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Voices/Letters Recycling and Iran...................................................................................4 The Week in Review Fire restrictions, Osprey and Griz ................................................6 Briefs Badger-Two Medicine, house mom and Onewheel..............................................6 Etc. CSKT gets its dam.....................................................................................................7 News Will the push for clean power kill jobs or generate more? ...................................8 News Ward 2 city council race features diverse lineup ...................................................9 Opinion Petty politics result in bad look for embattled sheriff ’s department. ............10 Opinion Confrontation between drivers, bikers escalates quickly...............................11 Feature What happens when the Montana Disability Center closes? ...........................14

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Books Sarah Hepola and Kate Bolick remodel the modern woman............................18 Books Previewing the Montana Book Festival ..............................................................19 Music Iris DeMent, Tony Furtado and Rabbit Wilde .....................................................20 Art Missoula artists reimagine kids’ creature drawings.................................................21 Film Meru’s technical feats equal its potent storytelling ..............................................22 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films.......................................................23 BrokeAss Gourmet Guinness Mac and Cheese ...........................................................24 Happiest Hour Rattlesnake Creek Distillery ................................................................26 8 Days a Week When one door closes .........................................................................27 Mountain High WildFest 2015 .....................................................................................37 Agenda Bark ’n the Park................................................................................................38

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Street Talk .......................................................................................................................4 News of the Weird ........................................................................................................12 Classifieds....................................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess...................................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrolog y ....................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle .......................................................................................................C-9 This Modern World...................................................................................................C-12 PUBLISHER Lynne Foland EDITOR Skylar Browning PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Joe Weston ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Heidi Starrett CIRCULATION & BUSINESS MANAGER Adrian Vatoussis DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROJECTS Christie Anderson ARTS EDITOR Erika Fredrickson CALENDAR EDITOR Ednor Therriault STAFF REPORTERS Kate Whittle, Alex Sakariassen, Derek Brouwer COPY EDITOR Gaaby Patterson ART DIRECTOR Kou Moua GRAPHIC DESIGNER Charles Wybierala CIRCULATION ASSISTANT MANAGER Ryan Springer ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Steven Kirst, Ariel LaVenture, Toni LeBlanc ADMIN, PROMO & EVENTS COORDINATOR Leif Christian CLASSIFIED SALES REPRESENTATIVE Tami Allen FRONT DESK Lorie Rustvold CONTRIBUTORS Ari LeVaux, Scott Renshaw, Nick Davis, Matthew Frank, Molly Laich, Dan Brooks, Rob Rusignola, Chris La Tray, Jed Nussbaum, Sarah Aswell, Josh Wagner, Lacy Roberts, Migizi Pensoneau

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STREET TALK

by Alex Sakariassen

Asked Tuesday afternoon outside the Mansfield Library In honor of this week’s Montana Book Festival, tell us the best book you’ve read this year. Followup: What’s your favorite book of all time?

Will Hunt: Considering I didn’t have much of a summer because I was in Australia until about three weeks ago, the only book I’ve read here was Ride with me, Mariah Montana by Ivan Doig. I loved it. Lost loaner: It’s by Graham Greene. It’s really sad. The End of the Affair. I just gave it out to tons of people right after I read it. Don’t know who has it now.

Daniel Laubacher: I’m reading Breakfast of Champions (by Kurt Vonnegut) right now. I quite like it. Hitchin’ a ride: My favorite has to be The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I like the humor, that dark kind of humor.

For the children When I read about Sen. Jon Tester citing his grandchildren as the excuse for supporting the Iranian nuclear deal, I was tempted to call Child Protective Services.

Now it has been revealed that Iran will be investigating itself rather than allowing any outsiders to soil their nuclear sites.

An ordinary man might reassess his position after considering such a revelation. But Sen. Tester is not an ordinary man. He is a liberal, a Democrat possessed with an unflinching loyalty to an ideology that defies logic and morality when it serves the cause. His undying dedication to Mr. Obama’s quest to “transform” this country should surprise no one. But using your grandchildren as your excuse to justify this perverse transformation is truly unsettling and borders on abuse.

I urge you to write the senator at 130 W. Front St., Missoula, 59802, or call 406728-3003 and ask him to please reconsider his position, or failing that, at least his excuse. Do it for his grandchildren.

John M. German Missoula

Glass backwards Hailey Craig: Personally, I liked Hamlet.

It’s a different genre than what I’m used to reading, so it gave me a different perspective. Pun intended? That’s a hard question. I’d have to say The Scarlet Letter, mainly because of the symbolism and imagery it uses throughout the book. It’s colorful.

Max Enger: I read a book called Through the Woods, a short novella. It was very relatable, a book where if you’re different from society in some aspect you can connect with it. Pack it out: It’s hard because the books that I read I try not to look at the titles. Into the Wild was a good one. Cliché, but there’s something you always keep with that book.

Stacy Philpott: The Maze Runner, actually. Just because it was so different, not what you were expecting at all. Finch hitter: To Kill a Mockingbird. All the diversity back then, the prejudice, one person sticking up for another. And a little girl caught in the middle, not knowing the difference.

Recently our local Sustainable Business Council put forth arguments against glass recycling in an email newsletter titled, “Behind the Glass: The Real Deal on Glass in Missoula.” The SBC argument omits several salient points in the discussion of glass recycling. One I find particularly glaring is the fact that glass is imported into the U.S. Why is glass considered such a valuable commodity that it needs to be imported?

Online research reveals that in 2015 glass for containers ranks in the upper fifth on a list of U.S. commodity imports according to World City. “The category ranked No. 236 through June (2015) among the roughly 1,265 import commodity groupings as classified by Census. It ranked No. 246 for the last full year, with a total value of $1.33 billion, a $69.64 million, 6 percent increase over the 2013 total.” A 2013 analysis statement based on U.S. Census data released by the same group notes an 11 percent increase of glass container imports from a previous period.

I insist getting “real” is not snatching at the “deal” but focusing on long-term decision-making and outcomes. To perpetuate

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the idea of “low hanging” fruit, suggesting business decisions based on ease, undermines the SBC’s message of sustainability.

In my opinion, this is antithetical to a longterm environmentally responsible view as represented in a “seven generation” model.

Consider a specific, long-term issue: the local food movement. More people are storing and canning their own food due to plastic leaching into the food supply. Glass is desirable as a canning container due to durability (reuse) and ability to withstand high temperatures of the canning process while remaining inert.

How does it make sense to import empty glass containers only to bury the broken glass later, squandering the energy already expended to create and refine it?

“He is a liberal, a Democrat possessed with an unflinching loyalty to an ideology that defies logic and morality when it serves the cause.”

Production of glass from new components in the long-term adds a greater amount of CO2 to the atmosphere, not simply additional amounts of CO2, because it takes less energy to melt cullet than to refine new components into glass. This doesn’t even address the myriad environmental impacts associated with producing or mining those components.

“Mixing cullet with other materials reduces the amount of energy it takes to make glass because cullet melts at a lower temperature than glass’s other components. If glass makers mix 9 parts of raw materials with 1 part of cullet, their manufacturing processes use energy 2.5 percent more efficiently. Cullet also helps furnaces last longer, and it’s

cheaper to purchase than other raw materials,” wrote Kevin Lee for Demand Media. If melting glass for reuse is more energy efficient than melting sand and mining new sources regardless of where it is occurring, why import it, only to bury it? We need glass; we will use glass.

Ever notice how many glass containers no longer bear the location of manufacture?

There are many aspects to international trade deals the general populace know nothing about, me included. Offsetting trade deficits may play into this dynamic when we consider how larger corporations outsource products once manufactured by those U.S. companies they’ve acquired. Glass containers are likely made in countries where manufacturing is less stringently monitored suggesting those imported containers may be “dirtier” environmentally than those that could be manufactured here in the U.S. Imported may be cheaper, but at what cost? After all, the atmosphere is shared space, no? Whether these imported containers are “dirty” is tangential to this discussion. The fact remains glass containers are in demand in the U.S.—and they are being imported.

I understand how mass and weight of cullet transport to distant melting and manufacturing sites contributes to expense and pollution. But how is paying the environmental “production and shipping” costs to import that glass in the form of containers from Mexico, Asia, Europe and Canada different? I agree with SBC that glass recycling is problematic. Nonetheless, it is a valuable, inert material that should not be squandered once it has been refined.

The SBC argument does not consider the additional variables: global economics, imports, current trends in glass use and how the local food movement may impact our continuing and increasing use of glass.

Let’s continue the discussion of glass recycling in Missoula rather than attempting to quash it with skewed arguments ignoring pertinent facts and trends. The large waste company that buries the glass Missoulians separate does so with an “eye” on the corporate bottom line. I suggest Missoulians focus their recycling aspirations on horizons at a greater distance.

L. Busch Missoula

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WEEK IN REVIEW

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by Celia Talbot Tobin

Wednesday, Sept. 2 Crews battling the 900-acre Morrell Complex fire mark 80 percent containment, successfully preventing the fire from spreading to nearby Seeley Lake.

Thursday, Sept. 3 Lolo National Forest closes some trails in the Rattlesnake, including sections of Spring Creek and Woods Gulch, due to sightings of several black bears feeding in the area. The main Rattlesnake trailhead remains open, but hikers are advised to walk in groups and make noise.

Friday, Sept. 4 Betty’s Divine hosts the Please Don’t Tell My Dad adult-themed art and music show for First Friday. Performances include a robot named Beep Boop participating in mock sex acts and local musician The Boogeyman rapping lyrics of an inappropriate nature.

Saturday, Sept. 5 Shortly after midnight, Missoula police respond to an incident on the corner of Main and Ryman streets. One officer fires shots at a suspect who was reportedly driving a vehicle toward him. The officer, Corp. Pat Erbacher, is later placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. The suspect, Anthony John Godinez, is charged with DUI.

Sunday, Sept. 6 The Missoula Osprey drop both games of a doubleheader to Great Falls. The Voyagers blank Missoula 7-0 in the opening tilt, then hold off a late Osprey rally to win the second game, 7-4.

Monday, Sept. 7 The Montana Grizzlies jump from No. 13 to No. 8 in the newest Football Championship Subdivision coaches’ poll, despite losing two nights earlier to Cal Poly.

Tuesday, Sept. 8 Stage I and II fire restrictions are lifted throughout most of western Montana thanks to recent precipitation. Hunters and campers are still reminded to douse any campfires.

Ryan Fredrickson, 23, of Stevensville, lowers a bag of picked McIntosh apples into a collection crate at Swanson’s Mountain View Orchard in Corvallis on Sept. 6. Apples are ripening several weeks early this year, making it the earliest harvest that fourth-generation owner Charlie Swanson can remember.

Transportation

Onewheel incites bonkmania The men at Strongwater have never seen land as a problem for surfers. Since opening on the Hip Strip in 2008, they’ve helped popularize stand-up paddleboarding in Missoula and pioneered river surfing in the Rocky Mountains. Yet their motto, “Surf the Earth,” has always been something of a metaphor.

Dirt and concrete have eluded their quest to catch every possible wave.

No longer, says co-owner Luke Rieker. For the past few weeks, Rieker, Kevin “K.B.” Brown and other Strongwater employees have been tooling around town atop Onewheels, futuristic skateboard-meets-Segway devices billed as offering the closest experience yet to the holy grail of the hoverboard. Rieker says they deliver.

“You can really manipulate the carves. You’re just in that surf stance. You’re getting that feel you always wanted,” he says.

The Onewheel looks like a skateboard with a

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racing slick through the center and uses a gyroscope for balance and an internal hub motor to cruise at 12 mph. The go-kart-sized tire can take on dirt, grass and uneven pavement. First introduced in prototype form at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, the Onewheel project quickly raised $630,000 through crowdfunding website Kickstarter and began shipping this year.

It’s the brainchild of a Stanford engineer and snowboard enthusiast, according to Future Motion, the California company now manufacturing the device.

Rieker and Brown were approached by a Onewheel representative this summer who had heard about Strongwater’s reputation for board sports. After riding one, Rieker says he was sold on the concept, which he describes as a new board sport that doubles as a commuter ride.

“It has turned personal transportation into recreation … You’re literally just surfing to work,” Rieker says.

As with SUP and inland surf boards, Strongwater is getting in on the ground floor. They’re the only dealer in Montana authorized to sell the Onewheel, with the first shipment of eight already spoken for.

It’s hard to overstate Rieker’s enthusiasm.

Rieker rides his Onewheel to and from work, on lunch breaks and for fun—more than 10 miles a day, he figures. Rieker can unlock the store’s front door, flip on the lights and roll over to the counter without stepping off. “It’s absolutely bonkers,” he says.

“It’s bonkmania.”

Some skateboarders haven’t been as bullish on Onewheels as the surfers—the pricetag is over $1,500—but Rieker isn’t complaining about the legwork needed to ignite local interest. He’s already plotting ways to add riding features inside the store and construct an outdoor track at his home.

“Right now, no one knows what they are, and in one year, it’s gonna be like the Jetsons out there,” he says.

Derek Brouwer

[news] Badger-Two Medicine

A united front Early on in last week’s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation hearing in Choteau, Blackfeet Tribal Business Council member Joe McKay testified that one does not have to be Blackfeet to realize the cultural significance of the Badger-Two Medicine. The spirit of solidarity contained in his statement couldn’t have been more fitting as, over the subsequent three hours on Sept. 2, dozens of Natives and non-Natives alike invoked a powerful connection to the land in calling for the ACHP to oppose Solenex LLC’s proposal to drill an exploratory well in the area.

Those voices ranged widely, from local attorneys to conservationists to military veterans. Blackfeet tribal member Mike DesRosier, who also serves as chairman of the Glacier County Board of Commissioners, spoke not only of his life spent frequenting the Badger-Two Medicine but also of his commission’s unanimous stance that drilling should not proceed.

National Parks Conservation Association spokesman Michael Jamison presented a letter signed by six former Glacier National Park superintendents urging cancellation of Solenex’s lease. Great Falls attorney Stuart Lewin went so far as to raise the issue of religious rights guaranteed under the First Amendment— rights, he argued, that would be violated if the Blackfeet’s sacred ground was disturbed.

“We must honor the Blackfoot nation’s beliefs and leave the Badger-Two Medicine area alone,” said Montana artist Andree Deligdisch. “To me, it is a matter of conscience and decency and it’s the right thing to do to say, ‘No, we are not going to allow that.’”

The only person to speak in favor of Solenex’s permit to drill was the company’s attorney, Steve Lechner. After outlining Solenex manager Sidney Longwell’s 30-year battle to commence drilling approval, Lechner accused the U.S. Forest Service of “making a mockery” of the National Historic Preservation Act. The location of the proposed 4-acre well pad lies in an already industrialized area, Lechner added, due to the presence of power lines, railroad tracks and U.S. Highway 2.

“Those descriptions are laughably false and can only express either strategic misrepresentation or else absolute unfamiliarity with this landscape,” Blackfeet Community Hospital physician Kendall Flint testified in response. “Hall Creek and the Badger-Two Medicine are neither industrial nor developed.”

As the meeting came to a close, ACHP member Teresa Pohlman asked McKay to describe the area of the Badger-Two Medicine near Solenex’s proposed well site. McKay, a beaded blue necklace peeking out from his blazer, struggled to find the words befitting a place 100-plus people showed up to defend—and a place the ACHP will have to issue a recommendation on by Sept. 21.

“I was taught that you don’t have to be an Indian, you don’t have to be Blackfoot, you don’t have to be Amskapi Pikuni,” McKay said. “You just have to believe. And if you go there and open your heart and your mind and free your spirit, then you’ll experience what we experience. Until you’ve been there and experienced it, it’s really difficult to describe.”

Alex Sakariassen

Greek life

House mom caught stealing A former sorority house director has admitted she embezzled more than $10,000 from Kappa Kappa Gamma, in part to support her drinking problem.

Sherri Lynn Sweet, of Missoula, was charged with felony theft over the summer after a sorority board treasurer discovered unauthorized purchases and withdrawals from sorority funds stretching over 20 months.

Sweet had access to a sorority debit card and checking account as its live-in house director, commonly known as a house mom. Usually a single adult woman, house directors live with sorority members and oversee general upkeep of the house, including managing kitchen staff and housekeepers. They also pay bills and shop for groceries.

Sweet regularly added personal items to her shopping lists, a review of debit card charges found. “A typical receipt had 15 to 20 grocery and cleaning items but also listed a pair of jeans and a bottle of wine,” an affidavit filed by Missoula Deputy County Attorney

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by Bernice’s Bakery in one year—62 pounds shy of the curb weight for a 2015 Toyota Prius. The Hip Strip bakery held a contest on its Facebook page this week to guess the weight.

On Sept. 4, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes finalized their purchase of the Kerr Dam on the Flathead River. The process set in motion 30 years ago finally came to a close as the tribe’s utility, Energy Keepers, Inc., paid NorthWestern Energy the conveyance price of $18.2 million and promptly renamed the hydroelectric facility the Salish Kootenai Dam in honor of the new owners.

“We have covered our bases and understand that the world is watching us,” Energy Keepers CEO Brian Lipscomb said in a statement. “We haven’t left any rocks unturned regarding safety, security, operations and business administration.

We are ready for this.”

But not everyone agreed with Lipscomb.

Two days before CSKT’s official acquisition of the dam, state Sen. Bob Keenan and Flathead Conservation District Supervisor Verdell Jackson launched a last-ditch effort to deep-six the deal by requesting a temporary injunction. The 54page complaint contained quite a few heady allegations about procedural improprieties, but the real gem was the duo’s fear that tribal ownership could open the door for terrorist actions in the Flathead Valley by organizations affiliated with the Turkish government.

In the kind of sleuthing worthy of a Tom Clancy novel, Keenan and Jackson drew a direct connection between Turkey’s work to help foster economic development in Indian Country and Turkey’s harboring of terrorist groups. The average Montanan may view these as two unrelated dots in the complex web of international politics. To Keenan and Jackson, they constitute a national security risk that, according to their filing, could lead to the “acquisition and use of incendiary devices to compromise Kerr Dam and/or other off-reservation targets.”

Because, you know, western Montana is just that high on the Muslim Brotherhood’s list.

It should come as no surprise that Keenan and Jackson were both staunchly opposed to the CSKT Water Compact passed by the Montana Legislature this year. Defeated on one watery front, they sought victory on another—in the most bizarre way possible. While the case was quickly thrown out, one might begin to suspect Keenan and Jackson have something against the Salish and Kootenai people, or against the federal government that approved CSKT’s intent to purchase Kerr Dam three decades ago. But then again, such theories seem a little too grounded and devoid of conspiratorial intrigue for their ilk.

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Karla Painter states. The wine, clothes and cash withdrawals between fall 2013 and April 2015 added up to $10,321, according to court records.

When interviewed by a detective, Sweet acknowledged taking funds “to support her drinking problem” and to buy picture frames and gift cards, but added that she “had no idea how much she was spending on herself.” Alcohol is barred from all Kappa Kappa Gamma facilities, and sorority funds may not be used to buy it, according to national organization policy.

The charge carries a minimum prison term of one year, but a plea agreement signed last month would allow Sweet to avoid a conviction and jail time through a deferred sentence. If a District Court judge follows the state’s recommendation and Sweet complies with the terms of the agreement, including restitution, the charge against her will be dropped after 18 months. A sentencing date has been set for November.

The plea agreement came as Kappa Kappa Gamma, one of the oldest sororities at the University of Montana, was gearing up for fall recruitment, which concludes on Friday, Sept. 12. The chapter’s historic residence at 1005 Gerald Ave. is currently home to 32 members, new house director and alumna Leann Athas says.

Athas declined to discuss the situation involving Sweet, but says the missing funds didn’t put the sorority in financial straits.

“It didn’t really affect our ability to function,” she says. “We’re pretty happy about that.”

Derek Brouwer

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Creation question Will the push for clean power kill jobs or generate more?

by Alex Sakariassen

On a smoky day in late August, Gov. on jobs that could come forward through leased a comprehensive analysis of the effects of clean energy investments on employSteve Bullock stood inside a packed Top Hat the Clean Power Plan.”

