NEWS ARTS
CHIPPY ON THE OLD BLOCK: NEW DEVELOPMENT IN UNIVERSITY DISTRICT PROMPTS ZONING QUESTIONS
HANGIN’ TEN WITH WILLIAM FINNEGAN
OPINION
FREE SPEECH COMES AT A STEEP PRICE IN MONTANA PRIMARIES
CRACKS DOWN ON NEWS STATE HEMP-FILLED DOG TREATS
[2] Missoula Independent • May 26–June 2, 2016
News
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Voices/Letters Stacy Rye, Dave Strohmaier, Gail Gutsche and Mark Sweeney...............4 The Week in Review Missoula Bruins, flooding and grocery fire..................................6 Briefs Meagher Bar, Missoulian and Merc emails...........................................................6 Etc. Who’s financing Zinke, Juneau campaigns? .............................................................7 News Ag department cracks down on hemp-filled dog treats at local shop...................8 News University District development prompts zoning questionnaire ..........................9 Opinion Court ruling on campaign spending comes with consequences...................10 Opinion A long push starts to reward the Blackfeet and its allies................................11 Feature As residential solar surges, the net-metering debate heats up ........................14
Arts & Entertainment
Arts Hangin’ ten with William Finnegan .......................................................................18 Music L.A. Witch, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats and Al Scorch....................19 Theater Comedy veterans “fun-raise” for chairs ...........................................................20 Music Missoula’s music scene remembers soundman Joey Connell............................21 Film The Nice Guys doesn’t skimp on anything............................................................22 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films.......................................................24 BrokeAss Gourmet Buffalo cauliflower.......................................................................25 Happiest Hour Rumour................................................................................................27 8 Days a Week Here comes the sun .............................................................................28 Agenda Teacher Recognition Day..................................................................................34 Mountain High UM Planetarium’s summer series .......................................................35
Exclusives
Street Talk .......................................................................................................................4 News of the Weird ........................................................................................................12 Classifieds....................................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess ...................................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrolog y ....................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle .......................................................................................................C-8 This Modern World...................................................................................................C-12
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missoulanews.com • May 26–June 2, 2016 [3]
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STREET TALK
by Erika Fredrickson
Asked Tuesday afternoon on the Hip Strip How are you planning to spend Memorial Day weekend? Followup: The holiday provides an opportunity to remember people who died while serving in the country’s armed forces. Is there anyone you’ll take a moment to honor?
Bradley Aleckson: I’ll meet my buddy in L.A. tonight and then fly out tomorrow to Mexico. So, for the weekend, I’ll be down somewhere in Mexico surfing. Down under salute: In Australia we have Anzac Day, which is similar, and we have an alliance with America. I don’t have any close family that has served. I have friends that are in the Defense Force and in the Navy and Army, and I respect what they do. But I don’t have anyone in particular to remember.
Jess Gowen: I’m driving to Portland. I’m going to go see my girlfriend. I live here, she lives there and I’ll be there just through the weekend. Happy thoughts: Not from war, but from loss. In the last few years I lost my mom and my grandma. So I’m remembering them. Happy thoughts, right? You gotta remember the good times.
Roland Jackson: I’ll probably barbecue. I’ve got a deer roast, so I’ll probably do that. Family ties: I’ll remember my father who fought in Vietnam, my grandfather who fought in World War II, my brother-in-law who was in the Navy and my cousin Joe who fought in the Pacific.
Fact and fiction It seems Pam Erickson hit a nerve when she correctly called out Public Service Commission candidate Mark Sweeney on his illegal robo calls (see “Going for Gail” in the May 12 letters section). Let’s not confuse fact with fiction: automated phone calls are illegal in Montana. Just in case you’re not in the mood to look it up, here’s how the law reads: “MCA 45-8-216. Unlawful automated telephone solicitation—exceptions—penalties. (1) A person may not use an automated telephone system, device, or facsimile machine for the selection and dialing of telephone numbers and playing of recorded messages if a message is completed to the dialed number for the purpose of: (e) promoting a political campaign or any use related to a political campaign.” There’s nothing unclear or ambiguous about that. It’s bad enough that Sweeney is breaking the law. (Not that it matters, illegal is illegal, but the telephone message is 29 seconds, not 15 seconds, as claimed by Sweeney.) Now he’s bragging and lying about these annoying illegal calls? (See “Stand by calls,” in the May 19 letters section.) Those are two character traits the voting public has had its fill of this election year. Sweeney ran for a seat on the PSC four years ago and lost in a primary in his own district (Butte/Bozeman). I’d guess that’s why he recently moved over the mountain to run in our district. Gail Gutsche has lived in Missoula for 24 years. During that time, she served four terms in the legislature and one on the PSC, and earned a 100 percent endorsement record from the environmental, women’s and labor communities. The Democratic choice for PSC is clear: On June 7, please join me in voting for Gail Gutsche, an effective, experienced, principled and local leader. Teresa Henry Missoula
Hitting the Mark
Kate Michell: Probably sleeping in and doing something outside—maybe playing golf. Fond memories: I don’t have any family that died in war who I remotely remember. But I’ll remember my grandmother who passed away about three years ago and then my great grandparents, too. We were close to them.
[4] Missoula Independent • May 26–June 2, 2016
I fully support Mark Sweeney in his bid for the Montana Public Service Commission. Mark will aggressively defend Montana ratepayers and bring a fresh, innovative approach to energy development in our state. As a former chief executive of AnacondaDeer Lodge County, I had the honor to work with Mark when he was an ADLC commissioner. While we didn’t always agree on the issues, we worked diligently together, with mutual respect, for the betterment of the community. Mark was fair, unbiased and always did his homework when making informed decisions, and he listened to the concerns of his constituents. Mark was a leader on energy and envi-
ronmental issues on the county commission. During his tenure, NorthWestern Energy completed the 150 megawatt David Gates Generating Station near Anaconda. This innovative, gas-fired generating station is integrated with wind energy and can be “ramped up” very quickly to supplement electricity supplies when the wind is not blowing. Mark was instrumental in working with Pintler Power and ADLC to allow the installation of anemometers to evaluate the potential for locating wind energy projects in the county. He also championed the development of a “pump and store” hydroelectric project at a county-owned reservoir high above Anaconda. While this project has not come to fruition, it shows the type of innovative thinking that Mark brings to the job at hand.
“Those are two character traits the voting public has had its fill of this election year.”
is securing long-term affordable housing in a manner that also promotes environmental principles and fosters a strong sense of working together. Dave Strohmaier has been one of the central influences in helping me explore and refine this commitment through his practical and ethical perspectives. Dave shares these values. He believes we can develop effective policies promoting vibrant, healthy and sustainable human and physical environments. Dave was a colleague of mine when we both worked for the U.S. Forest Service. Dave was an exceptional supervisor and manager—skills that he’s since demonstrated in municipal government and the private sector, and skills that set him apart in this race. Also, I was very pleased to learn that he was the only candidate endorsed in this race by the Montana Conservation Voters, which is no surprise given his solid record of conservation both in elected office and with federal land management agencies. Dave’s exceptional communication skills and balanced approach to complex issues has served him well—demonstrated in the two books he’s published on the subject of wildland fire, a topic very important to those of us who live in the Northern Rockies. Dave has my wholehearted support and is the clear choice in this year’s Democratic primary. Jack Rowan Missoula
Sense of loyalty As a retired fish hatchery manager, Mark champions clean water and the environment. He serves on the governor’s Upper Clark Fork River Advisory Council, which is tasked with evaluating and recommending proposals to remediate and restore areas damaged by past mining and smelting activities throughout the river basin. He was also appointed to a BLM advisory board to evaluate routing proposals for the MISTI power transmission line. I urge you to join me by voting for Mark Sweeney for PSC commissioner. Becky Guay Anaconda
The clear choice I encourage you to support Dave Strohmaier for Missoula County commissioner (see “Something new,” May 19). Dave and I have been friends for close to 20 years. I know him as a person of integrity, compassion, discernment and intelligence. There is no one I trust more than Dave to act according to the values he publicly articulates and keep his role as a servant of the public central to his actions. His long public service has demonstrated Dave’s intelligent, honorable and responsive approach to leadership. One of the most important issues for me
I met Stacy Rye five years ago and I have been grateful ever since (see “Heart and soul,” May 19). She is a strong friend and an even stronger leader. I supported her when she put in her name for the appointment of Missoula County commissioner because I knew she would work harder than anyone else at the job. She is extremely passionate about local government and making Missoula a better place to work and live. While I could repeat other letters about openness and transparency, helping families and partnering with local governments, all things Stacy ardently believes, my biggest reason for supporting Stacy is her kindness and loyalty. Stacy has a youthful sense of loyalty that is hard to come by for those in politics. She cares deeply for those around her, including those she represents. I have watched as she has faced harsh backlash from standing up to the status quo. Through all of this, she has maintained her love of local government and wanting to continue as a commissioner with the hopes of making Missoula better. I hope you will join me in supporting Stacy and know that she will work her hardest for you once she is retained as the incumbent. Katie Carlson Missoula
missoulanews.com • May 26–June 2, 2016 [5]
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WEEK IN REVIEW
VIEWFINDER
by Keaton Foley
Wednesday, May 18 Condon’s only gas station and store, Mission Mountain Mercantile, burns to the ground. The closest gas station is now almost 30 miles away in Seeley Lake.
Thursday, May 19 Legendary punk band Violent Femmes play a sold-out show at the Wilma. One band member plays a 6-foot-tall contrabass saxophone.
Friday, May 20 Just a week after the Missoula Maulers ceased operations due to the owner’s conflict with Glacier Ice Rink, a Missoula couple steps in and announces a replacement team. The Bruins will play in the Frontier Division of the North American 3 Hockey League.
Saturday, May 21 At its 22nd annual banquet, Five Valleys Land Trust announces plans to acquire 4,200 acres of open space on Mount Dean Stone. The tracts include former Plum Creek Timber Company land that’s currently owned by The Nature Conservancy.
A member of Travis Pastrana’s Nitro Circus soars above the course at Ogren Park at Allegiance Field on May 13. The event featured extreme athletes riding in freestyle motorcross, BMX and on contraptions like a lounge chair with wheels.
Sunday, May 22 Jeannette Rankin Peace Center honors Patrick Weasel Head as Peacemaker of the Year, noting his extensive volunteer service, time on Missoula City Council and work among the Native American and LGBT communities.
Monday, May 23 After a few days of rain, several roads throughout the Flathead are flooded. A culvert washes out on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, delaying plow crews and closing the road at Apgar Loop Junction.
Tuesday, May 24 Missoula Symphony Orchestra violinist Sarah Harmworth posts on Facebook that her recently stolen violin and vintage bow, worth between $8,000-$10,000, was recovered by Cash 1 Pawn. She notes that the thief had tried to sell it for $50.
Merc
Emails show early support Days before a developer’s plan to tear down the Missoula Mercantile was to be publicly announced, city officials and HomeBase Montana developers were anxiously awaiting the 10 o’clock news. For the past three months, they had been talking about HomeBase’s project to replace the dilapidated building with a Marriott hotel, with the city already seemingly signaling its intent to endorse the yet-to-be-submitted demolition application. The audience for the March 3 announcement was sure to be icy, so city communications staff suggested a strategy Andy Holloran could use to warm the crowd by coming across as “more genuine” and a “normal person doing a great project.” But a Facebook post by KPAX news earlier in the day promised a special report about the future of the Merc, and it looked like the cat was about to jump out of the bag. That wouldn’t happen until a few days later, on
[6] Missoula Independent • May 26–June 2, 2016
March 1, when a second KPAX story referenced a Missoula preservation group’s warning that “plans are in the works” to demolish the building. After the broadcast, Ellen Buchanan, director of the Missoula Redevelopment Agency, sought to reassure Holloran, pointing out what she saw as the reputation of the preservation group whose leader would soon go on to launch the “Save the Merc” campaign. “It is a nonprofit group that wants to save virtually everything, even if it is falling down,” Buchanan wrote that night. “I don’t believe that they have much credibility outside the extreme preservationists.” These are among the details to emerge from dozens of emails between city staff and the Merc’s developers since December 2015 that were recently released to the Indy in response to a public records request. Merc preservation advocates and members of the Historic Preservation Commission have appeared suspicious of Mayor John Engen’s early vocal support for HomeBase’s project and what they see as an effort by
the city to minimize the commission’s role. Early in their review, members resolved to request copies of city officials’ correspondence, but the volunteer board has yet to follow up after city officials asked for the request in writing. The board’s chair, Mike Monsos, is still unsure of its status. No emails from Engen appear in the documents released to the Indy. However, the emails show close communication between HomeBase and Development Services in the months leading up to the public announcement. By Feb. 24, more than a week before HomeBase submitted its application, Development Services Director Mike Haynes had fleshed out a “desired timeline” by which his office would ultimately “ask HPC to concur with issuance” of a demolition permit. “The staff report will describe the history of preservation efforts, HPC’s limited purview and the proposed new project (based on your narrative),” he wrote. Haynes tells the Indy it’s common practice for
[news] would-be developers to approach city officials to feel out a project before submitting a full application and that he was under no pressure from the mayor’s office to endorse HomeBase’s proposal. Though he had received a “quite convincing presentation� on HomeBase’s plans by the time of the email, Haynes says he never promised his support and adds that the eventual staff report was grounded in fact. “I definitely could have worded it a bit better,� he says of the email. “I certainly didn’t intend to suggest the recommendation was a foregone conclusion.� Derek Brouwer
Missoulian
“Rogue� publisher settles Missoulian parent company Lee Enterprises has settled its lawsuit against former Publisher Jim McGowan and four other high-level advertising employees it accused of conspiring to steal sensitive company information to start a rival marketing agency. Missoula County District Court Judge Karen Townsend approved the settlement May 16. Terms were not disclosed, and the party’s attorneys did not return calls for comment. The settlement brings resolution to the first of two recent lawsuits between former Missoulian employees and the newspaper. In the second suit, Sherry Devlin alleges she was wrongfully discharged and discriminated against when she was demoted from her editor position last spring. Lee accused McGowan of stealing the “blueprints� for the Missoulian’s marketing business and using the information to win clients over to his own advertising agencies, Windfall, Inc and Mettle, LLC. It brought nine counts in District Court, including violation of the state’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act. Lee hired a forensic computer analyst to scrutinize the work computers of McGowan and four other employees who left the company in early 2015. The investigation found that, the day after McGowan was demoted from publisher to sales director, someone inserted a USB drive into his computer, deleted several hundred files from the hard drive and ran a program called “eraser.exe� to prevent forensic analysis. In court documents and hearings, the former employees denied that any of the client data they were alleged to have seized constituted a trade secret and pointed out they hadn’t signed any noncompetitive agreements with Lee.
Court documents show current Publisher Mark Heintzelman quickly came to believe “rogue sales practices� were taking place under McGowan, prompting him to seek a financial audit upon arrival at the Missoulian. Separate documents in the Devlin case elaborated on the paper’s financial condition at the time Heintzelman was installed. He told a Montana Human Rights Bureau investigator the paper was hundreds of thousands of dollars short of its financial goals, with “inappropriate� accounting practices. Lee pointed to a series of lost advertising accounts as evidence that it was damaged by McGowan’s actions. The company was unsuccessful last summer in its pursuit for an injunction against Windfall and Mettle. The parties appear to have begun settlement negotiations after Townsend denied McGowan’s motion to dismiss the case in February. Derek Brouwer
Dining al fresco
Meagher Bar alters proposal After the Thomas Meagher Bar’s first proposal to extend its outdoor seating was rejected by Missoula City Council last year, bar management are hoping a new patio proposal will satisfy critics while taking advantage of summer weather. “We’re trying to do the best we can for all parties involved,� says Darci Matovich, who’s served as the general manager since Meagher Bar opened in the former Sean Kelly’s in 2014. Instead of a permanent deck extending out onto Pine Street, Meagher Bar is now drawing up plans for a seasonal patio that would occupy three parking spaces outside its Pine Street entrance, providing space for three or four extra tables and a bike corral. Matovich says the patio would ideally be set up May through October, complementing the farmers markets and Missoula People’s Market. Meagher Bar is also offering to compensate the Missoula Parking Commission for the loss of revenue from the three spaces. “We’re trying to be a good steward of the downtown economy,� Matovich says. “We like to be hospitable.� Meagher Bar hasn’t put forth a formal right-of-way
BY THE NUMBERS Crash fatalities on Montana roads this year, through May 9. Local law enforcement agencies are planning extra patrols in conjunction with Memorial Day weekend.
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encroachment request yet, but a Missoula City Council committee hosted a preliminary discussion in late April. Ward 1 Councilman Bryan von Lossberg says the new plan eases most of the concerns council had when Meagher Bar proposed a permanent patio last fall. That proposal asked for six parking spaces and would have required relocating street trees and widening the sidewalk. “Many council members, including myself, were uncomfortable with that,� von Lossberg says. He finds the more moderate request more appealing. “Yeah, it’s Missoula in the summer,� he says. “If we’re not inundated with smoke, it’s a great time to be outside. So they’re looking to utilize the wonderful climate that Missoula has to offer.� Von Lossberg does think it will become a problem if more local restaurants seek to extend seating out into the street, though only a few other thoroughfares downtown qualify for local right-of-way encroachment requests. “I think everyone understands that two or three spaces isn’t going to make or break a situation,� he says. “But with an eye forward, if this proliferates to a number of other spaces, two or three spaces could become significantly more.� Heidi West, the second Ward 1 representative on council, says she thinks the Meagher Bar patio will make for an inviting downtown space. Meagher Bar, coincidentally, sits next door to Missoula City Council chambers. “I think it’s a really cool idea for Pine Street,� she says. “And in summer, so many people bike and walk that I think maybe the parking pressures aren’t quite the same as winter.� Meagher Bar would likely apply for a street encroachment within the next few weeks, according to Matovich. She says if council gives the okay, they’d like to set up the patio starting this summer. Kate Whittle
ETC. Late last month in Pablo, Chairman Vernon Finley of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes did something the tribal council rarely, if ever, does: he endorsed a political candidate. The break from convention was fitting considering the candidate, Democrat Denise Juneau, could become the first Native American woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress. CSKT followed up on May 22 with a $2,700 campaign contribution. Juneau’s bid for U.S. House has been steadily gaining national attention in Indian Country since December. Tribal nations from New York to California and everywhere in between have been furnishing her war chest for months—more than $30,000 from more than a dozen tribes. And while CSKT is the sole tribal government in Montana to officially endorse her so far, Juneau recently completed a multi-week campaign tour of the state’s seven reservations. “If Indian Country votes in big numbers,� Juneau said at a stop in Box Elder, “I win.� Yet it’s hard to ignore the gap between Juneau’s cash on hand and that of her opponent, Republican incumbent Ryan Zinke: $524,260 to $1 million, respectively. Juneau may be rallying Democrats and Indian Country together, but Zinke’s base has deeper pockets. Take California brokerage mogul Charles R. Schwab, whose estimated worth according to Forbes is $6.5 billion and who maxed out his allowable contributions to Zinke this spring. Las Vegas resort tycoon Stephen Wynn also forked over the legal limit, as did his wife. Tatnall Hillman cut Zinke a single check for $5,400 in December, a piddly sum for the man ranked Colorado’s third largest political contributor in 2014. Zinke also has the distinction of being the only candidate in the race to date benefitting from thirdparty spending. Between March and April, the Virgin Islands Republican Party dropped $3,052.05 on voter contact mail for Zinke, contracting the work out to ForthRight Strategy. The D.C.based firm has a history with the ex-Navy SEAL, claiming to have sent more than 1.6 million pieces of mail supporting Zinke’s 2014 race. Of course, it’s probably only a matter of time before the third-party spending comes in from the left, as well. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee upgraded Juneau’s candidacy to its “Red to Blue� program this month, ensuring the national interest—and the price—of this race will only rise.
