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News

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Voices/Letters Merle Haggard, Woods Gulch and Dave Strohmaier ..............................4 The Week in Review Recovered bikes, student housing and Germanfest ....................6 Briefs Sheriff ’s office, Moon-Randolph Homestead and Standing Rock........................6 Etc. Missoula is a (third) party kinda town .....................................................................7 News UM tagged with white nationalist propaganda......................................................8 News Vote Smart announces Montana departure following 2016 election....................9 Opinion Missoula’s housing market is great—for those ready to leave........................10 Opinion Montana gains a community-run forest .........................................................11 Feature In Trump They Trust ........................................................................................14

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Fly Moon Royalty joins 28 other bands for Plus One Fest.....................................18 Music Jeff Crosby and the Refugees, Butterscotch and The Double ............................19 Books David Quammen talks Yellowstone....................................................................20 Film The Innocents delivers on a complex true story...................................................21 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films.......................................................22 The Real Dirt Farm Party recipes..................................................................................23 Happiest Hour Pumpkin stout at Missoula Brewing Co..............................................25 8 Days a Week In a month filled with Ann Coulter jokes ............................................26 Agenda City Club Missoula talks medical marijuana ....................................................34 Mountain High MUD’s Garden Party ...........................................................................35

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Street Talk .......................................................................................................................4 News of the Weird ........................................................................................................12 Classifieds....................................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess ...................................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrology.....................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle .......................................................................................................C-8 This Modern World...................................................................................................C-12

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STREET TALK

by Tess Haas

Asked Tuesday morning on the University of Montana campus This week’s feature profiles some of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters in Montana. How would you describe Trump’s candidacy so far? Follow-up: Would you say you’re more likely or less likely to vote in this November’s election?

Brandon Fur: I think it’s all been a mess.

In ways it’s been effective, but really messy. Trump is paving the way for Hillary or Gary Johnson to win. Right to whine: More. If I complain then at least I can say I tried to make a difference.

Bill Thompson: I don’t really think I have been following that closely, but Hillary has just had so many scandals come up. And Gary Johnson’s not a bad guy, but he’s just going to take votes away from Republican candidates so I’d prefer Republicans to win at this time still. Be there: I’m definitely more likely to vote.

Sandy Lawler: I think he has shaken things up. We definitely need to reexamine the structure of things. This is a time in the cosmos when we are asked to reevaluate and reexamine structures, so now is the time we have to do that. Rain or shine: More, but I vote in every presidential election.

Robert Joseph: Originally, I liked his blatant honesty but when it turned to borderline hate speech I was out. In the beginning I think he spoke his mind more and was less politically correct— when he didn’t think he’d actually win it.

Now he’s moved away from that, which I actually don’t like him for. Rigged: Less likely. I can’t support that kind of hypocrisy.

Bryce Andrews: I think we’ve paid way too much attention collectively to someone who is a bigot. I think it’s dragged the national discussion away from where it should be. RSVP: Oh, I’ll vote. Absolutely.

The Hag I thoroughly enjoyed reading Erika Fredrickson’s interview with Rodney Crowell (see “Star on the water,” Aug. 25), once I finished choking over the first paragraph. To merely reference the lyrics quoted to kick off the article like they were just some random song, especially in an article about a country singer-songwriter, is an injustice I just couldn’t pass over. A simple Google search of those famous lines about loving Montana would have led straight to the classic country song, “Big City,” by the legendary late Merle Haggard. Why is there no mention of this, when it would have only made the introduction that much more meaningful?

Although the article doesn’t specify, after several readings I can only assume the author was hearing a cover band and not listening to a recording of the original version, in Haggard’s unmistakable voice.

Otherwise, referring to Haggard himself— with that unmistakable voice—as an anonymous musician would be another grievance in and of itself. I have to go with the benefit of the doubt.

I get that the article was about Crowell, but few are the country artists who wouldn’t cite the Hag at the top of their list of influences. Whether the omission was conscious editing or simply oblivious, in an article dedicated to country music it was so glaring that I felt compelled to set the record straight.

Jessie Lundberg Missoula

A place to walk As Missoula has grown and more of the surrounding trails have become more crowded with recreational pursuits such as mountain biking, there have been a few places that remained places to walk in peace. Woods Gulch was one of those places until the last few years.

I have been walking the Woods Gulch trail for 20 years now, in all seasons. I know when the tiny calypso orchids bloom in the spring and where to look for them. In the summer I see Swainson’s Thrush raise their nestlings tucked away in a blooming mock orange bush not more than an arm’s length from the trail.

Now, at summer’s end the nutcrackers and gray jays are harvesting and catching nuts and fruits for the winter. In a few months, hopefully there will be snowshoe hare tracks in a snow-covered trail. Woods Gulch is a place of serenity and provides us with an opportunity to glimpse the wild. A place where one can walk and practice what the Japanese beautifully call shinrin-yoku—wood-air bathing.

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But this year Woods Gulch has been different. Mountain bikers are having their impact. There has always been mountain biking on the trail, and until recently walking and biking in Woods Gulch has not been in extreme conflict. Now, it is becoming dangerous to be a walker or animal on that trail. Three times this summer I have had frightening, heart-stopping experiences with bikers suddenly being right on top of me as they come skidding down the trail. Yesterday was the worst I had experienced, with three young bikers speeding over a blind spot in the trail and almost hitting me, and in their efforts to stop nearly colliding into

“Three times this summer I have had frightening, heart-stopping experiences with bikers suddenly being right on top of me as they come skidding down the trail.”

each other. If my dog had been a few steps behind me, instead of in front, she would have been seriously injured or dead. Suffice it to say the benefits of wood-air bathing were out the window and an uncomfortable adrenaline headache took its place for me that day.

Woods Gulch is a steep narrow trail, with many blind curves and dips. It is being impacted by ever-increasing mountain biking activity. As bikers come down the steep trail, breaking and skidding, the trail is getting chewed up. Irresponsible bikers are banking up the sides of the trail and causing denuding of vegetation and scarring. Hikers are feeling less safe. I

don’t fear bears or mountain lions in Woods Gulch, but mountain bikers.

I am not writing to attack mountain biking as a sport; there are trails galore for mountain biking in the surrounding Missoula area. Many of those trails are far more suited to that activity as long as they are treated respectfully. Some trails should be shielded from mountain biking not only because of their fragility, but also for the wildlife, and yes, for a place to walk. Woods Gulch is one of those trails.

Just as some trails have been closed to dogs for the sake of wildlife, so too, if the conflict becomes too great, a trail should be closed to a heavy impact activity such as mountain biking when the “bike print” becomes too great.

If you have experienced similar issues with mountain biking traffic on the Woods Gulch trail I encourage you to write the Lolo National Forest District Ranger Jennifer Hensiek. It is time to speak up to preserve Woods Gulch and create a new use plan for that trail system.

Lisa Hendricks Missoula

Supporting Strohmaier I enthusiastically supported Stacy Rye in the recent Missoula County commissioner primary because of her record, her commitment to bringing greater efficiency and transparency to county business and her willingness to listen to all perspectives before coming to a decision.

Whatever Stacy’s differences from her primary opponent, Dave Strohmaier, I believe their basic Democratic values show that they have more in common than what sets them apart. Their records as former colleagues on the Missoula City Council attests to that.

Therefore I’m pleased to endorse Dave Strohmaier for the general election.

Primaries can be tough on Democrats, especially in an essentially one-party town like Missoula, but I believe it’s important to come together at the end of the day.

I’ve known Dave for nearly a decade and served with him on the Missoula City Council. I supported his bid for Congress and knocked doors for him when he ran for legislature. He’s thoughtful, knowledgeable and an unwavering supporter of human rights and social justice. He’ll also support continued investment in the things that make Missoula so special, such as a new library and conserving open space.

Please join me in supporting Dave Strohmaier in the general election.

Caitlin Copple Boise, Idaho

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WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Joe Weston

Wednesday, Aug. 31 The Montana Board of Pardons and Parole denies release for Gordon Sellner, an antigovernment protester who shot at a Missoula County sheriff’s deputy in 1992. It took authorities three years after the shooting to arrest Sellner, because he barricaded himself with several family members on a property in Swan Valley.

Thursday, Sept. 1 Farran Realty Partners announces the groundbreaking for a new 488-bed, six-story student housing project at 301 E. Front Street. The work is set to begin Sept. 9.

Friday, Sept. 2 Missoula police recover a cache of hundreds of stolen bike parts and bikes from a trailer park on Burns Street. Officials say it will take weeks to sort through and identify everything, but hopefully some owners will be reunited with their stolen property.

Saturday, Sept. 3 The Montana Grizzlies open the football season with a 41-31 victory over Saint Francis.

The team dons special “Montana Granite” slate-gray colored jerseys, which will be sold to benefit the Grizzly Scholarship Association.

Sunday, Sept. 4 Fans of beer, bratwurst and käsekuchen (cheesecake) gather for Germanfest at Caras Park. Arts Missoula, formerly called the Missoula Cultural Council, runs the 23rd annual event.

Monday, Sept. 5 The Missoula Area Central Labor Council hosts a Labor Day gathering in Bonner Park, with many attendees taking shelter from the rain under the bandshell. Congressional candidate Denise Juneau stops by to talk about her support for workers' rights.

Tuesday, Sept. 6 An extensive resurfacing project starts on the stretch of Highway 93 from Missoula to Lolo.

The Montana Department of Transportation warns drivers to anticipate delays and lane closures for the next few months.

A cowgirl makes a quick dismount during the saddle bronc portion of the Bull-A-Rama at the Ravalli County Fair on Sept. 1.

Pipeline protest

The Missoula supply run Quiet. Worn out. That’s how Laura John describes the mood of the pipeline protesters in North Dakota as she pulled up to the Red Warrior Camp last Sunday. Video of a mass altercation with private security guards and dogs the day before had already gone viral, and the people John saw seemed solemn, frustrated or angry that their peaceful demonstration had devolved into violence.

The moment John began to unload her 16-passenger rental van, packed to the ceiling with donated supplies from Missoula, she says she felt the atmosphere shift toward gratitude.

“I think it helped lift their spirits after what happened the day before,” John adds, “to know that people out there are watching and that they’re supporting their effort and that people care enough to send things.”

John, a former Missoula resident now living in Portland, had spread the word on social media in late August

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that she’d be heading to the site where thousands of tribal members are making a stand against a pipeline they claim threatens clean water and cultural heritage.

She hoped to pick up a few much-needed supplies for the camps along the way, and the results, she says, left her unsure whether to “cry or laugh or both.” There were tents, art supplies and warm-weather clothes. Several local restaurants raided their storerooms and pitched in dry goods, including No. 10 cans of beans and 25-pound bags of rice.

“It was really hard to get all that stuff into that giant rig,” says Timmy Arrowtop, who collected and stored the items ahead of John’s arrival. “It was a lot of stuff that came through.”

Burns St. Bistro chef Walker Hunter reached out to fellow cooks and caterers in town after hearing about the effort and spent much of last week loading up his Jeep with food donations from Masala and Two Sisters Catering. With Arrowtop and other friends from the Native American community clearly feeling drawn to help the

Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, Hunter says he was glad to participate.

“It’s hard to have your friends impacted by something and not be impacted yourself,” he adds.

John wound up splitting the Missoula donations among the different protest camps based on need.

Educational materials and items for small children and elders went to the Sacred Stone prayer camp, she says, while smaller tents and other camping gear went to the more direct action-centric Red Warrior Camp.

John has not yet made plans for another supply run; she left the camps for Portland on Labor Day. But she’s not ruling out future trips by her or others in Montana. And after seeing what a little Facebook chatter produced, she believes this is a cause that resonates with Missoulians.

“It was really amazing, because I think a lot of times as native people we feel like we’re kind of in the shadows,” John says. “It was great. Really great.”

Alex Sakariassen

[news] Moon-Randolph

Meet the new caretakers Moving into a new residence usually comes with a big to-do list, and that’s especially so for anyone taking over the Moon-Randolph Homestead in the North Hills.

The rent is free—but it comes with the requirement of maintaining a 127-year-old homestead, living in a remodeled chicken coop and hosting public events.

Fortunately, Moon-Randolph counts as an upgrade for its new caretakers, Katie Nelson and Caroline Stephens. They moved onto the property in early August, replacing outgoing caretakers Matthew and Meredith LaRubbio. Before this, Nelson and Stephens had been living in a tent on the farm where Stephens works. “So we’re used to simple living,� Nelson says. “We still have to haul our water up here, so that’s what that big yellow truck is for. But the house has electricity, which is really nice. We don’t have to go outside to cook.�

Nelson and Stephens met four years ago and started dating when they were both studying for master’s degrees in environmental science at the University of Montana.

Nelson works at the Wild Rockies Institute and leads educational field courses; Stephens is currently wrapping up her second season as a produce manager at Foothill Farms in St. Ignatius. “Four or five months ago, we had no idea we’d be doing this,� Stephens says. “We’ve been rearranging and setting up our lives for the future so we will have time to devote to this place.�

Besides feeding two Nubian goats and a ragtag bunch of Rhode Island red chickens, Stephens and Nelson haven’t started any projects yet at the homestead. Their first big event as caretakers will be hosting the Sept. 24 Fall Gathering, where the public is invited to help pick apples, press cider, listen to music and party next to a bonfire.

Stephens is especially excited about all the historic implements on the homestead, like the cast-iron cider press, which she already knows how to operate. She grew up in Kentucky, where she spent vacations as a kid going to “historic home� camps led by her grandmother, a homesteading buff. “We’d make chicken soup in a big kettle over an open fire, and I was just like the happiest person ever,� Stephens says. “I was like, ‘This is awesome.’ My grandmother definitely instilled in me a great appreciation for the past and exploring the past. I feel like my farming is something that relates to that, and so this opportunity seems so fitting.�

Kate Whittle

Sheriff’s department

Suit comes with a sting A new lawsuit against Missoula County claims the sheriff ’s department deployed a controversial surveillance device, the use of which has never been documented in Montana, to track the cellphone communications of a deputy in connection with her ouster.

Use of a cell-site simulator, often referred to by the brand name Stingray, to intercept mobile phone communications is among the allegations contained in the Aug. 24 complaint filed in Missoula County District Court by Angie Smith, a former detention officer.

Smith claims she was maliciously prosecuted for DUI last year as part of an effort by the Missoula County Sheriff ’s Department to fire Paige Pavalone for backing the sheriff ’s opponent in the 2014 election.

The messy dispute has led to a slew of human rights complaints, lawsuits and a court settlement, some of which are still ongoing.

Pavalone was fired in early 2015 after department officials said she lied and obstructed the DUI investigation of Smith, with whom she was having drinks just before her friend’s arrest.

The bizarre incident occurred on Feb. 20, when Smith and Pavalone met at Lolo Peak Brewery. Also at the brewery was Capt. William Burt, named in Smith’s suit, who allegedly monitored the pair, aware that Smith was on probation for a first DUI offense. As Smith began to drive away, the suit alleges she was quickly stopped by a sheriff ’s deputy on suspicion of DUI. Smith was arrested and charged with DUI, but the charges were later dropped after a blood test produced results below the legal limit. In the meantime, however, she was put on administrative leave and then terminated from her position at the detention center.

Documents later surfaced suggesting someone had altered Smith’s probation terms without her knowledge to prohibit alcohol consumption and entry into bars.

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Missoula County Justice Court clerk Amy Blixt resigned shortly after.

Smith’s attorneys say her arrest was a ruse to carry out a vendetta against Pavalone. “They altered her court documents and we think they monitored her communications with Paige,� says Quentin Rhoades, of Rhoades & Siefert. “They did it with an ulterior purpose, it has nothing to do with Angie. She got caught in the crossfire.�

Stingray devices, which act as fake cell towers to intercept mobile phone data within a certain area, were originally used by federal officials in intelligence gathering but have become secret tools for local law enforcement agencies nationwide to investigate petty crime. The American Civil Liberties Union has identified 66 agencies in 23 states that use the devices, but their existence in Montana is unknown.

Deputy Missoula County Attorney Matt Jennings declined to comment on Smith’s suit specifically until the county is served with paperwork, but he says the sheriff ’s department has never owned nor used a cell-site simulator. “I only know stingrays as the animal that killed the Crocodile Hunter,� he says.

Similarly, a city attorney says the Missoula Police Department “does not use or own any cell-site simulator devices.�

Montana was the first state to pass legislation barring warrantless retrieval of cellphone location information in 2013, but bill sponsor Daniel Zolnikov, R-Billings, says the statute doesn’t prevent law enforcement from collecting other cellphone data.

For Zolnikov, the devices raise privacy and due process concerns. Smith’s complaint offers few details supporting the allegation, but Rhoades says more evidence will emerge as the suit progresses. “They won’t be able to deny it through the discovery process,� he says.

Derek Brouwer

ETC. Missoula has long been known as a party town (welcome back, UM students), but this year that reputation can be better described as a thirdparty town. That’s because Missoula is largely responsible for landing two minor party presidential candidates a spot in Montana’s general election this November.

About a month back, the Indy published a story about UM law student Danielle Breck’s effort petitioning the state to add Green Party candidate Jill Stein to the ballot. The initiative was anything but a slam-dunk. Petitions require 5,000 voter signatures to qualify, and the Green Party hadn’t made it onto a Montana ticket since David Cobb’s bid for the White House in 2004.

The work paid off, however. The Montana Secretary of State’s office last month tabulated 7,368 signatures from 22 Montana counties supporting the Stein petition. Missoula County blew the rest of the state out of the water, putting up 41 percent of those signatures—3,024 to be exact.

The Stein campaign had a strong presence in Missoula leading up to the Aug. 17 petition deadline. As Breck told the Indy in August, half of the dozen paid staffers spearheading the petition were stationed here, as were some 30 volunteers. While that may explain the heavy showing for Stein, it doesn’t do much to answer why Missoula voters seemed almost equally swayed by another thirdparty contender.

After failing to gain anything remotely resembling traction in the Democratic presidential primary this year, San Diego real-estate tycoon Roque “Rocky� De La Fuente did what any millionaire with a bunch of leftover “Rocky 2016� shirts would do: He formed his own American Delta Party. The move allowed De La Fuente to petition for inclusion on the ballot in a number of states, and according to his public affairs team, he turned to Austin-based consultant and former Rand Paul signature gatherer Trent Pool for help in Montana.

The result? De La Fuente made it on the ballot. His campaign succeeded in collecting 5,450 signatures from five Montana counties—with 2,658 of those coming from Missoula.

The 2016 cycle also includes a cast of Libertarian stalwarts—Gary Johnson, Mike Fellows, Ron VanDevender—but their presence in past Montana elections means their party now automatically qualifies for the ballot. Which means if those Missoula signatures translate into votes, American Delta could be a shoo-in for 2020.

