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Voices/Letters Mountain biking, public lands and clean air ..........................................4 The Week in Review Hoot owl restrictions, Roaring Lion Fire and Barry Beach..........6 Briefs Last Best Conference, Mo Club and Maclay Ranch ..............................................6 Etc. Uber launches in Montana .......................................................................................7 News Democrats dismiss Bullock’s DNC absence ..........................................................8 News Volunteers ready to roll out welcome wagon for first refugees ............................9 Opinion So, now the city wants to watch its legal fees? ...............................................10 Opinion Selvig retirement ends a rare legacy in Montana athletics .............................11 Feature How to survive the summer music festival season’s homestretch ..................14
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Arts How Miyazaki’s Kiki defies the need for villains ...................................................18 Music Matt Andersen, Beach House and Mother Crone...............................................19 Art Freedom Lee Drudge on bringing out the monsters ..............................................20 Film DC tries too hard to play catch-up with Suicide Squad........................................21 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films.......................................................22 BrokeAss Gourmet Picnic pizza...................................................................................23 Happiest Hour La Paloma.............................................................................................25 8 Days a Week But only seven if you call for “Freebird”..............................................26 Agenda Rattlesnake Creek Distillery’s school supplies drive .......................................34 Mountain High Western Montana Fair .........................................................................35
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by Tess Haas
Asked Monday afternoon at The Dram Shop. Summer music festivals are in full swing. Have you caught any live music this season? Followup: What’s your best piece of advice for seeing a concert in western Montana?
Taylor Lennox: I went to Sasquatch this year. My favorite show was Major Lazer. Oops: Wear shoes you don’t mind getting beer spilled on.
Colton Swibold: I work with Rocky Mountain Rigging from time to time, so I get to see all kinds of shows. I went to Ben Solee at the Top Hat recently. That was great. Shake it: Don’t be afraid to go all out on your dance moves.
Lauren Mackey: Blitzen Trapper. It was awesome. Move on: There was a really drunk group of girls in front of me at Blitzen Trapper who found an inch of space and invited all of their friends up. Don’t do that.
Ian Williams: Not yet, no. No fear: I feel like you just have to go. Even if you’ve never heard of the band, you might be surprised.
Will Cole: I saw Red Hot Chili Pipers at the Celtic Festival. Thirst quencher: Bring your own beer.
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It’s not about you What is wilderness? It is nothing less than a sacred landscape. From a religious viewpoint, it is God’s creation, sacred, with humans having a sacred duty of care. For the secular it exists for its own sake, not for our sake. It is a sacred manifestation of the natural world. It is not an outdoor gym. (See “Not just about bikes,” July 28.) When we talk about logging, we are talking with someone who is seeking to create shelter and jobs, even though the how and where can be very contentious. When we talk about coal versus natural gas, versus solar and versus wind, we are talking about energy and livelihoods, global warming, the geological catastrophic risks of fracking and hazardous waste streams. Frankly, I cannot see any ethical merit in the desire to ride in wilderness compared to these other discussions. It is not sustainable. The Q&A on the Sustainable Trails Coalition website is misleading. It ignores the on-the-ground reality of how these issues play out, more local arguments, more for an already overburdened Forest Service. Then, “Let the games begin.” Once more local rural communities will be thrown into the arena to deal with a new issue, because in reality that is where most of the infighting occurs on these issues. It will add political fuel to the fire to transfer federal lands to state control. It is no wonder your bill is sponsored by Utah politicians! Look up Utah HB 148. Connect the dots. The Sustainable Trails Coalition should immediately withdraw its support for this bad idea. If you think of yourself as having an environmental ethic, you should think twice about supporting this effort—and then walk away from it. In fact, take a walk in the last of the sacred landscapes, our precious wilderness, and as you put yourself into its midst, remember, it is not about you. James Olsen Hamilton
The air up there Our national parks are among our nation’s greatest treasures. They are places where people, especially children, can experience the outdoors, get active and develop a healthy lifestyle through fun activities like hiking, swimming and climbing. Most Montanans live within a day’s drive of either Yellowstone National Park or Glacier. We retreat to our national parks for clean air, open spaces and a solace from our busy lives. We expect our national parks to be healthy places to experience the outdoors, and in many ways they are, but they also face threats that jeopardize their health and the health of their visitors, including from air pollution.
In fact, air quality in parks can be as bad—or worse—than in some major cities. A report released just last year by the National Parks Conservation Association found that every one of the 48 national parks are plagued by significant air pollution problems, despite that they have the most stringent Clean Air Act rules protecting them. The National Park Service turns 100 this year. That’s a century of protecting and enjoying our nation’s most treasured places. Our parks shouldn’t need another century or more to get clean air. Fortunately, the Obama administration is proposing several revisions to the Regional Haze Rule—the Clean Air Act program designed to reduce this pollution in national parks—that could put
“It is a sacred manifestation of the natural world. It is not an outdoor gym.” parks on a much faster path to clean air. Most importantly, these revisions include enhancing state accountability for reducing pollution that contributes to national park and wilderness air quality problems. My family welcomed a new baby earlier this summer and Yellowstone is a stone’s throw from our home in Livingston. We are blessed to live in an amazing community in a beautiful place. We have clean air most of the year, but visitors to Yellowstone are actually missing out on an average of 50 miles from the scenic views they’ve come to enjoy because of haze pollution. Even one day of exposure to harmful air pollution or wildfire smoke could have serious impacts on my son. That worries me. As a parent and an educator, I want leaders that work to reduce air pollution, for my family and for children across Montana. That’s why I was happy to learn about a new rule to protect clean air in America’s parks. Our national parks are among our country’s greatest achievements, and as we look toward their next 100 years, the Obama administration can leave a legacy to ensure our children and the generations of visitors that will follow enjoy the gift of clean air, free from haze pollution, when they head out to enjoy the spectacular wild and natural wonders of America. Amy Clark Livingston
The Montana ethos As a county commissioner, third generation Montanan, hunter, hiker, fisherman and a strong supporter of public access to public lands, I am deeply troubled by a recent opinion piece that grossly misrepresents HR 2316, the Self-Sufficient Community Lands Act, and falsely demonizes Congressman Zinke’s support of the bill. The piece states the bill “legislates the transfer of millions of acres of public lands and jeopardizes the health of America’s national forest system, fish and wildlife habitat, and public access to quality hunting and fishing.” This is not factual. No. 1, our national forest system is already in jeopardy for multiple reasons—antiquated laws, budget cuts to managing agencies and excessive litigation, to name a few. The bill also clearly protects access rights. I am disturbed by the statement that the bill’s “sole purpose” is to generate revenue for counties and local governments. This bill is about forest health, enhancement of habitat through scientific management of forest lands that are already suitable for timber harvest and in dire need of modern forestry management. It is also about effectively managing the wildland urban interface and protecting our homeowners and communities from the threat of wildland fire. Equally important is providing for the financial viability of counties with an abundance of federal and state lands within their borders. Our tax revenue capacity is based upon real property owners since federal and state lands are exempt from local taxation. As a sitting commissioner, I see firsthand the battle to fund basic services when over 80 percent of your taxable base is federally or state owned. With the collapse of the timber industry and the challenges to mining, our economy has been devastated. We have gone from one of the strongest economies in the state to the poorest, and much of it due to outdated federal regulation and serial litigation by extreme environmental organizations. In my position as commissioner, trying to provide for the health, safety and economic welfare of our citizens, I applaud Congress’ attempt at common sense management options, bringing federal, state and local governments together working for sound natural resource management on our public lands. I find Congressman Zinke’s vote far from hypocritical, but in line with his stated values. I encourage each of you to read the actual bill and determine for yourselves the intent and to what level the congressman’s vote upholds the Montana ethos. Mark Peck Libby
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Wednesday, July 27 A Yellowstone County attorney says Barry Beach won’t face felony charges for the allegations that he propositioned a 12-year-old girl in January. The case is referred to the Billings city attorney’s office, which could opt to charge Beach with a misdemeanor.
Thursday, July 28 Developers of the Polleys Square condominiums on Wyoming Street host a ribbon-cutting and welcome their first residents. The project is part of a major ongoing redevelopment of the Old Sawmill District, with more condos, office and retail construction on the way.
Friday, July 29 “Hoot owl” fishing restrictions start on several local rivers, including the entire length of the Blackfoot and the Upper Clark Fork from the headwaters to the confluence with Rock Creek. Fishing is prohibited from 2 p.m. to midnight.
Saturday, July 30 The Missoula Carousel gives out 500 goody bags to children at its eighth annual Fairy Tale and Superhero Festival.
Sunday, July 31 The Roaring Lion Fire near Hamilton sparks in the afternoon and quickly swells into a massive blaze, burning 14 homes and thousands of acres. At press time, the cause of the fire is under investigation.
Monday, Aug. 1 Missoula City Council approves a partial demolition permit for the Merc following a lengthy public comment. HomeBase’s proposal for a Marriott will go on to the Missoula Redevelopment Agency for a tax increment funding request.
Tuesday, Aug. 2 The Missoula Art Museum announces that the long-awaited Missoula Art Park will commence with a groundbreaking as part of First Friday on Aug. 5 at 5 p.m. The park’s design features a plaza on the intersection of Pattee and Pine streets, and the museum hopes to host largescale sculpture exhibits starting next spring.
Frontman Richard Butler of the Psychedelic Furs entertains the audience during the English new wave band’s July 28 show at the Wilma.
Maclay Ranch
No sale at auction On July 30, auction day for the Maclay Ranch, a security guard and a representative from the real estate firm running the event weren’t allowing anyone up the road to Tom Maclay’s old home without a cashier’s check or letter from the bank certifying sufficient funds to participate. Media were also turned back. Broker Craig Janssen says the auction attracted enough interested buyers to create a standing-room-only crowd, with attendees from across the state, around the country and even some from China. Still, it wasn’t enough. The ranch did not sell, and area residents remain in the dark regarding the future of the 2,669-acre
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property, a piece of land many residents of the Bitterroot Valley hope will stay intact. The ranch, once envisioned as a ski resort by Tom Maclay, was purchased in 2013 by the investment company MetLife in an effort to recoup a loan they had given Maclay for the resort’s development. MetLife originally listed the property for sale at $22.5 million. A year later the price was reduced to $17.5 million. On Saturday, MetLife hoped to offload the property either as a whole or in parcels. Janssen, whose company Live Water Properties coordinated the event with auctioneering firm Albert Burney, previously described the auction as a surefire way to sell, noting the minimum bid required would be lower than the recent $17.5 million price tag. “We were very confident we would reach the minimum. It didn’t even come close,” Janssen says. The energy and competitive bidding that could
have led to a big sale simply wasn’t there, he adds. Conservation group Bitterrooters for Planning was concerned about the possibility of the property being broken up at auction and possibly subdivided for development by new owners. But Janssen says most of the potential buyers at the auction were interested in preserving the ranch as a whole, not developing it. Dick King, co-chair of Western Montana Community Partners, counts his group among those pleased with the auction’s outcome. King’s group teamed up with Tom Maclay to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service, hoping to overturn the rejection of the ski-resort plan. The lawsuit was dismissed by Missoula District Court, and King’s group is appealing. Western Montana Community Partners wrote a letter to MetLife in June asking them to delay auctioning off the property while the suit was being resolved.
[news] If they win their lawsuit, King believes it could significantly affect the property’s value. “Now, with no sale, we’re hopeful maybe things will work out. We’ll see,” he says. MetLife and their brokers will regroup, Janssen says, before deciding what to do next. He speculates the property could end up being off the market for a time. Andrew Graham
Entrepreneurs
LBCon readies for debut If it’s unclear what the inaugural Last Best Conference is about, well, that’s part of the idea. Organizers say it will be whatever attendees make of it. “Trying to describe how this is different from a traditional conference has been challenging,” says Morgan Slemberger, lead organizer for LBCon, as it’s nicknamed. “It’s something people have to experience in order to fully understand why it’s magical compared to other experiences.” LBCon intends to draw “seekers, thinkers and creative problem-solvers,” according to Slemberger, and connect these entrepreneurial-minded people in a showcase for the state’s small business community. Slemberger says she took inspiration from South by Southwest and Portland’s World Domination Summit, a quirky gathering that includes both traditional workshops and attendee-led meet-ups. LBCon, which starts at the Wilma on Aug. 25 and costs $199 to attend, will similarly feature workshops and breakout sessions, as well as guest presenters. Separate “academies,” which cost extra, will specialize in things like the social role of entrepreneurship and money management. Keynote speakers include Ariel Adkins, the arts and culture liaison for Twitter, and Lu Setnicka, former global director of human resources for Patagonia. The LBCon website currently features a prominent photo of Ira Glass on the “Speakers” page, but Glass won’t be making an appearance. “Ira Glass is just the model for the quality of speakers that we’re bringing,” Slemberger explains. She says the image will be changing soon, since it’s been confusing. Slemberger is organizing LBCon as part of her work as a marketing and operations manager at the University of Montana’s Blackstone Launchpad. She won’t specify how many people have bought tickets to LBCon so far, but she expects to hit their minimum attendance goal of 75 to 100 people. Ticket sales are capped at 300. The Missoula Economic Partnership joined LBCon
as a sponsor in June, which is also when the first major volunteer meeting took place. MEP’s Lindsey Wallace says the schedule has caused a bit of a scramble to pull things together. “I know, it’s a really short timeline,” Wallace says. “But Morgan is super passionate. She’s doing a great job, she’s secured amazing speakers and we have confidence that it’ll come together.” Everything is also coming together on a shoestring budget. According to Slemberger, the Wilma is renting out the space at a greatly reduced cost, and all the guests are waiving their speakers’ fees and only being reimbursed for the cost of travel. The Missoula Downtown Association and LBCon are working on an informal cross-promotion of events, since the River City Roots Festival will be taking place downtown at the same time. MDA Executive Director Linda McCarthy says next year she’d like to do more joint planning. “First-year events are always kind of the hardest,” McCarthy says. “And once you have your model down, you can plan the next year’s event because you know what’s expected. We’re excited to see how this conference plays out.” Slemberger acknowledges this event is a particularly tricky sell, but she’s optimistic about its chance for success. “Our biggest hope is that people who attend leave feeling inspired to pursue a passion of theirs,” she says. Kate Whittle
Mo Club
Andersons score iconic bar On July 28, former University of Montana Grizzlies MVP Colt Anderson flew to upstate New York for NFL training camp, where he is again looking to earn a roster spot for the upcoming season, this time with the Buffalo Bills. Before his offseason in Montana ended, though, Anderson inked a deal back home. The Butte native and his brother, Beau, purchased the Missoula Club on July 6. Beau did not disclose the purchase price. The deal adds a new chapter in the legendary Missoula bar’s history and continues its close tie to Griz football. The Mo Club, as its known, first opened in 1890 and has operated
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Want a lift to Spokane? Joseph Fitzgerald says he’s your guy. The mere thought sends him into a fit of laughter, wine swirling in the glass in his hand. All he has left to do is get his car inspected. All you have to do is open an app. Josh Stribling seems equally excited about the concept of paid road-tripping. As plates of hors d’oeuvres float through the crowd at ride-share company Uber’s Missoula launch party Aug. 1, Stribling and Fitzgerald riff about the possibilities. Polson, Bigfork, Seeley Lake—they sound eager to take riders anywhere in western Montana. “Longer trips is where the money’s at anyway,” Stribling says. Uber spokeswoman Taylor Patterson acknowledges the demand for trips between, say, Missoula and Great Falls or Great Falls and Helena will likely be what separates Uber use in Montana from more urban areas. Becky Schuett concurs, based on her year as an Uber partner driver in Minneapolis. There she found herself shuttling Garth Brooks concertgoers through a bustling metropolis. Here, she can totally imagine new arrivals at the airport requesting rides clear up to Whitefish. Those scenarios may sound great for vacationing locals and Uber-savvy tourists. What remains to be seen, however, is how well Uber will mesh with smaller rural communities. The company claims to have more than 100 drivers signed up in Missoula already, but Uber Montana General Manager Brian Gebhardt says service is going to be “a little spotty” at first in outlying towns like Drummond due to lower driver density in those locations. Much as he enjoys the idea of cruising up to Flathead Lake with Uber riders, Fitzgerald knows where the real demand will come from. He works a full-time job as a night auditor at a local hotel and notes a serious gap in transportation service for late night and early morning flights at the airport. That, coupled with the throngs of locals looking for safe passage home from bars, concerts and brewfests, translate to a potential boon in supplementary income. In fact, Fitzgerald recalls Barenaked Ladies frontman Ed Robertson regaling an audience at Big Sky Brewing recently with his story of getting stranded at the Missoula Carmike 12. “He actually mentioned, ‘You guys should get Uber,’” Fitzgerald says, “not knowing it would be like two more weeks before it was actually in town.”
