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Oscar, a raven, keeps George Kornec company, and Kornec feeds him baloney and bread. Freddy the chipmunk visits, as does a pine squirrel that likes peanut butter so much that Kornec named him Skippy. Kornec names just about all Cover photo by Alex Sakariassen the critters. Kornec, who might just be one of the last hermits in Montana, lives with his best friend. Spunky is a 13-year-old collie with a knotty white mane and a hoarse, muffled bark, as if he smokes. But that would be Kornec, who lights his filterless Liggett Selects one after another. Kornec is a life-long miner. He’s lived alone here for decades, on his small mining claim in the mountains between Lincoln and Rogers Pass, about 100 miles east of Missoula, purposefully unencumbered. “I’m content up here in my private little world,” he says ..........................................................................................................................14

News Letters Should cyclists get tickets? Should streaking be a sex offense?......................4 The Week in Review Bullock runs, phone are cut, and more...................................6 Briefs Montana jobless, ranchers challenged, pot petitions get Hancocks ................6 Etc. Missoula’s new quality of life cop says this ain’t Mayberry ..................................7 Up Front Dogs at Animal Control wait longer for forever homes..............................8 Up Front A Polson couple makes cheese with a grant and solar power ....................9 Ochenski Does anyone in D.C. have a real plan to save our butts? ........................10 Writers on the Range Montana gets creative with its borders.................................11 Agenda Artini: Facetime, a benefit for the Missoula Art Museum.............................12

Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan The making and jarring of salsa ....................................................19 Happiest Hour The Rhino.........................................................................................20 8 Days a Week And the buck shall lie down with the foxes ....................................22 Mountain High The Mad Mudder, at Marshall Mountain ........................................29 Scope Roger Hedder and Greg Johnson’s theater collaboration..............................30 Noise Hillstomp, John Prine, Cobra Skulls, The Pack A.D ........................................31 Books Joe Henry tries and fails to write intelligible fiction......................................32 Film Another Earth offers a pleasingly small, sad tale ..............................................33 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films ...................................................34

Exclusives Street Talk....................................................................................................................4 In Other News...........................................................................................................13 Classifieds ................................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess................................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrolog y .................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle....................................................................................................C-7 This Modern World ...............................................................................................C-11 PUBLISHER Lynne Foland EDITOR Robert Meyerowitz PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Joe Weston CIRCULATION & BUSINESS MANAGER Adrian Vatoussis ARTS EDITOR Erika Fredrickson ASSOCIATE EDITOR Matthew Frank PHOTO EDITOR Chad Harder CALENDAR EDITOR Molly Laich STAFF REPORTERS Jessica Mayrer, Alex Sakariassen CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Skylar Browning COPY EDITOR David Loos ART DIRECTOR Kou Moua PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Jenn Stewart, Jonathan Marquis ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Carolyn Bartlett ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Chris Melton, Sasha Perrin, Alecia Goff, Rhonda Urbanski, Steven Kirst SENIOR CLASSIFIED REPRESENTATIVE Tami Johnson CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Jon Baker MARKETING & ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Tara Shisler FRONT DESK Lorie Rustvold CONTRIBUTORS Ari LeVaux, George Ochenski, Nick Davis, Andy Smetanka, Jay Stevens, Dave Loos, Ednor Therriault, Ali Gadbow, Azita Osanloo, Cathrine L. Walters, Anne Medley, Jesse Froehling

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Asked Saturday, Sept. 10 outside UM’s Washington-Grizzly Stadium during the pre-game tailgate party

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Stop. Yes, you. Missoula has a quality of life police officer. What do police do to improve your quality of life? Follow-up: If we were redesigning police uniforms, what would you have them wear?

Misti Snell: The police have taught me a couple of lessons—quite a few times—and I had to learn the hard way. They keep the streets of Missoula safe, especially with all of these drunk weirdos running around. Accessorize, accessorize, accessorize: They should wear something sexy. I’d prefer nothing on but the holster.

John Presser: Missoula cops need to stop all the drunks from fighting at night. I was at the Press Box and got stalked by some drunk guy when I left to go to Albertsons. We had a little altercation, but no punches were thrown. Me and my friends were ready to take him. Over-exposed: They would definitely be required to wear short shorts, just like Lt. Jim Dangle from “Reno 911.” Aviators and mustaches would also be a requirement—for both men and women. Katie Condon: The cops do nothing to improve my quality of life. I’ve gotten so many MIPs and have felt so judged by the cops here in Missoula. The chief is my homie, though. Missoula cops should try to be more like him. He rolls around on his Segway like a boss. Horsin’ around: They should be riding horses, so actually, fuck the Segways. If a horse were chasing me down, I’d be scared as shit. If a Segway chased me, I’d just walk away. Trevor Currie: Hey man, can you put my name as “Yellow Chicken” if this goes in the Indy? I honestly get terrified of cops, even if I’m not doing anything wrong. It’s even worse when I’m “DTPing.” That means daytime partying. Man… chop the po. Heavy package: They’d have to wear rainbow spandex that are way too tight, so when they pull you over you can be like, ‘Really, dude, I can’t take you seriously.’ Respect for a ticket should be directly proportionate to package size. Russell Gilbertson: As long as they don’t bust me when I’m drunk in public at 12 in the afternoon at a Griz game, or just in general, they’re cool with me. They also help NWA stay classy. Gunslinger: I’d put them in Chippendale dancer outfits with “Police” written in Sharpie across their chest. They should also have to wear banana hammocks. Then I’d never have to worry about cops again. It’d be hard to give someone a citation when you look like a hooker.

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Last Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, at about 10 a.m., I was enjoying the new bike lanes on 5th Street and Maurice Avenue when a breeze of air and the sound of a scooter caused me to look over my right shoulder and notice the flashing lights of Missoula Police. Believing the scooter was headed ahead of me to pull over some other vehicle in violation of the traffic laws, I stayed near the edge of the road. The lights did not pass, though, and it wasn’t long before I realized I was the offending vehicle. I stopped my bike, still in disbelief that I had somehow violated a law, and waited for the officer to give me a lecture on wearing a helmet. When he explained that I ran at least two stop signs, I was sure it was a joke. Which stop signs? I hadn’t seen a person or vehicle in two blocks. Should a biker who doesn’t come to a complete stop at a stop sign where there are no cars or people present be punished? After a long exchange with the officer (including a conversation about why I didn’t have any form of ID on me; yes, you need to carry your driver’s license when riding your bike), I became informed. Bicyclists are subject to motor vehicle laws. Apparently there have been complaints about bicyclists not obeying traffic signs and signals. It wasn’t long into my conversation with the officer when another officer on a scooter pulled up behind us. The presence of this second officer and the fact that the first officer had clearly been waiting for me or some other unsuspecting cyclist gave me the feeling that we bikers were being trapped. The officer who wrote my ticket urged me to “tell my friends” about this incident to spread awareness and hopefully change the predominant view that cyclists are somehow not subject to traffic laws. When I got home and told my roommate, she noted that one of her friends had just posted on Facebook about getting a ticket on his bike. I’m writing this letter to inform the bicycle community, so Missoulians can avoid similar experiences. Rather than find some half-day that I happen to have free, pack up my 13-month-old and wait around at the courthouse to pay some unknown sum, I would like to have read about this new enforcement in an email from the university, blurb in the local paper, or flyer on campus.

I am grateful that Missoula is invested in protecting its pedestrians, but I can’t help but feel like I was trapped, and wonder if targeting bicyclists in this manner is really just. Police should not disproportionately target non-motorized vehicles at empty intersections. And if I earned a nickel for every car I’ve watched roll through stop signs or driver I’ve seen texting, I probably wouldn’t be putting so much energy into fighting this ticket, even if I am guilty. If we are serious about protecting pedestrians and bicyclists, might I suggest targeting those vehicles that not only cause serious harm, but knowingly violate traffic laws? Claire Igoe Missoula

“Which stop signs? I hadn’t seen a person or vehicle in two blocks. Should a biker who doesn’t come to a complete stop at a stop sign where there are no cars or people present be punished?” Not cute I heard with disgust that an 19-yearold man (not a boy, not a child, not a kid) decided to get drunk and streak naked across the University of Montana football field this past Saturday in front of 26,000 fans who included young children and non-drunk humans. As the mother of two UM graduates, and having been nearly killed by a drunk driver when I was 26, I urge the Missoula Police Department to charge this young man with a felony crime. An example

Correction: In “Forgetting Mary Jane,” Sept. 1, 2010, we incorrectly stated the year in which medical marijuana became legal in Montana. The citizen-initiated Medical Marijuana Act passed in 2004. needs to be set that underage drinking and nakedness in front of a crowd filled with men, women and children will not be tolerated. Furthermore, this young man should be permanently expelled from the University of Montana and not given a second chance. I further think that the Missoula Police Department should charge him with child abuse for streaking in front of so many small children who did not understand what was happening. He was not cute. He was not clever. He was not entertaining. He was a drunk young man who needs to be shown the door out of the University of Montana. Period. No liberal namby-pamby and wimpy response to this man is in order. He must be charged with a sex offense and listed as a sex offender if convicted. UM President Royce Engstrom needs to discuss this publicly and put everyone at Griz games on notice that this sort of behavior will not be tolerated, ever. I quit attending games because of the excessive number of people who drink and then get into cars, trucks and RVs and drive on our streets. Should UM be liable for allowing people to drink and drive on game days? What happens if one of those people gets in a car and kills someone? A drunk driver nearly killed me on Labor Day in 1978. I spent years in and out of hospitals and physical therapy offices and continue to have permanent and constant pain in my neck and back, thanks to a man who was drunk and high on marijuana and hit me head-on going 85 mph. I would later become one of the founders of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, in 1982. Please do the right thing and don’t put this brat into counseling so he can do this again. Get rid of him. Make his parents come and get him and take him back where he came from to think about his crime. Place serious charges against him that give him a few felonies. Do this for your children and grandchildren and everyone who has to live with this idiot. Susan Campbell Reneau Missoula

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Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock, 45, announces his candidacy for governor, becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee. His goal, he says in his first campaign video, is “to make Montana the last best place, not just for postcards, but for people, too.”

• Thursday, September 8 The Missoula City-County Health Department announces that due to area wildfires, air quality in Missoula is teetering between “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups” and downright “Unhealthy.” The department recommends that residents limit heavy or prolonged exertion and time spent outdoors.

• Friday, September 9 U.S. Sen. Max Baucus calls on Congress to end the ban on U.S. horse slaughterhouses, citing a government study that says the horsemeat processing industry has moved to Canada and Mexico. “We have an opportunity here to do the right thing for our farmers and ranchers while improving the welfare of horses,” Baucus contends.

• Saturday, September 10 Rebounding from its lopsided loss to the Tennessee Volunteers, the University of Montana Grizzlies football team comes on strong in the second half of its home opener at Washington-Grizzly Stadium to beat the Cal Poly Mustangs 37-23.

• Sunday, September 11 Sunday Streets Missoula, which aims to make the city more pedestrian and bicycle friendly, shuts down several blocks of North Higgins to vehicles and opens it to a lunch-hour kids dance party, fencing lessons and the ever-popular sidewalk and street chalk-drawing.

• Monday, September 12 A contractor working near Victor cuts a fiber optic line, triggering a phone outage from Stevensville to Darby. The outage also disrupts internet service and prompts Ravalli County to reroute emergency phone calls to the Missoula 911 Call Center. Service remains down for eight hours.

• Tuesday, September 13 Missoula International Airport closes at 9 a.m. for 36 hours to commercial and private air travel. The closure comes as crews repave a runway intersection and widen a taxiway in an effort to ensure MSO can accomodate any size airplane and expedite commercial aircraft traffic.

University of Montana student Daniel Thew, 19, drew rowdy cheers as well as disorderly conduct and minor in possession charges for streaking naked before 26,000 football fans at Washington-Grizzly Stadium, Saturday, Sept. 10.

Jobs Western Montana lags The persistent pains of unemployment led President Obama to introduce his American Jobs Act last week. The president spoke of sparking job creation and motivating businesses to hire veterans and unemployed workers. He called for passage of the bill “right away,” reflecting the immediacy of a problem facing many Montanans right now. Western Montana’s job market is lagging. The area continues to bear some of the highest unemployment rates in the state. Its key industries— wood products and construction—are showing little to no signs of recovery. In July, the Department of Labor and Industry estimated the state’s unemployment rate at 7.7 percent. Sanders County came out at the bottom of the list with an unemployment rate of 14.8 percent; Missoula, Flathead and Ravalli counties hovered near or above the state average. “That portion of the state is certainly the portion that has been harmed worst in this recession,” says state senior economist Barbara Wagner. “They started to experience job losses the earliest…and they have been slower to recover.” Obama hopes to get the long-term unem-

ployed back to work, but he isn’t getting any help. According to the National Employment Law Project, a host of employment ads excluding unemployed applicants have popped up on websites such as Monster.com and Indeed.com since last summer. Among the employers requiring that applicants “must be currently employed” were Allstate Insurance, an Italian restaurant chain in Chicago and the University of Arizona. “NELP’s snapshot of jobs postings identified more than 150 ads that included exclusions based on current employment status,” the organization’s August report states, “including 125 ads that identified specific companies by name.” The Indy found no such discrimination in job ads in Montana. Wagner has not noted the trend. But the exclusionary practice is completely legal in this and most other states. The Fair Employment Act of 2011—introduced in Congress this July—seeks to change that, as does the president’s American Jobs Act. Wagner recognizes some signs of recovery in Montana. She says the healthcare industry has experienced job gains throughout the recession, and portions of eastern Montana are experiencing growth due to increased oil and natural gas development. Western Montana, however, continues to

demonstrate the problems spurring politicians to negotiate a fix—if there is one. Alex Sakariassen

Fort Missoula No walk in the park How a planned riverside park at Fort Missoula will shape up remains unclear after an Aug. 30 mediation intended to resolve disputes between the construction company Knife River and city, county and state representatives failed to yield a compromise. “We’ll have to litigate it,” says Missoula Deputy County Attorney James McCubbin. The litigation includes Knife River, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and Missoula County, follows a discussion that dates back to 2002, when JTL Group Inc., now owned by Knife River, agreed to give its Fort Missoula property to Missoula’s parks system in 2012. Based on that agreement, the city incorporated Knife River’s property as a cornerstone of the Fort Missoula Master Plan, which calls for the creation of a 246-acre multiuse park. Boat docks, a playground and riverfront trails are slated for the site. “It would just be amazing,” says Missoula Parks and Recreation Director Donna Gaukler

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But according to the DEQ, which regulates gravel mining, Knife River has significantly outgrown the 33 acres it’s permitted to mine. The operation now covers 86.5 acres, meaning there is less land and larger ponds—the remnants of mining—than the city anticipated. Prompted by an inquiry from the city, DEQ asked Knife River in 2009 to amend its mining permit to account for the larger operation. In order to do so, Knife River must first get Missoula County to sign off on a zoning permit. The county says it can’t, because current regulations forbid gravel mining in residential neighborhoods. Knife River filed suit against DEQ last year, arguing that a reclamation plan in place since the mid-’70s serves as a valid permit. In a complaint amended this summer that now includes the county as a defendant, Knife River argues that because the operation has been in place since before the county enacted restrictions on open-cut mining in residential neighborhoods, the operations should be grandfathered in. In response, DEQ is now asking a judge to force the company to stop excavating on the land. McCubbin says the county is poised to follow suit. President of Knife River’s Montana and Wyoming operations Dave Zinke says previous operators expanded beyond the original 33 acres years ago, and he doesn’t understand why the DEQ and the county are pressing the issue just before the company is readying to clear out. “We’re trying to do something good with the property,” he says. “And the whole thing has just blown up in our faces.” Jessica Mayrer

Marijuana A hurdle too high There’s good news and bad news for the state’s medical marijuana patients and providers. The good news is that petitioners have gathered more than 30,000 signatures to place a referendum of Senate Bill 423—the Montana Legislature’s measure severely restricting the medical marijuana industry—on the ballot in November 2012. That’s more than the required 24,337 signatures due by Sept. 30, though county election offices haven’t verified all of them. The bad news is that petitioners have all but given up on the effort to have SB 423 suspended until voters weigh in. That requires as many as 43,247 signatures, and they must come from at least 15 percent of voters in each of at least 51 of the legislative representative districts, meaning a number of

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the 30,000 signatures already collected likely wouldn’t count toward the total. Rose Habib, of the petitioning group Patients for Reform—Not Repeal, says she and fellow marijuana advocates are “pleased that we’re able to show the legislators that they are not representing what the voters want,” but considers it “tragic” that SB 423 will stay on the books until next November. That’s not necessarily the case. The Montana

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Cannabis Industry Association continues its legal challenge to the constitutionality of SB 423. In late June, District Judge James Reynolds issued a preliminary injunction, blocking parts of SB 423 from going into effect. The Montana Attorney General has since appealed the ruling to the Montana Supreme Court. Missoula attorney Chris Lindsey, who specializes in marijuana cases, expects the MTCIA to cross appeal, challenging SB 423’s severability clause, which says that if any portion of the law is deemed unconstitutional, the rest remains law. “If you find enough problems with SB 423, does it make sense to even call it a law anymore?” Lindsey asks. “So the potential is there for the Supreme Court to have enough issues with SB 423 that the entire thing is suspended. It’s another route back to I-148”—the vaguely-written citizen initiative that created the Medical Marijuana Act in 2004. With MTCIA’s case far from being settled, it appears the state’s medical marijuana laws will remain in flux until next November—and perhaps long after, if Montana voters reject SB 423. Lindsey warns patients and caregivers that, in the meantime, the legal landscape is “something of a minefield.” Matthew Frank

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Ranching Times get tougher Roughly 75 farmers and ranchers gathered in Dillon Sept. 12 to discuss a proposal from the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation to more than double grazing lease fees on state land. According to one attendee’s assessment, ranchers’ cynicism was universal. “Their feelings was, if it’s going to double, we’ll just go rent private ground and let the state have their ground,” says Harris Wheat. “I think [the DNRC] is in for a real wreck.” The DNRC’s proposal would up minimum lease bids from $6.23 to $12.88 per animal unit month—a measure based on the amount of forage consumed by a 1,000-pound beef cow in a month. The State Land Board first pitched the increase this summer, hinging its finding on a recent third-party study into fair market value for grazing leases. Nicole Rolf of the Montana Farm Bureau Federation believes the increase could prove devastating to stockgrowers statewide, especially in western Montana where urban development is making grazing land scarce. The DNRC has an estimated 8,500 active leases. The proposal would significantly hike costs for many ranchers who are already paying for fencing, weed control and irrigation on leased state land. “We’re operating on fairly thin margins as it is,” Rolf says. “We need to be able to budget ahead for any kinds of price changes.” DNRC Director Mary Sexton argues that if her department doesn’t consider fair market value in its lease fees, the state could be sued for violating statute. Grazing is the largest single use of school trust lands in Montana, generating roughly $6.4 million in revenue for public schools last year. The proposed increase could raise as much as $5.2 million in additional revenue in 2012. Staggering the increase to lessen the impact on stockgrowers could be an option, Sexton says. But the state did that with cabin leases on state land in recent years and was subsequently sued. The DNRC is encouraging ranchers to suggest alternative proposals. Rolf says if the state does comply with the statute, the increase will likely drive some leaseholders to rent from private landowners. That would leave state land idle, Wheat says, eliminating revenues. “All the guys I talked to [on Sept. 12]—and some of them are big old ranchers—said they just can’t afford it. If the state’s going to double it, they can just have their land back.” The land board will make a final decision in November. Alex Sakariassen

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Total payments for unused vacation time doled out to the Montana Department of Transportation’s top five employees last year, potentially in violation of state law.