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There was a certain subtlety to the racist stickers slapped last month onto light poles and walls around the University of Montana campus. To passersby hustling between summer classes, the stylized photos of Greco-Roman statues could be mistaken as promos for an art exhibition. Someone reading their slogans—one, “Let’s Become Great Again,” co-opted from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump—might interpret the stickers as campaign material.

But to Jason White, the code was clear.

“I knew exactly what they were,” he says. “I’m a black male from Tennessee.

I know all about that stuff.”

The stickers were produced by a California-based white nationalist group called Identity Evropa and are part of a guerrilla marketing campaign aimed at college campuses. White says he was visiting a friend’s dorm room when he spotted one in a stairwell. Not a UM student himself, White headed back upstairs to alert his friend. She took him outside and pointed out several others.

The propaganda drop occurred days before the start of fall classes and UM’s Week of Welcome for incoming students. “Just the tip of the iceberg,” the group wrote in Aug. 12 social media posts showing photos of the UM stickers. By September, however, most if not all had disappeared from campus.

A UM spokesperson was unaware of their presence.

Identity Evropa’s lineage traces to the far-right American Freedom Party, a political organization with a platform of promoting “ethnic European” identity and interests. Identity Evropa’s leader, Nathan Damigo, is an Iraqi war veteran who served prison time for robbing a Middle Eastern cab driver at gunpoint after a night of binge drinking. (He was said to be exhibiting symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder at the time.)

The group also has close ties to one of Montana’s foremost white nationalists.

Whitefish-native Richard Spencer, who

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runs a white supremacist think-tank called the National Policy Institute, appeared at the group’s first public event on the UC-Berkeley campus earlier this year, and its website features a video Spencer produced promoting white racial identity.

In the group’s online posts, the men have embraced the spotlight brought on

by Trump’s candidacy as well as the as-

White says seeing the posters reminded him of an earlier encounter he had shortly after moving to Missoula five months ago. He and a friend were eating dinner at the Dinosaur Cafe inside Charlie B’s bar when a burly man dressed in camouflage and combat boots confronted him. White says the man took food from his plate and began yelling racial slurs, drawing the attention of the entire bar.

photo courtesy of Identity Evropa Facebook Page

Posters associated with a white nationalist group’s guerrilla marketing campaign appeared in dorms and academic buildings on the University of Montana campus sometime in August.

sociated media attention and perceived mainstreaming of the so-called “alt-right” movement. Identity Evropa leaders boast in their blog that the “Fash the City” poster campaign is bringing new recognition and recruits as the group looks to gain wider traction.

The Missoula incident was attributed by the group to a UM student, but Montana Human Rights Network Co-director Rachel Carroll Rivas says it doesn’t necessarily suggest white supremacists are organizing locally. Regardless of who put up the stickers on campus, Carroll Rivas says, “The impact of postering is sort of the same, and that is to ... make folks know that there are people out there who believe these racist things and thus make people feel intimidated and afraid and unwelcome if they’re part of a targeted group.”

“I just grabbed my fork,” White says.

“I don’t want to fight a Nazi at five in the afternoon.”

When bartenders didn’t step in to remove the man, White says he and his friend left with their food still on the table. A Dino employee confirms the incident and says restaurant staff called police, who eventually escorted the man from the bar after White and his friend were gone.

White says the situation “put a distaste in my mouth” about the environment in Missoula, one he had specifically sought out in deciding to move to the city. The campus posters added to his disappointment.

“I thought it was liberal,” he says.

“It’s not true at all.” dbrouwer@missoulanews.com

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Termed out Vote Smart announces Montana departure following election

by Kate Whittle

For most of the 1990s, journalists and employees. But now, Kimball explained, more time in the organization,” Bates says. voters watching the election cycle couldn’t Vote Smart’s future depends on finding a Reed Speegle, who worked as a requickly Google a politician’s voting record. university to partner with. search associate and development direcInstead, the most reliable sources for up-toKimball attributed many of the com- tor from July 2013 to March 2014, says he date political information were publications pany’s problems to the misadventures of appreciated the opportunity to quickly from Project Vote Smart, a Philipsburg-based young, “hormonal” interns, and wrote that rise within the company, but didn’t have nonprofit with the stated goal of providing over the years three staffers have died. (Kim- much faith in the administration. unbiased facts on elected officials. ball did not return the Independent’s re“The fact is, it’s an organization that is mostly run by young people. You gain a lot Journalist Lee Banville, who was work- quests for comment.) ing for “PBS NewsHour” at the time, recalls In his letter, Kimball describes the of experience quickly at a young age that maybe you wouldn’t in other organhow Project Vote Smart was the izations,” Speegle says. “Personally, “only game in town” when it came I never met anyone on the board. I to fact-checking during elections. guess that’s telling.”

“It was one of few places that did it,” says Banville, now a profesEven current staff readily acsor at the University of Montana knowledge that Vote Smart is chalSchool of Journalism. “Although lenged when it comes to recruiting this is a damning quote—they were and retaining employees and interns. a big deal in the ’90s if you were Almost every staffer currently listed covering politics.” on the company’s site has worked there for less than two years.

Vote Smart was founded in “We struggle with the remote1988 by Richard Kimball, an Arizona ness,” says Melisa Oberti, communipolitician who lost a senatorial race cations and development director. to John McCain in 1986. At the Oberti, like many Vote Smart staffers, time, an Arizona newspaper deis a recent college graduate who was scribed Kimball as being afflicted drawn to the ranch’s scenic landscape with “terminal weirdness.” photo courtesy of Project Vote Smart in 2015. She declines to address any With the lofty intention of creating “the only truly uplifting Project Vote Smart recently announced plans to of the dramatic history mentioned in leave the state, largely due to difficulties related to Kimball’s newsletter, saying she hasn’t movement in politics today,” Kim- its remote location outside Philipsburg. been around long enough to know ball declared his retirement from politics and established Vote Smart’s opera- board’s decision to sell the ranch and move any details.

Oberti still maintains a cheery outlook tions on the scenic 148-acre Great Divide out of state as a “crushing blow” and takes Ranch outside Philipsburg. Vote Smart’s personal responsibility for not raising and points to Vote Smart’s plans to unveil a cadre of 40-50 summer interns and about enough money to help the operation. The voter information mobile app this fall before 30-40 year-round paid staffers performed nonprofit’s 2015 tax return indicated $1.6 the November election. She says the nonpainstaking research by compiling informa- million in income, with Kimball earning profit aims to leave the state next year, contion collected from congressional candidate $84,000 as the executive director. Most paid tingent on the ranch finding a buyer. It’s questionnaires. Vote Smart also offered a staffers start at annual salaries of $20,000, currently listed for sale at $4.1 million.

“We are planning to move to a university free, 24-hour voter information hotline. and unpaid interns receive room and board setting,” Oberti says. “Schools are competing Almost 30 years after its founding, Vote on the ranch.

Smart, by Kimball’s own admission, isn’t a Former Vote Smart employees say de- to house us right now.”

For Banville’s part, he’ll be surprised if big deal anymore. Several other organiza- spite Kimball’s penchant for drama, the comtions provide similar voter resources on- pany’s troubles are plainly due to an isolated Vote Smart can ever be as relevant as it was line, from Ballotpedia to PolitiFact. In Vote setting, lack of institutional knowledge and during its heyday.

“A voter can go out and find a lot more Smart’s summer membership letter, Kim- shortsighted management. ball announced the nonprofit is aiming to Jamieson Bates, who resigned as Vote info than Project Vote Smart has now. It’s sell the ranch and move operations out of Smart’s interim national director in March of been sort of overcome by technology,” state after the 2016 election. It’s not the this year, says one of his biggest frustrations Banville says. “For a political reporter it was first time Vote Smart has declared financial was the company’s lack of interest in improv- groundbreaking. It’s no longer.” troubles—the ranch has been up for sale ing its web presence and online fundraising. kwhittle@missoulanews.com since 2014, when the company laid off six “I decided I didn’t want to invest any

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[opinion]

Home spree Missoula’s housing market is great—for those ready to leave

by Dan Brooks

According to the Missoula Organization of Realtors’ most recent annual housing report, the median sales price of a home in Missoula hit a record high this year. At $238,700, the typical house now sells for 87 percent more than it did in 2000, when the median price was $127,900.

That’s great news for people who own homes, particularly if they plan to sell them and leave town. Given rising property taxes, it’s less great for people who own homes and want to live in them.

What they ought to do is rent them out.

According to the housing report, the rental vacancy rate in Missoula was a mere 4.1 percent in 2015. Just over half of Missoula residents rent, and those are the ones we can count. When you consider informal leases, undocumented bonus roommates and people who don’t respond to surveys, the portion of Missoulians who rent their homes is probably higher.

And boy, are they willing to pay! According to MOR, nearly half of Missoula’s renters spent more than 30 percent of their incomes on housing in 2015. That’s exciting, considering their median household income was only $27,606. Even though they only make a little more than half what homeowners make, renters in this town give their landlords more money than they spend on taxes or food.

And they’re not going to become homeowners themselves anytime soon.

At current interest rates, a 20-year mortgage on a median-priced home costs $1,436 a month—or 62 percent of the median renter’s income. If you thought 30 percent was bad—and most real estate agents and the federal government agree it is—then I’ve got great news for you.

Combined with low wages, home prices in Missoula guarantee a permanent underclass of residents who will never stop paying rent.

That’s why I’ve coined a new slogan for our fair city: Missoula—a great place to charge other people to live! The exclamation point is for extra excitement. With any luck, this dynamic new slogan will at-

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tract even more of the people who make Missoula’s housing market great by steadily increasing the population as wages stagnate.

College students, for example. Because many of them get their incomes from loans or parents, students are a great way to keep Missoula’s housing market disconnected from its job market.

Granted, the University of Montana enrolls 20 percent fewer students than it did

“Combined with low wages, home prices in Missoula guarantee a permanent underclass of residents who will never stop paying rent.”

five years ago. But President Engstrom’s plan to increase enrollment while cutting budgets promises a renewed supply of renters with no increase in economic activity. That’s good news for landlords—especially lazy ones, since students are willing to live in conditions few families would tolerate.

Students have long supported Missoula’s robust community of slumlords, bartenders and free-clinic employees.

But what about tourism? For that, you need people from other places with lots of money. I’ve got more good news: the median family income in the state of

California was $71,015 last year. That’s more than double the median income in Missoula.

This is probably just a coincidence, but the median mortgage payment here is about 24 percent of a Californian family’s income—around the level financial planners consider wise. The typical house may be out of reach for the typical Missoula family, but for Californians looking to buy an investment property, it’s just right.

There’s never been a better time to own a home in Missoula and stop living in it. Granted, there’s never been a worse time to buy a home—not even right before the massive housing crash that destroyed the U.S. economy in 2008. But if you bought here two decades ago—or if you grew up here and are waiting for your parents to die so you can inherit their house—now is a great time to sell out and move away.

We did it! Missoula made us all rich.

By “us all,” I mean the 48 percent of us who own our homes. But those people made out like bandits—again, provided they’re willing to sell or rent their houses and live somewhere else.

That’s how a successful town works.

Step one: Develop a national reputation as a great place to live, based on beautiful scenery, low cost of living and a flagship university. Step two: Watch the population go up even as major employers shut down and the university crumbles. Step three: Sell out and move to Butte.

I missed out on step one, which happened while I was in high school, so this plan didn’t quite work for me. Still, I’m proud to be a part of it. At least I got to join the permanent underclass in a beautiful place, among families who have lived here for generations and now hate everyone else. At least I got to watch Missoula turn into Aspen. Someday, when I’m 50 years old and still renting in a different town, I’ll be proud to say I lived here once.

Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and what else was happening when he was in high school at combatblog.net.

[opinion]

Seeds of change Northwest Montana gains a community-run forest

by Matt Hart

In Montana’s northwest corner, a coalition of partners recently turned a piece of lakeshore slated for subdivision into a new type of public forest. It exists largely because the U.S. Forest Service in 2012 launched a fund it calls the Community Forest and Open Spaces Program. The fund is vastly underutilized in the West, with more than two-thirds of its 35 recipients lying east of the Mississippi, but as development proliferates, Montana’s now-protected Alvord Lake provides a model more Westerners might consider adopting.

Alvord Lake, just north of the 957person town of Troy, offers a transition zone for wildlife between the ridges above and the developed river valley below. Common loons nest along the lake during summer, while moose, deer and elk browse its conifer-lined shore during winter. It’s a popular spot for humans, too, with the Forest Service maintaining a 3-mile trail around the lake along with an outdoor classroom frequented by school and community groups.

All but one-third of a mile of the lake’s shoreline falls in Kootenai National Forest. The remaining parcel of 142 acres was long owned by Plum Creek Timber Co. At the turn of the millennium, the logging giant harvested it exhaustively, then sold it to Montana Mountain Valley, a real estate developer with big plans to subdivide.

The developer “had one thing and one thing only in mind: to make money,” says Troy resident Gary Jones.

Jones, his wife, Kathy, and other citizens had a different goal. After Forest Service representatives explained the proposed development at a community meeting in 2002, the Joneses formed Friends of Alvord Lake, LLC. Their dream was to find a way to keep the area as wild as possible. And they aligned their money with their environmental principles: They came up with the $800,000 necessary for the group’s eleventh-hour purchase of the parcel. As Jones put it afterward, “That land became our IRA.”

Buying the land was intended as a stopgap measure, but nothing happened for more than a dozen years. The community favored a Forest Service purchase of the parcel, but found that federal funding was scarce.

“I’d get calls from Gary every few years, saying things like, ‘The Forest Service doesn’t have any money, nothing’s happening,’” recalls Gael Bissell, a state wildlife biologist at the time. “He’s a patient soul.”

Patience would eventually collide with financial reality for the Joneses.

“The developer had one thing and one thing only in mind: to make money.”

With state and federal conservation possibilities exhausted, the couple faced the prospect of selling the land back to a developer. But that’s when Bissell learned that funding was available through the new Community Forest Program.

“When I looked it up and it said public access, managed forest land, wildlife habitat, community support, education, it fit every criteria,” Bissell says. “It was a hit out of the park.”

The program requires that a local or tribal government, or a qualified land trust, manage the intended land and that applicants prove local support of the project by securing at least half of its funding from non-federal sources. So

Bissell approached the Vital Ground Foundation, a Missoula-based land trust focused on conserving and restoring grizzly bear habitat. She also teamed with U.S. Forest Service District Ranger Kirsten Kaiser to conduct a meeting to gauge local interest.

“The community reacted very favorably,” Kaiser recalls. “It’s a favorite place.”

With Vital Ground signing on, the coalition recruited volunteers from the Society of American Foresters chapter in nearby Libby to inventory the parcel and write a forest management plan. Bissell also worked with the local conservation group Yaak Valley Forest Council to detail the parcel’s habitat value and its educational benefits as a demonstration forest.

The result was “a pretty technical application,” according to Bissell, and, in 2014, a $400,000 grant came from the Community Forest Program. More than a dozen other local, regional and national donors joined the fundraising effort over the next year, and in December 2015, Vital Ground closed on the property. The Joneses’ conservation goal was achieved at last.

This July 8, the community christened its new forest with a free public celebration at the lake. One hundred visitors learned about the area’s natural history, the community forest model and plans to restore and utilize the space.

“We have an opportunity to make it a much healthier forest,” said Ed Levert, chair of Libby’s chapter of the Society of American Foresters. With Alvord Lake providing a model of collaboration, community forests—created by a united group of people—could stave off development and become a growing source of pride across the West.

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OUTSTANDING IN THEIR FIELDS – The recently concluded Olympics included a few of the more obscure athletic endeavors (such as dressage for horses and steeplechase for humans), but U.S. colleges compete in even less-heralded “sports,” such as wood chopping, rock climbing, fishing and broomball. University of Alabama, 2015 national football champions, dominates also in the 280school bass-fishing competition, and New York's Paul Smith College's 5,000-student campus raucously cheers its championship log-splitting team (against seven other schools). And Ohio State whipped another football powerhouse, Nebraska, in ice-based broomball.

WHY? BECAUSE WE CAN, THAT'S WHY – We now have computer or cellphone apps to, for example, analyze the quality of one's tongue-kissing; alert you when your zipper is inadvertently down; make a refrigerator also be a stereo and photo album; notify you when you need to drink more water; check the male-female ratio at local bars so, if you're on the prowl, you can plan your evening efficiently; and reveal whether your partner has had someone else in bed while you were away (via differential contours of the mattress). And then, in August, the creators of the new "South Park" virtual reality game announced that they had figured out how to release a "fart" smell that is crucial to gameplayers when they put on the VR mask.

Inexplicable: Pizza Hut announced in August that it had finally mastered the technology to turn its cardboard delivery boxes into customers' workable disk-jockey turntables and will make them available shortly in five stores in the United Kingdom. (Each box has two record decks, a cross-fader, pitch and cue controls, and the ability to rewind.) Music stars P Money and DJ Vectra are featured, and the boxes will sync via Bluetooth to phones and computers.

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COMPELLING EXPLANATIONS – Lame: Steven Scholz was sued for $255,000 in Oregon City, Oregon, in July after he allegedly fired on a family's house (15 gunshots) and traumatized their young son inside. Scholz explained that he thought the Biblical Rapture had just occurred and that he was the only survivor. (2) Aman Bhatia, 27, was charged with battery and lewd molestation in July after allegedly groping six women at Disney World's Typhoon Lagoon water park. Despite witnesses telling police that Bhatia was positioning himself for furtive groping, Bhatia claimed that his glasses were broken and thus he was not aware that women were in his path. In July, Ryan Bundy (a leader of the Malheur federal land occupation protest in Oregon in January), exercising his philosophy as a "sovereign," wrote his judge that he rejects the federal court's jurisdiction over him in his upcoming trial, but that he would agree to cooperate – provided the government pays him $1 million cash. Bundy (who signs court documents “i; ryan c., man”) said for that sum, he would act as “defendant” – or, as a bonus, if the judge prefers, as “bailiff,” or even as “judge.” (Bundy's lawyer, not surprisingly, is Bundy.)

IRONIES – Recurring Theme: People with too much money have been reported over the years to have paid enormous sums for "prestigious" license plates, usually the lowest-numbered. In China, the number 8 is regarded as lucky, and a man identified only as "Liu" obtained Shanghai province's plate “88888” — for which he paid the equivalent of $149,000. Shanghaiist.com reported in June that “Lucky” Liu was forced into annoying traffic stops by police eight times the first day because officers were certain that the plate was bogus. Greenland's first “world-class tourist attraction,” opening in 2020, offers visitors a “stunning view” of the rapidly melting ice sheets from the area's famous 250,000-year-old Jakobshavn Glacier.

The United Nations-protected site is promoting a “tourist” vista that some call “ground zero for climate change” — and which others hope won't be completely melted by 2020.

UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT – Third-grade teacher Tracy Rosner filed a lawsuit against the county school board in Miami in July (claiming to be the victim of race and national origin discrimination) after being turned down for a job that required teaching Spanish – because she doesn't speak Spanish. (Rosner said “non-Hispanics” like her are a minority among Miami schoolteachers and therefore that affirmative-action-style accommodations should have been made for her.) An Idaho man took his pregnant daughter, 14, and the man who raped her, age 24, to Missouri last year to get married (because of that state's lenient marriage-age law) – asserting that it is the rapist's "duty" to marry a girl he gets pregnant. The father now says he was wrong, but an Idaho judge nonetheless sentenced him to 120 days behind bars for endangering his daughter. (The rapist received a 15-year sentence, and the pregnancy ended in miscarriage.)

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THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT – The Tykables “baby store for adults” opened in Mt. Prospect, Illinois, recently and so far has outlasted attempts to shut it down (as being, allegedly, inappropriate for the community). Part of the business model is selling adult diapers for medical needs, but a major clientele is adults with a fetish to be treated like helpless babies – with diapers, clothing, accessories and furniture (oversized high chairs, playpens and cribs). (Though the owner controls store access and has blocked out window views, critics are still uncomfortable explaining the store to their children.)

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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. He has come around to being a very sweet, loving, and gently playful boy with the shelter staff. pushy dogs.

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RAY• Ray is a 4-month-old male orange Tabby. He is a bit timid and will shy away from people most of the time. He does like to be held close and cuddled for security. Ray needs a home that will help him build some confidence and trust in people so he knows he doesn't have to be afraid anymore. Ray would likely do well in a home with another cat to help show him the ropes.

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RUTHIE• Ruthie is a 13-year-old Border Collie mix. She is a sweet older girl who loves getting belly rubs. Ruthie is hoping for a retirement home without young children. She'd love a quiet home that she doesn't have to share. Ruthie would rather have all the love and affection to herself. This older gal has lots of love to give.

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AVA•Tall, regal, and such a clever girl, Ava enjoys meeting new people and other pups. This young Alaskan Malamute/Husky mix would love a family who would exercise both her mind and body; she would love to learn some tricks! Ava was recently spayed and is ready to head home when you are. Come visit Ava at the shelter 5930 Highway 93 South in Missoula. Hours are Tuesday-Friday 1-6 p.m. and Saturday noon-5 p.m.

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onald Trump strolled to a lectern in the Billings MetraPark Arena May 26 with the confidence of a man with an insurmountable lead. Some 7,500 people had turned out to hear from the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, and Trump worked the crowd of screaming, sign-waving fans into a frenzy.

The former reality TV star and billionaire businessman spoke with a casual delivery, mixing standard talking points with comments about the Billings homicide rate and his son’s hunting exploits under the Big Sky. Outside, vendors sold hundreds of “Make America Great Again” T-shirts and hats, with less than a dozen protestors on the grounds. It was a scene, but perhaps different from what many expected.

Trump’s unconventional rise to the top of the Republican party has been punctuated by the candidate’s charged and often off-color comments, which detractors believe help promote violence and hateful behavior from his faithful supporters. In Chicago, a rally was canceled due to concerns about conflicts between pro- and anti-Trump attendees. In Tucson, a Trump supporter sucker-punched a protestor. In Louisville, individuals at a rally surrounded and shoved a black woman in the crowd. The New York Times posted a video of Trump supporters at various events chanting “Fuck political correctness,” telling protestors “Fuck Islam, and God bless Donald Trump,” screaming “Seig heil” in support of the candidate and, in response to Trump saying Presi-

dent Obama had divided the country, yelling “Fuck that nigger.”

But none of that happened in Billings.

The event seemed almost routine within a campaign that’s been anything but. Reporter Ed Kemmick of Last Best News interviewed many in attendance and wrote, “It becomes more interesting, and much more complex, to find out that, in Montana at least, his supporters are disarmingly normal.”

Less than two weeks after appearing at MetraPark, and with all of his opponents out of the race, Trump won Montana’s GOP primary with nearly 74 percent of the vote and secured all 27 of the state’s delegates. On July 19, he officially accepted his party’s nomination at the Republican National Convention and turned his focus to beating Hillary Clinton.

That Billings rally marked the beginning and likely end of Trump’s attention on the Treasure State. He said as much to the MetraPark crowd, telling them he’d “come back 10 times if you want me to,” but that his energy would best be focused on battleground states. Polls continue to predict Montana leaning right—a Washington Post poll released this week shows Trump beating Clinton by 13 points—so any change in that strategy appears unlikely.

The result is no more rallies, no official field offices and no word of in-state phone banks. Trump has yet to purchase time on Montana airwaves, like Clinton has in recent weeks and like Republican Mitt Romney did in 2012 when his ad blitz included spots stumping for U.S. Senate

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challenger Denny Rehberg. Queries to the Trump campaign’s state director about a ground game in the Treasure State were referred to the national office, making details of the candidate’s strategy even more difficult to acquire.

According to a source familiar with Trump’s Montana operation but who asked for anonymity because he’s not authorized to speak on the record, the campaign’s approach is to feed “a grassroots movement.” Volunteers are passing out swag at county fairs and piggybacking their door-knocking efforts with statewide candidates like U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, who has been a vocal Trump supporter, and gubernatorial hopeful Greg Gianforte,

Republican party. And if he hurts a few feelings or misspeaks along the way? Well, that’s all part of his appeal.

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d Buttrey knew he was painting a target on his back in early 2015. In the midst of a tense legislative session, the Republican state senator from Great Falls crafted a bipartisan compromise to expand the federal Medicaid program to thousands of Montanans, a move that irritated the more conservative wing of his party. Buttrey sips a bottle of Bud Light next to the Tiki Bar at Bigfork’s Marina Cay as he recalls the warnings he received from fellow lawmakers last session. In his

of the establishment, they’re sick of all the energies of our leadership in this country focused toward killing each other versus solving the problems that we have at hand.

Here comes a guy that nobody really identifies with either party, that’s speaking his mind, sometimes to his detriment, but really seems to vocalize the people’s concern.”

Buttrey watched with fascination over the past year as Trump succeeded in offending voting bloc after voting bloc only to gain the GOP nomination, beating more than a dozen established party loyalists along the way. Originally a strong supporter of Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Buttrey is now “100 percent” on board with Trump. Buttrey feels the Republican party

divide has contributed to years of crowded primaries in statewide races. At its height, the 2012 Republican gubernatorial primary included nine candidates. The 2014 primary for U.S. House of Representatives turned into a five-way standoff mainly featuring former or then-current state legislators. It’ll take more than Trump to fully heal the rift, Buttrey says, but if the party can succeed in heeding populist sentiment and unify behind a political outsider who speaks his mind with no fear of retaliation, it’ll be a strong start.

Buttrey adds that he was blown away by the level of enthusiasm displayed by voters at the Billings rally. Buttrey actually spoke with Trump for the first time at the

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State Sen. Ed Buttrey, the author of Montana’s Medicaid expansion compromise, believes Trump has given Republicans an opportunity to set aside their differences and heed the will of their voters.

who has only said he’ll back the Republican nominee “whoever that ends up being.” Trump’s national office maintains weekly contact with stateside representatives and hasn’t ruled out potential appearances by surrogates such as Mike Pence, Newt Gingrich or Donald Trump Jr., but none have been planned. In the meantime, the campaign is at least keeping the state flush with enough shirts, hats and stickers to fill a storage unit and several garages—a considerable change over past presidential contenders, the source says, adding “McCain sent 25 bumper stickers and half of them were in Spanish.”

With Trump turning his attention elsewhere, the Montana faithful—those “disarmingly normal” attendees in Billings and other backers throughout the state— have had little outlet for their support. But they’re out there, eager to talk about a candidate they think will change America, bridge divides and help heal a wounded

mind, increasing access to health care and lifting Montanans out of poverty wasn’t a political issue, it was simply “good policy.”

“After the HELP Act, folks told me that I’d have a tough time in politics,” Buttrey says. “That wasn’t coming from Democrats, that was coming from my party. We can’t do that.”

Medicaid expansion wasn’t the only debate in which Buttrey found himself at odds with the bulk of his party during the 2015 Montana Legislature. He and a small band of Republicans also crossed the aisle on dark money and the CSKT Water Compact. The perceived betrayals fueled a renewed push by some GOP leaders to cull the party’s ranks of so-called “moderates.”

Buttrey feels fear of such retribution too often guides the decisions of politicians, softening their approach to legislative matters in favor of a surer shot at reelection.

“People in this country quite frankly are sick of both parties,” he says. “They’re sick of the Ds, they’re sick of the Rs, they’re sick

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Despite what fact-checking outlets like PolitiFact might say, Western author L.J. Martin stands by his assertion that Donald Trump—while an “offensive son-of-a-bitch”—tells the truth.

has continually tried to silence Trump, to convince him to quit distracting voters and drop out of the race. The party couldn’t have been more wrong.

“They ignored the American people,” Buttrey continues. “This is the establishment.

The establishment does not want a Donald Trump because they can’t control a Donald Trump. And what the American people were saying was, ‘We want anything but.’”

Buttrey also believes that as the official nominee, Trump presents an opportunity for Republicans to begin fixing a divide that has plagued it both nationally and in Montana for years. The 2016 Republican presidential primary devolved into a vicious, 17-way free-for-all. Conservative ideologues moved toward Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a polarizing figure with an abysmal reputation among fellow lawmakers. Moderates fed up with an apparent lack of compromise backed Kasich, who led his own state’s charge on Medicaid expansion.

Here in Montana, Buttrey notes, a similar

event and characterized the candidate’s offstage presence as “incredibly gracious … very nice … soft-spoken.”

Despite Trump’s appeal, however, the energy that filled MetraPark that day hasn’t exactly permeated every corner of the state. In fact, Buttrey concedes many Trump supporters he’s talked to have voiced their endorsements with hands cupped over their mouths. Perhaps they’re afraid of being labeled, he says.

Trump has, after all, made some extremely sexist and xenophobic comments in the past. And Buttrey admits he wished Trump had focused less on attacking fellow Republicans throughout the primary.

Whispered support, offensive statements, interparty attacks—none of this has caused Buttrey, one of the more moderate Republican voices in the state, to waver in his support.

“There’s been no moment where I’ve said, ‘Hey, maybe I need to rethink,’” he says. “To me there’s no other option. I

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don’t think that that’s going to drive how he works as an executive. I think he’s going to have a team around him which is going to focus him on making business decisions ... I’ve learned to somewhat tolerate—you cringe a little bit—the remarks.

But I don’t think that’s going to affect his decision-making.”

W

hen Donald Trump touched down by helicopter at the Iowa State Fair just over a year ago, CNN accused him of breaking a number of the “golden rules” of campaigning. Terra Pierce didn’t care.

She was a staunch supporter of a Trump bid well before he announced his candidacy, and she watched excitedly on television as Trump cast off his usual aversion to hand-shaking and pressed the flesh in Des Moines.

Pierce grew up in an entrepreneurial family. She ran the Poly Food Basket grocery store in Billings until she sold it in 2009. Now she owns the Stadium Club Sports Bar and manages a separate bar and casino for her father.

Politics was never really her thing until Trump came along. The feverishness of his candidacy appealed to Pierce, encouraging her to knock on doors, hand out bumper stickers and serve as an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention. Trump may not be perfect— he’s “certainly made some mistakes,” she says—but that’s business. You get back up and try again.

“I have said for years that we needed somebody running our country that ran it like a business, because that’s basically what the United States is,” Pierce explains.

“We’re an income and expense type of place, and you can’t spend more than you make. That was my personal biggest draw, because if I ran my business the way that our government runs our country, I would be out of business and nobody would care.”

As a Montana businesswoman, Pierce sees potential in how Trump would address job creation, tax relief and relaxed regulation. Property taxes have increased significantly for her company, she says, from $12,000 to $20,000 a year over the past six years. Hiring employees at $16 an hour would be untenable. She has utilities to think about and income tax and payroll tax. Before she pays anyone, Pierce says, she has to pay the federal government.

Trump’s promise of comprehensive tax reform has been driving economists and pundits nuts for nearly a year. Details of what he was proposing were maddeningly difficult to come by at first. When the specifics did emerge, critics on both sides quickly denounced a plan that the Tax

Foundation estimated would add $10 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade. Trump has since revamped his approach, but his dedication to lowering the tax burden on people like Pierce seems enough to keep followers on board. A lot of the hurdles small businesses face may originate with state or local government, Pierce acknowledges. Perhaps change can trickle down.

“I am working for the government,” she says, adding that taxes are the biggest “non-controllable expense” that frustrate her. “I feel like I’m a government employee.”

But even in a red state, being a Trump supporter isn’t easy. Pierce says she’s been rudely turned away from numerous stoops while knocking doors for legislative candidates in her “Team Trump” shirt. Her refusal to discuss politics while tending bar

politician with the nerve to say what’s on his mind without sugarcoating anything.

But have any of those statements led Pierce to doubt her choice? What about the time he insinuated Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly had been menstruating when she aggressively questioned him at a debate?

“Oh my gosh,” Pierce says. “Even myself, a die-hard Trump supporter, I was like, ‘Oh my God. What has he done now?’ And there were times that I just wish he’d quit talking. He’s really got it in his head, but he’s got to quit letting it come out his mouth. I really, truly felt that way.”

Pierce’s response quickly pivots, however. She insists Trump has evolved and will continue to evolve as he prepares to enter the White House. He’ll create jobs, he’ll get the money flowing

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.J. Martin lounges on the living room couch in an upscale home at the base of a blue-ribbon Montana trout stream, ignoring solicitations to gamble on his smartphone and reminiscing about the time he field-dressed an elk on the mountainside framed in his front window. Between swigs of black coffee, he paints his life as a sort of rags-to-Rock Creek ranch story. He grew up in county housing in California, worked as a wrangler in his teens, wound up in the real estate game for a while and now has a trove of Western and thriller novels under his belt. Not bad, he says, for a guy whose father left him nothing but “10 empty Old Crow bottles.”

“Waking up with a stupid grin on your face every day and being able to look out there,” Martin says, “it’s gotta be something inspiring.”

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A look at the top 15 Trump campaign contributors in Montana shows a diverse base for the former reality TV star.

As of last month, Trump had logged more than 130 separate donations from across the state, including a USPS carrier in Whitehall, a trucker from Shelby and bar owner in Wibaux.

didn’t stop a local businessman she knows from noticing the Trump bumper sticker on her Jeep and informing her, at work, that he’ll be looking for a new place to buy booze. She found that same bumper sticker crumpled on the ground after a trip to Sam’s Club. It had been attached with blue painters tape, Pierce says.

“I felt really violated, that somebody would touch my vehicle and take that and put it on the ground. So I picked it up and at that point, I just peeled the paper off the back and I thought, ‘Screw you. I’ll stick it to my Jeep now.’”

Such is the mentality of the Trump voter, Pierce adds. Those who support him will continue to do so regardless of what anyone else—or Trump himself— says or does. For Pierce, Trump is a non-

again and he’ll learn to soften his responses. Pierce laughs when emphasizing this point, recalling the moment she met Trump ahead of the Billings rally. Most of the people backstage were wearing suits and ties, she says. By comparison, she and her husband looked like “a couple groupies” in their Trump shirts and hats.

Trump called them a good-looking couple, then added a comment to Pierce’s husband.

“We started to leave and walk away, and he put his hand back on my husband’s shoulder and he said, ‘Hey, you did good,’” Pierce says. “We were like, ‘What is he talking about?’ Then he says to my husband, ‘You got yourself a trophy wife.’

I was like, ‘Oh my god, Donald Trump just called me a trophy wife!’”

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The move to Montana began with a conversation L.J. had with his wife and fellow author Kat in a Mexican restaurant in California. She wanted to move to the mountains 40 miles away. He thought if you’re going to be a bear, “be a grizzly.”

But what really got him fixated on the Treasure State was the fact that law was still law here. Pull a knife on a guy in a bar fight, Martin says, and a Montana judge will say “we don’t fight that way in Montana. Twenty years.”

“I like the law and order aspect of it,” he continues. “I have a Facebook page, ‘Back the Blue.’ I believe in what the police do, even though like every profession they’ve got a couple of bad apples. Generally they do a hell of a job, and they do a better job in Montana by far than they do in California.”

Martin says his home state now has the highest hit-and-run problem in the nation, and there’s a reason the runners split: They’re illegal aliens, afraid of getting caught and getting thrown out of the country. Immigration is just one of the issues that has drawn Martin to the Trump camp. And it’s an issue on which Trump has made some truly nasty generalizations. When announcing his candidacy last year, Trump claimed Mexico wasn’t “sending their best” to the United States but rather criminals, drug dealers and rapists.

He did add that “some, I assume, are good people,” but the sweeping characterization of illegal immigrants became the first in a series of widely criticized remarks.

“I have Mexicans in my family,” Martin clarifies. “I love Mexicans. I love the work ethic.” What he doesn’t like are the illegals, the troublemakers, the ones Trump has vocally condemned.

“What he said about people that come in here from Mexico was exactly right,” Martin says. “We get plenty of rapists, we get plenty of bandits … The dope truck traffic alone brings a huge number of those folks across the border. He was right exactly what he said. He didn’t say it right, but he was right.”

Trump’s politically incorrect statements haven’t shaken Martin’s faith. In fact, Martin dares Trump critics to point to a single moment when the presidential candidate has flat-out lied. Trump can be “an offensive son-of-a-bitch,” Martin says, but the strongest thing he has going for him is “he tells the truth.”

The fact checkers at PolitiFact, a Pulitzer Prize-winning project of the Tampa Bay Times, would disagree with Martin. Their scorecard for Trump currently ranks 35 percent of the statements in his file as false— and 18 percent of them as “pants on fire.”

Trump’s combined statements throughout 2015 won him PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year award. From his comment this August about Obama and Clinton being the cofounders of ISIS to his claim last week that the number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. “could be 30 million,” Trump has repeatedly been called out for his blatant mistruths.

Martin doesn’t care. He believes Trump’s ISIS accusations were more nuanced and shouldn’t have been taken literally. As for the 30 million immigrants, Martin wonders who really knows.

Trump’s statements may be hyperbolic or poorly worded at times, but Martin insists there’s always a kernel of truth—even when the candidate attacked the Muslim parents of slain American soldier Humayun Khan after their appearance at the Democratic National Convention.

“The Khan thing was the stupidest thing any human being could have done,” Martin says. “Not that he was wrong nec-

essarily, but it would have been so easy to skate that. ‘I understand how they feel.

Their son was killed and I would feel terrible about that if I were them also. I do feel terrible about it.’ There are times to keep your mouth shut. But he’s not a politician. He hasn’t learned to lie.”

Martin attributes Trump’s popularity to a voting public fed up with lies spun by those close to government. He can’t bear the thought of Hillary Clinton—a “lying bitch,” he says, who has lived her life on “the government tit”—winning the presidency. In his spare time, Martin has taken to splicing together videos he claims reveal Clinton’s past untruths and posting them to Facebook, and says he campaigned hard against Barack Obama as well.