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in its current space at 139 W. Main St. since 1926. Colt Anderson tended bar at the Mo Club while playing for UM, where he helped lead the Griz to an FCS national championship game in 2008. Beau started working there shortly after his younger brother, and he’s stayed with the bar since. “I always enjoyed working with him here, but I never thought we’d actually own the place together,” Beau says. Buying the Mo Club is the second business venture Colt has undertaken while also playing in the NFL. In 2010, he and another brother, Luke, launched a clothing company called UPTOP that includes Grizand Montana-themed apparel. Beau will manage the bar while Colt continues his football career, though Beau often jokes with bar regulars that he’s putting his brother’s name on the work schedule. The Andersons’ purchase of the bar from former owner Mark Laslovich was a low-key affair, and Beau says he and his brother don’t plan to change much about the establishment. In fact, the bar looks the same as during their college days but for some modest TV upgrades. “I want to do everything Las was doing,” Beau says. “He did it the right way.” Summers have become an anxious time for the family, with no guarantee Colt will make a team each year. The Bills are the fourth team to sign the safety and special teams captain since he went undrafted in 2009. The Bills are slated to play Anderson’s former team, the Colts, for their first preseason game this season, but don’t expect the Mo Club to host a watch party for its new owner. Beau won’t be hosting it, at least. He prefers to watch his brother’s games from home, rather than the bar, so his attention can be undivided. Derek Brouwer
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The lost delegate Democrats dismiss Bullock’s DNC absence by Alex Sakariassen
On July 26, Missoula’s former state Sen. Carol Williams stood before a microphone in the stands of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, ready to declare the results of the Montana delegation’s vote for the presidential nominee. Of the state’s 27 delegates, 12 had sided with Bernie Sanders and 14 had sided with Hillary Clinton—an outcome several DNC delegates acknowledge was already in the offing despite Sanders’ Montana primary victory. In fact, had the missing vote been cast by Montana’s sole absent delegate, Clinton’s count would have come out at 15. That vote belonged to Gov. Steve Bullock. Bullock, who was one of six Montana superdelegates not pledged to a specific candidate, announced his decision to skip the DNC prior to the event, stating he had work to do back in the state. Campaign spokesman Jason Pitt elaborated on Bullock’s reasoning in an email to the Indy. “Instead of going to Philadelphia, Steve Bullock stayed in Montana and focused on his job as governor,” Pitt wrote. “This included continuing conversations with energy industry leaders about the future of Colstrip, and making several job creation grant announcements. Additionally, Bullock and his family also attended the First Lady’s three generation family reunion last week.” The governor left few wondering which candidate he would have supported had he been there, having issued his formal endorsement of Clinton on July 14. But his absence from the convention drew derision from Republican challenger Greg Gianforte. Gianforte’s campaign last week accused Bullock of being a “no-show” in an attempt to distance himself from the “anti-gun and anti-coal” nominee. “Mrs. Clinton shouldn’t feel too bad,” Gianforte spokesman Aaron Flint said via email, before referencing Bullock’s attendance at the Paul McCartney show in Missoula in 2014. “Even though she got Steve Bullock’s endorsement, about the only thing Steve Bullock will show up for is a rock concert (but only if the taxpayers will pay for the flight).”
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According to Williams, Bullock’s absence at the DNC was actually of little consequence given the superdelegate votes already going Clinton’s way. Bullock has a “heavy campaign schedule,” she says, and the delegation was informed of his decision by a state party staffer during a dinner the week before. “I think he did the right thing,” Williams says. “He stayed here and kept his schedule, and he’s got a tough race ... I think his decision was wise.” Jean Dahlman, the sole Montana superdelegate to side with Sanders, says she realized Bullock’s presence for the nomination process wouldn’t have changed anything. He “probably made the right choice,” she adds, and she doubts his
Missoula’s Anita Green, who attended the DNC as a pledged Sanders delegate but began vocally supporting Clinton during the convention, declined to comment on Bullock’s absence. However, she says she was saddened by the division in the Montana delegation, particularly by the presence of only one pro-Sanders superdelegate. “It was hard for me to know who to support after I had to accept Bernie Sanders would not be the next president of the United States,” Green says. “The last person I told the media I would be endorsing is Hillary Clinton. I do not wish to discuss this any further.” Williams says she understands the feelings of Sanders supporters still upset about the results of the nomination
Carol Williams reads off the final vote count from the Montana delegation during last week’s Democratic presidential nomination. She feels Gov. Steve Bullock made the right call in not attending, despite his status as a superdelegate.
stated support for Clinton will have any impact on his reelection among Sanders supporters—even if the “Bernie or Bust” bloc of Democrats made for “the most dramatic” of the five national conventions Dahlman’s served at. “I’m an endorser of Bernie, so I understand where they’re coming from and I’m not going to be critical of them,” Dahlman says. “But as a rational voter, I would hope they come to their senses and realize they absolutely have to get behind Hillary Clinton and support her because this election is too critical.”
process. She was a Clinton supporter and chair of the Montana delegation in 2008 when Barack Obama became the nominee, and she knew she was voting for a candidate who had already lost. There were no surprises then, she says. There shouldn’t be any now. “Nobody’s going to think that a Democrat running for governor isn’t supporting the presidential candidate,” Williams says. “He’s got his own race to run, and we all understand.” asakariassen@missoulanews.com
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Pending arrivals Volunteers ready to roll out welcome wagon for first refugees by Derek Brouwer
Twenty years ago, Molly Cottrell was living in Atlanta, Ga., where she was among a team of volunteers helping refugees from Burundi, Afghanistan and Nigeria settle into their new American city. She tutored children after school and took them trick-or-treating on their first Halloween. Quick visits to say hello to their families frequently turned into long conversations over tea. “I think everyone you talk to who’s worked with refugees will tell you the same thing,” Cottrell says. “You get more out of it than you feel like you give.” Cottrell thought she was leaving the experience behind when she moved to Montana. Now, as the International Rescue Committee restarts its long-dormant resettlement program in Missoula this month, she finds herself leading the effort to assemble a small army of volunteers so the city’s new residents can land on their feet. The first family should arrive by the end of the month. While nonprofits such as the IRC coordinate resettlement and social services, the agencies also lean on local volunteers to help refugees become comfortable in a new place, says Missoula office Executive Director Molly Short Carr. As she sets up the IRC office, members of Soft Landing Missoula are preparing to answer the call. Missoula’s first refugees are sure to experience culture shock. They’ll be traveling from refugee camps outside the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the central African nation still reeling from wars that began in the 1990s. Those conflicts have been among the most deadly in modern history, noted in particular for the use of rape as a weapon of war. The first refugees slated to resettle in Missoula have been living in a refugee camp in neighboring Tanzania since 2005 or earlier, Short Carr says. They will arrive to a place that’s received national attention for the way residents and local officials extended an invitation to refugees just as resettlement became embroiled in presidential politics. But Missoula’s hospitality is coupled with anti-immigrant sentiment that human rights advocates say threatens to create a climate of fear around the state. Resettlement opponents have forged government docu-
ments, wished rape upon a city council member and harassed a Corvallis businessman with hundreds of threatening phone calls after he was incorrectly accused of building apartments for refugees. “The threat of violence to those even supporting or being welcoming to refugees is the type of thing that can really lend itself to further fear by immigrants, refugees and other oppressed people, but also to general fear among others in our community,” says Rachel Carroll Rivas, co-director of the Montana Human Rights Network.
More likely, the first refugees will be exposed to the city’s welcoming side. IRC staff and a Soft Landing volunteer will greet the first family quietly at the airport, then accompany them to their prearranged apartment, where a warm meal and made-up beds await. Cottrell, now Soft Landing’s program director, has put together “family mentor teams” of local residents who can develop relationships with the refugees once they arrive. Lessons on navigating city buses and bike lanes are among the ways Soft Landing volunteers expect to help, in
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Around 60,000 Congolese refugees live in the Nyarugusu camp in neighboring Tanzania, pictured above, including those scheduled to be resettled in Missoula in August.
While politics isn’t typically on the mind of a refugee trying to adjust to a new country, Short Carr says refugees have started to ask officials abroad if their resettlement might be jeopardized by a Donald Trump presidency. Still, she believes the prospect of Missoula refugees facing violence isn’t an “overwhelming fear” and won’t overshadow the work of helping them start anew in Montana. “It’s really hard to be mean to a little kid, I mean, or a mother with her child,” Short Carr says. “Once you see that they are people, too, it’s not so easy to stand up and pound your chest and say, ‘We don’t want them here.’”
addition to introducing the new arrivals to Missoula culture. “We’re encouraging [volunteers] to take them to the farmers market, take them to the local park so they know where it is, invite them to the homecoming parade, and hopefully form a long-term relationship where they can be a go-to person,” Cottrell says. Cottrell says more than 130 people have already signed up to volunteer— about 30 more than the number of refugees the IRC expects to resettle in Missoula over the next year. dbrouwer@missoulanews.com
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Trickle-down effect Missoula just won Mountain Water! Now, about those legal fees … by Dan Brooks
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Tuesday afternoon, the Montana Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision to force the sale of Mountain Water to the city of Missoula by eminent domain. We bought the water works. Now we only need the electric company and we’ll have a monopoly. Further major purchases seem unlikely, though, since we just committed $88.6 million. We probably spent more than that, actually, since the process of forcing a sale by condemnation leaves us liable for not just our own legal fees but also those of the previous owners. Last week, the city argued in District Court that the Carlyle Group had run up excessive legal fees defending Mountain Water against condemnation. Currently, Carlyle’s costs amount to $7.8 million. Some expenses the city considers excessive include dinner at Hooters, a bottle of Metamucil and testimony from expert witness Arthur Laffer. I will give you Laffer, a man whose cost to the average taxpayer seems to know no bounds. Best known for formulating the Laffer Curve—which suggests lowering taxes on top incomes stimulates the economy, an idea famously dismissed as “something d-o-o economics, voodoo economics” by both George H.W. Bush and Ferris Bueller’s teacher—Laffer testified for 30 minutes, at a total cost of $61,436.53. That’s profligate. One suspects Carlyle paid him $1,500 an hour for testimony and $10,000 a day for travel because they knew they wouldn’t pay his bill themselves. But in making so much of the other expenses on Carlyle’s list, the city verges on hypocrisy. Taking Carlyle’s lawyers to task for expensing a dinner at Hooters, for example, conveniently ignores that it was among the closest restaurants to their hotel and probably cheaper than where corporate attorneys usually eat. A limo ride seems like wasted money until you try one of Missoula’s two, profoundly unreliable taxi services. More importantly, the project of searching for waste in Carlyle’s expenses draws attention to how little due diligence
the city has shown in estimating its own. As of this writing, Missoula’s legal expenses related to the purchase of Mountain Water have exceeded $6 million. That includes an out-of-state lawyer the city paid $600 an hour, before it laid into Carlyle for hiring its own out-of-state attorneys for less. I don’t know if it includes
“The project of searching for waste in Carlyle’s expenses draws attention to how little due diligence the city has shown in estimating its own.”
wings or Metamucil, because the city has not offered a thorough breakdown of where our six million went. I want to emphasize that pronoun: the city has spent six million of our dollars, since all that money plus Carlyle’s fees will be passed on to ratepayers in the price of Mountain Water. When the architects of this plan first put it together, they estimated the total legal cost of condemnation at $400,000. Now we are to believe they
spent only what was necessary but still exceeded their estimate by 1,400 percent. That seems terrifyingly plausible, given that this process was characterized by a lack of due diligence every step of the way. Back in January 2015, when Missoula’s legal bills had reached $1.5 million and Carlyle’s totaled $2.1 million, no one in city government could say at what point the cost of buying Mountain Water would exceed the advantages. Then-Councilman Adam Hertz said no such detailed financial analysis was available. That was $4.5 million ago. If District Court Judge Karen Townsend does not invalidate Carlyle’s expenses, Missoula will be on the hook for almost $14 million. It’s a significant sum, amounting to 16 percent of the water company’s price. I do not object to the city’s attempts to save us a little money by looking closely at Carlyle’s expenses. I object to its failure to save us a lot of money by attempting to closely estimate its own. The mayor and the city council seem to have embarked on the largest purchase in Missoula’s history without performing rudimentary cost-benefit analyses. They committed ratepayers to buying the water company without telling us what it might be worth. They took a guess at the cost of condemnation so wildly inaccurate that it would be funny, if it didn’t cost more than a school. Now, they are standing up for fiscal responsibility in the matter of dinner at Hooters. If the leaders of this project had held themselves to the same standards they now seek to hold Carlyle, we might not have spent several million dollars by surprise. We might be able to say whether we got a good deal on the water company, because we would know how much it was worth to us. As it stands, we committed to buying Mountain Water whatever the cost. It may be the smartest thing this town ever did, or the dumbest. Nobody knows. We just did it. Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and the wisdom of hindsight over a 20-year bond at combatblog.net.
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WHEN MATERIALS MATTER.
The constant Selvig retirement ends a rare legacy in Montana athletics by Fritz Neighbor
Robin Selvig, who retired this past week with 865 wins as coach of the Montana Lady Griz, never looked at another job once he got back to Missoula. That assuredly didn’t stop other potential employers from looking at him. It’s amazing, probably, that he stayed in one spot for almost four decades. Who does that? This side of Strom Thurmond, I mean. Mike Montgomery—who as “head of basketball operations” actually had a hand in hiring Selvig as UM’s women’s basketball coach in 1978—and six other mens coaches have come and gone from Montana during Selvig’s tenure. In fact, Selvig played for two different coaches at UM: Lou Rocholeau and Jud Heathcote. Given all these peripatetic examples, you’d think an offer he couldn’t refuse would have come about. “I’m not a big-city guy,” Selvig said last week, ignoring for a moment how much bigger Missoula is than his home town of Outlook. “This is where I wanted to be.” Eight of the colleges that make up the current Pac-12 have lost to Selvig-coached Lady Griz teams. One of those, Stanford, escaped with 2- and 6-point victories against the Lady Griz in the NCAA tournament. This is notable because Cardinal coach Tara Vandeveer interviewed in Missoula in ’78 and lost out to a UM alum whose prior coaching experience was three years leading the Plentywood High girls. “She ended up doing pretty well,” Selvig noted, dryly. “Anyway, I ended up taking the job.” Notre Dame. Wisconsin. Texas Christian. Oklahoma. Providence. Syracuse. These and other less famous schools have fallen to the Lady Griz, and could have done worse for a head coach. Many have. “There were times in the past when someone may have inquired,” Selvig allowed. “Not recently. I think probably in the last 10 years or so people figured, ‘Why would you want to ask him?’ “I could have pursued other jobs, but I don’t want to tell on anybody who inquired. The point being: This was my school.” These were his teams. He had a few powerhouses, led by Shannon Cate-Schweyen or
Mandy Morales or Hollie Tyler, and others that grinded their way to greatness. I was at the Missoulian when Selvig earned his 800th coaching victory, a 69-61 win over a talented Portland team early in the 2013-14 season. “I love Missoula,” he told the Dahlberg Arena crowd afterward. “I love the university, I love our fans, I love this sport. And when the girls play good, I love them.”
“I could have pursued other jobs, but I don’t want to tell on anybody who inquired. The point being: This was my school.” Schweyen, who was Selvig’s greatest recruit and has been an assistant since her AllAmerica playing career ended, noted recently that when he took his glasses off and tilted his head during a timeout, you knew it was “about to get real.” But after the game Selvig was the picture of calm. A little hard to quote maybe—he’ll
start another sentence before the current one is finished—but helpful and patient. Game’s over. Here’s what we learned. In 1990, when sports writing was still pretty new for me, I made a point after one game to ask how long Jeanne McNulty had been taking some rotations at the twoguard position. “You don’t miss much, do you?” Selvig asked. I’d missed something a few games before, though, complete with a stammered follow-up question. Now the coach was bucking me up some. Something on a grander scale happened with his players. His demonstrative sideline antics aside—“It’s like she’s playing for the other team!” is my favorite—he wasn’t a tearyou-down coach. The NCAA’s highest level of hoops can do that on its own. His job was to build that athlete back up. That never got old for Selvig. The 200some losses did, possibly. Recruiting, which has become a more year-round job, did certainly. “I shouldn’t be complaining—it’s my job—but it used to be in the off-season you had time to recharge and get re-pumped,” he said. “I’ve re-pumped for 38 years, so it’s not like it’s not possible. But there are certain parts of the job you need to be excited about, and I wasn’t.” There have been constants with the Lady Griz over the past four decades. A steady flow of in-state talent: 92 of 171 letter winners came from Montana high schools. Defense. And of course Selvig. There was no offer he couldn’t refuse. He stayed, making the Lady Griz that much richer. editor@missoulanews.com
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these are the good old days.
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One of America's major concerns, according to a U.S. congressman, should be the risk that if an apocalyptic event occurs and we are forced to abandon Earth with only a few species to provide for humanity's survival, NASA might unwisely populate the space “ark” with same-sex couples instead of procreative male-female pairs. This warning was conveyed during the U.S. House session on May 26 by Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert (who seemed not to be aware that gay males might contribute sperm to lesbians for species-continuation). WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND – In May, the Times of India reported the death of a man known only as Urjaram, in Rajasthan, India, when, while hosting a party, he forgot that while he was enjoying himself, he had left his camel in the sun all day (during a historic heat wave) with its legs tied together. When Urjaram finally went outside, the enraged camel “lifted him by the neck,” “threw him to the ground” and “chewed on his body,” severing his head. The thief who ransacked a community greenhouse in County Durham, England, in July got away, but, according to residents, among his bounty was a bottle of rum that is usually offered only as a constipation remedy, in that it contained a heavy dose of the aggressive laxative “lactulose.” Said one resident, “Maybe [the thief has] left a trail” for the police. SUSPICIONS CONFIRMED – Many website and app users are suspected of “agreeing” to privacy policies and "terms of service" without comprehending them (or even reading them), though most judges routinely assume the user to have consented to be bound by them. In a controlled-test report released in July, researchers from York University and University of Connecticut found that 74 percent skipped the privacy policy altogether, but, of the “readers,” the average time spent was 73 seconds (for wordage that should have taken 30 minutes), and time “reading” terms of service was 51 seconds when it should have taken 16 minutes. (If users had read closely, they might have noticed that they had agreed to share all their personal data with the National Security Agency and that terms of service included giving up their first-born child.) LATEST RIGHTS – Air Force Col. Eugene Caughey is scheduled for court-martial in August in Colorado Springs, Colorado, charged with six counts of adultery (a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) which he alleges constitutes illegal discrimination because he is heterosexual. That is, only heterosexuals can have the “sexual intercourse” required for adultery since the UCMJ defines the term as between a man and a woman; same-sex pairs cannot have “sexual intercourse.” (Even if Caughey prevails on the discrimination issue, he faces other, more serious charges that may bring him life in prison.) LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATORS – Update: News of the Weird reported in 2007 and 2014 that, despite the abundant desert, Middle East developers were buying plenty of beach sand from around the world (because the massive concrete construction in Dubai and Saudi Arabia, among other places, requires coarser sand than the desert grains tempered for centuries by sun and wind). The need has now grown such that London's The Independent reported in June that black market gangs, some violent, are stealing beach sand – and that two dozen entire islands in Indonesia have virtually disappeared since 2005 because of sand-mining.