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When we got wind that Missoula Police had hired a new quality of life officer to resolve disputes between neighbors irked by things like loud parties, cluttered yards and barking dogs, we envisioned a cop cruising the Garden City’s tree-lined streets lulling loud canines with bacon strips and handing out Klonopin to overly enthusiastic co-eds. It turns out that Sgt. Dustin Delridge doesn’t use meat or pharmaceuticals to sooth conflicts. He’s more like a mobile counselor, without a prescription pad. Envision Mayberry’s Andy Taylor but without the hokey accent. “Really, I just let people talk,” Delridge says. “They either realize that the problem wasn’t that big to begin with or they made it bigger than it really is.” Delridge, a 15-year MPD veteran, was well aware when he took the job that locals sometimes take trivial gripes and blow them up into full-on drag-out disputes. One example of minutiae made big handed down by Delridge’s predecessor came from a woman who complained to police that she could hear her neighbor’s kids emit bodily functions. “She could hear them fart,” Delridge says. Though Delridge is only a couple of weeks into his quality of life gig, he’s already tallied a couple of his own stories worthy of making him popular at cocktail parties. For example, he says that one individual actually photographed dog poop to prove their case against a nuisance canine. Another Missoula resident chucked a chunk of rotten chicken into a neighbor’s yard to sicken and, therefore, quiet a barking dog. “It always seems like there’s a dog involved one way or the other,” Delridge says. Not all of the complaints Delridge fields are dog and bodily function-related. The 39-year-old, who once wanted to be a teacher, also supervises school resource officers and works to quell a range of additional community grievances like people peeved about adjacent properties overrun with stained linens and miniature ceramic trinkets, that host perennial garage sales. Regardless of the gripe or who’s expressing it, Delridge works to sooth bad feelings. He’s a big guy who wears a uniform and carries a gun, but he speaks quietly and seems to actually enjoy listening to others. He points out that there’s something to be said for living in a place that strives to achieve a quality of life that’s comfortable for everyone. “We’re never going to be Mayberry,” he says, “but we want to deal with these Mayberry issues.”

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Kennel crazy Missoula Animal Control sends out an SOS by Jessica Mayrer

A pink-collared pit bull named Lucy and a small Chihuahua-cross named Huey push their noses through snout-sized holes in the chain-link gates that confine them at Missoula Animal Control. Small and large dogs emit high and low pitched barks of excitement when alerted to a visitor on a warm day late last week. A partially blind, 2year-old brown-and-black Shar-Pei with a wrinkled face missing patches of fur stands out in the chaos. He lies quietly on the cement floor next to his silver food bowl, his brown eyes glued to the floor. Missoula Animal Control’s Elaine Sehnert says that it’s not all that unusual for dogs that are separated from their owners to fall into a funk. “There’s a grieving process.” The Shar-Pei’s owner was incarcerated in early August, forcing the animal, along with three other dogs, to go homeless. The quiet canine is a relatively new arrival compared to Humphrey, a white hound with red spots on his ears and chest. Tightly wound, Humphrey appears eager to get out of his kennel, drooling and jumping up on his hind legs. Sehnert says the display is natural in light of the fact that Humphrey’s lived in his cement and chain link kennel since May 23, when Animal Control found him wandering the South Hills. Since then, he’s earned the unfortunate distinction of being the longest canine shelter resident. “He’s just active,” Sehnert says. Sehnert has worked for the shelter for 17 years. Despite the time she’s spent watching abused, neglected and abandoned animals come and go, she’s far from thick skinned—she can’t help but become emotionally invested in the dogs. She’s gleeful when one of her charges is adopted into a new home. And she’s rooting for Humphrey. The hound doesn’t yet exhibit the extreme behaviors that can develop in shelter old-timers, such as constant circling in their kennels and incessant barking. “We call it going kennel crazy,” Sehnert says. Sehnert doesn’t like to see dogs linger at the shelter, something that’s happening more frequently these days, says Animal Control Supervisor Ed Franceschina: “It’s been historically, continually packed.” Adoption rates are waning. Of the 582 dogs admitted into Animal Control this year, 379 of were returned to their owners and 160 were adopted. That pencils out to a 78 percent adoption rate for dogs, a number lower than averages seen during the past two years. That reality is clearly difficult for dogs. It’s also tough for Animal Control. As a taxpayer-funded agency responsible for providing shelter for lost and homeless animals, it’s legally mandated to keep kennel

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space open for emergency surrenders. However, a steady stream of new arrivals coupled with the fact that old-timers like Humphrey are lingering has made keeping kennels open virtually impossible. The shelter euthanized three dogs two weeks ago in order to make room for more. One of the dogs put down, via an intravenous injection administered by a veterinarian, was a Chow mix named Toby. He wasn’t a bad dog, Sehnert says. He was just anxious after being adopted from the shelter and again returned by his owners.

that are sick and injured—than many of its peers. According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, approximately 5 million to 7 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year. Of that, approximately 60 percent of the dogs and 70 percent of the cats are euthanized. That number seems large. But it’s probably accurate, says Lora O’ Connor, director of the nonprofit Humane Society. The Humane Society of Western Montana operates independently from Animal Control,

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Humphrey, found wandering in the South Hills, has been at Missoula Animal Control since May 23.

“He was such a nice dog,” Sehnert says. “It just broke our heart.” Sehnert says dogs like Toby are adoptable. It’s a matter of finding the right person for them. That’s why Animal Control Shelter Attendant Erin Horner two weeks ago launched the “Save Our Strays Campaign,” aiming to lure more people to the Butler Creek Road facility. Horner hopes to increase the shelter’s visibility and the odds that an animal like Humphrey will find a home. She says her SOS is already triggering an uptick in adoptions. “Things were pretty bad,” she explains. “We were going to put down a lot more dogs than [three].” Missoula Animal Control likes to consider itself a “seldom-kill” shelter, Sehnert says. The agency has no fixed rule governing when it’s time to put adoptable animals down. The Missoula shelter actually euthanizes fewer animals—less than 1 percent of the total admitted this year, including those

though it frequently helps the shelter place animals. “We took six (animals) last week,” O’Connor says. The Humane Society has resources like professional training and foster care programs that help bolster adoption rates, O’Connor says. However, perhaps because the economy continues to linger in the doldrums, even the Humane Society is seeing fewer animals find new families. Its adoption rate slipped from 98 percent last year to 97 percent this year. “We’re always full,” O’Connor says. As for Sehnert, on this warm day last week, she was pleased to see one dog leave the shelter. The relief didn’t last long. Two dogs showed up immediately to take its place. “There we are,” she says. “We’re back where we started.” jmayrer@missoulanews.com

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Among the many cheese descriptors, helping them acquire some of the vats and Essential Oils received $15,000. Ten Spoon there’s sharp, stinky, and squeaky. Now add other equipment on the creamery floor. Winery was awarded a $28,000 grant to Wendi says the grant saved them from hav- expand its vineyard by 2.5 acres so it can solar-pasteurized to the list. In Polson, the Flathead Lake Cheese ing to take out a loan. “It was nice because produce more of its Ranger Rider and St. Co.’s new, bright-yellow building stands it’s supportive, and it helps you to under- Pepin wines. “We’re like most other downtown. Atop it are 140 solar tubes that stand and believe that you’re going in the businesses in Montana,” says Ten Spoon co-owner Andy Sponseller. “We’ve had to harness heat and concentrate it in the right direction.” The Growth Through Agriculture pro- really tighten things up to keep going, and creamery’s 300-gallon steel tank, achieving temperatures approaching 200 degrees. gram, partly funded by coal severance dol- we also felt that we needed to expand our The heat will help husband-and-wife lars, has awarded grants and loans to ag- businesses a little bit to be able to make a cheese-making entrepreneurs Joe and based businesses in Montana for almost 25 paycheck off of it.” Wendi Arnold pasteurize milk, making the fledgling company not only one of the few creameries in Montana, but among the first in the country to solarpasteurize. “We like the teaching aspect,” says Wendi, standing inside the creamery beside a cluster of instruments and wires that connect the solar tubes to the tank. “This is a way to draw more people, not just for cheese but for the whole solar, green [element].” Two years ago the Photo by Matthew Frank Arnolds began building the creamery behind Wendi and Joe Arnold are using solar heat to make cheese. their home in Polson, about a block from the shore of Flathead years. It’s intended to “give that shot in the Up in Polson, the Arnolds are in disLake. Now they’re a couple of pieces of arm to these folks who might not be able to cussions with Flathead-area dairymen equipment and a few months away from find financing anywhere else, especially about supplying the creamery with milk. ramping up production of their artisanal now with the lending climate,” says Collin They’re hoping to start out at 300 gallons cheeses and selling them in stores and Watters, chief of the Agriculture Marketing a week, which equates to about 300 restaurants across western Montana and, Bureau, which oversees GTA. pounds of cheese. Wendi says they could But the program is giving fewer shots increase production well beyond that, but they hope, beyond. Their signature cheese will be a bleu called “Blu Malou.” Its logo, these days than in years past. The 2009 leg- they want to keep the operation smalldepicting Wendi astride a blue dairy cow islature cut the budgets of GTA and other scale and seasonal. She says bleu cheese swinging a lasso, also emblazons the front economic development programs by 50 turns out better in winter because of dairy of the creamery. The Arnolds will make percent. GTA’s annual budget dropped from cows’ cold-season diet of dry grasses and washed-rind cheeses as well, such as gouda, $1.25 million to $625,000, halving the 40 to grains, while gouda is better in the sumand feta. “We’re trying to train everybody to 60 grants it used to give out every year. mer. They’re also looking toward phase have [feta] be their everyday go-to cheese, Watters calls the cuts “a rude awakening.” two of their new building, which involves “We’re really feeling those cuts now, a demonstration kitchen on the creaminstead of that gummy cheddar stuff that but we’re still able to do some really good ery’s second floor and photovoltaic panels isn’t really even cheddar,” Wendi explains. The Arnolds, who moved from Arizona work,” he says. “It’s basically one of those outside. to Polson full-time in 2004, say they’re bet- things where everybody’s got to tighten In the creamery’s basement, the storting most of their retirement savings that belts. The money that we have available for age area is largely empty, save for a few the combination of Joe’s Wisconsin roots, grants and loans is still going to be used wheels of cheese coated with wax. But it their love of cheese and cheese-making, and really, really well—it’s just that we won’t be won’t be for long. Montanans’ appetite for conscientiously able to do as much as we used to.” “There are only three cheese makers in A few Missoula-area businesses are the state,” Wendi says, “so whoever you talk produced cheese made from local milk will among the recent beneficiaries of the to, you say, ‘I’m a Montana cheese maker’ combine to make a viable business. Earlier this year, they received valida- grants, which require the recipients to and they want to buy it before you even give tion in the form of a $38,000 grant through match the amount. ’em a piece of cheese.” the Montana Department of Agriculture’s Wustner Brothers Honey received Growth Through Agriculture program, $10,000. Rocky Mountain Lavender and mfrank@missoulanews.com

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When Congress returned from their time in the witless protection program— their summer break—it seemed a sure thing they would get the message delivered by the latest polls. Namely, even though Barack Obama is at the lowest approval rating of his presidency, he’s still pulling more than twice the approval rating of Congress. Neither Obama nor Congress have anything to beat their chests about, nor do they have any assurance that they will be returned to their plush lives in Washington after the 2012 elections. But for some reason, they don’t seem to care. Nothing illustrates it better than last week’s job speech by Obama and the dead-on-arrival reception it’s receiving from clueless Republicans. Obama knows he’s in trouble. Being a man of considerable oratory powers, he turned to his strongest suit–giving a speech. This time, though, he was going for the Big Enchilada in front of a joint session of Congress where the eyes and ears of the nation would surely be focused on him. Unfortunately, a pattern with which we are all becoming far too familiar immediately repeated itself. Obama said he’d give his speech on Wednesday. Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner decided otherwise. Nope, Boehner told Obama, we can’t have all those senators running around on the House floor and besides, we’re too busy on Wednesday with the presidential debate to listen to you. If you want to talk to us, you can do it on Thursday. So Obama caved and agreed to speak on Thursday, knowing full well that his speech would then compete with the opening of the NFL season and that a significant portion of his potential audience would rather watch monstrously huge men smash into each other than waste another minute watching Congress and the president do the same thing verbally. To make a long speech much shorter, Obama rolled out an ambitious $447 billion “plan” that promised jobs rebuilding America’s infrastructure from roads to schools. According to the president, the plan would be paid for through a combination of closing tax loopholes and eliminating federal subsidies for certain industries while raising taxes on wealthy individuals and tossing some crumbs to the proletariat in the form of continuing the minimal payroll tax cuts enacted earlier. To add a sense of urgency to an already dire situation, Obama told Congress they had to imme-

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diately enact his program, proclaiming, “The only thing stopping it is politics.” I’ll give the president credit for being absolutely correct about the politics. But then again, that’s what certain political watchers would refer to as a firm grasp of the obvious. Congress listened, but it really wasn’t until this week that the Republican leadership actually began to talk. “All he’s

I’ll give the president credit for being absolutely correct about the politics. But then again, that’s what certain political watchers would refer to as a firm grasp of the obvious.

really doing is just proposing a hodgepodge of retread ideas aimed at convincing people that a temporary fix is really permanent and that it will create permanent jobs—and then daring Republicans to vote against it,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters this week, adding, “Well, I think most people see through all this.” The “retread ideas” McConnell is talking about come from the fact that there was really nothing new in Obama’s plan. We’ve already tried using federal “stimulus” funds to create jobs and spent hundreds of billions of taxpayer (and borrowed) money to do it. But as last week’s grim job report noted, with 312 million people in what was once the greatest economic powerhouse on the planet, the net gain for American jobs in August was zero. Not one. Even worse, although we also spent

hundreds of billions bailing out private corporations such as Bank of America because they were declared “too big to fail,” the result of that publicly funded largesse is becoming distressingly clear. Depending on whose numbers you use, Bank of America received between $45 and $97 billion in federal bailout funds. Yet this week it announced a workforce reduction of 40,000 jobs, aiming for $5 billion a year in savings. Now there’s some gratitude to “the little people” for funding their bailout. So the Republicans say no to more stimulus spending. But that’s not all. They’ve said and continue to say no to Obama’s plans for raising revenue to pay for additional stimulus efforts. They’re not going to raise taxes on the wealthiest among us. They’re not going to close tax “loopholes” and they’re unlikely to end subsidies for some of their biggest corporate campaign contributors, like the oil and gas industry. If anything, they’ll take whatever tax reductions Obama has in his plan and tell him to stuff the rest. Now, it would be wonderful if all this Republican negativism was countered by their plan for getting America out of the ditch into which Wall Street’s speculative greed drove us. But they don’t have one. In fact, whatever semblance of a plan the Republicans have put forward has one thing in common with Obama’s plan: we’ve seen it all before. More tax breaks for already wealthy businesses and individuals, more reductions in environmental regulations, more cuts to help for the poor, and more privatization of government functions—nothing new there, and, like Obama’s suggestions, it’s all been tried before and failed to produce results. To boil it down, all we’re getting is what we’ve already seen. Obama offered nothing new in his jobs speech and the Republicans have already rejected it. And the Republicans are offering nothing new in their “plan”—nor anything that makes sense—and it, too, is likely headed for the trash bin. So here’s the burning question: Who’s fooling who in this so-called debate? The answer, unfortunately, is no one. The conclusion is shamefully obvious. Washington’s partisans continue to fiddle as our once-great nation burns. Helena’s George Ochenski rattles the cage of the political establishment as a political analyst for the Independent. Contact Ochenski at opinion@missoulanews.com.

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We’ll take Yellowstone Ad campaign: misleading or shrewd?

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Montana has been lauded this year for its tourism campaign, which consists largely of plastering photos, buffalo-sized and beautiful, on things that are decidedly not beautiful: buses in New York City, trains in Chicago. This spring, the American Marketing Association awarded the Bozeman company that developed the campaign an “Effie”—“Effie” being short for effective. Even higher praise came in July, when a New York Times story used the ad campaign as a counterpoint to Washington state’s decision to de-fund its tourism department. As Montana pushes hard with its tourism campaign and Washington pulls out, the article suggested, the Big Sky Country is in prime position to take over more of the Northwest tourism market. “Even I want to go to Montana,” one Washington tourism official bemoaned to the Times reporter. Somehow lost or unnoticed in all the excitement is an interesting fact: Some of those stunning photographs used to lure the smog-weary to Montana aren’t of Montana at all. Rather, they are pictures of Wyoming. This struck me as I rode an “L” commuter train in Chicago and gazed at the unearthly teals and burnt oranges of a Yellowstone thermal spring and read the only text accompanying it—www.visitmt.com. Montana can lay claim to a few strips of Yellowstone National Park, but to visit that steaming pool you’d have to mosey into the Cowboy State. Granted, with three entrances to Yellowstone, Montana has always taken a healthy portion of the tourism dollars generated by the nation’s first national park. Last July, for example, park figures show just over 200,000 people visited Yellowstone via Montana, compared to about 119,000 from Wyoming. To be fair, other ads posted around the Windy City called Montana the gateway to Yellowstone. Still, other advertisements, like the one on the commuter train, weren’t

so explanatory, and either way it’s hard to imagine other states getting away with such a liberal interpretation of its borders. Imagine a picture of the Grand Canyon with the words “Visit Nevada” slapped across the top, perhaps with a disclaimer that the national park is “Just a mule ride away!” Or, vice versa, a picture of Las Vegas

Somehow lost or unnoticed in all the excitement is an interesting fact: Some of those stunning photographs used to lure the smog-weary to Montana aren’t of Montana at all. Rather, they are pictures of Wyoming. to lure folks to Arizona. I doubt New Yorkers would stand for New Jersey using pictures of the Statue of Liberty for the latest Garden State tourism campaign. And, you have to feel for Wyoming. By housing the vast majority of that vast park, it was handed millions of acres of nontaxable land that nary a cow or oil rig can touch. Not only that, it’s proven to be a breeding ground for the average Wyoming politician’s own Axis of Evil: wolves, grizzly bears and brucellosis.

And now, as Montana prepares to allow the hunting of 220 wolves while Wyoming is forced to keep its trigger-lock on until 2012, Montana claims the park for its own—and gets national praise for doing so. Asked to comment on whether the Montana Tourism Office putting up pictures of Wyoming up around the country stuck in his craw, one Wyoming tourism official demurred. After all, they are probably used to it. Even Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer has fudged Montana’s borders—while talking to the leader of the free world, no less. When President Barack Obama visited Belgrade in 2009, before traveling with his family to Yellowstone, Schweitzer told Obama to hold his daughters tight when Old Faithful erupted. “Hold them close because you will never forget the feeling that you have when their eyes get as big as saucers seeing the majesty of God at work in Big Sky Country,” he told the president. Last I checked, unless you were talking college football, Big Sky Country was code for Montana. This has the makings for a border war. But it’s not like Wyoming couldn’t wrangle its own Effie. Unlike Washington, it still has a tourism budget. It also has a lot to brag about: Along with Yellowstone, it has the beautiful Grand Teton National Park to market, the stunning Devil’s Tower and swank Jackson Hole. And if any lesson can be learned from Montana’s ad campaign, it’s that there is no harm in expanding horizons. After all, Newcastle, Wyo., is about a dozen miles away from the Black Hills National Forest and about an hour’s drive from most of the attractions therein. Come to Wyoming. Experience Mount Rushmore. Daniel Person is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He writes in Jackson, Wyoming.

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The good people of The Missoula Art Museum are always up to something, and such is the case with this Thursday’s benefit and auction. They’re calling it Artini: Facetime. Ten artists will go on the auction block, which sounds like some horrible human trafficking injustice but I’m sure the artists have consented and it’s all in good fun. If you win, they’ll paint a portrait of you. I can’t help but think of all the things that have gone wrong for people, historically, once they’re immortalized in paint. Remember that episode of “The Sopranos” where Tony has a portrait done of himself next to a horse? It starts off fine, but then he begins to project horrifying truths about himself on the painting, and the horror stands for some other issue in the episode; the details escape me. And then of course there’s The Picture of Dorian

Gray, the consequences of which should be well known. Actually, I think I might have gotten the details wrong. What’s being offered is a “personalized commissioned portrait,” and that could be of anything, right? Just have them paint you a sailboat, and then you won’t have to confront your own mortality. Everybody wins. —Molly Laich

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Experts from Montana and beyond are gathering at UM for a 3-day Public Land Law Conference, Sept. 14–16 in the University Center. Visit publiclandlawreview. Free. Littlebear is pleased to present, The Challenges of Native American Bilingualism in the American Education System, 4 PM in the Law Building, Rm. 101 on the UM Campus. Free. For one glorious, 3-hour frenzied moment, Bethel Baptist Church is hosting a Clothes Closet Free for All where new and used clothing is free for the whole family, 4–7 PM, 1601 S. 6th St. W. Is anybody in this town up for discussing marijuana in a measured, reasoned way? If so, come out for a talk called Marijuana: Miracle Cure or Toxic Drug with professor George, 7 PM at the Press Box, 835 E. broadway. secularmissoula.org. free. Fight the power/give peace a chance at the Fall 2011 Peace & Justice Film Series, which brings you a new rabble rousing film every Thu. This week see Bullshit in the UC Theater at the UM University Center starting at 7 PM. Donation based and open to the public. Get schooled by William J. Novak at his lecture, The Constitution and the Myth of the Weak American State, 7:30 PM in the Gallagher Business Building, Rm. 123 on the UM Campus as part of constitution day. Free.