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missoulanews.com • May 26–June 2, 2016 [7]
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Case of the munchies Ag department cracks down on hemp-filled dog treats by Kate Whittle
The owner of a small pet foods store says. “She could be in North Dakota or the FDA gives the go-ahead. in Missoula says she was surprised when Texas, it’s not an approved feed ingrediThe FDA, for its part, warns consumers state officials started investigating her ent. But also if there’s any medicinal against giving cannabinoids until studies can business for selling pet treats and supple- claims, that needs separate approval by prove the benefits, though it doesn’t differments that contain cannabinoids derived the FDA under its veterinary medicine entiate between hemp and marijuana in its from hemp. She had been under the im- program.” public health advisories. The FDA states that The FDA has a specific list of ingredi- it is “currently collecting information about pression the items were lawful, but has since discovered that the legal status of ents that can legally be added to animals’ marijuana and marijuana-derived products hemp-derived animal treatments is any- feed or supplements, but it doesn’t con- being marketed for animals” before it takes thing but clear. further action. “It’s been very strange,” says FDA laboratory tests also Ann Straub, owner of The Holistic show that many of the cannabiHoundry, a specialty pet food store noid treats and supplements on on South Third Street. the market don’t even contain the purported active ingredient. In On May 16, Straub was or2015, the FDA found that brands dered by the Montana Department including Hemp Oil Care and Natof Agriculture to stop selling any ural Organic Solutions contained cannabidiol pet products or else little to no cannabinoid content. she’d be subject to fines starting at $1,000. The citation states that Straub says the FDA test recannabidiol has not been apsults just go to show that legalizproved for pet food by the U.S. ing and regulating cannabinoid Food and Drug Administration. treatments would prevent lessthan-scrupulous manufacturers Straub says in her experifrom taking advantage of anyone, ence, cannabidiol reduces anxiand she hopes that the makers of ety, pain and risk of seizures in alternative pet treats will band toanimals the same way medical gether and push for FDA apmarijuana works in humans. proval. She also points to how Hemp extracts contain very little Nevada and Arizona lawmakers THC, the psychoactive compoproposed bills to authorize mednent of cannabis that’s highly ical marijuana cards for pets. harmful to small animals. Straub assumed hemp-based Holistic Houndry owner Ann Straub says dog treats Though Straub pulled all the products for animals had already containing cannabinoids reduce anxiety and pain cannabinoid products off the been approved by the FDA, since in animals. Straub was recently ordered by the shelves at Holistic Houndry, she state to stop selling cannabidiol pet supplements, their manufacturers distribute na- which violate FDA policy. says she’ll still recommend that pet tionwide and hemp is legal for a owners try the brands she trusts. variety of human uses. One brand, Wash- duct pre-market approval of products, Most of the Canna-Pet line of treats, for inington-based Canna-Pet, touts itself online which often leaves enforcement to indi- stance, were shown by the FDA to contain as “the only legal, veterinarian-recom- vidual states. As far as Jensen knows, this the cannabinoids they advertised. mended, non-prescription” cannabinoid is the first time that hemp pet suppleStraub says she wished she’d known ments have come to Montana’s attention. about cannabidiol when one of her dogs product for animals. “It’s super gray, it’s super confusing,” Jensen adds that just because many died of cancer last year. Straub says of the disconnect between cannabidiol products are available online and “When you have a sick pet, your opbusinesses and state agencies. in retail stores, they’re not necessarily legal. tions are so limited,” she says. “I’m a huge Cort Jensen, chief attorney for the De“And seriously, the fact it’s not an ap- proponent because I know my dog’s life partment of Agriculture, says state officials proved feed ingredient means there’s no would have been better. If someone’s were conducting normal compliance testing,” Jensen says. “Randomly feeding going through something like pet death checks when they found the hemp-based non-approved pet food is a recipe for a or cancer or a torn ACL, these are things products at the Holistic Houndry. that can help them.” tragedy.” “Cannabis in hemp is not an apJensen says the state won’t approve proved ingredient in animal feed,” Jensen hemp-derived treatments for animals until kwhittle@missoulanews.com
[8] Missoula Independent • May 26–June 2, 2016
[news]
This new house University District development prompts zoning questionnaire by Alex Sakariassen
image courtesy of Laura Timblo
This rendering depicts what the exterior of the Timblo’s University District house will ultimately look like, though Laura Timblo says the details are “not finalized.”
The letter was typed and unsigned. Laura Timblo found it earlier this year attached to the front door of the unfinished house her family is building on Ronald Avenue across from Bonner Park. The writer derided the structure as a “mutation” and an “extreme eyesore,” words Timblo sums up as “really, really hurtful.” Reaction to their residential project from folks in the surrounding University District neighborhood has been on “both ends of the spectrum,” Timblo says. The note represents the worst of one end. “It was an anonymous letter,” she continues. “I didn’t have a chance to connect with that person and have a conversation. It really saddened me. I was very surprised to get that on my door. But it felt good, literally the next day, to have a [neighboring] couple stop by and say, ‘Shake it off. This looks great. There’s a lot of people excited about it.’” Timblo, who grew up in Missoula and coauthored the children’s book Goodnight Missoula with her mother, purchased the corner property with her husband last year. Shortly after, she says, one of their new neighbors approached them and asked if they’d be interested in splitting the lot between them as well. The Timblos considered it a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” a chance to both move into a desirable neighborhood after an exhaustive
search of others around town and secure additional space for a backyard. They took down two houses and commenced construction on one. When the house’s size, layout and style started to take shape is when Timblo first noted the negative feedback. “It’s been really hard to see, I guess, a side of Missoulians that I’ve never really experienced, because this is my home and I’m really excited about it,” she says. “I know it’s different. It’s not the typical home in that neighborhood. But I’m excited and we have heard that from neighbors as well. It hasn’t been all bad.” The Timblos haven’t been the only ones fielding queries and criticism over their new house. After being sworn into office in January, Missoula City Councilwoman Gwen Jones began getting phone calls and emails from constituents. Jones, who grew up in Ward 3 at the foot of Mount Sentinel, prefers to avoid talking about specific projects. Instead, she says simply that “there’s been some new construction lately in the university neighborhood and people were concerned about the size and magnitude of the houses going in.” “The bottom line is everything being built over there currently is all within zoning,” Jones adds, “so at that point we discussed maybe we need to
look into this a little bit further.” To that end, Jones and Missoula Development Services have circulated a questionnaire aimed at gauging support for additional zoning regulations for houses in the University District. The eight-question document is available both online and in hard copy, and Jones says measures have been put in place to ensure only University District
residents are able to respond with one questionnaire per address. The participation period closes June 21. Depending on the results of the questionnaire, Jones’ next step could be to have a discussion at the University District Neighborhood Council’s general meeting this fall about a zoning overlay to preserve “the context and character of the neighborhood.” The questionnaire is merely a preliminary step in a process Jones is “trying to make as transparent as possible.” “Frankly, if we come up with a good solution to this, I wouldn’t be surprised if other adjacent neighborhoods also want to go in this direction,” she says. “It could be a good template in some ways. We’ll see.” Dave Chrismon with the University District Leadership Team doesn’t recall any concerns about specific residential projects coming up during the neighborhood council’s meetings. “Seems like Gwen took the calls on that one,” he says, though he adds locals have spoken up on zoning and land use proposals like the city’s Accessory
Dwelling Unit ordinance in 2013. Chrismon is heartened by the “proactive approach” Jones and others are taking in response to feedback. “I like the idea of going to the neighborhood and gauging their interest in a topic,” he says. “I think it’s a great start to come to the neighborhood and say, ‘Is this an issue for you?’” Timblo has tried to be visible and available to answer any questions her future neighbors might have. There’s “probably a lot of curiosity and obviously a lot of opinions on it,” she says. She had heard about a survey in the neighborhood but was unclear on the details. If a neighborhood council discussion does materialize, she adds, she views it as another opportunity to field any queries about her family’s new home. “Being part of the community is important, especially when there is an organized way for people to voice their concerns,” Timblo says. “I’d rather do that than get hurtful letters on my front door.” asakariassen@missoulanews.com
photo by Alex Sakariassen
Laura Timblo acknowledges her new house across from Bonner Park has drawn mixed feedback, including a “hurtful” note on the door. City Councilwoman Gwen Jones is now circulating a questionnaire to gauge the neighborhood’s interest in new zoning regulations.
missoulanews.com • May 26–June 2, 2016 [9]
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Speech is finally free Court ruling on campaign spending comes with consequences by Dan Brooks
Montana used to be a terrible state for free speech. Sure, you could say whatever you wanted. Montanans have always been free to make remarks without fear of attracting punishment or even an audience, as this column has demonstrated. But words—printed, recorded or uttered aloud—are not the essence of speech. As any federal court judge will tell you, freedom of speech depends on money. Without money to back them up, mere words are like the tree that falls in the forest with no one to hear it. “Help,” unmoneyed speech cries vainly, “I have become trapped under a tree. My leg hurts terribly. Tell my family I feel some particular way about them”—and other nonsense to which no one pays any attention. But with proper funding, speech becomes like the tree that falls in the forest because Montanans who enjoy sensible resource management and the right to work have cut it down, making room for a bold new housing subdivision and/or shopping area. Here speech flows freely. No group is artificially elevated above another and ordinary Montanans can exchange ideas just as the pioneers did: by purchasing radio, television and outdoor billboard advertisements, as well as by giving millions of dollars to elected officials. Alas, that kind of freedom has been banished from Montana for decades by campaign finance laws. Until recently, the state put limits on how much money political parties, individuals and corporations could give to candidates for public office. Such limits reduced speech to mere words. But last week, U.S. District Judge Charles Lovell declared the 1994 law that set those limits unconstitutional. Lovell’s ruling holds that it is a violation of the First Amendment for Montana to restrict the amount of money individuals, political action committees or the major parties can give to candidates. It’s all wide open now. As of this writing, Greg Gianforte can donate a billion dollars to Tim Fox for Attorney General and the Democratic Party of Montana can give its candidates as much money as it might
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raise through the sale of baked goods and/or mineral rights. Speech is finally free. By this I mean that speech finally involves vast amounts of money, but such contradictions are coincidences of language. The important thing is that our campaign finance laws have been brought in line with the First Amendment—and just in time for the primaries, too.
“Ordinary Montanans can exchange ideas just as the pioneers did: by purchasing radio, television and outdoor billboard advertisements.”
Granted, a serpent still lurks in this Eden of freely exchanged ideas and checks. Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathan Motl, whose job requires him to thwart the cause of free and open elections by enforcing campaign finance restrictions, believes that Lovell’s ruling only invalidates the limits enacted by the legislature in 1994. Since that law has been struck down, Motl will revert to enforcing the limits in place before it was passed. That means political parties can give unlimited amounts of money to their fa-
vorite candidates, but individuals and PACs cannot. But this is only Motl’s interpretation. I have read Lovell’s decision, and it seems to hold Sections 13-37216(1), (3) and (5) of the Montana Code unconstitutional by the type of limits they impose, not the dollar amounts. Although Lovell leaves this matter to future courts, his reasoning strongly implies that he would consider the pre-1994 limits on individuals and PACs unconstitutional, too. I applaud Lovell’s commitment to free speech and the more robust 2016 election it will doubtless encourage. On a completely unrelated note, I am pleased to announce my candidacy for comptroller or whatever. After careful examination of my freely expressed political ideas and the donors to whom they correspond, I have decided to run as a Republican. The Dan Brooks for Comptroller or Whatever campaign will begin accepting donations almost immediately—just as soon as I can set up my offices in the form of a big cardboard box. Because I believe in free speech, you can contribute ideas to my campaign via checks, money orders, fine garments or even policy proposals. I’ll be setting up an answering machine for that last category. In the meantime, just take whatever cash you have on hand and stuff it into a pillowcase. You want to make sure your speech is heard when my campaign comes to visit your town, school, civic organization or darkened parking garage. Of course, your contribution to my campaign does not guarantee that I will comptrol in your favor. As Lovell notes in his decision, the state of Montana still has a compelling interest in fighting the appearance of corruption. It is appearances with which my campaign is most concerned. So just put your million dollars in an envelope, address it to me and see what happens. You might be surprised how efficiently the marketplace of ideas can work. Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and whatever his wealthy backers instruct at combatblog.net.
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Feeling fulfilled A long push starts to reward the Blackfeet and its allies by Michael J. Dax
As a young girl, Blackfeet tribal member Helen Augare-Carlson remembers her grandfather anticipating his yearly hunting trip in the Badger-Two Medicine region of northern Montana. “It fulfilled him,” Augare-Carlson says. When she returned to the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning in the early 2000s, the Forest Service was beginning to establish a “traditional cultural district” within the Badger-Two Medicine, a designation that recognizes an area’s historic value. It also requires an extensive review process that calls into question activities such as oil and gas exploration. During the Reagan administration, more than 40 oil and gas leases had been issued in the Badger-Two Medicine—18 of which remain today—and many of the tribe’s roughly 15,000 enrolled members believe that those leases threaten both wildlife habitat and the area’s wild character. Augare-Carlson agreed that the Badger-Two Medicine should stay untouched. She decided to reveal the kind of connection her grandfather had to the land by coordinating with an ongoing project called Art for the Sky. The project’s originator, Daniel Dancer, creates living “paintings” of people through aerial photographs, and for their picture, the Blackfeet chose to form a bear, an animal that embodies wildness. More than 360 students participated and Augare-Carlson used the experience to discuss the tribe’s ancestral ties to the region as well as its continued relevance to their lives today. “Just seeing how much impact it had with the youth was really encouraging. They were all excited to be out there and participate and maintain the area,” she says. The traditional cultural district was approved by the Forest Service, but even though the agency placed a moratorium on oil and gas exploration in the largely roadless area, the leases remained. That state of limbo persisted until 2013, when one of the lessees, Solenex LLC, a Louisiana-based company, sued the Interior Department for delaying its ability to develop the lease. That lawsuit, filed by
the Mountain States Legal Foundation, brought national attention to the issue. During the years that the tribe spent trying to convince the Forest Service and BLM to cancel the leases, national and regional environmental organizations had signed on as allies. They included the Montana Wilderness Association, the Wilderness Society and the Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance as well as others. After generations of mistrust of outsiders, however, the tribal administration was reluctant to accept either their involvement or their help. But after elections in the sum-
“We get people’s attention when tribal leaders speak out.”
mer of 2014 brought in a new administration amenable to working with outside groups, a partnership has flourished. “We’re here to support their effort,” says Casey Perkins, Rocky Mountain field director for the Montana Wilderness Association. Compared with past efforts, Perkins and her environmental colleagues have embraced the value of letting the people on the ground have the spotlight. “We get people’s attention when tribal leaders speak out.” John Murray, the tribe’s historic preservation officer, says the primary role of the environmental groups has been to navigate political channels and attract and facilitate media coverage. Over the past two years, the coalition
has collaborated on legal strategies, pressed for expanding the designated traditional cultural district and elevated the issue on a national scale. As a result, Montana’s Democratic Sen. Jon Tester has become a strong advocate for canceling the leases, as has Montana Gov. Steve Bullock. Numerous papers have also run editorials supporting the coalition’s position. Publicity reached a fever pitch last spring when the legendary rock band Pearl Jam, which has Montana roots, publicly opposed drilling in the Badger-Two Medicine and posted a petition about the effort on its website. The hard work and willingness to break down historic barriers paid off. On April 1, the Interior Department canceled one of the leases, saying the Solenex lease was improperly issued in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act and the National Historical Preservation Act. Even with the lease’s cancelation, however, the partners aren’t sure about the future of the Badger-Two Medicine. Solenex may challenge the Interior Department’s decision, and 17 other leases remain in limbo. Meanwhile, the Blackfeet largely oppose any official wilderness designation, because tribal leaders say they want to share management responsibilities with the Forest Service—something both Perkins and Jennifer Ferenstein with the Wilderness Society say they could support. Despite the uncertainty, most people involved in the coalition remain hopeful. “It’s nice to see [Anglos] learning and trying to understand our perspective. There have been so many times in the past when natives and non-natives clashed over management practices,” Augare-Carlson says. “Now we’re coming to the table equally and able to communicate. It’s a really big step for both sides.” Michael Dax is a contributor to Writers on the Range, an opinion service of High Country News (hcn.org ). He writes in Santa Fe, N.M., and is the author of Grizzly West: A Failed Attempt to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears in the Mountain West.
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MEDICAL MILESTONE – Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced they had recently (a first, they claimed) transmitted high-speed digital data through slabs of pork loin and beef liver. The signal cleared the muscle and gristle so cleanly that it permitted streaming of high-definition video—enough to watch Netflix, said the lead researcher. (Actually, the advance is crucial in that it allows a patient to swallow a transmitter and for physicians to monitor inner workings of the body in real-time and externally control implanted devices such as cranial sensors and defibrillators.) CAN’T POSSIBLY BE TRUE – Religious leaders associated with the “quiverfull” ministry announced intentions for a November retreat this year in Wichita, Kansas, at which parents will meet to plan “arranged” Christian marriages for their prepubescent daughters, to maximize the future couples’ childbearing potential—supposedly the No. 1 priority of all females. Quiverfull activist Vaughn Ohlman has written that female fertility is optimal during their teens (actually, just after age 12) and drops off in their 20s. The local district attorney, queried by The Wichita Eagle, said such marriages are legal as long as all parties consent—but Ohlman has maintained that the Bible does not require the bride’s consent if her father has given his. Apparently, Japanese taste buds easily become bored, for manufacturers seem eager to create extravagant food combinations to satisfy them that might prove daunting to most Americans. The latest exhibit: the familiar Kit Kat chocolate-coated wafer—but with the taste of ripe melon and cheese (specifically, “Hokkaido Melon With Mascarpone Cheese”). As Japanese foodies know, Kit Kats in Japan come in at least 15 coatings, according to a 2013 review by Kotaku.com, including Edamame Soybean, Purple Sweet Potato, Hot Japanese Chili, Matcha-Green Tea, Wasabi and Red Bean Sandwich. The Daily Pakistan newspaper, covering the Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi in April, reported that a judge in Courtroom III asked a constable if he knew how the grenade entered into evidence worked. Rather than assume that an explanation was requested, the constable pulled the pin to demonstrate, and the resulting explosion injured the constable, a court clerk and another police officer. The constable is said to be facing severe discipline as soon as he recovers. LATEST RELIGIOUS MESSAGES – Great Britain’s prisoners claiming to be adherents of the ancient Celtic pagan religion are allowed, under rules from the National Offender Management Services, to be excused from jailhouse routines to celebrate four festivals, including (of course) the Festival of the Lactating Sheep. Although “Skyclad,” or naked worship, is forbidden, prisoners can wear the silver pagan ring (to avoid “distress”) and are permitted their own chalices, crystals, “worry beads,” pentagram necklaces, hoodless robes and flexible twig-wands. An Israeli man (unidentified in press reports) petitioned the Haifa Magistrate’s Court recently for a restraining order against God, pointing out that the Almighty has exhibited (according to a May Times of Israel report) “a seriously negative attitude toward him,” especially over the previous three years. The judge rejected the petition even though God was not present to argue against it (or at least His presence could not be detected). PARENTAL VALUES – In the latest ruling on a familiar theme, a court in Modena, Italy, ordered a father to continue paying living expenses for his son, age 28, who had meandered through a degree in literature but now has decided to seek another, in experimental cinema. (Almost twothirds of Italians aged 18 to 34 still live with their parents.) In Beijing, an elderly couple secured a court order in March forcing their 36-year-old daughter finally to move out after she had refused for years. The couple admitted to the Beijing Morning Post that they might have pampered her excessively over the years, even lending her the equivalent of $23,000 to buy a house. (Still, she stayed.) NEW WORLD ORDER – Gynecologists interviewed by The New York Times for an April report said they were baffled by the recent increase in teenage girls demanding cosmetic surgery on the external folds of their vulvas—since there is rarely a medical need and the safety of the operation on young girls has not been demonstrated. Some doctors called the “need” just an extreme example of teen girls’ beauty obsessions and suggested the presence in some girls of the psychiatric malady of “body dysmorphic disorder,” in which a person imagines or exaggerates a physical characteristic. (The phenomenon is different from the “vaginal rejuvenation” requested by older women, especially after childbirth, because that involves tightening internal tissue.) Thanks this week to Dan Bohlen, Greg Hoggarth, Stan Kaplan and Robin Daley and to the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors.
