missoula offers a nice shop, 2 bedrooms, newer metal roof, convenience to downtown and the U. Broker owned. Call 3278787 porticorealestate.com Attractive townhome on Clark Fork River, close to trails. Newly painted interior, new flooring, end unit! 2 Bed, 1.5 Bath, Garage and Basement. 1401 Cedar St. #17, Missoula. $127,100. MLS#10001861.
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BRAND NEW 3 bedroom home ready to move in. Priced in the mid $160,000’s. Call Ken Allen Real Estate 239-6906. Charming 6-plex across the street from Orange Street Food Farm, parks, and within easy biking or walking to the University and downtown. Very nice neighborhood and well maintained units. Low vacancy rate. 234 Edith, Msla. MLS#10004704. $379,900. Lara Dorman, Realtor, GRI. (406) 531-5582 laradorman@aol.com COUNTRY LIVING! 2 bed 2 bath home on large landscaped lot, garden area in rural setting $229,900. Call Ken Allen Real Estate 239-6906 East Missoula land & home 2BRM 1BA mobile $79,000 AREA REALTY 406587-0053 Fantastic Opportunity for income qualified first time homeowners, great 2bdr. condo along the river, attached single car garage, bonus room, pets allowed, 1401 Cedar St #12 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Farm Houses w/land in Missoula, these funky farm houses boast lots of land to spread out and do your thing or develop. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com FISH THE BLACKFOOT RIVER FROM YOUR BACK YARD. Beautifully landscaped 4 Bdr/2 Bath home on 1.2 acres on the Blackfoot River just 10-15 minutes from Missoula. Open floor plan, great deck with hot tub overlooking the river and much more. $475,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy11 to 74362, or visit..
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Bright open kitchen, 2 bd/1 ba, full part-finished basement, fantastic living room. Granite shower, solid maple trim, arched doorways. Large fenced yard w/ U/G sprinklers. New in last 5 years: roof, gas range,full bathroom re-model, windows, paint, flooring, attic insulation, 200 amp elect up-grade, and H2O heater
$199,900 • MLS # 10002126 Shannon Hilliard
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Huge Price Reduction Lot 2 Georgetown Vista Manor MLS#905531 - $85,000 or two lots totaling 5.12 acres for $160,000 2.25 acres in Georgetown Lake with easy year round access. Anne Jablonski - Windermere Real Estate - 546-5816 Immaculate & tastefully remodeled home upgraded trim, lighting & fixtures. 3 Bed, 2 Bath, Garage. Custom blt wd floors grace the upper bedrooms. Fab tiled bath w/deep Jacuzzi tub, heated tiled flr. Mstr bed has huge walk in closet, blt in desk. Bk yd fully fenced, mature trees, garden area, shed. www.2325quail.com. 2325 Quail Dr., Missoula. $235,000. MLS#10005051. Rochelle Glasgow @ Prudential Missoula Properties. 544-7507 Immaculate home in great neighborhood. 2 bdrms, 2 bth, family room, sauna, nice yard, Vintage touches, hardwood floors, everything’s in fantastic condition! 135 Kensington 3278787 porticorealestate.com Log cabin with no close neighbors. Beautiful views of flint Creek, Mission, Rattlesnake & Sapphire Ranges. $99,900 MLS# 10003618. Janet 2403932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. MAKE AN OFFER! 2002 Atlantic home w upgraded energy package. Over 1700 sq. ft. of living space. 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 3 Car Garage. Very nice floor plan. Large detached 28 x 40 heated shop, easy access. All on 20 treed acres w views! 36201 Berthoud, Potomac. $215,000. MLS#10002286. Rochelle Glasgow @ Prudential Missoula Properties. 544-7507
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REAL ESTATE NHN Applegate & Prarie Rd., Helena - MLS#809493 $2,500,000 - Great investment to get in at the very beginning of a cemetery development. Anne Jablonski - Windermere Real Estate - 546-5816 One of a Kind Listing, Nine Mile Schoolhouse with all the charm, romance and history one would expect. Unlimited possibilities an outstanding property. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Peaceful 3bed/2bath treetop retreat, nestled in the woods on 11.64 acres on Cedar Ridge, 15 minutes from downtown. 9625 Cedar Ridge Rd. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Price Reduced! 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 2 car garage. Nice deck in private back yard. Close to Clark Fork River. Close to recreation area for horse back riding, hunting, snowmobiling and 4 wheeling. $179,900. MLS#10004303. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 2406503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.