Among the entities singled out for one ment statewide. Citing Montana’s “ample rattling off the curriculum vitae of six western Montana entities he believes are “lead- of the coalition’s Innovator Awards was Mis- potential for growth in clean energy producing the way in renewable energy and job soula company Solar Plexus, founded in tion,” the paper posited that wind, solar and creation.” The state is going to need more 1994 by Mary Hamilton and Lee Tavenner. energy efficiency projects could generate innovators like these as our energy econ- Son Rip Hamilton returned to Missoula more than 4,000 new jobs by 2030, includomy continues to evolve, Bullock said, mo- from Portland to join the business in 2000, ing short-term construction jobs. The American Wind Energy Association tioning to representatives from has also lauded the state’s unthe Confederated Salish and tapped renewable resources, Kootenai Tribes, Flathead Elecranking Montana one of the tric Cooperative, Missoulatop states for potential wind based MMW Architects and generation. AWEA analyst Hanothers. He didn’t specifically nah Hunt says the wind indusmention the mounting prestry supported 73,000 jobs sure placed on sustainable ennationwide in 2014. ergy enterprises by the public and by new federal policies, Yet groups like the Count but the insinuation was clear. on Coal Montana campaign “One of the most pressing continue to openly challenge challenges will be creating the renewable sector’s ability photo by Alex Sakariassen more good jobs in the energy to compete with the sheer voleconomy while at the same Flathead Electric Cooperative was among six western ume of jobs associated with extime keeping our big sky clean, Montana entities recognized last month by Gov. Steve isting fossil fuel energy. Even Bullock for innovation and job creation in the clean our rivers cold, our agriculture energy industry. some supporters of the push thriving and our kids and our to expand solar, hydro, wind families healthy,” Bullock said. “That’s very about the same time changes to the state’s and other sustainable resources feel more important because with the flexibility and net metering laws opened up new markets traditional avenues like coal will be an imthe innovation that Montana has … we can for Solar Plexus. By 2005, the company had portant factor in the equation for years to hired its first full-time employee, Rip Hamil- come. The state’s renewables are vast, Bulhelp create those opportunities.”

The issue of job creation has loomed ton says, and a few others have come on- lock said in a statement to the Indy, and large in the discussion of renewable energy board temporarily as needed. But after 21 there are many people working on ways to in Montana and will no doubt become an years it’s still a small, family-run operation. both diversify the state’s energy portfolio “Montana lags behind the national and create high-quality jobs. But change even more prominent question in the wake of the EPA’s new Clean Power Plan rolled economy a little bit, and I think the renew- can’t come at the flip of a switch. out last month. Calls for considerable emis- able energy industry lags even further be“We know that coal will continue to sions reductions here and nationwide have hind that,” Hamilton says. “The last couple have an important role to play in our energy stoked fears among the state’s labor com- years had been pretty slow for us, and this future,” he said, adding he’s supported carmunity of possible job losses at plants like year is on par with probably 2013. So it’s bon sequestration projects and cleaner coal Colstrip. Addressing such concerns and picked up quite a bit this year, but we’re still technology initiatives for that very reason. coming up with creative solutions to meet reluctant to hire anybody.”

In fact, Ekblad says, how Montana goes The reason for that reluctance, Hamil- about meeting the EPA’s reduction goals reduction goals by 2030 is partly why the nonprofit coalition Montanans for Good ton adds, is the possibility of a seasonal could be a catalyst for good jobs outside the Jobs and Clean Air, which sponsored the slowdown ahead. If the company remains renewable sector—even at Colstrip itself.

Aug. 27 Top Hat event, came together in the as busy through winter as it is right now, “There’s significant work to be done not “We’ll definitely have to hire some people only in renewables but in producing cleaner first place.

“As a labor movement and a labor fed- in the spring.” power from coal, improving the [energy] eration, we’ve always been an all-of-theReports and studies on the promise of grid,” he says. “All of that is work that is poabove partner to this conversation,” says Al renewables over the past few years have tentially part of the impact of the Clean Ekblad, executive secretary for Montana’s painted an optimistic picture on the jobs Power Plan.”

AFL-CIO. “We will obviovusly do everything front. The Montana Environmental Informawe can to address the potential implications tion Center and the Sierra Club last year reasakariassen@missoulanews.com

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Youth vs. experience Ward 2 city council primary features diverse lineup

by Kate Whittle

From left to right: Anita Green, Jack Rowan, Aylinn Inmon and Harlan Wells.

Missoula’s Ward 2 spans a broad swath of the valley, from the Westside neighborhood on its eastern boundary to Grant Creek on the north to as far as Ranch Club Road on the west. In the upcoming city primary election, four candidates representing similarly broad backgrounds are running to fill the seat being vacated by Councilman Adam Hertz—including two of the youngest candidates to ever run for Missoula City Council.

Aylinn Inmon, a staffer at Forward Montana, says she decided to run in the nonpartisan race on the filing deadline of July 2. The 24-year-old says this is just the beginning of her political aspirations.

“So going in and having three opponents, people have been like, ‘You are insane, why don’t you just wait a bit?’” she says. “It’s because I care. I want to be the best candidate that Ward 2 could have.”

Inmon is still finishing up her last few credits toward a social work degree at the University of Montana, but she can recount years of experience in activism and political engagement. “I wrote my first letter when I was 5 years old, when JB’s took dino-cut french fries off the menu and I was livid,” Inmon says. “My mom told me to write a letter and they were back on the menu two weeks later.”

Since then, she’s been active in the Missoula community, testifying before school boards and volunteering. For most of the last five years, she’s worked for Forward Montana running grassroots

campaigns to get young people engaged in politics.

Inmon credits a tough childhood with motivating her to run as a champion of lowincome citizens. The YWCA provided shelter for her family after her mother fled an abusive relationship when Inmon was an infant.

She also comes from an indigenous Hawaiian heritage and would like to bring her experience as a woman of color to the table.

“Growing up here, I never saw anyone I could identify with on the city council,” she says. “I have a ton of respect for [Ward 4 Councilman] Patrick Weasel Head, but would love to see more people of color on there.”

One of Inmon’s competitors, Anita Green, also 24, is the first openly transgender person to run for council. Green graduated from UM with a degree in social work in 2014. She says she’s prepared for politics by serving with groups including the Associated Students of the University of Montana Senate, and she currently serves on the board of the Missoula Democratic Central Committee. Green has stressed that she’s passionate about affordable housing and inclusionary zoning requirements.

“It isn’t very often that you hear about people running for public office under the age of 25, and I don’t want people to think that their age is a barrier, whether they feel young or old,” Green says.

Candidate Jack Rowan, 48, says it’s been interesting to see the pool of candidates who’ve popped up in Ward 2 this year, compared to when Councilman Jordan Hess ran

unopposed in the last election. Rowan runs a small landscaping business and serves on several local nonprofit boards, including the Missoula Urban Demonstration Project and the North Missoula Community Development Corporation.

“I think we represent a wide diversity of experiences, you know, all of us are talking about affordable housing, all of us are talking about affordable transportation,” Rowan says.

“But I think all of us have distinct perspectives on how to accomplish that. I think that’s been a really positive aspect of the campaign so far, and one that I think will be interesting to see how voters respond to that.”

Rowan, Green and Inmon all received endorsements from the Missoula County Democrats. Hertz has publicly backed Harlan Wells as his replacement.

Wells, the only self-declared fiscal conservative in the pool, works as a reserve sheriff ’s deputy and a property development coordinator for the Missoula Housing Authority. Wells, 41, says he feels good about his chances, but he has his eye on “one other really strong candidate” in the race.

“I can tell you the one I respect the most: Aylinn Inmon,” Wells says. “I think she’s an incredibly intelligent woman. While I don’t think she’s as qualified as I am, if I didn’t make it through, I would throw my support behind her.”

Ballots for the Ward 2 primary election are due to be turned in by Sept. 15. kwhittle@missoulanews.com

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Last week, an investigator from the Human Rights Bureau concluded that Missoula County Sheriff T.J. McDermott discriminated against former political rival Josh Clark. Clark was a captain and then undersheriff under Carl Ibsen, but was transferred to latenight patrol when McDermott took office. The new sheriff insisted that his decision to reassign Clark was not political, but investigator Josh Manning found it was.

McDermott declined to speak to reporters about that conclusion, which is odd, because the Human Rights Bureau basically announced that he did the thing he spent the last nine months saying he did not do. You’d think now would be the time to get his side of the story out there so we could understand why Manning is mistaken. But at the moment a third party concluded he discriminated against Clark, McDermott would not speak to the press.

He did not technically refuse comment, though. He merely referred questions to his lawyer, Deputy County Attorney Erica Grinde, who said they couldn’t answer because the matter was still being resolved.

“I would say I want to stress while the investigative portion of this has come to a conclusion, the Human Rights Bureau remains in control of the process,” Grinde told the Missoulian. “And we trust the process and feel the process works and resolves these matters.”

Many people who trust the process might say the investigator’s conclusion did resolve the matter. If you feel the process works, you might be tempted to say McDermott discriminated against Clark.

Now would be the time for our sheriff to explain why he did that, or to lay out a plan to prevent discrimination in the future, or even just to break down and explain why Clark is a jerk while we all frantically transcribe his remarks. But McDermott did none of those things. He simply informed the press, through his attorney, that he was not going to say anything.

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It sounds like he trusts the process to let him off the hook. Clark’s attorney, Quentin Rhoades, said his client would seek a six-figure settlement.

Whatever the final number is, McDermott won’t pay it. Missoula County will. I submit that since we will be footing the bill, the sheriff should feel obligated to tell us why his first official act as sheriff was to cost us a bunch of money.

But McDermott has not even acknowledged that an impartial investiga-

“The people responsible for the public safety of Missoula County have been sitting for a bad portrait two years now.”

tor says he discriminated. It is almost as if he believed that so long as he refuses to talk about what he apparently did, he will suffer no consequences. That’s an alarming position for the new sheriff to take, since his agency seems to be suffering from a systemic problem.

Clark is not the first member of the Missoula County Sheriff ’s Department to file a discrimination complaint in the last two years. He is not even the third. In August, the county reached a voluntary no-fault settlement with Capt. Mike Dominick, who was reas-

signed to the county attorney’s office after alleging that McDermott transferred him to the evidence warehouse as punishment for supporting Clark in last year’s primary. As part of the settlement, Dominick got $20,000.

In 2013, now-Undersheriff Jason Johnson and Clark himself filed their own Human Rights Bureau complaints against Ibsen, also alleging political discrimination. Each man got a $60,000 settlement. The taxpayers of Missoula got to pay that money. We also got the impression that our sheriff ’s department was operating on the spoils system.

McDermott has done little to convince us otherwise. In the report on his investigation, Manning noted that two men McDermott promoted to captain— sergeants Tony Rio and Bill Burt—were also the two largest individual donors to his campaign. That looks bad. But perhaps the most damning assessment of how the department operates came in these two sentences: “The investigator was troubled throughout this process by the petty personal attacks both parties used to color the way the Bureau would look at the people involved and left those details out of the report,” Manning wrote. “It did not paint a good portrait of the people responsible for the public safety of one of Montana’s most populous counties.”

The people responsible for the public safety of Missoula County have been sitting for a bad portrait two years now. Maybe it looks worse than it is— but how can we know when McDermott won’t talk to us?

Two years of settlements and the results of Manning’s investigation have drawn a picture of a sheriff ’s department that plays politics, hard, in contravention of the rules we set out for it. McDermott should start talking soon, because you know what they say about a thousand words.

Dan Brooks writes about rhetoric and lived experience at combatblog.net.

[opinion]

Road rage Confrontation between drivers, bicyclists escalates quickly

by Alan Kesselheim

It’s one of those summer mornings in Montana when whatever compromises you’ve made in life seem totally worth it.

The fields are deep green, the mountains still shine white, the rivers bump their banks, the sky is that unfathomable blue.

Better yet, we’re driving in two cars to the put in for an early-season canoe run down the Gallatin River. It’s like the beer commercial says, right?

Up ahead, on the rural two-lane, two bicyclists are out enjoying a morning ride.

And closer to us, a Jeep is pulled off to the side. Our first car swings around the Jeep.

I start to do the same when the Jeep spits gravel and shoots out in front of me.

Whatever. I settle back in my lane.

Then the Jeep, with two men in it, pulls up very close alongside the first biker, crowding him, obviously shouting something. It does the same to the second rider. Then the Jeep roars ahead, the passenger gesturing the bikers to pull over in a wide spot.

The bikers want nothing to do with that, and instead, veer away and approach a stop sign, where they dismount, obviously shaken.

“You okay?” someone in our first vehicle asks.

“Those guys are yelling at us, threatening us,” one rider says, shaking.

“Maybe you should call 911.”

The rider thinks about it, pulls his phone out and starts to dial. Meantime, I hear the Jeep drivers make their own cop call. They must have what they consider is a legitimate beef—riders too far in the lane, riding side by side, who knows? Maybe they have a real case. We may have come on the scene after an initial altercation.

My passenger can’t stand it. He has

had run-ins with rude drivers on his bicycle many times, and what he sees as obvious harassment has him worked up.

He gets out of the car, starts back toward the Jeep.

“You guys are in the wrong,” I hear him shout.

“Go to hell, you tree-hugging asshole,” they yell back.

“It flashes through my mind that this is how so many of these situations veer out of control.”

I'm thinking, they have a gun in their glove compartment. I know this with absolute certainty. This as I weigh whether to get out in support, or stay put. I have my hand on the door handle.

It flashes through my mind that this is how so many of these situations veer out of control. Everyone is minding their own business until some quirky confluence of circumstance throws things out of whack, tempers flare, someone decides to do something about it and suddenly, a gun appears and before anyone can say, “Hold on a minute!” there’s a body on

the ground making a red puddle.

Luckily, my friend starts back. Maybe the same thought train is running down the rail in his mind.

“I gotta stop,” he says, “or this could be bad.”

“If we leave, are you all right?” we ask the bikers.

“Think so,” they say. “Police are on the way.”

We look back at the Jeep. The two men are sitting inside, waiting for the police to arrive. The situation seems stable, tense but stable. We give the bikers a card, in case they need witnesses, and we go on. But for the rest of that day, despite the beauty and exhilaration of the river, the good company, the morning altercation squats on the horizon like a brooding storm.

That it has come to this. That a couple of bike riders and drivers can’t get along on a quiet country road on a stunning morning in a postcard part of the world. That it would even cross my mind that one of us could end up bleeding to death on the side of the road. That this stew of anger and vitriol and misunderstanding could come to a boil so effortlessly, and what that says about our times.

It brings into focus all the ways that things explode in places like Ferguson or Baltimore or New York—simple, misunderstood, stupid things, and how many times someone ends up lying in a pool of blood over it. And then, the real kicker, how none of us are immune. How it isn’t some bad guy far away, but it is all of us, any one of us, even on a pretty Montana morning.

Alan Kesselheim is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a column service of High Country News (hcn.org ). He is a writer in Montana.

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POPE MANIA – Muslim clerics complain of the commercialization of the holy city of Mecca during the annual hajj pilgrimages, but for Pope Francis’ visits to New York, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia in midSeptember, shameless street vendors and entrepreneurs already appear to be eclipsing Mecca’s experience.

Merchants said they’d be selling, among other tacky items, mozzarella cheese statuettes of the pope ($20), a “pope toaster” to burnish Francis’ image on bread, a Philly-themed bobblehead associating the pope with the movie boxer Rocky, local beers Papal Pleasure and YOPO (You Only Pope Once) and T-shirts (”Yo Pontiff!” and “The Pope Is My Homeboy”). The Wall Street Journal quoted a Philadelphia archdiocese spokesman admitting that “you kind of have to take it in stride.”

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“religious proverbs” at patrons of the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida), greeted Broward County judge John “Jay” Hurley at his bail hearing by inquiring, “How you doin’, a--hole?” Unfazed, Hurley responded, “I’m doing fine. How are you, sir?” After listening to Riffle on religion a bit longer, Hurley set bond at $100.

In August, talking to Judge Hurley from jail via closed circuit TV, arrestee Susan Surrette, 54, “flashed” him as she tried to prove an alleged recent assault. The self-described “escort” and “porn star” (“Kayla Kupcakes”) had lifted her shirt to reveal bruises. (Her bond, also, was $100.)

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“And Another Thing, Dad”: Michael May, 44, was arrested in Lincoln County, Kentucky, in August after the Pilot Baptist Cemetery near Stanford reported that he had tried to dig up the grave of his dead father “in order to argue with him,” according to Lexington’s WLEX-TV. May told officers his dad had died about 30 years ago. (Alcohol was involved in the decision to dig.)

MORE THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT – Under a 1981 treaty, at least 50 countries, including the United States, have banned their militaries from employing flamethrowers (as “inhumane”), but entrepreneurs have begun to market the devices domestically for $900 to $1,600 each (based on the distance of the flame, at 25 feet or 50 feet). Federal regulators appear uninterested (as the contraptions are technically neither firearms nor explosives), and only two states prohibit them outright, though a few jurisdictions believe flamethrowers are illegal under fire codes. The Ohio startup Throwflame has sensed the need for marketing savvy and describes flamethrowers as primarily for “entertainment.” (Recent news reports indicate a slight run on sales under the suspicion that authorities will soon realize the danger and outlaw them.)

After two women accused Sheffield Village, Ohio, attorney Michael Fine of “hypnotizing” and sex-talking to them during office consultations, police and the county bar association opened an investigation in November 2014. Though Fine was being consulted on a custody matter, he was secretly audio-recorded (according to one woman’s lawsuit) touting “powerful whole body orgasms” and suggesting that he was “the world’s greatest lover”—among details the client recalls only vaguely if at all. The bar association later said as many as 25 women may have been victimized. Though no criminal charges have been filed, Fine’s lawyer said in August that his client had voluntarily given up his law license and was seeking “medical” help.

GREAT ART! – Former Massachusetts Institute of Technology lecturer Joseph Gibbons was sentenced in July to a year in prison for robbing a New York City Capital One bank in December (while operating a video camera) in a heist that he had insisted all along was merely “performance art.” (He had been suspected in a similar robbery in Rhode Island in November.) His biography on the MIT website described him as “blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction, self and persona ... with a contradictory impulse to confabulate and dissimulate.” The Queens Museum in New York City has offered to screen the footage of the robbery as an art piece.

Artist Anish Kapoor initially denied that his 400 to 500 tons of stones, called “Dirty Corner,” were “problematic,” but later conceded that they might have “multiple interpretive possibilities.” The installation, which ran through the summer at France’s Palace of Versailles with five other large sculptures, was arranged in the form of a huge vulva, and represented, he said, “the vagina of a queen who is taking power.”

NEW WORLD ORDER – (1) A Pig Flies: On Aug. 20, a 250-pound pig was knocked free of a trailer traveling at 65 mph on Interstate 25 near Fort Collins, Colorado—thus briefly, at least, sailing. It was not badly hurt. (2) In July, Mexican customs officers detained an American and a Mexican on the bridge between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, with 13 pounds of marijuana the two allegedly were smuggling into Mexico to sell. (The month before, Juarez officials arrested another El Paso woman with a kilo of crystal meth allegedly destined for Mexican sale.)

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hen Missoula Developmental Services Corporation Chief Executive Officer Fran Sadowski greets a recent visitor to her Marshall Street office one of her first questions is, “Do you know anyone who needs a job?”

The CEO quickly laughs off the query, but she’s also the first to admit that the staffing shortage at this Missoula facility is no joke. In July, MDSC counted 39 open direct-care staff positions out of 158 total.

“The worst thing that happens is that turnover,” Sadowski says.

Challenges filling shifts prompted MDSC to keep some of its residents in their group homes this day, rather than allowing them to mingle at the Marshall Street Day Activity Center, where it can be tougher to manage behavior.

Just about everything MDSC does is with an eye toward safety. A sign on the wall inside the day activity center, for example, details when it’s appropriate to call 911, versus when to contact a staff nurse.

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cated management challenge. “We have people who can destroy property,” Sadowski says. “They break windows. They have intermittent impulse control.”

While Sadowski’s current responsibilities and those of her staff are already stretched, they stand to get even tougher in the wake of a legislative decision to close Montana’s last institution for developmentally disabled adults. In April, state lawmakers passed Senate Bill 411, authorizing closure of the Montana Developmental Center in Boulder. The legislation calls for moving clients from the Montana Developmental Center into privately operated group homes such as those run by MDSC. The impending closure marks the end of an era. After more than 100 years, the Montana Developmental Center will no longer serve as a safety net for individuals unable to care for themselves. Nor will it continue to draw allegations of abuse, neglect and mistreatment, as it has for decades.

Preparing for such a major policy shift has not been easy. When the legislature passed SB 411 it empowered the Montana Developmental Center Transition Planning Advisory Council—a committee including lawmakers, state administrators, organized labor and others—to craft a blueprint for closure. Council deliberations involve how to spend millions of dollars, manage the loss of hundreds of jobs and care for some of the state’s most vulnerable and volatile residents.

Sadowski is the lone community service provider on the committee and therefore acutely aware of what challenges remain.

“I think the committee has a large task ahead of us,” Sadowski says. “It’s a huge undertaking.”

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n the days leading up to the Montana Legislature’s April vote on SB 411, organized labor mobilized. MEA-MFT issued news bulletins with headlines like, “Mon-

tana Developmental Center under attack.”

Public sector labor unions asserted that closing the Montana Developmental Center in Boulder, as SB 411 sought to do, wasn’t the answer to quelling longstanding concerns about abuse and mistreatment at the embattled facility—instead, more resources were needed.