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ur new electricity meter doesn’t have dials. It’s digital. So it didn’t “spin” backward soon after having a solar array installed on our south-facing garage roof in April 2015. I’d looked forward to that first indication that our 10 panels were producing more power than our house in Missoula consumed. Instead, the “net meter” displays arrows pointing left and reads “Received” when the grid is taking on excess power. The display points right and reads “Delivered” when pulling power from the grid. Still, seeing for the first time the equivalent of a backward spin delighted me considering the months I’d spent weighing whether it made economic sense to go solar. Did it make sense? That’s one question now that I have a year’s worth of NorthWestern Energy
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photovoltaic panels dropped 80 percent, fueling the solar surge around the world. Forty-one states and the District of Columbia have mandatory net-metering rules, but the rapid growth in residential solar has states from New York to Montana wrestling with how to promote this renewable, distributed resource in a way that placates utilities challenged by integrating the power and apportioning the associated costs. “[W]hile a growing number of state markets are picking up steam, an even larger number of states are considering reforms to net metering rules that threaten the market’s ability to maintain a hockeystick growth trajectory,” the GTM and SEIA report states. Nevada, for example, the fifth-largest residential solar market in 2015 with 17,000 producers, recently implemented
challenges faced by utilities in Nevada and Hawaii as the impetus for the study. Last fall Hawaii ended the state’s net-metering program for new customers. “I am a great believer in the concept of dispersed energy generation,” Connell says. “I could make a strong argument that it is in the national security’s interest to have this type of energy generation scattered all over. Having said that, it’s got to be done right. “There is no question, based on the evidence we’ve seen, that we are on the cusp of explosive growth in solar energy generation and other means of dispersed energy generation,” he continues. “As a result, I want to … establish a framework that will be the basis for people considering the investment.”
fee. The “supply service” fee was $0.00. The solar panels had produced 45 kWh more than we’d used, and NorthWestern credited us those kilowatt hours, which mounted over the course of the summer before we used them up in the fall when our solar production dropped. Montana law, dating back to 1999, dictates that NorthWestern credit netmetered customers at retail rates. In other words, what we pay for energy pulled from the grid equals what the utility pays us for energy we put on the grid. That 1:1 arrangement is critical to solar investments penciling out—and controversial. Over the course of a full year, between last May’s bill and this April’s, we netted 2,456 kWh of power consumed. NorthWestern can’t differentiate between the total power its net-metered customers
bills to tally and compare to prior energy usage and my installer’s projections. But much bigger questions loom for states, utilities, the solar industry and anyone inclined to produce renewable energy from the sun or wind while remaining tied to the grid. Residential solar in the U.S. grew 66 percent in 2015 over 2014, the largest annual growth rate to date, according to a recent report by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association, or SEIA. In 2015, residential solar installations amounted to 2,099 megawatts, which, when converted, equals more that 1,600 megawatts. By comparison, Montana’s coal-fired Colstrip plant, the second-largest power plant west of the Mississippi River, has a peak output of 2,100 megawatts. The International Renewable Energy Agency reports that between 2010 and 2015 the cost of solar
drastic changes to its net-metering policy that the Alliance for Solar Choice, in challenging the decision in court, called “a stake in the heart of future rooftop solar development.” The crux of the debate is how much net-metered customers should be credited for putting excess energy onto the grid. Utilities and renewable energy advocates clash on cost-benefit analyses. That may be an understatement. Dan Brandborg of SBS Solar, which installed our system, says, “The war’s about to begin.” In Montana, state Sen. Pat Connell, responding to what he calls an “avalanche” of floated but failed net-metering bills during the 2015 legislative session, sponsored a resolution tasking the Energy and Telecommunications Interim Committee with studying the costs and benefits of net metering. Connell cites
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produce and use. The utility’s net meters only calculate the net, a problematic limitation for reasons I’ll explain later. So we’re left looking at the prior year to estimate how much solar energy offset our usage. We consumed 6,055 kWh over those months in 2014 and 2015, which suggests our solar panels produced roughly 59 percent of our power. Our installer had originally estimated 54 percent. In terms of dollars, we paid a total of $331 for electricity in the year since we installed solar panels, compared to $700 the year before. If we save about $370 every year, back-of-the-napkin math says our roughly $5,000 investment in solar will be paid off in about 13 and a half years. That’s a long time, but there’s good reason to believe the payoff period for the panels, manufactured near Portland, Ore., and warrantied for 25 years, will be shorter.
photo by Matthew Frank
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t’s no small investment. My family’s 2.85 kWp (kilowatt peak) system cost roughly $10,500. But we got a lot of help. NorthWestern Energy, Montana’s largest utility, gave us a $2,000 grant from the statemandated Universal Systems Benefits fund, created to promote energy conservation and renewables, among other things, when the Montana Legislature deregulated the state’s electricity supply in 1997. That $8,500 was then reduced to $5,950 thanks to the federal government’s 30 percent tax credit. Montana chipped in another $1,000 with its renewable energy credit, bringing the total cost down to $4,950. We financed the full $8,500 (because we only recently received the tax credits) through Montana’s Alternative Energy Loan Program, which offers 10-year loans at 3.25 percent. Our first electric bill, in May 2015, was for $5.25, the minimum “delivery service”
One factor is that NorthWestern, in 2014, paid $900 million to acquire 11 hydroelectric dams, resulting in a 5 to 7 percent rate hike. And while the utility says owning those generating assets will protect customers from market volatility, retail electricity prices are projected to continue rising. We avoid paying higher rates to the extent that we produce our own power. “It’s very clear that investing in solar means you’re locking in your energy costs for 25 or 30 years,” says Ben Brouwer, the Montana Renewable Energy Association’s policy director. “You’re protecting yourself from an uncertain and historically massively fluctuating energy market.”
our electricity usage will only decrease as we continually compete with ourselves to make our solar system account for more and more of our usage.
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o be sure, NorthWestern Energy, a regulated monopoly, does not like the net-metering law. Only about 1,500 of its 360,000 electric customers in Montana—less than half of 1 percent—are net metered. But the company’s chief lobbyist, John Fitzpatrick, has likened them to a cancer, saying, “There is no such thing as a small piece of melanoma. It is not a big problem in Montana right now, but it’s become an enormous problem in other
Corcoran acknowledges that NorthWestern’s small number of net-metered customers are “noise on our system.” “The issue,” he says, “isn’t necessarily the order of magnitude or the size. The issue is, is it fair and equitable?” He considers the existing net-metering arrangement a subsidy. But what are the costs? “It is difficult to describe the specific costs the utility has incurred to implement and administer net metering because, under current law, net metering has not left a trail of documentation in its wake,” NorthWestern wrote in the 76-page document submitted to the Energy and Telecommunications Interim Committee last fall.
photo by Matthew Frank
“Residential solar in the U.S. grew 66 percent in 2015 over 2014, the largest annual growth rate to date”
photo courtesy of Dennis Schroeder/NREL
The author had solar panels installed at his house in April 2015. His first electric bill totaled $5.25, the minimum “delivery service” fee. But he still estimates it will take more than 13 years to pay off his initial investment.
Another factor more difficult to quantify but important: heightened energy consciousness and, as a result, behavioral change. In the same way Prius owners report driving more efficiently in response to real-time fuel-consumption data, we try to use energy more efficiently. I check our solar production on my laptop or iPhone a few times a day. I’ve never been more attentive (often to my wife’s dismay) of our electricity usage and revel in the reward of $5.25 electric bills in the summer. I’ve replaced nearly all of our light bulbs with LEDs, turned down our electric heatpump hot water heater a degree or 3, and already identified the most efficient refrigerator to buy once our 20-year-old fridge goes on the fritz. It feels like a game. The point is that our annual solar production will remain fairly consistent, but
states that have been much more liberal on their net-metering policies.” Fitzpatrick has also called net-metered systems “basically playthings for the upper middle class. You don’t see any of these [projects] in a trailer park.” Pat Corcoran, NorthWestern’s vice president of government and regulatory affairs, refrains from hyperbole and states plainly the utility’s view on net metering: It costs the utility money, and the “cost causer”—people like me who have invested in renewable energy—should pay, not all ratepayers. He repeats this dictum often during a recent conversation at NorthWestern’s offices in Missoula. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a dollar or a million dollars,” he says. “The cost causer should pay. You should pay your fair share.”
“We’re struggling with that right now,” Corcoran says of calculating the costs incurred by the utility. “We can estimate financial impact, but we really don’t know.” That’s largely a function of NorthWestern’s net meters themselves. They’re unable to differentiate between production and usage, nor can they communicate that and other useful data to the utility. “If you can’t measure it, you can’t analyze it or quantify it or control it,” Corcoran says. Travis Kavulla, a member of Montana’s Public Service Commission and president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, says NorthWestern is lagging behind utilities around the country in implementing advanced metering.
Travis Kavulla, a member of Montana’s Public Service Commission and president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, says NorthWestern Energy is lagging behind utilities around the country in implementing advanced metering.
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“It is not a big problem in Montana right now, but it’s become an enormous problem in other states that have been much more liberal on their net-metering policies.”
“Even if all net-metering customers don’t have two meters, most utilities will at least have taken a representative sample of their net-metering customers for the purpose of understanding the generation output of these systems versus the consumption pattern of the customer,” Kavulla says. “The aggregated net number on a monthly basis tells you nothing about what costs you impose on the system as a customer generator. That’s a useless piece of data, essentially.” NorthWestern has estimated lost revenue it attributes to net metering. Between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014, the utility reported losing $110,000, calculated as a function of reduced throughput from net-metered systems related to fixed costs of electricity generation. That cost would correspond to an annual “subsidy” of about 30 cents for all of the utility’s 360,000 customers in Montana.
collected the data through advanced metering specific to customers’ households who have net-metering arrangements that would support that kind of a rate filing. “So really, NorthWestern went to the legislature making really grand claims that were unsubstantiated by data,” he continues. “I suspect NorthWestern is correct in a couple of its assertions, but one way or another there was a complete disconnect between its political rhetoric before the legislature and its behavior in relation to its regulators.”
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orcoran and Ben Brouwer, of the Montana Renewable Energy Association, have been spending a lot of time together recently. The two are attempting to strike a compromise before the start of next year’s legislative session. The gulf is wide.
photo courtesy of Scott Webb
NorthWestern Energy does not like Montana’s current net-metering law, saying it costs the utility money. NorthWestern believes the “cost causer,” like the author, should pay, not all ratepayers.
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Still, NorthWestern conveyed to the committee studying net metering a doom and gloom scenario: “The current net metering law and, hence, state policy, is defective and if continued in its current formulation, or expanded, it will drive up rates and increase costs for utility customers who do not net meter, threaten the operational integrity of the utility grid and adversely affect the financial health of the utility.” Kavulla takes issue with the rhetoric. “The thing that causes me to raise my eyebrows a bit with the way NorthWestern has treated this is that they painted it as almost an apocalyptic issue in the last legislature, and yet they’ve never made a proposal to the PSC to change these people’s rates,” he says. “Moreover, they haven’t
MREA submitted its own analyses to the Energy and Telecommunications Interim Committee, including a discussion of how net metering helps avoid the societal costs of greenhouse gas emissions. “Energy prices do not fully account for the societal impacts of carbon emissions from energy generation on Montana agriculture, public health, fisheries and wildfire severity,” MREA wrote. The federal Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon studies these impacts. The social cost of carbon, or SCC, “is an estimate of the monetized damages associated with an incremental increase in carbon emissions in a given year,” according to the working group’s recently updated technical support document. “It is intended to include (but is not
limited to) changes in net agricultural productivity, human health, property damages from increased flood risk, and the value of ecosystem services due to climate change.” SCC values represent the cost per metric ton of CO2 emissions. The working group’s projections for 2020 range from $12 to $128. MREA approximated the value of avoided carbon emissions due to net metering on NorthWestern’s system in Montana. Based on the utility’s reported carbon intensity, and using a conservative SCC value, it found the value of avoided carbon emissions, in 2014, to be $125,337. The organization found the net economic impact of net metering in 2014 to be about $4.9 million, the sum of bill savings, installation revenues, increased residential property values, and avoided CO2
tomers, or customers living closer to utility substations.” Still, Corcoran and Brouwer appear to have found some common ground. “We don’t want to simply rehash the same net-metering debates we had during the last legislative session,” Brouwer says. He’s been working with Corcoran with the goal of “resolving our differences, or at least finding an agreeable compromise on a path forward for net metering that gives solar businesses and consumers the certainty they need to invest in onsite energy, while also ensuring that utilities and other utility customers aren’t adversely impacted by the development of these solar resources.” Part of a short-term solution is time, both agree—mainly time for NorthWestern to collect and analyze net-metering data. “What we need to do is kick this can down the road,” Corcoran says. He antic-
and worst ways to compensate distributed energy producers. It’s expected to be published in early fall. But Missoula-based economist Tom Power argues that in Montana, at least, it’s too soon to discuss changing the net-metering law, considering that net-metering output accounts for about one-tenth of 1 percent of NorthWestern Energy’s retail sales. Last week, at the Seattle-based NW Energy Coalition’s conference, held in Missoula, Power stood up in the audience and urged the utility to “storm ahead with net metering” and “not freak out” about it. He suggested putting a cap on the percentage of residential solar power on the utility’s system—say, 5 percent, as in California—and encourage more installations, more smart meters and, once the cap is reached, use the lessons learned to inform policy going forward. Power also said it’s
any federal measures taken to reduce reliance on CO2-producing electricity sources like coal. At the same time, the dams could provide carbon-free power to sell into a market that may become inflated because of such measures. Its investment isn’t entirely different than the one my family made in solar. We both saw that reducing our carbon emissions could eventually pay dividends. Except that NorthWestern is all but guaranteed to make a profit on the investment. As Kavulla noted in his dissent to the acquisition, the company, as a regulated monopoly, operates under perverse economic incentives: “the more the utility pays for an asset, the more it earns in profit on that asset.” Kavulla argues NorthWestern paid too much, or at least didn’t sufficiently justify the carbon-related value. He suspects carbon regulations will turn out to be less significant than NorthWestern’s predictions,
photo courtesy of Karsten Würth
Missoula-based economist Tom Power attended the recent NW Energy Coalition’s conference in Missoula and urged NorthWestern Energy to “storm ahead with net metering” and “not freak out.”
emissions, minus tax credits, other renewable energy incentives. And MREA also challenged the “cost causer should pay” notion: “It is important to note that cost shifts are inherent throughout utility ratemaking and are accepted as a matter of public policy. For example, rural customers cost a utility more to serve than urban customers. Rural customers live farther apart and farther from substations, resulting in increased distribution line losses and increased service costs (more poles and wire per customer, more miles for service trucks to drive, more hours for service personnel). The extra costs of serving rural customers are not reflected in different electric rates. Rather, they are shifted to urban cus-
ipates incremental changes over the coming biennial legislative sessions. Whatever deal he and Brouwer might agree upon, it’s anyone’s guess how lawmakers will receive it. In the meantime, there will be plenty of lessons to learn from other states. Six utilities and three solar companies in New York recently announced a joint proposal on the future of net metering in the state. That may be the country’s best example of a compromise, in stark contrast to the acrimony in Nevada, Hawaii, Arizona and elsewhere. Meanwhile, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, headed by Kavulla, assembled a rate-design committee to create a net-metering manual that will identify some of the best
important to grandfather current net-metered customers, so those who’ve invested in solar under the existing law are protected and can recover their costs. “We should proceed to take advantage of the enthusiasm that the public and NorthWestern’s customers are showing, and people around the nation are showing,” he said, “and use it to gather realworld, real-time information.”
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hen NorthWestern Energy bought 11 hydroelectric dams in Montana for $900 million in 2014, it placed the carbon-related value of the dams at $247 million. That is to say, the utility made an assumption about the value of reducing future financial liability associated with
which means “customers will have paid the equivalent of a steep carbon tax.” Meanwhile, shareholders bear no risk. “NorthWestern makes a [price] forecast like that for the purposes of buying something that will enrich its shareholders,” he told me. Going forward, Kavulla hopes NorthWestern will be more conservative in making such valuations, “lest the utility be accused of hypocrisy—paying itself for carbon but not other people for their carbon avoidance.” This story was produced by Mountain West News (@mtwestnews), and supported by the O’Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West and the University of Montana School of Journalism.
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Riding the wave William Finnegan talks laissez-faire childhood, Missoula influences and his Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir by Erika Fredrickson
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n 1999, New Yorker writer William Finnegan jumped into a tour van with Missoula punk band The Sputniks and documented his first-person adventures on their journey to Manhattan for the magazine. “Rocket Science” details the small triumphs and failures of touring as an independent band, like playing to hostile crowds and eating mustard sandwiches. It’s one of many examples of Finnegan’s finetuned work, though definitely not his most famous, except, perhaps, among The Sputniks’ friends (my brother was their roadie.) Recently, the acclaimed writer and UM alumnus won a Pulitzer Prize for Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life. The memoir chronicles his young days as a surfer in California and Hawaii and his later years as a reporter exploring black markets and war, all of which he writes about using surfing as a thread. In advance of his local reading, we spoke to him about unsupervised childhoods, creative writing in Missoula, The Sputniks and, of course, surfing. You’ve written some incredible in-depth, award-winning stories, covering topics like Neo-nazi skinhead youth, the war in Sudan and the global sex trade. How was writing this memoir in comparison to those other challenges? William Finnegan: With those stories you mention, it took a long time to find the right people and gain their trust. This book didn’t have those challenges. But it did have a different challenge, which was the wealth of material I had: memory and archival stuff, like journals and letters that had been returned to me … It also seemed ridiculous and embarrassing over time to keep writing about myself. Most of my journalistic work has been about politics—very broadly defined conflict and power and justice. Often, these stories justify themselves. They’re urgent. It’s kind of the opposite to writing about your hobby—surfing. So it was always a struggle justifying spending large amounts of time on this book. And that’s one of the main reasons it took me 20 years to write. But, of course, your book ends up dealing with more than surfing, which is what makes it so great. One theme you explore is the adventure and negative aspects of a kind of unsupervised childhood. What are your thoughts on your upbringing? WF: It didn’t seem to me that I had a strangely unsupervised childhood, but then some people who read early drafts, including my agent, were shocked at how I described how I was raised. You know, like I’d been raised by wolves. But that wasn’t the case. What seems like very laissez-faire parenting now didn’t
seem strange then. I did have a lot of freedom. But my main friends had just as much or more … I have a 14-year-old now, so I can make the comparison, but it didn’t occur to me that I was writing about some big sociological shift until it was pointed out to me. How did you go from surfing—and being so in love with it—to the landlocked state of Montana? WF: My friend, Bryan Di Salvatore, had lived in Rathdrum, Idaho, and we were kind of overlapping surfing together in Santa Cruz where I went to college. As I remember it, we were at a grad student party and he said—inspired by the circumstances, let
What was UM’s creative writing program like then? WF: The fiction teachers were Bill Kittredge and Earl Ganz and some visiting writers like Ed McClanahan who were quite inspiring to me. There were a lot of writers around town and writers passing through. It was quite a scene and exciting to be around these accomplished, articulate, generally fairly rowdy writers who weren’t buttoned-up Easterners at all. There was Jim Crumley, too, who taught from his booth at the bar and it was fascinating to learn at the [feet] of guys like Max Crawford, an old Communist novelist from Texas.