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ugust in Missoula. The Clark Fork is running thick with sunburned tubers, wildfires are beginning to flare and we’re up to our beer coozies in music festivals. For music fans who seek the most live bang for their buck, nothing is better than a good old music fest. But you can’t just snag a ticket and go into these things without some forethought. As with many valuable life lessons I’ve picked up over the years, I learned this one the hard way. At the age of 18, I went to my first rock concert, an intimate little gathering called California Jam II. When my three friends and I got to the Ontario Motor Speedway, we were immediately swallowed by the crowd of 350,000 heading into the concert. Caught up in the torrent, we got separated into two pairs and never saw each other again. Talk about your widespread panic. Bill and I had the food and drinks, but the Shay brothers had the weed. I think you know who got the short end of that stick. When I say “food and drink,” I’m talking about four bologna sandwiches and a warm jug of Sunny Delight. We were woefully unprepared for the brutal conditions and lack of facilities. This was 1978, decades before cellphones, and there was no way we’d find our pals in the crush of humanity. Resigned, Bill and I gave up on locating the Shay brothers and staked our claim on a dusty patch of ground for the daylong show, which featured Aerosmith, Heart, Santana, Ted Nugent and other huge bands of the day. There was no shade. We roasted in the blazing Southern California sun, and by the time Rubicon opened the festival at noon, our provisions were gone and we were as pink and shiny as a couple of weaner pigs on a spit. It was eight hours until sundown. Buck up, we told ourselves. One day we’ll look back on this and … well, probably pinpoint the day we contracted skin cancer. Lesson learned. Now when I attend a festival I’m ready to deal with the weather, hunger, thirst, boredom, drugs and unforeseen pitfalls that can bedevil even the hardiest festivalgoer. A little preparation goes a long way, and a great experience will keep your appetite whetted for another round of shows. Western Montana has hosted a killer summer of festivals so far, from the Montana Folk Festival in Butte to last weekend’s Red Ants Pants Festival in White Sulphur Springs. And don’t forget the countless bluegrass festivals that seem to pop up everywhere like mushrooms in an overwatered lawn. (How is a bluegrass festival different from a rock festival? At a rock fest you’ll see 11 bands playing for 2,500 people. At a bluegrass fest, it’s 2,500 bands playing for 11 people. Just kidding.) Although these festivals are in the rearview, August and September are jam-packed with even more (see sidebar). You’ll have all winter to binge watch Netflix, so get out there and have another bite or two of the plump musical bratwurst of a Montana summer fest. Just be sure to follow these tips.
Know your festival It seems ridiculous, but you should ask first: Is the band I’m going to see the same band that I think I’m going to see? Years go by, band members come and go, reunion tours keep coming around. But how many original members are required to allow a band to continue advertising themselves as the real deal? It’s a question that’s been debated in music shops and liquor store parking lots for decades. Take Vince Neil, for instance. The celebrated singer is headlining Rockin’ the Rivers, Montana’s biggest rock fest, billed as “The Voice of Mötley Crüe.” Since the Crüe played its final, farewell, once-and-for-all, swear-to-God last show last New Year’s Eve, Neil is legally forbidden from using the band’s name. They all signed a highly publicized contract that specified no
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more reunions, ever. And that includes Nikki Sixx, the middling Crüe bassist who will enter the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame when he ponies up the $8.50 admission fee. But Neil is free to tour under his own name, warbling the hits with a Mötley Crüe tribute band. Ditto for another hair metal veteran on the Rockin’ the Rivers roster, Tom Keifer of Cinderella. He’ll be singing their hits with his own crew of stand-ins. Cinderella had hits, right? I imagine Keifer, looking pale and haggard in a Starbucks, insisting that the barista writes “Tom Keifer of Cinderella” on his soy mocha latte. Boston, who played a big show this summer out at Big Sky Brewing, celebrated their 40th anniversary with only one original member, founding guitarist
band. But KISS without Paul Stanley? Or Gene Simmons? Never happen. I predict those two will teeter on those 8-inch platforms until KISS play their final, absolute last, we-really-mean-it-this-time, goodbye farewell show.
Weather In Montana, the cliché “if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes” is so overused because it’s based on truth. Your swell evening of blues al fresco in Polson could turn into a run-for-your-life fiasco if the lake is hit by a thundershower or snowstorm and all you’re wearing are leggings and a Moose Drool tank top. Should you bring an umbrella to a concert? Not unless you’re Mary Poppins. But having a cheap plastic poncho might
HELLO, MONTANA SUMMER’S LAST BIG FESTIVALS AND OUTDOOR CONCERTS Magic City Blues Aug. 5-6; Montana Avenue, Billings Ziggy Marley headlines magiccityblues.com Testicle Festival Aug. 4-6; Rock Creek Lodge, Clinton Lineup includes Dead Hipster Dance Party, Ambedext, The Ghost Peppers and Overtime and the Blue Collar Band therockcreeklodge.com Sweet Pea Festival Aug. 5-7; Lindley Park, Bozeman Lineup includes Aubrie Sellers, James McMurtry, Montana Jazz Collective, Sonny Knight and the Lakers, Asleep at the Wheel and more sweetpeafestival.org Sol Driven Train
Festival Amadeus Aug. 8-15; various venues in Whitefish and Bigfork A weeklong classical music festival, featuring Misuzu Tanaka, The Fry Street Quartet with Soonyun Kim and Maksim Shtrykov, among others gscmusic.org/festival-amadeus Big Sky Classical Music Festival Aug. 12-14; various venues at Big Sky Resort The Big Sky Festival Orchestra will be joined by Ana Vidovic, Angella Ahn and the M5 Mexican Brass Ensemble visitbigskymt.com
Vince Neil
Tom Scholz. But Scholz, the Doc Brown of guitar tech-heads (he actually holds 34 patents), pretty much assembled Boston’s first two albums in his basement laboratory. He is the tent pole of that particular band, and their guitar sound is every bit as identifiable as the voice of original singer Brad Delp, who died 10 years ago. So Scholz’s claim to the name seems legit. When it comes to personnel changes, perhaps no other band has undergone more convoluted throes in the public eye than KISS, the iconic shock-rockers whose Bozeman concert a few weeks ago was their first visit to Montana since 1974. “Nobody in KISS is irreplaceable—and I definitely include myself in that calculation,” said frontman Paul Stanley in his 2014 autobiography. Bullshit. A stream of drummers and lead guitarists have stepped in over the years to prove that original members Peter Criss and Ace Frehley could, in fact, be replaced after their self-destructive behavior led to their ouster from the
keep you from drowning during the encore. Also, stash a Ziploc bag in a pocket to protect your keys, phone and any, um, concert-enhancement material you may be holding. Nobody wants the buzzkill of a drowned phone and a sopping doob. At the other end of the scale is sunscreen. Don’t be the weaner pig. And be aware—even a high SPF will not buy you 8-10 hours in the direct sun, so a longsleeve shirt and a hat could be real skin savers. And that jolly ol’ sun can fry a pair of eyeballs like a couple of diner eggs if you lack protection, so bring good eyewear. When it comes to sunglasses, function wins out over style. Polarized lenses will cut the reflection bouncing off all those shiny guitars and fiddles onstage. If you have a really successful festival experience, you will require a complete change of clothes afterward. Stash a bag in your vehicle so you have that to look forward to as you’re coming down/heading for the exits. Other things to stash in the bag: phone charger, ibuprofen,
Rockin’ the Rivers Aug. 12-14; Three Forks, 4 miles east of Lewis & Clark Caverns Lineup includes Vince Neil, Buckcherry, Cinderella’s Tom Keifer, Ratt and Loverboy, among others rockintherivers.com Harvest Fusion Aug. 12-14; Manhattan Features Cure for the Common, Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs, SLUGS and more harvestfusionfestival.com Flathead Lake Blues Festival Aug. 19-20; Salish Point, Polson Featuring Robert Barrett and the Coyote Kings, Randy Oxford’s All Star Slam!, Shuffle Bums and more flatheadlakebluesfestival.com Aber Day Concert Aug. 20; Philipsburg The Mission Mountain Woods Band, Lil’ Smokies and Big Sky Mudflaps headline aberdaykeggar.com River City Roots Aug. 26-27; downtown Missoula Features Rodney Crowell, Jeff Austin Band, Fruition, Sol Driven Train, Lil’ Smokies and Whizpops, among others rivercityrootsfestival.com
Lost City of Atlantis Aug. 26-28; Lolo Hot Springs Features GOVINDA, Lecture, Enzymes and more Crown Guitar Festival Aug. 28-Sept. 3; Flathead Lake Lodge, Bigfork Features Jim Messina and his band, Josh Turner, Dweezil Zappa and more crownguitarfest.org Plus One Music Festival Sept. 8-10; Badlander/Palace complex in Missoula Features Magic Sword, Bryan John Appleby, Steal Shit Do Drugs, Crypts, The Hasslers and more thebadlander.com Original Festival Sept. 9-10; The Original Mine Yard, Butte Ghostface Killah headlines original-festival.com Saudade Music Festival Aug. 18-Aug. 20; Badlander in Missoula Red Fang, Belt of Vapor, Wizzerd, Kris Moon, Lee Fields and the Expressions, Farch and David Starfire thebadlander.com Erosion Festival Oct. 14-15; Stage 112 in Missoula Features 18 bands, including Vitus, Acid King, The Skull and Witch Mountain stage112.com Big Sky Brewing Summer Concert Series Big Sky Brewery in Missoula continues its series with Chris Young (Aug. 5), Brandi Carlile (Aug. 10), Trampled by Turtles (Aug. 13), Michael Franti & Spearhead (Aug. 16), Rebelution (Aug. 20), The Blaze Backyard BBQ featuring Breaking Benjamin (Aug. 25), Fitz & the Tantrums (Aug. 28), Pretty Lights (Sept. 1) and Gov’t Mule (Sept. 3) bigskybrew.com
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Pepto-Bismol tabs, gum, lotion, a bottle of Purell, a roll of toilet paper, a flashlight, emergency funds and a couple of clean doo-rags. Oh, and if you’re imbibing, take a bottle of Pedialyte, the best hangover cure this side of Hob Nob’s veggie browns.
Sustenance On the subject of food, you’ll need some. In a festival situation, this is trickier. Many of today’s shows won’t allow you to bring in a backpack, let alone a cooler of supplies. And since no one’s ever won an argument with a security bull at the concert gate, it pays to do a little online homework and find out what you’ll be allowed to bring into the festival venue. If no specific information is available, assume the worst and travel light. Like airports, music festivals see their captive audience as a huge economic engine fueled by their needs and desires. Therefore, No. 1 on your list is cash. Not plastic, not Apple Pay, but actual folding currency. Everybody still takes cash, from the lady at the merch table to the skater dude in the parking lot selling hits of MDA. Once you’re in the gates, $40-$50 should be enough for minimal nutritional requirements. Water is most important, but you might not be able to bring your own in. You don’t want to risk having your $45 REI Dehydration Eliminator vessel confiscated at the gate, so leave that sucker at home. Plan on buying water, no matter how expensive. Chain-drinking PBRs for 12 hours might give you lots of hipster cred but your body will not be happy. Here’s a simple but effective pro tip I learned from Eric “Roscoe” Ambel: Every third drink should be water. At an all-day event, you’ll have to have food. Of course, festival venues don’t want to miss a single chance to sell you some gas station nachos or a crumbly quinoa burger that will cost roughly the same as dinner for four at McDonald’s. You never know how far you’ll wind up from the food vendors, though, and you don’t want to find yourself in the falafel line when your favorite band plays their only hit song. Tuck away a little bag of salted peanuts to hold you over until it’s a good time to skip out, like when the local Sierra Club chapter gives a presentation. Are peanuts a superfood that fuels your system with their high protein and unsaturated fat content? Damned if I know. I just really like peanuts.
VIP sections Tickets for Cal Jam II were $12.50. The VIP package was also $12.50—if you
could punch your way to the front of the stage, you were a VIP. Back then, of course, VIP packages, like bottled water and frozen Snickers, didn’t exist. Yes, it’s a capitalist industry, so you can’t really fault concert promoters for charging the absolute highest ticket prices the market will bear. There are always enough wealthy music lovers to justify eye-popping fees for lavish VIP packages. Rock and roll is a commodity, and the legacy bands can command top dollar. Honestly, what else can rock bands like Aerosmith to do once they edge into their golden years? It’s way too late to die be-
buys you freedom from having to worry about anything—like rubbing up against those grubby commoners.
“My head is shrinking!” at the top of your lungs for 20 minutes—could be annoying your fellow concertgoers. So be cool. Which brings us to…
Obnoxicants Drugs have been a part of music festivals since a Bay Area hippie placed a tab of acid under his tongue at the Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival near San Rafael in 1967. Since that first music festival, toking up or dropping a pharmaceutical treat before a show has been de rigueur for many music fans. I once missed an entire Burning Spear con-
Concert etiquette Hey, if you’re at Big Sky Brewing watching Gov’t Mule, probably everyone’s head is going to be shrinking. That’s cool. But when you’re at a family-friendly show like River City Roots Fest, be aware that you will be surrounded by kids, parents, straights, grandparents, school teachers, doctors and probably a few cops. This is not a great place
you and your friend Kylie got so trashed at Red Rocks that Kylie wandered off to find a porta-potty and you found her in the morning sleeping under a greasewood bush. Again, you are in a large crowd of people who are trying to dig the music. Get over yourself. Then there’s the cellphone issue. Currently it’s a losing battle with people who insist on holding their phones overhead to record a whole show. Several artists like Beyoncé, Neko Case and Jack White are asking fans to shut off their phones before the show starts, and some venues use a system called Yondr that locks up your phone during the performance. It’s tough love for those who experience much of life through their screens, but a refreshing shift of focus for the rest of us. Concert etiquette really boils down to this: Don’t be a dick.
Getting there, getting home
fore they get old. When you’re born to rock, you have to rock until you fade away. If there’s some oil baron prince in Dubai, say, who can drop a cool $2 million to have Aerosmith play his granddaughter’s wedding, what’s Aerosmith going to do, turn it down on principle? I’ll tell you what Aerosmith is going to do— they’re going to learn to play “The Chicken Dance.” So the obscenely priced VIP option is here to stay. Still, not all musicians are cool with the whole high-roller concept. Halfway through the Decemberists’ set at the inaugural PromoWest Fest in Ohio last month, Colin Meloy expressed his disgust at the obnoxious VIP sector that was roped off front and center in the crowd. He called for the proletariat, or “proles,” to fill the half-empty section, but as always, commerce trumped art when security forces dragged the unwashed riffraff out. Like a luxury box at a sporting event, the VIP concert ticket
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cert even though I was standing in the third row for two hours. It’s common practice at shows to see joints being passed around in the audience, and when one of these jazz cigarettes comes your way, take a toke (or not) and pass it on. It’s like hot dog money at a baseball game. The type of festival you’re attending can be a good indicator as to what kind of drugs will be most prevalent in the crowd. At big rock shows like Rockin’ the Rivers, it’s one-hitters and flasks of whiskey. At the Aber Day concert in Philipsburg, it’s Viagra and flasks of bourbon. At the three-day Lost City of Atlantis party at Lolo Hot Springs, it’s a drug smorgasbord worthy of Hunter S. Thompson and flasks of absinthe. Those of us who have eased away from that lifestyle are more concerned with avoiding any blowback while those around us are tripping balls. If you’re going to indulge, be safe and have fun but try to remember that your actions—like screaming,
to be fried to the bejesus belt and bouncing around like a pachinko ball. Same with drinking. If you’re going to slam $150 worth of microbrew in the beer garden (approximately eight beers, depending on the show), you’ll be an asshole on wheels in a concert crowd. Why not just stumble over to a local bar and finish the job without wrecking it for everybody else? One thing I’ve noticed about Missoula music crowds is that a lot of, let’s say less-seasoned, fans tend to not give a shit about those around them. A 6-foot-4 bro with a foot-high mop of dreads will squeeze into a space right in front of a normal-sized person at a show and not think twice about it. Try not to be so self-absorbed that you ruin someone else’s sight line. Like they started telling you in third grade, be aware of your surroundings. Take a second and notice how you fit into the world. And don’t forget that if you’re at a concert, everyone around you also paid good money to see these bands, not to hear you yammer on at top volume about that time
Of course the journey is every bit as important as the destination, and the road trip is a big part of the adventure. Pack your friends into the most reliable vehicle with the biggest stereo and leave yourselves time for a few detours and pit stops. Having to rush to the venue stresses everyone out, and it’ll suck the pulp out of your good time. If you’re driving, designate a driver and save your mind-altering substances for the show. Not only will you be a danger to everyone else on the road if you’re high, but getting bent when you’re en route increases the likelihood of decisions you will regret later, like parking the van at a rest stop 8 miles from the venue. Speaking of parking, be smart about it. You might be tempted to block someone’s driveway to avoid a long walk, but you may return to find your rig has been towed, or there’s a massive hole in your windshield, a cinder block in the driver’s seat and a spray-painted message on your hood that says “Michael Franti sucks.” You’re going to a concert. Wear comfortable shoes and plan to do some walking. Pro tip: If you do get too hammered at the show to drive home, sleep it off in a church parking lot. God has to forgive party people. Whether you’re heading up north to catch the Flathead Lake Blues Festival in Polson or driving east to spend a couple of days throwin’ the horns and banging your head at Rockin’ the Rivers, there’s still a ton of great music to be had before the snow flies. Put a little effort and thought into your excursion before the rubber hits the road, and who knows—you might be the one who saves the day, as well as catches a pick thrown into the crowd by Tom Keifer. You know, of Cinderella. editor@missoulanews.com
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The 1989 animated film Kiki’s Delivery Service follows an impulsive witch’s journey into self-awareness.