“Privatization for private profit at the expense of those who need the care and those who deliver it is not the answer,” the AFL-CIO tweeted on April 17.

For more than 100 years, MDC has housed individuals with intellectual disabilities. Most clients are admitted to the facility through a civil proceeding, after being deemed a threat to themselves or others. Others are sent there by way of a criminal conviction.

Sen. Mary Caferro, D-Helena, carried SB 411. When arguing to shutter the facility, she and other closure supporters, including the federally mandated watchdog Disability Rights Montana, pointed to a string of abuse allegations at the facility.

A PROLONGED FIGHT OVER THE MONTANA DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER’S FUTURE FINALLY ENDED WITH THE LEGISLATURE VOTING TO SHUT DOWN THE FACILITY. THE REAL CHALLENGE COMES NEXT, AS DOZENS OF AT-RISK PATIENTS SEEK NEW HOMES. Profuse bleeding warrants emergency services, the sign says, rather than a minor cut.

MDSC is a nonprofit community caregiver for developmentally disabled people, typically considered individuals with IQs under 70. The Medicaid-funded nonprofit houses up to 75 adults in 12 Missoula residences.

MDSC employees are responsible for an array of client needs, including everything from feeding and bathing to caring for those who are sick and dying. Entrylevel direct-care providers earn $9.65 an hour.

MDSC residents fall into two broad categories, Sadowski says. Those who are low-functioning and have “self-help needs” mostly require assistance with the basics, such as personal hygiene and eating.

The other group, considered “behaviorally intensive,” presents a more compli-

The old Montana State Training School, first built in 1912, preceded the Montana Developmental Center in Boulder. At the height of its use in 1965 the facility housed 1,011 residents.

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They noted, for example, that the Montana Department of Justice documented 11 allegations of physical abuse by staff in 2014. Those claims included a September 2014 incident in which MDC staffer Sheldon Moffett choked a resident and slammed his head into a door jamb, causing a laceration that required five staples to close. Moffett pleaded guilty to felony abuse of a disabled person in April, just as the legislature was deliberating SB 411.

MDC is slated to spend $13.3 million this year to house just more than 50 clients. Caferro argued that funding would be more efficiently and humanely used if directed to privately operated community group homes.

In response to SB 411, more than 200 facility staffers argued the legislation would endanger some of the most vulnerable people in the state. MDC employees drew from the considerable political muscle of their labor unions, including the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, MEA-MFT and the AFL-CIO, which collectively represent more than 40,000 members. The unions claimed on social media, in newspaper opinion pages and at the legislature that privatizing MDC services, as the bill proposed, was akin to privatizing schools.

They warned that the legislation would leave MDC residents with no safety net. They said it would lead to a disaster.

“I think a year from now or 18 months,” AFSCME Executive Director Timm Twardoski told the Independent last spring, “we’re going to go ‘Oh crap, this thing didn’t work.’”

Jefferson County officials, meanwhile, including former Boulder Mayor Dave Kirsch, warned that clients released into the community pose a risk to public safety.

“Mothers, keep your children close and be vigilant,” Kirsch said in a Helena Independent Record opinion piece. “MDC has a locked gate and security fence for a reason.”

For all of the emotion fueling the 2015 legislative debate over MDC, it constituted only one chapter in the facility’s long and often dark history.

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early 70 years after Dr. Phil Pallister first arrived at what was then called the Montana State Training School in Boulder, the institution’s former medical director still hasn’t forgotten the smell. He says the odor of pine oil used to clean the floors couldn’t mask the stench. “[Patients] were incontinent,” recalls Pallister, now 94. “They were naked sitting on benches and they would pee and shit on the floor.”

Pallister worked at the facility between 1947 and 1982, when he left to found the Shodair genetics program in

Helena. Upon arrival at the facility now called MDC, clients were subjected to beatings by other institution residents, sexually assaulted and raped. Pallister says he’s always been a reformer. He approached his work at the institution accordingly, launching, for example, an immunization program for facility clients and one to decrease the frequency of seizures among those with epilepsy. He also personally developed a national reputation while conducting groundbreaking genetic studies that identified causes for the maladies affecting his patients.

Roughly 2 percent of the population is born with an intellectual disability. These disabilities stem from disorders such as severe autism, cerebral palsy and fetal alcohol syndrome. Brain injuries can also trigger long-term cognitive impairment.

percent of those institutionalized would require lifetime hospitalization.

In 1965, as the facility population at Boulder peaked at 1,011 residents, a shift in thinking about how such people should be treated was underway. That year, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy urged policymakers to address systemic failings in the country’s institutions.

The call to action came in the wake of an unannounced tour taken by Kennedy of Willowbrook State Developmental Center in New York, which, with more than 6,000 residents, was the largest institution of its kind.

“The children live in filth…” Kennedy said after the tour. “I think…many of our citizens are suffering tremendously because lack of attention, lack of imagination, lack of adequate manpower … I think it’s long overdue that something should be done about it.”

people with intellectual disabilities living in state-run institutions dropped to 32,909 from a peak of 194,650 in 1967.

To date, 14 states have closed their large institutions for cognitively impaired people.

Pallister, who will be 95 on Sept. 20, says he can’t help but see such closures as progress. He’s retired now and continues to live in Boulder. He’s not happy with how MDC’s fate is affecting his neighbors and he acknowledges the lingering uncertainty about where MDC clients will go, what will happen to the MDC campus and whether jobs lost will somehow be replaced. Ideally, he would have liked to see a plan to shutter the facility before the legislature passed SB 411. Despite those concerns, Pallister believes MDC “should have been closed a long time ago.”

MEA-MFT President Eric Feaver

Sen. Mary Caferro, D-Helena

Fran Sadowski, CEO of Missoula Developmental Services Corp.

Into the early 20th century, disabled people were believed to be the product of immorality and sexual deviances. To curb the institutional and social costs associated with developmental disabilities, doctors advocated for sterilization.

“Causes of feeblemindedness should be studied and preventative measures should be extended without reservation,” the chief physician of the Boulder institution said in a 1930 annual report. “The cost of caring for this type of human wreckage has grown to vast proportions.”

The state legislature in 1923 created the Montana Board of Eugenics to oversee requests from doctors seeking to sterilize institutional clients. Between 1923 and 1954, surgeons in Montana sterilized 256 developmentally disabled and mentally ill people.

The prevailing ideology of the day held that institutionalization was the best possible outcome for severely disabled people. Montana State Training School Superintendent Arthur E. Westwell, who served between 1949 and 1961, maintained, for example, that more than 80

Robert Kennedy’s call echoed one given two years earlier by his brother, President John F. Kennedy, when he announced in an address to Congress that he was rolling out a national program to “combat mental retardation.” The Kennedy brothers knew the challenges of caring for a cognitively impaired love one. Their sister, Rosemary, was developmentally disabled. She was lobotomized at 23.

The high-profile advocacy the Kennedys provided helped reshape the way the nation thought about people with cognitive impairments. Grassroots groups began arguing in legislatures and courtrooms that cognitively disabled people deserve to live in the least restrictive environment possible.

At first, disability rights activists pushed largely for improved institutional conditions. Progressively, the movement moved to dismantle state institutions. Between 1970 and 2000, dozens of lawsuits were filed on behalf of institutionalized individuals. These efforts forced states to find new ways to care for developmentally disabled people. By 2009 the number of

“They don’t have advocates in places like this,” Pallister says. “These people are the undesirables of the world.”

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ary Caferro calls herself “a union person.” Her father, Frank “Cec” Caferro, was a decades-long member of the American Federation of Musicians Union.

“I walked picket lines when I was a little kid,” she says. “I’m sympathetic to the union.”

In advance of the 2013 legislative session, Caferro says she met with AFSCME Executive Director Timm Twardoski and AFL-CIO Executive Secretary Al Ekblad, advising them she planned on introducing legislation to shutter MDC. She hoped to secure union support. “They didn’t want anything to do with it,” Caferro recalls.

She began planning efforts to close MDC while serving on the legislature’s Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, where she heard testimony about abuse at MDC. Among the most troubling accounts, Caferro says, came from a DOJ investigation

into the 2010 rape of a female facility resident by a MDC staffer.

According to a law enforcement investigation, MDC employee Allen Whetstone provided the victim a bag of Skittles in exchange for sex. Whetstone had worked for nearly 20 years with bedridden and noncommunicative developmentally disabled clients prior to the 2010 incident.

The DOJ investigation revealed he had been accused of sexually abusing MDC residents at least four times prior to 2010.

MDC’s chief investigator, Keith Reeder, attempted to keep the 2010 assault under wraps, the DOJ reported. He encouraged the victim to recant her allegations.

In May 2011, Whetstone pleaded guilty to felony sexual assault. He received 10 years with the Montana Department of Corrections.

Caferro learned also that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, charged with licensing facilities such as MDC, had found the facility in “Immediate Jeopardy” seven times between 2002 and 2010. According to CMS regulations, “Immediate Jeopardy is interpreted as a crisis situation in which the health and safety of individual(s) are at risk.”

In 2013, Caferro introduced Senate Bill 254, an earlier version of SB 411. As she made her case for closure that year, MDC administrators pledged to do a better job, and the unions rallied their troops with a campaign similar to the one it would employ two years later. There were Facebook posts and calls to action. Caferro says her email was flooded with angry comments from closure opponents.

“The Facebook posts were pretty horrible,” Caffero recalls. “The emails I got were pretty horrible. And people weren’t talking about the problem—how to fix it.”

Among the most stinging claims from the unions, Caferro says, was that she was working to close MDC to further her own financial interest. Caferro works for The Arc of Montana, a grassroots advocacy organization for developmentally disabled people.

Arc is funded by Aware. Aware operates private group homes for cognitively impaired people. As closure opponents note, Aware stands to receive clients released from MDC. Caferro denies that she’ll benefit financially from her legislation. Dismantling MDC is not on Aware’s agenda, she says.

She sees the allegation as an effort to distract from the issue at hand, which she says is “abuse, neglect, rape.”

From her perspective, the unions have been ignoring the real problems to preserve their membership base. “They continue to care about one thing: jobs,” Caferro says.

In 2013, union pressure mounted until just before the second reading of SB 254, when Caferro recalls spotting two

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union representatives lobbying a Democratic colleague outside Senate Chambers at the Capitol.

“I remember seeing one senator with two lobbyists on either side,” Caferro recalls. “The unions showed up and really lobbied Democrats strong.”

Lawmakers voted 26-23 after the second reading of SB 254 against the legislation. They instead empowered the DOJ to review all future allegations of mistreatment. In 2014, the DOJ and MDC administrators substantiated 12 claims of physical abuse by MDC staffers. DOJ also documented two client-on-client allegations of rape.

Despite eventually winning her fight to close MDC, Caferro remains angry. She blames the unions for persuading lawmakers to keep the facility open in 2013, enabling the continued mistreatment of MDC residents.

Looking back, Caferro sees irony in labor’s claim that she sought to close MDC to further her own economic gain.

“Who really has the financial interest here?” she asks. “It’s the unions. They are the ones who should be called on the carpet … not me. I will still make $15 an hour.”

Neither Feaver nor AFSCME Executive Director Timm Twardoski apologize for lobbying to keep the facility open. They say MDC works for most of its clients, despite what Caferro and Disability Rights Montana maintain. “You have more families that say, ‘Hey, this is a good place—this is where my child belongs,’” Twardoski says.

Similarly, the two union leaders maintain that MDC clients are likely safer than those who live in private group homes, because as a public institution MDC is subject to considerably more oversight than private operators.

“I think things could get swept under the rug,” Twardoski says.

Problems at MDC were exacerbated by budget cuts made in 2013, Twardoski adds, noting the legislature that year cut

employees have even less incentive to remain at the facility.

Despite efforts by MDC administrators to hire temps and incentivize work— providing $500 bonuses, for example, to employees who log 1,040 hours—staff shortages are now severe. At the end of August, MDC listed 29.5 staff vacancies.

“We’ve got people out there who are working in unsafe conditions,” Twardoski says. “My folks are concerned … I don’t think anybody thought it would be this bad … It’s definitely chaos down there, and I think it’s only going to get worse.”

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t the Missoula Developmental Services Corporation Day Activity Center on Marshall Street, a blonde 19-year-old

The enticement works. S.L. links arms with another MDSC resident and sets off to do laps around the day center.

All MDSC clients have what is called a “How do you work with me?” file. The file charts personal likes and dislikes, along with individual histories and diagnoses.

Chief Executive Fran Sadowski says providing such tools for direct support staff helps build rapport and ease tensions. “They’ve had a lot of people in their lives—more than you and I will ever imagine of having people in and out of our lives, and taking care of us,” she says.

Direct-care staffers are responsible for everything from brushing client teeth to comforting them when they’re sick and dying. That means staff turnover at MDSC can have broad-reaching implications.

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ays before Gov. Steve Bullock authorized closing the Montana Developmental Center, MEA-MFT President Eric Feaver met with him on the Capitol grounds in Helena. They sat at a picnic table and talked about MDC. “The governor and I had nice chat,” Feaver says.

Feaver expressed his concerns with SB 411, primarily the effect privatization has on state employees. MDC’s closure stands to leave 160 of AFSCME Montana’s 2,000 members jobless. Those are union jobs lost to the private sector, which, Feaver says, simply won’t offer a compensation package akin to that provided by the state.

Entry-level MDC direct-care staffers make $11.19 hourly. That rate increases to $11.78 after training. That’s roughly $2 more an hour than the same position pays at the Missoula Developmental Services Corp.

“Privatization kills the union movement everywhere,” Feaver says. “There’s a reason why you organize.”

Feaver rejects Caferro’s claim that Montana public sector unions opposed MDC closure despite harm to MDC clients and at unnecessary cost to taxpayers.

“That’s the lie of it all,” he says. “The private sector can’t deliver the level of care that MDC delivers for less … You could incarcerate them at the Montana State Prison for less.”

When the legislature decided to close the Montana Developmental Center, it tasked a committee with recommending how to reallocate millions of dollars for community services, manage the loss of hundreds of union jobs and care for some of the state’s most vulnerable and volatile residents. “It’s a huge undertaking,” says Fran Sadowski.

10 percent from MDC’s annual allocation and directed much of it to community services.

“That’s what’s precipitated a lot of these abuse claims,” Twardoski says. “It’s really hard to get the state to fund the facility the way it should be funded.”

Take Sheldon Moffett, the man who pleaded guilty to charging at an MDC client in September, causing him to sustain a gash in his head that required five staples to close. KRTV news reported in June that Moffett told a probation and parole officer that the incident was the result of working six days straight, poor management at the facility and a lack of training.

Twardoski says since the legislature authorized SB 411, conditions at MDC have only worsened. Even prior to the closure vote, administrators had been unable to keep a planned staffing level of 250 employees. Now that working for MDC is a short-time proposition, Twardoski says

woman presents a drawing of Olaf from the movie Frozen to a visitor. “I’m a pretty good artist,” she says, crossing the room to say “hi” to a friend. “What’s up, bud?” she asks, tapping the friend on the head.

The woman, S.L., has lived at MDSC for a year. While some of her peers can act out physically, S.L., today at least, resorts to whining.

“I don’t want to do it,” S.L. says, when a staffer tells her it’s time to do her chores and exercise.

S.L.’s verbal resistance triggers a backand-forth with the MDSC employee that continues for several minutes.

MDSC staff are trained in instances such as this to use positive behavioral interventions, to incentivize exercise, for example. On this July day, that’s what the MDSC staffer does, telling S.L. that she must exercise and do her chores before she’s allowed to prepare for her Frozen-themed party planned for the following week.

[16] Missoula Independent • September 10–September 17, 2015

Sadowski says if an MDSC staff member is accused of abuse, neglect or exploitation, she contacts Montana Adult Protective Services and the Developmental Disabilities Program office in Missoula, which is operated by DPHHS. Investigations are conducted and employees found guilty of serious wrongdoing are terminated, she says.

During MDSC’s 24 years of operation, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have never found the Missoula operator in violation of certification requirements, according to Sadowski. The director acknowledges she has some discretion over what she tells regulators, but adds, “We disclose everything.”

Full-time MDSC employees receive health insurance and paid time off, in addition to a retirement contribution of up to 3.5 percent after six months of service.

Sadowski says the benefit plan, which comes with two weeks of vacation after

one year on the job, is generous. But she’s the first to say that MDSC wages stand for improvement.

“When you look at how much you ask our direct support professionals to do, it’s a lot of work,” she says. “If we could say it’s $11 or $12 an hour, I probably would not have the turnover.”

State and federal reimbursement levels shape MDSC’s budget and, therefore, employee pay. MDSC clients cost an average of $85,000 annually to house. While that’s cheaper than the Montana Developmental Center, Sadowski says it’s still inadequate.

While serving on the MDC Transition Advisory Planning Council, Sadowski is advocating for reimbursement levels to be changed so they more accurately reflect costs.

Former state Sen. Dave Wanzenried, a Democrat from Missoula, echoes Sadowski’s concerns about provider costs.

“They’re running on fumes,” Wanzenried says. “The state has systematically starved those providers. The record is pretty clear on that.”

Before terming out of the legislature after the 2013 session, Wanzenried voted against Caferro’s legislation seeking to shutter MDC. He voted that way not because of union lobbying nor a desire to institutionalize people, Wanzenried says, but rather because the bill failed to provide a comprehensive analysis of what it will cost.

Many assume that shuttering MDC will save money. Wanzenried, like MEAMFT’s Eric Feaver, believes that’s not necessarily the case. Remember, Wanzenried says, this population has an array of special needs. “Nobody costed that out,” he says. “I think it’s unconscionable.”

Already, Wanzenried notes, there’s a waiting list for community services like those offered by MDSC. According to the DPHHS, the list included 861 names at the end of July. The wait averages nearly two years.

But the wheels have already been set in motion. MDC is slated to close and new solutions need to be proposed. Despite the best efforts of Sadowski and her staff to alleviate client anxieties and stressors, she says the crisis will not simply vanish once MDC shuts its doors. As it stands, there aren’t sufficient behavioral support structures in place to manage clients released from the Boulder facility.

“We need to make sure that we have the services within the community to support somebody when crisis sets in, because there will be crisis,” Sadowski says.

“Crisis is not going to go away. We don’t cure people. We look at them and we try to figure out behaviorally what are their needs. … We do need better community supports within Missoula.” editor@missoulanews.com

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[books]

Modern women Montana Book Festival authors Sarah Hepola and Kate Bolick talk the emotional stakes of hard drinking and embracing single life

by Kate Whittle

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n Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, journalist and former Salon.com writer Sarah Hepola recalls a friend asking her if she got roofied at a party, since she didn’t remember passing out on a dog bed. “Yeah, I think somebody slipped me ten drinks,” she cracks. That kind of disarming humor can be found throughout the native Texan’s engaging memoir, where she recounts years of hard drinking.

Hepola is one of several authors appearing at this year’s Montana Book Festival. Formerly known as the Montana Festival of the Book, the five-day event includes panels, readings and literary parties. At one of the festival’s featured events, Hepola and journalist Kate Bolick will interview each other about their work. Bolick is a contributing editor to The Atlantic and The New York Times best-selling author of Spinster: Making A Life of One’s Own. In Spinster, Bolick talks about why never-married women are the fastest growing portion of American society, examines the lives of influential women writers and ultimately decides to embrace a single lifestyle. In anticipation of their interview, I caught up with both journalists to talk about why they wrote their books and what the reactions have been.

Kate Bolick: Spinster I really identified with your opening thesis in Spinster, which was that even though we have a lot more single women, our culture still hasn’t really caught up to that idea.

Kate Bolick: It’s abundantly clear to me that this change has happened without anybody noticing it. And so we are still living with outdated ideas about how to arrange a life that worked for our parents and our grandparents who lived with different on-the-ground realities than we do.

I was surprised to read a lot of reviews that totally disagreed with your main thesis.

KB: Something that’s been misunderstood about my book is that some people think I’m saying, ‘I’m so radical, look at me, I’m not married,’ when I’m saying, ‘This was so complicated for me, to come to peace with my own past.’ I was coming of age at a time that was oddly conservative, given the gains of the women’s movement and the sexual revolution. When I was in my 20s and early 30s, the only ways in which we talked about single women were Carrie Bradshaw and Bridget Jones. So you could be fabulous and frivolous or desperate and pathetic.

It strikes me that we see accurate representations of modern women’s lives so rarely, and so when we do see something that tries to do that, we get really defensive because it doesn’t quite fit our experience.

Kate Bolick’s new book Spinster explores living life as a single woman.

Sarah Hepola: Blackout KB: Exactly right, yes. And I think we also, even though we don’t want to, we’re still always drawing categories that women have to be inside. You know, I’m not a spokesperson for singlehood, though people want me to be that person. I’m not saying everyone should be single or everyone should try to get married. I’m trying to put forth a different kind of conversation about how these are complicated questions, and how do we answer them for ourselves.