This Thursday, Sept. 15, 10 artists will put their services on the auction block to create a personalized commissioned portrait for the winning bidder, as part of Artini: Facetime, a benefit for the Missoula Art Museum, 5:30–9 PM, 335 N. Pattee St. Visit missoulaartmuseum.org.

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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20 If you’re grieving the loss of a pet, take comfort at the Pet Bereavement Group which meets the third Tue. of each month at 21st Century Homeopathy, 813 1st. St. in Hamilton at 6:30 PM. Call 370-0699. YWCA Missoula, 1130 W. Broadway, hosts YWCA Support Groups for women every Tue. from 6:30–8 PM. An American Indian-led talking circle is also available, along with age-appropriate children’s groups. Free. Call 543-6691.

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CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - Two men wearing heavy makeup, women’s clothing and wigs held up a Denver jewelry store at gunpoint, forcing the owners to unlock display cases. They then stuffed the jewelry in garbage bags and fled. Sonny’s Rocks owners Mark Allen and Mike Nedler told police the stolen items were mostly display samples that are worthless outside the store. (Denver’s KCNC-TV) Thieves broke into a British museum in Hertfordshire and used a large hammer to pry loose two rhinoceros horns from taxidermy displays. The stolen horns would have been worth about $400,000, Natural History Museum officials said, only the displays were resin replicas with no financial value. (BBC News) JOIN THE NUCLEAR CLUB - Swedish authorities arrested Richard Handl, 31, for trying to split atoms in his kitchen. Handl, who is unemployed, explained he bought the radioactive elements radium, americium and uranium on the internet from Germany and tried setting up a nuclear reactor at home in Angelholm. After causing a small meltdown on his stove, Handl contacted Sweden’s Radiation Authority to make sure his experiments were legal. Police were dispatched immediately. Handl stated he was just “curious” about splitting atoms but admitted his plan was “crazy.” (Britain’s The Telegraph) WALK THIS WAY - Surveillance video at a pet shop in Mesa, Ariz., showed Eric Fiegel, 22, stealing several snakes, including baby boa constrictors, by stuffing them down his pants and walking out. Police said Fiegel went to another pet store and traded some of the snakes for $175 and a large reptile tank. (Phoenix’s The Arizona Republic)

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HONESTY NOT THE BEST POLICY - When Willie David Rice, 45, appeared in federal court to answer charges that he guarded a brothel in Oakland Park, Fla., U.S. District Judge William Dimitrouleas asked Rice his occupation. “Criminal,” Rice answered. Explaining he’s never had legitimate employment, he pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon (South Florida’s Sun Sentinel) Michael Andes, 29, called police in Shelton, Conn., around 2 a.m. to report illegally parking his car in a handicapped parking spot on purpose because police don’t enforce parking laws. He placed 15 more calls over the next few minutes, each time berating the dispatcher about the lack of enforcement. When officers arrived and found the illegally parked vehicle, they said Andes approached them yelling and screaming about the lack of enforcement. When he refused their order to calm down, they shot him with a Taser and arrested him. He was charged with breach of peace and interfering with an officer. Police also issued him a ticket for parking in a handicapped space without a permit. (The Hartford Courant) MOTHER TUCKERS - The California Senate passed a bill that would require hotels to use fitted sheets. Noting scores of housekeepers suffer back injuries each year lifting heavy mattresses to replace and tuck in flat sheets, the bill’s author, state Sen. Kevin De Leon, declared the measure, which would also require hotels to provide maids with special tools so they can clean bathrooms without having to stoop or get down on their hands and knees, would be the first law of its kind in the nation. “My mother was a housekeeper,” De Leon explained, “and worked herself to the bone.” (Los Angeles Times) BIG-BANG THEORIES - Police in Gainesville, Fla., reported that a 36-year-old woman tried to wake up her boyfriend by lighting a firecracker she was holding and tossing it out the front door, thinking the noise from the explosion would do the trick. Instead, the device exploded in her hand, tearing off three fingers. Police said the blast was so powerful they found one piece of bone embedded in the ceiling. (The Gainesville Sun) Construction worker James Huff, 38, found what he thought was a homemade firecracker at a job site in Owensboro, Ind., and lit it. Construction manager Ted Lolley described the ensuing explosion as “huge” and said it seriously injured Huff’s hands. Police official Marion Cossgrove explained the device appeared to have been a commercially made firework. (Evansville’s WEHT-TV) ON TRACK FOR HEALING - The latest medical treatment in Indonesia involves as many as 50 people a day lying on railroad tracks outside Jakarta, Indonesia, believing that the electrical current from the tracks will cure them of various ailments. Patients scramble to safety when a train approaches, then resume their position the minute it passes. “I’ll keep doing this until I’m completely cured” of diabetes, Sri Mulyati, 50, said, twitching visibly as an oncoming passenger train sent an extra rush of current racing through her body. Train-track therapy began after a rumor spread that a partially paralyzed stroke victim lay on the tracks to commit suicide but instead found himself cured. Accelerating the trend has been the failure of the state-sponsored health system since the 1998 ouster of longtime dictator Suharto, according to Marius Widjajarta, chair of the Indonesian Health Consumers Empowerment Foundation. Hoping to discourage the practice, police and the state-run railroad company erected a warning sign threatening penalties of up to three months in prison or fines of $1,800. 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scar, a raven, keeps George Kornec company, and Kornec feeds him baloney and bread. Freddy the chipmunk visits, as does a pine squirrel that likes peanut butter so much that Kornec named him Skippy. Kornec names just about all the critters. Steller’s jays congregate around the big wooden birdfeeder outside his door. Hummingbirds zip around a feeder beneath his eaves. Occasionally a mountain lion lies under the back of Kornec’s old red pickup, and bears come to pilfer birdseed. Kornec insists the best way to shoo away bears, by the way, is with a broom: “They’re scared to death of a damn broom,” he says. Kornec, who might just be one of the last hermits in Montana, lives with

20-somethings in a white pickup conducting road surveys for the Forest Service had gotten turned around and found themselves on Kornec’s claim; we’d left Kornec’s gate, with a big “Road Closed” sign on it, open. “I guess our maps are a little off,” the driver said. “Maybe you can help us. Do you know these roads very well?” “Real well,” Kornec replied.

Mayor of the Mike Horse Kornec has a wiry build, slick, silvery hair and glassy blue eyes. He’s often profane. He calls himself ornery, and sometimes that’s true, as when he derides the state and federal governments’ multimillion-dollar reclamation of the Mike Horse Dam, which is unfolding right below his

mining claim. He says it’s “a mixed-up mess.” But mostly Kornec exudes the carefree air of a new retiree, even though he still mines for precious metals and his friends and family describe him as the toughest, hardest-working person they know. He has a quick smile and an easy, gravelly laugh. He speaks with a drawl and swallows laboredly between thoughts. He tells jokes like a grandfather, which he is; when he goes to the bathroom he says he has to go to the “little girls room” or “water the daisies.” Kornec calls himself “a young buck,” although he turned 79 at the end of August. He refers to Lincoln (pop. 1,013) as “Lincoln America,” as if it has a mining legacy akin to Butte’s. When he lit a cigarette once in his kitchen, he

chuckled and said, “I guess it’s all right if I smoke, eh?” He says his mother was a shirttail relation of Carroll O’Connor, who played Archie Bunker on “All In The Family”— “That’s probably where I get my line of bull. I fuckin’ inherited it.” He doesn’t drink. “The only bad vice I got is cigarettes, and I enjoy the hell out of them. I know a lot of fillies, but I don’t have room in my world for a filly. I tried that twice and it didn’t work.” He was born in Wallace, Idaho. In the late 1930s, when he was four or five, his family went on a three-day journey in his father’s one-ton Model T truck. They relocated here, in the Heddleston Mining District, which the state calls the Upper Blackfoot Mining Complex, an

A RECLUSIVE MINER WAS LOOKING FOR GOLD. HE FOUND THE GOOD LIFE. by Matthew Frank his best friend. Spunky is a 13-year-old collie with a knotty white mane and a hoarse, muffled bark, as if he smokes. But that would be Kornec, who lights his filterless Liggett Selects one after another, often using a red Coors ashtray on his kitchen table. The laminate wood table looks like it was taken out of a bar, as do the three black vinyl chairs. A lantern and five or six flashlights sit on the table, because only a generator powers Kornec’s house. The walls are yellowed from smoke. A wood-burning stove stands in the corner. There’s a wooden radio and an old refrigerator, but no phone. The kitchen faucet connects to a hose that runs straight into Beartrap Creek. “I’ve drank it all my life and it hasn’t killed me yet,” Kornec says. Kornec is a lifelong miner. He’s lived alone here for decades, on his small mining claim in the mountains between Lincoln and Rogers Pass, about 100 miles east of Missoula, purposefully unencumbered. He’s one of the last small-time miners toiling in the mountains long after Montana’s mining boom busted. “I’m content up here in my private little world,” he says. Still, he gets visitors. When I first met him, back in March, I was tagging along with a Department of Environment Quality staffer who brought him chocolate-chip cookies. On a recent August visit, the propane man from Lincoln rumbled up the dirt road to top off Kornec’s tank. And then an old hunting buddy Kornec hadn’t seen in years popped in with his grandson to say hello and drop off a bag of birdseed. Earlier, a couple of

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The home of miner George Kornec is perched above the Mike Horse Mine. He’s lived in these mountains almost all of his life.

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area that holds the headwaters of the Blackfoot River. The family lived in a cabin. Kornec attended high school in Helena, returning to the Mike Horse area on weekends. Before finishing high school, he joined the Air Force, and later served a stint in the Army, a total of seven years in the military. He fought in the Korean War and tells of covert, latenight missions and trips into Manchuria and Russia. Between and after the military stints, Kornec worked in underground mines in Butte, Marysville, Helena and elsewhere in Montana—a total of seven or eight

sultant as the state works through the reclamation. “He truly is the history of that place,” she says, “and so few of those people remain.” Kornec is also among the few who know the origins of the name “Mike Horse”: In the late 1800s, a miner camped here, and in the morning he cooked bacon. A bear smelled it, Kornec explains, and lumbered into the camp, spooking the miner’s horse. When the horse took off, it kicked over rocks revealing chunks of lead. When the miner later staked his claim, he named it after his horse, Mike.

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Kornec still mines his claim in the mountains near Lincoln. This concentrate contains gold, silver, lead, zinc and a little osmium, he says.

mines, he says. ( When he recalls events, he’s fuzzy on the years; “a few years ago” could be 30.) He’s spent most of his life right here. He witnessed the Mike Horse Mine’s heyday, in the 1940s, when it employed more than 250 people; the blowout of the metals-laced Mike Horse Dam in 1975, which contaminated the Blackfoot watershed; and the legislature designating the area a state Superfund site in 1991. He’s often called “the mayor of the Mike Horse,” he points out. The DEQ staffer who brought him cookies, Shellie Haaland, an upper Blackfoot reclamation specialist, says Kornec has served as an unofficial con-

‘Nuggets you wouldn’t believe’ Inside Kornec’s front door there’s a white bucket. He tells me to remove the lid and stick my hand into the murky water. I dig up what I say feels like mud. Kornec cackles. “That’s concentrate.” He says it contains gold, silver, lead, zinc and a little osmium. Kornec and a business partner still mine Kornec’s claim. He doesn’t share many details of the small, exploratory operation because he doesn’t want a “big splash in the paper” and “crazies coming in and causing a whole bunch of problems”—especially with gold and silver prices at record highs. But he agrees to show it to me.

There’s not much to it, just a drift— a tunnel into the side of a mountain— and a couple of small buildings. Out of the locked-up drift flows a small stream of water, which, Kornec says, “is probably the best water in the whole Blackfoot Valley—they said in order to bring this water up to standards to drink in the big city, they would have to add pollution to it.” The buildings are framed with timbers taken from the forest. They house mucking machines, trammers, ore cars, slushers, drill cores and other equipment. Kornec says he has everything he needs to process metals into bars. He’s most eager to show me a concentrating table that he says is capable of separating microscopic metal particles. Later, inside his house, he’ll fire up his generator, plug in a VHS player and TV, and play an hour-long video about this Micron Mill Wave Table. It’s essentially a shallow tub of water that creates small waves, which separate metals by specific gravity, avoiding chemicals altogether. “The key thing is that we don’t want to get involved with acids or chemicals. We know how to do it, but if you can stay away from it, the better off you are…In the long run, I’m probably a better environmentalist than [most self-described environmentalists] will ever think of being, because I respect Mother Nature. I don’t believe in open-pit mining and tearing the mountain down. There are other ways to mine besides that.” Kornec is wary of claim jumpers. Years ago, he tells me as we stand 50 feet from the opening of the drift, he was helping a friend identify the pay streak on a claim near the Nevada Creek Dam, over the mountains southwest of Lincoln. One morning, he was working by himself out in the open when some “son of a bitch shot me from the edge of the clear-cut, right through the fucking hips.” He was seven or eight miles from civilization, he says. His friend and his friend’s two sons got Kornec onto a cot, into a camper and, eventually, to a hospital in Butte. He says he bled so much that doctors pumped 21 pints of plasma into him. They told Kornec he had to show them that he could move his feet, if only an inch, and if he couldn’t, they were going to cut off his legs. “And I said, ‘Bullshit! I come into this world with two of them and if I leave, I’m going to have ’em on there!’ That was the hardest thing I ever did in my life, to make those fuckers move just a little bit.” Bullet fragments remain in his body, he says; doctors X-rayed him after surgery and said he lit up like a Christmas tree. Kornec abruptly returns the conversation to the place where he was shot: “There were nuggets there you wouldn’t believe. Some of them were over three ounces, and you couldn’t drop them into a fucking pop can.” That was 40 or 50 years ago, he says; he’s not sure. He says it was aslo the last time he saw a doctor.

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Kornec, 79, is one of the last small-time miners toiling in the mountains long after Montana’s mining boom busted.

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“The only kind of medication I take is an Alka-Seltzer for a sour stomach. Very rarely do I take an aspirin or anything like that.” He attributes his good health to fresh air and clean water.

The view from above Kornec’s home, sided with weathered, blue corrugated steel, used to be American Smelting & Refining Co.’s office. He thinks it was built in 1939. Years later, after the building was abandoned, Kornec says he laid big timbers under the house, attached it to Lulu, and skidded it up the hill to its current location. (He doesn’t just name wildlife: Lulu is Kornec’s nickname for his Cat, the big, yellow tractor parked in front of his house.) Now the house is perched right above the Mike Horse tailings pond, among the last remaining structures in a district that once teemed with miners. The old Mike Horse town site is long gone. ASARCO operated the Mike Horse Mine from about 1945 to 1955. It would eventually lease the property to the Atlantic Richfield Co. in the ’60s. ASARCO built a tailings pond buttressed by an earthen dam. In June 1975, at the peak of the spring runoff, the Mike Horse Dam, itself partly constructed of tailings, blew out, washing 100,000 tons of fine-grain tailings laced with silver, gold, zinc, lead, cadmium, iron, copper and arsenic into Beartrap Creek and the upper Blackfoot River, devastating fish and other aquatic life for miles. In 2008, the state and feds announced a $37 million settlement with ASARCO

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Rocks on a bench outside Kornec’s home gleam with metals.

and Atlantic Richfield Co. to remove the Mike Horse Dam and the tailings behind it. The first step is to identify a place to bury the tailings somewhere in

the Blackfoot Watershed. That’s what Shellie Haaland has been working on. She says the DEQ and Forest Service will release an analysis of all the reposi-

tory options within a few weeks. A comment period will follow. Kornec was here that wet spring of ’75, and he says “everybody’s overblown the whole thing.” The entire damn didn’t wash away, he says, just a side channel. And he believes the tailings settled in wetlands before they reached far down the Blackfoot. As for the water in the dam being toxic, “that’s a bunch of garbage...kids used to swim in there. You wouldn’t have believed the size of the fish in there. Gee whiz.” In fact, Kornec says, ASARCO should have been praised for building the dam, because back then, most other mining companies dumped mine waste directly into creeks. He believes the tailings should be entombed right where there are. Millions shouldn’t be spent trying to truck them somewhere else. That’s just one of Kornec’s critiques of the Mike Horse reclamation. He thinks the state ought to hire more mining engineers. He also says it should run the tailings through a mill, as he believes the remaining metals would more than pay for the project. He pans the wide road the Forest Service recently built to access the dam, calling it “Amber’s thoroughfare,” after Amber Kamps, the Lincoln district ranger. “All they need is some blacktop and some lines on that sucker.” “I told ’em,” he says of the reclamation project, “‘As long as you keep it on that side of that gate, that’s your world down there. This over here, this is my world.’” Despite Kornec’s carping, Haaland says his freely shared knowledge of the

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Spunky is Kornec’s 13-year-old collie, the tamest of the animals who keep him company.

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The reclusive Kornec seldom leaves his property. “I’m content up here in my private little world,” he says.

area has proven invaluable. “There’s an adit that runs underneath the Blackfoot River,” she says, “and we never would have picked it up had George not told us about it—things like that. He’s just been great.”

marry some gal that wants to keep you under their thumb. They have a list on that ’frigerator of honey-dos that’ll last for six months. But if you want to go out and do your own thing, you have a hell of

time squeezing the short time in to do it. This way, I don’t have no female telling me what to do.” Quillin says Kornec’s lifestyle is “kind of like being a hermit.” “Hermit” is a loaded word around Lincoln, because this is where Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, holed up in a remote cabin. “Down there in Lincoln they got me nicknamed ‘the old mountain man,’” Kornec says. “Some say, ‘Well, don’t you have any girlfriends?’ And I say, ‘I’ve got so many mountain maidens running around out there you wouldn’t believe it.’” He’s typically in bed by 9 p.m. and up at daylight. When not mining, he says, he does mapping and other mineral work. He has more than 300 VHS tapes, mostly westerns, war movies, and outdoor films like Call of the Wild. He used to get four television channels before stations nationwide switched to a digital format two years ago; now he gets none. His radio picks up stations in Helena, Great Falls and Missoula. When he needs to make a phone call, he drives his truck down the road to the wastewater treatment plant below the dam—the plant that treats the polluted water still draining out of the mining complex before it pours into the upper Blackfoot. Jesse Cotton, the plant manager, says he sees Kornec at least once a week. Every two weeks or so, Kornec drives to Lincoln to pick up his mail and buy cigarettes and other supplies. “Lincoln ain’t Lincoln like it used to be,” he says. He remembers when there used to be wagon trails and only two bars, and big ponderosas all the way up and down the valley. “Down in Lincoln now, it’s just like the rest of the world moved in on it, and they brought all their garbage with them that they’re trying to run away from.”