Own worst enemy How Hayao Miyazaki’s Kiki defies the need for villains by Charley Macorn
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n our youth, it’s easy to see ourselves as the heroes of our own stories. To perpetuate our simplistic perceptions of the world, consciously or not, we cast people around us as our own personal villains. Maybe it’s the teacher who gives a failing grade or the old woman who lives in the scary house next door. We create nemeses because our media lives and dies on the idea that heroes need to be judged against the obstacles they overcome. In the case of film, internal conflict is hard to convey, which is why so many movies use a tangible adversary to pit against the hero. For that reason, it is incredibly rare when a film, especially one geared toward all audiences, doesn’t have an antagonist. The shockingly beautiful Kiki’s Delivery Service is such a film. Japanese animator and director Hayao Miyazaki’s filmography has given the world some of the most unforgettable images in cinema. And while each of his films is its own dynamic and stunning vision— many of which are playing this month at the Roxy— Kiki’s Delivery Service is my favorite for its lack of
external conflict. Miyazaki’s early films feature evil counts, sky pirates and post-apocalyptic landscapes. The infinitely charming 1988 film My Neighbor Totoro was his first to dispose with an outright antagonist, but the young heroines still face a threatening outside influence in the form of their mother’s illness. Kiki’s Delivery Service came out the next year and took the villain-less idea one step further by making all the film’s character growth, conflict and change an internal struggle of a young girl. Having reached the magical age of 13, Kiki must leave the safety and security of her family home to travel to the big city and live on her own for a year as part of her witch training. At the beginning of the film, Kiki is equal parts impulsive and old-fashioned. She runs blindly into traffic, her clothing is decidedly outdated and her early interactions with the people of the port city in which she settles are colored by her archaic views. Without any real skills in witchcraft except for being able to fly on a broomstick (and, still, not very well), she starts a courier service out of a bakery.
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Through her many adventures meeting artists, aeronautical enthusiasts and spoiled children, Kiki becomes overwhelmed with her new stressful life. The thing she loved the most—flying—is now only something she does to earn enough money to not have to eat pancakes for every meal. It’s a feeling a lot of people can relate to. (In fact, the story of a young girl moving to a big port city to get a job at a bakery is the personal narrative of at least four former-Missoula friends of mine.) And when the stress overwhelms her, the magical abilities she relies on begin to fade. Conflict is almost always necessary to any story. Without Lex Luthor to match wits against him, Superman is just a beefcake who can punch things. Without the creeping dread of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, Harry Potter would be no different than any of his schoolmates. But it’s not the cape or the lightsaber or the proton pack that makes us love our heroes. It’s the way they overcome the challenges. Every threat Kiki faces is something we all face in our day-to-day lives: finding a place to live, getting
food, trying not to mess up at work. Miyazaki turns that subject matter into a visually exciting, engrossing exploration of maturity, coupled with the kind of brilliant and vibrant animation fans have come to expect from him. It makes Kiki’s Delivery Service not only a classic of animation, but of film. At a certain point, I think most of us realize no one’s really out to get us. Not personally, anyway. The realization that everyone has their own lives of which we are just a small part is a humbling one. And when we look back at those sinister forces we thought aligned against us in our youth, we (hopefully) see it’s our own ego we have to overcome. In the case of Kiki, we are not cheering because she saved the day, we are cheering because she has grown up and overcome herself. Kiki’s Delivery Service plays the Roxy Theater Tue., Aug. 9, at 11 AM and Thu., Aug. 11, at 8 PM. cmacorn@missoulanews.com
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Rough-over-smooth Matt Andersen fleshes out the soul Burly Canadian Matt Andersen has that killer combination of talents— sharp guitar skills and a polished powerhouse of a voice—of which legends are made. Do yourself a favor and watch his YouTube performance of “Ain’t No Sunshine” from a 2009 show. It’s a deeply moving rendition, and he holds the song’s final note for 16 seconds. Man has some lungs on him. In the context of a full band, Andersen is able to flesh out the soul on Honest Man. Piano, scratchy guitar, organ and classic backup singers give a throwback feel to songs like “The Gift” and “Breakaway.” His voice has that rough-over-smooth edge that is the hallmark of the greatest soul singers from Al Green to Brittney Howard. The title track brings a horn section to the party for a
funky stomp that’s reminiscent of Robert Cray. But Andersen is far from a one-trick pony. The piano-and-guitar rumination “Quiet Company” is country-tinged folk that could take the heat out of the hardest day at work. There’s nothing groundbreaking here lyrically, but Andersen isn’t about clever words or a unique worldview. What he does is craft emotionally satisfying music that’s delivered with a big, classic voice and a tight and tasty band. Overall, Honest Man achieves that difficult balance of sounding fresh and familiar at the same time. (Ednor Therriault) Matt Andersen opens for Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers at the Wilma Fri. Aug. 5. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $35–$45 advance.
Beach House, Depression Cherry In 2012, Beach House started an almost three-year creative hiatus. In interviews, bandmates Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally admitted to feeling sometimes disheartened by the commercial success of their albums, wary of becoming cogs in the corporate machine. That same year, they famously turned down a Volkswagen ad opportunity. The Baltimore dream pop duo returned to the music game last year with their fifth full-length album, Depression Cherry. “Levitation,” the opening track, exemplifies their latest direction. Light, twinkling harmonies and ethereal lyrics give it an airy quality, evoking feelings of melancholy. Depression Cherry is the third album Beach House has produced for Sub Pop Records, but unlike previous
releases, it doesn’t try as hard to get your attention. It is quieter, with focus on instruments and lyrics that don’t provoke. It seems to be an ode to the band’s beginnings and their 2006 eponymous debut. It’s not a perfect album either. Many of the vaporous melodies run into one another, making it hard to distinguish between tracks. Still, “Space Song” and “Sparks” stand out as some of the more pop-inspired singles. It marks a gentle and sweet return for the band. Fans of their beat-centric 2012 album, Bloom, might be disappointed by the change in pace, but for lovers of all things tender, Depression Cherry is Beach House’s most simplified and intimate album yet. (Tess Haas) Beach House play the Wilma Wed., Aug. 10, at 8 PM. $28/$25 advance.
Mother Crone, Awakening On “Silt Laden Black,” the opening track of Mother Crone’s most recent album, the Seattle band mixes doom metal instrumentals with a 1961 speech from John F. Kennedy to the American Newspaper Publication Association about freedom of the press. It’s a fun beginning to a diverse album. Subsequent tracks oscillate between hurdling thrashers (“Black Sea”) and brooding songs that leap into action at the halfway mark (“Halocline”). There is some noodling and grooving and wah wah, but not so much that the band loses its edge. This genre is infamous for indiscernible vocals but Mother Crone’s are clear enough, even if the meaning is obscured. The imagery could apply to a mystical, sci-fi other world—the rubbery, sludgy minor-key tone
gives it a “War of the Worlds” feel. But the JFK speech makes me think Mother Crone is interested in the real world, too. The speech has sometimes been misconstrued by conspiracy theorists as being about the Illuminati, but it’s really about the opacity of Cold War governments. “No president should fear public scrutiny of his program,” you can hear JFK saying, over creeping Sabbath-style riffs. “For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or opposition. And both are necessary.” That message seems highly applicable to present day politics, too. (Erika Fredrickson) Mother Crone play the VFW Tue., Aug. 9, at 9 PM, along with Judgment Hammer and Raziel. $5.
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Adorable beasts Freedom Lee Drudge on bringing out the monsters by Erika Fredrickson
The world of Freedom Lee Drudge is occupied by robots and monsters, skulls, maniac fish, space cowboys and cowgirls, and even cute kittens. He created some of the first characters for Missoula author Josh Wagner’s graphic novel Fiction Clemens and has done commissions at comic conventions. Last month, the Montana-born artist made his debut at Clyde Coffee with an exhibit titled Draw or I’ll Eat You. This week, he moves the show to Gecko Designs for this month’s First Friday art walk. We spoke with Drudge about monsters, “Star Wars” commissions and the popular Netflix show “Stranger Things.” How did you get started drawing your elaborate monsters? Freedom Lee Drudge: I’ve been doing it since I was four. I was playing outside one day—we lived in Indiana at the time—and I walked inside to grab a glass of water and my mom and grandma were painting Smurfs and Garfield on these collectible plates. I remember looking at them and going, “Wait, you can just do that? That’s something you can do?” A few days later, I was sitting at home and my cat was up on the fish tank trying to get the fish. But, instead of saving the fish, I got out a paper and pencil and started to draw. What are your favorite pieces you did for this exhibit? FLD: I love the kitty reaper; it was everything I was going for. I wanted to do something big and spectacular, and a local studio [Voncommon] was doing a horror prom that I wanted to submit to. I made this scary image of a tendril-y reaper with veins and a pile of skulls around it—and then the cutest darned kitten you ever did see as the face. I like taking what would normally be kind of frightening or horror art and making it adorable. What else can people expect at your First Friday show? FLD: I want to do quick sketches and a shot: I make a sketch of you for $5 and you take a shot with me for free. After the fourth or fifth sketch it’s going to get weird. They’ll be portraits with colorful detail and with monsters—things crawling around your hair, hanging around your shoulders. Fun, adorable monsterness going on. You have some tattoos I noticed. Did you design those? FLD: Yeah. I was working at a tattoo parlor and it was something I thought about doing for a bit. But you’d be surprised at the creative limitations. I think much bigger than anything anyone wants to get tattooed on them. This guy wanted a scorpion one time
and I spent three or four days designing this awesome fire-and-ice scorpion that looked really cool. And he liked it, but he really just wanted something simple, like the scorpion on the wall [of the tattoo parlor]. I’m like, “Dude, why didn’t you just get the scorpion on the wall then?” Your show at Clyde Coffee was your first. What kind of reactions have you gotten from people to your monsters? FLD: During my reception someone came in and took a picture of one of my pieces with their camera and then they left. My girlfriend said, “Does that bother you that they took a picture and didn’t buy a print?” and I’m like, “No! Some stranger liked my stuff enough that they had to take a picture so they could look at it later and possibly let their other friends looks at it?!” I’m really easy to find because of my name so I get random messages from people about this or that piece. And it’s super exciting. I’m sure you get asked about your name all the time. FLD: If you want me to turn around and talk to somebody else as soon as I meet you, do something like introduce yourself as “Liberty” or “Communism” to me. I’ve heard it before. If you can come up to me with a joke I haven’t heard before, you’ll get mad props. The name is my real name, but it’s the least interesting thing about me. What else are you working on? FLD: I have a webcomic called Felton Black. It’s not something I update regularly. It’s something I’ll sit down and spend months doing and then put four or five pages up at a time. I wanted to see if I could write a story, draw the story, ink the story, color it and letter it myself. The only thing that was done by anyone else is [Missoula author] Josh Wagner who was kind enough to edit it for me. He and I have similar tastes in what makes a story good. In fact, we were having a text talk today about that show “Stranger Things” and how both of us thought it was really that glaze of nostalgia over it that made it any good. It was like watching ET all over again. FLD: Yeah. ET meets Elm Street meets Goonies. But the actual story and the actual script and Winona Ryder—not that good. FLD: Weak! It’s a really weak story progression and really weak conflict-resolution progression. Every time there’s a problem the little girl would come out of the blue and twist somebody’s arm. But, they have
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“Reforestation” is one of several drawings included in Freedom Lee Drudge’s August exhibit at Gecko Designs.
a good thing going. I was excited to watch through the whole thing.
the building is basically lifting itself out of the ground with these big old pipe arms and legs like a monster.
Besides your own monsters, you do commissions. What kind of stuff have people asked you to do? FLD: I sit at comic conventions and super awesome nerds ask me to draw super awesome nerdy things. The first commission piece I got after [the Clyde Coffee show] went up was straight-up “Star Wars.” It was Kylo Ren force-choking Jar Jar Binks.
There’s quite a bit of detail in the pieces you do. How long does it take for you to work on them? FLD: It takes a very long time. That kitty-reaper picture, that took a solid month and that’s working a few hours every single day. And then I lose so much time after I finish a piece, just staring at it. That sounds vain, but otherwise why else did I make it? I’m not going to cook an omelette with it. It’s not going to drive me to the store. It serves no other purpose except as something to look at. So if I can’t tear my eyes away, it’s gotta be a good thing. The tiny detail helps because there’s so much to look at. I touch every inch of that canvas with the pen anyway, I might as well make it worth it. Freedom Drudge exhibits his monsters at Gecko Designs Fri., Aug. 5, from 5 to 8 PM.
Where do you get your current inspiration for your pieces? FLD: I walk everywhere—kick stones up and down these streets of Missoula constantly because I don’t have a car. I’m trying to take certain street corners and buildings and anthropomorphize them with monsters. Right now, I’m working on a piece of The Babs [historic condos]. I had friends who lived there when I was in high school—I went to high school in Hamilton—and I used to hang out there a lot. In the piece,
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[film]
Scoreboard DC tries too hard to play catch-up with Suicide Squad by Scott Renshaw
“Maybe we can head on down to the Western Montana Fair later?”
That kind of throat-clearing has been typical of most 21st-century superhero blockbusters, of course, but Suicide Squad seems particularly determined to do all the things that seemed to work in the Marvel films. There’s a need to set up links with the other DC films, so we get a cameo appearance by Ben Affleck’s Batman and additional setup for the upcoming Justice League film. Guardians of the Galaxy got the kids humming along to classic-rock chestnuts, so Ayer cranks up a playlist that includes “Sympathy for the Devil,” “Super Freak,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” etc. And because a threat isn’t a threat unless it involves potential apocalypse, the climactic battle must include a mission to destroy a Giant World-Ending Machine. The distinctive personality of Suicide Squad is left almost entirely to its characters, which becomes a hit-and-miss proposition. Robbie is satisfyingly unhinged as the scene-stealing Harley Quinn, and it’s great to see Will Smith back in charismatic, quip-slinging mode. The less said about Leto’s Joker, whose brand of “look at me, I’m mercurial” nuttiness gets blessedly little screen time, the better. But the individual character arcs mostly become a jumble. It’s not surprising—given Ayer’s background in police dramas (End of Watch, Sabotage) and war movies (Fury)—that the action here is almost entirely streetlevel military, which does provide some distinct visual style. But most of Suicide Squad feels like something that’s been given almost no room to breathe, as Warner Bros. races to establish the DC cinematic universe. There may be nominally more fun here than in the brutal Batman v. Superman, but it still feels like the bigger battle in this movie is the one that’s taking place outside the frame, in corporate boardrooms. Suicide Squad opens at the Carmike 12 Fri., Aug. 5. arts@missoulanews.com
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At the Hollywood premiere for Suicide Squad, writer/director David Ayer took up the rallying cry suggested by a fan in the audience and let loose with a hearty, “Fuck Marvel!” For the benefit of those not caught up in silly fandom turf wars: Enthusiasts of the Big Two comic-book publishers, DC and Marvel, have turned the movies based on their respective costumed characters into a grueling campaign over who rules and who sucks. The success of these movies, both financial and critical, matters insanely to these people as a kind of “scoreboard” taunt—and for the last several years, that scoreboard has belonged rather decisively to Marvel. While Ayer later apologized for getting caught up in the moment with his profane outburst, the notion that DC is playing catch-up is real. The Marvel cinematic universe launched by Iron Man in 2008 has become a powerhouse; this year’s Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice marked DC’s first real attempt at building a similar interconnected film franchise. Suicide Squad continues that effort in a manner that suggests imitation is the sincerest—and possibly most desperate—form of flattery. The premise is kind of a nifty spin on the concept of anti-heroes, building a team of incarcerated “metahumans” who have to be threatened, blackmailed and cajoled by a shadowy government operative ( Viola Davis) into forming a team of disposable villain/heroes for particularly dangerous missions. They include Deadshot (Will Smith), an assassin who never misses; Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), the mentally unstable girlfriend of Joker (Jared Leto); the mutated, sewer-dwelling Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje); and flame-throwing ex-gangbanger El Diablo (Jay Hernandez). Every one of those characters requires some kind of “origin” information, to a greater or lesser degree. That makes for one cumbersome, stuffed-to-the-gills narrative, so uncertain about all the information it’s trying to convey that Ayer actually uses two different back-to-back scenes for the purpose of introducing the concept and characters.
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OPENING THIS WEEK DYING TO KNOW: RAM DASS & TIMOTHY LEARY Turn on, tune in and drop out as Gay Dilingham’s documentary about Ram Dass, Timothy Leary and LSD expands your mind. Not Rated. Playing at the Roxy. SUICIDE SQUAD DC Comics’ team of supervillians who dress like time-travelers from a 2003 Hot Topic go full Dirty Dozen when the Joker comes to town. Starring Will Smith, Jared Leto and Viola Davis. Rated PG13. Playing at the Carmike 12 and Pharoplex. (See Film.)
NOW PLAYING BAD MOMS Three overstressed moms decide the best way to unwind is to turn into party monsters. I wonder what the PTA will say. Starring Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn. Rated R. Playing at the Pharaoplex and Carmike 12. CASTLE IN THE SKY (TENKU NO SHIRO RAPYUTA) A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle. Rated PG. Playing at the Roxy Theater Thu., Aug. 4 at 8 PM. DAZED AND CONFUSED I love this movie. I keep getting older and it stays the same age. Playing Sat., Aug. 6 at the Roxy. 9 PM. FINDING DORY When Finding Nemo came out, my kid was two. Now he’s 15 and he won’t go see Finding Dory with me. Join the beloved cast once more for an adventure with Dory, voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, as she tries to find her family. Rated PG. Playing Thu., Aug. 4 at the Carmike 12. GHOSTBUSTERS From the director of Bridesmaids and Walk Hard comes the remake of the classic ‘80s comedy. A team of scientists are on call to defend Manhattan from ghosts, ghouls and boogeymen. Starring Kristin Wiig, Melissa McCarthy and Kate McKinnon. Rated PG-13. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaoplex.