“Of course, I’m a racist because I did that, right?” he asks. “Even though I have a Japanese daughter-in-law, I have a Jewish daughter-in-law, I have a Mexican niece, I have a half-Native American grandson. My dining room table at Thanksgiving looks like the UN lunchroom.”

A Trump White House, by comparison, would rekindle the Bakken oil boom and usher in a new wave of tech jobs in Montana, Martin says. He recently put a Trump bumper sticker on his truck, covering an older one for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

Martin purchased a camouflage “Make America Great Again” cap at Trump Tower during a trip to New York this summer.

Sure, Trump’s been bankrupt several times in the past, Martin says, but so has he. Who better to improve the economy than a man who dug himself out of a $6 billion hole?

“When it costs you more to clean a shirt than it does to buy a shirt, you know that you’ve got some real economic balance of trade problems,” he adds. “That cleaner’s owned by people in Missoula who are trying to make a living. That shirt has been manufactured by people making 11 cents an hour. If you don’t believe that, go into an Old Navy.”

Martin has no doubt Trump will win Montana, regardless if the campaign trail leads the candidate back to the state or not.

“I think he tells the truth, and I think Montanans appreciate that,” Martin says.

“Vote for a bombastic, accomplished guy or vote for a liar. Pretty simple.”

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ou could have thrown a dart at a dartboard during the height of the Republican presidential primary. Will Deschamps says it would have been the luckiest way of predicting the outcome. Yet as he stood inside Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena last August watching the first debate unfold, he had to admit Trump clearly held the lead.

The former reality TV star answered questions, launched quick counterattacks and

appeared unfazed by any criticism hurled his way.

“I think there were questions he was asking and statements he was making that were questions people had as they sat around their kitchen table,” Deschamps says. “Immigration, economy, jobs going overseas. He just said things that people say, ‘Hey, wait a minute. They seem like radical ideas but we’ve been thinking about these for a long time.’”

Deschamps served as the state chair of the Montana Republican Party for six years before his ouster at the hands of state Rep. Jeff Essmann in 2015. It was during those years that the rift in the

and bask in a degree of presidential hype he hasn’t seen “in a long time.”

“He’s probably not as conservative as the conservative wing of the party,” Deschamps says of Trump. “I think he’s even admitted that. I believe he will end up being a populist, and in doing so he’s going to draw from all segments of the political spectrum. I believe there’ll be Democrats that vote for Donald Trump because I think he has a message that is a non-political message. It’s a message of, ‘I want to change the way things have been working in Washington, D.C.’” One of the hottest topics for Trump this year has been the question of refugee resettlement in the United States—the

lim immigrants, but Deschamps believes some of Trump’s earlier statements were misconstrued and that he’s beginning to soften his approach to the issue.

“Now that he’s got a new campaign manager and new director, I think you’re going to see—I hope you’re going to see—a Trump that acts more presidential,” Deschamps says. “I think I’ve seen that especially [recently]. It sounds as if he’s staying on script more than he was before. You start talking offthe-cuff, sometimes you start digging yourself a hole and all of a sudden you realize, ‘Uh oh, how do I get out of this one?’”

Deschamps adds he’s definitely swallowed hard or scratched his head at some

photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Supporters in Montana acknowledge that Trump can be hyperbolic, crass or straight-up offensive when firing up crowds at rallies and followers on Twitter. Like it or not, they say, that’s part of his appeal: A political outsider for whom political correctness doesn’t matter.

GOP widened, and Deschamps vainly held out hope for repairing it even as the conservative faction managed to insert more of its agenda into the state party platform. Rather than take a cycle off in 2016, Deschamps recognized how big a year it would be and opted to dive back into the fray.

His path to Trump wasn’t direct. Deschamps initially collaborated with Ben Carson’s campaign, and when Carson dropped out a week before a scheduled appearance in Montana, Deschamps switched gears and joined Billings Rep. Daniel Zolnikov as state co-chair for the Cruz camp. But when Trump touched down in Billings in May, Deschamps was there, ready to deliver the “Pledge of Allegiance” in his Marine Corps dress blues

same debate that has flared up in western Montana. Missoula residents have rallied by the hundreds in Caras Park to support resettlement while the Bitterroot Valley has become a den of anti-refugee and antiMuslim sentiment. When the public library in Darby scheduled a presentation about Islam by University of Montana Arabic professor Samir Bitar in March, locals began filling out complaint forms demanding the event be canceled.

All of this has unfolded close to home for Deschamps, who lives in Missoula. He sees immigration in general as one of the major issues pulling Montanans toward Trump, but the candidate’s statements on the Syrian refugee crisis have been among his most polarizing. Early on in the race, Trump proposed an outright ban on Mus-

of Trump’s offensive statements. As a veteran, Deschamps struggled to come to terms with Trump’s scathing attack on Sen. John McCain’s service record. That “bothered me a little bit,” Deschamps says, “and I don’t know, to this day, I don’t know what his thought process was.”

But the unfiltered comments—for better and worse—are part and parcel of Trump’s appeal. Call it truth, call it speaking his mind, call it reckless. It seems what Trump supporters have gravitated to most is the candidate’s brash, crass and unapologetic demeanor.

“If anybody can bring the party somewhat together in Montana, maybe Trump can do it,” Deschamps says. “I pray he can.” asakariassen@missoulanews.com

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[arts]

Basic arithmetic Fly Moon Royalty joins 28 other bands—and light sabers?—for Plus One Music Fest

by Erika Fredrickson

A

dra Boo and Mike Illvester started writing songs together at Mel’s Market in between breakfast and lunch rushes. Boo had been part of the old crew of Mel’s employees when Illvester showed up, fresh from Michigan, to take a shift at the Seattle eatery for its grand reopening in 2009.

“We met a few days before it reopened and then we would talk about music at work consistently,” Boo says. “At some point they gave us the same schedules and then we really were doing all the music things—we wrote two and a half of our music projects there.”

“Adra wrote the lyrics for the first record on [Mel’s] butcher paper,” Illvester adds.

Seven years later their band, Fly Moon Royalty, has put out four albums and won hearts. In 2012, Seattle Magazine named them one of the city’s best new bands and over the years they’ve opened for Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Macklemore, Slum Village and Allen Stone, among others.

This weekend, they’ll play Missoula as part of the inaugural Plus One Music Fest, a three-day music festival created in Seattle for Missoula.

One of the most striking aspects of Fly Moon Royalty is how much each artist brings their own sound to the table and makes it work. Illvester, aka Action Jackson, got his start with hip-hop beats, and Boo comes from a musical theater background.

Arithmetic, with bands Fly Moon Royalty is one of 28 bands at Plus One Music Fest, an event organized by musician and former Missoula promoter Michael Gill, who now lives in Seattle, and Seattle radio personality and soundman Andrew Ginn. Gill helped cofound Dead Hipster Dance Party, promoted shows at the now-defunct Raven Cafe, and was in rock bands Sick Kids XOXO and the Victory Smokes. The concept behind Plus One is that the festival organizers invite a handful of bands to play and, in turn, those bands each invite a band. This year, the bands mostly hail from Seattle and Missoula (plus one band each from Portland and Boise), but it’s a diverse lineup that includes local

photo courtesy of Bob Suh

Fly Moon Royalty’s Mike Illvester and Adra Boo play the inaugural Plus One Music Fest.

When they met, they had their own projects—Illvester was in a band called Sex Panther and Boo was one half of the hip-hop-electro duo Luxury AK. Together, though, they have this dynamite catalog of original tunes featuring a mix of clap-happy garage rock and pop hooks, with Illvester’s slick electronic textures and Boo’s moody R&B vocals reminiscent of Janelle Monae.

Throw in some covers of Phil Collins, Oingo

Boingo (“Weird Science”) and Sir Mix-a-Lot, and you’ve got a band that lures you in with ear candy and then turns everything you expect from mainstream music upside down.

Illvester says he likes to experiment with textures but sometimes the beats didn’t mesh well with rapping. He made one beat in particular long before he met Boo, but eventually turned it into a song they recorded called “Android Love.”

“Multiple rappers had tried to rap to it but they couldn’t get on it,” Illvester says.

“It was a fucking bull they couldn’t ride. It was nothing like anything Adra and her other band had done so I didn’t know what she was capable of. She took it and did some amazing shit with it and that’s when I was like, ‘Okay, we’re making this song.’”

Fly Moon Royalty’s most recent album, Delicious Trouble, came out in

acts like Rooster Sauce, Wrinkles and No Fancy, and touring musicians who regularly show up at other Northwest festivals such as Tree Fort, Camp Daze and Bumpershoot. In advance of the event, here are a few other bands not to miss.

Michael’s brother and former drummer of the Victory Smokes, as well as Adam Mugrunk, who played in a Missoula band called Police Teeth. Police Teeth once played a show at the Crystal Theatre during which the stage collapsed. They kept playing.

Freeway Park play the Palace Sat., Sept. 10.

climbed the back wall, and began to beat his chest like King Kong.” The new wave, post-punk aspect of the band hints at a harder Psychedelic Furs. If you’ve been missing the pageantry of, say, Johnny No Moniker, who was a favorite at Total Fest, this might be your jam.

SSDD play the Palace Thu., Sept. 8.

Steal Shit Do Drugs A person only needs to read the 2015 description from Seattle Weekly’s Kelton Sears to get the gist. “The first time I saw SSDD,” Sears wrote, “frontman Kennedy Carda (formerly of Monogamy Party) stuck the microphone down his throat,

Magic Sword Gill aptly labels Magic Sword a “heavier Daft Punk.” The Boise band’s name alone is enough to draw in droves of tabletop role-playing gamers and LARPers, but there are plenty of other reasons to check them out. Even if you’re not into elec-

Freeway Park Reminiscing about the good old days becomes boring when there’s so much current stuff to enjoy. Still, it’s hard not to love a band that, with its riffs and attitude, teleports you back to the decades of Nation of Ulysses, Universal Order of Armageddon and even the prime of Dead Kennedys. Seattle’s Freeway Park includes Pat Gill,

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April and includes several gems, such as “I Miss Her,” in which Boo sings with great feeling, “Oooh, my Facebook just got a lot lonelier since you up and walked out of my life/ I know/ I said, I wasn’t going to feel it/ I know/ I said I wasn’t going to say, I miss her/ I miss her, but she’s over me.”

“Grown Man” is maybe one of the catchiest tracks, but the duo really pushed it to the top when they made a video for it. The song itself is funky soul revival at its finest and the video, directed by Bryan Campbell, offers an entertaining visual: A little girl sips on a big, pink soda cup and mouths the words to Boo’s booming vocals, as she watches a husband defend himself against his wife’s accusations of philandering.

“The little girl, she’s kind of like Puck from Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Boo says. “She’s the eyes of it. And from there Bryan and his whole team came up with such a concrete vision.

“I love a lot of old funk music, people who don’t care if they look sexy at the microphone, people who are making great songs,” she adds. “A lot of things [Mike and I write are] written off of experiences, things that we’ve seen, but that one is purely written from a gritty place that I just get—that I understand.”

Fly Moon Royalty plays the Badlander Sat., Sept. 10, along with Panther Car, Wrinkles, The West, Fauna Shade and Magic Sword. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

tronic music, per se, you might be into the idea of a dance party that feels like you just stepped into the villains’ soundtrack from Lord of the Rings or a special edition of “Stranger Things.” Furthermore, these guys dress in cloaks and sport LED lights across their foreheads (like glowing eyes) and they often pass out light sabers to the crowd. We rest our case.

Magic Sword play the Badlander Sat., Sept. 10.

Plus One Music Fest takes place at the Badlander and Palace Thu., Sept.

8–Sat., Sept. 10. $40 three-day pass/ $25 per night. Visit plusonefest.com for a full schedule and ticket info.

[music]

Hint of danger Ragged rock best suits Jeff Crosby It’s somewhat ironic that Jeff Crosby and the Refugees have managed to land a couple of songs on the series “The Sons of Anarchy.” The only anarchy I could find in his Bandcampbound catalog was a rambling live interview. Songs like “Stop Runnin’” rock solidly enough, painting a great Midwest-rock backdrop for Crosby’s lyrical musings like, “I’m like a dog on the front porch, waiting ’til she calls my name.” But the pensive mumblers abound.

A reviewer quoted on Crosby’s website calls his writing “Springsteen-esque,” but that’s being extremely generous. The songwriting is solid but not transcendent. The band’s image hints at danger—with his flowing blonde locks and full dark beard, Crosby looks like he just thumbed his way into town from Burning Man to pick up some wet naps and a case of

Gatorade. His voice, which sounds like Tom Catmull attempting a Whiskeytown-era impression of Ryan Adams, has that ragged-edged weariness that works well when he leans on it, which is not often enough.

There are some standout moments, especially on “Time is Cryin’” from the band’s two-song EP recorded in a Muscle Shoals studio. The brawny Southern rock suggests that the band was infused with the famous Muscle Shoals mojo. These guys are fully capable of raising their goblet of rock, and I’d like to hear more of the foot-stompers than the earnest acoustic drones that are so delicate they threaten to float away like a dandelion seed in the breeze. (Ednor Therriault) Jeff Crosby and the Refugees play the Top Hat Sat., Sept. 10, at 10 PM. $5.

Butterscotch, The Scotch Tapes (Vol. 1-3) Butterscotch is the world’s first female beatboxing champion. Eat your heart out, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. In addition to excelling in a musical tradition that is both marginalized and dominated by men, Butterscotch plays guitar and piano, composes original songs, and sings in a beautifully dry jazz-alto style. The Scotch Tapes ( Vol. 1-3) are not beatboxing mixtapes. They lie firmly in the realm of jazz/hip-hop crossover, and she sings more than she raps. This raises an interesting question: Would Butterscotch be so interesting if she weren’t making the drum sounds with her mouth?

That’s counterfactual and therefore unfair. It becomes relevant, though, when we consider the gap between recording and performance. As an album, The Scotch Tapes is like more upbeat Cat Power or less sexual D’Angelo. As a feat, on the other hand, her art is too spectacular to compare.

The Butterscotch sound is not necessarily fresh, but the means by which she produces it are thrilling in the extreme. In this way, she hearkens back to the early days of hip-hop, when the show was just as, if not more, important than the music. (Dan Brooks) Butterscotch performs at the Top Hat Mon., Sept. 12, at 8 PM along with SpecialFX. $12.

The Double, Dawn of the Double The Double feature veteran players Emmett Kelley, of Ty Segall’s band The Muggers, and Jim White, an underground hero from Australian noise rockers Venom P. Stinger and ’90s space explorers the Dirty Three, among many others. On Dawn of the Double, the two-piece examines a new frontier in rock songwriting. The deep-skiffle-raga-Bo-Diddley-space jam repetition of the eponymous 40-minute track took me to a mental place populated with Sufi mystics and Shakers in black band shirts, spinning in ecstatic circles and seeking enlightenment. I don’t normally say that about rock records. Listening to the track I found myself alternately getting into a near meditative state and anxiously awaiting a key change or something. But by simplifying content and lengthening what a conventional rock song is, The Double has taken rock music to a bizarre, refreshingly new place. They’ve forced you to listen for the subtle de-

tails, like little speed-ups, small changes in phrasing and the drum-only intro. What most strikes me as revolutionary about this tune is that we’re conditioned to think of popular music in roughly three- and fourminute increments—effectively as hooky filler between radio ads. But looking at musical traditions across the world, three- and four-minute songs start to become the outliers. Still, when a 40-minute rock tune seems like it could go on for a full day, as part of some ritual, one can’t help but be taken aback.

The band Oneida has a song called “Sheets of Easter” on their Each One Teach One LP, which, while not quite the commitment at 14 minutes, does a similarly athletic and repetitive trick. I find myself needing to kind of reset my musical software with a good, deep listen to that track annually, and I think I’ll have to add this song to that listening session and see what happens. (Josh Vanek)

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[books]

Wild at heart Bozeman’s David Quammen talks Yellowstone and writing an entire issue of National Geographic

by Chris La Tray

This year, National Geographic marked the centennial of the National Park Service by running several parks-related stories, culminating in an all-Yellowstone issue in May. Bozeman’s David Quammen, a contributing writer to the magazine and author of the award-winning book Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic, was involved in early discussions on how to approach the issue. What Quammen didn’t realize at the time was that he would become the first person in National Geographic’s 128-year history to write an entire issue single-handedly. Besides writing the epic May issue, Quammen crafted a new book, Yellowstone: A Journey through America’s Wild Heart, based on his two-year exploration of the park. For his upcoming reading in Missoula, the author spoke with the Indy about the place he’s come to know so well.

When you realized you were actually writing an entire issue of National Geographic, did you have any particular “Holy shit!” moments?

David Quammen: It was a “holy shit” moment for me. And there were a few times after I accepted this project that I had a few of those “holy shit” moments at 4 a.m., thinking, “How in the world am I gonna do this?” What I was thinking was, everyone has already read books about Yellowstone, at least in this region and the world that we live in. And across America people think that they know Yellowstone and what it’s about. The first challenge was how to make it new, how to make it fresh, how to make it interesting. So I worked very hard on trying to do that, to make it serious and probing and unexpected.

As familiar as you are with the ecosystem, did you encounter anything that was surprising to you?

DQ: The grizzly bear was going to be in the center anyway because I believe that is the most important single thing about Yellowstone, that we have a viable population of grizzly bears there, in the midst of the American West. The grizzly in the center, then the four major foods that the grizzly has depended on to a great degree would be like spokes on a wheel with the bear as the hub. That those four major foods would lead me into other considerations—broader considerations— like climate change, like invasive species, like private lands development, that talking about grizzlies eating ungulate meat, eating army cutworm moths, eating whitebark pine nuts and eating spawning cutthroat trout would lead me to discovering complexities and surprises I had not been aware of came as a surprise.

With more visitors every year, there is an idea that we are “loving our parks to death.” Are we?

DQ: Well, it’s an important question, and there will need to be solutions. It’s something that Dan

photo courtesy of Ronan Donovan

David Quammen, pictured here at Yellowstone’s Heart Lake, spent two years exploring the park in order to write about it.

Wenk [superintendent of YNP] has said, that the time is coming when we need to deal with that problem of too much demand for Yellowstone, because we can’t increase the supply. Some people would say you can increase the supply by building wider roads and more hotel rooms, but Dan Wenk is a wise enough manager to say no, that’s not the answer, because that degrades the Yellowstone experience. So we have to realize the supply of high quality, wild landscape experience in Yellowstone is a finite entity. Eventually that might mean constraints on private automobiles, it might even mean, “Sorry, Yellowstone is full today, come back tomorrow.” They do that in the Yosemite Valley.

The book that is about to come out sounds like maybe the “director’s cut” of the magazine issue, correct?

DQ: Yes, that’s a good way of putting it. Chris Johns [editor-in-chief at the time] asked me to do a book as well as the special issue, because he was also in charge of National Geographic Books. He said I could expand on it as well, and I almost doubled the text. As you were implying, I picked up all those … things that were interesting, that were relevant, things that I had researched … things that in some cases

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had been cut out or not even written yet because I knew they wouldn’t fit—those are in the book.