Lincoln still has just one gas station. Winters up here can be brutal. Kornec says that years ago, the temperature reached 72 below zero on Rogers Pass. He says it wasn’t uncommon then to see 50 below. Lately, though, he says, winters have been relatively mild. During cold ones he’ll burn through up to 10 cords of wood. He had this coming winter’s supply already cut and stacked by the Fourth of July. He says people often ask him how he can live up here with no telephone or television. “And I say, ‘That’s the way I like it.’ I don’t have trains going by…and I don’t have horns honking and all that crap. “You stop and think that them people in the big cities, they spend fortunes just to come out here for a couple weeks to see what it’s like to get out of the rat race, you know? That’s why I don’t like it. When I hit the big city, I do what I have to do and get the hell out of it. That’s the way I am.” He loathes Missoula, partly because it’s a “big city,” partly because it’s an “environmental haven,” where, he says, college kids learn to protest things they don’t fully understand. He can’t remember the last time he traveled somewhere farther than Missoula. Bill Kornec, George’s nephew, lives in Lincoln. He says that in a family of miners, George is the only one still at it, and that it might pay off for him with precious metals prices climbing so high. In any case, he says, his uncle has already struck gold. “George is living a dream life as far as I’m concerned. He lives up there in that cabin, and he gets by just fine. And he’s happy and he doesn’t have a worry in the darn world. If I was single, that’s where I would be. I’d be up there with my uncle.” mfrank@missoulanews.com

‘That’s the way I like it’ Kornec was married twice, once for 14 years and again for 16 years. He had three daughters. Georgette Quillin, of Kornec’s first marriage, lives in East Helena. She hasn’t seen George in three or four years; her kids hardly know him. Another daughter, Denise, lives in Washington state. The last time I saw Kornec, he was expecting her and her husband and three boys to visit at the end of August. The other daughter died years ago in a car accident. Kornec has a brother in Butte and a half-brother in Helena. They visit “once in a great, great while,” he says. “That’s about it.” He says his marriages failed because his wives “liked the bright lights better than they did marriage.” His second wife lived here in the mountains for a while, and he says she mostly enjoyed it. He says he doesn’t regret the breakups. “Every man has his own thing that he would love to do in his lifetime, and most of them make the big mistake—they’ll Photo by Alex Sakariassen

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of peppers, two loads of onions, one load of carrots, half a load of garlic.” When the pot is close to full, mix the contents, turn on the heat, and bring it to a boil, stirring and scraping frequently to prevent scalding. While heating, add salt and pepper to taste. Be prepared to cough from the vaporizing capsicum. As soon as the mix hits a rolling boil, turn off the heat, ladle the salsa into hot sterilized jars, and screw on sterilized lids. The hot-packed jars will seal as they cool. Late summer is the ideal time to make salsa, because the supply of local salsa ingredients is at its high point. This translates into market pressure that’s valuable to understand. I’m not at all telling you to haggle with the growers at the farmers market. They work hard, with considerable risk and little margin, and they probably don’t want to help you practice the negotiating skills you picked up on the streets of Cancun. At farmers markets on this side of the border, attempts to bargain generally come off as obnoxious. That said, during harvest season there are deals to be made that can mutually benPhoto by Ari LeVaux efit both parties, especially as the market is one by weight. For 40 pounds of tomatoes, you’ll winding down for the day. When it becomes clear want 13-15 pounds of peppers, 10 large onions, that a farmer is going to have tomatoes left over, let him or her know you’re looking to go big. You might three pounds of carrots and six heads of garlic. High-acid canning tomatoes are ideal, and your want to start the bidding by asking, “How much for choice of peppers can include as many shapes, col- that whole box?” While some growers will take home leftovers to ors, sizes and flavors as you like. Roy uses jalapeños, bells, Anaheims, wax, and process themselves, others are so busy and overworked, any other fresh pepper he can get his hands on, plus with more tomatoes ripening on the vines, that crushed dried chile flakes, hand-crumbled dried their leftovers go to the compost pile. If you can whole chiles, a few habañeros, and for good measure identify these farmers, you should be able to arrive a can of Mexican-style pickled carrots and peppers, at terms beneficial to everyone. Such terms might all run through the processor. Those with little heat involve the delivery, at a future date, of a jar of tolerance can assemble a diverse collection of mild, homemade salsa. Roy likes to make plenty of extra jars to give away, sweet and flavorful varieties. Those who like it hot should remember to remove your gloves before once he’s confident the recipient can handle his heat. He may also suggest diluting the salsa, either with avousing the rest room. Mince your ingredients in the food processor, cado to make guacamole or with extra tomatoes. I leaving no chunks larger than a pea, and add the myself like to stir in a little mayo, arriving at a pinkish chopped loads to a large pot according to the follow- mixture I call “super salsa.” These are important tricks ing proportions: “Five loads of tomatoes, five loads to know, in case one of us gifts you a jar. summertime. Anyone can chop some fresh tomato, onion, cilantro and jalapeno, with little regard for proportion, and sprinkle with salt, pepper and lime juice, and it will taste good. Canning salsa requires exact proportions of precisely measured units. Roy’s unit of choice is the food processor load. He downplays the rigorous nature of his kitchen science, claiming, “I just throw some she-it in jars.” But the truth is that when the ingredients are assembled and it’s time to make salsa, Roy leaves little to chance. The ratio of tomato to pepper should be about one to one by uncut volume, which is about three to

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HAPPIESTHOUR The Rhino ungulates dot red-brick walls. What you’re drinking: A life-sized faux rhino head, The Rhino is a boozer’s paramighty tusk pointing at patrons dise. The cozy tavern has it all. lining the Rhino’s long woodIn addition to serving what’s en bar, serves as the tavern’s likely the Garden City’s best decorative centerpiece. scotch selection, seven types of gin, and bacon-infused vodka, Specials: Rotate daily. the Rhino offers 90 types of Pabst sells for $1.75 Mondays; beer, including Blackfoot IPA, 7 oz. beer tasters run $1.50 Rogue Smoke Ale and Bayern Tuesdays; Thursday is Pint Oktoberfest. It’s the beer selecNight, during which the Rhino tion that earns the Rhino the top spot in the Independent’s Photo by Jessica Mayrer offers rotating ale specials. (Last week’s Pint Night feareader’s poll year after year. We like the fact that the bar reinforces our drinking tured Stella Artois for $5.25). Pints of Montanahabits, too, awarding those capable of drinking brewed beer are $3.50 on Saturdays; Miller each of the 50 tap beers during an undefined High Life runs $1.75 on Sundays. “Every hour is period of time a T-shirt that says “There’s 50 happy here,” Hanks says. ways to love your liver.” What you’re doing: Playing shuffleboard Who you’re drinking with: The Rhino and shooting pool. Both are free on Sundays. hosts one of Missoula’s most eclectic crowds, How to find it: The Rhino sits at the corincluding fedora-topped hipsters in skinny jeans and college kids sporting Griz gear who ner of Ryman and Front streets. —Jessica Mayrer mingle among working folks wearing Carhartts and flannel. “It’s a good place for day drinking,” Happiest Hour celebrates western says Rhino bartender Anne Hanks. Montana watering holes. To recommend a Ambiance: The bar’s decor pays homage bar, bartender, or beverage for Happiest Hour, to its namesake. Faded photos of thick-skinned e-mail editor@missoulanews.com.

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while we cook dinner for you. Brooks and Browns is the most peaceful patio in town. 200 S. Pattee Street, just off the Atrium at The Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula.

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Hunter Bay Coffee and Sandwich Bar First Interstate Center • 101 East Front St hunterbay.com • 800.805.2263 Missoula’s local roaster since 1991 - now open downtown in the First Interstate Center! Stop by for hand-crafted gourmet coffees and espressos plus madefrom-scratch , healthy sandwiches and soups. Enjoy the sunshine from our patio! Free Wi-Fi and Free Parking in the upper deck lot. Open Monday through Saturday.

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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. $$-$$$

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Iza Asian Restaurant 529 S. Higgins Ave. • 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com All our menu items are made from scratch, featuring dishes from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Nepal, and Malaysia. Extensive tea menu. Missoula's Original Bubble Teas. Beer, Wine and Sake available. Join us in our Asian themed dining room for a wonderful IZA experience. Jazz Wednesdays starting at 7pm. Lunch 11:30-3:00, Happy Hour 3-6, Dinner 5 - 10. Late night happy hour 9-10pm. $-$$ Jakers 3515 Brooks St. • www.jakers.com Every occasion is a celebration at Jakers. Enjoy our two for one Happy Hour throughout the week in a fun, casual atmosphere. Hungry? Try our hand cut steaks, small plate menu and our vegetarian & gluten free entrees. For reservations or take out call 721-1312. $$-$$$

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Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West • 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche. Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $ The Mustard Seed Asian Café Southgate Mall • 542-7333 Contemporary Asian Cuisine served in our all-new bistro atmosphere. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combined from Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences to appeal to American palates. Full menu available in our non-smoking bar. Fresh daily desserts, microbrews, fine wines & signature drinks. Takeout & delivery available. $$-$$$

SA WAD DEE 221 W. Broadway • 543-9966 Sa-Wa-Dee offers traditional Thai cuisine in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Choose from a selection of five Thai curries, Pad Thai, delicious Thai soups, and an assortment of tantalizing entrees. Featuring fresh ingredients and authentic Thai flavors-no MSG! See for yourself why Thai food is a deliciously different change from other Asian cuisines. Now serving Beer and Wine! $-$$ Sean Kelly's Empire Grill 130 W. Pine St. • 542-1471 Located in the heart of downtown. Open for lunch & dinner. Featuring brunch Saturday & Sunday from 11-2pm. Serving international & Irish pub fare. Full bar, beer, wine , martinis. $-$$ The Shack Restaurant & Catering 222 W. Main • 549-9903 Voted Best Breakfast in Missoula again and again, a Missoula favorite since 1949. Extended summer hours all day from the time the rooster crows til the cows come home. Tues.-Sun. 7am - 9pm, Mon. 7am-3pm. Fine wine & beer selection, weekly specials. Sidewalk dining in good weather. See our complete breakfast, lunch and dinner menu online at www.theshackcafe.com. The Sunrise Saloon & Casino 1100 block of Strand • 728-1559 Every day is a great day at the Sunrise Saloon! Enjoy two happy hours daily, plus daily drink specials. Wednesday is Ladies night. Missoula's only dedicated country bar with live country music Thursday Saturday. Play our liberal machines while enjoying great entertainment and friendly service. 21+ only. Open daily 8 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. NOT JUST SUSHI Sushi Hana Downtown offering a new idea for your dining experience. Meat, poultry, vegetables and grain are a large part of Japanese cuisine. We also love our fried comfort food too. Open 7 days a week for Lunch and Dinner. Corner of Pine & Higgins. 549-7979. $$–$$$ Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins • 327-8929 Stop in when you’re in the neighborhood. We'll do our best to treat you right. Home of the Famous Fish Taco. Crowned Missoulas best lunch for under $6. Mon-Sat. 11-10 Sun. 12-9. Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 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.

Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. • 543-3188 Don’t feel like cooking? Pick up some fried chicken, made to order sandwiches, fresh deli salads, & sliced meats and cheeses. Or mix and match items from our hot case. Need some dessert with that? Our bakery makes cookies, cakes, and brownies that are ready when you are. $-$$

Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Drive 549-8703 • www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$

Paul’s Pancake Parlor 2305 Brooks • 728-9071 (Tremper’s Shopping Center) Check out our home cooked lunch and dinner specials or try one of 17 varieties of pancakes. Our famous breakfast is served all day! Monday is all you can eat spaghetti for $8.50. Wednesday is turkey night with all of the trimmings for $7.75. Eat in or take-out. M-F 6am-7pm, Sat/Sun 7am-4pm. $–$$. Pearl Café 231 E. Front St. • 541-0231 Country French specialties, bison, elk, trout, fresh fish daily, delicious salads and appetizers. Breads and desserts baked in house. Three course bistro menu with wine $30, Tues. Wed. Thurs. nights, November through March. Extensive wine list, 18 wines by the glass, local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the warm and inviting dining areas. Go to our website Pearlcafe.us to check out nightly specials and bistro menus, make reservations or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$

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Red Robin 2901 Brooks Street • 830-3170 www.redrobin.com Half the price, twice the fun! Halfy Hour at the Southgate Mall Red Robin®! Half price bar drinks Monday – Friday, 4-6 p.m. and Monday – Saturday, 9-10 p.m. Enjoy a drink with one of our insanely delicious Gourmet Burgers, Bottomless Steak Fries. Or, snack on one of our shareable starters with friends! $-$$

Oil & Vinegar Southgate Mall • 549-7800 Mon.-Sat. 10:00 AM-9:00 PM Sun. 11:00 AM-6:00 PM. With a visit to Oil & Vinegar, you will discover an international selection of over 40 estate-produced oils & vinegars suspended in glass amphora-shaped containers on a dramatic backlit wall. Guests can sample the varieties and select from various shapes & sizes of bottles to have filled with an “on-tap” product of choice.

Paradise Falls 3621 Brooks St. • 728-3228 paradisefallsmissoula.com We’re the place for all things Griz! Tailgate with us and catch a ride to and from every home football game! Join us every Tuesday for the Coaches Show, broadcast live at 6pm. Chat with the coaches and have a pound and a pitcher for $12! $-$$

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Pita Pit 130 North Higgins Avenue 541-PITA (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!

Uptown Diner 120 N. Higgins • 542-2449 Step into the past at this 50's style downtown diner. Breakfast is served all day. Daily Lunch Specials. All Soups, including our famous Tomato Soup, are made from scratch. Voted best milkshakes in Missoula for 14 straight years. Great Food, Great Service, Great Fun!! Sun Wed 8-3pm, Thurs - Sat 8-8pm $-$$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming • 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$ YoWaffle Yogurt 216 W. Main St. • 543-6072 (Between Thai Spicy and The Shack) www.yowaffleyogurt.com YoWaffle is a self-serve frozen yogurt and Belgian waffle eatery that offers 10 continuously changing flavors of yogurt, over 60 toppings, as well as gluten free cones and waffles, coffee and a selection of cold beverages. Indoor and Outdoor seating. Free WiFi and frequent shopper punch cards. Build it your “weigh” at 42 cents per oz. for most items. Open 7 days a week. Sun-Thurs 11 AM to 11 PM, Fri 11 AM to 12 AM, Sat. 10 AM to 12 AM. Facebook.

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Vineyard + Winery at 5 PM, 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. Visit tenspoon.com. Free. See paintings, not soap operas when the Dana Gallery presents The Young and the Restless, 5:30–8 PM, with work by Caleb M e y e r, Fr a n c i s S w i t z e r, A M Stockhill and Dudley Dana. 246 N. Higgins Ave. Ten artists go up on the auction block to create a personalized portrait of the winning bidder at Artini: Facetime, a benefit for the Missoula Art Museum, 5:30–9 PM, 335 N. Pattee St. (See Agenda in this issue.) Joan Zen knows jazz, 6–8:30 PM at Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton. Free.

Americana flowing freely when he plays with a rotating cast of friends this and every other Thu. at the Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., at 10 PM. Free. Things have changed and so can you! Check out Dead Hipster Dance Party at its new location: Sean Kelly’s. Party starts at 10 PM, and oh lordy, there are $1 well drinks until midnight. $3. Check out deadhipster.com.

FRIDAY

September

The Missoula Valley Water Quality District and others are The Bridge Club is holding lesholding the household hazardous sons in the fine art of playing Singers marred with fuzzy projection. See Americana, alt-country, gothabilly and a thousand other waste collection Haz Waste genres take the stage when Denver’s Slim Cessna’s Auto Club plays the Palace, Sun., Sept. 18 at 9 PM, Bridge for the next four Days, Sept. 16–17 at the Scott with locals Hangover Saints. $8. Thursdays. The first four lessons Street City Shops. Hours for the are free. That’s how they get you! collection are Fri., 10 AM–5:30 Starting at 6:15 PM, 3108 Clark prizes like a $50 bar tab, and trivia cat- Dance provocatively at the Top Hat for PM and Sat. 9 AM–4 PM. This is a St. Email bridge@montana.com or call egories that change weekly. Free. Email Salsa Picante. Things kick off with a chance to drop off hazardous things. 239-1240. Rueda lesson at 8 PM, followed by DJ Visit co.missoula.mt.us/wq. Katie at kcgt27@gmail.com. Is anybody in this town up for dis- Get schooled by William J. Novak at Ra at 9 PM. $6. nightlife cussing marijuana in a measured, rea- his lecture, The Constitution and the Party without future consequences at Houses rule and so can you. Celebrate soned way? If so, come out for a talk Myth of the Weak American State, the Badlander during their Thursday the 20th anniversary of Habitat for called Marijuana: Miracle Cure or 7:30 PM in the Gallagher Business night dance party, Prehab, with sets of Humanity at Caras Park in downtown Toxic Drug with professor George, 7 Building, Rm. 123 on the UM Campus hip hop and electronic music from local Missoula beginning at 5 PM. PM at the Press Box, 835 E. Broadway. DJs Vyces, Kris Moon and James as part of Constitution day. Free. secularmissoula.org. free. Two, plus $1 wells and $1 Pabst from For one day only, SeptemBEERfest Just when you thought there was nothFight the power/give peace a chance at 9 PM to midnight, begining at 9 PM. $2. deigns to take your interest in beer pong ing to do in Lolo, now they’ve got a seriously at a tournament with 64 teams. the Fall 2011 Peace & Justice Film Wade through various styles of rock beginning square dance lesson at Registration is 4–6 PM, tourney starts at Series, which brings you a new rabble when locals Hell or High Water and the Lolo Square and Round Dance 6, and the Lil’ Smokies play at 8 PM. rousing film every Thu. This week Big Sexy and the Mean Fingers play Center, 7:30–9:30 PM, both singles There be barbecue and fun as well, all at see Bullshit in the UC Theater at 9 PM at the Palace. Free, with donaBrooks and Brown, 200 S. Pattee. Free. and couples welcome, 9955 Hwy 12. the UM University Center starting at 7 tions welcome at the door. $5. Call 273-0141. PM. Donation based and open to the The Glacier Institute invites you to public. Virginia born folk/bluegrass/guitar wiz- Tom Catmull is playing acoustic alone support Youth Education at the Big Leisure suit plus beer goggles not ard Keller Williams is gracing us with but never lonely on the Brooks and Creek Outdoor Education Center required: Trivial Beersuit, Missoula’s an 8:30 PM show at the Wilma Theatre. Brown patio with $7 Bayern pitchers all during their fundraising event featuring trivia night for the layperson begins with Tickets are $25 day of/$20 advance night long and great food specials, 200 dinner, craft beers auctions and more, 6–9 PM at FVCC Arts and Technology sign ups at 7:30 PM and trivia shortly and available at Rockin Rudy’s, by S. Pattee. Free. thereafter at the Lucky Strike Bar & calling 1-877-4FLY-TIX or online at Nate Hegyi, lead singer/songwriter of Building in Kalispell. $75/$125 for two. Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Includes TicketFly.com. Wartime Blues, keeps the folk and Visit glacierinstitute.org.

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Romp around with the Downtown Dance Collective at Turning the Wheel: Community Romp, a dance party that is free and open to all ages, starting at 6:30 PM. Donations are always welcome. 121 W. Main St. Call 830-3285.

rockers The Be Helds at 10 PM. $7 or $5 for couples who dress up according to the theme. Your guess is as good as mine as to what that would entail.

Get great music at rock-bottom prices when Discount Quartet plays 6:30 PM at Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. tenspoon.com. The show is free, in fact.

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Support girls in skirts on wheels at the Eternal SLAMnation - Hellgate Rollergirls Double Header, starting at 7 PM at Adams Center on UM’s Campus. $15 track-side/$10 general admission. Kids free. griztix.com. Guitar hero Luis Millan will play his instrument with gusto at the Music Recital Hall on campus as part of the Faculty and Guest Artist Series, 7:30 PM. $10 general admission/$5 for students and seniors. Go to umt.edu/music. It’s no Prine Numbers (the name of my friend’s tribute band) but I guess settling for the real thing is next best. See the one and only John Prine play live at the University Theatre at 8 PM. Ticket costs vary. Get the scoop at umt.edu/griztix. (See Noise in this issue.) This unpronounceable Pittsburgh band, Edhochuli are swinging through Zoo City Apparel, along with Bridgebuilder and/or TSMF, Candyland Liberation Front at 8 PM. $5 suggested donation. People of Kalispell: time to see Stellarando, the astral art folk band of the millennium, 8 PM at the Boiler Room, 525 Eigth St. E. $10 door/$8 advance. Bring the kids with you for the Top Hat’s Family Friendly Fridays at 6 PM, this week with Garrett Hendricks. Free. Catch Indiana’s Austin Lucas play cowboy music but not, with locals Birds Mile Home and Cash for Junkers, 9 PM at the Palace. $7/$5 advance at Ear Candy, or $12/$10 advance for ages 18–20. You’ve heard of the place, now experience the classic rock and roll sounds of Zoo City, 9 PM at the Dark Horse, 1805 Regent St. Free.