I love this movie. It stays the same age and I keep getting older. Dazed and Confused plays at the Roxy Theater Sat., Aug. 6 as part of Movie Cult. HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE City life and a diet of hip-hop and chips hasn’t prepared Ricky for surviving the wilds of New Zealand. Starring Sam Neill and Julian Dennison. Rated PG13. Playing at the Roxy Theater. ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE Just like the “Friday the 13th”, “The Brave Little Toaster” and “Air Bud” franchises, this fourth sequel to 2002’s Ice Age takes our heroes to outer space for some reason. Rated PG. Showing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaoplex
THE LEGEND OF TARZAN From the director of the good “Harry Potter” movies, everyone’s favorite suspiciously beardless jungle hero swings into action, hoping we all forget about 2012’s John Carter. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Samuel L. Jackson and Margot Robbie. Showing at the the Pharoplex through Thu., Aug. 4. LIGHTS OUT A ghost that only comes out in the dark terrorizes her old roommate’s kids. Where’s Richard Riddick when you need him? Rated PG-13. Playing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaoplex.
JASON BOURNE Robert Lundum’s amnesiac super soldier is back, wresting control of the franchise away from Jeremy Renner. Starring Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones and Alicia Vikander. Rated PG-13 Playing at Carmike 12 and Pharaoplex.
NERVE The whole world gets caught up in the exciting and dangerous world of a new app. Insert your own Pokemon Go joke here. Starring Emma Roberts, Dave Franco and Emily Meade. Rated PG-13. Playing at the Pharaoplex and Carmike 12.
KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE A young girl takes off on a broom in her endeavor to become a proper witch. Playing Tue., Aug. 9 and Thu., Aug. 11 at the Roxy. (See Arts.)
THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS The creator of the “Minions” series lets us in on what our pets do while we’re at work. If they’re anything like humans, I imagine they probably
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scroll through Facebook and think about writing a novel while worrying about student loan debt. The Secret Life of Pets stars Louis C.K., Kevin Hart and Dana Carvey. Playing at the Carmike 12. STAR TREK BEYOND The baby-faced crew of the NCC-1701 returns to boldly go where no one has gone before. As usual some sort of space monster is there waiting for them. Typical. Rated PG-13. Playing at the Roxy, Carmike 12 and Pharaoplex. Capsule reviews by Gaaby Patterson, Charley Macorn and Erika Fredrickson. 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 728-9380; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.
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Picnic pizza by Gabi Moskowitz This idea was born one warm summer evening when I attempted to take a pizza to the park for a picnic. Since I didn’t have an actual pizza box to carry it in, I wrapped my freshly cooked pizza in foil, tucked napkins and plates into my bag and hoped for the best. Sadly, the result was disappointing. The pizza flavors were good, but the two-block schlep to the park was enough to wilt the toppings and smush the crust. I needed a better plan. Calzones, of course, were an option, but, though I love eating them at home, I foresaw their saucy insides splattered all over my pretty picnic blanket if I packed them along instead. A few weeks later, I was rolling fresh cinnamon rolls for a weekend brunch, and it hit me: Why not roll pizza toppings up in fresh dough, a la cinnamon rolls, and then bake them into neat, portable spirals? They would feature the dough/sauce/topping ratio I like so much about pizza, but the handy portability of calzones, without the calzone’s goopy, drippy insides. I couldn’t wait to finish brunch to put my new game plan into action. The result, as I had hoped, was superb. These pinwheel pizza rounds proved to be a neat, easily transported pizza option and one of the best meals I’ve eaten all summer. Ingredients For the dough: 2 ½ cups flour 1 cup warm water 1 packet dry active yeast 2 tablespoon sugar 2 tablespoon olive oil plus more for the bowl 1 teaspoon salt For the pizza: 2 ⁄3 cup sauce of your choice (tomato, pesto, red pepper, even cooked, pureed carrots or sweet potatoes with spices like ground chiles or curry powder stirred in) 1 ½ cups shredded/crumbled cheese of your choice (I like provolone, goat, aged white cheddar or fresh buffalo mozzarella) 1-3 pizza toppings of your choice (the recipe pictured features diced red onions, spinach and red peppers)
BROKEASS GOURMET Directions To make the dough, combine water, yeast and sugar and set aside in a warm place until it begins to foam (about 4-5 minutes). Meanwhile, in a bowl, mixer with paddle or a food processor, combine salt and flour. Slowly stream in the yeast mixture and add the olive oil. If using a mixer or food processor, turn on and allow ingredients to combine until they form a ball of dough. If you’re using a mixer, now is the time to switch to the dough hook. Knead (either by turning on your machine or by hand) for 2-3 minutes. Set aside in an oiled bowl, covered with a damp dish towel in a warm place (like an oven that has been turned on and then turned off and allowed to cool a bit but is still warm) for 30 minutes. After dough has doubled in size, punch down and allow to rise for another 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Lightly flour (or line with parchment paper) a baking sheet and set aside. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out into a large rectangle, about 8-by-12. Spread the sauce over the dough in a thin layer. Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the sauced dough. Scatter the toppings evenly over the cheese. Try not to overdo it. Starting at the bottom, roll the dough up, pinching as you go, to keep it in a tight cylinder. Use a sharp knife to cut the cylinder into 12 separate 1-inch-thick rounds. Arrange the rounds on the prepared baking sheet with space between them. Bake for 15-18 minutes, until the crust is goldenbrown and the cheese and sauce bubble.
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. $-$$$
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Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358 C O M M U N I T Y d r i v e n , L O C A L LY owned. Bernice’s Bakery has been keepin’ Missoula sweet since 1978. Hand-crafted pastries, cakes, a bevy of delicious treats and fresh lunches are served daily. Shared tables and no wi-fi create an opportunity to chat with community members, employees, tourists and children as you take in the historic surroundings of Bernice’s. It’s like home. We welcome you to our home away from home. ESPRESSO: the best Missoula has to offer! Truly. Try it an you shall see. Bernice’s Bakery. We haven't been around for 37 years for nothin'. xoxo bernice bernicesbakerymt.com $ - $$.
406-829-8989 1901 Stephens Ave Order online at asahimissoula.com. Delicious dining or carryout. Chinese & Japanese menus.
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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. $-$$
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Black Coffee Roasting Co. 525 E. Spruce • 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open M-F 6:30-5:30, Sat. 7:30- 4, Sun. 8-3. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $ Bridge Pizza 600 S Higgins Ave. • 542-0002 bridgepizza.com A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11am - 10:30pm. $-$$
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BUTTERFLY HERBS 232 N. HIGGINS AVE • DOWNTOWN
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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. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West • 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locallyroasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am-10pm $-$$ 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. $-$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ India Grill & Curry House 400 E. Broadway • 926-2021 facebook.com/indiagrillandcurryhouse Experience Missoula’s only authentic Indian restaurant! Try our unique, daily vegetarian or meat combos prepared with house-made curries and spices imported directly from India. Served with rice, naan bread, salad and dessert all served on traditional Thali-style plates. Also try our house-made Chai, Mango Lassi or our special Lemon Juice. New menu items and combos daily! Special orders and catering available. Mon-Sat - Lunch 11am3pm / Dinner 5pm-9pm. $-$$
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[dish] Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza 529 S. Higgins • 830-3237 izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pm-close. $-$$ Liquid Planet 223 N. Higgins • 541-4541 Whether it's coffee or cocoa, water, beer or wine, or even a tea pot, French press or mobile mug, Liquid Planet offers the best beverage offerings this side of Neptune. Missoula's largest espresso and beverage bar, along with fresh and delicious breakfast and lunch options from breakfast burritos and pastries to paninis and soups. Peruse our global selection of 1,000 wines, 400 beers and sodas, 150 teas, 30 locally roasted coffees, and a myriad of super cool beverage accessories and gifts. Find us on facebook at /BestofBeverage. Open daily 7:30am to 9pm. Liquid Planet Grille 540 Daly • 540-4209 (corner of Arthur & Daly across from the U of M) MisSOULa's BEST new restaurant of 2015, the Liquid Planet Grille, offers the same unique Liquid Planet espresso and beverage bar you've come to expect, with breakfast served all day long! Sit outside and try the stuffed french toast or our handmade granola or a delicious Montana Melt, accompanied with MisSOULa's best fries and wings, with over 20 salts, seasonings and sauces! Open 7am-8pm daily. Find us on Facebook at /LiquidPlanetGrille. $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 • themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $4 for those on the Nutrition Program, $5 for U of M Students with a valid student ID and $6 for all others. Children under 10 eat free. Join us from 11:30 - 12:30 M-F for delicious food and great conversation. $ The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall • 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary KoreanJapanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$
Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$ Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with King Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Garden City Beef Ribeye, 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! $-$$
La Paloma
HAPPIEST HOUR What it is: The sort of refreshing cocktail you’re reaching for during the dog days of summer. Also, Mexico’s most beloved cocktail—even more popular than a margarita.
The backstory: There isn’t a definitive one. Some accounts credit its creation to Don Javier Delgado Corona, owner of the famous La Capilla bar in the aptly named town of Tequila in Jalisco, Mexico. What we do know is the name translates to “The Dove.” Why it earned this title? There are only theories, including one tied to a Mexican folk song from the 1860s.
How to make it: Combine two ounces of reposado tequila (that means “aged;” we recommend Herradura), a half-ounce of fresh lime juice, a splash of club soda and grapefruit juice over ice in a highball glass. Garnish with a grapefruit wedge. For added flair and flavor, first rub the rim of the glass with the grapefruit wedge and dip the rim in kosher salt. If that sounds like too much work, just take a pinch of the salt and toss it into the drink.
Why you’re drinking it: Have you looked at the thermostat? The combination of tequila, lime juice and grapefruit is tart and sweet and refreshingly easy to drink during the warmest days of the year. —Skylar Browning
How to make an authentic paloma: Replace the club soda and grapefruit juice with a grapefruit soda like Jarritos—or, north of the border, you could even go with Fresca or Squirt.
Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.
Sushi Hana 403 N. Higgins 549-7979 SushiMissoula.com Montana’s Original Sushi Bar. We Offer the Best Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Town. Casual atmosphere. Plenty of options for non-sushi eaters including daily special items you won’t find anywhere else. $1 Specials Mon & Wed. Lunch Mon–Sat; Dinner Daily. Sake, Beer, & Wine. Visit SushiMissoula.com for full menu. $$-$$$ Taco Sano Two Locations: 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Home of Missoula’s Best BREAKFAST BURRITO. 99 cent TOTS every Tuesday. Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9pm 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ 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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WED | 7:30PM | BIG SKY Brandi Carlile brings her big, radio-ready folk-rock to Missoula for a show at Big Sky Brewing Wed., Aug. 10. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7:30. $36 at ticketweb.com or Rockin Rudy's.
THU | 8/11 | 9PM | TOP HAT Grammy winning Bluegrass sensation Steep Canyon Rangers leave the steep canyons of North Carolina for the bright lights of the Top Hat Thu., Aug. 11. Door at 8:30 PM. Show at 9. $18/$15 advance.
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SAT | 10PM | STAGE 112 Rapper Nacho Picasso brings the Scarred for Life Tour to Stage 112 Sat., Aug. 6. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10.
TUE | 10PM | VFW Mother Crone, pictured, Judgement Hammer and Raziel light off a powder keg of metal at the VFW Tue., Aug. 9. After trivia. 21-plus. $5.
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FRI | 8PM | WILMA Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers will surely live up to their name when the piano man visits the Wilma with his finely crafted pop. Fri., Aug. 5. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $45/$35 advance at thewilma.com.
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Thursday Natives on the Vote Path come into Missoula to help Native American Communities register to vote for the upcoming election. The drive kicks off at the Missoula Indian Center at 10 AM. 830 W Central Ave. Call LaNada Peppers for more info. 406-7402162.
nightlife Zoso bill themselves as the ultimate Led Zeppelin experience. This is only true if you’ve never played Dungeons & Dragons inside a van with a sweet wizard painted on the side. If you haven’t, then by all means ramble on down to the Wilma. Doors at 7. Show at 8. $20. All-ages. The 2016 Montana Testicle Festival at Rock Creek Lodge continues. Head to therock creeklodge.com for schedule and tickets. Downtown ToNight at Caras Park. This week listen to the music of Billy Shaddox. 5:30–8:30 PM. Check missouladowntown.com for details. Free. Fungi are everywhere around us, and yet, most people are completely unaware of the incredible nature of the Fungal Kingdom. Author Peter McCoy will present many means for dispelling this paradox. Shakespeare & Co. 6-8 PM. Missoula legend Russ Nasset plays Draught Works. Check him out 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. Get cash toward your bar tab for first place, plus specials on beer. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. Hand me my glowsticks, Mama wants to jiggle. Dead Hipster Dance Party is tonight at the Badlander, 208 Ryman St., with $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight. 21-plus. Local favorites Ancient Forest kick off their residency at the VFW with their very talented friends Enzymes, Tonsofun and B Squid. 9 PM. $5/$8 for 18–20. I wish I could afford one, but I’m fine taking the Cat Bus. Bozeman’s Panther Car is joined by Farch and Tiny Plastic Stars at the Palace Lounge. $5. 21-plus Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy open mic at the Union Club. Sign up by 9:30 PM Show at 10. Free.
Friday Stevensville celebrates the first friday of each month with music, food and art. For more info visit mainstreet stevensville.com. Stevensville’s 104th Creamery Picnic brings together the community for a parade, barbecue cookoff, beer festival, milk run, a garden party and all that other great Bitterroot family fun. Main Street in Stevi. Visit creamerypicnic.com.
Drown yourself in Geoff Lake as the local songster plays Missoula Brewing Co. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.
www.operahousetheatre.com for showtimes. $20 for adults, $10 for kids.
Carla Green Jazz sounds so much more environmentally healthier than
Country chart-topper Chris Young makes a stop in Missoula with his
The Sunrise Saloon welcomes the Double Down Band for two nights of boot-stomping and dancing. The music kicks off at 8:30 PM. Free.
The stars at night are deep and bright CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP up on Blue Mountain Observatory. University Astronomers will be on hand to guide viewers. Visit hs.umt.edu for times and to reserve free tickets.
American Falcon, Drift and Shot Stereo aren’t just a phrase that tells a depressing hunting story, they’re also the bands rocking the Palace Lounge. 9 PM. Free.
nightlife Honky tonk and jazz smash together head on as Cash for Junkers bring their swinging western music to the Union Club. 9:30 PM. Philipsburg’s Opera House Theatre’s summer season features the Vaudeville Variety Show. See operahousetheatre.com for info. $20 for adults, $10 for kids. The 2016 Montana Testicle Festival at Rock Creek Lodge continues. Head to therockcreeklodge.com for schedule and tickets.
Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers will surely live up to their name when the piano man visits the Wilma with his finely crafted pop. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8 PM. $45/$35 advance at thewilma.com.(See Music.)
Country chart-topper Chris Young makes a stop at Big Sky Brewery Fri., Aug 5. Doors at 6:30 PM, show at 8. $40/$38 at ticketweb.com. Carla Blue Jazz. Regardless, trek up the Rattlesnake to Ten Spoon vineyard for live, local music. Tasting room 4 PM–9 PM. Music at 6. $8-$10
I’m Comin’ Over tour, with Tara Thompson. Big Sky Brewery, doors at 6:30 PM, show at 8. $40/$38 at ticketweb.com.
Making God Laugh depicts one family as they move through 30 years’ worth of holidays. Oy! See
Wild Coyote Band play Eagles Lodge Fri. and Sat. Music starts at 8 PM.
Al Scorch returns to the VFW with a new record on Bloodshot Records. Celebrate with the help of Joey Running Crane and Wailing Jennings. 9 PM. $5/$8 for 18–20. James McMurtry returns for a night of wry Americana and folk-rock at the Top Hat. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $20/$17 advance at tophatlounge.com. Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs have tracked a flock of quail to Stage 112. Guess they better kick out the jams. Doors at 9 PM, Show at 10. $5. 18-plus.
First Friday 4 Ravens Gallery kicks off August with Bob Phinney’s The Simple Sketch, a collection of sketches inspired by western Montana. 248 N Higgins Ave. 5 PM–8 PM. The Dana Gallery welcomes back Davi Nelson, the first painter to ever work with the gallery, for an evening with minimal landscapes. 246 N. Higgins. 5 PM–8 PM. The Providence Center hosts artwork by Candice Hester, music by Ali Solomon and refreshments. 902 Orange. 5 PM–8 PM. The talented staff at Bernice’s Bakery are throwing out all the stops with the Bernice’s Employee Art Show. Pottery, painters, muscians and more highlight a delicious grab bag. 190 S 3rd W. 5–8 PM. Orlando Piva is like a superhero. Architect by day, artist by night, he fights for truth, justice and design. Check out his work at Clyde Coffee. 610 S Higgins. 5 PM–8 PM. E3 Gallery hosts I Am Me, an exhibit honoring the MT Down Syndrome Association. Featuring a variety of artworks of individuals with, and family members of those with, down syndrome. 229 W. Main. 5 PM–9 PM.
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Father and daughter art duo Maia and John Domitrovich combine forces like some sort of artistic Voltron to bring their best photography and ink paintings. The Sweat Shop. 225 N. Higgins. 5 PM–8 PM. A&E Achitects presents Mandala and Nature Abstractions, a selection of work influenced by meditation and nature by California artist Julie Steyer. 222 N Higgins. 5 PM–8 PM. Working in pastels and oils, artists Connie Murray and Dennis Sloan change what it means to paint a landscape. Take a look for yourself at Gallery 709. 709 Ronan St. 5pm–8 PM. Photographer Romy McGahan Daniel brings her photographs of over 60 breastfeeding mothers to La Stella Blu. 612 S Higgins. 5 PM–8 PM. Swim down to Bathing Beauties Beads for the opening reception for Intention by McKenna, a series of hand-carved pendants and charms. 5 PM–8 PM. Photographer Travis Martucci brings his stunning pieces to Lake Missoula Tea Co. 136 E Broadway. 5 PM–8 PM.