WF: I’m glad to hear that because a big part of writing that book was to try and keep it comprehensible to the general reader, not to drown the surfing scenes in jargon or technical terms that wouldn’t mean much to non-surfers. I think if you were dropped into the middle of the book without any introduction to these terms and basic oceanography, you might be a bit lost. But I was hoping that by introducing some of the terms early, I could eventually take off the training wheels and more or less describe a scene in the water with the same language I’d used to speak about it to a surfer. I thought people would get a kick out of that and feel the ease and authenticity of it. It struck me while I was reading that your approach to surfing—the grace and style of it—can also apply to the craft of writing. WF: That’s a totally fair analogy. A well-ridden wave is a lot like a well-written sentence. It has to have some style and flow—and the same thing with surfing.
In Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, William Finnegan chronicles the events that led him around the world in search of good waves and great stories.
us say—“By god, you’ve got to see Rathdrum.” And so we jumped in my van and drove there. There wasn’t all that much to see, but he said, “Since you’re here, why don’t we go to Montana?” At the time he was kind of an Idaho patriot—and now he’s lived in Montana for a million years, so he may not remember it this way or want to—but I remember him saying that he didn’t love Montana. He said, “Montana’s got kind of a hard-on for itself.” I said, “All right, if you say so.” But we went and it was really fun and that’s where I got my first taste. Later, Bryan went to UM to the MFA [creative writing] program. I went to visit him after he’d been there for a year and really liked it. So I hung around, got a job and got into the program myself.
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Were you writing short stories at the time? WF: Yeah, I was writing short stories and novels. I’d written a couple of novels by the time I got there and then wrote a draft of a novel based on people I worked with on the railroad in California. It was seasonal work and it was mainly with produce out in Salinas Valley. I’d get cut off in the fall and go back to Montana to study. I [also] worked at the Missoula city cemetery—not digging graves, quite—and I was a lift operator at Marshall Ski Area. But mainly I studied and explored and drank too much. Barbarian Days really gets into the weeds of surfing, but it’s not difficult to follow. It’s like a good poem where the reader can pick up on the essence without knowing exactly what’s being said.
For some local readers, myself included, your story of hopping on tour with Missoula punk band The Sputniks is a favorite. What was your initial idea behind wanting to do that story? WF: I knew one of the guys in that band, Grady Gadbow. I’d known his mom, Kate Gadbow, and his dad, Daryl Gadbow, who worked at the Missoulian. Kate’s sister, Deirdre McNamer, ended up marrying Bryan, so I knew Grady through them. Then I met the other guys in the band and they were really amusing kids. And I was at a moment [in my writing career] where I could just propose to my editor at the New Yorker something like, “A punk band in Montana!” and he’d say, “Great. Go.” What’s going on in the surf world right now? WF: Today a giant swell hit Fiji and I’m hoping to get in front of a computer soon—if I can find the address of the place I’m looking for. I think they’re going to live-stream from some camera in the channel so you can watch a bunch of pro surfers at this place called Cloudbreak. And then, this morning, my main surf partner was texting me photos of what good waves I’m missing [in Long Island] and how stupid it is for me to be in California. So, for me, those are the most recent developments in surfing. William Finnegan reads from Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life at Shakespeare & Co. Thu., May 26, at 8 PM. efredrickson@missoulanews.com
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Open doors L.A. Witch’s lo-fi, high desert seduction Lo-fi hi-reverb is my cupid’s arrow. I’ve pursued many passionate love affairs over the years with bands that fall into this category. Too much reverb on an old guitar combined with too much echo in the vocals is synaptic lubricant for my musical nerve endings. The first time I heard Lux Interior of the Cramps howling like a jackal in an empty bathhouse, for example, doors of all kinds began to open in my young mind. When I saw the Cheater Slicks live, 10 years later, those doors were blown off of their hinges. L.A. Witch may just be my next lover. The hauntingly serene vocals and simple melodies of their song
“Heart of Darkness” could be the musical backdrop for a movie about two teenage lovers lost in Death Valley in a Cadillac running on fumes. It’s beautiful music for potentially tragic situations. L.A. Witch play lo-fi, high desert, surf-inspired music that could only come from Los Angeles. Listening to them I am reminded of the Lee Hazelwood-era Nancy Sinatra records, but with a slightly darker twist—like if she was the daughter of Russ Meyer instead of Frank Sinatra. (Randy Palmer) L.A. Witch play the Palace Sun., May 29, at 10 PM, along with Tiny Knives and Thee Captain. Free.
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats Music revivals always come around in waves, from the big band swing resurgence of ’90s groups like Big Bad Voodoo Daddy to the contemporary garage rock push in the early 2000s by bands like The White Stripes. If there’s one reemergence that might never get old for me, it’s bonafide soul. Missouriborn singer-songwriter Nathaniel Rateliff must agree, because somewhere in the past couple years he strayed from his orchestral folk path to reinvent himself as a gritty, bellowing soul man. Backed by his crack shot band, the Night Sweats, Rateliff ’s eponymous record sounds like a vintage party that’s more backwoods juke joint than inner-city dancehall. The cover of this record—a Chuck Norris-worthy chest shot featuring the tip of a beard, chest hair, a denim jacket and a heaping helping of turquoise jew-
elry—sets up its contents nicely. There’s plenty of brawn and attitude to go along with the sex and heartbreak in these songs. There’s also a Red Dirt rootsiness to this batch of tunes, and on some, particularly the ballad “Wasting Time,” Rateliff almost channels the country spirit of CMA award-winning wonderboy Chris Stapleton. The frontman’s husky howl is the key ingredient (though credit must be given to keys player Mark Shusterman for providing nearly continuous, crucial vocal harmonies for a rich, warm sound), but the rest of the recipe showcases the Night Sweats’ nonstop grooves, which seem concocted specifically to shake the plaster from the ceiling all night long. ( Jed Nussbaum) Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats play the Wilma Fri., May 27, at 8 PM. Sold out.
Al Scorch, Circle Round the Signs You can’t swing a catgut fiddle in Missoula without hitting a string band. Once in a while, though, as with the Lil’ Smokies and a handful of others, they’re able to break out of the bluegrass paradigm to create some truly distinctive music. On Circle Round the Signs, Chicago’s Al Scorch puts a big ol’ boot to the picket fence constraining the traditional string band combo. “Pennsylvania Turnpike” kicks off the album with a wall of twang that’s barely two minutes long. “Lost at Sea” doesn’t slow down a lick, but gains muscle and mood with accordion and drums. “Everybody Out” has an Eastern European feel reminiscent of Gogol Bordello, with its nimble fiddles
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Game show gala Comedy veterans “fun-raise” for chairs by Ednor Therriault
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Teresa Waldorf, front, and Rosie Ayers, back, perform as the Home Shopping Ladies to raise money for new seats in the Masquer Theatre.
Watching a performance in UM’s Masquer Theatre has become a real pain in the ass. And the back. And the legs. The narrow, institutional chairs that have propped up more than 150,000 rear-ends since the PAR/TV building opened in 1984 are as exhausted as Sarah Palin at a spelling bee. “They’re getting kind of nasty,” says Mike Monsos, director of the School of Theatre and Dance. “Older theatergoers said they couldn’t come to shows anymore because their legs fall asleep.” Last year the department launched a campaign to replace the seats with new, heavily cushioned folding chairs. Although the campaign has gotten them halfway to their goal of 268 chairs, which run about $300 apiece, donations have slowed to a trickle. Looking for one last blowout event to get them over the top, Monsos enlisted the help of local comedy powerhouses Teresa Waldorf and Rosie Ayers. The Missoula theater icons decided to raise money with a live game show based on “Let’s Make a Deal.” They’re calling it Pick Your Seat (Or Get Gas), a “fun-raiser.” They’ll be hosting the show as the Home Shopping Girls, Lucinda Lith and Lulinda Smith, a pair of ditzy characters they have portrayed in several local comedy productions. On a recent afternoon, I sit down with Waldorf and Ayers at a coffee shop and watch them ratchet each other up to super-caffeinated levels of energy, machine-gunning one another with nonstop shtick. “I want to lay on the piano,” announces Ayers, whose last Missoula project was directing The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) in March. “Do we have a grand piano?” “I can get one,” says Waldorf. They talk about the difficulty of lying on an upright piano, slipping in and out of their characters’ trailer trash accents. Before long, a gray-haired gentleman sidles up to our table
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and greets the women. He promises to be at the show, then drifts away. “He comes to all of our shows,” says Waldorf. “We have a following.” The Home Shopping Girls have been cracking up audiences since 2009, when the two friends discovered they both were enthralled with the Home Shopping Network. “It was that moment that we both communed on the idea,” says Ayers. One of the first products they offered was the Pee Pee Tee Pee, a paper cone that’s placed over a baby boy’s penis during a diaper change. “Last year we had a big North Dakota tour,” says Ayers. “Or was it South Dakota?” wonders Waldorf. Ayers straightens in her seat, squares her shoulders and adds, “We are the most requested female comedic duo in the southern part of North Dakota.” They also seem to make people laugh without using profanity or scatological humor. But, wait. No poop jokes? “Please,” Ayers says, rolling her eyes. “I have three boys. I’m full up.” Waldorf, mother of two boys now attending UM, nods in weary agreement. Nor is their material gynocentric, she adds. “Our humor is not specifically oriented to women. It highlights the differences between men and women that we so adore. But it’s not derogatory at all.” Ayers lightly slaps her comedy partner on the shoulder. “Nobody’s safe but everybody is celebrated.” A new slogan is born, and the women share a laugh at the fun of it all, eager to continue their rollicking improvisation with a live audience. For the show, they get two mics and no guidelines. “That’s the good news,” says Ayers. “And the bad news.” UM’s School of Theatre and Dance present Pick Your Seat (Or Get Gas) Thu., June 2, at 6:30 PM in the Masquer Theatre. Admission is free. etherriault@missoulanews.com
[music]
Love of the game Missoula’s music scene remembers soundman Joey Connell by Erika Fredrickson
Last Sunday, as rain whipped through Missoula’s downtown streets, more than 800 people packed the Wilma for Joey Connell’s memorial. At least 12 motorcycles lined the curb outside the venue and the sign on the marquee, usually flashing with a roster of upcoming touring bands, simply read: “We Love You Joey.” Inside the lobby, a temporary (soon-to-be-permanent) hall-of-fame-style star with Connell’s name on it greeted the incoming crowd, some of whom had flown across the country or driven from Seattle and Portland to pay tribute to the local soundman. In attendance one could count family members, business owners, homeless people to whom Connell provided blankets, bikers, ladies from the Cigarette Girls Burlesque troupe, sound technicians, promoters and musicians from bands representing rockabilly, psychedelic, jam, punk, metal, hard rock and styles in between. In his nine years working the soundboard at various venues around town, including the Wilma, Connell, 34, endeared himself to Missoula’s music world. He was a behind-the-scenes guy by trade, but his colorful personality put him on the radar of almost everyone with whom he crossed paths. He also battled depression, which close friends will attest to, and so his suicide in the early hours of May 10 was shocking but not entirely out of the blue. “He’s such a goofball,” says Shawna Putnam, a longtime friend of Connell’s and the manager at Stage 112 and The Real Lounge. “But he was also very, very tortured. Sometimes, with the bar and music business, bad things happen to good people. You get stuck in a rut here, especially in Missoula where the economy is tough. And especially men, because they don’t talk about it.” Putnam describes Connell as “the quintessential rebel.” He started doing sound after dropping out of the media arts school at the University of Montana and Putnam says it served him well to study in the classroom of life with mentors such as Jay Straw (who he called “Pops”), Mike Jones and Chris Henry. He started out at the Badlander/Palace complex learning the ropes and also assisted in working the sound systems at Caras Park. He picked up jobs with other venues around town, including running the stage at the Wilma for both Simba Entertainment and the Knitting Factory. He booked bands and did sound for several years at the Testicle Festival. One of his biggest accomplishments was helping Putnam turn the VFW into a thriving independent music venue in 2012. In the beginning, he did the work for free and later he received $50 per show, a small fee for a lot of hard work. “He helped me grow that scene,” Putnam says. “The other staff did too, but Joey didn’t get a lot of credit
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Joey Connell, pictured here with his son, Jack, learned the ropes of sound engineering with his mentor Jay Straw, far right.
for it. Most sound guys don’t. I paid for most of the shows out of my own pocket if they didn’t make money, and if we didn’t have guys like Joey it just wouldn’t have happened. He did it for love of the game.” When Putnam moved over to manage Stage 112, Connell followed. He wasn’t the only sound tech there, but his presence was constant. He ran an open mic night called “Joey’s Free For All” and he bought sound system accessories to improve the night’s sometimes amateur quality. More recently, he was hosting an all-star jam where session musicians and other regulars in the scene showed up to play together. A lot of people remember Connell for his fierce loyalty to friends and his twisted humor. His butt was covered in tattoos, and he was a known mooner. Posts on his Facebook page are full of shenanigans. But his love for music was serious. In the days leading up to Insane Clown Posse’s 2011 concert at the Wilma, Connell and Putnam prepared for the band’s gimmick of spraying Faygo soda all over the audience. Putnman bought indoor-outdoor carpet and Connell hung Visqueen over the surfaces. “That kid knew every nook and cranny of the place,” Putnam says. “I watched him literally spidermonkey up the wall to put plastic up. He loved that building and music was engrained in him.” Connell decorated his house in custom-framed show fliers. He’d put headphones on his 9-month-old son, Jack, who he was raising with partner Jasmine
Randa, and bring him in to hear the open mic acts. He was excited about local bands and touring bands alike, and Putnam says he had a way of trying to make musicians comfortable and pumped up. Recently, for instance, a band fronted by a transgender female singer was doing a soundcheck with Connell. “Joey is always saying ‘Hey, dude, this or that,’” Putnam says, “so I pulled him aside and I said ‘Hey, Joe. She identifies as female, so maybe drop the dude if you can.’ He’s like, ‘Oh, okay, cool.’ And he walks up onstage and goes to her, ‘Hey, girl! You ready?’” Connell could be tough, Putnam says, especially if he felt his bar crew was being picked on by a patron, but he knew how to be diplomatic with even some of the most difficult touring bands. “We get yelled at a lot in this business,” Putnam says. “But Joey did his best to help bands figure out how they might sound better.” He had a closing ritual, too. “He’d play ‘Perfect Day’ by Lou Reed,” Putnam says. “He meant it as a send-off to the bands, like, ‘It was so nice to hang out with you.’ It’s a really heavy song about heroin but he meant it with love.” Photographer Ashley Rhian knew Connell well and she also captured him in her photo essay collection Missoula Rabble. In the brief profile, Connell talks about his love for music. “I’ve worked with everyone from Marilyn Manson to James Taylor,” he told Rhian. “I’ve met hundreds of bands, literally.” When
she asks him to describe what he does, he said, “A lot of people don’t think about what happens behind the curtain. They either don’t know we exist or they don’t know what it is we do. You strive to essentially make [the concert] sound like an album you listen to in your car, but live in front of thousands of people.” At the memorial service Connell’s brother, Mikey, rode Connell’s motorcycle onto the stage and revved the engine. People told stories and, afterward, bands, including Baby Tyger and Voodoo Horseshoes, played a reception at Caras Park. There was some frank talk about the stigma of mental illness, too. Mikey told the crowd about his dad getting Joey to the front doors of Providence Health Center but not being able to get him to go in for help. Putnam is adamant that Connell’s death not be in vain. “Something good has to come out of this,” she says. “Joey had so much support but he had forgotten somewhere along the way to love himself. I want people to know that if they need to talk, myself and Joey’s family are willing to do so anytime, day or night, whether we know you or not. No judgement.” That’s how Connell would’ve wanted it. “He was a facilitator of fun,” Putnam says. “Every single photo of him—sometimes you can see the darkness—but never when he’s working. With music, just like with his baby, all you’d see is pure joy.” efredrickson@missoulanews.com
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[film]
Playful excess The Nice Guys doesn’t skimp on anything by Molly Laich
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Finally, along comes the perfect buddy cop movie we didn’t know we were missing. (They’re not actually cops, but the conventions of the genre still hold.) In The Nice Guys, Ryan Gosling plays a private detective named Holland March, who eventually crosses paths with Jackson Healy, a heavy played by Russell Crowe. The year is 1977, and March lives alone with his precocious 13-year-old daughter Holly (Angourie Rice) in a suspiciously nice Los Angeles rental, scraping by with dubious integrity at whatever PI job comes along. Meanwhile, Healy makes a living roughing people up. If your name ends up on a bought-and-paid-for gold card, Healy will come over and punch you in the face. Our heroes come together when March’s name ends up on said gold card. March gets punched of course, but still, their chemistry is palpable; it feels like a classic romantic comedy meet cute. The film’s directed and cowritten by Shane Black, who also authored the Lethal Weapon movies, and the influence shows. Like Glover and Gibson, these bumbling thugs belong together, and so it is when they soon discover that their professional interests are one and the same. Both are looking for a petulant teenager named Amelia (Margaret Qualley), the daughter of the head of the U.S. Justice Department and a possible porn star—but don’t judge, it’s complicated. The film has a classic neo-noir setup with exotic locales and interesting villains weaving their way in and out of the plot, and it takes place over a feverish three or four days. The story’s compelling enough on its own, but character, tone and style matter a lot more, and that’s what I appreciated most about The Nice Guys. Everything from the title font on the film’s poster to the high-wasted bell-bottoms seems to high-
light and underline what decade we’re in, and the effect is playfully excessive. (I imagine a real person walking onto a set of this movie, looking around at the shag carpet and polyester, shaking their head and saying, “Too much!”) There’s a lot of broken glass, collateral damage and people getting shot and straight-up dying on screen. This is a gritty, thoroughly adult film with an appropriate mix of heaviness and levity. The jokes are funny, but consequences still feel real, and that gives the story a level of depth hard to achieve in screwball comedies of this ilk. Gosling gives a solid comedic performance as a PI who really is as smart as he is dumb. Always with the best intentions, his job-related injuries grow more and more numerous as the plot progresses. As for Russell Crowe, this may be his most unkempt performance to date as the hardened, unsentimental straight man, which only makes the melting of his heart more precious as the circumstances wear him down. Rice, as Gosling’s daughter, pulls her own weight in an important and challenging role. Finally, I very much liked the situation with a couple of villains, played by Keith David and Beau Knapp, wherein one is a lot better at his job than the other but both are palpably dangerous. It’s nice to see a commercial film put together with as much care and attention to detail as this one. The story leaves a lot of open-ended questions about March and Healy, so I can only assume we’ll see a wave of sequels on the horizon, the quality of which I choose to anticipate with cautious optimism. The Nice Guys continues at the Carmike 12. arts@missoulanews.com
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[film] ested government agencies. Stars Michael Shannon, Kirsten Dunst and Adam Driver. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Roxy.
OPENING THIS WEEK A BIGGER SPLASH While vacationing on a Sicilian island with her boyfriend, rock star Tilda Swinton receives an unexpected visit from her old flame Ralph Fiennes and his seductive daughter, Dakota Fanning. Rated R. Showing at the Roxy.
MONEY MONSTER Julia Roberts and George Clooney are together again in this thriller directed by Jodie Foster. When a pissed-off investor takes over a financial TV show, the producer and host are put in an extreme situation. Rated R. Showing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex.