SATURDAY

The Mad Mudder at Marshall Mountain is a “maddening” 6K course on a dirt trail at Marshall Mountain (5250 Marshall Canyon Rd) that includes 10 military-style boot camp obstacles starting around 10 AM. Yikes. Learn more at MadMudder.com. (See Mountain High in this issue.) Keep it local every Sat. from 8 AM–1 PM as you head down to the Clark Fork River Market (clarkforkrivermarket.com), which takes place beneath the Higgins Ave. bridge, and to the Missoula Farmers’ Market (missoulafarmersmarket.com), which opens at 8:30 at the north end of Higgins Avenue. If you’re after non-edibles, check out East Pine Street’s Missoula Saturday Market (missoulasaturdaymarket.org), which runs 9 AM–1 PM. Free to spectate, and often to sample. Let’s take care of this thing once and for a l l a t t h e 2 011 Wa l k t o E n d Alzheimer’s, 8 AM at Fort Missoula. All of the money raised goes towards research to end Alzheimer’s, education, and support for individuals with this debilitating disease. Call 541-6577. The future is now and this is your chance to see how sustainable living works at SLS’s Annual Bitteroot Green Home Tour, 9 AM–4 PM. Meet at either the Super 1 in Stevensville or the Kmart in Hamilton. $10. Call Gretchen at 207-3738 or Jill at 6423601. sustainablelivingsystems.org. Racism does not rock, so let’s come together and rally against it at the Rock Against Racism event at Caras Park in downtown Missoula beginning at noon. Check out rockmissoula.com. It was fun while it lasted! See Terry Hughes at Hastings bookstore in support of his book Burning in Paradise. 12–5 PM, 2501 Brooks. Free.

He lives to spin: DJ Dubwise just can’t stop the dance tracks once they start at 10 PM at Feruqi’s. Free. Call 728-8799.

Find your way at a 2-part series, beginning with Map and Compass Orienteering, 1–5 PM at Lone Pine State Park, 300 Lone Pine Rd. in Kalispell. The second class is Introduction to GPS Navigation, Sun. Oct. 15 from 1–5 PM. Cost is $10 or $15 for both. Call Mary Beth at 7552706 to register.

The Top Hat would like to invite you to their under the sea fall formal, featuring surf rockers The Skurfs and garage

At Natures Treasures: Crystals and Gems, kids learn the tools of a geologist to sift through gravel and pan for

Dance with local favorites when Zeppo MT plays the Union Club, 9:30 PM. Free.

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their own treastures, 2–3 PM at the Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. $1/$3 non members. For ages 5 and up. MontanaNaturalist.org.

nightlife Music and potlucks go together like music and potucks, 6 PM at the Gentry River Ranch at 62 Gentry Way in Columbia Falls. Bring a dish. Also, call 892-1464. Folk and country come pouring out of Charla Bauman, and you can wash her down with wine, 6:30 PM at Ten Spoon Vi n e y a r d + Wi n e r y, 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. Free. Comedy scenes, stand-up and tattle-tale-ing are on stage at Finding Funny, starring Theresa Waldorf, with guest Rosie Ayers, 7:30 PM at Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $12 door/$10 advance/$8 students. ddcmontana.com. Kris Moon and special guest DJ Hotpantz guarantees to keep you dancing to an assortment of hip hop, electronic and other bass-heavy beats ‘til the bar closes during Absolutely at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free. Swig drinks while listening to old-school rock hits, ‘80s tunes or modern indie rock songs when Dead Hipster presents Takeover!, which features “drinkin’ music” DJ’d by the Dead Hipster DJs starting at 9 PM at the Central Bar & Grill,

143 W. Broadway St. Includes drink specials and photos with Abi Halland. Free.

SUNDAY

Get out of Missoula for a second at the Lumberjack Saloon for a free night of music and dancing, this week with Wild Coyote. Show starts at 9 PM, and there are cabins for rent and a shuttle bus available. Call 273-6264.

90 years of worship, can I get an amen? St. Anthony’s Parish was founded in 1921 and want to celebrate with you at 217 Tremont St. Call 5433129.

Let’s pretend Broadway is 8 Mile when the Palace presents an MC Battle, hosted by Tonsofun and Traff the Whiz, with DJ’s Enkryptd and BrandOne on decks at 9 PM. $2/$5 ages 18–20. The battle also includes 16 spots for competitors for a $5 entry fee. $100 winner takes all the prize and gets two hours of studio time. Learn to love again with Joan Zen , 9:30 PM at Union Club, which features free, local music this and every Saturday. DJ Dubwise supplies dance tracks all night long so you can take advantage of Sexy Saturday and rub up against the gender of your choice at 10 PM at Feruqi’s. Free. Call 728-8799. Stompgrass, folk, blues, rock, bluegrass and other plantsturned music take the stage when Hillstomp, The BoxCutters, and McDougall play a10 PM show at the Top Hat, $8 day of/$6 advance, available at Stoneflyonline .com, BrownPapeTickets.com and Ear Candy Music. (See Noise in this issue.)

September

Death can be beautiful. Join Lois Crepeau on a hike to enjoy fall colors in the Rattlesnake, which will meet at the Main Rattlesnake Trailhead. Call 728–5321 to reserve your spot. Join Todd Cross for a two-hour strenuous mountain bike ride in the Rattlesnake, which meets at the Main Rattlesnake Trailhead. Call 970471-9895 to reserve your spot. John Flore invites you on a leisurely 3-hour mountain bike ride in the Rattlesnake, which will meet at the Main Rattlesnake Trailhead. Call 5495283 to reserve a spot. Locavores unite at the Target Range Community Farmers’ Market, which features a plethora of local foods and assorted goods and runs from 10 AM–1 PM every Sun. until Oct. 9 at the parking lot of Target Range School, 4095 South Ave. W. Free. Call Peggie at 728-5302. Clean up the river with your friends and family at the Rattlesnake Clean-Up, which will meet 10 AM in the Double Tree Parking lot. Call Katie at 203-6433 or learn more at rattlesnakecreekwatershedgroup.org. Saddle up with the Backcountry Horsemen of Missoula for a trail ride over Strawberry Ridge via the Wallman Trail. Call Ken Brown at 207-6067 to preserve your spot. Group meets at the Rattlesnake horse trailhead at 10 AM. Yet another opportunity to peruse and purchase local crafts and produce hits Missoula during the Carousel Sunday Market and Festival, which runs from 11 AM–3 PM this and every Sun. until Oct. 16 at the New Park parking lot, between A Carousel of Missoula and the

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SPOTLIGHT crackle, pop Zoo City Apparel is becoming one of my favorite show venues in Missoula. The windowed, boxy quality reminds me of an aquarium, and everyone inside is a gentle hamster. Last time I was there, we all sat on the floor, and the girl next to me kept clutching her chest, on account of the music being so beautiful, probably. All the 406-stamped clothing makes you think you’re in someone’s bedroom. That’s more or less what Tom Helgerson told me in our email interview when he said, “Zoo City can have the charm and energy of a good house show.” Tom, look, it’s like we’re dancing. Shahs are playing alongside Idiot Glee and another local outfit, Modality. Technically Idiot Glee is the headliner and I should be writing about the man behind that sound. His name is James Friley. He’s just 23 and his promotional info tells me he “trades in spectral transmissions: multi-layered vocal concoctions that sound like they are emitted from a radio in the past…” All that is true. I listened WHAT: Idiot Glee, Shahs and Modality WHEN: Thu., Sept. 22, at 8 PM WHERE: Zoo City Apparel HOW MUCH: $5 MORE INFO: shahs.bandcamp.com, idiotglee.bandcamp.com to the album he’s touring in support of. It’s called Paddywhack and it’s really good. But Shahs are to me an elusive, great white whale, and I don’t sing karaoke with James Friley just about every Friday night at the VFW the way I do with members Tom Helgerson and Colin Johnson. I am aching to believe Tom and Colin bring the same level of talent and odd showmanship to their live show as they do on the VFW “stage.” (It’s not a stage. You just stand on the tile like a jerk and sing Danzig’s, “Mother” into a microphone that crackles.) I can’t speak directly to the quality of their music project because the two times I’ve attempted to see Shahs, some absurd,

Caras Park Pavilion. This week’s music is by Cory King. Also there are new produce vendors, pony rides and face painting for the kids. Visit carrousel.com/carousel-sundaymarket-and-fes. Go with the jam when The Rocky Mountain Grange Hall, 1436 S. First St. south of

stupid thing happened that caused me to spend the show standing outside on the pavement, looking for someone or arguing, I don’t know. I would describe the music I’ve heard online with words like, “layered,” “ethereal,” and “weird.” Lazy words, so I’ll allow Helgerson to elaborate. “I never really started Shahs to sound ‘weird.’ I can understand that it would sound that way to a ton of people but I never consciously did that…I initially wanted to create a noisy psychedelic pop group with an emphasis on minimalism and simplicity.” JT Baker is the band’s third member. “Colin plays guitar through a ton of effects and sings, I play two keyboards through a ton of effects and sing, and JT plays drums.” Tom continues. “A lot of the stuff I was listening to when I first started Shahs still inform the sound. Os Mutantes, Suicide, Tom Ze, Kraftwerk, Nina Simone, Gang Gang Dance, Lord Invader, Scientist, African highlife compilations...etc. etc. Most of the original beats were modeled on calypso from the early 1960s. I like mining the history of music and pulling what I like into the future.” I like when he says, “I don’t think Shahs is terribly unique at what we’re doing but I think we’re doing it well.” Trying to sound original is a disaster. Don’t try. I’m superstitious. I feel like I’m going to get struck by lightning the second they’re about to go on stage. I am the Susan Lucci of not seeing Shahs perform live. The weather says there’s a high of 73 and mostly sunny, but I’ve heard that one before, weather. We’ll see.

Hamilton, hosts a weekly acoustic jam session for guitarists, mandolin players and others, from 2–4 PM. Free. Call Clem at 961-4949. Kids and adults can learn more about aquatic bugs in Rattlesnake Creek during this outing by the Watershed Education Network, starting

—Molly Laich

2:30 PM at the Main Rattlesnake Trailhead. Call Kitty at 541-9287. Scoop up fun (says the press release) at the University of Montana and Missoula Neighborhoods Ice Cream Social, a street party with music by Andrea Harsell and Aaron Anderson, 3–5 PM on

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the 400 block of University Ave. Free. What better way to celebrate a day of tromping through the wilderness than with the R a t t l e s n a k e Wi l d e r n e s s Celebration, 4–8 PM at Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Dr, with food, wine and music by Blue Mountain Makers, Alley Cats Bluegrass Band and Broken Valley Roadshow. Celebrate peace every day but especially today at the Annual

Peace Party in Caras Park from 4:30–8:30 PM, which features dinner, a live and silent auction, a raffle and other forms of entertainment. Tickets are available at 5433955 or at 519 S. Higgins. Visit jrpc.org

nightlife Reading out loud is fundamental when the UM MFA students pair up with esteemed writers in the community for the Second Wind Reading Series, 5 PM at the Top Hat.

This week features fiction student Brittany Barr with poet Amy Ratto-Parks. Free. Get country strong for country superstar Lorrie Morgan, presented by 5 Valleys Crime Stoppers, 7 PM at the University Theatre on the UM Campus. $30. mtcrimestoppers.com. Head’s up, my broke music devotees! Sonicflood is playing a Christian rock show at the Wilma Theatre at 7 PM. Tickets are free and available at the

Garden of Read’n for the first 1,000 people. Kick off the latter hours of your day of rest when the Badlander’s Jazz Mar tini Night welcomes saints and sinners alike. This week features the Donna Smith Trio and $4 martinis as always, beginning around 8 PM. Free. Americana, alt country, gothabilly and a thousand other genres take the stage when Denver’s Slim Cessna’s Auto Club takes to the Palace stage at 9 PM, with locals Hangover Saints. $8. (See Spotlight in this issue.)

MONDAY

September nightlife

Pizza and trivia go together like two things that don’t necessarily but could at Front Street Trivia Night, this and every Mon., 7 PM at the Mackenzie River Pizza, 137 W. Front St. Free. Trade in your stale music for some good stuff when Cash For Junkers play the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave, 7–10 PM. Free. So you think you can fill in the blank? Prove it at Sean Kelly’s Open Mic Night this and every Monday at 8:30 PM. Call 542-1471 after 10 AM on Monday to sign up. Have a drink and take a load off in the company of your fellow laborers during the Badlander’s Service Industry Night, which runs this and every Mon. and includes drink specials for service industry workers starting at 9 PM. Free. Also, if you have an iPod, bring it in and they’ll play it. Free. Enjoy this poignant reference to going down a rabbit hole and then check out New York’s drum ‘n’ bass makers J Rabbit at 9 PM at the Badlander, with locals Ebola Syndrome, M-AD and Lammusi Shan. $7/$12 ages 18–20. Burning Man attendees can simmer down when Milkcrate Monday’s presents the

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Missoula Burners Decompression, a dance party featuring tunes by DJs Tara INcognita, Hendawg, Ir8prim8 and the Milkcrate Mechanic, 9 PM. Free.

TUEDAY

September

If you’re grieving the loss of a pet, take comfort at the Pet Bereavement Group which meets the third Tue. of each m o n t h a t 2 1 st C e n t u r y Homeopathy, 813 1st. St. in Hamilton at 6:30 PM. Call 3700699. Take care of yourself whilst taking care of others on the third Tue. of every month when Missoula Aging Services hosts a Caregiver Support Group, 4–5 PM at 337 Stephens Ave. Free.

nightlife There’s a new sheriff in town, but he has no judicial authority, he just loves to rock. The Tuesday Night Open Mic/Jam Night is now at the Lucky Strike Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave, hosted by Louie Bond, Teri Llovet and the UFOkies. Sign up is at 6 PM and music goes 7–10 PM. Get to know the good people of Glacier Symphony and Chorale at their party for new and returning members, 6 M at the Blue Canyon Grill in Kalispell, 1840 Hwy. 93 S. RSVP by Sept. 16 with Betsy Hackman, 257-3241 or at bhackman@gscmusic.org. Free. Throw your jazz hands in the air and join Chris Duparri and Ruthie Dada every Tuesday evening for a Jazz Martini Night, with $2 martinis at Brooks and Browns, 200 S. Pattee. Free. YWCA Missoula, 1130 W. B r o a d w a y, h o s t s Y WC A Support Groups for women every Tue. from 6:30–8 PM. An American Indian-led talking circle is also available, along with age-appropriate children’s groups. Free. Call 543-6691. Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free Pub Trivia, which takes place every Tue. at 8 PM. And, to highlight the joy of discovery that you

might experience while attending, here’s a sample of the type of question you could be presented with. Ready? What’s my favorite movie about Christ? (See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.) It’s a Blue October in September when the band plays rock music at the Wilma Theatre with Iamdynamite at 8 PM. Tickets are $25 and available at Rockin Rudy’s, by calling 1-877-4FLY-TIX or online at TicketFly.com. Your live music needs will be met when 907Britt plays for free at Flathead Lake Brewing Company of Missoula, 8 PM. 424 N. Higgins. Visit flbcofmissoula.com. All royalty gets irie during Royal Reggae Night, which features free pool plus reggae, dancehall and hip hop remixes spun by an array of DJs starting at 9 PM at the Palace. This week features DJs Supa J, General Smiley and Green. Free. And the best band name of the week award goes to Reno’s own Cobra Skulls, who are playing punk at the Badlander at 9 PM, along with Vancouver garage rockers Pack A.D. and locals The Be Helds. $8/$13 ages 18–20. (See Noise in this issue.) Things are going to get real when Javier Ryan presents a Zoo Town Acoustic Throwdown at the Top Hat, 10 PM, free.

WEDNESDAY

September

Get savvy at the Tech Fair from 9 AM–3 PM at the University Center Atrium, where you’ll learn about current and new technologies and services available to all UM stud e n t s , f a c u l t y a n d s t a f f. Navigate (if you know how, burn!) to umt.edu/techfair. Country bumpkin needs will be met at the Jocko Valley Farmer’s Market this and every Wed. through Oct. 5th from 4–7 PM, located on Hwy 93 in downtown Arlee and now accepting SNAP, credit and debit cards. This week, The Arlee High School boys basket-

ball team will be serving Indian Tacos to benefit their team. Call 726-5550. Interested in learning more about your watershed? Me either. But for those who are, the Watershed Education Network is hosting a free community water monitor training course, 4:30–7:30 PM at Greenough Park Pavilion, 16 29 M o n r o e S t . Vi s i t MontanaWatershed.org.

nightlife When you drink a pint at Flathead Lake Brewing Company’s trivia contest tonight from 5 PM to close, $1 of the proceeds goes to the Friends of Two Rivers. So do that. 425 N. Higgins. Free.

THURSDAY

September

The MiniNaturalists Pre-K program lets Missoula young people explore the world through hands-on activities, games and play in a natural setting, this and every Thu. through Sept. 29. Cost is $3/$1 for MNHC members. For more information check out the website Montana Naturalist.org.

You are destined to attend a free lecture on Evolutionary Dynamics, a system that recovers the ancient traditions in esoteric psychology (like astrology, sacred geometry, etc.) in a modern context, all at the Intuitive Empowerment Institute, 725 W. Alder. Visit intuitiveempowerment.com to get the start time.

nightlife Join the Missoula Indian Center in an observance of National Recovery Month, 5:30–8:30 PM at 830 West Central. Call 829-9515.

Help yourself by attending a signing of Roberta Swartz’’s “ s e l f h e a l t h ” b o o k , Me, Myself and Mind: Reclaim Yourself, Your Health, and Your Life, 5:30–8:30 PM at The Mill, 140 Cherry St. in Hamilton. Call 375-0446. Free. The patio is the place to be for John Floridas live acoustic set at Brooks and Brown bar starting at 6 PM, with Bayern beer pitchers for $7 and great food specials all night, 200 S. Pattee. Free.

I usually eat lunch around this time, but never mind. There’s a potluck supper at the Missoula Senior Center at 5:30 PM, 705 S. Higgins Ave. Be there. Pub Trivia Answer:: The Last Temptation of Christ. Your search for that high, lonesome sound ends now, because the Old Post hosts a Pickin’ Circle this and every Wed. at 9 PM. Free. Be sure you’ve downed enough pitchers of PBR in order to have the courage to sing the epically long, house favorite tune, “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and other fine staples during Kraptastic Karaoke at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free. Just don’t speak in acronyms during WTF Wednesdays and Ladies’ Night at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, where drink specials mix with music by The Tallest DJ in America every Wed. starting at 9 PM at the bar. Free. Put on your trance pants and get groggy when the Palace hosts Progressive, a night of progressive house music and trance spun by local DJs starting at 9 PM, this week with Dj Mike Stolin vs. Vyces, Jay Boogie, DJ Chunkiye and Dre. Free with 25 cent pint beers which go up 25 cents every half hour. Get your folk rock, funk and hip-hop needs met when Steve Wik and Soul Funk play 10 PM at the Top Hat. $3.

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Rabbits love smoking. Check out New York’s drum ‘n’ bass maker J Rabbit on Mon., Sept. 19, at 9 PM at the Badlander, with locals Ebola Syndrome, M-AD and Lammusi Shan. $7/$12 ages 18–20.

Singer-Songwriter Danielle Oliver Explains it All, 6 PM at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton. Free. Surely this Anxiety Workshop with Francoise White is in the service of alleviating and not exacerbating your symptoms, 6–7:30 PM at Open Way Sangha, 702 Brooks. Workshop is $15. The Bridge Club is holding lessons in the fine art of playing Bridge for the next four Thursdays. The first four lessons are free. That’s how they get you! Starting at 6:15 P M, 3108 Clark St. Email bridge@montana.com or call 239-1240. Leisure suit plus beer goggles not required: Trivial Beersuit, Missoula’s trivia night for the layperson begins with sign ups at 7:30 PM and trivia shortly thereafter at the Lucky Strike Bar & Casino, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Includes prizes like a $50 bar tab, and trivia categories that change weekly. Free. E-mail Katie at kcg t27@ gmail.com. What a night, what a line-up. See Paul Baribeau, Tyson Ballew, The Scribblers, The Whoopass Girls and To/From play the ZACC, 7:30

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PM for $5, 235 N. First St. W. Montan Rep Missoula presents Direct, directed by Greg Johnson, 7:30 PM at the Masquer Theatre’s PAR/TV Center on the UM Campus, Sept. 22–24 and Sept. 27–Oct. 1 at 7:30 PM. $11 Tue.–Thu./$16 Fri.–Sat. Visit montanarep.org or call 2436809. (See Scope in this issue.) Not to be confused with the TV show, Idiot Glee plays soul, pop and electric music starting around 9 PM at Zoo City Apparel for $5. Shahs and Modality open. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Party without future consequences at the Badlander during their Thursday night dance party, Prehab, with sets of hip hop and electronic music from local DJs Vyces, Kris Moon and James Two, plus $1 wells and $1 Pabst from 9 PM to midnight, begining at 9 PM. $2. Experience a folk implosion, if you will, when locals Javier Ryan and P.D. Lear play a free show at the Palace, starting at 9 PM. Mermaids are in. Catch one at the Union Club for a night of free dancing brought to you by DJ Mermaid, 9:30 PM.