Missoula Art Museum hosts Not Vanishing, a survey of artworks by American Indian artists in the Pacific Northwest. 335 N Pattee. 5 PM–8 PM. Artwork from Tim Christensen and Bryony Schwan are the twin suns that planets chocolate and wine revolve around. Glacier Sotheby’s International Realty is the universe in this rapidly unspooling analogy. 321 N. Higgins. 5 PM–8 PM. Ivette Kjelsrud’s paintings blur the line between realism and abstraction. Betty’s Divine hosts an opening of her art. 509 S Higgins. 5 PM–8 PM. Artist Shea Ketcham art is refined, raw and resolved. Swing by Berksire Hathaway to see for yourself. 5 PM– 8 PM. 314 N. Higgins. Photographer Tommy Martino spent six-months documenting John Walker’s creation of a batch of guitars. See the end results at the Bicycle Hanger. 1801 Brooks. 5–8 PM. Will Kats never met a piece of wood he couldn’t turn into art. Check out his jaw-dropping sculptures of historical Western icons at The Artists’ Shop. 127 N. Higgins. 5 PM–8 PM.
Missoula Photographer Marcel Huijser talks about his July trip to Brazil, tracking jaguars. Jaguars son los más grandes de los gatos. Freshwater Studio. 101 E Broadway. 5:30 PM– 8 PM. Taste Buds Kitchen showcases artist Ariel Parrow and her surrealistic paintings and sketches. 131 E Main. 5:30 PM–9 PM. Free. Usually if I say a business is full of Vermin, I get sued for libel. But I can safely say The Clay Studio is full of Vermin. The new exhibit from artist Miriam Griffin focuses on the sensitivity and tenderness of classically maligned animals. 5:30 PM–9 PM. Free. Czech photographer loves the overlap between past and present in Montana. Come see his collection My Own Private Montana at the Break Espresso. 432 N. Higgins. 6 PM–9 PM. The 100 block of W Main street turns into a red, white and blue area of freedom as the Block Party of Democracy boldly waves with beer, wine, food and music from The Ghost Peppers. 7 PM–10 PM.
Saturday
Reggae legends Steel Pulse bring their roots sound to the Wilma Sat., Aug. 6. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $30–$40. Stevensville’s 104th Creamery Picnic brings together the community for a parade, barbecue cookoff, beer festival, milk run, a garden party and all that other great Bitterroot family fun. Main Street in Stevi. Visit creamerypicnic.com. Missoula’s Farmers 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. 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. Pull weeds for charity! 4Missoula hosts a day of outdoor work where you can learn about noxious weeds, and then destroy them. Meet at Milltown State Park at 8 AM. A free barbecue follows at 2. There’s a whole lotta nature out there. The smart thing to do is to start cataloging it. The Montana Natural History Center hosts a daylong class on nature journaling. Treat yourself to a day of drawing and observation. $80. Scholarships available by calling 406-327-0405. Kathleen Snow signs copies of her books Taken by Bear and Searching for Bear Eyes at Fact & Fiction. 10:30 AM–12 PM. Yoga and Beer: The Two Cornerstones of Missoula. The Yoga Spot and the Sweat Shop host yoga every Saturday morning at Imagine Nation Brewing. Class and a beer for $8. All money goes to Free Cycles.
Summer Sun Garden & Brew turns eight years in style with a day of brewing, barbecue and zymurgy, which is a real word I didn’t make up. 12 PM–6 PM.
life by the power of roots reggae. I don’t think this is true, but they’re great regardless. Make up your own mind at the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $30–$40.
DJs Witty and Nin3x spin the coolest of jams while you enjoy the hottest of pools at Lolo Hot Springs Pool Party. 1 PM–11 PM. $9.
Teams of two have 10 minutes to share a true personal story from memory at That’s Not How It Happened. This seems pretty similar to my divorce, but who am I to judge? PEAS Farm. 7 PM. $10. Grab your tickets at tellus something.org.
Join the Western Montana Growers Cooperative on a tour of Fresh Roots Farm followed by a light meal made from local prod ucers. Send your RSVPs to css@wmgcoop.com.
nightlife Unnecessary Farce attempts to follow two cops and three crooks through eight doors at the Philipsburg Opera House Theatre. See operahousetheatre.com for show times. $20/$10 for kids. The 2016 Montana Testicle Festival at Rock Creek Lodge continues. Head to therockcreeklodge.com for schedule and tickets. Big Sky Brewing welcomes Good Old Fashioned Duo for a night of good old fashioned bluegrass. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Draught Works Brewery welcomes the Frederico Brothers for a night of live music and good beer. 6 PM–8 PM. Who told you about the Captain Wilson Conspiracy? There is no Captain Wilson Conspiracy. And they’re certainly not playing their spine-tingling jazz at Ten Spoon Winery. Wait, what’s that sound? They found us! Run! Meet me at the tasting room 4 PM–9 PM. Music at 6. $8–$10. Legends say Steel Pulse is really just a group of ghosts, brought back to
P h i l i p s b u r g ’s O p e r a H o u s e Theatre’s summer season features the Vaudeville Variety Show. See operahousetheatre.com for showtimes. $20 for adults, $10 for kids. Wild Coyote Band play Eagles Lodge Fri. and Sat. Music starts at 8 PM. DJ Kris Moon completely disrespects the adverb with the Absolutely Dance Party at the Badlander, which gets rolling at 9 PM, with fancy drink specials to boot. No cover. People ask if I’m a drag queen. I’m not because real power rests in the hands of the workers, not through blood. I’m too much of a socialist to be a drag queen. It’s a themeless grab bag as the Imperial Sovereign Court of Montana hosts Performer’s Choice Drag Show at the Palace. 9 PM. $5. Rappers Nacho Picasso, Avatar Darko, Sneak Guapo, Dar and Codependents bring the Scarred for Life Tour to Stage 112. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $10. I am totally at peace with Joan Zen playing the Top Hat Lounge. You should be too, because she’s great. 10 PM. Free.
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Sunday 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. 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.
nightlife Making God Laugh depicts one family as they move through 30 years’ worth of holidays. Oy! See operahousetheatre.com for showtimes. $20 for adults, $10 for kids. As long as you’ve got everything taken care of, and don’t know any sports analogies, check out the music of Bases Covered at Draught Works. 5 PM–7 PM. Celebrate your Sunday Funday with Newtflix, a curated film screening and drunken banter session hosted
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Monday Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to the Montana Innocence Project. Bring the family! 12 PM–8 PM. The Shuffles Dance Studio hosts tap classes for all ages and levels from 4-7 PM. 500 N. Higgins Ave. Call 210-8792. $60 for four classes. WordPlay! offers opportunity for community creativity. Word games, poetry, free writing and expansion all happen in Ste. 4 of the Warehouse Mall at The Base. Open to all ages and abilities every Mon. at 4 PM.
nightlife Prepare a couple songs and bring your talent to Open Mic Night at Imagine Nation Brewing. Sign up when you get there. 6–8 PM. Bingo at the VFW: the easiest way to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main. 6:30 PM. $12 buy-in. Find out how the Garden City grows at the weekly Missoula City Council meeting, where you can no doubt expect ranting public commenters, PowerPoint presentations and subtle wit from Mayor Engen. Missoula council chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Meetings are the first four Mondays of every month at 7 PM, except for holidays. Our Missoula City Band rehearses each Monday eve at the Sentinel High School Band Room from 7–9 PM. Open to all adult musicians. Get mindful at Be Here Now, a mindfulness meditation group that meets Mondays from 7:30 –8:45 PM at the Open Way Mindfulness Center, 702 Brooks St. Free, but donations appreciated. Visit openway.org. It’s sure to be a party when Jim Longevity, Hydro Kitten, SLUGS and Beatzlevox play the Badlander. 10PM. No cover. Aaron “B-Rocks” Broxterman hosts karaoke night at the Dark Horse Bar. 9 PM. Free. Live in SIN at the Service Industry Night at Plonk, with DJ Amory. 322 N. Higgins Ave. 10 PM to close. Just ask a server for the SIN menu. No cover.
Tuesday It’s Fair Week in Missoula. The Western Montana Fair features history, education, entertainment, food and animals. Western Montana Fairgrounds. Visit missoulafairgrounds.com.
Learn the two-step and more at Country Dance Lessons at the Hamilton Senior Center, Tuesdays from 7 – 9 PM. $5. Bring a partner. Call 381-1392 for more info. Take down the Athenian hegemony but pass on the hemlock tea at the Socrates Cafe, in which facilitator Kris Bayer encourages philosophical discussion. Bitterroot Public Library. 7 - 9 PM.
Sit Meditation invites folks who’ve already dabbled in meditation to a weekly class at Learning Center at Red Willow, Thursdays noon - 1 PM. $35 for four classes or $10 drop-in. Visit redwillowlearning.org.
Show off your big brain at Quizzoula trivia night, every Tuesday at the VFW. Current events, picture round and more. 8:30 PM. Free. Our trivia question for this week: Which British sci-fi program has more individual episodes than all of “Star Trek” combined? Answer in tomorrow’s Nightlife.
Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters help you improve your public speaking skills with weekly meetings at ALPS in the Florence Building, noon–1 PM. Free and open to the public. Visit shootinthebull.info for details. Jean Matthews Tuesdays at Twelve is a summer concert series named after its founder. This week features Josh Farmer playing tunes on the lawn of the Ravalli County Museum from noon–1:30 PM. Free. It’s Mule-Tastic Tuesday, which means Montana Distillery will donate $1 from every cocktail sold to a local nonprofit organization. 12–8 PM.
Portland's The Scratchdog Stringband are “putting the ass back in the grass.” See what the fuss is about when the rockgrass band plays the Starving Artist Cafe Tue., Aug 9. 6 PM. Free. Get those thumbs limbered up! The Official MPL Gamers Club meets to play Wii and Xbox 360 in the YA dept. at the Library. Ages 13–19, 6:30 PM.
Yippee-kai-yay, Oedipus. Stage 112’s Comedy Open Mic kicks off with the best goofs in Missoula. Signup starts at 7:30 PM, show at 8. Free.
Mother Crone, Judgement Hammer and Raziel are the best way to forget how bad you did at trivia. The show kicks off at the VFW after trivia ends. 21-plus. $5. (See Music.) Mike Avery hosts the Music Showcase every Tuesday, featuring some of Missoula’s finest musical talent. At the Badlander, 9 PM–1 AM. Email michael.avery@live.com.
nightlife Play a round of disc golf in a local park. Missoula Parks and Rec and Garden City Flyers set up a course in a local park each Tuesday. This week’s folf adventure is at McCormick Park. 5 PM. Free. Join the Montana Dirt Girls for an all-women hike or bike. Find locations at facebook.com/ MontanaDirtGirls. 6 PM. Portland’s The Scratchdog Stringband are “putting the ass back in the grass.” Really. That’s not just me being mean. That’s what their website says. See what the fuss is about when the rockgrass band plays the Starving Artist Cafe. 6 PM. Free. Enjoy yoga outdoors with Missoula Parks and Rec. Skilled instructors teach yoga basics to all ages and abilities at a local park. This week, head to McLeod Park to greet the sun. 6–7 PM. Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, 6–8 PM every Tuesday. All ages. My resilience comes from the ghost of a Civil War general that haunts my ‘88 Eagle Premier. If you’re not so lucky, come to The Learning Center at Red Willow for a free workshop on the basics of resilience. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.
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wisdom upon you and a friend at the ZACC. 6 PM. Every second Wednesday of the month. $20, plus about $5-$20 for the cost of glass. All-ages.
Brandi Carlile brings her big, radio-ready folk-rock to Missoula for a show at Big Sky Brewing. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7:30. $36 at ticketweb.com or Rockin Rudy’s.
Poet Dave E. Thomas brings his new collection, Old Power Company Road, to Shakespeare & Co for an imaginative and exciting reading. 7 PM. Free.
Get up onstage at VFW’s open mic, with a different host each week. Half-price whiskey might help loosen up those nerves. 8 PM. Free.
If you didn’t have time to make it to your beach house this summer, come to the Wilma for the second best thing to having enough disposable income to have a house you don’t live in, the band Beach
Missoula City Band performs in the beautiful Bonner Park Band Shell Wednesdays from 8 - 9 PM through Aug. 10. Great band music and guest soloists each week. Free.
Cultivate your inner Ebert with the classic flicks showing at Missoula Public Library’s free matinee, every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 2 PM, except holidays. Visit missoulapublic library.org or pop your head in their lobby to see what’s playing. Head to Missoula Winery for lawn game madness every Wednesday through the summer. Croquet, bocce and petanque from 4–7 PM.
nightlife Ladies and gentlemen, start your reverb! The Missoula Battle of the Bands puts your local favorites head to head in a four-day musical battle of the ages. Rock your way to missoulabattleofthe bands.com for tickets, schedule and full lineup. At the Phish Happy Hour you can enjoy Phish music, video and more at the Top Hat every Wednesday at 4:30 PM. But I know you’ll show up at 4:20. Free. All ages. Kettlehouse Northside hosts Community UNite every Wednesday. A portion of every pint sold goes to Ninemile Wildlife Workgroup. 5 PM–8 PM. 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. 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. The Glass-Fusing Orientation Class will impart basic glass-fusing
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The Western Montana Fair runs Aug. 9-14 at the fairgrounds. Visit missoulafairgrounds.com for a full schedule. House. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $28/$25 advance at thewilma.com (See Music.) More rhythmic than your run of the mill blood brothers, Drum Brothers beat out a mad rhythm at Daly Mansion. 7 PM. 13 and over $5. Patrica teaches West Coast Swing dance classes at Sunrise Saloon every Wednesday from 7-8:30 PM. Beginning level II, so you better know how to jive. $5 per person. 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. Trivia answer: “Doctor Who.” And here I thought America’s original extreme sport was politics. Catch the professional bull riding action at the Missoula County Fairgrounds. $12–$16. 7 PM–10 PM.
Show your Press Box buddies you know more than sports and compete in Trivial Beersuit starting at 8:30 every Wednesday. $50 bar tab for the winning team. Make the move from singing in the shower to a live audience at the Eagles Lodge karaoke night. 8:30 10:30 PM. No cover. The Sunrise Saloon hosts a special acoustic show by Hamilton’s Melissa Forrette. 8:30 PM. Free. Local DJs do the heavy lifting while you kick back at Milkcrate Wednesday down in the Palace. 9 PM. No cover, plus $6 PBR pitcher special. Get your yodel polished up for rockin’ country karaoke night at the Sunrise Saloon. 9 PM. Free. Kraptastic Karaoke indulges your need to croon, belt and warble at the Badlander, 9 PM, no cover.
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Dead Hipster Dance Party is so cool I haven’t even heard about it. Head to the Badlander, 208 Ryman St., every Thursday from 9 PM to midnight. 21-plus. It’s Fair Week in Western Montana history, education, food and animals. tana Fairgrounds. fairgrounds.com.
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Missoula’s own John Floridis swings by Draught Works Brewery with his patented bluesy folk-rock. 5 PM. Free.
Rattlesnake Creek Distillers host School “Spirit” supply drive. Bring backpacks, pencils, notebooks and more to benefit Missoula County school kids and receive a free cocktail. 12 PM–8 PM.
Downtown ToNight features live music, family activities, food and drink vendors and a beer garden. This week listen to the music of Moneypenny. 5:30–8:30 PM. Check missouladowntown.com for details. Free.
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. Missoula, land of fresh produce, provides yet another weekly market for all your organic needs. The Grizzly Green Market runs from 10 AM to 2 PM every Thursday in the mall outside the Mansfield Library on campus. Meditation for Beginners is ideal for those with little or no experience with meditation. Red Willow Learning Center. Thursdays from noon to 1 PM. $50 for five weeks. 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.
Djebe Community Drum and Dance is a class in dance and drum traditions from many countries. Barn Movement Studio, 2926 S. Third St. every Thursday from 6–7 PM. $5 donation. Bitterroot Public Library Fellowship Club meets the second Thursday of each month. Community Room, 6– 7:30 PM. Free and open to the public.
Making God Laugh depicts one family as they move through 30 years’ worth of holidays. Oy! See operahousetheatre.com for showtimes. $20 for adults, $10 for kids. Ironically they’re all holding instruments. Come see Bear Hands rock the Badlander. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $15/$13 advance. 18-plus. Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. Get cash toward your bar tab for first place,
plus specials on beer. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. Hand me my glowsticks, Mama wants to jiggle. Dead Hipster Dance Party is tonight at the Badlander, 208 Ryman St., with $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight. 21-plus. Grammy winning Bluegrass sensation Steep Canyon Rangers leave the steep canyons of North Carolina for the bright lights of the Top Hat. Door at 8:30 PM. Show at 9. $18/$15 advance. Hone your performance skills at Broadway Bar’s open mic night, with singing and prizes at 9 PM. 1609 W. Broadway St. No cover.
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In the center of Deer Lodge you'll find Powell County High School. This brick building is home to the implausibly named Fighting Wardens and, according to legend, a ghost. The fourth floor of the building has been closed off for decades. Behind the closed off staircase, a drained, Olympic-sized swimming pool has been used for storage for decades. Despite the pool not being in use since at least the Carter administration, students and faculty alike have reported the heavy smell of chlorine late at night, and wet phantom footprints trailing down freshly cleaned hallways. These were the stories I was told as an adolescent. No one goes to the fourth floor, a friend would tell me, repeating the story they had heard from their own friend or a friend of a friend, at least. The principal's hair went white overnight after seeing something in the hallway.
THURSDAY AUGUST 4 Natives on the Vote Path come into Missoula to help Native American communities register to vote for the upcoming election. The drive kicks off at the Missoula Indian Center at 10 AM. 830 W Central Ave. Call LaNada Peppers for more info. 406-7402162. 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. If I knew what it was doing to the planet, I probably wouldn’t have used that much hairspray in the ‘80s. Climate Smart’s monthly meet up is at Imagine Nation Brewing to discuss water and conservation. 5 PM–7 PM.
FRIDAY AUGUST 5 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.
I was not bothered by these stories of ghosts, however, because PCHS is clearly only a threestory building. If you want to exorcise your own school spirits, come down to Rattlesnake Creek Distillers for the School “Spirit” supply drive. Your donation of backpacks, pens, notebooks and other school supplies get you a free cocktail. —Charley Macorn Rattlesnake Creek Distillers hosts School “Spirit” supply drive. 128 W. Alder St. on Thu., Aug 11 from 12 PM to 8 PM.