DUNE (1984) This week’s Movie Cult selection is David Lynch’s scifi classic set in the year 10191 (there are still no flying cars). Kyle Maclachlan leads his desert warriors in a fight to save the galaxy. Or maybe the universe. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Roxy Sat., May 28 at 9 PM.
NEIGHBORS 2: SORORITY RISING Seth Rogan and Zac Efron are back in this reprise of the original raunch-fest. This time it’s a party-hearty sorority moving in next door. Will they be able to withstand the onslaught of recycled gags from the first movie? Also starring Rose Byrne and Selena Gomez. Rated R. Showing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex.
FEMALE CONVICT 701: JAILHOUSE 41 (JOSHUU SASORI: DAI-41 ZAKKYO-BÔ) Seppuku Cinema is where arthouse meets grindhouse in 1970s Japan. In Female Convict 701: Jailhouse 41, a badass convict leads six other women on a jailbreak. The second film of the double feature is Blind Woman’s Curse, in which a female yakuza leader is filled with remorse after accidentally blinding a woman during a fight. Showing at the Roxy Fri., May 27 at 7 PM. GURUKULAM This week’s Mindful Movie follows a group of students and their teacher as they confront fundamental questions about the nature of reality and self-identity at a secluded forest ashram in southern India. Showing at the Roxy Sun., May 29 at 5 PM. MISCON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL The MisCon Short Film Festival showcases filmmakers worldwide who work in fantasy, sci-fi and horror. Sci-Fi block is at 3 PM, Fantasy block is at 5 PM and the Horror block is at 7 PM. $8 per block or $20 for a full pass. Free to MisCon pass holders. Unrated, but viewer discretion is advised. Showing at the Roxy Sat., May 28. X-MEN: APOCALYPSE When Apocalypse the mutant attempts to destroy the world, the X-Men reunite to stop him. Stars Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex.
NOW PLAYING ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS IN DISNEY DIGITAL 3D The fantasy continues as Alice enlists the help of her new friends to save the Mad Hatter. Starring Johnny
THE NICE GUYS Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe are a comedy dream team as two fading L.A. detectives trying to unravel the apparent suicide of a porn star in the ‘70s. This really is how people dressed back then. I have the Angel’s Flight pants to prove it. Rated R. Showing at the Carmike and Pharaohplex. (See Film.)
“The next person who asks me about a Police reunion tour gets cut.” Sting appears in Dune, this week’s Movie Cult selection at the Roxy. Rated PG-13. Showing Sat., May 28, at 9 PM. Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway and Mia Wasikowska. Rated PG. Showing at the Carmike and Pharaohplex. THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE What’s next, a movie inspired by a grocery store receipt? When an island of happy, flightless birds is invaded by green piggies, it’s up to three unlikely heroes to save the day. Rated PG. Showing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex. CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR Captain America and Iron Man find themselves on opposite sides of the ideology fence in Marvel’s latest installment of the “Avengers” franchise. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex. THE DARKNESS A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation haunted by an ancient supernatural entity they accidentally awakened, probably when they jumped the turnstile on the Skywalk. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 12.
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THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth are back in this sequel that pits rival queens Ravenna and Freya against each other as Sara and Eric try to conceal their love for each other. Also starring Jessica Chastain. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex. THE JUNGLE BOOK The 1967 original with Louis Prima and Phil Harris will never be surpassed, but as they say, YMMV. Disney’s reboot of the Rudyard Kipling story features Bill Murray as Baloo the Bear, ScarJo as Kaa the Snake and Christopher Walken as King Louie. It holds promise. Rated PG. Showing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex. THE MEDDLER Local boy made good J.K. Simmons stars with Susan Sarandon in this comedy about a woman who follows her grown daughter when she moves to L.A. and can’t seem to mind her own %$&@# business. Rated PG13. Showing at the Roxy. MIDNIGHT SPECIAL In this sci-fi thriller, a family tries to deal with their boy’s special powers while trying to protect him from inter-
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, the Roxy presents this film about shy teen Charlie, who gets taken under the wings of two flamboyant students and shown the joys of music, beer, first love and more while a teacher, Paul Rudd, encourages his ambitions to become a writer. Also stars Emma Watson and Ezra Miller. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Roxy Thu., May 26. Free. ZOOTOPIA In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a fugitive con artist fox and a rookie bunny cop must work together to uncover a conspiracy in Disney’s new animated feature. Rated PG. Showing at the Carmike 12.
Capsule reviews by Ednor Therriault Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find upto-date movie times for theaters in the area. You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 at 541-7469; The Roxy at 7289380; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.
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Buffalo cauliflower by Gabi Moskowitz I’ve been thinking a lot about adaptation lately. And also about cauliflower. But I’m pretty much always thinking about cauliflower. Anyone who follows this column is familiar with my tendency to rhapsodize about the magical transformative abilities of humble cauliflower. From pizza to rice to tortillas to this layered lasagna thing I make every week (which I promise to eventually write about here), lower-carb, cauliflowerfied versions of high-carb starchy foods are my jam (and usually, my dinner). The thing about cauliflower transformation is that, even as a chewy tortilla or in crispy-edged pizza form, its true flavor and texture never actually, truly disappears. No cauliflower creation ever ceases to truly be cauliflower, it’s just presented in a different, gussied-up form. Sort of like when I have my hair and makeup done—the results are different, fancier, maybe prettier, but at the core I’m essentially the same as before. Or maybe it’s like when I get married in just six weeks? I’ll be transformed to an extent then, right? I’ll wear a special dress, have my hair and makeup done, put on a ring made especially for me and then, in front of friends and family, Evan and I will make our union legal. After the wedding, as he and I have been doing for the past four years, we’ll continue to adapt— this time to married life, to permanent love. But underneath it all, after the ketubah and marriage license have been signed, after my dress has been exchanged for a pair of jeans and a T-shirt, we’ll find that, at our respective cores, we are still the same as before. Transformed, adapted—maybe with a few new ingredients added, as it were—but essentially the same as we’ve always been. Kind of like this buffalo cauliflower: decorated, adapted, transformed—but at its heart, still cauliflower.
BROKEASS GOURMET Ingredients 1 medium cauliflower, cored and cut into florets 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil ¼ teaspoon kosher ¼ cup hot sauce, such as Tabasco, Frank’s or Crystal 2 tablespoons butter, melted juice of half a lemon freshly ground black pepper, to taste ranch or blue cheese dressing for serving, optional Directions Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. In a mixing bowl, toss the cauliflower florets with the oil and salt. Spread in an even layer on a rimmed, greased baking pan, and roast until they start to brown, about 15 minutes. While the cauliflower roasts, whisk together the hot sauce, butter, lemon juice and black pepper. Remove the cauliflower from the oven, but leave the oven on. Using a spatula, scrape the roasted cauliflower into the hot sauce mixture, stir well to coat, then scrape the whole thing, sauce and all, onto the pan. Return to the oven and roast for an additional 15 minutes, then remove from oven and transfer to a serving platter. Serve with blue cheese dressing or ranch dressing. BrokeAss Gourmet caters to folks who want to live the high life on the cheap, with delicious recipes that are always under $20. Gabi Moskowitz is the blog’s editor-in-chief and author of The BrokeAss Gourmet Cookbook and Pizza Dough:100 Delicious, Unexpected Recipes.
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[dish] Asahi 1901 Stephens Ave 829-8989 • asahimissoula.com Exquisite Chinese and Japanese cuisine. Try our new Menu! Order online for pickup or express dine in. Pleasant prices. Fresh ingredients. Artistic presentation. Voted top 3 People’s Choice two years in a row. Open Tue-Sun: 11am-10pm. $-$$$
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Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 Bernice's is serving Espresso!! Yep, you heard us right. And, we have heard you. Bernice's espresso was created by the talented staff at Hunter Bay (and approved by the staff at Bernice's) to represent the full bodied flavor character of the infamous Bernice's Cup o' Joe. Our espresso is a rich Mocha Java blend of sweet berry African coffees united with Indonesian and Brazilian coffees for an espresso that compliments Bernice's palate of fresh baked treats. Serving 7 days a week 6a-8p. Now you can enjoy your morning croissant, muffin or scone with espresso! Wheee! Or, stop by after dinner and have a dessert with a demitasse. Bernice's: from scratch for your pleasure…always. xoxo bernice. bernicesbakerymt.com $-$$
406-829-8989 1901 Stephens Ave Order online at asahimissoula.com. Delicious dining or carryout. Chinese & Japanese menus.
Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street • 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Black Coffee Roasting Co. 525 E. Spruce 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open M-F 6:305:30, Sat. 7:30- 4, Sun. 8-3. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $
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Bridge Pizza 600 S Higgins Ave. • 542-0002 bridgepizza.com A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11am - 10:30pm. $-$$ Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s Historic Westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious food does not. Mon-Fri 7am 2pm. Sat/Sun Brunch 9am - 2pm. Dinners on Fri & Sat nights 5 - 9 PM. $-$$
Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins • 728-8780 Celebrating 44 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. • 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ El Cazador 101 S. Higgins Ave. • 728-3657 Missoula Independent readers’ choice for Best Mexican Restaurant. Come taste Alfredo’s original recipes for authentic Mexican food where we cook with love. From seafood to carne asada, enjoy dinner or stop by for our daily lunch specials. We are a locally owned Mexican family restaurant, and we want to make your visit with us one to remember. Open daily for lunch and dinner. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am-10pm $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. • 549-7723 grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana micro-distilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30. $-$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins • 728-8866 ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive
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[dish] service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza 529 S. Higgins • 830-3237 izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pm-close. $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every weekday for only $4 for those on the Nutrition Program, $5 for U of M Students with a valid student ID and $6 for all others. Children under 10 eat free. Join us from 11:30 - 12:30 M-F for delicious food and great conversation. $ The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall • 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary KoreanJapanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$ Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Alaskan King Crab, Duckling with Pomegranate Cherry Sauce, Angus Beef, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Pita Pit 130 N Higgins 541-7482 pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies
topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! $-$$ Romaines 3075 N. Reserve Suite N 406-317-1829 www.romainessalads.com Romaines is a Certified Green Restaurant ® dedicated to making environmentally sustainable choices in all operations. We serve salads, sandwiches, and soups made from locally grown and raised produce and meats. The menu also includes vegan, vegetarian, and gluten free options, providing something for everyone on the menu. Locally brewed beers are on tap as well as regional wines pairing well with salads and sandwiches. $-$$ The Starving Artist Cafe & Art Gallery 3020 S. Reserve St., Ste A 541-7472 missoulastarvingartist.com Local, high quality pastries and desserts from Missoula bakeries. Top of the line coffee blends from Hunter Bay Coffee, and specialty, hand crafted beverages. Monthly events, featured artists, and open mic night every Wednesday. The Starving Artist Cafe & Art Gallery is sure to please your palette! $ Sushi Hana 403 N. Higgins • 549-7979 SushiMissoula.com Montana’s Original Sushi Bar. We Offer the Best Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Town. Casual atmosphere. Plenty of options for non-sushi eaters including daily special items you won’t find anywhere else. $1 Specials Mon & Wed. Lunch Mon–Sat; Dinner Daily. Sake, Beer, & Wine. Visit SushiMissoula.com for full menu. $$-$$$ Taco Sano Two Locations: 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Home of Missoula’s Best BREAKFAST BURRITO. 99 cent TOTS every Tuesday. Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9pm 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ The Trough 721-3322 thetroughmissoula.com Hidden gem in Target Range neighborhood. Upscale deli offering a unique selection of breakfast items, coffee, cold sandwiches, grilled Panini's, soups, salads and more, created by professional chefs. Whether it be a catered event, a hosted party, breakfast, lunch or just tonight's dinner for a busy family, we are here for you. Open daily at 2106 Clements Rd, just down from the big cow.
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HAPPIEST HOUR What it is: A new fine-dining restaurant and bar that opened this month in the former Elbow Room on Stephens. What the vibe is like: An upscale blend of Western and modern décor. The restaurant has a mix of quiet and open dining areas, including a few tables with couches. On a recent afternoon, the check comes in a cowhide folio made by a man who happens to be sitting at the bar.
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What to know: Haven’t you heard? Rumour operates with “hospitality included,” meaning there’s no line on the check for tipping your server. The thinking is explained on an 8.5 x 11 sheet that comes with the menus, complete with a dis at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The gist is that owners Colleen and John Powers see tipping regulations as inequitable to cooks and other behind-the-scenes staff. “Not implementing tipping will allow us to compensate our employees more equitably, competitively, and professionally,” they say, “and provide clear paths for professional advancement for every role on our team.” Who you know: The Powers are former owners of The Ranch Club off Mullan Road. The couple owned the club, including an 18hole golf course, restaurant, pool and surrounding development, until 2012.
What to eat: It’s hard at first to remember that the prices printed on the menu also include gratuity. The Rumour Burger costs $16 and comes with a side of fries, salad or soup. The burger is topped with fried onions, thick strips of bacon, avocado, cheese and a creamy house sauce—a combination that will leave you talking. What to drink: The adult beverages menus (there’s two) are nearly 20 pages in length. Draft beers are $6, with the exception of a $3 Pabst Blue Ribbon. The most expensive wines on the list cost $650. But hey, the tip’s included. —Derek Brouwer Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.
Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$
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THU | 6-2 | 10PM | PALACE The WYOmericana Caravan pulls in to Missoula Thu., June 2, with Screen Door Porch, pictured, Sneaky Pete & the Secret Weapon and The Littlest Birds. The Palace, doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $10/$8 advance at campdaze music.com.
SUN | 10PM | PALACE FRI | 10PM | MONKS Kutt Calhoun heads up a night of hip-hop, along with Whitney Peyton and Sincerely Collins, at Monk's Bar Fri., May 28. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $12/$10 advance at Rockin Rudy's and 1111presents.com.
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L.A. Witch, pictured, Tiny Knives, Thee Captain and some lucky local band tear it up at the Palace Sun., May 29. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. No cover. (See Music.)
SAT | 6PM | FAIRGROUNDS
The Hellgate Rollergirls kick off their season against the Bavarian Barbarians from Kimberly, B.C. Sat., May 28. The junior Hellgate Hellions start the night with a scrimmage at 6 PM. Main bout at 7:30. Beer and food available during the games. Missoula Fairgrounds Event Center. $10/$8 advance at hellgaterollergirls.org.
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THU | 6-2 | 7:30PM | CRYSTAL Gingers on Ice, featuring the redheaded comedy duo Jacob Godbey and Alex Tait, are embarking on a tour of the West. They kick it off with a free show at the Crystal Theater Thu., June 2, at 7:30 PM.
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Release some stress during t’ai chi classes every Thursday at 10 AM at The Open Way Center, 702 Brooks St. $10 drop-in class. Visit openway.org. Soon-to-be mommas can feel relaxed and nurtured during a prenatal yoga class, Thursdays at 4 PM at the Open Way Center, 702 Brooks Ave. $11/$10 with card. Drop-ins welcome. Call 360-1521. Yoga newbies can get hip to a gentle, mindful practice with Easy Yoga for Beginners at the Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Meets Thursdays from 4–5:15 PM. $45 for six weeks or $10 drop-in.
nightlife Samuel Ligon reads from his new novel Among the Dead and Dreaming and his short story collection Wonderland, and Shawn Vestal reads from his new novel Daredevils. Shakespeare & Co., 6 PM. Free. Russ Nasset was playing Americana before they invented Americana. Catch his folk and blues at Draught Works Brewery. 6–8 PM. Free. Western Union play country swing at Bitter Root Brewing, 6– 8 PM. Free. A Night at the Museum provides a new program inspired by parts of their vast collection every fourth Thursday at the Miracle of America Museum in Polson. 6:30 PM, donations accepted. Get deep into the Bard with a lecture, Shakespeare, Jonson and Literary Immortality at the Masquer Theatre in UM’s PAR/TV Center. 7 PM. Free.
Red Herring is a cabaret show that combines a murder mystery and a spy story with three love stories. Try to keep up. O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish, 7:30. Runs through June 4. $20 at the box office or call 8625371. (See Spotlight.) Highway 93 (the band, not the road) take the stage at Sunrise Saloon, 8 PM. No cover.
New Yorker writer and UM Creative Writing MFA alum William Finnegan returns to Missoula for a reading from his Pulitzer Prize winning book, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life. Shakespeare & Co., 8 PM. Free. (See Books.) Yeasayer fill the summer night with experimental rock and pop at the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM,
photo courtesy of Geoff Peddicord.
Missoula rockers VTO take the stage with local homies Magpies, MASS FM and Impossible Girls at the Top Hat Fri., May 27. 10 PM. Free show. Senator Jon Tester and Attorney General Tim Fox speak out against human trafficking at the Stop Human Trafficking in Montana Conference. The daylong event features several presenters, the Red Sand Project participatory artwork and the Run for Freedom 5K. UM, 7:30 AM–7:30 PM. For details visit montanaantitrafficking project.com. You’ll be in stitches at Yarns at the Library, the fiber-arts craft group that meets at the Missoula Public Library from noon-2 PM Fridays. MisCon, Montana’s premier science fiction conference, moves from its longtime base at Ruby’s to the Holiday Inn Downtown. Meet big time authors, including Patrick Rothfuss, creator of the “Kingkiller Chronicles” series. Also attend geek discussions, engage in LARP and a whole lot more. Runs through Mon., May 30. Four-day passes $45, one-day pass $25. For full schedule and info visit miscon.org.
Poop Sale. Fridays 4–7 PM, Sat. and Sun. 10 AM–4 PM, Mon. 4–7 PM until it’s gone. 1527 Wyoming St.
nightlife Bring an instrument or just kick back and enjoy the tunes at the Irish Music Session every Friday at the Union Club from 6–9 PM. No cover. There are parades, and then there are Parades. Missoula’s MisCon celebrates their 30th year with a parade that’s sure to be an eye-popper. Parade route starts downtown and runs south on Higgins to 6th St. 6 PM. Britchy play original Americana at Bitter Root Brewing. 6–8 PM. Free. Enjoy an Evening Dharma Talk as Namchak Khenpo speaks on the subject of compassion. Garden of One Thousand Buddhas, Arlee. 6:30– 8 PM.
Katy Masuga reads from and signs her new novel, The Origin of Vermilion, at Shakespeare & Co., 1 PM.
The Trigger Gene by Rita Kniess Barkey continues at the Crystal Theater. 7:30 PM. $15/$10 for students and seniors.
The Workers play easy-going rock music at Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 6 PM. Free.
The cabaret Red Herring continues at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish, 7:30. Runs through June 4. $20 at the box office or call 8625371.
I don’t know about you, but wrapping up my work week by watching some poor cricket getting devoured by a large Chilean tarantula is somehow very satisfying. Tarantula feeding at the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium, every Friday at 4 PM. Free with $4 admission to MBHI. Llama poop is great for your garden, and you can scoop up all you need at MUD’s ongoing Llama
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Cut a rug when the Golden Age Club hosts dancing and live music in an alcohol-free environment. 727 S. Fifth St. in Hamilton. 6-10 PM. $3. Call 240-9617 to learn more.