PRICE REDUCED! Wonderful 5 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom home on large lot with fruit trees and garden area. Meticulously landscaped with retractable awning over back patio. $223,000. MLS#10003652. 3 Kasota, Missoula. Pat McCormick, 240SOLD (7653). pat@properties2000.com PRICE REDUCTION! Wonderful single level home in quiet neighborhood near Rattlesnake Creek. 2 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage. 3624 Creekwood, Missoula. $249,900. MLS#10003714. Pat McCormick, 240-SOLD (7653). pat@properties2000.com Rehab Property!! 4 bed, 2 bath, 1 car garage. Centrally located home, large living room & family room in daylight basement • $179,900 MLS # 10004809. Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com SINGLE LEVEL LIVING JUST A SHORT WALK TO DOWNTOWN STEVI. 4 Bdr/3 Bath, great room, open floor plan,
435 Mount $203,900
double garage, unobstructed views of the Bitterroot Mountains, great yard. $219,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy16 to 74362, or visit...
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SPECTACULAR BITTERROOT VIEWS. Gorgeous 3 Bdr/2 Bath Stevensville area home on 10 acres. High ceilings, beautiful hardwood floors, fireplace, spacious master bedroom, deck with hot tub, and much more. $489,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy19 to 74362, or visit...
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Sweet Target Range Home, Open floor plan, fireplace, hardwood refinished, 4Br, 3Ba, Bonus Rooms, huge lot, fruit trees, gardens 4220 South Ave. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Townhouse along the Clarkfork for income qualified first time homeowners, this jewel lies along the river, incredible views!
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION 3 bed 2 bath home Centrally Located. Priced under appraisal at $165,900. Call Ken Allen Real Estate 239-6906
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Unique log home on 26+ private acres, bordering FS, min. to Snowbowl, hiking, 15 min to dwntwn. 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 3 carport, w/tons of storage above. Separate guest house on property. www.11815benchroad.com. SELLER WILL LOOK AT ALL OFFERS. They are motivated to sell! 11815 Bench Rd, Missoula. $449,000. MLS#10001348. Rochelle Glasgow @ Prudential Missoula Properties. 544-7507 Unique Lower Rattlesnake home near Bugbee Nature Area, 3Brm, 4Ba, Tree-top views, Lots of upgrades like granite countertops and lots of gorgeous wood throughout, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com View or list properties for sale
3.5 ACRES BARE LAND ON PETTY CREEK. Gorgeous bare land parcel straddling Petty Creek. Septic, well, and utilities in place. Gorgeous building spot with mountain, creek, and valley views. Custom builder available. $149,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @239-6696, Text Mindy0 to 74362, or visit...