The girl’s youth group ARIELS meets every first Friday of the month at Summit Independent Living Center, 700 SW Higgins, from 3:30-6 PM. Check out summitilc.org.
SATURDAY AUGUST 6 Pull weeds for charity! 4Missoula hosts a day of outdoor work where you can learn about noxious
weeds, and then destroy them. Meet at Milltown State Park at 8 AM. A free barbecue follows at 2.
MONDAY AUGUST 8 Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to the Montana Innocence Project. Bring the family! 12 PM–8 PM. Find out how the Garden City grows at the weekly Missoula City Council meeting, where you can no doubt expect ranting public commenters, PowerPoint presentations and subtle wit from Mayor Engen. Missoula council chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Meetings are the first four Mondays of every month at 7 PM, except for holidays.
TUESDAY AUGUST 9 Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters help you improve your public speaking skills with weekly meetings at ALPS in the Florence Building, noon–1 PM. Free and open to the public. Visit shootinthebull.info for details. It’s Mule-Tastic Tuesday, which means Montana Distillery will donate $1 from every cocktail sold to a local nonprofit organization. 12–8 PM.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 10 Nonviolent Communication Practice Group facilitated by Patrick Marsolek every Wednesday at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 12 - 1 PM. Email info@patrickmarsolek.com or 406-443-3439 for more information.
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under British rule, beat us by a good 76 years by hosting their own version in 1765. But it was in 1841, in Syracuse, New York, when Americans finally said “Hey, we need a system to see who can grow the biggest pumpkins and raise the biggest pigs.” And so the long-running tradition of looking at animals while eating fried foods began and spread across the country. So what's the connection? That's for you to figure out, gumshoe. —Charley Macorn The Western Montana Fair runs from Aug. 9–14. Head to missoula fairgrounds.com for a full schedule.
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Spend a couple of hours at the Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden. As you weed, mulch and build, you’ll learn about native plants and how to create your own garden at home. 4–6 PM every Thursday through Aug. 4. Free and open to the public.
It’s Fair Week in Missoula. The Western Montana Fair features history, education, entertainment, food and animals. Western Montana Fairgrounds. Visit missoulafairgrounds.com.
Feed your astronomy jones with UM’s Summer Planetarium Series. Every other Thu. 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.
FRIDAY AUGUST 5
Play a round of disc golf in a local park. Missoula Parks and Rec and Garden City Flyers set up a course in a local park each Tuesday. This week’s folf adventure is at McCormick Park. 5 PM. Free. Join the Montana Dirt Girls every Tuesday for an all-women hike or bike. Find locations at facebook.com/MontanaDirtGirls. 6 PM.
The stars at night are deep and bright CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP up on Blue Mountain Observatory. University Astronomers will be on hand to guide viewers. Visit hs.umt.edu for times and to reserve free tickets.
Enjoy yoga outdoors with Missoula Parks and Rec. Skilled instructors teach yoga basics to all ages and abilities at a local park. This week, head to McLeod Park to greet the sun. 6–7 PM.
Join other pedalers for a weekly ride to Free Cycles Missoula and back to UM. Meet at the Grizzly statue. 12:30–2 PM. Free. Contact Sandra Broadus at 406-243-4599 for info.
Head to Missoula Winery for lawn game madness. Croquet, bocce and petanque (that’s French for bocce) from 4–7 PM.
SATURDAY AUGUST 6 There’s a whole lotta nature out there. The smart thing to do is to start cataloging it. The Montana Natural History Center hosts a daylong class on nature journaling. Treat yourself to a day of drawing and observation. $80. Scholarships available by calling 406-327-0405.
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The Missoula Marathon running class is designed for beginning to advanced runners. 6 PM, Run Wild Missoula in the basement of the Runner’s Edge, 304 N. Higgins. $100. And here I thought America’s original extreme sport was politics. Catch the professional bull riding action at the Missoula County Fairgrounds. $12–$16. 7 PM–10 PM.
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By Amy Alkon STRAY IT FORWARD I’m a single guy who started a “friends with benefits” thing two months ago with an unhappily married female co-worker. We’ve since developed feelings for each other and started talking about a future. I’m worried because people always say, “If she cheated with you, she’ll cheat on you.” And because she’s unhappy with her husband, does that mean she’ll eventually be unhappy with me and see it as reason to cheat? –Hesitant There are many people who cross ethical lines at work, but most of them just do it by taking home Post-its or a stapler. Okay, sure, have a FWB thing, but with a married co-worker? What happened –too overworked to swipe right on Tinder? And as for why your co-worker started outsourcing her sex life, there’s an assumption that people cheat because they’re in crappy marriages or relationships. And maybe her marriage is unhappy. But infidelity researcher Shirley Glass found that even people in happy, loving marriages can end up cheating. They do this for a variety of reasons: more sex, better sex, different sex (men especially go for variety), or sometimes just because “she isn’t bad-looking and there’s an empty office with a big couch two doors down.” As for whether this woman would cheat on you, that depends on whether she’s the sort of person who cheats. And no, that isn’t as idiotic as it sounds. Evolutionary psychologists David Buss and Todd Shackelford found that there are personality traits common to people susceptible to cheating. One of the strongest predictors is “narcissism”–a personality trait marked by self-importance, self-absorption, a profound sense of entitlement, and a lack of empathy. Another big predictor is “low conscientiousness,” reflected in unreliability, disorganization, laziness, and a lack of self-control. And finally, there’s the unfortunately Norman Batesy-sounding “high psychoticism”–researcher-ese for a mix of aggressiveness, impulsivity, and an inability to delay gratification. Sound like anybody you’ve met in the janitor’s closet recently? Even if this woman checks out personality-wise, you’ll have a much clearer picture of what’s possible after she gets divorced. That is, if she gets divorced–if this thing with you doesn’t turn out to be “affair-apy” (a little sexual tide-me-over until she can patch things up with her husband). Regardless, you should take the time–a year or more– to parse who she really is and whether she and her husband are simply two (irrecon-
GENERAL cilably) different people or whether he just watches a wee bit too much ESPN when he comes home. If you’re lucky, you’ll find these things out from her, and not in some awkward moment at the end of the workday when you finally get a chance to, uh, chat with her husband–through the windshield as you’re clinging to the hood of his moving car.
TENDER BENDER I’m a woman, married for a year to a great guy. The problem is that he’s too gentle when he touches or kisses me, and I’m starting to get really frustrated in bed. I know I should have let him know what I really like a long time ago. How can I do this now without hurting his feelings? ? –Embarrassed It’s hot to have a husband who’s kind of an animal in be –except if that animal is Hello Kitty. Words, who needs ‘em? Maybe you figured he’d get the hint from your body language–maybe because you’re pretty sure you would have if the tables were turned. Well, research by social psychologist Judith A. Hall finds that women are far better at spotting and decoding nonverbal messages (in facial expressions and body language). This makes evolutionary sense, considering a mother’s need to suss out what’s wrong with her 6-month-old (who is unable both to speak and to get on the internet at 3 a.m. to self-diagnose his diaper rash as a brain tumor). Still, you don’t have to give him a poor performance evaluation (ouch!) or go into sex ed lecturer-like detail. Instead, take the Gene Hackman approach. Hackman reportedly informs movie directors that the only directions he’ll take are “louder, softer, faster, slower.” (You might want to supplement those with “harder” and “rougher.”) To encourage greater openness, ask him what his sexual fantasies are (which should lead to the question, “Well, what are yours?”)–and do your best to deliver on any that don’t involve illegal acts with livestock. You might also watch movies together with sex scenes that are more “G.I. Jane” than Jane Austen–like the 2005 movie “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.” Then, when you’re in bed, suggest “Mr. & Mrs. Smith-style,” and he should get what you mean. Before long, when you tell your friends that sex with your husband is “dreamy,” it won’t be because you usually doze off during it.
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Accounting Clerk Enterprising Company seeking a Temporary Accounting Clerk to assist the Payroll Manager with a variety of projects highly focused on detailed data entry. This position will also assist in applying daily cash receipts, create and maintain Excel spreadsheets. This position will tentatively be a 2-3 month assignment, M-F, 8: 00-5: 00. Must have the ability to work well with others under pressure, resolve practical problems, and be proficient in Microsoft applications, specifically Excel. Education and experience: BA degree in accounting or related degree. $12.00. See full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID #28091 BBQ Chefs Wanted: KCBS Backyard event- BBQ in the Badlands, Glendive, MT. Oct. 8th. Register at www.glendivechamber.com or call 406-377-5601 Busser Local fine dining restaurant is seeking to hire a BUSSER. Assist server, clean plates, set tables, pour water, serve bread, run food, and additional duties as needed to provide excellent customer service. Must be available to work at 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Shifts are 5-6 hours long. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10214544 COMPUTER HELP WANTED. Have some experience, but need help with eBay & Craigslist. Please call 406-396-0607
Cook Missoula Early Head Start is looking for a full time Cook/Food Planner. This is a year round program that is benefit eligible. This position is responsible for the food preparation in the Early Head Start center. Duties are performed within state health regulations and USDA requirements. This position is also responsible for completing USDA reimbursement paperwork and cleaning/sanitation duties. The position will order and purchase food. Store food in an organized and sanitary manner. Work with the Health/Nutrition Manager to plan a menu in accordance with USDA guidelines. Prepare all meals and snacks according to the Performance Standards and state sanitation guidelines. Keep the kitchen area clean on a daily basis and perform other sanitation and record keeping duties. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10223812 Customer Care Associate An established and growing Missoula manufacturing company is looking for a long term employee for a Customer Care Associate. The Customer Care Assoc. Is responsible for providing effective customer service for all internal and external customers by using excellent, in-depth knowledge of company products and programs as well as communicating effectively and professionally with all team members. Accurately processes orders according to established department policies and proce-
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Line Cook Missoula cafe is hiring a full time Line Cook to prepare meals from breakfast to dinner. Requires line cook experience; breakfast experience a big plus. Open work environment where cooks are in view of patrons. Must be able to be respectful at all times and able to pass a pre-employment drug test. Open Monday-Saturday, 6 am to 7 pm and Sunday, 8 am to 3pm. $10-12/hr. DOE plus tips. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10221027 NEED A JOB? Let NELSON PERSONNEL help in your job search! Fill out an application and schedule an interview. Call Us at 543-6033 Nelson Personnel is in search for a professional, friendly individual to fill FULL-TIME a RECEPTIONIST/ADMIN ASST. position. $10-12/hr. Call Us at 543-6033 NELSON PERSONNEL is looking to fill PRODUCTION SUPPORT, JANITORIAL, & WAREHOUSE positions for a manufacturing company. $11/hr – Full-Time. Call Us at 543-6033 Production Support Contribute to running the business by ensuring quality and on time delivery when preparing prefinished siding, including: loading of automated machines, painting of boards by hand, and bundling and packaging of units for shipment. Contribute to improving the business by continually contributing and implementing ideas to improve the worksite or processes at all times. This includes creating a positive culture of continuous improvement by learning and applying lean principles, exhibiting honesty at all times, and respecting other people at all times. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID# 27159 PT Bookkeeper Experience with Quickbooks on-line and basic accounting knowledge. Create Spreadsheets and manage invoicing. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10224625 PT Merchandiser Maintain greeting card lines in local retail stores. Restock, organize and move products from storage to the sales floor. Arrange innovative and fun displays and cycle seasonal merchandise. Use internet to place orders, receive instructions & report hours worked. Interact and maintain positive re-
SHIFT SUPERVISOR (4) FT Positions supporting persons with disabilities in a residential setting. $9.80 -$10.30/hr. Position open until filled. Must Have: Valid driver license, No history of neglect, abuse or exploitation. Applications available at OPPORTUNITY RESOURCES, INC., 2821 S. Russell, Missoula, MT. 59801 or online at www.orimt.org. Extensive background checks will be completed. NO RESUMES. EEO/AA-M/F/disability/ protected veteran status.
EMPLOYMENT lationships with store personnel and managers. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10222240 Servers Local restaurant seeking Full-time and Part-time SERVERS. Must be able to provide exceptional customer service. Service of food and beverage to include order-taking, delivery and clearing of any food items. Checks station before, during and after shift for proper set-up and cleanliness. Greets the guests in a friendly and courteous manner and explain any specials and/or restaurant promotions. Abide by all State, Federal and Corporate liquor regulations pertaining to serving alcoholic beverages to minors and intoxicated guests. Minimum wage plus tips. Benefits, free meal per shift. This employer is an EOE/AA/Disabled/Veteran. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10215356 Short Order Cook Local restaurant seeking an experienced SHORT ORDER COOK. Duties include preparation of all meals, keeping kitchen clean throughout shift and cleanup at end of shift. Shifts will be during lunch period and approximately 30 or more hours per week. $10.00/hour. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10221091
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350 Missoula is hiring an organizer on contract to implement an ambitious two-month climate action plan. An affiliate of the international organization, 350.org, we believe Montana is ground zero for new fossil fuel development and that resistance is imperative. You must have a big heart and experience. Contact Jeff, yswolfhowl@gmail.com.
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HEALTH CAREERS Physician Providence Medical Group has an immediate practice opportunity for a BE/BC Family Medicine physician at our Grant Creek Family Medicine clinic. This is a full-time position working 4 days per week with a flexible schedule. See patients of all ages. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10221585 Planned Parenthood Advanced Practice Clinician Physician Assistant/Advanced Practice Nurse. Under the medical supervision of the Medical Director and day to day supervision by the Health Center Manager, the Advanced Practice Clinician will function as the primary provider of medical services for male and female patients. Will carry full responsibility for the initiation and main-
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): I apologize in advance for the seemingly excessive abundance of good news I’m about to report. If you find it hard to believe, I won’t hold your skepticism against you. But I do want you to know that every prediction is warranted by the astrological omens. Ready for the onslaught? 1. In the coming weeks, you could fall forever out of love with a wasteful obsession. 2. You might also start falling in love with a healthy obsession. 3. You could half-accidentally snag a blessing you have been half-afraid to want. 4. You could recall a catalytic truth whose absence has been causing you a problem ever since you forgot it. 5. You could reclaim the mojo that you squandered when you pushed yourself too hard a few months ago. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): August is Adopt-a-Taurus month. It’s for all of your tribe, not just the orphans and exiles and disowned rebels. Even if you have exemplary parents, the current astrological omens suggest that you require additional support and guidance from wise elders. So I urge you to be audacious in rounding up trustworthy guardians and benefactors. Go in search of mentors and fairy godmothers. Ask for advice from heroes who are further along the path that you’d like to follow. You are ready to receive teachings and direction you weren’t receptive to before. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When a parasite or other irritant slips inside an oyster’s shell, the mollusk’s immune system besieges the intruder with successive layers of calcium carbonate. Eventually, a pearl may form. I suspect that this is a useful metaphor for you to contemplate in the coming days as you deal with the salt in your wound or the splinter in your skin. Before you jump to any conclusions, though, let me clarify. This is not a case of the platitude, “Whatever doesn’t kill you will make you stronger.” Keep in mind that the pearl is a symbol of beauty and value, not strength.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): It’s your lucky day! Spiritual counsel comparable to what you’re reading here usually sells for $99.95. But because you’re showing signs that you’re primed to outwit bad habits, I’m offering it at no cost. I want to encourage you! Below are my ideas for what you should focus on. (But keep in mind that I don’t expect you to achieve absolute perfection.) 1. Wean yourself from indulging in self-pity and romanticized pessimism. 2. Withdraw from connections with people who harbor negative images of you. 3. Transcend low expectations wherever you see them in play. 4. Don’t give your precious life energy to demoralizing ideas and sour opinions.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’re not doing a baby chick a favor by helping it hatch. For the sake of its well-being, the bird needs to peck its own way out of the egg. It’s got to exert all of its vigor and willpower in starting its new life. That’s a good metaphor for you to meditate on. As you escape from your comfortable womb-jail and launch yourself toward inspiration, it’s best to rely as much as possible on your own instincts. Friendly people who would like to provide assistance may inadvertently cloud your access to your primal wisdom. Trust yourself deeply and wildly. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I hear you’re growing weary of wrestling with ghosts. Is that true? I hope so. The moment you give up the fruitless struggle, you’ll become eligible for a unique kind of freedom that you have not previously imagined. Here’s another rumor I’ve caught wind of: You’re getting bored with an old source of sadness that you’ve used to motivate yourself for a long time. I hope that’s true, too. As soon as you shed your allegiance to the sadness, you will awaken to a sparkling font of comfort you’ve been blind to. Here’s one more story I’ve picked up through the grapevine: You’re close to realizing that your attention to a mediocre treasure has diverted you from a more pleasurable treasure. Hallelujah!
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Could it be true that the way out is the same as the way in? And that the so-called “wrong” answer is almost indistinguishable from the right answer? And that success, at least the kind of success that really matters, can only happen if you adopt an upside-down, inside-out perspective? In my opinion, the righteous answer to all these questions is “YESSS???!!!”–at least for now. I suspect that the most helpful approach will never be as simple or as hard as you might be inclined to believe.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your strength seems to make some people uncomfortable. I don’t want that to become a problem for you. Maybe you could get away with toning down your potency at other times, but not now. It would be sinful to act as if you’re not as competent and committed to excellence as you are. But having said that, I also urge you to monitor your behavior for excess pride. Some of the resistance you face when you express your true glory may be due to the shadows cast by your true glory. You could be tempted to believe that your honorable intentions excuse secretive manipulations. So please work on wielding your clout with maximum compassion and responsibility.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Did you honestly imagine that there would eventually come a future when you’d have your loved ones fully “trained”? Did you fantasize that sooner or later you could get them under control, purged of their imperfections and telepathically responsive to your every mood? If so, now is a good time to face the fact that those longings will never be fulfilled. You finally have the equanimity to accept your loved ones exactly as they are. Un-coincidentally, this adjustment will make you smarter about how to stir up soulful joy in your intimate relationships.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You may experience a divine visitation as you clean a toilet in the coming weeks. You might get a glimpse of a solution to a nagging problem while you’re petting a donkey or paying your bills or waiting in a long line at the bank. Catch my drift, Capricorn? I may or may not be speaking metaphorically here. You could meditate up a perfect storm as you devour a doughnut. While flying high over the earth in a dream, you might spy a treasure hidden in a pile of trash down below. If I were going to give your immediate future a mythic title, it might be “Finding the Sacred in the Midst of the Profane.”