John Doe continues at Polson’s Theatre on the Lake with the Port Polson Players. 7:30 p.m., Sun-
day matinees at 2 PM. Phone 406-883-9212 for reservations. Band in Motion keep things hopping with their eclectic set list at Cowboy Troy’s in Victor. 8 PM. No cover. Dusk play a variety of music for your drinking or dancing pleasure. Or both. At the Eagles, 8 PM– 1 AM. Free. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats bring their high energy soul and R&B to the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. Sold out. (See Music.) What’s better than a night of rock featuring some of Missoula’s best rock bands? How about no cover charge. Magpies, VTO, MASS FM and Impossible Girls split the night at the Top Hat. 9 PM. Joan Zen Band play soulful rock ‘n roll at the Union Club. 9:30 PM. Free. Highway 93 keep things country at the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. No cover. The Armageddon Blues Band play a mix of rock and blues with a twist of this and a pinch of that, with special guest appearances from some great Missoula musicians. Alcan Bar in Frenchtown, 9:30 PM. No cover. Bring your techno/house/dance-loving friends out for Foxy Friday, featuring a rotating cast of DJs. Every fourth Thursday at the Badlander. 10 PM, no cover. Kutt Calhoun, Whitney Peyton and Sincerely Collins head up a night of hip-hop at Monk’s Bar. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $12/$10 advance at Rockin Rudy’s and 1111presents.com.
Saturday Missoula’s Farmer’s Market offers produce, flowers, plants and more. Several food and drink vendors are on hand to provide shopping sustenance and there’s usually live music. Every Saturday through October, 8 AM–12:30 PM. Located at the XXXXs at the north end of Higgins Ave.
Free, but bring some whip-out for the wine.
The Trigger Gene by Rita Kniess Barkey continues at the Crystal Theater. 7:30 PM. $15/$10 for students and seniors. The cabaret Red Herring continues at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish, 7:30. Runs through June 4. $20 at the box office or call 8625371.
Missoula’s Clark Fork Market features vendors offering local produce and meats as well as locally made products, hot coffee and prepared foods. Music starts at 10:30 under the Higgins Bridge. 8 AM–1 PM every Saturday through October.
John Doe continues at Polson’s Theatre on the Lake with the Port Polson Players. 7:30 p.m., Sunday matinees at 2 PM. Phone 406-8839212 for reservations.
MisCon continues at the Holiday Inn Downtown. For events and schedules visit miscon.org.
Dusk play a variety of music for your drinking or dancing pleasure. Or both. At the Eagles, 8 PM–1 AM. Free.
Get musical while finding your flow with a live music Vinyasa yoga class every Sat. from 9:30–10:45 AM at Inner Harmony Yoga, 214 E. Main St. Ste. B. $10/$8 students drop-in. Visit yogainmissoula.com.
Indie rock pioneers Yo La Tengo, who have one of the best band name origin stories ever, bring their eclectic rock to the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $22–$32 at thewilma.com.
Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like storytelling, finger plays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 11 AM on Sat. and 2 PM on Sun. at the Missoula Public Library. Free.
Argentine Tango is featured on the fourth Saturday of every month by Tango Missoula. Start the night with a beginning dance lesson and enjoy locally made wines for purchase by the glass. No experience or partner necessary. Missoula Winery. Lesson at 8 PM, Milonga (social dance) at 9.
Never shoot with a dry stick. Use this invaluable advice at the ball-in-hand pool tournament at the Eagles Lodge. Sign-ups at noon, matches start at 1 PM. The Victor Heritage Museum opens for the summer. Located at the corner of Main St. and Blake St., they’re open Tue.–Sat., 1 PM–4 PM until Labor Day.
nightlife Nick Wagenman provides the tunes at Draught Works Brewery, 6–8 PM. Free. MudSlide Charley play electric blues at Bitter Root Brewing. 6–8 PM. Free.
Indie rock pioneers Yo La Tengo, who have one of the best band name origin stories ever, bring their eclectic rock to the Wilma Sat., May 28. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $22–$32 at thewilma.com. Dan Dubuque isn’t just your average guitarist. He plays the hell out of the Weissenborn, a hollowbody variation on the lap steel. Catch his
percussive attack on a variety of tunes at the Highlander Tap Room, 200 International Dr. 6–8 PM. Free.
Andre Floyd brings his positivity and driving blues to Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery. Tasting room opens at 4 PM, music starts at 6.
The Jack Saloon and Grill presents live music on Saturdays. Pull up a log at 7000 Graves Creek Road. 9 PM. Free. The Gorgeous Franks show off their rhythmic pulchritude at the Union Club. 9:30 PM. Free. Country Boogies Boys provide the two-steppin’ material at the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. No cover.
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MisCon continues at the Holiday Inn Downtown. For events and schedules visit miscon.org.
MisCon continues at the Holiday Inn Downtown. For events and schedules visit miscon.org.
Can I get an amen? Dance Church is in session on Sunday mornings. Dancers of all abilities are welcome at this mellow, guided class that lets you move like nobody is watching at the Downtown Dance Collective, 11 AM–noon, $5.
Relax and realign with Yoga for Wellness at the Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave., Mondays from noon–1 PM. $45 for six classes, or $10 drop-in. Call 721-0033 or visit redwillow learning.org.
Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like storytelling, finger plays, flannelboard pictograms and more at 11 AM on Sat. and 2 PM on Sun. at the Missoula Public Library. Free. The Contact Improv Jam is open to those of all abilities interested in exploring movement improvisation. At the Downtown Dance Collective every other Sunday, 4:30–6 PM. $5.
Brush up on your skillz with the Bridge Group for beginners/those in need of a refresher course. Missoula
Senior Center, Mondays at 1 PM. $1.25. The Shuffles Dance Studio hosts tap classes for all ages and levels, Mondays through Thursdays from 4-7 PM. 500 N. Higgins Ave. Call 2108792 to set up a time or just drop in any day to observe a class. $60 for four classes. Llama poop is great for your garden, and you can scoop up all you need at MUD’s ongoing Llama Poop Sale. Fridays 4–7 PM,
Sat. and Sun. 10 AM–4 PM, Mon. 4–7 PM until it’s gone. 1527 Wyoming St.
nightlife Local Deadheads have got you covered when the Top Hat presents Raising the Dead, a curated broadcast of two hours of Jerry Garcia and Co. 5–7 PM. Free, all ages. Bingo at the VFW: the easiest way to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main. 6:45 PM. $12 buy-in.
Get mindful at Be Here Now, a mindfulness meditation group that meets Mondays from 7:30 to 8:45 PM at the Open Way Mindfulness Center, 702 Brooks St. Open to all religions and levels of practice. Free, but donations appreciated. Visit openway.org. Shake, rattle ‘n’ roll at the Beginner/ Intermediate Jazz Dance class, led by Jennifer Meyer-Vaughan on Mondays at Downtown Dance Collective, 7:30-9 PM. Regular rates apply.
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Spotlight Fans of hard-boiled detective film noir can witness a live performance in Whitefish that features a devilish murder mystery. Spy movie buffs also have the chance to take in some Cold War skullduggery, and those who prefer a complex tapestry of love stories can enjoy a tale of star-crossed lovers. Oh, and let’s not forget the classic comedy farce featuring wild plot twists and hilarious cases of mistaken identity.
nightlife John Doe continues at Polson’s Theatre on the Lake with the Port Polson Players. 7:30 p.m., Sunday matinees at 2 PM. Phone 406-883-9212 for reservations. Luna Blue has the music to lay your weekend quietly to rest at Draught Works Brewery. 5–7 PM. Free. Dig some great local brew and great local jazz at Imagine Nation Brewing Co.’s Sunday Night Jazz with Monk’s New Brew. Gary Kiggins hosts some of Missoula’s finest talent every Sunday, 5:30–8 PM. Free. Open mic at Lolo Hot Springs’ Bear Cave Bar and Grill offers cool prizes like cabin stays, bar tabs and hot springs passes, plus drink specials, starting at 7 PM. Call 406-273-2297 to sign up. No cover. Jazz Martini night offers live, local jazz and $5 martinis every Sunday night at the Badlander. 9 PM. No cover. L.A. Witch, Tiny Knives, Thee Captain and a scintillating local band tear it up at the Palace. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. No cover. (See Music.)
WHAT: Red Herring WHO: Whitefish Theatre Co. WHEN: May 26–28 and June 2–4, 7:30 PM WHERE: O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish HOW MUCH: $20 MORE INFO: whitefishtheatreco.org or call 862-5371 Oh, did I mention that they’re all in one play? Red Herring is this season’s cabaret finale for the Whitefish Theatre Company, and it’s a wild ride. “Red Herring is a real crowd-pleaser that is guaranteed to tickle the funny bone, as well as boggle the mind,” says director Gail Cleveland. Set in 1952, the Michael Hollinger comedy is a spoof of film noir movies that is bursting with nutball characters and serpentine plot twists. As the U.S. continues to develop the H-bomb, Russia sends a spy to steal the information. Unfortunately they send a knucklehead who wouldn’t know signs of nuclear fission from a No Fishing sign. Two of the American authorities tasked with finding
the spy, a Boston policewoman and an FBI agent, happen to be in love. The spy is also having an affair with the wife of his American contact, who has iced her husband in order to be with the Russki. The Russian is forced to pose as the dead husband, which all goes well until his contact tries to make contact. Then things get complicated. The dialog is written in the snappy, back-and-forth pat-
ter common to detective movies of the ‘40s and ‘50s, and the cast of six actors is kept busy playing multiple characters. The mix of love stories, murder mystery and international espionage should have audiences wondering who’s who, who did what and who’s doing whom.
—Ednor Therriault
Tuesday B3, B3, You’ll be seeing stars at B i n g o o n B r o a d w a y, w i t h cash prizes, $3 Sam Adams pints and food specials. Broadway Inn, 1609 W. Broadway St. 8 PM. $6 buy-in. Watch your little ones master Tree pose in no time during yoga at the Children’s Museum of Missoula. 11 AM. 225 W. Front. $4.25.
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The ongoing Weekly Sit Meditation invites folks who’ve already dabbled in meditation to a weekly lunch-hour class. Learning Center at Red Willow, Thursdays from noon-1 PM. $35 for four classes, or $10 drop-in. Visit redwillowlearning.org.
the Top Hat’s picking circle, 6–8 PM. All ages.
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Show off your big brain at Quizzoula trivia night, every Tuesday at the VFW, 245 W. Main St. Current
Dust off that banjolin and join in
Learn the two-step and more at Country Dance Lessons at the Hamilton Senior Center, Tuesdays from 7– 8:30 PM. $5. Bring a partner. Call 381-1392 for more info.
events, picture round and more. 8:30 PM. Free. Our trivia question for this week: What’s the overall record for two-day rainfall in Missoula? Answer in tomorrow’s Nightlife. Mike Avery hosts the Music Showcase every Tuesday, featuring some of Missoula’s finest musical talent. At the Badlander, 9 PM to 1 AM. To sign up, email michael.avery@live.com.
Wednesday Rediscover “the magic which makes you legendary in your own mind” when “Poncho” Dobson hosts the Live and Loco open mic at the Symes Hotel, Wednesdays from 6–9:30 PM. Call 741-2361 to book a slot, or just come hang out and party. Free.
Is your toddler a budding Nikola Tesla in pull-ups? Find out at Science Sprouts: Early Childhood Program at SpectrUM Discovery Area, 218 E. Front St., from 11 AM to noon. Kids 2-5 participate in playful science experiments and crafts. Free with paid museum admission.
Wednesday Night Brewery Jam invites all musicians to bring an instrument and join in. Hosted by Geoffrey Taylor at Imagine Nation Brewing Co., 6–8 PM. Free.
Out to Lunch features live music in the riverfront setting of Caras Park. Enjoy a variety of food and drink from more than 20 vendors. This week’s music by the Mike Bader Band. Every Wednesday through August, 11 AM– 2 PM. Free. Visit missouladowntown.com for a schedule of performers. Lil’ Bugs Early Childhood Program is a chance for bug lovers and their parents to learn about insects. Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium. First and third Wednesday of every month, 12:15–1:15 PM. Visit missoulabutterflyhouse.org.
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Cribbage enthusiasts finally have a place to share their affliction at Cribbage Night. Enjoy a few cocktails as you look for nibs and nobs. Boards and cards provided. Rattlesnake Creek Distillers, 128 W. Alder St., Suite B. 6–8 PM. The Mike Bader Band kicks off this summer’s Out to Lunch Wed., June 1. Caras Park, 11 AM–2 PM. Free. the Top Hat every Wednesday at 4:30 PM. But I know you’ll show up at 4:20. Free. All ages. This open mic is truly open. Jazz,
classic rock, poetry, spoken word, dance, shadow puppets—share your creative spark at The Starving Artist Café and Art Gallery, 3020 S. Reserve St. Every Wed., 6–8 PM. Free.
jazz at River Edge Resort in Alberton. 6:30–9:30 PM.
sounds at the Sunrise Saloon. 8 PM– 1 AM. Free.
The cabaret Red Herring continues at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish, 7:30. Runs through June 4. $20 at the box office or call 862-5371.
Hone your performance skills at the Broadway Inn’s open mic night, with singing and prizes at 9 PM. 1609 W. Broadway St. No cover.
Envision a more graceful, calm self before taking the t’ai chi chuan class with Michael Norvelle. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Meets on the First Wednesday of every month from 6:30—7:30 PM. $40 for six weeks/$9 drop-in.(Trivia answer: 2.76” in Nov. 1927.)
West Coast jazz? Continental jazz? Bebop? Avant-garde? It’s all free jazz, as in no charge, Dad, when the Kimberlee Carlson Jazz Quintet takes the stage for Jazz Night at the Top Hat. 7 PM, no cover, all ages. Win big bucks off your bar tab and/or free pitchers by answering trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway Ave. 7 PM. Get up onstage at VFW’s open mic, with a different host each week. Halfprice whiskey might help loosen up those nerves. 8 PM. Free. Show your Press Box buddies you know more than sports and compete in Trivial Beersuit starting at 8:30. Make the move from singing in the shower to karaoke with Cheree at Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W. 8:30-10:30 PM. No cover. Local DJs do the heavy lifting while you kick back at Milkcrate Wednesday down in the Palace. 9 PM. No cover, plus $6 PBR.
Thursday Release some stress during t’ai chi classes every Thursday at 10 AM at The Open Way Center, 702 Brooks St. $10 drop-in class. Visit openway.org. Soon-to-be mommas can feel relaxed and nurtured during a prenatal yoga class, Thursdays at 4 PM at the Open Way Center, 702 Brooks Ave. $11/$10 with card. Drop-ins welcome. Call 360-1521. Yoga newbies can get hip to a gentle, mindful practice with Easy Yoga for Beginners at the Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Meets Thursdays from 4–5:15 PM. $45 for six weeks or $10 drop-in.
The gingers are back! Gingers on Ice, featuring the redheaded comedy duo Jacob Godbey and Alex Tait, are embarking on a tour of the West. They kick it off with a free show at the Crystal Theater. 7:30 PM. Get a head start on your weekend with Clear Grain and their country
The John Adam Smith Band bring influences from all over the world to their electro-acoustic roots sound. Dig this accomplished trio at the Top Hat, 9:30 PM. Free show.
The WYOmericana Caravan pulls in to Missoula, with Screen Door Porch, Sneaky Pete & the Secret Weapon and The Littlest Birds. The Palace, doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $10/$8 advance at campdazemusic.com.
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calendar@missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event to guarantee publication. Don’t forget to include the date, time, venue and cost. Or snail mail to Calendar c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. You can also submit online. Just find the “submit an event” link under the Spotlight on the right corner at missoulanews.com.
Wisenheimers get cracking wise at John Howard’s Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy at the Union Club. Sign up by 9:30 PM to perform. Things usually start around 10. Free.
nightlife Downtown ToNight is an evening of live music and mingling, featuring food and drink vendors and a beer garden. Plenty of family activities, and it’s free. 5:30–8:30 PM, every Thursday through August. Tonight’s music by Jameson and the Sordid Seeds. Visit missouladowntown.com for a list of performers. Local Yokel play ramshackle country at Draught Works Brewery, 6–8 PM. Free. Guitar whiz Louie Bond accompanies chanteuse Kimberlee Carlson for a night of classic country, swing and
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Agenda In 2004 my son was a second grader at Lewis and Clark Elementary. They hadn’t yet installed the Peace Walk, the playground was still old school blacktop, and Hudson was in a combined first/second grade class. I had my reservations about that kind of approach, but his teacher, Barb O’Keefe, quickly made me a combinedgrade convert. In first grade Hud received the support and guidance of some seasoned second graders, and a year later he became a mentor to the newbs fresh out of kindergarten. Barb O’Keefe, who’s now retired, ran a tight ship and brooked no nonsense. The best part of Hudson’s day, he told us, was when Mrs. O’Keefe had the kids sit in a circle on the rug and pulled out her guitar to play a song. But this wasn’t just happy sing-along time. She was teaching the kids to break open words and express themselves in a deeper, more thoughtful way. The kids turned a lot of ideas into songs during the two years under her guidance, and Barb’s making music a part of their daily lives endeared me to her. She was an outstanding teacher. Apparently I’m not the only one who thought so, as Mrs. O’Keefe was awarded UM’s Maryfrances Shreeve Award for excellence in teaching in 2005. There was a great celebration
If your favorite teacher doesn’t have a 12-string you can tune for them, how about joining them in a toast at Teacher Recognition Day at Imagine Nation Brewing Co. Fri., May 27. Beer 50 percent off for all teachers from 2 PM until 8 PM.
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The National Alliance on Mental Illness’ Missoula chapter hosts an informal support group and meeting every Thursday at the Providence Center, Room 109. 10 AM–noon. Email namimissoula @gmail.com to learn more.
Unity of Missoula presents The Truth About Cancer, a nine-part documentary film series by Ty Bollinger. One episode shows every Monday, 7–9 PM. 546 South Ave. W.
Enjoy a nice lunch with other nature lovers at Montana Natural History Center’s 4th annual Women’s Lunch. Proceeds support the MNHC’s summer outdoor camp scholarship fund. 11:30 AM–1 PM. For location and details, call 327–0405. Adults with mental illness can get friendly support at NAMI Connection, every Thursday at the NAMI office in St. Paul Church, 202 Brooks St., Room 210. 1:30-3 PM. Find the “NAMI” sign on the courtyard door. Email namimissoula@gmail.com for info.
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at the school, and Hudson and I wanted to show our appreciation in a more personal way. I convinced her to let me take her 12-string guitar home one Friday. The boy and I cleaned and polished the instrument, and I installed a new set of strings. She was delighted. For Mrs. O’Keefe, it was the least we could do. —Ednor Therriault
TUESDAY MAY 31 Discover different approaches to raising kiddos at Empowered Parenting With Balanced View, which meets at Break Espresso from 7:15– 8:15 AM Tuesdays. Chill out with a free, family-friendly movie every Tuesday at the Missoula Public Library, 2 PM.
WEDNESDAY JUNE 1
Overcome your fears and take a stand when Treasure State Toastmasters mentors folks in leadership and public speaking. Community Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6–7 PM. Free.
Every Wednesday is Community UNite, wherein 50 cents of each pint of tasty KettleHouse brew goes to a deserving organization. This week’s beneficiary is the Blackfoot Challenge. KettleHouse Northside Taproom, 5–8 PM.
FRIDAY MAY 27
THURSDAY JUNE 2
The Women in Black stand in mourning of international violence every Friday on the Higgins Bridge from 12:15-12:45 PM. Visit jrpc.org/calendar to learn more.
SATURDAY MAY 28
The National Alliance on Mental Illness’ Missoula chapter hosts an informal support group and meeting every Thursday at the Providence Center, Room 109. 10 AM–noon. Email namimissoula @gmail.com to learn more.
Learn about maintaining healthy relationships at Co-Dependents Anonymous, which meets at 11:30 AM on Saturdays at the Fourth D Alano Club, 1500 W. Broadway. Contact Koryn for more information at 493-4431.
Painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints can interfere with everyday tasks, but those living with arthritis can find support at Summit Independent. The Arthritis Support Group holds meetings every first Thursday of the month, from noon-1 PM.