He’ll cure your tremors with a sweet shot of country: Russ Nasset hits up the Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., for a solo set this and every other Thu. at 10 PM. Free. Things have changed and so can you! Check out Dead Hipster Dance Party at its new location: Sean Kelly’s. Party starts at 10 PM, and oh lordy, there are $1 well drinks until midnight. $3. Check out deadhipster.com. American rock and roots and bears oh my are on stage when Cody Beebe and the Crooks play the Top Hat, 10 PM. $5. “I don’t weep, do you?” Name that poet. This last line is stuck in my head, and there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out. Help it along by sending your event info by 5 PM on Fri., Sept. 16 to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternatively, snail mail your events to Molly Llama c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax 5434 3 6 7. F i n d m e a l s o o n twitter.com/#!/8DaysMissoula. Finally, you can submit things online in the arts section of our website. Scroll down a few inches and you’ll see a link that says, “submit an event.”

MOUNTAIN HIGH T he Mad Mudder 6k is a grueling, mud-filled dirt trail course complete w i t h 10 m i l i t a r y - s t y l e o b s t a c l e s . Usually I like to write about how physically demanding these things appear and how anyone who would endeavor to get up so early in the morning to partake in them is crazy, but this one looks like just about the funnest thing I’ve ever seen. You should see pictures of last year’s participants on their website. They are filthy. They are covered in mud. The mud accentuates the whites of their eyes and teeth and I’m reminded of Gary Busey in a war zone, but they’re smiling because it’s just a bit of fun and nobody gets shot or dies or any-

thing. Anyone is welcome. There’s a 100-yard mud dash for kids 13 and under. According to the organizers, “The Mad Mudder is where you can expect the unexpected. Mudders will be up, down and upside down and will definitely get dirty. Hints about the obstacles will be given leading up to the event, adding to the excitement and intrigue.” Word. The Mad Mudder goes down this Saturday, Sept. 17, at 10 AM. It’s a “maddening” 6K course on a dirt trail at Marshall Mountain (5250 Marshall Canyon Rd) that includes 10 military-style boot camp obstacles. To sign up and learn more, go to madmudder.com.

Photo by Chad Harder

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 15 The MiniNaturalists Pre-K program lets young people explore the world through handson activities, games and play in a natural setting, this and every Thu. through Sept. 29. Cost is $3/$1 for MNHC members. Learn more at MontanaNaturalist.org.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17 Let’s take care of this thing once and for all at the 2011 Walk to End Alzheimer’s, 8 AM at Fort Missoula. All of the money raised goes towards research to end Alzheimer’s, education, and support for individuals with this debilitating disease. Call 541-6577. The future is now and this is your chance to see how sustainable living works at SLS’s Annual Bitteroot Green Home Tour, 9 AM–4 PM. Meet at either the Super 1 in Stevensville or the Kmart in Hamilton. $10. Call Gretchen at 207-3738 or Jill at 642-3601. sustainablelivingsystems.org. Find your way at a 2-part series, beginning with Map and Compass Orienteering, 1–5 PM at Lone Pine State Park, 300 Lone Pine Rd. in Kalispell. The second class is Introduction to GPS Navigation, Sun. Oct. 15 from 1–5 PM. Cost is $10 or $15 for both. Call Mary Beth at 755-2706 to register. At Natures Treasures: Crystals and Gems, kids learn the tools of a geologist to sift through gravel and pan for their own treastures, 2–3 PM at the Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. $1/$3 non members. For ages 5 and up. MontanaNaturalist.org.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 18 Death can be beautiful. Join Lois Crepeau on a hike to enjoy Fall Colors in the Rattlesnake, which will meet at the Main Rattlesnake Trailhead. Call 728–5321 to reserve your spot.

Join Todd Cross for a two-hour strenuous mountain bike ride in the Rattlesnake, which meets at the Main Rattlesnake Trailhead. Call 970-4719895 to reserve your spot. John Flore invites you on a leisurely 3-hour mountain bike ride in the Rattlesnake, which will meet at the Main Rattlesnake Trailhead. Call 5495283 to reserve a spot. Clean up the river with your friends and family at the Rattlesnake Clean-Up, which will meet at 10 AM in the Doubletree Parking lot. Call Katie at 203-6433 or learn more at rattlesnakecreekwatershedgroup.org. Saddle up with the Backcountry Horsemen of Missoula for a trail ride over Strawberry Ridge via the Wallman Trail. Call Ken Brown at 207-6067 to preserve your spot. Group meets at the Rattlesnake horse trailhead at 10 AM. Kids and adults can learn more about aquatic bugs in Rattlesnake Creek during this outing by the Watershed Education Network, starting 2:30 PM at the Main Rattlesnake Trailhead. Call Kitty at 541-9287. What better way to celebrate a day of tromping through the wilderness than with the Rattlesnake Wilderness Celebration, 4–8 PM at Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Dr, with food, wine and music by Blue Mountain Makers, Alley Cats Bluegrass Band and Broken Valley Roadshow.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22 The MiniNaturalists Pre-K program lets young people explore the world through handson activities, games and play in a natural setting, this and every Thu. through Sept. 29. Cost is $3/$1 for MNHC members. Learn more at MontanaNaturalist.org. calendar@missoulanews.com

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Extended run How seat cushions and singing sperm led to Direct’s theatrical debut by Skylar Browning

Like many great beginnings, it happened over drinks at a cocktail party. The details are fuzzy, but it was definitely 1988, in Manhattan, and inside Greg Johnson’s apartment. The theater director was hosting the usual assortment of actors, producers, playwrights and the like, and someone introduced Johnson to a writer named Roger Hedden. “We hit it off,” recalls Johnson. “Ever on the lookout for new material, I asked if he had anything I could read.” “I had a one-act, Terry Neal’s Future,” says Hedden. “And it’s great, it’s wonderful, and we end up putting it on at the West Bank Theatre Bar,” says Johnson. “It was an old basement theater run by Rusty Magee and Lewis Black, the comedian,” adds Hedden. “That was really the beginning ... ,” says Johnson “… the beginning of all this,” concludes Hedden, grandly, and a little in jest, realizing that the two had just pulled off an impromptu routine of building on each other’s sentences. Hedden’s “all this” refers to the culmination of a single project—and a friendship—that started with that introduction in Johnson’s apartment. Over the last 23 years, there have been plenty other drinks, dozens of different projects, and countless conversations where Hedden, now an accomplished playwright and screenwriter, completes a thought for Johnson, now the longtime artistic director of the Montana Repertory Theatre. But it staggers both of them to realize that next week’s debut of Direct, a trio of one-acts written by Hedden and directed by Johnson, tracks their entire history working together. “It’s the premiere of the dream we had from literally the time we met,” says Johnson. “I always knew it would happen.” “Well, sure—eventually,” adds Hedden.

Direct withstood years on the backburner mostly because of the buzz and promise generated from Hedden’s first two one-acts. Terry Neal’s Future features an enigmatic film director (“Think Terrence Malick,” says Hedden) talking with a popular young actor who’s about to prematurely land on the cover of Time magazine (“Think Tom Cruise,” says Johnson). Early runs in New York starred Sarah Jessica Parker in the role of the young actor’s girlfriend, and the late J. T. Walsh (A Few Good Men) as the director. “It’s a perfect study of the cross-section of art, vision and commerce,” says Johnson, adding the dialogue holds as true today as it did in the late ’80s. The second one-act, Artistic Direction, hit the Manhattan Punch Line stage in 1989, and focused on a different type of backstage dynamic. A bombastic OffBroadway director shares post-show drinks with a second-string New York Times theater critic in hopes of coaxing a positive review. The company, it turns out, could fold if the show gets trashed. Audiences adored the manic main character—as did the Times, which actually sent its second-string critic to review the play. (True story: The critic was less kind to the overall production, calling it an implausible narrative, and instead heaped praise on a one-act musical titled The Fertilization Opera. “I mean, why didn’t I think of that?” jokes Hedden. “Singing sperm are so real!”) The Times review aside, Johnson thought he and Hedden had something great to work with. Artistic Direction could be paired with Terry Neal’s Future, creating a vehicle for a star playing both director roles. If Hedden could pen a third one-act along the same lines, there’d be an evening’s worth of material. “We just needed another solid idea,” Hedden says.

Writer Roger Hedden and director Greg Johnson met in Manhattan in 1988 and planted the seed for the debut of Direct.

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That was in 1990, and things slowly changed for both director and writer. Hedden’s work pulled him toward Los Angeles, where he went to work for Warner Brothers and wrote screenplays for indie films Bodies, Rest & Motion, Sleep With Me and Hi-Life. Although he was working on other projects, the one-acts still lived on, albeit in an unlikely locale. “We held readings in Roger’s living room,” says Johnson. If a Manhattan cocktail party marked the beginning of Direct, the idea found its foothold on the floor of Hedden’s modest West Hollywood apartment. It was there that Elisabeth Shue (Adventures in Babysitting, Leaving Las Vegas) reprised the role Sarah Jessica Parker had played in New York. A smattering of friends and colleagues—most from talent agency CAA— watched the double-bill from seat cushions on the floor. “It was only 30, 35 people squished into this room, but the reaction was great,” says Johnson. “Our reaction was that this needed to continue.” “We just needed the third idea,” says Hedden. The third idea didn’t come for another 10 years. In the meantime, while Hedden wrote in L.A., Johnson moved to Missoula in 1991, took over the Rep and began teaching at the University of Montana. In 1996 he co-founded the Missoula Colony, an annual workshop for playwrights, directors and actors, and continued to work regularly with Hedden. Finally, in 2000, Hedden hatched an idea for a third one-act about a daytime soap opera director desperately trying to move into prime-time programming. The script debuted during a reading at the Colony in 2005. “It was perfect because we had the film director and the Off-Broadway director, and now we had a good story based on a television director,” says Johnson. “I just needed the idea,” says Hedden. The last piece came together for a Missoula premiere when Johnson saw Jeff Medley. Johnson and Hedden had always envisioned a distinct and forceful actor playing the lead director roles. “Think Al Pacino,” says Johnson. “Except Pacino is way too old now,” says Hedden. Medley stood out in local productions of Oliver!, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Rocky Horror Show. “Jeff has that quality where you can’t take your eyes off him while he’s on stage, and that’s the type of actor we needed,” says Johnson. “It’ll be a challenge for him.” For Johnson and Hedden, the challenge will be finally seeing something 23 years in the making come to fruition. Hedden, who spent last winter writing for television’s “Criminal Minds,” is still tinkering with two jokes that may be outdated. Johnson is already talking about where Direct could be produced next. When they stop to reflect, both sound relieved it’s finally reached its premiere. “It took a lot of work,” says Johnson. “And a lot of patience,” says Hedden. “And a lot of cocktails,” says Johnson. Just as the good ideas usually do. Montana Rep Missoula stages Direct at the Masquer Theatre inside the PARTV Building on the UM campus Thu., Sept. 22– Sat., 24, and Tues., Sept. 27– Sat., Oct. 1, at 7:30 p.m. $11/Friday and Saturday shows $16/student rush $6. sbrowning@missoulanews.com

Scope Noise Books Film Movie Shorts Hillstomp The good news? Portland’s Hillstomp returns to Missoula for another high-energy set of dirty-blues stomp-grass and inspired duct-taped bucket and can drumming. The bad news? As their Facebook page says, this will be the last opportunity to see the duo live until further notice. Before you bemoan the end of “authentic” and “good” Americana music and begin searching for another crunchy fad to hula-hoop around, put this in your glass tobacco-smoking product and, uh, smoke it: Farewell tours rule. Not Rolling Stones farewell tours, of course. Or Cher. The Ramones? Depends on the farewell tour. The ’95 farewell tour was dope, ’96 Lollapalooza, not so much. What we’re talking about are bands who end it when they arrive at their ne plus ultra, the apex of their creativity, groups like Hillstomp.

John Prine In Person & On Stage Oh Boy Records

I love John Prine. Songs such as “Angel From Montgomery” and, especially, “Sam Stone” are works for the ages. Yet I’ve always wanted to love Prine more than I do, always wanted him to go further in performance, as Swamp Dogg did when he covered “Sam Stone.” Well, a mule is not a horse, and mules are wonderful, too. Of all the singer-songwriters to get saddled with the Next Dylan tag, Prine was the first and best. Now here he is at 64 with a new live

Cobra Skulls Missoula: here is a punk rock and roll band after your own heart. A band that tours with an ittybitty, sweater-wearing dog called Bella. According to vocalist/bassist/songwriter/dog lover Devin Peralta, Bella may be more popular than the band. Indeed, she rated her own diminutive laminated backstage pass while touring with the Skulls and the Dropkick Murphys this past summer. The best time to catch a touring band is about a week or so in, when they are fresh, clean, and only slightly polluted by the lifestyle (forget the booze and the tantalizing whatnots, it’s the gas station cuisine that takes the good bands down). Besides being fresh gastrointestinally, CS should also be fresh musically while performing hot new tracks from their upcoming Fat Wreck Chords release

The Pack A.D. Unpersons Mint Records

Garage rock has a bad name, probably because of the legion of bands that made “stripped down” a synonym for “sanitized” in the early 2000s. As a microgenre, it’s become less Stooges and more Strokes. That’s a shame, since garage rock at its best can produce that inventiveness born of limitation. The Pack A.D. is garage rock at its best. As a twomember band—singer/guitarist Becky Black and drummer Maya Miller—they must get the maximum

For the uninitiated, Hillstomp brings the bounce and the trounce to their shows. For those in the know, you will stand in front of the stage, sweating it out and stinking it up. You’ll clap along and jig and hoot and holler because this isTobacco it. No dénouement, only climax. & ( Jason McMackin) Smoking Accessories Hillstomp plays the Top Hat Saturday, Sept. 17, at 9:30 PM with McDougall and The BoxCutters. $8/$6 advance.

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album, a crack little band, and the affect of someone’s grandpa singin’ and reminiscin’ on the front porch—which is terrific if he’s your gramps, dull at times if he’s not, and probably a fair preview of the show Prine brings to Missoula. There are high points: “Bear Creek Blues” has a hot-rod tastiness with Jason Wilber’s electric picking, as does “Saddle In The Rain”; and “Angel From Montgomery,” in a duet with Emmylou Harris, is dependably gorgeous. A fair stretch of this album, which feels like a valediction, isn’t. I don’t need fireworks to be satisfied, but a glass of warm milk, like someone else’s grandpa, will always just be warm. (Robert Meyerowtiz) John Prine plays the University Theatre Friday, Sept. 16, at 8 PM. Tickets range from $45 to $59.50 from GrizTix.com. Agitations, which comes out Sept. 27. Peralta checked into a dive motel in Reno, Nevada for three weeks to write the material. The only hint of its sound available on the tubes is “Iron Lung,” a short, well-crafted jam that is something more than the pop punk your cool Uncle Gary jammed to before football practice in the ’90s. Months of touring ahead, new towns, new fans, but Missoula, we are the lucky ones. ( Jason McMackin) Cobra Skulls plays the Badlander Monday, Sept. 19, at 9 PM with the Pack A.D. and The Be Helds. $8/$13 for 18- to 20-year-olds. sound from minimal resources, and on Unpersons they do it well. Songs like “Rid of Me” are loud and snarling, with a driving tempo that encourages the listener to fill in whatever holes might turn up in the arrangements. Much of the energy is attributable to Black, whose voice alternates between soulful and snide as occasion dictates. Snide is better, and The Pack A.D. does more with loud and fast than with heavy and slow. Songs like “Seasick” can succumb to the forced heaviness that undid The White Stripes, but on the whole Unpersons is vital. It’s rock as big, noisy catharsis, and it reminds us that the garage is one of the more fun rooms in the house. (Dan Brooks) The Pack A.D. plays the Badlander Monday, Sept. 19, at 9 PM with Cobra Skulls and The Be Helds. $8/$13 for 18- to 20-year-olds.

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Joe Henry isn’t sure if the book he wrote, Lime Creek, is a novel or a book of short stories, so his publisher, Random House, is just calling it “fiction.” I can understand the confusion. The book is divided into two parts (I and II) and each part is subdivided into four sections, but it’s not clear if these sections are meant to be chapters or stories. What is clear, though, is that they don’t work in either capacity. The sections are dull, sentimental, and written in a prose style that does its best to communicate nothing. Here, for example, is how “Tomatoes,” a story or chapter about two boys splattering freshly washed sheets with tomatoes and then being punished for it, ends:

siveness. Two characters “almost simultaneously” burst into laughter. A character notices that the name of a town is Valhalla and considers “the symbolism of it or irony or whatever.” A character goes out when “it’s still night although the relentless flat wall of snow that races by us begins to gain some subtle gradation of what could only be perceived as notdarkness.” There’s “something almost kinetic, almost explosive, in the way” a football team takes a field. A faucet drips “as if it were nearly closed but not quite.” There are a lot of “almosts” and “somehows” and mixed metaphors and convoluted similes and changes of tense in these 142 pages but there’s barely a narrative and hardly anything that differentiates the characters. There’s Spencer Davis and his wife Elizabeth and their Inextricably joined from then on, like three sons, Luke, Whitney, and Lonny, and they all live the rewiring of dissimilar synapses that once on a ranch in Wyoming. Elizabeth is quiet and is known touched together become fused so in the fabfor her cooking and her clean sheets. Spencer is a ranchric of memory. Immutable, irrepressible and er who says things like, “You mean this little perturbation inviolable to everything except death. of wind and weather?” Whitney is the strong, quiet type. Tomatoes. Forever after inspiring images Lonny doesn’t come up much. Luke is probably the that have little to do with the nourishment of book’s protagonist, and he goes from being a sweet, the flesh. But like everything to do with the naïve boy to being “something even previous to the boy, feeding of the soul. something grown from the boy Tomatoes. both forward in vision and back” when he realizes that “the cost of See what I mean? It’s avoiding what one fears is even possible to guess what the greater than the actual object of author is gesturing toward— that fear and so the fear itself is a kind of epiphanic moment even more corrosive even more that reveals that the two destructive than all the frightenboys of this story have been ing potential of the thing that forever changed by the arouses it.” Whatever that means. events of the story—but I for one don’t know what According to the jacket “dissimilar synapses” are or blurb from internationally besthow they can be rewired selling author David Wroblewski, to touch together and Henry’s prose “brings Faulkner “become fused so” or what to mind” and Lime Creek is “a it means to rewire a fabric. kind of Dubliners for Wyoming.” And then how does this But Wroblewski is wrong. Joe rewiring result in the two Henry isn’t Faulkner or Joyce. boys becoming “immutable, Lime Creek (Joe Henry isn’t even the Joe irrepressible and invio- Joe Henry Henry you’re thinking of, if lable”? And can you even be Hardcover, Random House you’re thinking of the critically 160 pages, $20.00 irrepressible to something? acclaimed musician and producAnd then there’s that one word sentence, er, though the Joe Henry who wrote Lime Creek has “Tomatoes,” which I guess introduces a new sub- written song lyrics for people like John Denver and ject for the fragments that follow, which means Garth Brooks, which makes it confusing.) Just because that it’s the tomatoes the boys splattered that will someone’s syntax is unconventional doesn’t mean his “forever after” remind them of images that (a) thought is poetic. Just because a text lacks a narrative “have little to do with the nourishment of the doesn’t mean it’s lyrical. Just because you remove the flesh” and (b) are “like”—why this like?—“every- space between two words doesn’t mean you’ve made thing to do with the feeding of the soul.” up a new one. (I’m looking at you, “seacreature.”) And From all of this, it seems like the narrator means to just because something is difficult to read doesn’t say that from now on, whenever Luke and/or Whitney mean it’s profound. Lime Creek relies on ambiguity to create insight, see a tomato, they will think of things that spiritually and it doesn’t work. When a character finds a man nourish them. Like maybe art or love or God. All of which is clinched with “Tomatoes,” one passed out with his arm around a horse’s neck and realizes “the beauty of it, of the oneness of all life,” it’s more time. And the entire book—which mercifully is short not a revelation. It’s a cliché, clumsily phrased. and set in a font large enough to be decipherable by the visually impaired—is written with this same evaarts@missoulanews.com