Do you have any input in the selection of photos to accompany your writing?

DQ: I work with all those photographers, some of them very closely in the past, and again closely on this assignment. I love their work and I love working with photographers who are that great. But in terms of choosing the shots, that’s not my job, that’s somebody else’s job.

That’s got to be exciting, to see the finished product with the imagery combined with your words, right?

National Geographic is still top of the heap as far as I’m concerned when it comes to this kind of dual threat journalism-slash-photography.

DQ: Yeah, thank you for saying that. I agree. Yes, it is a treat for me. I used to say National Geographic is a photo magazine, but Chris Johns and others would say, “No, no, David, don’t say this is a photo magazine, it’s a storytelling magazine.” We tell stories with words and with pictures and with graphics and with maps.

It’s multidimensional storytelling. So if you’re going

to be telling stories with visual artists, mapmakers and photographers, you just can’t have better partners than the ones you get at National Geographic.

You have traveled all over the world, to some of its wildest places. How does what we have in North America stack up against the rest of the world’s dramatic landscapes?

DQ: It stacks up very well. It’s one of the reasons I live in Montana. I live here because I love it so much.

Usually, you’re right, I get on a plane to do my work, and I fly to Africa or I fly to Madagascar or Australia.

But there’s no place more magical that I’ve been to than certain corners of Yellowstone. The Lamar Valley, or some of the backcountry that you don’t get to unless you put on a pair of skis and, you know, suck it up— man, I love those places as much as anything I’ve seen on the Serengeti or in the tropics of Australia or in the middle of the Congo basin. I love all those places, and I love these Yellowstone places just as much.

David Quammen reads from Yellowstone at Fact & Fiction Fri., Sept. 9, at 7 PM. arts@missoulanews.com

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OUR GOAL IS TO HELP YOU

Sisters of mercy The Innocents delivers on a complex true story

by Molly Laich

Western Montana Clinic

A game of sardines in progress.

In the opening scenes of The Innocents, we see a precocious nun break free of her convent to seek help for no less than seven of her sisters who are pregnant after Soviet soldiers invaded their community some nine months earlier. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1945 in Warsaw, Poland. In the messy aftermath of World War II, the escaped nun finds a doctor willing to follow her back to the convent, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no going back for either party after that.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the gist of French director Anne Fontaineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brilliant, crushing film, The Innocents (Les Innocentes), based on a true story adapted by screenwriters Sabrina B. Karine and Alice Vial. Lou de Laâge stars as Mathilde, fashioned after the real-life Red Cross doctor and member of the French Resistance, Madeleine Pauliac.

The nuns are wary of bringing an outsider into their situation, but when Mathilde shows up in the middle of the night to perform an emergency C-section for the first of the pregnant mothers, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evident that the nuns canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t deliver all these babies without help.

Mathilde agrees to help the women at great personal risk. The French Red Cross has no business serving Polish patients, and so sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to manage both her regular job and taking care of the nuns in secret. Mathilde works with and sort of dates Samuel ( Vincent Macaigne), a Jewish doctor who may or may not be trustworthy. The doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bravado masks his insecurity. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s touching to witness, and the movie is chock-full of nuanced, complicated characters like these.

Mother Abesse (Agata Kulesza) struggles to keep the convent together in the wake of the nightmarish thing thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happened to all of them, primarily through suppression and prayer. Agata Buzek plays another nun named Maria, who translates French to Polish between Mathilde and her patients. Maria be-

comes a friend to Mathilde, and more than that, she provides a bridge for the audience between the doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cool-headed reason and whatever remains of the nunsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; faith.

For these nuns, what happened to them is more than sexual abuse; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been robbed of their spiritual calm, too. They were raped, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not their fault, but that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop a lot of them from fearing Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s damnation. The conventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s large, silent rooms hold a grief that canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be expressed. Outside, fresh fallen snow and an interminable forest makes the convent feel at times like a prison. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can no longer reconcile my faith with these terrible events,â&#x20AC;? one nun says to another. If it happened, she reasons, then God must have wanted it, and as such, she canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but feel betrayed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We cannot know what God wants,â&#x20AC;? the other nun replies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The only truth is His love.â&#x20AC;? So long as weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re clear that the He in this conversation refers to the divine and not an actual bloke, The Innocents scores an A+ on the Bechdel test.

At nearly two hours, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot more going on with the plot than I have room or inclination to express, and despite the dreary subject matter, The Innocents is surprisingly accessible. Subtitles are a small price to pay: As religious as this country purports to be, there are scant few American films willing to take the subject of religion and faith seriously.

Finally, I almost hesitate to keep talking about it lest this fragile gift shatters with too much prodding, but Holy Lord, what a thrilling testament this is for what a female-driven production can bring to cinema. I wonder how different the film would be if it were written and directed by men per usual. As it stands, The Innocents is the best foreign film Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen this year.

The Innocents opens at the Roxy Fri., Sept. 9. arts@missoulanews.com

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[film] violent, sexual adventure trying to kill her former lover.

Rated X. Stars Divine, Mink Stole and David Lochary.

Playing Fri., Sept 9 and Sat., Sept 10 at the Roxy.

OPENING THIS WEEK THE DISAPPOINTMENTS ROOM Has anything good ever come out of finding secret hidden rooms in your new home? Rated R. Stars Kate Beckinsale, Gerald McRaney and Lucas Till. Playing at the Carmike 12.

PETE’S DRAGON Disney relights its classic candle on the water about young boy’s imaginary friend that might not be as imaginary as everyone thinks. Rated PG. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley and Wes Bentley. Playing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaolplex.

THE INNOCENTS Some internships mean you have to get coffee for the office. Mathilde Beaulieu’s internship means helping several nuns in the advanced stages of pregnancy.

Rated PG-13. Stars Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek and Joanna Kulig. Playing at the Roxy. (See Film.)

LO AND BEHOLD, REVERIES OF THE CONNECTED WORLD Uh-oh. Someone told Werner Herzog about the internet. Now the glum documentarian explores how the net affects human life. Rated PG-13. Playing at the Roxy.

SULLY Who would have thought crashing an airplane would have been the best thing to happen to him? Rated PG-13. Stars Tom Hanks, Frank Marshall and Allyn Stewart. Playing at the Carmike 12.

PSYCHO Alfred Hitchcock made us afraid of the shower in this chilling movie about a boy with a special relationship with his mother. Playing Sat., Sept 10 at the Roxy. 9 PM. Stars Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh.

“Dear Diary, today I put glasses on a goat. Overall a pretty good day.” The Wild Life opens at the Carmike 12.

SAUSAGE PARTY Learning food is meant to be eaten by humans, a hotdog decides to swear about it. A lot. Rated R. Starring Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig and Michael Cera. Playing at the Carmike 12.

KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS Ancient vendettas and mysterious spirits send a young man on a quest to find an ancient suit of magical armor in a beautiful, stop-motion animated adventure.

Rated PG. Stars the voice of Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron and Matthew McConaughey. Playing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaoplex.

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 scroll through Facebook and think about writing a novel while worrying about student loan debt. Stars Louis C.K., Kevin Hart and Dana Carvey. Playing at the Carmike 12.

THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS Congratulations! You survived World War I, got a cool job as a lighthouse keeper and now a mysterious baby has shown up! I hope she doesn’t ruin your life.

Rated PG-13. Stars Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Rachel Weisz. Playing at the Carmike 12.

SUICIDE SQUAD DC Comics’ team of supervillians who dress like timetravelers from a 2003 Hot Topic go full Dirty Dozen when the Joker comes to town. Rated PG-13. Starring Will Smith, Jared Leto and Viola Davis. Playing at the Carmike 12 and Pharoplex.

MAKOSHIKA The rugged badlands of Montana and North Dakota have seen boom and bust thanks to oil in this documentary

by Montana director and producer Jessica Jane Hart and Montana producer Peter Tolton. Not Rated. Playing 7 PM Wed., Sept 14 at the Roxy.

WAR DOGS Not a sequel to 2011’s War Horse, two small business owners get in over their heads when they secure a government contract to arm America’s allies in Afghanistan.

Rated R. Stars Miles Teller, Jonah Hill and Kevin Pollack.

Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaoplex.

time after his wife dies. Rated R. Stars Vigo Mortensen, Missi Pyle and Steve Zahn. Playing through Thu., Sept 8 at the Roxy.

WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS When you’re looking for someone to be a surrogate mother for your child, maybe avoid crazed murderers.

Someone should have told this couple. Rated PG-13.

Stars Morris Chestnut, Theo Rossi and Regina Hall.

Playing at the Carmike 12.

DON’T BREATHE Three down-on-their-luck burglars think they’ve hit the jackpot when they break into a blind veteran’s house, only to find themselves stuck in a death trap. Rated R. Stars Jane Levy, Stephen Lang and Dylan Minnette.

Playing at the Pharaoplex and Carmike 12.

THE WILD LIFE (ROBINSON CRUSOE) Being shipwrecked isn’t that bad, unless you have a pair of murderous cats out to get you. Rated PG. Stars the voices of Yuri Lowenthal, Joey Camen and Sandy Fox. Playing at the Carmike 12.

DON’T THINK TWICE Is there any worse feeling than when your friend succeeds at something when you don’t? This improv troupe is about to find out. Rated R. Stars KeeganMichael Key, Gillian Jacobs and Mike Birbiglia. Playing through Thu., Sept 8 at the Roxy.

NOW PLAYING

FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS A 1940s socialite thinks everyone loves to hear her sing, even though she is hilariously awful at it. If only reality TV had been around. Rated PG-13. Stars Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant and Rebecca Ferguson. Playing at the Carmike 12.

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 Carmike 12.

BEN-HUR The director of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter brings us back to the past for a remake of the story about a Jewish slave who takes the fight to the Roman Empire. Rated PG-13. Stars Jack Huston, Morgan Freeman and Nazanin Boiadi. Playing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaoplex.

CAPTAIN FANTASTIC Living off the grid is all good and well for this survivalist until he must take his children into society for the first

HANDS OF STONE Robert De Niro returns to the boxing ring as the trainer of a hungry young fighter in this biopic of Roberto Durán. Rated R. Also stars Édgar Ramírez and Usher.

Playing at the Carmike 12.

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.

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MECHANIC: RESURRECTION Arthur Bishop thought he was out of the globe-trotting assassination game until his past pulls him back in.

Now he has to kill three high-profile targets, and make them all look like accidents. Rated R. Stars Jason Statham, Jessica Alba and Tommy Lee Jones. Playing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaoplex.

MORGAN Maybe creating a super-powered teenaged girl in your laboratory isn’t the best way to win the Nobel Prize.

Rated R. Stars Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy and Paul Giamatti. Playing at the Carmike 12.

MULTIPLE MANIACS John Water’s long-lost second film gets a new release.

The owner of The Cavalcade of Perversion goes on a

WILCO: I AM TRYING TO BREAK YOUR HEART Behind-the-scenes footage of alt-rock darlings Wilco recording their most controversial album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot show why this ambitious record nearly broke the band. Not Rated. Playing Thu., Sept 8 at the Roxy.

Capsule reviews by Charley Macorn.

Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find up-to-date movie times for theaters in the area. You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 at 541-7469; The Roxy at 728-9380; Wilma at 7282521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.

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Farm Party recipes

by Genevieve Jessop Marsh Garden City Harvest receives a lot of requests for Farm Party recipes following its annual event, and this year was no different. But the story behind the gathering and how the food is prepared is just as important as the recipes themselves.

This year marked our 20th anniversary, celebrating the 20 farms and gardens spread over 20 acres in Missoula that we manage to help grow, feed and inspire our community. The Farm Party taps into that spirit, with PEAS Farm Director Josh Slotnick and the student crew working together to make all the food. It’s a proud moment and the culmination of a summer’s worth of effort.

For instance, to make this year’s popular beet salad, interns from the University of Montana’s Environmental Studies program and at-risk teens from GCH’s Youth Harvest Project spent the Tuesday before the event harvesting beets and onions, along with many other ingredients for all of our dishes. Wednesday, our Farm to School staffers took the vegetables to the Missoula County Public School’s Central Kitchen, where they used fancy machines like the robot coupe to chop and slice the veggies in minutes rather than the hours it would take by hand. Then, the crew traveled to the UM Catering kitchen, where the ingredients were roasted in the oven that’s as big as a room. Next, everything went to the First Presbyterian Church’s commercial kitchen to cool overnight, before being combined by the PEAS Farm crew the morning of the Farm Party with a simple dressing and delicious Lifeline Farms Feta-U-Beta.

It was truly a community effort—and now one of two recipes you can recreate at home.

Farm Party Beet Salad Ingredients 4 medium-size beets ½ a medium Walla Walla onion ¼ cup safflower oil 4 oz feta (we used Feta-U-Beta from Lifeline Farms) Salt to taste (Recipe serves 6) Directions Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

THE REAL DIRT

Wash the beets and remove tops if still attached.

Peel and chop beets into bite-size pieces. Chop onions coarsely, about the same size as the beets.

Place beets and onions on a large cookie sheet (or two, best not to crowd the veggies). Bake until fork tender, approximately 20–30 minutes.

Let the beets and onions cool enough so that they won’t melt the cheese when you toss it all together.

While the beets are cooling, combine the crumbled cheese, safflower oil and salt.

Once cooled, combine all ingredients together and serve!

Farm Party Kamut Salad Ingredients For the dressing: ¼ cup safflower oil or olive oil 1 ⁄8 cup red wine vinegar A few sprigs of basil 1-2 teaspoon raw honey Salt and pepper to taste For the salad: 1 cup Kamut® berries, cooked and cooled (shorten the cooking time if you soak the berries) 3-5 kale leaves, stemmed and chopped ½ sweet onion, diced small 1-2 peaches, chopped 4 oz feta cheese, crumbled (Recipe serves 6; thanks to Kali for helping to calculate proportions down from 1,000 to 6) Directions Prep all your ingredients.

Emulsify the dressing with an immersion blender.

Massage the chopped kale with a small amount of the dressing to help tenderize it.

Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and serve.

Genevieve Jessop Marsh is Garden City Harvest’s community outreach director and contributes to The Real Dirt, the nonprofit’s blog. For more Dirt, visit gardencityharvest.org.

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Sushi Lunch Combo 12-piece sushi

with Miso soup

and green salad is just $8.00 before 3pm

406-829-8989 1901 Stephens Ave Order online at asahimissoula.com.

Delicious dining or carryout.

Chinese & Japanese menus.

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. $-$$$ Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 Welcome back students!! Happy Fall!!

Fall is Bernice’s time of year. The smell of fresh baked goods wafts around the Hip Strip as Bernice's prepares to serve a rockin’ cup of Joe, danishes, cookies, croissants, muffins and a whole lot more. The crisp Missoula air is the perfect compliment to a slice of apple pie in the afternoon or a warm Tipu's Chai around 6pm. Fall BBQs are topped off with Bernice's Parker House Rolls, Curried Chicken Salad and 8" Chocolate Chocolate Cake for dessert. Stop by the UC Market and Book Exchange to see what goodies Bernice's is showcasing this school year. A pesto croissant just before class is a great wake-me-up! Or swing by Bernice's and wake-up with our newly added espresso! xoxo bernice. bernicesbakerymt.com $-$$ 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. $-$$

SEPTEMBER

COFFEE SPECIAL

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. $-$$

Guatemala Antigua Italian Roast

$10.95/lb.

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. $-$$

BUTTERFLY HERBS Coffees, Teas & the Unusual

232 N. HIGGINS AVE • DOWNTOWN

ALL DAY

MONDAY & THURSDAY SATURDAY NIGHT

SUSHI SPECIALS

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. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West • 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locallyroasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am-10pm $-$$ 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 housemade Chai, Mango Lassi or our special Lemon Juice. New menu items and combos daily! Special orders and catering available. Mon-Sat - Lunch 11am-3pm / Dinner 5pm-9pm. $-$$ 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. $$-$$$

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[dish] 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 36pm, 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.

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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! $-$$ 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. $-$$

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What it is: A new seasonal stout from Missoula Brewing Company that doesn’t get too carried away with the pumpkin flavoring.

Why you’re drinking it: Summer is over, and so are the days of light, fruity beers.

I showed up to Highlander’s taproom on a dreary Tuesday looking to taste the stout. It wasn’t on tap yet, so I ordered the Strawberry Wolf Point Wheat. A quintessential summer brew, the beer was subtle and tasty, but it didn’t feel right for the weather. It certainly didn’t feel right to head brewer Gary Gagliardi, who decided he’d rather pour me a snifter of the as-yet uncarbonated stout straight from the tank rather than finish explaining to me the intricacies of a strawberry wheat.

What it tastes like: There’s just a hint of pumpkin (which, on any day that isn’t Halloween, is the correct amount). But the brew itself is hefty, clocking in at 10 percent alcohol by volume.

The pumpkin plan: To pour me that snifter, Gagliardi had to sneak past two rows of whisky barrels, where a portion of the batch is destined to be aged over the following year. Last year’s pumpkin brew, the Graveyard Hill Belgian Double, was also aged in whisky barrels and was recently packaged into 22-ounce bomber bottles. It’s the start of what Gagliardi expects will be a fall tradition and part of a burgeoning barrel-aged brewing program.

How to get it: It’s now officially on tap and Gagliardi hopes it lasts at Missoula Brewing Co.’s taproom, 200 International Drive, through Halloween. Bottles of last year’s Belgian Double should be on shelves soon.

—Derek Brouwer Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.

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THU | 9-15 | 9:30PM | ADAMS CENTER Aw here it goes! Coolio shares the stage with Salt N Pepa, Kid 'N Play and Young MC for a critical injection of nostalgia at the Adams Center Thu., Sept. 15.

7:30–10 PM. $46.50–$75.50.

FRI | 9:30 PM | TOP HAT Rabbit Wilde’s string-driven folk rock provides the soundtrack at the Top Hat Fri., Sept. 9. 9:30 PM. $5.

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MON| 8PM | TOP HAT Butterscotch is a powerhouse of musical expression behind the mic and behind the piano.

Catch her at the Top Hat Mon., Sept. 12. Doors at 7:30 PM, show at 8. $12. (See Music.)

SAT | 10:30PM | PALACE Seattle’s Furniture Girls join a who's who of bands at Plus One Music Fest at the Palace Sat., Sept. 10. $25 per night or $40 for a 3-day pass. Visit plusonefest.com for more info. 18-plus.

SAT | 10 PM | TOP HAT All the city girls love that Jeff Crosby has a heart like a loaded gun. See what the big deal is when Crosby & the Refugees play the Top Hat Sat., Sept.

10. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $5. 21-plus.

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Thursday With school back in session, the University Center hosts an ice cream social to welcome new and old LGBTQI+ friends and allies to campus. The Oval. 4 PM– 6 PM.

nightlife Missoula celebrates the 10th anniversary of the first county-wide Open Space Bond at Silver Park.