AGENDA is dedicated to upcoming events embodying activism, outreach and public participation. Send your who/what/when/where and why to AGENDA, c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange, Missoula, MT 59801. You can also email entries to calendar@missoulanews.com or send a fax to (406) 543-4367. AGENDA’s deadline for editorial consideration is 10 days prior to the issue in which you’d like your information to be included. When possible, please include appropriate photos/artwork.
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ontana nights are getting longer and warmer, and it’s a primo time for scanning the heavens. The University of Montana’s Department of Physics and Astronomy hosts a series of planetarium shows throughout the summer, and there is no shortage of cool celestial events to eyeball. If you’ve ever wanted to get a good look at Saturn, your best bet will be June 3 when the ringed planet is at opposition, meaning it is opposite Earth in relation to the sun. On July 4, the Juno probe is scheduled to reach Jupiter. Will you be able to see a spacecraft the size of a Cooper Mini from 1.74 billion miles away? Get real. You probably couldn’t see that thing if you were standing on Jupiter.
Perseids the summer’s most excellent meteor shower, hits Earth Aug. 12 and 13. Best watched from a campground or a cabin roof. But you don’t want to miss the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter later that month. It’s a real eye opener. —Ednor Therriault UM's Summer Planetarium Series runs every other Thursday, May 26 through Aug. 18. Two 50-min. shows per night, 6:30 PM and 8 PM. Payne Family Native American Center Stargazing Room. $6/$4 for kids 12 and under.
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FRIDAY MAY 27 The Montana State Track and Field Meet is back in Missoula after 12 years. Watch 900 of the state’s best athletes compete at MCPS Stadium at Big Sky High School. For schedules and info visit mhsa.org. Join other peddlers for a weekly ride to Free Cycles Missoula and back to UM. Meet at the Grizzly statue. 12:30–2 PM. Free. Llama poop is great for your garden, and you can scoop up all you need at MUD’s ongoing Llama Poop Sale. Fridays 4–7 PM, Sat. and Sun. 10 AM–4 PM, Mon. 4–7 PM until it’s gone. 1527 Wyoming St.
SATURDAY MAY 28 The Montana State Track and Field Meet is back in Missoula after 12 years. Watch 900 of the state’s best athletes compete at MCPS Stadium at Big Sky High School. For schedules and info visit mhsa.org. Throw another Kiwi on the barbie, it’s New Zealand Day. Celebrate our sister city Palmerton North with a day of rugby, led by members of the Missoula All-Maggots club. Clinics and matches at Fort Missoula, starting at 10 AM. Free, no experience needed. For info visit missoula cultural.org. The Hellgate Rollergirls kick off another season of eight-wheel spills and thrills in a bout against the Bavarian Barbarians from Kimberly, B.C. The junior Hellgate Hellions start the night with a scrimmage at 6 PM. Main bout at 7:30. Beer and food available during the games. Missoula Fair-
grounds Event Center, 1101 South Ave. W. $10/$8 advance at hellgaterollergirls.org.
SUNDAY MAY 29 The Missoula Marathon running class is designed for beginning to advanced runners. Meet every Sunday morning at 8 AM, Run Wild Missoula in the basement of the Runner’s Edge, 304 N. Higgins. $100.
MONDAY MAY 30 Llama poop is great for your garden, and you can scoop up all you need at MUD’s ongoing Llama Poop Sale. Fridays 4–7 PM, Sat. and Sun. 10 AM–4 PM, Mon. 4–7 PM until it’s gone. 1527 Wyoming St.
TUESDAY MAY 31 Join the Montana Dirt Girls every Tuesday for an all-women hike or bike somewhere in the area. You can find the upcoming trip posted at facebook.com/MontanaDirtGirls. Various locations, 6 PM. Practice your Eskimo rolls and flat spins at the Open Kayak session. Bring your own kayak and gear, ages 14 and under require adult supervision. Currents Aquatic Center, 8–10 PM. Normal entry fees apply. Visit ci.missoula.mt.us/161/Aquatics.
WEDNESDAY JUNE 1 The Missoula Marathon running class is designed for beginning to advanced runners. Every Wednesday at 6 PM, Run Wild Missoula in the basement of the Runner’s Edge, 304 N. Higgins. $100.
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By Amy Alkon THE BLEH LAGOON I’m a guy in my late 20s. Two years ago, I started a friends-with-benefits thing with a woman, which honestly has turned into one of the most relaxed, comfortable relationships I’ve had. Unfortunately, the sex isn’t that great. I’ve tried to get her to work with me on that, but she just isn’t very physical. I also get the sense that she’s holding out for a serious relationship with me (babies/marriage/house). I’m just not in love with her that way. I don’t want to hijack her uterus, but I’m having trouble breaking up with her. The relationship isn’t broken, and I don’t want to hurt her. I’m not sure I have it in me to say, “You’re bad in bed, so I’m out.” —Shallow Surely, you wouldn’t find the bunny-hugging vegan “shallow” for not being up for the long haul with the guy who electrocutes the cows. The rational decision is clear: You don’t have what you need; you should move on. The problem is what the late Nobel Prize-winning cognitive scientist Herbert Simon deemed “bounded rationality.” This describes how our ability to make rational decisions is limited—by, for example, incomplete information about our alternatives, how much time we have to decide, or, as in your case, our emotions: dreading hurting somebody and feeling like kind of a pig for dumping a perfectly nice woman just because her sexual spirit animal is the paperweight. Simon didn’t just point out the decision-making problem; he came up with a solution—his concept of “satisficing.” This combo of “satisfy” and “suffice” means making a “good enough” choice—as opposed to incurring the costs of endlessly searching for the best choice. (Think of somebody who spends an hour looking for the primo parking space by the store entrance—in order to save time walking to and from their car.) To decide what’s “good enough,” figure out the minimum stuff (good sex, etc.) that you absolutely must have to be satisfied in a relationship, and keep searching until you find somebody who has it. Forget about what you “should” need. If your life is not complete unless a woman will, say, wear a doorbell on each nipple, well, ring on, bro. As for breaking up, this means telling somebody it’s over, not that their sexual technique is a ringer for hibernation. Give her only as much info as she needs to make her way to the door, like “I love you, but I’m not in love with you, and I
need that.” Though she won’t be happy to hear it, what’s cruel isn’t telling her; it’s waiting to tell her. As that mildewed saying goes, “if you love something ...” don’t hang on to it until its uterus sends you to the drugstore for a box of mothballs.
GLUE IN THE DARK Last week, I went out with a guy I met on a dating site. He was very attentive and affectionate, and he even texted me the next day. Well, I think I screwed up, messaging him at the same frequency and intensity as before our first date, which was quite a lot, and mentioning seeing him again before he suggested it. His responses were infrequent and short. I haven’t heard from him for five days, and he hasn’t made plans for a second date. Is there any way to remedy this? Should I message him with some witty banter? —Faux Pas? Sadly, our genes have not been introduced to Gloria Steinem. As I frequently explain, there’s a problem with a woman overtly pursuing a man, and it goes back millions of years. It comes out of how sex leaves a man with about a teaspoon less sperm but can leave a woman “with child” (an adorable term that makes pregnancy sound like a quick trip to the drugstore with someone under 10). From these rather vastly differing costs, explain evolutionary psychologists David Buss and David Schmitt, come differing sexual strategies. Women evolved to be the choosier sex—looking for men to show signs they’re willing and able to commit themselves and their resources—and men coevolved to expect to work to persuade them. So, when women turn the tables and act like the, well, chase-ier sex, it sends a message—of the “FREE!!! Please take me” variety you’d see taped to a toaster somebody’s put out on the curb. In other words, no, do not contact him. Not even with “witty banter.” Seeming amusingly desperate is not any more of a selling point. The way you “remedy” this is by turning it into a learning experience. In the future, sure, go ahead and be flirtatious—just not with the, um, eagerness of that guy in the hockey mask chasing people through the woods with a machete.
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Calendar Editor Each week the Independent receives hundreds of press releases for its online and print calendar of events. We’re looking for a motivated, organized and funny writer capable of wrangling all those releases and creating a thorough— and thoroughly entertaining—guide to what’s going on around town. This part-time position puts you at the center of the local arts scene, and includes ample opportunity to write additional freelance stories for the paper’s award-winning A&E section. Send resume, cover letter and examples of your writing via email to editor@missoulanews.com
EMPLOYMENT Legal Assistant Montana Legal Services seeks legal assistant in our Missoula office for Fair Debt Collection Practice. Will provide support to attorney and pro se assistance to clients. $31,200/yr plus benefits, including health, dental, vision, and life insurance, retirement and educational loan repayment assistance. See full job description and requirements at www.mtlsa.org/get-involved/careers/ To apply send cover letter, resume, and three professional references to hiring@mtlsa.org EOE
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): French painter Henri Matisse didn’t mind being unmoored, befuddled, or in-between. In fact, he regarded these states as being potentially valuable to his creative process. Here’s his testimony: “In art, truth and reality begin when one no longer understands what one is doing or what one knows.” I’m recommending that you try out his attitude, Cancerian. In my astrological opinion, the time has come for you to drum up the inspirations and revelations that become available when you don’t know where the hell you are and what the hell you’re doing.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Proposed experiment: Imagine that all the lovers and would-be lovers you have ever adored are in your presence. Review in detail your memories of the times you felt thrillingly close to them. Fill yourself up with feelings of praise and gratitude for their mysteries. Sing the love songs you love best. Look into a mirror and rehearse your “I only have eyes for you” gaze until it is both luminous and smoldering. Cultivate facial expressions that are full of tender, focused affection. Got all that, Leo? My purpose in urging you to engage in these practices is that it’s the High Sexy Time of year for you. You have a license to be as erotically attractive and wisely intimate as you dare.
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Whatever you’re meant to do, do it now,” said novelist Doris Lessing. “The conditions are always impossible.” I hope you take her advice to heart, Gemini. In my astrological opinion, there is no good excuse for you to postpone your gratification or to procrastinate about moving to the next stage of a big dream. It’s senseless to tell yourself that you will finally get serious as soon as all the circumstances are perfect. Perfection does not and will never exist. The future is now. You’re as ready as you will ever be.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being,” wrote Taurus memoirist May Sarton. That’s a dauntingly high standard to live up to, but for the foreseeable future it’s important that you try. In the coming weeks, you will need to maintain a heroic level of potency and excellence if you hope to keep your dreams on track and your integrity intact. Luckily, you will have an extraordinary potential to do just that. But you’ll have to work hard to fulfill the potential—as hard as a hero on a quest to find the real Holy Grail in the midst of all the fake Holy Grails.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): To convey the best strategy for you to employ in the coming weeks, I have drawn inspiration from a set of instructions composed by aphorist Alex Stein: Scribble, scribble, erase. Scribble, erase, scribble. Scribble, scribble, scribble, scribble. Erase, erase, erase. Scribble, erase. Keep what’s left. In other words, Aries, you have a mandate to be innocently empirical, robustly experimental, and cheerfully improvisational -- with the understanding that you must also balance your fun with ruthless editing.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others,” wrote editor Jacob M. Braude. Normally I would endorse his poignant counsel, but for the foreseeable future I am predicting that the first half of it won’t fully apply to you. Why? Because you are entering a phase that I regard as unusually favorable for the project of transforming yourself. It may not be easy to do so, but it’ll be easier than it has been in a long time. And I bet you will find the challenge to reimagine, reinvent, and reshape yourself at least as much fun as it is hard work.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Never turn down an adventure without a really good reason,” says author Rebecca Solnit in her book The Far Away Nearby. That’s a thought she had as she contemplated the possibility of riding a raft down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. Here’s how I suspect this meditation applies to you, Libra: There have been other times and there will be other times when you will have good reasons for not embarking on an available adventure. But now is not one of those moments.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Russian poet Vera Pavlova tells about how once when she was using a pen and paper to jot down some fresh ideas, she got a paper cut on her palm. Annoying, right? On the contrary. She loved the fact that the new mark substantially extended her life line. The palmistry-lover in her celebrated. I’m seeing a comparable twist in your near future, Scorpio. A minor inconvenience or mild setback will be a sign that a symbolic revitalization or enhancement is nigh.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Norway is mountainous, but its neighbor Finland is quite flat. A group of Norwegians has launched a campaign to partially remedy the imbalance. They propose that to mark the hundredth anniversary of Finland’s independence, their country will offer a unique birthday gift: the top of Halti mountain. Right now the 4,479-foot peak is in Norway. But under the proposed plan, the border between countries will be shifted so that the peak will be transferred to Finland. I would love you to contemplate generous gestures like this in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. It’s a highly favorable time for you to bestow extra imaginative blessings. (P.S. The consequences will be invigorating to your own dreams.)
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I believe that every one of us should set aside a few days every year when we celebrate our gaffes, our flaws, and our bloopers. During this crooked holiday, we are not embarrassed about the false moves we have made. We don’t decry our bad judgment or criticize our delusional behavior. Instead, we forgive ourselves of our sins. We work to understand and feel compassion for the ignorance that led us astray. Maybe we even find redemptive value in our apparent lapses; we come to see that they saved us from some painful experience or helped us avoid getting a supposed treasure that would have turned out to be a booby prize. Now would be a perfect time for you to observe this crooked holiday.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Sometimes the love you experience for those you care about makes you feel vulnerable. You may worry about being out of control or swooping so deeply into your tenderness that you lose yourself. Giving yourself permission to cherish and nurture can make you feel exposed, even unsafe. But none of that applies in the coming weeks. According to my interpretation of the astrological omens, love will be a source of potency and magnificence for you. It will make you smarter, braver, and cooler. Your words of power will be this declaration by Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani: “When I love / I feel that I am the king of time / I possess the earth and everything on it / and ride into the sun upon my horse.” (Translated by Lena Jayyusi and Christopher Middleton.)
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In November 1916, at the height of World War I, the Swedish schooner Jönköping set sail for Finland, carrying 4,400 bottles of champagne intended for officers of the occupying Russian army. But the delivery was interrupted. A hostile German submarine sunk the boat, and the precious cargo drifted to the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The story didn’t end there, however. More than eight decades later, a Swedish salvage team retrieved a portion of the lost treasure, which had been well-preserved in the frosty abyss. Taste tests revealed that the bubbly alcholic beverage was “remarkably light-bodied, extraordinarily elegant and fantastically fresh, with discreet, slow-building toasty aromas of great finesse.” (Source: tinyurl.com/toastyaromas.) I foresee the potential of a similar resurrection in your future, Pisces. How deep are you willing to dive? Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES.
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PUBLIC NOTICES MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV16-361 Dept. No.: 2 Robert L. Deschamps, III Notice of Hearing on Name Change in the Matter of the Name Change of Charles Knapp, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Charles Edward Knapp to Shannon Edward Greene. The hearing will be on 06/07/2016 at 11:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County, Date: 4/26/16 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Ruth Windrum, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV16-365 Karen S. Townsend Dept. No.: 4 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Janis Dalene Beaty, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Janis Dalene Beaty to Jade Dalena Beaty. The hearing will be on 06/14/2016 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: May 3, 2016 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Michael Evjen, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-16-78 NOTICE OF HEARING OF PETITION FOR FORMAL PROBATE OF WILL, DETERMINATION OF TESTACY AND HEIRS, AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD A. SCHMITZ, a/k/a Richard Schmitz, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Petitioner, JOSEPH H. SCHMITZ, has filed in the above Court and cause a Petition for Formal Probate of Will, Determination of Testacy and Heirs, and Appointment of Personal Representative of the abovecaptioned Estate. For further information, the Petition, as filed, may be examined in the office of the clerk of the above Court. The Court will hear the Petition of Petitioner for formal probate of Will,
determination of testacy and heirs, and the appointment of personal representative in the Missoula County Courthouse at Missoula, Montana, on the 31st day of May, 2016, at the hour of 11 o’clock a.m., at which time all persons may appear and object. Dated this 2nd day of May, 2016. REELY LAW FIRM, P.C. 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, MT 59801 Telephone (406) 541-9700 Telefax (406) 541-9707 Attorneys for Petitioner By: /s/ Shane N. Reely, Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP16-74 Dept. No. 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DOUGLAS E. HOLCOMB, DECEASED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to James G. Knollmiller, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 2620 Connery Way, Missoula, Montana 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 14 day of April, 2016. /s/ James G. Knollmiller Personal Representative DARTY LAW OFFICE, PLLC /s/ Steve Darty, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP16-75 Dept. No. 2 Robert L. Deschamps, III NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BEVERLY A. GROTBO, DECEASED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever
MNAXLP barred. Claims must either be mailed to ALAN L. GROTBO, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 2620 Connery Way, Missoula, Montana 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 21st day of April, 2016. /s/ Alan L. Grotbo, Personal Representative DARTY LAW OFFICE, PLLC /s/ Steve Darty, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 3 Cause No. DP-16-85 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY ELLEN WEYERMANN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed as Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Gary L. Weyermann, return receipt requested, at St. Peter Law Offices, P.C., 2620 Radio Way, P.O. Box 17255, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the aboveentitled Court. DATED this 12th day of May, 2016 ST. PETER LAW OFFICES, P.C. /s/ /Don C. St. Peter I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true, accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. DATED this 12th day of May, 2016. /s/ Gary L. Weyermann, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY DEPT. NO. 1 Leslie Halligan PROBATE NO. DP-16-79 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HAROLD ORT, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4)
months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be certified mail, return receipt requested, to Michael H. Ort c/o Worden Thane P.C., P.O. Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 29th day of April, 2016. /s/ Michael H. Ort, Personal Representative 421 West Juniper Avenue, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 WORDEN THANE P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Gail M. Haviland MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-16-85 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF ADAM VOLNEY PFIFFNER, 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 Lynn C. Pfiffner, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of Paul E. Fickes, Esq., 310 West Spruce Street, Missoula, Montana, 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 12th day of May, 2016. /s/ Lynn C. Pfiffner c/o Paul E. Fickes, Esq. 310 West Spruce St. Missoula, MT 59802 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY DEPT. NO. 4 Karen S. Townsend PROBATE NO. DP-16-86 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES E. STUEN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed Estate. All persons having claims against the said Estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be certified mail, return receipt requested, to Kristina
Schueller, f/k/a Kristina Henrikson Denny c/o Worden Thane P.C., P.O. Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 13 day of May, 2016. /s/ Kristina Schueller, Personal Representative WORDEN THANE P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Ross P. Keogh MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 4 Cause No.: DP-16-90 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: CHARLES JOSEPH MCCOY a/k/a Charles J. McCoy, 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 Jana McCoy, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Bjornson Law Offices, PLLC, 2809 Great Northern Loop, Suite 100, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 19th day of May, 2016. /s/ Jana McCoy, Personal Representative Bjornson Law Offices, PLLC By: /s/ David H. Bjornson, Attorneys for Jana McCoy, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY PROBATE NO. DP-16-81 Department No. 3 Honorable Judge Larson NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLYN M. SQUIRES, 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, return receipt requested, to the Personal Representative, Paul Daniels, in care of Andrea J.