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in the audience, lest anybody hear my muffled sobbing. Another Earth is a good example of how scant resources can result in serious creativity. A more commercial and lesser film would have pulled farther back and centered around the SETI scientists, the politics and watered-down sentiments about what it all meant. Instead, in this version, the one that favors ordinary human sadness, this is Ciesla’s only scene, and she only needs one. Earth 2 reminds me of the time surrounding 9/11. Here was a globally significant event, shared by everyone, that you couldn’t ignore if you tried. It hung heavy in the

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air between us, but at the end of the day, for most, Ground Zero was far, far away. I remember going to a gas station that afternoon and looking into the eyes of the attendant, a total stranger, and we were both thinking, “Oh my God, that thing that just happened!” But what is there to say? We didn’t say anything. Incredible as it is, after four years of living with this other Earth hanging over your head, you would still have to go to work every day, fill up your gas tank, risk having your heart broken. A second moon couldn’t touch your own drama. And then we have the last scene, which has baffled many viewers, and while I found what happened genuinely surprising, to me it makes perfect sense. I found myself saying, “Oh, of course!” I loved this movie. Having said that, I’m sure it’s not for everyone. Certain absurd plot points require some forgiveness. (A privately funded essay contest that sends just one person to Earth 2? Okay…) It moves slowly and says little, and I should warn you, it’s not even a little bit funny. A cynical person will say the film is too sentimental, or the science is impractical, but do yourself a favor and don’t concern yourself with the science. Pretend you’re reading a poem and you’ll get a lot more out of the experience. Note: Did I mention the film’s language of subtlety? There’s a scene where Rhoda visits her Indian coworker, who has made himself blind and deaf with bleach, and she traces letters into his hand. I wasn’t ready for it and I missed the message. Please, if you see this movie tonight, will you watch carefully and email me what she wrote? I’d really like to know. Another Earth ends its run at the Wilma tonight, Thursday, Sept. 15. mlaich@missoulanews.com

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Scope Noise Books Film Movie Shorts OPENING THIS WEEK DRIVE Here is a film about a stunt driver, played by Ryan Gosling, that seems to take itself deathly seriously, what with the Godfather-esque music and the constant suggestion of faces being flattened by hammers. Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman also star. Carmike 10: 1:20, 4:25, 7:15 and 9:50. Mon.–Thu: no 1:20 show. Village 6: 1:20, 4:20 and 7:30, with additional Fri. and Sat. shows at 9:55. Mon–Fri: No 1:20 show. Stadium 14: Fri–Sun: 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30 and 9:50, with additional Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. Mon–Thu: 1:25, 4:05, 7:15 and 9:40. I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT Sarah Jessica Parker stars as a savvy career woman and mother in a film that struggles to know just how she does it! Spoiler alert: it’s not that hard to figure out how she does it. Poor women work full-time jobs with two kids at home every day. Carmike 10: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 and 9:35. Mon,–Thu.: no 1:10 show. Stadium 14: Fri–Sun: 12:10, 2:30, 4:45, 7:10 and 9:20, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. Mon–Thu: 1:30, 4:15, 7:10 and 9:20. THE LION KING 3D You’ve already seen this movie (it’s Hamlet with lions) but now you can see it in 3D. I just watched the trailer, but on a 2D computer, so I can’t speak to the differences. You will probably want to grab at hot embers during the hyena scenes. Carmike 10: 7 and 9:15. In 2D: 1 and 4. Mon.–Thu: no 1 PM show. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat. and Sun matinees at 3 and no 9 PM show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri-Sun: 12, 2:30, 4:50, 7:15 and 9:30, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. Mon–Thu: 1:20, 4, 6:45 and 9:20. SARAH’S KEY A Parisian journalist, played by Kristen Scott Thomas, becomes entwined with a young girl from 1942 in this French-language film where people clutch books and stare off in in the distance, remembering. Wilma Theatre: 7 and 9. STRAW DOGS James Marsden and Kate Bosworth star as a couple who venture into the deep South, where things go really well until the locals turn out to be evil and try to kill them and stuff. Village 6: 4:30 and 7:15. Sat.–Sun: additional 1:15 show. Fri.–Sat: additional 9:40 show. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 PM show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1, 4, 7 and 9:40, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight.

NOW PLAYING APOLLO 18 The reasons we never went back to the moon are revealed in this sci-fi envisioning of the Apollo 18 mission. Spoiler alert: It’s aliens or something. Gonzalo López-Gallego directs. Carmike 10: 1, 4 and 7, with Fri. and Sat. shows at 9:15. Mon.–Fri: no 1 PM show. Village 6: 1, 4, 7 and 9:15. Mon.–Thu: no 1 PM show. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 7:25 and 9:45 with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR A dumb, goofy looking kid with a small penis follows in his parents’ footsteps to become a porn star. Adam Sandler has a writing credit and Nick Swardson, Don Johnson and Christina Ricci star. Who is Nick Swardson? Am I supposed to know who he is? Village 6: 1, 4, and 7, with Fri. and Sat. shows at 9:35. Mon–Fri: No 1 PM show. Stadium 14:

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Fri–Sun: 12:05, 2:35, 4:50, 7:20 and 9:45, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. Mon–Thu: 1:20, 4:10, 7:20 and 9:45. COLOMBIANA Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who goes on to be a hard-hearted assassin after witnessing her parents’ murder. Olivier Megaton directs. Mountain in Whitefish: 1:30, 4, 7 and 9:15. CONTAGION It’s been awhile since the movies have reminded us of our human frailty via an unstoppable, spreading contagion. Notable actors Matt Damon and Kate Winslet star in this one, and Steven Soderbergh directs, so I think it has a fighting chance of not sucking. Carmike 10:

Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat. and Sun. shows at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 and 9:40, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK Besides having a way bossy title, this horror-fest starring Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce also promises cheap scares and dreariness. Guillermo del Toro has a writing credit. Mountain in Whitefish: 1:45, 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30. THE GUARD This buddy cop comedy pairs Don Cheadle, the straight-laced FBI agent, with Brandon Gleason, the unorthodox Irish firecracker, to investigate an International drug-smuggling

OUR IDIOT BROTHER Paul Rudd plays a lovable pothead who barges into his sisters’ lives, at first harshing their mellow, but soon, they come to realize the value of unassertive action. Zooey Deschanel, Elizabeth Banks, Emily Mortimer and Steve Coogan also star. Village 6: 1, 4:30 and 7. Fri.–Sat: Additional show at 9:25. Mon–Fri: no 1 PM show. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun: 2:35, 4:50 and 7:10, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. Mon–Thu: 4:05 and 7:10. Mountain in Whitefish: 1:45, 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30. RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES A prequel, if you will, to the epic tale of how apes came to battle us in a war for supremacy. James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow and Brian Cox star. Carmike 10: 1:05, 4:35, 7:10 and 9:20. Mon-Thu. 1: no 1:05 show. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 and no Sun. show at 9. stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun: 12:45, 3:45, 6:40 an 9:15, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. Mon.–Thu: 1:05, 4:05, 6:40 and 9:15. SEVEN DAYS IN UTOPIA A young golfer has a very bad debut on the pro circuit and finds himself stranded in Utopia, Texas in this film starring Robert Bear, Lucas Black and Madison Burge. Stadium 14: 1:30, 4:10, 6:50 and 9:15, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. SHARK NIGHT What could go wrong when a gang of attractive kids vacation on a lake that is inexplicably infested with sharks. This 3D film is brought to you by the guy who directed Snakes on a Plane, so... Carmike 10: 1:20, 4:15, 7:05 and 9:15. Mon–Thu: no 1:20 show. Stadium 14: Fri.–Sun: 12:05, 4:45 and 9:40, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. Mon.–Thu:4:15 and 9:40.

Whereas I don’t know why she keeps doing it. To us. I Don’t Know How She Does It opens Friday at the Carmike 10.

1:30, 4:30, 7:30 and 10. Mon–Thu: No 1:30 show. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Showboat in Polson: 4:15, 7 and 9. Stadium 14: Fri–Sun: 12:05, 2:30, 5, 7:30 and 9:50, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. Mon–Thu: 1, 4, 7:15 and 9:45. COWBOYS & ALIENS Plastic hasn’t even been invented yet and already aliens are invading the Old West. It’s always something! Will Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig triumph? John Favreau directs. Carmike 10: 1:20, 4:25, 7:15 and 9:50. MonThu: no 1:20 show. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with Sat. and Sun. Matinees at 3 and no Sun. show at 9:10. Stadium 14: Fri.–Sun: 1:15, 6:55, and 9:30, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. Mon.-Thu: 1:15, 6:55 and 9:30. CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE Like How Stella Got her Groove Back, but with Steve Carrell, this comedy explores what it is to be a man looking to charm a woman in these weird, difficult times of demasculinization, or something. Ryan Gossling, Julianne Moore and Emma Stone also star. The Oxford comma makes a rare cameo, also. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 4 and 7:05. THE DEBT Helen Mirren, Tom WIlkinson and Jessica Chastain star in this intense international thriller involving Nazis, secret agents, betrayal and subterfuge. Directed by John Madden. Village 6: 1:30, 4:30 and 7:15, with Fri. and Sat. shows at 9:50. Mon–Fri: no 1:30 show.

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ring. Will they fall in love? John Michael McDonagh writes and directs. Wilma Theatre: Shows Mon. and Wed. only at 7 and 9. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 Harry Potter and his friends aren’t done conquering evil yet! They’ve still got three more of The Dark Lord’s horcruxes left to destroy in a final epic battle to round out the series. Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson star. Carmike 10: 1, 4, 7 and 10. Mon–Thu: No 1 PM show. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun.: 12:20 and 3:30. Mon.–Thu. 1 and 3:40. THE HELP It’s 1962 in Mississippi and Emma Stone has forged an unlikely friendship with Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, social conventions be damned! Tate Taylor writes and directs. Carmike 10: 1, 4, 7 and 10. Mon–Thu: No 1 PM show. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 PM only, with Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3. Entertainer in Ronan: 4, 6:50 and 9:30. Mountain in Whitefish: 1:15, 4, 6:45 and 9:25. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun.: 12:10, 3:15, 6:15 and 9:15, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. Mon.–Thu.: 1:15, 4:30 and 7:45. MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS Because the world needed another movie starring an established but aging actor palling around with CGI animals, Jim Carrey brings you his latest romp as a businessman who comes into a few penguins, turns his apartment into an ice palace, and in all likelihood, learns how to love again. Showboat in Polson: 4, 7:15 and 9:15.

THE SMURFS Great news, everyone. Those annoying little creatures from your childhood are coming back at you in the third dimension. You can thank Gargamel, who is still extremely uncool. Neil Patrick Harris is in it! Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun: 2:20. Mon–Thu: 1:45. SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD IN 4D Jessica Alba is a spy pulled out of retirement, tasked with saving the world and bonding with her stepchildren. The fourth D stands for “aroma-scope” somehow, a feature you probably had no idea you wanted or needed! Directed by Robert Rodriguez. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun: 12:25, 2:35 and 4:45. Mon.–Thu: 1:25 and 4:20. WARRIOR Tom Hardy and his former pro boxing, grizzled father, played by Nick Nolte, sweat it out and discover emotional truths when Hardy trains to be an MMA fighter. This film will undoubtedly do for cage-fighting enthusiasts today what Wall Street did for ‘80s guys way back when. Carmike 10: 1, 4, 7 and 10. Mon–Thu: no 1 PM show. Stadium 14: Fri–Sun: 12:20 and 9:35. Mon–Thu: 1:20 and 9:35. Capsule reviews by Molly Laich Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good as of Fri., Sept. 16. Show times and locations are subject to change or errors, despite our best efforts. Please spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities by calling ahead to confirm. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 10/Village 6–541-7469; Wilma–728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton–961-F I LM; S t a d i u m 14 i n K a l i s p e l l – 752 - 78 0 4 . Showboat in Polson, Entertainer in Ronan and Mountain in Whitefish–862-3130.

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GURU, INTERRUPTED My husband is extremely analytical, to the point where he has a negative or argumentative response to almost anything I say—including positive or even insignificant things. Then, when he makes some remark, unless I respond with “I agree” or “uhhuh,” he debates me. I’ve repeatedly asked him to stop making everything an argument, but he insists that he’s just giving his “honest opinion.” I go for counseling, but he refuses to, saying he won’t talk to “some stranger” about us. He’s turning my happy self into a miserable, depressed self. —Always Wrong Nothing brings out the eighth-grade debate champion in a man like being asked to weigh in on life’s big philosophical questions: “What is death, and should we fear it?”, “Why is there something rather than nothing?” and “More orange juice, dear?” How fun that you never know whether you’ll be enjoying breakfast with your husband or petitioning him for a new trial. Of course, he knows, as we all do, that there are remarks that aren’t meant to be responded to as if one were testifying before Congress. “Nice weather we’re having”? Just say “Yes, dear.” No need to counter with data on sunspots, cloud cover, and death rates of baby polar bears. A man doesn’t make his wife’s every innocuous comment a springboard for an intellectual death match because he’s “analytical” and “honest” but because he feels like a skin tag among men. What your husband’s showing you isn’t love; it’s narcissism. The term “narcissist” comes from the story of Narcissus, who fell in love with his reflection in the water—how he appeared, not who he really was. Narcissists are self-absorbed, manipulative users. What they lack in empathy they make up for in a sucking need for admiration. To a narcissist, other people aren’t so much people as they are staging areas for the narcissist’s greatness. A loving husband understands that there’s a right answer and a more-right answer—the one that doesn’t leave his wife feeling depressed and beaten down. You need to decide whether staying married is more important to you than being happy, because if he is a narcissist, he’s unlikely to change. Narcissists rarely agree to therapy, as they can’t take the challenge to their manufactured authority or let anyone expose them as the tiny little people they actually are.

You may be able to control your husband’s behavior by giving him boundaries for what you’ll put up with and being truly willing to walk if he keeps crossing them. But, if that’s what your marriage comes down to—a husband who acts like less of a bully so you won’t leave—is that enough? You could actually have love in your life...if you’re with a man capable of loving. That man will watch you as you sleep—because he can’t take his eyes off you, not because he’s waiting for you to talk in your sleep so he can shake you awake and correct you: “Honey!...Honey! You are the weakest link.”

WAIT TRAINING Use of technology in dating is leaving my single girlfriends bewildered and annoyed. For example, one went on a date with this guy. The date went well, then silence...for two weeks—until he texted her, inviting her over for dinner. She’s irritated that he didn’t even call, and that he waited so long, and is considering not accepting. Is texting instead of calling a valid reason to write a guy off? —Wondering

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Not every guy’s a talking-on-the-phone person, and that’s okay, but there’s much to be said for polite timing. Texting a girl the day after a date (even just “great time, call u soon”) says a guy’s interested. Texting two weeks later says he’s explored every other option, including hookers and suicide, and settled for her. Unless this guy followed up his text by calling from a hospital bed and explaining “A dog ate my iPhone—and part of my arm,” he should no longer be in the running. Behavior predicts behavior. It also illustrates character (like an interest in others’ feelings). But, let’s say vanishing for two weeks without a word (or even a “wrd”) is out of character for this guy. He might’ve redeemed himself if he’d just manned up—called to express some remorse for disappearing and apologized. At least then he’d be telling your friend “I know I don’t get to do this to you” instead of “You seem like a woman who lets men walk all over her. My turn Tuesday at 7:30? And don’t worry, I promise—no hard-soled shoes or muddy hiking boots until the third date.” .

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Seeking part time PA/NP Blue Mountain Clinic is seeking a part time Independent Contractor Family Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner. Experience in primary care and reproductive health a plus. Position will be temporary through May 2012 with possibility of permanent position at that time. Send resume and cover letter to Annie Hansen at Blue Mountain Clinic, 610 N California, Missoula MT 59802, or e-mail to annie@bluemountainclinic.org

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “An awakened Aries would rather err on the side of making a daring, improvisational mistake than cuddle up with passionless peace,” writes astrologer Hunter Reynolds. “He or she knows that creative conflict can be a greater unifying force than superficial harmony.” This is an excellent keynote for you to keep in mind during the coming days. But make sure your motivations are pure and humble, please. If the daring improvisation you launch is fueled by arrogance or the urge to dominate, your efforts to shake things up for the greater good will fail. Fight against what Reynolds calls “terrified niceness”—but do it with fierce compassion, not sneering rage. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Back in 2009, John Allwood, an Australian melon-picker, used his head to smash 47 watermelons in 60 seconds. That broke the previous world record of 40 in a minute, also set by him a couple of years earlier. I’ve chosen him to be your role model for the coming week, Taurus—for two reasons. First, you’re primed to outstrip a personal best you achieved some time back. So do it! Second, it’s a perfect time to use your head in fun and creative ways. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): According to April Winchell’s book Regretsy: Where DIY Meets WTF, here are some of the treasures you can find for sale at Etsy.com: a toy pig made from a root beer can; a “juicy enchanted pouch” for holding runes; a handmade hornet’s nest; a stuffed feral goat fashioned to resemble a unicorn; fake tapeworms that are actually spray-painted fettucine; and a “haunted Ouija board Las Vegas casino-style blackjack roulette poker chip.” I would absolutely love it if you designed something like this and hawked it on Etsy, Gemini. Your skill as an idiosyncratic creator will soon be peaking, as will your capacity for marketing the most unique aspects of your shtick and style.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Specialization is for insects,” said science fiction writer Robert Heinlein. “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, pitch manure, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently.” I bring this thought to your attention, Cancerian, because it’s an excellent time for you to broaden your understanding and expand your repertoire. How many of the things that Heinlein names can you do? Make a list of your talents, and try to add some new ones to that list in the coming weeks.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A veterinarian in Nashville was asked to do something he had never done: diagnose and treat a wounded whooping crane. Experts devoted to safeguarding the endangered species advised him to wear a billowy white suit. That way the wild bird would be more likely to accept his attention. “You learn very quickly how to communicate dressed as a marshmallow,” the vet said after completing his work. Be prepared for a metaphorically similar encounter, Leo. You, too, may face a prospect that resembles interspecies conversation. I hope you’ll be as adaptable as the vet.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Everything is unique,” said the 19th-century authors known as the Goncourt brothers, who wrote all their books together. “Nothing happens more than once in a lifetime. The physical pleasure that a certain woman gave you at a certain moment, the exquisite dish that you ate on a certain day—you will never meet either again. Nothing is repeated, and everything is unparalleled.” Of course this is always true. But I suspect you will be more intensely aware of it in the coming days than you have in a long time. In part that’s because the sensations and experiences headed your way will be so piquantly unique, so exquisitely fresh. And in part it’s because you’ll be wideawake to the novel pleasures that are possible when you appreciate the fact that everything changes all the time.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul,” said environmentalist Edward Abbey. The “ruin” doesn’t happen all of a sudden, because of a single small failure to translate sincere intentions into good works. Rather, it’s the result of long-running laziness or passivity—a consistent inability to do what one’s passions demand. If there is even a shred of this tendency in your make-up, Libra, now is an urgent time to shed it. According to my astrological analysis, you simply must carry out your soul’s mandates.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I would of course never advocate burning all copies of the book Faking It: How to Seem Like a Better Person Without Actually Improving Yourself. I’m a staunch defender of freedom of speech, even if the speech offends my moral sense. On the other hand, my freedom of speech allows me to advise you to strenuously avoid that book and any influence that resembles it. In my astrological opinion, you need to actually become a better person in the coming weeks, not just pretend you are. Here’s a good place to start: Don’t just pay lip service to the idea of supporting others’ freedom of speech. Help them claim and express that freedom, even if it makes you uncomfortable.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Dictionary.com says there are 19 words in the English language with no perfect rhymes. Among them are six words that are useful in constructing this week’s horoscope for you: cusp, glimpsed, depth, rhythm, gulf, and opus. I like the fact that none of them rhyme because it’s symbolic of the task you have ahead of you. You’re on the cusp of a shift in your rhythm that will take you out of your depth, compelling you to close the gulf between you and a resource that will be crucial for you to have access to in the future. You’ve glimpsed what needs to be done—the creation of a new opus—but in order to accomplish it, you will need to be motivated by a frustration that feels like having to rhyme unrhymeable words.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Jerusalem Syndrome is a temporary psychological phenomenon that on rare occasions overtakes travelers who visit Jerusalem. Under the influence of ancient holy sites, these people may become obsessed with religious themes or experience delusions that they are characters from stories in the Bible or Koran. I don’t expect you to fall under the sway of such an outbreak, Aquarius, but I do suspect that you will soon have some intense spiritual stirrings. To ensure that they will enlighten you, not dishevel you, stay well-grounded. Have regular meals, please. Sleep well and exercise now and then.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): My Pisces friend Rana Satori Stewart coined some new words that happen to be perfect for you to begin using and embodying. “Blissipline,” she says, is “the commitment to experiencing a little or a lot of bliss every day; the practice of expanding one’s capacity for bliss and being open to receive it in any moment.” A “blissiplinarian” is “someone who enforces pleasure and invites opportunities for more pleasure,” while a “blissciple” is a person who aspires to master the art of blissipline. I encourage you to be a blissciple, Pisces, because it will put you in sync with the effervescent invitations the cosmos has scheduled for you. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Every one of us is born with up to 150 new mutations that make us different from both of our parents. Most of those genetic alterations are neutral in their effects. Some are negative and a few may be beneficial. I bring this to your attention, Sagittarius, because you’re entering a phase when it’s possible to take more advantage of your positive mutations than you ever have before. Can you guess what they are? Try to, because you’re primed to tap in to their fuller potential.