Learn of the countless landowners and partners who have helped conserve more than 29,000 acres across the country. 5 PM– 8 PM. If you love electric folk, bluegrass and country music, then you’re probably already a member of the Gallatin Grass Project. If you’re not, come see what the big deal is about at Draught Works Brewery. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

The Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre presents Misdirected a new ballet with themes of trauma and resilience, at the Silver Theater. A panel with Aidan Carberry, suicide prevention coordinator for the Missoula Health Department, will follow. 7 PM. Free.

It would be like playing baseball at a place called Babe Ruth field, right? Poets Gary Lundy and Mackenzie Cole read from their new books at Shakespeare & Co. 7 PM–8 PM. Free.

The Palace welcomes SSDD, Spirit Award, Rooster Sauce, Mattress and VTO to the first night of Plus One Music Fest.

Doors at 7 PM. $25 per night or $40 for a 3-day pass. plusone fest.com for more info. 18-plus.

Catch Iska Dhaaf, CHARMS, Magpies and Biddadat at the Badlander for the first night of Plus One Music Fest. Doors at 7 PM. $25 or $40 for a 3-day pass. plusonefest.com for more info. 18-plus.

Dead Hipster Dance Party is so cool even I don’t know about it.

The Badlander, 208 Ryman St., with $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight. 21-plus.

Funkadelic Olympian rockers DBST are riding a wave of pure sexual energy to the Top Hat Lounge. You owe it to yourself to attend. 10 PM. Free.

The Kitchen, Rotgut Whines and Brady of Catamount aren’t just the solution to a second-rate Clue knockoff, they’re the bands shredding into the Mendelssohn Residency at the VFW. 10 PM. $2.

Friday The last time I was at a garden party, a Belgian with a hipster mustache arrested the vicar for murder.

That’s really an outlier for garden parties though. Missoula Urban Demonstration projects welcomes their members, donors and volunteers to a garden party in celebration of what makes Missoula great.

6 PM–10 PM. $10-$15.

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.

Folks with disabilities can get creative at Art Group, every second and fourth Friday of the month at Summit Independent from 2-4 PM. Call 728-1630.

Kindergarten classes from Missoula County schools drew original monster pieces that were then recreated by adult artists. You can see the final results of the Missoula Monster Project at the ZACC. 3:30 PM. Show runs through October.

I don’t know about you, but wrapping up my workweek by watching some poor cricket getting devoured by a large Chilean tarantula is somehow very satisfying. Tarantula feeding at the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium, every Friday at 4 PM. $4 admission.

Get lost in the beauty of Montana at Giant Springs State Park for two days of country, bluegrass and rock at Wildfest. Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs and Rob and Halladay Quist anchor an all-star lineup of music.

Check out wildmontana.org for more info. Free.

nightlife Caras Park hosts the annual Maverick Brew-Fest. Swing by to enjoy Montana’s best microbrews, live music and great food. 4 PM–10 PM. $10.

Missoula Art Museum presents a Survey of Stephen Glueckert’s prolific art career from the 1970s to the present. 5 PM–8 PM, with a gallery talk at 7 PM. Free.

Come in with a blank light-colored shirt, tote bag or scarf and leave with one of the house designs printed anywhere of your choosing!

Silk-screening night at the ZACC is a free event. 5:30 PM–7:30 PM. Bring an instrument or just kick back and enjoy the tunes at the Irish Music Session every Friday at the Union Club from 6–9 PM. No cover.

The River City Players get the taproom of Missoula Brewing Com-

The Hasslers play as part of the three-day Plus One Music Fest at the Palace Fri., Sept 9. 7 PM. $25/night or $40 for all three days. pany going with live music and great beer. 6 PM-8 PM. Free.

Ten Spoon isn’t just the home of great wines. Today it’s the home to the music of Andre Floyd. The tasting room is open from 4 PM–9 PM, music starts at 6. $8-$10.

Enjoy free cinema at Missoula Public Library’s World Wide Cinema night, the second Friday of every month.

The series showcases indie and foreign films. Doors open at 6:45, show at 7 PM. Check missoula publiclibrary.org for info. Free.

Kevin Kicking Woman’s one-person play The Sun as My Witness tells the story of his resilience in the face of adversity. A talkback with the playwright will follow.

Salvation Army, 355 S Russell. 7 PM. Free.

David Quammen spent more than two years deeply immersed in Yellowstone and its surrounding ecosystem. Now the bestselling author stops by Fact & Fiction to discuss what makes Yellowstone so great.

7 PM–9 PM. Free. (See Books.)

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Plus One Music Fest continues with Lonely Mountain Lovers, The Hasslers, Boots to the Moon and Bryan John Appleby at the Palace.

7 PM. $25/night or $40 for all three days.

Iron Eyes, Kris Orlowski, Silver Torches and No Fancy play the Badlander as part of Plus One Music Fest. 7 PM. $25 per night or $40 for a 3-day pass. plusonefest.com for more info. 18-plus.

For fans of the stage, the Hamilton Playhouse hosts a Champagne reception for the last Broadway and Bubbly show until 2019. The reception starts at 7:15 PM, with the show at 8. $35 Don’t dream it; be it. Life’s a drag, but the royalty of the Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana are going to turn that frown upside down at Stage 112. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $10. 18-plus.

Dusk comes to the Sunrise Saloon for a night of music. Let’s hope a time paradox isn’t created. 8:30 PM. Free.

Sam Waldorf is joined by Squirrels on Mar, Bid Shade and Max Williams for a night of next level jams at the Real Lounge. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. Free. 18-plus.

I know you like Zeppo MT and I know you like the Union Club. So I know that you’re gonna like when Zeppo MT play the Union Club. 9 PM. Free.

Idaho’s Snoozy Moon and Skinny the Kid infest the VFW for a night of psych-rock. Joined by local favorites New Old Future, Tiny Plastic Stars and Father Deer, the glorious technicolor kicks off at 9 PM. $5 18-20/ $2 21-plus.

Coincidentally also the name of the author of The Picture of Dorian Pooh, Rabbit Wilde’s string-driven folk rock provides the soundtrack at the Top Hat Lounge. 9:30 PM. $5.

Jive Coulis brought a fresh batch of classic rock, funk and jam covers to Monk’s all the way from Ashland, Oregon. Are you really going to let them down? Catch the show at 10 PM. Free.

Saturday Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue for a night of funky R&B. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $45– $55 at thewilma.com.

The fifth annual Ovando Gran Fondo is an epic off-road bike ride for the Missoula Symphony. Bring your mountain bike and prepare for 55 miles of beautiful western Montana. Pedal on down to missoulasymphony.org/ride for registration, maps and more info.

If you live and bleed horror movies, then walk like a zombie down to Stage 112 to catch the macabre music of Wednesday 13.

Joined by One-eyed Doll and The Things They Carried, the spooktacular kicks off with doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $15-$20.

Five Valleys Audubon travels to Ninepipe Reservoir and the surrounding area in the Mission Valley to observe migrating birds. Meet at 7:50 AM in the Adams Center parking lot and bring a lunch for this allday trip. Call 406-549-5632 for more info.

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.

You’ll be bright-eyed and bushytailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Runs, which start at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Free to run. Visit runwild missoula.org.

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.

Starting this fall, you can join Big Sky Code Academy during its eightmonth part-time coding boot camps at our campuses in Billings, Bozeman or Missoula. Go to www.bigskycodeacademy.org for more info.

If you’re a fan of terrible horror movies from 11 years ago, then you might be afraid of listening to white noise. Thankfully Tom Catmull’s Radio Static isn’t full of spooky ghosts, but good times and sick jams. The Union Club. 9 PM. Free.

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings return to Wilma for a night of funky R&B Sat., Sept. 10. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $45–$55 at thewilma.com.

Support suicide awareness and prevention in Missoula with the Out of the Darkness Walk at McCormick Park. 12 PM–4 PM.

Is it ironic that his music makes me so happy? Bluesman Andre Floyd plays Draught Works. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Join Stephen Glueckert, Senior Curator Emeritus at Missoula Art Musesum, for an in-depth discussion and artist lecture about his exhibit, All Mixed Up. 1 PM. Free.

Guests from Guinea share a relaxed and entertaining evening of the culture of Guinea at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center with appetizers, stories, songs, slides, videos, music and dance. 6 PM–8:30 PM. $10.

Are you the next Jacques-Louis David? The Missoula Art Museum hosts a non-instructed, open figure drawing session from 1 PM–3 PM. $10. 18-plus.

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.

Come make new friends, have good laughs and gorge yourself on barbecue while creating a strong sense of community for Missoula’s LGBTQI+ community at Playfair Park. 2 PM-7 PM. Free.

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.

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The family that makes art together grows smart together. The Missoula Art Museum offers a workshop for the whole family. Participants will use two or more artistic media in a single composition that celebrates the beauty of late summer days. Classes are limited to 15 participants. Free. 11 AM– 12:30 PM.

The Dirty Dash is back! Everyone’s favorite mud run pits you up against every mother’s nightmare as you make your way through the dirtiest, muddiest course in Montana. Preregister at thedirtydash.com. $55–$70.

Watch the race at Flying H Stables.

9 AM. Grizzly Harley-Davidson hosts Bikers Against Bullies. The live music of Jared Blake, Mabel’s Rage and County Line provide the tunes to a night of fundraising and good times.

5 PM–12 AM. $10.

Don’t be sentimental! Keema and the Keepsakes play a memorable show at Missoula Brewing Company. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Plus One Music Fest comes to an end with Furniture Girls, Freeway Park and Chung Antique at the Palace. $25 per night or $40 for a 3-day pass. plusonefest.com for more info. 18-plus.

The Badlander puts Plus One Music Fest to bed with music by Magic Sword, Fly Moon Royalty, Fauna Shade, The West, Wrinkles and Panther Car. $25 per night or $40 for a 3-day pass. plusonefest.com for more info. 18-plus.

Tango Missoula hosts a beginner lesson at 8 PM followed by dancing from 9 PM to midnight every second Sat. No experience or partner necessary! Potluck food and refreshments. $10 per person.

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings return to the Wilma for a show with

All the city girls love that Jeff Crosby has a heart like a loaded gun. See what the big deal is when Crosby & the Refugees play the Top Hat. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $5.

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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.

Put on your red shoes and dance the polka! Rustic Hut in Florence hosts the 5 Valley Accordion Jam and Dance. 1 PM–4 PM. $4.

What does it take to make a garten students to draw their own monster? In 1790, Italian physi- original monsters. From these decian Luigi Galvani used a state-of- signs, over 400 artists were the-art electrostatic machine to tasked with re-creating the strange send a short current into the disem- creatures. Now these strange vibodied legs of some recently sions of beasts, fiends and horrors dearly departed frogs. He juiced are on display through October at these frogs to show that even in the ZACC. The purpose behind death, electricity could create the appearance of life WHAT: Missoula Monster Project in dead muscles.

Galvani concluded WHEN: Fri., Sept 9. 3:30 PM–8:30 PM. Runs through October that perhaps with enough of a jolt, WHERE: Zootown Arts Community Center the dead could come back to life. HOW MUCH: Free This theory, called galvanism, was MORE INFO: zootownarts.org one of the inspirations for the creation of Mary Shel- this project isn't monstrous at all. ley's modern Prometheus in Quite the opposite, in fact. At least Frankenstein. Galvani and Shelley 50 percent of the earnings of the both knew, however, that the real show go to providing Missoula way to create a monster is to have County Public School kids art classes at the ZACC. a good imagination.

The Missoula Monster Project —Charley Macorn asked Missoula County kinder-

Have any great sweaters or jackets that just don’t fit anymore? Come learn to re-purpose high quality fabrics to make things you can use at the ZACC. No sewing experience necessary, some sewing machines available. 1:30 PM–3:30 PM. $120.

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Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like storytelling, finger plays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 2 PM. at the Missoula Public Library. Free.

on fixing your individual knitting problems and getting nice looking finished projects. The ZACC. 3:30 PM–5:30 PM. $120.

Montana Repertory Theatre’s 5 on 5 Play Slam premeries with five 15minute plays about gentrification.

See local actors and directors bring these new visions to life at the Masquer Theatre. 2 PM. $5.

Russ Nasset goes the distance at Draught Works. Roll on in for good times, good drinks and good music.

5 PM–7 PM. Free.

The monthly LGBTQ Spirituality Group meets every month to discuss queer perspectives on spirituality at the Western Montana Community Center. 3-4 PM. Come learn to knit or expand your skills with a five-week class focusing

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The 18-piece Ed Norton Big Band are taking a break from annoying the Ralph Kramden Orchestra to put some swing in the month’s second Sunday when they play the Missoula Winery, 5646 Harrier Way, 6–8 PM. $7. Visit missoula winery.com.

photo by Sara Daisy Lindmark

Russ Nasset goes the distance at Draught Works Sun., Sept. 11, 5 PM–7 PM. Free.

Monday Starting this fall, you can join Big Sky Code Academy during its 12-week full-time or eight-month part-time coding boot camps in Billings, Bozeman or Missoula. Go to www.bigskycodeacademy.org for more information.

Speakers both in favor and opposed to the upcoming medical marijuana initiative will speak at the Doubletree Edgewater. RSVP at cityclub missoula.com. $10-$20.

nightlife Más vale un pájaro en mano que cien volando. The Missoula International School offers a 12-week class of intermediate to advanced Spanish. 5 PM–6:30 PM. $225.

Come enjoy a local farm feast at the UM Oval in celebration of the UM Farm to College Program. Music by Local Yokel provides the perfect tunes to a perfect night. 5 PM–7:30 PM. $11.75.

If service to others is the rent you pay to room on earth, then I’m about to be evicted. Looking for a way to give back? The University Center hosts Volunteer Fair from 10 AM to 2 PM.

Local authors share works that were inspired by the places in our own wild backyard at Imagine Nation Brewing. The night of poems and stories kicks off at 6 PM. Free.

Join the Montana Dirt Girls every Tuesday for an all-women hike or bike. Find locations at facebook.com/MontanaDirtGirls.

6 PM. Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, 6–8 PM every Tuesday. All ages.

The University Center hosts the first of its free Brown Bag Lectures with Crossing Borders: A Global Perspective on Climate Change and Collaboration. 12 PM–12:50 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 Missoula Public Library. Ages 13–19, 6:30 PM.

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.

Lama Tsomo hosts an evening of learning and meditation starting at Shakespeare & Co. Tsomo shares reflections and lessons from her new book and will leave attendees with take-home tips for starting a daily meditation practice. 7 PM. Free.

It’s Mule-Tastic Tuesday, which means the Montana Distillery will donate $1 from every cocktail sold to a local nonprofit organization.

12–8 PM.

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 meets at McCormick Park. 5 PM. Free.

Enjoy yoga outdoors with Missoula Parks and Rec. Skilled instructors teach yoga basics to all ages and abilities every Tuesday evening at a local park. This week, head to Greenough Park to greet the sun.

5 PM–7 PM. A portion of every pint bought between 5 and 8 PM will be donated to The Wings Program who provide assistance to both horse and horse owners. Draught Works.

The Thomas Meagher Bar hosts a fundraiser to help cover the medical expenses of Kristen Korthuis who is recovering from a coma. Raffles include kegs from eight local breweries. 6 PM to close.

Bingo at the VFW: the easiest way

to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main. 6:30 PM. $12 buy-in.

Roger Roots explains why campaign finance reform is a danger to the First Amendment in a provocative onehour lecture at Missoula Public Library. 6:30 PM–8:30 PM. Free.

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.

Five Valleys Audubon hosts its first meeting of the fall by traveling virtually to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. Gary Swant will share his photos of these special areas and birds and will describe Ecuador’s unique birding opportunities. 7:30 PM–9 PM. Free.

Missoula County's 24th Annual

Tuesday Home Health and Hospice of Montana is offering a four-week/eightsession hospice volunteer training from Sept. 13 through Oct. 6. 6 PM–8 PM in the old Mountain West Bank, 3301 Great Northern Ave. For more info contact Lou Ann Crowley at 406-541-1800.

Prepare a couple songs and bring your talent to Open Mic Night at Imagine Nation Brewing. Sign up when you get there. Every Monday from 6–8 PM.

More events online: missoulanews.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. Grab your partner and swing ‘em round, take a trip to downtown.

The Top Hat is the place to be for all of your square dancing needs.

8 PM. Free.

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION

September 16th & 17th, 2016 Friday 9-5:30 • Saturday 9-4 1305 Scott St. Mercury Fever Thermometer Exchange Bring your old mercury fever thermometer to Haz Waste Days for disposal and receive a free digital thermometer. (Mercury thermometers are glass with silver temperature column.)

Items accepted at NO CHARGE from county residents • Oil-based paints & stains • Paint thinners • Solvents • Used motor oil and antifreeze (up to 15 gallons in noreturn containers.) • Mercury Thermometers • Rechargeable and button household batteries (alkaline can be thrown away). Up to 6 fluorescent tubes (no compact bulbs).

ITEMS ACCEPTED FOR A FEE Pesticides • Strong acids • Caustics • Chlorinated solvents Fees also apply to business and out-of-county residents for all wastes.

Year Round Options for disposal of...

Latex Paint - If the can is almost empty, dry it out with cat litter and put it in the trash with the lid off. Give it away! Home Resource (Corner of Russell and Wyoming) takes good, almost full latex that has not been stored outside. Call first @ 541-8300. Car Batteries - Republic Services Recycling. Motor Oil - Most Republic Services residential customers can put up to 2 gals per week in clear plastic containers for free pickup. Many auto parts stores, shops or service stations will take small quantities of used oil for free.

Fluorescent Bulbs - Ace, Home Depot and Lowes accept household compact fluorescent bulbs for free • P.E.T.E.S Electric accepts all fluorescents for a fee.

NOTE: We do NOT accept LATEX PAINT • CAR BATTERIES or CFL BULBS or ELECTRONIC WASTE (computers, moniters, TVs, VCRs, etc.)

Household and Conditionall y Exempt Waste Onl y • 50 Gallon Limit

For more info call 258-4890 • www.hazwastemissoula.com Sponsored By

Missoula Valley Water Quality District • Missoula Wastewater Treatment Facility • Republic Services

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Wednesday GBSG. Join your friends for an evening of socializing while supporting protection of the proposed Great Burn Wilderness. 5 PM–8 PM.

Is your toddler a budding Nikola Tesla in pull-ups? Find out at Science Sprouts: Early Childhood Program at SpectrUM Discovery Area, 218 E. Front St., from 11 AM to noon. Kids 2-5 participate in playful science experiments and crafts. Free with paid museum admission.

Former bicyclist, and lynchpin in the Lance Armstrong doping scandal, Tyler Hamilton is guest speaker at the 2016 Banquet for the Missoula Chamber of Commerce at the Hilton Garden Inn. 5:30 PM. Cocktails, dinner at 7:30 PM. $100/ $125 non-members. visit missoula chamber.com

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.