If you had to pick current, real-life women who maybe fit your broad definition of spinster, who would you choose?

KB: We can point to Gloria Steinem. She did marry briefly, for like five years, but she’s lived most of her life alone as an unmarried woman. Oprah Winfrey is not technically married, although she’s been with her partner for a long time. Diane Keaton never married, she’s had children, she adopted.

Then there’s Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, who are unmarried women in public positions.

I love that you talk in the book about throwing a huge party for yourself and friends at your 40th birthday. Do you think that really rich female friendships tend to make up for being single?

KB: Absolutely. … If you’re living alone, I talk about in the book the way it forces you into the world, the way it forces you to rely on people more than if you’re in a nuclear, isolated unit. It’s a very important part of the story.

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How did Blackout come about to begin with?

Sarah Hepola: First of all, I was so depressed after I quit drinking, I just needed something to be happy about, and so I thought I’d write a book. I remember I had gotten one of Chelsea Handler’s books, I think it was My Horizontal Life. And she had a lot of stories that were kind of like my stories, where it was, ‘I drank too much and I slept with some guy and it was hilarious.’ And I was like, what if you told this story, and instead of making it this schtick about how cute you are, you talked about the real emotional stakes of those moments that you get into as a single woman.

Your book reminded me of an article I read somewhere about singers like Kesha starting to glamorize the party girl persona.

SH: I remember when the Kesha song [“Tik Tok”] came out, and I was still drinking and I thought it was hilarious that she brushes her teeth with a bottle of Jack. … If it was a guy, would I think that was cool? No, I’d think it was kind of dumb. For a woman, it’s exciting. We get sparked by the transgressive nature of it.

Another storyline in your book follows the heyday of journalism. Was that nostalgic, especially to think about those days in the ’90s at the Austin Chronicle?

SH: Yeah, I basically wanted to show the boom and bust of the journalism world. I also wanted to

show the bacchanal world that journalism was, and this wasn’t just at the Austin Chronicle, although it certainly openly embraced it. People were smoking pot, there was beer in the fridge. You have to remember that the staffers there had come out of the drug binges of the ’70s and ’80s. And the drug binges were so crazy. All the stories I would hear, like, ‘Oh, he kept a mason jar of speed on his desk,’ or ‘Yeah, they used to do coke all the time.’ ... And then [in the early 2000s] I was working at Salon.com, which is this magazine in New York, shouldn’t it be so fancy? It was so the opposite of fancy, and we were going through two layoffs, and it was absolutely miserable.

What’s it like dating and hanging out with people if they’ve maybe read your book?

SH: Well, I cannot answer the question about dating, because I have not dated anybody since the book came out. I had a couple back-and-forths on an online dating site in Dallas, and very quickly somebody was like, ‘Can you give me a link to stuff you’ve written?’ And I was like, ‘Oh, I don’t want you to know all that. Like, I’d really like to meet you first.’

But of course if you say that, you sound kind of creepy, or like you’re lying about being a writer. So anyway, I did not do that successfully.

The Missoula Art Museum hosts a reading, conversation and Q&A with Sarah Hepola and Kate Bolick Fri., Sept. 11, from 7:30 PM to 9. Free. kwhittle@missoulanews.com

[books]

Word bites Book festival salutes pie, shame and radio stars

by Erika Fredrickson

photo by Erika Fredrickson

This year’s revamped Montana Book Festival, which sprung from the ashes of the 14-years-running Montana Festival of the Book, feels familiar enough. As in the past, the five-day event includes author panels, readings, advice on publishing, live storytelling via Tell Us Something, a poetry slam and parties. It took a looseknit crew of authors and bookstore owners (with the help of former organizer Humanities Montana) to pull it together this year, but the festival doesn’t feel haphazard—it feels like a true revival. Featuring a crop of edgy cosmopolitan and rural writers, this year’s event explores new angles, including queer culture in the West, writing violence for suspense novels and defying genre.

There’s even some erotic Nancy Drew fan fiction.

Most of the events are free, and you can check out the full schedule of activities at montanabookfestival.org. But to help you out, we’ve put together a Cliffs Notes version of the highlights.

Pie for everyone The Pie and Whiskey Reading gets to the core of contentedness. Sure, people like to talk up fancy dinners and elaborate cocktails, but at the end of the day 95 percent of Montanans just want a place to relax and eat pie and sip whiskey. (Official study forthcoming.)

The reading will feature authors like Kate Lebo (Pie School) and Sam Lignon (Drift and Swerve) reading about pie and whiskey. Anecdotally, this event is one of the most anticipated of the festival and the capacity at the Union Club is limited. Get there early or you’ll be dry as a Montana creek bed in August.

Thu., Sept. 10, at the Union Club. 9 PM. $5.

And more pie Edward Bulwer-Lytton wrote the oft-parodied line “It was a dark and stormy night.” E.L. James penned awful sentences in Fifty Shades of Grey like, “Desire pools dark and deadly in my groin.” (And both authors were published!) Humble Pie: The Opposite of Eating Our Words offers a kind of literary walk of shame and a little schadenfreude for the audience as talented authors like Kim Barnes, Josh Wagner, Judy Blunt and Shawn Vestal read from their early and worst writing.

Fri., Sept. 11, at Shakespeare & Co. 11:30 AM.

Radio star Montana Public Radio presents Reinventing Radio: An evening with Ira Glass, where you can hear the podcast star talk about storytelling and pushing boundaries in radio. He will be sharing memorable moments from his long-running show, “This American Life,” by live mixing stories onstage as you scream, “We love you, Ira!” Sat., Sept. 12, at the Dennison Theatre. 8 PM. $45, plus fees.

Equality now President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009 to help women get equal pay. The anthology Raising Lilly Ledbetter showcases a range of international poets, including Missoula’s Melissa Kwasney, riffing on how women are changing the game in the workplace. Political speeches can be a drag, so this reading offers a chance to hear eloquent wordsmiths giving you the lowdown.

Fri., Sept. 11, at the Missoula Art Museum.

11:30 AM. Death in the afternoon Poet D.A. Powell writes about all the big things in life: desire, the shadow of death, memory. And he does it all with a humorous undercurrent. For this event, the San Francisco poetry professor reads from his latest collection Repast: Tea, Lunch and Cocktails.

And guess what? Tea, a light lunch and cocktails will be provided. Naturally.

Fri., Sept. 11, at the Montgomery Distillery.

1 PM. $10.

Brain buzz Pub trivia is all the rage in Missoula, so no one will mind that writers Brooke Glass-O’Shea and Nick Bosworth host a literary trivia event where you can win prizes. What do we know about Glass-O’Shea and Bosworth? Their festival profiles note they “are the shit” and “they take no shit.” So, you can expect a good time.

Fri., Sept. 11, at the VFW. 3:30 PM. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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Enchanting misery Iris DeMent channels a daring Russian poet Iris DeMent is an acquired taste. With her tremolos and plaintive voice (think Alison Krauss, only more so), it’s a taste I haven’t quite managed to acquire. That said, I’ll be the first to admit that she’s exceptionally talented, and her reputation as a first-rate musician is entirely deserved.

DeMent’s style harkens back to an earlier time, and her sound is a blend of gospel, hymn, roots music and lullaby. Based in rural Iowa (along with husband Greg Brown), her songs often trend toward hope in the face of misery, salvation in spite of gracelessness.

The lyrics on her new album, The Trackless Wood, are very much in the same vein, but, interestingly

enough, she didn’t write them. In an anachronistic collaboration of sorts, DeMent put to music the translated words of 20th century Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. Precocious and daring (Stalinist Russia was not kind to poets or women), Akhmatova had a similar inimitable hopefulness—although admittedly darker— to DeMent’s. Akhmatova’s writing is based heavily in the natural world (forests, golden evenings, stars, frost) and human drama (lies, loneliness, an absentee god), and even though she was writing in Leningrad 100 years ago, her words—in DeMent’s pure, peculiar voice—still ring true. (Melissa Mylchreest) Iris DeMent plays the Top Hat Sat., Sept. 12, at 8 PM. Doors at 6. Sold out.

Tony Furtado, The Bell On his first album with his own label, YousayFurtado Records, Tony Furtado proclaims his artistic freedom with a murmur, not a shout.

The Bell is a lush recording, with seamless harmonies and an expansive headphone mix. An Econoline full of exotic rhythm instruments populate most of the tracks, each whispering their parts to create more of a mood than a song.

Opener “Broken Bell” is a nice ear worm, with a slippery fiddle hook and sullen banjo, peppered with hand drums and a chewy little “voomp” sound made on the conga. “Tired Lion” follows with a restrained world music groove, notes bubbling up from an African hand piano. After that the album slips into a kind of atmospheric monotony. I could do with some relief from the unrelenting melancholy. Hell, even

Springsteen’s Nebraska has “Open All Night.”

Lyrically, The Bell is extremely personal. Lines like “Cut your lies with a rusty tongue, build your house with the deeds you’ve done” allude to some emotional wrongdoing.

When Furtado touches on the death of his father, that’s when the music and lyrics seem to mesh the most powerfully.

“Tall Grass” paints a wistful picture of memories dredged up from his father’s passing, and “Ashes of a Man” is endearingly direct with lyrics like, “They say I have your eyes and the weight of your hands.”

Maybe Furtado will let a few more rough edges remain on his next recording. (Ednor Therriault) The Tony Furtado Band plays the Top Hat Thu., Sept. 10, along with Tom Catmull. Doors open at 8 PM, show at 9. $14/$12 advance.

Rabbit Wilde, Southern Winters There’s a crispness to Rabbit Wilde’s Americana sound that makes them almost fit for a pop country radio station. Miranda Zickler’s vocals have the clarity of Faith Hill and there are just enough swift hooks and lyrics about whiskey to get suburban cowboys frothing. But the Bellinghambased folk-stomp band doesn’t get caught in a formulaic rut. Their new EP, Southern Winters, features rat-a-tat drums and welling vocal harmonies that make it feel more Pacific-Northwestsolo-journey-in-a-VW-bus than car commercial.

[20] Missoula Independent • September 10–September 17, 2015

Rabbit Wilde may be at a disadvantage in that they’re caught in the vacuum of The Lumineers’ post-popularity.

The second track on the EP, “The Road,” even incorporates some familiar “heys” and “hos.” There’s a reason that sound perked our ears back in 2011, but now it’s not as fresh. And so it’s when Rabbit Wilde breaks from the mold of the Lumineers’ cookie cutter that they really come alive. (Erika Fredrickson) Rabbit Wilde plays Draught Works Brewery Tue., Sept. 15, at 6 PM. No cover.

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To us grown-ups, a monster can be so many things: an abusive ex-husband, a heartless boss, a legislator who slashes education funding, or maybe even our own “spirited” kid. But to kindergartners, famous for their literal interpretation of the world, a monster is a monster: a fearsome or silly creature that straddles the blurry line between reality and imagination.

This weekend at the Zootown Arts Community Center you can see 200 monsters drawn by local 5-yearolds, and next to each kid’s monster will be a grown-up’s version of the creature.

The Missoula Monster Project was inspired last year by 9-year-old artist Asa Smetanka. The son of filmmaker and writer Andy Smetanka, Asa spent plenty of time hanging out in his dad’s studio at the ZACC. One day Asa approached ZACC director Kia Liszak while clutching his fat sketchbook of monster drawings and asked about a gallery show featuring not only his monsters, but also renditions of them done by several of his favorite artists. The ZACC made it happen, and the show was a hit.

“All of the work that came out of that show was amazing,” Liszak says. “That was the most gratifying art thing we’ve ever had. We asked ourselves, ‘Wow, can we make it bigger?’”

Enter the SPARK! Program, an initiative of the Kennedy Center that focuses on bringing more art into Missoula grade schools. Art education in the schools, Liszak says, “has been lacking.” She had been sitting on the SPARK! board (then known as Any Given Child) and suggested young Smetanka’s concept to the committee. “They said, ‘Awesome, let’s do it,’” she says. “At that time I had no idea there are 1,500 kindergartners in Missoula. Our gallery is tiny.”

The ZACC had to narrow it down to three schools per year, or around 200 kids. For the first round it’s Lowell, Paxson and Rattlesnake. MCPS art teachers fanned out to the classrooms last year and had kids

draw their monsters, encouraging them to run wild with their creativity and imagination. Then a call was put out to adult artists (an oxymoron if I ever heard one) to create interpretations of the kids’ monsters.

The adult artists include big names in the local arts scene like Janet Whaley, Courtney Blazon, Adelaide Every, Patricia Thornton and Theo Ellsworth, as well as community members who rarely make visual art for the public. The number of approaches they used to make their versions could fill a haunted house. The drawing of a round, green, yellow-eyed blob of a monster holding a green and yellow flower is recreated as a stuffed felt critter that closely apes the original version, right down to the tiny red tongue poking out of its mouth. Other adult pieces are made from fabric, yarn, clay, paper maché, mixed media and good old-fashioned paint on paper.

“It’s really awesome for all the adults who participated as much as it is for the kids,” Liszak says.

“There are many wonderful artists who don’t consider themselves artists or would never have submitted to a show.”

The show opens at 3 p.m., so the kids—now first graders—can head straight to the gallery after school.

None of them have seen the adult versions of their monsters. “This is the most excited I’ve been for any of our shows,” Liszak says.

All artworks are for sale, with the proceeds funding things like field trips to the ZACC, where kids can learn how to create art in a variety of disciplines. They might even make their own fanciful monsters. Best do it now, kids, before you grow up and have to start dealing with the real thing.

The ZACC hosts the opening reception for the Missoula Monster Project Fri., Sept. 11, from 3 PM to 8. etherriault@missoulanews.com

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Follow enough outdoor feeds on social media and you are bound to see a meme featuring this quote from Patagonia’s founder and CEO, Yvon Chouinard: “The word ‘adventure’ has just gotten overused. For me, adventure is when everything goes wrong. That’s when the adventure starts.”

As “adventure” documentaries go, Meru is an exclamation point on Chouinard’s quote.

The film, winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in January, is named for Mount Meru in Northern India. It stands 21,000 feet tall and is located at the sacred headwaters of the Ganges River. Logistics require more than 200 pounds of supplies be hauled up 4,000 feet of highly technical climbing just to make an attempt at the summit. That’s the easy part. The final 1,500 feet, known as The Shark’s Fin, had never been conquered in 30 years of effort from multiple teams of elite climbers.

Climbing legend and Bozeman resident Conrad Anker was one who’d tried and failed.The mountain, and getting to the top of it, haunted him ever since.

He says in an interview early in the film, “Meru is the culmination of all I’ve done and all I’ve wanted to do.”

In 2008 Anker assembled a new team, and that is where the film opens. Joined by frequent climbing partner and photographer/filmmaker Jimmy Chin (who codirects the film with his wife, filmmaker Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi) and hotshot younger climber/filmmaker Renan Ozturk, the three men came the closest yet to actually reaching the summit.

Expecting to take a week in the ascent, the climbers were trapped in their portaledge for four days while a storm dumped 10 feet of snow on them. Ultimately they spent 19 days on the wall, rationing their week’s worth of food, before giving up and turning back with the summit a mere 100 meters away.

Writer and accomplished climber Jon Krakauer, who is interviewed extensively throughout and pro-

vides some of the film’s best quotes, relates an old saying among climbers: “The best alpinists are the ones with the worst memory.” The men retreat down the mountain, and in the moment Chin tells the camera he has no plans to make another try. But we know otherwise.

The middle third of the film is most poignant. We learn the personal histories of the three men and of previous tragedies in their lives, Anker’s in particular. Soon enough plans for another Shark’s Fin attempt are being made, despite the hardships faced on their first. New tragedy strikes, though, and the expedition, scheduled for September 2011, is thrown into doubt. These events test the bonds of friendship, trust and, many will say, sanity between the three men. The climb proceeds as scheduled, and we know the men survive because we are seeing them interviewed, but that doesn’t do anything to relieve the stress of watching events unfold.

The direction and editing of Meru has few flaws.

All of the images shot on the mountain itself were captured by Chin and Ozturk. Not only were they testing the limits of human endurance, they were also making sure to secure movie-worthy footage. That blows my mind. There were even moments where I wondered how someone could even think to turn a camera on. I guess if that’s what you do, it’s probably almost second nature.

Meru is an outstanding documentary. Thrills rarely come from cheap shots of sheer drops into hazy distance. Instead, we are caught up in the relationships of these men and how much they needed to lean on one another to even get a whiff of success.

Watching Meru is a thrilling and satisfying way to spend an evening, even if it doesn’t inspire me to attempt much more than another assent of the M. Meru opens at the Roxy Fri., Sept. 11. arts@missoulanews.com

[film] whose life is complicated by her unhinged future step-sister (Gerwig). Rated R. Showing at the Roxy through Wed., Sept. 16. Check website for showtimes.

OPENING THIS WEEK 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN No, it’s not a review of Moonlight Kingdom. This is about a man who’s pronounced dead in a car crash, but comes back to life claiming he’s spent, well, 90 minutes in heaven. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 12.

NO ESCAPE Lake Bell stars with Pierce Brosnan and Owen Wilson in this thriller about an American family trying to escape the danger surrounding a coup overseas.

Oh, wait, there is no escape. Rated R. Showing at the Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

AMADEUS Antonio Salieri just can’t catch a break. He works his tail off to become a respected composer, but can’t hold a candle to bad-boy prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart’s boorish behavior offends Salieri, who plots his revenge against Mozart and God. Showing at the Roxy Wed., Sept. 16, 7 PM. Free.

SHAUN THE SHEEP Aardman Animations produced this spinoff from their Wallace and Gromit universe. When Shaun takes a day off and hits the Big City, he gets in trouble with the Man, aka the Farmer. Rated PG. Screening at the Carmike 12.

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN The third feature in the Roxy’s complete Harry Potter series introduces a new “Defense Against the Dark Arts” teacher. Oh, and Sirius Black has escaped prison and is coming to kill him. Tough school year. Showing at the Roxy, Thu., Sept. 17, at 7 PM and Sun., Sept. 20, at 3 PM. HOT TYPE: 150 YEARS OF THE NATION Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nation chronicles the ups and downs of the country’s oldest continually published weekly magazine. Showing at the Top Hat Sun., Sept. 13, at 5 PM. Free.

MERU Everest? Sherpa, please. The Shark’s Fin on Mount Meru has claimed more climbers than any other peak in the Himalayas. Watch Bozeman’s Conrad Anker’s historic attempt to tackle the ultimate wall.

Showing at the Roxy, Fri., Sept. 11–Thu., Sept. 14.

Check website for times. (See Film.)

SINISTER 2 A single mom who apparently did not see Sinister 1 moves with her young children into a big spooky house in the country where bad things have happened. What could go wrong? Rated R. Showing at the Carmike 12.

Mom! Timmy keeps photobombing my pictures! Mom? The Visit opens Fri., Sept. 12, at the Carmike 12.

THE VISIT M. Night Shyamalan returns with a creepy thriller about a brother and sister who spend time at Grandma and Grandpa’s house. Things get weird, even for grandparents. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 12.

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THE PERFECT GUY A professional woman gives her boyfriend walking papers, then meets a guy who seems almost too good to be true. Like, maybe he puts the seat down? Yeah, right. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 12.

CARTEL LAND Mexican drug cartels are the subject of this documentary, which follows the progress of two vigilante groups that try to prevent the violent organizations south of the border from bringing drugs into the U.S. Rated R. Playing at the Roxy, Fri., Sept. 4–Thu., Sept. 10. Check website for times.

SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) In this LA film noir classic, William Holden plays Joe Gillis, a desperate screenwriter who finds himself trapped in the sprawling mansion of has-been movie queen Norma Desmond, played to supercreep perfection by Gloria Swanson. Showing at the Roxy, Sun., Sept. 13. 7:30 PM.

HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS The second installment in the Roxy’s presentation of the entire Harry Potter series finds Harry ignoring ominous warnings and returning to Hogwarts.

He’s plagued by a strange voice that seems to fol-

low him. Rated PG. Showing at the Roxy Thu., Sept. 10 and Sun., Sept. 13. Check website for showtimes.

THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. In the breezy, fun-filled early days of the Cold War, CIA spook Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin naturally join forces to battle a mysterious criminal organization not named Iran that is trying to obtain nuclear weapons. Guy Ritchie directs.

Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION Sure, Tom Cruise hangs on the side of an airborne plane, but he’ll never top that tighty-whitey floor slide in Risky Business. Ethan and the IMF battle the Syndicate. Stunts abound. Rated PG13. Showing at the Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

MISTRESS AMERICA Director Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) teams up with Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha) in this comedy about a college freshman

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON Credited with nothing less than the invention of gangsta rap and West Coast hip-hop, N.W.A. lit a cultural fuse with songs like their feel-good hit of the summer, “F**k Tha Police.” Their story finally comes to the big screen. Rated R. Showing at the Carmike 12.