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I’ve worked hard for many years to dismantle my prejudices. To my credit, I have even managed to cultivate compassion for people I previously demonized, like evangelical Christians, drunken jocks, arrogant gurus, and career politicians. But I must confess that there’s still one group toward which I’m bigoted: super-rich bankers. I wish I could extend to them at least a modicum of amiable impartiality. How about you, Aquarius? Do you harbor any hidebound biases that shrink your ability to see life as it truly is? Have you so thoroughly rationalized certain narrow-minded perspectives and judgmental preconceptions that your mind is permanently closed? If so, now is a favorable time to dissolve the barriers and stretch your imagination way beyond its previous limits.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you lingering at the crux of the crossroads, restless to move on but unsure of which direction will lead you to your sweet destiny? Are there too many theories swimming around in your brain, clogging up your intuition? Have you absorbed the opinions of so many “experts” that you’ve lost contact with your own core values? It’s time to change all that. You’re ready to quietly explode in a calm burst of practical lucidity. First steps: Tune out all the noise. Shed all the rationalizations. Purge all the worries. Ask yourself, “What is the path with heart?” Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES.
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MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DR 16-277 Department No.: 2 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION In Re the Marriage of Julia A. Wright, Petitioner. Steven Wesley Wright, Respondent. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED BIOLOGICAL PARENT. YOU, THE PARENT, ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Petition in this actin which is filed in the office of the Clerk of the abovenamed Court. This Summons, requires you to file your answer and serve a copy of your answer upon the Petitioner within twenty-one (21) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the
relief demanded in the Petition. This action is brought to obtain a Dissolution of Marriage. VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE UNDER MCA § 45-5-626. Dated this 19th day of July, 2016. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of the District Court. /s/ By: Darci Lehnerz, Deputy Clerk. Montana Fourth Judicial District Court Missoula County Cause No.: DV-16-601 Dept. No.: 1 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Luke Lopez, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Luke Armando Ezra Lopez to Valley Ezra Lopez. The hearing will be on August 17, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in MIssoula County. Date 7/19/16 /s/
MNAXLP Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: Laura M. Driscoll, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP-16-115 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FREDERICK L. GERLACH, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above named Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to LORI ANN FINDLAY, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Goodrich &
Reely, PLLC, 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 22 day of July, 2016. /s/ Lori Ann Findlay, Personal Representative GOODRICH & REELY, PLLC 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801 Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Shane N. Reely, Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-16130 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JANIS MARIE PLUNKETT, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All person having claims against the said
decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Lisa M. Plunkett, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. Dated this 13th day of July, 2016. /s/ Lisa M. Plunkett, Personal Representative GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC By: /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-16136 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
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PUBLIC NOTICES OF ALFRED A. GEESEY, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All person having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Paulette E. Floyd, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. Dated this 15th day of July, 2016. /s/ Paulette E. Floyd, Personal Representative By: /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative Montana Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County Cause No.: DV-16-607 Dept. No.: 3 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Jeanne A. Bowes-Dietz, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Jeanne A. Bowes-Dietz to Jeanne Ann Bowes. The hearing will be on 09/29/2016 at 9:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 7/22/16 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Casie Jenks, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DV-16-557 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION BRUCE A. HOVER and DARCY DEE HOVER, Plaintiffs, v. LILA E. RICHARDS, ROY P. HANDLEY, JAMES W. BARTMESS, and BARBARA M. BARTMESS, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, GREETINGS: You are hereby SUMMONED to answer the Amended Complaint to Quiet Title in this Action which is filed with the above-named Court, a copy of which is served upon you, and to file your written answer with the Court and serve a copy thereof upon Plaintiffs’ attorney within twenty-one (21) days after service of this SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION, or such other period as may be specified by law, exclusive of the day of service. Your failure to appear or answer will result in judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. A
filing fee must accompany the answer. This action if brought for the purpose of quieting title the following-described real property located in Missoula County, Montana: All that part of the SE1/4 of Section 23. Township 12 North. Range 17 West. Lying North of Wallace Creek-County Route Number 48 as now located excepting, however, that tract described in that certain Warranty Deed dated October 23, 1961 and recorded October 24, 1961 in Volume 222 of Deeds at Page 247, records of Missoula County, Montana. Dated this 25th day of July, 2016. /s/ Shirley E. Faust By: /s/ Molli Zook, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 2 Cause No.: DP-16-140 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ROBERT B. HILLIARD, a/k/a Robert Bruce Hilliard, 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 LAURA MAEDCHE, 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 20th day of July, 2016. /s/ Laura Maedche, Personal Representative Bjornson Law Offices, PLLC By: /s/ Craig Mungas, Attorneys for Laura Maedche, Personal Representative
MNAXLP sentative, return receipt requested, at 105 Ben Hogan Dr., Missoula, MT 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP16-135 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF IRENE SLOAN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Jo Diefel has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Jo Diefel, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Sally Johnson, Johnson Law Firm, 234 E. Pine Street, Missoula, Montana 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 15th day of July, 2016. /s/ Sally Johnson, Attorney for Personal Representative
MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM SCOTT SCHEFFER, Deceased. Probate No. DP- 16-137 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Joan Margaret Lear Scheffer has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Joan Margaret Lear Scheffer, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Sally Johnson, Johnson Law Firm, 234 E. Pine Street, Missoula, Montana 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 20th day of July, 2016. /s/ Sally J. Johnson, Attorney for Personal Representative NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby
made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 07/29/09, recorded as Instrument No. 200918916 Book 844 Page 1159 and Modified on 11/13/2014 under Auditor’s File No. Book 936 Page 915, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Scott E. Bartlett and Jitra Bartlett, husband and wife was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Insured Title, LLC was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Insured Title, LLC as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 8 in Block 2 of Larkspur Addition, a platted Subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay
all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 01/01/15 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of June 9, 2016, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $250,595.74. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $230,822.39, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on October 20, 2016 at 11:00
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PUBLIC NOTICES the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. BARTLETT, SCOTT E. and JITRA (TS# 7023.113637) 1002.287433-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 05/04/12, recorded as Instrument No. 201208270 B: 893 P: 747 and Re-recorded on 10/25/2013 under Auditor’s File No. 201321009 B: 921 P: 375 and Modified on 2/4/2016 under Auditor’s File No. 201601689 Book 957 Page 114, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Michael K Fitzpatrick, a married person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as
follows: Tract 16 of Certificate of Survey No. 370, located in the Southeast One-Quarter of Section 11, Township 15 North, Range 20 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, Missoula County, Montana. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 09/01/15 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of June 9, 2016, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $229,109.74. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $218,015.32, 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
MNAXLP satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on October 20, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of
these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. Fitzpatrick, Michael K. (TS# 7023.115750) 1002.287445File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 23, 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: Lot 3 in Block 2 of Seeley Lake Estates, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof Greg Triepke and Karla Triepke, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to First American Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to New Century Mortgage Corporation, as
Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on April 11, 2005, and recorded on April 18, 2005 as Book 750 Page 1484 under Document No. 200508851. The beneficial interest is currently held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for HSI Asset Securitization Corporation Trust 2005-NC1, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005-NC1. 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 $1,287.07, beginning February 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 March 24, 2016 is $173,254.70 principal, interest at the rate of 8.38000% totaling $32,175.26, escrow advances of $9,239.89, suspense balance of $-469.85 and other
fees and expenses advanced of $4,654.57, 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 obli-
gations 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 im-
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The following described personal property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash or certified funds. Proceeds from the public sale for said personal property shall be applied to the debt owed to Rent-a-Space in the amounts listed below (plus as yet undetermined amounts to conduct the sale): Space/Name/$$$/Desc 6202/Kris Braaten/$518/washer&dryer SALE LOCATION: Gardner’s Auction Service, 4810 Hwy 93 S, Missoula, MT www.gardnersauction.com SALE DATE/TIME: Wed, Aug 17, 2016 @ 5:30 PM (check website for details) TERMS: Public sale to the highest bidder. Sold “AS IS”, “WHERE IS”. Cash or certified funds.
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PUBLIC NOTICES mediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: May 12, 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 12 day of May, 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/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, ID Commission expires: 01/19/2018 SPS vs Triepke 101187-1 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 28, 2016, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of
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the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 7 IN BLOCK 3 OF CATRINA ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. BRENT BARTZ, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Charles J Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”) as nominee for America`s Wholesale Lender, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on March 1, 2005, and recorded on March 3, 2005 as Book 748, Page 1283, Document No. 200505037. The beneficial interest is currently held by M&T Bank. 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 $155.74, beginning January 1, 2016, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of May 5, 2016 is $23,073.70 principal, interest at the rate of 5.00000% totaling $493.34, late charges in the amount of $31.16, escrow advances of $461.20, and other fees and expenses advanced of $71.74, 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
MNAXLP sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: May 20, 2016 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 20 day of May, 2016 before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Diana Steinmetz Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 07/16/2016 M & T BANKvs BRENT BARTZ 101427-1
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 9, 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: LOT 12 IN BLOCK 1 OF LINDA VISTA NINTH SUPPLEMENT, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. KIRSTEN R CARLSON, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., a Montana Corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Guild Mortgage Company, a California Corporation, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on March 9, 2015 and recorded on March 18, 2015 as Book 941 Page 1004 under Document No. 201504521. The beneficial interest is currently held by Guild Mortgage Company, A California Corporation. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $939.90, beginning December 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 March 23, 2016 is $183,770.73 principal, interest at the rate of 4.50000% totaling $3,284.71, late charges in the amount of $282.00, and other fees and expenses advanced of $287.44, 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 as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: April 28, 2016 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., a Montana Corporation Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 28 day of April, 2016 before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., a Montana Corporation, Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 GUILD CARLSON 1012041
RENTALS APARTMENTS 1 bed, 1 bath, $595, Downtown, AC, coin op laundry, carport, off street parking, W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 1 bed, 1 bath, $725, Southside, wood laminate flooring, W/D
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6565 Justin Court. 5 bed/3 bath, Upper Miller Creek, on culde-sac, extra storage $2500. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
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205 ½ W. Kent. Studio/1 bath, shared W/D, all utilities paid $600. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
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4 Bdr, 4 Bath Wye area home 2.3 acres. $458,500. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4611 North Avenue West. 3 bed, 2 bath on almost 1/2 acre near the river. $399,900. 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 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 Fidelity Management Services, Inc. • 7000 Uncle Robert Lane #7, Missoula • 406-251-4707. Visit our website at fidelityproperty.com. Serving Missoula area residential properties since 1981. More than 35 years of Sales & Marketing experience. JAY GETZ • @ HOME Montana Properties • (406) 214-4016 • Jay.Getz@Outlook.com • www.HOMEMTP.com Natural Housebuilders, Inc. Building comfortable energy efficient craftsman homes with radiant floor heat. 406369-0940 OR 406-6426863. Facebook/Natural House
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CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES 1020 Mount #3. 3 bed 2 bath with garage. Upscale condo at Mount and Stephen’s. $220,000 Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 annierealtor@gmail.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 370-3995 porticorealestate.com Charlo Street Townhomes #1. Modern 3 bed, 2.5 bath with private fenced yard & double garage. $289,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 2398350 shannonhilliard5@ gmail.com The Uptown Flats #105. Ground floor condo offers extra large south-facing patio. 1 bed, 1 bath. $161,900 Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546.5816 annierealtor@gmail.com The 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 The Uptown Flats #303. 1 bed, 1 bath with all the amenities. $159,710. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 annierealtor@gmail.com
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4033 Matthew Street. 2 bed, 1 bath mobile home in Westview Park with deck & mountain views. $36,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com
LAND FOR SALE 156 ACRES, EASY ACCESS. $199,900. Bordered by USFS lands. Prime hunting. 15 minutes to Superior MT. Southern exposure, good mix of trees and meadows. Power nearby. Twite Realty • Mark Twite • 406-8801956 • NewHomes@Montana.com • www.marktwite.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 20 acres Granite County $44,900. Wild Horse Road: Gated access, prime hunt-
ing area. Timber, views, usable terrain. Twite Realty • Mark Twite • 406-880-1956 • newhomes@montana.com • www.marktwite.com 2598 WHISKEY JACK, HAMILTON MT. $89,500. 20+ acres South of Hamilton. Bordered by USFS lands. Gated community access. Sweet seller terms available with 20% down. Twite Realty • Mark Twite • 406880-1956 • NewHomes@Montana.com • www.marktwite.com 320 ACRES, GRANITE COUNTY. $172,000. Located about an hour east of Missoula. Bordered by BLM and State lands. Good grazing area. Prime hunting area. Twite Realty • Mark Twite • 406-880-1956 • NewHomes@Montana.com • www.marktwite.com
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40 ACRES- 2 CREEKSSELLER TERMS. $69,900. 2 perennial streams. Gated legal access. Seller terms w/20%
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NHN Roundup Tract #5. Development opportunity. 20.07 acres. $999,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 5465816. annierealtor@gmail.com
NHN Weber Butte Trail. 60 acre ranch in Corvallis with sweeping Bitterroot views. $800,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.com
2 bath, 3,040 sq.ft. custom log home nestled in a beautifully maintained forest with privacy and hunting right out of the back yard. 17 private wooded acres. Endless recreational opportunities. Clark Fork river only miles away. Completely remodeled in 2011/2012.
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NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. Approximately 11 acre building lot with Mission Mountain views. $86,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.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
2700 Lyon Creek Rd, Missoula True Montana Property! $498,000 • MLS # 21603335 Easy town access, remote setting. 3 bed, The “I’ll Just Have One More” Martini
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COMMERCIAL Business For Sale Established bulk spices, herbs, teas and gifts. All products, furnishings and equipment must be moved. Turnkey. 406-822-3333
OUT OF TOWN 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
These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 DILLON•
Dillon is a 6-year-old male Lab mix. He is a big happy boy that loves making people happy. His tail is always wagging and his tongue always lolling. Dillon came in to the shelter as a stray. Although he was microchipped, there was no current owner contact information on his chip. He has been waiting for a full month at our shelter, looking for a family that will take him home and keep him for always.
MAYNARD•Maynard is a 1 1/2-year old male Pit Bull mix. Maynard has been through some unfortunate experiences, which makes him rather slow to warm up to new people. He was brought in by a Good Samaritan who watched him run from people who were throwing rocks at him. It would be wise for anyone interested in adopting him to plan on meeting him several times to build his trust.
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YARROW• Yarrow is a 2-year-old male short-haired cat. This handsome black cat was named after the wildflower because of his gorgeous yellow eyes. He is a very enduring cat who loves snuggling and begs for attention. He would make a wonderful addition to a home. Yarrow is currently at Petsmart, where you can meet and fall in love with this little house panther. MATILDA•Matilda is a 4-year-old female brown tabby. She was found by a couple moving into a new home. Somehow, she managed to sneak inside their couch, where she was discovered as furniture was moved in. Matilda is a rather lush lounge lizard, preferring to spend her days sprawled in a sun beam being hand-fed gourmet treats, or snuggling next to you under a warm blanket.
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JADE• Jade is a 2-year-old female shorthaired Tortie. She is a sassy young thing who is curious and enjoys investigating. She is a rather social creature and greets you with her inquisitive eyes every morning. Jade usually likes other cats, but once in a while her Tortie personality comes out. When this happens, she will usually complain loudly at the injustices she's been dealt in life.
KENAI•Kenai is a 1 1/2-year old female Catahoola Malamute mix. She can be timid with new people at first, but is a very active and affectionate girl once you've built her trust. Kenai needs an owner that is willing to put in the work and give her the time she needs to feel confident in her home environment. Then she will make a great, active companion on all your outdoor adventures.
These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 HENDRICK• Hendrick is new to Missoula, just in with his friends from The Fort Belknap Reservation. This handsome guy would love to find his forever home here in Western Montana. He loves puppies and other dogs. This Pit Bull mix also loves people! He recently attended a Missoula Mavericks baseball game with us and made lots of friends! Learn more about Hendrick online at myhswm.org.
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MR. ROGERS• Mr. Rogers wanted to know who all the people were in the neighborhood, but after spending some time out wandering he's decided he's ready to settle down and find a home of his very own. This 2-year-old is independent and playful, and still finds plenty of time to squeeze in a good catnap. He'd do well with older kids and would prefer to not live with other male cats.
BUDDHA•Buddha is a 6-month-old Boxer mix, who is full of energy! He loves to play with other dogs and would love to find an active family. He is independent, and loves food and treats. Buddha is a great candidate for our tricks class! Come visit him at the shelter 5930 Highway 93 South in Missoula. Hours are 1-6pm Tuesday – Friday and noon-5pm on Saturdays.
ASLAN• This orange and white cat is looking for a new home here in Missoula after being out riding the range on his own in Idaho. Aslan would love to find a spot near a window to lie in the sun and take a nice, long catnap - do you have just the spot for him? Come visit him at the shelter 5930 Highway 93 South in Missoula.
CASCADE•Cascade is a 3-year-old Chihuahua/Jack Russell Terrier mix. He is shy and looking for a family who can be patient with him as he comes out of his shell. Cascade gets along with other dogs and would benefit from some training; he’s a blank slate! Adopters can sign up for group classes or private lessons with one of our trainers to start him off on the right paw. Learn more on our website myhswm.org.
CHESTER• Chester is a cat who wants to have you all to himself and would like to be your one-and-only cat. This handsome, long-haired black and white cat is ready to find his forever home - is it you? Come meet Chester at the shelter at 5930 Highway 93 South. We’re open 1-6 Tuesday through Friday and noon-5 on Saturdays.
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