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.

People suffering from Lyme disease, as well as their family and friends, are invited to the Lyme Disease Support Group at St. Francis Community Hall, 411 S. Fifth St. in Hamilton. Meets on the second Wednesday of every month at 1 PM. Call 360-1415 or 360-0170 for more info.

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 missoulapubliclibrary.org or pop your head in their lobby to see what’s playing.

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Former bicyclist Tyler Hamilton is guest speaker at the 2016 Banquet for the Missoula Chamber of Commerce at the Hilton Garden Inn Wed., Sept. 14. 5:30 PM. Head to Missoula Winery for lawn game madness every Wednesday through the summer. Croquet, bocce and petanque (that’s French for bocce) from 4–7 PM.

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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

Join the Great Burn Study Group at the Northside Kettlehouse taproom for Community U-nite. For every pint sold, 50 cents will be donated to

WHEN: Tue., Sept. 13. 7 PM–10 WHERE: Dennison Theater HOW MUCH: $26-$101 MORE INFO: magicmenlive.com

The Missoula marathon running class is designed for beginning to advanced runners. Every Wednesday at 6 PM, Run Wild Missoula in the basement of the Runner’s Edge, 304 N. Higgins. $100.

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The Glass-Fusing Orientation Class will impart basic glass-fusing 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.

Dear whichever personification of a divine being this is least likely to be blasphemous toward, I'm not really one for prayer, but I felt I had nowhere else to turn.

Thank you for these abs we are about to see. Thank you for the variety of shirtless hunks descending on the Dennison Theater. Thank you, in your divine wisdom, for creating a

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world where different folks can like different types of beefcakes, and thank you for providing them all in one convenient location. Thank you for the studs of the Military Men, who let us pretend to be Debra Winger at the end of An Officer and a Gentleman, the Fire Men, who I hope have oxygen tanks on hand, and the Rain Men, who I don't know much about, but I assume they can tell you how many tooth-

picks are on the ground while they dance with their shirts off.

Also, I guess if you could do something about making world peace happen, I suppose I should ask for that too.

In your vague, non-defined persona, I pray.

Amen.

—Charley Macorn

Thursday Release some stress during t’ai chi classes every Thursday at 10 AM at the Open Way Center, 702 Brooks St. $10 drop-in class. Visit openway.org.

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.

Yoga newbies can get hip to a gentle, mindful practice with Easy Yoga for Beginners at the Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Meets Thursdays from 4–5:15 PM. $45 for six weeks or $10 drop-in.

nightlife A grip of live music from bands to DJs converge on Falcon’s Roost in Frenchtown for the 8th annual Shine Party. Head to monstertechnovan.com for full lineup at tickets. $25-$85. 18-plus.

Caroline Keys & Jeff Turman provide the soundtrack to the good beer and good times at Draught Works. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

The Capulets and Montagues ain’t got nothing on this. The greatest rivalry of all time comes to a head at the Northside vs. Westside Soft-

ball Showdown. The fun starts at 6 PM with live music and a beer garden, with the first pitch at 7 PM. Free.

Hone your performance skills at Broadway Bar’s open mic night, with singing and prizes at 9 PM. 1609 W. Broadway St. No cover.

Cathy Clark teaches country dance steps at the Sunrise Saloon every Wednesday and Thursday at 7 PM. $5 per lesson, payable in cash.

Dead Hipster Dance Party is so cool even I don’t know about it. The Badlander, 208 Ryman St., with $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight. 21-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.

The Country Boogie Boys are riproarin’ to play the Sunrise Saloon.

Mosey on down round 9:30 PM. Free.

Start spreading the news! There’s Karaoke today! You don’t need to be a veteran of the Great White Way to sing your heart out at the Broadway Bar. 9:30 PM. Free.

Arrowleaf, People with Bodies and Good Old Fashioned play the VFW as part of the Mendelssohn Residency. Explode with happiness at 10 PM. $2.

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We want to know about your event! Submit to calendar@missoula news.com. Send snail mail to Cal-eesi, Mother of Calendars c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. Or submit your events online at missoulanews.com. You could also ask me how I'm doing, I guess?

I feel like there's some distance that wasn't there between us. What happened? Are you seeing another calendar?

The I Love the ‘90s tour is probably going to be a pretty boring show.

NOT! Salt N Pepa, Coolio, Kid ‘N Play and Young MC headline a critical injection of nostalgia. It’s going to be all that AND a bag of chips. Put on your scrunchies and come to the Adams Center. 7:30– 10 PM. $46.50–$75.50.

I hope the D doesn’t stand for Dracula. Count Bass D brings his one-man rap band to Stage 112.

Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $5.

Free Music (the band) plays a night of free music (the thing) at the Palace (not the place where a king lives). Joined by Shahs, Ancient Forest, Dorothy and Tormi, the show rolls out at 9 PM. 21-plus.

I hope the D doesn't stand for Dracula. Count Bass D brings his oneman rap to Stage 112 Thu., Sept. 15. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $5.

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Agenda The ongoing debate over the use of medical marijuana has raged for nearly a century in this country, despite the plant being used for thousands of years in the Americas. Following the Mexican Revolution in 1920, thousands of immigrants left the war-torn Mexico and resettled in the southern United States. Not only did they bring their language and customs with them, they also brought marijuana. “Marijuana” the word was wholly unfamiliar to Americans at the time, but marijuana the plant was shockingly common.

Cannabis, as it was known north of the border, was everywhere during this time period not only for it’s many commercial uses, but also because almost every major overthe-counter medicine that wasn't chock-full of cocaine or opium used non-addictive cannabis for its abilities to heal and fight pain.

So when people began to look for an excuse to get rid of these new United States citizens, they decided the easiest way was to go after marijuana, not knowing of its ubiquitous place in then-modern medicine. So cannabis, which had been used for over 5,000 years as a therapeutic medicine, suddenly became very illegal.

City Club Missoula hosts the forum at the Doubletree Edgewater Mon., Sept. 12, from 11:30 AM–1 PM. $10-$20.

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With school back in session, the University Center hosts an ice cream social to welcome new and old LGBTQI+ friends and allies to campus. The Oval. 4 PM–6 PM.

The Thomas Meagher Bar hosts a fundraiser to help cover the medical expenses of Kristen Korthuis who is recovering from a coma. Raffles include kegs from eight local breweries. 6 PM to close.

Learn how legislative candidates in our area hope to improve the health of Montanans and our health care system at Missoula Health Votes at the Doubletree by Hilton-Edgewater. 4 PM–6 PM.

Roger Roots explains why campaign finance reform is a danger to the First Amendment in a provocative one-hour lecture at Missoula Public Library. 6:30 PM–8:30 PM. Free.

Unity of Missoula hosts an interfaith service in recognition of the World Day of Prayer. 546 South Ave West. 7 PM.

Find out how the Garden City grows at the weekly Missoula City Council meeting, where you can no doubt expect ranting public commenters, 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.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9 The Women in Black stand in mourning of international violence every Friday on the Higgins bridge from 12:15–12:45 PM. Visit jrpc.org/calendar to learn more.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10 Support suicide awareness and prevention in Missoula with the Out of the Darkness Walk at McCormick Park. 12 PM–4 PM. Come make new friends, have good laughs and gorge yourself on barbecue while creating a strong sense of community for Missoula’s LGBTQI+ community at Playfair Park. 2 PM-7 PM. Free.

Grizzly Harley-Davidson hosts Bikers Against Bullies. The live music of Jared Blake, Mabel’s Rage and County Line provide the tunes to a night of fundraising and good times. 5 PM–12 AM. $10.

photo by Chad Harder

There is no easy answer to end Marijuana Prohibition, but there are intelligent, well-reasoned people on both sides of the debate. Steve Zabawa of SafeMontana and Kate Cholewa of the Montana Cannabis Industry Association will discuss this issue at the Doubletree Edgewater.

—Charley Macorn

Former president of the International Neuropsychological Society Erin Bigler kicks off the President’s Lecture Series with a talk on brain health and Alzheimer’s disease. The Dennison Theatre. 8 PM. Free.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13 Home Health and Hospice of Montana is offering a 4-week/8-session hospice volunteer training runnung Sept. 13 through Oct. 6. 6 PM–8 PM in the old Mountain West Bank, 3301 Great Northern Ave. For more info contact Lou Ann Crowley at 406-541-1800.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11

If service to others is the rent you pay to room on earth, then I’m about to be evicted. Looking for a way to give back? The University Center hosts Volunteer Fair from 10 AM to 2 PM.

The monthly LGBTQ Spirituality Group meets every month to discuss queer perspectives on spirituality at the Western Montana Community Center.

3-4 PM.

The University Center hosts the first of its free Brown Bag Lectures with Crossing Borders: A Global Perspective on Climate Change and Collaboration. 12 PM–12:50 PM. Free.

AGENDA is dedicated to upcoming events embodying activism, outreach and public participation. Send your who/what/when/where and why to AGENDA, c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange, Missoula, MT 59801. You can also email entries to calendar@missoulanews.com or send a fax to (406) 543-4367. AGENDA’s deadline for editorial consideration is 10 days prior to the issue in which you’d like your information to be included. When possible, please include appropriate photos/artwork.

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mean, sure, the Victorians had no idea that the unwieldy and grandiose system of empires and protectorates they had built up over the years would all but fall apart in less than a century. And, sure, their views on gender, healthcare and cleanliness border on barbaric in hindsight compared to our modern sensibilities. But I will give them this: They sure knew how to throw a garden party. Now, in our more enlightened age we've almost gotten rid of the empires, but we're still dealing with the after-effects of those times when the earth was exploited at a shocking rate. And now we're throwing garden parties to celebrate our work in sustaining the planet.

The Missoula Urban Demonstration Project has been dedicated to do-it-yourself projects and urban sustainability efforts for years. To celebrate this work, MUD is hosting the garden party to end all garden parties. This year's shindig features a How-LocalCan-You-Get pie competition, live music, local beer and a catered dinner from Masala. The festivities kick off at 6 PM. —Charley Macorn Garden Party at the MUD Project Site Fri., Sept. 9 from 6 PM– 10 PM. $15. 1527 Wyoming St. Visit mudproject.org for more info.

photo by Joe Weston

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13

Missoula celebrates the 10th anniversary of the first county-wide Open Space Bond at Silver Park.

Learn of the countless landowners and partners who have helped conserve more than 29,000 acres across the country. 5 PM–8 PM.

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 meets at McCormick Park. 5 PM. Free.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9 The last time I was at a garden party, a Belgian with a hipster mustache arrested the vicar for murder. That’s really an outlier for garden parties though. Missoula Urban Demonstration projects welcomes their members, donors and volunteers to a Garden Party in celebration of what makes Missoula great. 6 PM–10 PM. $10-$15.

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.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10 Five Valleys Audubon travels to Ninepipe Reservoir and the surrounding area in the Mission Valley to observe migrating birds. Meet at 7:50 AM in the Adams Center parking lot and bring a lunch for this all-day trip. Call 406-549-5632 for more info.

Enjoy yoga outdoors with Missoula Parks and Rec. Skilled instructors teach yoga basics to all ages and abilities every Tuesday evening at a local park. This week, head to Greenough Park to greet the sun. 5 PM–7 PM. Join the Montana Dirt Girls every Tuesday for an all-women hike or bike. Find locations at facebook.com/MontanaDirtGirls. 6 PM. Local authors share works that were inspired by the places in our own wild backyard at Imagine Nation Brewing. The night of poems and stories kicks off at 6 PM. Free.

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 14 Head to Missoula Winery for lawn game madness every Wednesday through the summer. Croquet, bocce and petanque (that’s French for bocce) from 4–7 PM. The Missoula marathon running class every Wednesday at 6 PM, Run Wild Missoula in the basement of the Runner’s Edge, 304 N. Higgins. $100.

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– Not Teflon There are those women who, in bringing some himbo home for a hookup, really go that extra mile – taking a lot of turns on the way so he'll never again find his way back to their apartment.

So, no, “Sex and the City's” Samantha isn't a completely fictional character in how, after sex, she brushes men off herself like large, penis-equipped crumbs. However, in that column you mention, I referenced research from anthropologist John Marshall Townsend, who discovered that Samantha's post-sex detachment is pretty atypical – that many women who intend to use and lose a guy often find themselves going all clingypants the next morning.

Understanding what allows the Samantha type to escape this takes separating the women who have casual sex from those who feel okay about it afterward.

Women have casual sex for various reasons. For some, it seems the feminist thing to do – to prove they can do anything a man can do, whether it's working on an oil rig or dragging home strangers for a little nail-andbail. Townsend notes that women hook up because they aren't ready for a relationship, because they're trying to punch up their sex skills, or – as with rock groupies –to get some small piece of a guy they know is out of their league. Other women see hookups as the “free candy!” they can use to lure some unsuspecting man into the relationship van.

There's a widespread belief, even held by some researchers, that higher testosterone levels in women mean a higher libido, but testosterone's role in female desire is like that Facebook relationship status: “It's complicated.” Research by clinical psychologist Nora Charles, among others, suggests that “factors other than ... hormones” are behind which women become the Princess Shag-alots.

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However, once again, all the reasons a woman's more likely to have casual sex don't stop her from getting tangled up in feelings afterward. The deciding factor seems to be where she falls on what the late British psychiatrist John Bowlby called our "attachment system." According to Bowlby, how you relate in close relationships – “securely,” “anxiously,” or “avoidantly” – appears to stem from how well your mother (or other primary caregiver) sussed out and responded to your needs and freakouts as an infant.

If she was consistently responsive (but not overprotective), you're probably “securely attached,” meaning you have a solid emotional base and feel you can count on others to be there for you. This allows you to be both independent and interdependent.

Being “anxiously attached” comes out of having a caregiver who was inconsistently there for you (perhaps because they were worn thin) or who was overprotective. This leads to fear and clinginess in relationships (the human barnacle approach to love).

And finally, being “avoidantly attached” is a response to a cold, rejecting caregiver – one who just wasn't all that interested in showing up for you. Not surprisingly, perhaps to avoid risking all-out rejection by being too demanding, the avoidantly attached tend to adapt by becoming people who push other people away.

It's avoidantly attached women who social psychologist Phillip Shaver and his colleagues find can have casual sex without emotional intimacy – and, in fact, tend to see their “discard after using” attitude as a point of pride. (It sounds better to be a “sexual shopaholic” than a person with unresolved psychological problems.)

Other women –those who didn't have a really chilly caregiver – are likely to have that “sense of loss” you feel after casual sex.

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Two seven-year-old girls showed me three tricks I could use to avoid taking myself too seriously and getting too attached to my dignity. I'm offering these tricks to you just in time for the letting-go phase of your astrological cycle. Trick #1: Speak in a madeup language for at least ten minutes. Example: “Groftyp hulbnu wivgeeri proot xud amasterulius. Quoshibojor frovid zemplissit.” Trick #2: Put a different kind of shoe and sock on each foot and pretend you're two people stuck in a single body. Give each side of you a unique nickname. Trick #3: Place an unopened bag of barbecue-flavored potato chips on a table, then bash your fist down on it, detonating a loud popping sound and unleashing a spray of crumbs out the ends of the bag. Don't clean up the mess for at least an hour.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In accordance with the astrological omens, I suggest you spend less energy dwelling in profane time so you expand your relationship with sacred time. If that's of interest to you, consider the following definitions. PROFANE TIME happens when you're engulfed in the daily grind. Swarmed by a relentless flurry of immediate concerns, you are held hostage by the chatter of your monkey mind. Being in SACRED TIME attunes you to the relaxing hum of eternity. It enables you to be in intimate contact with your soul's deeper agenda, and affords you extra power to transform yourself in harmony with your noble desires and beautiful intentions.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): About 1.7 million years ago, our human ancestors began using primitive hand axes made from rocks. This technology remained in use for over 60,000 generations before anyone invented more sophisticated tools and implements. Science writer Marcus Chown refers to this period as "the million years of boredom." Its slow pace contrasts sharply with technology's brisk evolution in the last 140 years. In 1880, there were no cars, planes, electric lights, telephones, TVs, or Internet. I surmise that you're leaving your own phase of relatively slow progress, Gemini. In the coming months, I expect your transformations will progress with increasing speed – starting soon.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Prediction #1: You will attract truckloads of good luck by working to upgrade and refine the way you communicate. Prediction #2: You will tickle the attention of interesting people who could ultimately provide you with clues you will need to thrive in 2017. #3: You will discover secrets of how to articulate complicated feelings and subtle ideas that have been locked inside you. Prediction #4: You'll begin a vibrant conversation that will continue to evolve for a long time.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You know you have a second brain in your gut, right? (If not, read this: http://bit.ly/secondbrain.) During the past three weeks, I have been beaming telepathic instructions toward this smart part of you. Here's an edited version of the message I've been sending: “Cultivate your tenacity, darling. Build up your stamina, sweetheart. Feed your ability to follow through on what you've started, beautiful. Be persistent and spunky and gritty, my dear” Alas, I'm not sure my psychic broadcasts have been as effective as I'd hoped. I think you need further encouragement. So please summon more fortitude and staying power, you gutsy stalwart. Be staunch and dogged and resolute, you stouthearted powerhouse.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Is “Big Bang” the best term we can come up with to reference the beginning of the universe? It sounds violent and messy – like a random, accidental splatter. I would much prefer a term that suggests sublime elegance and playful power – language that would capture the awe and reverence I feel as I contemplate the sacred mystery we are privileged to inhabit.