THE TRANSPORTER REFUELED With Jason Statham leaving the big screen to pursue a career in standup (just kidding), The Transporter franchise soldiers on with Ed Skrein taking over the kicking of ass when a Russian prostitution ring raises his ire. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike, Pharaohplex.

Capsule reviews by Ednor Therriault.

Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find upto-date movie times for theaters in the area.

You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 at 541-7469; The Roxy at 728-9380; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.

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photo courtesy of BrokeAss Gourmet

Guinness Mac and Cheese

by Gabi Moskowitz Look, I don't care about football.

When I was a kid, my dad would scream at the TV on Sunday afternoons while the blue guys and the red guys wrassled each other for the ball, and every now and then he would call me into the living room to show me a particularly great wrassle-ball interaction.

“Watch this, sweetie!” he’d say to me as an instant replay flashed across the screen. “This is beautiful!”

And I’d watch as the red guys wrassled the blue guys, failing to see any of the beauty he mentioned whatsoever.

“Cool, Dad. Can I go back to my room now?”

As I’d leave the living room, I’d pass my mom who, inevitably, had also just been forced to watch something inexplicably “beautiful” on the screen.

We’d nod at each other like longtime office coworkers, weary of the same clueless boss.

These days, the few times a year I watch football, I do it for one of two reasons: the other people watching or the food.

The last time I watched an entire game, it was because I loved the people who were also watching, but also because it was a great opportunity to make pizza dough-based pretzels and a creamy, unctuous beercheddar sauce. Beer and cheddar have such an affinity for one another—the sour punch of the beer plays gorgeously with the nutty tang of the cheddar (particularly the sharp variety). The combination of the two invokes the umami-must-not-stop-eating-this-deliciousness effect, which is reason enough for me.

As I stirred the simple sauce on the stove (just browned onions in a roux with Guinness stout, cheddar and mustard), I couldn’t help but think of how perfect this sauce would be for a mac and cheese.

Beer and cheese are a dream combination, and tender pasta seemed like the perfect vehicle for them both.

So I made just that. Just watch—it’s beautiful.

Ingredients 8 oz. elbow macaroni, shells, penne or other small cut of pasta ($1.50 for 16 oz.)

3 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more for the dish(es) ($1 for a stick) 1 medium onion, chopped ($0.50)

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BROKEASS GOURMET 3 tablespoons flour (pantry) 1 cup milk (preferably whole) ($1.50 for a pint) 1 cup Guinness stout ($2.50 for a 10-ounce can) 2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese, plus a small handful for garnish ($3.50) dash of soy sauce (pantry) salt and pepper to taste (pantry) 2 teaspoons Dijon or whole grain mustard (optional) chopped fresh chives (optional) (Recipe serves 4; estimated cost: $10.50)

Directions Preheat the broiler to high.

Cook the pasta in salted, boiling water according to package directions. Drain and set aside.

Heat the butter in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat.

Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, just until onions begin to brown and become very fragrant, about five minutes.

Sprinkle the flour over the butter-onion mixture and whisk together.

Add the milk and cook, whisking constantly, until a thick white sauce forms.

Add the beer and continue whisking for another two to three minutes, until it begins to thicken.

Add the 2 cups of cheese, one large handful at a time and continue stirring, to make a thick cheese sauce.

Add soy sauce, salt and pepper to taste, and the mustard, if using. Stir well.

Fold the cooked pasta into the cheese sauce until completely coated.

Scrape the pasta-sauce mixture into a 9-inch by 12-inch casserole dish or four 8-ounce ramekins.

Top with the reserved handful of cheese.

Broil for one to two minutes (watch carefully), until the cheese begins to bubble and brown slightly.

Serve immediately topped with chopped chives and a tiny dollop of mustard, if desired.

BrokeAss Gourmet caters to folks who want to live the high life on the cheap, with delicious recipes that are always under $20.

[dish] 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 Tipus Chai around 6pm. Fall BBQ's are topped off with Bernice's Parkerhouse Rolls, Curried Chicken Salad and 8" Chocolate Chocolate cake for dessert. Stop by the UC, COT 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. $-$$

Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$

Black Coffee Roasting Co. 525 E. Spruce 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open M-F 6:30-5:30, Sat. 7:30- 4, Sun. 8-3. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $ Brooks & Browns Inside Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. 532-2056 Martini Mania with $4 martinis every Monday. The Griz Coaches Radio Show LIVE every Tuesday at 6pm, Burger & Beer special $8 every Tuesday. $2 well drinks & $2 PBR tall boys every Wednesday. Big Brains Trivia every Thursday at 8pm. Have you discovered Brooks & Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula $-$$

Cafe Zydeco 2101 Brooks 406-926-2578 cafezydeco.com GIT’ SOME SOUTH IN YOUR MOUTH! Authentic cajun cuisine, with an upbeat zydeco atmosphere in the heart of Missoula. Indoor and outdoor seating. Breakfast served all day. Featuring Jambalaya, Gumbo, Étouffée, Po-boys and more. Beignets served ALL DAY! Open Monday 9am-3pm, Tuesday-Saturday 11am-8pm, Closed Sundays.

Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area.

We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$

El Cazador 101 S. Higgins Ave. 728-3657 Missoula Independent readers’ choice for Best Mexican Restaurant. Come taste Alfredo’s original recipes for authentic Mexican food where we cook with love. From seafood to carne asada, enjoy dinner or stop by for our daily lunch specials. We are a locally owned Mexican family restaurant, and we want to make your visit with us one to remember. Open daily for lunch and dinner. $-$$

The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. 926-2038 Offering authentic empanadas BAKED FRESH DAILY! 9 different flavors, including vegetarian and gluten-free options, plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and delicious! Get your healthy, hearty lunch or dinner here. Wi-Fi, Ping Pong, Soccer on the Big Screen, and music from Argentina and the Caribbean. Ask about our Take & Bake and Catering too! Mon - Wed 11a - 6p, Thur - Sat 11a - 8p. Downtown Missoula. $

Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. • 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s Historic Westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious food does not. Mon-Fri 7am - 2pm. Sat/Sun Brunch 9am - 2pm. Dinners on Fri & Sat nights 5 - 9 PM. $-$$

Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am10pm $-$$

Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins • 728-8780 Celebrating 43 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. $

Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 www.grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana microdistilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30 www.grizzlyliquor.com. $-$$$

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Rattlesnake Creek Distillery HAPPIEST HOUR

Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$

photo by Kate Whittle

What you’re drinking: Hogan’s Hooch at Rattlesnake Creek Distillery, which opened in late August to become the third distiller in downtown Missoula. Co-owner Sean Hogan says the only liquor currently on the menu, Hogan’s Hooch, is a light whiskey made with rye, barley and red wheat and briefly aged in oak barrels. The result is a lively spirit that packs a punch.

Mix it with: The hooch is incorporated into an array of cocktails, from a classic Old Fashioned to the lemony Silver Spur. For a refreshing, summery vibe, try the Rattlesnake Punch, which features light whiskey, basil and muddled cantaloupe. With no added simple syrup, it’s a fruity, bright and not-overly sweet tipple.

The atmosphere: After a year of renovations, Rattlesnake Creek is a cozy watering hole with a gleaming copper-lined bar, tractor-seat-style barstools and wooden tables handcrafted by Hogan’s 80-year-old father.

Hogan says they’ll also be decorating one wall with a prominent map of all the Montana dis-

tilleries. “There are very non-adversarial relationships between all of us,” he says.

Living the dream: Rattlesnake Creek owes its name to Hogan’s childhood memories of growing up in the Rattlesnake neighborhood and fishing as a kid. “There’s a lot of blood, sweat and tears in this joint,” Hogan says.

More to come: In coming weeks, Rattlesnake Creek will also add Circle Square Vodka to the menu, named in honor of the downtown plaza. A gin and more whiskies are on the way, as well.

Where to find it: Rattlesnake Creek is located at 128 West Alder Street, next to the Double Front, and is open from noon-8 PM daily. Cocktails run $5-$6, and a bottle of Hogan’s Hooch is $30.

—Kate Whittle 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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Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pm-close. $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every weekday for only $4 for those on the Nutrition Program, $5 for U of M Students with a valid student ID and $6 for all others. Children under 10 eat free. Join us from 11:30 - 12:30 M-F for delicious food and great conversation. $ Missoula Farmer’s Market N. Higgins by the XXX’s missoulafarmersmarket.com Find us on Facebook Seasonal, Homegrown and Homemade! Fresh local vegetables, fruits, flowers, plants, eggs, honey, baked goods and coffee provided by over 100 vendors. Saturdays 8am-12:30pm. “Music at the Market” performers on Saturdays 9am-noon.

The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar.

Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails.

Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 www.orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh

meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music.

What deal will you find today? $-$$$

Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Dungeness Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Snake River Farms Beef, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily.

House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$

Pita Pit 130 N Higgins 541-7482 pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! $-$$ Romaines 3075 N. Reserve Suite N 406-317-1829 www.romainessalads.com Romaines is a Certified Green Restaurant ® dedicated to making environmentally sustainable choices in all operations. We serve salads, sandwiches, and soups made from locally grown and raised produce and meats. The menu also includes vegan, vegetarian, and gluten free options, providing something for everyone on the menu. Locally brewed beers are on tap as well as regional wines pairing well with salads and sandwiches. $-$$

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 nonsushi 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 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 tacosano.net Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos.

Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$

Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$

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September 10–September 17, 2015

THURSDAYSEPT10 You’ll no doubt be thinking of Katharine Ross perched on Paul Newman’s handlebars (ask your mom) when B.J. Thomas brings his buttery croon to the Dennison Theatre for a Five Valley Crimestoppers fundraiser. 7:30 PM, $36. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s.

Enjoy a screening of The Patriot on the eve of Patriot’s Day. Polson’s Miracle of America Museum features a night of family fun at their Night at the Museum, including demonstrations and displays of Revolutionary War accessories and more. 36094 Memory Lane, 6:30 PM. Free.

The Montana Book Festival comes to town, calling all lovers of words to help build a vibrant, compelling literary community by attending events and celebrating books. It’s all going down September 10-13 at various venues in downtown Missoula. For a schedule and more info, visit montanabookfestival.org.

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nightlife Unless you’ve perfected that time machine, today is the deadline to sign up for Blue Door #10’s sci-fi writing class. To register, visit facebook.com/bluedoor10.

St. Ignatius artist Judith Colvin creates a series of lights and vessels from wool and exotic fibers in Felt Illuminated. Her exhibit is running through September at 4 Ravens Gallery, 248. N. Higgins. Mon.–Sat. 11 AM–6 PM, Sun. 11 AM–5 PM. Welcome to parent-teacher night at the School of Rock. Five Finger Death Punch will attempt to blow the roof off the Adams Center Fri., Sept. 11, with Papa Roach, In This Moment and From Ashes to New. Doors at 6:15 PM. Show at 8 PM. $44.25–$49.50 at griztix.com.

The Pattee Canyon Ladies’ Salon holds their 15th annual group art exhibition, which includes studies from the figure in various media. Open-

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[calendar] ing reception Thu., Sept. 10, 5–8 PM. Brunswick Bldg., 223 W. Railroad Street.

Valerie Hedquist, UM professor of art history and criticism, presents a lecture, “What’s Next? Pinkie, of Course.” Social Science Building, Room 356, 5:10-6 PM. A reception will follow, 6–7 PM. Don’t miss the last Downtown ToNight of 2015! Food, music, family fun and the last gasp of pre-Indian summer weather fill the night at Caras Park. Tom Catmull’s Radio Static provide the soundtrack. 5:30-8:30 PM. Free to hang out.

Get a blues-style jump on the weekend with Mary Place and Blue Moon at the Union Club. Smoky blues for the happy hour crowd, 5:30 PM, no cover.

I can hear them sharpening their spikes already. The fifth annual Northside vs. Westside Softball Showdown will give the winner bragging rights, and the loser will donate a day of volunteer labor. Beer and food will be available. Northside softball field, corner of Worden and Cooley, pregame starts at 6 PM. More info at nmcdc.org.

Introduction to Monotypes is a five-week printmaking class taught by Tressa Jones, artist, printmaker and MFA candidate. ZACC, 6–8 PM, $115/$105 for members. For more info, visit zootownarts.org.

Keep your eye on your IPA when Caroline Keys and Jeff Turman play their fun folk at Draught Works Brewing. Their constant swapping of instruments might accidentally incorporate your pint. 6–8 PM, free.

Support Montana Special Education at a book release fundraiser.

The Montana Special Education Art Compilation contains art from high school students in Special Ed across the state of Montana. The Starving Artist Cafe, 3020 S. Reserve St., 6-8 PM. For more info, go to facebook.com/SpecialEdArtMT. Because Zachary Fortunate doesn’t sound as rock ‘n’ roll, that’s why. Zachary Lucky (that’s better!) plays music for the beer-sipping masses at Lolo Peak Brewing, 6–8 PM. Free.

Mando master John Scheiver plays several instruments, presumably not all at once. Check out his Americana tunes at Bitter Root Brewery. 6– 8 PM. Free.

photo courtesy of Brian Lawrence

Woe be to the blocker who tries to foul our line. Hellgate Rollergirls take on Helena’s Helz Belles, with the young Hellgate Hellions battling it out with The Sweet Fangs from Coeur d’Alene. Sat., Sept. 12 at Missoula Fairgrounds. Junior bout at 5 PM, seniors at 7 PM. $10/$8 advance. Kids 12 and under free.

Never the Same, Jan Thompson’s documentary about American prisoners of Imperial Japan during WWII, will screen to mark the closing of the exhibition Human Condition: The Art of Ben Steele. A Q & A with Thompson and narrator Loretta Swit (of TV’s M*A*S*H) follows. PAR/TV Center, Masquer Theatre. 7 PM, free and open to the public.

Three Fiddlers, Three Traditions features the music of Denmark, early America, and Métis style fiddle at this Missoula Folklore Society concert.

Missoula Friends Meeting House, 1861 12th St. W., 7:30–9 PM, $15 at the door.

Live those “American Idol” fantasies at karaoke with Cheree at Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W., with drink specials and the chance to win $50 samolians. 8:3010:30 PM. No cover. Stick around for

the prize drawing to be eligible to win.

Is this a rock show bill or some kind of zen poetry? No Cigar, Time To Kill and Sophie’s Tea play The Real Lounge, 112 Front St., doors at 9 PM, show at 10. Free show, 18 and over.

Like a certain funky pixie from Minneapolis, Tony Furtado has broken free of his establishment shackles and forged his own label, YouSayFurtado Records. Celebrate the release of his new CD The Bell at the Top Hat, with Tom Catmull. 9 PM, $15/$12 advance. ticketfly.com. (see Noise) Get your compass settings pointed toward the weekend with some upbeat blues from Stomp the Catbox at the Sunrise Saloon, 9 PM, no cover.

Bottoms up at the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot beats,

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drink specials aplenty and attractive local singles in your area. Monk’s Bar. 9 PM. No cover.

Small town girls, city boys and anyone else can share the night on and on and on at the Dead Hipster Dance Party of lore, at the Badlander on Thursdays, with opening guests SharkWe3k. No cover, plus $1 wells from 9 PM to midnight.

FRIDAYSEPT11 It’s a theater twofer with two one-act plays at the Crystal Theatre.

The Wolf by Tyler Potter and The Woodstove by John Budge will feature UM Drama Dept. alumni. Fri., Sept. 11–Sun., Sept. 13, 8 PM. There’s a matinee at 2 PM Sun., Sept. 13. $12/$10 for students. For more info visit thewolfandthewoodstove.org

You’ll see and hear more clarinets than you could shake a licorice stick at during the Montana/Idaho Clarinet Festival.

UM School of Music hosts, 9 AM– 5 PM. For info, visit www.umt.edu/ music/default.php What better way to express your gratitude and pride on the National Day of Service and Remembrance than to volunteer at Travelers’ Rest State Park in Lolo. Park staff and volunteers will work to preserve two of its historic buildings. If you’re interested, call 273-4253.

Beyond this point there be monsters. Check out the adult interpretations of kindergartner-created monsters at the Missoula Monster Project (see Art). Artworks will be for sale. At the ZACC, 235 N. 1st St. W. 3–8 PM.

[calendar] Get your Contra dance fever cured at the Bearhug Music and Dance Festival, a three-day music and dance gathering with contra and traditional square dancing. Food and lodging provided. Flathead Lake United Methodist Camp, Fri., Sept.

11–Sun., Sept. 12, $165. For more info, visit missoulafolk.org.

Bill Sansom, author of Not Looking to Die and Other Tales of the Hunt, will be signing copies of his book at Hastings Books, 2501 Brooks, St., 4:30 PM. The Montana Book Festival continues at various venues in downtown Missoula. For a schedule and more info, visit montanabookfestival.org.

(See Books.)

nightlife Barbara Michelman and Charles Finn, photographer and author, have collaborated on a series of beautiful tintypes that combine prose poems and striking nature scenes.

This discussion and reading is in conjunction with the Montana Book Festival. Refreshments included. Radius Gallery, 5 PM. Free.

Will this be the week some joker shows up with bagpipes? Find out at the Irish Music Session, every Friday at the Union Club from 6-9 PM. No cover.

$125 includes all classes and events.

For schedule and registration, visit tangomissoula.com/DanielaHernan2015 There’s nothing common about Missoula 911, a performance and visual art show at VonCommon. The art collective share their works inspired by the events of 9/11, and other subjects. 1909 Wyoming, warehouse #7. Free. For more info visit voncommonstudios.com We’re gonna need a bigger marquee. Notes from the Side of the Road: Writers on Writing When All You Can Do is Write. And Maybe When You Can’t is the topic when Stephen Graham Jones enjoins his interlocutors, Therodore Van Alst and Sterling HolyWhiteMountain in conversation as part of the Montana Book Festival. Dennison Theatre, 8 PM. Free.

More events online: missoulanews.com

Raconteurs delight! As part of the Montana Book Festival, Tell Us Something favorites Chris La Tray, Karen McNenny, Susan Maruca and Josh Slotnik tell their 10-min. tales. Dennison Theatre, 7 PM. Free.

If this isn’t the center of the Tango universe, you can certainly see it from here. Daniela and Hernan lead a three-day workshop starting today at Downtown Dance Collective.

Russ Nasset and the Revelators bring a truckload of roots guitar and love to the Union Club. 9:30 PM, free.

Mingle among the sweet abundance at the Missoula farmers markets and People’s Market, with produce, arts, crafts, baked goods, hot breakfasts and strong coffee at the XXXXs, Pine Street and riverside park-

ing lot east of Caras Park. Things get running about 8 AM and last til 1 PM. You’ll see and hear more clarinets than you could shake a licorice stick at during the Montana/Idaho Clarinet Festival. UM School of Music hosts, 9 AM–5 PM. For info, visit hwww.umt.edu/music.

Celebrate some environmental victories at Montana Environmental Information Center’s Rendezvous and Member Celebration. Enjoy lunch, wine, a silent auction, and remarks

Pay tribute to those who lost their lives on 9/11 at Never Forget, a memorial service that features the planting of thousands of American flags around the Vietnam Memorial. 6 PM, service begins at 7.

Sharpen up your knife technique for choppin’ broccoli at the Knife Skills adult cooking class, every Friday, 7–9 PM at Taste Buds Kitchen, 131 E. Main St. Knives provided, or bring your favorite blade. $40. For more info, check out tastebudskitchen.com

Enjoy zee 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 missoulapublibrary. org for info. Free.

Walter Salas-Humara, formerly of alt-country pioneers The Silos, will be joined by Mark Dixon on percussion on the outdoor stage at the Sportsmans Bar in Alberton. 9 PM–midnight, no cover.

As part of the Montana Book Festival, The Write Question will be recreated live on the Top Hat stage.

TWQ’s Chérie Newman will interview Smith Henderson, author of Fourth of July Creek. Doors at 11 AM, interview at noon. $30 includes a Top Hat meal and a copy of the book.

The Biomimicry Institute’s Janine Benyus will be speaking about how to share nature’s lessons and learn ways to benefit humanity by observing processes in the natural world. Beford Bldg., Hamilton, 7 PM. Free.

Family Friendly Friday invites little ones to boogie while parental units kick back at the Top Hat, starting at 6 PM, with a rotating lineup of local musicians providing all-ages tunes.

No cover.

Need your face melted to goo or your head banged clean off? Gird your loins for the marathon metal onslaught of Five Finger Death Punch and Papa Roach with In This Moment and From Ashes to New at the Adams Center. $44.25–$49.50, doors at 6:15 PM. For tickets, go to griztix.com.