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CITY OF MISSOULA Request for Proposals – Live and On Demand Video/Audio Management System The City of Missoula is requesting proposals from experienced firms to develop a state-of-theart integrated live and on demand video/audio management system for city meetings (including City Council meetings, Council committee meetings and board and commission meetings) held in our City Council Chambers. Vendors interested in submitting proposals are required to submit an “Intent to Respond Form” to Attn: Martha L. Rehbein, CMC, City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802 no later than September 19, 2011 at 5 p.m. Forms may also be emailed to mrehbein@ci.missoula.mt.us. Proposals are due October 14, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. at the City Clerk office. Late proposals will not be accepted The full request for proposals is available at the City Clerk office or on-line at http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/bids.

MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION The Office of Planning & Grants has received a floodplain application from Ted Meinzen to work within the Bitterroot and Lolo Creek floodplain. The project is located adjacent to Jeffrey Lane and Lewis & Clark Drive in Section 2, Township 11N, Range 20W and includes the extension of a sewerline to service undeveloped parcels. The full application is available for review in the Office of Planning and Grants in City Hall. Written comments from anyone interested in County floodplain permit application # 11-10 may be submitted prior to 5:00 p.m., October 7, 2011. Address comments to the Floodplain Administrator, Office of Planning & Grants, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802 or call 258-4841 for more information.

MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT Missoula County, Central Services will be listing surplus items on our eBay site starting Thursday Sept. 15, 2011 . The site is on eBay.com at surplus240. Items are varied from 35mm cameras, telephoto lens, projector, mini talk recorders, transcribers, rubber sandals and various other surplus items. Questions contact surplus@co.missoula.mt.us or call 258-4820. Payment can be made with cash or money order at Missoula County Central Services, 200 W. Broadway. We also have a Paypal account. Please call 258-4820 and arrange for pick-up. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP11-164 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF VIOLET E. DUMONTIER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to EDITH G. LOVE, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 8th day of September, 2011 /s/ Edith G. Love, Personal Representative

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MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP11-163 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HENRY RALPH BUTZEL, 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 Marcia Butzel, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Paul E. Fickes, 310 West Spruce, Missoula, MT 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 6th day of September, 2011. /s/ Marcia Butzel c/o Paul E. Fickes, 310 West Spruce Street, Missoula, MT 59802 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-11-162 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BENNIE JOHN VORHEES, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Nicole J. Chaffin, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested,in care of Thiel Law Office, PLLC, 315 West Pine, PO Box 8125, Missoula, Montana 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 6th day of September, 2011. THIEL LAW OFFICE, /s/ Matthew B. Thiel Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP11-157 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CONNIE IONE CROOKS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed 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 LESLIE L. CROOKS, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Marsillo & Schuyler, PLLC, 103 South 5th Street East, Missoula, MT 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 23rd day of August, 2011. /s/ Leslie L. Crooks, Personal Representative NOTICE OF HEARING OF FORMAL PETITION Steven E. Cummings CHRISTENSEN, MOORE, COCKRELL, CUMMINGS & AXELBERG, P.C. PO Box 7370 Kalispell, MT 59904-0370 Telephone:(406) 751-6000 Facsimile:(406) 756-6522 Attorneys for Petitioner, DONALD C. LIVINGSTON MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ) ) IRENE H. LIVINGSTON,)Cause No. DP-11152 ) Deceased. ) NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR FORMAL PROBATE OF WILL, DETERMINATION OF TESTACY AND HEIRS, AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Donald C. Livingston of 5115 Burning Tree Drive, Missoula, Montana, 59803, has filed in the above Court a Petition for the formal probate of the Will of IRENE H. LIVINGSTON, deceased, for determining testacy and heirs, and for the appointment of DONALD C. LIVINGSTON as Personal Representative of said Will and estate. For further information, the Petition, as filed, may be exam-

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ined in the office of the Clerk of the above Court. Hearing upon said Petition will be held in said Court in the courtroom of Judge McLean in the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana, 59801 on the 19th day of October, 2011, at the hour of 1:30 o’clock p.m., at which time all interested persons may appear and object. DATED this 30 day of August, 2011. CHRISTENSEN, MOORE, COCKRELL, CUMMINGS & AXELBERG, P.C. /s/Steven E. Cummings Steven E. Cummings P.O. Box 7370 Kalispell, MT 59904-0370 Attorneys for Petitioner, Donald Livingston CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Kathleen Burt, one of the secretaries of the law firm, CHRISTENSEN, MOORE, COCKRELL, CUMMINGS & AXELBERG, P.C., do hereby certify that I served a copy of the foregoing document in the above matter by mailing a copy thereof, first class postage prepaid, to: Donald C. Livingston 5115 Burning Tree Drive Missoula, MT 59803 Shari L. Dayton 1203 Rimhaven Way Billings, MT 59102 /s/ Kathleen A. Burt Kathleen A. Burt Date: 8/30/2011 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 07/15/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200517625, Book 756, Page 146, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Thomas B. English, a single person was Grantor, Union Federal Bank of Indianapolis was Beneficiary and Chicago Title Insurance Co. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Chicago Title Insurance Co. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: The East 6 feet of Lot 3 and all of Lots 4 and 5 in Block 1 of Mount Sentinel Addition No. 4, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201014437 Bk 863, Pg 728, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to The Bank of New York Mellon, FKA The Bank of New York, as Successor in Interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc. Bear Stearns ALTA Trust 2005-8, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005-8. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 11/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 14, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $210,169.49. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $182,665.17, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on November 23, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale

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PUBLIC NOTICES location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of

auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7777.13265) 1002.165852-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/17/04, recorded as Instrument No. 200435054, Bk. 745, Pg. 171, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which David Bryon Rose and Leslie Anne Collins-Rose, husband and wife was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Century 21 Mortgage was Beneficiary and Charles J. Peterson at Mackkoff, Kellogg, Kirby & Kloster was Trustee. First American Title

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Insurance Company has succeeded Charles J. Peterson at Mackkoff, Kellogg, Kirby & Kloster as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Tract B of Cobban’s Camp Sites Lot 14A, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201020027, Bk. 867, Pg. 720, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Chase Home Finance, LLC. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as

required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 12/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 12, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $122,870.48. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $104,947.25, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway,

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Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on November 23, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the

principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7037.70794) 1002.187042-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 06/21/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200515498, Bk 754, Pg 1803, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Cheri Govertsen-

Greer, a single person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: The W1/2 of Lot 9 and all of Lot 10 in Block 59 of School Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Recording Reference: Book 361 of Micro Records at Page 1754. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal,

PUBLIC NOTICES interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 04/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 18, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $110,071.44. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $106,983.04, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on November 28, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents

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(valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. T.S. #7023.95501. 1002.200964-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/06/05,

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY Russell Street/South 3rd Street Final Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Evaluation The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) is now available for public review. The Preferred Alternatives identified in the FEIS include elements that best satisfy the need for the project while minimizing impacts. The proposed action is the reconstruction of Russell Street from West Broadway Street to Mount Avenue/South 14th Street, and South 3rd Street from Reserve Street to Russell Street to address current and projected safety and operational needs. The Preferred Alternatives would have four travel lanes and a center median/turn lane on Russell Street, and two travel lanes and a center median/turn lane on South 3rd Street. Major intersections on Russell Street and South 3rd Street would be controlled with signals. The proposed project also includes a new Clark Fork Bridge, accommodation of alternative transportation modes through increased trail connectivity and access, sidewalks, curb & gutter, boulevards, bicycle lanes, and stormwater drainage. Review the FEIS at: •Missoula Public Library (301 East Main) •Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana (32 Campus Drive #9936) •Montana Department of Transportation Missoula District Office (2100 West Broadway) – Missoula •Missoula City Hall, Public Works Office (435 Ryman Street) •Montana Department of Transportation Helena Headquarters Office (2701 Prospect Ave) - Helena •Online at www.mdt.mt.gov/pubinvolve/eis_ea.shtml Review Period: ends on September 19, 2011 •Written comments to Gregg Wood, City of Missoula Public Works, 435 Ryman Street, Missoula MT 59802 For More Information: •Gregg Wood, City of Missoula, (406) 552-6093 •Tom Martin, Montana Department of Transportation, (406) 444-7228 •Brian Hasselbach, Federal Highway Administration, (406) 441-3908 The City of Missoula and Montana Department of Transportation attempt to provide accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with a person's participation in any service, program, or activity of our department. Alternative accessible formats of pertinent information provided on request.

recorded as Instrument No. 200500471, Bk 746, Pg 184, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which David A. Fuschino and Mindy L. Fuschino was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Mann Financial Inc. D/B/A Mann Mortgage was Beneficiary and Insured Titles, LLC. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Insured Titles, LLC. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 177 of Pleasant View Homes No. 2, Phase IV, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200803864, Bk 813, Pg 959, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 04/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 19, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $159,431.67. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $155,299.91, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on November 28, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediate-

ly upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. T.S. #7023.95792. 1002.200960-FEI

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will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units: 94, 296, 347, 502, 564 and 568. Units contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc household goods. These units may be viewed starting Monday September 26, 2011. All auction units will only be shown each day at 3 P.M. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage office at 4101 Hwy 93 S., Missoula, MT 59804 prior to Wednesday September 28, 2011, 4:00 P.M. Buyers 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 are final.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 09/06/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200523744, Bk 759, Pg 1351, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Veronica L. Morgan, a married person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Parcel 5 of Certificate of Survey No. 351, located in the NW1/4 of Section 13, Township 15 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of

The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on October 3, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider an ordinance amending Title 20, City Zoning Ordinance to incorporate maintenance revisions in the following chapters: Chapter 20.05 “Residential Districts” Chapter 20.10 Entitled “Business And Commercial Districts” Chapter 20.15 Entitled “Industrial And Manufacturing Districts” Chapter 20.20 Entitled “Open Space And Public Districts” Chapter 20.25 Entitled “Overlay Districts” Chapter 20.40 Entitled “Use- And Building-Specific Standards” Chapter 20.50 Entitled “Natural Resource Protection” Chapter 20.60 Entitled “Parking And Access” Chapter 20.65 Entitled “Landscaping” Chapter 20.70 Entitled “Miscellaneous Regulations” Chapter 20.80 Entitled “Nonconformities” Chapter 20.85 Entitled “Review And Approval Procedures” Chapter 20.90 Entitled “Administration” Chapter 20.100 Entitled “Terminology” Chapter 20.105 Entitled “Use Classifications” Chapter 20.110 Entitled “Measurements And Exceptions” For further information, contact Jen Gress, Office of Planning & Grants at 258-4949. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. Martha L. Rehbein CMC, City Clerk Publish: September 15, 2011 September 29, 2011 (PAZ)

Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 03/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 18, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $272,864.43. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $264,607.47, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on November 28, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. T.S. #7023.95442. 1002.200790-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 04/23/04, recorded as Instrument No. 200411500, Bk 731, Pg 361, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Kraig A. Michels and Marie L. Michels, husband and wife was Grantor, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. was Beneficiary and First American Title Company was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lots 6, 7, 8, and the East One-Half of Lot 9 in Block 58 of Daly’s Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Recording Reference: Book 662 of Micro Records at Page 560 Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 10/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter.

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PUBLIC NOTICES As of July 28, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $260,314.56. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $241,305.77, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on December 7, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the

foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. T.S. #7023.92066. 1002.184338-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 09/24/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200822332, Bk 827, Pg 117, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Patricia L. Morgan and Dennis R. Morgan as joint tenants was Grantor, Acceptance Capital Mortgage Corporation was Beneficiary and Alliance Title and Escrow Corp was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title and Escrow Corp as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 20 of Wallace Creek Estates, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200822333, Bk 827, Pg 118, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 08/01/09

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installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of July 28, 2011, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $299,009.61. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $253,372.09, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on December 7, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall

result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. T.S. 7023.09403. 1002.141380-FEI Notice of Trustee’s Sale: THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 12/14/2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee, at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which SHANNON LANGE as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY, A CORPORATION as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 07/27/2007 and recorded 07/30/2007, in document No. 200719518 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 802 at Page Number 920 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SE1/4 OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 15 NORTH, RANGE 21 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS TRACT B-1 OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 2508. A.P.N.: 2278809

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Property Address: 17823 CAREY LANE, Frenchtown, MT 59834. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 11/01/2009, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $203,595.22 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 11.90% per annum from 09/01/2009 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. 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 charges against the proceeds to 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 Dated: 07/29/2011, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance

Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 10-0119041 FEI NO. 1006.141346 Notice of Trustee’s Sale: THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will, on 12/19/2011, at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor, his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charge by the trustee, at the following place: on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Trust Indenture in which MICHELLE J FISHER as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 02/18/2009 and recorded 02/24/2009, in document No. 200903913 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 834 at Page Number 146 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, TO WIT: TRACT B 2 OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY 4735 A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST ONE QUARTER OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MONTANA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NO: 1138102 Property Address: 13333 HARPERS BRIDGE ROAD, Missoula, MT 59808. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BANK OF AMERI-

CA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP. There is a default by the Grantor or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; the default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor’s failure to pay the monthly installment which became due on 05/01/2011, and all subsequent installments together with late charges as set forth in said Note and Deed of Trust, advances, assessments and attorney fees, if any. TOGETHER WITH ANY DEFAULT IN THE PAYMENT OF RECURRING OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $198,922.89 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 4.875% per annum from 05/01/2011 until paid, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. 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 charges against the proceeds to 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 Dated: 08/03/2011, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-984-0407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0065564 FEI NO. 1006.141662

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3 bed, 2 bath home features one level living with beautifully landscaped yard. Lot zoned commercial. 48’x30’ shop with 3-10’x9’ doors, bathroom with service sink, benches, cabinets and shelves, wired for 220 50 and 30 amp. 102 Boardwalk, Stevensville. $298,500. MLS#20114068. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. 3 bed, 2 bath Potomac area home. Covered deck, fenced acreage and great views. The 28 x32 garage has double doors, attached storage in the back and small car port. RV hookups behind garage. 40x49 Quoncet shop with 200 amp service, air compressor, snap on car lift, crane, water. $259,900. MLS#10002960. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. 345 Brooks St. Great Investment potential near university. Price reduced to $289,000. Call Anne 546-5816 for showing. www.movemontana.com

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Like New Affordable Home Close to U, - this 2 Br/1 Ba home has great views and has Mount Jumbo as it’s backyard!, 929 Discovery Way 327-8787 porticorealestate.com

Handsome, Spacious Home on Prime Upper Miller Creek Acreage, 5+ bedrooms, with out of town living on quiet culde-sac, and acres. Rodeo Rd. 3278787 porticorealestate.com Huge Lot Bungalow Style Home, middle of Missoula, close to Good Food Store, lots of room in huge shop, needs some updating, priced accordingly! 203 Curtis, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Immaculate Rose Park Area Home, This light filled home offers a fantastic floorplan, 2 fami-

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1725A Park Place. Priced reduced to $147,900. CLEAN 3 bed, 1-1/2 bath, 1 car attached garage, private yard. Call Anne 546-5816 for showing. www.movemontana.com 18737 Sorrel Springs Lane, Frenchtown, $389,000 MLS # 20113420, 4 bedroom 2 1/2 bath, Beautiful home on 4 acres with spectacular views. Call Betsy Milyard for a showing today at 880-4749.

Classic Mid-century Rattlesnake Home with lots of character: coved ceilings, hardwood floors, fireplace, cedar shingles, huge lot with mature landscape and perennial beds. 2618 Rattlesnake Dr, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com

• 1 acre country living close to town • Double detached garage • Additional living quarters • 3 bed, 2.5 bath, covered deck • $299,900 • MLS#20115937

• 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 2 Car Garage • Landscaped corner lot • AC, Fenced, UG Sprinklers • Hollywood floor plan • $227,000 • MLS#20111249

Price Reduced! • 4 Bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage • Large deck over looks yard • Lots of room & basement • New furnace & water heater • $229,000• MLS# 20110384

Almost 1/2 acre building site w/ views • Close to Ranch Club Golf course • Close to fishing access • City sewer stubbed to property line • Additional fee to hook up to sewer • $84,900 • MLS#10007449

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Northside Home with Classic Charm– 1930s 3 bdrm, 2 bth home has a ton of Character. It’s priced to sell and sits on a large lot. 606 N. 2nd St. W, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com PANORAMIC MISSOULA VALLEY VIEWS. 5 Bdr/3 Baths Farviews home overlooking Missoula and bordering city park and Highlands Golf Course. Great deck and patio, amazing master suite, huge shop space, and much more. $419,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit...

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PRICE REDUCED! 55+ COMMUNITY 2 Bed, 2 Bath, large family room. Homeowners fee is $370/mo. includes clubhouse, sewer, garbage, land lease, snow removal & lawn care. $129,900 â&#x20AC;˘ MLS#10006023. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

SPACIOUS PLEASANT VIEW HOME PRICED TO SELL. 3 Bdr/2 Bath, double garage, corner lot, open floor plan, cathedral ceilings, main floor master and laundry, great deck and more. $216,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or visit...

SINGLE LEVEL HIDDEN TRAILS HOME. 2 Bdr/1 Bath, double garage, cathedral ceilings, wood laminate flooring, dining area, and more, all just a few minutes from UM and downtown. $174,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or visit...

SPECTACULAR HORSE PROPERTY ON THE BITTERROOT RIVER. 4 Bdr/3 Bath, 10.4 acres, crossfenced, 4 stall custom barn with hay loft, hardwood & tile floors, gourmet kitchen, arched doorways, 2 decks, spectacular mountain views, 400 feet of river frontage. $475,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit...

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www.mindypalmer.com Unique Lower Rattlesnake home near Bugbee Nature Area, 3Brm, 4Ba, Tree-top views, Lots of upgrades like granite countertops and lots of gorgeous wood, 909 Herbert, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com View or list properties for sale By Owner at www.byowner missoula.com OR call 550-3077

CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES Affordable Condo, Didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think you could afford to buy your own place? This sweet new, greenbuilt development may be your ticket. 1400 Burns, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com The Uptown Flats have two one bed one bath units still for sale at $149,900. Only a few units left in this great gated development near downtown. Call Anne 546-5816 for showing. www.move montana.com

LAND FOR SALE Beautiful 14 acre parcel just west of Huson. Meadow with trees & pasture. Modulars or double wides on foundation ok. $169,900. MLS#906774. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@ bigsky.net. MT Preferred Properties.

Beautiful 20 acres fenced pasture land. Seasonal stream and pond. Great get away or build your dream home. No power to area. $170 per year road maintenance fee. $149,900. MLS#10007447. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.

COMMERCIAL 321 N. Higgins Commercial building on coveted downtown location with lots of foot traffic. Building only for sale. Call Anne 546-5816 for showing. www.move montana.com Historic Victorian either Residential or Commercial â&#x20AC;&#x201C; This majestic home in fantastic shape offers many options. 436 S 3rd W, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com

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