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Beautiful 20 acres fenced pasture land. Seasonal stream and pond. Great get away or build your dream home. No power to area. $170 per year road maintenance fee. $149,900 MLS# 905366. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. Nice 1 acre lot, beautiful country setting west of Missoula. City
Right across from lovely Rose Park. This home has had many upgrades including remodeled kitchen featuring Hickory Cabinets, Brazilian Hickory laminate flooring throughout, all new stainless steel appliances. New blinds in the living room and solid core doors in all the main level rooms. The new roof was put on in May. The yard features a nice array of perennials. There is parking in the rear under the carport and a shed for extra storage. Call Mary Marry for a showing today. MLS # 10005191
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COMMERCIAL DARBY COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN GREAT DOWNTOWN LOCATION ON MAIN ST. Two
FOR SALE: Small 100-year-old rural newspaper. Great potential! 468-9231
MORTGAGE & FINANCIAL REAL ESTATE LENDING WITH A CONSCIENCE. Private funding for secured legitimate “NonBankable” Loans with substantial equity. Cash for “Seller Held” contracts and mortgages. Creative Finance & Investments, LLC, 619 SW Higgins, Ste 0, Missoula, MT. 59803. 800-9994809 MT. Lic #000203
Robin Rice • 240-6503
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514 W. Spruce St. • $250,000
912 Defoe • $169,900
ONE TIME MONTANA LAND BARGAIN, Billings Area. 166 Acres: Was-$229,900 Now$99,900. Only a few tracts! Below Market Prices! Trees, ridges & views. Close to Roundup, MT & Mussellshell River. The best land deal ever in Montana! Call 888-361-3006 www.WesternSkiesLand.com
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Downtown Sweetheart
3 bedroom two full bath home with GIGANTIC shop/garage. Brand new carpet just installed. Come take a look! MLS #10003358
Nice sized building lot in East Missoula with city water stubbed to the lot and city sewer available. Located near the end of Sommers with hardly any traffic. $62,500 MLS# 907997. Jeremy & Betsy Milyard 880-4749 www.hotmontanahomes.com
main floor retail/professional spaces featuring 10 ft ceilings, storage/back room spaces, and lots of windows plus two second floor residential rentals. Great income potential and priced to sell! $159,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @239-6696, Text Mindy4 to 74362, or visit...
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Janet Rice • 240-3932
1920’s era house has been revamped while retaining all of its original charm. Updated electrical, plumbing, handicapped accessible bath, security alarm, offstreet parking, underground sprinklers, and air conditioning in harmony with original bullseye woodwork, mahogany flooring, high ceilings, and all right downtown on West Spruce. Zoned B2-2 for a variety of commercial or residential uses. MLS#10001940
Sewer available. Great view. $99,999. MLS#908159. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.
MLS#10006115 - $169,900 1018 S. 3rd St. W. - Charming historic home. Remodeled kitchen and bath, 9ft ceilings, clawfoot tub, hardwood floors and nice yard.
GREAT INCOME PROPERTY $379,900 • MLS# 10004704 234 Edith, Missoula owner financing available This charming 6-plex is across the street from the Orange Street Food Farm, parks, and within easy biking or walking to the University and downtown. You can't beat the location. Very nice neighborhood and well maintained units. Low vacancy rate.
MLS#10006007 - $979,000 10203 Oral Zumwalt - Award winning exquisite home on 150’ of Biterroot river frontage close to Missoula.
AFFORDABLE LIVING CLOSE TO U MLS#'s 10004276 / 10004273 / 10004274 Priced starting at $143,900 Assume Contract for Deed! Buy one condo or all three! You can't beat this price and live so close to downtown, WALKING distance to the university, Dairy Queen, Caras Park, Bonner Park! These sweet condo's are nestled in the perfect location for all Missoula has to offer. Very well maintained: new windows, new hot water heater, new roof, u/g sprinklers.
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2 bed, 2 bath home also has 2 bonus rooms and is situated on an enormous lot with a double garage! Features beautiful landscaping, privacy fencing, and spacious family room with a gas stove.
6107 Brusett - Gorgeous Martz Built Home! • 4 bed, 3 bath, 3 car garage • Vaulted ceilings, fenced back yard • Large family room w/ wet bar •Landscaped yard w/ sprinklers • $299,900 • MLS # 10005422
53 Brookside • 2 bed, 2 bath, beautiful condo • Cathedral ceilings and plenty of natural light • Large kitchen, spacious living room • Master bath w/ walk-in closet & deep soaking tub • $325,000 • MLS # 10000721
22020 Frontage Road • 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage • On gorgeous acre west of Frenchtown • Beautiful yard,small pond & playhouse • Remodeled bathroom • $230,000 •MLS # 907392
979 Eaton • 4 bed, 2 bath, 1 car garage • Centrally located home • Large living room & family room in daylight basement • $174,900 • MLS # 10004809
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