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Nothing like some free music at Free Cycles. Electronic Partygoers and Three-Eared Dog provide the tunes, gratis. Also, enjoy snacks, beverages and bike chatter. 732 S. 1st W., 7:30–10:30 PM. The Dark Horse Band will unleash their barely contained fury at the Eagles Lodge. Or maybe they’ll just play some dance music. 8 PM–1 AM. No cover.

Youth Lagoon’s Trevor Powers has you asking the big questions with his atmospheric, reflective electronic folk at the Top Hat, with Foul Weather.

Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $15/$12 adv., 18+ show. Tickets available at the Top Hat, or online at tophatlounge.com.

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Just yesterday this jacket was a loveseat. Youth Lagoon mix folk and electronica at the Top Hat, with guests Foul Weather. Friday, Sept. 11, doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $15/$12 advance. 18 and over. For tickets, go to tophatlounge.com.

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from Denise Juneau, Beth Schenk and more. Ten Spoon Winery, 10:30 AM–3 PM. RSVP by calling 406-4432520 or email smarino@meic.org.

Soul, blues, folk, with Andre Floyd it all blends into a positive musical vibe.

Get some on you at Draught Works Brewing, 6–8 PM, free.

You’ll be happier than a filly in tall grass when An Afternoon of Cowboy Music and Poetry fills the air in Hamilton. Enjoy stories and poetry, songs and yodeling, all while munching some savory snacks. Ravalli County Museum, Hamilton. 3–5 PM. For more info visit ravallimuseum.org.

Smokestack and the Foothill Fury will have you stomping and clapping and who knows what else at Blackfoot Brewing Co. 6–8 PM. Free.

The Montana Book Festival continues at various venues in downtown Missoula. For a schedule and more info, visit montanabookfestival.org.

(See Books.)

It’s a theater twofer with two oneact plays at the Crystal Theatre. The Wolf by Tyler Potter and The Woodstove by John Budge will feature UM Drama Dept. alumni. Fri., Sept. 11– Sun., Sept. 13, 8 PM. There’s a matinee at 2 PM Sun., Sept. 13. $12/$10 for students. For more info visit thewolfandthewoodstove.org

nightlife Colorado songstress Megan Burtt and her band play folk/pop for the people at Bitter Root Brewing. 6–8 PM. Free.

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Award-winning author Charles D’Ambrosio reads prose in the Dell Brown Room of Turner Hall, UM campus. 7 PM. Free.

Grammy-nominated singer Iris DeMent shares her heartfelt music

with the lucky crowd at the Top Hat. Singer-songwriter Pieta Brown opens.

8 PM, show is sold out. (See Music.)

The Dark Horse Band will unleash their barely contained fury at the Eagles Lodge. Or maybe they’ll just play some nice dance music. 8 PM–1 AM. No cover.

DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo completely disrespect the adverb with their Absolutely Dance Party at the Badlander, which gets rolling at 9 PM, with fancy drink specials to boot. No cover.

Here’s a recipe for a wild night if I ever saw one. The Wild Coyote Band at the Jack Saloon. 7000 Graves Creek Rd., off Hwy 12, where you can rent a cabin, stay the night. 9 PM. Put some rhythm in your Saturday night with Zeppo MT, playing blues and R&B at the Union Club, 9:30 PM, no cover.

[calendar] Baltimore DJ Joe Nice brings the beats, East Coast style, with support from Montana DJs Piecemeal, Deadline and Digerati at the Real Lounge, 112 Pattee St. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10, $5.

SUNDAYSEPT13 Maybe you can finally find out what “Gunter glieben glauten globen” means at Germanfest.

Music by S-Bahn, gorge on bratwurst, pretzels, desserts and more. Beer provided by Bayern Brewing. Caras Park, 2–6 PM, free admission.

If you worship at Our Lady of the Bouncing Boo-tay, Dance Church has a spot for you on Sunday mornings. Dancers of all abilities are welcome at this mellow, guided class that lets you dance like nobody is watching. Downtown Dance Collective, 10 AM, $5.

Get all keyed up with the Five Valley Accordion Association, which presents its dance jam every second and fourth Sunday of the month at alternating locations, 1–5 PM. $4/$3 for members. Email helenj4318@hotmail.com for info.

New UM students are welcomed at the 14th annual University Community Ice Cream Social. Meet your new neighbors, gather info about the community, enjoy some Big Dipper ice cream and dig the hillbilly jazz of Barnaby Wilde. 400 block of University Ave., 3 PM–5 PM. Free.

More events online: missoulanews.com Think water. The Watershed Education Network holds its fundraiser the Mayfly Fling at the Ten Spoon Winery. Featuring the Whizpops and Tom Catmull’s Radio Static and a silent auction. 2 PM to 8 PM. $25/$20 advance. 12 and under free.

Saying farewell never tasted this delicious. For the final day of the Montana Book Festival Kettlehouse Northside Brewery hosts a party. 313 N. First St. W. 4 PM to 6.

nee at 2 PM Sun., Sept. 13. $12/$10 for students. For more info visit thewolfandthewoodstove.org Who says Tomato Soup doesn’t go with beer? Of course it does! Musical demonstration at Draught Works Brewing, 5–7 PM. Free.

In conjunction with the Montana Book Festival, Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nation will screen at the Top Hat. Barbara Kopple’s documentary looks inside The Nation, the longestrunning weekly magazine. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7. Free.

The 18-piece Ed Norton Big Band puts some swing in the month’s second Sunday when it plays the Missoula Winery, 5646 Harrier Way, from 6–8 PM. $7. Polish your steps with $5 swing lessons prior at 4:45 PM. Visit missoulawinery.com.

It’s all soul and funk, and no junk or punk when Emzee and Silas play at Great Burn Brewing, 2230 McDonald Ave., 6–8 PM. All ages, free.

As part of the Ruby Jewel Jamboree, Dale Ann Bradley, five-time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year croons her way into your heart at Ruby’s Inn, 4825 N. Reserve St. 7 PM. $26-$28.

Visit rubyjeweljamboree.com.

Jazz and martinis go together like cops and pepper spray. Jazz Martini night offers live, local jazz and $5 martinis every Sunday night at the Badlander. No cover. Dig it, and dig it deep, sister.

MONDAYSEPT14 Things never get boring when NextDoorPrisonHotel create some (insert convict/motel joke here) music at the Red Bird Wine Bar. 7– 10 PM, free.

nightlife What can you do to help keep global warming from turning the earth into a marshmallow at a Boy Scout cookout? Find out at Transition Streets, a project that teaches simple living, resource sharing and other climate-saving measures. Missoula Public Library, 7 PM.

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It’s a theater twofer with two oneact plays at the Crystal Theatre. The Wolf by Tyler Potter and The Woodstove by John Budge will feature UM Drama Dept. alumni. Fri., Sept. 11– Sun., Sept. 13, 8 PM. There’s a mati-

Shawn James and the Shapeshifters play some acoustic soul, with support from locals Crow’s Share and others. Stage 112, doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $5 at ticketfly.com.

nightlife Regular Missoulians share their true stories at Tell Us Something: The Oldest Trick in the Book. Stories are told from memory, and last about 10 minutes. Top Hat Lounge, doors at 5 PM, stories start at 6, $5.

Hey, you got your folk in my rock. No, you got some rock on my folk. John Floridis brings the delicious result of this genre blending to Lolo Peak Brewing, 6–8 PM. Free.

Missoula County's 23rd Annual

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September 18th & 19th, 2015 Friday 9-5:30 • Saturday 9-4 Scott Street City Shops Mercury Fever Thermometer Exchange Bring your old mercury fever thermometer to Haz Waste Days for disposal and receive a 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 6fluorescent 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.

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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 COMPACT FLUORESCENT BULBS Household and Conditionall y Exempt Waste Onl y • 50 Gallon Limit

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Friday, October 16, 2015 IS PROUD TO PRESENT

The Governor’s Room in the historic Florence Building 111 North Higgins Ave • Missoula Hosted by:

Join us for a festive and elegant evening with award-winning celebrity chefs! A reception with hors d’oeuvres kicks off the evening, followed by a fantastic multi-course dinner accompanied by select wine and beer pairings.

BRUCE KALMAN RESTAURANT: Union, Pasadena CA

ANDY BLANTON RESTAURANT: Café Kandahar, Whitefish MT

BROOKE WILLIAMSON RESTAURANT: Playa Provisions, Hudson House, The Tripel, Los Angeles CA

TANYA HOLLAND RESTAURANT: Brown Sugar Kitchen and B-Side BBQ, Oakland CA

BEN JONES RESTAURANT: The Resort at Paws Up, Greenough MT

BETH & SUSAN HIGGINS RESTAURANT: Two Sisters Catering, Missoula MT

Limited tickets available. On sale now at chef2015.brownpapertickets.com and at the Independent (317 S. Orange St.) Sponsored by:

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Want to see how fast I can flatpick? Want to see it again? Award-winning vocalist Dale Ann Bradley closes out this year’s Ruby Jewel Jamboree at Ruby’s Inn, Sun., Sept. 13. 7 PM. $26–$28 at rubyjeweljamboree.com.

Country guitar man Shane Clouse plays Bitter Root Brewing in a fundraiser for the Hamilton Fire Dept. See if he can recall the words to “The Ballad of Rock Creek Ron.” 6–8 PM. Free.

Check out the musical stylings of Rabbit Wilde at Draught Works Brewing. 6–8 PM. Save your lettuce for beer, the music’s free. (See Music.)

You some kinda wise guy (or gal)? Prove it at the Quizzoula trivia night at the VFW, 245 W. Main St., with current events, picture round and more. Gets rolling around 8:30 PM. To get you warmed up, here’s a trivia question: What’s the record attendance for a Griz football game? Find answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.

WEDNESDAYSEPT16 Storyteller, songwriter and allaround kick-ass East Nashvillian Todd Snider brings his unique twist on folk rock to the Top Hat Lounge.

Elizabeth Cook gets the party started. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $20/$30 VIP. Paul Haber discusses “A Live View from Latin America” in this month’s “UM Political Science on the Radio.”

KGVO 101.5 FM/1290 AM, 8:30–10 AM. Get those hips in action this fall with 15 weeks of Salsa dance lessons for $90. Contact the Downtown Dance Collective at 406-541-7240 or info@ddcmontana.com.

nightlife Great Burn Brewing’s Charity Pint Night generates 50 cents from each pint for a deserving Missoula charity or nonprofit. This week it’s Garden City Harvest. Have a glass at 2230 McDonald (behind Jaker’s), 5–8 PM. Come sample the bill of fare created by UM’s Farm to College Program. 99% of menu items provided by local farmers, ranchers and food producers. UM Oval, 5–7:30 PM, $3.25–$10.75 A Phish Happy Hour? Sounds like a Trey Anastasio solo. Phish music, video and more at the Top Hat every Wednesday at 5:30 PM. Free, all ages.

Asheville singer-songwriter Paul Cataldo makes a stop on his tour at Blacksmith Brewing Co. 6–8 PM. Free. (Trivia answer: 26,352 on November 22, 2014) Anyone is welcome to join the free Acoustic Bluegrass picking circle

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quently with stars like Sarah Silverman and Louis C.K. You might remember the late-'90s Comedy Central animated series “Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.” Barry voiced Todd the every Wednesday evening, sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Association at Tangled Tones Music Studio, 2005 South Ave. W, Suite F. 6-9 PM. Free.

Win big bucks off your bar tab and/or free pitchers by using your giant egg to answer trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway Ave. 7 PM. The Flamenco Festival kicks off with a concert by Maestro Teo Morca, world-renowned guitarist Carlos Lomas, and cantaor Vicente Griego. First United Methodist Church, 300 E. Main St., 7:30 PM. $18/$15 advance. For more info, call Victoria at 542-9270.

NYC comedian and actor Todd Barry brings his low-key, high-impact deadpan to Hump Day Humor at Stage 112 (see Spotlight). Chris Fairbanks gets the laughs off to a start. 112 Pattee

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Video Store Guy, basically just playing himself. The Woody Allen-esque insecurity, the second-guessing, the unwillingness to take charge, all these foibles just seemed to be too convincing to be an acting job. I loved “Dr. Katz.” I used to wonder if they told Barry they were shooting a live sitcom, knowing that later they'd animate everything over the soundtrack. Alas, the world wasn't ready for Squigglevision, and “Dr. Katz” went off the air in '02.

But Barry, of course, kept right on sailing onward and upward. His balding head and somewhat pinched face that always carries the shadow of annoyance are perfectly suited for today's style of comedy, where the material frequently comes from recounting their own experiences of failure.

With a recurring role on “Louis,” “Bob's Burgers” and “Axe Cop,” in addition to his extended tours playing festivals and theaters across the country, Barry should be a happy boy indeed. I hope he doesn't let it show. That would ruin everything.

St., doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $20 at Rockin Rudy’s or standupmt.com.

Show ‘em your chops at the Open Mic with Cheree at the Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W. Runs 8:30-10:30 PM. Impress ‘em enough and you could get paid $50 as a showcased performer. Text 406-396-5934 to sign up early.

THURSDAYSEPT17 Abstract Rude and Scarub anchor the hiphop at the Palace, with Cquel & DJ Knoah, Traff the Wiz. 9 PM. $10. 18 and over.

Square dancing ain’t just for squares, Daddy-o. Solo Stars Fun Night features square dancing, followed by a root beer float social.

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[calendar] Newcomers welcome, Lolo Square and Round Dance Center, 9955 Hwy. 12. 7:30 PM. Free.

The Flamenco Montana Festival celebrates the fiery Spanish dance with guitar, song, dance and structure. Rocky Mountain Ballet Theater, 2704 Brooks St. Details at flamencomt.org

Ask Paul Cataldo if Asheville is to NC as Missoula is to MT. He plays his compositions at Lolo Peak Brewing. 6–8 PM. Free.

Artists, start your palettes. It’s open studio at E3 Convergence Gallery. Artist Bobbe Almer will be working live in the gallery. 229 W. Main St., 10 AM–4 PM. For more info, go to www.bobbe-almer.com

Martin Sexton mixes up the roots like a gardener with ADD. He brings his soulful voice and dynamic style to the Top Hat, doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $29/$25 advance. Tickets available at the Top Hat, or online at tophatlounge.com.

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Bottoms up at the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot beats, drink specials aplenty and attractive local singles in your area. Monk’s Bar. 9 PM. No cover.

Get a blues-style jump on the weekend with Mary Place and Blue Moon at the Union Club. Smoky blues for the happy hour crowd, 5:30 PM, no cover.

Introduction to Monotypes is a five-week printmaking class taught by Tressa Jones. ZACC, 6–8 PM, $115/$105 for members. For more info, visit zootownarts.org.

Anything But Suzy blends a sweet cocktail of folk, country, bluegrass and rock, and stirs it with a swizzle of traditional Irish fiddle tunes. The Montana Distillery, 6–8 PM. Free.

Hone your chops at the Slow Jam where musicians will play celtic, old time and contra dance tunes at relaxed tempos so beginners can easily join in. Starving Artist Cafe, 3020 S. Reserve St. 6-7:30 PM. Visit missoulastarvingartist.com for more info.

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Kick out the jam/folk/bluegrass with Hardwood Heart at Draught Works Brewing. 6–8 PM. Free.

Bundle up and pull up some lawn for Avengers: The Age of Ultron, this week’s UM Outdoor Movie. Showing at the UM Oval. Free, open to the public.

Mr. Calendar Guy wants to know about your event! Submit to calendar@missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event to guarantee publication. Don’t forget to include the date, time, venue and cost. Or snail mail to Calendar c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. You can also submit online. Just find the “submit an event” link under the Spotlight on the right corner at missoulanews.com.

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airmont Hot Springs lies in the geographic armpit of the historic corner of Montana that contains Butte, Anaconda and Deer Lodge. It’s a sweet section of valley between the Pintlars and the Tobacco Root Mountains and the perfect spot for the Montana Wilderness Center’s WildFest. Besides music, food and drink, one of WildFest's more interesting offerings is a presentation on the Volunteer Trail Stewardship Program, which works to maintain the 3,100-mile path that runs along the spine of the Continental Divide from Canada to Mexico. The legendary trail was designated the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail in 1978, but it’s still only 78 percent complete. How is Hollywood supposed to make a movie about some

ennui-riddled star who walks the length of the trail and discovers some weighty truth about his and/or her life if the trail is unfinished? Information will be available about volunteering or donating to this project.

—Ednor Therriault WildFest 2015 is Sat., Sept. 12, at Fairmont Hot Springs. Area hikes and a motor tour of Butte are available. Also, kids’ activities, food and drink, and music by Dublin Gulch and the Kitchen Dwellers. Camping and lodging are available. Admission is free.

For more info, visit wildmontana.org/joinus/wild-fest.

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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12 Opportunity Resources, Inc. hosts their 6th annual ORI Autumn Fest. Lots of activities for all ages and abilities, including games, hayrides, pony rides, exhibits, fresh produce, a petting zoo, food and drink and live music. Opportunity Ranch in Frenchtown, 10 AM–4 PM. $5 for 13 and over, kids free. For more info contact Erica at ericad@orimt.org or 406-329-1786.

Bark ‘n the Park is a day full of canine fun, starting with a costume “Pawrade” at 11 AM. Thrill to the Bobbing for Balls, or enjoy a hot dog while watching the Dachshund races. Proceeds benefit the Bitter Root Humane Association’s animal shelter.

Kiwanis River Park, S. 9th St. and Madison St. 11 AM–3 PM. Free.

Community at the Confluence celebrates the Clark Fork and Blackfoot river restoration. Join expert-guided hikes and learn about the importance of bull trout to native peoples, birds in the riparian area and wildlife migration corridors and more. Milltown State Park, 11 AM–5 PM. Free.

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14 The Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation will be joining forces with volunteers and USFS mule packers for a work trip to the Lochsa Peak area. 8 AM, for more information, call 405329-3603.

Birds use a variety of sounds to communicate things like, how can a swallow carry a two-pound coconut? Dr. Erick Greene will share his findings about bird alarm calls and communication systems at the Gallagher Business Bldg., Room 122 on the UM campus. 7:30 PM. Free.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15 Join fellow morning ambulators for Fall Coffee Walks every week, part of Parks and Rec’s “Too Much Fun Tuesdays” program. Meet at Currents, walk a local trail (ride to trailhead provided), then hang at a local coffee shop. Currents, 9 AM–noon, $5.

The Montana Dirt Girls kick into gear with group cycling trips and hiking in the Missoula area, meeting up at 6 PM every Tuesday at various locations. Visit mtdirtgirls.tripod.com to sign up for the mailing list and find out more.

Yoga in the Parks is part of Parks and Rec’s “Too Much Fun Tuesdays.” Instructors focus on strength and flexibility for all skill levels. 6–7 PM, Pineview Park. Sugg. donation $3.

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 16 Ladies, if life is driving you up the wall, this is for you. The climbing wall in the UM’s Fitness and Rec Center is open every Wed. night to women only, for climbing and individual coaching from female instructors. All skill levels welcome. 9–11 PM, $5 includes gear and instruction www.umt.edu/crec/Outdoor/wall.php

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Although the dog days of summer may be behind us, you and your four-legged BFF can still fetch some fun at Bark 'n the Park, the best all-dog, all-day pooch party since obedience school graduation.

The canine cotillion starts with a "Pawrade" at 11 a.m. Dogs and their people are encouraged to trot out their best costume ideas, and there's a $25 prize for the winners. The two-headed Rottweiler is a perennial favorite, as is the Boxer with the EverLast shorts and a gaudy championship belt a la Jake LaMutta.

After the parade, there are enough events planned to keep you chasing your tail all afternoon.

Bobbing for Balls will surely have every Golden Retriever making a total fool of himself, especially if he misunderstands the point of the competition.

There's also an agility demo and a DIY agility course.

This could actually come in handy for dog owners who have to negotiate the minefield of their backyard. But, sorry, it's dogs only.

For those dogs of a more esoteric strain, there's Doggie Nail Art by Salima, which will no doubt create some envy among those bitches at the Bark Park.

Will this cause a rift in the pack? Maybe Madame Eve can peek into the future with a paw reading. More competition awaits with the Best Kisser contest and the infamous Peanut Butter Lick (better witnessed than described).

If eating a hot dog during the Doxie Races doesn't weird you out, well, I want to party with you, cowboy. Vendors will be on hand offering dog treats and accessories and you can even adopt a new fourlegged buddy of your own. Food, beer and soda for humans will be available. All pets much be leashed, but, hey, it's a dog's life.

—Ednor Therriault Bark ‘n the Park takes place at Kiwanis Park in Hamilton Sat., Sept. 12, at 11 AM. All donations and proceeds will benefit the Bitter Root Humane Association’s animal shelter. For more info call Michele at 210-1375.

[AGENDA LISTINGS] THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1O Indigenous peoples have tied legends from their heritage to celestial objects for thousands of years.

Hear some of these stories at Stories Under the Stars, which runs monthly through the fall. Star Gazing Room at the Payne Family Native American Center, 4–6 PM. Free.