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PUBLIC NOTICES Olsen, Attorney for the Personal Representative at 622 Rollins Street; Missoula, MT 59801 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 9th day of May, 2016. /s/ Paul Daniels, PR NOTICE OF TRUSTEE SALE Pursuant to § 71-1301, et seq., of the Montana Code Annotated, the undersigned hereby gives notice of a Trustee Sale to be held on Thursday, August 25, 2016, at 11:10 a.m., at the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802, the following described property located in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 14 in Block 87 of RAILROAD ADDITION, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. EXCEPTING THEREFROM that tract of land conveyed to the State of Montana by Deed recorded September 29, 1964 in Book 237 of Deeds at Page 69. Recording Reference: Book 675 of Micro Records at Page 596. Rodney M. Harsell and Toni L. Harsell, as joint tenants, conveyed the above described property, and improvements situated
thereon, if any, to Insured Titles, LLC, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to First Security Bank of Missoula, Division of Glacier Bank, which was designated as beneficiary in a Deed of Trust dated March 2, 2010, and recorded March 3, 2010 in Book 856 of Micro Records, at page 234, records of Missoula County, Montana. The obligations secured by the aforementioned Deed of Trust are now in default and the required payments on the Promissory Note secured by the Deed of Trust have not been made as required. As of April 19, 2016, the sum of $14,601.13 was past due. The principal balance as of that date was the sum of $13,434.32, with related late fees and interest accruing thereon at a rate of 7.25% per annum, with a daily interest accrual of $2.66. In accordance with the provisions of the Deed of Trust, the beneficiary has elected to accelerate the full remaining balance due under the terms of the Deed of Trust and note and elected to sell the interest of Rodney M. Harsell and Toni L. Harsell, Grantors, the original Grantors, their successors and assigns, in and to the afore described property,
MNAXLP subject to all easements, restrictions, encumbrances, or covenants existing of record or evident on the property at the time of sale to satisfy the remaining obligation owed. Beneficiary has directed David J. Steele II of Geiszler Steele, PC, a licensed Montana attorney, as successor Trustee to commence such sale proceedings. The sale noticed herein may be terminated and the Deed of Trust and note obligation be reinstated by the tender to the successor Trustee of all amounts in arrears to the date of payment, together with all fees, costs and expenses of sale as incurred. Trustee is unaware of any party in possession or claiming right to possession of the subject property other than those persons noticed herein. DATE this 21st day of April, 2016. GEISZLER STEELE, PC. /s/ David J. Steele II, Successor Trustee. STATE OF MONTANA County of Missoula. This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 21st day of April, 2016, by Timothy D. Geiszler, on behalf of David J. Steele II, Successor Trustee. /s/ Katie M Neagle Notary Public for the State of Montana Commission expires: 07/28/2019
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 08/31/11, recorded as Instrument No. 201114644 Book 882 Page 471, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Robert J. Suthers and Sarah A. Suthers was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for First Security Bank of Missoula was Beneficiary and Insured Titles, LLC was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Insured Titles, LLC as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 2 in Block 1 of Scenic View Estates Addition No. 1, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201409153 B: 930 P: 676, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Branch Banking and Trust Company. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust
and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 02/01/14 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 21, 2016, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $259,415.26. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $226,705.18, 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 Mis-
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may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. SUTHERS, ROBERT and SARAH (TS# 7883.20091) 1002.272475-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Successor Trustee will, on September 12, 2016 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Deed of Trust, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charges by the Successor Trustee, at the following place: On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway,
PUBLIC NOTICES Missoula, MT 59802 John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust in which Larry E. Stolle and Sandra J. Stolle, husband and wife, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Century Title Company, a Montana Corporation as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to The Lomas & Nettleton Company, Beneficiary of the security instrument, said Deed of Trust which is dated July 22, 1977 and was recorded on September 27, 1977 as Instrument No. 408933 book 104 page 1245, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located at 2260 South 10th Street West, Missoula, MT 59801 and being more fully described as follows: LOTS TWENTY TWO (22) AND
TWENTY THREE (23) IN BLOCK SEVENTY EIGHT (78), IN DALY`S ADDITION NO. 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. The beneficial interest under said Deed of Trust and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates 1997-HUD1. The Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the Promissory Note (“Note”) secured by said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to timely 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. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantors’ failure to
MNAXLP pay when due the following sums: monthly payments of $15,560.78 beginning March 1, 2012 through May 20, 2016; plus interest due of $4,054.72; plus escrow payment of $11,001.69; less suspense balance of $57.08; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said trust deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: $18,616.89 with interest thereon at the rate of 8.50000 percent per annum beginning March 1, 2012; plus escrow advance of $12,553.50; plus property inspection fee of $42.00;
plus title search of $204.40; plus foreclosure fees and expenses of $1,913.00; plus other costs of $3,655.96; less suspense credit of $57.08; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. Due to the defaults stated above, the Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. Notice is further given that any person named has the right, at any time prior to the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by making payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as
would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust, together with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Dated: April 29th, 2016 /s/ John A. “Joe” Solseng John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, Attorney of Robinson Tait, P.S., MSB #11800 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 18, 2016, at
11:00 AM 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 34, TOWNSHIP 15 NORTH, RANGE 22 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS TRACT 2 OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 5236. Erik Armitage and Amber Armitage, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to First American Title Co of MT Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Montana First Credit Union., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on May 22, 2007, and recorded on May 29, 2007 as Book 798 Page 184 under Document No. 200713098; Modification Agreement recorded April 1,
2013, in Book 910 Page 1046. The beneficial interest is currently held by PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,070.15, beginning June 1, 2015, 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 January 15, 2016 is $202,995.34 principal, interest at the rate of 3.12500% totaling $4,472.36, late charges in the amount of $53.50, escrow advances of $1,890.46,
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PUBLIC NOTICES and other fees and expenses advanced of $81.00, plus accruing interest, 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,
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including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an asis, 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
MNAXLP INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: March 7, 2016 /s/ Kaitlin Ann Gotch A s s i s tant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 07 day of March, 2016, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Kailin Ann Gotch know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 02/18/2020 PHH Armitage 100897-1 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 22, 2016, at 11:00 AM 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 PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE STATE OF MONTANA, COUNTY OF MISSOULA, WITH A STREET LOCATION ADDRESS OF 7140 BUCKHORN LN; MISSOULA, MT 59808-5688 CURRENTLY OWNED BY JAMES B KELLER AND MARGARET KELLER HAVING A TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF 04-2199-11-1-02-18-0000 AND FURTHER DESCRIBED AS COUNTRY CREST 3-LOT 17 1.17AC JAMES B KELLER and MARGARET KELLER, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to Charles J Peterson, Attorney at Law, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., its successors and/or assigns, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on November 10, 2007, and recorded on January 17, 2008 in Book 811 Page 1400 as Document No. 200801167. The beneficial interest is currently held by Bank of America, N.A. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is
the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $274.72, beginning July 1, 2014, 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 December 31, 2015 is $34,422.10 principal, interest at the rate of 8.12500% totaling $4,425.13, late charges in the amount of $41.19, suspense balance of $-175.84 and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,507.00, plus accruing interest, 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
PUBLIC NOTICES 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 asis, 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: March 10, 2016 /s/ Kaitlin Ann Gotch Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))
ss. County of Bingham) On this 10 day of March, 2016 before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Kaitlin Ann Gotch, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 2/18/2020 BAC vs 1007821 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 8, 2016, at 11:00 AM 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: LOTS 17 AND 18 AND THE WEST 10 FEET OF LOT 19 IN BLOCK 86 OF RAILROAD ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF RECORDING REFEERENCE: BOOK 317 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 2148. BETTY L BENNETT, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to I.R.E. Processing, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Beneficial Montana Inc. d/b/a Beneficial Mortgage Co., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on May 24, 2006, and recorded on May 31, 2006 as Book 775 Page 505 Document No. 200612542. The beneficial interest is currently held by LSF9 Master Participation Trust. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $729.17, beginning July 1, 2015, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obliga-
MNAXLP tion and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of January 3, 2016 is $92,475.11 principal, interest at the rate of 7.74000% totaling $4,214.44, late charges in the amount of $1,078.98, escrow advances of $890.00, suspense balance of $120.34 and other fees and expenses advanced of $236.30, plus accruing interest, 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 asis, 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: February 23, 2016 /s/ Kaitlin Ann Gotch Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 23 day of February, 2016, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Kaitlin Ann Gotch know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 02/18/2020 Caliber vs BENNETT 100716-1 Terrace Lake Storage located at 1104 Terrace Lake Road/ 46928 Mary Thomas Lane, Ronan MT has changed ownership. The property is now managed by Caras Property Management located at 215 Main Street Polson MT. If you have items in storage, you must contact Caras Property Management (CPM) on or before June 1, 2016 to pay outstanding charges and enter into new storage contracts. CPM intends to dispose of all unclaimed items currently in storage at Terrace Lake storage on June 1, 2016. Caras Property Management can be contacted by phone at 406872-2990 by email at polson.caraspm@gmail.co mor come by the office located at 215 Main StreetPolson.
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RENTALS APARTMENTS 1 bed, 1 bath, $650, N. Russell & Stoddard, DW, balcony, coinop laundry, storage and offstreet parking, HEAT PAID. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 1024 Stephens Ave. #5. 2 bed/1 bath, central location, coin-ops, cat? $725. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 108 W. Broadway #1. Studio/1 bath, completely remodeled, DW, W/D, urban chic design in downtown Missoula. $950. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
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EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal and State Fair Housing Acts, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, marital status, age, and/or creed or intention to make any such preferences, limitations, or discrimination. Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, and pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination in housing call HUD at toll-free at 1-800-8777353 or Montana Fair Housing toll-free at 1-800-929-2611
REAL ESTATE 1315 E. Broadway #4. 2 bed/1.5 bath, near University, coin-ops, storage, pet? $850. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1502 Ernest Ave. #3. 1 bed/1 bath, central location, W/D hookups, $600. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1565 Grant Street “B”. Studio/1 bath, newer unit, W/D, A/C, central location $575. Grizzly Property Management 5422060
MOBILE HOMES Lolo RV Park. Spaces available to rent. W/S/G/Electric included. $460/month. 406-273-6034 Lolo, nice park. Lot for single wide 16x80. Water, sewer and garbage paid. No dogs. $280/mo. 406-273-6034
DUPLEXES
2 bed, 1 bath, $850, S. Russell area, D/W, A/C, W/D hookups, coin op laundry, balcony, off street parking, W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333
1 bed, 1 bath, $695, Duplex, hardwood floors, W/D hookups, fenced backyard and on-street parking, W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333
2 bedroom, 1 bath, $750, near Good Food Store, DW, coin-op laundry, off-street parking, HEAT PAID. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333
1918 Scott St. “C”. 2 bed/1 bath, Northside, coin-ops, storage. $750. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
2 bedroom, 1 bath, $875, off S 3rd West, newer complex, DW, W/D hookups, storage, off-street parking, W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333
321 W. Spruce St. #2. 2 bed/1 bath, recently remodeled upper unit, near downtown with deck overlooking the back yard. $995. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
303 E. Spruce St. #1. 1 bed/1 bath, downtown, coin-ops on site, cat? $600. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 509 S. 5th St. East #3. 2 bed/1 bath, 3 blocks to campus, coinops on site. $750. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 62+ Community 2+ bed, 2 bath, $775/mo includes heat, basic TV, garage available $50/mo. NO SMOKING/PETS. 549-8095 Garden City Property Management. Voted Best Property Management Company in Missoula for the past 8 years. 406-5496106 www.gcpm-mt.com
ing. Furniture included, $1200/mo. + Deposit + Utilities. 531-5778. Available Now. Garden City Property Management. Voted Best Property Management Company in Missoula for the past 8 years. 406-5496106 www.gcpm-mt.com
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COMMERCIAL Hip Strip Office For Rent Furnished 128 sq ft office for rent inside the Peace Center on the Hip Strip. $225/month includes utilities, wi-fi, parking, access to large community room, kitchen and bath. Looking for a special individual or group aligned with our mission of justice and sustainability. 543-3955
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HOUSES 118 Woodworth. 4 bed/2 bath, close to UM. Hardwood, wraparound deck, single garage, fenced back yard. $1400. Grizzly Property Management 5422060 2 bedroom, 2 bath, $825, Broadway & Russell area, D/W, A/C, coin op laundry, balcony, off street parking, W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 2126 Briggs St. 3 Bedroom 2 1/2 Bath. Double car garage, W/D hookups, clean, very nice. No Pets. Non-Smok-
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Finalist
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HOMES FOR SALE 12 Contour. Contemporary Rattlesnake home with mother-inlaw suite, 2 car garage and fantastic views of the Missoula Valley. $740,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group, 239-
8350. shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com 2 Kasota. 4 bed, 2 bath with updated kitchen, finished basement & single attached garage. $244,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 2398350. shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com
REAL ESTATE 2004 Silver Tips Cluster. 5 bed on 1/2 acre in Circle H Ranch gated community. $675,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 annierealtor @gmail.com
Inc. • 7000 Uncle Robert Lane #7, Missoula • 406-251-4707. Visit our website at fidelityproperty.com. Serving Missoula area residential properties since 1981.
Uptown Flats #210. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Missoula’s Northside. $154,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com
2523 Rattlesnake. 3 bed, 2 bath 1930’s bungalow with large country kitchen & wood floors. $425,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Ink Realty Group. 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com
More than 35 years of Sales & Marketing experience. JAY GETZ, Prudential Montana Real Estate. (406) 214-4016 • j a y. g e t z @ p r u m t . c o m • www.JayGetzMissoula.com
Uptown Flats #301. Large 1 bed, 1 bath plus bonus room with all the amenities. $210,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546.5816. annierealtor@ gmail.com
339 East Beckwith. 3 bed, 2 bath updated University District home on corner lot. $399,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com
Natural Housebuilders, Inc. Building comfortable energy efficient craftsman homes with radiant floor heat. 406369-0940 OR 406-6426863. Facebook/Natural House builders,inc. Solar Active House. www.faswall.com. www.naturalhousebuilder.net
360 Stone Street. 5 bed, 4 bath ranch style on 3 acres. Additional 2.52 and 6.49 acre parcels also available. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor @gmail.com 4 Bdr, 4 Bath Wye area home 2.3 acres. $469,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 442 Kensington. Very cute, updated 1 bed, 2 bath with single garage. $232.900. Rochelle Glasgow, Ink Realty Group 7288270. glasgow@montana.com 4611 North Avenue West. 3 bed, 2 bath on almost 1/2 acre near the river. $425,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com 5 Bdr, 2.5 Bath Lower Rattlesnake home. $525,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
Trail Street 2144 Trail Street. 3 bed 2 bath, great location near bike trails and Good Food Store. Sweet, light, bright and ready to move into! $280,000 KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com
LAND FOR SALE
Realty Group. 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com 3.52ac $259/month Boulder, MT- 2.12ac $391/month Absarokee, MT21.3ac $203/month Red Lodge, MTMore properties online. Justin Joyner Steel Horse RE www.ownerfinancemt.com 406539-1420
NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. 40.69 acres with 2 creeks & Mission Mountain views. $199,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. Approximately 11 acre building lot with Mission Mountain views. $86,900. Shannon
Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 2398350. shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com NHN Roundup. Tract #5 20.07 acres. $999,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 5465816. annierealtor @gmail.com NHN Roundup. Tract #7 20 acres. $1,250,000. Anne
4 bed, 3 bath home or duplex on 1 acre lot, shop, Huson. Less than 15 min. to Reserve St.
$269,900 Red Carpet Realty • 728-7262 Redcarpet-realty.com
4.6 acre building lot in the woods with views and privacy. Lolo, Mormon Creek Rd. $99,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
18.6 acre building lot in Sleeman Creek, Lolo. $129,900. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
Noxon Reservoir, 161’ Avista frontage. 1.1 acres. Community dock.
2003 Lil Diamond Cluster. Beautiful .58 acre lot in Circle H Ranch gated community. $94,900. Rochelle Glasgow, Ink
Red Carpet Realty • 728-7262 Redcarpet-realty.com
Rochelle GlasCell:(406) 544-7507 glasgow@montana.com www.rochelleglasgow.com
$129,900 728-8270
CONDOS 2 Bdr, 1.5 Bath, Lewis & Clark condo. $146,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com Burns Street Condo 1400 Burns #16 Located next to Burns Street Bistro, this is a beautiful space to call home. With over 1200 sq ft this home lets you spread out and relax. $158,000 KD 240-5227 or Sarah 3703995 porticorealestate.com
5 Bdr, 2.5 Bath University District home. $625,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 532 North Avenue West. 3 bed, 1.5 bath with hardwood floors, arched doorways and single garage. $255,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 2398350 shannonhilliard5@ gmail.com 738 Michigan. Remodeled 4 bed, 2 bath with fenced backyard & Mt. Jumbo views in East Missoula. $243,500. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com Energy Efficient! 520 Luella Lane. Centrally located 2 story home near bike trails and the Good Food Store! Low maintenance, energy-efficient home with over 2000 square feet! $260,000 KD 406-2045227 porticorealestate.com Farviews Home 107 Ironwood Place. Beautiful home with delicious views galore on a quiet cul-de-sac located in the Farviews area bordering golf course. Roomy 3 bed 2.5 bath with 2910 sq. ft. of living space and an over-sized garage. $309,500. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Fidelity Management Services,
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REAL ESTATE
Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546.5816. annierealtor @gmail.com NW Montana Real Estate. Several large acreage parcels. Company owned. Bordered by National Forest. Timber. Water. Tu n g s t e n h o l d i n g s . c o m . (406)293-3714 Old Indian Trail. Ask Anne about exciting UNZONED parcels near Grant Creek. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com
@ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville home. $190,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2.5 Bath, Frenchtown home on .47 acre lot. $350,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
COMMERCIAL 3106 West Broadway. 20,000 sq.ft. lot with 6568 sq.ft. building with office, retail & warehouse space. Zoned M1-2. $810,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties 2000.com
82 Wildwood Lane, Stevensville. 3 bed, 2 bath manufactured home on over 4.5 acres near Bitterroot River. Rochelle Glasgow, Ink Realty Group. 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com
OUT OF TOWN
11250 FRED LN,
UNDER CONTRACT
$215,000 Six Mile Huson 17430 Six Mile Road, Huson. Stunning property with beautiful land and views. 3 bed, 1.5 bath early 1900’s well maintained farmhouse. Yard features a massive raspberry patch and many fruit trees! $235,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com
738 Michigan • $243,500
Pat McCormick Real Estate Broker
Remodeled 4 bed, 2 bath on cul-de-sac in East Missoula. 9,600 sf lot, fenced backyard, pat@properties2000.com 406-240-SOLD (7653) landscaped and great Mt. Jumbo view! Properties2000.com Real Estate With Real Experience
4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Florence home on 4.85 acres. $279,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
Business For Sale Established bulk spices, herbs, teas and gifts. All products, furnishings and equipment must be moved. Turn-key. 406-822-3333
place called Towanda Gardens. $145,000 KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com
Hot Springs 205 E Street, Hot Springs. Super-efficient 1 bed, 1bath. $139,000. KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com Hot Springs 215 Spring Street, Hot Springs. Located in a beautiful mountain valley, Hot Springs is home to a magical
MORTGAGE & FINANCIAL EQUITY LOANS ON NONOWNER OCCUPIED MONTANA REAL ESTATE. We also buy Notes & Mortgages. Call Creative Finance & Investments @ 406-721-1444 or visit www.creative-finance.com REVERSE MORTGAGES: Draw eligible cash out of your home & eliminate mortgage payments. Seniors 62+! FHA insured. Purchase, refinance & VA loans also. In home personal service. Free 28 page catalog. 1-888660-3033. All Island Mortgage. www.allislandmortgage.com
122 Ranch Creek Road. 3294 sq.ft. home on 37+ acres in Rock Creek. Bordered by Lolo National Forest on 3 sides. $1,400,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 1476 Eastside Highway, Corvallis. Lovely 3 bed, 2 bath with barn & greenhouse on 7 fenced acres. $389,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 2398350 shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Lolo home. $255,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer
[C12] Missoula Independent • May 26–June 2, 2016
This home sits on 5+ acres with lots of southern exposure, greenhouses & well for irrigation. 1700+ sq.ft. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, big formal dining room, spacious master bath with soak tub, detached double garage, additional metal building (big enough for an RV) and more.
Matt Rosbarsky 360-9023 512 E. Broadway