What if we used a different name for the birth of creation, like the “Primal Billow” or the “Blooming Ha Ha” or the “Majestic Bouquet?” By the way, I recommend that you consider those last three terms as being suitable titles for your own personal life story in the coming weeks. A great awakening and activation are imminent.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The last few weeks have been fraught with rich plot twists, naked dates with destiny, and fertile turning points. I expect there will be further intrigue in the near future. A fierce and tender decision at a crossroads? The unexpected arrival of a hot link to the future? A karmic debt that's canceled or forgiven? In light of the likelihood that the sweet-and-sour, confusingand-revelatory drama will continue, I encourage you to keep your levels of relaxed intensity turned up high.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the coming days, you will have more than your usual access to help and guidance. Divine interventions are possible. Special dispensations and charmed coincidences, too. If you don't believe in fairy dust, magic beans, and lucky potions, maybe you should set that prejudice aside for a while. Subtle miracles are more likely to bestow their gifts if your reasonable theories don't get in the way. Here's an additional tip: Don't get greedy. Use the openings you're offered with humility and gratitude.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When my daughter Zoe was growing up, I wanted her to be familiar with the origins of ordinary stuff that she benefited from. That's why I took her to small farms where she could observe the growth and harvest of organic food crops. We visited manufacturing facilities where cars, furniture, toys, and kitchen sinks were built. She saw bootmakers creating boots and professional musicians producing songs in recording studios. And much more. I would love it if you would give yourself comparable experiences in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. It's an excellent time to commune with the sources of things that nurture you and make your life better.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Unless you were brought up by a herd of feral donkeys, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to embark on your second childhood. Unless you're allergic to new ideas, the foreseeable future will bring you strokes of curious luck that inspire you to change and change and change your mind. And unless you are addicted to your same old stale comforts, life will offer you chances to explore frontiers that could expose you to thrilling new comforts.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): These days, my dear, your eccentric beauty is even more unkempt than usual. I like it. It entertains and charms me. And as for your idiosyncratic intelligence: That, too, is messier and cuter and even more interesting than ever before. I'm inclined to encourage you to milk this unruly streak for all its potential. Maybe it will provoke you to experiment in situations where you've been too accepting of the stagnant status quo. And perhaps it will embolden you to look for love and money in more of the right places.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I'm giving you an ultimatum, Pisces: Within the next 144 hours, I demand that you become at least 33 percent happier. Fifty percent would be even better. Somehow you've got to figure out what you can do to enhance your sense of well-being and increase your enjoyment of life. I'm sort of joking, but on the other hand I'm completely serious. From my perspective, it's essential that you feel really good in the coming days. Abundant pleasure is not merely a luxury, but rather a necessity. Do you have any ideas about how to make this happen? Start here: 1. Identify your four most delightful memories, and re-enact them in your imagination. 2. Go see the people whose influences most thoroughly animate your self-love.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-16-160 Dept. No. 3 John W. Larson NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHRISTINE M. FOGERTY, 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 CYNTHIA J. BRAUN, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 2620 Connery Way, Missoula, Montana 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 19th day of August, 2016. /s/ Cynthia J. Braun, Personal Representative DARTY LAW OFFICE, PLLC /s/ H. Stephen Darty, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 3 Cause No. DP-16150 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

MICHAEL L. STOIANOFF, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed as Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Mary L. Dolberg, return receipt requested, at St. Peter Law Offices, P.C., 2620 Radio Way, P.O. Box 17255, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the aboveentitled Court. DATED this 22 day of August, 2016 /s/ Mary L. Dolberg, Personal Representative DATED this 24 day of August, 2016. ST. PETER LAW OFFICES, P.C. /s/ Jason C. Harby MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept.

No. 1 Cause No. DV-16-703 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION BETTY JEANNE BOAGLIO, Plaintiff, v. THE ESTATE OF MATTIE M. HIXSON, THE HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF THE ESTATE OF MATTIE M. HIXSON, AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWN HEIRS, OR ANY UNKNOWN DEVISEES OF ANY DECEASED PERSON, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, UNKNOWN, CLAIMING OR

MNAXLP WHO MIGHT CLAIM ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE OR INTEREST IN OR LIEN OR ENCUMBRANCE UPON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT ADVERSE TO PLAINTIFF’S OWNERSHIP OR ANY CLOUD UPON PLAINTIFF’S TITLE THERETO, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM OR POSSIBLE CLAIM BE PRESENT OR CONTINGENT, Defendants.

THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, GREETINGS: You are hereby SUMMONED to answer the Complaint to Quiet Title in this Action which is filed with the above-named Court, a copy of which is served upon you, and to file your written answer with the Court and serve a copy thereof upon Plaintiff ’s attorney within twenty-one (21) days after service of this SUMMONS 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 is brought for the purpose of quieting title the following-described real property located in Missoula County, Montana: An undivided one quarter interest in the Dixon Patent and 7 acres, more or less, of the Barrette Patent, lying immediately adjacent to the Dixon Patent on the up creek side of said Dixon Patent, all on the Nine Mile Creek in the Nine Mile Mining District in Missoula County, Montana, as particularly described on those certain instruments files and recorded with the office of the clerk and recorder of Missoula County, Montana, at Book 89 of Deeds at Page 246 and Book 89 of Deeds at Page 407. Dated this 26th day of August, 2016. /s/ SHIRLEY E. FAUST By: Laura M. Driscoll Deputy Clerk

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No. 3 Probate No. DP-16-169 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: MILO R. JANECEK, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Edward Janecek III has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Christian, Samson & Jones, PLLC, Attorneys for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 310 W. Spruce, Missoula, MT 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 29 day of August, 2016. /s/ Edward Janecek III, Personal Representative /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept.

No. 4 Probate No. DP-16-139 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF RONALD C. COGBURN, 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 Howard Scott Seaton, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of Paul E. Fickes, Esq., at 310 W. Spruce, Missoula, Montana 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 24 day of Au-

gust, 2016. /s/ Howard Scott Seaton c/o Paul E. Fickes, Esq. 310 W. Spruce St. Missoula, MT 59802 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept.

No. 4 Probate No. DP-16-157 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ROBERT B. EKBLAD, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Jack Meyer has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Christian, Samson & Jones, PLLC, Attorneys for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 310 W. Spruce, Missoula, MT 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 22 day of August, 2016. /s/ Jack Meyer, Personal Representative /s/ Kevin S. Jones, 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 05/07/10, recorded as Instrument No. 201008860 Book 859 Page 747, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Alicia R Rooney was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as designated nominee for First Security Bank of Missoula, its successors and assigns was Beneficiary and First American Title Company of Montana was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Company of Montana as Successor Trustee.

The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located

in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: All of the portion of the South 24 feet of Lot 4, and all of that portion of Lots 5,6 and 7, Block 72, Knowles Addition No. 2, that lies West of a straight line extending diagonally from the Northeast corner of Lot 1 of said Block to the Southwest corner of Lot 7 of said Block 72, all according to the official recorded plat thereof, as filed in the Clerk and Recorder’s Office, Missoula County, Montana recording reference Book 94 Micro Records at Page 208 By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201609766 B: 962 P:1194, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Branch Banking and Trust Company.

Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 02/01/16 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 5, 2016, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $108,969.91. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $103,288.10, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of

Missoula on November 17, 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. Rooney, Alicia (TS# 7883.20245) 1002.287699-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 10/22/09, recorded as Instrument No. 200926051 B: 849 P:1299 and Modified by Agreement recorded on 07/28/2014 under Auditor’s File No. 201411063 B: 931, P: 1186, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Stephan P. Ward, a single person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Al-

PUBLIC NOTICES liance 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: Lots 24,25 and 26 in Block 17 of car line 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 09/01/15 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 19, 2016, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $122,958.41. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $112,492.92, plus ac-

crued 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 Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, On the Front Steps, City of Missoula on December 1, 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

MNAXLP 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. Ward, Stephan P. (TS# 7023.115270) 1002.285511-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Successor Trustee will, on December 29, 2016 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described

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real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Deed of Trust, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charges by the Successor Trustee, at the following place: On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust in which Gary J. Simecek, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc. as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for GMAC Mortgage Corporation, Beneficiary of the security instrument, said Deed of Trust which is dated February 16, 2005 and was recorded on February 22, 2005 as Instrument No. 200504139, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located at 522 E Pine Street, Missoula, MT 59802 and being more fully described as follows: LOT 16 OF BLOCK H, OF MCWHIRK ADDITION TO MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAP OR PLAT THEREOF. The beneficial interest under said Deed of Trust and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for GMACM Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-AF1. The Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the Promissory Note (“Note”) secured by said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to timely pay all monthly

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE 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 2108/Machelle Frank/$597/washer&dryer 2214/Angeline Washee/$417/chest 4488/Michelle Massengale/$418/chair

SALE LOCATION: Gardner’s Auction Service, 4810 Hwy 93 S, Missoula, MT www.gardnersauction.com SALE DATE/TIME: Wed, Sept 21, 2016 @ 5:30 PM (check website for details) TERMS: Public sale to the highest bidder.

Sold “AS IS”, “WHERE IS”.

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15 In a whirl 16 Like a centaur or mermaid 18 Pastime requiring careful movements 19 Abbr. in a military address 20 Like many trollish comments 21 Flora and fauna 22 Qualifies to compete in a tournament 25 Beehive St. capital 27 "American Horror Story: Freak Show" enclosure 28 Steaming mad 30 "Waterfalls" group 32 Company shares, for short 33 Mandarin hybrid used in Asian cuisine 34 Facebook meme often paired with a non-sequitur image 39 Gardener's gear 40 Pioneering filmmaker Browning 41 ___-mo 42 Common soap opera affliction 44 Marooning spot 47 "Amazing!"

48 Assistance 53 Trivial Pursuit edition 55 Elvis's disputed middle name 56 "I Ching" philosophy 57 Hardly happy with 58 Bygone lemon-lime soda 60 "Next to Me" singer ___ Sande 61 Rice from New Orleans 62 "Lord of the Rings" creatures 63 Passenger car 64 Insects with a waggle dance 65 "___ & Oh's" (Elle King hit)

1 Attack, tiger-style 2 Drive or putt 3 Short pulse, in Morse code 4 Hood or Washington 5 Extra somethin'-somethin' 6 Word after parking or safe 7 Buying channel on TV 8 Marinated meat in a tortilla 9 Dunkable dessert 10 Fell apart, as a deal 11 Allow 12 Kidnapping gp. of the '70s 13 Email folder that's often automatically cleared 17 Move swiftly 21 Dick in the Pro Football Hall of Fame 23 Soup follower 24 Roman called "The Censor" 26 You're looking at it 29 "Heavens to Betsy!"

31 Austin and Boston, for two 32 Late Pink Floyd member ___ Barrett 34 "Austin Powers" verb 35 "Jeopardy!" in a box, e.g.

36 How some medicines are taken 37 Baby bronco 38 Adjusts, as tires 43 Naomi Watts thriller set for November 2016 45 Gender-neutral term for someone of Mexican or South American heritage, say 46 Establishes as law 49 "Common Sense" pamphleteer 50 "Fame" actress Cara 51 A and E, but not I, O, or U 52 "Easy ___ it!"

54 "The Lion King" lioness 57 "Au revoir, ___ amis" 58 Arm-raised dance move that some say looks like sneezing 59 "Brokeback Mountain" director

Last week’s solution

PUBLIC NOTICES installments of principal, interest and if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantors’ failure to pay when due the following sums: monthly payments of $4,696.94 beginning March 1, 2015 through September 1, 2016; plus interest due of $8,981.98; plus escrow payment of $5,643.17; less suspense balance of $140.31; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said trust deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit:

$101,982.79 with interest thereon at the rate of 6.00000 percent per annum beginning February 1, 2015; plus interest of $9,586.31; plus late charges of $190.00; plus escrow advance of $5,379.70; plus property inspection fee of $198.75; plus title search of $463.25; plus foreclosure expense of $529.00; plus other costs of $1,489.14; less suspense credit of $140.31; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. Due to the defaults stated above, the Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation.

Notice is further given that any person named has the right, at any time prior to the date last set

MNAXLP for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by making payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust, together with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Dated: August 22, 2016 /s/ John A. “Joe” Solseng John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, Attorney of

Robinson Tait, P.S., MSB #11800 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on December 5, 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 8 OF PROSPECT PHASE 1A, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA,MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN BOOK 16 OF PLATS AT PAGE 70. R CRAIG FLINT and TRISTIN S FLINT, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to CitiMortage Inc. successor by merger

to ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP, INC., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on December 5, 2006, and recorded on December 11, 2006 as Book 788 Page 889, Document No. 200631620. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortage Inc. successor by merger to ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP, INC. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning February 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 June 27,

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PUBLIC NOTICES 2016 is $254,326.07 principal, interest at the rate of 3.00000% totaling $3,300.52, escrow advances of $631.17, and expenses advanced of $47.50, 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, whereis basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale

purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: July 26, 2016 /s/ Rae Albert 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 26 day of July, 2016, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Rae Albert 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 sub-

MNAXLP scribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, ID Commission expires: 01-19-208 Citimortgage v FLINT 101670 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 14, 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 26 OF BELLEVUE ADDITION NO. 4, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. ROXANNE L BASSETTE, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to First American Title as Trustee to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), as nominee for GMAC Mortgage Corporation, its successors and/or assigns, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on July 2 2003, and recorded on July 14, 2003 as Book 711 Page 798 under Document No. 200325219. The beneficial interest is currently held by Ditech Financial LLC. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana.

The beneficiary has declared a

default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $742.98, beginning February 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 October 27, 2015 is $50,815.76 principal, interest at the rate of 2.00% totaling $835.33, late charges in the amount of $88.25, escrow advances of $3,677.58, 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 includes the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any.

Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of

bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks).

The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: June 3, 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 3 day of June, 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 Secre-

tary 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/ Shauna Romrell Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 06/04/2016 Ditech vs BASSETTE 100516-1

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RENTALS

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APARTMENTS

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1bed/1bath, close to UM, coinops, off-street parking $725.

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1 bed/1bath, Rattlesnake, all utilities paid, pet? $700. Grizzly Property Management 5422060 Garden City Property Management. Voted Best Property Management Company in Missoula

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No Initial Application Fee Residential Rentals Professional Office & Retail Leasing Since 1971

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2 Bdr, 1 Bath, Northside home. $290,000. BHHSMT Properties.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

10955 Cedar Ridge. Loft bedroom, 1 bath on 20+ acres with deck, studio & sauna. $275,000.

Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com

235 McLeod. 5 bed, 2.5 bath University District home with study, fireplace & large fenced backyard. $514,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com

2 Bdr, 1 Bath, Lewis & Clark home. $195,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

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

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HOUSES

2 Bdr, 1 Bath, Northside home. $180,000. BHHSMT Properties.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

1201 South 6th Street, Missoula Modern Condo Unit #204

Grizzly Property Management, Inc.

205 ½ W. Kent. Studio/1 bath, shared W/D, all utilities paid $600. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

HOMES FOR SALE 1001 Medicine Man Cluster.

Stunning custom-built 3 bed, 3.5 bath with 3 car garage. $1,150,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com

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PUBLISHER’S NOTICE

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal and State Fair Housing Acts, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, marital status, age, and/or creed or intention to make any such preferences, limitations, or discrimination. Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, and pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination in housing call HUD at toll-free at 1-800-8777353 or Montana Fair Housing toll-free at 1-800-929-2611

ROOMMATES

2 Bedroom 3 Bathroom Unit, 1,496 sq ft. The Factory Condos Complex is possibly the ''Greenest'' Building in Missoula. High Efficiency Lighting and Energy Efficient Gas Boiler with H2O Baseboard Heat. Unit consists of 2 levels with 10 Foot Ceilings on Main Floor and 9 Foot Ceilings on the upper floor. Bamboo Floors throughout the Main Floor Highlight the Open Kitchen which has Butcher-Block Counter Tops. Fresh Interior, Brand New Appliances with Natural Gas Range. Living Area has a New Gas Fireplace Master Bath with Tiled Floors and Counter Tops.

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REAL ESTATE 5 Bdr, 2.5 Bath Lower Rattlesnake home. $525,000.

BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

2144 Trail Street- PRICE REDUCED! This 3 bed 2 bath wellloved home is ready to move into! $265,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

5 Bdr, 2.5 Bath University District home. $625,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

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

Centrally Located 1815 Hollis. This home is in great shape and the minute you walk in, it’s love at first sight! 2 bed 1 bath. $236,500 KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.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 Sweet Bungalow 120 Strand Ave. This little bungalow is about as sweet as they come!

1 bed 1 bath $230,000 KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Trail Street 2144 Trail Street.

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

MANUFACTURED

HOMES

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 Affordable Living 1308 Greenwood Court. Awesome opportunity to own a sweet home in a forested mobile home park! $27,500 KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com For Sale 2- 16x80 mobile homes in great condition $35,000 delivered and set up within 150 miles of Billings.

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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 Slee-

man 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 hunting 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 3.52ac $259/month Boulder, MT- 2.12ac $391/month Absarokee, MT21.3ac $203/month Red Lodge, MTMore properties online. Justin Joyner Steel Horse RE www.ownerfinancemt.com 406-539-1420 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

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 40 ACRES- 2 CREEKSSELLER TERMS. $69,900. 2 perennial streams. Gated legal access. Seller terms w/20% down. Easy year around potential. Off the grid. Great southern exposure. Twite Realty • Mark Twite • 406-880-1956 • NewHomes@Montana.com • www.marktwite.com

Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.com NW Montana Real Estate. Several large acreage parcels. Company owned. Bordered by National Forest. Timber. Water.

Tu n g s t e n h o l d i n g s . c o m .

(406)293-3714 South Frontage East, Alberton.

37 acres with multiple building sites. $49,000. Pat McCormick,

Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com

COMMERCIAL 3106 West Broadway. 20,000 sq.ft. lot with 6568 sq.ft. building with office, retail & warehouse space. $795,000.

Pat McCormick, Properties 2000.

240-7653 pat@ properties2000.com

1535 Liberty Lane Suite 110D

NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. Approximately 11 acre building lot with Mission Mountain views. $86,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 2398350. shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com NHN Roundup Tract #5. Development opportunity. 20.07 acres. $999,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 5465816. annierealtor@ gmail.com NHN Roundup Tract #7. Great Development opportunity. $1,250,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 annierealtor@gmail.com NHN Weber Butte Trail. 60 acre ranch in Corvallis with sweeping Bitterroot views. $800,000.

Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty

Central Missoula location with 10 offices, in-space conference room, server room and cubical area. Lots of open space with outside decking and use of large community conference room and break area.

Designated parking as well as off-street parking for employees and clients. Energy efficient building with low utility costs.

See LA regarding lease terms.

For location and more info, view these and other properties at:

www.rochelleglasgow.com

Rochelle Glasgow Cell:(406) 544-7507 • glasgow@montana.com

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REAL ESTATE

Business For Sale Established bulk spices, herbs, teas and gifts. All products, furnishings and equipment must be moved. Turnkey. 406-822-3333 Martin’s Clean All. Successful power washing business includes truck & equipment. $80,000. Pat McCormick, Properties. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com

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 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville home on 2.9 acres. $200,000.

BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

views and plenty of solitude.

Twite Realty • Mark Twite • 406880-1956 • NewHomes@Montana.com • www.marktwite.com Hot Springs 215 Spring Street, Hot Springs. Located in a beautiful mountain valley, Hot Springs is home to a magical place called Towanda Gardens. $145,000 KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

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4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Clinton home on 1.5 acres. $315,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 BEDROOM HOME ON 12+ACRES. $349,900.

Bring the Horses! Well kept home, 45x60 shop. All irrigated land. Less than an hour to Missoula. 2 story home. Incredible

[C12] Missoula Independent • September 8–September 15, 2016

11250 FRED LN, $215,000

Business for Sale • $80,000 Established business with excellent client base.

New owner should be mechanically inclined and ready to work! Call Pat for more details.

Pat McCormick Real Estate Broker Real Estate With Real Experience

pat@properties2000.com 406-240-SOLD (7653)

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This home sits on 5+ acres with lots of southern exposure, greenhouses & well for irrigation. 1700+ sq.ft. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, big formal dining room, spacious master bath with soak tub, detached double garage, additional metal building (big enough for an RV) and more.

Matt Rosbarsky 360-9023 512 E. Broadway