The Montana Museum of Art & Culture hosts a Meet and Greet party before the screening of Never the Same with director Jan Thompson and narrator Loretta Swit (from M*A*S*H). Missoula Children’s Theater, 5:30–6:30 PM. Tickets are $25. Call 2432019. Proceeds will benefit the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society and MMAC.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12 Summer’s over, but the fun rolls on with the Back To School Kickoff Party. Kids activities and educational classes will be provided by SpectrUM Discover, the Missoula Children’s Museum and more. Saddle up for free carousel rides. A Carousel for Missoula, 10 AM– noon. Free.

Opportunity Resources, Inc. hosts their 6th annual ORI Autumn Fest. Lots of activities for all ages and abilities, including games, hayrides, pony rides, exhibits, fresh produce, a petting zoo, food and drink and live music. Opportunity Ranch in Frenchtown, 10 AM–4 PM. $5 for 13 and over, kids free. For more info contact Erica at ericad@orimt.org or 406-329-1786.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 13 The Whizpops and Tom Catmull’s Radio Static

provide the all-ages music at the Mayfly Fling, Watershed Education Network’s fall fundraiser. The event includes a Kids Art Show, and food and beverages will be available. Ten Spoon Winery, 2–8 PM. $20 at montanawatershed.org.

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14 Even if you’re not a Yes fan, you can put your two cents in about Missoula’s roundabouts at the Missoula Institute for Sustainable Transportation’s policy meeting. City Hall, 435 Ryman St. 1–2 PM. Birds use a variety of sounds to communicate things like, how can a swallow carry a two-pound coconut? Dr. Erick Greene will share his findings about bird alarm calls and communication systems at the Gallagher Business Bldg., Room 122 on the UM campus. 7:30 PM. Free.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15 Organic, good. Pringles, bad. Learn how to cook better, shop smarter, and eat healthier at Buy, Eat, Live Better. The eight-week SNAP-Ed course meets every Thursday at the North Valley Public Library, 11 AM–12:30 PM. Free.

The Mansfield Center’s Brown Bag Lecture Series kicks off with “Transboundary Perspectives on Climate Change and Collaboration.” University Center, Room 330/331. Free.

Learn how the Smart Schools 2020 bond will be used to help ready students for the future. The status of our schools’ infrastructure and technology will be discussed at an open house at Russell Elementary. 6– 7 PM.

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

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YOU LUDDITE UP MY LIFE My boyfriend will text if he’s running late but says texting “isn’t real communication.” He says that if I need to talk, I should call him. I get that anything serious should be discussed via phone. However, we live separately, and sometimes I just want to reach out in a small way with a funny photo or a word or two and get a word or two back. When he doesn’t respond or grudgingly responds a day later, I get more and more hurt and angry and want to break up with him. I know he cares about me. Am I being unreasonable?

—Upset We get it: You spend an entire day making a small but very accurate Voodoo doll of him and then have to dispose of it when he finally texts back.

There are many who share your boyfriend’s techno-snobbery, claiming that texting isn’t “real communication” (perhaps because it doesn’t require Socratic oratory or chasing a goose to pluck a quill). But say one person texts “I love u” and the other texts back, “k.” That communicates plenty.

And say you and your boyfriend were in the same room and you held up a tiny fern in a pot: “Look! A plant that has yet to commit suicide on me!” It would be pretty cold—and surely he’d think so—if he just kept silently clipping his toenails or whittling his corncob pipe or whatever.

It’s one thing if you’re sending him iTunes user agreement-length texts and expecting him to text back in kind. But this sort of texted “yoo-hoo!” you’re sending him is one of the seemingly unimportant reachouts that relationships researcher John Gottman calls “bids for connection.” These “bids” are attempts—often made in small and mundane ways—to get your partner’s attention, affection, humor, or support.

Gottman observes that these are effectively little “trust tests” leading to “a tiny turning point—an opportunity, or a lost opportunity, for connection.” In a study by Gottman and cognitive psychologist Janice Driver, the newlyweds who remained married to their partners six years later were the responsive ones—those who had “turned toward” their partner’s bids, on average, 86 percent of the time. Those who’d responded only 33 percent of the time were divorced by the six-year mark.

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GENERATION TEXT I’ve been texting a lot with this guy for a few weeks, but he never calls me. We’ve been on a few dates that were really nice. My girlfriends tell me that if he really liked me, he’d call me.

But one of my friends is about to get married, and their whole courtship was basically conducted via text. How important is the whole calling versus texting thing?

—Worried Spoken-word telephone conversation does have its merits, like how you’re unlikely to find yourself asking your grandma to send you a better photo of her penis.

There’s an assumption many women make that if a guy’s only texting you and not calling you, he’s not that into you. But context matters. Like whether “whassup gorjuss?” comes in at 1:17 a.m. or at 9:30 a.m. as you’re riding the elevator up to work. And content especially matters—in a guy’s texts and when you’re together. For example, on dates, is he looking into your eyes as you two talk for hours or looking into his phone as you stare into your napkin? In short, the medium is not the message. The message is the message—like if someone’s on the phone with you and simultaneously organizing his sock drawer, pondering a zit in the mirror, and bidding on a vintage beer sign on eBay: “Sorry, what was that about your childhood trauma?”

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EMPLOYMENT GENERAL Accounts Payable Clerk Looking for full time experienced Accounts Payable Clerk to compile and maintain approved and verified AP records, reconcile statements, and issue payments to Vendors. Additional duties include: collecting W-9 information and issuing 1099’s, and completing daily deposits for bank deposits. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID # 26046 Admissions Coordinator Hillside Health Care Center. Must possess the ability to make independent decisions, follow instructions, and accept constructive criticism. Must be able to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel, and the general public. Must be able to work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and potentially hostile people within the facility. Must be able to speak, write and understand English in a manner that is sufficient for effective communication

with supervisors, employees, residents, and families. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10150435 Bookkeeper Small local company seeking a Bookkeeper with QuickBooks, AP/AR, Payroll/reconciliation and financial experience. The ideal candidate will be friendly, customer service oriented and comfortable in a small office environment. Additional office duties will include: bank deposits, financing, promotion submissions, Warranty Service Claims reconciliation, online payments, monthly inventory reporting and various duties as assigned. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID # 25821 Deconstruction Worker Home Resource seeks self-motivated, hardworking employee to join our deconstruction crew working in all phases of residential and commercial demolition.

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EMPLOYMENT LEWIS AND CLARK TERMINAL at Lewiston, ID is seeking a qualified General Manager. This is a river grain loading facility offering grain storage, blending, and barge loading. Grain handling as well as financial and personal management experience required.

Apply to: http://tinyurl.com/nbek97t – For more information contact Dave Lemmon, 320-283-5938 or Email david.lemmon@chsinc.com Production Control Production Control. Run processing equipment as assigned by supervisor. Assist others as part of the processing team to ensure smooth and consistent flow of work. $11/hr Full job listing online at www.lcstaffing.com. Job ID# 25542 Route Service Merchandiser National Entertainment Network (NEN), a private equity backed company, is the nation’s dominant amusement vending service provider. Over its 27year history, NEN has defined front-end retail and restaurant entertainment with a diverse portfolio of offerings including skill-crane games, capsule toy/confection stands, video games, and kiddie rides. NEN has over 55,000 machines in over 15,000 locations across the country. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10150453 Seeking driver ASAP Part Time Seeking driver for $12/hr ASAP. Position is M-TH, 5-6 hours a day starting between 5:30 and 7am daily. Route is from Missoula through Seeley, Eureka, Kalispell, and back to Missoula. MUST HAVE A VALID DL AND CLEAN MVR. Must be able to pass a background check and a drug screen. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10150467

Warehouse Associate Carpet Garage has a part time opening for a Warehouse Associate. Duties include assisting sales personnel and general warehouse duties. This position is responsible for performing duties associated with movement of merchandise within the warehouse and store that relate to receiving, shipping, inventory, preparation as well as coordination of delivery. This position is also responsible for building and grounds maintenance. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10150460 Warehouse Picker Warehouse worker to perform order picking and loading duties in the warehouse. Will be standing bending and moving for long periods of time and lifting up to 50#. Employee needs to be detail oriented. Position is full time and long term. Swing shift. $9.50/hour Full job listing at lcstaffing.com Job ID #26279

PROFESSIONAL CHIP TRUCK DRIVERS NEEDED from the Missoula area. • Must be present to apply • Local hauls • Home daily •

Good pay • Benefits • 2 years exp. required Call 406-4937876 9am-5pm M-F. Computer Programmer Local established custom software shop in Missoula, Montana, seeking a full-time Lamp Stack Programmer. We have a long time recurring customer base, several products with growing numbers of users, and a lot of potential! We are looking for someone with solid PHP skills who has the desire and capacity to be responsible for the whole development and technical environment. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID # 25875 FLATBED DRIVERS NEEDED • Home weekly to Biweekly • Top pay • Full benefits • New equipment • 2 years exp. required • Clean driving record 1-800-700-6305 Northwest Montana weekly seeks full-time reporter for busy, county seat. $11/hr. to start.

Send cover letter, resume, three writing and photo samples to: summer@valleyjournal.net Preschool Assistant Teacher Clark Fork School is looking for an energetic preschool teacher to be an assistant in our 2-3-year-old preschool classroom. We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic educator to further our mission of fostering a sense of wonder for community and the natural world in students. We are also seeking someone enthusiastic about helping children through the toilet training process! Bachelors degree in education or related field or two years experience in a licensed childcare setting. Background in nature education strongly preferred. Respect for nature, a love for children, and a caring demeanor is a must! Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10150317 Small M-F daily in southeastern Montana seeking energetic sports reporter. Send resume to: MC Star, P.O. Box 1216, Miles City, MT 59301 or email mceditor@midrivers.com

SKILLED LABOR CME Lab Supervisor Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting, engineering, and technical services worldwide. We are a diverse company, including individuals with expertise in science, research, engineering, construction, and information technology. Our strength is in collectively providing integrated services delivering the best solutions to meet our clients’ needs.

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TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING. Complete programs and refresher courses, rent equipment for CDL. Job Placement Assistance. Financial assistance for qualified students. SAGE Technical Services, Billings/Missoula, 1-800-545-4546

Petroleum Service Technician - Billings, MT Northwest Fuel Systems is an established leader for over 20 years in the sales, service, and installation of Petroleum and Car Wash Equipment throughout the Northwest and the Rockies. We offer GREAT BENEFITS and career advancement opportunities: 401K, Cafeteria Plan, Healthcare, Dental, Vacation, Holiday Pay, Clothing Allowance, Cell Phone, Vehicle, Credit Card. www.nwestco.com. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10150307

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Sealant Applicator TC Glass, an employer in the Construction Industry is seeking fulltime Sealant Applicator. This is an on-site full time position, with some travel required when needed. Qualifications: must have valid driver’s license; good driving record; stable work history; and able to pass pre-employment drug test. The role will involve applying sealant site based to a quality standard. Duties: Sealant Applicators apply a range of sealants to all types of joints to ensure a building is air tight and waterproof. This includes door frames and windows, building facades, sanitary ware and structural bonding including glass to glass. Knowledge and Certification of Equipment is a plus. Training can be provided to the successful Applicant. Individual must be able to work in high places. Construction experience is preferred but not essential. Hours are based on 8-5 pm Monday-Friday, Full time employee benefits

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RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT –OVERNIGHTS FT/PT positions providing support to staff that provide services to Adults w/disabilities. Supervisory exp. preferred. Shifts available Mon-Sun. Hours vary from 9pm-9am. $10.50/hr+ DOE Closes: 9/15/15, 5p.

DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL 1:1 FT Providing one on one support to an individual w/disabilities in a vocational/community setting. M- F: Varied Hrs. $9.45-$9.70/hr. Closes: 9/15/15, 5p.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There have been times in the past when your potential helpers disappeared just when you wanted more help than usual. In the coming weeks, I believe you will get redress for those sad interludes of yesteryear. A wealth of assistance and guidance will be available. Even people who have previously been less than reliable may offer a tweak or intervention that gives you a boost. Here’s a tip for how to ensure that you take full advantage of the possibilities: Ask clearly and gracefully for exactly what you need.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “The fragrance from your mango groves makes me wild with joy.”

That’s one of the lyrics in the national anthem of Bangladesh. Here’s another: “Forever your skies . . . set my heart in tune as if it were a flute.” Elsewhere, addressing Bangladesh as if it were a goddess, the song proclaims, “Words from your lips are like nectar to my ears.” I suspect you may be awash with comparable feelings in the coming weeks, Taurus—not toward your country, but rather for the creatures and experiences that rouse your delight and exultation. They are likely to provide even more of the sweet mojo than they usually do. It will be an excellent time to improvise your own hymns of praise.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “More and more I have come to admire resilience,” writes Jane Hirshfield in her poem “Optimism.” “Not the simple resistance of a pillow,” she adds, “whose foam returns over and over to the same shape, but the sinuous tenacity of a tree: finding the light newly blocked on one side, it turns in another.” You have not often had great access to this capacity in the past, Aries. Your specialty has been the fast and fiery style of adjustment. But for the foreseeable future, I’m betting you will be able to summon a supple staying power—a dogged, determined, incremental kind of resilience.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I hope it’s not too late or too early to give you a slew of birthday presents. You deserve to be inundated with treats, dispensations, and appreciations. Here’s your first perk: You are hereby granted a license to break a taboo that is no longer useful or necessary. Second blessing: You are authorized to instigate a wildly constructive departure from tradition.

Third boost: I predict that in the next six weeks, you will simultaneously claim new freedom and summon more discipline. Fourth delight: During the next three months, you will discover and uncork a new thrill. Fifth goody: Between now and your birthday in 2016, you will develop a more relaxed relationship with perfectionism.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A “wheady mile” is an obsolete English term I want to revive for use in this horoscope. It refers to what may happen at the end of a long journey, when that last stretch you’ve got to traverse seems to take forever. You’re so close to home; you’re imagining the comfort and rest that will soon be yours. But as you cross the “wheady mile,” you must navigate your way through one further plot twist or two. There’s a delay or complication that demands more effort just when you want to be finished with the story. Be strong, Libra. Keep the faith. The wheady mile will not, in fact, take forever. (Thanks to Mark Forsyth and his book Horologicon.)

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Is feeling good really as fun as everyone seems to think? Is it really so wonderful to be in a groove, in love with life, and in touch with your deeper self? No! Definitely not! And I suspect that as you enter more fully into these altered states, your life will provide evidence of the inconveniences they bring. For example, some people might nag you for extra attention, and others may be jealous of your success. You could be pressured to take on more responsibilities.

And you may be haunted by the worry that sooner or later, this grace period will pass. I’M JUST KIDDING, SAGITTARIUS! In truth, the minor problems precipitated by your blessings won’t cause any more anguish than a mosquito biting your butt while you’re in the throes of ecstatic love-making.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In this horoscope, we will use the Socratic method to stimulate your excitement about projects that fate will favor in the next nine months. Here’s how it works: I ask the questions, and you brainstorm the answers. 1. Is there any part of your life where you are an amateur but would like to be a professional? 2. Are you hesitant to leave a comfort zone even though remaining there tends to inhibit your imagination? 3. Is your ability to fulfill your ambitions limited by any lack of training or deficiency in your education? 4. Is there any way that you are holding on to blissful ignorance at the expense of future possibilities? 5. What new license, credential, diploma, or certification would be most useful to you?

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The story of my life features more than a few fiascos. For example, I got fired from my first job after two days. One of my girlfriends dumped me without any explanation and never spoke to me again. My record label fired me and my band after we made just one album. Years later, these indignities still carry a sting. But I confess that I am also grateful for them. They keep me humble. They serve as antidotes if I’m ever tempted to deride other people for their failures. They have helped me develop an abundance of compassion. I mention this personal tale in the hope that you, too, might find redemption and healing in your own memories of frustration. The time is right to capitalize on old losses.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s never fun to be in a sticky predicament that seems to have no smart resolution. But the coming days could turn out to be an unexpectedly good time to be in such a predicament. Why? Because I expect that your exasperation will precipitate an emotional cleansing, releasing ingenious intuitions that had been buried under repressed anger and sadness.

You may then find a key that enables you to reclaim at least some of your lost power. The predicament that once felt sour and intractable will mutate, providing you with an opportunity to deepen your connection with a valuable resource.

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PUBLIC NOTICES IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA BEFORE KAREN A. ORZECH, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Case No.: CV2015-2364 SUMMONS FOR POSSESSION BY PUBLICATION THE DWELLING PLACE, INC., Plaintiff, v.

KAREN THOMPSON et al., Defendant. TO: Karen Thompson, 6336 Buena Vista Loop, Missoula MT 59808 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer a Complaint filed in Justice Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer upon Plaintiff ’s attorney, Thomas C. Orr, Thomas C. Orr Law Offices, P.O. Box 8096, MIssoula, Montana 59807, within ten (10) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in the case of your failure to appear or answer, relief sought by Plaintiff will be taken against you as requested.

A $30.00 filing fee must accompany Defendant’s answer.

DATED this 24th day of August, 2015. By: /s/ Karen A. Orzech

either be mailed to Amy LynnRowley Dupras, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Dirk A. Williams, Crowley Fleck PLLP, PO Box 7099, Missoula, MT 59807-7099, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. Dated this 3rd day of June, 2015. /s/ Amy LynnRowley Dupras Personal Representative of the Estate of Anthony Jay Dupras, deceased MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-15-789 Dept. No.: 2 Robert L. Deschamps, III Notice of Hearing on Name Change of Minor Child In the Matter of the Name Change of Troy James Moreno, AutumnStar Vaile, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court to change a child’s name from Troy James Moreno to Troy James Vaile.

The hearing will be on 9/15/2015 at 11:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County.

Date: August 6, 2015 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Matt Tanna Deputy Clerk of Court

IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA BEFORE KAREN A. ORZECH, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Case No.: CV2015-2428 SUMMONS FOR POSSESSION BY PUBLICATION PROFESSIONAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, Plaintiff, v. TIFFANY WADDELL, et al., Defendant.

TO: Tiffany Waddell, 721 Palmer #D, Missoula MT 59802 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer a Complaint filed in Justice Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer upon Plaintiff ’s attorney, Thomas C. Orr, Thomas C. Orr Law Offices, P.O. Box 8096, MIssoula, Montana 59807, within ten (10) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in the case of your failure to appear or answer, relief sought by Plaintiff will be taken against you as requested.

A $30.00 filing fee must accompany Defendant’s answer.

DATED this 26th day of August, 2015. By: /s/ Karen A. Orzech

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-15-167 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HELEN ELIZABETH BEARY, DECEASED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Steven Wayne Beary, 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 12th day of August, 2015. /s/ Steven Wayne Beary, Personal Representative DARTY LAW OFFICE, PLLC /s/ Steve Darty, Attorney for Personal Representative

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-15-112 Dept. No. 4 Judge Karen S. Townsend NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of ANTHONY JAY DUPRAS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-15-309 Dept. No.: 2 AMENDED SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION CAROLE L. McDONALD, Petitioner, and GERALD E. STEVENS, TAMI LYNN STEVENS, LORI JEAN STEVENS and ALL OTHER PERSONS, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, CLAIMING OR WHO MIGHT CLAIM ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE OR INTEREST IN OR LIEN OR ENCUMBRANCE UPON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE

MNAXLP COMPLAINT ADVERSE TO THE PLAINTIFFS’ OWNERSHIP, OR ANY CLOUD UPON PLAINTIFFS’ TITLE, WHETHER THE CLAIM OR POSSIBLE CLAIM IS PRESENT OR CONTINGENT, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S): 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 our written answer with the Court and serve a copy thereof upon Plaintiff ’s attorney within twentyone (21) days after service of this Summons, or such other period as may be specified by law, exclusive of the day of service. Your failure to appear or answer will result in judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. A filing fee must accompany the answer. This action is brought for the purpose of Quieting Title to the following-described real property located in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 5 in Block 1 of Linda Vista, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the county Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL of this Court, the 1st day of September, 2015. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: /s/ M.J. Tanna, Deputy Clerk /s/ Howard Toole, Attorney for Plaintiff MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-15-688 Dept. No.: 1 Leslie Halligan Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Brian Graham Donovan, Brian Donovan, Petitioner This is notice hat Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Brian Graham Donovan to Peter O’meira. The hearing will be on 09/30/2015 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in MIssoula County. Date: July 23, 2015. /s/ Shirley E. Faust Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Molli Zook, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept.

No. 1 Probate No. DP-15-163 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MAVIS M. LORENZ, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate.

All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to David L.

Devine, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Boone Karlberg P.C., P. O. Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807-9199, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct.

DATED this 17th day of August, 2015, at Missoula, Montana. /s/ David L. Devine BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Julie R. Sirrs, Esq. P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807-9199 Attorneys for David L. Devine, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept.

No.: 3 Cause No.: DP-15-165 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF LAWRENCE LEE FLACHMEYER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lucey Barney 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 certtified mail to, return receipt requested, to Lucey Barney, Personal Representative, c/o Christopher W. Froines, FROINES LAW OFFICE, Inc., 3819 Stephens Ave., Suite 301, Missoula, Montana 59801 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 18th day of August, 2015.

FROINES LAW OFFICE, Inc. By: /s/ Christopher W. Froines, Attorney for the Personal Representative I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 18th day of August, 2015 /s/ Lucey Barney, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-15-162 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF CHANDRA L. BEAVERS, 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 (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 NICOLE D. MACARTHUR, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at PO Box 201, Parker, Idaho 83438 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 6th day of August, 2015. /s/ Nichole D. MacArthur, PO Box 201, Parker, ID 83438 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR

CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 26, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 117 of Mansion Heights, Phase III, a platted Subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof Andrea L Moore, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc, as Beneficiary,

by Deed of Trust dated September 16, 2008 recorded September 22, 2008 in Book 826 Page 973 under Document No 200821789. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc.. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $2,548.07, beginning January 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 May 28, 2015 is $315,435.15 principal, interest at the rate of 5.875% totaling $9,092.45 and other fees and expenses advanced of $61.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $50.77 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is,

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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 LENA•

Lena is a 7-year-old female Rottweiler/German Shepherd mix. Lena loves people, but really doesn't enjoy dogs or cats. She would need to be the only pet in the household, but would enjoy having a few older kids to play with. Lena has been adopted and returned to the shelter twice in her lifetime. She's really looking for a forever home where she can retire and never have to leave.

HOOCH•Hooch is a 9-month-old male American Pit Bull Terrier. This young and rambunctious boy needs an owner that can devote plenty of time providing physical and mental exercise.

In a shelter environment, Hooch's excitement looks a lot like aggression to both dogs and cats.

He is young, though, and with the right training, we are hopeful that he will one day be able to socialize with other dogs.

ELLIE•Ellie is a 2-year-old female American Pit Bull Terrier. She is rather timid with new people and in new environments, but when she opens up, she is a hilarious companion. Ellie does not like other dogs, but her previous owner said she was great with cats and goats. Ellie was picked on by neighborhood kids in her previous home, so a child-free family would be the best place for her.

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PRETTY• Pretty by name, pretty by nature.

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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 INFORMA-

TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: Dated: June 17, 2015 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho )) ss. County of Bingham) On this 17th day of June, 2015, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 Citimortgage V Moore 42090.038 NOTICE THAT A TAX DEED MAY BE ISSUED TO: Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana tax code Annotated, notice is hereby given: RJS Enterprises, LLC, 3615 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59802

Missoula County Treasurer, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 Bitterroot Valley Bank dba Airway Boulevard Bank, PO Box 17500, Missoula, MT 59808 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency, a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax lien sale certificate as: Legal Description: S18, T13N, R19W, C.O.S. 5443 PARCEL 1A. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on December 1, 2011 and a property tax lien exists on the property as a result of a property tax delinquency. 3.

The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax lien sale on July 12, 2012. 4. The property tax lien was purchases at a tax lien sale on July 12, 2012, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to G. Halley, whose address is PO Box 842, Milltown, MT 59851, and a tax deed will be issued to him unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period.

6. As of the date of this notice,

the amount of Tax due, including Penalties, Interest and Costs is: Tax: $64,950.03 Penalty: $1,299.04 Interest: $13, 479.26 Costs: $441.40 Total: $80,169.73 7. For the property tax lien to be liquidated, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 must be paid by October 27, 2015, which is the date that the redemption period expires or expired. 8. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and all costs are not paid to the county treasurer on or prior to October 27, 2015, which is the date that the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the county treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. A tax deed may be issued to the purchaser on the day following the date that the redemption period expires or on the date the county treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 9. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802.

406-258-4847 Further notice for those persons listed above who addresses are unknown: 1.

The address of the party is un-

known. 2. The published notice meets the requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated the 28th day of August, 2015. G. Halley

CLARK FORK STORAGE

will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 74, 90, 95, 141, 254, 282. Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting 9/21/2015 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to 9/24/2015 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.

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Friday, October 16, 2015 IS PROUD TO PRESENT

The Governor’s Room in the historic Florence Building 111 North Higgins Ave • Missoula Hosted by:

Join us for a festive and elegant evening with award-winning celebrity chefs! A reception with hors d’oeuvres kicks off the evening, followed by a fantastic multi-course dinner accompanied by select wine and beer pairings.

BRUCE KALMAN RESTAURANT: Union, Pasadena CA

ANDY BLANTON RESTAURANT: Café Kandahar, Whitefish MT

BROOKE WILLIAMSON RESTAURANT: Playa Provisions, Hudson House, The Tripel, Los Angeles CA

TANYA HOLLAND RESTAURANT: Brown Sugar Kitchen and B-Side BBQ, Oakland CA

BEN JONES RESTAURANT: The Resort at Paws Up, Greenough MT

BETH & SUSAN HIGGINS RESTAURANT: Two Sisters Catering, Missoula MT

Limited tickets available. On sale now at chef2015.brownpapertickets.com and at the Independent (317 S. Orange St.) Sponsored by:

[C8] Missoula Independent • September 10–September 17, 2015

RENTALS APARTMENTS 1024 Stephens Ave. #1 2 bed/1 bath, central location, coin-ops, cat? $725. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1315 E. Broadway #2. 1 bed/1 bath, near University, coin-ops, pet? $625 Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1918 Scott St. “D”. 2 bed/1 bath, Northside, coin-ops, storage. $725 Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 2 bedroom, 1 bath, $650, Northside of Missoula, W/D hookups, fenced yard, off-street parking.

S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING Gatewest 728-7333 303 E. Spruce St. #1. 1 bed/1 bath, downtown, coin-ops on site $575. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 442 Washington St. 1 bed/1 bath, downtown, coin-ops on site, cat? $725 Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 Cannabis grow space+ Available now: bedroom 360sqft garden room (legal only; or weatherproofing) needs craft/work- room, + 1 bedroom for curing OR for living; has water/electric. Variable price. 2071171 NEW COMPLEX!! Near Southgate Mall, Studio, 1-2 bedrooms, $575bath, bed/2 3 $1,175/month, wood flooring, A/C, DW, new appliances, walk in closets, coin-op laundry, storage & off-street parking.

W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING Gatewest 728-7333

JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r d s NOW LEASING! Mullan Reserve Apartments Rugged yet refined. Secluded yet convenient.

Luxurious yet sustainable. Call for a free tour. 543-0060. 4000 Mullan Road. mullanreserveapartments.com

MOBILE HOMES Lolo RV Park. Spaces available to rent. W/S/G/Electric in$460/month. cluded.

406-273-6034 Lolo, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, shed, nice park. Water, sewer, garbage paid. No dogs. $710/mo. 406-544-9568 Lolo, nice park. Lot for single wide 16x80. Water, sewer No paid. garbage and dogs. $280/mo. 406-273-6034 Lot for single wide $260/mo. No pets. WSG paid.

On bus line near Milltown post office. 396-9100

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

COMMERCIAL 223 W. Front Street: ~1,000 square feet, By Caras Park & Carousel, Downtown, $1,250 per month. Garden City Property Management 549-6106

1016 Charlo St. #2. 2 bed/1 bath, Northside, W/D hookups, storage, small yard. $700. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

UTILITIES PAID Close to U & downtown

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MHA Management manages 7 properties throughout Missoula.

OUT OF TOWN 11270 Napton Way 1C. 3 bed/1 bath, Lolo, coin-ops on site $825. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

FIDELITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. Uncle Robert Ln #7

524 S. 5th St. E. “B”. 2 bed/1 bath, 2 blocks to U, W/D, all utilities included. $1000 Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

526 Hickory Street 1 Bed Apt. $595/month

House hunting downtown? Stop by the Missoula Farmer’s Market. N. Higgins by the XXX’s. Sat. 8am-12:30pm. missoulafarmersmarket.com.

Professional Property Management. Find Yourself at Home in the Missoula Rental Market with PPM. 1511 S Russell • (406) 721-8990 • www.professionalproperty.com

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ROOMMATES

3915 Buckley Place. 2 bed/1 bath, W/D hookups, single garage. $725. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

HOUSES

"Bar Hopping"--going from bar to bar.

1&2

Bedroom Apts FURNISHED, partially furnished or unfurnished

All properties are part of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program.

DUPLEXES

2012 36th St. 4 bed/2 bath, single garage, some recent updates. $1700. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE

WHO CARES? We do, in good times & bad... Auto; SR-22; Renters; Homeowners. JT Zinn Insurance. 406-549-8201. 321 SW Higgins. Find us on Facebook.

The Missoula Housing Authority complies with the Fair Housing Act and offers Reasonable Accommodations to persons with Disabilities.

1235 34th St. • Missoula (406) 549-4113 missoulahousing.org

7000

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Uncle Robert Lane 2 Bed Apt. $725/month fidelityproperty.com

No Initial Application Fee Residential Rentals Professional Office & Retail Leasing 30 years in Call for Current Listings & Services Missoula Email: gatewest@montana.com

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“Let us tend your den” Since 1995, where tenants and landlords call home.

715 Kensington Ave., Suite 25B 542-2060• grizzlypm.com

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Property Management

ACROSS

1 Call it quits 5 Sobs loudly 10 Some barn dwellers 14 Jai ___ (fast court game) 15 Out of season, maybe 16 "Ain't happenin'!"

17 How to enter an Olympicsized pool of Cap'n Crunch?

19 "Please, Mom?" 20 "Naughty, naughty!" noise 21 First substitute on a basketball bench 23 Public Enemy #1?

25 That boy there 26 Art follower?

29 Safe dessert?

30 Slangy goodbyes 33 Biceps builders 35 Greek sandwiches 37 "Ode ___ Nightingale" 38 Zagreb's country 40 Letter recipients 42 Altar agreement 43 New York and Los Angeles, e.g.

45 Grimy deposits 46 GQ units 48 Abbr. in a help-wanted ad 50 After-school production, maybe 51 Calif. time zone 52 Post outpost?

54 Like ignored advice, at first?

57 Chilean Literature Nobelist 61 Margaret Mitchell mansion 62 Milky Way and Mars, for instance?

64 Home theater component, maybe 65 Guy's part 66 "American Dad!" dad 67 "That's ___ for you to say!"

68 Sign of some March births 69 Edamame beans

Last week’s solution

DOWN

1 True statement 2 Arena cheers 3 Carefree diversion 4 Fountain drink option 5 Pack on the muscl 6 "... ___ a bag of chips" 7 Irish coffee ingredient 8 Beside oneself 9 X-ray ___ (back-of-comic-book glasses) 10 "That looks like it stings!"

11 Mallet to use on the "Press Your Luck" villain?

12 The moon, to poets 13 Knee-to-ankle area 18 Pokemon protagonist 22 College composition 24 "Exploding" 26 M minus CCXCIV ... OK, I'm not that mean, it equals 706 27 Italian bread?

28 Sister channel to the Baltimore Ravens Network?

30 Groundskeeper's buy 31 Heart's main line 32 Full of spunk 34 Neighbor of Tampa, Fla. 36 Watch again 39 Google : Android :: Apple : ___ 41 Higher-ups 44 Resident of Iran's capital 47 SEAL's branch 49 Club proprietors 52 Become narrower 53 Common Market abbr.

54 "Am ___ only one?"

55 Zilch 56 It is, in Ixtapa 58 Golden Rule preposition 59 "Saving Private Ryan" event 60 Author Rand and anyone whose parents were brave enough to name their kids after that author, for two 63 "Take This Job and Shove It" composer David Allan ___ ©2015 Jonesin’ Crosswords

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SERVICES Natural Housebuilders & Terry Davenport Design, Inc.

IMPROVEMENT

Building Survivalist Homes, Sustainably, Off Grid. www.faswall.com, www.naturalhousebuilder.net.

Ph: 406-369-0940 & 406-642-6863

Natural Housebuilders and Terry Davenport Design, Inc. Building net zero energy custom homes. 369-0940 or 6426863 www.naturalhousebuilder.net

LARRY’S

Remodeling? Look to Hoyt Homes, Inc, Qualified, Experienced, Green Building

REAL ESTATE Professional, Certified Lead Renovator.

Hoythomes.com or 728-5642

REAL ESTATE Downsizing • New mortgage options • Housing options for 55+ or 62+ • Life estates. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 7282621. www.clarkforkrealty.com

GREEN CLEAN Tough on dirt, gentle on earth.

Lic/Ins/Work Comp Free Estimates

406-215-1207

HOMES FOR SALE 10955 Cedar Ridge. Loft bedroom, 1 bath on 20+ acres with guest house & sauna near Blue Mountain Recreation Area. $289,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 13705 Harper’s Bridge. 3 bed, 1.5 bath cabin on 4.99 acres near Clark Fork River. $349,900.

Pat McCormick, Properties 2000.

240-7653 pat@properties 000.com 2 Bdr, 1 Bath, North Missoula home. $165,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call

Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 223 West Kent. 3 bed, 2 bath near Rose Park. Perfect for gardeners. $292,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000.

240-7653 pat@properties 2000.com 2233 West Kent. Low-maintenance 2 bed, 1 bath with unfinished basement & patio. $147,500, Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 2615 Woodland. 3 bed, 3 bath ranch-style on almost 1/2 acre in Upper Rattlesnake. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 5465816. annierealtor@gmail.com

360 Stone. 3 bed, 3 bath with 2 bed, 1 bath addition and 3 car garage. $362,500.

Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate.

546-5816 annierealtor@ gmail.com 3839 Duncan Drive. Prairie style 3 bed, 2.5 bath in Upper Rattlesnake. $725,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, South Hills home. $205,000. BHHSMT Properties.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 515 Cooley. Northside 2 bed, 1 bath with double garage across from park & community gardens. $264,500. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula.

239-8350 shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 5442 Prospect Drive. 4 bed, 3 bath in Grant Creek with lower level, deck & double garage.

Next to open space. $369,900.

Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula. 239-8350 shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 615 Overlook. Modern 3 bed, 2.5 bath with open floor plan, loft, balcony and double garage. $335,000. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Montana 239-8350 shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 706 Hiberta. 2 bed, 1 bath one

[C10] Missoula Independent • September 10–September 17, 2015

one +/- acre in Orchard Homes. $215,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 863 Discovery. 2 bed, 1 bath in East Missoula with lower level & double garage. $189,500.

Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270 glasgow@ montana.com 909 Rodgers. At $149,900 this three bedroom, one bath house on the Northside is going to make someone a very nice home! Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com www.movemontana.com 9250 Sharptail, East Missoula. 3 bed, 2 bath with walk-out basement. Huge yard & mountain views. $199,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 7288270 glasgow@montana.com 9755 Horseback Ridge. 3 bed, 3 bath on 5 acres with MIssion Mountain & Missoula Valley views. $385,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com Are your housing needs changing? We can help you explore your options. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 728-2621. www.clarkforkrealty.com Buying or selling homes? Let me help you Find Your Way Home.

REAL ESTATE Please contact me, David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM East Base of Mount Jumbo 970 Discovery. Awesome 3 bedroom East Missoula home in a great ‘hood with gorgeous views! $190,000 KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com House hunting downtown? Stop by the Missoula Farmer’s Market. N. Higgins by the XXX’s. Sat. 8am-12:30pm. Tuesday 5:30-7:00. missoulafarmersmarket.com. Find us on Facebook.

If you’ve been thinking of selling your home now is the time. The local inventory is relatively low and good houses are selling quickly. Let me help you Find Your Way Home. Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM Interested in real estate? Successfully helping buyers and sellers.

Please contact me, David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM Lewis & Clark Neighborhood 631 Pattee Creek Drive. Across from Splash, wonderful, spacious, light, beautiful Lewis & Clark area home. Over 3300 s.f. of living space. $340,000. KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com Natural Housebuilders & Terry Davenport Design, Inc.. Building Survivalist Homes, Sustainably, Off Grid. www.faswall.com, www.naturalhousebuilder.net. Ph: 406-3690940 & 406-642-6863.

CONDOS 2004 Silver Tip Clusters. 4 bed, 4 bath in gated Circle H Ranch.

Backed by conservation easement land. $675,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@ gmail.com Burns Street Condo 1400 Burns #16. Burns Street Commons is a very special place to call home and this three bedroom upper level unit offers spacious, convenient, and beautiful living space. $160,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

$150,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.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 LOWER RATTLESNAKE LAND FOR SALE- NHN RAYMOND.62 ACRES. Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME

SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM Missoula Lot 310 Sussex.

Residential Lot in a very desirable neighborhood, close to the University, downtown, bike trails and more! 6,000 square foot, ready to build. $137,500. KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. 40.69 acres with 2 creeks & Mission Mountain views. $199,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 2398350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. Approximately 11 acre building lot with Mission Mountain views. $86,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com NHN Rock Creek Road. 20 acres bordered on north by Five Valleys Land Trust. Direct access to Clark Fork River. $149,900.

Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com NHN Roundup. Two 20 acre, unzoned, bare land parcels. $3,000,000. Anne Jablonski,

Uptown Flats #210. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Missoula’s Northside. $149,000.

Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats #303. Top floor unit looks out to the “M” and includes all the wonderful amenities that The Uptown Flats offers. $159,710. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546.5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats #306. 1 bed, 1 bath corner unit on top floor with deck & community room. $155,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 annierealtor@gmail.com

LAND FOR SALE 18 acre building lot with incredible views. Lolo, Sleeman Creek.

Affordable Homes 863 Discovery Way, East Missoula $189,500

Sale Pending

Real Estate. NW Montana. Tungstenholdings.com. (406)2933714 “There once was an agent named Dave/Whose clients they all would rave. He’ll show you a house/loved by both you and your spouse. Both your time and money he’ll save.” Tony and Marcia Bacino. Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM We’re not only here to sell real estate, we’re your full service senior home specialists. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway.

(406) 7282621. www.clarkforkrealty.com WHO CARES? We do, in good times & bad... Auto; SR-22; Renters; Homeowners. JT Zinn Insurance. 406-549-8201. 321 SW Higgins. Find us on Facebook.

Wonderful Westside 407 Nora. Recently updated Westside/Downtown living. Close to Draught Works. $275,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

Sweet & bright 2 bed, 1 bath with fenced backyard full of perennials & tiered garden beds. Unfinished but insulated lower level plumbed for second bath with egress window. Double garage & AC. For location and more info, view these and other properties at:

www.rochelleglasgow.com

Missoula Properties

Rochelle Glasgow

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

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REAL ESTATE

36453 BERTHOUD ROAD $190,000 Unique opportunity on 20 acres in Potomac with large oversize insulated shop/garage.

Home is under construction with finished living area in lower level.

Contact Vickie at 544-0799 for more information.

Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Old Indian Trail. Ask Anne about exciting UNZONED parcels near Grant Creek. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com

6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Alberton area home on 20 acres on Petty Creek. $465,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696,

or visit... www.mindypalmer.com 5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Florence area home on 3.2 acres. $449,500.

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

OUT OF TOWN

$385,000 9755 Horseback Ridge

15520 Mill Creek, Frenchtown.

High-end 5 bed, 3.5 bath with 3 car garage. Basketball court & gym. Fantastic views. $675,000.

Pat McCormick, Properties 2000.

240-7653 pat@properties 2000.com

3 bed, 3 bath on 5 acres with Tremendous Views & 2 car garage.

3 Bdr, 2.5 Bath, Frenchtown home. $367,500. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Nine Mile Valley home on 12.3 acres. $350,000.

BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-

[C12] Missoula Independent • September 10–September 17, 2015

EQUITY LOANS ON NONOWNER OCCUPIED MONTANA REAL ESTATE. We also buy Notes & Mortgages. Call Creative Finance & Investments @ 406-721-1444 or visit www.creative-finance.com

#112 luxury living in 1224 sq ft main unit with two patios, two carports, two storage units and a unique master suite with walk-in dressing room and two baths

Vacations for Life. 2 bedroom timeshare. Must sacrifice. Own in Las Vegas, use anywhere worldwide. Awesome week! Use anytime. Paid $15,000. Widow asking only $3800! (406)2618066

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville Home. $209,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

Lolo Acre 5565 Brady Lane, Lolo. An acre with a view, large shop/garage; beautiful setting. $170,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

THE UPTOWN FLATS

VACATION

2 Bdr, 1 Bath, Stevensville home. $159,000. BHHSMT Properties.

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

FINANCIAL

www.mindypalmer.com

Pat McCormick Real Estate Broker Real Estate With Real Experience

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

Properties2000.com

2015 Best Real Estate Agent

Anne Jablonski Broker

546-5816

PORTICO REAL ESTATE

www.movemontana.com